Yuki could feel her heart drop to her stomach. When she looked at her captain standing in her doorway his face was filled with fury and envy, but when she blinked his expression was replaced with a goofy smile.

"Sorry to intrude, just wanted to check on my Yuki-san." Shunsui emphasized on the 'my', then laughed while leaving without another word.

Yuki glanced over to Kensei who was still looking at the door where Shunsui just left. His face was unreadable. Yuki laughed to try and ease the awkward situation.

"I'm surprised he's not napping or drinking! It seems like that's all he ever does." Yuki walked over to her closet and put on a nightgown.

"Yes… he takes some unexpected actions at times. Which I have to admit, can be quite frustrating." Kensei ran his fingers through his messy hair. "He's a respectful captain though and I wouldn't want to uh… anger him. He is one of the oldest and strongest captains, you know that right?"

"Of course I know that, he's my captain after all." Yuki was a bit confused as to why he was educating her on something that was so obvious.

"That's why I probably shouldn't see you like this anymore. Well more like I shouldn't be talking to you unless its business related. " Kensei's expression was emotionless.

"Oh.. I see. Well I guess that means you should leave." Yuki turned to walk over to the kitchen to hide the tears forming in her large emerald eyes.

Without another word Kensei left her house. But why would he do this? I truly thought we were at least friends. I was truly falling for him, he was so sweet. Why such a sudden change? Was it something Shunsui said?

The next morning Yuki was given the chance to battle one on one sword combat with some of the squad 11 members. This is a bit frightening considering the reputation of squad 11. And I can't seem to get Kensei off of my mind.

When Yuki arrived to the training grounds of squad 11, it was filled with soul reapers fighting one on one. Yuki looked around then finally spotted Nanoe.

"Vice-captain!" yelled Yuki who then ran over to her superior. Standing beside her was a bald man with red marks to the side of his eyes. There was also a man with shoulder length jet black hair and feathers coming from his eyebrow and eyelashes. He had a sour look on his face.

"Hello," Yuki bowed at the two men and gave them her most beautiful smile. "My name is Yuki-Takahashi and I'm the 3rd ranking member of squad eight." Yuki smiled again trying to give them a good impression of her.

"Yes we know." Said the dark haired man with a pissed of look on his face. The bald man laughed and hit his friend on the side of his head. "Hey! That hurts! Ugh you've ruined of hair!"

"Hi Miss. This doofus over here is just jealous because you're so beautiful." He then laughed.

"Hey! But I'm more beautiful! Right Ikkaku? You know I'm more beautiful than anyone."

"Right, I'm Ikkaku Madarame but just Ikkaku is fine. I'm the third ranking officer in squad eleven and this guy is the fifth ranking officer." Ikkaku raised his head proudly; clearly he was proud to be ranked higher than his friend.

"You know if I wanted I could be ranked third instead of you! Anyways my name is Yumichika Ayasegawa and since it seems we are being all buddy-buddy here then I suppose you can just call me Yumi."

It's nice that they're being well… sort of friendly. Yet I know that they're from squad 11 which means that I'll have to show them my fighting skills to truly prove my worth.

"Well it's nice to meet you Yumi and Ikkaku. I presume I'll be training with you today?" Yuki looked over to Nanoe.

"Yes that is correct. Now I'll leave you with these two, I have paper work to finish." Nanoe nodded then left.

~after training sword fighting skills for several hours~

"I must say you're quite impressive. And I hear that your zanpakuto is even more impressive." Yumi smiled and put his zapakuto back into his holster.

"I suppose it's unique, but I'm no different that you two skills wise." Yuki then giggled. "You two are so funny together, today was fun."

"I have to agree, we should train together more often. You're a challenge which is nice." Ikakku seemed relaxed and happy. "Fighting always gets me in a good mood. You two wanna go get some food? All this fighting has gotten me a bit hungry."

The three soul reapers walked towards the food hall while joking around. These guys are great. It's so nice to find people to train with who aren't scared of me.

It was dinner time so the food hall was busy. When they finally got they're food they sat down and began to eat.

"Oops, I forgot the soy sauce, do you guys need some?" Yuki could feel her stomach grumbling.

"Ah, yes please!" Yumi smiled and clapped his hands. "Soy sauce makes everything taste better!"

Yuki laughed then walked towards the condiments table. To her dismay, Kensei and a few of his squad members were standing beside her destination. Should I say hi? But he did say we shouldn't interact unless its business related.

Yuki walked over the table to pick up packets of soy sauce. She glanced to her left where the man she made love to was standing. He was wearing his usual attire and looked just as gorgeous as usual. Yuki could feel tears creeping to her eyes but tried to hold them back as she greeted the captain.

"Hi Captain Muguruma!" she could tell her voice was a bit shaky but she could care less.

The tall silver hair man glanced at her then nodded and returned back to talking to his squad members. When he looked at her, his eyes were cold and icy.

Yuki felt tears streaming down her face so she quickly left and returned to her table.

"Um… what's wrong?" Ikakku voice was a bit unsteady; Yuki could tell he was uncomfortable dealing with crying females.

"How is this fair?" whined Yumi. "She's even more stunning when she cries!"

Yuki tried to smile but it ended up being more of twitch. She then wiped her eyes and looked at her two new friends. "It's nothing, just remembered something that's all." She tried to cover the sadness in her eyes but the two soul reapers could see past it.

"Well everything is going to be 'A' O.K.!" chirped Ikkaku. "Let's go and fight some more, that's what always brings up my mood when I'm down!"

"Ah I have to agree with baldy over here." Yuki laughed at Yumi calling Ikakku 'baldy'. "See, you can make some new memories with us right?"

"Aw, you two are the best." Yuki jumped across the table and hugged her two new friends.

"Uhh why is it she's beautiful no matter what she does!" Yumi laughed while complaining it's not fair.

~later on that night~

"Hi captain, you called for me?" Yuki bowed to Shunsui. "I'm sorry for what you had to walk in on yesterday, it was irresponsible of me." Yuki could feel heat rushing to her cheeks.

"Ah, no worried my precious Yuki-san." Shunsui smiled and patted her on the head. "I must say you've got quite the body."

"Captain!" Yuki then slapped her captain across the arm. How embarrassing!

"Oh, I'm just playing with you." But in reality they both knew he was serious.

"Is that all you wanted to say to me captain? Because it is getting late." Yuki looked at the captain who was fidgeting with his pink kimono.

"Ah, well it seems that old man Yamamoto is setting up a group to head to Hueco mundo. It appears that one of the espada members is still alive and has taken control of Los Noches. Her name is Tier Hallibel. We aren't going to start a fight or anything, we're going to just talk and settle an agreement. It's understandable that there will always be hallow's no matter what so we aren't going to stop them. We are going to try and prevent any conflicts with this espada. We don't want any more wars now do we?" Shunsui's voice was a bit shaky which was unusual for him. "Well a few members from each squad will be sending their best to go on this mission. The old man doesn't want to take any risks, and he hopes for this trip to be short. So he wants the strongest to go… this includes captains, vice captains, high ranking soul reapers. Sadly Yamamoto ordered for you to go specifically. Neither I nor Nanoe will be attending so it will be just you representing our squad."

"I see. Don't be sad captain I can handle myself." Yuki smiled nervously at her captain.

"Well I'm not sad, just worried. I don't want my Yuki-san to get hurt. I presume no fighting will be taking place but you never know."

Yuki walked over to her captain and hugged him. She knew this was not right, but it felt like it was the perfect moment. Yuki looked up into her captains eyes. "Thanks for caring Captain, it means a lot truly." She then blushed and quickly stepped away from him. When she looked again at Shunsui his cheeks we're flushed and he was grinning like a little boy on Christmas morning.

"Ah well back to the mission. Byakuya will be leading the mission since he has already experienced time in Hueco Mundo. He alone will be attending from his squad. Now for the other squads…" Shunsui pulled out a list and started listing off names.

"Captain Soifon from squad 2 will be going, Vice-captain Izuru Kira from squad 3, Hanataro Yamada from squad 4 for healing, Captain Shinji from squad 5, ah no one from the 7th division I'm not sure why…" Shunsui paused. Anger appeared in his eyes, "Captain Kensei from squad nine will be going… Takezoe from squad 10, Yumichika and Ikkaku from squad 11, Captain Mayuri and vice-captain Nemu from squad 12, and finally Rukia Kuchiki from squad 12. It's a very skilled group of people so I know you won't get hurt."

"Wow so many captains and vice-captains, Head captain Yamamoto must be taking this seriously." Yuki laughed but then quickly stopped because she felt like if she were to talk or laugh again she might puke with anxiety.

"Hmm, well they leave tomorrow morning so get a good rest ok Yuki-san?" Shunsui then took a step towards Yuki and placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked up into in his grey eyes and saw kindness in them. "I care for you Yuki-san, I hope you understand that… I don't want you to be reckless. Leave any problems that arise to the captains understood? Don't jump into any scenarios unless you're completely sure." He then leaned down and kissed her cheek.

Yuki could feel the stubble brush against her skin as he pulled away. He still had his hand on her shoulder. She put her hand on his.

"Thank you very much Captain," Yuki smiled up at her captain. "Don't miss me too much while I'm gone." Yuki winked then went off to her own house.

I wasn't aware that Shunsui cared so much for a woman he basically just met. I know I'm special in a way but it's still odd, yet flattering. It makes me a bit nervous knowing that Kensei will be on the mission but atleast I'll have Yumi and Ikkaku to talk to. Being with all the captains and vice-captains will certainly be intimidating. Well I'm just going to have to prove to my captain that I can handle myself, and make him proud of me.

So I hope this chapter was ok. I just you know did what I always do; make up stuff while I write. I really should plan stuff out! But at least with this mission coming up I'll have something to write about in the next chapter. Again, I'm thankful for anyone reading, I know it can get a bit boring with an oc but I'm trying to make her as likable as possible and the story as interesting as possible. SO…. Who knows what will happen on the mission? Maybe some arrancars will still be alive? Who knows right? Haha right so in the manga/anime some espada members could be announced dead but I might bring back a few that were killed. Not the ones with major deaths like Starrk or Ulquiorra although I wish I could. Starrk and ulquiorra are my two favorite espada members, but maybe a blue haired devil will return? Hehe I hope this makes it a bit more exciting, thanks for reading and review plz I wanna know what you're thinking about this so far! Thanks!