Well, ehehehe…I did promise another story to several people.

"And you decided to start with me! Aww, how sweet!" A bright smile was flashed at the Narrator as the new lieutenant of the thirteenth division, Ukiyo Mai, danced over to her.

Yeah, you've been waiting longer for someone to tell your story, so you get first dibs.

"Wonderful!" She pulled the headphones off of her ears and let them rest around her neck, the music still playing loud enough for both to hear it. "Well, I guess you'll all want a little background about me. I'm Ukiyo Mai, I've recently been appointed as fukutaichō for the thirteenth division. I love music! Any kind is good for me, but my favorites are pop and rock. That sometimes gets me in trouble though, 'cause I tend to accidentally kick peoples asses when I'm dancing and I'm in my own little world."

I didn't know you could accidentally kick someone's ass.

"Well I found a way!" Mai grinned. "But more to the point, I end up…uh…owing the sixth division. So I get to spend a lot of time with one specific lacking-in-personality taichō."

Right, so let's get this started!

Two loud yawns were heard from the thirteenth division third seats. They had been up all night drinking again, and now they were reaping the consequences. "Ugh, I refuse to do anything this morning…" Kiyone muttered, holding her head carefully.

"Shut up!" Sentarō grumbled, attempting to hide his face from the light. "You're so noisy…"

"You're the noisy one!" The blonde bit, wincing at the loud noise she had just made.

Whatever the darker haired third seat was going to say was cut short as Mai danced into the room, singing loudly along with the song that was playing on her mp3 player. "Oh ah-ah-ah~!" She sang, her eyes closed as she spun in circles.

"Ahh!! Make her shut up!!" Kiyone cried, holding her head painfully.

But it was no use; she was completely in a world of her own. The lieutenant thrust out her arms, shaking her hips to the beat as she did. "…Caramell dansen!"

A hand clasped around her arm, taking hold of the lieutenant before she could cause any damage to the captain that had just entered the room. His free hand pulled her headphones off of her head. "I think it's a bit early for that, Mai-chan." Jūshirō smiled, releasing her as he did.

"Haha, right, taichō." She grinned, turning the music down on her player. "It's never too early for music for me, but I guess not everyone's as enthusiastic as me, ne?"

"Not that enthusiasm isn't good, but I'm not sure how much more Kiyone and Sentarō can take." The sickly captain chuckled, watching the so mentioned shinigami writhe in pain.

She laughed as well, walking over and patting both of them on the shoulders. "Well, it's what happens when you stay up all night drinking." The third seats groaned in pain as she put extra emphasis on the word "drinking".

Jūshirō looked at them and sighed. "Well, there wasn't anything too important to do today."

The copper haired lieutenant smiled brightly. "Great! I was hoping I'd have time to go pay a visit to stupid face today."

Both third seats were still trying to hide from the noise, but Sentarō perked up at that comment. "But Kiyone's right here!"

"You're the stupid face, jackass!" Kiyone snapped in reply.

"Now, now, you two…" Jūshirō scolded. He then turned to his lieutenant. "You should be nicer to Abarai-kun. Haven't you been friends for a long time?"

"Yeah," Mai smiled, picking up her headphones and placing them back on her head. "Doesn't mean he isn't an idiot." And with that she disappeared, heading off to the sixth division.

"Renji!! You jackass!!" Several loud crashes followed by some screaming and the sounds of a fire burning were almost enough to make Kuchiki Byakuya turn around and go back to his mansion. But he knew that he would have to take care of whatever was going on in his office eventually. The young royal took a deep breath before opening the door to the office where he found his lieutenant's head being pounded into the floor repeatedly by the new lieutenant of the thirteenth division. At that same time Rikichi was busy dumping a bucket of water on the wall that was currently still aflame. "You're going to get me a new one!!" Mai yelled, continuing to beat Renji's head against the wood.

Rikichi was the first one to actually notice his captain's presence. "K-Kuchiki-taichō!" He squeaked, bowing to his captain.

Letting go of her grip on Renji's hair, Mai turned her attention to the cold captain. "O-oh, good morning, Kuchiki-taichō…" She grinned innocently as she could before standing and bowing to him, still firmly pressing her foot into a pressure point on Renji's back.

"You did what?!" Jūshirō stared wide eyed at his lieutenant, who simply scratched the back of her head and chuckled.

Byakuya and Renji stood off to the side, the royal appearing as serene as ever and the lieutenant murderously glaring at his long time friend.

"It's not my fault Renji dodged it!" Mai attempted to justify her situation by pointing an accusing finger in the redhead's direction.

"So I should just take a shakkahō to the face!" Renji snapped, still glaring daggers at Mai.

"Well if you hadn't broken Otoko-chan in the first place, none of this would have happened anyway!!"

"That's such a stupid name for a music player!!!"

"You're just jealous! Your music tastes suck!! And you still broke it, so you owe me a new one!!"

"It was an accident!! You didn't need to go all psycho on me!"

"You have no idea how hard it is to get one of these things!!! I had to have it special ordered from some very complex connections!!"

Jūshirō sighed loudly, placing his hands on his temples. Looking over at the annoyed royal, he forced a smile. "Perhaps you'd like to come into my office so we can discuss what to do with this certain situation." Nodding lightly, Byakuya followed him into the room, happy to be away from the two bickering lieutenants.

"Hey…where'd Kuchiki-taichō and Ukitake-taichō go?" Mai asked, looking around for the two captains as she continued pulling on Renji's cheeks.

He quickly a tugged himself out of her hold and shoved her to the side. "I dunno, probably to talk about how much trouble you're in."

Ignoring his snickering, she took a seat on the ground. "Yeah, I know I'll get in trouble, but that was the only music player I had."

A pang of guilt hit Renji's heart; she looked so sad right there. Taking a seat on the ground next to her, he sighed. "I'll get ya a new one…I didn't mean to break it."

"I know, and I accept your apology." Mai knew him very well, and she knew that was his version of telling her he was sorry. "I'm sorry too. I guess I kinda overreacted a bit, huh?"

"What do you mean "a bit"?" The red head frowned, watching his friend smile cheekily. "You tried to burn me to a crisp."

"Eh, you're a fukutaichō! You could take it." She smiled, punching him in the arm and laughing.

Having fallen into a comfortable silence, they both listened closely to see if they could hear anything coming from the captain's office. "…fix what's broken…"

"…insignificant…improper use…"

"…if that's good…starting tomorrow…"

"Do you have any idea what they're talking about?" Mai turned curiously to her friend.

Renji shrugged in reply, leaning his head back against the wall. "I don't know. All I can hear are bits and pieces."

A loud sigh was heard from the younger lieutenant as she stood up. "Well, I don't know about you, but I don't wanna sit around here and wait all day. Wanna go to my office and have a drink?"

"Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?" He asked, staring at her strangely.

"Not if you've gotta deal with Kiyone and Sentarō all day." Brightly grinning at him, she offered her hand. "C'mon, it'll be fun!"

Despite his initial hesitation, he took the hand. "If you say so."

"Well, now that that has been settled, I'll inform Mai-chan." Jūshirō smiled at the ever stoic Byakuya sitting across from him. "I'm sorry about the problems she caused."

"It can all be fixed. Nothing of high importance was harmed." Byakuya's voice remained apathetic.

Jūshirō forced a smile as he rubbed his neck. "But she demolished your fukutaichō's office…"

"Yes. Nothing of high importance was harmed." He repeated.

Laughing off the little care the dark haired captain seemed to hold for his underling's office, the elder stood. "Thank you for your time, Kuchiki-taichō." The two walked out, both a bit surprised to not find their lieutenants there. "Oh, Mai, please tell me you didn't…" Jūshirō muttered under his breath.

Byakuya turned and began walking to where he could sense Renji…not to mention he could hear the music through the door.

But before he could open the door the sickly captain stopped him. "I'd just like to apologize for Mai beforehand; she doesn't always think things through…Brilliant in places of leadership, but a bit lacking in general situations."

Nodding at Jūshirō, he opened the door. "Abarai, we're leaving."

Much to the surprise of her captain, Mai wasn't drinking Renji under the table. She was actually serving…tea? "Yo, taichō! Did things go well?" She grinned at him.

"Yes, taichō." Renji muttered, walking over to his captain. "I'll get you that new music player, alright, Mai?"

"Alright, thanks, Renji!" She grinned, watching the sixth division members file out of her office. "What's up, taichō? You look…surprised…."

"You didn't get him drunk." The white haired captain stated, taking a seat where Renji had been seated.

Mai raised an eyebrow in his direction, serving a cup of the tea for him as well. "Well, you know how I like to relax with my friends. But I know how much better I am with alcohol, compared to Renji. He is a funny drunk though…" She smiled crookedly for a moment, seeming to remember something. "Oh, right, anyway. I figured since I was already kinda in trouble, I might as well not get myself in more, y'know?"

An impressed smile spread across Jūshirō's features. "Wow, that's very mature, Mai-chan."

"Aren't I always, taichō?" She grinned cheekily, taking a sip of her tea. "Oh, right so what did you and Kuchiki-taichō decide?"

"Ah, right…" Sitting up in his seat, the sickly captain smiled nervously.

Haha!! No one knows but me!

"Aren't you an evil one?" Mai chuckled, playing with the Narrator's mp3 player.

Yeah, well, I figured this was good for a starter chapter. So right, I like having three stories going at once, it seems good this way.

"It's all good then! Well, except for your mp3. What happened to it?" Mai asked, smacking the Narrator over her head.

Someone stepped on it! It wasn't my fault! Stop hitting me!!