"YAMADA!" bellowed Soi Fon wearily, rubbing her aching head.
"H-H-Hai Soifon-taichou!" stuttered Hanatarou, stumbling over his own two feet in his haste to get to Soifon before executing a clumsy bow.
Soifon scowled at the awkward lieutenant.
"We've been seeing more Menos along the outskirts of Seireitei. We don't need anymore casualties, like Omaeda. Be on your guard, and report to me if you've seen anything suspicious," she said, annoyed. As much as she disliked her obviously naïve lieutenant, he didn't argue back or try to procrastinate on his work and brag, unlike a certain comatose Omaeda, who had shown no signs of waking up any time soon. Not that it really mattered. Soifon ran her division quickly and efficiently, with or without a vice captain.
"H-hai, taichou," smiled Hanatarou, relieved that she hadn't reprimanded him for his awkward entrance.
"And always be ready," sighed Soifon. Yamada couldn't be trusted to hold his own in a fight, if one came up.
"O-ok," stuttered Hanatarou, before digging around in his medical supplies, before withdrawing a pill.
"What is that?" asked Soifon suspiciously. The pill was bright yellow, and emblazoned with a red skull.
Is he trying to kill himself? Soifon thought to herself, though that really didn't make much sense.
"It's an energy pill," explained Hanatarou. "these are given to all 4th squad members so that if they're fatigued, they can still work. I've...I've been rather tired these last few days, taichou, so I decided to take one."
"Oh....really?" asked Soifon suspiciously, with a bit of a sweat drop behind her.
"Yes!"
"There's...a skull drawn on it. Are you sure...it's not a fake?"
"Well, take one pill...and..." Hanatarou popped the pill into his mouth.
Soifon waited. Hanatarou's expression did not change.
"Okay, I'm good to go then, taichou," said Hantarou, getting up.
"Wait!" barked Soifon. "Nothing even happened!"
"What are you talking about?" Hantarou asked cluelessly. "Aren't I bursting with energy?"
"No....you're still the same from a minute ago," muttered Soifon, her eye twitching.
"No, really! Try one. You'll feel much more energetic!" said Hantarou, though his enthusiasm was still lacking even after taking the pill.
Soifon raised an eyebrow, before accepting the pill.
Just what am I doing? She thought, before she swallowed it.
I taste flour......
"Well? Don't you feel much more pumped up?" asked Hanatarou, not realizing that most shinigami did not describe Soifon as 'pumped up.'
"It's a fake," she said bluntly.
"No its not!"
Does he realize it was a hoax? How gullible....
"Don't waste your time with those. You should be concentrating on your work."
"Oh, right! I-I'm sorry, taichou!" he said, going back to stuttering. Soifon merely rolled her eyes, and with a swish of her cloak flash stepped away.
Soifon stared at the envelope she now held in her hands, just delivered to her hand from the Secret Mobile Corps. Crucial information about the Menos attacks needed to be delivered to the So-taichou. Now. All of her division were out gathering more data, and still there were more tasks for them to complete. Which left...
"YAMADA! SEND THIS LETTER TO THE SO-TAICHOU!"
"Y-Y-yes sir! I mean, Ma'am!" Hanatarou ran forward, holding a large box of kunai that he had just finished polishing. He ran to take the manila envelope, but he sprawled in his haste to take it and ran headfirst into Soifon, knocking her over. It was too bad she'd been standing at the top of the stairs to her office....and the stairs went pretty far down....
Caught off guard, Soifon and Hanatarou fell down the hard concrete steps, landing in an undignified heap at the bottom. Hantarou, fortunately, was holding the envelope, though he was sitting on top of Soifon.
"Ow ow ow!" shrieked Hanatarou, before he realized who he was sitting on.
"AHH!!! I'M SORRY TAICHOU!!" he wailed, bowing furiously as Soifon tried to regain her pride from being knocked over by a klutzy Vice Captain. Even Omaeda hadn't humiliated her that much...
"YAMADA HANATAROU!!" she bellowed, her hands itching to reach for her zanpakto.
"Yeep! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry-"
"JUST GET OUT OF MY SIGHT AND SEND THAT TO THE SO-TAICHOU!"
"H-hai! I'm so sorry! I'll be more careful!" yelped Hanatarou before running off with the envelope.
Soifon gritted her teeth. Thank god no one had seen that. She really wanted to destroy something now....
Suddenly a Secret Mobile Corps member appeared in front of her. She tried to hide her irritation.
"What?" she snapped.
"We have another delivery to make."
He handed her another envelope, before disappearing.
Soifon viciously tore the envelope, but her bad mood instantly disappeared. She immediately began to shuffle through the contents eagerly.
"Yoruichi-sama, you're so dignified!" sighed Soifon, a blush making its way to her cheeks.
Yes, it was more pictures of Yoruichi taken in the real world....
"A-a-ah, Taichou..."
Instantly she stuffed the photos back into the envelope, her blush disappearing as she prepared to beat up the intruder. Soifon only saw the very out of breath Hanatarou however, panting hard.
"I...delivered the letter...do you...want me to deliver the other one too?"
"No!" growled Soifon forcefully, quickly hiding the envelope behind her back. "Go back to what you were doing before!"
Yes, I still need to finish looking at the rest of the pictures....
"H-Hai! Uh...I'm really sorry about earlier, Taichou...."
"Never mind," smiled Soifon, her mood much happier after seeing those pictures of Yoruichi.
Hanatarou smiled nervously, wondering just what was in that envelope that Soifon was so happy about, and wondering if she normally had these sort of mood swings.
Author's note: yeah....sorry, I didn't really know how to end it. Oh well, I finally updated! Thanks for the reviews, everyone! Oh, and by the way, there will be some fighting next chapter! Go Hisagomaru!