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Chapter 8: Practice makes perfect part 1

Momo and Shinji were making their way back to the Squad 1 barracks to see the head captain.

On the way, Shinji asked Momo, "Eh Momo, do you like Toshiro?"

Momo blushed and said, "I like him as a friend as we were childhood friends!"

Shinji sighed and said, "Don't try to play dumb, I mean as do you love him?"

Momo blushed harder and said, "No"

Shinji sighed again and said, "Forget it, I already know the answer. By the way are you going to tell him about your bankai?"

Momo said, "I am not telling him."

Shinji said, "Why not I thought he was your childhood friend?"

Momo said, "That is not the issue, the issue is I feel guilty for what I have done to him and he being protective of me, therefore I feel that I should be the one to protect him."

Shinji laughed and said, "This sounds like an excuse to be around him, just tell him that you love him!"

Momo blushed madly and said, "Shut up captain Hirako!"

Meanwhile at the investigation site

The three captains reached the secret training ground and saw Yoruichi.

Captain Kyoraku said, "Well well what do we have here, an unexpected visitor."

Yoruichi said, "There is no need to be surprised gentlemen as this is my territory so how may I help you?"

Toshiro said, "What happened to this place?"

Yoruichi said, "Nothing much just some explosion from some of Kisuke Urahara old inventions."

Captain Zaraki said, "What a waste as I thought I could get a good fight."

Toshiro said, "Then what about the strong reiatsu?"

Yoruichi said, "Well I am not very sure about it, sorry."

Toshiro said, "It is okay, we would report our findings to the head captain."

Captain Kyoraku said, "What about the two of you go back ahead I want to have a drink with Yoruichi."

The two of them nodded and left.

Captain Kyoraku told out his bottle of sake.

Yoruichi sighed and said, "Shunsui, I know you are not finding me just to have a drink."

He drank his sake and said, "Still as suspicious as always. I know that lieutenant Hinamori is somehow involve in this and the intense reiatsu here is not only elemental it can only appear when bankai is released. "

Yoruichi kept her calm and said, "How would you know all of that as I said the damage was caused by a failed invention."

Shunsui drank again and said, "Being a captain for slightly more than 200 years, I would know a lot of things. For starters, lieutenant Hinamori did not report about the extensive damage to her room because she was not there when the fire was completely put out. Second of all burnt marks were not consistent with a regular fire and on top of that Mayuri 's scanners detected an average captain class level shinigami reiatsu."

Yoruichi continued to stick to her claim that it was an accident.

Shunsui said, "On top of that, this place was extremely burnt so I am concluding that a high level captain class reiatsu was here, I think that Momo was here because we saw her with Shinji coming from this direction and among the two of them only she has a fire type zanpakuto."

He took out another sake bottle and drank one cup.

After finishing his second bottle of sake he said, "Was Momo secretly training for bankai?"

Yoruichi said, "I would tell you if I have your word that you would not tell anybody about it."

Shunsui said, "Of course I would keep my words as if this was the first time you know me."

Yoruichi told everything to Shunsui, Shunsui gave an extremely shock look and told Yoruichi that it would be kept a secret.

At the Squad 1 barracks

Shinji and Momo greeted the head captain.

Head captain Yamamoto said, "Where have the two of you been, one has the room close to destruction and another failed to report in!"

Both apologised to the head captain.

Head captain Yamamoto said, "Captain Hirako so how was the investigation going along?"

Shinji said, "I have concluded that my lieutenant by accident started a fire with kido as the stove was spoilt but she did not notice that there was a fire in her room."

Momo said, "I am sorry to cause any inconvenience for others, I would accept whatever punishment given."

Head captain Yamamoto said, "Lieutenant Hinamori for your careless mistake I should reduce your salary to half for this month and you are to come out with your money to repair your room, is that understand?"

Momo bowed and said, "I understood what you have said Sir."

When they left, the two captains came back and reported their findings to the head captain.

Even though he was unconvinced about the reason he decided to let it go for now.

Meanwhile back to the Squad 5 barracks

Momo and Shinji were cleaning up the room.

Momo smiled and said, "Thank You Captain Hirako"

After room was cleaned up and new furniture was moved in, Momo had nothing else to do.

Shinji said, "Momo, what about you practicing your bankai on me at the secret training ground?"

Momo said, "Okay"

When the two of them left for the secret training ground, they saw Shunsui.

Shinji asked what was he doing here.

He said, "I am drinking with Yoruichi!"

Momo said, "Good evening captain Kyoraku"

He said, "Hi lieutenant can you show me your bankai in exchange I would not tell anybody about it."

Momo gave a very surprised look.

Momo said, "Okay if it is only for you."

Momo took of her peach hairclip and a strong reiatsu shook captain Kyoraku.

Captain Kyoraku gave a surprised look.

Momo said, "Bankai ! Eien no Fenikkusu Tobiume"

All of a sudden, flames engulfed her and after the flames disappeared.

A pair of golden wings was attached to Momo and both her arms were covered in fire.

Captain Kyoraku gave an even greater shocked look.

Shinji looked in amazement as he drew out his zanpakuto.

Meanwhile at the Squad 10 barracks

Toshiro was doing a huge pile of paperwork.

Rangiku walked up to him and said, "Captain have you seen Momo lately?"

Toshiro said, "no why?"

Rangiku laughed and replied, "How can you not see her for a day I thought the two of you were dating!"

Toshiro blushed hardly and said, "No, Momo and I are not dating plus why are you very free do you want me to give you extra paperwork!"

Rangiku immediately ran off.

Toshiro was thinking that should he confess to Momo.

Author's note

Eien no Fenikkusu means eternal phoenix

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