Chapter 1: Meet My Allies

Luka was dreading the day she'd be having today. Today was the day she would meet the captains of her allies for battle. She never wanted to have the Gotei 13 assist her in the war, nor the former members of the 13 Court Guard Squads.

She wasn't a people person, in fact, she'd rather be in her bedroom with a pillow over her face screaming at the top her well built lungs and breaking the plexy glass her pictures were in than to meet anyone at all.

Her friends followed close behind her as they travel to the Captain's Meeting Room. The doors resembled that of the head captains' quarters, Luka noted. She pushed the large objects separating her and her new found comrades and glided across the wooden floor.

She scoffed at the line of captains, lieutenants, former captains and lieutenants and the Substitute Soul Reaper that was so infamous for being the only one that had adopted such immense power. She saw his carrot colored hair and remembered hearing that his unusual hair only widened the reality of how much he sticks out from a crowd.

She saw a patch or two of white hair and turned in that direction. The world had granted the girl the thought of time as eternity when she lay her eyes on the handsome man.

The muscles that shimmered through his tank top complimented his well-constructed body; His hair bringing out the dim glow in his eyes. He must've been someone she knew in a past life because the person seemed so familiar. She could only gasp in the presence of this sweltering man as the life had struck her again thrusting her back into reality.

'Maybe this won't be so bad.'

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They all made their way to the front of the room, ahead all of the people who crowded it. Luka kept glancing at the ripped man she had seen when she walked through the doors. A slight blush painted her face pink when he looked in her direction and smiled. When she shifted her focus on the head captain so he wouldn't notice it, the blush faded.

Yamamoto obtained everyone's attention when he stomped his wooden cane on the ground. Everyone turned to him listened.

"As this battle approaches from afar, we can only give our new allies gratitude for choosing to assist us. These people have promised to stand next to us in this war and contribute in their own in helping with whatever may pass during this time."

'We haven't even done anything yet and they're already treating us like royalty.' Krios looked to the side with a smirk, holding back a laugh.

"Their names are Saia, Aika, Zerro, Krios and their leader Luka. They will stay here in the Seireitei until this battle is over. Treat them like our compeers(1) and give them respect. Dismissed."

Everyone made their way out of the Head captain's barracks and back to their own. Luka searched the huddle of people for the captain she had been admiring and found him looking at her. he smiled again before leaving. She blushed again and looked away. Captain Kuchiki, Kyoraku, Ukitake and Unohana stayed behind and greeted the 5 of them. Of course, Captain Kuchiki was expressionless as always, Shunsui tried to grope Luka, Ukitake was sweet, and Unohana had a subtle evil tone in her words.

"Well, we have to get back to our rounds so we'll head off." Aika's sense of responsibility was kicking in.

"Wait," Luka was curious. "I didn't say you had to do that today, I told you to rest a little. You'll get sick if you work too hard."

"It's fine. Besides, you of all people should know that we can't rest until we're satisfied with the work we do." Saya smiled as they left to do their duty.

Luka looked at the direction they left in with a puzzled visage(2). A chuckle from Shunsui caught her immediate attention.

"Seems they learned form the best." He smiled and Luka gave one back.

"I'm not that much of a work-a-holic, am I?" Luka really didn't think she had a problem.

"A little bit, yeah." Ukitake said.

"I thought you were nice!" Luka started play hitting him. "Whatever, I have to go, I have work to attend to." She put her hands in her pockets and left.

They all looked at one another.

"She hasn't changed a bit has she?" Unohana lightly laughed. They all shook their heads.

"Same as always." Shunsui sated the obvious.

"She isn't capable of change." Byakuya was prone to saying something negative about her.

"I heard that!" Luka yelled back to Byakuya. They laughed.

Luka was walking down the hallway and stopped when she bumped against something. She backed up a bit and looked ahead to find that it was someone very unexpected.

Me: Poor cliffhanger. Plz don't kill me. but anyway I need a vote for something.

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Me: And I apologize dearly for not updated this for so long, I had school! Anyway I can't give a preview because I want you to vote! Until I have at least 3 votes I can't upload another i know it's kinda short i didn't have a lot of time of type more sorry. Just Bear with me while I get things in check. BTW I'll be checking on this story for reviews every couple of days to see the votes. I'll write the next chapter when the voting is over.

Compeer: Another word for comrade, ally.

Visage: another word for expression