Phew...it feels like it's been ages since I wrote anything new! Anyway...just a silly little idea.

"Ikkaku, wait."

Ikkaku paused and looked at his partner, who was standing uncertainly behind him, chewing his thumbnail as he looked at the object of their search. "What?"

"Don't you think its a little simple? There's not even anyone guarding it."

Ikkaku looked at the glowing stone which they had been tasked with finding and grinned savagely "That's their own problem, if they cant even hide it properly. Soi Fon must be getting sloppy." They had left their stone under the watchful eye of most of their squad, only sending out those that were considered among the brighter members of their squad to search for the other one.

Yumichika remained dubious in the face of his friends logic. "I don't think that's it. There might be a trap." Personally, he had no intention of walking anywhere near that thing without due caution, everyone had heard stories of what happened to sloppy Shinigami on the Second Squad Captain's training sessions. Ikkaku, however, didn't seem to share his concern.

"A trap? How bad could it be? You just have to make sure you don't stay in one place for too long. See..." Ikkaku demonstrated.

As he moved forward time almost seemed to slow down as an ominous cracking sound came from beneath his feet, followed by a swish and a surprised yelp from the bald man as he suddenly went from being upright on the ground to tangled in a net ten feet above his original position. A long silence followed.

"All right." Ikkaku finally admitted. "You were probably right about this one."

Yumichika sighed and moved forward – cautiously – to cut his friend down. They were going to lose this one. Again.