A/N: I will definitely have to agree and say this is a unique couple, and a very difficult one at that, but in the end most couples have their own unique way of being stubborn when it comes to typing them. Hopefully, there can be justice for the couple in this story. Anyways, thanks for the reviews so far. I'm surprised at how many people find this couple interesting.

The short amount of time they were able to spend that night was well used and she found herself sharing more interests with him than she had previously thought. The uneasiness about it before melted away into short conversations and spurs of laughter as they both seemed well tuned into one another; to be quite honest, she was surprised at how much fun she did have and how much she enjoyed his company. When the short visit came to an end… well, she found herself looking forward to the next time they could share company with one another.

That was until the morning showed up and gave her something new to looking forward to. Or, rather not.

"Captain Unohana!"

"I apologize for the late notice, Isane, but I myself was just informed of it." her black-haired Captain spoke; her tone was soft and calm despite her conflicting unruly attitude with the request. "This mission has been planned for awhile now but it was just brought to my attention that it would be in best interest if I sent along a member of my Division with the team. Now, I had no intentions of it at first but after some debating I decided that it would, indeed, be in best interest to go through with it. Now, you're my best and fastest worker; you earned your place as Fourth Division Lieutenant. That's why I chose you."

She tried several times to form words only to stumble over empty air. "But… I thought we were forbidden to go into the human world."

"Yes well, there were terms that had to be looked over in order for this to be approved of. Now, I do hope you choose to accept this request on behalf of the Fourth Division."

When it was worded like that, it felt as though she had no other choice but to accept it. With a defeated sigh, she gave into a soft nod. "Yes ma'am, when do I depart on this 'mission?'"

"In two hours."

"What?"

"You may be there for several days, so do be prepared for quite a long stay; pack accordingly."

Another long sigh escaped under her breath before she moved to excuse herself so she could go and get some of the last-minute packing done before departure. Why they decided to link Division Eleven and Division Four out on a mission was beyond her; it was notable that the two Divisions despised one another- a reason she was not entirely clear on and seemed solely from Division Eleven's point of view. It wasn't like they had gone out of their way to cross the Division but it was a matter that she did not wish to think on right now. There would be plenty of thinking to do later.

Until then, she had things to pack and stuff to do; she should probably inform Kiyone of her soon to be leave of absence. That was going to be fun to try and explain to the younger woman.

"Isane! Isane! IsaneIsaneIsane!"

She turned back at the call and watched as the certain blonde-haired woman was running towards her. "Kiyone, please, there's no running in the Division Four barracks."

"Rules, rules, rules." the woman seemed to tease as she drew in closer to her. "Guess who got picked to go on a mission into the human world?"

"How did you already know before I did?" Isane questioned.

"You're going too?"

It took a moment before she finally caught up on what the woman was saying. "Wait, hang on, who's letting you go out on a mission? There is no possible way that you could handle yourself out there."

The remark only seemed to bring a soft wrinkle to the woman's brow. "Hey now, Captain Ukitake made a very wise decision in choosing me; at least he didn't choose Sentaro, which would've been a horrible choice. But now we can go out on a mission together! How exciting is this!"

"Kiyone, I'd appreciate it if you took this a little more seriously."

"You know Yumichika's going to be on this mission."

"… And?"

"Oh please, like you could deny that look of almost too much approval."

"Approval for what? Look, Kiyone, it's normally a respective motive if you're chosen to go out and fulfill some kind of assignment, such as this. Which means, I'm not going to let anything distract me; which means, you should probably put a lid on this… whatever it is that you're trying to do."

"Help you find some kind of meaning in life?"

"I do not need a boyfriend to be happy!"

"No one said it had to be a boyfriend. It could be an acquaintance, a lover, a friend with benefits, a-"

"Kiyone. Stop."

The blonde-haired woman only seemed to grin once more at the act. "Okay fine, suit yourself. I'll see you in two hours- also, what exactly should I pack? I mean, I have clothes but should I bring something else? What exactly is illegal in the human world?"

"Go ask your Captain; I'm sure he has a list." Isane sighed; watching as her sister seemed to nod as though she hadn't thought of that and hurried back down the corridor- even after she told her there was no running. One hand moved to ruffle up her silver locks as she worked her way through the building, trying to find her way back towards her own wing before someone else wanted to interrupt her. She had less than two hours to get things together and pack appropriately. Come to think of it, she herself hadn't asked much about this 'task', so what was she supposed to pack for it anyway? Well… hopefully at most it would only last a few days and then they could return back upon completion of their objective. And then she could continue on with her normal, day-to-day routines.

… She wondered if he was really going to go on that mission.

Not that she was going to let him distract her or be distracted by it…

"You know, I heard Isane was going to be accompanying us on this mission."

A heavy wrinkle contorted his nose as he tried to focus on packing things for the task at hand; hoping to eventually ignore the bald man who stood in the open doorway. "Yes, and I heard Mizuho was going to be there too. Oh, what a coincidence for you. Now I can see why you were so willing to sign up for this rather pointless task."

"Don't try to change this subject around."

"What subject are we exactly discussing?" Yumichika questioned as he turned back to face the Third seat. "I assumed we were talking about this 'mission' and in which case we were both actively listing certain attributes that would following along with it. You see, when it's phrased that way, it doesn't necessarily seem off-task, now does it?"

He watched as the Fifth seat merely turned back to his packing and tried to leave the conversation-slash-argument off at that point; not that things were ever that simple. "I just thought I'd drop by and let you know- I wouldn't want you to be distracted during this mess."

"Tsk, please, when have I ever been distracted? Or have ever allowed myself to be distracted by a member of the opposing sex?"

"Most of the time, you say they're not worthy of becoming a distraction to anyone… but if I recall correctly, you were preoccupied with her plenty of times before; why should this be any different?"

… Okay so, as much as he would hate it, he had to admit that the bald man had a point.

The other women of the Society were… average but nothing of them exactly stuck out to him. Once before he reminded Matsumoto that it was only called a 'beauty mark' if the person was beautiful- otherwise it was just a mole; needless to say, she was not the least bit happy with him after that, but he valued his own sense of brute honesty. But then… the Fourth Division Lieutenant came along and things changed. He remembered how he used to hear her complain about her height, about how she couldn't do anything with her hair and how she wasn't near as stylish as everyone else- her much taller height made it impossible for her to find anything in her size. Personally, he liked every aspect of her. So what if her shirt didn't seem to fit the way she wanted it to? He thought it perfectly accented her eyes and her smile could go with anything anyways.

"It's different because-" he started to defend as he turned back towards the man- only to realize that he had disappeared. How long had he been thinking to himself? Shit, that silence practically gave himself away! A low groan escaped him as he realized that, as of now, there was no recovering from his lack of an answer in an appropriate time span.

It didn't matter.

He had more important things to worry with anyways.

It didn't take him quite as long to pack as he had first imagined, so there was some waiting room to spare before he headed off to where they were ordered to meet in the two hour time limit they were given. Luckily, he wasn't the first one there, so it wasn't entirely awkward to stand outside by himself- although the other two that were already present weren't too far away from that 'awkward' situation. He figured Ikkaku already would have been there but… he wasn't expecting the blonde-haired, Tenth Division Lieutenant to be ready to accompany them as well.

He wondered if she was still pissed off at him.

"About time you joined us? Decided to have some alone time with-"

"Don't even finish that sentence because I don't care much for it." Yumichika interrupted; cutting off the bald man before he could finish himself- which was probably for the better.

"Does anyone else find it odd that they're only sending Division members in instead of… I don't know, at least one Captain to accompany?" Matsumoto questioned.

"Odd? Yes, but do I really care? Not really." Ikkaku answered. "I'm sure there's a reason and for all we know, it's probably only a microscopic problem that wouldn't be worth wasting anyone's time for. Unfortunately, we're the ones with the most time to waste, so it's a given to send us instead."

"That's the worst explanation ever."

"Well I never said I was going to give you a good answer."

Oh, this conversation was going to be full of fun, he could already tell.

"Matsumoto!"

The trio of them seemed to glance back at the call even when the voice just shouted for one person. A second tussle of blonde-hair identified the shorter woman as the temporary-half Lieutenant of the Thirteenth Division; a position she shared with another member, Officer Sentaro. He figured he could recognize Kiyone from any distance. Her erratic behavior was easy to spot and… she was normally with her silver-haired sister.

"Kiyone!" Matsumoto called back with a quick grin and a wave. "You're coming along too?"

"Why does everyone find that so hard to believe?" Kiyone questioned as she grew closer to the group; one bag tightly tucked under one arm.

"Because Captain Ukitake doesn't feel comfortable sending out his Division members… especially after Officer Kaien's death."

"Oh yeah…"

He carefully eased himself out of that conversation; listening as the topic changed on a dime and the two girls went off on something that happened two days ago. Why couldn't they keep up on current topics instead? Always gossiping about something that happened days ago and no longer had relevance anymore.

"Uh… hey there, Yumichika."