Author's Note: Not sure where I'm going with this but I'm assuming this will be a series and not a one shot. Feel free to review and flame. :D First Fanfic in this ID but I had co-write a few Fanfic in the past.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.

The aftermath of the quincy blood war was not what the Gotei 13's new Captain commander Shunsui Kyōraku had expected. He, being the veteran former captain of the 8th division who had experienced many wars in his younger days knew the ending to a war at this capacity will be a blood filled mess that would not be easy to clean up after. But he had not expected the sheer amount of losses the Gotei 13's divisions would have to face. The amount of battle-ready shinigami was considerably petty compared to the amount of injured shinigami that were undergoing medical treatments in the makeshift 4th division bunkers. The death of 4th division captain and the first kenpachi, Unohana Retsu was a crippling blow to the foundation of Gotei 13 for the only elite healer ever to grace sereitei was now dead. The critically injured shinigami now had to rely on the healers of the 4th division squad members that were trained by the deceased captain herself. The second blow came from the sheer amount of injured or killed captains and lieutenants leaving the divisions in the gotei 13 in chaos. The death of the well-respected young protégé, Tōshirō Hitsugaya the captain of 10th division and the fellow veteran and a close personal friend of the now captain commander, Jūshirō Ukitake, captain of the 13th division left many in a saddened state. The well respected lieutenant, Shūhei Hisagi (9th Division), Genshirō Okikiba (1st division) and Marechiyo Ōmaeda (2nd division) too fell victim to the quincy war massacre leaving the said divisions in utter chaotic state.

Shunsui sighed as he pinches the bridge of his nose in a resigned manner while staring at the mostly demolished sereitei. "I swear I didn't sign up for this."

But not all seemed to be at loss for the war did come to an unexpected end. The success story of the traitor Sōsuke Aizen's twisted inhumane experiment, Ichigo Kurosaki who surpassed all the odds to become as powerful the former captain commander himself just a brief period of time came to sereitei aid in the most crucial moment to end the terror named Yhwach in an all-out battle in the king's realm. The soul king's help in the matter did not go unnoticed as his majesty was the one who blessed the shinigami substitute with immense reiatsu on a crucial time of need for the kurosaki successor to use the Final Getsuga Tenshō once again which now became his bankai form to destroy the man that reigned terror upon the Sereitei, Yhwach.

"Captain, there's much to do and I do not appreciate you pushing it onto me. Please stop lazing around and do your duty." Said the 1st Squad lieutenant, Nanao Ise while staring daggers at the back of Shunsui.

"Hai, Nanao-chan. I'm not lazing around but merely reminiscing on the recent incident." Shunsui said while pouting at Nanao.

"You should know by now that pouting will not get you out of your responsibility. Especially not when it's me you are pouting towards." Nanao retorted with a straight face.

"E-eh, but Nanao-chan!"

"No buts! Come in and do the paper works now 'Shunsui-Kun'! And maybe, just maybe I might give you some rewards for your contributions." Nanao said, smiling slyly as she walked back to the make-shift 1st squad barracks leaving a shocked and slightly blushing Shunsui staring back at her.

'Damn, I knew war would change a person but I've never heard of the change being a good one. But my Nanao-chan… ALRIGHT! TIME TO GET TO WORK! I wonder what kind of reward I would get from my precious lieutenant.' Thought Shunsui as he giddily walked back to the barracks with a dreamy look on his face.

In the Kuchiki Manor at the Noble Residence part of sereitei

"Ichigo ! Wake up you ass!" Kuchiki Rukia was shaking Ichigo's torso violently in an effort to wake the soundly asleep saviour of the sereitei. The said man gently swatted Rukia's arms away in an attempt to prey her off and leave him to sleep in peace. Rukia let out a frustrated growl and tried to wake him up in a different manner. She swiftly kicked him on his ribs and saw him bolt up from his sleep and howl in pain.

"What was that for Rukia! Can't you let a man sleep in peace? Geez! I think my old man's influence on you is too damn high!" groaned Ichigo as he stood up and massaged his ribs, trying to ease the pain while glaring at the short woman sitting beside his futon.

Rukia had a smug look on her face as she was appreciating his reaction towards her kick. "Nii-sama has invited you to have breakfast with us today. So get ready! Oh and be respectful to Nii-sama since he was kind enough to allow you to stay here."

"Hey you talk as if staying here is equivalent to staying in some 5 star hotel or some shit. This place looks as bad as the whole of sereitei." Ichigo couldn't help but be amused by the confused expression on Rukia's face.

"Ichigo, what is a 5 star O-tel?"

"5 Star hotel, and it's a building where people pay to stay for a certain amount of days. Super pricy I might add. The stars indicate how great the premise's services and facilities they have. 5 star is usually the highest rating for a hotel."

"Oh. Then why do you say staying here is not equivalent to staying at this 5 star O-tel? I mean, the Kuchiki manor has almost everything!"

"Yea. It has almost everything except for the whole half of the premise is ruins from the war! The war that I won for you guys by the way. And you won't even let me sleep in peace."

Rukia was about to retort when Ichigo let out a big sigh and shoo'd Rukia out of his room to get changed and freshen up himself before going to have his breakfast with Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia's adopted elder brother and the well-respected Captain of 6th Squad. Just the thought of having a sophisticated breakfast so early in the morning with a nobleman nonetheless was not what he had planned for him that morning.

After freshening up and getting dressed in the formal wears prepared by the Kuchiki Manor servants,
Ichigo went to the dining area to fin both Byakuya and his annoyingly short sister sitting and waiting for his arrival.

"Yo, Byakuya."

"Ichigo! Greet Nii-sama with some respe-" Rukia's outburst was cut off by Byakuya's greetings of his own.

"Ichigo, have a seat here" as he pointed the set beside Rukia. Ichigo only smirked at Rukia as he sat beside her. Rukia in the other hand kept quiet throughout the breakfast but secretly shocked at the interactions between Ichigo and her Nii-sama.

"So what's next in Gotei 13? With the promotion of the new Captain Commander being Shunsui and all. Damn, I knew that old goat would be next in line but I wasn't expecting him to be in that position that fast. Pity Nanao though, now that Shunsui have the ultimate authority, He's gonna be lazing around all that much more." Ichigo stated casually to Byakuya who seemed to actually contemplate Ichigo's words.

"I believe the new Captain Commander would have to reform from his old attitude for he has a higher responsibility and with the end of a war at this capacity, there are much more to do. There's a captain's meeting later this afternoon. Be ready to attend, Ichigo."

Ichigo was taken aback by the invitation to the captain's meeting and replied "What do you mean by be ready? Since when I had to attend those boring ass meetings?"

"Since you became the hero of the sereitei." Was Byakuya's answer.

Rukia kept staring at both of their interaction with a look that could only be described as priceless as she was witnessing Ichigo whom her beloved Nii-same had hated with passion talking casually with her Nii-sama who was actually conversing back. But a small part of her felt happy that her Nii-sama was finally accepting Ichigo for who he is and talking to him casually.

'But a Kuchiki does not do casual!' Screamed her mind. What had changed between her Nii-sama and Ichigo. To make things more confusing and extremely shocking at the same time, Byakuya had actually invited Ichigo to join him for tea. The Byakuya has never invited anyone for his tea sipping sessions he held in his study room. ANYONE! Not even Rukia but now the invitation is given to Ichigo of all the people? Rukia couldn't handle all these changes and her head started to spin and hoped something would at least be same. 'I mean, Ichigo doesn't do Tea time right?' She thought as she felt that the invitation would be shot down by Ichigo and everything will go back to being normal.

"Yea sure, you gonna serve the jasmine/Sakura petal tea that you praised the other day?"

Byakuya only nodded. *THUMP!* Both Ichigo and Byakuya turned to see where the noise came from and saw Rukia fainted beside Ichigo on the floor.

"It's unbecoming of a Kuchiki to faint on the dinner table. Tsk."

Ichigo could only laugh as he carried Rukia back to her room and lay her on her bed.

To be continued ?