Disclaimer- I do not own Bleach or any songs mentioned, but I do own the oc's. Thanks for reading the first chapter and also thank you VampireSiren for reviewing.

*This chapter made me think of the song The Fourth Drink Instinct by Cute Is What We Aim For, so that's what I named the title of it. Also things in bold and italicized is what the zanpakuto spirits are saying, Sukui (Angel of salvation) and Tsumi (Angel of sin)

Chapter 2- The Fourth Drink Instinct

Mayumi's POV

I walk into Captain Kimura's room and see her sitting at the table with a bottle of sake and Sosuke Aizen is sitting across from her smiling.

"Why are you always here Lieutenant Aizen? Why don't you hang around your own Captain?" I ask walking past them.

"You're right. I should leave now and get back to my squad." He says getting up and heads towards the door. I don't understand why Emiko let's him hang around here. I never really did care for him, but apparently he is one of her friends. I remember when I met them for the first time and they took me here. Emiko says at first I was rather stubborn.

~Flashback~

I wake up in a strange bed not sure at first where I was. Oh yeah, those strangers forced me to go with them. Why would they help me, they don't know me and I don't know them. I get up from the bed and look around the room. It smells really nice here just like how the lady who carried me. I frown a little as I think of what happened. They only wanted to help me and I acted like brat and was rude to them. I walk out of the room and see the black and silver haired woman sitting on a couch, but I didn't see the man from early. I hope he already left. As I walked closer to her I hear her talking to herself.

"Why did she leave? Was it because of something I did, maybe she was threatened by someone, or did her family force her to leave? What could have happened? I should have waited for her after the meeting." I hear her sob. She didn't seem like the type of person who would cry like this. I walk closer to her and finally reach out my hand and rest it on her shoulder.

"Please don't cry anymore Miss." I whisper to her and feel her warm hand rest on top of mine.

"Will you please stay here with me?" She asks looking right at me now.

"As a replacement for the person that just left you?" I ask and her frown deepens.

"I don't know." She answers and gets up from her seat. "Early I though about how I wanted to help others the way Chiyoko did, but I shouldn't make you stay if it's only to replace her."

"I'll stay." I suddenly blurt out. She looks at me with wide eyes.

"Thank you." She says wiping away her tears and pats my head. "What's your name?"

"Mayumi Sasaki."

"I'm Emiko Kimura and I promise to look after you and I won't let anything or anyone every hurt you again."

~End Flashback~

I walk over to Emiko who's now sitting at her desk. Her black and silver bangs hanging in her face.

"Emiko." I whisper to her.

"Yes?" She asks looking up from her paperwork and at me.

"Did I help you forget about Chiyoko?" She looks at me a little surprised, but then smiles.

"No one could every replace her and my memories of her." She starts and I automatically turn away from her, "But with you I have created new memories and have a new person to become stronger for and look out for." She finishes.

"What about Lieutenant Aizen?"

"What about him?" She asks.

"Why does he hang around you and not his own captain?" I ask a hint of jealousy in my voice.

"You have nothing to worry about Mayumi. He's just a friend that I knew from when I was a lieutenant. You remember don't you? When we met, he and I were both lieutenants."

"I remember." I say beginning to walk to the door.

"Where are you going?"

"To practice. I want to become the lieutenant of this squad as soon as possible." I say and quickly walk out of the door.

Emiko's POV

I smile at what Mayumi had said. She has changed a lot since I first met her. She was now quiet around most people except me. She wanted to know why Aizen's around so much, but even I didn't know the answer to that.

"She sure is a nice girl." I smirk at the childish voice resounding in my head. "She's a lot like when you were young, very innocent."

"That will change soon enough. No matter how innocent someone is, sin will taint them like it does with most."

"Jeez why do you always have to be such a downer, Tsumi?" I roll my eyes at his negativity.

"He has always been like this, a kill joy!"

"I rather be like this than immature like you Sukui." Tsumi answers and I sigh as the two of them continue to argue.

"Would you two stop that already?"

"Sorry Master Emiko." They both apologize.

"As I was saying Mayumi is a naive one, but she has a point." Sukui says.

"Yes, we would also like to know why you're friends with Sosuke Aizen." Tsumi continues.

"He seems like a good guy." I answer.

"You're naïve too, just like Sukui. You shouldn't trust him Emiko."

"Why not."

"There's something not right about him. Even you said when you first met him twelve years ago, he seems like the kind of person that has many secrets but knows everything about everyone else."

"I also remember saying most people are like that is some way."

"We just don't want anything bad to happen to you Master Emiko." Sukui says.

"We have a feeling that there will be trouble coming in the near future." Tsumi adds.

"Ok, I'll make sure to be careful from now on." I finish the conversation with them and get back to my paperwork.

When I do finally finish I decide to go and take a walk. As I leave the barracks my squad members greet me before returning to their prior activities. Walking out of the barracks and down the walkway I notice a group of other captains. I cringe not wanting anything to do with them. The me from twelve years ago would have more readily greet and talked with them, but now I didn't want to concern myself with such unnecessary things.

"Hello Captain Kimura." Kisuke Urahara waves to me as I walk towards their group.

"Hello, might I ask what are you are all doing in the middle of the walkway in front of my squad?"

"We were going to ask if you'd like to come drinking with us." Shinji Hirako answers.

"Yeah, you never come drinking with us. You're always busy."

"I'm not always busy. Most of the time I say no because I don't want to spend more time than I have to around you guys." I say and continue to walk past them.

"Hey, we're only trying to be nice." Shinji raises his voice causing me to look back to him with a smile.

"Oh, and could you please tell your lieutenant to lessen his visits to our squad too?" I ask him before I continue on my way. I sigh as I walk past other captains and they all stop me to talk. Now I could really go for that drink.

Shinji's POV

I felt irritated after what Captain Kimura said. Why would Aizen be around squad ten's captain? I walk into his room without knocking and walk up to his desk. He looks up at me then smiles.

"Did you need something Hirako-san?"

"Captain Kimura wanted me to tell you to stop spending so much time at squad ten's barracks, but what I'd like to know is why you're over there for in the first place."

"She's the one that asks me to come over to squad ten. I only went over there because it was a captain's order." He answers and I couldn't help but to laugh because I was sure he was lying.

"I guess she's found a new play thing." I say to him on my way out the door. "You've probably been replaced, but by who?" I wondered aloud to Aizen, hoping it irritated him.

Emiko's POV

I set the empty glass on the table and slump down in my chair. I remember when I would drink with Chiyoko, then on the way back home I would have to lean against her cause everything was so dizzy and it was hard for me to walk straight. I sigh and pour myself another glass. I swallow it in one gulp and set the glass back down again with a smile. I haven't felt this at ease in a while. I rest my head on the back of the chair and close my eyes.

After a couple minutes of quietness I hear the door open and quickly get up. I didn't want one of my squad members to see me like this.

"Oh my head's spinning." I mumble and lean against the table waiting for the room to come to focus. I look at the door but it was closed. "I really did drink a lot because now I'm imagining things."

I suddenly hear a noise come from my bedroom. "Mayumi?" I call out thinking it was probably her. I walk over to my bedroom door everything is still a little blurry. I walk into the dark room not sure of what to expect. The moonlight streaming through the window was the only light to guide me. "Are you in here Mayumi?" I ask again still thinking someone is in here. I roll my eyes finally realizing how foolish I was being. I get ready to walk out of the room but the door closes in my face. "Who's there?" I ask looking around the room but see no one. I quickly grab my sword off my sash and hold it up. "If you don't come out now I will find you and you will definitely be punished!" I hear someone laugh and turn towards the familiar sound.

"Are you sure you're capable of punishing anyone in your state?"