Still own nothing but the ocs.

Working for the weekend

I woke up the next morning with an empty spot next to me, but a rose. I just smiled as I picked up the rose. I got dressed and headed to the office. I found another rose on my desk with a note:

Princess,

I was asked to join your parents for breakfast today. I'll be there for a while then I'll be joining Captain Ukitake for lunch. If you need me, just summon me. I'll see you for dinner, unless something comes up. I hope that you slept well last night. I know I did.

Kakashi

"I see that your admirer is leaving you notes too." teased Soifon. "You have a captain's meeting in a while."

I nodded as I put the rose in my hair next to the other one.

"Come on Soifon, let's head to the meeting." I smiled as we left. We reached squad one's meeting room shortly. I smiled as we entered the meeting room and I know that some of the other captains taking notice.

"Morning Yoruichi!" greeted captain Ukitake. "I see that you have some nice hair decorations."

"Ah, Juu, can't you tell that she's in love?" Kyōraku said as he approached us as I blushed.

"It's a good thing." Ukitake said. Soon we were all lined up and the meeting started.

"One last thing, before we adjourn the meeting. Squad two, there has been some disruptions out in the world of the living. Please check it out and resolve the matter. That is all." Head captain concluded. The other captains started to leave. I looked at Soifon.

"You can head back to the squad. I'll check it out and then send word." I said as I headed in that direction.

I felt a familiar sensation as I looked behind me. I turned to see Kakashi talking with Ukitake as I left through the senkaimon. I reached the other side and noticed that it looked almost like Konoha. I sent word for Kisuke and Soifon to join me.

"You called for us captain?" Kisuke asked as they joined me.

"Something just doesn't seem right, like it's almost too quiet." I said. They nodded and headed out to survey the area. I stayed to look out over the overall area.

"Yoruichi, there is a small village to the south of us, but it looks deserted." Soifon reported. Kisuke joined us moments later.

"There is evidence that a hollow was here." he said.

"Look at the yummy soul reapers." came a deep voice. We turned and saw six hollows approaching us.

"Let's go." I said. It didn't seem like work for us to defeat them. We checked out the area again and returned to the seireitei.

"That was pathetic." Soifon grumbled. I shook my head as I sent a hell butterfly to the captain.

"Come on, let's head back to the squad." I sighed.

When we got there I went to the training grounds to oversee the practice for the day. Soon it was getting dark as I finished the last report in my office. Everyone had left for the night but me.

"You know, princess, you work too hard." Kakashi said from the doorway. "I hope that you're hungry."

I smiled as I got up to hug him. He grabbed my hand and led me out. I started to wonder where we were going. Soon we reached the bottom of Sōkyoku hill.

"Captain Ukitake told me about this area. The trees are in bloom and I thought this would be a nice spot to eat and do some star gazing."

I looked up to see the part of the hill and there was a great view of the sky. The majority of the sakura trees were in bloom. I looked back at Kakashi and smiled.

"Come and sit by me." Kakashi coaxed.

I noticed that he had a blanket out with food. I sat down and I gave Kakashi a sheepish grin. I started to tell him about my day as we ate. He told me that he got to meet captain Unohana while he was having lunch with Ukitake.

"Ukitake was impressed with my fighting skills when he saw me sparring with Kisuke. He was teaching me how to read and send messages with hell butterflies." he said. "You should have seen the messages we were sending Kyōraku."

I shook my head at the idea. I could only imagine the conversation.

"I like it here. I know you said that it would be similar, but yet different. You're right though. I wouldn't mind staying here long as long as I'm with you." he said thoughtfully as he leaned back into the tree. I smiled as I leaned into him. The stars shinned as the sakura petals floated in the breeze.

Days later…

The remainder of the week flew by. Between my duties as a captain, it felt like I didn't have much time to spend with Kakashi. I wanted to be selfish but I couldn't. Many days I said bye to Nesha and Kakashi as they left to meet their other friends. I was surprised on how many captains approved of Kakashi. I would find roses on my desk and my squad members were starting to get curious. I could tell that they weren't use to seeing this side of me.

The weekend came and it was nice to wake up and not have to go to the office. I got dressed and went to find Kakashi. I followed his faint spiritual pressure to the eighth squad. I giggled when I saw that he was on the rooftop with Kyōraku. Apparently they were reading the books that Kakashi had brought.

"Hi guys!" I called. They both sat up and waved.

"I guess the princess caught you." Kyōraku teased.

"Nah, I let her find me." he grinned as he laid back down. "Oh, we have plans for later tonight."

"Oh really? With who?" I cooed as I joined them on the rooftop.

"We are meeting a group and heading to the rukongai for a festival." he said without looking up from the book.

"Who is all going?" I inquired.

"Let's see…" Kakashi started. "Ukitake, Nesha, you, me, Kisuke, Soifon, Unohana and Kyōraku."

"That's an interesting group. Should be fun." I said as I sat down next to them.

I rested my head on Kakashi's shoulder as he read his book. Nesha came a short while later and whisked me away back to my quarters to get ready for the night.

Hours later…

Nesha was putting roses in my hair. I straighten my cream colored cheongsam. I was starting to feel nervous. I put on a silver necklace that my mother gave me to replace the one I gave Kakashi.

"You look beautiful. You shouldn't be nervous anymore around him." she purred in my ear.

Nesha was wearing a pink cheongsam. It looked good against her medium length black hair. There was a knock at my door and we turned to see Kakashi in the doorway.

"Nesha, princess, are you ready? You both look beautiful." he smiled. Kakashi was wearing a green changshan with a tan cloak.

"I see that you're not wearing your mask. Where did you get the haori?" asked Nesha.

"Oma thought that I should have a nicer one than my white one." he smiled.

I noticed that my family's crest was on the left side of the cloak. I shook my head as we followed Nesha out. We met Kisuke and Soifon along the way to the gates that lead to the rukongai.

"You know Kakashi, you fit in too well with our group. Maybe you should stay here permanently." Ukitake pointed out as we met with the rest of the group.

"We'll just have to see what happens." Kakashi waved off.

I turned slightly and saw the others smiling.

We followed them to the festival in the second district. Lanterns of different colors lined the streets. Venders were everywhere with food. We had fun trying the different food and were laughing at the jokes Kyōraku and Kisuke were telling. Nesha and Soifon had linked arms and were going around ahead of us. We ran into some other members of Ukitake's squad as we wandered around.

"Yoruichi! Come on!" Nesha yelled as she dragged me off to where people were dancing.

She started to dance with me around the floor. I was laughing too hard to notice the others watching us. Nesha switch to dance with Soifon and Kyōraku joined me. Other dancers started to join in on changing partners. Next thing I knew I was dancing with Ukitake and Nesha was dancing with Kakashi. I almost felt jealous of her. Unohana dance with Kyōraku then switched to Kakashi. Soon I found myself switching again and ended up with Kakashi.

"This is different. To be lucky enough to dance with a princess." he whispered in my ear.

It almost felt like the world had stopped while we danced. He held me close as we moved around the other dancers. I giggled as he whispered in my ear on how happy he was to be here with me. I purposely diverted my eyes from everyone else. Soon the music ended and we applauded the music players. Nesha and Kisuke were having fun still dancing down the street.

"I see that Nesha's favorite is Kisuke." Kakashi said.

"Kisuke has always been her favorite. She's an honorary member of my clan and she wants Kisuke to get her when she passes on. She's in love with him." I said sadly.

"Don't worry, we know things will work out for them. It looks like he's in love with her." he consoled.

"Kisuke? He's usually lost without her." I sighed. "She's my best friend."

"She's a good one to have around too." he agreed as he took my hand. "I don't want you to come and get when it's time. I want to be with you before and after it's time."

My jaw almost fell when I hear those words.

"Come on you two!" Nesha scolded. Kakashi smiled as he gave a gentle tug to my hand as we headed after Nesha.

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