Fighting

There was nothing quite like watching Nanao Ise fight.

She was sparring with Kiyone Kotetsu, easily blocking the other girl's attacks with sheathed zanpakuto. She had yet to draw her own weapon—she was fending Kiyone off with her hands, showing clearly her original Stealth Force training, sliding into each form with grace and flexibility.

She was music in motion.

However, it was when Kiyone yanked the sword from it's sheath with gritted teeth and charged her, that Nanao changed, instantly and dramatically.

She dodged the attack, yanking her glasses off her face as she did so and tucking them into her sleeves. Seconds later, her fan snapped out, the spikes on the ends elongating as her hair came undone, tumbling around her face, framing eyes that burned.

With life.

With freedom.

With savage joy.

Shunsui smiled and leaned back.

He had always had a thing for girls with expressive eyes.

A/N—For Nanao. Because scary chicks in glasses rule!

Let's see….background music for this was Green Day's "Church on Sunday" and "She's a Rebel". Recognizable characters belong to Kubo Tite and Viz Media. I am only borrowing them for my own humble purposes XD Also, I have no idea whether Nanao used to be part of the Stealth Force or not—I was just playing around.

This is probably going to end up being a collection of Nanao-centric drabbles, not all of them set in the same universe. So stay tuned ;)

Please don't forget to review!

~E.J.