The Gaians watched in amusement as Karin berated Toshiro for ignoring her while said Captain only continued to ignore her, trying to get his paperwork done. He didn't seem willing to listen to the Kurosaki sister at the moment but they could tell he was getting frustrated by the decreasing temperature of the room.
Finally, Karin gave up, deciding she's said all she had to say and flopped onto the couch next to Shelke with Red on the floor on her other side. The teen set her zanpaktou against the chair before leaning back and relaxing.
"How long you plan on staying, Karin?" Her brother questioned, having gone with them.
"Until Toshiro talks to me." She replied quickly.
Toshiro glared at her then returned to his work.
"Honestly, the two of you have some kind of love-hate relationship." Ichigo grumbled and the two people he meant glared at him fiercely. They refused to acknowledge any kind of relationship between them, though most who knew them could see it. The Gaians, however, were clueless.
"So what kind of zanpaktou did you get, Vince?" Yuffie turned to the silent gunman.
"He's not that different from Death Penalty." He shrugged.
"Makes sense." Cloud nodded. "Those of us who have ours all have ones similar to our normal weapons to match our skills."
"A zanpaktou is a reflection of their Soul Reaper master, it only makes sense they match your fighting style." Toshiro explained, not looking up from his work.
"And the snowman speaks." Karin spouted sarcastically.
"They will also have similar personalities to you." Toshiro continued on, ignoring the outburst and making the teen scowl. "Whether it's your personality now or from many years ago is debatable, but they will be as stubborn or crazy as you would be, so careful how you deal with them. Except for Vincent's, seeing as your spirit is a Weapon."
"Chaos is back?" Shelke seemed as startled as the others about this revelation.
"Who's Chaos?" Karin questioned.
"A demon from Gaia that resides within Valentine. My Hyorinmaru is also a Weapon but left a long time ago."
"Cool." Karin held a thumb up to the gunman. "Ever since I saw a Hollow I wondered what other kinds of things were real."
"Well, the demons in me have been turned into Hollows." Vincent replied.
"Oh…well, Ichi has one too, guess it's not all that uncommon."
"It's uncommon alright." Toshiro corrected. "Even on Gaia those demons in Valentine are…strange." The tiny Captain didn't go into detail about how Vincent got his demons, to the gunman's gratitude.
"Since you're talking to me I have a question." Karin turned in her seat to look at the white haired boy. Sighing, Toshiro looked up at her, waiting. "We're having a soccer match with a high school gang tomorrow, we could use some help. Mind joining in?"
Toshiro glanced at Ichigo.
"Does she know what's going on?" He asked, eyebrow rising.
"Nope." Ichigo avoided the Captain's gaze.
Sighing heavily, Toshiro set his pen down and explained the current situation briefly to the teen girl. Karin listened with silent intensity, taking in everything and eyes widening at the possibility of another mastermind threatening her home.
"I want to fight this time." She jumped to her feet as Hitsugaya finished.
"Hey, whoa." Ichigo argued. "You've only been a Soul Reaper for a few days, you don't even have the name of your zanpaktou yet, it's still a normal katana."
"I almost have it." Karin retorted. "She's still a little quiet but I've almost got it."
"Hang on." Cid, who had appeared to be asleep, sat up. "We've been doing this training to find the names of our zanpaktou. If Kisuke did the same method on you, how come you don't have the name of yours?"
"I found my Soul Reaper power through the training, just not her name. My zanpaktou spirit is still trying to call me but I've been having trouble hearing her."
"As I said, your power is different, therefore the zanpaktou spirits don't act the same way." Toshiro added on. "They may seem like zanpaktou in every way, but at their core they are simply your instincts manifested, not true zanpaktou spirits. They'll probably look very similar to the way you do as well with slight variations." He turned to Karin. "But back to what Kurosaki said, your current level isn't strong enough to fight with Arrancars or even Menos. If a Hollow of that level attacked I wouldn't even let them," He pointed to Cid, Barrett and Yuffie, "get into the fight."
"Hey, you can't tell us if we can fight or not." Barrett argued, getting to his feet.
"I can if it means saving your life." Toshiro snapped back. "It's getting late, Karin, you should probably go home."
The fact that he used her first name was not lost on the Gaians. They knew it wasn't because there were two Kurosaki siblings, because he still called Ichigo that.
"You didn't answer my question." The teen crossed her arms.
"Obviously I can't, considering I have quite a bit in my schedule at the moment." Toshiro gestured to the crowded Gaians.
"They could help me keep the Hollows out." Ichigo offered and Toshiro glared, knowing full well what he was trying to do.
"It would be a good chance to get some experience fighting Hollows." Cloud offered as well, though he didn't understand why Toshiro turned to glare at him.
"Fine!" Toshiro gave up and dropped his head onto the desk. "But Kisaragi, Highwind and Wallace have to stay here for training. The rest of you can go with Kurosaki."
At her desk, having been silent the whole time, Rangiku giggled. She knew Toshiro wanted to play with Karin but was worried about his work. She and various other Soul Reapers were working towards getting him free time to visit the black haired Kurosaki. Then there was Sephiroth; that was surely causing him stress and a good soccer game with Karin would ease some of that while she actually pulled herself up and did some paperwork for him. It wasn't going to be easy, but getting her Captain a date was worth it. She silently thanked the Gaians for their oblivious assistance.
Tomorrow was going to be interesting indeed.
Sorry, kinda short. Where did all my reviewers go? :( I know it's kinda boring right now but there will be action soon, I promise! I'm trying to get to the part where Vincent trains to get his first Hollow power with Galion Beast and the last of the Gaians will be getting their zanpaktous soon. I'm also thinking of getting Ichigo's dad in there for a little humor...hehe...
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