I do not own Raihiko. Only Sakura. This is written for a friend and I hope she likes it.
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Raihiko leaned against the wooden frame of her best friend, Sakura's, window as she stared out at the cherry blossoms in the distance. Sakura was a 7th seat in Kensei Muguruma's squad. She seemed to like it. A little too much. Raihiko turned her head slightly, only to see sakura scribbling words onto a piece of parchment. "So…how's your captain?" Abruptly, Sakura stopped writing and looked up at me. "Uhh…fine… I guess." She raised a brow as she looked at Raihiko. Raihiko knew that someone was up with her. Sakura never acted this weird. Everytime Raihiko would ask her about Captain Muguruma, Sakura would tense up. It was very odd.
"Sakura…are you alright?" Sakura merely nodded and went back to her scribbling. Rai sighed and looked back out the window, gently shaking her headi n the process. "You've been acting so weird."
Sakura must have looked up again because her voice wasn't being muffled by the small desk on the floor. "What do you mean?"
"Well everytime I mention Captain Muguruma you get this like … stupid look on your face." Raihiko turned around just in time to see Sakura making her signature stupid face. "See…you're doing it now." Raihiko let out a small laugh as she moved over to Sakura and kneeled onto the ground. Sakura's cheeked lightly flushed with color. "Shut the fuck up. I do not. "
Raihiko poked Sakura's slightly red cheek and laughed again. "Do you have a crush on your captain, Ms. Hayashi?" Sakura's cheeks deepened in color at Rai's comment. Of course, Raihiko couldn't help herself and started laughing hysterically. "Oh my God, you do!" Sakura made her hand into a fist and lightly punched Raihiko's arm. "Shut the fuck up!" Sakura couldn't help herself, she began to laugh to.
"I knew it! I knew I saw you staring at his ass yesterday!" Raihiko fell onto her back, her laughter becoming louder. Sakura made her mouth into an 'O' shape, then smacked Raihiko's leg. "I was not. I was …observing…the … landscape…"
"OBSERVING THE LANDSCAPE!" Tears were starting to form in Raihiko's eyes. Oh this was simply too much for her. Raihiko sat up and swept a hand across her cheek, wiping away any tears that escaped her eyes. "Oh man, it seems the Heartbreaker Legend still lives on, huh Sakura?"
Pursing her lips, Sakura folded her arms across chest. "Not exactly. He's my captain. I highly doubt I'll break his heart … or even get close enough to feel his heart beating in his chest."
A smirk passed over Raihiko's lip as she looked over at Sakura. "Oh so poetic Sakura." Sakura giggled slightly and nodded. "I know, aren't I just marvelous?" Sakura moved her hand up to her chin, as her brilliant green eyes looked off into the distance. She looked like a wannabe Hollywood actress.
"You are so stupid." Rai laughed, along with Sakura, and leaned back onto her elbows. "So is this all you're doing today? Some paperwork? Or will we be going and … checking out the landscape again?"
Sakura had gone back to scribbling onto the parchment but then stopped and looked up at Raihiko, a big grin plastered onto her face. "Well I was thinking that we go out tonight. I don't have any work scheduled … so … why not?"
Raihiko nodded. "Sounds like a good idea to me. You're always extremely busy lately."
"Yeah well, Kensei keeps me busy."
Raihiko raised a brow. Kensei? Sakura was using her captains name a little too formerly for her comfort. "Kensei? Don't you mean … Captain Muguruma?"
Sakura stiffened up, realizing she had just made a pretty big blunder. "Uh..yeah. Captain…Muguruma." Raihiko eyed Sakura suspiciously as she got up and grabbed the rest of her uniform. "Ready to go?" Raihiko nodded and stood up, moving to the door. She continued to watch Sakura, wondering why she would just call her captain by his first name. Being a 3rd seat, Raihiko definitely knew better, even if her captain wasn't around to scold her. This was a bit odd to Raihiko but she just decided to blow it off. It was probably nothing more than a mere slip up.
Raihiko walked behind Sakura, not wanting to walk into any of the unseated members of the 9th Division. They rounded a corner when they stopped abruptly. Sakura almost walked face first into her captains exposed, muscular chest. She gasped as she looked up and met his brown eyes. "Taicho … I'm so sorry. I … uhh… was just leaving." Captain Muguruma held up a hand and shook his head slightly. "I was just coming to get to you. I need you to come with me. There's something that needs to be taken care of." He looked over Sakura's short stature and Raihiko standing behind her, her brow raised. Kensei's eyes narrowed a bit as he went back to looking down at his 7th seat. "Where were you going exactly?"
"We were just gonna go to a bar … maybe grab something to eat…" Sakura's tone definitely hinted that she was fearful of her captain. It showed that she had respect for him. Raihiko noted that and her suspicions from earlier almost disappeared. Kensei looked back over to Raihiko, pursed his lips then shook his head. "Well…go later. Come with me." Before he turned on his heel to leave, Sakura, of course, following at his heels, he turned back to Raihiko and held up a hand. He made a shooing motion and told her that she could leave. Raihiko glared at him for a moment, until she saw the look on Sakura's face. The evil eye that Raihiko was giving Kensei quickly faded.
Raihiko sighed as she watched the two of them walk off. She almost laughed at how obedient Sakura was. Sakura was never really like that. Sure, she had respect for her captain but Sakura didn't like being yelled at and Kensei had a tendency to be a bit harsh. His military-style teachings were something completely new to Sakura. Raihiko had to give her propers for keeping up with him though.
Rai turned on her heel and left the 9th Division as quickly as she could. She got a few stares from some of the grunts in the division and maybe one or two seated officers. Making her way back to her barracks, she saw some weird looking dude walking around. His long, black hair fell just short of his shoulders. It was jagged and oddly cut, some strands longer than others. Raihiko stared at him for a moment. He was making his way towards the 11th Division barracks. Rai's brow shot up. What was this man doing? She put a little speed into her walk as she neared her barracks. Walking inside the gates, she saw the strange man making his way towards her captain. It seemed to her that there was a crowd gathering around. What in the hell was going on here?
Not long after Raihiko had entered the 11th Division barracks, a fight broke out. A fight for the posistion of captain. The man with the long black hair had actually won. He was now the captain. He brushed by Raihiko, her former captians bloody haori sweeping past her arm. She closed her eyes, not believing what she had just seen. She almost wanted to pinch herself. There was no way this was real. There was no way this man, had just beaten her captain. As brutal and disgusting as the act itself was, it was almost somewhat intriguing. The mysterious man hadn't used anything but his sword to bring down Captain Kenpachi Kiganjō. His zanpakuto wasn't released and he definitely didn't use a bankai. His power was incredible. Unbelievably incredible.
Raihiko shook her head before heading to her room. She walked down the hall went she heard someone speaking to her. "Hey … you…" An extremely rough voice sounded behind her. She turned and looked up to see the new slimebag that just murdered her captain. The bloody haori was still in his hand, he flipped it over his shoulder as he looked down at Rai's small figure. "Where's the captains quarters?" Rai pursed her lips together. She wanted so badly to tell this dude off but now that he was her captain, she thought it was best to be as respectful as she could. "Right this way, captain." She walked down the hall, rounded a corner and stopped in front of the captains quarters. "This is it."
"…Zaraki. Captain Kenpachi Zaraki." She shivered slightly at his name. Of course he was going to use 'Kenpachi' as his first name. Her eyes moved to the floor below her and she nodded feebly. This was ridiculous. Raihiko was so out of character. She could already tell that Captain Zaraki was going to really push her buttons. This wasn't going to be good. Raihiko absolutely hated people telling her what she can and can not do.
"It's a pleasure…Captain Zaraki." She wanted to cringe when she said his name. He raised a brow and brushed past her again, shutting the door behind him. Raihiko rolled her eyes and stomped to her room. She flung open the door. She moved over the threshold, closing her door, quite loudly. Her back was against door as she closed her eyes and let out a long, drawn out sigh. "What's wrong?"
Raihiko jumped at the voice, her eyes shooting open. Sakura was sitting on her bed, her legs crossed. She wasn't in her 9th Division uniform. Well she wasn't in the "Muguruma's 9th Squad" robe, she had the rest of her shihakusho on. Her shihakusho was pretty low-cut, revealing her mass amounts of cleavage. Sakura was always finding ways to show off her amazing body. She liked having the men of the seireitei stare at her. Even if they happened to be captains. Rai recalled an incident where Captain Kyoraku was hitting on her at a bar. Sakura definitely didn't mind. However, being in Kensei's squad usually had her covered up. Raihiko moved over to her bed and plopped down. Her back hit the back, her eyes peering up at the ceiling. "Nothing…" Raihiko's voice obviously told Sakura that something wasn't right. Had Sakura really not heard about Captain Kiganjō? Surely all of the Seireitei had known?
"…Rai…?"
"I don't like this new captain."
"Rai…you didn't even give him a chance yet. He just became captain."
Raihiko jumped off the bed and threw her arms up. "Sakura! He just murdered my captain! In front of everyone!"
Sakura bit her lip as her eyes scanned Raihiko's despair written face. Sakura took in a deep breath before she spoke again. She didn't want to say anything that was going to upset Raihiko anymore. "Look, Rai, knowing that this new Kenpachi beat the old one just means that he's incredibly strong. He's probably going to be a good captain. Don't look at this so much as a loss but a gain." Raihiko whipped her head around and glared at Sakura. What was she saying? It's not a loss, it's a gain? That's ridiculous. How can some man murdering a well respected captain be considered a gain?
"Sakura … "
Sakura held a hand up, not lettin Rai continue. "Let me finish. Just give it a few days…see how he is then make your decision. Don't make a decision based on anger. You know it doesn't get you anywhere." Raihiko couldn't do anything else but nod, at first. The room was silent for a moment or two until a thought popped into Rai's head. "What if it was Captain Muguruma, Sakura?"
Sakura sighed and shook her head. "I'd have to say the same thing Rai. If someone were to defeat Ken…Captain Muguruma in a battle then that just proves that he wasn't strong enough."
"It wouldn't upset you?"
"Yeah it would…but I'd still have to give the new captain a chance. I can't just hate him or her right off the bat. Sure I'd be anger but in my heart I'd know that I'd have to keep my cool as much as possible." Raihiko nodded again as she moved over to the bed and sat down. She put her lips together and blew air out. Sakura placed a hand onto her back and whacked her hard. Raihiko lunged forward a bit. Pursing her lips together, she turned her head to face Sakura, only seeing a big grin on her face. "Stop being such a poor sport. Come on, let's go do something. Kens… my captain let me leave early."
Rai raised her brow again. That was the second time that Sakura almost slipped up and said Captain Muguruma's name. Raihiko leaned back onto her bed, her head leaning against the wall behind her. "Sakura …"
"Hm?" Sakura turned her head slightly before moving her body to face Rai.
"Why do you keep wanting to say 'Kensei' and not 'Captain Muguruma?'" The look on Sakura's face told Raihiko that there was something she wasn't being told. Sakura quickly shook her head and brushed it off. "There's no reason…I'm just forgetting my place."
"Sakura…"
"Hey I should go..I'll see you later. Bye!" Sakura hopped off the bed and shunpo'd out of the room. Raihiko smirked to herself, wondering what was going on with Sakura and her captain. Clearly, something was not right if Sakura was constantly calling Captain Muguruma by his first name. Raihiko moved on the bed, making herself more comfortable. Today was such an odd day, Raihiko wanted nothing more than to just lay in her bed and dream it all away. Hoping that she would awake from some horrible nightmare. A horrible nightmare that consisted of Sakura possibly sneaking around with her captain and Captain Kiganjō being killed right before her eyes.