Two Hearts, New Soul: A Bright New Tomorrow

Slice, dodge, parry, kick, shunpo, slash, block, parry…

Nanao sat with a stopwatch in her lap and a book in her hand as she timed her Captain's fight with Squad eight's current third seat member, Kimiko Haruno. Nanao now looked like a pre-teen where as Captain Kyoraku and Kimiko hadn't changed much. The young 6th seat member looked up to see Kyoraku slash at Kimiko, who shunpo away from the blade as she blocked Kyoraku's second blade.

"Hm, that was a good move there Kimi-chan!" Shunsui praised his third seat member.

"Why thank you Captain, but don't expect me to let you win after that one little compliment!" Kimiko laughed as she shunpo behind him and kicked him in the back.

"Of course not! I wouldn't want you to anyway!" Shunsui laughed as he counter attacked Kimiko winning the match. "Well done! I do believe you lasted longer than your last record of ten minutes against me without releasing our Zanpakutos, Kimi-chan."

"You really think so Captain?" Kimiko smiled as she picked up her Zanpakuto, "What's our time Nanao?"

The young girl looked up from her book and picked up the stopwatch, "Eleven minutes and five seconds."

"Well, well that's a minute and five second lead over our last fight. Impressive Kimiko. It seems you have been working on your skills." Shunsui boasted.

"Thank you Captain." Kimiko bowed at the praise as Shunsui headed for the door.

"Let's go for a walk to cool off Kimi-Chan!" Shunsui smirked at the girls. "You can come with us if you like Little Nanao."

"Captain Kyoraku! You are supposed to be on duty not running around Rukongai!" Nanao protested.

"Don't worry we will only be gone an hour or so, and that's hardly long enough for someone to notice that we are not in the Seireitei." Shunsui brushed Nanao's protest off. "If you are so worried, you can stay here and finish my paperwork. Now let's go Kimi-chan last one in West Rukongai pays for our drinks!"

Kimiko shook her head as Shunsui shunpo out of the Dojo, "He always does that and still ends up paying."

Wild Boar Café, West Rukongai

Kimiko smiled victorious at her defeated Captain, "I don't know why you even bother challenging me to a shunpo match! I always win, and then you always end up paying."

Kimiko's smile faded at the memories of sneaking out with Urahara to have lunch here and their own shunpo matches. Shunsui noticed her uneasiness of being in the café as he drank his sake. He sat down his cup and pulled out something from his pocket.

"Kimiko this place must bring back a ton of memories, but I thought this would also be the best place to ask you this." Shunsui told her as he held out the object from his pocket. "Go on take it."

Kimiko raised an eyebrow at her Captain as she took the cloth and unwrapped it to find the Squad eight Lieutenant's badge in it. Kimiko gasped as she looked up at Shunsui.

"Well what do you say? Will you be my Lieutenant, Kimi-chan?" Shunsui asked her.

Kimiko wasn't sure she wanted to take the position, but it had been close to 50 years since the lost of her former Captain, Kisuke Urahara. Kimiko smiled again as she picked up the badge.

"Of course I will Captain Kyoraku." Kimiko answered him.

"Good. Your duties as a Lieutenant shall start tomorrow, but first let's head back." Shunsui nodded as he got up from the table. "Oh Kimiko, you might want to head over to Squad ten to talk with Captain Kurosaki. He's heading off to your world for another mission there, and I'm sure he will be happy to pick you up something from your old home."

"Hm, maybe I will Captain." Kimiko told him as she smirked. "Last one back has to do the paperwork!"

Shunsui sighed as the girl shunpo away, "You did that on purpose Kimi-chan!" he yelled as he shunpo after her.

Squad 10 Barracks

Isshin walked towards the gate to finish his mission on the shinobi world. Kimiko, who had shunpo in front of him, suddenly stopped him.

"What brings you to my squad barracks, Kimiko?" Isshin asked the girl as he noticed the Lieutenant badge tied to her green obi belt, "Oh I guess I should have said Lieutenant Haruno. Congratulations on the promotion Kimiko."

"Thank you Captain Kurosaki. Actually I was wondering if you could pick up some things from my old world?" Kimiko asked him.

"Of course! What can I pick up for you?"

"Any books you can find by this author." Kimiko handed him a piece of paper.

"Hm, I'll see what I can do. What's with the nun chucks on here?" Isshin looked at the paper.

"Something for Lee I hope you don't mind." Kimiko answered as she smiled innocently at him.

"Not at all. After all Hinata just gave me a list of things for herself that she wanted me to pick up." Isshin smiled as he left.

'I wonder who could be coming here this time?' Kimiko wondered as she headed back to her squad.