Shh...I'm hiding from Kiriumi...
"Oh...!! I'm still ready to kill him!!!" Kirirumi shouted, pacing back in forth in a frustrated manner.
"...I mean, it's not like taichō and I are really even together!! So what? We kissed, big freakin' deal!! It's not like we've ever been on a date or even really done anything as a couple!" Kiriumi was currently busy trying to kill the vegetables she was supposed to be dicing.
Sighing, Ikkaku grumbled something about being higher in rank than her and how he should be commanding her. It was a good thing he was so nice to her. "Yumi just doesn't look at things from all angles. He thinks something will be good and just goes for it, you know that."
Throwing the diced, (if you could call it that), vegetables into the boiling pot, she sighed. "I know that..." A rather miserable look spread across her face for a split second, but the third seat noticed it. "But he's supposed to be the one that understands relationships! And knows most about women. And the one that listens to my feminine problems!"
"And what have I been doing here all afternoon?!" He shouted, throwing the meat into the pot also.
She hugged him from the side, causing a blush to tint his cheeks. "Thank you, Ikka-kun...I do appreciate this..." She kissed him playfully on the cheek. "You're such a big sweet-heart!"
The blush was quite evident as he pushed her away lightly. "Shut up!" She was like his little sister, but whenever she did that to him he always got annoyed. "I might be listenin' to you but I ain't as girly as Yumi!"
Smiling up at him, she bat her eyes innocently. "Of course your not! The only one manlier than you is Kenpachi-taichō!"
"...Yeah, yeah..." Putting the dirty dishes into the sink, Ikkaku wiped off his hands on the towel laying next to it. "Oi, you're gonna have to take care of the rest on your own...I've got stuff to do." He said, quickly heading for the exit.
"Okay, thanks again, Ikka! Be sure to show up on time for lunch so we can enjoy our meal without a certain feather-faced bird-brain there!!" She called after him before turning back to her boiling stew.
"Where do you think you're going...?" Kiriumi asked the Narrator, who had almost made it to safety.
Umm...Sorry, but for now I get to follow Ikkaku around! Bye!!
Ikkaku was still grumbling something about Kiriumi being so embarrassing, (or something along those lines), as he left her small kitchen. Just then he ran into his captain. "Sorry, taichō." He mumbled, scratching the back of his head.
"Is Kiriumi in there?" The large captain asked.
"Yeah, but you don't wanna go in there. She's pissed at Yumi for somethin'." The third seat knew just what she was pissed about, but if his captain didn't know, he didn't want to be the first to tell him.
Kenpachi scoffed. "Che. What'd he do now?"
"I dunno..." He told lies...LIES!! "She was also goin' on 'bout all sorts of girly shit. Y'know, stuff about the Shinigami Womens Association, and she said somethin' 'bout you two never doing things as a couple..."
"What do ya mean? We all eat together and we all fight together." Just more proof that the captain really didn't know anything when it came to women.
"I think she means like a date, taichō. Y'know, just you and her." Ikkaku leaned against the wall of the hallway, knowing that his training schedule for the day was ruined already.
The captain scratched at his eye patch a bit. "So we go out a bar and get something to drink together?"
He shook his head. "No, no, women always want romance." It was even surprising to himself how much he had learned about girls from hanging out with Kiriumi and Yumichika...and he wasn't quite sure he liked it. "Ya gotta take her somewhere special. And fightin' doesn't count, taichō..."
Kenpachi stood back and thought about it for a moment. "...What the hell do I do then?"
"Like hell if I know!" Ikkaku grumbled. "Kiri only talked to Yumi 'bout that..." Aw, damn! Now he knew the day was going to be a pain in the ass...
"No." Yumichika said, prissily turning his nose in the air.
"Aw, c'mon, Yumi!" Ikkaku pressed. "Why not? What is the big problem with you two?"
A pout graced the feather faced mans features. "I already helped her, and what does she do to repay me? Yells at me, and then refuses to share her food! It was not beautiful. She even said that she was going to make my favorite kind of uiro cakes and not let me have any!" He glanced over at his best friend and his captain for a moment, before taking another sip of tea. "Why should I help someone who's been so ungrateful to me?"
The bald one rolled his eyes. "I'll talk to her alright? And I'll make sure she apologizes too. Can you just help them out?"
"But I still feel emotionally damaged! It's not beautiful." He huffed.
Mentally slapping himself for what he was about to do, the third seat sighed. Kiriumi better be extremely grateful for both of their help. "Fine...I'll let you get whatever you want next time we go shopping..."
Perking up at that offer, Yumichika clapped his hands. "Alright then! Let's get things started..." Glancing back at the captain he grinned, (a rather evil grin, might I add). "We've got quite a lot of work ahead..."
Placing the seventh set of inari sushi onto a large try, Kiriumi sighed. "Almost done."
But that's when the pink terror herself ran into the room. "Kiri-chan! Kiri-chan! Let's go take a bath!! The bath house is empty!" Yachiru said, pulling the fourth seat along with her.
"But the food--" She was cut off when Renji pat her on the back.
He grinned at her. "Don't worry, I've got it handled!"
The dark haired woman couldn't protest as the little ball of energy pulled her along. As she had said the bath house was empty, not a single soul was on the womans side at least. Stepping out of her clothes, she stepped into the warm water and finally began to relax. Kiriumi was so relaxed that she didn't even notice when Yachiru took her shinigami robes and replaced them with a beautiful yukata. Finally taking notice of the missing vice captain, Kiriumi looked around nervously. "Yachiru-chan? Where'd you go? What happened to my clothes." She called, but the small girl didn't reply. However, several other voices were heard coming into the bath house, Rangiku, Momo, Isane and Kiyone were four recognizable ones. "...Dammit..." She hissed, grabbing the yukata and running to safety.
"There you are!" Ikkaku said, grabbing Kiriumi's arm and pulling her somewhere.
"Ikka! What's going on? Why did someone take my clothes? Where are we going?!" The fourth seat asked him as he dragged her through their division. She was so confused at the moment.
He grumbled something under his breath. "You gotta apologize to Yumi."
"Why should I?!" She demanded, puffing her cheeks up in indignation.
"'Cause, he's just been helpin' you the whole time. He even helped you tonight!"
Stopping right in the middle of the hall, Kiriumi pulled her arm from Ikkaku's grip. "Stop doing that! Why can't you just tell me what's going on? I'm not in the mood for these little games!"
Completely ignoring anything she said, the third seat picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Stop fussin'! Just go with it! And apologize to Yumi!"
She pounded a bit on his back, but the bald man could take it. "This is cruel and unusual punishment!"
Finally arriving at their destination, Ikkaku dropped her on her ass. "Now go say your sorry, I know ya wanna."
She tuned around to face Yumichika, but instead came face to feet with her captain. Looking up to his face, she gaped. "Tai...taichō...?!" To her surprise, he too was wearing a yukata, his hair draping naturally over his shouolders. He looked away, seeming a bit embarrassed.
"Surprise." Yumichika smirked, stepping out from behind the large captain.
"Yu-Yumi?" Kiriumi stuttered, staring up at him too. Ikkaku helped her stand up as she continued staring at the fifth seat. "Was this your doing?" He nodded, smiling proudly. She quickly yanked him into a hug. "I'm sorry! I yelled at you, but you still tried to help! Thank you so much!!"
"You're welcome, Kiri-chan." He said, hugging her back. "Have a beautiful night tonight."
Shooting him a confused look, Kenpachi grabbed her hand. "C'mon, let's get goin'."
A light red tinted her cheeks as she finally realized exactly what was going on. Smiling in the direction of her two friends, she mouthed the words, "Thank you."
"What?! Don't stop now!!" Kiriumi shouted, shaking the Narrator roughly.
Sorry!! I've got work tonight!!! Please stop shaking me!!!
"Whoops, sorry..." She mumbled, letting go of the Narrator.