DAYS
AN: Ah, hello again. Here I am, actually updating this fic! Whoa! I had major issues with whether my stories were actually following canon. But I think I have finally come to terms with whatever mistakes I've made or may make in the future with this. I really like these two characters too too much to ever truly stop writing them. Especially since I'm the only one that I know of that does. And this isn't even shonen-ai or whatever. laughs
Thank you for reading this. This chapter is probably a little disappointing, since most of it was previewed already. But I needed to put the finishing touches on it and post it on its own to set up for the next chapter, WEEKS .001, which I hope makes up for this one. So without further ado . . .
Also my apologies for the false start of the story (to those who read it previously). I have no idea what went wonky, but I just figured out how to edit the stories after they've been uploaded. So I hope that this won't happen again.
It took two days before Yamamoto, the leader of the Gotei 13, was calm enough to decide what to do with Ichimaru Gin, captain of the third division, and Zaraki Kenpachi, captain of the eleventh division. Now that he was calm, he was just plain weary.
"Show me again what happened in the mortal world, Kurotsuchi-taichou."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi, captain of the twelfth division, bowed.
"With pleasure. Item one: The unprovoked destruction of Soul Society equipment being field-tested."
The screen showed footage of Zaraki crushing a denreishinki.
"Worthless piece of junk!" The image of the eleventh division captain declared.
Mayuri cleared his throat.
"Item two: The rampant, and ill-advised, destruction of the Karakura Golf Course's sprinkler system . . ."
Images flashed on the screen – the sprinklers spraying the two captains with water – their initial surprised reaction – Zaraki hacking off the sprinkler's head, only to have a gusher of water toss him backward, onto Gin.
"Wait," Yamamoto said. "That is the best part. Play that back." He chuckled, the captains of the Gotei 13 were troublesome at times, and their behavior had to be dealt with, but he couldn't help thinking of them as his children. These two in particular were troublesome. Possibly even more so than Shunsui Kyouraku and Jyuushirou Ukitake. Yamamoto shuddered at the thought of Zaraki and Gin attending the Academy at the same time. Not for the first time was he grateful that Zaraki took his captaincy by force rather than procedure. He became aware of Mayuri gazing at him intently. He waved absently for the captain to continue.
The stream of images began flowing again. This time showing a thoroughly drenched Kenpachi propelling himself into the air, zanpaktou raised high above his now drooping hair. Ichimaru took this opportunity to pick himself up from the ground and shunpo away from both Zaraki and the sprinklers. The last images showed Kenpachi's frenzied attack on the remaining sprinklers.
Yamamoto chuckled to himself in amusement. Really, sprinkler systems. Mortals came up with some of the strangest things. Then the leader of the Gotei Thirteen shook off his levity and addressed the captain of the twelfth division. "Call in the captains of the third and eleventh divisions. I am ready to pronounce my judgment."