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I'm sorry for any mistakes!
Disclaimer – I do not own Bleach.
Warning – Swearing.
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Byakuya stared down at the tired woman, seeing that her back was slouched and her hands were stuffed into her pockets. He narrowed his eyes. He was not going to let this slob walk into his home while looking like that.
"Stand straight." Byakuya ordered, seeing the woman glance at him.
Kaori raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"
"I refuse to have you walk into my estate while looking like you came out of the gutters. Stand straight and take your hands out of your pockets." Byakuya said, an impassive look on his face, seeing the woman widen her eyes.
Came out of the gutters?
Kaori's expression darkened.
Here's the plan for the two "best friends." Since Byakuya refused to spend the night at his division, he reluctantly decided that the woman should stay at his manor for the time being. They would sleep in his room, but she would sleep on a separate bed.
Which was good, because she would most likely rather sleep on the floor than in the same bed at the stoic man.
She straightened her posture and took her hands out of her pockets, giving the man a glare before turning her head to stare at the manor. She raised her eyebrows slightly, impressed. Way better than the other manors she saw before.
"...We going to bed?" Kaori asked, raising an eyebrow curiously, actually hoping she would go to bed soon.
"No."
Kaori paused and narrowed her eyes. She sighed and frowned deeply. She wanted to go to bed. She walked after the Taicho with a tired look on her face, really furious. Though she wasn't showing she was.
"Then what're you gonna do-"
"What are." Byakuya corrected, giving the woman a glare. "Do not speak like that in my household."
Kaori stopped, narrowed her eyes, and tugged her arm back, watching with satisfaction when she saw the man stumble backwards. He caught his footing and turned his head, giving the woman one of the darkest glares he's ever given anyone.
"Do not do that."
"Aw, c'mon! I bet when you were a kid, you had fun. Y'know, like laughing." Kaori said, giving the man a smirk. "Or smiling. Or even getting mad."
Byakuya's expression remained the way it was, turning around and walking down the hallway. Kaori rolled her eyes with a groan and walked after him, wondering how it would be for the next two weeks of being beside the most boring man in the Seireitei.
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Riko paced around her room, her eyes remaining wide and holding her head, muttering to herself. A blush still stained her face, scratching her head, almost tripping over her futon. She closed her eyes tightly, resting her hand on her table.
It cracked under the pressure of her grip.
HE KISSED HER!
Riko's jaw fell open, her eyes insanely wide. She grabbed her hair, shaking her head to get the image out of her head. Oh, god! Why did he even do that? The bastard! He could have showed the damn kid they were in a "relationship" another way!
She fell to her knees, her eyes closed with a sigh escaping her mouth.
"That oaf..." Riko muttered, staring at the floor.
She took a deep breath and opened her eyes, pushing herself into a stand, going to get something to eat before going to bed. She needed something to eat or she was going to starve.
Ten minutes later, she walked into the mess hall, only to freeze and widen her eyes.
Shit!
The Taicho was sitting at a table with the fukutaicho, third, and fifth seats. She jolted when Yachiru turned her head and grinned at her. She turned and ran for the door, only to be tugged back.
"Red-chan!" Yachiru yelled, giving the woman a wide grin while walking back towards the table.
Everyone turned their heads when they heard the fukutaicho, Riko's eyes growing wider when she saw the Taicho turn his head and give her a smirk. Oh, damn! He never did that before! She tried taking her hand out of the fukutaicho's grip, but she wasn't letting go.
"Uh, Kusajishi fukutaicho." Riko said, grinning nervously. "I-I was just about to go to bed."
"But you were coming in here to eat." Yachiru said, confusion crossing her features.
Riko frowned when she was suddenly shoved into a seat, giving the fukutaicho an annoyed stare and looked ahead, quickly snapping her head to the side. She froze, seeing that she was sitting right next to the Taicho.
Her eyes grew wide, seeing Kenpachi smirk down at her.
"I HAVE TO GO!" Riko yelled, blushing furiously before running towards the door and down the hall.
Kenpachi's smirk widened.
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Kayo tried to get out of the grip of both Renta and Seika, hearing them squeal loudly while they held her. She furrowed her eyebrows and tried to wiggle out, but to no avail.
"Funika." Hitsugaya said, walking past them with a frown.
Both of them pouted and released the small woman, grinning down at her.
Kayo put a hand to her chest and took a deep breath, nodding to the third seats and seeing their grins widen before they walked away to get something to eat. The small blonde smiled before turning her head, seeing the Taicho sit down at a table with his food.
She bit her lip before picking up the food the twins asked her to set down before they jumped her and hugged her tightly.
She sat down across from the Taicho, lowering her head and fiddling with her fingers.
"...I'm sorry, Hitsugaya Taicho." Kayo said, furrowing her eyebrows sadly.
Hitsugaya blinked and raised an eyebrow curiously.
"For what?"
"For not winning the last game." Kayo said, actually feeling the need to cry for not doing a better job.
Stop cry- "That's okay." Hitsugaya said, shrugging lightly.
Kayo blinked and tilted her head. What was that just now?
It sounded like someone else was talking. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. Hitsugaya raised an eyebrow with a frown, seeing the troubled look on his subordinate's face. He sighed.
"It's okay. We were against the second division, anyway. We would have lost." Hitsugaya said, trying to make things better.
Well, trying.
But it worked, a little. Kayo smiled and looked at her food sadly. She just wished she was more stronger. She knew kido, but not as good as Kaori. She wasn't at all good with Zanjutsu. She was at least good with shunpo.
The only thing she was really good in was Hakuda, hand to hand combat.
She wasn't strong enoug-
Stop puttin' yerself down!
Kayo blinked and widened her eyes slightly, looking around the area with a curious look on her face. Who said that? She kept looking around the area with furrowed eyebrows, making Hitsugaya frown in confusion.
"What's wrong?" Hitsugaya asked, raising an eyebrow curiously.
"Uh... nothing." Kayo said, shaking her head with a smile.
She reached for her chopsticks with a frown.
Who said that?
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Byakuya groaned slightly, his arm outstretched, trying to pull it back under the blanket. Another groan sounded in the room. Kaori frowned, her arm outstretched painfully, and tried to pull it back. This little tug of war went on for a while until the noble woke up.
The Taicho sat up and turned his head, giving the woman a dark glare, seeing her roll over and snuggle under the blankets. Well, he couldn't very well dress if she was still sleeping, now could he?
He stood up and walked over to the woman.
"Chiharu."
Kaori frowned and groaned, pulling the covers over her head. Byakuya narrowed his eyes before calling her again. She didn't move or respond. His lips tightened. He looked to the sides and around the area, as if making sure no one was watching, before he grabbed the side of the bed and flipped it over.
"AH!"
Kaori pushed herself up, her eyes wide, looking around as if she was just taking in everything, muttering questions.
"Get dressed." Byakuya said, turning around and heading for his closet.
The rope was long enough for Kaori to stand on the other side of the room, which is where the beds were. On opposite sides of the room. She sighed and rolled her eyes before picking up her shihakusho, taking off the sleeping kimono the servants gave her, since the cold bastard said he refused to have someone wear rags in his house.
She frowned. She hated him.
After how long of glaring at each other and insulting one another, they finally made it to the stadium.
Where they were going to kill the fukutaicho of the sixth division.
"Finally!"
Kaori blinked and turned, seeing Riko walk towards her with a smirk. The redhead raised an eyebrow before glancing around the area, wondering where the "man of Riko's life" was. Not that he was.
Just that... kiss came out of nowhere.
The redhead sent the black haired woman a smirk.
"Wipe that smirk off your face." Riko said, giving a snarl.
"Where's your "boyfriend?" Kaori asked, smirking widely while shoving her hands in her pockets.
She frowned when she heard the Taicho clear his throat, which made her roll her eyes before taking her hands out of her pocket.
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Riko snapped, giving her friend a glare while her face burned bright red.
"So that kiss was-"
Riko reached over and grabbed the front of Kaori's robes, pulling her forward until her face was directly in front of her. The redhead widened her eyes, seeing the dark look on Riko's face and shivering when she heard her growl in a warning.
"That kiss," Riko spat, gritting her teeth. "Was nothing."
"Sure didn't look like nothing." Kaori said, smirking despite being in a dangerous situation. "But from where I stood it kinda looked like you gave a little tongue, as well." She said at the same time her smirk grew.
"SHUT THE HELL... UP!" Riko roared, her eyes wide with rage.
After she finished yelling she started panting heavily, giving Kaori one of the darkest glares she ever gave anyone. Kaori's eyes were wide, along with several people who saw. Kayo stood off to the side with her jaw hanging open, having been about to greet the two.
"There is nothing going on between us, all right? He just did that so that little shit can leave him alone. And if I hear one more person say something about me being with him, I'm gonna go crazy." Riko said, a maniacal grin spreading across her face. "And if you make fun of me anymore, I'm gonna kick your ass."
"What if I tease you?"
Riko blinked and widened her eyes when she heard the gruff voice near her ear, turning her head and widening her eyes abnormally large when she saw the Taicho of the eleventh division giving her a smirk.
A blush spread across her face.
"GOTTA GO!" Riko yelled, running through the crowd quickly.
Kaori blinked, seeing the Taicho grin before walking after her friend. Whoa. What was that?
"Kaori."
The redhead blinked and looked down, seeing a questioning stare on Kayo's face.
"Why is Riko... acting different?" Kayo asked, tilting her head with a small frown on her face.
"I have no clue. I haven't seen her act like this before." Kaori said, shaking her head with a frown of confusion on her face.
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Riko, Kaori, and Kayo frowned in confusion, staring down at the pieces of papers their Taichos held with curious gazes.
"Why do we have a list of stuff?" Riko asked, staying as far away as she can from her Taicho, but able to see what was on the paper while squinting her eyes.
"It's a scavenger hunt." Yumichika said, sighing and shaking his head. "So ugly."
She rolled her eyes before taking another step away from the tall man.
"...I noticed another thing about you." Ikkaku said, narrowing his eyes while staring at the woman. "You seem to really like games."
Riko blinked.
"So?"
"You won most of the games."
"Let's get started!" Riko said, turning around and walking away with a large grin on her face.
Ikkaku frowned. It was just a simple damn question. Everyone went quiet while they listened to the instructions on the screen, all frowning and waiting so they can get started, finish, go home and sleep all night.
Well, Kaori actually wanted to do that.
She was still tired.
They had five hours to gather what was on the list before they were to go back and give what they had gotten. And whoever got what first would win points.
There were a total of ten items on the list.
Something kept in a wooden form, forever has he had it from the moment he was born
Something fuzzy and soft and black, always kept in a room that is forbidden to enter in a sack
Something small and round and makes a sound
Something white and black, and has a symbol on the back
Something with a sharp end, and kept in a place where the eleventh division do not want to spend
A small instrument with strings and kept with care, belonging to a person with blonde hair
White and inherited, always on a person's head
Something fluffy and small, belonging to someone tall
Something flowery and pink, always on someone who drinks
Something green and soft, always with someone who can give someone a cough
Kayo furrowed her eyebrows. What were most of these? Were these riddles? She frowned worriedly. She wasn't so good with riddles. She was rather bad at figuring out puzzles.
"We're gonna lose." Renta said, staring at the list with a frown.
Seika smacked the back of his head.
Kaori frowned, glancing at the items on the list. What the hell was this? Something white and black with a symbol on the back?
She didn't know what most of these were.
Riko narrowed her eyes and frowned, staring at one line intently. Something fuzzy and soft and black. Didn't she have something like that before...? She widened her eyes when realization shined in her eyes.
"That's it!" Riko yelled, hitting her fist on her outstretched hand with a smirk.
Everyone glanced at her, only to blink when she turned and ran out of the stadium quickly. Ikkaku frowned, along with the others, before running after her, yelling that they wanted to know what was what.
Kaori watched them, frowning and narrowing her eyes.
"Damn."
One thing Riko was really good at... games.
Never once did she beat her at a card game.
Some of the Taichos raised their eyebrows before walking out of the stadiums, some already knowing what they had to get. Kayo frowned, walking after the Taicho with a confused look on her face.
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"Why are we here?" Ikkaku asked, glancing at the second division with a frown.
"Shut up. Do you know where the Taicho's room is?" Riko asked, glancing at the group with a frown.
"Soi Fon Taicho's room? It's that way." Yumichika said, pointing in a direction with a look of confusion on his face, wondering why the woman led them there.
"Show me." Riko said, suddenly smirking.
Yumichika frowned worriedly. Go into Soi Fon Taicho's room? Was she insane? They would be mutilated if the small woman ever found out they went into her room. Well, it was a house, but they would die if they went into her room.
Uncertainly, he led them to the Taicho's house, the group widening their eyes when they saw the woman run right in. They all glanced at each other, not sure what to do but follow her.
In another area, Kaori frowned and narrowed her eyes, one of the clues bothering her. Some white and inherited, always on someone's head. Inherited... Could be something that belongs to a noble?
Nobles always inherited stuff.
She scratched her head with a frown.
A beaten Renji followed after them, bruises already forming on his cheeks, forehead, and chin. As soon as Kaori saw him, she jumped him. And the Taicho didn't even try to stop her. He frowned.
"Where are we going?" Kaori asked, frowning in confusion.
"We're following the Taicho." Renji said, shrugging lightly with a frown, giving the other redhead a glare.
Kaori sighed.
Elsewhere, Kayo glanced at the fukutaicho, her eyebrows furrowed in worry. She wasn't too good at games. And she had no idea what most of the stuff on the list meant.
"What do we do? I don't even know most of these." Renta said, staring at the list with a frown. "Figure any of them out yet, Taicho?" He asked, glancing at the small Taicho with a raise of his eyebrow.
"Not yet. But I think I know what the ninth one is." Hitsugaya said, staring at the list with a frown. "But most likely, someone's already figured it out and took it. But we'll just go and check."
"What is it?" Matsumoto asked, tilting her head while blinking curiously.
Hitsugaya sighed. "It's Kyoraku's kimono."
-:-
Kenpachi, Yachiru, Ikkaku, and Yumichika's eyes were wide, staring into a beige bag that Riko held out with a smirk. They were currently staring into a bag full of black stuffed toy cats.
In a sack.
"This is it?" Ikkaku asked, raising an eyebrow. "How much can one person have? There's more than a dozen in here."
"How... did you figure it out?" Yumichika asked, raising an eyebrow curiously.
"Well, I grabbed that black toy cat when I was full of rage yesterday." Riko said, rubbing the back of her neck with a grin. "That piece of paper said "something fuzzy and soft and black, always kept in a room that is forbidden to enter in a sack." And, well, it's in a sack." She said, holding up the bag.
"Good. Let's get the hell outta here before that little woman catches us." Ikkaku said, rushing towards the exit.
Riko nodded and walked after him, only to frown when she felt a large hand ruffle her hair, looking up and seeing the Taicho give her a smirk before walking outside. She frowned and raised an eyebrow, missing the knowing smirk on Yumichika's face.
"Let's go, Riko-chan." Yumichika said, directing the woman outside.
Elsewhere
"What?" Byakuya asked, giving the redhead a glare.
"It's that thing on your head!" Kaori said, pointing to the Taicho's kenseikan. "You inherited it, right? And it's always on your head from what I see. And it's white." She said, raising her eyebrows.
"I think it is, Taicho." Renji said, frowning in confusion. "It fits the description."
"How can you be so sure?" Byakuya asked, giving the woman a dark glare.
"I'm not. But it seems to fit." Kaori said, shrugging lightly.
Byakuya narrowed his eyes, giving the woman a cold stare and resisted the urge to sigh, reaching up and slowly taking out his kenseikan. Kaori grinned, seeing the Taicho's annoyed stare, staring down at the item he held.
Nana blushed and widened her eyes when she set her eyes on the Taicho, seeing that his hair was down, but Kaori didn't react.
"So, how do you put it on?" Kaori asked, raising an eyebrow curiously.
"I will not tell someone like you."
Kaori frowned.
Always with the insults.
Elsewhere
"It's this!" Seika yelled, holding up the Taicho's sword with a grin.
Hitsugaya frowned and tried grabbing his sword, frowning with irritation when the woman held up her arm with a smirk. Kayo blinked and furrowed her eyebrows. His sword? Why would she think it was the Taicho's sword?
"Why would it be my sword? It's not green." Hitsugaya said, frowning deeply.
Renta held onto a pink kimono they managed to nab from the eighth division Taicho. They just clubbed him with Renta's zanpakuto, grabbed the kimono, and ran like hell.
"But this is." Seika said, grabbing the green sash with a smirk. "And it's with someone that can give someone a cough." She said, both she and her brother snickering.
Hitsugaya blinked.
How did he not see that?
He wasn't amused that they were making fun of the fact that he had an ice type zanpakuto, but how did he not see something so simple? He nodded and looked at Renta, seeing the tall man salute before grabbing the sash and holding it.
"I can hold your zanpakuto, Hitsugaya Taicho." Kayo offered, staring at the Taicho with that ever present shy look on her face.
"No, that's alright." Hitsugaya said, holding his sword with a stoic look on his face.
Kayo nodded her head, glancing at the list the Taicho held up.
Elsewhere, again.
Kenpachi glared down at the woman with his eyes narrowed dangerously. He curled his upper lip in a snarl, seeing her stare at him expectantly, raising her eyebrows and waiting. He shook his head stubbornly.
"C'mon! We just need one of 'em." Riko said, frowning deeply.
"No."
"It's just a damn bell." Riko said, rolling her eyes at the man's behavior. "You can just put it back on later."
Ding, ding, ding!
She got it right!
"Something small and round and makes a sound." Yumichika said, raising his eyebrows with shocked. "She's right, Taicho. Your bells do fit."
Riko suddenly grinned.
"That's it!" She yelled, glancing at the others. "The stuff on the list all belong to Taichos!"
Everyone raised their eyebrows.
"Really?"
"Well, for one, there were a sack full of stuffed toys that belonged to a Taicho, and now we found another thing that belongs to a Taicho." Riko said, walking over to the Taicho and quickly grabbing a bell from his hand.
Kenpachi frowned.
Riko grinned.
There were twelve teams. Getting at least two things on the list was a good thing.
But now they needed a third item.
"I agree with Ikkaku's comment before." Yumichika said, staring at the woman closely. "You are very good at games. And you said something about playing a game for twenty-four hours straight before."
"I like games. So what?" Riko said, shrugging lightly.
"We just need one more item." Kenpachi said, frowning deeply at the thought of losing his bell.
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Four Hours Later
By now, most of the teams had made it back to the stadium. The first ones to make it back was the twelfth division, of course, the second was amazingly the eleventh division. And so on and so forth.
All the teams laid out the items they collected.
"That was a cruel thing you did." Kyoraku said, rubbing his head and frowning at the prodigy.
"I needed to do what I needed to do."
Yamamoto stared at each item, his fukutaicho looking through the list and nodding.
"Two items are not here." Sasakibe said, glancing at his Taicho.
"Yes." Yamamoto said, nodding his head.
"Oh!"
Everyone turned their heads when they heard the voice, seeing Riko hit her fist on her outstretched hand with a wide grin on her face. She turned towards her Taicho with a smirk.
"Zaraki Taicho, I need your haori." Riko said, seeing confusion cross the man's face.
"Why?"
Kaori and Kayo frowned in confusion, staring at their friend questioningly. Good thing she wasn't blushing around the man anymore, at the moment. She was too caught up in the game.
"Just give it." Riko said, frowning deeply.
Kenpachi frowned and rolled his eyes, taking his haori off and handed it to the woman, seeing her grab it, fold it, and place it with their small pile. Everyone glanced at Sasakibe, seeing him nod before he checked something off.
They all widened their eyes.
Of course!
"Something white and black, and has a symbol on the back."
A haori is white and the symbol on the back is black. Some of the Taichos frowned, wondering why they didn't think of it. The one the most outraged was Kurotsuchi. It was so simple! And yet that buffoon figured it before him!
Unacceptable!
"They just missed one." Sasakibe said, glancing at the Head Taicho.
Yamamoto nodded.
All the teams nodded their heads, all turning, about to head back to their divisions since the day's event was done. Hitsugaya paused and raised an eyebrow when Kayo walked up to the Soutaicho.
"M-May I borrow your... staff for a moment, Soutaicho?" Kayo asked, her eyebrows furrowed.
Yamamoto stayed silent and nodded to Sasakibe, who checked off the last item on the list. Hitsugaya blinked and widened his eyes, seeing Kayo place the staff in their pile.
"Something kept in a wooden form, forever he has had from the moment he was born."
Hitsugaya's eyes remained wide.
The staff was in a wooden form and the Soutaicho has probably had his zanpakuto spirit since he was born. Hitsugaya's parted his lips. How did Kayo figure that out? The small blonde woman walked past him, her gaze on the ground in front of her. Hitsugaya frowned before walking after the small woman, grabbing his sash for leaving.
Item one: The Soutaicho's zanpakuto
Item two: Soi Fon's stuffed cat collection
Item three: Kenpachi's bell
Item four: A haori
Item five: A needle from the fourth division
Item six: Rojuro's small guitar
Item seven: Byakuya's Kenseikan
Item eight: Komamura's dog
Item nine: Kyoraku's kimono
Item ten: Hitsugaya's sash
A/N Okay! There's something I want to ask you readers! No, sadly, this story is nowhere near the ending! I know, sucky, right? But I want you readers, yes, you, to decide whether the characters have their vacation right after the events are done, or after the whole plot?
Yeah, I know.
The main plot hasn't even started yet. XP