The large turtle rubs on Tousens leg, water black eyes looking up at him. Waiting. The reptile growls pitifully and watches as his human master chops food on the counter top.

"I'm almost done, Vanny." The captain patiently tells the turtle for the hundredth time. Van Halen paws at the shinigami with one webbed foot and opens his mouth to show 'see food goes in HERE'. When this gets him nothing he slinks off and attacks one of his favorite toys, a rubber squeaky fish that is missing an eye. He chomps down on it and it cries out in fake pain as he repeatedly chews on the toy, nomming it till the squeaker inside can squeak no more. Ha the mighty reptile beats the pathetic fish!

"Oh dear, did you break ANOTHER toy?" Tousen says, setting down a plate of food. Van Halen pounces the food, shoving his face and devouring everything like cookie monster with rabies. The food consists of raw fish, worms, and some savory tidbits from Tousen's dinner thrown in for good measure. The shinigami picks up the toy and puts it into the waste bin.

"What am I going to do with you?" He playfully asks the turtle who is to busy gobbling down his food to care.

…

"Whats the meaning of this?" Captain Tousen walks into the room where EVERY other captain sits seated and looking mightily pissed. Even Mayuri had shown up for this..meeting. Yamamoto beckons for Kira to shut the door as soon as Tousen walks in, with a large black turtle scooting in behind like a scaled black shadow.

"Tousen...We have to have a talk with you." Yamamoto says gravely. Tousen feels a shiver of fear run through his blood but is to well trained to let his nervousness who. Perhaps they had found out about the traitor's plot!

"Talk? What ever for?" He says to the head captain.

Before he can reply Soi Fon slams her hands down on the desk and points to there Vanny lies, almost sleeping at Tousen's feet. He had a long day of hell butterfly munching.

"We hate that...that...abomination!" She yells and a mummer of agreement rises from the crowd. Yamamotot silence them with a wave of his hand.

"Yes, it appears your turtle has caused some trouble around the squads." He says, running his hands over his staff as if to whack Vanny with it.

Tousen's stiffens. "What has he done?"

"He DESTROYED my neko statues! I found what I think was poo on their broken remains, there was so much poo...oh god...." Soi fon says then breaks down into tears.

"Van Halen has bitten me atleast sixty times since he hatched from that demon egg." Aizen says from his corner.

Unohana clears her throat and speaks up. "He has put more injured shinigami's in my healer's care then I care to count."

"Okay listen to this, there other day I made a Peanut bubber and jelly sandwich and when I came back it had a huge bite taken out of it. Through the plate and sandwich and all of it! When I walked into my kitchen I found the turtle with his mouth covered on peanut bubber and puking all over my floor." Gin says then looks rel sad. "I miss my peanut bubber."

Byakuya looks irritated at Gin's loss of peanut butter. "Peanut Butter? That's what he took from you? That..demon ate my phone of my dead wife! He just ate it. Right in front of me, then he ran hid in my koi pond!"

Komamura's ears flip back and he grows. "That thing...I cannot accept that it even has a soul."

From near the window Shunsui tilts up his hat. "Need I even mention that the turtle has broken nearly half my stash of alcohol when he chased a rat through my division?"

Everyone nods at this. The beer. You don't mess with the beer.

Hitsugaya stands up, pointing a finger at the now awake turtle. "It ripped apart a weeks worth of paperwork!"

"Normally I wouldn't care about what pet you keep but this little lizard thingy lets Yachiru ride on his back and they wreck havoc through my entire squad. Between the two of them I can't even train my troops!" Kenpachi growls.

"BAH! You IDIIOTS! Have you any idea of what this turtle has done to my LABRATORY?" Mayuri cries from his position, his one sided hat tilting on his head to make him look quite gangsta. He takes a deep breath then looks at Tousen with cold golden eyes. "Kaname Tousen I ask for you to give ME your reptile. He will make a very interesting researching subject." To add emphasis on his words the scientist stretches out his had to the turtle, finger curling enticingly.

Van halen hisses at Mayuri and backs up against Tousens comforting legs. Ukitake starts to say something but sits back down in a coughing fit.

"I..I...I wont get rid of him!" Tousen declares and walks out of the room with Van Halen in his arms.

…

Later that night in Aizen's sleeping quarters.

"Aizen-sama."

"Yes, Tousen-san?"

"Tomorrow?"

"Yes, Tousen. Tomorrow Rukia Kuchki will be executed."

Tousen strokes Van Halens glass smooth head. "One more day till we are free of this place, Vanny."

The turtle closes his lips and snuggles close to his master, a happy chirping noise leaving his mouth. If master is happy then so is he.