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Chapter 1: The Plan

Nanao sighed, and then looked over at large-busted woman beside her. "Why are we doing this again?" Rangiku had insisted that she help Nanao win her captain over by anonymously leaving a note in the heavily-pink-coated man's room that had instructed him to "coincidentally" appear at the very same mall they were visiting. As Nanao and Rangiku walked down the various aisles, the red-head pointed out some items to Nanao, while secretly searching for Kyouraku. "Where can he be, where can he be." she muttered to herself.

After looking around a few times, she decided to take Nanao to a store that Momo had recommended. "Hey Nanao, I think we should head over to-" Rangiku looked down, noticing Nanao was gone. "N-Nanao? You here?" Rangiku mentally slapped herself, where could she be?

Nanao sneezed while waiting for her bubble tea. She leaned on a nearby pillar and looked around. She had evaded Rangiku so to avoid what was coming for her. She smiled cleverly to herself. Yes, she had been secretly spying on Rangiku and knew about the note. She knew that Rangiku was trying to pair up herself with her captain. Nanao pondered this a while. Why would she do that? Did she not know that they were breaking the rules if they did so?

"Hey miss!" a voice cried out. Nanao looked to her side. A young man wearing the bubble tea uniform was shaking a milk tea up and down. Nanao walked over and claimed her drink. "Thank you." She sipped her bubble tea while window shopping up and down.

Rangiku ran up and down through halls and various stores. She couldn't find Nanao anywhere. She almost gave up when she bumped into someone. Rubbing her head, Rangiku looked up to the person, "I'm sorry." "It's alright." Shuuhei looked over Rangiku then smiled. "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while!" Rangiku smiled. "Shuuhei! Nice seeing you here. Listen, I kinda lost someone, sorta looking like this." She whipped out her cellphone to reveal a picture of Nanao. "Seen her anywhere." Shuuhei raised an eyebrow. She's not that bad looking. He thought to himself. "Yeah, I think I saw her earlier, follow me."

Nanao looked at both aisles before crossing over. She didn't want to accidentally run into Rangiku and dragged back into her plan. While she was window shopping, a light finger tapped her on the back. "Why, hello there." Nanao gasped, and slowly turned around. "K-Kyouraku-taichou! Nice seeing you here." "Shunsui, call me Shunsui." Kyouraku looked around before bending down. "What are you doing here?" "Rangiku dragged me shopping. Look, I know you only came-" Nanao paused midsentence as she felt a familiar reiatsu approaching.

Rangiku and Shuuhei emerged of out of a aisle and were met with Nanao and Kyouraku. Damn. Shuuhei thought to himself. She's taken. I can try anyway, right? "Nanao!" Rangiku squealed as she trapped her friend into a death hug. "Where were you, I thought I lost you!" "C-can't, breathe." Nanao gasped. Rangiku let the smaller woman down. She giggled then said, "Well, well, if it isn't Kyouraku!" Kyouraku smiled. "I got your note, Rangiku." Rangiku giggled then turned to her side. "This is Shuuhei Hisagi. He's an old friend of mine." The tattooed man waved a hand out. "Nice lady you got there." He directed his attention at Nanao. Shunsui raised an eyebrow. "Why thank you." Shuuhei looked up to Kyouraku. "Mind if I borrow her?" "I'm afraid not." Nanao slowly backed away while the two bickered. "I think we should go now." Suggested Rangiku. "Good idea." Rangiku ran away while dragging Nanao behind her.

After a few more minutes of bickering, Shunsui and Shuuhei looked up. "Where'd she go?" Shunsui asked. "Don't know, but first to get to her gets to keep her." Shuuhei remarked. Shunsui looked over at Shuuhei, "I don't usually fight, but I will do whatever I can to be with my Nanao-chan." With that said, the two men raced down the aisles in search for Nanao.

A/N: Hey there! You just read my first chapter of my first fanfic! Flamers/reviews/feedback is accepted. This fanfic was based on a dream my friend had. Won't really update often b/c of school, but thanks for reading!