3: Byakuya

Renji rushed into the Squad Six office, knowing he was late. He walked in and saw his Captain sitting thee doing paperwork. But next to his hand, was a small bundle of light brown and black fur. It looked up at him, with big yellow eyes. It sat up and squared it's shoulders and paws, looking like it was at attention. It than meowed a bit.

Byakuya looked up, and spotted Renji.

"Your almost late Renji." he said in that montoic voice.

"Sorry sir. I woke up a bit later. May I ask why there's a kitten on your desk?"

"Ah, her. She was a gift from the Shinigami Woman's Association. They gave her to me as consolation for building secret tunnels in my home, and a pool in my courtyard."

"Oh,well. What kind is she?" Renji asked.

"They informed me that she is a type of breed known as a Savannah cat. She follows me around a lot. I researched the breed. And they are commonly compared to dogs for their loyalty."

"Wow, that's amazing."

Just than, the cat decided to headbutt Renji in the chest, as a way of greeting him. She than returned to her sitting position next to Byakuya.

~~At A Captain's Meeting~~

Byakuya Kuchiki had entered the meeting, with a small kitten following him. Ukitake watched astounded. The kitten was trying to imitate Byakuya's stride and honorable way of walking, but didn't seem to be doing such a good job. She kept tripping over her own small paws.

"Captain Kuchiki, I see you have accepted the kitten. I'm so glad." Unohana said conversationally, smiling.

:"Thank you Captain Unohana. Yes, I've decided to keep her." Byakuya replied, a slight shiver running down his spine. Yes, even the Captain of Squad 4's smile got to him.

By now, all the Captain's had heard about the little Savannah kitten that uptight, noble Byakuya Kuchiki had kept. But to see it in person, was cute. As Byakuya stood in line, the kitten tried to stand at attention, but fell over. She than tired to get her owner's attention by slowly walking around him in a circle. When that didn't work, she tried climbing up his haori, to sit on his shoulder.

Ukitake, Shunsui, Komamura and Hitsuguya all gave small laugh's at it's antics. Hearing the other 4 laugh, Byakuya looked down and saw her. He bent down and picked her up in one hand.

"Chika, what are you doing?" he asked her. She just reached up, and gave his nose a small lick. By this time, the meeting had started, and everyone was discussing the well-being of the Seireitei.

Byakuya allowed Chika to sit on his shoulder for the remainder of the meeting, and as he talked with the Captain's after, she fell asleep. What Byakuya did next, shocked all. He gave Chika a small pat on the head, gave a small smile, and let to go back to the 6th Squad.

A/N: Chiaka means "scatter flowers". It's sort of a pun of Bya-kun's Zanpaukto!