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Chapter 7
Today was not a good day. For starters last night after having a conversation with Raven and her past, I thought it was a good idea to go to the pub. Well it was a good idea at the time until Rangiku thought it would be fun to have a drinking contest. Raven decided that she would come down just for the one drink to meet some of my friends. She got on well with them which was great. She needs to find more friends to get her self-esteem and trust in other people to come out.
Well back to the drinking contest…it was fun until Rangiku brought out the 1000 year old sake. I didn't think you could drink something that old but she just said 'it's vintage and packs a punch'. Well she wasn't wrong when she said it packed a punch! We drank up to nearly the whole bottle of it between us! Around our table we gathered a big crowd of people cheering us on to drink more and some of them shouting 'come on Michiko someone needs to beat Rangiku, we know you can do it!' Well I didn't do it and found my face falling to the floor.
That's all I remember until waking up in my quarters this morning on the couch with a blanket draped over me. I have no idea who brought me there or when they did but I have a feeling of who it might have been.
So here I am at my desk filling out and signing paperwork with a massive hangover. I'm going to kill Rangiku for this! She has no worries about doing paperwork as she has her Captain wrapped around her little finger, even if he knows it or not.
I let Izuru have the day off today as he had been working hard all week and I thought it would be nice for him to have a break. But why did I give him the day off when I couldn't possibly do the work myself. What an idiot!
Also the day was going so badly was because last night in my dreams was that all I could dream and think about was Captain Kuchiki! He has been on my brain all night. I think that even though I passed out I don't think I caught a wink of sleep.
I groaned and stared at my paperwork with a raging headache banging through my brain and I cursed that I would never drink again! All the wording on the paper in front of me where moving around and making me dizzy, I really wanted to throw up. I pushed the queasiness to the side and banged my head to my desk encouraging my headache even further and thought it might be a good idea to take a nap right here.
As my head was starting to relax I heard a knock at the door and a presence of a familiar Reiatsu. "Come in" I groaned all the while keeping my head face down my desk not wanting to pass out by just lifting my head.
As the paper door slid open and felt someone come into the room, I waved them over with my hand all the while not even moving my head.
"Oh dear Michiko are you ok!" I heard the voice of Captain Kyoraku.
"No I want to die" I mumbled into the desk sounding weak and fragile. He gave off a small chuckle "Did we drink a little too much last night" I groaned to his response not wanting to use anymore words as something else could come out of my mouth if I did.
"Oh dear not even words eh. It must be bad" I slightly moved my head in a slow pace to try and not make myself any worse than what I was. I need to say something as it was rude if I didn't talk while someone wanted to talk to me. So pushed all my strength I had to push myself off the desk and look into the eyes of Captain Kyoraku. "I'm going to kill Rangiku" was all I could say to him because it was the first thing I could think off before I could ask him why he was here to see me.
"Aww don't be like that, Rangiku was only doing what she does best and what better way to do it then with her friend" I groaned again and rubbed my head trying to ease the pain. "I don't care, I only wanted a few drinks not make myself incapable to work today!" he chuckled again.
"So what did you want to see me for Captain Kyoraku?" I rested my head on my right palm trying to keep my head still.
"Please call my Shunsui there is no need for formalities" I nodded slowly. "Well I'm here to offer someone for you third seat position" I brightened up a bit and lifted my head off my palm and quizzingly looked at him "Oh really who might that be?" trying to keep still with no luck I rested my head on my palm again. Oh I'm so going to kill her!
"My daughter" I nodded again until the words got through to my intoxicated brain to realise what he said. I widened my eyes and shouted "What!" with no control over my balance my head slipped and banged my head on the table making my head hurt even more. Erupt of laughter filled the room from Captain Kyoraku towards my clumsiness.
"I thought you knew I had a daughter, she just graduated from the soul reaper academy" I rubbed my forehead where I banged it and knew that my head would be like this for the rest of the day so I had to suck it up and take the pain.
"Of course I knew but I must have forgotten and you just shocked me"
"Well she requested to come to your division" He said. Wow she requested to be apart of my division, really? I feel honoured that she would pick me, but why?
"Really but why? I have only just started as a Captain, so why me?" Captain Kyoraku shrugged his shoulders and tipped his hat. "Well she said something on the lines of 'I love what she has done for her new friend and I admire that she is a strong and skilled Captain, I would love to work under her'" I was so shocked to hear those words. I can't believe that someone I hardly knew wanted to work with me. My sickness was subsiding with the news but the headache still remained.
"Wow I'm completely honoured that she thinks of me that way. I would love her to be apart of my squad!" I beamed a smile for the first time today. I'm so happy that my day might get better than expected.
"Excellent! I'll just go and get her for you!" I nodded to him and then he flash stepped out of there the retrieve his daughter.
I continued to finish off some of the paperwork I started before as my head was slowly improving but not enough to be completely gone. It was about 10 minutes before Captain Kyoraku came back and introduced me to his daughter.
She was a very slim girl with pale skin and dark blue eyes. Her silk blue hair was tied up in pigtails with green tips on the end. She wore a sleeveless Shinigami robes, a shortened hakama resembling a skirt and a white band around her waist. She had knee high white socks and a fingerless white tekkou which extend to her elbows. Her Zanpakuto was situated horizontally behind her back.
She looked like a very nice girl but she looked nothing like Captain Kyoraku, but she did have the spitting image of her mother, God rest her soul. I would never forget that day when her mother stood up and fought against Aizen but was caught in his trap of illusion and got stabbed through the chest. Captain Kyoraku was silent for weeks, not even his lieutenant could get him to talk, until his daughter snapped him out of it saying 'I know you miss her I do to but she would never want us mope around all the time feeling sorry for ourselves for not helping' after that he got brighter everyday. With his daughter by his side he could still remember part of her mother within her; well that's what he told us anyway.
"Hi welcome to squad 3 erm…" I said hesitantly trying to figure what her name was. I had never really met her before but only seen her walk around the Seireitei a few times.
"Mikaze" she said sweetly helping me out. "Oh yes Mikaze, and welcome" I smiled brightly to her and she returned the favour.
"Oh thank you so much for accepting my offer to work with you; I have high respect for women who take no crap from anyone. My dad here told me how you worked on your own growing stronger and stronger every day with so much as no ones help!" I blushed; wow was I that respected by some people over the course of a week, really.
"Well…I'm not sure about taking no crap from anyone but yes I did train on my own" her face was still sparkling with excitement. "Oh no, the way you stood up the head Captain yesterday for someone that you have only met because you thought it was the right thing was brave and strong willed" I blushed once again to the high respects she was giving me, but I didn't know that me standing up to the Head Captain had come out already but I haven't heard nothing from others, so Captain Kyoraku must have told her.
"Well it was nothing really" I waved it off and got up from the desk, which had been a while and walked over to her. I noticed that she happened to be a few more inches taller than me, well nearly everyone was taller then me.
"Welcome to squad 3, third seat Mikaze Kyoraku" I held my hand out for a welcome hand shake which she accepted straight away. She smiled towards Captain Kyoraku and him in return. He patted her head "I'll see you later Mi, okay!" she nodded and watched him flash step out of my office.
"So I guess you need to meet the rest of the squad" she nodded "yes I would like that very much" I gestured for her to follow me into our squad training grounds which was located behind the squad barracks.
As we reached the grounds, the rest of the squad where practising their Kido skills.
Wow some of them are getting good at this!
"Hey everyone, I would like you to stop for a moment so I can introduce you to someone" Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at me and Mikaze. Whispers could be heard around the squad of wondering who she was.
"Everyone this is Mikaze…"
"…wow you're a very feminine guy aren't you?" said one of the Shinigami said to Mikaze interrupting my sentence, how very rude. I thought they had some manners in this squad. Well are going to work on that!
"Who are you calling a feminine guy! I'm a girl you idiot! Just because I have a small chest does not make me any less of a woman!" Mikaze shouted to the rude man and smacked him across the head. The guy groaned and when back to his place next to his friend, to which his friend muttered "told you".
"Anyway before I was interrupted" I glared at the guy that rudely interrupted me, which he cowered behind his friend. "This is Mikaze Kyoraku, Captain Kyoraku's daughter and your new third seat!" more whispers erupted around of the surprise of Mikaze being Captain Kyoraku's daughter. I guess not everyone knew about her. It was true she was very secretive and she was staying at the academy for a while, so I guess it was only natural they had no idea who she was.
"Quiet please. I know it's a shock to hear that but shut up and listen. She will be your new third seat, so when Lieutenant Kira or I are not around you will inform your problems or duties to Mikaze" Everyone nodded to the understanding of her position.
"So now that is sorted I would like you to get back to your Kido training, which by the way is looking good. If you keep this up, squad 3 is going to be recognised for excellent Kido usage!" The squad perked up to the praise and continued to work on their Kido. I turned to Mikaze and gestured her to follow me to then sit on the grass. As we sat she looked over the squad training and then turned to me.
"I'm glad that I chose your squad to be in. It feels that it would be more like a family to me than a job" she looked forward again with a small smile on her face. "Well that's what I go for in this division. No one should ever feel lonely or sad and everyone should rely on each other whenever they need it" I placed a hand on her shoulder and looked forward to my training squad and then smirked as an idea popped into my head.
"Do you want to see something funny" Mikaze glanced at me with confusion but caught on to my smirk "Sure" I put a finger to my lips to tell her to be quiet, then I raised my hand ready "Lets see if they can sense a Kido coming from nowhere and are in high alert" I whispered and she nodded.
As my hand was raised and I whispered "Hado #33 Sakutsui" as I said this, a blue ray of light left my hand went straight into the middle of the training group. The blue light from my Hado pushed aside some of the squad that hadn't noticed that it was coming and it continued until it hit something. When my Hado found its target, which was a slim male with short brown hair he simply yelped "Holy fuck my ass!"
Me and Mikaze cracked up laughing at him as he ran around the training grounds patting his ass trying to put out a flame that had set fire to his shinigami uniform. There was also erupts of laughter from the other squad members as they saw their fellow comrade in a silly predicament. My headache was now getting better every second I forgot about it and that only nearly an hour ago I was dying in pain of a hangover. Maybe it was the fresh air or the fact that being in a friendly environment with people that you care about makes you forget your pain and worries.
"Well if you kept your guard up that would have never happened. I'm talking to everyone when I say this, if you don't keep your guard up everywhere, even in the comfort of your own training grounds, you are most likely to get hurt!" The guy had eventually put out the fire and passed out on the floor. I really didn't think that I hit him that hard but sometimes I don't know my own strength.
"You there" I pointed to a bald headed guy next to the one that passed out on the floor. "Yes Captain" he saluted. "Take him to squad 4 for bed rest plus tell him I'm sorry when he comes round" The guy nodded and then picked up his friend, draped him over his shoulder and flashed stepped out off to the 4th division.
"Keep on guard everywhere! Now get back to your training!"
With the events of my teachings subsided the squad went back to their training all the while looking back to me every now and then to see if I would do another sneak attack. I like the fact that they are now on guard everywhere but it could also mean that they don't trust me. Maybe I won't trick them for a while so their trust in me returns.
"Captain Nakamura" I turned to face Mikaze "Call me Michiko please, I hate formalities towards myself, it doesn't feel right even though mostly everyone forgets that" She nodded "Sorry but isn't that your friend up there" She pointed to the roof top on the other side of the training ground which connected to the 2nd division. Sure enough Raven was perched on the roof looking in another direction. She was wearing a shinigami uniform that close to the one that Captain Sui-feng wears under her captains Haori.
"Yes it is. She was transferred back to her previous squad and this is her first day on the job. She must be on a mission or something, so I'm not going to interrupt her"
"You two have become close friends in a short time but it is surprising considering that she is quite cold and closed to people" I swept my hair back and smiled. "Yes her attitude is somewhat different but she is nice in her own way and for some reason we have a kind of have a connection like we have been friends for centuries"
Raven jumped off the roof to her squad grounds without noticing that we had been sitting there talking about her. I'm glad that she can get back to normal with her duties with no worry about her shinigami powers taken from her again but only a weekly visit to the 12th just get an up-to-date grasp on her progress.
"Yes I understand that some people have that connection and when you find it you never let it go" I turned to Mikaze and gave her a warm smile "yes I will never let any of my friends go" She smiled back at me in return and we continued to watch over the squad and their progressing training.
It was about an hour later when I thought it would be a good time to call it day for the Kido training, so everyone could take a rest before there patrol duties.
"Ok everyone take a break for an hour then get in your positions for the patrol this evening"
"Yes Captain" everyone saluted and when off to get some lunch before there all night patrol duties.
I turned to Mikaze "I guess we should head off back to the barracks and continue some paperwork so I can hand it in tomorrow morning" I groaned at the amounts of paperwork that I need to fill out before the morning deadline. Mikaze nodded and we both got off the grass floor and was about to head off to the Barracks but was stopped by an oncoming figure.
"Good morning Captain Nakamura and third seat Mikaze Kyoraku" Nanao said to us as she approached me and Mikaze. "Why hello Lieutenant Ise, what brings you here?" I said to the dark haired woman in front of me.
"What has my dad done this time?" Mikaze inputted and I gave off as little chuckle as Mikaze made a judgement that her father did something so that was why Nanao was here.
Nanao adjusted her glasses "No he hasn't done anything wrong…yet but the reason I'm here is to offer you two a place in the SWA" me and Mikaze looked at one another and then we looked back towards Nanao "We would love to but do you think that Raven…erm I mean Tsuki could also be a member, it would help her to get to know people better" Nanao smiled towards me "I have already spoken with her and she said that she would only join if you did" I was shocked that Raven was considering becoming a member of the SWA but was that only if I did too.
"Oh well then I tell her later."
"Thank you. We have a meeting this evening for you new recruits and also another fun raising discussion" we both nodded "Thanks Lieutenant Ise we will see you then". She bowed a goodbye and went off in the direction of her own Barracks.
I turned to Mikaze "So that's cool huh we are the newest members of SWA, I have always wanted to be one but you have to be a quite high up shinigami to get in"
"Yes that's true plus it's a good way to make friends"
"Yup it sure is. Well I guess we should go now, that paperwork isn't going to fill itself now is it" Mikaze chuckled as the both of us walked nice a slowly towards the mountain of work that was waiting for us.
A/N: Another chapter over and done with. Next one will be that Michiko, Raven and Mikaze will be joining the SWA. What kind of things will happen there?
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