Hey all! So a friend requested a oneshot about Soifon right after Yoruichi was gone, you know when we see her all ass-kicking instead of hero-worshipping.

So here's an angry Soifon.

And Suzumebachi!

"This is ridiculous. She is a child!"

"The Second Division is the Shihon Division, not that of the Fon family!"

"They serve us! Not the other way around!"

If their words hurt her, Soifon gave no indication of it. She stood in the center of the Central 46 as angry words were flung above her. Too young, too foolish, too poor, too short--there were thousands of reasons why she should not be up for this position. The few members of the Fon family that dared to show their faces only looked at her with a mixture of pity and horror. They had been horrified when she, little, slight Shaolin, had survived her big strong brothers. Past the first mission, the second, the tenth, the thousandth. It did not matter. At the end she still stood while her enemy perished under her blade. Her mother hadn't been able to look at her since her last brother's funeral when she had simply stared at the grave, unable to summon tears for a man who had failed in his mission.

But she had survived.

Disappointing brothers, dead grandmothers, mentors who chose their fuck-buddies over her, she survived it all.

She always survived.

"They are pathetic."

Soifon did not need to give an indication that she hear her Zanpakto. Suzumembachi was a low snarl in her ear. She was not foolish enough to think that he was insulted on her behalf, he was insulted purely because if she looked bad then he looked bad. And looking bad was not something Suzumebachi would tolerate.

"Listen to them squabble, they're like table dogs fighting for scraps," she could hear the bitter amusement in his voice, "its a wonder they survived this long," he sneered, "glory, that's all they care about. They cannot stand to see anyone rise in the place of their precious whore of a Princess."

Soifon's fists balled.

"Choosing what, choosing love?" Suzumebachi laughed, "ridiculous. Just sleep with him and move on."

Soifon's sharp inhale drew all eyes to her so she ducked her head and glared, hoping her Zanpakto would get the message.

"See this is what caring gets you. Sorrow, pain, sure you get the monetary joy and then you choose one man over the whole fucking world. Brilliant plan if you ask me. We should try it sometime."

"I think you'd just stab me yourself," Soifon said.

"Very true," he replied, "caring is a weakness Soifon, never forget that."

Soifon nodded. Suzumebachi may have been a callous and cold individual but there was always truth in his words. And he was nothing short of efficient. Two strikes to kill anything. Just two. It was quick and painless really, she was certainly capable of killing people in far more painful ways. Suzumebachi had no patience for that sort of thing. If someone was marked for death than it was best to kill them and be done with it. Why linger on what you did not have to?

Why linger on bad memories?

Why linger at all?

Soifon raised her eyes from the pathetic Shihon Clan arguing like they had any other choice to her own Fon Clan whose eyes begged her to be silent. To be quiet simply proud of being a guard. Of being someone willing to sacrifice themselves for another person. To give everything she was away to someone who, in the end, had proven themselves not to be worth of such a sacrifice. Soifon's fists clenched even more tightly. How dare they act like such scum? How dare they treat her like someone unworthy. She was worthy.

She knew everything Yorucihi had taught her like the back of her hand. Endless hours of practice, of bleeding cuts and bruised skin. Of always pushing herself to be harder, faster, stronger, to be better. She had always though she found happiness when she was beside Yoruichi but now she could see that all she had found was a false happiness. She could not be happy while someone so vile ran free. While someone who made her care so much made her think for one moment she was not worthy of this title.

"Caring is a weakness," Suzumebachi told her. Soifon's fists tightened furiously, "you're being just as pathetic. Not wanting to hurt their feelings--"

"Enough!!" her furious shout echoed in the hallway, silencing them all. She met their gazes squarely, "you all are pathetic. I am the only one fit to be Captain of the Second Division. I have no desire to rob you of your precious honor," she went in for the kill, "your Princess has done that already."

Cries of outrage roared up as the Fon family ducked their heads.

She didn't care.

Caring was a weakness.

"The Second Division is not the Shihon's personal playground. No blood has been spilled more than that of the Fon's in the service of that Division," she ripped the sleeve off her uniform showing the scars that decorated her skin, "my blood," she threw the sleeve aside and pointed out Fon fighters "her blood, and hers, and his," she threw her finger forward, pointing it at the Shihon Elders, "we bled for you! In the service of a woman who was not worthy of such a sacrifice!" the Elders lowered their heads, "your Honor is gone with her. The Second Division will have me as a Captain."

The Elders said nothing.

"I suggest you go and do whatever it is dishonored Nobles do," she spat, "and leave the fighting for those willing to get their hands dirty," she turned on her heel to leave.

"Hold!" she heard General Yamamoto say something in a low voice, "your Bankai is not complete," he said.

"My Bankai is already battle-ready," Soifon said, though her voice held far more respect for the Commander General.

"Even so. You will be Acting Captain of the Second Division until I see you are ready to become a full Captain and lead your Division out of something other than revenge on your former mentor."

"With all due respect, Commander General, revenge has nothing to do with it," she said cooly. He raised an eyebrow, "to want revenge I'd still have to care about someone so pathetic," she said, "and I don't waste my time with such nonsense."

"Acting Captain. We will schedule your Captaincy exam soon," he said.

Soifon gritted her teeth but gave a curt nod before bowing.

"Training, now," she told her Zanpakto and heard Suzumebachi's confirmation.

She would be Captain

And Yoruichi would pay.

"You're not supposed to care!" Suzumebachi shouted, "Have you been listening to a world I've said?!"