Our story begins in the 80th district rukongai, in a pub. Kenpachi is not the captain of 11th... yet... nor does he have Yachiru with him... yet... but he is currently hiding in the pub's cellar while our heroine is getting ready for work... and yet today will be her first and last day... Today will give Kenpachi his first reason to fight for the title of 11th Company Captain... And all over a pair of rainbow eyes.

Rainbow Eyes

Chapter 1: Agriato

"Nokana!" A large, portly man barked as he walked into a room full of scantily clad women. They all turned to watch as he approached a younger, well-endowed girl with shoulder-length rust-brown hair. "Nokana! Get ready! Your shift is in 8 minutes! And before you come up, grab a pint of my best sake. One of my regulars wants it, and we're out upstairs." He turned to leave as innocent, rainbow-colored eyes looked up at him.

"Y-yes sir. I-I'll be right t-there." The girl grabbed a brown leather bodice and wrapped it just under her large, perky breasts, leaving only her thin white, sleeveless blouse to cover her bust. As another woman helped her secure the back of the bodice, the girl pulled her blouse into place, however it was so thin it kept sliding down to reveal a generous amount of cleavage.

A brown leather skirt and matching leather bracers were slipped on as she rushed over to the door and slipped on a pair of black flats. She looked at her face in the mirror as she passed, assuring her yellow hair ribbon was in place.

"Nokana-chan." She turned to an older woman next to her.

"Saya-sempai..."

"Good luck. It is your fist day." A small smile graced her beautiful face.

"A-Agriato..."

Nokana ran to the cellar as fast as she could. Too much time had already been wasted getting dressed, and the pub owner would beat her, or worse, if she was late. Upon arriving in the cellar, she spotted the sake and made to grab it. But something grabbed her. She made to scream, but whatever it was pulled her down and gagged her mouth. Nokana closed her eyes tightly as she felt a sharp peice of metal pressed to her throat. Oh how she wished she was home...

Kenpachi startled awake. Someone was in the cellar he had snuck into, and that meant that he had been discovered. He grabbed the other person and gagged them. His blade went for the man's throat... Kenpachi blinked. But the person he had in his grasp was no man at all. A young, very attractive barmaid was below him. She was crying, terrified of her unknown assailant.

"Onna." He growled. Slowly, her eyes opened. Very unusual eyes too. They shifted seven different colors in a swirl of innocence. "Don't scream, onna. I'm not going to hurt you. I'll remove the gag, but don't scream, okay?" She nodded frantically. Kenpachi removed the gag, watching her all the while he did. She looked absolutely terrified, leaving him feeling slightly guilty.

"W-what are y-y-you doing here, s-sir?" He gave a gruff, short laugh.

"I was sleeping here, since I've no where else to go. And don't 'sir' me, wretch. My name's Kenpachi Zaraki." He studied her as he released her. "What are you doing down here anyhow?"

"I-I was grabbing some sake for a customer." She quickly grabbed the sake and made to leave.

"Onna." She turned at his voice. "Don't tell anyone else you saw me down here."

"O-oh... I won't. I'm the only one they send down here now."

"Heh. Since that's the case I think I ought to know your name."

"N-Nokana..."

"What about your family title?"

"I-I don't use it anymore... but... It's Tamura." She quickly rushed up the stairs to take the customer his sake.

Nokana breathed a sigh of relief. She had been so afraid down there that she was gonna die. But, she thought, Kenpachi wasn't all that scary when he wasn't ready to kill you. In fact, he had made her feel sort of... safe. And it had been a while since she'd felt that way. But now she was in the main room of the pub, surrounded by the patrons, who were all Eleventh Company shinigami. The pub owner glared at her.

"Nokana! You're late! Hurry up and get that sake over to the one in the Captain's Hatori!" He pointed over to a table with two men. One of them was a Leutenant, with short black hair and a sleeveless Shihakusho. The other was his captain... the captain of Eleventh. She quickly made her way to the table, ignoring the other men grabbing at her ass and giving her cat calls.

"Sir... here's your sake... I apologize for the wait." She turned to leave, but found herself pulled into the lap of the captain. He had short black hair like his Leutenant, but it was longer over his eyes. And what repulsive eyes they were, a glaring dark, murky brown. Like the waters of the rukongai's only river.

"No need to apologize sweetheart... but if you really feel that bad then you could entertain me for a while..." He nipped at her neck and she squeaked in fear.

"Captain Banshura! you're scaring the poor girl." The Leutenant spoke up. "Sir, you're drunk. Let's go, you don't need-"

"Maki, shut up. I'm perfectly sober enough to partake of this beauty." His eyes glanced back down at her, more directly her large breasts. "Sweetheart, my name's Hioshi Banshura... What might your's be?" His lips were on her neck again as she tried to get away from him.

"N-Nokana..."

"Well, Nokana..." He looked up and studied her face. "You have the lovliest eyes I've ever seen... I wonder if the rest of you is the same..." With a quick motion he pulled her top almost all the way off, exposing more of her breasts. She screamed and broke away, running to the back of the pub, and stumbling into the pub owner.

"Whore! What are you doing? Get back out there!" He shoved her towards the room again, but one of the other women came to her rescue.

"Sir, we're out of sake again, so Nokana can just go get some more." He looked at the older woman sternly, then he waved her away. Nokana sent a look of gratitude back to her, and she smiled kindly. Then she dissapeared amongst the patrons as Nokana ran to the cellar.

Kenpachi's eyes snapped open. Nokana's scream of fear had jolted him awake, and now he was gripping his sword hilt as someone rushed down the stairs. A timid voice full of terror wafted down.

"K-Kenpachi-san... I-Its just me..." Nokana's lovely face appeared in the door way as she walked to the shelves of sake. "I-I just need to get more sake." She made sure to keep her back to him as he approached.

"Nokana..." he gently grabbed her arm and made her turn to him. He saw the bite marks and the bruise from a hand grabbing her too hard on her shoulder. "Who did it?"

"K-Kenpachi-san... Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." He shook his head and pressed her to the wall. "Kenpachi-san... What are you doing?"

"You're gonna tell me the name of the bastard who marked you up like that." He held her there and looked at her sternly. "Now, who did it?"

"S-shinigami..."

"Who?"

"H-he's a captain..."

"Don't give him the right to do that to you."

"H-Hioshi Banshura." Kenpachi grinned. Eleventh Company captain? He was supposed to be the epitomy of chivalry and strength. And here he was in a common pub, harassing a beautiful and innocent barmaid. Kenpachi had one more reason to kill him now. "K-Kenpachi-san..."

"Nokana, has he done anything else? Or any other man?" She shook her head. "So... You're... a virgin?"

"H-Hai..." She looked up at him with a little bit of fear in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm not gonna rape you or anything... It's just that I've never met a girl who's a virgin before."

"R-really?" He nodded slowly.

"I think you're the only woman in the rukongai who is still a virgin." Loud voices from above alerted them to the pub owner's anger. He called down to Nokana.

"You ugly whore! Get your ass back up here! That man wants to talk to you again!" She cringed as the door slammed. Kenpachi held her against the wall as she tried to get away.

"Why do you listen to that fat bastard? He don't own you." She looked down.

"A-acctually, he does..." Kenpachi looked down at her curiously. "M-my parents sold me to him... They had to... my brother needed the money to get into the Shinigami Academy..." Bile rose in Kenpachi's throat at the mention of such an act.

"Shinigami are supposed to protect the innocent... and yet your brother let his parents sell you so that he could call himself one... what a load of crap." He released her and snarled in frustration. He was letting his ideals of women get in the way of his needs. And one of his needs could be very satisfied by this beautiful girl before him. His cock had erection from hell, and it was only made worse by being in close proximity with her. But yet... he didn't want to scare her... he wanted her to want him, too. "Che. Go take the bastards their sake... and be careful."

"H-hai... A-Agriato, Kenpachi-san." She grabbed a jug of sake and rushed up the stairs. Kenpachi groaned as he watched her skirt fly up a bit and reveal her panties as she left. There was no way in hell he was gonna be able to stop himself if he saw that again.

Nokana handed the oldest girl the extra jug then turned to see Saya behind her.

"Nokana-chan, are you alright? What were you doing down there?" She panicked. What was she going to tell Saya?

"S-Saya-sempai..." Before she could answer the pub owner rushed over and grabbed her.

"Nokana! Get your sorry ass back to that table! That's the captain! He wants you for some reason, so go entertain him." He shoved the poor girl over to the table. The Leutenant stood.

"Sir, there's no need for her to have to stay here. My captain is drunk and she's too frightened... we're leaving, so there's no need." Nokana looked at him with a little bit of gratitude, but Hioshi laughed loudly.

"Never mind him. This girl is very enchanting... how much, say, would it take for you to part with her?" Nokana and his Leutenant looked at him in horror. The pub owner scratched his chin thoughtfully before answering.

"I paid good money to her parents for her... I'll take no less than 5 thousand ryu." His eyes widened as Hioshi, even as drunk as he was, pulled out his purse and handed him the exact amount. "Hmph. This will do well... I gave you a discount too, since I won't have to pay her wages anymore. Have a nice time, sir!" The pub owner bowed and left poor Nokana to the mercy of the man who had just bought her.

Kenpachi had decided to disguise himself and go up into the pub to keep an eye on Nokana. His anger reached unparalleled heights when he saw Hioshi buy her from the pub owner. Now no matter what his class or his status, he could use her as he wanted. He followed them close as they left the pub and headed for the Seireitei. He snuck about behind them as they came to a house just outside of the walls, where they left Nokana with no food, water, or companionship. He snuck up to the house and heard her scream as she was slapped. Just as he was about to rush in to save her...

"You there! State your name and purpose!" He turned to see the Leutenant standing there, zanpaku-to drawn.

"My name is Kenpachi Zaraki and I..." What was he supposed to say? The Leutenant was probably in with his captain's plan, so Kenpachi had to make up an excuse. "I was wondering if the 11th Captain could tell me if any of the companies have openings." He mentally slapped his face. He really had no idea what the hell he was doing now. Sure he wanted to get in, badly, but he also wanted to save Nokana.

"Kenpachi, huh?" The Captain himself appeared. "Why'd your parents name you that? They wanted you to get in that bad?"

"No, I named myself. I had no name." The man smiled at him, then turned as Nokana's cries of pain became audible.

"Look, uh... If you can clear out the woodslums north of 80th, then I'll see what I can do." He turned and reentered the house. The Leutenant was still standing there, so Kenpachi decided to go and clear it out. Who knows, he might even figure out a way to save Nokana while he was at it.

Nokana cried out in pain. Hioshi had slapped her when she had tried to stop him from removing her bodice, and his hand had held alot of spiritual pressure in it. Her jaw felt like it was broken in peices. The only thing that had saved her was that his Leutenant had caught someone sneaking about outside. Nokana wasn't stupid. She had taken the opportunity to hide while she cried out her pain.

"Damn bitch! She's gone!" Hioshi's voice floated out of the house. "Ichinose, don't just stand there! Find her!" Nokana snuck over to the next set of houses, determined to get away. Kenpachi-san would be discovered in the cellar soon, and he'd suspect her for telling. Now she just wanted to get away. "Ichinose! Get her!" They had spotted her, though she had run a considerable distance now. She rushed in and out of the buildings and trees, trying to get away. Even working at the pub was better than this!

"C-Captain! We have to forget this! There are hollows attacking the rukongai! We have to stop them!" She didn't bother to turn about as Ichinose alerted his captain. Hollows, barbaric pubs, anything was better than going back to those men. All she wanted was to rest and not die alone. She just wanted to be safe. "CAPTAIN!" She turned barely at Ichinose's yell of pain and terror. The hollows were attacking them, and she took the moment to hide and try to stay alive... and she fell into the black abyss that was sleep for her.

Kenpachi had hacked apart everything that moved in the woodslums, save the child. The child had been unafraid of his sword, had touched it and giggled at the blood. So he decided to take her with him. Mainly so that when he saved Nokana, she would have someone other than him for comfort. He decided to call the child Yachiru, after his very best friend from long ago.

Upon returning to the house, he saw the Leutenant and Captain Hioshi, alive and bloody. They turned to him as if they were numb and didn't see him.

"Y-you're..."

"Kenpachi. I've cleared out the woodslums. You're welcome to see my handiwork if you like." The captain shook his head. "What happened?"

"Hollows."

"Hollows? And you came out looking that bad?"

"What do you expect? They outnumbered us." The captain looked at him thoughtfully. "My company has an open seat. Since you cleared out the woodslums, you must be strong. We'll accept you as our 4th seat." Kenpachi looked at him hard in the eyes, then nodded.

"I'm in."

"Agriato, Kenpachi-san. Since the poor sap died today, he won't mind."

Nokana opened her eyes and looked up to see a kind looking young woman with black hair and a red-headed punk. They both smiled down at her.

"Hey there. You might wanna take it easy. I was able to heal your jaw and your other wounds, but you'll still need to rest." The girl spoke. "What's your name?"

"N...Nokana..."

"Nokana? That's a lovely name. I'm Rukia. This is my friend Renji. Don't worry, you're safe now, Nokana-san."

"A-Agriato..."