Oh god, I am so sorry! I feel horrible for not updating sooner…
I will be posting every Sunday from now on at least. I will try to get in another on Thursday or Friday.
So…anyway, Kenpachi won, so we'll see a bit of him.
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Fairy Flame Key: Good question. Ichigo doesn't have a key, considering that he's alive.
Byakuya, Mayuri, and Momo may appear next chapter. PICK! :D
A week later, Toshiro appeared at the guild, appearing slightly sleepy. During the time he was gone, Lucy had been using Rangiku and her other spirits and had not collected any other Shinigami keys, considering that her friends might want something for themselves.
Lucy was sitting at the counter in front of Mira and they were chatting.
When the white-haired Captain appeared on a seat next to her, Lucy jumped, and Mirajane merely smiled warmly at him.
"Good morning to you too," he muttered. "Seriously, did I scare you that badly?" He shook his head. "Anyway, Matsumoto screamed at me this morning that I can't stay here for more than twenty minutes, which is bullshit if you ask me."
"Look, the white-haired boy's here!" said a certain pink-haired dragon slayer. Natsu gave Toshiro a grin.
Toshiro sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Humans," he grumbled. He cleared his throat. "So anyway, Lucy, I'm here to tell you that I'll be able to be summoned unless I say that I can't. See you." He disappeared in a flash of black sparks.
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They took up another mission to get a Shinigami Key, mainly because all of the other jobs either paid only a little or the jobs gave something none of them could use.
Their client—or clients—were the giants of the Sun Village. They were to pick up the Shinigami Key and subdue it, mainly because it was hyperactive and had a tendency to challenge people to fights and ended beating the challengers really badly. That sounded a lot like Natsu, though none of them pointed this out.
They arrived and greeted the giants and the key was given to them.
"I summon thee, Shinigami!" Lucy called nervously, wondering what this new spirit would be like.
A little girl—who was even shorter than Toshiro—with short pink hair appeared, wearing a black kimono and a sword at her side.
Even Erza couldn't contain the words that slipped out of her mouth. "That's the Shinigami that beats everybody?"
The girl merely beamed at them. "Hi! I'm Yachiru, lieutenant of the Eleventh Division! No, I'm not the Shinigami you're looking for! You're looking for Ken-chan!"
Another Shinigami appeared next to Yachiru. The fact that the little girl could get away with calling this monster dude Kenny was pretty crazy. He was tall and had hair that was fashioned in spikes with bells at the end. There was a scar over his eye and he wore the same outfit as Toshiro, except with the Japanese character "11" on the back.
"I'll fight all of you at once!" said "Ken-chan".
"Er, what's your name, like besides Ken-chan?" asked Lucy timidly.
"Kenpachi Zaraki. Captain of the Eleventh Division," he responded.
Natsu, excited at the prospect of a fight, was about to jump forward when Erza threatened to strangle him and he decided against it.
Suddenly a certain captain of the Tenth Division appeared, apparently irritated.
"ZARAKI, YOU TOLD YAMAMOTO THAT YOU WOULDN'T ACT LIKE AN IMMATURE IDIOT, DIDN'T YOU? STOP CHALLENGING PEOPLE! ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE AT A CAPTAIN'S MEETING!" Toshiro shouted at him. "YAMAMOTO SENT ME SPECIFICALLY TO GO FETCH YOU! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND ENERGY IT TAKES FOR ME TO GO GET YOU, ESPECIALLY SINCE MATSUMOTO LEFT HER PAPERWORK FOR ME TO DO AGAIN AND I JUST GOT OUT OF THE DAMN FOURTH DIVISION BARRACKS! DO YOU KNOW HOW SCARY THAT DAMN UNOHANA WOMAN IS?"
Zaraki looked bored, shoving a finger in his ear to block out the noise.
"I get it, I get it," he said. "Anyway, since you so kindly appeared, can you fight me?"
"NO!"
"Jeez, I was joking. Anyway, I'll talk to you later about contracts and blah, blah, blah," Zaraki told Lucy. "Considering that you have two Shinigami Keys, it'll be enough, especially since one of them is a Captain."
"Bye-bye blondie, armor lady, stripper, pinkie, kitty girl and blue and white cats!" Yachiru shouted as she disappeared along with Toshiro and Kenpachi.
"That…" said Wendy, "was undoubtedly strange."
"And scary," said Happy.
"Agreed," said the other people in unison.
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Once they returned to the guildhall, they met up with a very unpleasant surprise.
A certain violent captain appeared along with his crazy friend. Of course, Toshiro and Rangiku were there too, probably to watch them. The former didn't seem to be very happy about it.
"AGH!" Team Natsu nearly screamed at the same time.
"Hey, you were expecting me, right?"
"Zaraki, shut it. Give the Celestial Spirit Mage your damn key and the damn schedule and get your ass back to Soul Society," Toshiro said irritably, his foot tapping on the ground. "You need to listen to the rest of the Captain's meeting. Yamamoto recorded it."
"Bah. Those meetings are worthless and boring."
"JUST GIVE HER THE FUCKING SCHEDULE AND KEY!" Toshiro's eyes were practically murderous as he glared at Zaraki. "I don't have time to be here all day!"
"Fine, fine!" Zaraki tossed Lucy his key and a piece of paper. "Yachiru is tied to my key too, so you get both of us at once if you call."
Zaraki and Yachiru disappeared, followed by Toshiro.
Rangiku smiled. "Well, see you. My captain's a bit irritated right now because Captain Zaraki was being… annoying." She disappeared.
"How was he being annoying?" Lisanna wondered aloud.
"Whatever it was, I'd really rather not know," said Gray, sighing.
"For once, I'll agree with the ice prick."
"What did you call me?!"
The insult started another fight, and Lucy, Wendy, and the Exceed hid behind the counter, sighing.
"Again?" Cana threw the barrel of whatever she was drinking next to the counter in case someone took it and readied her cards.
"Oh no," Wendy said. "When Master Makarov finds out about this…"
Sorry about the short chapter. This was slightly rushed. I hope you enjoyed and keep voting!
