Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or any other TV show, manga or anime that might be mentioned below
Authors Note - I thought long and hard about posting this. It's not a story about Bleach, it's conversations overheard after Bleach ends. It also makes CONTINUAL reference to a lot of other animes/mangas/television programs, at least some of which probably won't be familiar to most Bleach fans. Possibly a lot won't be familiar, as I consume WAY too much anime/manga.
In other words, a lot of the references aren't going to make sense. From that perspective most of this will be hard to follow and will probably seem pretty stupid, so I'd warn you that if you don't like the first chapter don't bother reading further, because this isn't going to grow on you.
On the flip side, some of these new programs might make pretty good television...
The last victim had been slain, the last battle fought. More importantly, the last chapter photographed and the last episode recorded. Bleach was over. All that remained was to turn out the studio lights.
The cast party was a rather somber affair, as all such parties are, because nothing worries those of the anime/manga community like being out of work.
Jushiro and Shunsui had been imbibing.
"So what are you going to do next, Shun?"
"Actually, I'm glad you asked, Ju. I had an idea for a show we could do. I'd be a brilliant internal medicine specialist, but really unpleasant. You'd be my heart-of-gold Oncologist buddy."
"That doesn't sound like much of a show, Shun. What would we do all episode long?"
"Oh," said Shunsui airily, "Antics, I suppose." He hadn't really thought that far ahead.
"Antics huh?" Jushiro scratched his chin. "We'd need more of a cast you know. Otherwise who'd you be mean to?"
"The patients, there'd be new ones every week. And I was thinking we could have Nanao and Retsu along. Nanao would work for me, I'd have some sort of team, so there'd be some familiar faces. And maybe we could get Kira to come along, he'd be perfect as a young nervous doctor in need of a hair cut."
"You'd need someone else. I don't think a team of two would be enough. And what would Retsu do?"
"Well, I was thinking she could be my foil, sort of the senior doctor or something. We'd have a long and storied past together, and she'd still be hot for me."
Something occurred to the former thirteenth captain. "You do realize she's not actually a doctor, right? She just plays one on TV?"
"She has healing kido."
"Well, yeah, I know, but that doesn't actually make her a doctor."
Retsu Unohana happened to come along then, looked over the two men and smiled. Then she delicately lifted a leg to drive her elegant foot into Shunsui's leg.
"That's for always ogling me, you prick."
Shunsui bounced up and down on one leg as Retsu Unohana smiled and moved off through the crowd. "Dammit Ju, that's going to leave me with a limp."