I OWN NOTHING BUT THE STORY LINE AND THE CHARACTERS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW FROM THE ANIME/MANGA!
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Chapter One
Meeting Squad 5
"We did it." The words were finally escaping from the woman's lips as she walked down the side of the street. "We did it. We did it! We graduated! We're Soul Reapers, Hiromi!" Natora Umio pounced on the younger woman beside her, happiness and pride radiating off of both of them.
Natora Umio was a young woman at 5'6' with short, soft brown hair and matching eyes. Earrings and a ring on her right had sat in the shape of balls of fire as she carried a book in her left hand as she was dressed in the new black and white Shinigami uniform instead of the robes of the Academy.
Beside her stood her best friend, Hiromi Yamamoto. Hiromi was the same age at the height of 5'8' with long, auburn hair and eyes. Her skin was a pale tan and dressed in the same clothes.
"Yes, it only took three damn years," Hiromi smiled as she gave a skip. She sighed. "Too bad Chisa ran off back to her grandfather right after class. She could have joined us for the celebration."
"Oh, don't worry about it!" Natora waved a hand. "You know how the Kuchiki are. Chisa's not the girl she used to be, going off and causing trouble with the two of us. She's Granddaddy's little angel." She then grinned. "Her brother, on the other hand, is a different story. You piss him off enough and you're in trouble." She gave a sigh as she gazed off ahead of them. "Now that's a man."
Hiromi gave a giggle. "Bya-Bya is not that bad, I'll give you that." She sighed and folded her arms behind her back. "It's too bad that we're all being separated, though. Chisa is going to the Sixth Squad with her family. You've been assigned to the Fifth Squad, leaving me all alone to deal with Uncle Shun by myself."
Hiromi was referring to Captain Shunsui Kyoraku of Squad 8. She referred to the Captain as Uncle due to his close friendship with her father.
"Yeah, you're on your own with him," Natora teased with a smile. She then frowned. "To be honest, I'm surprised that you didn't land in Squad 1, under your grandfather."
"I didn't want to," Hiromi admitted. "I asked the teacher not to place me there, anywhere but there."
"But why?" Natora was confused with her friend for a moment. "One would think that you, granddaughter to Genrysai Yamamoto, would want to be closer to him than anything."
"I will, one day, want my own Squad. If he gets ahold of me now, I'll never get it." She then gave a frown and a look. "That old man'll never die, so better to stick to the other Squads."
Natora gave a laugh and another pleased sigh as she titled her head back to stare at the sky. "It's strange. Just yesterday we were just starting these classes, weren't we?"
Hiromi gave a soft smile. "Yes and now they're done. We're on the next rung of the ladder." She glanced at her friend. "Are you about to head off to Squad 5 for the introductions?"
"Yes, you?"
"I'm going to go home and tell my mother first. Uncle Shun will forgive a few moments of being late." Hiromi chuckled.
Natora gave another laugh as they paused in the street to give their farewells. "Now, later tonight we'll celebrate just so Chisa can come with us, so bring her with you, got it?"
"Not a problem." Hiromi tossed a farewell over her shoulder before heading towards the Kyoma house. Natora gave a soft smile, remembering what it felt like to return home to you parents waiting on you.
Shaking her head to keep the tears away, she straightened herself and continued off to Squad Five. Her excitement grew larger and larger the closer her steps took her to the Barracks of her future. The Fifth Division was for Soul Reapers that were supposed to be skilled at everything. She was proud of herself and she knew that her parents would be proud of her as well. For the last member of the Umio clan to be placed in a Squad such of that…
Shinji Hirako was the Captain of Squad Five and have been for the last three years. He currently did not hold a Lieutenant and the 3rd Seat took place of that for the moment. The Insignia of Squad Five was the Lily of the Valley, signifying sacrifice, danger, pure love, humility, and sweetness as the Division's color landed on pale turquoise. The very thought of-
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO EAT IT!"
"THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT IT THERE! No name, free game!"
"YOU STUPID MORON! YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE!"
"YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT!"
"I DON'T NEED TO PROVE IT! I KNOW IT! YOU DO SHIT LIKE THIS JUST TO PISS ME OFF! CONSTANTLY!"
"WELL, MAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T PISS ME OFF I WOULDN'T RETALIATE!"
The voices brought Natora to a stop. She was just about to enter the grounds of Squad 5 when she caught sight of a duo fighting in front of the door. The first was a small woman, very short, with brown eyes and blonde hair pulled up into pigtails. Dressed in the Shinigami attire, there was a Lieutenant armband on her left arm.
The other was a man, a Captain this time, at the height of 5'9' with very long, blond hair reaching down to his lower back and brown eyes. Dressed in the uniform as well, his long-sleeved Haori told Natora that this man was the Captain of Squad Five.
Her Captain.
Her Captain that was currently having the short woman's foot shoved into his face before he began to make faces at her.
Natora's mouth fell open at the sight before her. This was…not something that she had been expecting from a Captain.
"Hiyori and Hirako at it again, are they?"
Behind her stood a slightly plump woman with long purple hair and swirl-shaped markings on her cheeks and black lips. There was a large, silver ornament in her hair as she wore the Shinigami uniform and another Captain Haori. This was the Captain of Squad 12; Kirio Hikifune.
Kirio shook her head. "I swear, the two of them act like they're married." Her gaze then landed on the younger woman beside her. "Oh, hello, dear. Are you here from the Academy?"
Natora couldn't find her voice for a moment. "Y-yeah."
"Hey, Shinji, knock it off and behave yourself. You're gonna scare off your neww Squad members."
The other Captain dropped is hands from his face and gave a frown, his teeth showing. "Then control your damn pet. She won't leave me alone." That resulted in Hiyori giving the man a kick to the back of the head.
"What the hell did you call me!?"
"Hiyori, knock it off now." Kirio's voice, serious, put a stop to the blonde woman's motions immediately. "Later, Hirako."
Natora turned and watched as the two women walked away, leaving Shinji to move up closer to her, scratching the back of his head as he cursed the shorter girl under his voice. Natora couldn't stop blinking. There had been something…completely strange about that. Could a Lieutenant really hit a Captain like that? Well, they must have been able to because she had just stood here and watched it. She hadn't been expecting that. Or had she been expecting too much? Maybe expecting every Captain to be like Captain Genrysai or Captain Kuchiki was a bad idea.
"So, you're one of the new ones, hmm?" His words made Natora turn back to the Captain beside her. He wore that frown on his face still, his teeth still shown. "What's your name?"
"N-Natora Umio," She answered him, still unsure in how to react to the man that was standing before her.
"There's no need to be worried about anything, Natora." Shinji told her as he turned and led the way into the Barracks of Squad Five. Natora stumbled after him, silence passing over her as the man continued to talk. This captain…had just been making faces at a Lieutenant. Was this…what was this?
Something told her that she was going to have a problem or two getting used to this man. She prayed it wasn't true.
"Hey, are you even listening to me?"
Bringing herself from her thoughts, Natora found that they had come to a stop in a hall of the Barracks. Shinji had turned to stare at her, that dull look still on his face. She flushed.
"My apologies, Captain. I-"
"It doesn't matter," Shinji sighed, turned back and walking further down the hall. "Only 4 of you have been accepted into Squad 5 so get to know them well for the next few years they are going to be your friends, your enemies, and everything in between." She stared at the back of his head for a moment as they paused again in front of a large door. Shinji glanced over his shoulder at her, his brown eyes announcing that he was bored. "The Lieutenant should bring the others in a little while and begin to explain everything to you." He turned back to the room and opened the door. "Go ahead and make your pick."
Natora paused for a moment before slipping into the room. It was a plain room set up with a small space in each corner consisting of a bed and desk. Natora frowned, unsure of just what this meant. She got that it was to be her home, but this just was not what she had been expecting. Perhaps the entire Squads were not what she had imagined.
"Where-" She turned to talk to the Captain but Shinji had done left, closing the door behind him. Natora gave a sigh, her excitement finally crashing down. She felt…so disappointed. Taking a look at the four bed, she hung her head and chose the one beneath the window in the back, left corner. Dropping onto the mattress, she paused for a moment before rolling over and staring at the ceiling above her, a sigh escaping her lips. "I hope Hiromi has a better result."
Shinji no longer continued to frown as he finally moved from the door. A small smile spread across his lips. ~The last of the Umio Clan, huh?~
Captain Hirako knew well about the Umio family. Aina had been a teacher at the Academy until three years ago when she passed on due to a disease. Then five years before that her husband, Kiyoto, once a Lieutenant of Squad 7, had met his end against a surprise Hollow attack. At least, that was how the story was told. His body, nor clothes or anything else had been found. Jin'emon Kotsubaki was now the Lieutenant of Squad 7 beneath Captain Love Aikawa.
Shinji had met Kiyoto, only once, but the strength and personality that had radiated off of that cheerful man was one that Shinji enjoyed and trusted almost instantly. It was hard to explain why, but it just happened. The actions of a man like Kiyoto Umio just clung to you, no matter if you liked him or not.
Shinji had known that the Lieutenant of Squad 7 had had a child, but he had never wondered if she would try to become a Soul Reaper. Hell, he hadn't even known whether or not it was a boy or a girl. It hadn't interested him before but now that Kiyoto's daughter was in his Squad, he found himself wanting to find out just how much like her father Natora Umio was going to be.
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