Well, isn't this just weird? I know, some of you are getting tired of seeing my weird Byakuya and Noashi fanfics. So I apologize, but for those who actually like it, I have a gift for you! Just a little something my sister wanted me to write. It's going to be longer than my last Fic, and it's going to have a bit more insight on the other pairings I like. Such as HitsuKarin, IchiRuki, etc.
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach.
Thanks for Reading!
~Evil E~
Karin sat in Rangiku's office, her face portraying how bored she was. Rangiku was lying on the couch, currently nursing what Karin thought to be a very bad hangover. The fact that Toshiro hadn't restocked on coffee wasn't helping. Suddenly she was glad she hadn't gone with the big chested lieutenant for sake the other night.
"Matsumoto!"
Karin flinched, that must have hurt Rangikus head.
"Taicho." She groaned in protest to the pounding in her head. "Did you really have to shout?"
"Yeah Toshiro," Karin agreed. "you could be a tiny bit quieter."
"Shouldn't you be in your own barracks?" Toshiro turned on her, his normally icy eyes a little warmer. "The fact that you are lieutenant of the special division is important you know."
"That's not fair." She cocked her hip to the side. "Noashi gave me a break."
"Karin-Chan you're so lucky." Rangiku pouted. "My taicho doesn't give me breaks."
"Because you don't earn them!" Toshiro grit his teeth. "I constantly have to do your work for you."
"Kurosaki-Chan!"
"Hai Taicho!" Karin called and sighed. "I have to go."
"Take me with you Karin!" Rangiku whined after her. Karin just laughed and ran out of the office.
"Visiting your boyfriend, huh?" A teasing voice came from above her. Looking up Karin groaned and rolled her eyes at her taicho. "Don't worry Karin I won't tall anyone."
"He's not my boyfriend!" She protested for the 7th time that week. "Get down from there Taicho, Toshiro doesn't like when you ran on his roofs."
"Well, when he can stop me I might just listen to his complaints." Noashi smirked but jumped down anyways. "Besides every shinigami knows that roof is the best way to travel around here."
"Is that all you needed, Taicho?"
"No."
"Then what do you need?" Karin tapped her foot on the ground. "If this is another ridiculous request I'm telling Byakuya."
"It's actually a mission." Noashi smiled. "Though not one you can tell Byakuya about."
"Why not?"
"Because," Noashi started walking back to special divisions barracks. "He told me not to take it."
Karin sighed staring at her uniform. It was different than all the other shinigami. Sleeveless, light, and it came with a mask.
The mask was the piece that set the special division apart from all other squads. Karin liked her mask, she had gotten to paint it herself. She thought they would be assigned masks, like in a manga she used to read, but Noashi insisted they create their own masks. Karin inspected her own mask. The method of painting it surprised her.
"Trust yourself." Noashi said. "Your Zanpakuto will guide your hand."
"Why do we have to do this?" Karin wondered. "If we mess up, what then?"
"You won't mess up, Karin."
How had she been so sure? Karin shook her head and slipped the mask on. Then tied her red sash around her waist, gently placing her zanpakuto by her left hip. What also intrigued Karin was the only sources of color in the uniform. She had assumed they were used to tell the members apart but Noashi said there was a deeper meaning.
"Kasai-Chan are you ready?" Noashi called. Karin did a double check, to make sure she had everything and slipped out the dressing room. Noashi was waiting for her, dressed in similar clothing. The only differences were the masks, the sashes, and Noashi wore biker like gloves. "It's just us, so be careful."
"Hai, Kinzoku-San." Karin frowned at the codename. Metal and Fire. It made some sense. Karins zanpakuto used Fire based attacks, and Noashi manipulated Metal. "What is this mission about?"
"There have been reports of rogue shinigami wondering the 5th district of Rukongai. Some of the locals there have seen more gathering each week. Yamamoto-Taicho has requested we look into this."
"Just us?" It seemed like a big enough deal for more than 2 of them!
"Hai, he requested the two of us specifically."
Karin raised her eyebrows. The head captain had never really shown any interest in her. Though Noashi had always tried to make her believe otherwise.
"Well let's get going, the trip to the 5th district isn't an easy one." And just like that Karins stomach dropped. She hated long travel, especially by Noashis means or travel. She groaned and resisted the urge to call a quits already. Noashi just laughed and jumped onto the roof, waiting for Karin to follow suit. When she did they began leaping. Karin only hoped they would be back before Toshiro found out. He'd shit bricks!
"What are supposed to do if we find the rogues?" Karin asked once they stopped near the small village. "Are we going to attack?"
"Only if the head captain admits it." Noashi explained. "We don't know what they're doing, so we can't act yet. For now we will watch, then send a report to Yamamoto-Taicho to see what course of action he sees fit."
Karin rolled her eyes. The old man always liked to take his time, they might as well be here for a month.
"How are we going to see what they're doing if we're wearing our gear?" She looked down at herself, it was obvious she was from the seireitei. "If these guys are rogue shinigami won't they know we're special division?"
"Well, our division isn't widely known." Noashi moved her mask to the side of her head. "Normally we are only sent out on low profile missions, something that requires stealth but equal amounts of skill. Only certain members of the seireitei are aloud to know of the special division, such as captains and lieutenants, and very few others."
"Why do they know about us at all?" Karin raised an eyebrow. "What merits do the get from it?"
"Karin I know you've been here a short time but you must have figured out we do not always belong to our division." Noashi chuckled. "Other division captains can request assistance from any member in my division, if I allow it."
Karin was speechless. She thought the special division earned it's name because of the smaller amount of members needed to get a job done, but it seemed there was more meaning to it than she first thought. Noashi, noticing the conversation was over slipped her mast back on and leaped down from her tree limb. Karin follow closely, not wanting to get lost.
"Tell me Karin," Noashi sounded amused. "do you know what a geisha is?"
"A Japanese girl or woman who is trained to provide entertaining and lighthearted company especially for a man or a group of men." Karin stated the definition in a heartbeat, but giving the question more thought she looked at her captain. "Why do you ask?"
"5th district is known for their beautiful geisha." Karin shuddered, practically hearing the smirk in her voice. "Let's just leave it at that."
Somehow they both knew they weren't 'just leaving it at that'. Karin groaned, she could only imagine the fit Toshiro would throw when he heard about this, but she soon smirked and walked next to Noashi.
"I can only imagine Byakuya's face when he finds out about this." Her smirk widened when Noashi visibly tensed. "You are in so much trouble."
"She is so in trouble!" Rangiku giggled along with Rukia and Orihime. "I can't wait to see Taicho's face when he finds out they had to dress as geisha!"
"Not to mention they had to actually dance for those rogues." Rukia smirked. "Nii-San might just pop a vein."
"O-Oh," Orihime frowned. "I-I hope not."
Rukia and Rangiku looked at each other, then at the other girl.
"I just thought of something." Rukia paled. "What about Ichigo?"
Rangiku and Orihime froze. Ichigo was against Karin even being a shinigami, much less being in Noashi's division. He would freak out once he knew about this! They all swiveled their heads when the door to Rukia's office opened. Relaxing when Renji walked in they sighed.
"Hey guys." He greeting pleasantly. "Do you know anything about Karins whereabouts? Ichigo is going crazy."
"Crap." Rangiku cursed. "Renji you have to promise not to tell Ichigo about this."
"What?" He looked at them suspiciously. "Why?"
"Well," Rukia looked at him with a guilty look. "Noashi took her on a mission to investigate the rogue gathering in the 5th distract of Rukongai, they needed to gather information so naturally they needed to be close." She rambled, hoping Renji wouldn't ask questions. "So what better way than dress as geisha and listen in on what the men were saying, right?"
"You're saying I can't tell Ichigo about this?" Renji smiled some. "Okay."
They girls blinked, sharing an amusing look of confusion as Renji walked out the door and returned to his own office.
"He's going to tell Kuchiki-Taicho." Orihime frowned. "That or Hitsugaya-Taicho."
"We should have been more broad with our request." Rangiku pouted. "Well crap."
"If he tells one of them, nothings stopping them from telling Ichigo." Rukia slapped a hand over her eyes. "Noashi is going to kill us."
Toshiro had just decided how much he despised Noashi in that moment. Karin was just following orders, he reasoned. Though in the back of his mind he knew his logic wasn't fair, but for now he didn't care. It had been days. Days! Since they had left for the mission. Now he was stuck pacing in his office not knowing what would, or did, happen. All he did know was they had to dress like geisha to get the information they needed! He grit his teeth in frustration.
"Taicho I'm sure they're fine." Rangiku tried to comfort her captain from her place on the couch, though she was panicking on the inside. Noashi was definitely going to murder her. "Noashi is probably just taking her time getting back."
"She wasn't supposed to go in the first place!" He stopped his pacing and scowled. "Karin didn't even tell me anything about it either!"
"Maybe because you freak out like this." Karin smirked from the doorway. She was still in her uniform, her mask was tied to her hip, over lapping the sheath of her zanpakuto. Toshiro and Rangiku stared at her, their mouths hanging open. "I came as soon as Noashi was done with the report to the old man."
"How did it go?" Rangiku smiled and hugged the dark haired girl. "You'll have to share the details when we both get a break!"
"Actually," Karin smiled. "I get the next few days off."
"Lucky." Rangiku pouted. "Taicho can I go out with Karin for the day?"
Toshiro, not wanting to have to deal with a whiny Rangiku for the rest of the day, nodded.
"Thank you Taicho!"
Karin smiled as the busty lieutenant grabbed her arm and half dragged her out of the office.
"Karin please don't let Noashi kill me!" Rangiku pouted and begged the girl once they were a safe distance from 10th divisions barracks. "Ichigo found out about the geisha thing and so did Taicho!"
"Ichigo knows?!" Karin freaked. "Crap he's going to be pissed!"
"I know!" Rangiku bit her nails nervously. "That's not it though, Kuchiki-Taicho knows too."
"Now we have three pissed captains!"
"Add Noashi to that equation." She sighed. "This is not going to end well."
"Damn right it's not!"
Both girls jumped at the new voice and slowly turned to face Ichigo and Renji. Renji looked apologetic, and Ichigo looked down right furious.
"Karin why would you go on that mission?" The carrot top questioned. "Knowing Noashi if you had said Nos eh would have gone by herself."
"I'm lieutenant for a reason Ichi-Nii." Karin explained calmly. "If she had gone alone Kuchiki-San would have been angry!"
"He's always angry!"
"Hay! That's my taicho you're talking about!" Renji interjected. "Even if he is angry most of the time, that pales to comparison of how pissed he is right now."
The other three gawked at the red-head.
"What?" He blinked at them. "It's the truth! If there's anyone we should be worried about it's Noashi."
Dun! Dun! Dun! Looks like our little Noashi is in trouble now.
Again thanks for reading!
Reviews are gladly accepted, just no hate guys.
~Evil E~