Romance Raffle!
What could go wrong when the Men's and Women's Associations raffle off dates with Iba, Iemura, Yachiru, and Nanao? (multichapter)
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, and this kind of thing is exactly the reason I shouldn't own it.
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Win a Date with Lieutenant Kusajishi (11th) or Lieutenant Ise (8th) from the Women's Shinigami Association!
Win a Date with Lieutenant Iba (7th) or Third-Seat Iemura (4th) from the Men's Shinigami Association!
Buy your tickets now!
Time and location of Date to be announced
Winner plans and pays for Date (but remember, "no" means "no")
All Shinigami from Divisions 1-11 and Division 13 are invited to join in!
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Nemu Kurotsuchi presented the monthly financial report at the Women's Shinigami Association meeting. It didn't look good. They had made ambitious plans for the coming year, but it seemed like they'd have to cancel nearly everything.
Of course, if they could raise some money quickly, they could still salvage the year. They discussed some of their recent fundraising efforts. None of them had been particularly successful. Some of the members tossed out ideas, but they were only more of the same. Then Rangiku Matsumoto said, "well, you know, we all have something that any man would pay good money for."
Everyone turned to look at her. Soi-Fon was the only one with the courage to ask, "what do you mean by that?"
Matsumoto said, "you know exactly what I mean. We could make a fortune. I mean, we don't have to go overboard, but we could have a kissing booth, or auction off an evening with some of the girls. Something like that. We've got some real cuties here. Real women would sell a lot better than trading cards."
Soi-Fon said, "I'm not sure that what you're suggesting is legal."
"OK, maybe something like a romance raffle. One date. No promises that anything would happen, but if there are sparks, who knows?"
Yachiru bubbled over with excitement. "Romance Raffle! Romance Raffle!"
Captain Unohana said, "this might be a good idea. We could each sell tickets for dates with a few of the members. We should easily be able to raise enough funds for the year."
Nanao Ise gave a disapproving look. Unohana was supposed to talk people out of Matsumoto's schemes.
Yachiru shouted, "Romance Raffle! Romance Raffle!"
Soi-Fon stood up, saying, "I think it would be best if I'm not involved in this." With that, she made her way out of the room.
"OK, but if we agreed to this, who would we raffle off?" Ise asked nervously.
Matsumoto spoke. "It's only reasonable that the officers of the club do it", she said, with an innocent expression on her face.
"Yay!" shouted Yachiru.
Unohana said, "ok, that would be Yachiru and Nanao."
Ise couldn't hide her surprise. "Excuse me, Captain? Why not you? You're the Chairwoman of the Association."
"Oh, I hardly think that would be appropriate", she said, smiling serenely.
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At Unohana's suggestion, they agreed to make this a joint fundraiser with the Men's Association. There would be four sets of tickets for sale, one for each of the officers. The women would sell tickets for dates with Nanao and Yachiru, and the men would sell tickets for Tetsuzaemon and Yasochika.
Ise and Iba hashed out the details. One rule they agreed upon: Division Twelve wasn't allowed to participate. Fundraisers were great, but there was no need for anyone to end up strapped down on a table in a Twelfth Division lab.
They approached Lieutenant Sasakibe, who was renowned for his discretion, and he agreed to oversee the lottery. He'd be in charge of the drawing itself, as well as notifying the winners and "prizes" of the time and location for their meeting. They had decided that complete confidentiality could save everyone a lot of potential embarrassment.
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Nanao was in her room tallying the reported ticket sales. The final numbers weren't in yet, but it appeared that she'd come in…fourth.
Fourth, and it wasn't even close.
She looked at herself in the mirror. She'd always considered herself cute. Nothing spectacular, but solidly in the cute range. Maybe her look was a bit severe, but that was just professionalism and good grooming. She should probably smile more.
Fourth? She was in no mood to smile.
Maybe she shouldn't have limited Captain Kyoraku to one ticket? No, that was for the best. He would have taken it as a challenge, and spent all his money just to ensure that he won a date with his Nanao.
What Nanao didn't know was that Kenpachi put out word, in the most violent terms, that every man in Soul Society had better buy a ticket so that Yachiru would be the most popular. The disposable income of the male shinigami was all flowing in one direction. That was why the Women's Association couldn't print Yachiru tickets fast enough.