Shunsui Dreams

"mmmm….Nanao…" a dreaming Shunsui was murmuring on the couch in the 8th division. He had a smile on his face and his arms wrapped around himself.

Nanao had been working all day on paperwork. She was just finishing that last piece when she heard the quiet mumblings of her taicho.

"mmm… Nanao… I love you too…."

An increasingly large blush began creeping up Nanao's cheek. She adjusted her glasses and tried to stay concentrated on the paperwork.

"Stay focused" she said to herself. She decided to read aloud. "As required under section B, paragraph 4, line 146, all divisions are now required to begin inter-division training. The divisions that will be hosting are the even divisions, i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. The visiting divisions are the odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. Next week, division 8 and 11 will start as a test run…"

Nanao rarely swore. In fact, at most she would give the evil glare or give a sigh of exasperation. But at this moment, she uttered "holy crap…."

Shunsui woke with a start… Well…. more of a jump and rolling off the sofa to hit the ground with a large thud…. "owww… Nanao-chan you're so cruel… come back…." He crooned.

Oh great, Nanao thought. He even dreams of me smacking him… well… I guess that's good…

"Kyouraku-taicho, are you all right?" Nanao asked glancing from her desk.

"huh….Oh, Nanao-chan…I was having a… yawn wonderful dream about you." Kyouraku taicho replied sleepily.

"Uh huh… So, when were you going to tell me about the inter-division training session? I just got the document saying that our division will be going against 11th next week." Nanao asked with her ever so clipped tone of voice.

"Well…" as Shunsui slowly got up from the floor and dusted off his haori and hakama pants. He looked at his Nanao-chan giving him a no-nonsense look. He coughed…"2weeksagoatthe captain's meeting" he said as quickly as possible.

"What!" Nanao exclaimed. "You mean, we could have begun preparing our division from total utter destruction 2 weeks ago?"

"Oh Nanao-chan, now you are being overly dramatic." Shunsui crooned. "Our division is top-notch because you train them yourself. They'll be fine against the 11th. A few holding spells and the 11th will be down for the count." He smiled at her and hoped that his flattery would calm her down.

"Kyouraku-taicho, while I appreciate your… shall we say over-confidence in my ability, I DO NOT appreciate the fact that you knew about this and didn't tell me, your FUKUTAICHO!" Nanao bit out the last bit.

"And need I remind you, that the 11th division, while being a bit on the kidou-less side of things, is quite capable of incapacitating and more likely killing our members even before our members utter a single kidou spell." Nanao stood up from her desk at this point and walked purposefully toward her taicho, staring him down to the couch… This was well, quite interesting since her taicho was much taller than her.

Shunsui was waving his arms in defense at this point. "But Nanao-chan, sweet, sweet lovely Nanao-chan, Yamaji told us that killing is not allowed or maiming, just you know…a good old beating…." At the last part Nanao raised her eyebrows and stared at him menacingly…

"Did I say beating? No, more like… bar fight… yes… bar fight…. There might be some cuts and bruises…and maybe a few broken bones… but nothing major that the 4th division can't fix, right?" Shunsui gave her a half smile.

At that, Nanao miracuously pulled out a stack of papers and shoved them into her taicho's hands. "Kyouraku taicho, sign these forms and take them to the central office…. You have 1 hour to finish. After that, I expect you to be back here to help train the troops. I need to hold an emergency meeting with the 3rd and 4th seat. If you do not do as I say, I will evaporate every last sake bottle you have in this division and in your own home. Do you understand!?" Nanao said in her very "if you don't do this I will kill you" sort of voice.

Shunsui replied meekly, "hai, hai, Nanao-chan…" He clutched the papers to his chest and started to go to his desk when he stopped right next to Nanao and whispered huskily in her ear. "I love it when you take control…."

Nanao turned her head to face him, and as expected, Nanao whapped him in the head with her fan that she deftly pulled out from her side. "Owwww Nanao chan. You're so cruel to me!!!!" Nanao didn't stop to look at her jutted-lipped taicho. Instead, she sped out of the office hiding her blush from his view.

It's going to be a long day. Nanao thought.