Chapter 1: the meeting
The petals of the cherry blossom fell softly with the wind, the sun shone brightly and a mild scent of liquor reached her nose. When she looked up to see the magnificent view he had before her, she realized that someone was sitting beneath the cherry tree leaning against the trunk. First, she thought that the person was a woman because of the ponytail that was waving in the wind and the pink clothing she or he wore, but after looking carefully she realized that what in his eyes had seemed a woman, now was a young man, with strong features, a pink haori with cherry blossoms and two sword laying in the ground by his side. She supposed that he was a shinigami resting in his free time. She thought that the haori would have looked feminine in someone else but in him, it accentuated his maculinity, something that for her was absurd in that moment.
When she was getting closer to tree felt his reiatsu growing, but not as much as she would have expected from any shinigami. At that time she could not know, but the truth was that he kept his reiatsu contained to the minimum to avoid suffocating the others.
As she passed by her side, he said to her:
- hello little girl, do you need some help?
- Hi, I don't need help, I just was taking a walk to know the Seiretei, thanks.
At first, he was amused that a little girl like her would want to know Seiretei or simply that someone had let her in, since only shinigami had that luxury, but slowly he began to realize that the high amount of wild reiatsu he had been feeling a while ago came from that little girl, and on the top of that, she was wearing the attire of the students of the academy. This surprised him and caused him sympathy.
Since I'm a shinigami, I can teach you a little bit about this place and explain details you the details of ... - he made the offer partially because he thought that the child was funny and also because this was a good excuse to skip the paperwork and he had nothing more important to do. The girl's face brightened for moment, thinking what could be better than exploring the Seiretei with someone who actually knew it, but then she remembered everything that had been told to her at home before coming to that place and hesitated for a long time. He realized what was going on in the head of the girl and added:
-But only if you want, of course, and thereby you could meet other shinigami who are in the academy , like you I suppose by the clothes you wear ...
In that instant curiosity overcame the little girl and she accepted the offer of the young man.
-Okay, but be aware that the girl that I share room with will protect me at all costs.
-Hahaha - that made the man laugh- be relaxed, I don't think that's necessary, with me you'll be safe.
For some reason, she I believed the man, and at that moment she didn't know how much truth there was in those words.
-By the way sir, what's your name?
- Shunsui my little, my name is Shunsui.
-And your surname sir, don't you have one? And in what position are you as a shinigami? Why do you have two swords - the girl shot all the questions she had in mind and it would have been more if Shunsui had not stopped her
-Wow my little thing, slow over there -Shunsui made a small smile - we still have a long way to go if you really want to know the Seiretei.- for a moment, the girl had seemed shy to him, but wow, how wrong he was . At the instant she had decided to lay her trust in him, she had fired questions as a cannon - besides, all that of that I think you'll discover it slowly and ... you haven't told me how I can call you, my little.
-I'm sorry Shunsui, my names is Nanao… and why will I discover all those things?- Nanao couldn't stop asking.
- You'll see, you'll see Nanao-chan… It was the only answer she obtained during that afternoon in the Seiretei with the company of that stranger.
After that evening, she kept making the route he had made with Shunsui, just for the pleasure of walking around the Seiretei, but after a while, she stopped doing that because the academy took up all her time.