A lofting tune danced around the air of the barracks of Squad 13. AryaUkitake stood in the garden of the Captain's quarters and sang softly to herself. Captain Jushiro Ukitake came out into the garden and smiled as he listened to her singing. He always thought it was beautiful.
"Arya?"
Arya turned and smiled. "Hello, father!"
"Shouldn't you be heading off to your new barracks assignment?" Jushiro Ukitake asked, smiling at his daughter.
Aryawent to hug her father. "I wanted to see you before I left."
Jushiro smiled. "Well, it is good to see that you are excited. When do you leave?"
"Very soon. I wanted to say goodbye before I left for Squad 6. I wanted to make sure that you would be alright without me."
Jushiro looked down at his daughter and nodded. "I will be fine, Arya. You should hurry. Captain Kuchiki does not like to be kept waiting."
Aryastepped back and nodded. "Of course, Father. I will come visit soon."
Jushiro waved as his daughter hurried to reach the Squad 6 barracks. 'She's grown up so much since you passed, Rin my love. She's just like you.' he thought, looking towards the peach tree he had planted in memory of his late wife. 'Let's hope she will be alright with Byakuya.'
"Hello, I am here to report for duty." Aryasaid, greeting the men who came to meet her at the barrack gates. "I am AryaUkitake, the new third seat of Squad 6. Can you please take me to Captain Kuchiki?"
"Oh, of course 3rdseat Ukitake. Right this way." they said, then led her to Captain Byakuya Kuchiki's office. Once she got to the office, one of the men knocked on the door.
"Enter."
The man opened the door and let in Arya. "Good luck, Lady Ukitake." Aryanodded and walked in, only seeing the Captain and immediately became more nervous.
"You must be my new third seat, AryaUkitake, am I correct?"
"Yes sir."
"Welcome, then. Your father is a good man and it will be a pleasure working with you." Byakuya said. Sighing, he looked at the sun dial in his gardens. "Hm, I was going to have my lieutenant show you around but he hasn't appeared to have shown up yet."
Just as he said that, out of nowhere someone burst through the door, panting heavily.
"Lieutenant Abarai, glad you could join us."
"Sorry I'm late sir, I overslept."
"That is of no concern to me. This is the new third seat, make sure she knows her way around."
"Yes sir."
Aryafollowed the lieutenant as he led her out of the captain's office and showed her around the barracks. Aryawas always nervous first meeting those who were her superiors, so she kept mostly to herself.
"Anyway, here's where your room will be. I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. My name's Renji Abarai, and as you already know, I'm the lieutenant. What's your name?"
"My name is AryaUkitake."
"AryaUkitake, huh? You're Captain Ukitake's daughter, aren't you?"
Aryanodded. "Yes. I was in Squad 13 with my father until Captain Kuchiki asked to take me on as his 3rdseat. I just hope that I won't disappoint him."
Renji smiled. "I'm sure that you'll do just fine here."
Aryalooked up at him and smiled.
Renji blushed a little. "Wow, you know, you're really sweet. You're smile is so warm it makes me feel better about being late."
Aryablushed and smiled. "T-Thank you."
Renji smiled. "Well, now that that's out of the way, you up for a game of futsal?"