Momo: Okay, my summary is not as it seems, so please keep reading. There are a few more OC's in the story and a few pairings I prefer, but anywho, please enjoy!
I sighed as I carried the enormous stack of paperwork to the squad ten building. Why Captain Kuro gave me this much paperwork to deliver, I'll never know. That's right, squad three is ironically on it's THIRD captain. We've had Ichimaru, Amagai, and now we have Kuro. Kuro Arashiwas tall with black spiky hair and blue eyes. He was a VERY lazy captain too. In my honest opinion, they should just promote Izuru to Captain instead of giving the position to some stranger who we don't know we can trust. Plus it would make more sense than having two lieutenants at once. They couldn't decide which one of us was stronger, so they placed us both as lieutenants. Digressing from that though, I didn't know if I should trust Captain Kuro after the last two captains. The betrayal of Ichimaru was bad enough, but after Amagai, I'd had enough. I became weary of most captains except for Captain Yammamoto, Captain Unohana Captain Komomura, Captain Kuchiki, Captain Kyouraku, Captain Hitsugaya, Captain Zaraki, and Captain Ukitake. The rest of the captains were iffy with me, especially Kurotsuchi. I was snapped out of my thougs when I turned a corner and ran into someone, making me drop all of the papers I was carrying.
"Watch where you're going!" a voice yelled. I looked up and saw an irritated-looking Renji.
"Thanks for the courtesy Renji." I muttered sarcastically as I bent down and started picking up the scattered paperwork. His eyes widened when he realized it was me and not some lower-seat newbie.
"Sorry Joutei, need some help with that?" he asked apologetically.
"That would be very nice, thank you." I answered. He bent down and started picking up the papers with me.
"Kuro have you and Izuru working your asses off again?" he asked.
"Yeah. Only Izuru's off on some mission in the world of the living, so I'm stuck doing all of the work for our lazy ass captain." I answered.
"That sucks." he stated. I merely nodded. Renji and I had gotten close since the Aizen incident. He was severely injured, and I ended up in a coma for over a week. I was with Toushiro, helping him find Gin because of his suspicions against him. We were both angry when we found Momo, but surprisingly, I was conscious longer than he was. Then I was stupid and tried to fight them both. Man, was I in over my head. I got my ass kicked so bad, it wasn't funny. I'm persistent though, after they cut me down again, they accidentally took me to Sokyouku hill while I was bleeding out on the ground. Renji and Rukia were so pissed when they found it it was me laying there. I tried to stand up and Renji managed to get me away from the three traitorous bastards, but he got cut up pretty bad until Ichigo came along. e helped me stand and we all tried to fight Aizen. We lost miserably. Ichigo was healed within a wee, as was Renji, and I was in a coma for a week and a half.
"Oi, you awake over here?" Renji asked, snapping me out of my thoughts again.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about a few things." I answered as I stood up with half the paperwork I dropped. He stood up and piled the other half on top of the ones I was already carrying.
"Don't think too hard, you never know what could happen." he said. I smirked evilly.
"Well, I have to think. I don't want to be a blithering idiot like you Renji." I joked.
"Hey!" he yelled, insulted. I snickered to myself. I think anyone can agree with me when I say Renji was fun and easy to irritate.
"Just go deliver your papers, shortie." he said smugly as he ruffled my hair and walked in the other direction. I felt a vein pulse on the side of my head.
"Damn it Renji I'm not SHORT!!!!" I yelled. I could have sworn I heard him laughing as he turned the corner. No matter, I'll kick his ass later. But first I need to get these papers delivered. It wasn't long before I walked into the squad ten barracks and into Toushiro's office.
"Hi Toushiro!" I greeted as I walked in and slammed the 20 pound pile of papers on his desk. He immediately had a couple veins pulsing on the side of his head.
"Joutei, how many times do I have to tell you it's Captain Hitsugaya?" he asked grumpily.
"Hell I don't know. You don't call me Lieutenant Usagi." I answered.
"First off, I'm a rank above you, second off, that would just be weird since you can't stand formalities." he stated.
"Exactly." I replied as I plopped down on the couch.
"Do you think you're on break or something?" he asked with irritation dripping in his voice.
"Hey, those stack of papers are taller than you, they were a pain in the ass to carry here." I retorted. I heard him sigh behind me. I'm surprised I got away with the whole papers being taller than him comment.
"Joutei! Hi!" a shrill voice yelled. I quickly stood up and threw my arms open.
"Hey Rangiku!" I exclaimed happily as she pulled me into a hug. Luckily fr me, I was tall enough to the point where I wouldn't suffocate, if you catch my drift.
"You look tired." Rangiku pointed out. "I am. Captain Kuro is working my ass off while Izuru's in the world of the living." I replied.
"I'm so glad I don't have a lazy captain." she said in relief.
"No, I just have a lazy lieutenant." Toushiro grumbled.
"Aw that was mean Captain!" she whined.
"I hate to say it Rangiku, but you're pretty damn lazy. I know I have to have someone pull my sorry ass out of bed in the morning, but you're pretty lazy." I stated.
"So cruel." she fake cried. I started laughing while Toushiro just rolled his eyes. Before anyone could say anything else, the alarms started going off.
"What the hell?" all of us asked at the same time.
"Why are the alarms going off?" I asked.
"I don't know, but we're going to find out." Toushiro answered.
"I need to get back to my squad, later." I called as I ran out of the door and was flash-stepping to my squad building. The alarms going off worried me. Had Aizen gotten in to the soul society? If not, what was going on? Either way, I knew this obviously wasn't going to be good.
"Captain Kuro!" I yelled as I approached my captain. He looked down at me, looking serious for once.
"Joutei, we have to go to an urgent meeting for captains and lieutenants immediately." he stated. That still didn't answer my question, much to my irritation. We arrived at the squad one building quickly. Everyone was arriving quickly, looking tense. Except for Kenpachi, who just looked bored to all hell and probably wanted to fight someone right now. Captain Yammamoto stepped in and everyone was silent to listen to this urgent announcement.
"There are once again ryoka in the soul society." he announced. He had to be kidding. The last time that happened, shit really hit the fan. I'm not saying I don't like Ichigo and the others, in fact I think they're a great help and good friends, but when they appeared, a LOT of bad things happened.
"Great, that means more fighting for me." Kenpachi said with a hungry smirk. No surprise there really.
"This time we know what the intruders are, unlike last time. We found this out by identifying a body. " Captain Yammamoto continued. Everyone listened intently, hoping that they were just human ryoka again. What are the chances of that ever happening again?
"They are arrancar that are very convincingly disguised as shinigami." he finished. There was angry and surprised chatter throughout the room now. Arrancar among us? This wasn't good. How the hell did Aizen pull that off?
"Don't worry, we can take care of it." Captain Kuro assured from behind me. I believed him, but we had no idea until there was a body. There are going to be many trust issues now. The meeting went on for another few minutes. Nothing big, just Captain Yammamoto telling us to be on our guard and whatnot. We all walked out of the building, distressed and angry. Or in Kenpachi's case, excited. Everyone else was just really pissed or anxious.
"Joutei!" Renji called as he ran up to me. I looked up at him o listen to what he had to say.
"Be careful." he warned with concern lacing throughout his voice.
"I will." I assured with a smile. He just stared at me with a serious look on his face.
"Alright. By the way, you ARE short." he said as he ran off. My eye twitched in annoyance as I walked back to my squad building and into my room, where I collapsed onto my bed. Great, the last thing this place needs is more chaos.
Momo: Okay, I know this was boring, but please review! It will get better