Captain Kyla: Mornings

I woke with a yawn, climbing out of the covers and onto the floor.

I wonder what time it is. My watch must be here somewhere. But it's still set to Soul Society time. I think I put it on the night stand. I look the night stand over. "Dammit! Where is that stupid thing?"

Boom. Thud.

What the hell was that? I ask myself, looking for the source of the noise. Oops! I found the source. A broken night stand lies at my feet in several pieces. Guess I hit it. Not really a surprise. I've done it before.

I hear footsteps coming toward my room.

"Kyla, did you kill another table?" Jade asks, standing at the door wiping sleep from her eyes.

"It was the table's fault." Really it was. Stupid thing got under my fist when I was mad.

"Right. Just like it was my laptop's fault when it froze. You put Ayristinara through the screen and used Shining Star to blow it up" Jade states after coming to stand by me.

She was so pissed when she came in the office that day. I was running and dodging Tezali's spines most of the day. The crazy spike shooting zanpakutou nearly impaled me a couple times. Luckily, I found Captain Yamamoto to hide behind, which started a game of ring around the Captain. After a few minutes of watching us go round and round, he stopped us and asked why Jade was trying to kill me. Hearing the explanation, he gave me a lecture on controlling my temper and told Jade killing me wasn't going to fix the laptop.

"Things die when I get mad. I don't do it on purpose, it just kinda happens. It's my power." I reply in a monotone. Stupid emotion strand always causing problems.

"I know. I haven't been your best friend for four years without knowing your power almost as well as you." Jade says, wrapping her arms around me in a hug.

"Come on, let's see if we can find some clothes to wear in my dresser, since I know you didn't unpack a thing last night. How did you and Toshiro end up asleep on the couch?" I ask, pulling her over to the dresser.

I noticed Toshiro watching her yesterday and Jade was all smiles after we left the shop. I figured they liked one another, but I was really surprised when I came home to find the two asleep on the couch. Jade is normally very shy, and finding them all snuggled like that was unexpected.

Reaching the dresser, she stops and looks at me, cheeks a light shade of pink. "After we finished our food, I asked if he could stay with me until you got back. To kill time, I got my Twilight movie to watch and while watching it, we fell asleep." She explains, taking a breath before continuing.

Well that explains why they were on the couch.

"I didn't know it until about four o'clock this morning when I rolled off the couch. He woke up at the sound and helped me to my feet. He gave me a quick good bye and headed home." She says, finally finishing.

I was wondering if he was still here.

"Here" I say, handing her a pair of black shorts and a hot pink tank. I think tanks and shorts are the only thing I wear in the summer.

"So how was diner with Renji, hmm?" Jade asks me with a knowing look. She knows me too well.

"It was great! He's so cute and he wants to hang out today." I reply excitedly, turning from the dresser with a black tube top and jeans in hand.

"Alright. I'm hungry and we have no food, so put the clothes on and we'll go to the store. If you don't, I'm going to cook you for breakfast!" I tell her, pointing a finger at her in playful manner.

"Try it and I'll give you a black eye." Jade replies as she slips the shorts over her hips to rest perfectly on her athletic waist.

"You wouldn't hit me!" I reply mockingly.

"I would, but I'm never able to catch you. Damn shunpo addict always ghosting in and out of the air." She starts ranting.

Ugh. Jade's ranting about shunpo again. It's not my fault that I already knew how and that it took her six months to learn.

"Just put your shirt on." I responded to her ranting. "Ready?" I ask.

"Need shoes." She replies.

"Flip flops are under the bed. Take your pick." I pointed to the right side of the bed where six pairs of flip flops are sitting. "I call black."

"To the store!" I say, walking out the door of my room and grabbing my purse in the process. Shit! I have no idea where a store is. Maybe Jade does.

"Do you know where a store is?" I ask Jade, who's walking behind me to the front door.

"Yeah. I remember passing one on the way to the restaurant last night." She replies.

Good. I was afraid we might have to rely on my navigation skills to find a store. We'd be at it for hours if I had to find one. "Lead the way." I say to her.

I found my phone lying on the hall table. "That's where it was hiding!" How does this thing manage to get away from me? If I didn't know better, I'd say it was hiding from me.

Jade slaps her forehead. "Don't tell me that's the reason you killed the table!"

I was at a loss for words.

"I'm just going to get you a phone leash." She states.

"It will save many tables and keep Captain Yamamoto from yelling at me for letting you kill furniture." She explains before heading out the door. "Come on, we have some shopping to do."

Fifteen minutes later, we found the store, after getting lost and ending up at a pet shop. Jade's navigation skills are as bad as mine. Denaria, my fourth officer, is the navigator of the team, but she's in the squad office back in Soul Society. She and Kira are busy doing paper work and some of my captain duties for the next two weeks before thay can join us. I hope we can survive that long.

That scary little brunet is the only sane person on the squad. I remember the first day after I assigned her to fourth seat officer. She came in the office to discover Jade and I flinging kunai at each other for some reason or another. She flung a stuffed bear at my head hard enough to knock me out and threw a giant sucker at Jade - the girl loves candy so of course she caught it. I woke up an hour later, arms wrapped around the stuffed bear that knocked me out, to find Denaria doing paper work at my desk, Jade sitting in the corner biting a giant sucker, and the entire office cleaned to the last speck of dust.

I think Yamamoto briefed her before she came in. How else would she know our weaknesses?

Walking in the store, we're greeted by cold crisp air, the sound of carts being pushed, a blur of bright colors from every direction, and the smell of foods mingled together in the air.

"Jade, you go find some eggs and snacks since those are your specialty and I'll get ingredients for meals. If I let you do it, we'll end up with Doritos and M&M's for dinner. We'll meet back here in an hour." With that, we set off carts in hand to find food.

After an hour of shopping, we head back home. Hopefully we can find it.

We managed to find the house with no problems. After putting the food away, I start breakfast and Jade heads to her room to unpack her things. I finally looked at my recovered cell, figuring out what time it was. Turns out I woke around nine and by the time we got home from the store it was ten.

We ate a breakfast of eggs and bacon with hot green tea.

"Hey Kyla, you want to go to the mall? Do some shopping, get you a new night stand, and get you something cute to wear for your date. Maybe I can find that phone leash for you too." Jade asks me as I'm washing dishes.

Shopping sounds fun and I do need something to wear today. I left all my dress clothes at home. That was real smart.

"Get my laptop and find the nearest mall while I finish the dishes." I reply, hands in the sink full of soapy water and dishes.

Shortly after drying my hands after finishing the dishes, Jade runs in the kitchen, address of the nearest mall in hand, shoes on, and ready to go.

Wow. She's really excited to go shopping for some reason. I wonder why?

"I found it. You ready to go?" She asks me, an excited grin plastered on her face.

"After I find my shoes, phone, and wallet, we'll head out." I reply. Now where did I put my phone? Better check the hall table first. Damn phone seems to like it there.

Five minutes later, we're out door and heading for the mall, ready to do some shopping.