The Long Awaited Return

Shunsui walked into his what appeared to be dusty office. Jeez, they couldn't have cleaned it for me? He thought. He ignored it then sat down in his chair. Ahhhhhhhhh, this feels right. He shuffled through some papers and only got through a little bit of work until he brought out the sake. He finished the brunt of his work, when he finally kicked back in his chair. Well... it feels like I never left. After being gone for a while on a personal mission, he had finally returned to his position of Captain of the 8th Division.

(hmms, mind if i join in?)

OOC: Sure! The more the merrier!

The door opend and a woman with long white hair, pale skin and gentel blue eyes enetered. She was wearing the shinigami uniform, opend slightly so the very top of her cleveage could be seen. Over it, she was wearing a white captain haori with the 5th division kanji and symbol on the back, wich meant that this young looking woman was Reikou Yuuri, the newest among the captains. Her haircut and gentel eyes seemend to resemble his now retired best friend, Ukitake.

"Shunsui taicho, sorry for bursting in like this..i just wanted to welcome you back", she said with a light bow. During her time as third-seat under aizen, and vice captain under hinamori, she had been building a friendship with some of the captains, including the former 13th division captain ukitake. Shunsui had been one of the captains she hadent really spoken with befor, through a few words had been shared between them during hinamori`s funeral.

"How did your mission go?". Yuuri didnt count on he had heard that she had become a captain, it had been shortly after Hinamori`s death, so many had been busy at the event, only 8 or 9 of the captains showed up.

"So little Yuuri is a Captain now!" He said with a warm-hearted laugh. It was good to see a somewhat familiar face. His eyes slowly dropped to see the bit of cleavage. "Well, maybe not so little anymore, hehehehe..." he said with an akward chuckle. "Anyway, yes, my mission went fine. I tell you what, Hueco Mundo is a mysterious place..."

Yuuri rolled her eyes slightly and just keept a small smile on. The white haired captain knew how he behaved, and she wasent surprised seeing he already had found some sake from his desk. "It is..but since we defeated their leader...it had been quiet recently..as peaceful as being a shinigami can be".

Small thuds could be heard as she walked accros the wodden floor, passed the desk, and opend up the curtains, letting the afternoon sunlight shine through the half-dusty windows. "I was meant to send in someone to clean up your office for your return, but due to recent events in the kido corps and such, i have been to busy..gomenasai(sorry)"

"Ehh, no problem. It just gives me something to do... or not!" He was having a good time back in the Soul Society. "So it looks like a lot has changed," he said with a more serious approach. "Tell me Yuuri, who is this new Capt. Commander?" He had heard of him before, but didn't know that much about him.

"..a man named Kontan Kensei..he is..alot diffrent than old pa", she said with a little smile, through it quickly disappeard and replaced with sorrowful eyes. "Alot have changed..Kira-kun and me have become captains...Unohana taicho has begun to age in her body...Ukitake taicho has retied...Naoe-chan is gone as well..."

"Yep..." He too was feeling a little saddened. But he didn't want to get down. He needed to put on a good face for the young captain in his office. "Well that just means I'll have to do even better!" He said with a laugh. He turned to his desk to get some sake. "Would you like some?"

Yuuri let out a little sigh up pulled a chair over to the desk and sat down, smiling slightly. "You are lucky its stressing me to be the kido corps commander". Yuuri had begun to drink a few days after Hinamori had died. The two girls had made a promise to eacthoder to bring back Aizen, but first he died, and they got over it, promising eacthoder they would lead the 5th division togeder to honor his memory..and well, her death had taken very hard on the young captain.

He saw the sorrow in her eyes. He could only imagine what she has been through. "You know, I've done this captain job for long enough," He paused to take a sip of sake, "And the one thing I've learned, is you can't do it alone." He poured them some more sake. "We have Captains and Vice-Captains for a reason. We work together." He said as he smiled at her. He hoped he had helped her a little. He also saw a lot of Ukitake in her, so he already felt a connection.

"Work togeder?..", she mumbled, befor taking a sip of her sake. "..i guess i never felt that bond..i spend my first couple of years as the 4th seat in the 4th division and most of my years as the 3th seat in the 5th division working with Hinamori-chan and Aizen alot...i guess seeing how hurt hinamori-chan got, i forget how close a vice captain and a captain would have to be to work togeder.."

"Well I hope that somewhat helps." He got up and went around his office to a filling cabinet. He shuffled through files and let out a big sigh. "You know, I just realized I need a new Vice!" He had definitely forgotten. He remembered how nice it was having someone around. "Got any recomendations?"

Yuuri looked at him and rolled her eyes slightly, befor she put the cup down. "Naoe-chan would be sad if she knew how earger you were to get a new vice captain..", she said smiling a little, remebering how he used to flirt with her when she came to visit him in the sick bay back when she was a 4th seat under unohana in the 4th division. "Theres alot of growing new stars...it wont be easy"

He had been gone so long, he had forgotten so much. He looked at Yuuri who was standing there smiling. It was nice to see her this evening. Maybe it was the sake, but she was the most beautiful thing he had seen in ages. He walked over to the door ready to escort her out. "Maybe you should go..." he started. He was close to making a bad decision.

(OOC: Maybe she would like to make a bad decision with him?)

(occ: as in picking vice captain or a diffrent thing im thinking ofx.x)

Yuuri raised her eyebrow and looked over at him, seeming to be confused. He had just asked her to help him pick, or at least reccomend, a new vice captain to him, and now he was standing by the door, suggesting she should leave. The sun hadent gone complety down yet, and he didnt seem to drunk, so what could be bothering him all of a sudden? "May i ask why you suddenly want me to leave, taicho?"

(I was thinkin bout somethin else...)

He looked at her in a way he knew he shoudn't have. "I'm just thinking if you wanted to go, you should..." He couldn't gather his thoughts the way he wanted to. He wasn't totally drunk but the pressence of a woman changed his perspective completely.

"You know, it isent a very clear answer, taicho", Yuuri said a little displeased over her question not being answerd. She reached down and took her cup of sake up to her lips, befor taking a big sip, looking down into the almost empty cup, not really feeling warmer even through the liquid was hot since it had been lying in the desk for quite awhile.

"Sorry, i'm just a little buzzed," He said. He sat back down. "Anyway, it would be great if you could help me pick a new Vice-Captain."

He felt a soft hand cup his strong chin, and til his head upwards. "You should`t be drinking when you just returned from such a trip...you should get some sleep taicho", she said in a gentel, yet slight strict voice that could remind of a mother speaking to her stubborn or lazy child.