Blue-cat-94: hello there readers of the bleach archives, I'm new to the area, but not to the anime community. And this is my first Yuri story, but it involves my favorite pairing. So I hope you like it. Yoruichi, would you do the disclaimers please?

Yoruichi: Blue kitty does not own Bleach or its characters.

Blue-cat-94: but I own the plot and my oc's. Enjoy.

It was a warm and relaxing day in the Seireitei in Soul Society; most of the squads were enjoying the seemingly rare feeling of relaxation. But it was a different story for the second squad. At the moment they were in the heat of training and Soifon, the both feared and respected captain of the squad was observing them like a hawk with steel, stoic grey eyes; on top of the second squad building that overlooked the training grounds. Surprisingly they were all doing well.

Though she didn't say it a lot, Soifon was always proud of her squad, they never hesitated when given an order and they always paid attention. She could never ask for better subordinates. Suddenly her peaceful thoughts were interrupted by the disgusting sound of crackers being chewed by an overweight cow.

"Then again" Soifon thought as she suddenly felt her anger surge through her,

"I could always beg for a new lieutenant" turning around she saw her fat lieutenant eating, more like slurping some crackers from the sleeve of his shinigami uniform.

"Why aren't you working on your paperwork Omaeda?" Soifon growled as her fist ached to punch him on his fat face, though she had a small fear that if she punched him, her hand would get sucked into his fat face and never come out. She shuddered slightly at the thought. Finishing his, who knows how many crackers, in his mouth he said

"I wanted to watch the troupes with you captain" Omaeda said before grabbing more crackers from his sleeve. Something in the back of her mind reminded her of today's schedule.

"Well unfortunately I have some unfinished paperwork back in the office, and then I have to run a few errands before I do my own training." Soifon said in her usual steely voice, just before Shunpoing away Soifon ordered Omaeda to watch the troupes for another two hours before giving them a break. Sighing, Omaeda continued to watch them train while he pulled out a bowl of beef teriyaki on a bed of rice.

As she entered her office, Soifon started grumbling about how that her lieutenant was put in her squad as punishment. The thing is Soifon didn't know what she did wrong. Or maybe it was karma's way of paying her back for something she did in the past that she didn't remember doing. But regardless she was stuck with him unless someone challenged him for his position, and everyday Soifon prayed for that day to come soon before she decided to kill him herself. But it seemed fate wanted her to wait for a long time.

Within a half an hour Soifon was deep in a working trance. If the ground were to suddenly shake and split the entire Soul Society were to divide into two large places with a huge black trench in between them; Soifon would probably be the last or never notice at all. This is why Soifon failed to notice a small black cat sitting on her desk; its golden eyes were focused on Soifon's working form. It had been studying her since it arrived, which was about twenty minutes ago. But growing bored at watching the captain do paperwork it decided to get her attention in the best way it knew how.

Then suddenly with a loud boom and light purple smoke filling the room, the cat disappeared and in its place sat a tall tan skinned woman, whose curves left everyone staring. Her hair was an exotic orchid purple color that was pulled up into a high loose ponytail. But her eyes were still golden yellow. But unfortunately her only cover was the quickly fading smoke.

"Hiya Little Bee!" the woman exclaimed with a wide smile, Soifon looked up and blushed deeply,

"Yoruichi-sama, please go get some clothes on!" Soifon shrieked as the smoke disappeared completely. But Yoruichi smirked,

"Aw, come on Little Bee, you know that none of your clothes fit me and please cool it with suffixes" then she slid off the desk and stretched her arms out. This made Soifon blush three shades darker, but eventually she sighed, Soifon knew that the older woman acted this way, and you would think by now she would be used to it. But the thing was, she was used to it, but the poor captain was never prepared for it, but she was this time.

"Well I bought you some clothes to put on, there in my closet in my quarters" Soifon said pointing to the door that leads to her room. Sighing Yoruichi changed back into a cat and padded to Soifon's room. Once she made it to the room, Yoruichi changed back to her human form and waltzed over to Soifon's closet. It wasn't a big closet like a walk in closet, but it was a decent sized one. Inside were many captain uniforms and Omnitsukaido uniforms. But at the very end of the closet was a slightly larger outfit, it seemed so alien to the rest of the articles of clothing in the closet, so Yoruichi pulled the clothes out and set them on Soifon's queen sized bed. The outfit seemed similar to her usual attire, but it was obviously different. There was an orange tank top, and a pair of black skinny jeans, along with the obvious undergarments.

About five minutes later, Yoruichi was back at the entrance of Soifon's office. When she slid the door open she noticed that Soifon was listening to a Hell butterfly give her a silent message. Yoruichi stared at Soifon's stoic face, but after a moment it went from stoic to a completely out of character surprise. Then when the Hell butterfly flew away, Yoruichi chose that moment to walk back into the room.

"Hey Soi what was the message about?" Yoruichi asked quickly gaining Soifon's attention. Her surprise quickly vanished as she answered.

"The commander was informing me of an important matter that he needed me to take care of tonight" Soifon said with a serious face.

"Really what's so important?" Yoruichi asked with curiosity.

"For the past few months something has been howling and its causing everyone to lose focus during the day; but every time the thing howls, it releases a heavy reiatsu. So the commander asked me to take care of it. Though to be honest, the howling has helped me sleep a bit better" Soifon shrugged. Yoruichi sighed mentally and thought,

"Is it a hollow" Yoruichi asked. But Soifon shook her head.

"No if it had been a hollow then it would attacked by now, or at least do something else than what it has been doing" Soifon explained in a business tone. Yoruichi started to think about what it could've possibly been. But nothing seemed to register. Then Soifon spoke again.

"Well before I do any hunting, I have to run a few errands, would you like to go with me Yoruichi-sama" Soifon asked. Yoruichi smiled,

"Of course little bee, and while we're out" but before Yoruichi could speak, her stomach growled. She blushed slightly,

"You think we could stop for some food, I'm kinda hungry" then her stomach growled again, wanting to be fed. Soifon stifled a laugh,

"Of course, let me inform my lieutenant, that I'll be leaving for a bit, then we can go" Soifon said before Shunpoing away, leaving Yoruichi to her own thoughts.

"Well I hope that I can get her open up to me again this time around" Yoruichi thought as she walked out the door and walked into the courtyard. She was surrounded by various plants and flowers that she could recognize, and remember. There was also a Japanese maple tree leaning over a small pond. It was a beautiful place in her opinion. It had been a few months since Yoruichi had come back to help Ichigo save Rukia from an unreasonable death.

But since her reunion with her dear protégé, Soifon was trying to keep her distance, but Yoruichi was trying to bridge their century wide gap. She had secretly loved Soifon, and tried to find out if Soifon loved or even liked her back. But so far all her attempts had failed. So maybe these errands and mission would help. But before she could think another thought, she heard a slight growling noise. But before she could pinpoint the direction of the noise, Soifon had returned.

"Ready to go?" Soifon asked. And Yoruichi nodded quickly forgetting the growling noise instantly. Then the two took off to the town.

"Oi Soifon, this is what you're looking for right?" Yoruichi said as she pulled out a strange looking fruit. Soifon turned from what she was currently looking at and saw what her former mentor had in her hand and sighed,

"No Yoruichi-sama that's a peach, I'm looking for nectarines" Soifon said turning back to the other fruit at the market stand. Yoruichi sighed in frustration,

"Whats the difference, they look the same to me" this made Soifon giggle quietly, as she turned around and picked up a peach and nectarine.

"Well, a peach" Soifon said raising her right hand,

"Are much bigger, sweeter, and a lot messier, that and they are covered in fuzz". Yoruichi nodded, looking at the two different fruits.

"And the nectarine is smaller and has a tartly taste, plus its yellow" Soifon said concluding her short lesson on the difference of fruit, before grabbing a few nectarines, and placing them in a basket along with other things she had picked up before, and walked away. Staring at the peaches one for time, Yoruichi followed Soifon while grumbling about how peaches and nectarines still looked the same.

After the going to the market Soifon and Yoruichi shunpoed back to the Seireitei and put the groceries away before leaving to go to the blacksmiths to go get a few of Soifon's kunai sharpened. Normally she would sharpen them herself but Soifon had been busy, which was normal for her. So, since she had a mission, why not get them sharpened now? When they both arrived at the black smith's shop, they were greeted by a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old.

She wasn't a tall girl like Yoruichi, but she wasn't short like Soifon, she was probably in between. She had light green eyes, and semi dark skin. She was nicely built; she had a lithe form and the perfect muscle tone. And her hair was an extremely dark brown that reached her shoulders, you would think it was black, but the sun made it look brown. And she was wearing working clothes that a man would usually wear. She smiled widely.

"Ah captain Soifon, it's always nice to see you, what can I do ya for?" she asked lifting up an insanely large box filled with assorted tools and metals. Yoruichi's eyes widened in shock, she had never seen a girl lift anything like that before. But Soifon was unfazed; she pulled out at least fifty different kunai from her Haori sleeves and put them on the counter in front of her.

"I need these sharpened" Soifon said sharply. And the girl nodded.

"My, aren't we demanding today," the girl said sarcastically. And Yoruichi just watched amazed. Usually if someone talked to Soifon liked that, then they'd be in the fourth division for at least a week. So why wasn't Soifon beating the life out of this child, or at least threatening her?

"Well Kora I have a mission tonight, and I need my weapons in good condition. So I figured I'd come see the best Black smith in town" Soifon said in a playful tone. And Kora snorted

"Now you're trying to be a suck up, alright fine, I'll be done in half an hour" Kora smiled taking the dangerous weapons in, on and in between her fingers and mouth and taking them into the workshop.

"How much do I owe you today" Soifon asked as Kora came back to the front. Kora grinned a toothy grin, and waved it off.

"Nah, it's on the house today" Kora said as she turned to go start her job, leaving Soifon confused. But before she was completely out of sight Kora looked over her shoulder and called

"Next time you and your girlfriend are in the area call me and we can hang out" then she winked and walked into the workshop. Soifon growled and shouted,

"She's not my girlfriend" and stormed off. But Yoruichi was grinning like a Cheshire cat, she liked Kora now. Suddenly her stomach growled louder than it had earlier that day.

"Soi, I'm hungry" Yoruichi whined. And Soifon stopped and turned to say something, but her stomach growled also. Yoruichi laughed loudly at the poor Chinese woman before her. But Soifon only smirked, making Yoruichi stop.

"What are you smirking for" she asked and Soifon shrugged,

"Well I know this great little shop that has great food, and since its, Tuesday I believe that they have a huge fish special. Yoruichi smiled at the thought of fish. And her excitement began to show instantly,

"That sounds amazing, let's go" she said almost beginning to bounce in place. But Soifon shook her head.

"Sorry but I'm not that hungry" Soifon stated. And Yoruichi's jaw dropped in shock.

"But I heard your stomach growl a second ago, how can you not be hungry" Yoruichi asked in both shock and bewilderment. Soifon smirked wickedly.

"I'll never tell" then she turned around and walked away from the hungry were cat, whose stomach was on the verge of eating itself. Then it dawned on her, Soifon had food. So quickly she charged at the petite captain and lunged at her, quickly knocking her down.

"You have food don't you" she said patting Soifon down. But she failed to notice that whatever food she had was now sliding down her throat.

"Not anymore" then she tried to get up but the cat was not budging.

"I will move once you feed me" she said. Trying to buck Yoruichi off was not going to work, and rolling in the dirt was not an option, so she sighed and caved in.

"Fine now get off, you're getting my Haori dirty" humming in victory Yoruichi got off the now blushing captain.

"But we have to get my Kunai first" Soifon said brushing past Yoruichi. She growled in frustration, and followed the captain, but she heard another growling noise coming from somewhere. She stopped. It wasn't her stomach, because it sounded threatening. Again she tried to pinpoint the location of the growling, but Soifon called to her and told her to hurry up. Looking around, she saw nothing but villagers walking and conversing with each other. Glaring, she quickly caught up with Soifon and they made their way back to Kora's.

"There you go captain, all fifty Kunai sharpened and ready for battle" Kora stated proudly as she handed Soifon her weapons. And Soifon placed them in various places hidden in her uniform, as Kora spoke. When she was done the captain thanked her and waved goodbye.

"Now can we go eat" Yoruichi asked pleadingly, and Soifon nodded,

"I suppose you've been good enough today, let's go" Yoruichi heard the choir angels sing and she eagerly quickened her pace. When they arrived at the shop, Yoruichi ordered the fish special and Soifon ordered a bed of rice and steamed vegetables. Yoruichi wolfed down her food, which made half the customers stare, but Soifon simply ignored them. She was used to having people stare at the person she once considered a goddess. She calmly ate her food, and contemplated on why she had decided to bring her in the first place.

"Maybe you still have feelings for her" Suzumebachi, her amazing, yet dangerous sword, said inside her head. But Soifon shook her head.

"No, I'm pretty sure all my feelings for her vanished, even if Yoruichi explained everything. I know she's been trying to bridge our gap, but I don't want too" Soifon growled. And Suzumebachi sighed, she understood, her masters pain. So she left the conversation at that.

After lunch, the two women headed back to the Seireitei and prepared for the evening. Yoruichi decided to watch Soifon train, since she wasn't up for it herself. By the time Soifon decided to call it quits, it was sunset. Yoruichi knew Soifon could probably train until the middle of the next day, but she had to conserve her strength for the battle. Soifon rolled her shoulder and heard it crick a little bit as she entered her quarters to take a long relaxing bath before the battle. But Yoruichi decided to go play a little bit. She made her way to the fourth division where the "mother" of the thirteen court guard squad resided. And wouldn't you know she was sitting in front of her office watching the sun set, with a small cup of tea. Her eyes were closed as usual, and the atmosphere was calm and serene, much like the captain herself. Not wanting to be rude and approach without being noticed Yoruichi opened her mouth to talk. But the captain spoke first.

"Hello Ms. Shihouin, its lovely to see you again" and Yoruichi bowed respectively in return.

"Hello Unohana, you look well" then she approached and sat down close to her. They both sat and watched the sunset for awhile and talked about things, like how their day had gone, or completely random things that weren't important. Overall her visit to Unohana's was pleasant and fulfilling. And after a thank you and a quick hug, given by Yoruichi, she left the fourth division and went to her next favorite captain. Who just so happened to run the sixth division, and the way he looked when Yoruichi entered the captain's office, he didn't exactly think of her as his favorite person.

"Hey Byakuya-bo how are ya" Yoruichi asked with a big grin. Byakuya's face did not falter from its usual stoic look, that Soifon also had. But he sighed and set his pen down. He had been busy, but he knew that if he didn't pay attention to the cat woman, she would never go away.

"What is it that you want, Ms. Shihouin, I am rather busy and you're bothering me" he said in a calm yet irritated voice. This made Yoruichi smile even wider,

"Aw it's always nice you care, and I'm only here until Soi's done with her bath and dressed for tonight's mission" Yoruichi said stretching and leaning against the wall. Byakuya gave a quiet hmm and picked his pen back up and continued to do his paperwork, as Yoruichi began to talk about absolutely nothing. For about ten minutes, Byakuya considered sending the captain of squad two a Hell butterfly and telling her to come pick up her cat. But it wasn't nessacary thankfully, Soifon's reiatsu spiked, and Yoruichi knew Soifon was ready to go. So Yoruichi left and shunpoed back to the second squad. And Byakuya let out a sigh of relief.

"Hey Soifon, ready to go" she asked as she entered Soi's office. There she saw Soifon dressed in her omnitsukaido uniform, and she was wearing her usual stoic expression. She cracked her knuckles and grinned smugly

"Let's go" then they both took off into the now settling evening. From what she had been told, the strange howling was coming from the middle of the forest just outside the Seireitei. So they carefully made their way into the area. Once they stopped, the moon was beginning to rise. And since it was a full moon, it was easier to see. They had stopped in a clearing that had trees thickly surrounding them. But one tree that leaned over a small river stood out. And the moon light gave the river a soft glow. In all the pace was beautiful, and it gave Soifon a strange sense of peace, though she never put her guard down. But Yoruichi was tense, she knew something was out there watching and waiting for the right moment to strike.

"I have an idea" Yoruichi said. And Soifon looked at her acknowledging her to continue. Yoruichi thought for a moment before she continued. Then she spoke again,

"Ok how about you go in that tree over there and ill stand out here and start howling and see if it comes out. And if or when it does, you take it out" Yoruichi proposed proudly. Soifon blinked thoughtfully, it could work, or it could go horribly wrong. But since they were both highly skilled, Soifon decided to take the optimum and hide in the tree, and then she masked her reiatsu. Yoruichi did also. After she was sure they were both masked, Yoruichi took a deep breath and let out the most pitiful howl Soifon had ever heard. It was scratchy and sounded like a dying animal, after she finished she coughed and hacked. Soifon almost fell out of the tree, she was laughing so hard. Yoruichi blushed hotly and she kept her back turned to the laughing tree.

"Shut up, I doubt you could do better" she called back. After a few minutes, Soifon calmed down and walked up beside her former master and said

"Actually I think I can, get up in the tree and let a master show you how it's done" Soifon said pointing to the tree. Rolling her eyes Yoruichi shunpoed to the tree and masked her reiatsu again, and so did Soifon. After clearing her throat and taking a few deep breathes, Soifon let out a quiet howl. But after a second, it grew to be a beautiful sound. Yoruichi's eyes widened, she never knew Soifon could do that. It was amazing. Soifon continued her howling for a good five minutes before she stopped.

"Wow, she sounded like one of those animals, um, what are those called. . . . Uh" then she became lost in her thoughts. For almost ten minutes they waited. Soifon was about to try and howl again, but suddenly a very dangerous and heavy reiatsu presented itself, along with a loud and deep howl. Strangely, to Soifon it seemed familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. Soifon howled again, and so did the strange being, but this time it sounded a lot closer. Yoruichi prepared herself, and Soifon drew out Suzumebachi. After five minutes, the howling sounded one more time, and the reiatsu was heavy enough to make Soifon fall to her knees. And Yoruichi quickly rushed out of the tree and helped her back up. Suddenly a large black blur flashed passed in between them and made its way to the other side of the clearing and into the woods again. But it left them separated and a thin cut on Yoruichi's cheek.

"Wow that thing is fast" Yoruichi said wiping the blood off her face. Quickly they stood back to back and waited for the thing to attack again. They scanned all around themselves almost five times. At first it seemed that the enemy had ran off. But thankfully that wasn't the case. The howled again and went Yoruichi again, but this time it left a bite mark. And for almost an hour the figure continued to hit Yoruichi and disappear into the safety of the woods before striking again.

"Show yourself and fight you coward" Soifon yelled. Yoruichi was covered in scratches, and a bite mark or two; but nothing more. When there wasn't an answer the first time, Soifon called again

"What kind of thing makes cheap shots like that" Soifon taunted.

But the only response was a loud laughter, which startled both of them. Then the white blur went at them again, but this time it stopped in front of them, and Soifon gasped and her eyes went wide. The being in front of her was a large black wolf. It was about the size of a quarter horse with massive paws with claws to match. The body was as dark as the sky, and it had blue socks on its front to paws and its back right paw that traveled and stopped half way up. And it was the same for its long bushy tail also. And its eyes were a darker shade of blue and they were currently looking at Soifon with a look of amusement.

"Aw, you don't remember me China Bee, I'm hurt" a somewhat feminine, yet deep voice said. And if it were possible, Soifon's eyes widened even more, and she took a step toward the massive wolf. Yoruichi put a hand on her shoulder, but Soifon gently shook it off. She knew only one person, who had called her China Bee, but she left after ninety eight years of meeting Soifon, but she had promised to return when she could.

"Akara, is that you" Soifon asked as she started to shake as she took another step closer. Akara smiled and said

"I'm back"

And Soifon let out a slight laugh and said,

"Welcome back"

Blue-cat-94: so what did you think? Like or hate? Feedback is always good, but no flames please. Leave a review and I'll see you next chapter! ;D