36th step: Triumph

[favorthebold]

Hah. And I had feared that things had blown over.

Are you at last happy, you Shinigami, now that more blood's been spilled? And you men of Konoha? I suppose it doesn't matter. You've done nothing to stop this, and won't be doing anything different in the future, I wager.

And that's true for all you madmen of this city, make no mistake. None of you are safe. Take care who you look up to as your healers and guardians.

My regards to your brother, dome Izuna. Sometimes it seems a shame that we must be enemies.



This has gone well, and better than well... but it will take a subtler hand than mine, now, and one less known, to truly make the notch in doma Unohana's reputation. In case you desire the pleasure.

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[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

So it seems. How goes it there, dome? Which of the two do you bet on?

I mean precisely that. There are those here whom folks would rely on. They should understand where that reliance gets them.

[mere_shopkeeper]

[Opening his mouth to respond, Urahara is cut off by a loud explosion that causes the feed to go out. A few minutes later, he's back with the surroundings eerily quiet.]

Ah, my apologies... Where were we~?

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Any developments?

[mere_shopkeeper]

[Aside from a distinct lack of a dead Aizen?]

Madara-san has left the building~!

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Left what is left of the building, you mean. I take it they're both alive.

[mere_shopkeeper]

[A gusty sigh and pout. Can you hear the disappointment, Saul?]

Why did they have to do it in the library?

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

[Oh he can. He likes your disappointment.]

I grant, that is a shame.

[mere_shopkeeper]

[Urahara does aim to please, even if he is now whining and pouting ferociously.]

The LIBRARY!

[His heart is breaking, really. And perhaps not only because of the poor books.]

[favorthebold.livejournal.com]

Mm, and next you'll tell me that you grieve for the books more than for the life lost.

[mere_shopkeeper]

Unfortunately, no. The loss of books, I can find words for. The loss of a life...

[He sighed and shook his head.]

That sadness cannot be expressed adequately enough.