Chapter 4: Arrogant Pricks & Hair Clips

"Her vitals are normal, Rukia-chan. She should be waking up soon. I wouldn't be surprised if she could hear us now," I heard a kind low voice of a woman say. I stirred slightly wanting to get up and thank her. "Ah. It appears she's waking up now," the voice said as I opened my eyes and slowly sat up.

"Shinkiro-chan, you're awake!" Rukia yelled as she gave me a bone crushing hug causing me to flinch slightly. She pulled away from me after a minute, and I heard a light chuckle from the woman. I looked up to see a kind lady with long black hair that is braided around her neck and in front of her. She seemed really kind, so I gave her a small smile.

"How are you feeling, Ogawa-chan?" the kind lady asked, "I'm Captain Unohana, captain of the fourth division here in the soul society. This is the medical division." I smiled brightly at the lady now and stretched. I was a little sore, but not near as bad as I was. It was a good feeling, like the soreness you get after a workout.

"I feel great Unohana-taicho! Arigato gozaimasu!" I exclaimed happily my voice still soft and raspy from disuse, "Sorry. I don't really talk a lot so my voice is kind of weak." I smiled apologetically, my cheeks turning red in embarrassment. She chuckled again and smiled sweetly at me.

"Well then, I'll be back with your paperwork shortly, and you can leave," she said with a smile and left. Rukia smiled, and I suddenly noticed that we weren't alone. There was a tall man with black hair like Rukia's only he had clippies in it. That's weird… Maybe he's gay… He noticed me looking at him and glared at me. I merely glared back in response.

"What the heck is your problem, sir? Are your clippies in your hair not in right?" I retorted rather rudely, my glare not faltering one bit. His glare intensified, and Rukia looked at me with her jaw dropped.

"Watch your mouth, peasant. They're called kenseikan, and they're a sign of nobility," clippy boy responded angrily. Rukia sweat dropped slightly. "Um… Shinkiro-chan, this is my older brother, Captain Byakuya Kuchiki. He is the head of the noble Kuchiki family, and the captain of the Sixth Division of the Soul Society or Seireitei," Rukia interjected before me and clippy boy killed each other, "Byakuya-nii-san, this is Shinkiro Ogawa-chan. She was the special case the council made the decision about. She has been through a lot, and I'm sure she meant no disrespect. Right, Shinkiro-chan?"

Her eyes told me I couldn't argue with her, and that I should just call a truce with this prick now. Sorry, Rukia, but this will be done on my terms. Don't use pity to make people to forgive me.

"Well, if Clippy-chan," his glare intensified so I corrected myself, "my bad, Clippy-taicho, will apologize to me for glaring at me for no freaking reason, then I will gladly apologize for hurting his poor oversized ego." Rukia's sweat drop told me that I had not worded that correctly at ALL… I suddenly lost all my confidence from the glare I got. He hadn't said anything rude to me at first, and I just snapped at him. Still, I don't want to apologize and seem weak.

"Rukia," Clippy-taicho says, obviously irritated, "Make sure this peasant doesn't come home with you. She is not welcome in the Kuchiki manor until she learns some respect." With that, he stalked off as Unohana-taicho came in with paperwork for me.

"After this, we have a meeting with the head captain, Shinkiro-chan," Rukia stated plainly as I filled out paperwork for me to leave. Unohana-taicho smiled at me and handed me a sword. I looked at wearily.

"This is your zanpakto, Shinkiro-chan," Unohana-taicho explained at my obvious confusion, "Your sword as a soul reaper, and your partner as well. Keep it with you." I smiled and thanked her, taking the sword. It felt odd, but good in my hands, like it belonged there or something. Weird.

After that, Rukia and I left to go to the head captain's office. I was not at all excited about this visit. This guy is the head of everything here apparently, and I don't do well meeting new people obviously. But I did want to thank him and the council for the opportunity they gave me.

-At the Head Captain's Office-

Knock. Knock. "You may enter." I heard the voice of an older man say. Rukia led me into a rather large room with an older man standing in the center with a large wooden cane. He also had an insanely long beard. His gaze was intense, and it turned to me.

"You must be, Shinkiro Ogawa. I am Shigekuni Yamamoto. The captain of the 1st division and the head captain of the 13 Court Guard Companies," the old man introduced very calmly and somewhat kindly, "I understand you come from a very interesting predicament. This being said, your spiritual pressure much greater than any of our students in the academy. Therefore, having you train with them would be a danger to them." I looked at him confused.

"Pardon me, Head captain sir, but I'm just an 18 year old who happened to get saved from a bad situation and can see dead people. I'm nothing special," I stated quietly, "By the way, I want to thank you and the council very much for what you all did for me. Yes, technically I am dead, but you all have given me a new life that I could not have ever dreamed of. So thank you." I bowed low in gratitude and respect.

"Lift your head, child," the head captain said and I did as I was instructed and was met with a very kind and gentle smile on the old man's face, "You are a very strong young lady, and you deserve much better than the life you were given in your time as a human. Here, I want to see you prosper, as I'm sure Rukia and Yumichika do as well. For this reason, I will be assigning you a captain to train you personally."

There are 13 of those right? Maybe he'll pick Unohana-taicho. I don't really care who he picks. Just for the love of all that is good and holy don't let it be-"I believe the best person to do this will be Captain Kuchiki of the 6th division. He will push you to become the best that you can become," he decides out loud.

Son of a b****! &!#%*$(!%&!$*^#$*$!#*&*# &$* #&$! Seriously! I nearly face palmed in front of the head captain, but I'm proud to say I did not.

"Oh you will also be staying at the Kuchiki manor with him and Rukia to make training more convenient and so you will be more comfortable being with someone you know," the head captain added cheerfully. Okay this time I did face palm in front of the head captain, but in my defense, I'm pretty sure Rukia did too! "This won't be a problem, will it you two?" the head captain asks in a way that almost dared us to say yes. I learned my lesson last time after the whole episode with Clippy-taicho.

"No, Yamamoto-soutaicho," Rukia and I dejectedly replied in unison. He smiled and dismissed us. We left and headed to the Kuchiki manor, where the real fun would soon begin.