"Just one drink.."
It was a quiet summer's evening in the soul society, a time for relaxing with your friends, taking a brake from the stresses of being a shinigami, or if you're Captain of Squad 2, paperwork.
Soifon sighed and put down her pen, as she added yet another piece of paperwork to the mountain beside her desk.
'Stupid Omaeda, whenever there's work to be done he's off stuffing his face.' She flexed her ink-covered hand, and fought back the cramp that slowly crept it's way up her wrist.
'At least I can concentrate without that idiot around, smelling the place up some more' she thought, wrinkling her nose at the smell that loomed around her lieutenant's desk.
Wanting to get her paperwork finished early, she opened her draw, grabbed another pile of paperwork and began to fill out the forms.
If there was one thing she hated more than Omaeda and that baca Kisuke, it was lazy people. How Captain Kyouraku and Rangiku managed to spend their days drinking and avoiding paperwork was absurd. Ignoring your responsabilities as a captain of the 13 court guard squads, was in Soifon's opinion, unforgivable.
After having years of practice, she soon got into a steady pace, letting her hand glide delicately across the paper, being sure to make no mistakes. Paperwork was almost second nature to her..
THUD THUD THUD
"Ey wait up! Let me just get my lucky watch, a man's got to look good neh?"
THUD THUD THUD -SLIDE-
"O-OH t-taicho, you're still here?!"
"Of course I am idiot, I'm working." Not bothering to look up she continued. "What are you doing here Omaeda?"
"E-eh nothing taicho! I mean, I'm going gambling with Iba.. Un-unless I'm needed here, b-because I can stay taicho if you need me-"
"Shut up."
"E-eh, hai! B-but taicho, doesn't that paperwork have to be in next week?"
"Your point?" she growled.
"Why are you doing it now? Can't you save it and do it tomorrow or something?"
"No. Because that would make me just as lazy as you, now go away your grossing me out."
"T-taicho, that's so cold! I only-" Soifon shifted her gaze to Omaeda, her silver eyes like daggers.
"Now."
"H-HAI HAI TAICHO!" Omaeda screamed before running out of Squad 2's office minus his lucky watch.
Looking back down her desk, she sighed and continued again to complete the form. After a few minutes she settled back into a comfortable silence, the only sounds to be heard were the brush of ink on paper, and steady breathing as Soifon tried to ignore the pungent smell of rice crackers that had wafted into the room along with Omaeda.
Soon enough the silence was interupted by several light taps on the door followed by hushed whispers.
tap tap tap
"Hold on, are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Yeah, what if she's busy?"
"Or has a guest?
"Yeah-"
"Don't be stupid guys, it's only Captain Soifon c'mon!"
tap tap tap
A curious captain stopped writing and looked towards the door. 'what now, don't people have better things to do than annoy me?' She thought. After scanning and recognising the spiritual pressure of her guests, Soifon scowled and decided to ignore the knocks on the door and to continue with her paperwork.
"..."
"Okay she's not in, let's go"
"Yeh i'm hungry! Let's go eat"
"You're always hungry."
"No i'm not! Take that back."
"Why would I? All you do is eat the sweets your captain can't"
"I DO NOT!"
"Yeah she has a point you know."
"SHUT-UP!"
"Quiet guys! captains in here. Can't you feel her spiritual pressure?"
Soifon held back a growl and mentally kicked herself for not hiding her spiritual pressure, but then again she never had too. People knew not to bother her when she was doing paperwork.
"..."
"Oh yeah! Then why isn't she answering?"
"Maybe somethings happoned to her!"
"This is captain Soifon of course nothing's happoned to her, she'd kill anyone who tried to hurt her!"
"B-But what if someone did manage to get her?! Or suffocate her?!"
"You're right Something's happoned! OH NO What should we do?! we can't leave her-"
"Shut-up don't be rediculous."
"Then why isn't she answering?! OH MY GOD SHE'S DEAD! SHE DIED! OH JESUS CAPTAIN SOIFON'S DIED!"
"NO, WAIT! DON'T-"
CRASH
A small girl with short hair fell face first through the door and lay sprawled out on the floor next to Soifon's feet; with a busty blonde collapsed in a heap on top of her.
"AAAAH RANGIKU YOU'RE SQUASHING ME, GET OFF!"
"Thank's Kiyone you really cushioned my fall there, I could've got hurt.."
"SHUT UP, AND GET OFF ME BACA!"
"woah, that's not nice Kiyone. I only-"
"Ahem." Soifon coughed, looking down at the shinigami in a pile at her feet.
"..."
"THANK THE LORD, TAICHO YOU'RE ALIVE! WE THOUGHT YOU'D BEEN KILLED!" Rangiku waled, scraping herself of kiyone, and glomping squad 2's captain to the ground.
"Oh Jesus Rangiku why'd you do that?!" Isane ran up to Rangiku and pulled her off Soifon, followed by Momo who helped up a blushing Captain Soifon.
"T-taicho we are so sorry! Rangiku and Kiyone thought you'd died, so they rushed in to help you but-"
"Enough Hinamori. Why are you here?" Soifon snapped, scowling at the small gathering of shinigami in her office.
"To invite you drinking with us." Nemu stepped into view, standing outside Soifon's office, holding a piece of paper in her hand. Ignoring the daggers being thrown her way by Soifon.
Soifon sighed, she should have known. You could literally taste the Sake in the air around Rangiku, and Kiyone wasn't much better. She looked down to see Kiyone who was still lay on the floor at her feet eating a lollypop.
"Well geeeeeez Nemu, you make it sound so boring! We're having a get togther Taichoooooo! And you're coming too!" Rangiku shouted, "It'll be fun!"
"No."
"Awww, but Taicho, we came all this way to get you!" Rangiku pouted, and looked at Soifon with puppy eyes.
"You broke my door."
"Only because we thought you'd died, and we wanted to help!"
"Uhm, well actually only you and Kiyone thought she'd died.." Momo said trying to hide behind Isane, who was trying her best to hold Rangiku's Kimono in place.
"We did knock." Nemu pointed out, inspecting the damanged door.
"YEAH" Kiyone said heaving herself off the floor. "But you didn't answer captain! So we got worried and-"
"No." Soifon began to make her way to her desk, if she wasn't so annoyed she would have laughed at the state of Kiyone holding onto the wall for dear life.
"How about if we tell you Yoruichi's coming?" Isane hinted, hiding behind Rangiku's back to avoid any glares thrown her way from Captain Soifon, almost as notorious for 'death glares' as Byakuya Kuchiki.
Soifon's heart stopped. Lady Yoruichi was going?
Nemu continued. "She instructed me to give you this when we found you." She walked forwards and handed Soifon the small white piece of paper in her hand.
Unfolding the piece of paper, the note read:
"Don't be too hard on them Soi,
I sent them to come and get you for me.
Hurry up i'm waiting for you"
Soifon stared at the note, her heart racing. She's waiting for me? But why would Lady Yoruichi wait for me? Why would she want me to come? Unless she actually wants me to go with her? Could she really be serious?
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot!" Rangiku declared, wobbling on her feet "Yoruichi said to come straight back after we got you! She said to tell you to 'stop what your doing and come right away!" Rangiku smiled triumphantly as though she's just won a years worth of shopping vouchers.
"L-lady Yoruichi said that?" Soifon said, still staring at the note in her hands, her cheecks began to blush.
"Yup! So you have to come, becasue she's waiting for you right?!" Kiyone pushed herself off the wall and stumbled over to Nemu by the door, who watched as she managed to trip over non-existant objects on her way out.
Rangiku cheered "WELL THEN LET'S GO GET SOME SAKE!" She grabbed Soifon by the arm and began pulling her towards the door.
"B-but wait! I can't-" Soifon panicked trying to pry Rangiku off her arm. Dam she was strong when she wanted Sake.
"Hurry up let's go eat I'm hungry!" Kiyone yelled, and using Nemu as a support began to lead the group out of squad 2's baracks.
"You're always hungry, you're going to get fat if all you eat is sweets Kiyone!" Isane shouted, chasing after Rangiku who was dragging Soifon along by the elbow.
"I WILL NOT! YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW PEABRAIN OR I'LL..."
Why me? Soifon thought as she was slowly being dragged away from the comfort of squad 2's barracks. She knew she'd regret staying late to do paperwork, as soon her guests fell through the door. She tried to avoid awkard social situations and worse, drinking. But if Lady Yoruichi wanted her there, she would go. Afterall it was her duty right?