Exchange Week
The lieutenants switch divisions for a week. Most everyone's in this story, but Yachiru and Ukitake have the best scenes. Read!
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach. Yet.
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Introduction
Soi-Fon never made suggestions at the Captains' meetings. She generally preferred things to stay as they were, and would vote against most any new initiative. So at the end of the meeting, everyone was surprised when she suggested a temporary, week-long exchange of lieutenants.
"What's the matter? You getting sick of Marechiyo?" Shunsui asked.
"I bet she just wants to spy on us", said Mayuri.
Soi-Fon's expression didn't betray her thoughts, but those were in fact the two reasons that she had made the suggestion.
The reactions from the captains varied from enthusiasm (Hitsugaya) to indifference (Kuchiki), but no one put forward a good argument against it. The General pointed out that the 3rd, 5th, 9th, and 13th couldn't participate in this plan, since they had no lieutenants.
"I could get rid of my third seats!" Ukitake offered, a gleam in his eye. "For a week, I mean, as part of this exchange idea."
Only Unohana, Kurotsuchi, and Komamura opted out of it. But then Komamura remembered his rule about never agreeing with the captain of the Twelfth except in emergencies (and always being careful even then), and decided to join in. The General declared that the exchange should begin tomorrow and last for six days, so that everything could return to normal before next week's meeting.
Each participating captain marked his division number on a strip of paper and folded them over. The General collected them, mixed them up, then opened them as follows:
1 (Sasakibe) – 6 (Abarai)
10 (Matsumoto) – 8 (Ise)
13 (Kotetsu and Kotsubaki) – 7 (Iba)
2 (Omaeda) – 11 (Kusajishi)