The following takes place in the Soul Society, approximately 140 years into the future. This story will eventually have some lemon in it -_- (not in this chapter so sorry if I just got your hopes up). The pairing is Shuhei Hisagi and Yachiru Kusajishi. Yachiru is actually a teenager in this, because I really don't want to make Hisa-Hisa look like a pedophile or something like that. Sorry if this chapter's a little bit long, but I sort of want to go into some detail before I start with the other chapters. Please leave a review at the end of this chapter-Enjoy!

Hisagi slowly opened one eye as the sun shined through the curtains. He began to rub his face tiredly, when all of a sudden, Yachiru shunpoed in his room-and landed right on his crotch.

"HOLY-!" Shuhei yelped with pain as Yachiru looked at him with a tilted head, "Huh? What's wrong, Hisa-Hisa?"

He looked at her in annoyance, "You... Your feet... Move them..."

She looked down at where her feet were and jumped back quickly, "Oh, Hisa-Hisa, I didn't mean too! I wasn't really looking, right? And you said to come here as soon as it was light out and I just-"

He quickly placed a hand over her mouth, "Kusajishi... I know I told you to come here early so we could start training. But you can't just shunpo into someone else's room without knocking or something first!"

She removed his hand gently and looked down, ashamed of herself, "Hisa-Hisa... I'm real sorry..." Shuhei immediately began regretting yelling at her. Since Yachiru had her growth spurt, she's matured, but her feelings are being messed with and she's been a lot more sensitive lately. Shuhei looked at her forgivingly and placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling.

"Listen Kusajishi, I'm sorry I yelled at you. But you need to understand… Next time, please knock. Alright, Kusajishi?" She smiled happily as she hugged him. "Will do, Hisa-Hisa! Can we start our training now?" He nodded and smiled a bit, both of them heading out the door and into the squad nine barrack grounds.

*~*~*~*~*FLASHBACK*~*~*~*~*

*takes place 140 years ago, when Yachiru was still a child*

"C'mon Baldy! Get up! You promised you would help me!" Ikkaku rubbed his eyes tiredly as he looked at his Lieutenant, her being more excited than ever. She was promised by Ikkaku that he would help her with her zanpakuto training. She can barely walk straight, let alone swing a sword.

Ikkaku sat up, Yachiru sitting next to his bed, already having his kimono in her hands, holding it out towards him, eager for him to get dressed.

Soon they went out to the training field and began their training.

Ikkaku drew his sword as Yachiru tilted her head, "What ya' doin', Baldy?"

He walked over to her and pulled out her zanpakuto and placed it in her hands, making sure she held it right. "Now, I want you to listen very closely, Lieutenant. I'm going to go over to the other side of the field, alright? I'm going to attack you and I want you to try and block my attack. Understand?"

Yachiru smiled and nodded her head, holding her zanpakuto in front of her. Ikkaku ran towards her, his zanpakuto raised high as he struck down, knocking her down to the ground and making her eyes water, her face already turning red, about to explode with tears.

As she began to cry, Ikkaku quickly ran over to her side and sat down next to her, putting her on his lap. She clutched his kimono as tears ran down her face, "Th-that hur-urt…" Ikkaku stroked her hair, looking at her scraped knees at checking if they have dirt near them.

He sighed as he began to speak, "Lieutenant… At least you didn't get a serious injury… You'll be fine…"

They continued training until the sun began to set and the sky started to go dark. Yachiru was exhausted, and Ikkaku was simply bored, but he was a bit tired as well. They had made some progress, but not that much unfortunately.

Yachiru's breathing was heavy, her body was covered with scratches and cuts, and sweat was dripping from her face. "Baldy… I don't… Feel so good…" Yachiru unwillingly fell forward, and Ikkaku quickly shunpoed to her and caught her before she fell to the ground.

"Lieutenant!" Ikkaku shock her a bit, trying to see if she would respond or not. When he got nothing in reply, her carried her to squad four, and gave her to Isane.

"Madarame, what happened to the lieutenant?!"

"She passed out while we were training!"

Isane looked at Ikkaku and then at Yachiru, "Alright, she'll be in the recovery ward in about ten minutes!" Ikkaku nodded and watched as Isane carried his lieutenant into a room and closed the door. He waited in the recovery ward for what seemed like hours, only every time he glanced at the clock it was only a few minutes that had past.

As soon as Yachiru was guided through the doors, her hand being held by Hanataro Yamada, Ikkaku saw the damage. Her eyes were baggy and tired, her forehead, arms and legs wrapped in gauze.

"3rd seat Madarame? Uh, my name is Hanataro Yamada and, uh, my captain ordered me to watch over your lieutenant until she gets better. She seems rather exhausted and I don't think that you should, uh, push her to far anymore…"

Ikkaku glared at him, fully prepared to pull out his sword and fight. He obviously didn't like being told what to do. With his hand on the handle, Hanataro quickly began to pull back, accidentally releasing Yachiru, making her fall back.

All of a sudden, Shuhei appeared and stood her up right. Ikkaku reluctantly took his hand off of his zanpakuto and walked over to Yachiru, concerned. She looked woozy, like she was about to pass out or throw up.

Sensing this, Hanataro picked her up, and began carrying her out the door, with Ikkaku and Shuhei following. They walked until they reached the squad eleven barracks, Hanataro was obviously frightened. Squad eleven and squad four didn't exactly see eye to eye, they never did. Hanataro was so frightened, he dropped Yachiru. Ikkaku quickly caught her, and stood there as Shuhei put a small piece of paper into her uniform. Ikkaku walked into his squad barracks, holding Yachiru as best as he could.

He left Shuhei and Hanataro at the gates as he continued to walk. He past several squad members, all of them were staring in shock as they saw their lieutenant. He carried her until they reached her room, which, on occasion, was his room. She had a habit of sneaking in when she was scared or Kenpachi wasn't around to sleep in Ikkaku's room.

He laid her down in her corner of his room; Kenpachi was out in the Zaraki district fighting or something. He sat down beside her waiting for her to wake up. He did that for two days, until her big eyes finally opened and looked at him.

"Ba… Baldy…? What are…?"

He looked at her and smiled, "Lieutenant! You're awake!"

She sat up and rubbed her eyes with both hands, nodding at his remark. "Baldy… What happened?"

*~*~*~*~*FLASHBACK ENDED*~*~*~*~*

Shuhei jumped toward her, his zanpakuto, Kazeshini, already released and ready to attack. Yachiru carefully blocked his left blade, and skillfully dodged the right blade by jumping. She pulled out her own Zanpakuto, Ukeire, "Stop crying and fight 'til your heart's content, Ukeire!" Her sword then grew. The hilt became a staff, and guard disappeared, and the blade split into three and attached itself to the staff.

Shuhei looked at Yachiru's shikai in amazement, this was the first time he'd seen it. She swung at him but luckily he blocked it with Kazeshini, Yachiru's shikai wasn't really what he wanted to be at the end of.

After hours of this, they sat down for a break. "Heh… Kusajishi… How long have you had that shikai?"

She looked over at him with her mouth full from the bite she had just taken from the lunch she brought, "I've always had it. You didn't know?"

"Well, to be honest… No. I don't think any of the lieutenants knew that you could even fight, let alone that you had a shikai." He smiled as he took one of the rice balls Yachiru had packed before she left her squad barracks. She smiled back at him before she laid down under the tree they were sitting at.

Shuhei looked over at her and then at the sky, the gray clouds covering almost every patch of blue there was. "Hey, Kusajishi, I think we should get inside. I really don't feel like getting wet." Yachiru opened an eye and looked out at the sky, just as Shuhei was.

"Aww… I was really looking forward to more training…" Shuhei looked over at her and saw the disappointment in her eyes, "Please don't worry, Kusajishi. We can train tomorrow, alright?" Yachiru's eyes went wide as she knew that they couldn't train tomorrow, no matter what he said. She was leaving, and only the head captain knew. She couldn't tell anyone, not even her own captain.

She was to be sent on a secret mission to the world of the living and investigate a problem that was happening in Karakura Town.

"U-uh… Yeah… Tomorrow…" Shuhei looked at her oddly, and when Yachiru looked away he got even more curious, even worried. Yachiru, even now as a teenager, she isn't exactly one to worry about anything.

Yachiru stood up followed by Shuhei, "Well… I guess… I'll see you later, Shuhei…" She forced a smile, followed by a blank stare into the sky. "Well, I'll see you later Kusajishi." Yachiru nodded and took the remainder of the food she brought and shunpoed away.e HeHeheheheheheheheh