Chapter one: Ayane
"Renji, where is the new recruit from Squad 9?" Captain Byakuya Kuchiki questions his red pineapple-headed lieutenant.
Renji looks at the clock, "It's almost noon… They should've been here by now."
"What was the new recruit's name?" Byakuya asks, sipping from a cup of tea.
"Um…" Renji pulls out the file, "Their name's Tachibana, Ayane… It's a girl, sir."
"The Tachibana family?" Byakuya says, "Hm… They're only a step below the Four Noble families…"
"Correct, sir. She is the only heir to the head of the family due to the death of her brother… whoa, he died when-."
Byakuya cuts him off, "That's for her to tell me…"
"R-Right, sir… Apparently, her uncle is the head of the family for now… the file also says that her likes are long walks in the night, human rock music and… Chappy the rabbit? Her dislikes are… her family and anyone who acts like they have a stick up their-."
A knock at the door cuts Renji off and Byakuya looks up, setting his glass down, "Enter." A woman walks in; she has medium length brown hair and orange colored eyes. She bows to Byakuya, "Forgive me for being late, Captain Kuchiki." "Did you get lost?" Byakuya asks, understanding that it would be easy for a noble to get lost in the vast Seireitei. She tilts her head then starts laughing, "Oh no! I didn't get lost! I fell asleep in a tree and just barely woke up!" Renji sweat-drops and Byakuya's usual scowl turns into a deep frown. She rubs the back of her head and Byakuya notices that she's wearing the shinigami robes similar to the outfit the female officers wear in Squad 2, "Sorry, that was my bad…" Byakuya looks down at his paperwork and says, "Renji, take Tachibana-san to her office." "Office? Oh, that's right… I'm the fifth seat…" She says, looking up as if she barely remembered as she turns to walk away. She suddenly stops and looks at Byakuya, "And please, Captain Kuchiki, I'd appreciate it if you'd just call me Ayane… 'Tachibana-san' the way you say it makes me feel like an old lady…" She steps out of the office as Renji bites his lip hard to keep himself from laughing as he follows Ayane out of the office.
Renji lets out the laugh in a huge burst, startling Ayane, "That was funny!" "Uh, thanks… I'm Ayane Tachibana…" She says, holding out her hand, politely. He shakes her hand, roughly, "Renji Abarai, I'm the lieutenant." She smiles, "Nice to meet you, Abarai-san." He leads her to the last office open and she looks inside, "Whoa, when was the last time any of you had a fifth seat? It's dusty as hell in there!" "It's been a while…" Renji says, rubbing the back of his head, "Sorry about that… I'll help you clean it up since I'm already done with all of my paperwork." "Thanks…" Ayane says.
A few hours later, Renji falls to the floor, panting while Ayane is asleep on the couch. "How did I end up doing all of the work?" Renji yells. "Hm?" Ayane wakes up, "You're too loud… and how in the hell did you get into my room!" She yells, throwing one of the pillows at him. "YOU'RE IN THE OFFICE!" He yells at her. "… Oh… Right…" She says, falling back onto the sofa, "… you did a good job cleaning… Tell you what, we can go out drinking and it'll be on me! Okay?" Renji raises a tattooed eyebrow, "… Fine."
(TBC!)