Ch.7

Sunshine

Isane slowly was able to wriggle out of his giant bear hug and look at him straight, her face flushed a bright cherry red "Captain Zaraki!" she exclaimed rather flustered, her grey hair all out of place, she set her hand on her sword and that was enough for him to finally let her go, eyeing her with a strange mixture of maniacal fighting spirit and love. "I was being sincere for once you know Isane" She looked down and refused to speak for a good manner of minutes and then looking up at him again she smiled " you are a captain of the thirteen squads and I am Unohana taicho's lieutenant...it cannot be" Zaraki then laughed, a long quite intimidating laugh and then patted her shoulder from where he stood, the bells on his hair chiming sweetly " who ever said it had to be so? There is no law that prevents love between squads or rank Isane."

Meanwhile everyone in the room had gone complete dumb over what had just occured. THEIR captain, the most feared one in ALL the thirteen squads and the only one without a fan club had found love first, and for once...was being kind. Ikakku had to re adjust his jaw and blink a few times before he had gotten fully over the shock of what had happened, He rubbed a shaky hand over his bald head and readied to get up when he heard a rather particular sound from beside him, he turned incredulous. Yachiru was crying.

Yachiru had been nothing but happy or scary since Ikakku had known the child when she came with Zaraki to the thirteen squads but he had NEVER seen her like this. He was slightly moved and reached out his hand to comfort her but she sighed and wiped a furious sleeve across her eyes and put on a tough smile, he smiled and knew why immediately and withdrew his hand. Instead he amused himself by looking to the unconscious Yumichika beside him and snickering "so YOU couldn't handle the fluff eh? What a sad man you are" He looked up from where the broken court of the eleventh squad was bathed in afternoon sunlight and he sighed " this will probably cause quite a stir in the other squads" he muttered, not half expecting to be answered. However, he was.

"Your right Ikkaku San…what the hell is going on here?" said a slightly drowsy laughter laden voice, and then another one, firm and cold joined the other "indeed…I would love to know what that maniac is doing so that I may be on my way, I have important matters to attend to and I have no time for dawdling…those blasted fan girls might find me."

He turned to find a sleepy captain Kyoraku and a wary Byakuya behind him, their eyes locked on the two in the center of the whole mess. Kenpachi and Isane were still face to face, waiting for one to speak, breath or move.

Yachiru had refused to let her tears show but they had whether she had liked them to or not, and even if she didn't quite understand the emotion that was blazing through her little heart…jealousy.

She knew along time ago that in the way of soul society when you died, and at what age determined what you would be like in Soul Society. She had grown up a little from when Kenpachi had first plucked her from among the bloodstained pages of her childhood.

Growth here was determined by emotional growth…she suddenly knew the pain of it and she grew in heart. She loved Kenpachi as well, as a Captain, as a father, brother and as a man but she was much to small to understand love so she let things come as they may. She had no quarrel with Isane; she was rather fond of her actually, having healed Ken chan for her as much as Unohana had before.

But…her little pink haired head nodded down as she stood up and brushed herself off, turning a smile to the sunlight, her little cheeks rosy as usual.

She hoped she would have more fun, after all… the more the merrier!

Isane had taken Kenpachi's hand then, just as Unohana came calmly to stand behind Kyoraku and Byakuya, a smile flitting upon her lips, a summer breeze tousling her long silky hair, un braided for once it flung around her in a sort of black cloak as pretty as a ravens wing and twice as messy, her fair face was flushed and even though she was calm and composed she breathed deeply. Unohana had worried over her lieutenant so much that she had come running from her squad to find her, she had been worried for both Isane AND Kenpachi…she shook her head and was greeted by a pat on the shoulder by Kyoraku who immediately understood and even with a gesture such as that one calmed her down.

She opened her mouth then, her eyes kind and her voice sweet "well Isane" she murmured. Isane and Kenpachi started where they stood, their hands together, Kenpachi's huge hand encompassing hers.

Unohana continued "I hope you don't get in to too much trouble dear…he is quite a handful…or so I hear" she smiled and Kenpachi couldn't help a wolfish grin " you know me better n that Unohana" he rumbled.

Indeed, and with that the two of them walked out together leaving a mess of rather confused and happy lieutenants, captains and chaos all around.

Amidst the strangest of places love between two polar opposites bloomed.

For Kenpachi, the most feared captain in the thirteen squads and (the only one without a fan club) he had found love.

And for Isane, the secret artist who had thought her self to be too plain to be noticed had found love.

A little girl grew in heart

And a story took place.

The End.

Epilogue:

Kenpachi yawned, up on yet ANOTHER roof top, the fourth squads actually…and getting quite the kick out of terrifying all the fourth squad toadies as they scrambled out of his line of sight, even if he WAS wearing an eye patch all the time, his robes swirled about him. He was waiting like a bird of prey.

Then he heard something, it was small but even with the bells in his hair chiming he heard them coming and he blanched. " Aw hell" he rumbled as he got up, dusting himself off, " I thought id lost them for sure" five girls had gathered at the gates of the fourth squad court, he sighed as he looked between his hands at the front line of the gaggle, and there with a pink haired twelve year old perched upon her shoulders was Isane, smiling up at him with that proud look in her eyes " You don't really have an official fan club Kenpachi…" she yelled at him as Yachiru squealed and waved a flag of some sort " But you will ALWAYS, have us."

Badger Notes

I hope you all liked my little fluff story, ok ill admit this wasn't much of my forte but at least I tried X3

I like the way I ended it and I hope all my readers to as well.

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