Chapter 20, Version 5
1988
Damn that pink-haired demon child. After moving in with Visha, taking out the 7th seat and growing somewhat accustomed to her new routines. Tanya had endeavored to foster a better relationship with Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi.
Deciding to finally bother attending a few SWA meetings, Tanya quickly figured out that Kusajishi most likely maintained her presidency of the organization through copious amounts of chocolate bribes.
Without actually looking at the finances she couldn't know for sure and Tanya would never actually admit it out loud but she also believed that the majority of the SWA budget went to treats and parties.
A part of her saw this for the union corruption it was but considering there was at least one female captain and several lieutenants who simply seemed to just not care, she quickly decided to not rock the boat and work within the system presented. Plus Tanya certainly did not mind taking advantage of the free source of chocolate herself either.
It couldn't be that hard right? Tanya just had to go along with the little girl's tea party, cozy up to a superior officer and get as many free chocolate bars as she could to stash away for a rainy day.
Tanya had tried getting chocolate through some of the local markets however she quickly found that they were all ridiculously overpriced. Her logical mind pointed out that with the old fashioned methods of production they likely weren't producing enough to meet demand but she privately suspected that the true reason behind the outrageous pricing was the lieutenant's nigh unlimited budget for sugary treats.
Well, it turned out that the "simple tea party with some friends Chaffy" was hosted by none other than the Captain-General of the first division and it was a full on tea ceremony. She and Yachiru were surrounded by members of the first division, the Captain of the fourth division and worst of all the Captain-General himself.
Under another set of circumstances, Tanya would have loved the opportunity to make a good impression on the CEO of her company. If she had had enough time to prepare herself and get reconnected to her culture's ancient practices, this would have been a prime networking opportunity. However, at the moment she had none of the practice needed and was far more focused on not screwing up more than she'd like to be.
At least it seemed that this version of whatever tea ceremony existed in the Soul Society was less strict than what she could have been dealing with and thankfully she thought she had done a good job of not embarrassing herself or the 11th division, her distant memories from her first life's youth and independent study coming in handy so far.
Doing her best to remain calm she was glad to find that at least there were enough people here that her presence had gone seemingly unnoticed. Captain Unohona of the 4th and Captain-General Yamamoto were having light conversation and discussion acceptable within the parameters of the ceremony. The pink-haired demon was busy feasting on the available refreshments and the rest of the members of the first were more interested in each other than her.
This whole mess did however give her a nice opportunity to get a look at her Commander-in-Chief. The first thing she noticed was that she could agree that the man certainly looked like he was 2,000 years old, the second was just how confident the man held himself seemingly absolute in his power.
Tanya had been paying attention to the conversations around her to try and get an understanding of what talking points were acceptable during the ceremony in hopes of bluffing her way through any conversations that came her way but to her pleasant surprise none did before she figured out that they were almost through the first tea focused part of the ceremony.
She just had to make it through the dining aspect and she would be home free, not to mention able to actually prepare for the next time she attended this ceremony. Just because she'd only gotten through this round of tea by the seat of her pants didn't mean Tanya couldn't recognize the amazing opportunity to network.
"So, Miss Degurechaff is it?" came the grumbling voice of Captain-General Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's side of the room.
Looking up from her tea like a deer in the headlights Tanya saw the General looking directly at her. Another quick look around had her note that most of the tea was gone meaning this was most likely an intermission in the ceremony.
Was this some scheme by Lieutenant Yachiru to make her look incompetent? Tanya wouldn't put it past her but ruminating wouldn't help her now, best she soldier on.
Taking a moment to calm her nerves and nodding her assent "Yes sir, that's me.".
"She also goes by Chaffy", the demon child excitedly supplied.
"That is a nickname only you call me by Lieutenant Yachiru, my real name would be Degurechaff or Tanya." she said, trying to prevent that horrid nickname from becoming more widespread.
"No it's Chaffy, it was almost Busty Jr but Rangiku threatened to run for president of the SWA if your nickname was so derivative."
Tanya did not give in to the little troll and respond, instead focusing on the Captain-General. Despite that she did think it was concerning that she almost ended up with a denigrating term like that as her nickname and that Rangiku had threatened political action on her behalf. Tanya cut that train of thought off, these were concerns for another time, a time when she was not talking to one of the most powerful men in the Soul Society.
The Captain-General and Captain Unohona seemed to have taken the interplay well enough though which was good. It meant Yachiru had not managed to sour the interaction.
"Well, Ms Degurechaff, it's a pleasure to finally meet you in person. I have to say that when I assigned you to the 11th I was a bit worried the environment may bend you out of shape but I had great hopes that it would refine you into a more polished soul reaper and from what I've heard you have certainly proven my decision correct."
This was terrible news, not only did it confirm the earlier reports from Rangiku that a meeting had happened to discuss her future but it also implied that the powers that be had expectations.
Expectations are a slowly closing noose around anyone's career, if you meet them they will expect you to meet the next set of expectations in an endless self enforcing cycle, if you do not meet them you lose a chance at promotion possibly for the rest of your career, your reputation forever tainted by the impression you left before.
This is why she had adopted the strategy used by the American Admiral Chester William Nimitz. Be good but not too good, come in third when you could have come in first place, when expectations are lower you have a wider opportunity to grow your prospects.
She would need to learn what expectations had been placed on her and see if she could avoid the worst of it, perhaps finding a nice middle ground like an advanced logistics position would keep her from the front lines and safe from the bureaucracy of high command.
For now though she collected her thoughts for a measured response "Thank you, Captain-General, I was simply doing what I had to do to best adapt to and overcome situations as they presented themselves. I'd also like to say that I think you were right to send me to the 11th." the half truth slipping out without issue.
Sure she had finally attained Shikai and attained a significant rank in a few short years but that was probably just raising the bar even further and she would have preferred a longer road than the one she had been put on.
The old man nodded his approval before saying "So tell me, youngster, what are your plans for the future? And be honest with your thoughts, we are all friends here."
Was that an indication that he could tell if someone lied? That was a terrifying thought and who knew if he had such an ability with over 2,000 years under his belt. Tanya could easily imagine a person spending 10 or so odd years trying to learn how to study people's reactions if she was inclined to like a leader of men.
Hell, she considered herself a fair hand at cold reading and it certainly wasn't something she had ever set out to explicitly learn. Perhaps the best response would be to just give the most truthful answer she could.
"Peace," she began an errant thought of beauty contestants and their usual array of vapid nonsense popping through her mind, "most of my plans are simple possible choices and things I can directly affect but the overall goal is peace. I've had enough of war and the wastefulness it unleashes, the corruption of good civilized people into monsters."
Yamamoto tilted his head slightly, one of his eyes seemingly widening." I take it you've had first-hand experience of this corruption? "
"In a way I do, I like to look back on the war and think that I was above it sometimes but the reality is that I was just as bad as everyone else, perhaps even worse. Ruthless, apathetic efficiency has a tendency of bringing out the best in people in the worst possible way." Some distant memories caught her attention before she refocused and quickly resumed her speech.
"Admittedly I tend not to dwell on it too much, I've been given a second chance to be better than I was and as I stated before, my main goal is peace. In my mind, the pathway to attaining that is to attain a reasonable officer's position as I have done and find ways to make this world align better with what it ought to be. "
Yamamoto nodded along and said "Spoken like someone who's seen the true horrors of war. Most of the soul reapers alive today have joined in a time of peace. In the long run, it has made us a more honorable organization but there are not many people who know intimately, just how bad war can really get. Having a few here or there who understand will help temper a division better than a history lesson about far off threats faced long ago."
He seemed to get lost in thought for a moment before he rejoined the conversation."But enough about the musings of tired old veterans, I believe it's time we call for our meals. I've had one of the best cooks in the first division prepare today's ceremony so I suspect it'll be a good meal that we will all enjoy."
He nodded to his lieutenant who stepped out of the room most likely to inform the cook that it was time to bring out the food.
A moment later food started coming in carried by several members of the first division staff. It all smelled and looked great and was a familiar fare to her first life but she did not have long to enjoy the sights and smells of the food as her jaw had firmly dropped at the person who had walked into the room.
A Stout man with brown hair cut short came in carrying a tray most likely containing specially cooked items for the Captain-General. Speaking fluent Japanese he described the composition and preparation of the food as he placed it down in front of Yamamoto though Tanya caught little of it in her shock.
"First Lieutenant Rhiner Neumann," The words slipping out in confused shock. The man himself froze in confusion, eyes shooting up from where he had been looking and gesturing at the food as he was giving some description about the cooking process to look around the room till they settled on her. Then a slow dawning of realization took across his face before he stepped away from the commander.
"Lieutenant colonel Degurechaff?" he said questioningly, seemingly not quite believing what he was seeing.
Smiling at the unexpected fortune the day had brought, Tanya confirmed his suspicions " It's 7th Seat Degurechaff now but yes it's me. It's good to see you again, Rhiner."
One moment Neumann was standing next to the Captain-General, the next he had seemingly flash stepped over to her and Tanya found herself buried in a bear hug squeezing the life out of her.
When the hug finally broke and Tanya was finally allowed to breathe again she heard Rhiner babbling an apology in German as he patted her shoulder.
From where Tanya now stood she was able to get a better look at her former lieutenant, noting that besides gaining a few pounds he looked relatively healthy. The man's face was contorted in a mix of emotions mostly sadness and amazement, no doubt aftershocks of her death and return to his life.
"Ryōri, what is the meaning of this?" Came the gruff voice of the Captain-General, even harsher than she heard so far.
Ryōri, a Japanese word for a cook, Rhiner must have taken on a local name and traded in his old one to fit in more with the locals. He stood up straight in response to Yamamoto's question.
"My apologies Captain-General, Lieut… I mean 7th Seat Degurechaff used to be my division commander in my previous life." His explanation however came with some unfortunate connotations that sent Tanya's mind rolling.
Her hopes of avoiding expectations had just been thrown in the trash; the Captain-General was now explicitly aware that she had once served at an equivalent rank to the commanders of his own forces and thus had prior experience in large scale leadership. She was happy to see Rhiner but this, this could be problematic for her future endeavors.
"Really now? What an amazing coincidence." the captain-general said massaging his beard looking the two of them over, "Well this is certainly a wondrous reunion to take place at such a simple event, Ryōri please join us for the rest of the meal, having you leave now after such a rare occasion would invite bad luck on our ceremony. "
Rhiner nodded his assent and took a seat beside Tanya, Tanya herself also sat down again, hoping that nothing else would happen.
"So you were a division commander in your previous life?" the Captain-General asked, looking at her directly.
"Yes, I made Lieutenant Colonel during my previous military career and was put in charge of a combined arms battalion that was similar in size to a division."
"And Ryōri used to go by the name Rhiner and served inside this division?"
Tanya nodded. "He was a member of my command staff."
Rhiner made an agreeing noise before commenting "Yes, before coming here I was a lieutenant in the 203rd aerial mage battalion, I took the name Ryōri a few years after I arrived. It made it easier to get jobs with my basic language skills in the South since there seemed to be some sort of anti-german bias down there and well, even after learning the language the name just sort of stuck." he mentioned.
Yamamoto seemed to understand what Neumann had done. It made sense after all to integrate into a new world where no one knew you by name and you could barely speak the language.
"Aerial mage battalion? An interesting phrase. What exactly were your battalion's duties Ryōri?"
"As aerial mages, we used spellcraft to provide support to ground forces and raid enemy infrastructure in hopes of winning the war," Rhiner stated matter of factly.
Tanya's eyes bugged out as she realized Rhiner did not know that this was not their afterlife and had just casually spilled the beans to the Captain-General. With a slight look of terror she glanced back towards Captain-General half-expecting him to call for guards.
Instead, she found the man nodding while looking at his lieutenant. "So other countries have been playing with the broom riders as well, Sasakibe has told me about Britain's efforts to use magic wielders to control issues that crop over on that side of the globe. Admittedly it's not something I concern myself with really, let them handle dragon problems how they want, hollows, spirits and the Soul Society are the only things I need worry about." He seemed to find the situation rather humorous, chuckling as he finished explaining.
Tanya tilted her head as she processed the new information. Apparently magic wielders did exist in Europe to some extent, so her story about them being some hidden society had some weight and two dragons apparently were a hidden problem in Europe.
There were many odd implications there but Tanya wasn't quite ready to unpack them, it wasn't like there was a lot she could do about or with it yet, so for now she just tucked away the new knowledge in the back of her mind and smiled.
"I'm afraid I don't know anything about dragons, we were used for the war effort and when the war went bad we fulfilled our duty till the end." she hoped by approaching this way she would prevent any further question about her origins.
The Captain-General nodded his head "As any good Soldier would. From your quick rise through the ranks I would assume you were a consummate professional during that conflict. You must have been a powerful and honorable warrior for your time in the world of the living to end so short yet achieve so much."
"The war had no place for honor," Rhiner interjected, a grim look staining his face "the conflict was nothing but organized killing near the end, feeding anyone with power in grinder on both sides in hopes of a swift victory, Tanya was killed by a girl who was so drunk on power to point she was willing to throw her life as well as those of her allies away. The last remnants of the division didn't last long after Tanya's death and we were wiped out when we finally did try to surrender." Neumann seemed lost in thought before he looked around and shrugged his massive frame, ashamedly rubbing the back of his head "But that's a story for a less festive time, we should just focus on here and now."
Captain-General Yamamoto nodded his assent. "Well then, let us enjoy the fruits of your labor Ryōri." Indicating that they should begin to eat.
12th Seat Wilibald Koenig woke up and moved out from the tree he had slept under. He and some of his best men from his squad were making their way out to the 80th east district. It was a bright day, the sun was up and not a cloud could be spotted in the sky. A welcome change from the two weeks of rain he had endured on this trip so far.
His justification for heading east was simple, Tanya. Tanya had spoken of a group of bandits who were trying to be better than the average thieves that usually haunted the area. She had called them wannabe knights and said that their commanders were reasonable and willing to talk.
Koenig had taken this as a suggestion there might be worthy recruits for the Thirteen Court Guard Squads' auxiliary forces. A few years earlier Visha had finally convinced Kenpachi that if the 11th set up some sort of force out in the higher districts and that force was ever wiped out, they would know there was someone strong in the area and he would have an opponent to fight.
This framing had sold the Captain on the idea and was what eventually led to the 11th launching an expedition to the north, Kenpachi's Homeland as it were, which resulted in a campaign of brutally beating down all the bandits until they stopped screaming or surrendered.
After that those who were judged to be somewhat reliable and were not there to commit crime simply to fulfill their baser needs for violence and anarchy were turned into an auxiliary force meant to scout for hollow activity and to try to keep the peace in the region.
Of course, it'd be foolish to believe it'd be perfect if left like that and there was always the chance that those forces would go rogue, so the 11th periodically send a few guys over to check in and make sure they're not becoming a problem. If the corruption ever did exceed tolerated levels the 11th division would deal with them themselves.
Not long after that Visha had led an expedition to the west 80s, whose bandit population still hadn't fully recovered after her previous efforts but she was still able to find enough inhabitants who were willing to contribute to that branch of the auxiliary force.
So far neither had been too much of an issue, the second division had complained a bit when the auxiliary forces had first been formed seeing them as a way for the 11th division to gain intel before they did and thus overstep their authority but they had quieted down after Visha suggested that the second division were free to and were in fact encouraged to use the auxiliary forces for that themselves. Having the Second division send agents to keep a tab on them only increased the possibility of success after all.
Ever since then there had been a tacit agreement between the divisions that whilst the auxiliary forces may have been formed by the 11th they were resources to be used by the entirety of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads giving them an extra early warning system if anything ever happened out in the outer districts and their facilities functioning as forward bases to resupply on for any far off operations.
This was ultimately why he was heading east. If these bandits were amenable to it they could be instrumental in setting up another branch of the auxiliary force here. Of course, if they were not willing to give up their bandit ways he would have to just deal with them. His sword Ryōshi and his men could deal with some outer district bandits if need be but it would extend their trip by weeks if not months.
After helping Naitara Kyuhiko and Tosagi Rokichi clean up the camp, Koenig cleaned off his old binoculars, one of the few items to follow him to this strange afterlife. Taking a moment to ensure his equipement was functional, he jumped off the ground up into a tree to gain a higher vantage point, trying to get a better look around the area and an idea of what their day's travel may look like.
Unlike most of the people who made it to the Seireitei, Wilibald greatly enjoyed patrolling the outer districts. Not because he got a chance to fight hollows or bandits though, he simply enjoyed exploring these strange lands that made up the afterlife.
Sure most of the time it was just some decrepid slums or barely held together city-states with rudimentary farming making up the difference between the two but once in a while, he found something weird.
Once he found a boulder that was just floating in the air for no apparent reason. Another time he thought he'd seen half man half animal hybrids in the mountains to the west of the 80s. It was these little moments of wonder that made him want to go out into the outer districts looking for things to see which was something he would not get outside of the 11th division.
Besides the second division, most of the other divisions stayed close to the central districts only leaving when they received a confirmed report about hollows or were on assignment to an area in the living world and wasn't that something that had amazed, given him hope and disappointed him when he found out travel between the worlds was a common thing.
Most divisions arranged their training around defending the Seireitei, admittedly it was the strategic central point in the soul society which was good for the military, however for Koenig it just didn't satisfy him completely.
Contrary to what he expected he'd honestly enjoyed the lack of structure the 11th thrived in. The only thing that mattered was getting stronger, how a person went about that was up to their own prerogative so he enjoyed great freedom in exploring the outer areas of the Soul Society.
Scanning the area he paid special attention to the horizon looking for any smoke or other signs of inhabitation. They weren't nearing the 80th districts yet so the chance of a bandit attack was relatively low but you never knew what you would find in the 40s.
Besides there being a hollow attack once or twice out here, he'd come across two minor noble houses fighting each other over a goat, herds of stampeding animals and on the less disastrous side of things he had even seen an old mechanic trying to build a steam engine out of locally sourced materials.
So Koenig had learned that when there was smoke in the sky there was almost always going to be something interesting along the route. Admittedly watching fireworks go up into the sky out in the boonies was new, it certainly wasn't what he was expecting to come across but following odd rumours, looking for his old comrades was another reason he trekked through the world so much.
Making some rough visual calculations, a valuable skill any aerial mage worth his salt mastered, he estimated the firing point of origin was only about an hour or two away.
Taking a slight detour and some time to investigate wouldn't change his schedule too much and it'd easily fall under general soul reaper duties, not like anyone cared what he did out here anyways. Nodding to himself, Koenig jumped down to the ground and told his two men to follow heading in the direction of the blast.
Much to Koenig's delight another fireball of some complex color or design would head up into the sky every few hours, marking their destination clearly.
Traveling overland at a steady pace the group soon arrived at a strange small shack of a house well built but slightly smaller than he would expect from someone with so much room to live on. Fluttering in the breeze up ahead was a banner hanging from a stone tower just behind the building with the words "Master Shiba" emblazoned upon it.
"Huh, some kind of well-known fireworks master?" He asked, turning slightly to Naitara, quickly noting how the man was staring at the banner with an odd look of terror.
"We have to leave now." Naitara said, taking a step back.
"What wrong Naitara?" he asked before returning his attention to the house as he could see three men exiting, the middle one looking vaguely familiar as he carried out a large balled firework and headed towards a distant testing field. The other two were tall identical twins wearing some rather distinctive oriental clothing.
They looked a bit ridiculous to Wilibald but they seemed to have sharp eyes and spotted him and his two subordinates. Without a word they began marching towards them puffing out their chests and looking as tough as they could.
He thought they could take them if things went south but he knew discretion was the better part of valor, taking steps to de-escalate any possible conflict Koenig called out. "Good morning gentlemen, fine day for testing fireworks. I assume you're just making sure some of your older stock hasn't gone bad?"
The two slowed down before one called back. "Yes now begone soul reaper the master Shiba does not want you on their property, your kind has done nothing but harm to their family."
Koenig smiled, "My apologies, if other soul reapers have been trouble for you but I'm not here on soul reaper business, this is just a little personal side trip for me, I heard a friend of mine went into firework business, and when I saw your dazzling show I thought, I'd check it out on the off chances he may be here."
"There are no friends of soul reapers on this property, now leave.." the other twin interjected, wanting to be done with them.
"Shame, it would be great to see Major Weiss again," he said, faking the absentmindedness in his voice to gauge their reactions.
The two gentlemen stiffened in front of him before taking a step back to talk with each other, perhaps his attempt at subtlety was… superfluous. After a hushed conversation one of the twins ran off to the large man working on some strange mortar-esque firework cannon, after another brief discussion he stepped up and made his way back towards the gate "You" he said, pointing at Koenig "may step onto the property those two may not, and leave your sword with them."
Koenig hesitated for a moment, though the Huntsman and him would never truly be apart, leaving the physical representation of a fragment of his soul behind was never a fun thing to do. Despite this, he nodded his assent, unstrapping his sword from his belt and handing it to Tosagi.
"Please lead the way." Koenig stated as he glanced at the other twin talking to the third man. Making his way over to the far off testing field he finally got a closer look at the third man, it took a moment but Koenig soon started recognizing him despite the changes.
Oh sure the man had adapted to the local dress and let his facial hair grow till he had a fine beard but he had kept his hair relatively intact and still maintained his rather imposing figure with his broad shoulders.
"Matheus." he found himself uttering the words before they had fully reached each other reaching out his hand to greet his old friend.
"Wilibald." Came the man's reply, taking that hand and giving it a firm shake before continuing." I'll be damned, I'm not the only one who made it here."
"Not by a long shot, so far almost everyone with a commanding role in the 203rd has shown up including Tanya and even General Lerghen." he commented, unable to keep the cheer out of his voice.
"Amazing," Matheus's astonished reply came before he let out a laugh and started introducing the twins "these are Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko they're kind of like retainers to the Shiba clan."
The twins nodded as their names were spoken before one of them walked off, heading into the house.
"I'm going to be sleeping on the couch tonight, that's for sure." Matheus noted absent-mindedly as he watched him head off.
"Why is that Major?" he asked, still not quite able to place the reason for the hostility. "You're just a simple firework salesman as far as I know, got to say I did not expect that to be what you would do when the war was over.".
Weiss chuckled again before replying "It wasn't actually my plan when I showed up here either, I thought I would head to the Seireitei and join the military again but I got waylaid and found something out here that was worth staying around for."
"Oh? And what did you find out here that was worth staying for…?" looking past his former Commander he saw the twin return followed by a woman, Possibly one of the most gorgeous women he'd seen since arriving in this world and she was in the process of giving him a death glare that would make lesser men baulk.
An amazing feat considering she only had one arm which he absentmindedly realised was currently busy holding some kid… a child that had a remarkably similar hair color to… looking back at Matheus he said "You lucky son of a bitch."
Matheus shrugged before he responded, "Last life ended with my death at the hands of Ildoan bayonets so this one could probably do with a happier story."
"The others are going to lose it when they find out you have a kid, you should expect visitors because they are going to rush here." Koenig commented as he smiled.
Metheus wore a pained look before shaking his head. "I'm afraid I'll have to ask you not to tell them. Kūkaku lost a brother and a lot of other family members serving in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, so she's not exactly a fan of dealing with soul reapers. Not to mention that Central 46 has slandered her family's reputation implying one of those family members was involved in some unholy experiments."
Looking over Koenig's shoulder he saw Naitara still staring at the entrance sign in some form of fear, perhaps the governing body's slander would explain his reaction.
"That would explain some things," he commented thoughtfully, "but I doubt not telling or asking them not to come will work. Sooner or later when they find out, they'll make their way out here, you know how the Lieutenant Colonel is."
"No worries there, we move house every six months or so, we will probably be long gone by the time anyone shows up. Somewhat unfortunate if I'm completely honest, I would like to see some of the 203rd again but I respect Kūkaku too much to put her through meeting a bunch of old friends who could die any day in their line of work."
Wilibald nodded understanding where his friend was coming from. "Well if that situation ever changes I'm sure the others would love to meet you and your wife. Just get a letter to the Seireitei, to the 11th division and we'll come running... Well I guess you need to get back to experimenting with your fireworks, have a nice day, it was good to see you again." the words awkwardly coming out as he offered his hand in a final gesture of farewell.
Metheus grinned a soft smile, taking the offered hand. "I'll keep what you said in mind, you never know how things could change."
"Weiss." he stated saluting in imperial fashion.
Returning the salute, the former soldier corrected him. "Technically it's Shiba now, they are nobility of sorts. "
Koenig made an affirmative noise before nodding his understanding. "Well then, see you around Shiba, you lucky bastard."
Author note
A less fighty chapter, more a slice of what Tanya has to deal with… also more information on how the 203rd and the salamander kämfgruppe have affected the world in Tanya's absence. On another note we were a few days late but I felt that at the time it'd be better just letting editors finish going over it than to try and get it out, riddled with mistakes as it was.
Please comment, review, and generally enjoy yourselves…
Edited By : Lord Feunoyr, FinalFan, Emberwing, Tisaku
PsylentFox: you're right on the money with that description, though i thought the mini Rangiku from chapter 17 would be a goon hint, basicly I've been hiding moments of description in a lot of chapters, but I guess I should look into having someone describe her in full. though if you just wanted me to do it, which to say she five foot somthing.
EricFreak: something else was right though i am preparing what i'm calling an interlude chapter that has some short 3000-word slice of lifes to try round out area people have commented on over on space battles, as well as give editors more time with a chapter which is why this chapter couple of days late.
Jctherebel: aren't we all
Kisame Hoshigaki: true
Grocamol: Silver Titania as for meaning beyond that translation "spoilers"
Forum Explorer: that was fun to write
AnimeA55Kicker: So far!
Cat Eyes In The Night: I disagree, and if you think Tanya going to be faceless generic shinigami who only exists to get mocked and teased by low-level side characters, yeah that not happening.
123dal: pathetically weak... took on the fifth seat of division 11 without Shikai and nearly won... and this 13 years before canon... thank Being T I have more fights planed to help grow her rep.
bossboss, Dragonaut344Doomed, Scarlet Anne, skrapsynneh,: here more enjoy!