Capture my…What?

The day started slightly more unusual than some others in the Seretei. The Second squad barracks were quiet. Some from the Onmitsukido trained by their own volition, but orders and large groups of the second squad were anti-present. A quiet wind blew through a particularly void place that harbored a young woman who refused to meet the day.

Captain Soifon of the Second Division slept soundlessly, unaware of the time it was. The Winter War was won, and the only thing young Captain wanted to do was rest. Not bark orders, not admonish her subordinates, just to sleep and catch up on the sleep that eluded her for nearly a century.

She'd been blindsided during the battles, and lost her arm, only to be saved by her mentor, and have her arm replaced soon after her by the girl named Orihime. She was still getting used to her "new arm" as she called it, not exactly being the arm it used to be. She was happy though that she could have it returned to her, a much better happenstance than having to walk around like that Shiba woman had.

A shuffling noise was heard through out the Captain's room, which woke her up not too much later. She sat up in a huff with an uncharacteristic grogginess to her features; her light grey eyes scanned the area of her room to see what it was that had brought her out of her unconscious state. Suddenly a white paper floated from seemingly no where and followed soon after by a hell butterfly.

She decided to answer the hell butterfly before the paper, and lifted her slender hand to allow the insect to perch upon her index.

"ALL MEMBERS OF THE SERETEI ARE HEARBY APPOINTED TO MEET IN THE GRAND ARENA! CAPTAINS PLEASE ALERT ALL MEMBERS OF ANY AND ALL FACTIONS OF THE SERETEI!" the message spoke in a demanding tone, and the butterfly was off in an instant. A look of disappointment flashed across the young Captain's visage as she looked around her slightly untidy room to see the numbers on her clock.

Her eyes widened as the analogue numbers all but screamed "12:45 PM" to her. She looked back to her bed to see that her hand had found its way to the white paper that was about to be forgotten, and picked it up to read the literature.

"I'll see you at the finish line…"

Her brow furrowed at the text in front of her. She brushed it off without care, and quickly got to her feet as she grabbed for a brush on her side table. She quickly ran it through her dark locks as her eyes scanned her closet for a clean uniform. She was luckily rewarded with having only one left and made a quick note on her pad that when she returned to do her laundry.

After she finished combing out all the knots in her ridiculously long hair she commenced on braiding the longer hair in twin tails, and wrapped a white cloth around them with her characteristic gold rings hanging at the end of the hair. She slipped on her uniform and Haori which held the crest of the second squad on the back, tying it with a bright yellow sash. She looked at herself in the mirror for a moment, not really caring so much about what she looked like, as long as she looked moderately presentable, and walked out of her room.

She turned to the left and using her "new arm" reached up and rang the gong to alert all members of Squad two and the Onmitsukido to come to attention. Within the next two minutes everyone under her supervision met in the courtyard of the squad's barracks.

"We've all been ordered to meet in the grand arena. I ask that you all get there in the next five minutes!" she said raising her new arm to depict her dismissal and the group used a Shunpo to get on their way.

The young Captain looked at the sky a small smirk glinted across her pale lips. 'It sure is peaceful today. Why do they have to ruin it with something like this?' she thought creasing her brows for a second before getting on her own way to the grand arena.

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As the grand arena filled, most of the second squad members were not surprised by the fact that their Captain had beat them even if she'd left after them, all but the new members that is. She along with the other Captains stood at attention on a stage with Captain Commander Yamamoto. After about ten minutes, or so, the entire arena was filled with each squad standing in straight lines in their own sections everyone murmuring to each other as to what they thought was happening.

Things quieted the moment Yamamoto stepped forward

"I have brought you all here today to make some very special announcements." He began as his voice rang clear over the entirety of the Seretei. "The Winter War is won, and though there may've been casualties, and betrayals, I would like you all to remember that Aizen Sousuke has also taught us all something very important. Though there are many who have been banished in the past, they are still loyal to the word of the Shinigami."

His eyes softened for a moment before continuing on.

"I would like to allow you all to know, though I have loved to be the Commander of the Gotei 13, the time has come for me to take a step back, for the new generation that has begun to sprout among us at what we call prodigies, such as Tenth Captain: Hitsugaya, and Second Captain: Soifon!" he paused a moment for gasps and some applause to the honored Captains.

"So, I shall end this with handing you over to your new Captain Commander, Ukitake Jushiro!" the applause rang clear, and the young Second Captain almost scoffed.

'Saw that from a mile away.' She thought.

"Hello, all! Thank you for your praise!" Ukitake said with a smile, and continued on. "We have other things we must get to now! As you know, now we have four open captain positions, all of which have been filled through a process conducted all last week." He said with a smile, and gossip started up once again at who could be the new Captains.

"So, if you'll join me in welcoming our new Captains: Thirteenth Captain, Kuchiki Rukia!" a loud applause erupted at the sight of the petite young woman who walked across the stage to receive her new Captain's Haori from the new Captain Commander.

"Ninth Captain, Shuuhei Hisagi!" the man with a questionable number "69" on his face stepped up and received his Captain's Haori and stepped back to allow the new Captain Commander to continue his new roll call. "Fifth Captain: Shiba Kuukaku" the disheveled black haired woman sauntered up to Ukitake with a small scowl, not liking large parties which held no premise for booze, and walked away slinging her Haori over her shoulder. The Sixth Captain's mood darkened exponentially when he watched the woman come to stand next to him.

"Now, for our last new Captain; someone you may all remember, if you're like me: Third Captain: Shihouin Yoruichi!" he said looking over to see the tall dark woman who made her way onstage. The Second Captain's, who'd been previously uninterested and slightly annoyed that her rest had been interrupted by nothing more than an inauguration party, eyes grew twice the size they originally were upon hearing the familiar name.

Yoruichi pat Ukitake on the shoulder with a smile as she once again received a Captain's Haori, and walked to stand next to Soifon. Sixth Captain Kuchiki Byakuya closed his eyes and ran a hand roughly down his face, upon seeing the pair he hated most now his comrades and colleagues.

"Surprise!" Yoruichi whispered to her old friend. A light blush adorned the Second Captain's face, but she stood at attention, ignoring her mentor to listen to the newly appointed Captain Commander. A small scowl adorned the tan goddess' brow, but looked back to her friend Ukitake to take in the rest of what he had to say.

"In celebration of the new Captain's and myself obtaining our ranks, we have devised a type of game that will commence this Friday, at approximately 7:00 AM. The terms of this game will be delivered in stacks of papers to your various squads' barracks. I hope to see you then, DISMISSED!" he said, and stepped down, allowing the rest of the Shinigami to whisper in wonder about the game that would take place in two days time.

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'Finally!' thought Yoruichi, turning to talk to her former apprentice, only to find an empty space between her and Unohana, who'd recently turned her back to talk to the newly appointed Fifth Captain.

"Yo!" Kuukaku said, upon seeing her old drinking buddy, and excused herself from Unohana's presence, to walk over to the tan woman. "What happened to your little girly?" she asked with a grin, donning her Captain's Haori for the first time.

"Donno… I'll look for her later, I guess. I'm surprised, how'd you get to be Captain?" Yoruichi asked her friend with a grin, making the dark haired woman adjacent to her scowl for a moment.

"That damn Ganju is useless! I couldn't let a chance for the Shiba family to be reinstated to slip by because my stupid little brother was too scared to become a Captain" Kuukaku explained.

"Well, I guess you'd make a better one, now that ya got both arms again!" Yoruichi said with a grin, reaching out and landing a playful punch on her friend's newly regenerated arm

"Har, Har" Kuukaku said, while looking over her friend's shoulder. "You going to go looking for your bee?" she asked after a minute.

"Yeah, I should get going, I gotta see what this game is too! Sounds like fun!" Yoruichi said, lightening the mood with a toothy grin, as she and her longtime friend "high-fived" each other before Yoruichi used Shunpo to run off toward the Second Squad barracks.

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"Soi!" was heard ringing throughout Yoruichi's old haunt as she used her Shunpo to dash here and there. "Soi?!" she called again, and promptly opened the door to the Captain's office, to find the young Captain lightly snoozing with her head in her arms across her desk. A gentle smile spread across the purple haired woman's features.

"Y-Yoruichi?"

The taller woman slightly jumped, thinking her cover had been blown for a minute, but she relaxed when the other woman did nothing but shift her head in her arms. The grin on the older woman's face grew slightly more as she quietly made her way to hover just over her former student, and leaned down almost touching her lips to the younger woman's ear.

"Soooii…" she whispered causing the younger woman to tremble in her sleep. Yoruichi caught the giggle that had leapt into her throat, and lightly placed her hand on the younger woman's back.

"Soi." She said again, slightly more firm, and the young woman's eyes fluttered open at the familiar voice that called her.

"Y-Yoruichi-sama!" the younger woman stammered sitting up quickly after the older woman straightened herself beside her protégé.

"So, what's this game about?" Yoruichi asked nonchalantly picking up a paper from a stack of many on the young Captain's desk.

"It's a capture the flag game. The first squad to catch the most flags by the end of the game period wins a prize of some sort. It seems ridiculous, especially when they want everyone from the Seretei to join, including the Onmitsukido. I mean, who's going to beat my men?" the question directed more as a rhetorical question to her self, over one for her old Captain. Her initial blush now disappearing from the way she'd been woke up.

A grin spread across the beautiful woman's features. A grin that Soifon did not like a single bit.

"I'll be—"

"No."

"Come, on little bee! I'll only bet with you an Kuukaku!"

"No."

Soifon looked over to see her old mentor give her the best kitten eyes she could manage, which made the younger woman turn away.

"I'm not going to fall for this."

"Sure you are, it's just a wager. It's fun!"

A silence lingered for a moment, then an idea struck Yoruichi.

"Unless you don't think that your wonderful Onmitsukido will loose."

This caused the young woman to look over at the smug smile that remained nearly perpetually on that beautiful face.

"Fine." Soifon said finally, leaving it at that.

A happy Yoruichi jumped on Soifon and embraced her happily squealing at the prospects of a fun wager.

"So, what's the wager?" a familiar voice spoke walking out of the shadows.

"I'd really like it if you didn't come into my office without permission, Shiba." Soifon growled, but was taken aback by the finger that was lifted in front of her face by the unruly black haired woman.

"Captain Shiba… Or Captain Kuukaku to you, little missy!" she said with a playful grin, and bellowed a hearty laugh after she finished her sentence.

All the younger woman could do was fume in the arms of her goddess and await the terms of the bet.

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"So that's it?" she asked brushing off the Haori that she was setting on, barring the emblem for the second squad on its shoulders.

"Yup!"

Soifon scowled. She didn't like it one bit, but she'd accepted it, so it wasn't really up to her now.

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AN: Well, there ya have it, a new Bleach fanfic from yours truly. It's AU so I don't care if Kuukaku, Rukia or Yoruichi would never get asked to be captains for their various reason.

I hope you enjoy, and stick around to find out about the wager and the game! (YES... THE GAME)

Please, Comment, Critique, flame. I don't mind! I enjoy all of it!

~Bishimimou