Disclaimer: Of course, no characters belong to me... as always. Enjoy!
Today was a rather lazy day in all of Soul Society. No ryoka breaking in or anything. The third seat of the Eleventh Division, Madarame Ikkaku had dozed off at the base of a tree and was snoring quite loudly with the fifth seat, Ayasegawa Yumichika, frowning in slight disgust.
Ikkaku was dreaming that he and Yumichika when he heard yelling following close behind him. Both of them stopped walking and turned to look behind them.
"Hah ha! I did it! I achieved Bankai!" Their taichou Zaraki Kenpachi was yelling as he scared away members of his own division.
Ikkaku's eye twitched and he muttered, "No way…"
Frozen in shock, Yumichika and Ikkaku just stood there silently as they watched their taichou rejoice happily, Yachiru was hanging onto his shoulder and cheering him on.
"I'm even stronger now! Which one of ya bastards wants ta fight me?" Zaraki asked as he looked around at the Eleventh Division members.
"Oh shit…" Ikkaku cursed turning away to avoid the situation, which was a really bad decision for him to make.
Yachiru immediately pointed at Ikkaku and said loudly, "Ken-chan! Ichi told me that baldy has a bankai!"
"Did he now?" Ikkaku could just see Zaraki's grin widening and his eyes glinting something evil.
"Madarame, that true? You got a Bankai?" Zaraki's was sounding crazier as he made his way over to Ikkaku.
Frozen stiff, Ikkaku was caught and beads of sweat were rolling down his head, making it especially shiny. Very slowly, Ikkaku turned around, not wanting to make any sudden movements that could have set Zaraki off.
"Ah, well…" Ikkaku was quickly scanning the area to see if there were any escape routes that he could use to flee.
Zaraki grinned even more and said in a low but excited voice, "Let's fight using our Bankai's only Madarame!"
Feeling an invasion of personal space, Ikkaku took a few steps backwards and stuttered. There was actually fear in his voice. Madarame Ikkaku was actually scared. "H-h-h-hold on a minute! We can't use our Bankais just because we have them! Yamamoto-soutaichou has to order special wartime use! Besides, if we use our Bankais, we'll destroy most of Seireitei!"
"Who the hell cares! I got a damn Bankai! So prepare yourself Madarame!" Zaraki put a hand on the hilt of his zanpakuto and Ikkaku actually started to back away.
Zaraki began to draw his zanpakuto and Ikkaku began to turn away. He started running, fearing for his life as he felt a powerful reiatsu overcome his for a moment before remembering to keep running.
"I guess since you're runnin' Madarame that that means yer lettin' me make the first move! So here goes!" Looking over his shoulder, Ikkaku saw Zaraki's reiatsu flowing from Zaraki and his zanpakuto. There was a big flash coming from the psychotic taichou and Ikkaku yelled and woke himself up.
Completely disoriented, Ikkaku looked around to see he was sitting under a tree with Yumichika, who looked at him as if he were sprouting wings from the temples of his bald head.
Ikkaku, completely ignoring his bewildered and confused friend, stood and headed back to the Eleventh Division Headquarters. Yumichika just got up as well and followed him.
"Where are we going?" Yumichika asked, but received no response.
Ikkaku just marched up to his taichou and avoided beating around any bush. "Taichou, have you achieved Bankai?"
Zaraki just looked up at him blankly and slightly pissed with Yachiru looking over his shoulder and a piece of paper in his hand.
"What the hell are ya talkin' 'bout? I rely on my own damn strength ya wuss," Zaraki growled.
Ikkaku just sighed heavily in relief as he went about his day a little happier than just moments before.