Bleached: Breaking the Pendulum

by Cobra04

Completely oblivious to how she ended up in her favorite fictional universe, Heather is being charged as a Ryoka and her once normal life comes crashing down when she realizes it's not a joke. How will the Gotei 13 handle Heather? And could she possibly affect future of Bleach as we know it? AU set in the Soul Society. All characters involved. Rating may change. Read and review!

9. Chapter 9

Chapter 9:

(Roses POV)

I walked to my office and let myself in. My lieutenant, Chikane Iba, was already there tending to her duties. "Morning." I greeted and looked over the schedule then almost fell over. I had nearly forgotten that I had taken it upon myself to train our newest arrival. "What's the matter, Captain?" Iba inquired curiously, apparently noticing the shift in my behavior. "It's nothing, Chikane." I lied sensing a rant about a man's responsibilities if I told her. "You forgot about the girl, didn't you?" my lieutenant half accused. "I didn't forget. I've been prepared." I retorted, feeling defensive. It was true. I had thrown everything together the second I walked in after talking with Ginrei and Heather a few days ago. After that, I just did what I do best, my usual duties and trying my luck on learning how to play the guitar.

Now that I looked at the books and thought through the scenario, a thought occurred to me. The books were written in Japanese and she was an American that probably had not learned my language at all. Then again, she can talk to me and the other captains, or are we just able to understand her? "Shit!" I cursed aloud. My lieutenant raised an eyebrow at me. It took a lot to get under my skin. "I think I messed up." I admitted. "Hm?" Chikane wordlessly questioned. "You think she might be able to read any of these?" I inquired sheepishly. "You mean you didn't think to ask?!" my lieutenant almost scolded me. I kind of deserved it…it took me this long to think of something so obvious? I have until noon to make this right…while doing my other duties. Damn! I guess I have no choice than to try it out and see how it goes.

Noon rolled around a little too quickly for my taste and soon I heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" I called as I filed some of the new coming paperwork. Heather walked in looking around and greeted me with a wave. "Good afternoon, Heather. Find the place okay?" I greeted. "Yeah, I did. Byakuya was even surprised." Heather replied with a light chuckle. "Good," I replied and then introduced, "That woman over there is my lieutenant, Chikane Iba. Chikane, Heather." My lieutenant looked the younger woman over as if trying to figure out what the big fuss was concerning her. "So, you're the girl that broke into the Seireitei?" she stated more than asked with an eyebrow raised. My student looked a little put out when she was asked the question. "If I did, that's news to me."