Author's Note: I really am trying to get Chapter 6 of SLOF up. I promise it will be up by Friday, but at this point I am trying to get rid of my writer's block so I can finish it, without bashing my head into the nearest wall repeatedly. I just got back for taking my dad to the hospital again and I need some mindless fluff time. I apologizes once again. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of it's wonderful Characters. I just like to play with them.

Elements: Shunsui

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Earth

Shunsui could think of no one more grounded than his Nanao-chan. She was the most practical person he had ever met, and considering his long life and auspicious personality that was saying something.

When Nanao encountered a problem she would stand back and look at it from all sides. She would then contemplate all possible scenarios. Once she had decided on the best course of action she would attack the problem at hand, and not stop until it had been rectified.

Shunsui wasn't the only one who had noticed this. It was a well know fact that, while the person to go to for relationship advice was Rangiku-san, Nanao-chan was who you went to for advice on any other problem.

Water

Nanao flowed. She had a gracefulness that was unrivaled. He would never forget the first time he saw her in battle. She didn't like to use her Zanpakuto, considering Kido was her specialty he wasn't surprised.

The first time he saw her in battle she had just became his Vice-Captain. They had accidentally been separated and when he realized she was no longer fighting next to him he went in search of her. He found her surrounded by no less than five hollow, their gruesome masks contrasted by the look of utter calm on her face.

He could do nothing but watch as she flowed around them in a dance so graceful and elegant, and yet no less deadly. He saw the light of her Kido reflect upon her delicate glasses, and before he could get his thoughts back in order her beautiful dance came to a close as she glided off the mask of one of the larger hollows to come to a stop in a smooth crouch with one fluid motion.

Air

"Nanao-chan has been a breath of fresh air to Squad Eight." That's what his best friend told him two months after her transfer into his division. Thinking back on it now, after all these years, he realizes exactly why Jyu-chan hadn't been able to stop laughing at the look on his face when he replied, "Breath of fresh air. That diminutive woman is nothing more than a tornado. A very beautiful tornado, but a tornado none the less."

Fire

Nanao-chan has a spark. Oh, she tries to hide it behind her strict rules and no nonsense attitude, but every once in a while he will see it flare in her eyes. Shunsui lives for those rare moments when she forgets to hide it, or try to snuff it out.

Ahhh. There it is. Blazing to life behind those small frames. And that's when he realizes that that spark is starting to blaze and it might just set him on fire if he doesn't stop trying to play with her hair while she is working on the new training schedule.

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Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed it. Please read and review. Constructive Critisism is welcome and appreciated. Thanks for reading.