I really hope you liked the last one!!!

-Katuzie

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It was a warm summer day and the sun was shining down heavily on Yuki's back. She was laying casually on the top of Seireitei's wall, there was nothing to do. The temperature was too hot for training, maybe she would go pay Shunsui and Nanao a visit. You know... to collect some payment... Getting up from the wall, she quickly flash stepped toward the 8th division.

Knock Knock

The door slid open to reveal a flustered Nanao chan who was carrying a huge thick book. Her hair was not in its usual bun and her glass were slid down to the tip of her nose. Her eyes shone with pure anger.

"Come in!"

"Hey, Nanao-chan? I didn't interrupt anything, did I?" , cautiously asked Yuki. This was unknown territory.

"No. Its just that Kyoraku-taichou that it would be nice to invite some of his drinking buddies over yesterday, they were drunk all over the place and messed up the office! Now the whole stack of papers that were completed and still yet to be finished are

mixed up!! I spent all night working on those!!" ,she yelled out.

"Hey, I know something that might make you feel better. How about we get back at your captain? Everyone knows Shunsui loves you, right?"

"He does?"

"Well, of course!! So I was thinking, how about you go on a date with Ukitake-taichou??"

"WHAT!!!!"

"Nanao, keep your voice down. It'll make Shunsui so jealous of Ukitake. You'll pretend to be so in love and the paperwork will fall to him. Then you'll ask Yamamoto-sama to transfer you to the 13th division, then Shunsui will be so heartbroken without his paperwork-obsessed fukutaichou that he'll immediately announce his love to you. You kick him when he's down and happily ever after! TADA!!!"

"Yuki-chan, I don't think that'll work..."

"Why not??"

"One, because Shunsui will never let me transfer, Two, my division will suffer because my captain sucks at paperwork and Three, I don't want to date Ukitake-taichou. I mean he's a nice guy at all, I just don't want to..." ,said Nanao who was obviously avoiding something.

Yuki knew that her idea wasn't so horrible, I mean if they revised it a few times, she was sure that Nanao and Jushiro could pull it off. But why didn't Nanao want to date Ukitake-taichou?? He was obviously a man with a sense of justice and character, the maids couldn't deny that his smile was impossibly charming and his kind personality was deliciously attractive. He was a captain and was someone you could always go confide your troubles to. There was something suspicious... Hmm.....

"Nanao... what's wrong with Jushiro-taichou. He's handsome, all the maids say so, he's kind and intelligent, not to mention that he's a captain of the Gotei 13!"

"I just don't want to...." ,said Nanao who was losing the verbal battle with Yuki.

"You wouldn't not want to date him because he's sick? Nanao that's a horrible thing! It's not his fault he's sick!!" , yelled Yuki.

"Of course not!! I would never not date someone just because of that!!" ,defended Nanao.

"Then why???"

"Ukitake-taichou confided in me about something personal...."

"Oh!!! He has a crush!! Tell me who!! Tell me who!!" ,cheered Yuki.

"I'll give you a hint... she's exceptionally pretty and smart, she's a strong shinigami and has black hair."

"OH.... That doesn't help!! Alot of people could be labeled as strong, pretty and smart. All that stuff is based on the person who thought it himself. And alot of peopel have black hair!"

"I'm sorry Yuki-chan, but I can't say anything more."

"I understand... IF YOU DON"T TELL ME HER NAME I WON"T HELP YOU GET KYORAKU DO PAPERWORK!!"

"That's impossible! Kyoraku-taichou will NEVER to paperwork... He's a lazy bum!"

"Want to risk the chance to not have to do paperwork! To watch your captain be a responsible human being?? You don't want to miss that chance, do you?" ,whispered Yuki evilly.

Nanao froze, damn Yuki was good! She knew that she would have a hard time refusing an offer like this, especially in such circumstances. But she had promised Ukitake, he had confided in her and she would not let him down. But Kyoraku-taichou actually doing paper work?? Which one to choose!! Which one to choose!!

"I'll leave the decision up to you... Nanao-chan. I can also make Shunsui stop calling you that. You would want that, wouldn't you? Nanao-chan is quite annoying! It compeletly dismisses your authority!" ,said Yuki before mysteriously disappearing into

Seireitei.

Yuki sighed as she positioned herself on a tree above some koi ponds she had found in a quite soothing garden. Jushiro-kun had a crush, for some reason the news made her torso feel so empty, so hollow... Why wasn't she happy? She had been happy when Hiro told her that he liked the new girl Kisa-chan, wasn't the way she felt about Jushiro the way she felt about Hiro? I mean they were so similar!! Jushiro had Hiro's name in it, and even though they had drastic physical differences, they personalities were so similar. Both were kind and hardworking, with a strong sense of justice, Yuki unconsciously smiled at the thought of Jushiro.

Not to mention a complete hottie! , interfered Amida.

He's not hot! ,defended Yuki.

So are you saying he's ugly? , asked Binzuru.

No... I mean he IS handsome, but you can't say he's hot... It's too weird... , blushed Yuki.

Ooh!!! Yuki has a crush!!! , teased Amida.

NO!! I just said he's handsome because Hiro was handsome too! , said Yuki who was now desperately trying to fix the mess.

Yuki-sama, you sure you don't like-like him? ,questioned Binzuru.

YES!! I'm SURE!!!! Anyways he has a frickin' CRUSH!!! THIS CONVERSATION IS OFFICIALLY OVER! , shouted Yuki.

He had a crush... Jushiro Ukitake, captain of the 13th division had a crush. Who was this person? A tug at her chest made her ache with an unknown feeling... Was this jealousy? Did she feel over-possessive of the captain? She didn't understand, why would their be a reason for her to be jealous? Unless she did like him? Yuki gasped. This was not good! Yuki couldn't like someone! This was unacceptable, she would deny this feeling. Crush on Jushiro: BANISHED!!! How could she like someone and not be aware of it? She didn't have any of the symptoms that were found in the ridiculous mangas she had read before, heart beating like crazy, paralysis, constant thoughts and infatuation over a person, constant blushing...

Wait! She was blushing when Amida and Binzuru mentioned that he was a complete Ahem..* cough* cough* hottie cough* cough*, but any female shinigami with respect for the taichou would do that!!

You were thinking about him this morning, said Amida.

Now she thought about it, yes she had thought about him since morning to noon, but that was because she was bored and trying to find a way to blackmail the captains!! There was no way Yuki could "like-like" someone, she would not accept that. But what if Yuki really did-

Splash!

Suddenly, Yuki fell into the koi pond and the captain who had been walking over to the koi ponds with his afternoon tea quickly ran over.

"Are you okay!!" ,asked Jushiro.

"WHY ARE YOU HERE!!" ,questioned Yuki.

"These are my gardens!!"

"Oh. I see. AHH!!" ,screamed Yuki.

"What's wrong?"

Yuki jumped out of the pool, something slimy was in her shingami outfit.

"KOI!!! The koi is in my outfit, it must've have gotten in when I fell into the pond!" ,said Yuki who was shaking her leg desperately, hopping all round the garden, trying to discard the koi who was in her pant leg.

Jushiro looked into the pool, and saw that Kimi one of his favorite koi was missing. He started chasing Yuki who was bouncing and wriggling her leg.

"It's moving higher!! WHY ISN"T THIS WORKING!! According to gravity, it's supposed to fall out not move up!", shrieked Yuki.

"Kimi!! Kimi! Don't worry Jushiro is coming to the rescue!! I know you can't breath but you can do it Kimi!!" ,said the agitated Jushiro.

"You'll worrying about the frickin' koi!!!" , screeched Yuki.

"How can you call yourself a ma-a--annn!!" , asked Yuki before falling onto the ground with a THUD!

"Oof!" ,said Jushiro as he followed suit and fell onto Yuki.

Green eyes met brown eyes for a second and both shinigmai looked the other way, blushing furiously.

The koi wriggled in the now upper region of Yuki's shinigami robe.

"Well don't just stare into space! Get rid of the koi already!"

"Why can't you!"

"You're on top of me!! I can't move!", retorted Yuki who was pinned down by Jushiro.

Jushiro's face was stained a crimson red as his hand reached down Yuki's shirt to catch the wriggling koi. Yuki gasped as one of his nimble fingers brushed past the side of her breast. He grabbed Kimi and tried to slowly slide the fish out of her shirt, his hand once again brushed against the same spot and Yuki was now the same shade of red as Jushiro was. Once the fish was out of her shirt, Jushiro quickly ran to the pond and let Kimi swim free. But poor Kimi simply floated to the top, Jushiro sighed and looked into the pond, he saw his reflection and realized all the blood from his cheeks were gond and were now moving in a more south direction.

Crap! Yuki's coming this way! ,thought Jushiro.

Yuki saw the floating Kimi and took a seat beside Jushiro, she laid her head onto Jushiro's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault Kimi died..." Yuki peeked a glance at Jushiro who was twitching uncomfortably, his hands gripped the green blades of grass and his usual warm eyes shot everywhere, slightly nervous and agitated.

She sighed, he was probably mad at her for killing Kimi, that was why he was acting so weird. She took a chance and wrapped her arms around his torso, Yuki could feel the hardened muscles under his captain's haori and his shinigami outift.

"I'm really sorry. Can you please forgive me...?" ,timidly asked Yuki.

Jushiro was concentrating too hard on his "problem" to reply. Yuki took this the wrong way and let her head rest on his chest, this wasn't exactly helping Jushiro.

"I know you're probably furious at me for killing Kimi but I promise that I'll buy another koi and we'll raise it together! We'll name it Kimi the II !" ,persisted Yuki, all of a sudden Yuki realized how glad she was to have Jushiro be her friend, if he stopped being her friend, well then she only had Nanao-chan left as her friend! He was important to her!

Jushiro realized that Yuki was convinced he was mad at her. He was slightly mad after all Kimi had been one of his favorites but he wasn't furious. He felt his cloth dampen and knew that Yuki was crying. Without thinking, Jushiro grabbed Yuki and placed her on his lap and embraced her.

"Don't cry... I'm not mad at you Yuki. As long as you fulfill your promise to raise Kimi the II with me, I'll be happy! Please don't cry..." ,he begged as Yuki began to sob.

Yuki simply gripped him tightly, not aware of the intimacy of their position.

"Okay... But can we make pick a koi that's black and white. I don't want him to be orange."

"But Kimi's supposed to be orange! How can we call her Kimi the II if she's not orange. That's completly ironic."

"Fine. We'll pick an orange koi!" ,giggled Yuki, her cheeks were now tear-free but her eyes were still red from crying.

Jushiro breathed in her scent, he recalled the scent. It was so fresh and earthy, like the air right after a shower of rain. It was light and soothing. And it only made him hug her harder.

Yuki slowly wiggled out of Jushiro's embrace, seeing his hurt look, she grabbed his hand and ran toward the West Gate of Seireitei.

"Come on handsome! We need to go koi-shopping for Kimi the II!", joked Yuki.

Jushiro smiled and followed Yuki, his life with Yuki in it was so... so...

So perfect, Master.

Yes it is... it is isn't? said Jushiro, talking to his Zanpaktou(s).

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They're so cute and innocent, Jushiro never struck me as a perv so I'm doing my best not to write him as one!

-Katuzie!