It's...interesting...

You groan softly as you awaken, your head is killing you. You realize that you're snuggled up against someone. Your eyes open and you stare into a mess of blond hair. "Rangiku..." You move your head forward until you're touching your forehead against her head.

She groans and stretches a bit. "Mmmmm! I hate mornings..."

"Me too." She turns over and smiles at you. "Um...about...last night."

"Did you enjoy it?"

"Y-Yeah. I did. I really did, but--" She kisses you square on the lips, the words die in your throat. You push yourself up and move over her, lips still locked in a kiss.

"I guess you're ready for round two, huh?"

"Always..." The doors to the room and suddenly thrown open and you look back at the person. The white haired Captain known as Hitsugaya stands in the doorway.

"Matsumoto! How long do you..." The words die in his throat as he stares at the scene before him.

"Erm..." He closes the door and shouts something along the lines of 'what the hell' before storming off. "I guess round two will have to wait, Val." You nod and the two of you quickly dress, a bit of grabbing and touching in between before you beat a hasty retreat, leaving Rangiku to deal with the angered Captain.

The walk back to the barracks is...strange. You pass a handful of Shinigami, but none of them stare at you the way they had before. The women stare at you not unlike the way Rangiku had last night...or maybe it's your imagination. The men on the other hand seem to see you as a proven warrior now.

It's...great. For the first time you feel accepted. Smiling you head back to the barracks for a bath and some breakfast. After that was done you find yourself wandering the Seireitei. Captain Unohana sorta **** this down time on you so that you wouldn't end up in a hospital bed again, which means that now you've got nothing to do.

You sigh to yourself and are about to find a quiet place to sleep the day away when you run into a man with crimson hair and a pair of expensive looking sunglasses. It takes you only a moment to place him as Lieutenant Abarai. He smiles at you and approachs.

"Valentine, right?" You nod and he hands you a message. "Captain Kuchiki asked me to give you this. He wants to me with you."

"O-Oh...I see."

"Let's go, Kid..." The Lieutenant leads you to what you assume to be the Captain's actual home where you are seated, by yourself, in a room to await the arrival of the Captain. For several minutes you sit, silent, until he finally arrives and takes a seat across the table from you.

"Valentine Frost." His grey eye's bore right into you...it makes you a bit uncomfortible. "You've progressed quickly, or so I've heard." You nod. "You achieved Bankai in less then a day, an impressive feat." You thank him for his kind words. "Have you given any thought to what Division you want to be assigned to?"

"N-No, Captain. I figured...if anyone wanted me to join their Division they would just come out and say it. I would never **** my company on another person." His face remains stoic. It's really creeping you out.

"I see." He stares at you for a moment. "Your Mask...let me see it, Valentine." You blink...that wasn't included in the lessons.

"I...don't know how to release it, Captain. I only recently mastered it and have recieved no training on how to--"

"You cannot utilize your own abilites?"

"No, Captain."

"How...disappointing." He stands. "You may go." You nod and stand as well, leaving the mansion, and the Captain behind. 'The hell was that about', you think to yourself as you head to nowhere in particular.

"Are you Valentine Frost?" You turn, startled by the voice only to find a pair of masked me. Immediately your hand goes to your Zanpakutō. "That sword...you're him. We have orders to fetch you."

"Who exactly is ordering this...'fetching', huh?" They don't respond and you draw your blade. "Answer me, damn it!" Again, they refuse to answer and you take a step toward them. They step back and almost immediately it becomes clear that they're trying to incite your anger. You return the blade to your back and turn in the opposite direction.

"Tell your master to come and find me himself. I'm not going anywhere with two weird lookin' guys like you." You leave the pair of them standing there. 'Today is really gettin' weird', you think as you round the corner and walk into a tree. "Wait...why is this tree warm?" You jump back and look up at the large Captain. It's Zaraki.

"Yo, Kid. How about you join the Eleventh Division? You're strong, right?"

"I-I-I dunno. I guess." He grins down at you. "What?"

"We never got to have that dual, Kid. Now that you've got a Bankai and your mask, it seems like a good time."

"I acutally, slept weird last night, so my back is hurtin' and I--" He raises his sword and swings. You barely dodge and he collaspes the wall where his sword collides with it.

"Enough talk! Let's fight!" Not wanting to die, you attack. He raises his forearm and blocks your blade. A thin line of blood runs down the blade and he frowns. Is that-"

Rend!" The wave of energy collides with the Captain smashing him through the wall and causing him to erupt into laughter. You can hear the soft patter of blood upon the ground and as the smoke clears he's sporting a rather large cut on his forearm and left shoulder.

"Aren't you full of surprises, Kid?"

"It's a fight, anything goes!" He grin widens.

"I like that, Kid...I really do." His spirital energy spikes. While it would've sent you to a knee before, now it doesn't affect you...it actually makes you smile.

"You holdin' out on me, Kenpachi? I say we fight like men, let's get serious." He laughs. "Bankai..." Your energy spikes violently and your sword shrinks to a normal Katana, sheathed and resting on your shoulder. When your spirital energy clears the Captain smiles.

"You're takin' this seriously--" You cross the distance and lay open his chest, blood spattering your coat and the earth. "...Kid." Jumping back you sheathe the blade and wait for his attack. He falls back and lays still. 'Oh, fuck, I just killed a Captain', you think.

Immediately you go into full panic mode...until he leans up and then stands. Popping his neck he laughs again. "I'm surprised...I didn't even let my guard down and you cut me. It looks like I can take this off, huh?" He reachs up slowly and tears off the patch.

His spirital pressure...it's heavy. Sharpening your spirital-energy you sigh and tap the blade on your shoulder. "Guess you're takin' me..." You almost never see him move as you turn to block his blade. His brute strength causes you to slide. In the distance you can sense the other Captain's approaching...but you don't care.

Grasping his blade, you turn and THROW the Captain through a wall. "You're stronger then you look, Kid! I like this!" With a thumb you push the blade up.

"Me too..."