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Disclaimer – I don't own Bleach, but I do own Shun, Rio, and Yuri.
Yuri sat on the roof, gazing at the sky with a wide smile. The sun was rising. The wind hit her face gently, blowing her hair back. She looked down, smiling softly, eyes shining. The Captain of the tenth... sure had gotten tall. She put her hands on her cheeks, blushing heavily, wondering if some women had their sights on him. She narrowed her eyes, and looked to the side. Of course there was. She also had men coming to her almost everyday in the World of the Living confessing their feelings.
She hugged her legs, resting her forehead against her knees, frowning slightly. Were the women that admired Hitsugaya more beautiful than her? She sighed, closing her eyes. Probably. She wasn't beautiful. Only cute. And if the women were more beautiful than her... did Hitsugaya not like her anymore? She whimpered, closing her eyes tightly, shoulder shaking slightly. She jumped and screamed, feeling a hand on her shoulder.
She turned her head, eyes widening when she saw the man she was just thinking about.
"Are you okay?" Hitsugaya asked, eyebrows furrowed, having seen the woman's shoulders shaking.
"Captain Hitsugaya! I'm sorry, I didn't see you!" Yuri yelled, flailing her arms, panicking.
"Yuri, there are people still trying to sleep." Hitsugaya said, sitting next to the woman, looking at the sunrise. "I knew you would be here."
"You did?" Yuri asked, furrowing her eyebrows, seeing dark circles under the Captain's eyes. "Shouldn't you be asleep as well, until you have to work?"
"I'm okay." Hitsugaya said, turning his head, giving the woman a soft smile.
Yuri blushed, looking back at the sun, wondering if he was just being nice. Like Rio, Yuri was able to tell that her Captain, the one she respected with all her being, was hiding something as well. She sighed, looking at the courtyard, eyes widening slightly, already seeing someone up. He had black hair and from what she could see, he looked bored. She shook her head. There was no time to be thinking about that. She looked back at the Captain.
"Captain Hitsugaya...?" Yuri muttered, looking at the Captain with a grin.
Hitsugaya turned to her, looking very tired. She hesitated, her smile faltering. She sighed, looking away, seeing the curious look the Captain gave her when she looked away. She beamed, looking back at the Captain.
"Maybe you should go back to sleep!" Yuri suggested, smiling brightly.
"No, I'm fine." Hitsugaya said, waving it off.
"But... you look tired." Yuri said, tilting her head, blinking curiously.
Hitsugaya smiled and patted the woman's head, seeing Yuri smile happily. He had missed her. What his lieutenant said was true. When she had left, he was in a grouchy mood, for quite a while. Everyone stayed out of his way, including his childhood friend, Momo. He had ordered everyone to stay out of his office, including his lieutenant, who only have him an incredulous look before following his order.
Suddenly, he pulled Yuri towards him, hugging her, making the woman widen her eyes.
"Captain... Hitsugaya...?" Yuri muttered, blushing, feeling the Captain's grip tighten.
He... missed her.
Someone was watching them. He narrowed his eyes, hands inside his pockets, looking at the couple. Who was with the Captain of the tenth?
-:-
Shun snored lightly, laying in her bed, room clean as well. She frowned deeply, opening her eyes, glaring at the wall, hearing someone pound on her door. Dammit! Getting on all fours, she cursed, grabbing her head, closing her eyes in pain. Damn hangover. Standing up, she walked over to the door, opening it, seeing the Captain. Her eyes widened, mouth falling open.
"Holy shit, you're up early." Shun commented, shocked beyond anything else.
"Shut up! Get dressed." Kenpachi growled, glaring at the woman.
Shun blinked, looking down, seeing that she was in her sleeping clothes. Nodding, she shut the door, making the Captain growl again. Damn idiot. He looked to the side, frowning deeply. He didn't like the fact that he missed her. He was actually pissed to be relieved when she came back. He felt warmth spread throughout his body, wanting, for some damn reason, just to hold her in his arms. He growled, not noticing the door open.
"...Ya know you have to move so I can get out, right?" Shun asked, seeing the Captain stand in front of the door.
The Captain looked down, seeing a smirk of amusement spread across Shun's face. He narrowed his eyes, seeing the woman put her hands in her pockets, walking out of the room, shutting the door behind herself. He held his arm out, grabbing Shun's waist, making the woman blink.
"Hey... What the hell?! Let go!" Shun yelled, struggling against the grip, glaring at the Captain.
Her eyes widened, feeling the Captain give her a chaste kiss before releasing her, walking by. She blushed, growling, turning her head, glaring at the large form of the Captain.
"Bastard." Shun muttered, walking after the Captain, arms folded in front of her chest.
She bumped into someone, curling her lip back, glaring at the man. He glared back at her, lip also curled back.
"Watch where you're going?!" They yelled in unison, blinking.
They stared at each other for a second before scoffing, walking away from each other. Shun frowned, wondering who the hell that was. He had blue hair. Was weird. Who had blue hair? She looked ahead, seeing the Captain waiting for her.
"Captain." Shun muttered, nodding to the man.
The Captain only rolled his eyes, making the woman frown. She scoffed, ignoring the Captain, walking by, only to blush when she saw the Captain smirk at her. Growling, she walked faster, wondering why her face got hot. There was no reason to be hot!
The man from before curled his lip back, seeing the woman with the Captain. Who the hell was she? Scoffing, he continued to walk, glaring at anyone that stared at him.
-:-
Rio opened her eyes, looking outside. Morning already? She sighed, turning around, covering her body with the blanket. She opened her eyes, hearing the sounds of people training. Why couldn't they train somewhere else? Sighing, she sat up, throwing the blanket aside, and standing up.
Time to get ready for the day. She walked over to the closet, pulling out her shinigami uniform. She didn't ask the Head of the Kuchiki clan why he wasn't telling her anything. Why should she? They weren't together. There was no reason for her to ask. She was from the Rukongai, he grew up in a noble family.
They could never be together.
She sighed, closing her eyes, opening the door. She smiled, feeling the wind hit her face gently. Walking out, she slid her door closed, looking at the sun. It was still morning. Walking down the hall, she looked onto the courtyard, seeing several people fighting. She blinked, seeing one particular man. He was sleeping. In the middle of the courtyard. She furrowed her eyebrows, tilting her head.
Continuing on her way, she couldn't help but wonder why he was sleeping there in all places.
She looked up, breath catching in her throat, furrowing her eyebrows, seeing the Captain of the sixth. Moving to the side, she bowed, eyes closed tightly. Go by. Just walk by her!
Her wish didn't come true.
"Rio." Byakuya said, seeing the seventh seat bowing.
"Captain Kuchiki." Rio greeted, standing up.
"Is there something troubling you, Rio?" Byakuya asked, eyes narrowed, seeing the woman's troubled look.
"No, nothing is troubling me, sir. Thank you for asking." Rio said, bowing once more.
Byakuya's eyes hardened slightly. She was bowing. Why was she bowing and being formal? By rank, yes, she should do that. But they had got to know each other. Something was troubling her.
"Rio, there is something bothering you. I wish to know what it is." Byakuya said, narrowing his eyes.
"Nothing is wrong, Captain Kuchiki." Rio said, standing up, smiling.
Byakuya hesitated before nodding, walking by, wondering why the woman wouldn't tell him. Someone he admired three years before.
Rio furrowed her eyebrows, lowering her head, seeing the Captain out of sight. She didn't want to be involved with him. She clenched her hands, closing her eyes. She didn't.
The man that was sleeping on the courtyard had one eye open, seeing the Captain talking with the woman. Who was she? He never saw her before. He opened the other eye, sitting up. In fact, he's only seen the Captain look troubled when he was talking about someone, which was rare.
-:-
Shun frowned, quirking an eyebrow, seeing Rio and Yuri's troubled looks. She sat on the ground, leaning against the wall, not knowing where she was at the moment.
"Why the hell do you guys look pathetic?" Shun asked, eyes narrowed, seeing her friends sit beside her.
"Because... I don't know what to do." Rio said, looking down, closing her eyes.
"You never know what to do when you're at that damn division." Shun said, curling her lip back. She turned to her other friend, frowning deeply. "What's wrong with you?"
"...Captain Hitsugaya... what if... he doesn't like me... and chooses someone else." Yuri muttered, lowering her head as well.
Shun rolled her eyes, leaning against the wall, looking at the clear blue sky. Every damn time something happens to them, they have to go to her for advice. Why her? She didn't know shit about that they were talking about.
"I'm sure it'll work out for you guys." Shun said, narrowing her eyes, rubbing the back of her neck. "Though... I'm not sure what the hell you guys are talking about."
She growled, seeing her friends look at her, giving her a look. She scoffed, looking away. How the hell was she supposed to know how to solve their troubles? They could do it themselves.
"There." Yuri chirped, smiling brightly.
"What?" Shun asked, turning her head.
She frowned, seeing a bow... in Yuri's hair. Rio smiled brightly and patted Yuri's head, finding her incredibly cute. Yuri grinned widely, looking at her two friends.
"You look..." Shun's voice trailed off, trying to find the right word.
"Nice?" Rio asked, giving Shun a dark smile.
"...Yeah." Shun said, frowning deeply, eyes narrowed.
They all sighed, looking up, bored looks on their faces. Yuri took the bow off, sighing, wondering if she should go to sleep. She was tired! Rio looked sighed, rubbing her eyes.
"You worked us too hard over the last three years." Rio and Yuri said in unison, kind of freaking Shun out.
Shun turned her head, looking at her friends, eyebrows pulled together, eyes wide. Both Rio and Yuri continued to look at her, exhausted looks on their faces. They continued to stare at each other.
"That was just... frickin' creepy." Shun said, quirking an eyebrow.
"But you did!" Yuri yelled, glaring at her friend, pouting.
"We're so tired, I want to sleep right now." Rio said, closing her eyes, sighing deeply.
"I was ordered to train you. So, I trained you. So, shut the hell up!" Shun yelled, glaring at her friend, lip curled back. "Complain when I was only following a damn order. Idiots."
Both Rio and Yuri pouted before sighing, smiling at their friend. She had trained them so hard, that they gained Bankai. But, it was so tiring. They paled, remembering how Shun looked when they asked her if they could have half a week off.
"Anyway, why're you guys here?" Shun asked, looking at her friends, quirking an eyebrow.
"Because... we want to." Rio said, smiling.
Shun only rolled her eyes, looking away from her friends. Idiots. Always have to be near her. Been like that since they met. They stayed quiet, not really knowing what to say.
Few seconds passed by.
Few minutes...
Several minutes...
Fifteen minutes...
"I'm gonna go." Shun said, standing up, getting fed up with the quiet.
"Okey dokey!" Yuri chirped, smiling brightly. "I better go too!" She yelled, also kind of getting tired of the silence.
"I should leave as well." Rio said, smiling softly, all women standing several feet from each other.
They stared at each other before turning, walking away. Shun frowned, looking to the side, hands inside pockets. Something was definitely bothering them if they were quiet. Especially the happy idiot.
-:-
Yuri skipped happily to the tenth division, smiling brightly. She didn't really get her answer from Shun, but at least her friend told her that everything was going to be okay. She widened her eyes, hearing someone call her.
"Y-Yuri?! A-Are you Yuri?"
Said woman turned her head, eyes continuing to widen when she saw the lieutenant of the third squad.
"Lieutenant Kira!" Yuri exclaimed, mouth falling open.
"You are... Yuri?" Kira asked, stepping forward, eyes wide.
Yuri smiled brightly and nodded, seeing the lieutenant smile as well.
"You've... gotten tall." Kira commented, seeing that the woman had grown, a lot, over the last three years.
"Thank you!" Yuri chirped, grinning brightly.
All of a sudden, Yuri launched herself at the lieutenant, making his eyes widened when she crashed into him, arms wrapped around his torso, sending both of them to the ground.
"I missed you, lieutenant Kira!" Yuri yelled, standing up, pulling the lieutenant to stand up as well.
"I missed you as well, Yuri." Kira said, standing up, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
She had grown over the years, shocking him when he saw her. At first he thought it was just another woman, until he saw her skipping. As far as he knew, no women skipped. When he looked at the color of her hair, he had paused from walking any further. That's when he had called her to see if it was his happy little friend.
Her hair had gotten longer, and her sleeves were long, but she still looked the same with that smile on her face.
"How was your training in the World of the Living?" Kira asked, smiling gently.
He blinked, seeing the normally happy woman pale.
"It was... tough." Yuri said, lowering her head. She beamed once more, looking at the lieutenant. "But thanks to Kitty, I was able to use my Bankai more effectively."
It was still hard for Kira to accept that a adorable woman like Yuri had Bankai. When he had heard, he was shocked beyond anything. He smiled at Yuri, seeing her smile back. But she was still the same nice friend he had.
"Are you still the lieutenant of the third squad?" Yuri asked, smiling brightly.
"Yes. Though, Renji mostly slacks off, saying he worked too hard at the sixth squad." Kira muttered, furrowing his eyebrows, wondering just how hard the Captain of the sixth worked.
"I'm glad that no one took your position." Yuri said, grinning widely.
He smiled and nodded. He widened his eyes, feeling the woman hug him once more. Yuri smiled brightly. It was good to see the lieutenant once more.
-:-
"Gotta question for you, Masuyo." Ikkaku said, sipping on sake... in the afternoon?
"What?" Shun asked, eating an apple, looking at the ceiling with a bored expression.
"You always forget people's faces and names... yet you remembered us after several seconds yesterday. Why?" Ikkaku asked, quirking an eyebrow, sitting across from the woman.
Everyone looked at the woman as well, curious. It was true that the woman would forget almost everyone she met. She had met Maki-Maki three years before, only to forget him the next day. Woman had a forgetful memory.
"Well, that's because I spent almost every damn day with you guys. And I sort of considered you guys friends." Shun said, looking to the side, seeing everyone smirking at her. "Don't give me those damn looks! I'm only saying that I remember you because you guys annoyed me almost everyday!"
"Thank you, Shun-chan." Yumichika said, smiling.
"Shut up and pass me a pile of paperwork." Shun growled, throwing her apple, seeing it amazingly land in the little garbage can.
"...You're willing to do the paperwork?" Kenpachi asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"Yes, I'm willing to do the damn paperwork!" Shun growled, glaring at the Captain. "Since you guys had ordered me to do it three years ago, mind as well do 'em again because you guys are too damn lazy."
"We're not lazy. Paperwork just isn't fun." Ikkaku said, scowling at the woman.
Shun rolled her eyes, holding her hand up, catching a brush and ink the Captain threw at her. She stood up, walking over to the closet, opening only to curse when a hundreds of forms fell out. She turned her head, glaring at the group, seeing the Captain and third seat smirk.
"Frickin' lazy bastards." Shun muttered, bending down and grabbing loads of paperwork.
While she was bent down, everyone's gazes went down as well, looking at her- Yumichika shook his head, eyes widening, shocked that he would actually look at Masuyo's ass! He glared at the other two men, seeing that their looks were still on the same place. Shun stood up, glaring at the paperwork.
"Three years... Three fucking years of paperwork!" Shun yelled, turning around, glaring at the group once more, lip curled back.
"...At least someone's doing 'em." Kenpachi said, chin resting on his palm and his elbow resting on his desk.
Shun growled, narrowing her eyes, glaring at the smart ass Captain. She stomped over to the couch, sitting down, grabbing the first form she saw. Her face darkened, curling her lip back, everyone getting a little freaked out. She looked pissed.
"This is a maternity leave request!"
-:-
Rio sighed deeply, cup of tea in her hand. She leaned on the rail, looking over the Seireitei from the second story of the sixth squad. She looked to the side, holding her breath when she saw the Captain of the sixth squad. She looked at the courtyard, closing her eyes tightly. Walk by. Walk by.
Damn! Hope just wasn't enough.
"Rio." Byakuya said, walking up to the woman.
The woman stood straight, no longer leaning against the rail, bowing immediately. They were still Captain and subordinate. She can't show her disrespect, which she doesn't have for her Captain. She respects him for his rank and his power. She knew he was stronger than her, so she should not say that she was strong.
"Captain Kuchiki." Rio greeted, sighing.
They couldn't be together. She clenched her hands, looking at her feet.
"Rio, why are you avoiding me?" Byakuya asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Oh! I'm not avoiding you, Captain Kuchiki!" Rio exclaimed, standing straight. "It's just that it's been three years since I've been here, that I thought I would walk around the division." She said, holding one finger in the air, as if proving her point.
"Rio." Byakuya said, staring at the woman with a serious expression.
"Uh... I'm... just sad that... I had to leave Urahara-sempai when we were training." Rio said, lowering her head.
What she said was true. Shun, Yuri, and her were friends with the shop keeper, and also respected him for being a Captain before. Though Shun said that if he kept staring at her and Yuri, she was going to kill him.
"Urahara...? Kisuke Urahara?" Byakuya asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Yes. He had trained me how to use my sword." Rio said, smiling brightly. "Once he saw how I was using my sword, he had asked me if he could train me a little better."
Though Shun took that as a insult and chased after him, saying she trained her as well. Byakuya narrowed his eyes. That ex-Captain had the nerve to talk to Rio? He clenched his hands, not knowing that Rio was lying, sort of.
She did miss the Captain, since he was a friend to her.
Both the Captain and seventh seat blinked, turning their heads, seeing a hell butterfly going towards them.
-:-
Shun's eyes were wide, staying away from the hell butterfly in the room, while the Captain held it up to his ear and listened. He narrowed his eyes, standing up, motioning the woman to follow. Shun quirked an eyebrow. Follow him...? What the hell for? She walked beside him, hearing him say what the message was.
Yuri blinked, holding up her hand, seeing the hell butterfly land on her finger and held it up to her ear, listening, the Captain of the tenth listening to the same message. She blinked, tilting her head, Kira blinking curiously as he heard the same message.
Byakuya held up the hell butterfly, listening to the message, narrowing his eyes. Rio looked on in curiosity, wondering what the message was. She blinked when she saw the Captain look at her and motion her to follow. He told her what the message was.
Shun, Rio, and Yuri narrowed their eyes, replaying the message in their heads. Go to the meeting hall for Captains... for observation for their strengths? What the hell did that mean?
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