Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.
Take 1
From Kira Izuru's point of view.
When that newbie entered, almost everyone in the meeting room put their eyes on her, including me. Everybody there, including me could not felt her reiatsu. Maybe she was hiding it. It was like…too fast. I was just promoted as the Third Division Captain not long after Amagai Shuusuke's death and the next following day, Gotei 13 receive another captain, that at first I thought was supposed to be male; well because rumours spread violently in Seireitei saying that this newbie was from the Zero Division; a very secretive and powerful division. She covered her head, trying to keep attentions away from her, as I fully understand why she did so after she was told to take it of, revealing her long light blue hair; a little bit longer that Unohana taichou's. Everybody was caught in amazement, especially Soi Fon taichou, who was always looks uneasy, just like when I first entered here and introduced as the new captain.
It should be. Her hair colour does inviting suspicion and hatred towards her. Her black eyes describing her strong determination but the hair, does resembles an arrancar appearance. Her zanpakuto was a very long sword, with some kind of golden cloth attach at the end of it. She greeted us politely as the new Fifth Division Captain with a line of smile carved on her lips. When our eyes met, I felt something strange with her, adding enough strange and weirdness that crept around her.
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"Empty seats invites troubles and so I will call the new Fifth Division Captain, Sumeragi Aiko; former member of Zero Division. Do come in."
She entered the room carefully with white, plain veil on her head. Just when she wanted to introduced herself, Yamamoto spoke again, "Take off the veil."
"Haii." She took of her veil, revealing her light blue hair. Everybody in the room looks shocked, especially Soi Fon. She looks a lot younger that what should a member of Zero Division should be, and the fact that her hair was like those arrancars had, inviting more and more attention on her.
With confidence, she spoke for the first time.
"I am Sumeragi Aiko, once members of Zero Division and the new Captain of Fifth Division. Nice to meet you."
With that, all of secrets were started to revealed, one by one, time by time.
As she was about to leave the room, two familiar voices calling on her. It was Shunsui Kyoraku and Jushiro Ukitake.
"You have grown a lot, Aiko-chan.", said the silvered hair.
"Yeah, it has been too long since the last time we met.", added Kyoraku.
She were just smiling and answered, "Yeah, it sure has been, uncle Kyoraku, uncle Ukitake."
"Aww, come on, don't call me that. I felt that I was way too old. Greet that only to this guy beside me", said Kyoraku looking towards Ukitake.
"Please, we have known her since she was a baby and now, she is a sweet young lady. We should be referred as 'uncle' to her."
Aiko was just laughing at her uncles. When she saw Byakuya Kuchiki, she bowed herself and receives congratulation from this stoic Kuchiki, and then left the three of them. Pink traces crept her face. She then continue to talk with Kyoraku and Ukitake.
"So, how is your aunt doing?", Ukitake asks.
"Oii, so, you still have your eyes on her, don't you?", Kyoraku teased him. He bend his elbow at Kyoraku's stomach, warning him not to get too far on that.
"Hehehehe, my aunt was still in the royal family, doing well and havoc as always."
"Glad to hear that. You should told her that someone here is not doing well….!"
"Oh my, Shunsui, we do have other meetings. All right, Aiko-chan, we would be on leave now. See you again.", said Ukitake in hurry with his hand on Kyoraku's shoulder pushing him to walk away.
"Alright, uncle. I will see both of you soon." Aiko replied with her hands waving at both of her uncles. Then her eyes meets with other Captains in the room but laid differently towards this man, Kira Izuru. She then bowed herself in front of them, politely introducing herself with a smile. Soi Fon who was dissatisfied with her ever since, purposely knocked on her, before leaving. Still, she was continue to smile, leaving uneasiness towards Hitsugaya Toushirou.
He kept thinking, will this lady harm Hinamori Momo? He then leaves. With that, Aiko was ranked as the second youngest Captain in the history behind Hitsugaya. She looks like she was 18.
From Kira Izuru POV.
News does spread fast. With her ability, she could cure Momo. Unohana taichou once said that her techniques were not kido, but called as omnyoji. She saw it with her very own eyes, the way Aiko cured her fukutaichou. Nanao fukutaichou once told Hitsugaya taichou and me that Aiko would possibly an omnyodou that literally means a wizard, a sorcerer in the human world.
She does use her technique on many things. Once she entered her fifth warehouse, she asked her division to plant on trees, dead trees would do. With her magic, she grows the trees and flowers that are of different seasons. After finished, it looks very fascinating. Based on what Matsumoto said, it was like in heaven when she and her taichou first step in.(They even stated that the Fifth Division Warehouse was the most beautiful) Hence, one day, Matsumoto drag me with her to met Aiko. But, we haven't seen her in her 'paradise'. Momo welcomed us and frankly, she acted normal towards me, liked what happened before never had happen. Momo told us that her taichou possibly went to the library and once again, Matsumoto drag me.
When we arrived, she was there, reading while standing in front of those huge racks. Her black eyes were pinned on the book that she was reading. She did not realize of us until Matsumoto calls at her. She replied but her eyes were on me…. Maybe I was overreacted on this, but she smiled at me, before her looks fell on Matsumoto that soon, drag her to sit. I was shocked to death when Matsumoto asks if she and her sake gang would be welcome to have a simple party at her warehouse. I was shocked doubled that time when she just agree and smiles widely at Matsumoto. Is she really the former member of Zero Division?
On my way to the Fourth Division Warehouse, I have to walk through her warehouse. On that day, I saw her 'floating' ( I bet it was one of her omnyouji technique), busy trimming her growing trees. What kept me looking on her was her smile. She was 'talking' and humming happily. God, she does put me in danger right now! She does put me on a point that was unthinkable. My eyes were like glued to her. We rarely talked, just smiled and looked at each other.
She kept repeating the same activity, each time when I was passing by her warehouse. One day, she fell, because of something that I thought was funny. While she was busy trimming her tree happily, she saw one, small spider that was building its web on the tree. Shocked of that, she was screaming loudly and lost her balance. I managed to catch her like a bridal style and her eyes were closed, afraid of the incoming crash if I not catch her. She opened her eyes and shocked to see me holding her. We were looking at each other until Momo came and asked her what was wrong and she explained to her fukutaichou. She then thanked me and invites me for tea. At first, I refused but Momo insisted and suddenly she spoke, 'Both of you were such a good friends!', before smiling at me and then laughing, together with Momo. I was pleased to see Momo like that.
Another thing that made me feel easy to be with her is that, her attitude. When her mealtime, she needs to be accompany by other people. She was a person that easily chokes and constantly drinking on water to solve it. For me, she does make me comfortable when she was around me and that hides her true nature that she was the former member of Zero Division that serves the royal family.
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When Sumeragi Aiko was about to leave the library, she was bumped to someone, that was the Second Division Captain, Soi Fon. Famous for her speed, she was overconfident with herself. This surely made others irritated, including Aiko herself. Despite of that, she took nothing of that and was to leave until Soi Fon brutally holds her hand, paralyzing her original intention.
"Why are you so in rush? I want to have a chat with you, Sumeragi taichou.", she said with that devilish smile carved on her lips. Her eyes emitted large amount of hatred towards this newbie.
"If so, why do you have to grab my hand like this?"
Soi Fon continued to smile, while her eyes creeping from top to bottom, studying Aiko.
"Are you interested in me?", Aiko said, jokingly.
"Why should I interested in a bitch like you, Arrancar!"
"My, my, that is very impolite of you. I thought that you are once Yoruichi Shihoin protégé, a very famous name in Seireitei, but maybe I was wrong." Aiko replied, taking Soi Fon's grab off her.
Her attacked was expected. She released her zanpakuto, Suzumebachi to attack Aiko. Aiko do nothing, but dodge Soi Fon's attack.
"Show me your zanpakuto!"
"It is unworthy for me to do so, senpai.", while dodging her attack.
"Hahahaha, are you afraid of me, Arrancar?!"
"Half-arrancar, if you please."
"You are very lucky, Arrancar. Just because you are Yamamoto's granddaughter, you can easily enter Gotei 13 as a captain."
"Don't mention that name!"
"Huh? Are you mad at me, Arrancar?"
"Stop it! Both of you!", Kira taichou suddenly entered the conversation between them. Several other shinigami watched the fight and Kira have to ask them to leave.
"Take this!", Soi Fon was about to launch her shikai when suddenly…
"You leave me no choice!", said Aiko holding a small rectangle, written paper and reads her spell before clap her hand one.
"Pap!", then Soi Fon fell asleep. Kira that was there at that time, were forced to catch Soi Fon.
"What did you do to her?", he asked.
"Nothing. Don't worry, she is just sleeping. Anyway, could you drop her to her warehouse? Thank you, Kira taichou.", she said before leaving Kira dumbfounded behind. Kira noticed that she left without her usual warm smile and he started to sense something from that. Uneasiness? Felt worry about her?
"You are very lucky, Arrancar. Just because you are Yamamoto's granddaughter, you can easily enter Gotei 13 as a captain."
Those words kept playing in her mind. She lost control that she yells for it to stop. Then tears slowly rolled down her pale cheeks. Nobody could hear her, because she was in her dream. She never wanted to repeat the same thing again. For her, it was enough that she acted like that before in front of everyone. A figure sat beside her. It was her zanpakuto, Seiryuu.
"Told you before to use me.", he said then continued to stare and stroke her blue hair. Her zanpakuto form was a kodachi, a two short blade that can be transformed to a normal, long katana. Seiryuu was a form of young man that wears those weird outfits, with big wings behind him. He continued to stroke her and catch every single drop of her tear before added,
"You know, Chitose-sama would be upset to see you like this, Aiko-hime." He then disappeared to his zanpakuto form.
Everybody in Seireitei was talking about Sumeragi Aiko. The way she cast her spell on Soi Fon or literally means that how Aiko fooled her into a sleep. Even Unohana taichou would talk about that and asked Ise fukutaichou to persuade her to be in Woman's Shinigami Association since she was so famous starting from the incident that Aiko herself considered as fool. Even that bald Madarame Ikkaku would like to meet her.
From that stupid incident (Aiko considered) she was well known for her techniques. She was famous among the young staffs in Gotei 13 as well as Seireitei whether man or woman. Especially young man idolized her widely. Many of them wished to know how was her zanpakuto was like and even asked her to show it. She refused by saying that it was not necessary (eventhough Seiryuu yells at her telling that he wanted to be exposed), disappointing her 'fan'.
After successful in persuading her into the club (Aiko thought that it was a club for ikebana) many disaster kept happening to her. She was asked by the club's president to take photos of Kuchiki Byakuya. When she heard his name, she blushing secretly. But, it was not easy as she said. Of course Byakuya would refuse that, even she did not ask. That stoic Kuchiki would surely refuse this kind of activity. She cannot say no to this task because everybody in Seireitei acknowledged Unohana's anger and refused to let it blown from that sweet smile or disaster would occur.
One day, that look heartless Kuchiki entered her warehouse, with his strong force of reiatsu. Even Momo who was holding the cup trembled a bit when she senses his presence. However, Aiko did not realize it while she continued humming innocently while trimming her ikebana work, given by Unohana taichou on top of the roof.
He cleared his throat before politely called her.
"Excuse me, Sumeragi taichou.", he said.
"Huh, ooh, it's Kuchiki taichou.", she said before continued after she landed silently on the ground, "Is there anything that I can help you? Momo-chan, could you bring refreshments here!", she politely shouted at Momo. With a trembling voice, she said yes and then leaves the two behind.
"No need, Sumeragi taichou. I am here to…!"
"There's no need to acknowledge me like that. Just Aiko would do. Oh, I'm sorry.", she said, before lowered her head in front of him. They both silenced themselves before he continued, "I need a favor from you. But first, can we talk outside."
She nodded her head. When Momo came out from the warehouse, both of them were gone.
"Ara, taichou? Weird…"
Hehehe, how was it? Please review my first fanfic on Bleach. Pairing would be my character, Sumeragi Aiko and our Bleach Third Division Lieutenant, Kira Izuru. In my story here, I made him to Captain, because I think he does deserve the position, rather than stood in the same position even though he does two jobs in one single time.
I made Aiko a very mystery character that soon will be revealed and how she ended up with Izuru who was known as lack of confident towards himself. Many reason I pointed Kira Izuru in this story as the new Third Division Captain. First, he has already achieved his bankai form and second, that Yamamoto once told that empty seats would lead to trouble or disaster. I personally thinks that he deserve it although it was true that there are people who was lack of confidence in him. Till then, ja~ne!!