A/N I thank those for reviewing. Much obliged. :D
I'm sorry. I would reply to you all, but right now I'm tired, went through a shitload of crap with my mom 'cause she's drunk, sick and tired of this damn holiday, and just wish to get a few damn hours of sleep. And I'm going to have to say... wow.
Eight people actually reviewed the last chapter. :] I feel happy, despite my drunk mother, who doesn't know how to stop yelling!
Disclaimer – I do not own Bleach.
Warning – Swearing.
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"What now?"
Kaori frowned when she saw the Taicho walking towards her. It had been two whole weeks since she saw Riko, well, hugging her Taicho for some odd task. Riko had went to her and Kayo the next day and explained her situation. It was strange why she even agreed to such a task.
Really.
Acting as a Taicho's girlfriend is so irresponsible... but funny.
And all just to get out of cleaning duty.
Kaori rolled her eyes and faced the Taicho, wondering why he would even talk to her after two and a half weeks. It wasn't her fault she didn't like him. He just had a stick far up his ass.
As he got closer, Byakuya narrowed his eyes at the same time the woman did, both glaring at each other.
"Yes, Kuchiki Taicho?" Kaori said, her eyes cold, giving the man an emotionless look.
"I have come to inform you that you cannot lay around the division whenever you like. This is the sixth division. I expect you to do some work." Byakuya said, having heard from his fukutaicho that after he trains this woman she goes right to sleep.
Not that he wanted to know in the first place.
Renji would just start talking about their training sessions as soon as he gets to the office.
"But I've been training-"
"Training is not work." Byakuya said, giving the woman a cold glare.
"Thanks for informing me." Kaori mumbled, looking to the side with a blank look, wondering how a man could be so uptight.
Training is work. She sighed and closed her eyes, irritation written on her face. Why couldn't he have sent Renji instead? He already came back the day before. She nodded, about to turn and walk away. Not before bowing first!
Just as she was about to bow, a stack of papers was in front of her face.
Kaori blinked and furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"You will deliver this to the thirteenth division." Byakuya said, his eyes cold the whole time he was standing near the woman.
The red haired woman frowned before nodding, standing straight and grabbing the stack of papers. She turned and started walking down the steps, a scowl on her face. Where was the thirteenth division anyway?
Byakuya glared after her before turning, heading for the office. All of the new recruits were already working besides that woman. She could train when she finds her own time. Now Renji... He narrowed his eyes.
How dare he say he had too much to work on.
He had to find that woman and get her to deliver those papers himself. That woman should be glad he gave her a job that didn't take long to finish.
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"You have to help me!"
Kayo blinked several times, the fukutaicho holding her arms and staring at her with a nervous look on her face. She was walking down the porch, hoping to get to her room and grab her sword to try and train, when she was suddenly tackled by the fukutaicho.
"With what?" Kayo asked, furrowing her eyebrows worriedly.
Matsumoto grabbed her hand and dragged her inside the building, pulling her down the hallway. Kayo gave a small frown, wondering what would have happened to make the fukutaicho so nervous.
She found out when she got to the office.
Kayo widened her eyes, staring at the large group of paperwork scattered all over the floor. She parted her lips in shock.
"What happened?" Kayo muttered, stepping into the room.
"W-Well, the Taicho gets stacks and stacks of paperwork each day, and he left three days ago to see his grandmother in the Rukongai, because I insisted on it that he gets a day off, and when I came in here and shut the door too hard... they all fell over." Matsumoto said, a pale look on her face as she stared at the papers on the floor. "And he comes back tonight."
Kayo widened her eyes.
The Taicho gets so much paperwork.
"W-Well, why am I here?" Kayo asked, turning to see the fukutaicho giving her a bright smile, one that made her furrow her eyebrows worriedly.
"I need you to help me sort and sign them." Matsumoto said.
"B-But that's the job for a Taicho and fukutaicho!" Kayo exclaimed, shaking her head and taking a step back.
"Please, Kayo! You're the only one I can go to who I know won't blab to the Taicho!" Matsumoto yelled, on her knees, begging the woman.
Kayo gave her a blank stare. Only one that won't blab to the Taicho, or she was too quiet to even talk to the Taicho? She furrowed her eyebrows and closed her eyes when she saw the pleading look she was getting from Matsumoto.
She couldn't really deny a request from a friend.
As soon as she nodded, she heard a loud squeal and was being hugged from the much taller woman. She sighed. This was going to be a long, long day.
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Riko glared at her sword, sitting on the ground in the courtyard in front of the building. She folded her arms over her chest and narrowed her eyes, wanting to at least hear something from her sword.
"C'mon... C'mon..." Riko grabbed the sword and started shaking it. "TALK TO ME!"
Kenpachi rolled his eyes, sitting two feet from the woman with his legs crossed and his arms folded over his chest. Since Yumichika said they had to get to know each other and spend more time together, which they thankfully didn't have to when going to bed, they were getting pissed off with each other more and more each day. At least they didn't have to see each other when they go to bed.
"Why won't it talk to me!" Riko growled, turning her head towards the Taicho, giving him a frustrated glare.
Kenpachi gave her a blank look. He even managed to cope with her outbursts. He shrugged and looked away, which made Riko flinch and shake in anger. Why couldn't he even help! She growled before staring at her sword, frowning deeply.
Why won't it talk?
She froze when the Taicho suddenly put her in his lap, her eyes remaining wide before she frowned, still glaring at the sword. That little stalker was there again, eh? She was a nuisance. She shivered. Ugh, she was already used to the Taicho just grabbing her and making it seem like they were together.
That was not good.
"Ken-chan!"
Kenpachi growled and narrowed his eyes, unconsciously squeezing the woman he held. He relaxed his grip when she snarled at him. He was getting tired of that little annoying bitch. Including the one he was holding. He actually wanted to shove her away. He looked up when that small woman ran around the corner, faltering when she saw him holding the annoying idiot who always yelled.
"Hi, Ken-chan!" Aina yelled, giving a bright smile. As soon as her eyes landed on the black haired woman, her expression went dark. "And you."
"Yeah, hi, whatever." Riko muttered, waving her hand, still glaring at her sword.
Kenpachi discreetly glared at her, growling under his breath. Riko froze when she heard the growl and immediately looked up with a nervous grin on her face.
"Ah, hello, kid!" Riko said, giving a wide grin. "I was just here with K-Kenpachi. And trying to talk to this sword!" She growled, kicking her sword, which was on the ground.
The Taicho growled. She always stuttered every damn time she tried saying his name. She wasn't being convincing! He turned his head, narrowing his eyes when he saw Yumichika and Ikkaku watching from the porch, both grinning with amusement. Aina glared at the woman once more.
"You don't have to right to call him Kenpachi." Aina muttered, her eyes narrowed dangerously.
"If it happened to escape your mind, kid... We're in a... relationship." Riko said, wincing at the word. "Now get lost. I'm trying to talk to my sword." She said, waving the small woman away, glaring at her sword once more.
After so much yelling, the annoying stalker finally left. As soon as she was out of sight, Kenpachi pushed Riko out of his lap with a frown, giving her a glare.
"DAMMIT! DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY TIME SHE LEAVES?"
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Kaori walked down the street with a tired look on her face, rubbing the side of her head. Ugh. It took her about half an hour just to find the thirteenth division and another half hour to find the sixth. Where was all her luck now?
When she walked into the sixth division, about to go to her room to take a nap, she was immediately dragged with her legs on the ground.
When she turned to see who it was, she frowned when she saw Renji.
Training...?
Right now?
"Abarai fukutaicho..." Kaori muttered, letting the man drag her.
"I'm back, Kaori! Now we can start training." Renji said, grinning widely as he walked, not even bothering to tell the woman to walk.
"Great..." Kaori muttered, looking to the side with a blank look.
She was going to die by five in the afternoon... or evening... whichever. She just knew it.
When they got to the training grounds, Renji stepped back to let the woman stand. Kaori sighed and pushed herself up to a stand, dusting off the back of her pants. She looked at her side, seeing that she didn't have her sword.
Relief filled her.
Maybe she can leave.
"Sorry, Abarai fukutaicho, but I forgot my sword." Kaori said, giving a small smile.
"That's alright. I took the liberty of going to your room and getting it." Renji said, holding out her sword.
Curse you.
Kaori glared at him before grabbing her sword, putting the sheathe in her sash before unsheathing her sword, standing straight with her shoulders relaxed. Renji smirked. Her stance was a little better than when she first started.
When she first started she was so tense.
"Okay, now try to attack me." Renji said, unsheathing his sword and digging his feet into the soil.
"Never occurred to me to do that." Kaori said sarcastically, her eyes narrowed.
She was going to be dead tired by the end of the day.
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Hitsugaya walked towards his division with a stern look on his face. It was great seeing his grandmother after so long. Even though Matsumoto slacked off on work, she knew when he needed a break.
He walked by those that bowed to him, hoping to finish a little bit of paperwork before calling it a night. Walking through the courtyard, he walked up the steps and into the division. He can only imagine how much paperwork there was.
He closed his eyes and sighed.
Walking down the hall, he spotted the office. When he slid open the door, he widened his eyes, looking all over his office. It was spotless! Where was the paperwork? Considering Matsumoto, he looked under the couch, seeing nothing. He stood up and scratched his head.
Did Matsumoto finish the paperwork?
No... that didn't seem possible.
He paused when he heard snoring, looking around the office for Matsumoto. Wait. He heard two sets of snores. He frowned before walking over to the other couch, looking behind it.
Matsumoto laid on her back, snoring loudly with her arms spread out.
He frowned when he saw her before looking at the other person, blinking when he saw it was that quiet woman.
She laid on her side, curled up, her thumb in her mouth.
He raised an eyebrow at the childlike way she was sleeping before nudging Matsumoto with his foot. The woman groaned and waved her hand. He scowled and sighed out of annoyance.
"Matsumoto!"
The tall woman opened her eyes blearily before pushing herself up into a sitting position, staring sleepily at her Taicho before smiling brightly. Hitsugaya frowned, knowing what was about to come.
"Taicho! You're back early!" Matsumoto yelled, hugging the small Taicho.
"Release me, Matsumoto." Hitsugaya ordered, pushing the woman off of him and fixing his clothes. "Where is the paperwork?"
"It's done." Matsumoto said, a proud look on her face.
"...No really. Where is it?"
"Taicho! I'm insulted! This is the last time I ever do anything nice for you." Matsumoto said, huffing before she looked away, closing her eyes and pouting her lips.
"So... you really did it?" Hitsugaya asked, raising an eyebrow suspiciously. For all he knew, she could have found a new hiding spot.
"Yep! With the help of Kayo-chan." Matsumoto said, looking down at the woman with a wide smile. "She was really helpful. She worked so hard she fell asleep after we were done."
Hitsugaya frowned. So... the quiet woman helped Matsumoto? That was nice of her.
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"What?" Riko asked, staring up at the Taicho with a baffled look on her face. "Bring Kusajishi fukutaicho to the Rukongai to find a candy shop?"
"Yeah." Kenpachi grunted, staring down at the woman with a bored look.
"Why can't you do it?" Riko asked, giving the man a glare.
Hell, she knew they were supposed to fake a relationship, but to actually do stuff for him... that was crossing the line. She opened her mouth to argue, but snapped it shut when she saw the Taicho narrow his visible eye.
"Alright! Fine! Ya don't have to glare at me every damn time I try to yell." Riko muttered, turning and walking towards the door.
She paused and looked down to her right, seeing Yachiru smile up at her. She gave her a frown, a deep sigh leaving her mouth. She couldn't eat a lot of candy right? Oh, how she is a fool.
Riko walked after the fukutaicho with her hands in her pockets, a bored look on her face, deciding to to follow the small pink haired fukutaicho for now. And when she tried directing the small fukutaicho, she vowed to herself... to never do that again.
She paled and swallowed. Who knew the small girl could be so... scary.
So, after finally finding their way out of the Seireitei and into the Rukongai, Yachiru said she should at least let Riko try and find the candy shop since she did all the work. Riko frowned deeply. This is exactly why that damn man should have just went with his fukutaicho.
"Do you like Ken-chan?"
Everything inside Riko's head went to a screeching stop.
She turned his head and stared at the fukutaicho with shock, her eyes as wide a dinner plates and her mouth hanging open. Yachiru stared up at the woman curiously. Riko continued to stare at her in horror.
"NO!"
"Why?" Yachiru asked, furrowing her eyebrows as a sad look crossed her face.
Riko cringed at the look, quickly looking away with a frown. Damn. How can she explain this to a kid? "Oh, sorry fukutaicho Kusajishi. Zaraki Taicho and I are only pretending to be together to get rid of his crazy stalker!" She snorted. Like hell she'll say that to a kid. How the hell did the man even get a stalker?
She was knocked out of her thoughts when the fukutaicho dragged her forward, raising her eyebrows when she saw they were going into a candy shop. Oh, wow. They found one.
But after only ten minutes... all of Riko's money was spent.
Yachiru grinned widely, holding a large bag of candy, while Riko walked after her with a dark aura hanging above her. She frowned and closed her eyes while sighing. Did she always spend this much when getting candy?
She almost pitied Kenpachi.
"You didn't answer my question, Red-chan." Yachiru said, glancing up at the tall woman.
Damn!
"Uh... well... w-we... uh..." Riko looked to the side, not really sure how to say it. "We're just doing this because Zaraki Taicho wants to get rid of that crazy bitch." She said, snorting.
Yachiru blinked.
"I know."
Riko paused.
Then why ask?
"I mean, why don't you like Ken-chan?"
She just said!
"Uh... because he's my Taicho... and I'm a little scared of him." Riko admitted, rubbing the back of her neck uncomfortably. "Have you noticed how scary he is?" She asked, raising an eyebrow questioningly.
"Nope!"
Riko shrugged lightly.
"But he's really fun." Yachiru said, smiling widely. "We always have each other."
Riko glanced at the fukutaicho, a blank look on her face. Must be nice. All she sees is an angry bastard that wants to kill her! She growled and narrowed her eyes, looking pale. Sooner or later, he was going to kill her.
She could tell from how annoyed he looks every time they're near each other.
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As a bird flew overhead, a brown haired man covered his eyes with his hand and looked up, smiling when he saw the bird. Nature was so beautiful. He lowered his arm and walked forward, smiling at a couple children as they ran by.
The first Rukongai districts are so peaceful.
What he wouldn't give to walk around the Seireitei one more time.
"Well, time to head back before the Boss gets worried..." He muttered, about to turn.
He paused and widened his eyes slightly, staring in one direction intently. His heart beat fast, staring at one person. He narrowed his eyes slightly and tried getting a closer look. It couldn't be... He stared at the back of a black haired woman, his eyes looking over her features. She was tall for a woman.
He looked at the black clothing, seeing that she was a shinigami. He just needed her to turn. Both she and another shinigami were looking into a shop, but the taller shinigami shook her head. Just as it looked they were about to walk in, the man widened his eyes when he saw a Taicho walking towards them.
And hell, was he tall!
The tall man said something, gaining both of the other two's attention.
When the smaller one ran towards the tall man, the woman turned. Just as she did, the brown haired widened his eyes and parted his lips in shock. He let out a small chuckle. When the woman turned around and scoffed, he started grinning when he got a proper look of her.
Who'd have thought...
He started chuckling before turning around, walking through the small village, still grinning. Just as he was out of sight, he stopped and narrowed his eyes.
"Wait till the boss finds out... Riko's still alive."