Unforseen Events

[Yuri Nakayama]

Yuri was an emotional wreak. Both her and Tohru made it back to Soul Society. He would see her to her office before consoling her once more. He wouldgive her a small kiss on the forehead and would then tell her he would gather everyone here. Sure, he could have taken her home to do that, but he was afraid that she could shut down more than what she already has. Once he left, Yuri would stand at one of the window sof her office, gazing outside while she thought. Her right hand soon formed a fist, striking it against the wall near her, The wall did crack, leaving a small trace of her blood on it. Scoffing it off, she would soon let her other squad members that no one was to enter her office. Unable to hold back her anger, her office became the next unfortante target. Between the shattered wood and paper strewn all over the place, anyone not knowing any better throught that she was being attacked. Regardless, her subordinates did as they were told and left her alone to deal with her anger and grief in her own way.

Eventually, the captain would be ouside in the area closest to her office, sitting down for the time being. Not even attacking the training dummy offered any consolation. Yuri would look down to her bloodied hands. All she could see was her daughter being unconscious.. Helpless... And there was nothing she could have done to save her! That's what was enraging her so bad. For all her power as a Shinigami, a captain at that, and she couldn't even save her! A few moments later, she heard the sliding door open. This caused her to slowly stand up and turn around to see who it was that decided to enter.

"I thought I made it extremely clear that I didn't want anyone to enter."

It was then when she saw her husband, Shukumei, Ryouji, and Shiori stepped in and closed the door behind them. Seeing this, Yuri turned back away from them, staring out in front of her again. Everyone was taken by surprise to see the shape of Yuri's office. Especially Ryouji. He had thought that Yuri would have kept it in better condition. However, he would take a moment to see what had been changed in here. After all, it used to be his office. Why wouldn't he be curious?

"Auntie, what happened here? Are you alriight?"

"Don't worry about it. I'll clean it up later."

Yuri chse to ignore the question. If she answered, she woudln't be able to hold onto the anger and bitterness she feels. Of course, Shiori noticed this and would move in front of her to take a better look. Unable to look Shiori in the eyes, her own gaze shifting off to the side.


"Please, tell us what's wrong. We can't help you if you do't tell us what's wrong."


This caused Yuri to chuckle. Not because she fould what Shiori said funny or anything of the sort. It was more or less at her own powerlessness of the whole situation.

"Fine. I'll tell you what's wrong. I'm here in my office, taking care of paperwork. Next thing I know Ryou comes in, panicking. Says Hina is fighting to bide him time to come here. So, I call your father, Shukumei, and Tohru to meet me in the World of the Living. I get there before anyone else and I see the bastards holding Hina who was unconscious. Without a thought, I was ready to kill them with a full incantation of Kurohitsugi. As much as I hate to say it, if Tohru didn't stop me, I could hav easily hit Hina as well. Then, off they went. Them... with Hina as well. So, there you go. That's what's wrong. For all my power... All my skills... I couldn't save her! Why should I be okay?!"


At that last word, her anger finally melted into sadness. The tears she fought back finally began to flow. She hated that they ad to see her in such a state, but she just couldn't hold it baack anymore.

[Ryouji Onigata]

This situation was truly awful. How could anyone kidnap a Captain’s daughter? Who was it on top of that and what were they after? Yuri must be feeling awful and Shiori was angry, and if anyone knew what the anger Shiori was feeling, it would be her parents.

Who could do something so dreadful? More importantly than that was what in the hell was Yuri doing to this office? There was girl stuff everywhere! So much has change since he was in charge. Though to be honest, there was a chance Ryouji could do a little snooping around to see what else she could be hiding in his old office.

“If there was one thing I wish I could have taught you before handing over the reigns was to keep this place tidy…”

He turned around and quietly opened up the file cabinet and he started to reach for some papers but Shukumei immediately slapped his hand which caused him to shut the file cabinet and turned around. Immediately Shukumei told him to knock it off.

[Ryouji]“Even though you can hollowfy properly now, don’t think I have forgotten that I owe you one…I will get you back!”

=================Enter Flashback==================

Ryouji and Yuri were tearing it up but neither one of them could get the upper hand and win. Both were tired and breathing heavily and tied but neither one of them were about to give up on the other.

[Ryouji] “This battle is far from over…though I will admit that you are a lot stronger, but you can be stronger!!”

Ryouji refreshed his mask and it became whole once again. Yuri refreshed her mask but both of them had been beating each other up for two hours. Shukumei glanced over at Emi, who was cheering both her mom and her uncle on. Every one else however was bored.

They were always training against one another and it was kind of boring. Shukumei stood up and walked in between the two of them and both of them stopped charging.

[Shukumei] “Alright, you to have proven that it’s a draw. That’s enough,take off your Hollow masks and let’s go eat!”

She lowered her arms and started to walk off but Ryouji was. laughing and it caused her to stop.

[Ryouji] “Be thankful I stopped! I know everyone is bored, but how else am i supposed train with Yuri? Besides, you have to be more careful! I could have harmed you!!”

Shukumei, and everybody else was tired of it all and she stared at the two of them out of her right eye. She smirked and turned to face the two of them again.

[Shukumei] “Screw it, if you to want to face off so bad then fine. You two can square off against me. If you two win, I will shut up and the two of you can return to sparring and I will never stop you two again, but if I win…then the two of you will stop immediately and the two of you will take care of the dishes…deal?”

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Ryouji and Yuri turned and looked at each other and took their stances. Shukumei took her fighting stance. Ryouji and Yuri started running of toward Shukumei.

Shukumei raised her hand and placed it near her forehead. She bent her wrist and stared at the two of them. Ryouji grabbed Yuri and the two of them stopped. Ryouji eyes widened in disbelief.

[Ryouji] “You didn’t…”

Shukumei hollowfied right there on the spot. Once she was finished, she opened her mouth and gathered energy and released an enormous Cero causing both Ryouji and Yuri’s masks to shatter as the hit the ground.

Ryouji sat up in disbelief, he could not believe that his sister could Hollowfy once again!!!

Shukumei mask vanished and she stood there over the two of them. The absolute shock on everyone staring at the three of them. Even Azumi came out and was shocked.

[Shukumei] “We won’t eat a lot, I promise!”

===============End Flashback===================

[Ryouji] “I still don’t believe that you beat us…”

[Yuri Nakayama]

After Yuri got that off her chest, it oddly did help calm her down. Though, when she finally noticed Ryouji going through her filing cabinet, she did glare at him. It was probably nothing compared to Azumi's, but that wasn't the point.

"Really? You're concerned about the cleanliness? It was clean before... Well. Before my temper got the best of me. I'll clean it up later. I just..."

Tohru would go up to Yuri, giving her a hug. It was all he could do.

"We'll get her back, Yuri. You know that. You also know you can't let your anger take over. Think about what Ryou told you. They knew Hina is our child. A child of a Shinigami captain. It was deliberate. I can only assume they're trying to overwhelm you with what you're feeling now. If you stay like this, you can't help her."


Yuri would just bury her head into his chest. He was right. She knew it, but it felt like a difficult pill to swallow. He would let her be there for as long as she needed. After some time, and from feeling slightly embarrassed for showing public displays of affection, she would move away, but still remain close enough to hold his hand. It was at that particular moment that she heard Ryouji reminiscing about how Shukumei beat them in a bet more or less. Yuri gave a small chuckle. It was faint, but sincere.


"I know everyone else will be searching but... I know there's no doubt you all will be able to find her. So please... Help me. Help me bring Hina back! I know I'm asking for a lot. I'll do whatever it takes to bring her back! I have more faith in everyone that's here!"

[Little Emi]

After catching the news of everything, Emi dropped whatever she was doing to head to her mother's barracks quickly. Something was way wrong. She brought many people back, but no one could have been responsible for something like this. It just didn't make any sense at all. There had to be something she was missing, but what? What was she missing? Once there, she would head into the office. Although she did see everyone else there, she went to her mother and hugged her tightly. Emi would do her best to figure out what was going on no matter how long it would take.

"Don't worry, Mama. I know I'm not a Shinigami like everyone else, but that doesn't mean I can't help! We'll have her back just in time for our annual vacation! Don't give up, okay?"

With that, Emi let go so she could head back home to start on her preparations. She had to retrace every single thing she ever did. Did something go from then to now? If so, what? Once home and in her room, now was the time to get down to the research. She had to think. Is it something obvious or something so small that it is almost unnoticeable?

For the better part of three hours, Emi was going through everything. Just in case she needed something to build off of, she would have "backups" as a fail-safe. Those "backups" may have the answers she needs. So, she began to read. During this time, she couldn't find anything. She was just about to give up until she finally found something. A small discrepancy.

"Interesting... I wonder why it didn't catch my attention before. Now that I think about it, Hina always mentioned she didn't want to be a Shinigami because the fights were scary to her. Seeing Mama and everyone get hurt made her decide that. So... why? Why did that suddenly change? I wouldn't force something like that on her and yet I "approved" the outcome. If something that small happened, then... Anything is possible."

Now with a particular goal in mind, she can set off to ask some very important questions. Once leaving her room, she would head off to look for any of her family. However, who should she ask? Probably Ryouji and Shukumei would be the best ones to ask. Once finding them, Emi would motion them to come over.

"I know this is going to sound strange but hear me out. Have you guys noticed anything different about yourselves or anyone else for that matter? It doesn't matter if you think it could be bad information or not."

They looked at her kind of funny. What was she talking about?

"I don't know how to quite put it into words so... I suppose I'll let you know what I've been thinking about. Until recently, I never really thought too much about the fact that Hina is a Shinigami. That is until I thought about it more and more. She never wanted to be one. What about you two? Has she ever told you she wanted to be a Shinigami or not? Do you ever recall her asking about it?"

[Ryouji Onigata]

Ryouji was thinking about the question. Does he remember Hina ever mentioning that she wanted to become a Shinigami? A better person to ask would be Shiori, since she probably talks to Hina more than he does. In fact, unless it was reminding him how much she loves her Uncle, or calling for help, she really doesn’t ask for him much.

He was just worried about her but he isn’t too worried about her though. Yuri’s children have the uncanny ability to get themselves out of it and it’s always before he has a chance to hurt anyone.

[Ryouji]: “I don’t recall her ever mentioning wanting to become a Shinigami, that is odd. Then again, so is every thing else we go through as a family.”

He wasn’t lying about that. It was weird that he and Azumi, Yuri died but was brought back because Emi missed them. He had gotten use to it all but something was bugging him to say the least. It’s something that would have to wait until later, right now bringing Hina home would take priority.

[Ryouji]: “I know it’s tough to hear, but we will get Hina home. Don’t you worry. It’s a lot to deal with but you can rest assured that nothing will stop us from bringing her home!”