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Kira sighed slightly as he stared at the paperwork on his desk. He had been working on it for nearly two hours it seemed. Moat of the day had been liked that so, he knew he couldn’t go to far from his office. The blond then looked to the door as his fifth seat come wandering in with a stack and paperwork in his hands. There you go captain some fresh reports the boy told him cheerfully before leaving. Kira kept silent as the door to his office shut with a small snap. When he was sure the guys was gone he leaned back in his chair slightly,

A couple moments later the captain stood up from his desk and made his way over to the window sill. Sighing again he leaned against it and stared outside. Alot of the lower ranked officers seemed to be out and about that afternoon. Kira then wondered if he was the only one working. Kira started curiously at one group of shingami in particular. They seemed to have gotten into an argument of some sort. Kira made a face at that facet and hoped it wouldn’t turn in a physical fight. If that happened he would have to go break it up.

Kenji slowly made his way through the complex that was shared with the other captains. The sun was out and there was a nice breeze coming from the east. Had finishing the paperwork that was given to him, he decided it would be a good idea visit some of the captains that he haven’t had the chance to meet or rather interact with. Though despite finishing his work there was something amiss about the normally happy go lucky captain. It had been a few weeks since the disappearance and this was the first time that he didn’t allow those underneath him to get off earlier, and rather told them to keep themselves busy.

Some of them didn’t understand the reason of the sudden change of their captain. It wasn’t till a certain female who was his sixth seat told the rest of them that, the anniversary of his sister’s disappearance was coming up in the next six days. She also told them how, his personality seem to get more mellowed out and is the only time that he smoked a cigarette. And that is what exactly was in his right hand, a half smoked cigarette. Taking a slow drag from it, his eyes flickered in the direction of a group of shinigami who was arguing over something stupid.

“Stupidity.” Was the word that muttered out of his mouth walking up to the group of shinigami. Some words where exchanged and before long the group split up and went in their own way, while he flicked his cigarette away. Whatever Kenji had said it seem to had work. Moving along, he made it to the hallway of the third division, it had been awhile since he had been to this place. A soft knock was heard at the captain’s door, before opening it slightly.

Moving in, he would look at the pile of papers on the captain’s desk, seems like he had a lot work on his hands. His eyes would look at the captain as he spoke in a calm voice “Been busy?” Kenji was wearing his normal black haori that was so far different from the white one most captains wore. His head was neatly combed back and out of his face.

The blond captain continued to watch the people outside with sigh. The fight between the people seemed to get worse by the second. Sighing again slightly the blond put his hand on the window. But , before he could move he saw a man with a cigarette go up to the fighting seated officers. Immediately upon reaching them the man muttered something and fighting men went about their business. Kira blinked at the man a couple times as he walked on. And wondered what he said that caused the fighting guys to stop what they were doing and walked. From what the blond could see the man had said one word. So a threat being the cause was out of the question.

A short second after the mans disappeared a knock was heard on his door. The blond remained quiet and looked to it. Hoping that it wasn’t more paperwork for him to do. To his surprise it was man that he had saw outside only a couples seconds earlier. The man seemed to be impatient because he walked in with waiting at the door. Keeping quiet Kira walked over to his desk as the man came farther into the room. The man seemed to noticed the lot of paper work on his desk because he asked if he had been busy. It was pretty obvious , but Izuru was one to rudely point that out when someone did that. " Hai I have" he replied in calm tone while wondering where he had seen this man before.

Kenji had knew a couple of the seated officers due to the fact that they were a part of his division. One of them was slightly drunk and had started talking about the other, which snowballed into the situation that Izura had seen through his window. The drunk one quickly aplogized to the other who he had talked about when, he saw that his captain was coming in their direction. Despite being drunk he knew that his captain wasn’t in the best of moods for the simple fact that; he was smoking and didn’t have a bottle of sake in hand. Which was unheard of for Kenji always had some type of alcohol on him, but this week would be different.

A soft smell of smoke rolled off his body and there was no doubt that Izura would smell it. Kenji knew that his question was rather stupid but then again some people wouldn’t considered this as being busy. Well at least to Kenji, work is only busy if you make it that way. There are so many ways you can make your work fun that it wasn’t even funny. “Hmm...do you need some help? My division is done with their work and probably just sitting around doing nothing.” He said.

“Please excuse me, my name is Kenji Mamoru Captain of the 13th division.” He had totally forgot to introduce himself to Izura the captain of the third. But he would hope the introduction wasn’t needed for all captains should at least know each other, somewhat.

Izuru wrinkled his nose slightly at the smell of the smoke rolling of the other guys body. The blond really wished he wouldn’t smoke in his office , but he didn’t want to make a bad first impression either. After the blond had answered the man's question the man asked if could help with the blond’s paperwork. Kira looked at the paper work stacks on his desk briefly. And kept silent as he took a seat in the chair behind his desk. He then figured he might as well let the 13th division captain help. There was no harm in it and the work was really piling up. Normally he would ask his vice captain , but hadn’t seen the young shingami in a while.

" Sure I could use the help" he replied back to the man in a calm tone. A short second later then introduced himself as Kenji. The man had no introduced himself to him , so he only polite to do so back. Kira wasn’t sure if the man already knew his name , but was the right thing to do anyway. " Kira Izuru SanbanTaichou" the blond said next in response as some footsteps were heard passing the door. The blond ignored them knowing they weren’t stopping at his office.

The slight wrinkle of the man’s nose caught Kenji attention and then he realized that it could have been from the fact he was smoking before he got here. Normally one wouldn’t catch him smoking for it wasn’t his type of thing to do. Instead they would normally find him with a bottle of some type of alcohol. For he was known more for his high tolerance to drinking and the fact he never got drunk or gotten alcohol poisoning of any type. Oh how he missed the parties that he had went too doing the academy years, but that was for another time. “Sorry about the smell of smoke. I usually don’t smoke at all.” He said calmly.

The truth was that this week was the beginning of his sister’s anniversary. Her untimely death had effected him in various ways, one of them being that he smokes during the week prior to the day she got killed. Pulling up a chair, he would look at the paper work and mentally laugh. And here he thought he was going to have a day void of any type of paper work. “Nice to meet you Izura.” He said, looking at some of the papers on the desk. “I wonder sometimes where do they come up with this paper work, like seriously....it’s depressing.” He said with a chuckle before filling out the paper.

Kenji knew just enough information about the third division to fill out the paper without any problems.

Izuru remained silent as the man told him about the smell of the smoke. The blond didn't say anything but he was surprised the man had picked up on the discomfort. But, then again alot of people he knew always knew when was uncomfortable. The captain did not know the cause ,but he knew he was easy to read most of the time. So, he figured that must be the reason the man explained the smell of his clothes. Zu figured he should probably say something in return to the man ,but he wasn't exactly sure what that should be." Its alright Whatever gets you through the day" he told the man while trying to sound like he was joking. It was probably a total failure like most of his attempts at seeming happy but, it was worth a shot at least.

After explaining his smoking habits the man told the blond it was nice to meet him.After that the man went on to talk about the paperwork before them. And told Kira that it was seriously a depressing thing. Izu could defiantly agree with that at the up most. The paper work had been getting so high lately. So much that the blond captain figured even the most cheerful captain or vice captain would get depressed. He was depressed most of the time anyway so, it was it late for him ,but the paperwork still made him feel even worse. Especially after these long hours of doing it this week." Hai it really has gotten out of hand" he agreed in a calm tone.

Kenji had a thing for picking up one’s body languages. It was a habit picked up during the times his sister was alive. For without it he wouldn’t have known that her husband was abusive to him. Besides the more serious situations, he has used it for more comical or relaxing reasons like using it to pick up dates among other stuff. He thought about telling the man about the reason he was smoking was because, his sister’s death anniversary was coming up within six days. It’s doing this week that one will ever catch him smoking, while the other time being the anniversary of his father’s disappearance. But he decided against telling Izuru about his troubled pass for, that information was not important. “I guess...” was all he said before finishing up one of the papers, and carefully looking over it to make sure he had gotten the information correct.

Kenji had made a happy of never trying to seem depressed no matter what the situation. For he knew somewhere else, someone had it far worse. And besides one didn’t have time to be depressed when there is so much beauty within this world. An eyebrow would raise before he spoke once again “Tell me about it. Hey, I’m the president of the men associations and I’m trying to recruit members. And in need of a vice-president. Do you want the job? Its okay if you don’t want it because of all this paperwork. But if you do want it, I could send some of my seated officers who worked with other members within your division to help with work. They have nothing better else to do anyway.”

Thinking that offering a position within the men association would somehow liven Izuru up some. Kenji didn’t hesitate upon asking him. And he hoped Izuru don’t turn down this offer.

Looking down at the paper work sheet in front of him he read it to himself. It said: Mission Report from the world of the living from third squad fifth and fourth seat. This have been quiet but we managed to kill most of the hollows found on our scouting mission. But we think there might be a hive requesting back from another squad. Kira made a face at the report in front of him slightly and wrote something on it followed by his signature. After signing it he put it in the urgent pile which consisted of one other paper. When the paper was fully down he grabbed another one and put it in front of him. As he was about to read the words on this one he heard the man sitting across from speak once more.

This time the man told him that he could relate to the work load. The man's next words though made the blond captain look up at him. The thirteenth division captain had asked him to be the vice president of the men’s association. Kira remembered being part it a while ago with some the other male shingami. Thinking of those old days made him think of his phone proposal of a sliver fox. That thought made him think of his ex captain Ichimaru Gin. Izu sighed softly to himself wondering why he worried himself so much with these old memories. " Sure. I 'd love to help you" he told the man in a calm tone with an attempt at a smile which failed as usual.

"What do you mean by, "He`s speaking privatly with Mamoru taicho and dosen`t want company"!?", an all to familiar female voice sounded a few moments after the blond had agreed on the suggestion. the door was opened and in stepped the blue eyed Rangiku. "Geesh, for all those years ive visisted to share a drink with Kira, you would think it didn`t matter if he became a captain or not..". The words was spoken to herself, through it was loud enough for both of the men to hear. Rangiku turned her gaze onto the two taller males and lifted her hand in a small greeting, a smile comming over her full lips. "It`s been awhile, Kira!". Rangiku was as always wearing her shinigami uniform very low at the chest, allowing her large chest to be wived in its full curve. The pink sash was as always tied around her waist, her zanpaktou hanging clipped from it on her back. The only real difference about her appearance was the armband she had tied around her sash, instead of displaying the vice captain kanji, it displayed the third seat, meaning that the strawberry blond woman had dropped in rank, most likely on her own will since she didn`t seem angry.

"I`m sorry if im intterupting, Kenji-taicho, i just wanted to drop by and say hello..", the woman side while moving some of her waist long hair away from her shoulder, sounding as if she just now had noticed Kenji`s presence. Rangiku walked up to the desk and focused her gaze onto the paperwork, letting out a light sigh. "Really kira, your a taicho now, don`t work your back off over something you can get your vice captain or officers to..". Without carring much for the paperwork, the woman sat down onto the desk, almost tilting over one of the smaller stacks. "I guess it can`t be helped, Gin always said that you-...". Stopping herself in mid sentence, she rubbed her shoulder slightly, looking at both of them again. "..Ah, gomen for interrupting...the pain in my shoulder for carrying around my chest all day, made me forget that the two of you talked..please go on, pretend im not here!". The sudden change of topic was unusual for the woman, but who could blame her...the fox-faced man had died in her arms after all. Rangiku adjusted her back a little so she was sitting comfortable, she would let the two males finish before talking again,

Finishing some more of the 3rd division paper work a sigh escaped his lips. He seriously needed a drink but something else was bugging the 13th division captain. It was to the point that everything around him seem to slow down. The words that Izuru spoke sounded slurred and the likes. Shaking his head slightly he look up at the captain “Very well, the first meeting will be held when we get the other positions filled. And I have a place where we can meet instead of the old place that the previous members use to meet at.” He said, before turning in the direction of the female who had enter the room.

Without thinking his eyes went to her rather large breast, but he somehow managed to snap himself out of staring at those wonderful things. He was still trying to get use to of being in a relationship and it seemed the “player” within him didn’t like it at all. Leaning back in the chair, he watched the female converse with the other male. Kenji didn’t know who the female personally, though he would change that later on but not at the moment. “Don’t worry about it, We were just talking about stuff in general.” Was all he said....

A chuckled escaped Kenji’s lips at the female comment about Izuru having his vice-captain and officers doing the paper work “I told him he could just drag members from my division to help. Half of the time they are off during...well I don’t want to think about what they are doing.” He said with a smile. Kenji’s eyes looked at Rangiku as she sat down on the desk. Oh lovely, not only was this very beautiful lady within the room but she was now sitting on the desk between him and Izura. He wondered how he is going to survive this meeting.

An eyebrow was raised at her last comment about carrying around her chest all day “I would suspect you be use to carrying those wonderful things around every day?” He said. If one didn’t know better they would think that Kenji was flirting with the female...maybe he was...maybe he wasn’t. Only Kenji knows the answer to that.

Shortly after he had accepted the invitation to join the men's association again as vice captain the man continued to speak, And informed they would have the first meeting once they got some more members. He also informed Kira about a new meeting place. Upon hearing that the blond hoped that the women's association would try to take it away. Kira then nodded to the man slightly and looked back at his paper work.

Still staring at the paperwork the blond heard a familiar voice in the room. It was the voice of a old friend of his taichou , rangiku mastumoto. After saying something to her self loud enough for the took boys to her she told Kira that it had been a long time. After greeting him the women apologized to the brunette captain if she was interrupting. Kira then looked up at the women as she made her way over to his desk. Upon reaching his desk the women told that he was a captain. So, he shouldn’t work his back off when he could just make his vice captain do some of the work. Izu knew that was true but the girl was such a shy little thing so, he didn’t want to over burden her." I don't want to over work her" he told the blond women in a calm tone. As the brunette man commented that Kira could drag some his squad members to help.

After he spoke to her she brought up Gin but stopped her self mid sentence. By that the blond could tell that he wasn’t the only still feeling depressed about his captain. So, he deiced not to say anything about her pause to spare both of their feelings. Kira made a weird face about the women next comment. Which was a compliant about caring her chest around all day. Kira then looked to the man next to him as he told the women that she should be used to it. Kira remained silent because he wasn’t sure how he should respond. so, he began to sign his name on a piece a paperwork which read : Mission report 6776 to the human world. Odd figure spotted we are perusing it to gather more information on it. We will report back once we find out more. When his name was signed he put in the finished pile.

[ooc: sorry if this took so long guys , ive had alot going going on. ]

(you are forgiven, but only because that Izuru chibi is cute...xD)

She noted to herself mentally, that the newest thirttenth division captain was directly opposent of the former captain, Ukitake Jushiro, who would have blushed just thinking over looking at her bosom. Over the years wearing her uniform like that, she had gotten used to people looking at them, she brought her bosom up in the middle of conversations, so she wasen`t shy when it came to her body. Rangiku turned her attention at Kira, finding herself becomming annoyed by his moody answer. She reached over and took him by the chin, letting out a light sigh. "You might be wearing a captain haori, but your still far from becomming a captain..", she spoke, her smile meaning it was yet anthoder one of her friendly jokes, as well as an attempt on making him open up a bit more. It was no secret the blond always had been bad when it came to showing emotions. the only time he really showed some was when he was drunk.

The strawberry blond woman let go of him and turned her attention back on Kenji, listning on his words about offering his division`s assistance with the paper work. Rangiku folded her arms behind her head and learned slightly back, closing her eyes a bit. "All the talk about paperwork is making me depressed...the two of you are really off-setters..". She turned her glance towards Kenji once more, this time being a bit surprised on how he commented her words about her bosom. "I am, i am...its just that they get in the way when you train and such..". In truth, when she was younger, she had been considering to wear chest bindings, but since they had grown so much over the years, she had decided to drop it. As she was about to say something to Kira, she almost frooze in place, seeing that he had begun on the paperwork again. She stood up, slammed the palm of her hand into the desk and looked at Kira.

"Stop working at once!", her words caused it to be an amusing scene of a third seat, commanding around her captain. "its very rude to inorge when a lady talks.."

((Sorry that it was short >.<))

Taking another piece of paper from a top the desk, Kenji began to work on it as the other too converse. It wasn’t because he was bored or anything, he just wanted to help the captain out, a trait that he is well known for. Despite working on the paper though, he was still aware of the conversation at hand but did not speak. Finishing the paper, he place it on the nicely stacked pile of finished papers and turned his attention back to the blonde and the busty female.

A chuckle escaped his lips as he listens to the woman speak that the talk of paperwork is making her depress “I beg the differ, normally I would be drinking trying to get drunk...with no luck.” He said the last part with a sigh “But I wanted to see how everyone else was doing.” A smirk came across his face as the female was now stumbling on her words. Guess she didn’t think, Kenji would be so straight-forward or blunt. “I can see how they can get in your way. But if anything you should adapt your fighting style so that they don’t get in the way.” Kenji didn’t know the busty female at all but that might change later on.

When the female slammed her hand against the desk, Kenji would rise up from his seat “You can have my chair, if you like.” He said. Reaching into his haori, he would pulled out a bottle that was wrapped in paper. Unwrapping the paper, the bottle of sake would be present in front of those within the room. “Just a welcoming gift” Was all he said, placing the bottle of sake on the table “I dislike the taste of it and it does nothing for me.”

Izure blinked at the cherry blond women as she told he might be wearing the haori but he still wasn’t a captain. This statement confused the blond and could tell she was kidding. Because afterward the bubbly women flashing one of her I got you smile. Even though the blond knew that was true he still couldn’t help but doubt himself like he usually did. In fact he didn’t even know why he was chosen for the position. But , no one needed to know that he was secretly thinking that. He was glad that he finally had done something meaningful with himself. Instead pf being stuck in one spot for the rest of his years. The blond knew he should probably say something in return but, he didn’t know how to respond with out sounding like he agree with her.

Kira watched the women’s eyes look the thirteen division as she seemed to get depressed. The blond then added another finished paper to the stack as the women whined. And told them that both of them were real off setters. As the women explained her breast comment to the darker haired male the blond began writing on another sheet of paper. And wrote: Mission report seventy six misleading information given. Only one soul spotted with a small hollow chasing them. Mission resolved easily with no new information obtained. When the report was finished he sighed slightly and added it to the stack after signing it.

Just as he was going to grab another on the blond women slammed her hand on his desk and demanded that he stop working at once. He blinked at her a couples times and let his writing utensil drop to the wooden desk, ‘'gomen Nsai Matsumoto san" the blond apologized when the women told him it was impolite to ignore a lady when she spoke. Izu bit his lip slightly as the other man spoke and looked to the bottle of sake. Without another word to them he got up from his desk and went over to the cupboard where he got three glass and brought them back to the desk. After sitting in his chair once more he pour himself a glass and took a large sip before coughing lightly.