Chapter 7: Field Trip

My eyes were wide. There were so many people in this division. A lot of people kept staring at me as we passed them. "It's because you're with the man with the heart of stone or no heart," Aisuhime chuckled slightly, and I huffed at her in my head. He does have a heart. It's just scarred up really bad. I heard Kagekishi chuckle too. "Someone has a crush." "Do not." "Do too! Believe me if anyone knows about that, it's us." Well he had me there, but I barely know Byakuya-taicho. "Yet you still get to call him by his first name." "Shut up Kagekishi." "Fine, but remember, we so told you so." "You sound like a teenage girl." I felt him shrug, and then I ran into something and began to fall backwards.

Well crap this is gonna hurt. Except it didn't because a strong arm caught me. I was pulled up to Byakuya-taicho's chest, and I felt my face turn the color of a strawberry. "A-arigato gozaimasu, Kuchiki-taicho," I apologized and he gave me a look, "I-I mean, Byakuya-taicho." He nodded as if saying that's better and opened the door to what I guessed was his office. Inside there were two desks, at one of them was the red-haired guy I had met the day I died. Now that's a weird thought. His head snapped up when the door opened.

"Ah good morning Kuchiki-taicho!" he said respectfully and then noticed me and his eyes went wide, "What's a human doing here?!" "He's got a real winner for a second in command, doesn't he?" Kagekishi commented, and I laughed. This caused pineapple head to glare at me. That annoyed me. I'm sick of people in this freaking place glaring at me for no gosh-darn reason!

"First of all, quit glaring at me, Pineapplehead before I turn your insides into a piña colada popsickle," I said angrily, my voice louder than it usually is, "Second, I'm not a human. I'm a soul reaper. That day you met me at school? Yeah, that was the day I died, you insensitive moron!" The guy just looked at me in shock, and Byakuya-taicho merely closed his eyes as though to avoid pitying me, which I appreciated.

"Shinkiro-san, this is my lieutenant, Renji Abarai," Byakuya-taicho said calmly, stopping this from turning into a fight, "She will be learning to be a soul reaper by working with our division. You are to respect her, and she is to respect you. Do you both understand?" I have a feeling we don't really have a choice.

"Hai, Kuchiki-taicho," Renji said sighing in defeat and staring at me waiting for me to say something.

"Hai, Byakuya-taicho," I said sighing as well, but I looked him in the face as well, "But if he glares at me for no freaking reason again, Kagekishi and Aisuhime are a little overprotective and I still have trouble controlling them." I gave him and Renji a very innocent smile and tapped my zanpakto. I saw Renji roll his eyes, and Byakuya-taicho appeared mildly amused honestly, which surprised me.

"Take her to go spar with the eleventh division, Renji," Byakuya-taicho said suddenly. Renji and I both stared at him. Renji looked at him in disbelief, and I was excited.

"Chika-chan is the 11th division! Yay!" I exclaimed, grabbing Renji's arm, "Let's go, Pineapplehead." I dragged him out of the office and in a random direction.

"Um, do you even know where we are going?" he finally asked. I shook my head and quit dragging him. He sighed and began walking in the opposite direction. Whoops. It's part of the adventure right?

-At the 11th Division-

"Oi Renji! Let's fight!" a bald man yelled at Renji as soon as we stepped foot onto the 11th division grounds. I rolled my eyes as I could practically feel the testosterone spike around me. Oh gosh. How does Yumichika put up with all of this?

"I can't! I have to babysit this little wimp for Kuchiki-taicho!" Renji yelled back motioning to me with an arrogant look in his eyes. Did I mention that I hated arrogance? Renji yelped as I dead-legged him with the sheath of my zanpakto.

"Byakuya-taicho told you to take me to come spar with the members of squad eleven, not to babysit me," I said calmly, my voice quiet as usual when I'm around new people. The bald guy came up and laughed loudly at Renji, who was now bent over gripping the back of his knee.

"What the hell was that for?!" Renji yelled at me, "And did you just call the captain by his first name?!" I merely shrugged at the shock on his and baldy's face.

"He probably asked her to," I heard a familiar voice say, "I mean after all who wouldn't want to be more familiar with such a beautiful lady?" I turned around and glomped the male behind me.

"Chika-chan!" I said excitedly. Sure enough there was my best friend, Yumichika, in all of his metrosexual glory. He merely gave me his arrogant smirk and returned my hug. After our weird hug exchange, we looked over to see baldy and Renji looking at us like we had each grown an extra head.

"Oh please forgive my rudeness. Shinkiro-chan, this is the third seat of the eleventh division, Ikkaku Madarame," Yumichika introduced flamboyantly. I smiled kindly at the Ikkaku and silently thanked Yumichika for not saying my last name.

"Hey Shinkiro-san!" Ikkaku looked at me with a challenge gleaming in his eyes, "Are you any good at fighting without your shikai?" Byakuya-taicho explained to me what that was earlier. That meant Kagekishi and Aisuko couldn't help me in the other forms my sword could turn into. Well crap. Why not. I smiled sweetly.

"I'm not sure, Madarame-san," I replied softly, "But I am more than willing to try and fight you without the help of either of my zanpakto." His eyes narrowed.

"I'm not getting my killed just because Kuchiki-taicho's little pet girl doesn't know how to fight," he said in a very annoyed voice. Okay. Now I was angry.

Without thinking, I unsheathed my zanpakto and swung at the arrogant baldy with all the strength I could. I caught him off guard and managed a shallow cut in his shoulder as he jumped back in shock. Suddenly, he had a wicked grin on his face.

"Now we're talking!" And with that he charged at me and swung his zanpakto. I blocked it until I heard air moving from the other side of me as well. I looked over just in time to get hit in the face hard by Ikkaku's sheath. The blow knocked me to the ground, and the fall knocked the breath of out me causing me to cough up blood. I stabbed my sword into the ground and used it to push myself up. I was still recovering from everything that happened the past couple of days.

I couldn't give up though. What kind of student would I be if I couldn't even take a hit? I didn't want to embarrass Byakuya-taicho. I looked up to see Ikkaku above me again to strike. I stood up straight and jumped just as he would have hit me. I dashed back at him, ready to swing, but I was to slow. I felt a sharp pain as Ikkaku's sword buried its way into my shoulder. I cried out in pain and fell to the ground, except I never hit the ground. Two arms stopped me from that.

"That's enough!" I heard a familiar voice command as I lost consciousness.