Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or its characters in anyway whatsoever, only Kyoko and Haruki are my OCs.
Here's the restart of my bleach stories and my first chapter of 2010 wow!!!!!!!!!! I have a snow-day (on my B-day :D) so i have time to post this before the weekend yay!!!
This story is going to be more than a one shot though it definitely won't go past six chapters, if i aim for any high than that it won't get done.
Anyway enjoy!
Chapter 1
Haruki Yamada rushed along the corridors of the tenth divisions barraks, pulling his black hair back into a ponytail as he ran, the other members of his squad watching curiously as he dashed by.
"Good morning, Lieutenant Yamada"
"Morning" he shouted back to the young girl that had addressed him. "Must be one of the newbie's from the academy," he thought as he rounded the corner and crashed head first into a person wearing a white haori. "Ow" he said as he gripped his head, an answering sound made him open his jade green eyes and he gasped in shock.
"C-C-Captain Hirako!!!! I'm so sorry sir, I wasn't looking where I was going I'm so sorry!!!!" Haruki apologised so quickly it was almost impossible to understand, he practically jumped out of his skin when someone appeared right behind him and put their hand on his shoulder.
"Mornin' Haruki, what's got ya so worked up?"
"Captain! I ..." The Lieutentant couldn't think of anything to say so he just pointed across the hall.
"Shinji? What are ya doin' on the floor?"
"Mornin' exercises Angel" the Captain of the fifth division replied sarcastically, his attempts to get back to his feet were halted when Haruki's captain put her foot on his chest and forced him back down.
"How many times do I have ta tell ya not to call me that?!!"
"Good morning, Captain Yori" Aizen greeted her as he walked around the corner.
"Is it?" Kyoko asked tiredly as she stepped back and let Shinji stand up, she turned and walked back to her Lieutenant and motioned for him to stand up. "Make sure I'm around next time ya decide ta do somthin' like that Haruki, I could do with a laugh."
"Your concern for me is so encouragin'" Shinji said as he walked beside her through the barracks and out into the streets of the Seireitei, their Lieutenants trailing behind them. "Did ya not sleep again, ya look like you're about to collapse at any second."
"Don't worry I'm fine" Kyoko said, the bruise coloured markings under her eyes and her hair being much more tousled than normal clearly supporting Shinji's observation. Haruki gave his Captain a worried look, the reason that she looked so tired was because she really hadn't been sleeping. Every night for the last week members of the squad had found her on the roof of the barracks or sitting under a tree at midnight or early morning, he had tried asking her what was wrong but she always batted away his concern, telling him not to worry about it.
"Why were ya in the tenth squad's barracks anyway?" Kyoko asked, Haruki nearly fell over, surely she can't have forgotten about the meeting!
"It's not like ya to forget such important things, Angel. The Captain's and Lieutenant's meetin', remember? We came ta the barracks 'cause I was wonderin' what was keepin' ya, you're normally really early and naggin' at me ta hurry up." Shinji glanced back at Kyoko's lieutenant as she sighed and shook her head, desperately trying to wake herself up. "You two go on ahead, I just need ta talk to Lieutenant Yamada for a moment." Kyoko nodded to show that she didn't mind.
"What did you want to talk to me about Captain Hirako?" Haruki asked after Shinji had held them back far enough so that the others could not over-hear.
"Okay, spill it. Why hasn't Kyoko been sleepin' lately?" Haruki hesitated, at a complete lose at what to do, he didn't know the reason himself, but Shinji was his Captain's closest friend, maybe he would be able to find out.
"I don't know why, but she has been really uneasy lately, jumping at some of the smallest things. I don't know, maybe she thinks something bad is going to happen, whatever it is it's not letting her sleep."
"Hey! If you two don't hurry up we're definitely gunna be late!!"Kyoko shouted from the end of the street, it was only then that Haruki noticed that they had come to a complete stop.
"Don't worry Angel we're comin'!" Shinji replied.
"How many times do I have ta tell ya not ta call me that!!!"
"I don't think that you should provoke her Captain, she's been preparing some new pranks for weeks" Haruki warned the grinning leader of the fifth squad. Even Shinji wasn't safe from the Captain's jokes; in fact he was one of her favourite targets.
000
"Hello! Captain Shinji Hirako from the fifth squad here!"
"And Captain Kyoko Yori from the tenth! Open the door already!!!"
"Man I hate comin' to the first squad's barracks" Shinji complained as he shifted uncomfortably, "it always makes me nervous. That's why I never come here."
"Really? I thought it was 'cause ya never hand in ya paperwork" Kyoko smirked at the frustrated expression on his face.
"Not true, my paperwork's always here on time!"
"That's 'cause Sousuke always hands it in.
"Yeah well, what about yours? I've never seen you hand yours in!"
"My paperwork's always done, even if it is left 'til the last minute so there" Kyoko stuck her tongue out childishly.
"You certainly don't look like you're nervous Captain, please don't have a temper-tantrum because you're annoyed at having to come to the meeting" Aizen said from behind them.
"If he has a tantrum I'm out of here" Haruki added quietly, obviously not meaning to be heard.
"Shuddup you two, ya can't even see my face from there."
"Aren't they lucky" Kyoko exaggerated.
"Oh c'mon Angel ya don't mean that" Shinji said, "you'll send me in to an emotional wreck if ya not careful."
Tch, like that could happen, and I can't believe that he called me Angel again! Kyoko thought as the gates began to open.
"The door is opening, please go in" Aizen said, obviously choosing to ignore Shinji's last comment to him.
"Yeah y-"
"Midget Alert" Kyoko announced as she quickly stepped back to stand beside her Lieutenant.
"What the...?" A small shape came darting out of the shadows and struck Shinji right in the face, sending him flying backwards and tumbling across the yard until he crashed into the wall.
"Captain Hirako! Are you okay?" Haruki called anxiously as Aizen sighed and Kyoko turned to the small Soul Reaper that had appeared in the doorway.
"I'll give that a nine out of ten Hiyori!" Kyoko laughed.
"What c'mon that was definitely a ten outta ten!!!" Hiyori objected.
"No not quite" Kyoko replied.
"HIYORI!"
"'Sup, Dickhead Shinji! Your face was especially flat and easy for me ta stomp on today."
"Damn you, Hiyori!" Shinji shouted around the hand holding his bloody nose, the small blonde terror just smirked evilly as Kyoko stood beside her doubled over with laughter.
"What I ain't gunna apologise" Hiyori snapped back at him.
"I haven't even said anythin' yet!"
"That means I really don't have ta apologise" Hiyori stated, smiling. She grunted as a fist came down on her head.
"Say you're sorry stupid," Love said from behind them, "man, you're such a..."
"What's yer problem Love?!" Hiyori shouted as she rubbed the back of her head. "Ya think it's okay to go 'round smacking some other squad's lieutenant upside the head?!"
"The Captain's not around, so someone has to keep an eye on you Hiyori." Love replied, "and you should know better than to encourage it Kyoko," he added as he turned to the younger Captain.
"Shinji started it" she said, knowing it wouldn't matter.
"WHAT?!!" Shinji cried as he jumped to his feet.
"Hey stop making it sound like I'm a kid!" Hiyori shouted at the tall Captain, regaining his attention, giving Kyoko the chance to pull faces at him behind his back. "There ain't no reason for me to apologise to him! Just look at 'im, he pisses me off!" Kyoko turned and sighed when she saw that Shinji was making faces behind Love's back to, but at Hiyori.
"So immature."
"Look who's talking" said Kyoko's zanpakto, obviously wanting to be in on the fun.
"Shuddup."
"Yeah, whatever" Love said as he started pushing Hiyori back through the door by her head.
"Lemme go!"
"Let's go."
"I said let go, damnit!" Shinji jumped fowards after them and continued to pull face, infuriating Hiyori more as she was dragged away.
"Captain, please stop instigating, make sure to never make that face in front of our men." Aizen said disapprovingly, he frowned at Kyoko who was doubled over in silent laughing fits. Haruki rolled his eyes at her, obviously thinking "why me?"
"Look at it his way Sousuke" Kyoko gasped, "if the wind changes and his face gets stuck like that ya won't have ta worry about fightin' when ya go out ta deal with hollows!"
"Hahaha, c'mon we'd better get in before they either lock us out or you die from lack of oxygen and your lieutenant dies of embarassment," Shinji rushed forwards into the barracks, obviously hoping to get just a bit more enjoyment out of infuriating Hiyori.
"You're not embarrassed by me are ya Haruki" Kyoko said, a fake hurt expression on her face.
"No not at all Captain" Haruki replied, a rare show of sarcasm in his voice.
Kyoko had to stop and take a deep breath before following Shinji into the barracks; the first squad always made her a little nervous as well, and laughing had made her light-headed and reminded her how little sleep she'd been getting.
"I'll have to talk to Captain Unohana later," she thought as she followed her fellow captain into the barracks, the Lieutenants following quickly behind her.
OOO
Kyoko looked around the meeting room as she entered, searching for one specific Captain who just happened to owe her money.
"Hey, where'd Kensei disappear to?" Kyoko asked the room in general, "I'm sure that I saw him a second ago."
"Kensei-Meanie just went out to see where the Head-Captain was" the Lieutenant of the ninth squad bounded up to them, the bright and happy expression on her face made Kyoko feel a bit better and calmer after the conversation that the Captains had had on the way to the meeting room.
Lieutenant Aizen had always given her the creeps from the moment that she first met him, but the uneasiness had grown to greet dislike after she became Shinji's Lieutenant after he first became Captain and Aizen had been the third seat in their division. She didn't know what it was about him, there was just something that always screamed danger whenever she was around him, and Shinji's lack of trust in the man didn't help the situation either.
Her feelings hadn't lessened at all since she became the Captain of squad ten five years ago; when he had started questioning about the old squad twelve Captain's promotion it had taken all of her will power not to snap at him and tell him to remember his place.
"I see you didn't bother brushing your hair again" Kensei said to the brown haired Captain as he re-entered the room, having to stop in the doorway because Kyoko had stepped out in front of him.
"My hair may always look like it has been through the middle of a whirlwind, but at least it won't forever look like the backside of a rabbit" Kyoko replied, sticking her tongue out at the short tempered man. His face twitched angrily as Mashiro joined in the conversation.
"Oh yeah, that's right Kensei, you owe Kyoko money for that fight you lost."
"I didn't lose!"
"Oh yes you did!" Kyoko poked him in the chest to emphasise the statement, "and I have a witness" she declared, pointing behind her at her Lieutenant.
"I'm not getting involved" Haruki said quickly and sped away across the room towards the safety of the other Captains. He had learned long ago to make himself scarce whenever Kyoko started an argument with Captain Muguruma.
"It doesn't count as a win if you cheated!" Kensei continued.
"What are ya talkin' about? I didn't cheat, I used the environment!"
"You paid Lisa to throw flower petals in the training ground!"
"It's not my fault ya got distracted, besides, I didn't know that ya liked the pretty flowers so much!"
"Shut up!" Kensei shouted as his cheeks began to go red; he quickly changed the subject to hide it. "Anyway, it looks like the new guys coming," he said to the room in general, "the old fart said to line up and wait for him."
"Captain, is it really so fun to tease him?" Haruki asked as they took their places between the eighth and twelfth squads.
"It's not difficult to find it fun since he gets angry so damn easily, it's even more fun when Lisa and Mashiro help."
"Hey Kyoko," Lisa leaned forwards so that she could talk to her quietly, "you better not have gotten me in trouble."
"Don't worry" Kyoko said as she waved her hand dismissively, "just throw one of those books of yours at him and you'll be fine, if he got distracted by the flower petals he'll definitely get distracted by that." Lisa rolled her eyes and moved back to her space, Haruki blushed when she brushed against his arm as she walked past.
Everyone in the room turned simultaneously to look at the entrance of the meeting room, where the doors had been thrown open and in the doorway stood a blonde man wearing a Captain's haori who glanced around nervously.
"Oh no, don't tell me I'm the last one here" he laughed nervously when he finished, obviously not sure where to go.
"Looks like things are going to get more interesting around the twelfth squad," Haruki commented as Hiyori scowled at the new-comer.
"Hmmm, remind me ta stay away from there for a few months," Kyoko whispered back as Kisuke Urahara was moved out of the way and the Head-Captain entered the room, signalling the beginning of the meeting.
OOO
"Head back to the barracks Haruki" Kyoko called after the meeting had ended and all of the Captains and Lieutenants were milling around, gradually moving out to start their duties for the day. Kyoko walked over to where Captain's Kyoraku, Ukitake and Unohana were standing, taking the chance to catch up with each other before heading out for the day.
They had all been her Captain's in that order, she knew that she could always go to them for help or guidance, especially since they were some of the longest running Captains in Soul Society, at the very least they always offered a good conversation.
"Hey there Kyoko, long time no see" Captain Kyoraku greeted her as she approached them.
"Mornin' Shunsui, Jushiro, Retsu, how've you all been?"
"Fine thankyou Kyoko" Ukitake replied happily, "I'm feeling much better now than the last time we spoke."
"I'm glad to hear it. Retsu, could I talk to you for a moment?"
"Of course," Unohana said as Shunsui and Jushiro turned and walked out of the room. "What can I help you with?"
"Umm, well, I, uh... I haven't really been sleepin' lately and I was wonderin' if..." Kyoko stopped when Unohana reached for her hand and placed a small object in it, looking down the bemused Captain saw that it was a small pot of mild sleeping pills.
"A couple of them a night and you should start sleeping soundly again" the medical squad's Captain explained, she continued after Kyoko looked up at her quizzically. "Lieutenant Yamada came to me yesterday and told me that you hadn't been sleeping, those should help, have a nice day" Captain Unohana finished the conversation by joining the last stragglers who were exiting the room.
"Thanks."
Yay there is less of the actual episode in this one, in the next chapter we get to meet Kyoko's "pet", unfortunately for Ikkakku, she isn't there when her pet finds him lol.
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