To the Son [Closed]

If there was one thing Lilith Antonovich wanted to be right now, it was drunk. Her night had gone a direction that she planned to fix violently, but before she could do that, as a Captain of the Gotei, she had to take care of a few things first. The most important one, in her mind at least, was informing Genpaku Arishima of what happened to his Lieutenant and sister. Lilith left Kei with Yua in her apartment, warning them not to leave without at least leaving a note of exactly where they would be going. As long as Kei was with someone, Lilith was able to relax just enough to function. And with this calmer mind, she made her way to the Tenth Division grounds to hunt down the first person to talk to.

Lilith could feel the power radiating from the area buzzing along her skin as she walked into the Tenth. She could see some of the tension in the weaker Shinigami as they got closer. Many tried to meditate under it, as if trying to get used to their Captains power, but weren't having a good time of it. Lilith made her way to the mostly empty courtyard to see Genpaku meditating in the center. She avoided any sparks that may have come her way and stopped next to him. Because of her eyepatch, Lilith was mostly hidden, which was a good thing because her actual reiatsu would probably disrupt him. This technique of his always irritated her because of how many times he had almost died learning it.

Lilith stepped up to him and sat down about three feet in front of him, lightly patting his head to show him she was here. This was something that she had done many times. He did not have to stop his practice any time soon, but she was here. Lilith curled her knees up to her chest, actually expecting him to continue for a while and not caring if he did. She put her arms on her knees and her face in her arms and just waited for a while. Once he was done with his meditation, she would still be there.

Lilith's head raised when she heard his voice. She pushed up a smile, but her eyes said it all. "I'm telling you because I have to tell you." Lilith looked seriously at him, "I don't want to tell you because I know how you get, so I don't want to see or hear any of that shit." Lilith waited for some sort of reaction from him and then took a deep breath, getting ready to spill the beans about everything.

"I'm sure you heard about the meeting that I called with Kei and the Captain Commander. I know no details have been given out yet, but that happened." Lilith explained, her eyes focusing on the floor, "When the meeting ended, Kei left alone and I stayed with the others to continue the discussion. During that time, she was attacked... brutally. I found her Zanpakutō lying in the middle of the Seireitei and followed her into the sewers and found her..." Lilith closed her eyes and pushed the memory from her mind to speak again, "She's gonna need some time off. She's staying at my place for a while. I don't want her alone until everything gets settled." It was obvious that Lilith wasn't being one hundred percent honest. There was some details that she was leaving out, but there was a reason for that. "If you have any questions, you're gonna have to ask. My mind is everywhere but a good place."

Lilith's initial way of bringing this up may have come off wrong. Well, no. It came off as she wanted it, but her approach was wrong. Whether she saw Genpaku as a son or not shouldn't have mattered, that included the daughter she saw in Kei. The fact was, Kei was Genpaku's Lieutenant and keeping some details from his bothered her on multiple levels. Her frustrated sigh made that clear. Lilith followed Genpaku to his apartment and sat down as he offered. Her mind really was elsewhere, otherwise she'd probably have commented on his apartment being a mess, even if it wasn't really. He hung up his haori and asked the question that definitely needed answering. "Hidan, the Lieutenant of the Seventh." she answered briskly, her tone filled with seething anger, "Because of that, we have to approach the situation delicately. Internal Affairs isn't exactly supposed to have traitors within their ranks. The fact that Kei said he also used an ability that is not normally in his arsenal, some sort of portal she compared to a garganta, has some wondering if it was him or something disguised as him."

Lilith watched him move to the kitchen as she explained. His next question had her think for a moment. "Kei, Yua, Midori, myself, and now you. I don't know when, but I'll have to approach the Captain Commander about this sometime soon, likely today if I don't want to hear him complain at me over it." Lilith thought about a drink and her eyes said it all, "You got anything that's not water... or juice... or soda... and that can make my head a little fuzzy? If you got that, I'll take that. If not, then water is fine." Lilith sighed and laid her head back on the couch, staring at the ceiling. She felt more than at fault for this. "Which is probably why I thought you'd freak out, but nope... I'm the one freaking out about it." Lilith spoke her thoughts aloud, semi-aware of it. When she realized she did, she facepalmed.

"Sorry about my stupid... assumption, accusation... whatever you want to call it." she said, still staring upwards, "I knew Kei had a problem with the dark and didn't walk her home and then this shit happens. I should've gone with her, but I had to stay in that fucking meeting." Lilith brought her arm over her face as she clenched her jaw. "He raped her, Genpaku. He snuck up behind her, hit her on the head, and dragged her to the sewers just to take advantage of her. By the time I got there, he was gone and it's my fucking fault. If I hadn't let myself be known, I would have caught him and killed him."

Normally, Lilith would have pouted at him like an overprotective Mother and asked him why he had alcohol in his home, but today was not a day of joking. Lilith took up the drink and was going to just down it. She quickly caught herself and decided against it, taking a few sips. He said it wasn't her fault, but he was right about that not making her feel better. She felt at fault and that was all that mattered. She understood why he reacted the way he did sometimes, but this one was a bit too much, even for someone as strong as Lilith. Her daughter had just been hurt in a manner that haunted the darkest nightmares a parent could have. Lilith wanted to kill someone right now, but she couldn't and it sucked.

"Kei doesn't want this out at all. I asked her permission to tell you, actually. You can't really blame her, ya know? If you saw what I saw, you'd understand." Lilith gave Genpaku a reassuring look that said he would never have wanted to see that and just shook her head. She took a larger drink and set the glass down. "Midori is taking care of the samples, as she called it and took Kei's statement last night after healing her." Lilith explained, sitting forward a bit. Her eyes narrowed as if she had something she wanted to say, which she did. "I do have a theory about it. The meeting we had was about Kurisu Nadeshiko, the Lieutenant of the Second. We figured out that the poison that got Kaminari and Dai was one she created here, so how did that end up in the hands of an Arrancar? Not only that, but Kei and her left together after the meeting and Kurisu wasn't exactly shocked we called her in."

"To be honest, I don't know. During the meeting, she was more than willing to give out every ounce of information she had. I sensed no lie. She even had the guts to get hostile toward the Captain Commander when he asked her if she sold the information. Apparently, she's extremely protective of her work." Lilith explained eyes narrowed to the floor. She agreed with Genpaku; there was too much in the dark. The timing just felt too convenient, so Lilith felt her suspicion was well placed.

Lilith sighed and shook her head and picked up her drink. She thought about Genpaku's question and couldn't come up with any other answer. "The only thing I want to do is wring that asshole's neck." Lilith's voice became threatening as she hissed out the words. She found herself squeezing the glass she held too hard and it shattered, the pieces and rest of her drink falling to the ground. Lilith sighed and glanced up from her mess to Genpaku, "Sorry, I got it. You got a towel around here?"

Lilith insisted on cleaning the mess herself. She picked up the glass, dried the lost alcohol, and tossed the towel in the kitchen sink. It took Lilith a moment to return from the kitchen. She ended up staring at the sink lost in thoughts of the night before. When she finally came out of them, she wiped a tear from her face and then went back to the couch. "I'm, uh..." Lilith cleared her throat, "... gonna have to talk to the Captain Commander about it. They'll launch an investigation, but we'll keep it from most people. Have you heard of any Shinigami acting strangely or using powers they don't normally have?"

Lilith understood that her question was a little strange. People were coming up with new abilities every day just to rise in the ranks. However, some abilities were just out of place, a like a Shinigami using a garganta. It was just not done, if that is exactly what had been seen. Lilith raised an eyebrow as Genpaku succeeded in his attempt to lighten the mood. "Smartass." she said and popped a small smile as he thought, "I didn't expect you would have, but I need to go check on Kei. I don't like being far from her with what went on." Lilith made her way toward the door, but stopped next to Genpaku.

"You be careful, okay?" she said and placed a hand on his shoulder. She got a mischievous smile on her face before she would have let him go and then pulled him into a hug. She proceeded to kiss his cheek three times with three 'muah, muah, muah' following before hurrying toward the door. "I know I can count on you, just keep watch. Love ya. Later!" And with a showing of a peace sign, Lilith rushed out of the apartment with an uplifted mood, but rushed back toward her place to check on Kei.