Chapter two!!!!!!! Well, here you go! I am so proud of myself that I actually managed to write the second chapter so quickly!

Akira sighed as she finished moving her things from the third division into her new room. Now, it was time to find a home for her possessions. There wasn't much to unpack, she thought as she removed her most prized possessions onto a shelf. Akira had been to the human world every chance that she had for a vacation and she had always brought back new books. In fact, it had taken her longer to move her books than it had anything else. She smiled at the thought as she put the last book in place.

Next the lieutenant turned to remove her small collection of clothes from their boxes into the new closet. For the most part, she didn't really have much in the way of nice clothes. Most of the things that she wore were simply to be worn while she worked or in her few moments of relaxation. Except for her one silver kimono, she really didn't care much for dress clothes. It wasn't as if she had ever had a chance to really use them.

The lieutenant looked around at the almost barren room- even with the few things that she had owned, it looked as if no one actually lived here. Maybe it is time for me to find a hobby or something... With a yawn, Akira looked at the time. Wow, its later than I had thought. Midnight already. I wonder if anyone else is still up... or sober. As she stretched to leave her new room, she picked up Mayonaka. Something told her that she might have need of her zanpakuto before she returned. Worse comes to worse, I'll always have someone to talk to with her around.

Akira left her division unsure of where she felt like wandering. Much of her time in the 3rd had been taken up by trying to do anything that her captain might have wanted- including just hanging around in her office where she could easliy feel his spiritual pressure. Now that she was trying to make sure that she wouldn't go back, she wasn't sure what to do with her free time. I wonder what Matsumoto is up to... wait, its Friday night, that means she's out drinking with the guys. Damn. That in itself is unhelpful. Who else could I go and talk to... Sadly, Akira found herself drawing a blank as to who wouldn't be busy tonight. I really need to find something to keep me entertained.

As she wandered, she really wasn't paying any attention to where she was going. That is, until she felt her former captain's spiritual pressure. In that moment, Akira made a fateful decision- she ran and she didn't stop until she could no longer feel his pressence. When she finally stopped, she was in a part of the Sereitei that she had never been to before. However, that said, she found it to be a beautiful place, under the light of the full moon. Sakura trees... where the hell am I? After a minute of wondering about what she had stumbled upon, she realized something more important. She was lost.

"Damn it, why does this always seem to happen to me?" Akira shouted, furious at herself for getting lost in her moment of foolish fear.

"Why did you get lost? Well, that's what happens when you never leave your division and then you run around without paying any attention to where you are going." Said a soft gentle voice that Akira immediately recognized as Mayonaka's.

"That's really helpful, Mayonaka. Ya know that?" The lieutenant sighed as she sat down under one of the Sakura trees. Maybe it would have been better for me to just have stayed in my room and fell asleep.

"Of course. What else do you think I'm here for?"

"Wonderful. Do you have any idea where we are?" Why am I even bothering to ask? Mayonaka wouldn't tell me just because she likes playing guessing games when we haven't been anywhere for a while.

"Not a clue!!!" Somehow, Akira was not surprised at how happy her zanpakuto was.

"Just fucking great. So now what?"

"Well.... we could train for a bit! I'd like that! You rarely play with me anymore."

Only my zanpakuto would have a split personality where one of them was like a five year old and the other was a sadist. I might as well go along with her for a little while, maybe then she'll give up our location... or I'll figure it out when the sun rises in a few hours. "Alright, Mayonaka. Sounds like fun."

For the next few hours, Akira trained with her sadistic zanpakuto. Not that Akira would complain, these little training sessions always got her mind off of her problems. After all, it is hard to worry about life's little problems when someone is trying to kill you. By the time that the sun had risen, Akira had managed to learn a new ablity of her bankai. Mayonaka seemed pleased, and Akira was finally able to find her way back to her division.

"Oi, Akira! Do you remember how to find that sakura grove later?" Mayonaka asked as Akira treked into her room for a quick shower.

"I think so, why?" The lieutenant began to remove her dirty clothes before she realized that there was someone at her door. "Hold onto that thought, ok?"

"We should go back there every night!" Her zanpakuto said before being silent once more. Akira shook her head, Mayonaka was such an interesting partner. I should have known that she wouldn't shut up before she had said what she wanted... she never does.

Grabbing a robe, Akira opened her door. Standing outside were her two third seats. The lieutenant raised an eyebrow as the two spoke up. "Captain Ukitake wants to see you!" shouted Kiyone Kotetsu, the female third seat.

"Immediately, or may I take my shower first?"

This seemed to embarass both of the third seats. "We aren't sure."

Akira shook her head. "Next time you might want to find out how immediate people are needed. Now, where is he?"

"He's in his office." Said Sentaro Kotsubaki, the male third seat.

"I see. Well, I'm going to put some clothes on, and then I'll be there, ok?"

"Right.... I'll let him know that your on your way!" shouted Kiyone. Not a few seconds after Akira shut her door, the two began to argue about who would tell Captain Ukitake first.

The lieutenant smiled as she shook her head and found a clean set of clothes. Whatever her captain wanted to see her about, she knew that she would be there before either of the third seats acutally informed him about her coming. Slipping Mayonaka on her shoulder, she left the room to find that she was indeed right. I think I will love being here.