Most of the shingami, other than there being a ryoka event, didn't know that there was much going on. Very few knew that Matsumoto had an incident with her small taicho, and even fewer knew about the resurfacing of the former taicho of the tenth division.

While Rukia had born witness to said incident and was even part of the cause, she had yet to know about the details of the events unfolding. What happened during and after the period of time that she and Orihime had been cleaning up around the tenth division was vague.

She was personally wondering how the trial had gone for Rangiku. Truth of the matter was, she knew the kind of strong bond that the two highest ranked officers of the tenth division had with each other. She had some guilt, for possibly ruining it.

True, she hadn't been the one to dare another. Fact was though, she was the one who had taken the dare, and acted upon it. Thus she had complete control over her part that she played in the event. Her choice in actions, ended up effecting many, and could have effected none, if only she had made the right decisions.

She sensed her brother's rietsu in his home office, and went to go check up on him. She was hoping that he could give her a good update on the trial, as it worried her that Rangiku might be executed, as attacking a captain was a huge offence.

As she stepped into the office, she saw that Byakuya was simply sitting at his desk, one of those irritated looks on his face. "Nii-sama… I came to ask about Rangiku's trial…"

"The sentencing was held today," the man looked her straight in the face.

"She…" Rukia paused, not saying a thing until a bit of time had passed with them staring at each other, well, as much as her brother ever stared at someone. "She was found guilty then?"

"Of course she was found guilty," the irritation was definitely in his tone. "Two counts of child abuse, to be precise. She's to be jailed until Unohana Taicho says that the fukutaicho and taicho of the tenth division have both had enough time to recover."

"So, until that happens, tenth division is without it's fukutaicho? It's rather bad, considering we are also down another fukutaicho and three captains."

"Technically, with the fact one could say that tenth division currently has two captains, it is a rather even number," Byakuya muttered, his thoughts rather distant. This also seemed, from the twitching of his face that was uncharacteristic, to be the source of his frustration.

"Why would tenth division have two captains? Wouldn't one of the captains go to one of the divisions that are lacking a captain. This makes no sense at all."

"That is a good question. Truth of the matter is, he's a former captain of the gotei thirteen, the captain prior to Hitsugaya Toshiro."

"Did he then, come back from retirement?" Rukia's face had a look where her eyes said she was positive she was right.

"Did he… no, he didn't come back from retirement."

His sister's expression changed to one of confusion. "If it wasn't retirement,"

His sister's expression charged to one of confusion. "If it wasn't retirement.

Byakuya's mouth opened, then closed, almost as if he had been going to make a curt remark. "Truth of the matter is, we all thought his former taicho was dead, but this whole time, he's been in the living world."

"Wouldn't that constitute heavy punishment?" Rukia thought back to when she had been charged with staying in the living world for too long, and giving her powers to another.

"Normally, it would. The idiot is simple being charged for coming back as a ryoka, which is why his being assigned to help his former fukutaicho with his work."

"Hitsugaya Taicho mentioned that he was fukutaicho, when we found his old lieutenants badge," Rukia sighed.

"Found… how. You shouldn't have been able to have found it easily. That lieutenant's badge was given to Hitsugaya by his former fukutaicho, the one that was there when our child prodigy graduated from the academy,"

"He died?"

"We thought… again… he had died. Irritatingly enough, I find the situation with the former taicho's situation a fool's task, while I pity the former fukutaicho as he apparently has no memory of soul society or being a shingami, we really can't tell his family he is alive."

"Does Hitsugaya Taicho know they are alive?"

"Yes, and likely not. Again, Rukia, how did you come to find the young taicho's former badge?"

"Orihime thought we'd clean up a bit around the tenth division, so it looked nice when Matsumoto Fukutaicho and Hitsugaya Taicho got back. Let's just say, Orihime wanted to clean everything."

"And how did he end up telling you this?"

"He escaped from fourth division. He was mad Orihime threw away the cigarettes." Rukia suddenly saw her brother's eye twitch.

"What is he doing with that? He's still a minor," the man grumbled. "Disgusting habit.

"From what I understand, the packs belonged to his former taicho, and former fukutaicho," came the reply.

"I see…." Her brother folded his arms across his chest. "You do realize I hadn't figured out what to do for your punishment Rukia?"

"Hai…"

"The former taicho of the tenth division… has certain problems. He and Hitsugaya Taicho haven't seen each other in twenty years. Their personalities clashed before, they will again, though when they didn't, they made a great team."

"And this has to do with me because?"

"The only reason that his former taicho is going to be hanging around is the fact Hitsugaya Taicho is still a minor, and by law, he has to have someone keep an eye on him."

"And…"

"As I said, their personalities have clashed in the past," Byakuya looked her straight in the face. "I think it is only fair, you help keep the tenth division sane, through this whole ordeal."

"I'm a member of the thirteenth division… I'm not under your command to switch… so you'll need to get Ukitake Taicho's permission first."

"Don't worry. I'll be contacting him about this. Both he and Kyoraku taicho both are worried about… a certain someone's qualifications for the job…"

"It should be that hard though…" Rukia frowned. "I am not sure if this constitutes punishment.

"I believe… it does. I wish the man had never shown up again… but recently, we should followed the clues…"

"Clues?" Rukia curiosity began to show, but her brother waved his hand, dismissing her.