A/N: Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. Tite Kubo does. I only own Ame, but the other OCs belong to their respectful owners.
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Chapter 2: Introductions Continued
After Ame finished the morning paperwork, her Captain allowed her to visit her friends. She came across an alley way that was empty, so she sat down in it and let her tears fall. Just thinking about her crush liking someone else made her cry.
Ame felt someone put their hand on her shoulder and she looked up to see her other best friend, Hizashi Suki.
Hizashi Suki, the third seat of the Sixth Division, was a girl around 5'4" with a light olive skin tone. Her mid-back length, light brown hair was kept tied back in a green ribbon that matched her forest green, gold-speckled eyes. She and Ame had been best friends since the Academy.
"Is the great Tenth Division Lieutenant that stands up to bullies suddenly so weak and frail?" Suki asked in her best teasing voice. She didn't to make her friend cry even harder.
"Hey, Kiki-chan…" Ame muttered as politely as she could, for she felt like being very sarcastic right at the moment.
"What's up?" Suki asked. "Is it Hitsugaya-taichou again?"
Ame simply nodded.
"It's always him…what did he do this time?" Suki sighed.
"It wasn't only him, Kiki-chan. It was Hina-chan, too."
"Third Seat Hinamori Momo?" Ame nodded again. "What did she do?"
"I saw them together again last night. I couldn't help it. I was just walking down the street and I saw them talking and I saw Taichou smile."
It wasn't fair that Momo could make him smile while Ame, his own Lieutenant, could not. But Ame couldn't help but believe that her Academy friend Momo had a better chance of getting together with Hitsugaya than she did.
"They are childhood friends. It kinda makes sense," Suki pointed out.
"…Don't remind me…" Ame's silver-blue eyes were tainted with tears and sadness again.
"To change the subject, Rain-chan, what's your favorite food again?" Suki asked with a smile of her face.
"You've know me for over five years, Kiki-chan. Seriously?"
"No exceptions, Rain-chan…" Suki still had that smile on her face.
"Fine. Ramen."
"There we go! That wasn't so hard, was it? Let's go to that old ramen stand that we used to go to during the Academy! I bet that'll cheer you up!" She grabbed a hold of Ame's arm and started to pull her toward the gates that led to Rukongai.
"Um, excuse, Kukuo-fukutaichou," a voice sounded behind them. They immediately stopped and turned to see Ichimonji Hari.
Ichimonji Hari, the third seat of the Fourth Division, had jaw-length, feathery blonde hair and sky blue eyes. Her height was around 5'1".
"Yes, Ichimonji-san?" Ame asked.
"One of your division members has been injured by my brother and he has requested your assistance in proving his innocence."
"Something happened between them?" Ame asked.
"Yes, Taisen believes that he stole something of his, and he started a fight in order for him to tell the truth."
Ame sighed. Ichimonji Taisen was in Division 11, fourth seat, and was six feet tall with a long braided Gotee. His head was shaved with two Mohawks, one of each side, with the left one being red and the right one being blue, and to finish it off, he had a long black braid going down his back. Like all Division 11 members, he loved to fight.
"See you later, Kiki-chan," Ame said, waving at Suki while following Hari to the Fourth Division barracks.
She had always preferred hanging around Hari rather than Taisen. Hari was a sweet girl while Taisen was considered one of the bad boys of the Soul Society. Ame always preferred not to take sides, but when it came to Taisen injuring one of her friends or Division members, she had to take the side opposite from Taisen. Always.
When they arrived, Hari took her to a room where it looked like Taisen and her subordinate, which she now recognized as the seventh seat, Takezoe Kokichiro, were almost on top of each other. If it hadn't been for poor Yamada Hanatarou separating them, Takezoe would've been dead 10 minutes ago, judging by the look on Taisen's face.
"Ichimonji! Step away from Takezoe now!" Ame snapped. Yes, she could be cold and commanding whenever the time came.
Surprisingly, he backed off.
"Fukutaichou! You're here!" Takezoe exclaimed, with relief obvious in his voice.
"Yes, I know. Now what seems to be the problem? You first, Ichimonji…"
He told his story about how he thought that Takezoe was the thief of his precious giant sake jug. He saw Takezoe with a sake bottle exactly like his and they got into an argument that soon turned into Zanpaktou's-Out version, which soon turned nasty and bloody. The one who separated them was Ukitake-taichou.
'Ukitake…I need to remember to thank him later…' Ame thought. "If that's it, then, Takezoe, it's your turn."
He told his side. The sake jug was actually smaller than Taisen's and Ame was not lying, for she measured the jug herself.
"Yes, you are! You're just sticking up for-!" Taisen shouted.
"Urusai!" Ame shouted. (Shut up!) She calmed down and turned to her subordinate. "Keep going."
Onto the story, Takezoe was just walking, delivering the sake bottle to Rangiku (Ame shuddered.) on her request. Taisen had come up and started arguing with him and soon drew his zanpaktou and attacked. Takezoe had only drawn his for self defense.
Taisen had barely opened his mouth to protest when Ame coldly said, "You speak out of turn one more time, Ichimonji Taisen, and I will freeze your ass off…" She took a deep breath and continued. "Ichimonji, if you want a suspect, go argue with your lieutenant, not me or my division. Understand? And if you don't think before going into battle, it's going to get you killed one day. Hari-chan, is my subordinate free to get out of here?"
She looked over her clipboard. "Yes, he is. Here's the medical report for Hitsugaya-taichou."
"And here's the incident report as well," Hanatarou said.
Ame sighed exasperatedly again and she took both. "Come on, Takezoe. Let's go."
She and her seventh seat walked about of the Division 4 barracks.
As they were walking down the street, Ame asked, "Which one is this? The fifty-seventh incident report I've had to fill out and take to Hitsugaya-taichou?"
"The fifty-eighth," Takezoe corrected her.
"Geez…this is getting to be out of hand…"
It was true. Ever since the demotions of Lieutenants Hinamori and Matsumoto and new promotions of the new Lieutenants and Captains, the eleventh squad has been restless and fighting and causing incidents with the other Divisions, most noticeably the Tenth, Sixth, and Fifth Divisions. There were at least fifteen incidents a day in those three Divisions combined.
Kuchiki-taichou, Hitsugaya-taichou, and even Kurosaki-taichou were getting ticked off about it. Kuchiki-taichou was trying very hard to keep his temper in, as was Renji. Kurosaki-taichou was just extremely pissed about it and went everyday to have a talk to Zaraki-taichou about it, which always resulted in a fight between them, AKA yet another incident report to fill out, and not only that but Himeko had a very bad temper that she was trying hard to keep in as well. She not only threatened to beat Zaraki up but her own Captain as well if they didn't stop. Hitsugaya-taichou threatened Zaraki about three times that if he didn't control his Division, not only would he file a complaint against him, but give the entire Eleventh Division major frostbite for five decades straight, maybe more if Ame decided to assist her Captain with it. Ame was the only one who had been very careful not to let her anger show, but when she did, she only lectured the members of Division 11 who attacked her division members. But now, it was different. Now, Ame was getting extremely pissed off. And like everyone else, Ame too had a limit for her temper, which was pretty high, but now it had reached the boiling point and she couldn't hold it in anymore. She had to do something.
~Tenth Division Office~
Ame knocked on the door. "Come in!" Her Captain shouted from inside.
Ame opened to door to her Captain actually reading a book and no paperwork to fill out, which an extreme rarity. She didn't want to ruin his perfect life right now, but she had to.
"Hello, Taichou."
"Hello, Ame…"
'Eh? Did he just call me by my first name?' Ame blushed, but she shook it off. "Gomenasai, Taichou, demo, there's been another incident today."
"Another one?" Hitsugaya asked with his voice stained with annoyance.
"Hai, taichou." Ame handed him the incident report and the medical report.
He looked it over. "The medical report doesn't look extremely bad, but what is this, the fifty-seventh time?"
"Fifty-eight, actually," Ame corrected, which only resulted in her Captain sighed exasperatedly. "I'm not too trilled about it either, Taichou. We're both on the same side."
"This will be the fourth time that I have had to threaten Zaraki in order for him to control his Division…"
"Are you actually going to file a complaint this time?"
"No, next time…"
"Will you give him major frostbite this time?"
"Not major, but minor…"
"I can help with that, Taichou…"
"Thanks, but that's not really necessary, Kokuo," he said, running his hand through his spiky, white hair.
"No really, Taichou. Let me handle it this time," Ame said. "After all, it's what Lieutenants are for…" She almost said friends, but decided against it.
~Division Five barracks~
This time, Ichigo didn't go looking for Zaraki. Zaraki came to him. But Himeko still kicked both of their asses.
"Dammit, I said to stop this, Taichou!"
"He came to me, Himeko! I swear!"
Ame came up upon the two Division Five members arguing and Zaraki trying to find a place to enter triumphantly. But Ame beat him to it.
"Excuse me, minna-san!" Ame shouted. Her temper was boiling over again. "I hate to break it up." She turned to Zaraki and unleashed half of her temper's power. "Zaraki Kenpachi-taichou, control your Division!"
"Another incident?" Himeko asked.
"Yes!" Ame half shouted. "My Seventh Seat was accidentally charged with thievery and almost killed by your Fourth Seat!" Zaraki tried to butt in, but Ame continued. "No buts, Zaraki! Control your Division, or Hitsugaya-taichou and I will freeze the entire Eleventh Division's butts off for ten decades straight! And we mean it! This is the fifty-eighth," she stressed the 'eighth' on purpose, "incident! Either control your division or loose your ranking permanently!"
With that said, she turned around dramatically, slapping her hair in Zaraki's face and stomped off.
When she got back to the Tenth Division office, she was about to go inside, but something stopped her.
"…Matsumoto, I can't do that…" Hitsugaya said sternly from inside the room.
"Why not?" Rangiku whined, also from inside the room.
"I can't replace Ame with you …"
'Nani? They're thinking of replacing me?'
"Why not?"
"Ame is the best Lieutenant I've ever had. I can't replace her with you, Matsumoto…"
'Looks like Rangiku-san wants her Lieutenant spot back…' Ame said. She didn't trust herself to speak.
"Oh, come on, Taichou!"
"NO!" Hitsugaya was getting angry. "I said Ame was the best lieutenant I have ever had! Who knows how you'll handle all the paperwork by yourself?"
"I'll get it done, Taichou. I swear! I'll have someone helping me!"
"And it's not going to be me!" Hitsugaya said.
Ame couldn't listen anymore. She ran back to her room with tears flooding her eyes. Because of that, she bumped into at least five people and four walls and eight doors before she got to her own room.
~Right After Ame Left~
"Hey, Taichou! Why don't we let Ame decide if she wants to go to the World of the Living or not? It's been her wish, Taichou! Please?"
"Matsumoto…" Hitsugaya started.
"Please, Taichou! Be nice and let her go with you instead of me! It's not fair that she has to stay in Soul Society while I'm having fun in the World of the Living! She deserves a break, Taichou!"
He paused for a minute. "Alright, I'll let her decide for herself in the morning."
"Why not let decide right now?"
"Matsumoto…" Hitsugaya groaned, rubbing his forehead temples.
"Fine, fine! But just be prepared if she wants to go, okay?" Matsumoto asked with a big smile on her face.
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A/N: There you have it! Basically, Ame took it the wrong way. Review, please!
And I only need the Arrancar leaders (especially Aizen's son!) and some more Arrancars now. The Espada ranks are all open except for 3, 4, and 7. Please keep sending them in! For the bio forms, go to the other thing about this story. The more, the merrier!