Life was too cruel to her at most times. After a hard life of trying to live in Rukongai, and an even harder life during her training in the Shinigami academy. Haruka never felt comfortable with herself unless in the presence of her captain or best friend. Though that was slowly fading.

Haruka led a semi-quiet life in Seireitei. Being the 4th seat of the thirteenth division, she tended to look after the drunken Kotetsu Kiyone and Kotsubaki Sentaro most of the time (whenever they were off duty and drunk, of course). There was the occasional hollow here and there, and lots of paper work. Usually she had a double workload since Sentaro and Kiyone dumped half of their paper work onto her pile. She was too nice to them to refuse.

She preferred to stay out of sight and to keep to herself most times. Haruka didn't want the attention of the other Shinigami. Although, it was hard to keep staying out of sight, especially when her best friend was a loudmouth and the granddaughter of Yamamoto-sotaicho, himself.

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Yamamoto Naomi was an entirely different person than her trusted friend. Naomi was what you could say, outspoken. Being the only granddaughter of General Yamamoto himself she was raised up proper; but when she had met both Rukia and Haruka in the Shinigami Academy she let go of the upbringing of her heritage and became more like a 'commoner'.

Once Rukia was accepted into the Kuchiki clan, Naomi and Haruka graduated from the academy soon after. Because of her grandfather's influence she immediately became third seat in the first division. She extended her hand to Haruka and asked her to come to first division with her, but Haruka refused and went to the thirteenth division, saying that she liked Ukitake-taicho's gentle demeanor better.

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Please no flamers, just constructive criticism. BLEACH does not belong to me, it belongs to Tite Kubo. Naomi and Haruka are my characters.