The Soul Society was peacefu- Scratch that. Ever since the soul reapers had started to get pets, it had been a lot more rowdy. Thankfully though, only a few had caught the trend. One would never think it would spread to one of the highest ranking officers.
One more Captain's meeting before the weekend retreat for the Captain, vice-captain and 3rd – 5th seats of each division. Every captain was waiting to begin, except the Head-Captain.
Now, Yamamoto was not one to be tardy for anything really. But today, everyone was about to find out a very good reason never to doubt what the senior was capable of.
"Where is he? I need to get back to the office and make sure Rangiku hasn't destroyed all the paperwork!" Toshiro said.
"I thought she was more on task now that she has Mika?" Ukitake asked.
"That's true, but she's started tricking her into going to play with people so she can sleep."
"Well, I wish I could do that with Nanao-chan. She's onto me about work all the time." Kyouraku replied.
Just then, the main door opened. And in walked Head-Captain Yamamoto. He walked down the line to his seat, and sat down.
"Well, shall we begin? I apologize for being late." He said. In thru an open window, flew a bronze and coal colored falcon. It flew straight for Yamamoto, and landed on his staff.
It wasn't all that surprising to see new animals showing up around Soul Society, but nobody had thought Yamamoto would get one, much less a falcon.
"Yama-ji, where'd the bird come from?" Shunsui asked.
"Ah, I will explain her presence. I have noted that many of the higher ranking shingami have decided to adopt pets." He said, looking at Toshiro, Unohana and Byakuya. "I decided it would be nice if I had some company, so this is where Chiyo the falcon comes in. Now, there isn't much else to say. We shall be departing for the retreat in the world of the living tomorrow morning. Dismissed." With that, he left. Chiyo was perched gracefully on the staff, looking quite ominous. Outside of the meeting, on the way to his quarter's, Yamamoto patted her head.
Shinigami were quite surprised to see the Head-Captain with a falcon on his staff. Considering she glared at them if they stared at her for too long, let's just say that many were now too freaked out to come near the first divison too much.
A/N: I apologize very much for not updating for 3-4 months! But, I hope the upcoming chapters make up for it. By the way, keep sending in requests. I will try to get to them. Chiyo means "a thousand generations".