A trip home into more chaos!

"Ugh. What a night. I hope Unohana-taicho doesn't send for me anytime soon…" muttered Kosuke as he was about to fall asleep. Too bad he wouldn't get to enjoy that luxury tonight.

"Kosuke-san! We have an emergency!" said a fellow Medical Unit member as he barged in.

"IF it's so important, wake up Unohana-taicho. I want to catch up on lost sleep!!!" growled Kosuke, annoyed as hell.

"Apparently you've never dealt with her when you interrupt her sleep…" grumbled the Shinigami.

"Fine, what's so damn important that you come to harass me when I would rather be sleeping?!"

"Two of the Officers in the 11th division have been injured seriously! It looks as though someone ran a Soul Slayer through them!"

"WHAT!!! I'm coming, I'm coming. There's going to be some major explaining when I get through with those two!"

In the fourth division, emergency treatment ward…

"Holy crap. You weren't joking. I'll get right on it."

It took Kosuke three days to finish with them. The two officers that had been injured were none other than 3rd officer, Ikkaku Madarame, and the 5th officer Yumichika Ayasegawa. The reason it took three days to heal them both is because after the initial treatment, the two revealed to Kosuke that they had been injured by their own Zanpaku-to!

"How the hell can you two bakas be this badly injured by your own Soul Slayers?!"

"Um…" said the two.

"Oh no… Don't tell me you left them unsealed and tripped onto the blade!"

"Yes…" answered the two. They both cowered when they saw Kosuke's reaction to this.

"YOU TWO ARE SO DEAD!"

After beating the crap out of them, he went directly to Zaraki and told him and Yachiru exactly how the two officers were injured. When Zaraki heard the reason and the fact that he beat the hell out of them for their stupidity, he decided to not take any retribution on Kosuke.

Unohana-taicho went to Kosuke later to tell him some good news for once. He was being promoted to officer! Kosuke would be one seat higher than Hanatoro and he would have his own squad!

"So I'll be a higher rank than Hana-chan… I bet he'll be thrilled!"

Kosuke went to Hanatoro to tell him about someone being promoted to 6th seat. His reaction?

"That's great. Now I'll have someone new to bully me…" said Hanatoro glumly.

"Hana-chan… Would you like to hear who's being promoted before looking so sad?"

"Hai."

"You're looking at him!" said Kosuke happily.

"NANI! You're going to be the 6th seat officer Kosuke?! That's good to hear!"

"You know what that means right?"

"No, what does it mean?"

"Means now you'll have someone who'll protect you from the others!"

"Really? You mean you'll keep the others from bullying me? Arigato, Kosuke!!"

After telling Hanatoro the good news, Unohana-taicho went to Kosuke one last time.

"Kosuke-san, how long has it been since you slept?"

"At least four days…"

"I'm going to give you permission to go back to the living world for one week."

"Really?! Arigato Unohana-taicho!!"

"You've earned a week off by taking on the two 11th division officers and dealing the appropriate punishment for their own stupidity. This way you can get some real sleep without worrying about another intrusion from the other Relief Units. And before I forget, here's your officer badge. I'll see you again in a week."

"I finally get to go home again… Finally some peace and quiet to ease my stressed out nerves! I bet dad and the others will be glad to see me."

Too bad that wasn't the case. By the time he left the gate, he was surrounded by…HOLLOWS?!

"What the hell?! I finally get a week off and I immediately have to fight you guys? Can this vacation begin with a worse start?!" growled Kosuke before he killed the Hollows.

(Has anyone ever noticed that when someone says, "Can this get any worse?" or "It can't get any worse than this." It usually ends up worse?)