-1Fipp: This takes place about seventy to seventy-five years after the Winter War.
New Captain Arc: Summons
Sixth Division
In his office, Kuchiki Byakuya diligently filled out paperwork, only to be interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Come in," Byakuya said, and the door slid open to reveal his vice-captain, Abarai Renji.
"Taichou," Renji said, placing a sizeable stack of papers on Byakuya's desk. "Some more papers came in from the Third." Byakuya looked down at the papers, then at his own pile. He sometimes wished he had let Renji purchase this thing called a paper shredder from the World of the Living.
"Very well, you may continue on your business," Byakuya said.
Renji nodded and was about to leave, when something about Byakuya's head, causing the captain to look up. Above his head he saw a Hell Butterfly that had flown through his window. He was about to reach out his hand, and allow the creature to deliver its message, when it bypassed him and flew towards Renji.
Confused, Renji put out his hand for the butterfly and listened to its message. Renji then took on a look of surprise before it flew away.
"What did it want Abarai?" Byakuya asked.
"The Soutaichou wants to see me," Renji said, eyebrow raised. "You have any idea why'd he'd want to see me?"
"I do not. But if you wish to find out, I suggest you make his way to the First."
"Uh, hai!" Renji then ran out of the office, leaving Byakuya alone.
With the paperwork.
Maybe Senbonzakura could work like a paper shredder.
000
Eleventh Division
Ikkaku, Yumichika, Iba, Yachiru and Grimmjow sat in a circle, playing poker and drinking sake. Well, technically, everyone but Yachiru was drinking, which greatly annoyed her.
"Damn it!" Yachiru cursed as the sake bottle, which was being tossed from person to person, was grabbed out of her reach. Again.
"Sorry Fukutaichou," Ikkaku said, swinging the bottle between his fingers. "Taichou said that you can't have any."
"Why not!" growled the pink-haired teen. In the years since Ichigo had become a captain, Yachiru had grown into a teenager, much to the horror of Kenpachi, who was now faced with the troubles of raising a teenager. One of his rules was to not to let Yachiru drink for any reason until she was of legal age, and those who break this rule would be hacked into tiny little pieces. "Just one little sip?"
"Nope, sorry," Yumichika said, looking over the cards in his hands.
"Fine," Yachiru folded her arms over chest, and blew a length of pink hair out of her face. "But on my birthday I am drinking myself into oblivion."
"That would be wonderful." Neither Ikkaku or Yumichika was looking forward to that party.
"Can we just get on with the game?" a frustrated Iba asked. "I just want to wipe the smug face off you." He directed his glare toward Grimmjow, who had been winning the game thus far.
"What?" the Fourth Seat grinned. "Pissed because I'm cleaning the four of you out?"
"Just give me time Jeagerjaques, I'll win everything back. Just you see!"
"Yeah yeah," Grimmjow waved off the vice-captain. "You just keep making excuses."
"Damn you," Iba growled.
"Well I'm gonna kick all you asses!" Ikkaku yelled.
"Hell Butterfly," Yachiru said, causing the rest too see a Hell butterfly flutter down towards them, and land right next to Grimmjow, who listened to the message.
"Tch," he said, pocketing the money he had won. "Look like you can't we back your cash Iba. Got to see the Soutaichou!" And with a laugh, Grimmjow soindoed off.
"Damn you Jeagerjaques!" Iba cried out, while the other three hung their heads.
000
Tenth Division
"What's the matter Shiro?" Hinamori asked Hitsugaya Toshiro as they walked back to his office from lunch.
"It's Hitsugaya-taichou," he replied automatically. "And I'm not worried about anything."
"Shiro?" she playfully whined. "Are you brooding on whether or not Matsumoto-san finished paper work while were out?"
"No one needs to brood over that," he said with a sigh. "Knowing her," he left his though in the air as they stopped in front of his office door and slid it open. His eye twitched at the sight. "Of course."
Not only was Matsumoto asleep on the couch, but the pile that he had asked her to do seemed to have grown at least twice as high since he left for lunch an hour ago. With a sigh, Hitsugaya walked over to the couch and place his hand on the back of it then pushed it backwards, sending Matsumoto rolling to the ground.
"Ouch!" she cried from the floor, only to jump back up, clutching her large chest. "That could have been a disaster! It's a good thing I had airbags!"
"Matsumoto," Hitsugaya growled, gaining his vice-captain's attention.
"Oh, Taichou!" She turned to see Hinamori by the door. "Hinamori-chan! How was lunch?"
"It was very pleasant Matsumoto-san, thank you for asking," Hinamori said.
"Matsumoto," Hitsugaya growled.
"U-uh, yes Taichou?" While Matsumoto was at times grateful for Hitsugaya's growth spurt, she often dreaded it, since now he could tower over her while scolding her.
"Didn't I tell you to get some paperwork done before I came back from lunch?"
"I did!" Matsumoto pointed to the 'Out' tray. It indeed have several sheets of paper in it.
"What about the rest?"
"Oh, well, our Third Seat, Mosqueda, came in and delivered some more, I decided to take a little nap, you know, to charge my batteries!"
"Matsumoto," Hitsugaya growled. "Do I have to freeze you to your desk to get you to do work?"
"Well um." Matsumoto looked around frantically, trying to find a way out of this mess, when she spotted the Hell Butterfly flutter into the room. "Taichou! A message!"
Hitsugaya looked toward the butterfly and had it land on his finger. He listened to the message and gave a heavy sigh. "I have to meet with Soutaichou, so looks like you're off the hook for now."
Matsumoto beamed.
"Don't worry Shiro," Hinamori said. "I'll help her with her paperwork."
Matsumoto deflated.
"Really?" Hitsugaya raised an eyebrow. "What about Kurosaki? He's almost as bad with paperwork as Matsumoto. As hard as that is to believe."
"I'm right here!" Matsumoto whined, only to be ignored by both her captain and fellow vice-captain.
"Don't worry, I have it covered.
000
Fifth Division
Kurosaki Ichigo dropped his pen back into the ink well and looked at the paperwork he had done. About a third of his work, and he thought he had deserved a break. He stood up from his seat and cautiously walked to the door and gave an experimental tap, Hinamori had a tendency to lock him in his office via a kido spell.
Seeing no kido spell Ichigo active, grinned to himself, and made to leave his office, and maybe find Rukia. Though she would probably berate Ichigo for trying to take her out of work since she had to basically run her division since Ukitake's health had been declining in recent years. Hell, yesterday was the first time in a long time Ichigo could remember the white-haired captain attending a captain's meeting.
This was why Ichigo would try and take Rukia out of work, because he knew her mind would be on Ukitake's health, and how he would most likely not see the end of the decade. Ichigo opened the door, but was not met by a kido barrier, but by his Third Seat.
"Uh, hi Nel," Ichigo said. "What're you doing here?"
"Planning to go anywhere Ichigo?" Nel asked, arms folded over her chest.
"Um, nowhere really, just going to take a walk for a few minutes." Ichigo nervously scratched the back of his head, he knew that if he left work now, he probably wouldn't return for the rest of the day.
"Sorry Ichigo," Nel said. "Hinamori-fukutaichou told me to keep you in here until all your paper work in done." Nel peered around Ichigo to see the work he had done. She had to admit, it was more then he normally did.
"Come on Nel! Just a few minutes!"
"Sorry, orders are orders."
"What! I outrank Hinamori!"
"Ichigo," Nel said calmly, with the same calm expression that she always displayed, though Ichigo felt his resolve to leave quickly leaving. Dammit! He had to stop sending her the Fourth every so often! She was learning far too much from Unohana. Ichigo would rather face all the dead Espada at once then stand up to her.
"Fine," Ichigo mumbled before trudging back into his office, and shutting his door. "Now what I am supposed to do?" Ichigo thought for a moment, before an idea struck. "The window!" Ichigo ran to the window and opened it up and jumped back out, only to be thrown back in his office moments later. "What the hell?" Just then Ichigo felt a very heavy weight fall on his back. "AAAGGHH!"
"Sorry Ichigo, can't let you out, don'tcha know?" Dondochakka asked as he sat on Ichigo's back.
"Yeah Ichigo, you can't be a slacker! Neliel asked us to keep you in here, incase you jumped out the window!" Pesche taunted Ichigo from the front.
"Would you two get the hell off of me?!" Ichigo yelled at his two Fifth Seats, though he knew they wouldn't listen to him.
"Sorry Slacker-taichou!" Pesche said.
"Don't call me that!"
Outside the office Nel sighed to what she heard from Ichigo's office. Sometimes Pesche and Dondochakka carried things a little too far.
Nel then noticed the Hell Butterfly.
"Ichigo, Pesche, Dondochakka," Nel called through the door. "I have to leave for an hour or so, okay?"
"Hai!" replied the Hollows.
"Damn it Nel! Get me out of here!"
"Make sure he does his paperwork."
"Hai!"
"Get the hell off me!"
Nel walked down to the first, without a second thought to the chaos behind her.
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