Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach and I really only borrowed Shiori as this was a request from a friend of mine. It's with her permission that I'm uploading this.

The soft melody of a flute was the only sound that could be heard in the night sky within a section of the Seireitei which made Byakuya Kuchiki pause in his nightly stroll around the mansion that he owned. Normally he would have let the guards take care of the intruder, but tonight was a full moon and the air was warm. Walking silently, he followed the music until he turned the corner to where his new Koi were swimming in the pond, the others having been taken by Yachiru some time ago. Hiding his spirit pressure, he took a couple of steps closer to the mysterious figure when she suddenly stopped playing and she turned to face Byakuya, her long black hair flowing smoothly over her shoulders.

"I apologize for being here Byakuya-sama." She said with a slight smirk as her blue eyes met his slate grey eyes. Byakuya made to move towards the girl but she shunpoed away before he could even get close, the pond sounding much quieter now.

Shiori yawned as she stretched after sitting up in bed. Looking out at the rising sun, she sighed softly before getting out and heading for the bathroom. After starting the shower, she looked at herself in the mirror where her long black hair fell over her shoulders and blue eyes 5'6" body looked back at her. "I can't believe he caught me." She muttered to herself as she looked at her C-cup breast and wondered if he would ever like her. As she stepped into the shower, she made sure not to think too much about him lest things began to get steamy in the shower.

When she finished her shower, she dried off and dressed in the standard before heading out the door to her squad. She paused just outside the large doorway that led into the squad for a moment to collect her thoughts before stepping onto the squad grounds and seconds later, four fellow squad members laid on the ground.

"Geez, Sky, don't you guys ever get tired of trying to sneak attack me and getting your ass handed to you?" She asked as she helped her friend up. Sky had yellow eyes with short, spiked blue hair that he kept died.

"Not particularly, plus it's a great way to keep you on your toes." Sky grinned while his other friends got up. "Captain wants to have a quick word with you before too long." He informed her before they parted ways for the time being.

"Thanks Sky!" Shiori called after him before heading for the office. Knocking on the door, she waited a second before entering and seeing Marechiyo Ōmaeda stuffing his face with the latest bag of chips. "Morning Vice-captain. Is the Captain in?" She asked him while being mindful of her surroundings.

"No, she had to deal with a few things at the moment." Ōmaeda said with a mouthful of chips. "I don't know when she'll be finished with them." He answered, anticipating her next question.

"Alright, thank you." Shiori said politely as she made her way out the door. "I hope you choke on those chips." She muttered under her breath just as she slid the door closed and heard something shattering against it where her head would have been, causing her to crack a small smile. Looking around, she quickly sensed her Captain's spirit pressure and went to meet her instead of waiting for her.

"Captain Suì-Fēng." Shiori called out once she was close enough, having learned the lesson the first time she tried sneaking up on her. "I was told you wanted to see me about something?"

Suì-Fēng opened her eyes but didn't get out of her meditation position and truth be told, she was enjoying thinking about the naughty things she and Yoruichi could have been doing to each other instead but she quickly buried those feelings. "Yes, Shiori. I was wondering if you might want to be promoted to the 3rd seat?"

What Shiori was expecting, it certainly wasn't this. "I thank you for the honor Captain, but I'm quite happy being the forth seat right now."

This time Soifon stood up, though she was shorter than Shiori by almost a foot as she looked Shiori over. "Despite the fact that you routinely kick his ass every morning?"

"Of course, if I do, then it wouldn't be any fun kicking his ass." Shiori smiled. "Why, did Sky say he was tired of getting tired of being beaten by a girl?" She asked, though she knew they were playing around since with Sky being the 3rd seat, he could kick her ass a bit more easily than she could if they were serious.

"Think about it. I would love for you to replace my Vice-captain, but I can't think of a good reason to get rid of him." Soifon said. "Just don't take too long to long to think about it." With that, Soifon shunpoed away leaving Shiori surrounded by members of the Onmitsukidō.

"I won't Captain." Shiori said with a cold smirk as she got ready for her daily training exercise.

"Is something bothering you Captain?" Vice-captain Renji Abarai asked as he looked up from his desk inside the squad 6 office. Having served under Byakuya for a while, he could tell when something was bothering his Captain… well, sometimes anyway, other times he would have to ask Rukia since a pissed Byakuya was not someone you wanted to meet.

"Everything is fine Abarai, continue your work." Byakuya stated in his normal, emotionless voice. Truthfully, he couldn't get the mysterious girl from last night out of his mind, nor the music that she played. "I have to find her." He muttered and thought of ways to track her down.

"Find who Captain?" Renji asked as he looked up from the paperwork.

"Rukia." Byakuya replied smoothly. "I have to inform her that we have dinner plans for the night." He said, saying the first thing that came to his mind. "I'm leaving early; I trust you will watch over the squad for me while I'm gone?" Though it sounded like a question, it was without much doubt an order.

"Hai, Captain!" Renji said as he watched Byakuya leave. Roughly ten minutes passed with Renji actually doing his work when the door slid open to reveal Rangiku Matsumoto.

"Renji~ Come on, let's go out and drink." She said, her speech slightly slurred as she came to sit on his desk.

"Not at the moment, Matsumoto." Renji said as he tried to concentrate on his work, wanting to get it done for once for when Byakuya came back.

"Pretty please~?" Matsumoto asked and leaned forward. "Kira needs another guy friend."

Seeing that he wasn't going to get anything else done, Renji sighed heavily. "Fine. Give me just a second to straighten up here and I'll join you." He said in defeat while Matsumoto cheered happily to have found another drinking partner for the evening.

"You truly are a scary girl." A voice said causing Shiori to look around for the source until a part of the scenery shimmered before falling away like someone opening a curtain to reveal a captain.

"Captain Hirako? How long where you hiding there?" Shiori asked and wondered why she hadn't sensed his spirit energy.

"About the time you began fighting." Shinji answered as he cleaned his ear out with his pinkie.

"What brings you here to spy on me?"

"I want to ask if I might have your help on a training mission for tomorrow?"

"You're going to ask me instead of my Captain?"

"Honestly she still scares me." Shinji couldn't help but to shiver. "You wouldn't have to do much, just keep to the shadows and only interfere if things start to get out of hand."

"I'll talk it over with my captain and let you know my decision." Shiori smiled. "However, when we get back, I want to spar with you and your Zanpakutō released."

Night had fallen over the Seireitei and while Byakuya stood in the shadows waiting for the mysterious girl, he didn't have much luck. At ten to eleven, he gave up and went inside. "I should have had the guards capture her last night." He said to himself and no sooner had he finished speaking, there came the same soft melody from last night. However, this time he just listened to the flute music until long into the night.