Chapter 3
"C-captain I was just taking care of this ryoka I will be finished soon."
"no you won't." Soi Fon said matter-of-factly. "Gegetsuburi is not agile enough to catch him if he fights you and he is focused on running away making it even less likely for you." she seemed to consider something. "normally I would listen to captain Unohanna when she tells me to rest after a battle but today I will make an exception." she obviously did not need the rest as she went from her position two stories above Korusuke to kicking Korusuke in the face and sending him through a window faster than anyone could blink.
Thankfully the window she kicked him through was already broken by the hapless stealth squad member from earlier Korusuke landed on all fours and was running in an instant Soi Fon had obviously chosen this corridor for a reason because it was filled with only old crates and chairs with a small cupboard at the end it was probably going to be a hall of offices but wasn't finished and was left forgotten.
But not completely forgotten because the window at the other end of the corridor exploded inwards as Gegetsuburi forced its way through the window the ball took up most of the corridor there was not enough room for Korusuke to get through with Ayame on his back and he couldn't go backwards with a captain behind him so he untied her and threw her over letting her squeeze in the gap above while he slid in the gap underneath letting his hand catch as he went, he caught Ayame just before she hit the ground before jumping out the window straight at Omaeda who ,predictably, pulled Gegetsuburi back trying to catch Korusuke in the back but Korusuke threw the blood he had collected from his hand at Omaeda catching him in the eyes.
While Omaeda tried to rub the blood away Korusuke got out of the way of Gegetsuburi leaving only Omaeadas head in its destructive path.
THWACK the impact was less spectacular than Korusuke had expected, no blood, and he didn't get launched into a building that was a bit of a disappointment.
BOOM Gegetsuburi exploded with tremendous force its pieces turning to dust where Gegetsuburi should have hit Omaeda stood Soi Fon she was bathed in bright blue neon glow energy seemed to be crackling at her fingertips the colour slowly faded away into nothing.
"Omaeda fall back and let me handle this one." Omaeda backed away grumbling over his destroyed zanpaktou and its week of bad luck
Soi Fon undid the ribbon around her waist letting her throw her captains haori away before tearing the sleeves of her uniform off and throwing them after her haori all in all she removed all the dead weight leaving practicality and efficiency in its purest form.
Korusuke was blushing at the amount of skin the outfit revealed but he blushed even harder when she flash stepped behind him and circled her arms around his neck "sting my enemies to death" Korusuke was so busy noticing her soft skin he failed to notice the sword that was in her hand the sword was now bathed in a bright white light before it took its final form "Suzumebachi."
It was a gauntlet of black and gold reaching to just before her elbow chains went from the tip at the front to a small stinger like blade on her middle finger the length was nothing special but Korusuke knew the weapon well he had researched anyone who was likely to attack him and pose a threat to him should he be discovered, Soi Fon was at the top of his list since it was her division third seat that he was killing and he knew Suzumebachi and her infamous 'nigeki kessatsu' attack.
The loss of the dead weight was more than Korusuke obviously anticipated since she put the blade in his eye faster than he could possibly be able to follow hell he only got away with a flashstep because of his instincts.
An eye was healed, with difficulty, by Kukkaku but to get to Kukkaku Korusuke had to get around Soi Fon and with only one eye that was quite a challenge.
(10 minutes later)
Korusuke was not in good shape he was sweating profusely, he was on his knees and currently he looked like a butterfly nest gone wild he found a last bit of strength and jumped back from a jab only to slip on a small pile of rubble Ayame came loose and rolled out of danger but Korusuke was not so lucky Soi Fon had jumped forward and pinned his arms to the ground with her legs and effectively sat on his chest her hand poised and aimed at his eye time seemed to slow down as the blade descended towards him direct and perfect.
"STOP!" the voice was a deep tenor trembling with age but commanding enough to make Soi Fon stop her decent with barely an inch of space between the blade and Korusukes eye Soi Fon got off of Korusuke before hauling him, none too gently, to his feet it was only now that Korusuke noticed the two figures standing on the edge of the battlefield.
One was a woman with an almost saintlike face her hair was braided in front of her and down her neck reaching her ample chest so it gave her a frame for her face she had on a captains haori a sword hung from under her arm but the other was the real eye catcher.
He was a tall man with a bald head his beard was an aged white and went far past his barrel chest his head was a myriad of scars he wore a captains haori over his shoulders like a coat he leaned on a wooden cane but Korusuke knew that he did not need it because he had researched him as well since he was head captain Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto the strongest soul reaper to date and the instant he was on scene all possibility of escape vanished.
"We only wish to speak."
Or not.
Normally Korusuke would not trust a soul reaper but in this instance he didn't really have much of a choice the captain beside the head captain approached Korusuke he watched her closely but she only held out her hand.
"Retsu Unohanna, captain of squad 4." Korusuke felt a smile appear on his face he just felt like he could trust her so he took her hand and would have shaken it if she hadn't suddenly pulled him close and tilted his head upward dropping a small drizzle of liquid in his destroyed eye she jumped away just before Korusuke could land a kick in her stomach Korusuke felt a strange itching sensation that quickly built to mind-numbing pain he fell to the ground trying in vain to scrabble at his eyes but captain Unohanna held his hands away from his face when the pain cleared Korusuke realised that his eye had been healed and he could see perfectly. "I apologize." she released him. "I had to work quickly otherwise the damage may have been permanent." Korusuke thanked her for the help before the captain went to touch his sister he grabbed her wrist in a firm grasp.
"I may trust you with my eye but I don't trust you with my sister, yet." Captain Unohanna wrested herself from Korusukes grip.
"my members and I are the most dependable and unbiased of all the squads so I suggest you not question us or..." she leaned in right in his ear. "I'll kill you." she certainly meant it because as Korusuke leaned back he saw the shadow and eyes mixture that every motherly figure seemed to possess to scare the crap out of anyone.
"Calm down Unohanna." creepily the shadow and eyes combination disappeared and the saintlike countenance returned, it appeared even the medical force had its own troublesome people
"Will you keep an eye on her at the medical corps?"
"I can't the head captain will likely call a captains meeting which I will be forced to attend." Korusuke nodded grimly.
"I'm afraid I can't I have no doubt you are trustworthy but I can't be sure of anyone else."
"Now I have a reason to feel insulted." the head captain grumbled. "every soul reaper large and small reports to me and would never defy me."
"Oh yes the last few days have proved that very well." there was a loud crack as Yamamoto, sharply, drove his cane into the ground.
"DO NOT TEST MY PATIENCE BOY I could turn you to ashes with my very sword and have every sword in soul society plunged into your back with only a word."
"But you haven't so that means you need me for something." normally Korusuke would have been a small pile of ash if not for a man's laughter coming from the rubble of a building that had the unfortunate honour of meeting Soi Fons foot.
"he has you there captain." from behind the rubble stepped a sickly man whose complexion was only a few shades darker white than his hair he wore a captains haori but his hair was so long and lank Korusuke could not tell what number he was.
"Jyuushiro how did the send off go?"
"Quite well sir but when I felt two strong spiritual pressures fighting in the middle of the city I decided to-"
"CAPTAAAAIIN!"
"CAPTAAAAIIN!" the now named Jyuushiro seemed to wince at the two very loud voices that rapidly approached his location Korusuke could make out two figures in the distance.
One was a small woman with bright orange hair the collar of her uniform and the gloves on her hands seemed like an addition to add to her looks and not to her status beside her was a man of average build with a very gruff face his hair seemed to defy gravity as it was held up by a simple piece of string similar strings ran from his back and under his armpits the two stopped right in front of Jyuushiro puffing and panting for a few seconds before standing at attention.
"Sentaro, Kiyone I thought I told you to take the day off?" he had barely finished before Sentaro screamed
"THAT IS RIGHT CAPTAIN UKITAKE BUT YOU LEFT SO QUICKLY I WAS WORRIED AND RUSHED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD DO!" Kiyone perked up and screamed at an even greater volume.
"NO FAIR KOTSUBAKI I WAS WORRIED AND WANTED TO HELP FAR MORE THAN YOU!"
"THERE YOU GO AGIN COPYING ME LEARN TO TALK ON YOUR OWN COPYCAT!"
"WANNA GO MORON?"
"BRING IT BLOCKHEAD!" the two were grinding their foreheads together and would have surely started a fistfight with each other if not for Korusuke running up to Ukitake and taking a deep look at the captains face who was currently returning the favour.
"You are captain Ukitake?"
"Yes, are you Korusuke Hanada?"
"yes." the two stared at each other for a few more seconds before breaking out into almost symmetrical grins broke out across their faces and the two shared a handshake, laughing like they were friends who had reunited after many, many years but the chuckling stopped when Ayame began groaning in pain "uh sorry for suddenly asking this but could you please take care of my sister."
"Certainly." Korusuke handed to Ukitake who took the girl in his arms bridal style treating her like porcelain before jumping towards the fourth squad barracks.
"Okay let's talk."
Korusuke had been in tense situations before but this was ridiculous.
He was standing in the first squads captains meeting room with every single captain staring right at him two captains in particular seemed to stare at him with the hopes of cutting him to little pieces one was for science the other was for science.
"Aren't we going to start?" he asked Yamamoto.
"Not until captain Ukitake has joined us." as though summoned at his very name being called the doors swung open to reveal Ukitake who walked up to Korusuke putting his hand on Korusukes shoulder.
"How is she?" Ukitake smiled.
"They say she will heal quickly and will be at perfect health soon."
"Thank you, who is protecting her?"
"Kiyone and Sentaro." Korusuke was rather apprehensive.
"The two from earlier?"
"Yes."
"The two who were fighting like an old married couple?"
"Trust me when the time calls for it the two work well together." the two got no further as the head captain struck his cane in place of a gavel.
"let this captains meeting come to order." Ukitake quickly took his place beside the head captain. "normally you would have been judged by the central 46 but since we have yet had a chance to find suitable replacements me and the other captains shall judge you is there any captain who wishes to speak in this man's defence?" Ukitake stepped forward immediately starting to tell the story of Korusuke Hanada and his sister.
(15 minutes later)
Ukitake had finally finished and Korusuke could see a few shocked faces but far too many impassive faces.
"Captain Soi Fon since the crimes he committed was mainly against your squad I will hear any punishment you wish to recommend." Korusuke had a bad feeling about this.
"I wish to induct him as part of my squads as a replacement for the member that he killed." to say the captains were surprised was an understatement, Ukitakes mouth was hanging open.
"very well Korusuke Hanada you are hereby the third seat of squad two." Yamamoto brought his cane down once more but this time out of the point where the cane met the floor came long strips of white and black fabric which wrapped around Korusuke a few moments of struggling later and Korusuke was dressed in the standard shinigami attire which Korusuke had to admit felt pretty damn good on him.
"All right but only on the guarantee that me and my sister will be provided for and protected within the Seireitei." Korusuke was sure that Yamamoto would refuse and would release them.
"done." he thought wrong while he was stunned with the head captains decision Soi Fon grabbed the collar of his uniform and did a quick flashstep that landed them in front of a small building with the sign of squad two right above its door she led him through the door and down corridors she listed off rooms as they passed them in a quick fire language before they finally walked up to a small door with the words "captains room" written upon the face.
"And these are my bed chambers." Korusuke took the hint.
"I will leave you to rest then captain." but before he could turn away she grabbed his sleeve.
"Oh no you don't." and before Korusuke could protest he was yanked into the room with her.
"Not that I am complaining but what the hell just happened?" Korusuke and Soi Fon were both lying back in Soi Fons bed completely naked and sweating profusely.
"Parents didn't tell you about the birds and the bees?"
"It's not that believe me I am more experienced than you give me credit for its just a little over 3 hours ago you tried to stab my eye out and now here we are in the same bed in our birthday suits." Soi Fon smirked.
"captains have the most amount of work in the entire Seireitei so we have little time for lives of our own so as a small unwritten law captains were allowed to approach any member of their squad and ask them for certain...favours and as long as the favour is consensual and has no emotional or beneficial ties to the member they ask then the other captains will turn a blind eye and if the central 46 catch wind of these favours then the other captains will provide alibis for both members and back up at any judgement that's all there is to it, now you had better head to your own room lest the other members become suspicious." Korusuke stood up and got dressed "just out of curiosity who did you get your...experience from?"
"Kukkaku Shiba." Soi Fon smiled before giving a light chuckle the chuckling stopped when she realised the serious look on Korusukes face "we went on one date, had fun slept, with each other but agreed that it was as far as we would ever get she would occasionally get drunk with me and we'd wake up in the same bed but we just shrugged it off and returned to our normal lives although there was this one time-" Soi Fon held up her hands.
"Thank you third seat Hanada you are dismissed."
"Are you sure it's a real spicy-"
"GET OUT!" Korusuke made a mad dash for the door and had only made it on the other side before the door was assailed with a number of sharp objects Korusuke was quite proud of himself for being able to get some form of emotion from the usually stoic commander.
But he wasn't so proud of himself for forgetting where his room was.
Unique proposition I am sure but I really like the idea (no I am not a pervert thank you very much)
The next few chapters will surround his meeting the other soul reapers surviving the wrath of Garunichis associates and trying to get the woman he is sleeping with to notice him
Nothing too big
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