I wasn't feeling as mean as I thought. Here's a slightly happier continuation of Sui's flashback.


"I have one more tradition for you, so follow me." They got up and left the room. Sui followed Yoruichi down the hall until she stopped randomly in front of the kitchen.

After nearly walking into her former Captain, Sui looked around quizzically. The messy kitchen looked the same as it had ever been. Yoruichi motioned upwards, pointing to a tiny bundle of green leaves hung above the doorway.

"It's called mistletoe," she explained, but she didn't elaborate any further. When the silence passed for a few seconds, Sui finally chanced a question.

"So what is the tradition?" She had a bad feeling about this. Yoruichi was grinning, slack posed, hands on her hips. She remembered that grin well. It usually ended with Sui on the short end of a well placed joke.

But nothing was happening. Yoruichi was just standing there, silently refusing to answer her question. No, something was happening. She was getting closer, almost….too close.

She tried to move away, but something was holding onto her. Yoruichi was gently grasping the front of her uniform, preventing her retreat.

She felt warm lips gently pressing against hers, and she forgot just who she was kissing. He eyes closed automatically, lost in the moment.

When she felt Yoruichi move away, she opened her eyes slowly. She saw a still grinning Yoruichi.

"Humans have some great traditions, don't they?" she asked Sui.

"Yes," she thought to herself, "those humans are pretty smart after all."


Okay, not this is really the end. At least this was not completely doom and gloom.