TBTP: Retribution

''This story is the second chapter of a Turn Back the Pendulum arc consisting of the author's characters. Respect for the article is expected, but opinions of all spectrum are welcome and encouraged on this article's talk page. Thanks! Captain Jack Sparrow   (Captain's Logs) 22:02, July 3, 2011 (UTC)''

Its Time! The Central 46 Convenes!
The, ...

In the dark chambers of the governing body of Soul Society, forty wisemen and six judges gathered in their chairs.

"Let's get this over with." mumbled a dark-skinned man as he took his seat. "I, Judge Sashu, call this meeting of the Central 46 to session."

"Reports indicate that Mūkade is indeed behind the kidnapping of one of the Jinki Fragments." one of the wisemen immediately blurted.

"Speculation!" yelled out another judge, named Judge Nageki according to the name plate. "Mūkade is a traitor and a murderer, but their is no evidence he is going after such high profile targets!"

"I concur with Judge Nageki." Judge Sashu replied, "There is no evidence the crime was committed by Mūkade."

"Shouldn't the focus of this meeting be on former  Raian Getsueikirite, who has turned out to be a fragment, and whom this court wrongly, in my opinion, sentenced to the Human World?" a third judge, Baishū, interjected.

"I concur, your honors!" another wiseman declared. "We've done our best, up until now, to keep our tabs on the Jinki Fragments. Now that one has been taken, how can we justify letting the captain run around the Human World?"

"Former Captain Getsueikirite is a criminal." spat Judge Sashu, "He will not be brought back to Soul Society."

"Perhaps there is a way we can compromise, fellow judges." a fourth judge, Shūwai, said. "Bring Raian back to Soul Society, and then we imprison him. That way he remains out this kidnapper's hands, and we still rightfully punish him."

"I like that idea." concurred the wiseman.

"As do I." Sashu stated.

"And I." Nageki added.

"I concur." Baishū stated.

"As do I." Shūwai added.

"And you, Judge Tadashī?" Sashu asked.

Tadashí folded his arms and thought momentarily, "Very well, I concur."

"Excellent. We will send a team after him." Sashu concluded.

"What of his teammates, one of whom is the former Shinigami, Yūbi?" a wiseman asked.

"Kill them." Sashu added.