Death: So I am a Quincy

"That's because the 13th Division has been ridiculed by other teams several times for not having a vice-captain." Kuchiki Rukia sighed.

"Mocking? Why? Don't they know that Captain Ukitake is one of the oldest captains in Soul Society?" Amemiya was puzzled. Ukitake was a student of Captain-General Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, yet there were still people who mocked the 13th Division.

"Of course they don't dare to talk about Captain Ukitake. But because there is no vice-captain, other teams think that the members of Team 13 are too disappointing, which has led to the vacancy of the vice-captain position." Rukia is also aware of these discussions on weekdays, so she has always wanted to work hard to train herself and let others know that the vacancy of the vice-captain of Team 13 is not due to the disappointment of the members.

"So that's how it is..." Amemiya understood, because in the original story, the 11th Division looked down on the medical staff of the 4th Division by virtue of their status as a combat division. But if they were asked to evaluate Unohana Retsu, they would not dare to do so.

"Come to think of it, I wanted to congratulate you just now." Rukia sighed again at this moment, "But your performance made me lose the will."

"Don't be like this, Rukia. You've really helped me a lot this time. I owe you one." Amemiya said with a smile.

"Forget it... Amamiya-kun, congratulations on officially becoming the vice-captain." Rukia smiled, "This speed really amazes me. I lost the original agreement. You have... reached the level of the former vice-captain of Haiyan."

"You called me the wrong name, Rukia." Amemiya reminded.

"Ah, that's true. You are already the official vice-captain, so you should be called..." Rukia suddenly realized.

"It's not that. I told you this the last time I went to the human world." Amemiya said dissatisfiedly.

"Du...kun?" Rukia said slowly.

"No need for honorifics." Amemiya scratched his head, feeling a headache. "I told you to call me just ordinary a long time ago, you are such a stubborn guy."

Rukia was dazed when she looked at Amamiya. This attitude seemed to be the same as that of someone who had often communicated with her on an equal footing a long time ago...

"Hey, Rukia, hey." Amemiya waved in front of her eyes, thinking that she was thinking nonsense again.

Rukia opened Amamiya's shaking hand and said unhappily, "It's okay."

Then she walked aside and looked into the distance, as if she wanted to jump out of the scope of Soul Society. No one knew what she was thinking.

"What are you looking at?" Yu Gongdu asked softly.

"No..." Rukia started to deny, but then stopped and looked at Amamiya.

"Du." This was the first time she formally called out Amemiya Tsutomu's name in front of Amemiya Tsutomu.

"I want to meet two people. Can you... accompany me?" Rukia's eyes were a little evasive, but firm, as if she had made up her mind.

"It's a small matter." Amemiya chuckled. "If you want to beat up your big brother, that's fine. I'll go with you, even though neither of us can beat him."

When Rukia heard this, she burst out laughing. She already knew why she subconsciously asked Amemiya to do this.

"This feeling... is really good." Rukia thought.

At this moment, Yu Gongdu was also looking at her quietly, and something seemed to be melting in his heart...

Chapter 33 Heading to the Shiba Family

"West Ryukon Street?" Ukitake asked in surprise.

"Yes, Rukia didn't tell me the specific location." Amemiya explained. On the first day of becoming the vice-captain, he had to ask the captain for leave. Even though Amemiya had the intention of slacking off, he felt a little embarrassed.

"I'm so sorry, Captain Ukitake." Amamiya said, "I'll be back to take care of team affairs as soon as Rukia and I get back."

"No, To-kun, these are nothing." Ukitake said with a smile. "With Kiyone and Sentaro here, you don't have to worry at all. What's more..."

"What's more?" asked Yu Gongdu.

Ukitake shook his head, "Rukia, I'll leave it to you." Ukitake said seriously. He knew that Rukia must be going to West Rukongai to look for the Shiba family, which meant that Rukia was already prepared, but asking Amemiya to go with her might also be because she lacked courage.

"It's been too long, but finally... I'm sure Tou-kun's words will help Rukia." Ukitake thought.

"Rukia is an excellent member of our 13th Division. Captain, you don't need me to say anything. I won't sit idly by." Amamiya said with a smile. "And Captain, you don't need to use the honorific title."

Afterwards, Amemiya got a pass to Rukongai from Ukitake and prepared to go out to find Rukia to go together.

At the team barracks, Amemiya saw Rukia and waved to her.

Rukia Kuchiki hurried over and asked, "How is it, did Captain Ukitake agree?" It can be seen that Rukia is still a little nervous at the moment, because if Captain Ukitake knew about going to West Rukongai, he would guess that she was going to find the Shiba family. So she was unsure whether Captain Ukitake would stop her.

"Of course I agreed. This is the request of my vice-captain." Amemiya said proudly with his hands on his hips.

Rukia breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the first sentence, but after hearing the second sentence and looking at Amamiya Toshi's expression, she couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Then let's go now." After saying that, Rukia Kuchiki walked towards the door of the 13th Division, not wanting to pay attention to the funny Amamiya Tsutomu.

"Hey, why are you leaving? Where is your gratitude, Rukia?" Amemiya shouted from behind.

'What vice-captain's request? It's obviously Captain Ukitake's...' Rukia thought speechlessly.

After arriving at the west gate of Soul Society, Amemiya Tsutomu and Kuchiki Rukia handed over the relevant certificates to Shidanbo and walked straight out.

The residents of Rukongai were walking around in scattered groups, and they were not surprised by the two Shinigami who appeared here. After all, there were Shinigami who came to Rukongai to do business and went in and out of Soul Society before.

Along the way, Rukia remained silent, which was rare, and just led the way.

"Rukia, where are we going? We're already in the suburbs." Amemiya could see that Rukia was probably still a little hesitant. He wanted her to tell him everything, but she was so hesitant. Maybe she wouldn't be able to speak directly when she met Shiba Kūkaku later.

"...Go to the outskirts of West Rukongai." Rukia spoke this time, "To...visit the Shiba family."

"Are they the family of Deputy Captain Haiyan?" asked Yu Gongdu.

"...Yes." Rukia said and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Amemiya took a step forward, put both hands on Kuchiki Rukia's head, and began to rub her hair frantically.

Rukia stopped and immediately slapped Amamiya Tou's hands away, and asked angrily, "Hey! Tou! What are you doing!"

Although she was determined to apologize seriously this time, the closer she got to this place, the more she was afraid that she would not be forgiven by the family of Vice Captain Haiyan. Amamiya's joke instantly diverted Rukia's attention.

"We should go and apologize to Vice Captain Haiyan's family." Yu Gongdu said, but his expression was not one of doubt but of affirmation.

"Why do you know?" Rukia was surprised, as she clearly didn't tell him.

"That's how kids apologize. They're afraid they won't be forgiven, so they hesitate and don't want to do it."

"You actually called me a child..." Rukia's fists were a little hard at this moment.

"But the most important thing about an apology is not the length of time," Amamiya told her. "It's your sincerity. Do you really want to apologize to them from the bottom of your heart?"

"Of course I did! It's just... I should have gone and apologized to them earlier..." Rukia said dejectedly.

"Then let's go, nothing else matters. They will definitely forgive you." Amemiya pushed Rukia from behind, urging her to leave quickly.

"Don't push me, you can walk by yourself! Really, I don't know where you get such confidence..." Rukia muttered.

Soon after, Amemiya saw two big hands raised in front of him, and an exaggerated banner held up by the big hands, with the four words "Shiba Kūkaku" written in large letters on the banner.

"We're here." Rukia looked here, paused for a while, but still walked forward.

As soon as they approached the door, two burly men came out and stopped them.

"Excuse me, vice-captain among the Shinigami, what brings you to the Shiba family?" One of them recognized the vice-captain's epaulettes on Amemiya's shoulders and asked.

"I..." Rukia wanted to speak, but Amamiya spoke first.

"Vice-captain of the 13th Division, Amemiya Tsutomu, and team member Kuchiki Rukia are here to visit Ms. Shiba Kūkaku and Mr. Shiba Ganju. Could you please go and inform them?" Amemiya Tsutomu said.

"I understand. Please wait a moment." Then one of them went in to look for someone.

Inside the mansion, Shiba Ganju was shouting.

"Oh oh oh, sister, I really can't do it anymore. After all, what's the use of learning so many ghost ways? Am I going to be a god of death? I don't want to do that!" Shiba Ganju ran while dodging the attacks from Shiba Kūkaku from behind.

"Don't give me that. Ghost ways are not exclusive to the God of Death. As the last man of the Shiba family, you have more to learn than just this." Shiba Kūkaku ignored his wailing and continued his attack.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the training room, interrupting her attack.

"I'm saved," Shiba Ganju thought, wiping his sweat.

"Lord Konghe." A voice came from outside the door.

"Is this Ginhiko? What's the matter?" asked Shiba Kūkaku.

"Now, there are two Death Gods outside. They said they want to visit you and Master Ganji."

"Death? How interesting. What's your identity?"

"It's the vice-captains of the 13th Division, Amamiya Miyabi and Kuchiki Rukia."

"What?" "Kuchia Kuchiki!" Shiba Kūkaku and Shiba Ganju said in surprise at the same time.

"It's the Grim Reaper who killed my eldest brother!" Shiba Ganju slammed the ground hard, "Why is she here now? To humiliate us? I'm going to teach her a lesson!"

"Wait a minute, Ganju." Shiba Kūkaku frowned, and at the same time, he was not quite sure what the other party was here for. Because Kuchiki Rukia and Vice Captain Amamiya came together, Shiba Kūkaku didn't know whether Kuchiki Rukia came to apologize or for something else.

"I'll go with you. Let's see what they are keeping in suspense." Shiba Kūkaku took the bruised and battered Shiba Ganju out.

Chapter 34 A belated apology

After waiting for a while, Amemiya finally met Shiba Kūkaku and Shiba Ganju.

Shiba Kūkaku was still wearing that sexy red dress and a headscarf that covered her long black hair.

'They are a bit similar, like Ichigo Kurosaki.' Amemiya thought, and felt that Ichigo Kurosaki looked more like Shiba Kūkaku's younger brother. On the other hand, Shiba Ganju looked a bit rough.

Amemiya looked at Shiba Ganju, uh, what's going on with this bruised face and nose.

"Death God, and the vice-captain among the Death Gods, what brings you here specially?" Shiba Kūkaku said coldly.

“Hey! You, the god of death, you killed my eldest brother and yet you still have the nerve to come here to see us, and bring the vice-captain with you. Are you here to provoke me? I am definitely here to provoke you! Even if you have the vice-captain’s support, today I, Lord Ganji, will…”

When Shiba Kūkaku heard this, he suddenly elbowed Shiba Ganju and said, "Ganju, shut up first."

"I..." Rukia was still a little hesitant at this moment, stammering and unwilling to continue.

Amemiya sighed and patted Rukia on the back.

"It hurts!" Rukia glared at Amamiya.

"Rukia, you've finally gotten here, you're not going to say anything, are you?" Amemiya said.

Rukia took a deep breath and finally spoke to the two people in front of her: "Sorry! I'm so sorry."

"This apology is a little too late. I wanted to say it earlier... but because of my weakness and my avoidance of the matter with Vice Captain Haiyan, it took me so long to come and apologize."

"But even after all this time, I still don't have the courage to face you all alone. I'm really... sorry."

Shiba Kūkaku and Shiba Ganju did not say anything, but listened indifferently.

"I will never forgive you." After a long time, Shiba Ganju slowly spoke.

"What..." Rukia Kuchiki's worries came true.

"As expected, my behavior is still unforgivable..." Rukia trembled.

Amemiya looked at Rukia. Now she seemed to have returned to the gloomy look when they first met. So he held Rukia's hand tightly and felt her trembling hands and body.

Rukia's eyes were already a little red, and as she looked at Amamiya, it seemed that tears were about to burst out.

Amemiya shook his head at Rukia, then looked at Shiba Kūkaku.

"Ms. Shiba Kūkaku, is your answer the same as Mr. Shiba Ganju's?" asked Amemiya.

Shiba Kūkaku scratched his head, looked at Kuchiki Rukia, and sighed before saying, "No need to apologize anymore."

"Oh, really? Yes, I understand. I don't deserve your forgiveness. After all, it's me..." Rukia went back to her mumbling mode, blaming herself constantly.

"Rukia, listen to what Miss Kūkaku has to say." Amamiya said to her.

"You are such a brat... I mean this matter is written off, no need to apologize anymore."

"Huh? Ah?" Rukia seemed a little confused at the moment, and couldn't believe what she heard from Shiba Kūkaku.

"Sister! Why do you want to write it off? It's obviously my brother..." Shiba Ganju was a little anxious.

"Mr. Ganji, do you really understand the whole story?" Amemiya held Rukia's hand tightly. He could feel that Rukia's hand was still a little cold.

"Huh? Of course, it was the Grim Reaper next to you who brought the dying brother back personally. She herself admitted that she was the one who killed Brother Haiyan." Shiba Ganjiu was very angry at this moment.

And Shiba Kūkaku was about to say something at this time.

"Then let me tell you. The whole incident has been recorded in detail in the 13th Division." Amemiya said and explained to him slowly.

……

"How is it possible... it was Big Brother who bumped into her knife. Big Brother, did he do it willingly?" Shiba Ganju still couldn't believe it at this moment. "You are lying! Death gods are not good guys. Big Brother clearly..."

"Ganju!" Shiba Kūkaku called out to him, "What he said is the truth."

"Impossible, sister, you are lying to me, brother..."

“How is it possible…” Shiba Ganju fell down weakly.