A/N Thanks for reading.

Whoo, new chapter.

I'm so sorry this took so long to finish. QAQ This is kind of a boring chapter, but it was what my head came up with. OwO I'm mostly looking forward to after they finish the mission.

Disclaimer – I do not own Bleach.

Warning – Swearing.

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It took him a while to find Komamura's office, and it had hurt his pride to ask someone where the hell it was. He hated this city, the fact that he couldn't find shit. It was worse than the Rukongai. At least in the Rukon districts he just wandered aimlessly with no destination in mind, but here he had to make fuckin' guesses!

Growling under his breath he slid the door open, causing some people behind the door(that were about to exit) to scream in surprise. They backed away quickly when he continued on as if they weren't there. And again, he had to ask where the hell the damn office was. The idiot he asked was so overcome and scared that he had passed out after he gave the instructions.

So when he found the office he slid it open without waiting for permission and didn't react when he received a surprised stare from Komamura, which was soon followed by a disapproving one. Wolf-face can get all uppity he wants, he's just here to ask a question.

"Zaraki." At least Komamura tried greeting him, not that he cared.

"I need your woman." Kenpachi said, closing the door behind him and gazing at his fellow Taicho with a scowl.

Komamura went silent, processing his words and sputtering in confusion.

He had done what he told Shuya, he had made tea for her and spoke to her(with her being silent and gazing at him with a shy smile) and sent her on her way as soon as she calmed down and said she was fine. Not without patting her head first, but he assumed that she went and had started her duties of cleaning.

He stood up, holding up his hands and stared wide-eyed at his fellow Taicho. "Y-You must be mistaken, Zaraki! Shu-Shuya-san and I have a strictly professional relationship!" He almost yelped when he got the last word out, completely flustered at the thought of any kind of romantic relation. He went rigid and stood straight and sent Zaraki a pointed stare. "And she is not interested in such things!"

Kenpachi rolled his eyes. "I don't wanna have sex with her," Like he'd be interested in a high and mighty little bitch. "I need her for the mission." He crossed his arms and sent Komamura a scowl, watching in silence when he blinked.

"Why? Do you not have your navigator?" Komamura sent him a suspicious glare, clenching his hands into fists by his sides. Looking like the powerful Taicho everyone saw him as.

"He's outta commission," Kenpachi chose not to mention that he was the one that put him out of commission. "And Yachiru's sick, so she can't come with me." He soon gained a toothy grin. "So, I figured that since ya don't use her then ya can lend her to me."

"Use her?" Komamura asked lowly, narrowing his eyes and walking around his desk. Kenpachi rolled his eyes. Ah, shit. He pissed him off. "She offers help on missions, I don't use any of my subordinates as training dummies like you do."

"What I do with my 'subordinates' is my own business," Kenpachi scowled and started glaring, hand unconsciously going to the handle of his sword. "Either I can take her with me so she can show me where the hell ta go or—"

"Or what?" Komamura towered over Kenpachi, both powerful shinigami glaring at each other.

The atmosphere was tense. Neither backing down from their staring contest. Komamura was furious that Zaraki was arrogant enough to think he would lend him the services of one of his subordinates while Kenpachi was pissed from all the frustration of not having a decent fight in months. It took about three minutes before they both calmed down enough for Kenpachi to turn and leave the office with a snarl. Komamura let him go and shook his head lightly.

Even if he did grant Zaraki's wishes he doubted Shuya would even go with him.

He reached up and rubbed his face, letting out a bigger sigh and turning to finish the paperwork. Until more came in, that is.

Down the hallway, Kenpachi was snarling and was practically shoving people aside with his reiatsu. People cowered when they saw him and kept their heads down as if they thought he would attack them if they so much as made eye contact. He snorted. Yeah, right. They'd be too weak to go against him.

He needed a fight.

A long fight, against anything. Preferably with a fellow Taicho. Preferably with Kuchiki-hime.

Yeah, that'd be nice.

A fight or having fun in the sack.

When he rounded the corner, deciding to try and find his own way out of the division instead of asking for help, he paused when he saw the little 'navigator' sweeping the halls with a slightly vacant expression. Deep in her thoughts. He scowled and marched on, about to walk past, when she turned and went rigid when she saw him. He saw her surprised expression and then lowered her head, as the other weaklings did. He sneered when he walked by, watching as she slowly relaxed and started sweeping.

But the thought of being able to fight... For fuck, it was so close! He only needed a navigator. And one was right behind him! Growling lowly, he slowed to a stop and started glaring ahead with an expression scary enough to make everyone in the hall 'eep' and move to the walls.

Fuck it.

He turned and marched towards the woman, seeing her lift her head and turn around. Brown irises stared back at him before she widened her eyes and grimaced when he approached her. She was small, compared to him. A whole foot shorter. She stared up at him in shock, a nervous grin starting to cross her face.

"I-Is there something you need... Zaraki Taicho?" She asked with politeness everyone needed when addressing a high-seated officer.

"I need ya," Wait, fuck. He needed to clarify. He saw her face go blank before she reared back and stared at him with wide eyes. "For a mission." He didn't need her, he'd rather have Yachiru. But her health came first before fun. Now the woman was staring at him in confusion, waiting for him to go on. "To the Rukongai."

Tamura stared at him for a moment, brow furrowed as the fearsome Taicho of the eleventh stared down at her in distaste. "Oh, uh... I-I need Komamura Taicho to give me orders, but... okay...?" She gave a small frown. She'd rather not go. Inwardly, she wondered why her Taicho would even let her go on a mission with Zaraki Taicho. Didn't they hate each other? Or... just didn't like each others' company to the point their couldn't even stay in the same room for long. "When...?"

Kenpachi resisted the urge to smirk. He should've gone to her first. Sure, she'll need to go to Komamura to confirm that she had a mission, but that was a problem to deal with in the future. "Tomorrow," He gained a wide grin, one that didn't seem to faze her. All she did was widen her eyes and mouth 'tomorrow?' while he continued to bask in his small victory. "At dawn."

Tamura's eyes grew bigger. "Dawn?!" She whined, loudly. But she didn't care. Why dawn? Why couldn't they leave in the afternoon?! Scowling, she glared at the wall and gave a curt nod. "All right... Zaraki Taicho..." He didn't miss the look of distaste she sent his way. Huh, well fuck her, then. "I'll... go talk to Komamura Taicho about the mission and meet you at..."

When she stared at him in silence he realized she was waiting for him to say which gate. "South district." She was still giving him an odd stare, and he didn't bother giving her any other expression than the one he had on. Which would have told anyone he saw to fuck off. "An' I already told 'im so ya just need ta show up."

Tamura frowned in confusion and hesitated before she slowly nodded. "Uh... yes, sir."

He waited until she nodded before he turned and walked down the hallway with a grin.

Fuck yeah.

That was... weird.

Tamura frowned, watching as the terrifying man grew farther away... and went in the wrong direction. If he wanted to leave, he had to go the opposite hallway he went down. She scratched her head, seeing some people turn to stare at her sympathetically. And since she didn't really know any of them none bothered to approach her.

Why would she be paired with him? Didn't he have someone else to lead him?

Eyebrows still furrowed she went back to work and tried putting it out of her mind. All right, then. She made a mental list of things to bring while she did her duties. Can't forget a blanket.

Ikkaku didn't even jump when the Taicho slammed the door open. He lifted his head from his magazine and gazed at the tall man with a bored expression, mildly noting the satisfied grin on his face. Either he had a good lay or he had a good fight. He was betting on the former, since he didn't feel any fluctuating reiatsu from his Taicho.

"What's up?" Ikkaku grunted out while he shifted to get into a more comfortable position.

"I'm goin' on the mission," Kenpachi sauntered into his office and wandered over to the other occupied couch. He looked over the side to see Yachiru curled up with her thumb in her mouth. "She wake up at all since I left?"

"Nah, she only rolled over," Ikkaku looked over at the doting father and smirked. "What do ya mean yer goin'? Did ya find someone to lead you there?" He quirked a brow and was glad that the Taicho was so laid back. Any other Taicho and they'd be all high and mighty and demand respect.

"Yeah, a tiny thing," Kenpachi shrugged and huffed lightly. "The woman that snapped at me in the mess hall."

Ikkaku raised his eyebrows and hummed lightly. "That girl? Ya sure that's safe? She might claw at ya this time." He gave a wide smirk and snickered.

Kenpachi gave him an unimpressed stare before he looked at his desk and sighed irritably. Fuck. He stared at the paperwork in dismay before he trudged over to his desk with a scowl. Oh, he can do paperwork. He just chooses not to. The thought of signing and reading over papers all afternoon didn't appeal to him. Fun was more important than work, a rule that his subordinates appreciated. It was better that his troops were relaxed and kept themselves in shape with daily training exercises. Which they liked.

What they disliked was when he joined in on the training sessions.

Kenpachi smirked for a moment before he sat down and grabbed the first form. He only looked up briefly when Yumichika arrived and went back to work. Yumichika and Ikkaku cracked a joke, again, whenever they saw him working(bastards) but they were quiet. He'd rather them be quiet so they didn't wake up Yachiru. Come to think of it, he'd need to come up with some plans before he left her here.

When to feed her and whatnot, how much candy she can have(because if he told her she can't have anything then she'd find some way to get candy) and when to go to bed.

She might throw a fit to find out he was leaving her here, but if he wanted to relax and concentrate on getting stronger, he just needed to go all out on something. Hell, he wouldn't even care if it's a low-levelled hollow. Anything's better than just wandering around and growling. Besides, she was sick.

She knew she couldn't go out if she was sick.

The afternoon was spent in silence, surprisingly, with Yumichika and Ikkaku murmuring quietly with each other as to not wake Yachiru and Kenpachi staring frustratingly at the piles of paperwork.

If only she had stayed asleep until he left.

He knew he wasn't going to leave until he explained the situation to her, but... When she woke up he looked up and smirked when he saw her looking around the office blearily. When Yachiru looked at him she gave him a tired smile and instantly coughed. Well, that was a sign that he was done for the day. He glanced at the paperwork and frowned in distaste, grabbing the papers and straightening them up. Since he knew Yumichika would work on them as soon as he left.

The bastard didn't know how to have fun.

He stood up, and gave a small groan when he heard a crack, and stretched for a moment before he walked on over to his fukutaicho. Yachiru stared at him as he drew close and held her arms out. Another smirk crossed his face before he bent down and picked her up and put her in the crook of his arm.

"All right, 'm goin' home," Kenpachi grunted and stared down at his third and fifth seat. They stared at him and nodded with bored looks on their faces. "I'll be back tomorrow an' drop her off."

Yachiru blinked and stared up at him. "Are you going somewhere, Ken-chan?"

They each winced and stared at the fukutaicho uncomfortably. Shit. Yumichika and Ikkaku gave him sympathetic stares as he walked towards the door and tried to hold off on the conversation. But Yachiru could sense when someone was holding information from her. It made it a bitch when he was raising her. He ignored her for the most part, but couldn't really do anything when she started tugging on his clothes and whined up at him. When they finally arrived he opened the door and shut it behind himself with his foot and then walked right up to the room.

Yachiru continued to snap at him and asked where he was going when he set her on her futon and told her to stay put. When he left and came back he scowled when he saw her walk down the hallway with tired eyes.

"Little brat," He grumbled, picking up his tiny fukutaicho and walking right back to her room. He was almost tempted to call off the mission with how weak she was. But Yachiru overcame shit worse than colds. "Hold still." He set her back down and wiped her face and hands with the cloth.

"Where are you going, Ken-chan?" Yachiru gave him a glare and let him continue to clean her.

Ah, fuck. "...I'm goin' on a mission tomorrow," He readied himself when he saw Yachiru brighten up. "By myself."

And right there.

Yachiru tensed up and sent him a look of betrayal. She had a talent of making him feel like shit. She snatched her hands away and stared at him angrily, pushing him away when she stood up and he tried making her sit back down. Kenpachi scowled and rolled his eyes. Oh, boy.

"Why?! I'm good to go, too!" Yachiru stomped her foot and almost fell, and just got even more ruffled when he helped her and made sure she didn't fall. "I wanna go, too! Let me go, Ken-chan!" She yelled right in his face.

Kenpachi moved back and gave a deep sigh. "I can't. Even if I wanted to take ya, the Taicho of the fourth would make sure ya stayed, with ya bein' sick an' all," And she would. There had been a time when Yachiru got sick, again, and he brought her outside and to a meeting. She almost chewed his head off when she saw Yachiru. Sometimes he wished he didn't respect her. "Ya would only get worse if I took ya out there."

"No, I wouldn't!" Yachiru yelled, stomping her foot repeatedly. If she wasn't careful she was going to make a hole in the floor. "How are you going to find your way?! Ken-chan's just going to get lost!"

Ah, fuck.

He couldn't maintain eye-contact so he looked away and frowned. "...'m bringin' someone with me."

Yachiru gave a loud, scandalized gasp. "Ken-chan!" She yelled it like she had caught him doing something horrible. And this is why he didn't want to tell her, but crap, he couldn't lie to her. "I... I hate you!"

Kenpachi gave a sigh when she stared at him with teary eyes and laid down and pulled the blanket over her head. Fuck. He moved so that he was sitting and just... sat there. Waiting for her to finish this little tantrum. If he said that out loud, no doubt she would punch him. He didn't know how long he waited, but he mentally went over what he needed to take while he waited for Yachiru to talk to him.

"Who?" He turned his head to see Yachiru peeking at him from under the blanket.

"Hm?"

Yachiru narrowed her eyes. "Who are you going with?"

"Just some lil' woman," He waved his hand dismissively. "Just picked her up from the seventh. Don't know her name." Crap, he was going to need her name if he was going on the mission, wasn't he?

"...Just once?"

Kenpachi blinked. "Yeah, just this once." He didn't really look forward to another mission with the girl. No, thanks.

Yachiru continued to stare at him before she lifted the blanket. Kenpachi smirked. It seemed like he was forgiven, for now. But he took her offering and crawled under the blanket with her. She snuggled up to him and huffed. The smirk didn't leave his face, and he got hit for it.

"I'll be back before ya know it, Yachiru," He murmured, rubbing his fukutaicho's back soothingly while she pouted drowsily. "I won't go on another mission without ya."

"Good." Yachiru's eyes were closed.

He waited for a while, probably fifteen minutes before he sat up and covered Yachiru. Well, while she was sleeping he'd better get ready. Kenpachi ruffled Yachiru's hair before he stood up and silently walked out of the room.

"A mission?" Kaede asked, glancing at her friend with a curious frown.

"Yeah," Tamura paused and glanced at her friend to see her trying to open her treat with a frown. Should she tell her who she was going with? She stayed silent before deciding, what the hell, go for it. "It's with Zaraki Taicho."

Kaede ripped the wrapper and sent the treat to the ground, wide eyes trained onto her friend and jaw open. Tamura stared at the food on the ground. That was a waste. She was about to comment on that when Kaede grabbed her shoulders and stared at her in horror. Tamura stared back with wide eyes.

"Zaraki Taicho?! You're going with him?!" Kaede reached up as if to cover her mouth and gawked at her friend. "Why him?!"

Tamura shrugged. "I dunno," She inwardly grinned at the annoyed look Kaede gave her. "I've just bee given orders to go the south gate in the morning."

"But why on such short notice?" Kaede crossed her arms and frowned suspiciously. "And he just... told you to go there?"

Tamura nodded. "Yup."

She didn't know why Kaede looked so suspicious, it was an order so she was going to follow it. She turned and walked away, hearing Kaede scramble to clean up her food and run after her. She needed to buy food for the trip. Zaraki Taicho hadn't said how long it would take, but hopefully no more than a week. It actually depended on where they were going.

Kaede trailed after her and asked what kind of food she planned on buying. She didn't really know, she hadn't been on a mission that lasted more than a week. And when she had been in the Rukongai she ate whatever she found. She assumed that's what was going to happen when they left. She looked at the food and bought anything that wouldn't spoil too quickly and didn't buy much else. Though she did buy some candy.

A grin was on her face when she bought it, and scowled when she saw Kaede smirking at her. What? She can have candy. She still had money to last the rest of the month.

"Are you sure you want to go with Zaraki Taicho?" Kaede pulled a face as she said his name and shuddered.

"I don't want to, but it's an order," Tamura shrugged and faced forward with a bored look on upon her face. "And the faster we get it done the faster we can get back and I'll never talk to him again." She turned and gave a thumbs up with a grin.

Kaede stared at the thumb flatly and opened her mouth. "Uh... yeah... B-But what if he... I dunno, takes advantage of you or something?" She stared at her worriedly and furrowed her brows.

Tamura jerked and gave her a surprised stare. "Zaraki Taicho is intimidating, but he wouldn't do that!" And she firmly believed it. Someone like him didn't seem like one of those people. "What's wrong with you?" She crossed her arms and gave her friend a glare, tapping her foot, as well.

"I'm sorry, but when you find out your tiny friend—" Tamura's glare grew darker. "—is going to go on a mission all alone with a big guy you tend to worry!" Kaede reached up and rubbed her face. "Just promise me something, all right? And I won't say things like that about Zaraki Taicho."

Tamura narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "What?"

"If he offers to give you a 'fun time' don't accept it."

Tamura gave her a flat stare and turned around to walk away. Kaede sniggered behind her when she saw her reaction and ran to catch up with her. They still needed to buy more supplies for her, after all. Tamura scowled when Kaede wrapped an arm around her shoulders and grinned down at her, huffing and elbowing her side sharply.

A yelp rang around the area.

When she woke up... well, to be honest, she let out a curse and kicked her blanket away irritably. First thing in the morning... Pssh, why the hell did they have to wake up first thing in the morning? A scowl crossed Tamura's face before she gave a great, big yawn and was tempted to roll over and go back to sleep. But this was an order. So... She pulled herself up, glanced briefly at her pack to see if she had packed it and not imagined it, and got dressed slowly. She did it absentmindedly, still half-asleep and looking outside to see the sun getting ready to say hello.

She flipped it off.

Tamura fixed her clothes, made sure they were on properly, and grabbed her pack and tied it on. Opening the door she let out another yawn and almost walked into the door. Grumbling to herself, she gave the door and glare and wandered down the hallway.

Some people woke up earlier than others, and she waved at them when they walked by silently since everyone was still sleeping. Like she should be.

But noooo.

A scowl crossed her face when she walked towards the Taicho's office and walked in. No one was there. Most likely sleeping. Tamura walked towards the desk and placed a letter on it, telling Komamura Taicho that she would sign any paperwork when she would come back. And who knew when that would be. It didn't take long to reach outside, a moment or two, and she scowled. She looked at the dark sky with lidded eyes and took a deep breath. She shivered when the cold air touched her skin and was reminded how early it was. Wrapping her arms around herself, Tamura kept grumbling when she was down the steps and towards the gate of the seventh division.

"Stupid... tall man..." Tamura walked down the street and towards the south gates.

And wow, look at that. No one was out.

She huffed and jumped a little to get her blood pumping and hoping to warm up. The last time she woke up so early was because someone had burned something and almost started a fire.

Tamura felt like a bitter, old lady. She rubbed her arms and glared ahead as she wandered through the streets and reached the gate.

And no one was there.

Slowly she tapped her fingers against her upper arm and started to shake in anger. Calm down. She took a deep breath and stared glaring ahead angrily. It didn't take long until she was tapping her foot and keeping her fists by her sides. She couldn't punch worth anything, and if she did she might hurt herself. She, truthfully, had a short temper, but it would be rude to snap at anyone so she often tried calming herself down.

She paused and gave the guardian a shy smile when she noticed he was staring in her direction. All he did was give a nod. Tamura smiled before she glared ahead and turned her head when she saw movement.

Finally.

Kenpachi walked towards the gate and inwardly sighed out of relief. Finally. He had dropped off Yachiru with Ikkaku and Yumichika, and hopefully she doesn't throw a tantrum when she wakes up and realizes that he's gone. But that was just wishful thinking. Of course she was going to throw a tantrum. But here's hoping that the tantrum will tire her out and she'll go right back to bed.

He glanced at the navigator, seeing her turn and stare at him with annoyance. Ignoring her he grunted at her to hurry up when he walked past. He missed the glare she sent him before she did as he ordered and followed.

Everyone in the nearby village was asleep when they walked through, thankfully. He'd rather not have some idiots gawking at him. Everyone that lived in the Rukongai either hated shinigami, were awed by them, or were indifferent. And unfortunately everyone knew what a Taicho looked like, thanks to the haori. Plus a Taicho just gave off this aura that they were powerful.

"Where do we go?" Kenpachi stopped and turned back to stare at the woman.

Tamura frowned and gave him a stare, one that he didn't care for. "...Where are we going?"

Shit. Where was it again...? "Seventy-ninth."

Her eyes popped wide open and she gawked at him, which made him huff in slight amusement. She pulled out a map and stared at it with wide eyes and muttered to herself, ticking off her fingers and the horror in her eyes grew. It'd take a couple weeks, maybe two weeks and a half, tops. He didn't know why she was panicking.

"B-But that would take about two weeks at most! That would mean I would be stuck with..." Tamura's eyes trailed towards the Taicho and winced when she saw him give her an annoyed glare. "Uh... Let's... go." She chuckled nervously and pointed in the direction they were going.

Kenpachi scowled as he walked by, ignoring her murmuring and deciding to just ignore her in general. It was silent when they went through the first and second district, and he was fine with it. The woman behind him, however, made a surprised noise and started muttering irritably. He heaved a big sigh and turned around to see her brushing some leaves off of her shihakusho. He furrowed his brows in confusion at the leaves. How the hell...? She looked up and paused when she saw his stare, flushing in embarrassment and wordlessly pointing towards the brush she had fell into.

Rolling his eyes, he huffed and went back to marching towards his destination. As long as they walked in this direction they should make it there. He frowned when the sun shined from the east, hitting his face directly. Thankfully his patch was blocking the sun, but that meant that it was about to get hot. And he sweat enough as it was.

Tamura stared at the Taicho's back, pursing her lips and looking to the sides. She's never been this close. Well, she has, but it was always... well, she usually ran away. It wasn't his face, don't get her wrong. She can recognize beauty and handsomeness, and Zaraki Taicho had this rugged handsomeness going on. It was just his... presence that unnerved her. Made her want to run or hit the thing scaring her. And she can't hit a Taicho, she might get thrown in jail.

She looked around their surroundings, a smile crossing her face when she stared at the trees, the grass, and even the bugs flying around. Though she almost yelped with a dragon fly flew too close for her liking. She missed this. Living in the Rukongai was... it was shit, to be honest, with trying to survive off of dirty water and rotten food, but she missed the wilderness. She slipped and stumbled, turning to glare at the rock that had been in her way. When she looked ahead she huffed when she saw that Zaraki Taicho drew farther away, so she started jogging after him. It was impolite to walk beside a Taicho, so she stayed right behind him... a meter back. She didn't want to be too close to him. He might snap at her, or something worse. Like... punch her.

Tamura winced and lowered her head. She had heard about his fight with Komamura Taicho, how he had kicked him and sent him flying into a wall. She didn't want to know what a punch would do. Except if it was against someone else, then hell yeah! A grin crossed her face. Hopefully they came across some bandits, or even a hollow, then she could see a Taicho in action.

They were quiet for most of the morning while they crossed districts to head for their destination. And she had to admit, they were making great progress. They crossed six districts in just the morning. A smile crossed her face. They should be back soon.

She froze and widened her eyes when she felt something staring at her and turned her head.

She gawked.

Komamura slammed his fist on his desk and glared angrily at the letter.

Damn that man! He read the letter again, it was formal, and growled when he saw that Shuya had signed it and said she was sorry that she didn't have time to sign the paperwork. And it had a tiny heart at the bottom. He stared at it for a moment and huffed in amusement before anger overtook him again.

Zaraki! He tricked her! Komamura snarled and walked towards the door with the letter in hand. Shuya had wrote that they left early in the morning, and they probably left early so that Zaraki didn't have to deal with him. They were most likely too far to go after them. His subordinates bowed towards them as he marched past and walked outside to head for the first division.

If he knew Yamamoto Sensei then he would tell him to deal with it, after they came back. And he was going to deal with it.

If Shuya came back with one scratch on her, he was going to punch that infuriating man!

Tamura yelped and fell back, staring at the hollow with wide eyes. It was huge! It looked towards her, yellow, glowing eyes that made her grin nervously. She stood up and ran towards the tree, using shunpo to jump away when its large claw swiped at her.

She hit the ground and grunted, cursing quietly to herself and pausing when she heard a terrifying laugh. Pushing herself up, she turned in time to see Zaraki Taicho grab one of its legs and pull it away from her. She sighed in relief and just watched as... he just played with it.

That's the only way she could describe it.

He had this big grin on his face as he avoided the swipes from the hollow, easily dodging its measly attacks as it roared and snarled at him. When it tried going for his face he only swung his sword once. All was silent before it split apart and started to disappear.

Tamura widened her eyes and gawked.

"Wow!" She whispered excitedly with a grin.

She was never on the front lines. And why should she? She wanted to live, after all. But since she was never in front of the battle she rarely saw a Taicho fight. And if she was seeing this right then Zaraki Taicho was had barely used his strength. The grin stayed on her face even when she stood up and brushed the dirt off of her. Tamura almost wanted to see him go all out. Except if he did that then she, along with anyone else in a fifty mile radius, would be knocked out.

Kenpachi swung his sword to get the blood off his weapon and smirked to himself. That was a small workout. Serves it right for assuming it could beat him. Now if they could only find a stronger one. He turned around and paused when he saw the navigator running towards him with a grin. He did the gentlemanly thing and waited for her, and snorted to himself. Yeah, sure, gentlemanly. It was mostly because she knew where to go.

When she reached him all she did was look around, stare at the sun for a second, and pointed which way to go.

Then they were on their way again, before that hollow suddenly sprang out of the trees and ran towards him. He probably wouldn't have spotted it, its reiatsu barely registered, before the woman gave a loud yelp and tried pulling out her zanpakuto. All he did was shove her in a direction, away from the hollow(this was his fight), and told her to go hide somewhere. She had glared at him indignantly before she did as he ordered and got farther away. He was about to fight it, but he guessed the hollow was being a little shit and decided to go after the weaker of the two.

It had been fun, though.

They were silent and he looked at the sun to guess it was about mid-day, so they still had a while to travel until they should stop for the night.

It was awkward, he wouldn't doubt that.

If he was with Yachiru, there'd be endless chatter and she would point in whatever direction she wanted him to go in. With this woman it was... quiet. Probably because she was scared, he wouldn't be surprised, but the quiet was different. He didn't have to deal with the quiet since before he found Yachiru. When he took care of her she would babble and laugh at anything he practically did.

Fuck.

A scowl crossed his face as he stared ahead.

He missed Yachiru.

So when the woman gave another loud yelp, he whipped around and looked up to see two, large hollows staring down at them. He blinked. Huh. How the fuck did they miss that? She stumbled back and hit his chest and hastily gave him a salute and ran away while yelling, "Good luck, sir!" and didn't look back. He stared after her flatly before he looked at the hollows and grinned. Well, he was already having fun on this mission. It would just be better with Yachiru.

And while he was fighting Tamura stared from behind a tree with a wide, awed grin.

Oh, she can admit that Zaraki Taicho was one scary fucker, and she smirked to herself, but when he was fighting he was awesome! The grin grew wider when he dispatched one of the hollows easily without much effort. Hah.

Taichos were awesome.

And that's it for this chapter. OwO Kenpachi showing up in the latest chapter gave me inspiration. :D

March 17, 2016