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Title: Strange Times
Fandom: Bleach
Rating: G
Word Count: 340
Characters: Yamamoto, Kyouraku, Ukitake
Summary: A speculative piece. Spoilers up to chapter 186.




“Jyuushiro, Shunsui. I’ve called the two of you here on a very important matter.”

“Oh?” Kyouraku tilted his kasa back off his forehead. “Are we finishing up our fight?”

The captain-general folded his gnarled fingers together. “I’m afraid I’ve decided to set aside the issue of your betrayal for something a little more pressing.”

“How very kind and uncharacteristic of you.”

“Strange times, indeed.” Yamamoto returned coolly.

Ukitake finally spoke up. “What is it you wish to discuss?”

“No doubt you are both familiar with Kurosaki.” The two captains nodded, already aware the direction this conversation was heading. “For such a powerful person to share the same name and many of the same traits- it is of no mere coincidence.”

Ukitake nodded, crossing his arms. “We’ve been able to contain the talk about it among the lower ranks. The boy himself doesn’t even seem aware of it.”

“Good, good.” But Yamamoto’s eyes cracked open a sliver. “Of course you know we cannot merely let something like this slip by us. He is in contact with both Kurosaki and Urahara.”

Kyouraku kept his expression carefully blank at the names of their two old friends. “What would you have us do?”

“They should be located and, to some extent, monitored. Especially after the recent events. We shall use the boy toward this end.” From out of his great sleeve, Yamamoto pulled out a pentagon imprinted with a skull. “R&D created this especially for the situation. Jyuushiro, as captain of his friend the boy will be more inclined to trust you than any of the other captains. It has the capabilities to detect Hollows and separate his soul from his body. He will be under the impression he is being sanctioned.”

Though not liking the idea of abusing the boy’s trust, Ukitake understood the need for the action and accepted the task with a nod.

The captain-general gave his former students a long look. “Gentlemen, I know that these two were once comrades. But, times being as they are, things must be done.”

Date: 2005-11-30 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukishine.livejournal.com
Ooh, could totally see that happening. Very believable. I've always wondered, in the back of my mind, why no one really reacted to his name, considering Isshin is, apparently, as badass as he is.

Does thinking Isshin is cool make me a dork?

Date: 2005-11-30 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idiosyn.livejournal.com
Nah, Isshin is awesome in both Daddy!pwnage and secretBatmanidentity!pwnage. But it pretty much hit me last night when little synopsi in my brain were firing randomly and I remembered that 1) no one reacted to the name 'Kurosaki', 2) SOMEONE must've been around before Isshin left and 3) Ichigo's badge means jackshit.

I left it open-ended because I want to know what Kubo-sensei has planned before I start making potentially stable theories.

Date: 2005-11-30 05:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukishine.livejournal.com
Exactly. Yama-jii's been there, what, since dinosaurs roamed the earth? *seriously thinks he preceded the Big Bang* He'd have to know Isshin. It bugs when little mistakes like that are made, and Kubo-sensei's proven that he's better than that. He's the master of little details that come back and kick us in the ass. So there's gotta be something there. Something's going to come up about it. Has to.

Or I might lose a smidgen of respect for him...

Date: 2005-11-30 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophiap.livejournal.com
It does bug. The explanation I'm giving myself until Kubo-sensei gets back to the Isshin storyline is that Isshin took Masaki's family name when they married.

Date: 2005-11-30 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] himawari.livejournal.com
Yay for speculative fic! :) I'm definitely interested to see what's up with that badge. And I also definitely think Isshin and/or Urahara were friends with Shunsui and Ukitake. I wouldn't be at all surprised if something like this happened. Good job.

Date: 2005-11-30 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idiosyn.livejournal.com
They seem like they would've been friends, wouldn't they? Maybe it's just the old-man syndrome :P

Date: 2005-11-30 09:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hidden-gems.livejournal.com
Wicked, wicked, *wicked*!!

I hadn't thought old Yama might be behind it -- but then again, I don't think very much, just do a lot of meaningless squeeing -- but this works. It really does.

**SQUEE**

Date: 2005-12-01 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idiosyn.livejournal.com
Thanks^^

It's amazing the things you pass over but comes back to whack you over the head, isn't it?

Date: 2005-12-01 09:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hidden-gems.livejournal.com
Too right! Happens to me all the time.

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