.Cat.94: Ah welcome back. I gotta say this story is doing better then I hoped it would. Also I changed my name to .Cat.94 I think after three years I deserve a promotion.
Akara: of course, captain. And who doesn't like a story with childhood rivals?
Yoruichi: uh, I don't you ugly mutt *glares at Akara*
Akara: leave it to a hairball to start things *sticks tongue out*
.Cat.94: hey save it for show time! Soi Fon would you do the disclaimers please
Soi Fon: blue kitty does not own Bleach or me
.Cat.94: only Akara please enjoy! And that's Captain blue kitty!
"Hey Soi Fon" Akara called as Soi Fon walked down the open wooden hallway to who knows where. Soi Fon turned and saw Akara jogging up to her; she was wearing Soi Fon's Omnitsukido uniform, though it was a bit tight on her, Akara didn't complain.
"Akara, how are you today" Soi Fon asked politely but sternly. Akara sighed; she knew how Soi Fon acted in public and she understood her reason for being so cold.
"Ah China, don't be so serious, you'll get premature wrinkles if you keep glaring and stuff" Akara teased. This statement earned her a punch in the ribs and a look of amusement from Soi Fon.
"What is it you want Kar, I was on my way to an important meeting" Soi Fon said continuing her walk.
"I wanted to spend some time with you is all" Akara pouted. Soi Fon rolled her eyes; she knew Akara wanted to make up for their time apart, but she didn't know if she should bring her wild fired friend to this particular meeting. After a moment of considering Soi Fon sighed.
"I'm going to regret this, but would you like to go with me to my meeting" Soi Fon asked fearing she knew the answer already.
"Of course" Akara squealed and Soi Fon smiled at her excitement. But soon after they arrived to the meeting, Soi Fon scowled. Akara was currently telling everyone at the Shinigami Women's Association meeting about an embarrassing time from Soi Fon past. Everyone was laughing, but Soi Fon was blushing with her scowl still in place.
"And I scared her so bad that she fell backwards into the pond" Akara guffawed. Matsumoto cackled
"HAHAHA oh god, I can't breathe" then Matsumoto fell onto the ground. She was joined shortly by Kiyone and Yachiru. Even Nemu showed a sign of amusement. Soi Fon was hoping it would be over soon, but she was sadly mistaken. Akara continued.
"And when she got out, she had a Koi fish flopping in the leg of her pants, poor girl was flailing around trying to get it out" Akara gasped as she tried to breath. Soi Fon blushed at the memory, she remembered how violated she felt, but thankfully Akara got it out when the fish had calmed down enough to be handled.
"Alright everyone, enough of story time, we need to get down to business" Nanao said adjusting her glasses seriously. After a few minutes everyone had calmed down and taken their designated seats. But Akara stood next to Soi Fon since they were short on chairs today.
"Right, well since we are low on our budget this term, I have a project that could help us" Nanao said.
"What it is glasses" Yachiru asked excitedly, despite the fact that she was the president, Nanao usually kept up with everything.
"Well I heard from a seated officer from the third squad that he saw school children in front of their school selling different kinds of sweets and pastries, I believe he called it a bake sale" Nanao said. This made Yachiru smile widely,
"Ooohh, sweets that sounds yummy" and everyone but Soi Fon and Nemu nodded in agreement.
"The problem is, if we decide to do this project we would need a lot of materials, and we don't have many of those, so we would need to send maybe two people into the world of the living to get everything, any volunteers?" Nanao asked. Akara's eyes shined at the idea.
"Hey Soi Fon why don't we go and get the stuff" Akara asked elbowing her softly. Soi Fon glared, she was still mad about the whole story Akara told, so she didn't answer her. Of course Akara knew that Soi Fon was mad, but she pretended that Soi Fon had agreed so she spoke up
"Hey Soi Fon and I will go get it" Soi Fon looked at her friend in outrage, but she didn't have a chance to voice it because Nanao nodded quickly and said
"Alright, all in favor of Captain Soi Fon and Akara going to get our supplies say I" and everyone chorused "I"
"All opposed" Nanao scanning the room. No one made a sound. Nanao nodded and said in an official voice,
"It's decided; Soi Fon, you and your friend Akara will go to the human world and get everything we need. You shall receive a list at the end of the meeting of all the things you need to get and you will need to leave as soon as you can get permission to do so" and as soon as that was said, the meeting continued. But all Soi Fon could do was sit with a look of shock on her face.
"w-what just happened" Soi Fon muttered. Akara smiled and patted her shocked friend on the head.
"Were going shopping later" Akara stated. And for the rest of the meeting everyone talked about their day and any random topic that was thrown in. Once the meeting was done and Soi Fon was given her and Akara's list, Soi Fon and Akara left to go back to the second division.
"Wow everyone is really nice, and that Matsumoto woman seems like she would know how to really have fun" Akara smiled. Soi Fon huffed irritably as a response.
"Aw your still mad at me, come on Soi Fon that story was funny, and everyone was enjoying themselves" Akara said brightly.
"At my expense, and you said you wouldn't tell anybody about it so now I'm mad at you" Soi Fon blushed pretending to be mad. But it's always hard to pretend to be mad at someone when they smile like the way Akara was now" Akara pouted,
"Aw, please don't be mad, I didn't mean to upset you, please forgive me" Akara said putting on the cutest puppy pout she could do. Soi Fon looked at her then quickly turned away covering half her face,
"Aw I hate when you do that, put that away" Soi Fon said avoiding Akara's gaze and starting to pick up her pace. But Akara easily kept up, and whenever Soi Fon thought she was safe and put her hand down, Akara shot her the puppy dog pout and Soi Fon would quickly put her hand back up. And once they finally had returned to the second division, Soi Fon had caved and forgiven Akara. In the captain's office Omaeda was eating his favorite brand of rice crackers as he was working on some paperwork though not much was done. Soi Fon noticed this and she shouted
"You fat cow, this was supposed to be done this morning" Omaeda flinched and waited for the usual pain that Soi Fon would inflict on him whenever he slacked off. But it never came,
"Soi Fon, don't you know yelling isn't going to make his work" Akara scolded jokingly. Soi Fon glared,
"He was supposed to have this done already, but look; nothing has been accomplished, and I do not tolerate such actions in my squad, punishment is the price to pay" and Akara shook her head,
"Soi Fon, listen to me, you have to go get permission from Commander Yamamoto to go to the world of the living, I'll take care of this, and you go deal with that" Akara said pushing her out the door. Once she was gone Omaeda leapt from his desk and ran up to Akara,
"Thank you, I thought for sure that she was going to hurt me" Omaeda said bowing in gratitude.
"Poor thing, I hate when the innocent get picked on" Akara thought sweetly.
"Well, you don't seem to be such a bad guy, but if Soi Fon did tell you to do that paperwork I think you should have done it when you had the time" Akara scolded kindly. Then she heard Omaeda scoff rudely,
"Well maybe if the Captain wasn't such a. . ." but before he could finish his sentence he was on the ground with a massive black paw on his throat. A pair of dark blue eyes piercing with anger stared down at the now trembling oaf.
"If you value your life, I suggest you don't finish that sentence, I don't appreciate people bad mouthing Soi Fon, especially when it's within my earshot" Akara growled baring her fangs for emphasis.
"Soi Fon's punishments may be bad, but what I can do you is far crueler than anything you've experienced so far. Now I suggest you do that paper work before I rip you to shreds" Akara growled stepping off the somewhat paralyzed overweight man. He quickly went to his desk and started signing papers like a mad man. And whenever he slowed down, Akara would growl menacingly and he would pick up his pace again. And by the time Soi Fon returned Akara was human again and Omaeda was trembling at his desk with all of his work done.
"Yay your back, I missed you China Bee" Akara exclaimed. Soi Fon nodded curtly,
"Wow, Omaeda, you finished your work I guess you have your moments every now and again well done" Soi Fon said dryly.
"T-thank you Captain, and you look nice today" Omaeda said, then he ran out as fast as he could as he caught a glance from the Kurokiba, which was anything but pleasant.
"So what did the Commander say" Akara said smiling at her darling bee.
"We have permission to go the world of the living, and the gate opens in an hour so we have at least half an hour to prepare" Soi Fon said as if she were going on a mission.
"Great to hear, I actually wanted to go see Byakuya, I was told he was made Captain of the sixth squad. Would you show where his division is at, I wanted to say hi" Akara said excitedly. Soi Fon rolled her eyes; she didn't particularly like the Captain, but she did respect him, and they both had a mutual vision on how things should be done in their squads.
"Very well, let's go see that stiff" Soi Fon said walking out her door, and Akara snorted,
"Well you aren't exactly Ms Hang loose Captain" Akara said mockingly following after her closing the shoji door. Her words earned her another punch.
"Ow I was kidding!" Akara yelled as they made their way to the sixth division.
All the while, Yoruichi was talking to Orihime.
"So that's the story, what do think I should do" Yoruichi asked, as Orihime put on her best thinking face. For a moment everything was silent and Yoruichi was impatiently waiting for her answer. Suddenly Orihime spoke.
"Have you tried to tell Captain Soi Fon your feelings for her" and Yoruichi shook her head.
"No, but I've been trying to bridge our gap for awhile, but she keeps pushing me away, I don't know what to do" the cat sighed sadly. Orihime saw the sadness and took that moment to think again. She really wanted to help Yoruichi, but she had never been in the situation that the cat was going through at the moment and none of her friends had either. But if they did she didn't know about it.
"Well I'm afraid I can't help you Yoruichi-san, I've never had that kind of situation before" Orihime said sadly. Yoruichi sighed dejectedly, she had a feeling that Orihime wouldn't be able to help.
"Well thank you for your efforts Orihime, maybe someone else can help me" Yoruichi said.
"Why don't you go and ask Kuukaku-san I bet she could help" Orihime offered.
"I doubt she'll be any help, but why not" Yoruichi mused aloud before saying good bye and leaving.
On her way back to Kisuke's shop, she decided to take a detour through the park. And as she walked through an interesting sight caught her attention. There was a girl sitting alone on one of the benches, she see was wearing a uniform from Ichigo's school but she wasn't familiar. She had short black hair and light brown eyes. To be honest she had an average look to her. So wanting to cheer her up, Yoruichi walked up to the girl and meowed as kindly as she could. The girl looked down and saw Yoruichi meowing at her. The girl gave a small smile and stroked Yoruichi's ear
"Hi kitty, did you come to keep me company" Yoruichi purred in response, and the girl giggled.
"Well thank you kitty, but I was just taking a break, my dog got loose and I was looking for her" the girl said looking around for a moment. Yoruichi rolled her golden eyes when the girl wasn't looking. Then suddenly a brief howl was heard from a short distance. The girl got up and yelled
"Maka, come here girl" the girl yelled and ran for a moment before a white lab came running at her.
"Maka!" the girl exclaimed as her dog leapt onto her completely forgetting Yoruichi's existence at the moment. The dog known as Maka wagged her tail and barked happily.
"Maka, I was so worried, you know how I get when you leave like that" the girl scolded. Those particular words made Yoruichi wince. And before she turned to leave, Maka saw her and growled.
"Oh geez" Yoruichi thought before running off, pretending to be scared of the dog. And by the time she had stopped she was in front of the shop. Outside Tessai was sweeping the random debris up.
"Ah, Yoruichi, it's good to see you return unharmed, I made lunch and I put your portion in the fridge for you" Tessai said as he saw Yoruichi walk up to the door.
"Thank you Tessai but I'll eat later, is Kisuke up, I need him to open the gate to the spirit world" Yoruichi said.
"I believe he is on the phone at the moment, but he is up" Tessai said sweeping up a small pile of the debris into the dust pan. Yoruichi nodded in understanding and entered the small shop. She saw Kisuke in the kitchen talking to someone. It seemed like a lively conversation in Yoruichi's opinion since he was laughing loud enough for all the neighbors to hear and complain.
"Yes, that's very true . . . . . . . no actually I haven't, things get crazy sometimes so I don't have time to do it" Kisuke told the person. Then he looked out of the corner of his eye and saw Yoruichi looking at him with a look of wonder. He waved to the cat and mouthed hello to her.
"Oh, must you go so soon, I haven't talked to you in so long" Kisuke whined playfully. Then he nodded and spoke,
"I understand, alright . . . ok . . . take care now" Kisuke said before ending the call.
"That seemed like a pleasant call, who was it" Yoruichi asked hopping onto the counter.
"Oh, it was an old friend of mine actually, nice guy" Kisuke sighed pleasantly.
"Well, I was hoping you could open the portal for me, I have to go visit someone" Yoruichi said.
"Oh you going to go see your Little Bee" Kisuke said snickering at the nickname.
"You know if Soi ever heard you call her that you'd be in pain for at least a month. But no, I wasn't going to see her; I need to go see Kuukaku. But I think I will after" Yoruichi said. And Kisuke grinned.
"Not a problem, I'll have it up and running in a half an hour, so you go relax for a bit" Kisuke said before going to the basement to open the gate.
"Thanks" Yoruichi went up to her room. It was a modest room in general. The walls were a light shade of white with a clock, and a few scenery pictures hanging on it. The closet wasn't huge but it was big enough to put just about everything in it. Next to the closet was a bed side table with an alarm clock, small radio and a picture of her and Soi Fon. They were standing in front one of the large Sakura trees in their grove. Soi Fon was blushing heavily as Yoruichi with her, used to be short, hair had her arm wrapped around Soi Fon's shoulder with her wild grin. The bed itself was a westernized bed; the Americans called it a queen sized bed. But t was comfortable and that's all that mattered to Yoruichi. Other than that, the floor was covered in clothes and a few milk cartons. To most it would be labeled as a pigsty, but to Yoruichi it was home.
"Great, now what should I do to pass the time" Yoruichi said as she stood in the middle of her messy room. She thought for a moment, but nothing came to mind, so she just lay on her bed and decided to take a short nap.
All the while Akara and Soi Fon were in the Sixth division.
"So Byakuya you're the Captain of Squad six, I always knew you'd do something great" Akara smiled. And Byakuya gave a small smile of amusement.
"Well Ms. Kurokiba I had some inspiration to my success" he said directing the rare compliment towards her. Soi Fon through the entire conversation was shocked. Normally Byakuya was stoic to many of the Shinigami in the Soul Society, but right now he seemed. . . . Almost completely laid back,
"Now now, you only have your skill to thank; I only helped you shape them a little" Akara said modestly.
"Perhaps, but I thank you nonetheless" he said before turning to Soi Fon,
"Captain, If I remember right you and Akara have a mission for your ridiculous association am I correct" Soi Fon nodded quickly.
"Well it has been a rather pleasant half hour, but I think it is time for your "mission" to begin" Byakuya said. Soi Fon pulled out her soul phone and hid her surprise.
"You're correct captain, come Akara, it's time to depart" Soi Fon said as she walked out of the office. Just before Akara exited Byakuya spoke out.
"I find your attraction to Captain Soi Fon fairly obvious Akara" Akara froze in surprise, but quickly left. "I'll treat her the way she deserves to be treated" then she left the office closing the door behind her. And on her way to catch up with her little China Bee she thought,
"I didn't think it was that obvious"
On their way to the gate Akara and Soi Fon chatted idly about the most random things. And when they arrived to where the gate was supposed to open two Hell butterflies waited for them
"Wow, I haven't seen this gate for the longest time; hey, would you mind if I traveled in my wolf form; it makes the trip a bit more comfortable for me" Akara said. And Soi Fon nodded
"If it makes you more comfortable then by all means go ahead" Soi Fon said. Then with a silent boom Akara had changed into her massive wolf form. Then after a moment the gate opened and the two rushed through.
"So Soi Fon, where are we getting our Gigais from" Akara asked practically galloping through the quickly closing doors.
"You shall see momentarily" Soi Fon said quickly to reserve her air supply. And once they were out, they had landed in front of none other than Urahara's Shoten. Akara looked around. The lot itself was barren other than the open gateway to let people in and out.
"Soi Fon I don't understand, where are we" Akara said clearly confused.
"We, are at Kisuke Urahara's shop" Soi Fon sneered, she always hated coming to this place, but the man knew how to make a good sturdy Gigai.
"Why, though" Akara asked as her bristled slightly. Soi Fon patted her on the head to calm her down.
"We need to get our Gigais so we can get everything we need before we return" Soi Fon stated. Akara huffed and pawed the ground in agitation, she didn't want to be at the residence of the man who was unfortunately blamed and caused Soi Fon to lose what used to matter most to her. But if it was necessary for their day together then so be it.
"Fine, let's hurry though I don't like it here" Akara said and Soi Fon nodded in agreement. As they approached the shoji doors Tessai met them.
"Um . . . Captain Soi Fon, are you aware of the animal beside you" Tessai said pointing to Akara.
"Yes, this is my best friend Akara Kurokiba" Soi Fon said and Tessai immediately bowed.
"My apologies Ms Kurokiba I didn't know you would be coming today, please come in" He said gesturing for them both to go inside. Once there Akara changed back to her normal form and stretched out her arms.
"Well that was fun, so where is the shop owner" Akara said avoiding Kisuke's name. Tessai pointed towards the basement,
"He is currently in the basement but he'll be up momentarily I'm sure" Tessai said walking into the kitchen. And just a he said, after a moment of waiting Kisuke showed up and greeted the two of them with a friendly vigor.
"Ah, Captain Soi Fon, what a pleasure to see you; what brings you to my humble shop" then he looked at Akara and smiled to himself thinking.
"Well well, Akara is here too; oh Yoruichi is going to love this"
"We need a pair of Gigais for our mission" Soi Fon said dryly not really wanting to explain her reasons for her being here.
"Is that all, alrighty then, let me go get you two lovely ladies some Gigais and you can be on your merry way" and then he left to fetch the Gigais.
Back in Soul Society, Yoruichi was traveling in her cat form to her friend Kuukaku's. She had gone through the large town that surrounded the Seireitei unscathed thankfully. And now she was walking through a lovely trail in the country side. But she wasn't enjoying that much because before she was on her way to Kuukaku's she had stopped by the second barracks to make sure Soi Fon was there so that when she came back she could surprise her. But she wasn't there, but she found out that her Little Bee was on a mission in the world of the living with Akara. Yoruichi's fur unknowingly bristled at the thought of Akara being with Soi Fon.
"They are friends, they're allowed to hang out together" Yoruichi said to herself with a hint of venom. After a good ten minutes of talking to herself and walking, she finally arrived to her destination. Which was a surprisingly small house, but if you were smart and actually looked, you would see the giant cannon behind the house and the pair of flexed arm on either side of the house that held up a sign. Yoruichi sighed glad that her journey was over, and just as she approached the door there was a loud explosion. Yoruichi sighed,
"Not again, then she entered the house, unlike the outside it was surprisingly big on the inside.
"Kuukaku, are you home" Yoruichi yelled already knowing the answer. But her only answer was a few swear words and a loud crashing sound.
But a few minutes of waiting and laughing Yoruichi saw a woman appear in front of her with a look of irritation, but when she saw Yoruichi she smirked,
"Well well, look what the cat dragged in" she said rubbing the ash off of her face. Yoruichi laughed once more,
"Hello Kuukaku, good to see you still playing with explosives" Yoruichi said swaying her tail with amusement. Kuukaku grinned wildly,
"My life would be boring without it, so what brings you by" Kuukaku said adjusting her partly singed skirt.
"Well Kuukaku, I actually have a problem and I was hoping you could help me" Yoruichi said as her tail fell a little. Kuukaku raised her thin black eyebrow and sighed,
"Aright fine, but I gotta clear the smoke out from the basement first" Kuukaku said turning and heading back to where she had come from, Yoruichi trailing behind her.
And as that went on Soi Fon and Akara were currently in one of Karakura's grocery stores. Akara was currently pushing a cart down a decent sized aisle with Soi Fon looking at their surprisingly long list of supplies.
"So what first" Akara said scanning the walls filled with various items.
"Well, the first thing is flour but we need almost twenty bags of it" Soi Fon sighed. Akara nodded and looked around; they were currently in the canned produce aisle.
"Uh, Soi Fon I think were in the wrong aisle" Soi Fon scanned the aisle and said
"Your right, let's try another aisle" then the two went to the next aisle. But unfortunately the next aisle happened to be the pet care aisle, Soi Fon smiled and Akara glared playfully
"I know what you're thinking and no" then she walked to the next aisle. Luckily this aisle was the one they needed. So Akara and Soi Fon grabbed twenty bags of flour and scratched it off their list. The next few items on the list were thirty gallons of milk, fifteen things of butter and seven sets of measuring cups. And once those were attained, was filled up and Akara had to go and grab another cart.
"Hmm, ok next items are, fifty bags of chocolate chips, a few things of oatmeal; whatever that is, and. . . ." but before Soi Fon could finish her inner musing a voice said
"Hey gorgeous, whats a pretty lady like you doing all alone in a place like this" Soi Fon turned around and saw a roguish looking man, he was covered in slightly healed scars, and he was wearing a strange version of the American version of rapper clothes. And currently he was looking at Soi Fon, but she simply ignored him and continued her wait for Akara. The man didn't take the brush off well, so he grabbed her shoulder and turned her around.
"Hey you, I was talkin to you" this earned him a swift kick to the head. Once she was free, Soi Fon walked up to him and gave him one more kick to prove she wasn't interested, and then she returned to the spot where Akara had left her. Once she had returned Soi Fon and Akara continued their shopping.
And while this event occurred Yoruichi was currently being laughed at by Kuukaku.
"It's not funny Kuukaku" Yoruichi hissed as she finished her story. But Kuukaku just laughed even harder.
"Wow, so you're telling me that your competition for that high strung girl is a dog, man you're doomed" Kuukaku deadpanned when she finished laughing. Yoruichi's tail twitched questioningly.
"What do you mean I'm doomed, she loves me back I know she does" this made Kuukaku scoff.
"Before I start being sympathetic and junk, I'm gonna tell you a few things" Yoruichi nodded,
"Alright go ahead" then Kuukaku cleared her throat.
"You are a cat" Yoruichi just looked at her in bewilderment, she knew what she was. But before she had a chance to voice that Kuukaku continued,
"Now generally in nature, cats meet a mate, but they never stick around" Yoruichi winced internally. But Kuukaku went on,
"And wolves, whenever they meet a mate, they mate for life, they only ever have one partner throughout their lifetime; so in general wolves are better than cats all together" Kuukaku stated.
"You know that doesn't help me at all, in fact you just made it worse" Yoruichi said as her ear flattened on her feline skull.
"Well It's gonna get worse, but I'm almost done" Kuukaku said unsympathetically.
"You left your Little Bee to go help that blonde maniac, so she was left to own feelings, which let me tell you, were not pretty" Yoruichi raised an eyebrow,
"How did you know about her feelings towards me" Kuukaku sighed,
"It happened two nights after you left actually, it wasn't a pleasant night let me tell you that much"
(Flash back 100 years ago)
The rain was currently pounding on the land and the wind was strong enough to sweep anyone off the ground. Trees were bending to the unforgiving wind, but the Shiba home was secured. Inside, a slightly younger Kuukaku was reading a book on how to make a grand firework display. She was currently in a fascinating paragraph, but she was interrupted by her younger brother Ganju.
"Um sis, there's a girl lying on our front door, I think she's dead or something" Kuukaku looked at her brother with utter outrage and shock,
"And you just left her there! You idiot go get her and bring her to me" Ganju sprinted off and went to grab the girl. Kuukaku ran to grab a few large towels and a robe for her to change in when she woke up that is, if she woke up.
Once Ganju returned Kuukaku saw a small teenager with short raven black hair that would just barely reached her shoulders her coloring was close to blue much like the girl's lips. She was wearing a black uniform but it was completely soaked and dripping on the floor. She was currently shaking nonstop. In an instant Kuukaku recognized the girl, it was Soi Fon. Thankfully she was alive, but she was developing hypothermia and fast, so she probably wouldn't be alive long.
"Holy crap that's Soi Fon, quick put her on my bed" Kuukaku shrieked and Ganju put her on his sister's bed. Once that was done, she shooed him out and quickly ripped off the young Fon's soaked uniform. After that she dried her off and put the robe on her.
Yoruichi's eyes widened
"You did what to her" but Kuukaku glared,
"Hey if I hadn't done that she wouldn't be around to ignore your romantic gestures. She would be six feet under and you would be crying like a baby moaning on about why that happened and that you wished you could change what happened " Yoruichi winced obviously hurt that the harsh words, but Kuukaku grumbled.
"Now shut up and let me continue, don't you know it's rude to interrupt a person when they talk, geez" then Kuukaku continued her story
Luckily Kuukaku's bed had a heated mattress setting, so she turned it on and waited. For half the night, Kuukaku watched Soi Fon. Thankfully at a quarter to twelve, Soi Fon was no longer shaking and her complexion had returned. Feeling that soi Fon was out of danger, she quietly left the room. She was exhausted, cranky and worried. She didn't know the young ninja well, but she knew what had happened to her recently.
"I can't believe you just up and left Yoruichi" Kuukaku grumbled walking to the kitchen to get some food. She grabbed an apple since she wasn't that hungry and she returned to the room. But when she opened the door, Soi Fon was currently on the floor, she was awake and trying to get up.
"Hey whoa, what are you doing out of bed; you don't have the strength to walk right now" Kuukaku yelled running up and picking Soi Fon up and putting her back in bed. Soi Fon looked up and glared weakly at the Shiba woman before passing out.
"After that Soi Fon woke up the next day and just started crying, she yelled and screamed and cried until her eyes were beyond blood shot" Kuukaku sighed sadly. Yoruichi changed back into her human form and just started to cry silently. Kuukaku patted the woman on her bare shaking shoulders.
"I. . . . Had . . . no idea" Yoruichi mumbled.
"Oh trust me that wasn't even the tip of the iceberg" Kuukaku shuddered, as more unpleasant memories flooded in.
"But after about a week of yelling, self inflicted pain, which I personally made sure she stopped; and deep depression she left, but she came back and thanked me, and surprisingly she looked better, her eyes changed though." Kuukaku said.
"What else happened" Yoruichi said as her eyes slowly started to dry.
"Well I dunno actually, but I bet that wolf girl knows by the way you described her and Soi Fon's relationship, why don't you ask her" Kuukaku asked scratching the back her head. Yoruichi sneered, she didn't like Akara and their past only fueled her hate more, but she was a key to the past.
"Well she and Soi are on some mission right now, and I don't know when they'll be back" Yoruichi grumbled.
"You know, that mission could actually be a date in disguise" Kuukaku teased intentionally adding fuel to the fire. Yoruichi glared at her friend, but she knew she was kidding around so she sighed.
"Hahaha very funny, anyway do you have some sake with you I need a drink" Yoruichi said still trying to take in the new information. Kuukaku grinned widely,
"Who do you think you're talking to here, of course I do, come on I got a sweet stash in my room" then the two went off to drink to their hearts content.
And while this went on Akara and Soi Fon were in the checkout line, they had filled three and a half carts with the items they needed. And after they had paid for everything, they were left with over a hundred bags.
"Soi Fon we can't carry all of these back on our own" Akara stated. Soi Fon looked at their groceries and thought for a moment.
"Well I remember seeing some kind of truck beside that man's shop, maybe we could use it" Soi Fon thought in displeasure, she didn't want his help, but she couldn't think of another way to carry everything.
"I'll so see if we can borrow it" Soi Fon said before leaving her Gigai and Shunpoing off to the shop. Akara caught the Gigai and watched as the mod soul took over.
"Oh darn it, the captain left" the Gigai said in a very sweet country girl accent. Akara patted her on the shoulder and said,
"Yeah I know how you feel, but she's be back, and hopefully we can get that truck she was talking about" Akara said. As the Gigai and Akara waited, Akara and the Gigai started to have a lively conversation about their favorite foods. By the time Soi Fon had returned, Kisuke was driving the small truck crazily until he slammed the brakes right in front of them.
"Hey are you trying to kill us" Akara shrieked as Kisuke got out of the driver's seat.
"Not at all Ms. Kurokiba, now I heard that you had a slight problem, and thanks to your lovely friend here I have come to provide my services" Kisuke said cheerfully. After a symotamious eye roll from Soi Fon and Akara, they loaded up the truck. It took two trips, and someone had to stay and watch the remaining bags until Kisuke brought the truck back. Once the bags were at the shop, Soi Fon pulled out her soul phone and dialled Nanao's number. After a single ring Nanao answered, and Soi Fon told her that all the ingredients had been bought, but since there was so much, Soi Fon asked Nanao to send a few shinigami to help bring the bags back.
"Very well captain, how many do you require" Nanao asked.
"Send eighteen, Akara and I will make twenty" Soi Fon said in her "captain" voice.
"Understood, I shall have them assembled by the time the gate opens, which should be in an hour" Nanao said professionally.
"Thank you lieutenant" then Soi Fon closed her phone and it in a hidden pocket in her left sleeve. Akara smiled at Soi Fon, and she smiled back,
"So what would like to do for an hour, our help won't be here until the gate opens" Soi Fon said stretching out her shoulder. Akara hummed as she thought for a moment. But she her mind drew a blank, until a massive yawn escaped.
"Maybe a nap would be nice" Akara said feeling another yawn coming. Being contagious, Soi Fon yawned also, they had busy, sort of. So maybe a nap wasn't such a bad idea.
"Hey hat and clogs, could you wake us up when the gate opens" Akara called before changing into wolf Akara, who almost took up a third of the room. From who knows where Kisuke said he would wake them up. Akara walked up to a cozy looking corner and settled there. Soi Fon however went to the couch. And after about ten minutes both of them fell asleep. Every now and again Kisuke would come in and check on them. But by his fourth time checking on them, Kisuke saw Soi Fon snuggling up to Akara's side. She had her arms hanging loosely to the wolf's neck. And almost instantly Akara's tail slid and covered the young captain, but partially.
"Aw what an adorable sight" Kisuke said before leaving for a moment. When he came back, he had a disposable camera. He took a few pictures and walked away, wondering what Yoruichi would say, when he told her that her arch rival was snuggling up rather affectionately to Soi Fon in her house. He almost laughed at the thought.
After an hour, just as Nanao said; the gate opened. And as promised, Kisuke woke up the sleeping friends. Once the shinigami had gotten their share of the bags they took off into the gate. Soi Fon and Akara were the last to leave. And once back in Seireitei, Soi Fon and Akara led the group to the second division. There, Soifon told everyone to gently put everything down, since there were a lot of eggs. Akara thanked everyone for their help as they left the room.
"Well that was fun, but I gotta go" Akara said clear out of the blue. Soi Fon looked at her with a clear mixture of surprise, fear and steadily growing sadness. And Akara caught this quickly.
"Hey, relax I'm coming back, I just have to go home and check in with my family is all" Akara said assuringly trying to make that pained look leave her friends face.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm trying to get used to being back, I missed so much, please don't leave me" Soi Fon said hugging Akara suddenly. Akara sighed and gently stroked Soi Fon's short hair.
"Now now, I told you before I left, that when I came back I would never leave again didn't I" Akara asked smiling into her hair. She felt Soi Fon nod.
"Well here I am, but I have to leave. It'll be the rest of the day, but I'll be back before you go to bed ok" Akara said and again Soi Fon nodded.
"By the way, do you still have my zanpakuto; I know I left it with you" Akara asked as Soi Fon let go and backed away.
"Yes, I've kept it safe for a long time" Soi Fon said before going to her room, she walked beside her bed and pulled one of the floor boards out. Inside, was a long slender sword almost as long as Akara's arm; the hilt was blue and black, much like Akara's wolf pelt.
"Ah still in great shape, I knew I could trust you to watch it" Akara smiled as she took the sword and unsheathed it.
"Hello Tsuki no Okami, I'm sorry I had to leave you, I hope you can forgive me"
"Well, it wasn't so bad; your girlfriend over there took care of me, but I missed you" Okami said inside Akara's head. This made Akara laugh,
"I could only hope for that much, but that's good to hear" Soi Fon smiled, she occasionally could talk to Okami, but his voice was always faded out.
"Well, Okami told me that you took a great deal of care of him, and I can't thank you enough Soi, but unfortunately I must be off" Akara sighed as she put her zanpakuto on her right hip and fastened it securely. Before her departure, Akara gave Soi Fon a hug and shunpoed away.
Soi Fon sighed, and went to her desk, she had a new stack of paperwork, but it wasn't as tall as it usually was. When she sat down, she immediately picked up her favorite pen and set to work, quietly awaiting the return of her friend.
.Cat.94: Oh what a nice chapter
Yoruichi: No it wasn't!
Soi Fon: Yoruichi-sama please calm down
Akara: leave it to a Shihouin to over react *rolls eyes*
Yoruichi: that's it! *tackles Akara and they start to fight*
Soi Fon: oh goodness
.Cat.94: well I just to tell you that Akara's zanpakuto means lunar wolf. Peace out and see you next chapter