"There's a no way for any of you to defeat! I am immortal! Invincible! The prophecy instead said that no mortal weapon can kill me-!"
A flying high tech wheelchair flew from above and landed on the villain's head, killing him instantly. From the corner of his eye, Ichigo could see Inoue sitting on Tousen's shoulder with Ichimaru by their side. All of them had different degrees of bewilderment.
Inoue snapped her fingers and gunned them at his direction. "Technically, not a weapon."
Ichimaru and Tousen joined in on the snap and gun, although it was obvious Ichimaru enjoyed it far more while the latter did out of pained obligation.
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Nanao tapped her finger on her forearm in annoyance. She was ready to yell at Rangiku when she heard the call finally getting answered, but held herself back when a familiar voice picked up instead.
"Hello?" Came the drowsy voice of captain Ichimaru Gin. Nanao found herself slightly gaping.
"Ichimaru?" Captain Hitsugaya asked from beside her. "Why are you answering Matsumoto's phone?"
"Huh?" A few more sluggish noises heard, along with the vocal motion of someone gingerly getting up from their current position. It followed by a long string of curses in a language Nanao somewhat understood.
Ah. It all makes sense now. "Rangiku left her phone by your bedside so that she won't wake up from it's ringing before crashing at a guest room, didn't she?"
An aggravated breath was her only answer. "I'll get her in a few. I only have one arm so it's gonna take a bit."
Ichimaru answered with a hum. From the sound of fabric moving, Nanao assumed he put the phone in his pocket. She heard footsteps, a something being filled with water, more footsteps, a door opening, and finally, a large splash of water followed immediately by a screeching Rangiku.
"Are you serious right now!?"
"Your boss is on the line." Was the last thing Ichimaru said before throwing the phone at what Nanao assumed was Rangiku's direction and leaving the room.
"Ugh. I can't believe he just did that."
Nanao's eye nearly twitched. "He is not known as Seireitei's biggest pain for nothing. You really should have seen this one coming."
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Kisuke hummed in approval. "Okay, now try to move your leg up and down slowly."
Orihime did as she was told, and looked surprised at how easy it was. With extra encouragement, she took a first few stiff steps with Ururu and Tessai both at her side in case she falls. Her footing was a bit wobbly, and it was easy to tell she wasn't used to the feeling of metal on her skin. But the braces didn't leave any red marks on her skin, The metal around her hips seemed to fit her perfectly, and the metal was thin enough to be able to hide under her clothes if she wishes.
She reached the end of her practice walk with a thumb up at his direction, and Kisuke finally let out a breath of relief he's been holding in for god knows how long.
Those braces will help on the days where the pain is too much to get out of bed, that much Kisuke knows from experience. But at least it's a good starting point.
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Izuru entered the house without even bothering to knock. He found his captain sleeping on his writing desk with various papers scattered around. Some of them were illegible and others were just practice papers for left hand writing. At least the paperwork for the division were in a nice pile on the side of the room.
He touched his hand to his captain's face, and signed when his fear was confirmed. His captain got sick with a fever, and instead of getting help or lying down, he started a new hobby to distract himself from the illness in the hopes the tiredness will eventually take over.
Izuru allowed himself another sigh before picking up his captain and putting back in bed. Noticing the carnage was even worse then he first saw, he rolled up his sleeves and got to work.
As much as Izuru is happy his captain's coping mechanism are far less self destructive then a year ago, he still wishes they were easier to clean after.
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"What did you do that made him calm down?"
Captain Unohana stared at them in surprise. "You didn't know? I gave him a glass greenhouse."
The rest of the captains blinked at her. Kenpachi was the first to speak up. "A what now?"
"A greenhouse. Captain Ichimaru has shown a vague interest in botany once when we had a chance to chat, so I decided to give him one as a sort of experience." Captain Unohana paused to reach for some photos in her sleeve. Byakuya glanced at them, and was surprised at the beautiful array of flora. "His response was better than anything we could have hoped for. He was able to grow several flowers that normally needed extreme care to fully grow and he even helped come up with cures to fatal poisons and infections. It sometimes feel as a though he is making up for lost time."
Between all the photos that were passed around, Byakuya was distracted by the oddest one. It was Ichimaru being surrounded by young officers, all of which are seemed to give his words rapid attention. "Is he also giving classes?"
"Oh that is completely incidental," captain Unohana explained. "One of my men asked him about the herbs he was growing, and he went on such a long tangent that they decided to start taking notes. Since then, every few of my healers take lunch breaks at the greenhouse while captain Ichimaru raves about his latest success. I believe it's why the third has been on a popularity rise as of lately, among other things."
"Where did you get these photos, anyway?" Captain Kyoraku asked.
"A lady never tells her secrets," Unohana replies with a sharp smile, and all conversations fell from there.
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Jackie entered Yukio's realm with a flash and a whoosh, and was surprised to find herself in a odd control room.
"Where are the kids?" She asked Yukio. He pointed at the monitor screens above their heads. What was before them was an epic showcase of what every teenagers wishes would happen if they got trapped in a video game.
Orihime, Chad and Ichigo were all in separate room. Each of them had an electric guitar to use as a weapon and a low level army of minions to destroy under their feet. Jackie got in just in time to see Orihime scream 'I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS' and swing the guitar on a giant like a giant cartoon mallet while screaming her little head off. Jackie grimaced. Should she really be doing that?
"Inoue-san put on pain killing ointment before entering the arena and she has her braces and stretches at any given moment the second the pains start again. And if you're wondering how this happened, all three of them were stressful about some upcoming tests so Kugo suggested to put them in battle royale stress room. It worked wonders," Yukio replied to her worries as if he was reading her mind or her expressions were that easy to read. He held out a bowl of popcorn. "Want some?"
She popped a few into her mouth just as Ichigo threw his weapon like a boomerang at a flying enemy only for it immediately reappear in his hands. Jackie hummed to herself. Maybe she should give this a go.
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