"If you don't know anything about me, then let's get to know each other more."
As it got quite again, Hisagi walked back to where he stood earlier with a little smile on his face.
To her surprise, everyone immediately did a ninety degrees bow as they all shouted in harmony- "Our deepest apologies, Captain Akiyama!"
A big smile soon appeared on Akira's face. Akira took a deep breath in, and yelled out, so even the people in the back could hear. "I am Akiyama Akira and the ninth division's new Captain. Nice to meet you all!"
Once again, the division yelled out in reply "Welcome to the ninth division, Captain Akiyama!
...
The next day, Akira and Hisagi had immediately got to work in the Captain's chamber that had been left unused for months.
As the sun was slowly beginning to set, Akira stopped and looked up from her paperwork to Hisagi. "Hisagi-san?"
"Yes?"
Akira paused for a second and smiled as she asked, "Would you like to go for dinner a little later today?"
Hisagi didn't say anything for a few seconds, startled by Akira's sudden question. "Yes." He said. "We can do that." He replied with a smile.
A big smile appeared on Akira's face as she stood up from her seat after signing the last paperwork. "Okay then, I'll go check on everyone in the training halls!" she chirped and ran out the door before Hisagi could respond.
There were still a lot of things that Hisagi had to teach Akira about the division and the jobs Akira had to complete. Though, when he saw how excited Akira got and ran to the training halls to become friendlier with the division members, he couldn't help but sigh with a smile.
"I guess the division work could wait."
As Hisagi was preparing to leave the office, there was a knock on the door as Hisagi looked up, watching Ukitake come into the room.
"Captain Ukitake!" Hisagi immediately stood up and bowed to him.
"No need to be so formal, Hisagi." Ukitake laughed as he entered the room, he had a tray with two cups of tea in his hands.
Hisagi stood up straight again, noticing only the two cups of tea on the tray that was most likely for Ukitake himself and Akira. "She's in the ninth division's training hall right now..."
"Huh?" Ukitake looked at Hisagi with a confused look. "Ah no, I came here to talk to you today." Ukitake laughed as he took a seat on the couch, motioning Hisagi to sit as well on the opposite couch. "About Akira." he set the two cups on the table between the two couches.
"About Captain Akira?"
"Just wondering how she's doing."
"Oh..." Hisagi said, receiving the tea from Ukitake.
"Well, it's just that I wanted to make sure that she's doing well." Ukitake picked up the cup and took a sip, and after savoring the taste for a few seconds, he continued. "So, how is she doing so far?"
"She's doing fine." He replied.
It seemed as though Ukitake didn't like Hisagi's answer, as he asked again. "No really, how is she doing?"
Hisagi shifted around in his seat uncomfortably and answered with a low voice. "Well... To be honest, I don't know. She's very polite and hard-working, but..."
"But?" Ukitake echoed, tilting his head to the right.
"If she's trustable." He said, noticing the slight confusion in Ukitake's eyes. "I mean... She suddenly appeared out of nowhere and became a captain when she looks so fragile. No one has ever heard of the name Akiyama Akira until she got here... Just everything about her is mysterious." He confessed, hoping that Ukitake would comprehend.
Like Hisagi had hoped, Ukitake nodded with a thoughtful nod. "That's very understandable." Ukitake set the cup down and cleared his throat. "If I answered some of your questions, would she become more trustable?"
"Most likely, yes."
"Ah, where should I start?" Ukitake pondered, tilting his head from left to right.
When Ukitake's head tilted to the right for the fifth time, Hisagi suggested, "How about how she ended up in Seireitei..?"
Ukitake's eyes shined in approval as he began, "Ah yes, that's a good place to start."
Hisagi simply smiled as Ukitake thought of a good way to start his story.
"You see, when Akira lived with her brother, Hiro, in the Rukongai, her brother's reiatsu level began rising up awfully fast. Shunsui and I were ordered to go check up on whoever had the reiatsu burst. We found Hiro and Akira, so we brought them to Seireitei and raised them up since they were too young to raise themselves or to protect themselves from hollows that were after Hiro. Hiro was closer to Shunsui than me, and vice versa for Akira."
"Was this... recent?"
"Recent? Oh, no, this was like... 100 years ago maybe?" Ukitake began smiling, remembering the old days. "She was so little back then~ She had so much trouble in deciding to whether to sleep with me or her brother~ She always complained that Shunsui's stubble was too itchy." He laughed.
Hisagi laughed too, but then remembered that they were off topic. It was nice to see Ukitake so happy about old memories, though he wanted to continue with their original conversation.
"Lieutenant Hisagi!" the office door suddenly burst open right when Hisagi was about to say something. It was the tenth seat of the ninth division, MinamotoYumesaki. "Captain Akiyama is hurt!"
Immediately, Hisagi and Ukitake shot up from their seat and glanced at each other. With a nod, they headed out the door.
"What happened?" Hisagi asked Minamoto as they ran side by side towards the training hall.
"Captain Akiyama was helping out with the fighting positions and fifth seat Ito suddenly attacked her!"
Ito Ogano, the ninth division's fifth seat was the same man that approached Akira with his zanpakuto the day before. Hisagi had a bad feeling the first time Ito tried to attack Akira, but he didn't know Ito would actually hurt Akira.
Hisagi glanced towards Ukitake as they drew near the training halls, his expression showed worry and fear. Just like what a father would have when his child got hurt. This somehow calmed Hisagi down as Minamoto opened the door to the training halls.
Akira was sitting on the bloody floor. The long sleeves that were usually buckled onto her arms were off with her captain haori. There were few shinigami's surrounding her in concern while others were crowded somewhere, restraining Ito onto the floor.
"Captain Akiyama!"
"Akira!"
"Hisagi-san? Juushiro?"
A/N: Thank you for all the lovely comments!
And thank you for reading THL despite Akira's sudden change of personality lol
Leave a review, cause I'll give you kisses and love!
akira's mood/personality progress:
chap 1 - bitchy . chap 2 - cocky as hell, curious, happy, sad . chap 3 - cheerful, serious, blessful
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