Wild Goose Chases Bring Family Reunions

[Gaz]

Shiro #1

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How long had it been since Shiro had a day to just relax that wasn’t forced on him to recover from injuries he had gained when testing some of his captain’s more dangerous inventions? Too long! Maybe even before he joined the academy! The reason he had time to himself? The upper echelons of squad twelve had gone off for some field work, gathering samples and what not from Hueco Mundo. This left the officer alone and technically in charge, though that was for unexpected situations because there were still plenty of squad members left in the barracks to care for the other experiments, chores and paperwork.

“Wow… this is boring.” The young man spoke as he sat in the courtyard of the barracks, looking out of the front gate to see people milling about doing this and that. “Hey Shizu!” He called, looking around for his assistant, the bookish young woman poked her head out from a door near by in a heart beat and with a big smile waved.

“Yes Tagachi-San?” She asked, her magnified pale green eyes almost glinting behind her spectacles. Strands of dyed green hair fell as she stood tall and moved out of the room and into the natural light to show her pale skin. Unlike Shiro she wore her lab coat.

“What did I say about that! Call me Shiro.” The tall young Shinigami said with a chuckle, “Are you sure the captain left me nothing to do?” He asked, sounding bored.

“Positively.” The nerdy woman replied in her soft nasally voice. She watched the man with a smile before turning back to watch her experiment… just in case.

The officer fell back to lie on the wooden decking and looked into the sky. “I swear the captain does this just to wind me up!”

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At the squad two barracks, the day was going much differently. People were hard at work either training or dealing with their assigned tasks. All the while a tall lanky man stalked around, looking through paperwork as he weaved through the hive of activity. The captains jacket hanging from his shoulders didn’t even brush against the floor because of his elegant movements.

“Shizuko…” He spoke, looking up to lock his eyes on the first person he could see. “I need you to run an errand.” In a quick motion he pulled a paper from his stacks and presented it to the squad member.

“Head to squad twelve and find chase them on request I sent them three months ago.” Morihiro spoke, the annoyance in his voice evident. “If they haven’t got it stay there and make a nuisance of yourself until you get it and bring it back.” Captain Yoshino ordered.

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

Ohashi admittedly had just finished her round of training, now taking a moment to sweep the floors with a broom, since no one else did it. She did a small side step with each push of the broom, then pushing the dirt from the wood and to the stone below. Her back straightened when she heard the sound of her captain, leading her to immediately turn her head to look up at Morihiro. This didn't feel too right in her chest-- what happened? Did she not do well enough with her sword training? She was then broken from the overspill of thoughts in her brain, now resting the broom back against it's original resting place against the wall.

Hazel hues blinked while she almost gingerly took the paper from his hand, glancing over the piece of paper given to her before she looked back up with the flick of her eyes upward, giving a nod in response.
 
"Yes, sir. I'll bring it back as soon as possible."

With a bow forward of her upper body, the shorter woman turned and made her way down the hallways of the division's halls, then wound up being spat out to the front of the barracks. Ohashi glanced over her paper once more before carefully folding the paper neatly so it fit in her pocket. Ohashi then proceeded to make her way speedily toward squad twelve's barracks, not exactly running but being fast on her feet. 

After a few minutes of travel, Ohashi made it to her destination with a small exhale of air, followed by a small twitch of her eyebrow.

'Why.. the hell is it so hard to travel from point A to point B?'

She would think to herself before a hand smoothed her porcupine-like hair back for a moment, now stepping inside and looking around... Who was she supposed to look for..?

[Gaz]

Shiro #2

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Twentieth seat Tagachi let out a long sight of boredom as he sat in the courtyard of the barracks, he was going to complain to the lieutenant and possibly directly captain Saeki when she got back! In a quick movement he jumped up from his seated position and then leapt over the railing that separated the building and the courtyard proper and landed gracefully, drawing his Zanpakuto as he did.

If there was nothing to do at least he could train himself. “Shizu! I’m going to do some training with my Shikai!” He called before his smile twisted into a grin, his stance shifting to bring the blade up so the hilt was beside his head in both of his hands and the cutting edge faced down as the point was pointed at the training dummy he had set up not long after his first day here.

“Hm?” The nerdy girl asked as she poked her head out from the room, she was studying to witness the release.

“Ten O Utsu (Strike The Heavens), Rairyu!” His words were swallowed by the clapping of thunder as a flash of lightening lashed out from the bare blade in the direction of the dummies. Once the dazzle of that flash faded the blade had elongated somewhat and the spine of it turned black, leaving only the cutting edge as a silvery steel. The tsuba had transformed into an open dragons maw that billowed a thick black cloud with small sparks crackling in it. Those same clouds misted off of the blade but not as thick. With a loud laugh he looked over and saw Shizu shaking her head as she turned to walk back in and continue her tasks. “Boys and their toys…” She muttered, it was a cool looking shikai but very loud and flashy… very distracting when you were trying to get some actual work done.

The gate was open for all to see, and a few had gathered to witness what was going on for a few moments. Shiro began practicing his movements with the blade, performing basic training exercises to warm himself up.

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

Soft footsteps followed the short woman while she looked around, not too familiar with her surroundings at all. However, when hearing a thunderclap and a few individuals flooding to the opened gates, eyebrows rose slightly while the task at hand seemed to be shifted from importance, as much as she hated to admit. 

Ohashi made her way over to the small group that formed at the gateway, slipping through the taller of the two and standing off to the side. Being more-so a peeking sight, she was leant to the side a little while her arms crossed to her chest, however the sight of a familiar face made that once narrow stare blink into an owlish stare. She had just witnessed the disappearing smoke from Shiro's Shikai, but she had now firmly stood on two feet while she felt a deep sense of familiarity when looking to the male in front of the testing dummy. 

It clicked like a cog in place, causing an unintentional yet small smile to cross her lips. 'Well I'll be damned..' She wasn't expecting to really see anyone here she knew, let alone her kid-brother Shiro, training with his weapon. However, she wasn't entirely too sure on how to really approach him, as it'd been quite a while since they've seen one another. The last thing that came to mind was when she left the orphanage so she could begin her schooling at the academy, the group of children seeing her almost like the 'stoic big sister' of the children, then turning to the second-oldest Shiro for the big-brother guidance. 

'It's nice to see him after so long..'

Was a simple ponder to herself, now resting her back against the wall.

[Gaz]

Shiro #3

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With the crowd that gathered the young officer of the twelfth division looked to the side to see them all and smiled, offering a wave. He let his eyes scan each and every individual before returning to his practice, swinging his blade and funnelling his energies to create a lightning bolt that sprung from the dark whisps of cloud that ebbed from the edges of the weapon.

“Now I know that face…” Shiro muttered to himself as he moved into the next swing, but this time instead of firing a bolt of electricity he made physical contact with the training dummy that had caught a blaze due to the electrical energy and a web of small spark enveloped the inanimate object, looking for the quickest path to the ground.

Suddenly it all made sense! He vanished into a flash step, his reiatsu cracking in the air like thunder where he originally was. In that same moment he reappeared by the crowd with a giant grin on his face as he leaned down and wrapped his free hand around Ohashi. “Ohashi! Big sis! I never expected to run into you here!” He announced with such mirth in his voice that one would not expect him to be an officer, albeit a lowly one, of one of the thirteen court guard squads.

He let go of the hug and took a step back, allowing his zanpakuto to fade back into a normal Katana like state. Now there was no risk of stray electrical energies from his innate storm clouds. “Once you left the orphanage I never knew where to find you or how to get in touch! I never even had time when I was in the academy!” The young man rapidly explained, his mouth running a mile a minute as he wanted to talk to her about so much.

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

Well, Shiro sure as hell solved her dilemma real quick. Ohashi continued to study Shiro and his movements, all in all keeping herself pressed against the wall while moreso keeping to the side of the crowd so she could actually see what was going on. The woman was rather keen on tracking someone's spiritual pressure, so she didn't seem all too caught off guard from his sprint toward her. 

It did throw her off however when she was suddenly scooped up into a hug by her younger brother, making her blink with a small squeak while she was unable to really do anything but hold onto him while she was lifted. "Ah-! J-eheez, Shiro, you act like I fell off the radar or something.." A soft chuckle slid from her while she spoke out, now releasing her arms from his neck while he rested her on the ground, she standing upright while her arms found their way to be crossed against her stomach. "Your energetic spirit is as contagious as ever~."

Ohashi looked up the much taller body, leaving her to raise an eyebrow while she proceeded to watch as the electricity fizzled out. Now looking back up to his rambling self, the older of the two proceeded to very lightly grab his hands, much more calloused hands gripping onto his while she felt a warm smile form on her face. It was uncommon for anyone to get this stoic, hard ass to even chuckle, let alone grin, so obviously he meant something to her somehow.

"I'm not going anywhere, anytime soon- or, unless I can get this damned issue resolved for my Captain.. but, ah.. I'm over in the second division, but I hadn't had the time to send you any letters.. I'm truly sorry." Ohashi felt her smile slacken slightly before her eyes closed with a timid smile, her hands giving his own a light squeeze before releasing them. "But how have you been, eh? You seem healthy as ever."

[Gaz]

Shiro #4

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With how his sister reacted it brought that childish grin back to his face, the one that he always had when he got into trouble back in the orphanage and the Matron Asami was always chasing him down for one thing or another. It was Ohashi’s leaving to join the Gotei thirteen that made him really grow up into something akin to a more responsible adult. The only reason he was here was because his current captain had carted him off.

“As well as I could be for nearly getting killed a short time back.” He said with a nervous chuckle, replacing his Zanpakuto back into it’s sheathe and nodded before pulling back his shihakusho to show the scar on his shoulder from where he was stabbed. “My entrance exam ended up being overseen by the captain of squad eleven… She made us fight Hollows. The group before me had a guy die and one got his Zanpakuto. Me being me I jumped in and started fighting it head on with my partner to save the other kid.” He explained as he led Ohashi away from the courtyard gates, waving away any of the other onlookers. His practice was over now.

As they got to one of the wooden walkways that ringed each building, he sat on the edge and smiled. With a small grunt he replaced his uniform and patted the spot next to him to let his sister take a seat. “Squad two… that’s really cool! I saw Captain Yoshino once… from a really long way away.” He said, letting his hands rest behind his body and then resting his weight on them.

“Don’t worry about the letters, once I got the academy, I understood why you never sent one. Asami was pissed at me though when I sent one, said that I was not doing enough, and I should focus more like you.” He joked, the woman who was in charge of them was more of a joker and still cared. With a shake of his head and yet another chuckle he looked over to his big sister… who was a lot shorter than him.

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

There was a wave of memories that flew through her thoughts when he grinned, the thoughts of them being children brought her a sense of foreign peace. She had hardened herself mentally that she felt almost out of body letting down those brick walls around her heart, leaving her to look up at her brother and blink twice when he mentioned that he almost got killed, and.. chuckling about it. 

That familiar glint of irritation shifted through her gaze when he proceeded to show her his scar, that glint faltering shortly after while she looked up at him while he spoke up. She didn't want him to think she was pissed at him for telling her. "Well.. I'm glad you're alright.." She mumbled then looked forward, hands crossed behind her back while she walked side by side with her brother, keeping in stride with the taller body. Once they sat somewhere, she let out a huff of air and gave his arm a firm but gentle punch, that older-sibling scold being next to come out of her mouth. "Shiro, you need to be careful out there. Training or not, you can't put yourself on the line like that.. I admire it though."

Ohashi responded to him with a nod and small shrug, having sat with her elbows on her knees and her chin in her hand, palm pressed to her cheek while she glanced up to Shiro. Her half-lidded hues blinked when the latter half of the sentence came out, to which she let out a small snort and looked forward, a shake of her head in suit. "Oh please, be a wallflower who just did what needed to be done? That's not your style at all."

Her head dropped forward then with a light exhale of air, the tension in her shoulders when she first got there released slowly before she looked up at the sky, taking a second to scan the clouds before her upturned gaze looked over to her brother again, a side stare. "I saw you've been able to work on your Shikai, it looks pretty stinkin' powerful. Do you have tips on how to achieve it..? Admittedly, I've been having issues with getting the ball rolling in that area, but I'm pretty decent with my speed and sword-fighting.." Ohashi's hands slid up and ran through her porcupine-like hair, that strand of hair being slid back only to flop forward, a free hand itching the scar on her cheek idly while the other hand itched the lower part of her scalp. "Don't matter how much I meditate or train, it's just.. not working."

[Gaz]

Shiro #5

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The snorted laugh that Ohashi let out with his statement that their motherly figure had scolded him for not being like her and bust widened his grin and that soft chuckle he had turned into a laugh as his sister went on to say her style of being a wall flower wouldn’t suit him. She was right, he had to make a scene everywhere he went… it was just who he was.

Then came her woes with trying to get her Zanpakuto’s name. Though before that she did give a good bit of praise to his own Shikai, stating it looked powerful. He rested his hand on the handle of his weapon that rested against his side and smiled fondly. “For me it wasn’t a case of meditation… that bored him.” He said with a soft sigh, keeping his smile however as he looked down at the older sister.

“Rairyu was always chatty, he had a condition for giving me his name. He wanted me to do something Flashy.” The young officer explained, shifting his gaze to look into the sky as he remembered the night his now captain threw him and her own daughter into a locked puzzle room that was designed to expose the pair to their fears. “It wasn’t during the fight against the Proto-Arrancar that he decided to tell me but when I was saving Lenalee from a trap designed to expose her to her greatest fear. I was so in the moment I missed it the first time.” He shook his head and chuckled. “Twenty minutes later the final trap went off, a flipping possessed doll that hunted me down.”

A shiver ran up his spine as he looked down to Ohashi, she had been around when he had nightmares about possessed dolls that tried to eat his eyeballs. “It was my captain who designed that test and I still don’t know where she learned about the dolls.” He grumbled as a set of footsteps came out of the room behind them.

“Shiro, are you talking to another girl? Lenalee will get Jealous you know.” The nasally voice of Shizu hummed as she walked out of the office carrying a small stack of papers, stopping to peer down at the pair. Her pale green eyes scanned Ohashi, themselves tinted with that jealous gaze. “She’ll be really jealous.”
 

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

Another soft chuckle came from her when his laugh erupted from him, and she merely gave a shake of her head when he didn't deny her statement. Some things just don't change. Ohashi turned her head to look up at him now, sitting up a little bit when he began to speak about his experience with his Zanpakuto. 

"Unsurprising. It seems like you have a perfect match then." Ohashi listened to her brother's experience, hand still propping up her head while she gave a slow blink as she retained the information. With a nod of her head, she sat up and propped her elbows on her thighs, hands folding so her chin rested atop her knuckles. "You never know, your captain could have gotten it from the orphanage." She had a sympathetic glance in turn to his grumble, to which she reached up to give him a light pat on his head. 

The shorter woman went to reply with something, but cut back and looked back toward the voice, blinking when she was met with pants for he view, then raising her gaze to the nasally-toned lass. An eyebrow rose when she returned her stare to Shiro, a small shit-eating smirk on her face while she crossed her arms to her chest. "Oh, a ladies man, eh? Flashy does draw women after all." She gave him a nudge with her elbow in a teasing manner before standing up to turn and face Shizu, then bowing forward in respect while her hands folded behind her back.

"Well there'd be no reason to be jealous, he's my brother." Then standing upright, her smirk faltered to be the normal stoic expression, however her eyes held a tranquil stare to show that she held no ill-will toward her. "I come from the Second Division, Ohashi Shizuko. Shiro's older sister."

[Gaz]

Shiro #6

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“Hey, Shizu! Me and Lena aren’t like that!” Shiro retorted, twisting his back to get a good look at the pale green haired woman as she gazed down at the siblings that sat there. Since Shiro started helping Lenalee search and try to awaken her Shikai the woman had shifted from being incredibly friendly all the time to being really friendly but getting really sour when any woman was brought up.

The nudge from Ohashi only urged his cheeks to turn red as he spun back to try and tell her that wasn’t the case, but the shorter elder sibling had already stood up at that point and bowed to show respect, smirking with one of those knowing smiles she always had when she was about to deliver a verbal smackdown to someone. The news that the pair were siblings made Shizu open her mouth and bite off what she was going to say for a moment. “Well then! Miss Shizuko, a pleasure to meet you, Shiro never talks about his life before the academy.”

The young officer shook his head and stood up, putting his hand on his sister’s head and ruffling her hair. Being taller than her always gave him such a good method of getting on her nerves. “You should be making those bows to me Ohashi, I’m the twentieth seat!” He spoke with pride, a beaming smile that made the area just feel brighter.

“That reminds me! Shiro,” Shizu said as she looked at the stack of papers in her arms. “I need you to sign off on the next practical test of the Captain’s armour padding.” She spoke before looking to Ohashi. “Also… i forgot to introduce myself properly, I am Jaiko Shisu. I am Shiro’s assistant” The woman explained as Shiro picked up the top scrap of paper and scanned the words on it.

“She wants me to wear the new padding and spar in it with a swordsman of greater skill!?” He exclaimed, sounded hurt. “Shizu! Is that right? There’s no one in the squad who can keep up with my sword… Well maybe Nene.”

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

The response to her brother's retort was a faint chuckle before she looked up to the woman above them. She practically felt her younger brother's weight shift in the ground, knowing how she pushed his buttons before that annoying urge subsided, to which she was standing upright to look up toward Shizu. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well." She mused lightly, however she seemed to do a small jolt when her head was touched, almost like a little bobble-head being pushed down on. 

"Hey, hey- Knock it off! If I would'a known, it would've happened!" Ohashi let out a groan while she scrunched her head back, shoving his wrist upwards and sending him a glare, her cheeks painted a soft pink before she huffed and released his hand. Admittedly, there was a slight hand print where Shiro had ruffled her hair, due to which she had fairly thick hair for it to jolt back so abruptly, but be soft to the touch.. Must have been some kind of genetics from her family. Who would normally have hair that stuck up like quills without some kind of hair gel? Looking back toward the woman when she heard her name, she gave a nod in acknowledgement. With the hand that was upward a second ago, she smoothed her hair back, that one strand of hair being pushed back only for it to flop back forward.

"It's a pleasure to formally meet you. And, a very lovely name." Ohashi fell quiet while the two began to speak to one another, leaving her to allow herself to idly stand by. The exclamation from her brother led her to let out a snicker, a strained smirk on her face while her head jerked to look the opposite way of her brother, only to raise a fist to cough to cover her ass. "I'm sure it's for safety measures, Shiro. You don't know what higher skilled swordsmen have up their sleeves, I'd think the last thing she would want to do is have you cooped up in the infirmary again."

She was then hit with the reason why she was there, leaving her to blink and quickly pat down her uniform pants. "Erm- I don't mean to intrude, but I was actually sent on orders by my captain." Ohashi then pulled the paper from her pocket and showed it to Shizu, unfolded and resting in between the tips of her first and second finger. "By Captain Morihiro's words, 'Find chase on request I've sent them three months ago, and if they haven't got it, stay there and make a nuisance of yourself until you get it and bring it back'. Dunno why he sent me out of all people, since I'm.. not really one to be persistent."

Ohashi then rose a hand to itch the scar on her cheek with her index finger, glancing away for a moment before looking back to the woman in front of her. "I can always find your captain later, but I have to go back with his request in hand so I'm not reprimanded. Or, ah.. at least a firm confirmation that the deed'll be done.."

[Gaz]

Shiro #7

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Shiro looked at his sister with a playfully incredulous eye and with a smile shook his head as he pulled back his uniform to show a series of fading bruises that littered his torso and neck. They were a lot better than yesterday when Lenalee had seen them on his neck and arms, he could put pressure on them now without feeling tender!

“The armour padding isn’t ready for a live swordsman test…” He spoke with a pained long sigh before listening to his little sisters reasonings for being here in the first place. It was too good to be true that she could have just popped by and noticed him. Orders by her captain to pick something up and make a nuisance of herself until she either had it or confirmed delivery date?

“Hmm…” The lab assistant hummed as she peered at the paper with one hand holding her entire stack of paper aloft. The faint green eyes moved from the paper to the girl who came and then to Shiro. “Boss, Captain Morihiro is after the Gigai prototypes that haven’t been tested yet…” Her words trailed off as she folded the paper up and placed it on her paper stack and got her grip on the papers better.

“Well, I think those specific Gigai need testing.” Shiro spoke, surprisingly authoritative on the matter as a smile crept onto his face. “My captain isn’t back until this evening, if you want you can hang around until then. Then I think I’ll submit a request to change up my testing period on those Gigai and we can nab a visit to the land of the living.” He spoke with a great big grin coming to his face as if he had just come up with the most impressive plan that he had ever come up with to date.

“You can take Ohashi as a representative of his squad on the test to ensure they are up to their standard.” Shizu spoke as she turned to her original path, her face avoiding looking at Shiro’s as his grins always forced one onto her face.

“Ohh! Good point! Maybe Lenalee would want to come as well!” The young officer burst out with a sense of excitement that was bubbling to the surface.

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019

[scatterbrained]

Ohashi glanced over to see the bruises on his skin, leaving her to let out a soft sigh while she felt that creeping feeling of overprotectiveness drench her, however it faded while she handed the paper over. She was a little upset at the circumstances of her being here, but also relieved she got to finally talk to her little brother. Unfortunately, business calls, and it was on the plus side that Shiro was here.

There was a small prick of anxiety that fell over the smaller woman while Shizu looked between the paper, and her, then her hues flicked to her brother with that side glance that made her look like one of those live portraits. She gave a small nod in response to his words, to which she rested her arms behind her back, hands folded.

"Well, my captain made it well expressed that I need to return with something in positive light.." Ohashi let out a defeated sigh, however it wasn't directed toward either of them-- at least, from what she's heard from Shizu, the prototypes were created, but not tested, so it was some type of progress. 

There was a chuckle that slid from her lips at his excitement, leading her to give a nod to his grinning excitement about his plan. "I don't mind tagging along. It'll be nice to go back out there, I've been cooped up for a little bit, get some fresh air 't least." There was a small smirk that formed on her lips at his beaming excitement about Lenalee tagging along, but she held back a teasing quip so she didn't potentially offend Shizu. She noticed a vibe of jealousy toward her before she explained that she was Shiro's sister, so she knew about some kind of feeling there.

[Gaz]

Shiro #8

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Shiro heard the defeated sigh of his elder and watched her taking the news that the gigai still needed testing. It kicked his brain gears into motion and got him thinking as he caught Shizu walking away to carry on with her tasks. Then he shifted his gaze to Ohashi as the woman chuckled, making his broad smile grow just that bit more.

“Screw it!” Shiro announced as he grabbed his sister’s arm and started to pull her way. “Shizu! Get those prototype Gigai ready and meet us by the Senkaimon!” He ordered, his words loud and tone authoritative. This was a skill he had to pick up more recently as the young officer was not used to ordering about trained Shinigami. He was more used to herding the cats that were the kids of the orphanage around.

The green haired young woman spun around at the order with a look of protest in her eyes. “You don’t have the authority to dictate use of the Senkaimon!” She blurted out, knowing that if he did that he would get into some really big trouble with the captains and maybe even central forty-six. “Tagachi, think about it. They won’t even let you if you walk up.” Shizu added, trying to keep her worry out of her voice.

“Hm? I know I don’t but Captain Adachi or Captain Morihiro can sanction it…” He replied with his characteristically goofy smile. Then he held his hand out to his Shorter Big Sister and waggled his fingers to try and get her to hold his hand like when they were young. “C’mon Ohashi, let’s head to squad thirteen and see if Lenalee can come with us. If not then let’s dash to your squad and get your captain to let us go.”

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Shiro: 7319e6
Shizu: b1e619
Captain Yoshino Morihiro: e69019