Akane woke up the following morning felling terrible. Her head was throbbing as she felt massive amounts of pain coming from her wrists and abdomen. What the hell had she done last night? She opened her eyes and tried to sit up, but found that her body was being restricted by a strong pair of arms. Now she was really curious about what had happened, but she was too nervous to find out who was behind her. Akane tried to swiftly escape the arms of the mystery man, only for them to tighten even more. "Stop squirming around so much." Akane recognized the voice immediately as the one she heard in so many of her dreams. She used her spiritual pressure to escape from his grasp and crossed to the other side of the room. "What the hell are you doing?" Kenpachi asked as he sat up and stretched. Akane looked at the man and found him shirtless. She turned away as her face turned a deep red. Soon after, she felt a draft and looked down to find herself in only her undergarments. "What the hell did you do to me last night, you bastard?!" She grabbed the closest object, which happened to be a glass, and threw it at the man, only for him to catch it. "Calm down Princess, it's not what you think." "The hell it is!" Akane threw a vase this time which hit the wall. "If you're just gonna throw things at me I'm leaving."
The man grabbed his shirt and started for the door when the woman blocked his path. "First tell me what happened last night," she said as she avoided eye contact. He smirked as the woman practically admitted defeat. "Last night you were drunk so I brought you home after everyone else left. I was about to leave when you told me to stay, so I stayed. After that you took your clothes off and tried to force yourself on me. Tempting as it was, it's not my style to take advantage on a woman like that, so I pinned you down until you fell asleep. I was just lucky that you can't control your spirit energy as well when you're drunk. Some part of me couldn't leave you like that, so I went ahead and stayed, but I made sure you couldn't try anything else." Akane took a moment to let it all sink in. Clearly she had no self-control around this man, much to her dismay. She took a deep breath as she made her decision. "I think it would be best that you leave Captain Zaraki."
The man didn't argue, he simply walked past her, the woman muttering to herself, "I figured it wouldn't be that easy." Kenpachi heard her mumbling and turned back to the woman. "What was that?" "Nothing, forget it." Kenpachi ignored her and got closer to her. "Go on, tell me what isn't that easy." "Just forget it, I should know by now that Kenpachis don't get happy endings." The man gave a small chuckle. "What the hell are you talking about woman?" "I don't know why you're laughing at me. Think about it and you'll see that I'm right." He broke into a hearty laughter, causing Akane's anger to rise, her spiritual pressure beginning to leak. "I said stop laughing!" "How can I not laugh at what you're saying? I'm not sure what yours is, but my so called "happy ending" is standing right in front of me." A confused look appeared on Akane's face just before Kenpachi took her in his arms and leaned down to kiss her. Her face instantly turned from a look of confusion to one of surprise. She melted under his lips, this scene being the only thing she could think about for the past month.
He separated his lips from hers as she stood there, still shocked. "How's that for a happy ending?" Akane regained her senses and went back in for more. She placed her arms around his neck and forced her lips on his. Sure she had feelings for the man, but she had waited so long for this moment, it was pure lust. His tongue forced its way into her mouth to find its partner. Akane became so caught up in the dancing of their tongues that she was completely unaware that she bit his lip, and she bit it hard. It wasn't until she saw the blood running down his chin that she was even aware of what she had done. He let go of her lips to check out the damage and was surprised at how much blood she had drawn. "That didn't hurt too much, did it?" she asked as she leaned up and licked the blood from his face, starting at the bottom and ending with a peck on the lips. Damn did this woman know how to drive him wild. "If you don't stop now I won't be able to control myself much longer Princess." Akane frowned as he let go of her just as things were starting to get good. "Don't worry, we'll have some more fun again soon. I'm gonna take you out this weekend." Akane's face was confused again. "Wait, you mean like a date?" "What else would I mean?" "I just never pictured you as the dating type." "Me either." He gave her one last kiss before leaving, neither one of them believing in the events that had just occurred. Akane took a seat on her bed to collect her thoughts. "Maybe he's right. Maybe it is possible to for us to get our happy ending." She fell back on her bed as she smiled to herself before immediately springing back up after seeing the clock. She was so wrapped up in her fantasy come true that she had slept into the afternoon.
She immediately got dressed and ran to her office where she found Saya who was quietly day dreaming at her desk until she realized that her captain had entered the room. "Captain! I didn't think you were coming in today." "I'm kind of surprised I made it. What are you working on?" "Just the last of the transfers. All that's left are the ones dealing with squad eleven." "Just leave them, I'll talk to Captain Zaraki about it tomorrow." The thought of seeing him again made her heart jump. The feeling reminded her of something. "So where did you and Byakuya slip off to last night?" the question caused the lieutenant to blush a deep red. "So I guess you saw us then. All we did was take a walk through the gardens of squad six and talk, it was really nice." "So, who's got a crush on a captain now?" Akane teased as a devilish grin appeared on her face. "For your information, Captain Kuchiki is a very kind man with only good intentions. He's handsome and he truly cares for those close to him.'' "Saya, you have a serious crush on the man." "And what about you and Captain Zaraki?" Akane had to think about what to say for a moment before answering. "Well, it's going somewhere." "What's that supposed to mean?" "I'm not entirely sure myself. All I know is that our future looks promising." Just then, a messenger appeared, from squad six by the looks of it. "Miss Saya Izumi?" "That's me." "I have come with an invitation from Captain Kuchiki for dinner tomorrow night." The two women exchanged a glance before the one requested stepped forward to receive the invitation. She thanked the man before he left and stood staring at the letter. "Well, open it!" encouraged the captain. Saya slowly opened the envelope and began reading. "Well, what does it say?" asked Akane. "He wants me to have dinner with him tomorrow." The lieutenant stood there mortified, unable to find an appropriate reaction. She sat down on the small sofa, trying to grasp the situation at hand. The previous night was one of the best she'd ever had. It was clear what her answer would be and she was anxious to give it. The lieutenant rushed to her desk where she quickly wrote a reply before rushing out the door, all while her captain just stood watching.
Once Saya was gone Akane took a seat at her desk, making a sad attempt to get any work done. All she'd been trying to do for the past month is trying to forget about Kenpachi Zaraki and until this morning it was working. Now all the woman could think about was when she would see him next, and she couldn't wait. Since it was apparent that no work would get done Akane decided to go for a walk with no specific destination in mind. Somehow she ended up walking from her barracks to those of squad eleven without realizing until she ran into what felt like a wall. She quickly shook off the feeling before looking up to see that her obstacle wasn't a wall at all, but the object of her affection. "You haven't been day drinking since I left, have you princess?" It took Akane a moment to process the situation before responding. "Um no, I was just heading over to squad thirteen. Jushiro wanted to talk to me about something." This was of course a lie, for she would never admit that her subconscious brought her to him. "Well in that case why don't I just escort you the rest of the way then." Akane was starting to sweat in fear of getting caught in her lie. She decided to go with it instead of admitting the truth and graciously accepted the escort.
The walk was filled with an awkward silence which made the short walk seem to last that much longer, but neither captain minded. All they could think about was whether or not they should say anything or what the other was thinking about. Most importantly, both captains questioned whether or not that morning really happened. Finally, the silence was ended by their arrival to their destination. "Well, this is my stop," announced the woman. "Yeah, see you around princess." The man turned around but before he could get anywhere he felt someone grab his arm. "Wait!" Akane called after him. "I still need to finish the paperwork from all the squad transfers and you're the last captain I need forms from. Could you have them ready for me to pick up tomorrow?" "Yeah, sure," replied Kenpachi in a tone that gave away his disappointment. He shrugged out of her grasp and was on his was to his office to dig up the paperwork in question. Akane watched as he faded into the distance, knowing that she couldn't return to her own barracks just yet. She shrugged and headed in to see her white haired friend where they comfortably made small talk over tea.
*Kenpachi*
The man slowly walked back toward his own barracks, leaving the woman of his dreams alone with a man who he knew for certain was in love with her. He couldn't deny that he was nervous. It almost made him feel like cutting the man to ribbons, the only thing stopping him being the thoughts of her lips on him that morning. Surely she wouldn't have kissed him like that if she had feelings for another man, she didn't seem like the type of woman. No, she was fierce and wouldn't let just any man touch her, and few were worthy of that pleasure. If there was ever anything she wanted from a man she would take it by force as opposed to using her sexuality. Now that he thought about it, she was calling herself a Kenpachi earlier, but why? She was definitely strong, but could she really be that strong? From what he had heard she was an older captain, but this made him wonder just how old she was, not that it mattered. Maybe he would ask her about it one of these days. Finally, the captain arrived at his own barracks where he proceeded to search for the forms requested by the woman, looking forward to her visit the following day.
