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Adult +
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It’s the Same Old Hospital Setting, Just with a Different Person in the Bed
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Chapter 3: It’s the Same Old Hospital Setting, Just with a Different Person in the Bed
“We’ve been over the entire city! I know she’s small, but how do we lose a captain?” Ichigo nearly shouted in exasperation. Yoruichi didn’t reply. The sudden blast of music from his cell phone broke the silence. “Yeah?” Ichigo snapped.
Normally Uryu would have snapped back, but he knew now was definitely not the time. “I found her.”
Ichigo blinked in surprise. “Where?”
“She’s in the hospital. She was brought in early this morning.”
“The hospital?” Ichigo questioned. Why would a captain ever go to a human hospital? Oh well, if that’s where she was, that’s where he had to go. “Right. Thanks Uryu.”
“Wait! Ichi-,” but the Quincy was cut off as Ichigo hung up.
“Let’s go.”
/
“Where is she?” Yoruichi questioned as soon as they walked into the hospital, running into Uryu, her voice dangerously even.
“Follow me,” Uryu said, already walking toward the elevators. “I already filled out the paperwork for her. She’ll be released as soon as she wakes up.”
“Wakes up?”
“Yes. She was brought in unconscious. Ichigo, there’s something you need to know before we get there.” Uryu took a deep breath. “Ukitake was the one who called an ambulance for Soifon. She’s sitting in the room with her right now.”
Ichigo felt his hear skip a beat. Ukitake was here. “Aizen?”
Uryu shook his head. “Where ever he is, it’s not here.” The elevator doors opened and Uryu lead them just a few feet down the hall, stopping in front of the room. “I still have a few things to take care of on her paperwork. Give me a call if you need anything.”
“Right. Thanks, Uryu,” Ichigo said, the other man walking away with a nod.
In the meantime, Yoruichi had already walked into the room. “Soifon,” she whispered, seeing the black haired captain lying on the hospital bed. In an instance she was by her side.
Ukitake smiled softly, standing up from her chair next to the window. She had been planning on walking out silently, but a certain orange haired man stood in her way. “I know you,” she said softly. “You’re the boy I ran into yesterday.”
“Yeah,” Ichigo said, sounding as if he was in a daze. Shaking his head lightly he smiled at her. “Thanks for taking care of our friend.”
Ukitake shook her head. “It was nothing. She passed out near our house. My husband found her on his way home. I stayed because I didn’t want her to be alone when she woke up. I know what that’s like,” she said, the last part a whisper to herself.
Ichigo wanted to pull the white haired woman into his arms but managed to resist. “Yoruichi, I’m going to walk Ukitake out.” The black haired woman nodded, still staring down at the unconscious woman.
“There’s no need for that.” Ichigo just shook his head at the woman’s resistance. “It’s no trouble. They’re not going anywhere for a while. Besides, it’s the least I can do,” he said as he led her out of the room, back to the elevators he’d just ridden up on.
They lapsed into a comfortable silence, interrupted only by the noise of the elevator. Ichigo took a deep breath as the doors opened, knowing that this might be the only time he’d get to talk to her privately. “You know,” he said as they stepped into the lobby, “I had a friend named Ukitake.”
The white haired woman, a few steps ahead of him, paused. She turned around slowly. “Had?” she whispered.
“She disappeared, five years ago.” Ichigo knew he stood on the edge of a cliff. Ukitake would either reach out to him or let him fall.
Ukitake opened her mouth to reply, but the figure that walked up behind her silenced her when he placed a hand on her shoulder. “Starrk? What are you doing here?”
Ichigo bristled. So this was Aizen’s Primera Espada. His fingers twitched, wanting to pull Ukitake away from the bored looking man.
“Aizen sent me to pick you up, didn’t want you to walk home by yourself.”
Ukitake nodded, allowing Starrk to start leading her away. “Thank you…”
“Ichigo.”
“…Ichigo,” she said hesitantly, staring at him over her shoulder until Starrk whispered something into her ear, the two disappearing as the front doors closed behind them.
/
“I shouldn’t have let her leave with him,” Ichigo muttered to himself, although everyone else in the room heard him.
Ichigo and Yoruichi had left the hospital four hours after Ukitake left. Soifon had woken up with no memories of what had happened. The last thing she remembered was her talk with Ichigo. Much to Soifon’s horror she was being confined in Urahara’s shop for a few days for observation. Hanatarô, the fourth division member chosen to come with them, had been given the task of watching over her. As soon as she was settled, Ichigo had told the others what had happened in the hospital lobby.
“That probably wouldn’t have gone over well,” Kyouraku answered from his reclined position next to the orange haired man.
“There was no recognition, nothing?” Hitsugaya questioned, already knowing the answer.
Ichigo shook his head. “No. She just looked confused, even a little frightened.”
“Then there goes plan A,” Urahara said with a sigh.
After a long moment of silence Kyouraku stood up. “Then I guess we have to start on plan B.”
“And just what is plan B?” Byakuya asked.
“First, I have to talk with the old man.”
/
“Back so soon?” Yamamoto questioned as Kyouraku walked into his office.
“Ichigo’s plan has failed,” Kyouraku said, his straw hat tipped forward to cover his eyes.
Yamamoto’s shoulders slumped as he put down his pen. Kyouraku didn’t need to ask, Yamamoto already knew what he’d come for. “I hope you have more luck with Sôgyo no Kotowari.”
“As do I,” Kyouraku answered. “If it doesn’t, I have no idea what we’ll do next.”
/
“There’s only one thing I’ll regret.”
…
“You’re not going to ask what it is?”
“If you want me to know, you’ll tell me.”
“…Ukitake…”
/
I know, it’s short, but that’s all I have time for right now. Midterms are next week so I probably won’t get a chance to update again until they’re over. Let me know what you thought of this chapter please!
Chapter 4 Preview
“You’ve been hanging out with that orange haired boy lately, not to mention that man who goes around wearing that straw hat all the time.”
“Sosuke…”
“You, better than anyone, know I don’t like others touching what is mine.”
Chapter 3: It’s the Same Old Hospital Setting, Just with a Different Person in the Bed
“We’ve been over the entire city! I know she’s small, but how do we lose a captain?” Ichigo nearly shouted in exasperation. Yoruichi didn’t reply. The sudden blast of music from his cell phone broke the silence. “Yeah?” Ichigo snapped.
Normally Uryu would have snapped back, but he knew now was definitely not the time. “I found her.”
Ichigo blinked in surprise. “Where?”
“She’s in the hospital. She was brought in early this morning.”
“The hospital?” Ichigo questioned. Why would a captain ever go to a human hospital? Oh well, if that’s where she was, that’s where he had to go. “Right. Thanks Uryu.”
“Wait! Ichi-,” but the Quincy was cut off as Ichigo hung up.
“Let’s go.”
/
“Where is she?” Yoruichi questioned as soon as they walked into the hospital, running into Uryu, her voice dangerously even.
“Follow me,” Uryu said, already walking toward the elevators. “I already filled out the paperwork for her. She’ll be released as soon as she wakes up.”
“Wakes up?”
“Yes. She was brought in unconscious. Ichigo, there’s something you need to know before we get there.” Uryu took a deep breath. “Ukitake was the one who called an ambulance for Soifon. She’s sitting in the room with her right now.”
Ichigo felt his hear skip a beat. Ukitake was here. “Aizen?”
Uryu shook his head. “Where ever he is, it’s not here.” The elevator doors opened and Uryu lead them just a few feet down the hall, stopping in front of the room. “I still have a few things to take care of on her paperwork. Give me a call if you need anything.”
“Right. Thanks, Uryu,” Ichigo said, the other man walking away with a nod.
In the meantime, Yoruichi had already walked into the room. “Soifon,” she whispered, seeing the black haired captain lying on the hospital bed. In an instance she was by her side.
Ukitake smiled softly, standing up from her chair next to the window. She had been planning on walking out silently, but a certain orange haired man stood in her way. “I know you,” she said softly. “You’re the boy I ran into yesterday.”
“Yeah,” Ichigo said, sounding as if he was in a daze. Shaking his head lightly he smiled at her. “Thanks for taking care of our friend.”
Ukitake shook her head. “It was nothing. She passed out near our house. My husband found her on his way home. I stayed because I didn’t want her to be alone when she woke up. I know what that’s like,” she said, the last part a whisper to herself.
Ichigo wanted to pull the white haired woman into his arms but managed to resist. “Yoruichi, I’m going to walk Ukitake out.” The black haired woman nodded, still staring down at the unconscious woman.
“There’s no need for that.” Ichigo just shook his head at the woman’s resistance. “It’s no trouble. They’re not going anywhere for a while. Besides, it’s the least I can do,” he said as he led her out of the room, back to the elevators he’d just ridden up on.
They lapsed into a comfortable silence, interrupted only by the noise of the elevator. Ichigo took a deep breath as the doors opened, knowing that this might be the only time he’d get to talk to her privately. “You know,” he said as they stepped into the lobby, “I had a friend named Ukitake.”
The white haired woman, a few steps ahead of him, paused. She turned around slowly. “Had?” she whispered.
“She disappeared, five years ago.” Ichigo knew he stood on the edge of a cliff. Ukitake would either reach out to him or let him fall.
Ukitake opened her mouth to reply, but the figure that walked up behind her silenced her when he placed a hand on her shoulder. “Starrk? What are you doing here?”
Ichigo bristled. So this was Aizen’s Primera Espada. His fingers twitched, wanting to pull Ukitake away from the bored looking man.
“Aizen sent me to pick you up, didn’t want you to walk home by yourself.”
Ukitake nodded, allowing Starrk to start leading her away. “Thank you…”
“Ichigo.”
“…Ichigo,” she said hesitantly, staring at him over her shoulder until Starrk whispered something into her ear, the two disappearing as the front doors closed behind them.
/
“I shouldn’t have let her leave with him,” Ichigo muttered to himself, although everyone else in the room heard him.
Ichigo and Yoruichi had left the hospital four hours after Ukitake left. Soifon had woken up with no memories of what had happened. The last thing she remembered was her talk with Ichigo. Much to Soifon’s horror she was being confined in Urahara’s shop for a few days for observation. Hanatarô, the fourth division member chosen to come with them, had been given the task of watching over her. As soon as she was settled, Ichigo had told the others what had happened in the hospital lobby.
“That probably wouldn’t have gone over well,” Kyouraku answered from his reclined position next to the orange haired man.
“There was no recognition, nothing?” Hitsugaya questioned, already knowing the answer.
Ichigo shook his head. “No. She just looked confused, even a little frightened.”
“Then there goes plan A,” Urahara said with a sigh.
After a long moment of silence Kyouraku stood up. “Then I guess we have to start on plan B.”
“And just what is plan B?” Byakuya asked.
“First, I have to talk with the old man.”
/
“Back so soon?” Yamamoto questioned as Kyouraku walked into his office.
“Ichigo’s plan has failed,” Kyouraku said, his straw hat tipped forward to cover his eyes.
Yamamoto’s shoulders slumped as he put down his pen. Kyouraku didn’t need to ask, Yamamoto already knew what he’d come for. “I hope you have more luck with Sôgyo no Kotowari.”
“As do I,” Kyouraku answered. “If it doesn’t, I have no idea what we’ll do next.”
/
“There’s only one thing I’ll regret.”
…
“You’re not going to ask what it is?”
“If you want me to know, you’ll tell me.”
“…Ukitake…”
/
I know, it’s short, but that’s all I have time for right now. Midterms are next week so I probably won’t get a chance to update again until they’re over. Let me know what you thought of this chapter please!
Chapter 4 Preview
“You’ve been hanging out with that orange haired boy lately, not to mention that man who goes around wearing that straw hat all the time.”
“Sosuke…”
“You, better than anyone, know I don’t like others touching what is mine.”