Chapter two:
Ichigo's POV
Walking around the barracks was plain irritating. I'd often see other people staring and muttering things under their breath, even Renji could see it was beginning to bother me, this was only the first day…
Although, later in the day I got a letter which had my duties on it, none of which had me staying in the barracks for too long. The handwriting was too refined for it to be Renji's and the language was far too different, my guess was he spoke to Byakuya about it and he decided to be merciful. In any case, I'm glad about it. All I really had to do was collect various papers and documents off other Captains and Lieutenants or take a walk to the archives for something, given the fact I was clueless as to where that was. Shouldn't be too hard to find right?
"You got the letter then, I was afraid the messenger wouldn't find you" I turned around and Renji was leaning against a post with his usual smirk on his face. "I was going to point out that the handwriting is far too nice to be yours, but wouldn't that be too cruel?" His smirk shifted into a frown ashe realised what I said "Way to be harsh, you know how much begging I had to do for you to get these? If you weren't my friend I would've left you to suffer and I would've had an easier time not being on my hands and knees almost. Seriously, captain would've just given you regular assignments if it weren't for me" I was right then. "Well then, to repay you for the trouble of begging, I owe you one" He came over and ruffled my hair, punching my arm lightly "Damn right you do, now off with you before he changes his mind" I looked at the letter and ran off in search of squad thirteen.
As soon as I got there Rukia jumped up to greet me "What're you doing here? Don't you have things to do?" I held up the paper and she nodded, grabbing it out of my hand to read it. "How much begging did Renji have to do?! I'm actually very surprised. So you need these then-" She reached over and grabbed a stack of papers, checking through them before handing them over. "Off you go then~ These need signing and they'll probably need to be back by the end of the day" I nodded and took note so I wouldn't forget. I debated going to the next squad but these needed doing as soon as possible by the sounds of it.
And so the trek back began.
Not in the slightest eventful but what can I expect from being an errand boy of sorts. When I got back, Renji was sparring with a new recruit by the looks of things, I kinda felt sorry for the guy. "Oi, who do these go to?" Both Renji and the new guy looked at me strangely, well the new guy in fear but… "Gimme a sec- Around here you should address me as Lieutenant, sorry Ichigo and those go straight to the Captain, good luck~" Fighting the urge to punch him was the most taxing thing I've done all day. I sighed and made my way over to the main office, okay, where I assumed the Captain and Lieutenant work. "I assume you won't have the decency to knock before you enter. What do you want?" I hadn't even lifted my hand and he knew I was here… And that I wasn't going to knock… "I- Uh- These are from squad thirteen. It sounded like they needed to be signed as soon as possible" Byakuya glanced up at me and I held out the papers, to be honest I didn't know what I should do. Do I wait for them to be done or do I go and do something else in the meantime? It was even worse when I started staring, I tried looking at something else in the room but I couldn't help it. "There are more important things for you to be doing other than staring aimlessly Kurosaki. Or is it that you finished everything for today already?" As soon as his cold gaze was fixed on me I was helpless, nothing worked. "Ah- I'll just- Come back later. Unless there's anything else I should do before tending to the rest?" I was going to leave before he put a hand up to stop me. "If you happen to see Tomoé on your travels, tell her I need to speak with her. She's normally in the tenth squad's barracks with Matsumoto. If not, just carry on with your original tasks. You're dismissed" I nodded and left quickly,
Tomoé? I can't say I've met them before. What if she's… No, Rukia would've told me if that was the case. So begins the journey to squad ten.
"Ichigo!~ It's been so long~ Where have you been!?~" Brilliant. Rangiku was drunk. "Rangiku, Do you know someone- well- her last name is Tomoé?" She eyed me for a second and pointed at the person opposite her. I looked at her and was surprised, she was sober for one and for two she was kinda pretty. "I'm Akira, Akira Tomoé. You're Ichigo right?" I nodded and she smiled at me "Bya- Uh- Captain Kuchiki sent me, he said he needs to talk to you" She put her glass down and stood up abruptly "I'd best be off them, nice meeting you Ichigo!~" I gotta say, if I were sane I'd have fallen for her. But that's not the case clearly. Now back to my original tasks, otherwise I'd face even more cold words and unforgiving glances.
A/N: Akira is an OC of mine. I'll give a little background info on her:
- She's from a low-ranking noble family (Also made up)
- Born a Soul Reaper
- She grew up with Byakuya since they're both noble's, as well as being acquainted with Ukitake, Ganju, Kuukaku and Yoruichi.
- Ice type Zanpaktou
- Short, messy white hair with some blue tints; fairly short; icy blue eyes; very pale skinned.
- Squad eight, however she spends most of her time at squad ten.
- Sarcastic but serious when necessary.
- Energetic personality.
