Hope you guys enjoyed chapter 1 so far! Would you lovely fans and readers please spread the word about Juuyon-Bantai for me? It is a real division after all~ :D

Chapter 2

Kitsune and Inu sat in the same row in the plane, the two sleeping peacefully against each other. Ookami had fallen asleep while listening to music which wasn't good because that left Nezumi, Neko and Hebi wide awake. When the three superiors awakened, grouchy, it wasn't long before someone noticed.

'My face is sticky.' Kitsune muttered, touching her cheek. Her fingers came away black. Ookami yawned, looking at her bored before her eyes widened. Her fukutaicho looked back and chuckled.

'Whatever.' She sighed, wiping the marker ink of her face with a cloth simply, still too sleepy to explode. Inu frantically wiped at the black marks.

'Eh! This better not be permanent!' She grumbled as Kitsune shook her head and wet her handkerchief to remove the stains better. It was then that their plane landed safely, the pilot's voice coming over the intercom.

'We're in… Japan. We're back!' Nezumi said almost breathlessly, a wide smile on her face. She made a dash for their bags, tossing them to their respective owners with frightening speed. Neko was the first one out, falling to her knees on the ground dramatically.

'Home!' She yelled joyously, raising her arms skyward. Inu and Nezumi pulled her up, excusing her behavior to the public.

'We're not home yet.' Ookami said with a smile, slinging her bag over her shoulder. 'We'll shunpo to Urahara Shop.' She allowed, beginning herself as her bantai followed behind, ecstasy radiating off of them.

When they arrived in Karakura Town in front of the familiar shop, they were breathing hard and some even panting. 'We're out of shape!' Kitsune exclaimed in disbelief, her voice coming out quiet due to the lack of air.

Ookami nodded vigorously, straightening her body and breathing deeply to regain her composure. She paused when a tugging began on her shirt. She looked down, perplexed. A small, dark-haired child looked up at her. 'Urahara-san is waiting for you, Ookami-taicho.' Ookami blinked in surprise.

'Are you Urahara's kid?' Hebi asked in awe. Ururu blushed.

'Baka Hebi!' Inu growled, hitting the back of the snake shinigami's head. 'Does she look anything like Yoruichi-san to you?'

'Oh yeah…' Hebi mumbled, grinning in realization. Kitsune scoffed, followed Ookami into the shop, the captain holding the girl in her arms while speaking rather softly. The wolf captain… was always a bit strange around children. Ururu seemed to be stunned for a moment until her eyes grew slightly distressed.

'Jinta-kun.' She called quietly, the red-haired boy scuttled over and Ookami put her down with a sigh as a black cat strode into the area. Jinta grabbed Ururu's hand and dashed out as Yoruichi Shihoin transformed in all her human naked glory.

'Welcome back, girls.' She greeted mischievously. Nezumi covered her face in embarrassment while Inu looked away politely. The sound of clogs were heard and none other than Kisuke Urahara entered, chuckling at the sight.

'Hey, long time no see.' Ookami smiled to them both.

'My, my, it seems Yoruichi has decided to surprise you all.' He drawled, flipping out his fan and hiding half his face behind it, leaving only his eyes visible.

'You nosebleeding behind that fan, Kisuke?'Kitsune jibed, raising her brow.

'Juuyon-bantai's as bold as ever, I see!' He said happily, clapping his hand together and avoiding the question directed at him. 'Unfortunately, I can't keep you all but I suppose you're all ready to re-enter Soul Society.'

'Yeah!' Neko and Hebi cheered, linking their arms together like schoolgirls.

But Inu looked at him and Yoruichi suspiciously. 'Are you hurrying us, Urahara? You usually keep us for a while, whether you can or not.'

'You have a meeting and introductions to go through. All the important people have already been sent back to Soul Society to meet you.' Yoruichi said, stealing Urahara's coat and wrapping it around herself loosely.

'Exactly!' He grinned like a naughty boy. 'Don't forget you were summoned for a reason.'

'Then why call us to Japan? We could've gone through the World Penetration Gate from our school even!' Nezumi protested. She hadn't enjoyed the flight. At all.

'You'll have to leave your items and gigais here, of course. I'll work on them and send them to your new residence.' He said simply, gesturing for them to put their bags down. 'Didn't you know, you'll be staying in Japan?'

Ookami opened her mouth to say something before she shut it and sighed, dropping her bag. 'Okay, fine. Let's go then!' She said sharply, shifting out of her gigai, smoothing down her haori. She had missed this haori. She ran her fingers down the cloth once before drawing her zanpakuto. She plunged it into the air and slashed down, opening the gate to Soul Society. She frowned as Urahara waved. His smile… wasn't genuine today.

But she pushed those thoughts away and walked through, rushing to the other side. There were no guards at the gate because it connected directly to the central meeting room for Captains and their Lieutenants. The atmosphere in Soul Society bombarded them with a newly remembered familiarity. It felt as though they could actually breathe here, with the air full of spirit particles. Their discarded gigais meant that they no longer dealt with a human body but the body of a shinigami.

Neko began to purr, stretching herself while Hebi hissed in pleasure. 'This feels good…' The cat shinigami sighed.

'I know.'

'Straighten up.' Kitsune fuku-taicho said sternly in response to the captain's short response. Ookami spun around to them sharply, calling their attention. All six pairs of oblivion black eyes sharpened.

'Let's behave presentably. We're not getting banished again. Got that?' She said with a one-sided smile.

'Yes, Taicho!' They echoed, causing the wolf shinigami to beam and turn around with a determined smiled, leading her division into the meeting. She walked in between the two lines of captains standing beside their lieutenants, right up to Yamamoto. She didn't miss the new faces and… humans? A Quincy?! She ignored that and walked on to the Head Captain, vibrant crimson hair swishing against her back to momentarily reveal the Juuyon-bantai insignia.

Instead of a respectful bow, she smiled brightly, looking very much like an ordinary seventeen year old girl. 'Ojii-san, you summoned us.' She greeted, earning his nod of approval. Whispers broke out amongst the high ranking shinigami present.

'Who are these shinigami?'

'Never heard of the 14th Division…'

'Wouldn't that make it Gotei 14?'

Ookami looked at Yamamoto expectantly and after his nod, she turned to face the shinigami, stretching out before her in parallel rows, including the misplaced humans and the Quincy. She cleared her throat and the whispers died instantly. The members of her bantai fanned out in a straight line at her side with Kitsune on her right. They were completely in sync in their minds.

'You may not have heard of us due to our banishment but the older Captains like Shiro-chan and Sui-kun remember us.' She explained briefly, looking at Ukitake and Kyoraku who smiled in return. She wondered why Gin wasn't here… 'I am the leader of the 14th Division, Ookami-taicho.'

'Kitsune, this bantai's Lieutenant.' The fox shinigami said calmly in turn.

'Inu. 3rd Seat.' She said, her eyes scanning over the shinigami, her eyes lingering on the humans and Quincy, wondering about their presence.

'Nezumi-yonseki!'Nezumi continued, smiling at them with a friendly disposition.

'5th Seat Neko!' She called proudly, a meow escaping her lips. A few men blushed.

'Hebi-rokuseki.'Hebi uttered, her eyes flitting across the room, her face confused at the lack of one Sosuke Aizen. Before she could think on it, Ukitake coughed and came up, catching their attention.

'I suppose introductions are in order as well, as you would have noticed the humans and the Quincy in our midst.' The Captain said with a smile. 'They were known as Ryoka.' The entire Juuyon-bantai nodded in understanding, looking back at the mentioned people.

'Yeah, Kisuke called us about that. A Substitute Shinigami, two humans of power and a Quincy who breached Soul Society to save Rukia Kuchiki.' Ookami mused, studying Orihime and Chad in particular.

'He was wondering if we'd be called back for that.' Kitsune elaborated shortly.

'So what are we here for?' Nezumi continued, eyes glinting. Everyone shifted.

Even Ukitake looked uncomfortable. 'An assassination request. For Ookami and Hebi specifically.' He said, shuffling the profiles handed to him by Rukia. 'It's not easy to kill a beloved…'

Before he could continue, the profiles in his hands were snatched away. Ookami flipped it open instantly and paused for a moment. Then she snarled. 'I knew that bastard Aizen was…'

'Gin also...' Hebi shouted a second later. Both froze, realizing what the other said. They switched files quickly. '…Who the hell is this?!' Hebi demanded.

Neko nearly smacked her for her stupidity. Instead she held it in, because she knew this was gonna be hard on Hebi. '…It's Aizen.'

'Oh my god…' She started, staring at the pages. Some captains had sympathy of their faces. But that changed quickly. 'What did he do to his hair?! Where are his cute glasses?' She lamented.

'Enough, Hebi.' Ookami said in a firm tone. Hebi shut up obediently but her hand was clutching the file in her hand, almost to the point of destroying it. The wolf captain ignored the concern of her bantai and the careful looks of the others present as she faced Yamamoto. 'We will definitely assassinate Gin Ichimaru and Sosuke Aizen. Juuyon-bantai's priority is undoubtedly the safety of Soul Society.'

After that it seemed she had run out of words. Kitsune understood and spoke in her place. 'Excuse us, we must return to our barracks. We're sorely out of practice so please forgive and ignore any loud explosions and general sounds of destruction.'

With that Juuyon-bantai walked towards the door. Kitsune held in a sigh as she walked beside her captain. She expected something like this to happen. Their bantai represented death and suffering after all. So suffer they would. Inu followed a step behind with Hebi, her eyes trained on where the snake shinigami stroked her single tattoo of Juuyon-bantai's flower. It was going to be a long night.

Nezumi and Neko paused by the door and bowed apologetically. 'We'll keep damage to a minimum. And we'll be up for the morning meeting.' They promised before turning and running after the rest of the division.

No one moved until Yamamoto left. 'Poor Ookami-san, Hebi-san looked so sad too.' Orihime murmured worriedly.

'That's a cruel thing to ask of them.' Renji muttered in agreement, frowning as the first explosion went off. Byakuya sighed at the sound and departed but he didn't disagree with his lieutenant's words or Orihime's. Nobody did.