Does not own Bleach or any of it's characters, nor do I own sea salt ice cream! But I do own Sakura, Tamaki, Ryukuro, and Kurotama. They're mine, so please don't use without my permission ^_^ Thank you and enjoy!

Kenpachi: Why me?

Yachiru: Cuz it's fun! XD

I'll only post the Japanese guide-y bit once:

Shinigami = Death god (technically)
Taicho = Captain
Fukutaicho = Vice-Captain/Lieutenant
Sotaicho = Captain-Commander
Shihakusho = Shinigami Uniforms
Kosode = outer top (the black part on the shihakusho)
Shitagi = inner top (the white collar and inner sleeves you see on the shihakusho)
Hakama = pants (black in Bleach)
Haori = Captain's cloaks (white and with the division symbol on the back)
Pachinko = a kind of arcade/gambling game that involves small balls falling through a pinball-like machine
Bokken = wooden practice sword in the shape of a katana
Zanpakuto = the swords shinigami use

If I think of anymore, I'll add them as I go along. Enjoy!

FIRST MEETING

"Everyone, these are the new recruits for the 11th Division; Kobayashi Daisuke, Yamada Naru, Takahashi Noboru, and…." Ikkaku hesitated. "Tsukihime Sakura? Please, make them feel welcome…"

Cheers rang through the division's training room, along with a number of whistles and hollers for the newer of the two females in the room. No one really noticed Yachiru pouting over their taicho's shoulder. Feeling threatened, she yelled over the cheering, "How'd she get in?!"

The girl blushed slightly, embarrassed, but replied in a clear voice, "Yachiru-fukutaicho. In honor of our first meeting, I brought a gift." She smiled softly as she pulled a small box out from her kosode. "Please accept these cookies." Yachiru jumped from the taicho's shoulder and dashed to where Sakura stood. Snatching the box, she sprinted back to the taicho's side and proceeded to devour the cookies.

Kenpachi sighed a small breath of relief. He expected Yachiru to throw a tantrum about the fact that she used to be the only girl in the division, but he never expected the new recruit would come prepared. He was looking forward to testing the girl's abilities. From the reports she was most promising.

Ikkaku was also surprised, but then he thought, 'Anyone with half a brain would probably research the division they were entering.'

"Next, we will determine your rank," stated Ikkaku. "The only rule is to fight as far as you can through the ranks. First up is Kobayashi, versus our 20th rank, Iwamoto." Everyone in the room cleared a space in the center for the two opponents. "Ready? …BEGIN!" Ikkaku yelled.

Sakura barely paid attention to the fights, as she tied her long red hair up in a ponytail. Her focus was on her upcoming battle. Before she knew it, they had called her name to the center. Grabbing one of the many bokken lining the wall, she prepared herself.

"Um, excuse me?" she asked Ikkaku timidly. "Before we begin, may I make a request?" Ikkaku looked to their taicho, who was seated with their fukutaicho perched back on his shoulder at the head of the room. Kenpachi simply nodded, looking bored as ever.

"What is it?" Ikkaku asked, unsure.

"I'd prefer to get this over quickly, so…I'd like everyone 6th rank and lower to come at me all at once." Sakura stated calmly. The silence that followed was deafening. Then someone started guffawing, and once it started it was contagious, except for Ikkaku who was staring at her incredulously, Yachiru who had pulled a lollipop from nowhere and was busy licking it, and Kenpachi. As soon as the laughter had quieted, he answered, "I'd like to see this," with a wolfish grin on his face.

"Kenpachi-taicho, you can't be serious!" Ikkaku exclaimed.

"Pachinko head, shut up! Ken-chan said it'll be fun!" Yachiru called from Kenpachi's shoulder. Ikkaku rolled his eyes at her in response.

"Are you sure about this?" he asked the recruit. She nodded, then added as an afterthought, "You and the others might want to stand back when this begins. I don't want to accidentally hurt you." She smiled sweetly.

"Uh, right." Ikkaku replied, slightly thrown off by her smile. Then as he realized none of the men were stepping forward, he yelled, "You heard the taicho! Come forward!"

With reluctance the group began came towards Sakura. One man called out, "It's okay, we'll go easy on you." And some of the other men nodded in agreement.

Sakura smiled. "Do I really seem that weak?" The division's men nodded an assent. She sighed under her breath. "Well? Come on!" She called. One of the men stepped forward with a slow overhead strike meant for the head. As the bokken came toward her head, a peculiar change came over Sakura. Slowly, then gaining speed, her spiritual energy skyrocketed. Her kindly smile was replaced by a feral grin, and a strange shine glowed in her red eyes. Suddenly she was behind the man and had cracked her bokken over his back. Before he even started to fall, she had cut down three more members.

Ikkaku and Yumichika watched in awe as she continued to demolish their forces. Kenpachi started chuckling softly, then slightly maniacally as she started in on the few remaining men.

"Ken-chan, you look like you're having fun!" Yachiru giggled.

"The only way this could be more fun is if I join in!" Kenpachi replied. He got up and Yachiru slid off his back. "I'm going to test her power." Pulling a bokken off one of the racks on the walls, he gave it an experimental flick. "It'll do." He padded across the hardwood floor toward the woman just as her last opponent fell.

"Let's see what you got!" Kenpachi growled as he shot towards her, teeth bared in a ferocious grin. The woman's only response was to grin back in an equally vicious smile.

His first swing hit nothing but empty air, as a resounding crack fell over his neck. He turned quickly only to miss her again as another thwack crossed the back of his legs.

"Heh," he grunted, "You're not half bad." She continued to pepper him with blows, all the while avoiding his attacks. The recruit didn't understand what was happening. She kept attacking him, but he barely attacked and didn't even try to dodge.

"Is this really all a taicho has?" she taunted. "How boring."

"Heh, is this your true power? This is worse than boring." He shot back, and with that blocked her next attack with his bokken.

Both of the bokken shattered simultaneously. He smirked his wolfy grin, then gave a surprised "Eh?!" as a zanpakuto with a red blade materialized in her hands.

The woman grinned. "How about a little more fight this round, eh taicho?"

"Red blade?" Kenpachi questioned her.

"Oh, yeah," she said, looking it over in her hands. "Not so sure why it's so different."

"Huh." Kenpachi grunted.

"Well? Are you going to stand there and gape all day or what?" the woman teased.

Kenpachi grunted again. "Ikkaku?" he asked.

"Oh, yes taicho." With that Ikkaku grabbed Kenpachi's sword and threw it towards its owner.

"It's been a while since I've had a good fight." He said as he caught his sword and threw the scabbard off. As soon as the scabbard hit the floor they were at it again, both with slightly insane smiles on their faces. They clashed swords, speeding up a little each time they pulled apart. Finally the girl started to lag. 'I need to get him in one blow,' she thought. Her sword flashed crimson as it came down on his shoulder, digging into his flesh. At the same time, Kenpachi's fist shot out into her stomach. With a gasp she flew across the room and crashed into the wall.

"C'mon!" Kenpachi yelled to her, easily ignoring his own wound. "That's the first hit you've taken so far, and you're done already?"

"Mmm. Ken-chan I think you might have overdone it!" Yachiru chimed as she hopped over to where Sakura lay, quiet and still.

"Oops." Kenpachi rubbed his neck and sighed. 'How anti-climactic,' he thought to himself. Out loud he ordered, "Ikkaku, Yumichika. Grab one of the stretchers and carry Tsukihime to the fourth division. I'll be along in a moment to see if she's still alive. Oh, and once you're there send someone over to clean up this mess."

"Yes taicho." Ikkaku and Yumichika went over to one of the closets where they stored various items and pulled out a stretcher, then transferred Sakura onto it.

"What the hell just happened?" Ikkaku whispered to Yumichika.

"I don't know, it's really weird. I didn't sense anything special from her until the first man went towards her…." Yumichika responded.

"Yeah, but she was meeting his blows head on for a while!" this greatly perturbed Ikkaku.

"Taicho was holding back a little, I think…besides, she's not even as pretty as I am." Yumichika gave a little humph as they walked through the barracks with the woman between them. Ikkaku rolled his eyes, then glanced down at the woman. 'What the hell is this girl?'

So there's my first chapter of my first fanfic! Hope it went well, there will be more to come!

Kenpachi: Wait, you're gonna put me through more?!

Me: ...^_^ *glomps*