A/N: Hey, people, great news! 2 chapters in 1 day! Don't you all feel special? Please, don't feel special. Anyway, I had some help from ryugetsu in this chapter. He actually wrote the majority of it. I came up with the title, and did all the proofreading, and grammatical editing, and made the whole thing flow better, but ryugetsu did quite a bit of writing.

Disclaimer: We don't own Bleach... Unfortunately. Even though we'd probably make it even more awesome.

Chapter 2: The First Day

Things hadn't always gone the way Wakka had wanted, and to say the least being placed in squad 9 was no different. Though he had nothing against the squad or any of its members, that he knew of anyway, he still fealt cheated. He had desperately wanted to be in squad 10 so that he could learn from the child prodigy, or even squad 13 with the sick captain who could command the very seas and lightning itself.

But, Wakka was used to disappointment, so he was able to keep his calm and accept his situation. Much to his surprise it wasn't as bad as he thought. The 9th squad was based around a deep concept of Justice, and that meant that everyone in the squad was very well kept and presented themselves well. The first day at the barracks was actually rather un eventfull. There was no parties like what could be being heard from the 8th squad building next door, and the 10th squad building even seemed more lively. It is apperantly custom in the 9th squad to to treat all new comers as if they had been there the whole time, no welcome pat on the backs or anything. Just a simple "This is your room, keep it clean, no noise after 8:30" from one of the residant 12th seats, then followed up by a "Up by 8 down by 9, work begins at 10, Shower every morning and take care of your own breakfast. Lunch will be provided at 4. You haven't been given a possition yet i assume, so wait here until Lunch, by then we should hav a place figured out for you." and with that the 12th seat left the small cubby that was now Wakka's room.

Wakka kicked off his sandals and removed his shirt. He then proceeded to walk to his small bed. He sat on its side and glanced over the room. Everything was white, no color and no dirt. The floor was the only thing of interest, because even though it was still white like everything else, it was made out of wood planks, and as such had seems that seemed to break up the solid seemless rest of the room. The bed was wedged against the back wall and a window at its side stood shaded by a curtain that didn't seem to have any wrinkles. On the left wall was a small dresser and a place to store his Zanpakutoh. It was apperantly the common opinion in the 9th squad that earthly posessions cloud judgement and distort true justice, so as such the room was very bleek and essential only.

Wakka merely lay in his bed, not bothering to cover himself with the blanket, and he began to stare at the ceiling. Thinking quietly to himself, Wakka began to dose off. Nearly asleep, he heard a shattering noise followed by a wailing screem that sounded eerily like a Hollow. And then a loud speaker came on with a voice that was easily identifiable as the squads own vice captain, Shuhei Hisagi, "All un-seated attendants, please report directly to the great hall. All seated officers are to make your way to Wall of Penance in the West Wing. Imediately!"

Wakka shifted in his bed into a sitting possition, quite curious as to what the comotion was all about. But, instead of letting his curiousity get the best of him he decided to follow orders and get to the Great Hall, which had briefly been shown to him upon his very brief tour of the barracks. As he left his room he could see many of the higher ranks rushing towards the West Wing of the building, and he could also see that his fellow low ranks were headed to the north toward the hall. Wakka overhead one of the seated officers talking as they ran by, Wakka's exceptional hearing allowed him to pick up the gist of the conversation even though they had been moving away from eachother at a decent pace. Wakka thought to himself as he entered into the Great Hall south-side entrance. Those two said something about a Menos, I think they said something about it being genetically altered by the 12th squad too. Did it escape or something? Wakka thought.

Upon entering the hall Wakka could see the 12th seat from before standing in front of the crowd of grunts, it looked like he had two 18th seats on either side of him as well. "Please stay calm, so long as you are in here you should be safe. The experiment won't reach us here." They had said. Wakka remembered that Captain Tousen had said earlier this morning at the graduation ceremony that he would be out on business with Captain Ichimaru this evening and would not be present for the rest of the day. 'That explains why they sent the seated officers in such a number, I am sure if the captain had been here he could handle it by himself... Of course, why isn't the 12th squad taking care of this?'

Several minutes went by… Waiting… Nothing could be heard outside the sound proof walls of the Great Hall. But that all changed when the Western Wall caved in and a great deformed Menos appeared. Its body seemed to be made of the faces and torsos of fallen Shinigami, it had a single arm outstretched from its left side. And through the whole many topless bodies could be seen lying on the floor. A few of the surviving seated officers where still trying to fend off the beast, but to no avail, the Menos seemed to be uneffected by Zanpakutoh. Even Vice Captain Hisagi was having issues with damaging the beast. Kidou ropes flew from the left and the right trying to slow the beast in its path.

"Get out of here, don't try and fight it, you guys won't have a chance against this, someone..." Hisagi exclaimed. He looked at Wakka "You there, I want you to go get help from another squad, I don't care which but we need back up, and don't try the 12th, they're all out of commission at the moment."

Wakka immediately began to follow his orders he ran from the barracks, without knowing really what it was he was going to do but once he realized he didn't know where he was going he had found himself in front of the 5th squad building. Captain Aizen...Yeah, that'll do! and with that he ran into the building and began to search for the gentlemen captain so many admired.

Back at the 9th squad building the battle was geeting worse. The Hollow began to inhale rapidly.

"BE CAREFUL! THIS IS THE ATTACK THAT PARALYZED THE 12th SQUAD! COVER YOUR EARS!" Hisagi screamed as he plugged his own ears. The Menos released a ghastly wail that extended throughout the whole building and all who had heard the scream without having muffled its sound stood frozen in mid action. The hollow reached down and swept up a handfull of paralyzed Shinigami and proceed to devour their top halves, without flinching even despite the effort to stop it initiated by the few left unfrozen. As the Hollow consumed its quarrey it began to grow a new arm, this time extending from its right. The Hollow began an onslought of Cero blasts ass soon as the arm had formed, firing from its mouth and both hands. It was like an arsenal of cannons had all been set to fire and Shinigami began to fall left and right, Until only 3 were Left, and badly wonded at that. Of course, there were those not present at the time, and of course there were those who had only merely been frozen, but only 3 able warriors remained.

The Hollow began ts final attack, a Giant cero formed by fusing its 3 regular Cero into one. Just as it was about to obliterate Hisagi and his two subbordinantes it seemed to stop. And there he was, Captain Aizen Standing shoulder to the hollow and his first two fingers smoking from the energy that had been released and distorted by the captain.

Wakka breathing heavilly behind Aizen who seemed to have arrived effortlessly.

"S-Sorry… that… I'm Late." He said. Hisagi, battered and bloodied, did all he could just to smile, just before he passed out. Now it was merely Aizen and Wakka standing before the terrible beast.

Aizen began to speak "I want you to distract it for me. Do you understand" Wakka looked quickly at Hisagi and then back at Aizen.

"I-I'll do my best." He said, with a hint of shakiness to his voice. With that Wakka drew his Zanpakutoh, its sapphire hilt gleaming in the pale light of the room. He lunged foward and tried to stab the Menos, only to find his sword, too, would bounce off of him. That did not dissuade him, after all, it was only his duty to distract him, not defeat him. Wakka attacked again, avoiding a few swipes from its monsterous hands. He flew towards its bse chanting…

"Right Mans Left, Fire of the Sea, His Majesties Slave! Hado #12 Houka Senshi!" With the spell completed, a shot of green fire shot from the bottom of Wakka's sword thrusting him faster through the air, causing the tip of his sword to pierce the skin of the Hollow. If only a shallow cut, it was enough to work. The hollow seemed distracted, as though it was the first time it had ever felt pain.

Wakka began to Chant again "Hado #4 BYAKURAI!" With that Wakka grabbed the hilt of his sword and sent a current of electricty through his sword into the body of his opponent, causing further pain to the creature.

By this Time Aizen had prepared his attack "You've done well," he started. "but if you don't want to die I suggest you move." He didn't have to tell Wakka twice, he grabbed his sword and leaped out of the way. Aizen said something very quietly under his breath that Wakka, despite his excelent hearing, couldn't seem to pick up on, and then he saw it. The Hollow began to crumble and shrink as if being pulled into a tiny vaccum.

The screams were awful, it seemed inhumane, even for a Hollow, as it shrank and became compact into the size of nothing but a common marble.

When it was through Aizen picked up the marble and cruched it, shattering it into dust. Wakka looked on in fear, never before had he seen such a spell, it was awful, yet so powerful. Speechlessly watching Aizen as he walked towards him. Aizen placed his hand on Wakka's shoulder. "Don't think about it too much," He said. "It was just a terrible experiment. You did well today, and I will inform Captain Tosen of your preformance."

And as he left, those who had been frozen in time began to slowly regain movement. And with that the 9th and 12th squads were saved. A very interesting first day, indeed…

Meanwhile…

Suzaku was having a much easier time with his first day. Everything was going well. The Squad 11 barracks were somewhat peaceful. There was nothing too out of the ordinary. The Captain was showing him around the place personally. Or, at least until he could unload the job on someone else.

"This place seems fun." Suzaku stated.

Kenpachi looked back at the new recruit and smiled. "Kid, you haven't seen anything yet." With that, he opened the door that they had come to. "This is everyone's favorite room."

Suzaku looked upon the sparring room in awe. It was like a more advanced version of the sparring chamber at the Academy. The only real difference was the fact that several Shinigami lined the large room, cheering for the man in the center, who held up a bakouto triumphantly. As Suzaku looked at the man, he realized who it was. Ikkaku Madarame, the very man who got him into this whole thing.

Ikkaku was looking around, getting cheers from everyone in the room. Everyone, that is, except for the Captain. Kenpachi walked up to the bald man and looked down at him with a grin.

"I've got a new opponent for you, Ikkaku." He stated. Ikkaku smiled.

"Who is it? Do I finally get to fight you?" he asked.

"Nope. We have a new kid who needs a decent fight." Kenpachi replied as he stepped aside. "Suzaku, you fight Ikkaku."

Suzaku grinned, anxious to see what he could do against this guy.

"Hey, aren't you…" Ikkaku started.

"Yep." Suzaku said before the sentence could end. "I'm Seventh Seat, what about you?"

Ikkaku stared at him in disbelief. "How can you be Seventh Seat? It took me years to get to Third Seat! How can you get so high up on your first day?!"

Suzaku didn't answer, he merely unleashed some reiatsu. Ikkaku, as well as several others, found themselves lying flat-faced on the ground. Kenpachi smiled as he followed suit, showing the Squad the comparison between the reiatsu of the two Shinigami.

"That's why." Kenpachi stated. The two of them suppressed their reiatsu in order to allow the others to stand. One of the many onlookers handed Suzaku a bakouto.

Suzaku faced his opponent. I don't know how this guy fights… So I'm going to have to be…

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door swinging open and hitting one of the Squad members against the wall. Suzaku turned around to find a little girl standing in the doorway. She had pink hair, and stood less than three feet off the ground, but surprisingly enough, she wore a Vice-Captain's badge on her left arm.

"KEN-CHAN!" she screamed as she bounded over the arena. "So where's the new kid?"

Kenpachi didn't say anything. He merely pointed at Suzaku. The little girl scurried over towards him, a curious look on her face…

"Glasses?" she said, Suzaku was extremely confused. Yes, he wore glasses, but it was still strange.

"My name is Suzaku Hotori. I'm a new recruit here in Squad 11." He stated.

"Nice to meet you, Suzy-chan, I'm Yachiru!" the girl exclaimed as she patted him on the leg. "I'm one of your bosses!" Upon hearing Suzaku's new "nickname", the entire crowd burst into simultanious laughter.

"Oh my god!" one man said. He had strange looking straw-like things coming from his eyes. "That is the worst nickname the Vice-Captain has ever given!"

Great… Suzaku thought. First day, and I'm already a laughing stock…

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(A/N: Houka Senshi Rocket Stab, fan-made Kidou, strange, but effective, don't you think?)