The following days Kisuke found himself busy with usual Captain Business. Hiyori kept on sending him evil glares and used every turn to either kick him or try to punch him, which he luckily dodged most of the time.

He sighed a little while thinking about things that could make Hiyori like or accept him. Still Shinjis words kept repeating themselves in his mind. It was true. Not only the part about a captain making the decision HE thought were right, but also Shinjis judge of his character.

It unsettled him greatly that he could be this transparent and not do anything about it. He always thought himself to be quite the private and hard to read person. Looks like there were a lot of interesting Characters under the current captains of the Gotei Thirteen.

While Kisuke kept contemplating the blond-haired captain of the fifth, said captain was currently enjoying a quiet afternoon together with his lovers.

They sat outside under a cherry blossom tree overlooking a green field, it was a welcome distraction from their day to day business. Juushiro was busy braiding his hair and Shunsui had taken the opportunity and claimed his lap, hat drawn over his face and dozing off. Juushiro was humming quietly under his breath. Shinji broke the silence quite suddenly.

"Quite the character our new Captain." He said contemplatively.

Shunsui pushed his hat back a little and lazily looked up at him. "Is he?" He asked arching a brow.

Juushiro and Shunsui had long since recognized that Shinji was the best around to judge someone's character. While Shunsui was more insightful on their motives, moves and strategies, Shinji completed the picture with character and depth. Juushiro found himself lacking this mostly, but he consoled himself with the thought that neither Shunsui nor Shinji had his kind charm that seemed to make everybody around him drop their guard.

"Hmm…He is. He is pretty young tho. Shy, uncertain, wants to please and not fuck up when leading his division. He still has the subordinate drive too deeply ingrained in him. Seeing as he comes from the second, I guess that is natural. But at the same time, he is shrewd more so than one would think, intelligent and for all his deferent behavior he couldn't care less about other people's opinion of him. That's at least what I gathered from speaking to him. I am interested tho…How much he will change the twelfth."

Juushiro took interest in the conversation. "You think he will make changes?"

Shinji tilted his head a little, not too much to mess up the beautiful braid Juushiro had put it in. "He is quite the enigma to be honest. I think we'll have a lot of fun with him around." He finally finished with a wide grin that promised nothing good. Juushiro sweat dropped a little while Shunsui chuckled at his lover's antics.

The next day Kisuke found himself drowning in more and more paperwork. He wanted to start a subdivision to the twelfth. The Department of Research and Development. But who would have guessed that founding something like that took so much time and paperwork, on top of all the other bureaucratic forms he had to fill out at taking over as a captain. He heaved a deep sigh, it had been days since he last could divulge into one of his hobbies, manly speaking tinkering with anything and everything he came across.

"Knock, knock." He suddenly heard a voice from the door drawl. Hirako Shinji stood in the door, shoulder leaned against the frame and looking at him under his fringe.

"What got you sighing so much, hmm Kisuke?" He asked, grin gone and an almost bored expression on his face.

"Ahh, Shinji-san! You see I am trying to found something called "Department of Research and Development", and it seems like I underestimated the amount of paperwork this entails." At that he heaved another sigh. Shinji arched one brow.

"Research and Development? Sounds interesting. Didn't take you for a guy who's interested in science." He had stood up a little straighter, gaze now directed at Kisuke and paying full attention.

Kisuke rubbed his head a little in embarrassment.

"That's what everybody else says too. Hiyori even kicked me when I told her about my idea." He said, clutching his side a little in remembrance of the pain. Shinji chuckled a little in sympathy.

"Yeah, her kicks are nothing if not vicious." Taking in Kisukes exhausted form he was reminded of himself a few years ago. If it hadn't been for Shunsui and Juushiro dragging him out of his office and saving him he would have not left at all. Getting an idea, he stood up straighter.

"Wanna join us for a drink later?" He asked. Kisuke looked up in surprise.

"Us?" He asked a little dumbly.

"Kyoraku, Ukitake and me." Shinji elaborated with a drawl. Kisuke looked a little unsure, shyly staring at his desk.

"Uhh..ehh…sure. Why not." He finally got out, slight blush on his cheeks, and rubbing his neck even more.

"Alright, see ya later." With that Shinji turned around and threw a wave over his shoulder, not bothering to glance back.

Getting home, he exhaled and plopped down at the table where Shunsui was currently sleeping, laid back in his chair and hat drawn over his eyes and Juushiro was reading but greeted him with a kind smile.

"We'll have a guest tonight." Shinji told them bluntly. Shunsui used his hand to tip his hat up, looking at Shinji with one eye cracked open in interest.

"Is that so? And who might our guest be?" He asked, suppressing a yawn. Juushiro had put his book down and looked at him in interest. Shinji grinned a little.

"Our new captain." He said simply. Shunsui sat up and laid his hat down next to him on the table.

"Ohh, and whys that?" He asked. Shinji pulled a face, looking down a little.

"He…kinda reminded me of myself when I first became Captain, if it hadn't been for you guys I would have probably gone insane from the paperwork. Everybody needs a break sometimes, ne?" He asked. Juushiro smiled, Shunsui grinned.

"Well if he is as much fun as you said he is, I got no problem with that at all." Shunsui said, grin growing and mirth in his eyes. Shinji grinned back and laid down watching as the sun slowly set and the sky grew darker as they waited for Kisuke to join them. A soft knock alterted them to the arrival of their guest. Shunsui quirked an eyebrow at Shinji and Juushiro asking them withour words if they had been able to feel him approach. A quite and short shake of their heads told him that they had also been unable to feel the Reiatsu of their guest.

"Interesting." Shunsui mumbled as he watched Shinji get up from his seat and walk inside, no doubt to open the door and let their guest join them. He redirected his gaze towards the garden enjoying the way the leaves rustled in the evening breeze.

"Good evening." A soft voice broke both Shunsui and Juushiro out of their thoughts. The new captain was standing in front of them, haori still on his back and untamable ash blond hair falling into his face. Both of them had not been able to hear his steps as he approached.

"Good evening." Juushiro said with a smile, setting his book aside and guestering for Kisuke to sit down with them. Shinji quickly joined them and passed a cup of tea towards Kisuke who nodded at him in thanks.

"So are you settling in alright?" Shunsui asked, he had sat up at the arrival of their guest, sake cup already half way towards his mouth as he cracked the question.

"Ahh yes, Hiyori still hits me but you really get used to it after a while." He said, sweatdropping and shily scratching at his neck. Shinji snorted loudly and grinned at Kisuke.

"She's a force to beware that's for sure. If ya want me to have a word with her just say so." He then added, almost as an afterthought.

"Ohh no thank you that's alright. If I'm not able to get my own lieutant to follow me I can hardly expect my division to, right?" He asked, smiling at him a little. Shunsui's and Juushiros eyes widened a little, Shinji only blinked a few times. They were all reminded of their own words regarding paperwork and eventhough the situation was different, the feeling behind these words were still the same.

"Shinji said something about you wanting to found a new sub division." Juushiro quickly said, shaking his thoughts away. "What exactly do you have planned?" He asked, head tilted in curiosity.

"Ahh yes, the "Department of Research and Development"." Kisuke said, a smile lighting up his face. "It basically is there to build anything we might need, currently all the things like Gigai and so forth are either made by each division themselves or provided for by the forth. The "Department of Research and Development" is there to take over such tasks and also make a few other inventions. For example new mod soul types, I really always wanted to create something like a portable gigai but I haven't had a good idea on how to realize that yet…" He was trailing of, hand rising and scratching under his chin as he mumbled about adjustments to size and getting the right Reishi density for it to work. Juushiro quietly cleared his throat making Kiuske jump and scratch his neck in embarrassment.

"Sorry…I kind of get lost in thought a lot." He said, grinning shily.

Shunsui quirked an eyebrow and grinned at him. "We noticed." He said, voice dry. Kisuke blushed.

"It sure sounds like you have a lot planned." Juushiro quickly said, trying to save Kisuke any more embarrassment.

"Yeah…I didn't know it entailed that much paperwork…" He said trailing of, his eyes holding something similar to dread and horror. "I'm sorry but I won't be able to stay that long tonight." Kisuke suddenly said, as if the thought just occurred to him.

"Why's that?" Shinji asked, sipping at his tea.

"Ahh I need to go to the maggots nest tomorrow." Kisuke said, sounding almost bored.

"The maggots nest?" Shinji asked, eyes widening.

"Yeah, I plan on bringing Hiyori along." Kiuske simply said, sipping at his own tea without a worry in the world.

"You plan on bringing her along?" Shinji asked. "Why?"

"Hmm? Ohh I guessed she needed to see something else after a while, also it was the place I spent most of my time at before." Kisuke told them easily.

"Why?" Shinji asked again, feeling like a parrot but not being able to hold back.

"Ohh, as a former Onmitsukido I had to bring most of the prisoners there and we were the ones holding guard there mostly." Kisuke told him, easy smile on his face and sweatdropping again.

"Y-You were an Onmitsukido?" Juushiro asked. He was blinking at Kisuke in shock. Eventhough most believed it to be true, not every member of the second devision was a member of the Onmitsukido. Only the best of the best, the most ruthless killers were allowed to join them.

"Huh? Yeah." Kisuke said, blinking in surprise at Juushiros shocked face. "I mean I was the former third seat, it is kind of expected of the seated officers of the second to be part of the Onmitsukido." He told them.

"Really? I didn't know that." Shunsui said in surprise.

"So you wanted to show Hiyori your former workplace?" Shinji asked, doubting that it would help Kisuke in forming a bond with the blond-haired tsunami.

"Ohh no. I plan on offering a job to one of it's current residents. Hiyori is there to help me." Kisuke said.

"Current residents? And you want to offer one of them a job?" Juushiro asked, not getting over of his shock.

"Yes. Kurotsuchi Mayuri. Dangerous but highly intelligent and with a fable for science." Kisuke simply said.

"I was hoping he was willing to fill out the currently empty seat of my third. As well as being the one to mostly work in the Department of Research and Development. With the right kind of motivation, he could come up with some extremely helpful gadgets to the Seireitei." Kisuke said smiling at them.

"Ahh look at the time! I have to get going. Hiyori s going to kill me if I sleep in." He said, scratching his neck uneasily.

"Ahh yes. Feel free to join us again some time." Juushiro told him, smiling at him. Kisuke nodded and was gone in a flash, proving to them that he truly was a former Onmitsukido for his flawless and fast way of exiting.

"Well he sure is something else." Shunsui mumbled, looking at the spot Kisuke had occupied not a second ago. Juushiro nodded mutely.

"Would have never guessed that a guy like him was part of the Onmitsukido." Shinji mumbled.

"He sure doesn't seem like it does he?" Shunsui added quietly. "But that makes him the perfect member."

"I just hope he won't die of the paperwork he has loaded upon himself before we can see what he has in store for the twelth." Shinji told them with a grin. Shunsui laughed and pulled Shinji closer pressing a kiss to his lips with a hum. "Me too."

Juushiro chuckled quietly. "I am guessing the next few months will be interesting."


A/N: Hey guys, hope you like the new chapter. Sorry for not updating sooner, I was really busy but I promise the next chapter is already almost done :)

Thank you for your Patience and Support. I appreciate every comment I get.

~ Sal