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Two weeks had past and not once did Mai stay with her squad, seeing as she had forgotten to ask where she was suppose to be staying. At the moment she was residing in the Kuchiki manor with Sayama and the Captain of the Sixth, for Rukia was off in the world of the living. It wasn't as though there was really anything to do in Mai's division for the morning training sessions were 'postponed' because (according to Yachiru) 'Baldy' and 'feather head' were also in the living world with Rukia and 'Kenny' couldn't be bothered with such pointless things.

"It's boring around here," complained Mai as she lay in the grass along with Aria and Yachiru who was sitting in a tree.

"I know what you mean; we don't train at all in my division! But at least I get to work in a lab," said Aria starring off into the distance, as she pulled on blades of grass.

"I wish Baldy and Feather head were back! 'Cause then Kenny wouldn't be locked up all day in the office all day," Yachiru said from up in the tree. "He doesn't normally do paperwork!"

Mai simply starred at the pink haired and chuckled as she turned towards Aria furrowing her eyebrows. "Why aren't you at work?"

"Eh… just didn't want to go. I'm sure Akon will hunt me down to give me shit sooner or later," Aria replied with a shrug of her shoulders as the conversation died into a peaceful silence… one Mai couldn't stand.

Mai grunted, as she rolled over and sprawled out on her stomach.

"Is that anyway for a woman to lay?" asked the Twelfth division member laughing a little. "Especially the way you're dressed."

"Probably not but I don't really care."

"Have you no shame?"

Mai shrugged at the brainiac as she stood up and brushed herself off. "I'm going back to the eleventh to find someone worth fighting, you coming Aria?" asked Mai as her Lieutenant jumped down beside her.

"Yea, beats not having thing else to do."

"Brainy, why exactly are you not going to work?" asked the pink haired lieutenant.

"I'm… avoiding the Captain, he likes to do experiments on people in the division when he's in a bad mood. Although I have yet to meet him I rather not become a victim," Aria said as she shuttered.

"I was alright," Yachiru said confused.

"Yea, but that was intentional, where as the others are just for his amusement, causing people to either end up dead, with some sort of mutation or looking like an entirely different species," responded the mask wearing woman, as they both walked to catch up to Mai.

The walk back to the Eleventh division was silent except for Mai's grumbling rant about wanting to fight someone stronger then the weaklings she'd put in the fourth division the week prior. The girls walked into the building but were blocked from the hallway by a group of men standing in a circle. Mai sighed in frustration and began pushing herself through the crowd of men to see what the commotion was. In the middle of the surrounding men stood a young woman of an average height slightly trembling as she held a box in her arms.

"Come on girly, why don't you come with me and we'll have a little fun," sneered one of the men with a perverted smirk on his face.

"I-I-I'm just he-here to give this to the Ca-captain or Lieutenant of Squad Eleven," stuttered the girl looking around for a way out.

"Well they're busy right now, so why don't you give the box to one of these men, and come with me?" said the same man as he stepped closer to the girl. "You're only going to find pathetic men in the Fourth Division, so why not settle with a warrior of the Eleventh while you have a chance?"

"You're the pathetic one, if the only way you can get a woman is ganging up on her," Mai growled placing her left hand on the hilt of her Zanpakuto.

"I bet the only reason you're still in this Squad is because you're screwing the Captain, the moment he's bored with his little toy you'll be gone! And in that case, I won't mind if you come crying to me," replied the man as he too reached for his sword, but was interrupted by a large hand coming down on his shoulder.

"What did you say?" came a rough voice from the owner of the hand.

"Uh…" the man's eyes widened, and slowly looked up behind him as the other men in the crowd backed away. "Nothing, Captain Zaraki, Sir."

"Better not hear you say something like that again, or I'll kick your ass. Better yet, let Takahashi do it for me, she could beat you to the ground any day," growled the Captain. "Now all of you leave!"

"Yes Sir!" shouted the men before scattering away.

"Has your Captain even seen Mai fight?" Aria whispered to Yachiru, watching the men run away as if they were on fire.

"Mm… Nope!"

"Mai!" said the woman from the Fourth Division sighing with relief. "I'm so glad to see you! The only reason I agreed to deliver this package was to talk to you."

Mai glared at her Captain as he raised one of his eyebrows to her, before she turned around to face the girl. "Sora. You have some explaining to do."

"Um, okay…" Sora said looking down at the package in her hands. "But first, Captain Zaraki, I was ordered to give this to either you or Lieutenant Kusajishi, I am sorry for any interruption I may have caused."

"Hmph, Yachiru come! We got work to do and there's a joint meeting to attend to later," barked Kenpachi walking away with the pink haired Lieutenant following close behind.

"Bye, Maya, Bye, Brainy, Meet you later Delivery Girl."

Mai rolled her eyes and waved good-bye to her Lieutenant and whispered. "You would think she'd stop with the names when she went through that experiment."

"She may look like a fifteen year old girl, but that doesn't mean she's going to act like one," replied Aria as she stood beside the member of the fourth division. "Hello Sora, It's been awhile."

"That it has Aria! A lot has happened over the last little while!"

"Damn right it has! And you're going to explain everything right now!" said Mai dragging Sora and Aria off.

"What about your fight Mai?" asked Aria cringing at the force Mai used to drag her.

"The asshole ruined my mood," Mai replied grumbling and glaring straight ahead.

"The man trying to get into Sora's pants or Captain Zaraki?" asked Aria.

Mai growled but didn't reply, someone would have to be brain dead not to know her answer, don't get it wrong, she didn't hate her Captain- in fact she found a little respect for him but not much- but there were some things Kenpachi would say that but Mai in a foul mood, but she didn't know why.

"Mai… I need to get back to my Squad!" cried Sora. "I have a job to do."

"You can go back later but right now telling us why you've been anti social for the past month is more important than work," argued Mai shoving Sora to the ground before sitting beside her, allowing Aria to seat herself. "Begin."

"But you guys already know! I was doing extra Kido training."

"No, because that wouldn't have taken up so much time that you were unable to spend time with your best friends!" said the female of the Eleventh Division crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at the girl.

"But…"

"Don't! Lie to me Sora. We all know what will happen if you try and I find out."

"Fine… it was because of my Boyfriend…"

"Boyfriend?" interrupted Aria raising an eyebrow at her friend in shock.

"Yea… he was mad because I was spending time with you guys and Sayama instead of him, that he… he…" said Sora holding back a sob. "He'd hurt all of you if I were to hang out with you again."

"How selfish of him," said Aria rubbing Sora's back as she began to cry.

"Selfish?" screamed Mai. "More like insecure asshole! Where does he get off threatening us to you and thinking he can get away with it! What division is the son of a bitch in?"

"No!" cried Sora, "You can't do anything! He can't know I told you, or he might hurt you!"

"I Said. What. Division. Is. He. In?" repeated Mai slowly as she ground her teeth together.

"Um... the first?"

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CAPTAINS MEETING
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The Captain General Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto sat at the head of the First Division meeting hall waiting patiently for all the Captains and Lieutenants to arrive. Soon the room was full with everyone available in the Gotei Thirteen, except the Eleventh.

"Maybe you should go back to that freak from the Twelfth to see if he could give you a better sense of direction," rumbled a familiar voice from outside the meeting doors.

"Awe Kenny, you don't mean that! Maybe if you listened to me, we could have been here on time!" replied a softer and more sweet voice.

"Hmph, that's way we're late again, because I followed your directions." As 'Kenny' finished his sentence the doors slowly opened revealing the Captain and Vice Captain of Squad Eleven.

As the two people walked in and took their place between the Lieutenant of Division Nine and the Captain and his two third seats from Division Thirteen, Captain Kurotsuchi made a snide remark. "You would think of how long you've lived in the Seireitei and been to these meetings- at least twice a month- you would know your way here."

"Shut up," barked Kenpachi and Kurotsuchi was about to retaliate before he was interrupted.

"Silence," called out the Captain General in a harsh tone. "That is enough Kurotsuchi! I have called this meeting in regards of Aizen and his Arrancar. They seem to be getting stronger and we need to come up with a strategy. We must get all Captains, Lieutenants and high ranking officers to return to the Soul Society, along with Substitute Shinigami, Ichigo Kurosaki. We need to send a few members to retrieve them from the World of the Living."

A few moments of silence past and no one stepped up or offered a suggestion to retrieve their fellow Shinigami.

"Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi, I believe you should go on this mission," called out Captain Yamamoto after people failed to step up to the task.

"What?" shouted Captain Zaraki. "She can't!"

"Captain Zaraki, She was perfectly capable being a Lieutenant as a child, she will be fine going on this small mission! All she will be doing is going to the World of the Living to bring back the Shinigami's stationed in Karakura town ."

Kenpachi didn't bother arguing back because he knew the Head Captain was right- the kid could have done this even if she still looked like a five year old, but that didn't mean he had to enjoy the idea of her going off by herself, so he just growled to himself and crossed his arms glaring at everything and anything.

"Miss Kusajishi you may bring any one person you wish, but who is not a Captain. Do you have anyone in mind?" asked the Captain General when he figured Kenpachi wasn't going to say anything else on the matter.

Yachiru nodded but before she had the chance to say anything the meeting was interrupted by voice outside the meeting door.

"Who the fuck does he think her is? Telling Sora she couldn't spend time with her friends, AND threatens both hers and our lives? When I find him I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!" yelled an angry feminine voice.

From inside the room all the Captains and Lieutenants exchanged looks, except for Yachiru who giggled and Sayama who gaped at the door, knowing full well who it was.

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MAI & ARIA
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"Tell me again where are going," asked Aria as she followed her angry friend.

"To the First Division barracks to pay a certain Asshole a visit," replied Mai glaring straight ahead, heels making marks in the ground as she went. Coming to a giant door with the number one of it Mai threatened the guards to open it.

"Didn't you promise Sora you wouldn't say anything?" questioned Aria once they were in the First Division.

"Look, you didn't have to come if you didn't want to!" seethed the woman of the fighting squad. "And who said I was going to talk to him?"

Stopping right outside a door Mai turned to Aria and raised her voice, her angry clearly getting out of control. "Who the fuck does he think her is? Telling Sora she couldn't spend time with her friends, AND threatens both hers and our lives? When I find him I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!"

"Well, you just said you were going to give him a piece of your mind, but I guess we have different definitions of that saying," mumbled Aria. "Mai do you think violence is going to solve anything? I mean if the guy is truly that horrible don't you think he'll do something worst to Sora then what you can do to him?"

"Well that would be hard if I killed him now wouldn't it?" growled Mai but she knew, she couldn't kill him because she didn't have a reason to and if she were to fight him, he could do something worst to Sora and torture her, and Mai couldn't let that happen.

Mai began count to ten in her head to help her calm down when the door beside them suddenly began to open.

"Mayan Takahashi and Aria Nakagin enter," demanded a voice from within. One frightened and the other curious the two woman stepped into the room as the door slammed shut behind them.

Once in the room, they were aware all Captains and Lieutenants in the Soul Society at the time were there as well. Aria bowed before their superiors as Mai just looked around the room.

"Miss Takahashi can you explain why you disturbed our meeting?" asked the Captain closest to the girls with long white hair. "Or why you and Miss Nakagin are in the Squad One barracks?"

Mai didn't bother looking at the Captain for she had started a glaring contest with her own Captain. But she did answer. "What makes you think it was me who disturbed you?"

No one answered Mai, but both Kuchiki's and Aria started at her as if she was stupid. Finally Mai looked away from the Eleventh Captain and glanced at the Captain who asked her the question but a glanced turned into a look of shock. The man and woman beside the Captain were about to shout at the woman for her rudeness towards their Captain, but Aria spoke up. "Please forgive my friend; she doesn't have any manners apparently. As for your questions we didn't realize there was a meeting taking place and Mai has… a bit of a grudge towards someone who was placed into this Squad."

As Aria said 'little grudge' the Squad Six Lieutenant snorted and received several looks from people around the room, but before anything could be said on the matter Mai began talking.

"You're Jushiro Ukitake! I just love your romance novels. The last book when Mizuki died before telling Sota she loved him had me in tears!"

Jushiro blushed at the young woman's kind words where as several people stared at Mai confused that she recognized him as an author before a Captain, whereas Sayama Kuchiki and Aria were doubled over in laughter.

"You… read… ro-romance… novels," gasped Saya in between her laughter.

"That's… the best… th-thing I've… ever heard." cried Aria, tears streaming down her face.

By now Mai was fuming. She was extremely pissed off to be the cause of her friends' laughter. "Is it that really that hard to believe I enjoy romance novels?"

Instead of a reply from just her friends who managed to stop laughing letting out the occasional giggle several other people around the room joined as well. "Yes."

"And the fact that you…" Aria started to giggle. "Cried!"

Mai closed her eyes and clenched and unclenched her fist deciding whether or not if she should hurt her friends now in front of all the Captains and Lieutenants or later.

"If we are done discussing Miss Takahashi's choice in literature would you two please stand with your divisions" called out Yamamoto, his patience wearing thin.

"You want us to stay? Are you sure, you don't want us to leave?" questioned Mai, not sure she wanted to stay, and was still pissed off at her friends. The Captain General didn't answer the young woman and glared at her instead sending shivers down her spine. Although no one was shocked to see Mai walk towards the Eleventh Captain and Lieutenant but several were when Aria took her place beside the Twelfth, even Mayuri was surprised. Normally the white haori worn by the research part of the twelfth division would have given it away, but Aria had taken it off before leaving the Eleventh division barracks with Mai.

As the Captain General began talking, Mayuri kept glancing at Aria wondering why he hadn't seen her before. Said girl was quite aware of the attention of her Captain and was shifting nervously under his gaze.

"Lieutenant Kusajishi, instead of choosing someone to go with you, I would like to send Miss Takahashi with you to the World of the Living."

Yachiru squealed with delight as Mai glared at the old man. "World of the Living… what?"

"You will be going there to the retrieve all Shinigami stationed in Karakura town along with Ichigo Kurosaki…"

"You me to go to bring you back strawberries?" Mai blurted out confused.

Several people chuckled at the woman amused and others were surprised.

"No, the substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki," explained a Captain wearing a straw hat and a pink haori over his Captain Haori.

Mai still didn't understand but she didn't want to look like an idiot so she just nodded her. "She still doesn't understand," said Byakuya speaking up. Mai shot him daggers at him, wanting badly to say something back but was stopped when he began talking again. "Sir. I still don't understand why we must have High Ranked officers in the World of the Living when we have the exiled Kisuke Urahara and the were-cat traitor there."

The female Captain of the Second Squad looked as if she were about to say something to the Sixth Division but Mai couldn't hold herself back from teasing Byakuya since because it's been years since she had the chance. "Aw! Byaku, do you still have a grudge against Lady Yoruichi because you never could beat her at a game of tag?"

"If I remember correctly you never beat her either, Mayan" said Byakuya as he teased her back, converting back to his childhood ways.

"But as I recall, you could never beat me either." Mai smirked at the Captain discreetly challenging him.

Most of the Lieutenants in to room gasped in shock at the way the woman talked to the Noble Captain and the way he teased her back, but several of the Captains knew what he was like as a child so it didn't surprise them.

"I can't believe you still respect that cunning feline after she left the Soul Society," The Captain of the Sixth said in a monotone voice.

"Someone has to, 'cause you certainly don't. It's not my fault you were born with a stick up your ass!" yelled Mai starting to get angry all over again and after her last comment so was he.

"That's enough!" called out of the Captain General again. "This meeting is now over because we are obviously not getting anywhere with it! Lieutenant Kusajishi, you and Miss Takahashi will be leaving first thing tomorrow morning."

With that said, everyone began slowly moving towards the door when the Head Captain's voice called out again, "Oh and Mayan?" Mai glared at the use of her full first name. "I trust you remember a certain person by the name of… Isshin correct?"

"Yes…"

"Good. I would like you to convince him to return to the Soul Society with the rest, even if it's just to explain what's going to face to face with him. I'm sure Kisuke Urahara will be able to help you out with that."

Mai nodded again not knowing what else to say and everyone continued on their way out. The woman glared at Aria and Sayama as they left the room quickly to avoid their friend, knowing they were going to be in trouble later, but before Mai could walk after them she was stopped by a small but firm hand on her shoulder. "Mayan Takahashi…"

"Just Mai will do Captain Soifon," said Mai wincing at the use of her full name again, bowing her head at the Captain.

"Uh… okay, Maya- Mai… thank you, for defending my sensei, it really meant a lot to me," continued Soifon as she blushed from embarrassment.

"No problem?" said Mai as if it were more of a question.

Getting over her moment of embarrassment Soifon stood up straight although she and Mai would be the same height if it weren't for Mai's heels. "You seem like a strong person, shame you weren't placed into the Stealth Force instead of the pathetic excuse of a squad. I would like to spar with you sometime, if you don't mind that is."

"Uh… okay," replied Mai feeling kind of put out by the pathetic comment.

"Have you seen your subordinate fight at all Zaraki?" questioned Soifon as the man walked up behind Mai with Yachiru.

"No," was his grunted reply but Yachiru smiled at the commander of the punishment squad.

"Yup! Maya's amazing, she put several of our men in the fourth without even using her sword!"

Soifon's along with Kenpachi's eyes widened in surprised obviously hearing that little piece of information for the first time.

Just exactly how strong is this woman? Kenpachi questioned in his mind as he stared down at her.

Mai laughed nervously as she started to get awkward standing between the two Captains.

"We got to head back to the division," said Kenpachi breaking Mai from her thoughts as he walked out the door.

"Remember Zaraki, I want to fight her before you go and kill her," Soifon said to Kenpachi as he dragged Yachiru and Mai with him.

"I'll keep that in mind," he replied smirking.

It wasn't long after they left that Yachiru started yell out directions for them to go in, but after the fourth dead end Mai got fed up and began walking in the opposite direction.

"Maya where are you going?" called out the pink haired Lieutenant.

"Back to the Division!" replied Mai in an aggravated voice.

"But you're going the wrong way!"

Seething Mai clenched her fist but didn't reply to the girl and continued walking. The Captain stared after her for a moment before following her himself.

"Kenny!"

"Listen Kid, We're obviously aren't getting anywhere, maybe she at least knows where she's going," replied Kenpachi not bothering to stop or look back.

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TWELFTH DIVISION
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Aria had successfully made it out of the Captains meeting away from Captain Kurotsuchi's stares and Mai without having to converse with them, but she wasn't so lucky when she returned to the division. Not only did she get yelled at by Akon for skipping out of duties but he had told her the Captain to speak to her immediately upon her return. Although Akon was sure it was about Aria's ditching work – the young woman knew otherwise.

Akon had lead her down a dark hallway towards the Captain's office, and left her there alone in front of the door but as she was about to knock a voice from within told her to enter. The interior of the office was no surprise to Aria, she didn't see Captain Kurotsuchi as a man to have a regular office, there was a large computer in the room and an examination table, stuff to be expected by the crazy scientist. In front of Aria was the larger computer and sitting in front of the screen with his back facing her was the Captain.

"Miss Aria Nakagin, you are a very interesting person," said Kurotsuchi, turning around in his chair with a sadistic smile on his face. "It seems when I search your name in the Data base nothing comes up past your entry to the Shinigami Academy. I am impressed, although somebody left their finger prints behind."

Aria's face remained unimpressed behind her mask but on the inside she was panicking.

"Must be disappointing to go through all that work to erase your past to find out I was able to gain all that lost information," Mayuri paused and smirked at the girl as he saw her eyes widen behind the mask. "You grew up in the district of Zaraki and joined the Academy ten years ago under the name Ava Zaraki, but in your third year you were classified as a threat to the Soul Society and were sentenced to life in the Maggots Nest, but several hours before they were to take you away you disappeared. Somehow you managed to hack in the system and delete everything about your past self and create a new identity disguising yourself with that mask am I correct?"

Aria had no idea how to respond to the Captain's information. How could I be so stupid? I should have been more careful!

"Although one thing I was unable to find in such a short amount of time was why they wanted you in the Maggots Nest," stated Mayuri not really caring if the woman talked.

"Oh, slacking on your job are you? Couldn't do your little investigation properly?" spat Aria glaring at the man before her in discus.

"Now, now no need for such hostility towards your Captain is there?" Mayuri said smirking at the woman.

"I'll tell you why I was suppose to go to the Maggots Nest and you can tell me why you were in the Maggots Nest," replied Aria as the smirk disappeared off the Captains face and he glared at her.

"You aren't the only one that can work their way around a computer you know," said Aria looking everywhere but her Captain.

"I see," he said turning back to the computer. "You may go."

The woman stared at the back of the Captains head for a few minutes before she walked to the door.

"Don't think this is the last of our meetings Miss Ava Zaraki. I have a feeling there are a lot more to come."

Something in the way he said that made chills run down Aria's spine, before walking out of the room.

AN: I know Captain Ukitake is a author of a child adventure book, but to me he seems like a guy who could potentially write a romance novel =)! And believe me there is a reason for the whole romance book thing with Mai just you wait and see ha ha!

=) I was excited about the whole Mayuri and Aria scene, I wasn't going to put it in this chapter, but I decided I needed to start of those two Relationship.

Okay, I am thinking about writing a story with Aizen's side and the Espada, and it will most likely cross over with this one, but beware it will have OC's in it as well, but please tell me if you would be interested in reading it!

Thank you so much for reading this chapter =) I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it!

And *GASP* Isshin returning to the soul society?? lol

Please be kind and review =)!