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The Diplomat's Daughter
Chapter Four
It was really quite strange being back in Soul Society after being away in the Living World for so long, Shihoin Yourichi pondered. So much had changed, but so much was still exactly the same.
Take Kuchiki Byakuya, for instance. Sure, he was now an impressive Shinigami Captain (a shining example, really) and head of the noble family, but his Shunpo still left much to be desired (something that she delighted on reminding him at every given opportunity), and he was still a complete stick-in-the-mud. He was also still so terribly fun to annoy.
And today was simply perfect for sitting on his office window ledge and yowling incessantly.
"Err… Sir, don't you think we ought to-"
"Ignore it, Abarai."
"But, Sir, it's been three hou-"
"I said ignore it." Despite the captain's cool demeanor, his left hand was gripping ever tighter to his knee, and the brush held in his right hand was no longer as steady as it had been when she'd first arrived this morning. Oh yes, she was getting to him.
She was also attracting a crowd of bemused officers. Officers who had no idea of her true identity. Officers who would completely freak out if their stoic, impassive and completely unflappable captain went on murderous rampage after a cat.
Mind you, she would be the first to admit that she had nearly keeled over when she'd first heard the rumours circulating her little Byakuya-bo. A party? Potential miai? Pfft. He was going soft in the head. Not that she was surprised, not when his sister and lieutenant were so mawkishly happy.
In retrospect, maybe finding a wife would be good for him. Of course, if he was on the hunt for a potential Lady of the house, she have to make the most of the time that she had left.
A small kerfuffle from inside that stuffy office had her grinning like that Cheshire Cat that she'd once heard about in the Living World. Steely grey eyes were glaring menacingly at her.
Time to try out her new musical repertoire.
How did that 'Sakura Sakura' song go again?