WHEN SOUND IS HEARD
Chapter 1 Jan Ken Pon
" Jan, ken, pon!" three cadets shouted, playing the eternal game of rock, paper, scissors.
" Why do you two always gang up on me?" one voice, 'Noi-chan' whined, trying to sound pitiful.
" Cause you always choose pon, Pon!" Okoi said, she was known as 'Jan' the toughest and oldest of the three cadets. "Even Ken-chan knows how to win against you.
And she refuses all advantages." Okoi chuckled as Yoroi looked away guiltily.
"Alright, I'll take the shipment to Squad Eleven. Even if it wasn't fair and square." Noi grumbled, picking up the box of ointments and liniments.
A Squad Four member had hurriedly asked one of them to deliver it, after being unexpectedly summoned back to his squad to help with a returning squad.
" Don't get into any fights!" Okoi shouted with a laugh. " and don't let Ayasegawa tell you about beautiful things! Remember, he's stark raving kooky nuts!"
"Kooky nuts?" Noi asked herself quietly and a little sarcastically, as she headed towards the dreaded Squad Eleven barracks. "What does that mean anyway?' she snickered to herself
"What does what mean?" a deep, masculine voice growled, sending shivers down Noi's spine. It was Zaraki-taicho.
" Spirit…pressure…can't breathe!" Noi gasped, dropping the box to grasp at her chest. The spiritual pressure was reined in, as Noi dropped to her knees,
gasping for air. " I don't care what Jan-chan says, air is not over-rated." Noi choked out with a small laugh.
" Jan-chan?" Kenpachi asked blankly, before nudging the box, the rattle told him it was the expected shipment. " Where's the squad four officer?" he asked.
" in surgery. He was called back and asked me to bring this here." Noi said, her voice wavering only slightly.
"Ikkaku, Yumichika?! Take this to my office!" Kenpachi ordered, before turning and leaving.
"Oh look. A little cadet." Yumichika drawled, sounding ,well, evil, and unconsciously enraging Noi.
"I'm not little!" Noi shrieked and sending Yumichika through a door, before stomping away. "You're all kooky nuts!" she yelled at the exit.
"Kooky nuts?" Ikkaku snickered as he watched Yumichika pull himself out of the wall, leaving a soul reaper shaped imprint in the plaster.
" You really have a way with the ladies, Ayasegawa."
"Quiet, Ikkaku." Yumichika growled, then gasped as his feathers both fell off.
"So much for getting in good with cute little cadets." Ikkaku said, fighting back more laughter as Yumichika went red under the gray plaster dust.
Noi stalked back to the girls dormitory and flung herself on Okoi's bunk. Okoi and Yoroi looked at her blankly.
" He called me short!" Noi wailed, flailing her arms and legs in protest.
" Who?" the other two girls asked, still blankly.
" Yumichika Ayasegawa! That Baka-yarou.!" Noi shrieked.
Back in squad eleven, Yumichika sneezed into his tea cup, splattering himself with hot tea.