Feeling Kumiko lean heavily into him, Urahara leaned down to check on her face. She had fallen asleep, tired from the adrenaline leaving her body after seeing ukitake in such a way.

Urahara smiled softly before gently holding her so he could slip out from under her. Gently laying her down on the sofa behind him.

Uraharas stomach growling, prompted him to silently leave the office, to go and find them some lunch, hoping to return before his friend had woken.


Kumikos eyes blinked open slowly, pushing herself to sit up from lying down, her eyes scanned the office she was in, looking for Urahara.

"Kiske?" she called out into the room

"he's not here" another voice from behind her startled Kumiko, spinning round quickly

"woah, it's me". Shunsui soothed her gently, getting up from Uraharas desk he had been sitting, waiting for her to wake up. He walked over to where she was on the sofa, her heart rate coming back down from the initial fright.

"shunsui,". Kumiko breathed relieved, taking his offered hand to help her stand "where's Kiske?"

"no idea." He smiled at her "he wasn't here when I arrived. "

"do you need him for something?" Kumiko questioned. Still trying to shake the confusion she had from suddenly waking up

"no". He chuckled. "I came to see you. I found your note" he told her

"my note?" Kumiko asked before realising "my note! How is he?" She pressed him, worry returning to her face

shunsui placed his hands on her hips, bringing her closer to him "he's fine love. I've not long left him with Unohana. She was just about to prepare the soup you had left" he added with a smile

Kumiko sighed. Leaning forward to rest her head on his chest "he scared me half to death" she told him softly " I thought he was dying, I didn't "

Kyoraku wrapped his arms around her, holding her close " I know , juu told me. He told me to stop babying him and come check on you". He chuckled, Kumiko looked up into his eyes "I think he just wanted some alone time with Unohana " he told her, moving his eyebrows in a suggestive manner, making her laugh

"it's not nice to tease your friend when he's not well". Kumiko accused him fondly

"but if I do it when he's well, he will tease me back. I'm much to delicate to take it" Shunsui told her before kissing the top of her head

"does jushiro like her then? They would make a cute couple". Kumiko continued with a smile, making Kyoraku laugh

"who knows? He's never admitted to it. I've just enjoyed teasing him about her when he teases me for avoiding her"

"why do you avoid her?" Kumiko asked confused, she thought captain Unohana was lovely

"because she scares me half to death" he admitted laughing

Kumiko laughed harder at that, "Kiske told me the same thing. I don't know why you're both scared of her, she's so sweet "

"so are you". He told her before kissing her softly

Kumiko sighed into the kiss, hand coming up to gently hold his bearded face. Pulling apart, shunsui rested his forehead to hers

"how about I take you on that date tomorrow? " he breathed

"I would like that". She told him quietly, leaning in to kiss him again

"oh sorry" came a new voice separating them, Kumiko looked toward the door to see urahara standing there smiling . Both hands up covering his eyes, white bag at his feet

Kumiko laughed at his silly reaction "don't be silly". She told him "we shouldn't be kissing in your office " she said stepping out of Shunsuis arms "where did you go?"

"I went to grab us some lunch". He told her, picking up the bag again and walking over to the small table "sorry Kyoraku, I didn't know you were coming over"

"it's fine, I've already eaten" he grinned at urahara. Making Kumiko smile

I'm so glad everyone is getting on again

"I'll leave you both too it" shunsui told them, leaning in to kiss Kumiko goodbye "I'll pick you up at 7 tomorrow". He promised before walking out of the office .

Kumiko watched him leave before going urahara at the table, where he was emptying the bag.

Sitting down Kumiko started to speak "sorry I fell asleep on you"

"don't apologise for unnecessary things miko". He told her with a smile, pushing a container of food towards her "I got us some katsu curry, don't worry it's not spicy". He added with a smile .

pulling it towards herself happily, Kumiko took off the lid inhaling the delicious smell. Food here really was amazing.

"what did Kyoraku want?" Urahara asked while digging in,

"just wanted to see how I was. He found the note I left with ukitake" she said before taking a bite

damn, that's good she thought before shoving more into her mouth

"how is he?" Urahara mumbled around his food, Kumiko smirked at him

"one day you're going to surprise me by not eating like an animal " he shot her a wink, mouth too full to speak "shunsui said he's fine. He's with Unohana right now"

"good,good. If anyone can make ukitake feel better, it's Unohana. Where are you going tomorrow at 7?" He asked, missing their earlier conversation

"shunsui is taking me out on a date " Kumiko told him blushing lightly

catching it appearing on her face, Urahara smiled playfully "oh? Anywhere nice?"

"I actually don't know". Kumiko laughed "he didn't mention"

"I'm sure whatever he picks will be enjoyable" urahara told his friend

"what are we doing for the rest of the day? " Kumiko changed the subject

"thought we could bounce some ideas off eachother, so I can finish making your new tracker". Urahara told her "tomorrow we can do some more training"

"how are we going to train? Ukitake is too unwell to lend his spiritual pressure ". Kumiko quizzed him

"we will use mine". He told her with a grin, seeing the uncertainty on her face "see if we can get you to fight through it"

"I can't beat you in a fight when your not raising your spiritual pressure " she told him exasperated "how am I going to stand a chance when I'm crippled over laughing ?"

"you worry too much " he told her shaking his hand and her worries "im not going to attack you when you're down. It'll be fun"

"fun for you" she said accusingly


"You think voice activation is the best way to go?" Kumiko confirmed what her friend had just said.

They were sitting opposite eachother on the desk in kiskes lab. Each going through the pros and cons of ideas they had come up with regarding her new, still unfinished tracker.

"I think it's our best option ". He told her, reading over his notes he had been taking "relying on your spiritual pressure causes too many variables. Using your heart rate would alert me to too many unnecessary situations. The panic button I'm still going to add as a precaution, but yes, I think voice activation is the simplest solution. It's worth trying at least, I could always change it if it causes problems "

"it would have to be something I wouldn't say in normal conversations. Or something I could say when on a mission" Kumiko mused out loud, absentmindedly playing with her hair

" how about 'help"? It's short and to the point" Urahara offered

"no that won't work. What if on a mission I have to tell Kira 'I'm going to help someone? '. Plus I'm short, I often ask for someone to help me reach something up high" she added, making her tall friend laugh "what happens if someone else says the word when around me?"

urahara got silent, leaning back in his chair, arms crossed over his chest deep in thought. Kumiko waited patiently for his brilliant mind to come up with something

"I can make it so it only activates to your voice, it'll take a little longer. But I can do it . Just have to come up with a word you won't use often." He added smirking at her "that'll bee difficult, seeing as you don't shut up"

Kumiko laughed at him "don't be an ass"

Urahara grabbed a new piece of paper, starting to write down some details Kumiko couldn't understand. Starting to draw a picture underneath, mapping out how it'll look. Kumiko leaned over the desk to have a look.

"it looks like a watch" Kumiko told him

"that's the idea I was going for" he said, pushing the paper towards her so she could see better

"this here will be your panic button, it'll be red. Press it an I'll be alerted. This one here," Kiske said, pointing to a little dial on the side, much like the dial used to change the time on a watch face "if you accidentally use the activation word, but you're not in trouble, pull this out and back in. That'll reset the device ".

"what happens if I don't realise I've said it?" Kumiko asked him "I don't want to give you a heart attack by accident ". She laughed

"I'll make it vibrate." He decided, writing it down "if you hit the panic button or use the activation word, it will gently vibrate on your arm, alerting you. That'll both give you peace of mind that I'm on my way, and let you know if you set it off accidentally ".

"you still blow my mind with how smart you are". She told him softly, making him laugh

"and yet you always seem surprised when I say something clever". He told her with a laugh "we just now need to think up a safe word"

kumikos eyebrows furrowed in concentration. Trying to think of a word she hardly uses, while being something uncomplicated, that she would remember

remembering something he had once told her, Kumiko began to smile

"how about 'banana' " she offered, laughing when he made a face

"I don't use the word often. And I won't cook with them since you don't like them. I won't accidentally say it when fighting a hollow. Unless it looks like a giant banana" she finished with a laugh

urahara chuckled with her, before writing down the word banana on his paper "we can certainly try it. I can always change it later on if needed "


Kumiko busied herself with some paperwork, not really being able to help Kiske with his invention. Kumiko had moved the work into the lab?, on the floor out of the way, so as to be near to her friend.

"come here a moment miko, I need your help". Uraharas voice pulled her from her work. Jumping up quickly and walking over to him, she said softly "what do you need?"

Urahara spun round in his chair holding a black box connected to his computer with a microphone hanging off it

"I need to record your voice. So that we can distinguish your voice from others. I'll also need you to say the word banana a few times". He told her, nodding to the seat next to him

sitting down Kumiko looked at the microphone. Before looking back up at kiske "what do I say?"

"anything". He said laughing

"your hat is silly". She said, starting to laugh at the look he gave her.

"I need more than that miko". He urged her to go on

getting flustered at being put on the spot, Kumiko blew up air onto her face, moving the hair that fell there

" my name is Kumiko, I'm currently sat on a chair. Urahara is giving me a strange look. I think he found out I've been stealing his sweets when he's not looking" Kumiko said smiling into the microphone

"I thought they were going missing!" He said laughing. "Ok, that should be enough for now. Please repeat the word banana a few times". He added, pressing the record button again

"banana, banana, banana, banana, banana . I feel like a banana ". She finished looking at him

"say banana a few more times please" urahara said softly

"banana banana banana banana" Kumiko droned on

"now say, 'Kiske is so smart and handsome "

"Kiske is so..hey!" Kumiko caught herself laughing at what he tried to trick her into saying . He sent her a devilish grin in return

"that should be all I need thanks miko" he told her turning to tap away at his computer "you can go ahead and call it a day, I'm just going to be finishing this anyway, go rest ready for training tomorrow "

Kumiko sighed getting up "go rest before you kick my ass tomorrow you mean"

"exactly "