Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or it's characters, that right belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own Bleach or it's characters, that right belongs to Tite Kubo

Kagome smiled as she walked down the hallway. It was now the end of summer; fall was upon the Seireitei and Rukongai. The season was her second favorite. Spring, of course, being her first. It had been just shy of 6 months her joining the 11th Division of the 13 Gotei. And she couldn't be any happier. She truly loved all of the members, especially her two senior members, Ikkaku and Yumichika. Life was never dull, and the constant training and sparring was nice. It seemed like she was working out all her aggression; she didn't know she had kept from her prior life. Though she took great precautions not to let them know that she still had all her previous life's memories, that was a huge no-no.

Today she had been asked to run an errand to drop off some reports to Nanao. So, she was at the 1st Divisions' main building. There was always the hustle and bustle going on around. Everyone just rushing from one place to another, though she still got the occasional person who would stop and look at her. Over the last few months, a lot of her fellow Soul Reapers had approached her and asked why she would join the 11th Squad. And after a point, she just quit explaining why instead of offering to have them come to visit during a specific time. When they left, they knew. Though they wisely kept quiet.

"Kagome!"

Blinking her eyes as she looked up to see Shamillia running towards her. A smile was making the girls blue eyes dance merrily. Lifting a hand to wave hello, Kagome found her person being slammed into. Causing her to wave that raised hand to keep her balance as she used her other to note lose the reports she had to deliver. All while she turned to look at who had run into her.

There before her was a rather red-faced, flustered Shuhei. With a quick peek behind him to see his Captain looking amusedly at the two of them. Kagome gave the poor man her full attention. She was making him turn a much darker shade of red. Quickly she decided to be nice to the poor man.

"Are you okay, Shuhei?" she asked.

When all he did was nod his head as he fidgeted. Kagome felt Shamillia come up beside her. When he didn't move to go on his way, Kagome began to wonder if he was really alright.

"Is there something you need from me, Lieutenant Hisagi?" She said, making her voice friendly, yet polite and addressing him by his title.

The way he snapped to attention and seemed to calm told her that it did the trick.

"Yes, Ma'am," he said, his voice coming out high pitched.

"Okay," she said, trying to prompt him and wanting to finish her errand so she could talk with Nanao for a while about something.

"Iwaswonderingifyou'dliketogoonadatewithmeetomorrowevening?" he said, his words coming out in a rush.

Quirking an eyebrow, Kagome was a bit stunned for a few seconds after her brain finally processed exactly what he said to her. This had her smiling warmly at the man. It was quite cute how awkward he was being.

"Do you dance?" she asked.

The way his eyes went wide as he mutely nodded his head yes to her question, Kagome reached up and patted his arm with a hand.

"Good, you pick a place with food that plays music we can dance to. I will meet you at Seven P.M. at the edge of the Market," she said as she walked right on by him.

Taking another quick peek at his Captain, whose eyebrows were almost to his hairline and grinning like a Cheshire cat. The poor man had put Shuhei on the spot but seemed to be happy. Of course, she had figured that someone would have asked her out a lot earlier. But then again, she knew for a fact that she had several shadows whenever she left the Squad Compound. And while they thought they were subtle about tailing her, they were not. Meaning they scared away a lot of guys that potentially would have asked her out.

The moment she spotted Nanao, who gave her a questioning look. Once she was inside of the Captain Commander's room, she spilled. She was enjoying the woman's reaction.

He was shocked at his Captain just pushing him out and into Higurashi, Kagome. But he felt just as shocked when he just blurted out his question to her only to have her accept it. Turning slowly as he watched her walk with one of the 1st Division's biggest flirts towards the Captain Commander's quarters, Shuhei felt like he could faint. He had a date tomorrow, even with Kagome. And she wanted to go dancing. Apparently, the gods were smiling down on him.

Turning her shot a mock baleful glare to his Captain, though he knew she was smiling. Only to see his Captain shake his head and turn and walk back into the small office that each Captain had at the 1st Division's main building. Already Shuhei was thinking about the perfect place to take her for their date, oblivious to the dark looks he was receiving from all the other men out in the small hallway.

Ikkaku was lounging around the training hall when a small black butterfly alighted down to rest on his shoulder. Narrowing his eyes as he listened to the message that was imprinted on it, he felt his stomach drop. He knew it was only a matter of time before it would happen. And while most of the 11th Division had taken great precautions, they'd failed. It wasn't that he didn't trust their odd little member to take care of themselves. No, it was more due to their Captain finding out and potentially losing his shit over it.

He knew Kenpachi Zaraki fairly well. He followed him as if he were a god, hoping one day to be able to beat him. Ikkaku knew that the man was still missing Yachiru and still looked for her, which was why he was never really at all. But he had seen how his Captain had taken to Kagome. In a way, the man was supplanting Kagome for Yachiru, who was very similar in many ways to the feisty little woman.

He knew that it was not healthy for his Captain to do that. But unlike Yachiru, Ikkaku knew that his Captain didn't coddle her. No, he pushed her twice as hard as everyone else. Wanting to see just how far she could go, especially after she refused to take one of the many available seats — claiming (rightly so) that she would have more than enough responsibility in the company. Giving a low groan, Ikkaku rolled over onto his back and thought how to break it to his Captain that Kagome would be going out tomorrow.

Yumichika smiled widely. It had finally happened. And he was glad that it was Shuhei she would be going out on a date with. He knew that his friend was honorable, and had been giving her secretive glances for a few months now. He was also proud of the fact that Kagome had told him to meet her away from division gates because he was sure that as soon as the date was over, the poor bastard would be paying hell from all the other's who'd become enamored with the strange woman that joined the 11th Division.

With a small shake of his head, Yumichika stood up from where he had been meditating and decided to go find Ikkaku. He knew that the man had probably already gotten the same message. And they needed to collaborate on what to tell the Captain when he noticed that Kagome was not in the barracks the next night, while also thinking of a few good ideas for her to wear.

Yumichika figured it would serve him some fun to help her look nice for her date, and not let her leave here in anything to ostentatious. Besides, he didn't want to be on the receiving end of her wrath. There would be no doubt someone would say something. Meaning that she would pull out her interesting take on the defensive Kido. With a small shudder, Yumichika made his way towards the training hall, where he last saw Ikkaku lazing around.

TBC!