So, I've been home sick with an unknown illness and spending way too much time on . But it has been giving me some interesting ideas… this is one of them. This is a little story about one Zaraki Kenpachi and one Unohana Retsu. Enjoy! Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach in any way, shape, or form.

The Things They Never Knew

He always knew she was a girl, how could he not? What he didn't know was that she would be the girl to catch his attention. It had been years, no decades since he last even looked at a woman in a sexual way. And to be completely honest, he never saw it coming.

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She had always noticed him, it was hard not to. He was strong and annoying, but for some strange reason at every captain's meeting she found him… well, amusing. She never thought much about dating; she always blended into the background. You only remembered Unohana- taichou when you were dieing, but it really never bothered her. And if that was the case then Zaraki- taichou's men thought about her a lot.

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The men of Squad Eleven feared two things, no they feared two people. They were scared of their Taichou and day he lost his eye patch. And if that didn't scare them enough they would then have to see Unohana- taichou. She was the silent kind of scary. You never heard her coming, but she always made you feel like you did something wrong. Or in their case you were taking up beds in her hospital. However, the men of Squad Eleven were not alone. The men and women of Squad Four had the same fears… but for different reasons.

"Taichou, we have more men coming in from the Division Eleven training grounds," Isane said as she quickly passed by her Taichou's office rushing into one of the rooms full of bleeding shinigamis. Retsu sighed, apparently it was going to be a very long day and it was still morning.

"Zaraki- taichou must be upset about the new regulations Yamamoto- soutaichou has ordered," She said to herself as she gazed into her cup of tea before setting it down and walking out towards the herd of Division Eleven men. "I hope we can send all of them back in one piece, or I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with him." As she walked from room to room checking up on her own men and making sure that they weren't being harassed she felt the rooms begin to spin.

"Taichou! Are you alright?" her Seventh seat yelled has he dropped the rolls of gauze he was carrying and ran to catch her. But it wasn't Hanataro that caught her. Looking up she saw none other then the man that had been sending so many shinigami into her division today.

"Z-zaraki- taichou," she muttered, looking as if she was going to pass out. He glanced down at her and then back to her now cowering seventh seat.

"Relax, I'm not going to heart her, I'll just take her back to her office." Kenpachi grunted at the small shinigami.

Hanataro pointed down the hall to the open door leading to her office. Muttering incoherently he said, "th-that w-way." Kenapchi just grunted in recognition as he carried her off.

As he reached her office he could feel the countless number of eyes that fallowed him, he just turned and growled at them. They all went running in every direction. Once he was inside her office he slid the door closed and lied her on ground folding his haori as best he could to make a pillow. When he showed up at the Fourth Division he had all intenstions of having the minor cuts on his chest healed and then dragging most of him men back to the trianing grounds. He never once imagined that he would be in Unohana- taichou's office with her passed out. Although he knew there wasn't much he could do for her, not being well versed in kido he could not help that his eyes began to trace her flawless face. Slowly his hands began to trace where his eyes had been. Her skin was so soft in comparison to his rough, callased hands. He had no idea he was even touching her, untill her eyes began to open.

"Ken-pachi?" she mummbled.

A bit concered he quikly and queitly scooted backwords in the hopes that she would fall back asleep. And luckly for him, she did. He took advantage of this and moved to leave her office. He couldn't trust himself, but more concerning was the fact that he couldn't explain this feeling in his stomach. Being cautious, which for him was rather difficult, he slipped back out of Unohana's office and down the hall grabbing Ikkaku and Yumichika on his way out.

"Ikkaku, Yumichika lets move," He barked as he passed through the Division Four main door.

"Hai taichou," they responded fallowing in suit.

The walk back to the Division Eleven barracks was a surprisingly silent. The third and fifth seat mearly looked at each other and shurrged, their taichou had been acting strange since the captians meeting a few days ago, but neither of them were willing to say anything in fear of the reprocutions. As they walked back Kenapchi couldn't get the thought of the way Unohana looked out of his mind. Even worse was the fact that he couldn't figure why he couldn't stop thinking about here. He was actualy beginning to worry, which he only did when it came to Yachiru's well being.

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When Retsu woke up she was a little startled to find that she was on the floor of her office. She was even more startled by the fact that she was using Zaraki- taichou's haori as a pillow. He must have been the one to catch me, but why was he here? Simple questions that left her extreamly puzzled. Regaining her barings, she stood up and made her way over towards her desk, slipping his haori into one of the drawers to return to him later. She took a deep breath and braved the world outside of her office.

It was already late into the evening when she made her rounds to check on the members of the Eleventh Division that were still not well enough to return to their barracks. Everything seemed to be as it should, it apperarded that her Division was able to keep everything under control.

"Taichou you're awake!" Isane said with glee at the sight of her taichou up and about.

"Yes, and feeling much better. It looks like you had your hands full while I was asleep," Retsu spoke inquisitivly.

"Just the normal Division Eleven taining wounds. Nothing we couldn't handle. But it is very good to see you looking better." Isane bowed and countiued on with her rounds. Retsu returned her bow and contiued making her rounds. Before she realised it her feet had taken her out into the garden. It was a beautiful night in the Seireitei, the moon was full and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

Retsu let out a slight sigh was she walked over to the cherry blossom tree. It was in full bloom, even the slightest breeze would rattle it just so and pettles would fall. There was a small sone bench under the tree which was perfect for nights like this when Retsu wanted to think. As she sat under the tree the happenings of that day just kept flooding back to her. She had no idea why Kenpachi had been there or why he had caught her. She never pegged him to be the kind of person that would care so much. It must be something he has picked up for taking care of Yachiru. I bet he's one of those people who is only rough on the outside, he probabaly has the most gentile of hearts. Her thoughts were finished when a warm breeze passed by, she closed her eyes and let the smell of the cherry blossoms fill her. It was nights like this where she would just unwind, she began to unbriad her hair and let the wind catch it. She kept catching herself sighing.

"I wonder what Zaraki- taicou is up to, or if he has calmed down," she said expecting no one to hear her.

"You could just ask me ya know," Kenpachi said making Retsu jump. She turned to meet his eyes staring right at hers. She had been so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't even hear him sit down next to her.

"Zaraki- tachou you startled me, I wasn't aware you were here," she spoke in an attempt to regain her composer. "Are you well?"

"Just call me Kenpachi, I hate formalities." He grunted, looking over at her and noticing that she had her eyes fixed on her floded hands. "Um, I actualy came to make sure you were feeling all right. It doesn't look good if the head of medicen suddenly faints in her own hospital." Both Kenpachi and Retsu were a bit shocked by his general concern.

"Right, Kenpachi, thank you for your concern. I am feel much better now." She paused for a moment glanceing over at him to see if he was listening, only to find him looking directly at her. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but how did you know I was here?"

"You're Division is scared of me. Something about what I put my men through, frightens the weak. Its preaty easy to get things out of them, especialy your seventh seat." When he finished he could have sworn that he hear a light laugh coming from next to him, and he was right.

"As good of a healer as Hanataro is, he does frighten easily." And that was when she noticed that he was without his haori. "Oh, your haori, its still in my office. Should we go get it?" As she moved to stand she felt a hand grab her wrist. It wasn't a strong, forceful grasp like she expected it to be coming from Kenpachi, but instead it was warm and soft. "Is something wrong?"

Kenpachi looked puzzled for a matter of seconds before returning to his normal self, "No, nothings wrong. You're right I should probabaly get that before someone says something stupid." The way his voice sounded it was as if he didn't want to leave that spot, but he was Kenpachi of Zaraki, it was not like him to want to sit under a sakura tree but then again maybe it is like him. Retsu thought to herself has she led him back into the Division Four hospital.

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Kenpachi couldn't explain the way he was acting. She was just another Captain, he just happened to be in the right place at the right time. So why did he feel like he needed to make sure eveything was alright. She was in good hands with her men, but somehow he couldn't get her off of his mind.

It wasn't any better when he did go and see her. He had to deal with her men asking him questions. Lukily he managed to catch Hanataro and get it out of him, he should have known she would be in the garden, it was just like her. He didn't know why he couldn't take his eyes off of her, again. She was sitting under a sakura tree, but something was different. Her hair wasn't braided, she looked… amazing. You would have never guest that a true girl was hidden underneath the braid and haori. As he moved closer to her, he could hear her talking, about him. Is she thinking about me? The thought puzzled him, he was just one of her fellow captains, he could have sworn he ment nothing to her.

When she convinced him to go and get his haori he knew that it was nothing, that his mind was just playing tricks on him. But he couldn't take his eyes off of her. He had never felt this way, he didn't know what this was. Standing in the door frame on her office, he couldn't help himself. There was an a fire within him, but it wasn't the passion of the fight. It was something else entirely. He put his haori back on and stood there for a few minutes, just watching her reorder the papers on her desk.

"Kenpachi, is there something else?" she asked noticing he was still standing there. And then out of no where she felt two strong arms around her waist. He was hugging her, but it wasn't the kind of hug you would get from a friend, it was warm and comforting. She felt protected in his arms. And she was truing a light shade of pink.

And then he wispered into her ear, "You should wear your hair down more often." Her shade of pink went to bight red. Then his arms slid out and she could feel him leave, but her body wouldn't move. She kept asking herself, did that just happen?

Once he said it, he couldn't believe he did. He had no idea why he sad it out loud. He was sure as hell thinking it, but he didn't mean to say it. Part of him was happy he did, while the other part was cursing at him for saying it. All he knew was that he said it, but he didn't want to be around for the sudden reaction. He was just going to brave the reaction he was going to get at the next days captains meeting.

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Author's Notes: Yay! This part is finished… for the ifrst time in a whle I'm suffering from serious writers block. Im so sorry if there are spelling mistakes for some unknown reason my spell check died after the first page. And I suck at spelling so might not have caught everything and lovely person I usualy have beta… is well… off in her won little world. But don't hurt her… its because we still haven't finished the next chapter in our co-story… Battle Amidst the Leaves ( a Naruto Bleach crossover )you can find it on Nejilovesyaoi's page. So if I don't update again soon that's why. –endofmylittlerant.