:Strong Sexual content warning; intended for mature readers!:

Kenpachi sighed as he looked up at the night sky, he had been walking around the Seireitei looking for his woman for almost an hour when it finally donned on him where she would be. Linake had taken a trip into her world, the human world almost two days ago and brought back one of those telescopes she was always talking about. Kenpachi shook his head as he turned and headed for the only place he could think she would be, Sokyoku Hill. Linake had confided in him that she wanted to chart the constellations of this world, since, it seemed that nobody else had ever felt the need to. He hadn't understood exactly what would make her want to take on the task, but, he'd decided to humor her interest. Linake had given up her old life in order to stay with him, it was the least he could do, Kenpachi figured, as he made his way through the dense grove of stark white trees that framed the outskirts of Sokyoku Hill.

Kenpachi grinned to himself as he remembered the first night they had spent together up on top of the massive rock. Linake had made love to him for hours under the same stars she was so fascinated with, so eager to name. Kenpachi reached the zigzagging staircase and started to climb as he thought about how long ago that was—almost six months! Linake had come so far in such a short time, her zanpakuto had manifested and her substitute soul reaper powers had awakened; giving her enough power to use more skills she hadn't known she was capable of. Linake still couldn't hear her sword calling out to her, but Kenpachi had assured her it didn't mean it wasn't around waiting for her to hear it. Kenpachi could see that when it came to Linake, nothing was ever going to come easy for her, he also noticed that she wasn't letting it hold her back and that filled him with a sense of pride. Linake was growing stronger by the day and Kenpachi could see that she was well on her way to becoming an actual asset to the gotei 13.

Kenpachi climbed the last step and spotted her not far away from the staircase. Linake had the odd looking contraption set up in the middle of the rock surface with it pointed up towards the sky, Kenpachi could only make out the bottoms of her legs, covered by the baggy bottoms of her Shihakusho. The top part of her was covered by a small blanket and he figured she was using that to shield any light that might distort her view. He silently walked over to her and placed his large hand to the small of her back. Kenpachi grinned when she pulled the blanket from her head and looked up at him. Her long dark auburn hair caught the static from the blanket and some strands of hair started floating from the charge.

"You scared me! I wasn't sure if it was you…" Linake sighed before she tossed the blanket down to the ground and ran her hand over the top of her head.

"You gonna stay up here all night?" Kenpachi asked her.

Linake chewed on her bottom lip as she looked back up at the sky.

"No. I was just thinking about what to name this certain constellation, its shape is unique and I can't think of anything that would fit it really…" Linake explained as she bent down and picked up a notebook that had been laying down on the ground.

Kenpachi's brows lifted as he realized exactly what she had meant by charting the sky. She was literally going to give each constellation a name and copy down its placement. Kenpachi peeked at the notes she had already written down and it seemed she had been busy, having already come up with names for four.

"You're really into this stuff aren't you?" He asked.

Linake lifted her head and smiled up at him.

"As much as you're into fighting." She answered.

Kenpachi chuckled lowly.

"As long as it doesn't take up all of your time." He replied as he took a hold of her by the arm, pulling her closer to him.

Linake's lips parted and lifted into a knowing smile as he bent his head down and covered her mouth with his strong lips, turning her brain to mush. It didn't matter how occupied her mind was, whenever the man came near her, her body would always respond to him and Kenpachi knew it. Linake wrapped her slender arms around his wide shoulders and he lifted her from the solid rock by wrapping his muscled arms around her waist as he deepened the kiss. Linake kissed him back for a couple minutes, savoring the way he made her body come to life. Kenpachi pulled away to meet her gaze.

"Come eat something with me." He demanded.

Linake smiled softy at him.

"I think I'll name that constellation Zaraki, it's unique, just like you are." Linake replied.

She watched his lips lift into a small grin.

"You tryin' to sweet talk me, woman?" Kenpachi teased her.

Linake chuckled.

"Is it working?" She teased back.

"Maybe…" Kenpachi growled as he turned his body towards the staircase and began to walk back to the stairs, still holding her.

"What about my stuff!?" Linake protested.

"Nobody comes up here but us, it should be fine." Kenpachi replied as he effortlessly started descending down the stairs.

Linake decided he was right, she had been granted permission by the head captain to do her little side project in her free time and most of the other soul reapers really didn't have any need to climb up to the top of the giant rock structure that she felt such a connection to. The stars that surrounded them up in the sky beckoned her to name them, Linake felt as if they had gone unknown for too many millennia and she was left wondering if that was part of her abilities. It didn't seem to matter what world she was in, Linake felt connected to them all on a universal level. It was like an itch she couldn't help but scratch.

"You did good today during training." Linake heard his rough voice compliment her.

Linake rested her head on his shoulder and smiled. Kenpachi was growing more comfortable with her, even allowing himself to give her small things; like little compliments and his eyes had become softer and more open when he looked at her. Linake had no doubt now that, somehow, someway, the tough as nails, no bullshit Alpha male of the 11th division had truly fallen in love with her…

A nerdy half human, half soul reaper hybrid of some sort that had yet to even really be explained in true detail, but, it seemed that not very many cared about the why or how. Linake had been welcomed into the squad once she had gained enough confidence in herself to really try and knowing that Kenpachi felt proud of her made it so much better!

"I didn't expect to be able to knock him down." Linake answered honestly referring to the 3rd seat of the 11th division.

Yumichika was a bit more on the feminine side, but he wasn't someone to take lightly when in a fight, he fought just as fiercely as the rest of the men within her division. Slowly, over the past six months Linake had become stronger; her soul reaper powers giving her another edge on top of the other unexplained abilities she had already possessed.

Linake couldn't help but wonder about why she would need her elemental powers and her zanpakuto, but, she had decided that in time maybe the answers would come to her somehow. Linake had a suspicion that once she could communicate with her swords spirit that the Elemental abilities might work differently for her when using the command for her blade and once she could, they would be much more powerful.

"Tch. From the look on his face neither did he." Kenpachi replied as he descended the final bit of steps.

"Getting stronger does feel good." Linake admitted.

Kenpachi paused in the middle of the white grove of trees and she felt his mouth close over the side of her neck.

"I know something else that feels good…" He countered, his voice a deep rasp in her ear.

Linake's body responded to his innuendo automatically.

"It has been a couple days hasn't it…" Linake replied as she lifted her head from his shoulder and pressed her lips against his.

They normally didn't have much time between their lovemaking but she had taken a trip with Rukia back to her own world and by the time she had gotten home she had been exhausted. Kenpachi had seemed content with just holding her the past couple nights.

Kenpachi pressed his mouth over hers roughly as he deepened the kiss, slipping his tongue into her waiting mouth. Arousal shot threw her body like lighting as the man teased her with short flicks of his tongue against hers. Linake tightened her hold around his neck as she boldly captured his tongue and sucked on it gently. Linake heard him groan against her mouth right before he pulled back.

"I better take you home before I end up fucking you against one of these trees." he growled as he started walking again.

Linake laughed softly against his ear as she closed her mouth over the bottom part of his lobe, gently nipping at him with her teeth.

"Linake, I'm not playing I'll fuck you right here if you don't stop…" Kenpachi warned her.

Linake pulled away from him then and smiled. She didn't mind the thought of being taken by him up against a tree and she would have let him if it had been in the forest, away from possible prying eyes.

"I thought you wanted to get something to eat." Linake reminded him, deciding to change the subject.

"I did, but now I think I'll just take you back to our room." Kenpachi replied as she noticed he was in fact heading in the direction of his captains quarters.

"We should eat first, it will give us the energy we need." Linake replied not wanting to deny him, but also not wanting to abuse her empty stomach any longer.

She heard his rough laugh.

"We'll eat first, then we can fuck." He agreed.

Linake felt her body spasm as his crude words hit her right in her lower abdomen. The man really knew how to turn her on and he enjoyed every bit of it. Kenpachi was seeming to be getting more comfortable with his own sexuality, along with his feelings about her, as the months passed by he had seemed to be more open, more intimate, and he had even surprised her with telling her he loved her again out of the blue. Each time his deep rough voice forced out the words that sounded more like a threat then a declaration her heart soared. It wasn't that she didn't know it by the way he treated her or how he touched her, it just felt amazing to hear such a rough man like him say the words.

Linake turned her head and noticed the squad 11 barracks come into view. She turned her head back to him and her brow furrowed as she looked at him in question.

Kenpachi grinned at her before he replied.

"I'll get us something from the kitchen here, going out will take too long." Kenpachi explained.

Linake's face softened at his explanation and she couldn't help but smile as she imagined him rushing with his dinner just so he could get her naked…again.

"The buildup will make it that much better." Linake countered as she looked into his one uncovered eye.

His lips parted as he studied her face for a few seconds.

"I'd rather not go out with my cock standing the way it is…" Kenpachi grinned.

Linake let out a small laugh as her cheeks turned a bit red and she averted her gaze.

"After all the times I've been inside you, you still blush, woman?" Kenpachi asked as he lifted one of his hands and cupped her face making her look at him.

"I can't help it sometimes…" Linake answered honestly.

Linake knew it was stupid, but Kenpachi had a way about him, he still make her heart race every time he touched her. Kenpachi chuckled as he ran his thumb across her bottom lip and their gaze met again. Linake felt him adjust his hold on her and she allowed her legs to unwrap around his lean hips as he leaned forward placing her feet back to the ground.

"I'll be back, wait for me inside." Kenpachi ordered as he turned away from her and headed in the direction of the Squad 11 kitchen.

Linake watched him disappear inside the doorway and she smiled before she turned and headed for his captains quarters. She climbed up the steps and pulled the door open to the room that they both shared. Over the past six months, Linake had made herself more than comfortable and even bought a bookshelf for herself to store all of her supplies she would need for her celestial investigations. Linake found herself so consumed by her hobby, that sometimes she forgot about the world around her and even her bodies own needs.

Linake felt her stomach grumble loudly, as if on cue, reminding her that she needed food in order to sustain her energy. She placed her hand over her stomach and willed it to calm itself as she slipped out of her sandals and decided to take a seat on the bed. Linake fluffed up one of the pillows and leaned back against it as she waited for her Alpha male to bring her sustenance. She allowed her eyes to close as she relaxed back into the soft bedding as she waited.

Kenpachi climbed up the steps to his room balancing the large plate of food and the bottle of sake he had taken from the kitchens of his squad. He didn't feel bad about taking it, he was after all one of the only captains who usually chipped in for the costs and actually ate with his own men on a daily basis. Kenpachi tucked the bottle of sake under his arm and reached out pulling the door open and stepped inside.

Kenpachi found her propped up on the bed with her eyes closed and he had to fight back the urge to growl at her. After all the teasing she'd done to him, the woman better not have fallen asleep on him. Kenpachi leaned his body down and placed the bottle of sake and the platter of food down on the bed.

Linake opened her eyes and smiled up at him softly as she sat up and took a look at what he'd brought. The platter was filled with fresh fish, rice balls and assorted vegetables in different sauces and he'd even thought to bring her some of her favorite tea, now that he knew she didn't care for the effect that sake had on her system.

"It looks delicious." Linake replied as her stomach let out another large growl against her will.

She felt his intense gaze stare down at her.

"When did you eat last?" Kenpachi asked her as he leaned down and removed his sandals and socks.

"This morning…" Linake admitted.

"Tch. You need to eat, woman. I don't want you passing out up on top of that rock." Kenpachi replied as he lowered himself down on the bed next to her.

"I know, I just get so wrapped up in what I am doing I don't even realize I'm hungry." She explained.

Kenpachi reached out and took a hold of her chin forcing her to meet his gaze.

"Eat after you train from now on!" He ordered.

Linake met his gaze and she could see by the look in his eyes that he meant what he said, and somehow, she knew that behind his rough demeanor, there was also concern.

"O…okay." She replied.

Kenpachi leaned his head down and took another quick kiss from her before he turned his attention to the food. He picked up one of the rice balls and dipped it into the vegetable curry and lifted it to her lips. Even though is actions yet again took her by surprise, Linake accepted them by taking a bite. The rich flavors covered her tongue and she let out a soft hum of pleasure. Kenpachi's lips lifted into his signature half grin as he brought the remainder of the rice to his own mouth and finished it.

Linake took it upon herself to reach out and continue feeding herself as she took a piece of steamed fish from the platter. She watched him lift the small jug of sake from the bed and tip it back. She never could understand how he and his men never seemed to get drunk no matter how much of the potent elixir they sipped down. With her hunger to the point of almost ravenous, Linake continued to pick at the offerings on the plate. Kenpachi seemed to be more content with watching her eat.

"I thought you were hungry too? If you don't grab it now I'm not promising I'll leave you any." She spoke between bites of curry, trying to make a joke.

Kenpachi frowned down at her and she paused as she realized he was still upset with her for forgetting to eat.

"I'm not going to starve from missing one meal." Linake countered, trying to lighten the mood.

"With the way you're scarfing it down, you could have fooled me." Kenpachi retorted.

Linake sighed and her shoulders slumped. She wasn't used to having her actions scrutinized by someone as observant as Kenpachi. Linake had figured out quickly the more time she spent around Kenpachi and the more he opened up to her, that he had a keen ability to read a person. Linake guessed it was part of his many years spent battling his enemies. Kenpachi could pick up on an opponent's weakness within seconds and adapt himself to whatever strategy he needed in order to come out successful; in other words, now that he'd spent so much time with her, she was like an open book to him now, while she still felt like she was missing some pages here and there.

"I promise, I will eat after I train from now on." Linake stated, hoping that it would stop him from brooding.

Kenpachi's expression softened a little and he reached out and helped himself to some of the fish seeming to accept her promise to him. Linake leaned her body into his and pressed her lips against his cheek right under his eye patch. Kenpachi smirked, letting her know that everything was okay between them again. Linake reached out and picked up the cup of tea and sipped from it. The minutes passed by as the two of them sat in comfortable silence while they both finished their meal together.


Kenpachi reached out and grabbed the empty platter from the bed and placed it on the floor. Linake looked over at him as he took another sip of sake. She finished the last bit of her tea that she had left and she couldn't help but feel the energy in the room shift the minute Kenpachi reached out and grabbed the cup from her hands and sat it down on top of the empty plate.

Linake's stomach fluttered as Kenpachi leaned his body in and his sake stained lips overlapped hers. The sexual tension from earlier seemed to ooze from him as he lifted his hand and roughly roamed it over one of her breasts. It didn't matter how many times the man touched her, every time she felt his demanding hands it made her stomach clinch and her breath quicken.

Kenpachi pulled back from his kiss and used his strength to lift her up onto her knees in front of him. He spread his long legs and pulled her in between them as his free hand pulled the tie to her shihakusho, freeing her large breasts from the fabric. Her excitement intensified when he bent his head down and caught her left nipple in his mouth. Linake looked down and watched as he sucked on her, sending a surge of sexual energy right into her core.

Kenpachi growled against her as he feasted on her taunt nipple, sucking and nibbling on the sensitive peak. Linake tipped her head back as she reached her hands up and delved them into his hair. Kenpachi bite down on her a bit harder than usual and it forced a moan from the back of her throat before he pulled back and started to assault her other breast with the same treatment.

Linake felt his hands caress a trail down her back and grip her ass tightly in his hands. Her eyes began to feel heavy as her lust for the man started to override any other thought in her mind. Kenpachi pulled back from her nipple and looked up at her with his sultry gaze.

"You ready, woman?" He asked her.

"Yeah…" Linake whispered back to him.

Kenpachi brought his hands up to the sides of her bottoms and was about to pull them down when they both heard a knock at the door, jarring them from their sexual playground.

"Who is it!?" Kenpachi barked harshly.

"A…Amaya…I'm sorry if I am disturbing you, I was told to come and see Linake now that I am back from my mission." She explained from behind the closed door.

Kenpachi closed his eyes and tipped his head back looking as if he couldn't believe the timing.

"I got her some supplies from the human world, it will only take a few minutes." Linake whispered to him as she stood up from the bed and covered her swollen nipples with her top.

"I'll be right out, Amaya." Linake called out to her friend.

Kenpachi watched Linake walk over to her bookshelf and grab a medium sized box from the bottom shelf. The way the woman bent down in front of him gave him one of the best views of her rounded ass he had ever seen. Kenpachi growled lowly in his throat as his body cried out for him to keep touching her. Linake was like an addiction, better than the strongest sake he could ever get his hands on. Kenpachi pushed his large frame up from the bed and stood up just as she turned to head for the door. Linake looked up at him, noticing the frustrated look on his face.

"I'll be quick." She assured him.

"I'm going to run a bath for us. Come in when you're done." Kenpachi ordered as he headed for the bathroom.

Linake smiled feeling a bit smug about herself by his reaction to her, she guessed it was a good thing she never had to wonder whether or not her man wanted her. She quickly walked over to the door and pulled it open seeing Amaya standing dressed in an all-black body suit that automatically deemed her a member of the punishment force.

"Sorry again for interrupting...I didn't reach out to listen before I knocked, you know?" Amaya repeated as she stepped forward.

Linake handed her the box and smiled softly.

"It's okay." She replied not bothering to hide anything for she knew it would be pointless to do with Amaya.

"I've been trying to block out more, give people their privacy and everything." The younger woman explained.

"I'm sure the effort is appreciated." Linake replied.

Amaya's lips lifted in a half-smile.

"Thanks for getting these for me, I wish I could have gone with, but we had a couple deserters that needed to be dealt with." Amaya explained.

Linake nodded.

Linake wasn't sure how she felt about her friend putting herself in such a dangerous situation. Amaya had become almost as fierce as the captain of squad 2 herself, both walking around with an air around them, an air that read "don't fuck with me" and Linake wasn't sure if she really cared for the change very much, but, she wasn't going to make a mountain out of a mow hill…

"No problem. I threw in some extra goodies for you and Sosuke." Linake replied.

Amaya smiled warmly at her.

"Thank you, he will appreciate that." Amaya replied as she turned her body back towards the steps.

"I'll see you tomorrow. We can catch up then." Linake called out to her.

"Sure thing, then I can see that chart you've been working on." The younger woman smiled before she walked down the stairs into the darkness.

Linake looked up at the moon and noticed that it was full in the sky and she smiled as she remembered she had a very sexually frustrated beast waiting for her in the bathtub. Linake pulled the door closed and secured the latch before she turned around and walked through the open bathroom door. Linake paused as her eyes caught sight of him, his massive frame sat in the giant tub that was still filling with steaming hot water. He was leaning back against the wood and he had removed his eye patch.

Linake could feel the shift of energy in the room but over the past couple months she had gotten used to his released spiritual pressure. She paused and her mouth fell ajar when her eyes moved down lower and she realized what he was doing as his intense green gaze locked on her.

"You see what you do to me, woman?" Kenpachi growled.

Linake's core clinched from the reaction of seeing Kenpachi grip his own swollen shaft in his hand and she couldn't take her eyes away from the glorious site of watching him pleasure himself. His insinuation that his arousal for her was so intense that he couldn't help but touch himself made her toes curl.

"Strip for me." Kenpachi demanded as he continued running his hand down his impressive cock.

Linake reached out for the tie that held her Shihakusho in place and pulled it free, letting the top fall open revealing her breasts to him again, her nipples still hard from his earlier exploration. Kenpachi growled low in his throat as he kept sliding his hand up and down slowly. Linake shrugged out of her top and allowed the bottoms to fall to the floor as she kept her gaze on him.

"Come finish me, woman." Kenpachi demanded as he pulled his hand away from himself and stared at her, both of his light green eyes heavy lidded.

Linake gripped the sides of her panties and pulled them down her hips letting them fall on top of her bottoms and stepped forward. She had grown so slick with arousal from watching him she was more than ready for him. Kenpachi pushed himself up in the tub and reached his hand out taking a hold of her forearm as she climbed over the side. He pulled her down on top of his lap and she closed her eyes as the hot water enveloped her body.

Linake turned away from him reaching over and turning the water tap off so that it wouldn't overflow on them. Kenpachi's hands cupped her breasts roughly and his mouth closed over the side of her neck and she felt the familiar sting of his bite.

Linake gasped as she felt one of his hands slide down her stomach and stop at the juncture of her thighs. He spread her open pushing the tips of his fingers against her swollen clit sending a shockwave threw her body. Linake let out a harsh moan as she felt his fingers plunge lower pushing inside her. She felt his hot breath up against her ear.

"You're so fucking wet for me it makes my cock throb." Kenpachi growled at her as he plunged his fingers deep inside her.

"Kenpachi…" Linake whimpered as she reached out for him.

He let her wrap her arms around his neck and he grinned when he caught the look of raw pleasure on her face.

"Turn around for me." He instructed as he removed his fingers from inside her.

Linake looked up at him a bit confused but let her arms drop from around his neck as she turned around. Kenpachi wrapped both of his lean muscled arms around her and pulled her body back against his chest, enveloping himself around her as he lifted her up and pressed the head of his cock against her opening from behind. Linake understood what he wanted then and reached down between her own legs and helped him slip inside her. She heard him hiss between his teeth as he filled her.

"I hope you're ready, woman. I can't hold back anymore." Kenpachi admitted as his hips thrust up sending him so deep inside her. Linake pushed back against him grinding her hips for him the way she knew he liked.

"Fuck me, woman, just like that!" Kenpachi growled as he filled his hands with her heavy breasts, her hard nipples teasing his rough palms.

Linake tipped her head back and leaned against his chest as his fingers played with her nipples while he bucked his hips underneath her. She opened her legs wider giving him better entrance as she met his thrusts with every roll of her hips. Linake felt drunk from passion every time his cock pushed inside her it consumed her, sending her even higher. Linake reached her arms back and took a hold of his hair in her hands and pulled as she moaned out loud.

"You drive me insane, woman! I love you, Linake!" She heard his deep voice in her ear as he pressed open mouthed kisses across her neck all the way down her shoulder.

"I love you too, Kenpachi!" Linake groaned back feeling like she was the luckiest woman in the world.

"I want you to be mine." Kenpachi admitted as he thrust his hips harder.

"I am yours!" Linake moaned in-between sharp gasps of breath.

"Linake Zaraki." Kenpachi growled as he reached his hand down and pressed his fingers against her clit.

Linake's eyes widened both at the meaning of his words and the immense pleasure he was giving her. She knew that in his own way Kenpachi had just asked her to marry him as he made love to her.

"Kenpachi!" Linake gasped as she reached out for his arm trying to get him to slow down so she could answer him.

"Answer me after you come for me!" He demanded.

Linake stopping pulling on his forearm, but kept a firm grip on him as his wild thrusting sloshed the water that filled the tub around them, she felt his skilled fingers right on the tip of her clit rubbing, teasing, sending such a delicious deep sensation deep inside her. Linake wanted to come for him more than anything in that moment. When she felt the tingling energy radiate up her spine as her body tensed up she knew it was only a matter of seconds before he made her soar.

"Come on, Come for me!" Kenpachi encouraged her as he felt her body getting so close, she hovered right on the edge and he knew it wouldn't take much more for her to snap. He reached his free hand up and took a hold of her nipple and twisted it between his fingers attacking her already overloaded senses with another burst of pleasure.

"Fuuuck!" Linake groaned.

Kenpachi laughed low in his throat as he felt her finally let go, squeezing and milking his cock hungrily. He increased the speed of his thrusts as her body pulsed around him pulling his own climax from his strained body. Every muscle he had was pulled taunt as he waited for her body to give him his own gratification. Linake shook against him as her orgasm extended out longer than usual and he felt a sense of pride in himself for giving his woman such ecstasy.

Kenpachi thrust himself up into harder and faster until finally he felt the blast of raw energy shoot up his groin as he came inside her. He stopped suddenly and growled her name in her ear as a sense of euphoria washed over him. Linake laid her head back against his chest and he pressed his lips against her cheek as they both fought to catch their breath.

"Yes." Linake whispered between heavy pants.

Kenpachi smiled as he turned his swimming head towards her ear.

"Is that your answer?" He asked.

Linake nodded.

Her head swam as she fought to gain control of herself. Kenpachi had to admit he was having a hard time regaining his own composure after this round. Every time they ended up fucking it just got even more intense for him, it didn't matter how many times he'd taken her, he was always left wanting even more, craving to make her come one more time. Kenpachi felt free when he was inside her, a whole new sensation for him that only she could give him. He wanted her to take his name, to be his, even by the laws of the Soul Society.

"Will you take the name I gave myself?" Kenpachi asked her.

Linake's heart pinched at the reminder that he had grown up without a name of his own. The more he revealed about his past the more her heart bled for him as if his revelations where thorns pricking at her heart.

"I will." Linake replied as she attempted to push her sated body up so that she could look him in the eye.

Kenpachi wrapped his strong muscled arms around her and lifted her hips from his lap. She let a groan as he allowed himself to pull out of inside her. Linake clinched her empty sex trying to readjust to no longer being filled by him. Linake closed her legs together as she twisted her body in order to face him. Kenpachi brought his arms up around her just as she wrapped hers around his thick neck. He squeezed her tight against him hugging her to his chiseled chest.

"There is one thing I want to talk about first." Kenpachi informed her.

She met his gaze giving him her full attention.

"What is it?" Linake asked him.

"My Bankai…If I ever have to use it in the future, I want you to leave the area." Kenpachi replied.

Linake's brow furrowed in confusion, she had already been told what he turned into when he used his full power but she hadn't told him that yet.

"Why would you want me to leave you?" She asked.

"If I ever face another opponent strong enough for me to have to use it, I don't want you in harm's way." He admitted.

Linake felt another pinch in her heart as understanding filled her.

"I change Linake, physically I become something else. At first I didn't even have control over my mindset, but after perfecting it over the years, I can now." Kenpachi explained.

"I've been told what you change into." Linake admitted.

She heard him let out a deep sigh.

"Figures someone opened their mouth about it." He countered.

"Do the horns come out here?" Linake asked him as she lifted her hand and caressed above his prominent brow.

"Around there, yeah." Kenpachi answered.

Linake smiled softly.

"I would never be afraid of you, Kenpachi, I love you and that means accepting everything there is about you as a man." Linake stated.

Linake watched as his eyes closed and he leaned forward pressing his forehead against hers. She brought her hands up and cradled the back of his head as she closed her eyes too, savoring the intimate feeling of the moment. Kenpachi normally wasn't this open with her and she felt as if they had managed to pass another unspoken milestone.

Linake wanted to give him everything she could and she hoped that one day she would see him truly happy. She knew that deep down, he held back most of his emotions form her and she understood his reasons for doing so, but even though she understood, it felt wonderful when he allowed them to slip out. It meant he really did trust her with the one thing he kept the most guarded…his heart.