Kaiyu recalled going through tremendous pain before she blacked out. Her feet still hurt but not like they had before. It was mid-day when the woman awoke in her bed, her clothing still the same though she had been wrapped underneath a blanket.

She groggily moved to stand up, realizing she would have to work all day she sighed. Her feet slowly moved towards the bathroom, the muscle pain still existing in her feet as an echo, but she didn't mind. It was a fair reminder that she shouldn't have done what she did. If she had wanted an instantaneous win, she should've just released her Bankai and hoped for the best, considering that Tsuyoshi, her zanpakuto spirit wasn't very happy with her when she did release her Bankai as it could easily cause equal damage which it output, to her body.

The woman showered, wrapping herself in white cloth, tying it around her for the time being before moving back towards her bedroom where she got to work with clothing. She needed several different choices, preferably two or three that looked the same, so she could have one go to outfit regardless of situation.

She hadn't noticed how the time had passed, hearing a knock at the door before it opened. She slowly got up, moving towards the door way of her bedroom to look at her visitors only to find a group of people. Her brows furrowed as she looked at Shunsui, Kenpachi, Aizen and several others she didn't recognize. She felt oddly uncomfortable noticing a young man with silver hair, his smile made her curious yet wary.

"We came to celebrate," Announced Shunsui as Kenpachi grunted loudly in agreement, "Just don't throw up all over my carpets. Give me a little and I'll finish what I'm doing and then prepare food and tea if anyone would like."

Aizen immediately piped up, "Tea for me, please." To which the woman cast him a welcoming smile whilst watching the group settle down in the living room. She could hear small chatter whilst she moved around her bedroom placing things away and picking up a short kimono she had sewn today, it allowed for freedom, however it did reveal her legs, but it would have to do. She slowly put the white piece of, tying it together with soft, black silk ribbon into a small bow in the front.

She moved out into the kitchen, her movement still slow, "How are your feet?" Shunsui asked, having left the group. The woman turned around, her back pressed against the counter top as she looked at the man, "Bearable, still painful, however not as terrible as last night, thank you." She replied quietly before taking out a round plate and tea cups which had been stacked.

"Let me help you out, just tell me what to do," Kaiyu nodded at Shunsui's offer before pointing him towards the sink, "Wash them, I don't quite understand how it works as I used clay pots and boiled river water to clean up."

She handed the plate of tea cups to the man seeing a small pink haired woman pop into the kitchen area, she looked at the woman with a huge smile which Kaiyu returned whilst leaning down to the same level as the smaller girl, "Aaaaa, Yachiru wants candy! Does Lady Kaiyu have any?"

The woman thought for a second, standing up and looking through her cupboards before finding a small box of sugar candies, they had been her favorite and Yamamoto had taken care to stock them for her. She leant back down, handing the little box to the girl, but not giving it to her, "I'll give this to you if you don't call me Lady, alright, Yachiru?"

The small girl clapped her hands together, "Yes Miss Kaiyu!" To which Kaiyu shook her head, "No miss either, just Kaiyu."

"Okay Kaiyu!" And with that the woman gave her the candies before returning back to preparing the herbs.

"I finished washing them, should I dry them now?" Shunsui asked, looking at the back of the woman, "Yes, there are towels in the cupboard above the sink, just leave the towel on the counter later, I'll clean it."

She received no reply as she continued on with the herbs, she picked out peppermint and chamomile, lightly grinding it up in smaller pieces before adding ginger root to the mix and lemon juice. She hadn't been sure how well would this turn out but she assumed it should be fine, this time another voice interrupted the peace in the kitchen, "We brought sake, is there any chance we could get sake cups?"

Kaiyu looked at the source, it had been a man with red hair tightly held together in a ponytail. "Will you clean them, then?" She asked softly, opening the same cupboard from which she had brought out one plate, bringing out another wooden plate before placing sake cups on it and handing them to the man who without a word moved to the sink beside Shunsui, grumbling something but doing the work she expected him to.

The woman was quick in the kitchen, swiftly moving to the stove, turning it on before placing a kettle with water to boil. Bringing out two tea pots, she opened them and cleaned them before adding the herb mix she had created in both, pouring hot water over them when the water was ready.

She looked at Shunsui who had still been cleaning the cups before she shook her head, men were slow if they hadn't been used to doing this type of work, it never took long nor a lot, but for some reason all the men she had encountered had been slow. Even now, recalling back when she had bribed Yamamoto into helping her around the kitchen, she only trusted he cut the vegetables, if it came to dishes, he took too long cleaning as well.

Kaiyu ushered both men back to the room, quickly finishing washing and cleaning before placing both tea pots on each plate in the middle of the cups. She slowly picked both up before balancing them on her palms, walking in a steady pace from the kitchen to the living room area. She placed them down easily, moving the second teapot from the sake plate to the other plate.

"Sorry for your legs," Kenpachi said, looking very serious to which Kaiyu rose her brow, curiously staring at the man, "I should've listened to Shunsui and Aizen when they spoke in your stead."

The table went deathly silent whilst everyone just look back and forth between the two. Kaiyu shook her head, motioning for the man to stand up once he did, he towered the woman but that hadn't been what she had been interested in. The woman wrapped her arms around the man, squeezing him in a hug. He looked confused and uncomfortable, at that point Shunsui barked out in laughter whilst Aizen just hid his laughter behind the cup of tea he had poured himself.

"I'm fine," She said, letting go of the man, "Now sit down, we're all adults here, no harm had been done."

The chatter sprang back to life, everyone talking about things they knew. She had learnt that Shunsui's new lieutenant was Nanao Ise. She was a smart woman and the only person who she talked to the most that night.

Kaiyu hadn't expected the men to bring boxes of Sake, she thought they had been talking about perhaps ten bottles, but not four boxes, where each held a total of forty bottles stacked. It also appeared that her so called celebration had spread around Seireitei and more people had joined. She pinched the bridge of her nose, seeing more and more people arrive, bringing their own drinks, however also food, which she had been thankful for. Her living room had been full of high ranking officers and Captains.

Kaiyu had excused herself to the kitchen where she remained most of the night, chatting with both Nanao and Aizen. Several hours later Aizen had excused himself a while after Gin had. Nanao excused herself as well, leaving her Captain in Kaiyu's hands after she realized the bond both people had.

The woman's eyes looked at her living room as if it had been a war zone. People had been drunk, sprawled across the floor. A heavy sigh escaped her lips as she slowly moved everyone into a more comfortable position, sometimes waking someone up but just as quickly assuring that everything had been fine and they went back to sleep. She cut and laid out thick material over everyone as she kept the house doors open to erase the stench these people left behind.

Breakfast preparation began at 4am, the woman had too many mouths to feed so she would just start now. Her feet hurt less now, so she had been quick around the garden, gathering carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers and also some oranges and pears.

She diced the carrots, boiling them whilst cutting the tomatoes and cucumbers, adding sour cream over them before additionally adding chives, salt and chopped up onion. She cooked several cartons of eggs, caramelizing onion with the carrots whilst also slowly cutting the pears into slices and skinning the oranges.

By 7am the woman had been done, believing she had created enough food for the group, she cleaned the table in the living room, slowly placing everything atop of it, preparing two more tea pots and cleaning the used sake and tea cups.

Then at 8am, she woke them up, she wasn't kind, she removed all of the warm material first, realizing she would probably have to wash it before being able to use it again. A small frown found its way to her face, but she noticed some Lieutenants had been waking, at this point, she gave it five more minutes, realizing only two people had woken up, she headed straight into the kitchen, taking hold of two metal pan lids she moved into the living room, smacking them together. The sound was if something had exploded, which brought everyone up, looking around, whilst her eyes judged the group of people in her living room before she pointed towards the dining table.

"Dishes and utensils are there, don't break anything." She said thoughtfully before moving back into the kitchen to place all the cooking ware away.

The people seemed guilt ridden and ate quietly before one after another excusing themselves. The only person left had been Shunsui who moved back into the living room, sitting on the couch, watching the woman blankly stand in front of the sink, having figured out how it worked.

Kaiyu could feel his eyes burning into her back as she finally turned around, the man's eyes eating her up whilst her usual smile faltered. Her usual enthusiasm was gone in a heartbeat, her footing slow was she made her way towards the man, laying onto his lap, her back facing him.

"I miss them, it's not the same here," She said quietly, feeling his fingers running through her hair, playing with a single lock of her black hair.

The man frowned, his fingers brushing behind the woman's ear, "I know, I think about them often."

They sat in silence, unaware of their surroundings and though the woman wanted to act out on her instincts, she wouldn't make the first move, something was still holding her back, or rather someone. Foolish is what she had been, naïve and foolish, you couldn't even blame it on her being young, she was past beyond her years of prime.

The sliding door opened and Kaiyu glanced towards it, seeing Nanao and Aizen standing, looking at them curiously. Nanao had been the first to leave, a curious blush covering her cheeks and Aizen left soon after, winking at Kaiyu to which she snorted.

"Your lieutenant may be jealous," She said, turning onto her back as she looked up at the man, he didn't seem as amused as Kaiyu had been.

"I should go clear up the misunderstanding." The man said, somehow drifting off into a deeper thought than the woman had expected him to. When she had been the Captain of Third Division, he had always kept her company in many ways alike to this, but it seemed now, that it won't be the case anymore.

She wanted to say don't go, but she couldn't muster up the courage, so instead, she choose to support his decision, "Yeah, perhaps you should." Her tone was off completely though the man hadn't taken notice, only gently moved her head before leaving in a rush.

Love, what a curious creature, she had wound up getting her feelings hurt again because she expected more than she should've, because even when he visited her whilst in exile, he wouldn't get close to the woman anymore, just kept her company whilst chatting.

Her hands found their way to her face, wiping away the tears that had started to spill, when had she become so weak? She wondered before burying her face into a lone pillow which sat at the arm rest.

The day ended quite uneventful, Aizen hadn't returned back at any point, which she somehow had hoped for, she craved company, but she couldn't get it, because everyone was busy. She hadn't done anything much that day besides cry and clean up afterwards before getting into bed and tossing and turning, trying to force herself to sleep.

The same questions kept running through her mind, had she become too weak? When did she become so weak? Would nothing be the same? And they haunted her, she couldn't get her mind to stop, eventually she got dressed, she had to leave, Seireitei wasn't the place for her, it took her only two conscious days to realize this.

She slowly folded her kimono's, wrapping them in silk before placing the items in a large sash which she tied around her shoulders. Her hands reached for the zanpakuto before she heard Yamamoto's voice, "Running?"

She shot the man a glare before she felt his reiatsu spike, "I give you an opportunity and you defy me in less than a month by trying to leave?" Every step he made towards the woman, his reiatsu got crazier, then, she collapsed onto the ground, the pressure becoming unbearable as her breath hitched.

"Why?"

"be-because it's not the same without them." She spat out, feeling the pressure disappear slowly, the man's frown was imminent. She slowly stood up, looking at him curiously, wondering whether she should test him further or not, perhaps not considering the shape she was in right now.

"You'll be moved to your new Division tomorrow, if you choose to stay. Builders are there and all you need to do is put forward plans, bury and drown yourself in work if you must, but don't leave." He said, his eyes watching the woman as she sat down on the edge of her bed, staring at him.

"I'd prefer if your Division included the grand elements which your village did, I want your Division to become reliable and soon, you'll be receiving excellent recruits." He continued on as he watched the woman, "I also expect you to improve yourself, the fight with Kenpachi could've been over in minutes, it didn't require hours."

The woman just shook her head, "I'll stay, if the Division isn't what I expect it to become, I'll remove myself immediately from said position and move back."

"I won't object that, carry on as you must." He said as he turned to leave, the woman undid the sash, looking at the material row before looking back at the man, "I expect fully equipped sewing rooms and kitchens."

"You may have whatever you like, just don't make it too expensive." The woman murmured in agreement, watching him leave as she moved towards the stacked materials. Now she had to prepare everything she thought she would've in weeks-time if she hadn't decided to leave.

The woman spent the rest of the night sewing again. Her fingers worked quickly whilst drawing the forms and cutting material, too much had happened all at once, things were moving forward too fast and she didn't like that at all.

By the time sun rose the woman had sewn enough to have a different outfit for the duration of two weeks every day, which was enough, for now, perhaps something else would cross her mind later on.

True to Yamamoto's word, she moved to where her Division would be, it was very far away from the usual row of Division's, but that was fine. The building had already began, she saw what looked alike to her old house. A small smile rose onto her lips as she walked around before meeting with different builders, explaining what she wanted and helped them.