It was springtime and the Sakura trees were blooming, I stood in front of the Shino Academy. At that moment I was reminded of the day I first met Ichimaru Gin.I was really young back then it was about 111 years ago…..
I walked to the Academy where my father worked as a Professor. His name was Kazuhiko Shikuta. I was greeted by two guardsmen and they let me in. I wandered around for a while before I saw him, and I ran over to him and hugged him. "Good afternoon Father!" I said smiling "Good afternoon Relena. Did you come here alone?" he asked. I looked down and nodded. "Yes…..But Mother let me go! And I wanted to see the students here practice Kido! I mean with the lessons you have given me the only spells I can use are Bakudo." I whined. Suddenly a boy that looked about my age wearing the school's uniform walked over to us. "Mr. Kazuhiko, is this your daughter?" he said. The boy had silver hair and eyes that were closed to slits. He wore a smile that looked constant, and he spoke with the same Kyoto dialect that she did. "U-uh…Um …..Hello my name is Relena Shikuta!...How do you do?" I said bowing. "Gin this is my daughter Relena. She wants to be a shinigami when she's older and seeing as you're at the top of the class I think it might help if you taught her something." Father said walking away. "But wait Mr. Kazuhiko!...I have lunch now….." Gin said looking at the bento in his hand. "Really? Then can I have lunch with you?" I asked. He just stood there looking at me. "….Oh! What?...Sure!" he said. Then we walked over to the courtyard and sat down under a Sakura tree. "So what do you have?" he asked referring to my bento. "Um…. Mr. Shizuku Kusaka made it. He said he mad e croquettes." I said. "Oh really? All I have are dried persimmons." He said taking one out and eating it. "Dried persimmons? I've never had them before. Are they good?" I asked "Wow! You must not get out a lot if you've never had dried persimmons before!" he said shocked "No it's just that I am in line to be the next Head and Mr. Shizuku does not approve of me eating 'commoner's food. He even made a list of foods that I cannot eat. And dried persimmons are on that list. Sometimes I wish he were replaced with Mr. Kira." I said as I ate. He lifted a persimmon up to her face. "Here try them I made them myself!" he said proudly. I took a bite of it. It was the best thing I ever had. I felt a smiled grow on my face. "I knew you'd like'em I've never met a person who didn't." (A/N: That changed when he met Izuru.)….
I snapped back into reality when I felt arms around me. I quickly used Shunpo and drew my zanpakuto, bringing it close to the person's neck. "Calm down Lena-chan! It's just me!" the person said. I stopped and looked at the person, as soon as I saw his face I felt like an idiot "Captain Ichimaru! Please forgive me! I had no idea it was you!" I apologized. He sighed and leaned in closer to me and kissed my cheek with a small 'chuu!' "Quit it with the formalities. I thought that I made it clear when I said our relationship has to be more casual. Or would ya rather have me start callin' ya Hime-sama again?" He said opening his eyes. "No no! It's okay. Sorry I guess I forgot." I said blushing. When I was in the academy he would always call me Hime-sama (A/N: "Hime" means princess, and "sama" is and honorific that shows great respect.). It drove me crazy. But when my parents were murdered he stopped calling me that and called me Lena-chan. Suddenly he picked me up and started running. "Gin! What are you-" he looked at me and smiled "Did ya already forget what day it was?" he asked. I thought for a minute, then I remembered. "It's our birthday right?" I replied "Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Yeah Rangiku, Izuru, and the rest of them are waiting at the bar. We're gonna drink till we pass out!" he said "Oh no! Not again!" I whined "Yes, and you are going to enjoy it!" he laughed. September 10th. The day we both celebrated the day we came to the Soul Society. When we got there he put me down and shoved me inside And suddenly a bunch of people jumped up. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" they yelled.