prompt: ikkaku doing something nice

Yumichika hisses through his teeth, leans against Ikkaku's shoulder and mutters, I wasn't strong enough.

Ikkaku glances at the espada arm on the ground and thinks, If you had used your goddamn sword like you're supposed to, you wouldn't have this problem, but he slings an arm around Yumichika's waist and drags him up straight. "Urahara's got bandages. Ururu-chan'll patch you up."

He feels Yumichika nod against his arm and suppresses a flare of irritation. Who did he think he was kidding? Every fighter on the receiving end of someone going all-out knows the feeling of being held back on. Ikkaku doesn't know how he's doing it, but he knows Yumichika's Fuji Kujaku isn't the extent of his abilites and it sort of pisses him off.

(If Yumichika had heard this thought, he would have laughed and told Ikkaku he was being a hypocrite-- Iba and Renji didn't realize he had bankai because anyone had told them.)

The next time they spar, Yumichika loses by virtue of Fuji Kujaku having no real use except maybe boosting his defense and slowing down his reaction time. He says something like, I wish Kujaku could do something more impressive, and it makes Ikkaku want to grab him by the shoulders and shake him until he tells him exactly what the hell he's playing at.

All he does is shrug and slap a cool, damp towel over the back of Yumichika's neck. And then he tells him to learn bankai already.