Chapter 14: Assigned to a squad

Stepping to the side Mitch motioned for Tom and Ania to step forward as they anxiously now stood directly in front of the towering presence that was Captain Yamamoto. "I present to you Tom and Ania they are both humans who recently acquired shinigami powers" Mitch said as the Captain Commander looked down at them and rubbed his chin "Hmm yes I sense the two of you have great potential, if Mitch is already willing to train you then I see no problem assigning you both to squads" he said as smiles lit up on both of their faces at the prospect of joining up to a squad so soon.

After much talking about their current situation and plans Yamamoto dismissed everyone from the room and while Mitch had walked off with a very formal looking man who was known as Byakuya Kuchiki, Tom and Ania hung behind as the old man talked to them seperatley.

"Now after my initial assessment of you both and from what Mitch has described of your personalities I know just which squads you both will be assigned to". Tom was assigned to the 9th squad who shared similar views to him as they disliked bloodshed and wished to resolve fights using the least amount of violence possible. He walked off with their current captain who was actually a vice captain named Shuei Hisagi a rough looking individual with spiky purple hair and tattoo's plastered across his face yet despite his gothic thug like look he was actually very friendly.

Ania was then assigned to the 10th squad which did nearly everything around Soul Society and fit in perfectly well with how she loved to do work. Their captain Hitsaguya Toshiro came to escort her to the barracks, upon first glance he looked like someone just starting out grade school but she guessed he was at least 10 times the age of her. He was shorter than Ania by at least a foot and had white coloured hair with bright blue eyes similar to both Mitch and herself. His zanpukto hung diagonally across his back similar to Mitch and he spoke in a formal sophisticated tone despite how young he appeared to be.

"How old are you exactly?" Ania asked confused at just how shinigami aging truly worked as Hitsaguya simply sighed and turned to face Ania giving an icy cold stare "I'm older than you easily so don't let the size fool you, now come along and meet my vice-captain she'll absolutely love meeting you".

"So Mitch I can sense you've become much stronger since we last met" Byakuya said as they both walked through the halls of the 6th squad barracks. Captain of the 6th division he had the appearance of a rich and pompous man but beneath all the looks he was a good person and a brilliant warrior. He had long blue hair while at the front three white bands held three strands together above his eyes, around his neck was a pure white silk scarf and his zanpukto hung by his side the hilt being a light teal colour.

"Hey Mitch you finally arrived, it's great to see you" another voice called out as Mitch spun around to see a red headed guy standing next to the entrance of Byakuya's room. "Renji it's great to see you as well" Mitch said the man flashing a smile, Abarai Renji was the 6th squads vice-captain and was one of the select few who wasn't a captain and yet possessed a bankai. He had incredibly long red hair that was tied up at the top while he stood about the same height as Mitch did.

Entering into Byakuya's room they all sat down around the table as Byakuya addressed Mitch on just what he was supposed to do and how to go about it. After they spent a few minutes discussing what was going to happen Mitch decided to head on over to the 10th squad barracks and say a quick hello to Hitsaguya and check in on how Ania was fairing in her new squad.

"Matsumoto get out here I've got someone you'll love to meet" Hitsaguya called out as a tall buxom strawberry blonde haired woman swung the door open and stumbled out half asleep. Yawning she rubbed her bright blue eyes then looked at the captain and spoke almost in a tone to indicate she had just woken up. "Alright Captain I'll come out to meet them but just so you know you've disrupted my working" Hitsaguya shook his head then sighed as he growled "Matsumoto you look like you've just woken up so don't tell me you've been working" and with that he walked past her and slammed the door behind him.

Matsumoto spun back around and gazed at Ania who meekly smiled and waved, "Hi" was all she got to say as Matsumoto suddenly surged forward picking Ania up in an embracing hug that squished her face between the woman's incredibly large breasts that rivaled Ania's. She flailed about trying to breathe which Matsumoto failed to notice and squeezed her tighter pushing her further and further into her chest as she spoke in an almost motherly voice "Finally we have a woman on the squad, now I have someone to talk about girly things with how wonderful".

Mitch at that time walked through the gate into the barracks to see Ania trying to break free of Matsumoto's chesty hug as he grinned wickedly and slowly walked forward. Ania managed to break herself free from the embrace as she gasped in a deep breath of air before hearing Mitch laughing from behind and turned around to face him as he had a large grin on his face. "My, my now that was a most enjoyable sight indeed, say you two wouldn't mind giving me a hug like that as a welcoming home gift" he said as Matsumoto joined in laughing with him as well "It's good to see you Mitch as well the Captain is inside and will be glad to see you too". As Mitch pushed open the door to the Captain's quarters Matsumoto and Ania had a wander around the barracks as she was shown all the various rooms.

As the door swung open to the Captain's chambers Mitch saw a huge pile of papers on Hitsaguya's desk that were so high he couldn't even see the captain's head. Upon hearing the door swing open he groaned and growled from behind the papers "Look Matsumoto I'm busy here with the paper work YOU left me so find something else to entertain yourself". Mitch just slumped onto the couch and laughed as he opened a bottle of sake from Matsumoto's stash "Oh don't you worry Toshiro she certainly has found something else to entertain her".

Upon hearing Mitch's voice Toshiro threw the papers aside and stared at his face smiling but spoke in a serious tone "That's Captain Hitsaguya to you". As he finished speaking they both burst into laughter as he took a seat next to Mitch and they spoke about everything that they had been up to throughout the years they had not seen each other.

"Well this is the 9th squad barracks Tom" Hisagi said as they walked through the bustling barracks. People were running about everywhere going about their errands while others sat inside a hut drinking sake and playing card games during their break. Hisagi slid open the door which brought him into the Captain's Chambers as Tom walked in and took a seat on one of the fluffy pillows while Hisagi sat across the table from him.

"Alright let me formally welcome you to the 9th squad, it's our duty to absolve fights in the least violent way possible" he said as Tom brimmed at the concept of the squad's values. "Now I'm vice captain of this squad but basically I take on the role of Captain as our previous one betrayed Soul Society. Due to your potential I wish for you to become the 3rd seat which means you'll be taking on the duties of the vice captain by my side, can you handle all of that?" Hisagi asked as Tom nodded his head eagerly. "Wow 3rd seat I'm in a higher position than Mitch he'll be surprised I bet" Tom thought to himself as Hisagi briefed him some more on what exactly a vice captain does and his role as one.