Bleach, chapter 7.

"Kaaaaayce." My face was poked and I growled rolling over to turn my back toward the one who dared poke me. "Kayceeeeee." Another poke but to my back this time. Growling I sat up and saw a blurry image of blond, pale skin, soul reaper clothes and an amused smile. Kaydin was waking me up AGAIN! It the third time this week. "What?" I growled and she smiled at me, our training had begun the day that Yamamoto had us in this room, we where let out to roam the halls but only to certain parts and nearly always accompanied by a person we could get along with. Kaydin with Shuuhei and me with certain people of the demon arts and 4th division. "I'm bored." She announced and I groaned, sometimes I thought she could be very well related to me with how she acted at times. "Go back to bed." I turned back over and hid my head in the pillow but she pounced onto the bed. "It's morning! Almost lunch time, don't tell me your still tired from your training." She pouted and shook me till I rolled over onto my stomach where she sat on me like I was part of the bed. "Kidou can't be that hard."

"Bull shit, you try it."

"I do."

"Only the small spells, I'm stuck focusing my energy into smaller portions and aiming.." Kaydin gave me a flat look before I kept talking. "For hours on end."

"I can already do that." she announced rather proudly and I rolled my eyes. "Well here." I grabbed her arm and let her feel the pressure I felt when I tried to hold back my powers and she gasped. "Ok maybe you do have it hard but UP FAT ONE! You can't be the fat one without eating." She jumped up with hands on her hips before she noticed I was rolled over, she dragged me out of bed. Landing on the floor I growled but pulled my clothes back into place, I'd slept in my uniform for Kidou training. "Le gasp Kayce! Your getting skinny!" Kaydin poked at my sides and I swatted at them, how could I not loose weight with all the running they had me doing. Kaydin herself was toning up to with her sword practicing. "I don't care, food is what I want and food is what I shall get since you dragged me out of my WARM bed." I leaned back stretching hearing my spine pop. Kaydin jumped around like she had all the energy in the world before darting down the hall that lead to the halls of the building and inevitably to the mess hall. I followed at a slower pace till she grabbed my hand and dragged me down the hall. "God woman did you get kissed or something!?" I panted as we turned a corner at a full run and scared a number of the 5th and 6th division people. Kaydin blushed and shook her head. "No!" she only pushed on even harder, yep she'd been kissed.

We reached the mess hall in a record time, under 30mins! Sure that was a slow pained walk from our room to the mess hall between training sessions but shhh. Sniffing the air I could smell something sweet so I didn't need any more urging to get my food. Rice with brown sugar and breads, I was in heaven. Plopping down across from Kaydin at a table near the back of the room I looked around as I stuffed my face happily. She was dreamily sighing as a group of guys walked in. Shuuhei was in the middle of them and I laughed to myself, Kaydin was enamored over this guy and not just because he was cute. He was a sweet guy towards her. Kaydin noticed my smirk and turned to look at me. "Whats so funny Choji?"

"You making fan girl faces at Shuuhei."

"I am not!" She protested loudly and swatted me in the shoulder, it just made me laugh harder and choke on the rice in my mouth. "I'm going to kill you." she growled with a chopstick in hand she stabbed it into my hand making me help. "Haha serves you right." She crossed her arms as I looked at the round impression left by the chopstick, nearly anything was a weapon in her hands. I finished my food and sat back down once I had cleaned my tray. "Oh Shuuhei," I sighed with my hand clasped near my face making heart eyes at the back fo the man. Kaydin choked on her food. "OH SHUUHEI!" I shouted and he looked over as Kaydin jumped the table to choke me. Landing on my back I fought with my friend who's hands attempted to strangle the life from me, I couldn't help but laugh despite my position, the look on her face was priceless. Shuuhei came up behind me and I pointed toward him. "Loook a Shuuhei!" My voice was sorta funny sounding cause her hand was closing around my windpipe but she looked back to smile ever so sweetly and choke me even more. "Hi Shuuhei." her cheeks where a rosy color and not because she was blushing either. "Hello Kaydin, why are you choking Kayce?"

"She annoyed me."

"Did you call my name?" The man was seemingly uncaring if I died or lived by Kaydin's hands, so much for a knight in shining armor in him for me. "N-n-n-no." she stammered out before shaking me as she choked me sorta so my head hit the ground. "Kaydin... you might wanna let go... her face is turning colors." Shuuhei pointed toward me and she followed his finger to look at my dark red almost purple face. "Ooops." She muttered and let me go. Gasping I laid on my back still pinned by Kaydin and growled at her under my breath. "Shut up Kayce." I rolled my eyes but fell silent. "Well.." Shuuhei said slightly confused looking but he leaned across the low table to kiss Kaydin on the cheek and she nearly died. Her face turned a bright red and when he leaned back to grin and wave goodbye as he left the room she let out a squeak before falling to her left in a trance of sheer fan girl ectasy. I rolled to my right and sat up rubbing my neck, Kaydin was a viscious girl sometimes but I'd hate to see what she'd do to her enemy. "KAYCE HE KISSED ME!" She squealed almost in my ear. "Yeah... and I'm loosing my hearing because of you."

"That doesn't matter, SHUUHEI KISSED ME!"

"On the cheek."

"Don't ruin this moment child."

"Cha, okies." I rolled over more and climbed to my feet as Kaydin lost herself in a fan girl's delirium, I wondered what it was like to have the guy you liked like you back. My luck was having lesbians and Bi girls falling for me or a guy I don't like falling for me. I was sorta cursed in the boyfriend department. I had work to do, I had never finished it from last night, sighing softly I shook Kaydin but she was a bit busy drooling with pulsing heart eyes to pay attention to me. It made me laugh but I still left the room after telling her I would be doing paper work for the 4th division captain and vice. My feet touched the cold floorboards of the wrap around deck, Sakura trees where in blossom and even though I didn't like the color pink the sight was beautiful. "You like the Sakura blossoms don't you Kayce?" Came a male voice from behind me and I jumped to spin around and look at Zaraki Kenpachi. "There.. ok." I shrugged slightly as he strode forward and toward over me, he was at least 6 and a half feet tall that might of been counting his hair too.. but I didn't know. "Have you had a chance to deside about that fight?" he let his eye drift toward me before looking out toward the garden again. "No, I have been busy, I'm sorry Kenpachi sama." The man smirked at me before nodding, "I do not doubt your words Kayce. Yamamoto has you under guard at all times."

"I know."

We let the silence drag on for a bit before I noticed that small pink haired girl was not on his shoulders. "Kenpachi.." I looked at him and he looked toward the gardens still, he twitched a bit before looking at me. "What?"

"Where is the pink haired girl that rides on your shoulder?"

"Kusajika Yachiru?"

"No your evil twin." I replied putting my hands on my hips, he smirked at me before looking around again. "She is off playing with Byakuya."

"Oh."

"Why?"

"I was just curious.. she's always with you." Kenpachi nodded his head. He seemed so old but for some odd reason I liked him, maybe it was just a crush or random spawning of possible friendship I couldn't tell though I had no time to get head over heels for a man who could be old enough to be my dad. "Sorry Kenpachi, I have work to do." He grunted his accent before I darted down the wrap around deck toward the 4th division section.

"Ah Kayce chan, it's good to see you up, we where worried you had overworked yesterday." Unohana Retsu said in her soft voice but I grinned at her. "Nah, I'm just fine."

"That's good to hear." She handed me stack of files. "I can't seem to find my vice captain, would you mind putting these into the cabinets?" I juggled the heavy folders in my arms and peeked at the woman over them. "No, I don't mind." Unohana smiled before starting to walk down a hall toward the ICU section of the halls. Walking to the filing room I started to put them away with ABC order which was annoying cause I was sorta dyslexic with names and things I couldn't pronounce. All the files where in english but to the hell if I could pronounce Yamatika Refukon properly without hearing it first. 24files and it took me nearly an hour to file and sort them correctly. Coming out of the room I hissed at the lights outside like a vampire. "Kayce!" Kusajika announced with a smile, the small girl came running up to me and flung herself at me. "Spikey hair!" She patted my now wild unruly inch long hair that refused to lay down no matter how many brushing I gave it. "Hello Kusajika chan, why are you here?"

"I wanted to spend time with you, Ken chan is sleeping." she smiled at me before I nodded my head and she clamored onto my shoulders just like if I was Kenpachi, I don't think she walked all that much. "It's the middle of the day...Why's Kenpachi asleep?" I turned my head to look at her the little girl shrugged at me before she jumped to my left shoulder and giggled. "Kayce!!!!!" Kaydin screeched and came running up behind me to spin me around and commence jumping around like a Kangaroo. "What Kaydin?" I rubbed my eye with a free hand and she squealed loudly. "Shuuhei wants to go to the festival with me!"

"Ah? Really!! Ken chan wants to go with spiky hair!" Kusajika said with a wide mouth and Kaydin paused to look at the little. "YOUR SO CUTE!' She snatched Kusajika from my shoulders and crushed the girl to her chest. "Tell me more of Ken chan wanting to go on a date with Kayce." Kaydin had that glint in her eyes, I'd never live this down if she found out that I sorta had a liking of Kenpachi. Kusajika was about to open her mouth before I snatched her away with a hand over her mouth. "Nooo It's ok, LET KENPACHI ASK ME." I said it threw gritted teeth and Kaydin got a devil smile. "Kusajika chan, I'll igve you candy if you tell me what Ken chan is planning."

"Cwande?!" My hand muffled most of the word 'candy' from Kusajika's mouth but she jumped out of my arms and into Kaydin's, damn her and her parental like sway over smaller children! "Well," Yachiru started and I fell over, I'd lost. "Ken chan likes Kayce sorta I guess, he wants to take her to the festival cause she likes Sakura blossoms." The child was given a piece of candy and Kaydin smiled deviously at me. "Thank you Yachiru Chan, Kayce, come with me." Kaydin grabbed me and dragged me into an empty room and squealed at me. "Kenpachi is awesome Kayce!"

"He's old!"

"So? I'm sure those killer scars and deadly looking eyes make your knees melt!"

"No.. not really."

"You LIE."Kaydin announced with her hands on her hips, I found it annoying that people thought me having a crush was 'cute' I was 'ebil' not 'cute' yes ebil not evil. If you played Adventure quest you would understand. "Ok so I like a man with some scars and I killer look in his eye.. Doesn't mean I like Kenpachi." I leaned against the door with my chin resting on my chest a sorta dejected look on my face. "We still have to get home so Yamamoto doesn't get the others, like he has us." Kaydin sighed and nodded her head. "But while we are here might as well learn what we can and have fun while we're at it." Kaydin grabbed my hands and spun me around. "You have Kenpachi and I have Shuuhei, we can double date!" She seemed so enthused about having a man in her life but I was less enthused, Kenpachi being old was just an excuse I had come up with, I didn't want a man from Soul Society because I knew I'd have to leave and then he would only see me when he had time off.. It wouldn't be fair to keep a long distance relationship. Ok scratch that I was a coward, I didn't want to fall in love because it hurt when it came to an end. "I don't want a date Kaydin, I'm leaving Soul society and not coming back, I won't be Yamamoto's puppet to hunt hollows and play good guard dog." I put my hands on my hips and Kaydin rolled her eyes before pointing at me. "You know very well that if we don't stay here and learn the Hollows will attack us and then because we don't know what to do someone is going to get hurt, Stop being stupid Kayce." I growled and left the room, screw Yamamoto, screw everything in this "soul society" I'd go back to the way my life before I came here and everything would be fine.

"JUST GO FOR IT!!" Kaydin screamed at me from the doorway of the room we'd once both occupied.