Chapter Fifteen
Japan
Limo traveling toward the Ishida Villa
'I hope that Captain Kuchiki did not offend you Selene-sama. Byakuya is like that with everyone. He is not one of the friendliest of us Soul Society captains, but if you ever needed someone to watch your back, there is no one better.' Shunsui said as the car pulled out of the private hanger.
Startled Len looked into the friendly eyes of Captain Kyoraku. 'Oh, don't worry Captain Kyoraku, I was not offended. He is really not the friendliest of people, is he? Is he always so..' Len started too asked but couldn't find the right words without sounding rude.
'Cold? Mean? Rude? Arrogant? Condescending? I could go on.' Shunsui answered with a smile.
Len laughed lightly. 'I meant to say unapproachable.'
'Ah, now you are being kind. There are more appropriate words to describe his egotistical ass.' Shunsui said.
'Shunsui!' Juushiro reproached.
'What. You would say the same, Juushiro.' Shunsui retorted.
'Perhaps, but not in mixed company and not in the company of beautiful women. They may think we say this in jealousy.' Juushiro smiled.
Both Len and Lily laughed. 'Oh, don't worry about us. If you are around my cousin Dean long enough. You will find that we have heard worse.' Len said as the two soul reaper captains shared in their laughter.
'Ah, yes Dean-sama, he seem quite the character. After witnessing the incident at the airport, I must confess that it was quite entertaining. I believe that I will enjoy getting to know your esteem cousin. I think that he and I will get along quite well.' Shunsui told Len with laughter in his voice.
'I don't know if Soul Society is ready for the combination of both you and Dean-sama's antics. You know that Sensei will only put up with so much before he will say enough, Shunsui. Please don't push him too far; he has far too many worries to deal with your comedic pranks.' Juushiro warned.
'Yama-jii has a sense of humor, Juushiro. You just need to get enough saki into him and he can be quite the prankster. And because of all those worries, he at times needs silliness to lighten that load.' Shunsui laughed.
Sighing in defeat, Juushiro just turned back to the two beautiful women that would play a part in finding a way for Soul Society to win this war with Aizen and his new allies, whoever that was.
'All I will say is please be a bit patient with Captain Kuchiki, he is a man with many other responsibilities besides being a captain of one of the royal court guard divisions and he takes them very, very seriously.' Juushiro asked.
'Don't worry Captain Ukitake. We are not the type to make rash judgments on people; we have been through too many things to judge things from face value.' Len reassured him turning to Ryuken who had been quiet during the whole conversation. 'So, Ishida-sama, what position do you hold in Soul Society?' She was quite surprised when he started laughing to her question. She looked around to see an embarrassed look pass between Captains Ukitake and Kyoraku.
'Selene-sama. I am not part of Soul Society, in fact for many years I have hated them. To this day, I cannot stand most that come from that retched place. But, soul reapers and quincies have always disliked each other. The only reason I would even be here to overlook my dislike of soul reapers is the fact that I hate Aizen even more. I blame Soul Society for his very existence and if only their world was in jeopardy, I would not lift a finger to help, but because Soul Society could not look pass their egotistical past he now jeopardizes this world as well. For that, I have given my word as a Quincy to put aside my aversion and become a temporary ally until Aizen and his people are destroyed. But, after that all bets are off.' Ryuken stated as Len gave him a shocked look.
'Do not worry that your organization will be caught between three different factions, I have had a long talk with Yamamoto-sama and we have come to an agreement. If we did not, I would not be here now assisting these people. We are using each other for the benefit of our worlds and we have no problems with it.' Ryuken gave Len a small smile.
'Yes, Selene-sama quincies and soul reapers may not normally trust each other, but we cannot deny that Ishida-sama is a man of honor and keeps his word once he has given it. And despite what he says that he dislikes our world, he has connections to it whether he is willing to admit or not and that affects his actions and decisions in our favor.' Shunsui said laughingly at the puzzled look Len gave him. He was about to answer her unasked question when he was interrupted.
'Kyoraku! You have said enough. There is no more to be said on the subject. All they need to know is that I and my son are allies now to Soul Society, at least temporarily.' Ryuken stated abruptly leaving off the honorific of Shunsui's name to let him know how annoyed he was.
Moving her eyes from one man to the other, Len tried to catch the unspoken conversation going on around her. Feeling someone pat her hand in understanding, she turned to look at Juushiro Ukitake.
'It is alright Selene-sama, whenever these two are in the same room; they tend to act this way. It is quite a normal occasion. I believe these two go out of their way to irritate each other.' Juushiro gave Len's hand a quick squeeze before turn back to talk with Shunsui.
'So, Selene-sama tell us what is the plan for the week planned here in the real world before heading to Soul Society?' Ryuken asked catching every else's attention.
'Oh, alright. Let me tell you the plan that has been decided…' Len started to explain once she had everyone's attention.