I'll admit my time in the academy wasn't the greatest. I was tough but I secluded myself from the others, some would call me shy, but I wasn't - I just liked to be left alone. The only people who really paid attention to me in the first place were Ikkaku and Yumichika; then again it could also be that I was the only person who wasn't afraid to fight the bald headed man. Truthfully they became my closest friends during the academy days, and eventually I found out it wasn't going to change much when I was placed into the eleventh division. Apparently, there were quite a few women in the division before Captain Zaraki came into the picture, most of them didn't even last a week under his control before demanding a transfer to any other division.
Yumichika had once explained to me before we graduated about Ikkaku's determination to surpass one Kenpachi from Zaraki, and the epic battle they had once shared months ago, but the bald headed man's insight had changed. Once we became a part of the Eleventh; we had become a part of a family. With Ikkaku and Yumichika as brothers, Yachiru had become of a little sister to me and Kenpachi an over protective father who threatened every guy who dared to even look at me.
It was only a matter of days that we were there when all three of us had booked the highest sits; Ikkaku being the third and I the fourth where Yumichika choose to be the fifth, the number four being too ugly for him.
Over the years I had found a friend in one other person besides the men of the Eleventh and that was Captain Soifon and only on unintentional matters. Numerous times the petite Captain had come to both me and Captain Zaraki, asking and sometimes demanding me to become a part of her Squad, and every time I denied saying it wouldn't feel right leaving 'my boys'. Soifon had become a great companion someone I could talk to when I was upset or hurt, who understood me rather than telling me to suck it up and wait it out. It was through her as well that I met the man of my dreams, one Byakuya Kuchiki; he was handsome, and kind and completely in love with his dead wife, and yet I found myself beginning to grow feelings for him.
My school girl crush for the Captain grew for a year before everything suddenly changed. I had just finished my turn to lead the training in the dojo when the new sixth seat had come up to me informing me that Captain Zaraki wished to see me – which was rare.
"And you are…?" I asked, having forgotten his name already.
"Uh… Abarai, Ma'am, Renji Abarai," he replied bowing.
"Er… There's no need to be so formal! Did the Captain say why?"
"No, Ma'am he just asked to speak to you, Fourth Seat Sakura Fujishima!" he replied as he bowed again.
"Thanks… and Good Luck, training with Baldy," I said walking away leaving the red headed man behind in shock.
I didn't even bother knocking on the door when I walked into the Captains office; instead I stormed in demanding to know what he wanted. The man a barked out a laugh always amused to see my straight forward attitude.
"See, that's what I like about you, kid; never afraid to show off your killer attitude."
"Thanks," I replied rolling my eyes. No matter how long I had been working under the man I still felt uneasy around him and wasn't use to being alone with him without Ikkaku or Yumichika. "With all due respect sir, may I ask what you wanted?"
Zaraki grunted and pointed to a stack of papers on the coffee table to my right. "Some dumbass mixed a bunch of papers from the fifth division in with ours, Take them to the fifth will ya?"
I chortled a bit and raised an eyebrow at the man. "You were doing paper work?" The only replied I received was another one of his barking laughs before I picked up the pile of documents and made my way out of the division.
There had to be some kind of law in the Eleventh division about people not being able to direct themselves through the walls of the Seireitei, because try as I may, it took me two hours to find the fifth division. At first I had ended up at the fourth, how I got there without passing the fifth was beyond me and then the next thing I know I was standing outside the thirteenth. I was becoming fed up with my job that I had almost thrown the papers in a mud puddle until I found the wooden door with the giant number five marking painted on it. But of course when I entered the barracks it was almost impossible for me to pawn off the paperwork to one of lower subordinates, the most I could get out of them was the way to their Captain's office.
There were a number of reasons I didn't like about being in a Captain's presence the biggest one being because being around a Captain made me feel weak and vulnerable no matter how many much I tried the feeling wouldn't go way. It didn't matter if it was Unohana who's sweet and caring or Zaraki who if he could have it his way would fight anyone who even dare be in the same room as him and yet, I wanted nothing more than to run in the other direction.
And there I was standing in the doorway of a Captain's office in front of one man I had never met before and a familiar face and yet – I felt no reason to run in the other direction, there was something about this brown haired man that made me feel almost… calmed, and relaxed.
"Well, Hello," greeted the young Captain with a smile. If I thought he was handsome before I heard his voice, then damn I don't know what I thought about him after. "What brings you here?"
"I have paper's that belong to the fifth division, sir," I replied bowing in respect, which – truth be told felt weird because the only Captain's I ever really interact with on a daily basis were Zaraki and Soifon and even then I treated them more like a friend then a superior.
"Why, thank you my dear," he said taking the papers from my hand. "Although, I don't think I've ever seen you before are you from my division?"
Before I could answer, a man I knew to be Gin Ichimaru stepped out from behind the Captain and greeted me with a smile. " 'Ello, Sakura Fujishima it's weird seein' ya without one a those two men from tha Eleventh."
"Hello Gin… or should I say Captain Ichimaru now?" I smiled at the fox faced man who just chuckled in return, the grin on his face growing larger. Although many people found him creepy, I found myself enjoying his company; he was humorous and fun to be around. "And as for your question sir, my name is Sakura Fujishima as Gin said, I am the fourth seat of squad eleven, which is the reason why I'm here, your papers were mixed with ours."
"The Eleventh," the Fifth Captain repeated with a smile. "It's rare to see woman as beautiful as you in the Eleventh division and with such a high seat none the less."
"Th-thank you, sir," I replied, feeling my face heating up.
"Please, Ms. Fujishima call me by my name, there's no need to call me sir." That's when I realized, my whole time working for the Seireitei and I never bothered learning many of the other Captain's names. Of course I knew my own, and Soifon because of how many times she tried to recruit me. Then there was Captain Unohana, but I knew her from the many times either I or one of the others from my division had been treated in the fourth and then of course Byakuya Kuchiki and General Yamamoto, but other than that I had no clue about the rest. I didn't even know who was Captain of the third before Gin had been offered the position.
"Uhmm…"
"I believe she doesn't know ya name, sir," Gin had said with a laugh.
"Shut up, Gin," I mumbled under my breath.
"I'm sorry, how rude of me! I never introduced myself, I am Captain Sosuke Aizen, and it's a pleasure to meet you!" the so named Captain Aizen had said to me with a generous smile.
"No, I'm the only who should apologize Captain Aizen, for I never learned your name in the first place."
"That's quite alright! Captain Ichimaru and I were about to enjoy a cup of tea, would you care to join us?" He had asked as if we'd known each other for years. Not wanting to intrude on the two friends I declined – not that I would have accepted anyway – telling them I had to get back to the division to do something for the Captain, little did I know after that day I'd be seeing a lot more of the Fifth Division Captain.
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