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Kenpachi was lying on the wooden floor of his office facing the yard when suddenly a pink-haired shinigami blocked his view of the falling cherry blossoms from a nearby tree. "Ne, Ken-chan!" the tiny vice captain said with her usual bright smile. "What is it, Yachiru?" Kenpachi muttered lazily and he followed his sentence with a yawn. "I'm going out for a bit, 'kay? Byakkun promised to give me more candies today, too~!" Upon hearing Byakuya's name from Yachiru, Kenpachi's brows immediately quirked in reflex.

"Lately you've been comin' back to his compound more often. What? Is it that fun there?" Kenpachi asked. "Uh-huh! He lets me play around his house and even gives me candies!" Yachiru immediately replied in a cheerful tone. Kenpachi scratched his head and closed his eyes, "Then, you must like Kuchiki very much…" Yachiru placed her index finger on her mouth while thinking. "Umm… Since Byakkun's being very nice to me, then maybe yeah!"

Kenpachi jut sighed and he stood up, towering his little vice captain. "Hm? Are you going somewhere, Ken-chan?" Yachiru wondered, tilting her head to one side. "Yeah. Just a little business to take care of… You don't have to come along…" he then started walking away. Though confused on Kenpachi's sudden behavior, Yachiru just shrugged it off and quickly headed to the Kuchiki Manor.

Yachiru stayed in the Kuchiki Manor and played until sunset where she finally decided to go back home, to Byakuya's relief. The moment Yachiru had gone away, Byakuya turned to go back to his office but abruptly stopped. He saw Rukia walking on the corridor towards him. "Nii-sama…!" Rukia called with a happy smile when suddenly, someone took hold of her arm that surprised her. "3rd Seat Madarame? What are you—?" She wasn't able to finish her sentence when Ikkaku hit her at the back of her nape that rendered her unconscious.

"You… What's the meaning of this?" Byakuya asked, threat was in his voice. "Exactly how it looks like. We're kidnapping her for a bit. Since you won't fight our taichou in a fair match, we have decided to take a hostage to get you serious." Ikkaku replied with a wide smile. "You cretins… Do you think I'd comply with your terms?" Byakuya was about to pull out his sword when Yumichika suddenly appeared and pointed his sword to Rukia's throat. "Oops… We can't have you do that, Kuchiki-taichou… You'll just have to quietly follow us to where our taichou is if you don't want us to carve something on her beautiful skin…"

Byakuya abandoned his intention of putting up a fight but his brows were furrowed in contained anger. Ikkaku just snickered at his expression. "Good. Now, let's go." And they went off. They ran for quite a while and when they reached a rather wide space, the two finally stopped. Byakuya also stopped and he was brought face-to-face with the 11th Squad's captain.

"I didn't know you were the type to resolve to such dirty tactics…" Byakuya hissed through gritted teeth but Kenpachi just gave him a wide smile. "Heh. I don't care about the methods as long as I can get what I want in the end. Now let's do this, Kuchiki!" Kenpachi charged towards Byakuya so he had no choice but to pull out his sword and fight him.

The fight dragged on for quite a while until both were equally running out of breath. "What? Is this all that you got?" Kenpachi provoked the noble captain. "You're too dependent of your brute strength…" Byakuya shot back. "Ha! I don't friggin' care of what you say…! You're finished now!" Kenpachi lurched at him again for a heavy strike. As expected, Byakuya blocked off Kenpachi's attack without much effort but as they were pushing each other, Kenpachi suddenly grinned and Byakuya got alarmed when on his peripheral, he saw something coming. But he was too late. Kenpachi retreated and Byakuya got caught in a binding spell, Six Rod Prison of Light.

Byakuya turned his head to the one who casted the spell and was even more surprised to see the 12th Division Squad captain and his vice captain. "You…!" Byakuya muttered. "Now, I don't want you to have false assumptions. I simply came here because he asked me to help him. It's not like I have a grudge on you or something. Nemu." Kurotsuchi said and his vice captain approached Byakuya. "Excuse me, Kuchiki-taichou…" Nemu said and she injected something on his neck. "What…is…this…?" Byakuya stammered as his vision slowly blurred until he fell on the ground.

"I also didn't want to do this but you have my thanks…" Kenpachi said, glaring down on Kurotsuchi. "Hmp. I just agreed to this because of the data that I could gather. Now, let's leave, Nemu." Kurotsuchi said and they left. Ikkaku on the other hand, took Byakuya from the ground while Yumichika was carrying the still unconscious Rukia. "Taichou, I'm bringing him to the barracks, now." Ikkaku said. "Ah…" Kenpachi said and Ikkaku also was gone. "What about Kuchiki-san, taichou?" Yumichika asked. "Bring her along, too. She might cause a fuss if she wakes up." And thus, they went back to the 11th Division Squad Barracks.

Haha, I bet you're confused to where this is all leading to… Well, just chill out 'cause you'll figure out soon enough… Kenpachi as well as Byakuya really seemed OOC here but I needed them to be that way to come up with an excuse for the main plot. And, oh, LEMON ALERT on the next chapter so if you don't like the sound of that, don't bother to continue reading. ^_^ — Geiru

Yachiru: Yay! I love lemons! Even though they're a bit sour…

Geiru: Umm… I think you're getting the wrong idea, Yachiru…

Yachiru: Hm? But aren't lemons delicious fruits?

Geiru: Uh… Never mind… You'll figure out, anyway… Ne, Ken-chan?

Ken-chan: Whatever…