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Chapter 1
Asami woke up with a start; she has had a very disturbing dream about Captain Kurotsuchi waltzing with Captain Ishimaru. Needless to say the pair was as creepy in her dream as they were in real life. It was a dream that she wished upon no one.
She got up from her mattress and peeked through the window to see that it was still dark. Grumbling to herself, she went back to her mattress and lay there. Asmai was not a morning person; in fact she really hated waking up early. Yet unfortunately, waking up at an early hour was a part of being a soul reaper (although her captain, Jushiro Ukitake was a bit more lenient than say, a certain captain of the eleventh squad that made his fighters wake up at 5 am sharp.)
Yumichika always noted that although she had the luxury of sleeping longer, she always had such a pale complexion and in the event that she spent the night with Rangiku, black circles.
"Your name is Asami which means morning beauty although I see no beauty whatsoever," he would say in that oh-so-beautiful voice of his."What a shame that such a beautiful name would be wasted. Oh the irony!"
Of course a kick in the face always shut him up…but that's another story.
It wasn't that she was ugly; she was a normal girl (well unless you consider the whole soul reaper thing) with her fair share of good and bad hair days. You could say she was beautiful in her own way. Realizing she won't be able to sleep anymore she got up and put on her uniform and tied her dark brown hair in a high side pony-tail with her signature red bow.
She slowly opened the door, and stepped outside, making sure she was as quite as possible. "Maybe a little walk will help me relax," she thought.
She walked around the 13th squad's barracks and then stepped into the garden. It was a beautiful garden; her captain really loved taking care of it and thus spent a big amount of time in it. She giggled when she remembered how Kiyone and Soi fon had once trapped him there and tore his shirt off so that they can take his picture for the Shinigami Women's Association's "Picture Project: Shinigami Hotties". They could have just asked him, she doubted that her kind-hearted captain would have ever said no. Speaking of her captain, she passed by his room and saw that the light was on and heard coughing sounds.
"He must be awake," she thought.
She debated with herself whether she should knock or not, but before she could make up her sound, her captain's voice said, "Come in Asami."
She jumped and nervously knocked and then opened the door, "Uh…hello sir!"
"Hello Asami," said Ukitake smiling kindly. "I just made tea, come join me."
"Oh sir, I don't want to impose," she said quickly.
"Of course not, come sit down the more the merrier," he urged.
"Thank you captain," she said as she sat down. "Why are you awake sir? Are the coughs really bad?"
"Don't worry about me I feel as good as new," he said but then a series of coughs shook his body.
Asami sweat dropped, "Please don't tire yourself captain."
He nodded smiling and they sipped their tea, "But why are you awake at this hour? I know that you are not a fan of early mornings."
Asami blushed and said, "Well I had a bad dream and I woke up, then I simply couldn't go back to sleep."
"I see," he said sipping his tea. "I wanted to have a word with you, so this is a good opportunity."
"About what sir?"
"Squad six need a temporary member because three of their members were injured in their latest fight and need a while to come back," said Ukitake. "I suggested you."
Asami chocked and coughed before saying, "Y-you mean Captain Kuchiki's squad?"
"Yes," he replied blinking. "Is there a problem?"
Asami didn't know what to say, how could she tell him that the cold captain scared her out of her wits? True she hasn't spoken to him that much since she was recruited, but he keeps trying to kick them outside of his manor when their having their Shinigami Women's Association's meetings….and he did try to kill Isane and Nemu when they tried to take his picture.
"It's not my place sir but….."
"But what?"
"To be honest Captain Ukitake, all of the 13 squad captains are scary!" she exclaimed. "They all look so mean! Well with the exception of you, and Captain Kyoraku when he's not chasing Nanou, and I guess Hisaguya when we don't make fun of his height and –"
She was interrupted with the sound of Ukitaki's laughter, she blushed and looked down at her lap. "I'm sorry captain."
"You didn't strike me as someone who's afraid," said Ukitake still laughing.
"Well I don't get scared during battle, after all it's my job, even if my opponent is strong," she explained. "But the captains…I don't know they all have this don't-mess-with-me-or-else-you-die air around them, it took me years to get over my traumatic first encounter with Captain Zaraki."
It was true, Asami had frozen the day she saw the gigantic captain and simply didn't know what to do, especially when she felt his crushing reitsu. Then Yachiru popped from behind and gave a remark about her bow and started calling her Miss Red. When she eventually got to know the guy and saw how he treats Yachiru, she got over it, the guy was just crazy about battle and fighting.
Ukitake smiled and said, "I assure you that unless you cross Captain Kuchiki, he will not be….."mean", he never seriously harms any of you during your meetings in his manor, now does he?"
That's because Rukia is also a member, she thought. Then an idea came to her mind. Of course! Rukia! Why didn't she think of this before?
"What about Rukia sir?" she asked.
"Rukia will have to go to the living world for a mission soon and Byakuya specifically said that he wants someone he can have a professional relationship with."
Asami knew she was trapped, she had run out of excuses and well…..she couldn't just say no to her captain.
"Alright sir I'll do it," she said with a sigh.
"That's great Asami, I really think Byakuya could use someone with your humor around him, he's always so serious."
She smiled uncertainly; she doubted that she will be cracking any jokes around the cold captain. Besides doesn't he have Renji for that? Although the guy was more barbaric than funny in her humble opinion.
The sun was starting the rise, and Asami got up and said, "Sir I should go get ready for the morning trainings, then I'll head to the SWA meeting and I'll report to Captain Kuchiki."
Ukitake smiled and nodded, "Thank you Asami."
She bowed and existed the room. This is going to be interesting, she thought.
That's it for chapter one! I hope you like it so far! I'll try to update as soon as possible so please review!
