As the sun rises...(Open)

The Seireitei...home of the shinigami, the place that human`s would refer to as heaven. Right now, it looked and felt like heaven, everything had settled down for most of the divisions, it was like the winter war and the disappearance of most captains and high ranked officers, never had occurred. The new captain commander had done a great job in motivating the new generation of shinigami, many felt like the gotei 13 had gotten stronger after the long battle against Aizen. The new captains had settled in fine, along with their new lieutenants. Not all of the seated officers and captain`s had dissappeard, take Kira Izuru who had been promoted to the third division captain, but many had, Including Kuchiki Byakuya. The disappearance of the Kuchiki family head, had thrown the family into chaos, only recently had the new leader showed his face. The new leader was an elderly Kuchiki, who had acted as a mentor for Byakuya when he was young. Even through the elder did a good job in leading the clan, many meant that they needed some fresh, young blood to take over. Since Byakuya never had any children, and his adoptive sister, Rukia, was to young to take over, the family had been forced to look outside the main branch of Kuchiki`s, in order to find a suitable leader. Nothing had been made official yet, but rumors said that they had begun to narrow in their list to a few names. Despite the issue of finding an heir to the family, the Kuchiki house was running normally. The reason for the family to become so staple, in such a short amount of time, was mainly the work of a woman named Kuchiki Kemiko.

Said woman was now walking on one of the stone bridges that connected the first division barracks with most of the others, you could say it was a main road for traveling between the barracks. Normally the bridge would have shinigami walking back and forth to reach their destination, but right now the only life was the two sleeping night watch guards, and the early riser Kemiko. The bridge was wide, but even from a far distance you could recognize the Kuchiki, who`s light footsteps made soft "thud", sounds as she crossed the bridge. Kemiko was wearing her usual attire which was: A standard shinigami uniform that had been split into two parts. The upper part ended a few inches under her chest, leaving her flat belly exposed. The lower part was held up by a thin, white obi that was tied in the front. On her feet, she was wearing some white socks and flat wooden sandals. Despite the unique, yet simple, uniform, the one thing that stood out was her hair. Most Kuchiki`s had black or white hair, but Kemiko`s was blood red and reached all the way down to her knees. Today, it was pulled back with the flat crown figure in silver, which was a kind of Kuchiki headpiece. She was carrying an average sized stack of paper under her left arm, it was most likely assignments she had been sent out to give.

As Kemiko reached the halfway of the bridge, she stopped up and walked over to the railing. The sun rise was her favorite time of the day. The sun itself was lighting the seireitei up, the air was freeze, and best of all, most of the division`s haden`t awoken yet, meaning it was nice and quiet. The red haired female turned her black eyes away from the amazing view of the awaking seireitei, and looked at the two sleeping guards. An empty sake bottle was laying between them, meaning they had gotten drunk during their shift. With a light sigh she looked out at the sunrise again, letting the wind play with the chest long bangs she had left loose, in order to frame her face. "So peaceful..", the female mumbled to herself in a soft tone, her face being voided of emotions as usual. When it came to showing emotions, many said she resembled a soft Byakuya. The female usually held her face blank, but now or then you could see her smile a little, even laugh if she found something amusing. Kemiko decided to remain on the bridge for the moment, letting the wind play with her long hair and wake her up.

(yes i know its long and not much happens, but ive never been good at starting topics)

(OOC: dont worry about it ^^ opening posts tend to be large as you have to set the scene Also sorry about the bodgy post xD i had to really rush it due to going out >.<))

Once again Lightning had found sleeping almost impossible, her muscles could not relax no matter the amount of time she gave them to do so. Instead she surrendered to the insatiable urge for movement that her muscles craved. A morning walk would do her tension well, it would also give her the opportunity to check on the surroundings. Call her paranoid but Lightning simply couldn't relax like others. People would tell her to chill and take it easy, that the guards had everything sorted. Perhaps that was it....her problem. She was a guard, yes not the type that they were referring to but the instinct was the same. Her role as captain of the 6th division had her feeling like a fish out of water, yes she had captained the 6th division once before but the time that flew by had done it's damage. She was no longer in the captain mentality.

The cool breeze was refreshing as it gently blew through her hair and across her skin. Her captain's haori billowed in the breeze as she walked, it was far too large for her whic suited her fine. Her customised uniform was for freedom of movement and for her fighting style, this way the haori was not restricting and could be easily removed should the situation call for it. The sun was rising in the sky and the air held nothing but silence. It was uncommon for many to awake at this hour, unless it was for a specific duty. Looking ahead Lightning's blue orbs locked onto a young woman standing upon the stone bridge she too had chosen to walk across. Her hair a brilliant shade of red stood out much like her own unusual shade and her uniform was also in two parts, her's however showed more midriff than Lightning's own and vastly differed in the lower half. Lightning had not seen this woman before..another new face. Deciding she should probably at least meet this new recruit Lightning continued on her path across the bridge and the woman upon it.

It was first when she reached within 10 feet of the woman, that Kemiko turned her head towards her. The two zanpaktou`s the red haired female carried became visible now that Lighting had gotten close, they had been hidden by the woman`s flowing hair before. The first zanpaktou was located at her lower back, the handle of it sticking out from the holster at her left hip. The second zanpaktou`s handle was sticking out from her right shoulder, the holster itself crossing from the right shoulder to the left hip. A red cord ran across her chest, connecting the two holsters. An armband with the first division`s symbol, and the kanji for lieutenant, was tied around her right arm, her rank and division being revealed. Due to the double zanpaktou, the kuchiki family hair ornament, and the armband, it meant that this woman was Kuchiki Kemiko, a young shinigami who had become the first division lieutenant half a year ago.

"Good morning, Lighting Taicho, i hope you have had a pleasant night`s sleep. Is there anything i can assist you with?". The words was spoken with a blank face, but the tone was soft so it meant that Kemiko was in a good mood. Kemiko had known about Lighting since the woman became a captain, as the first division lieutenant your one of the first to find out. You would think that Kemiko would hate the woman, since she had taken the rank of sixth division captain, a rank that had been held by the head of the Kuchiki family for the past two generations. The truth was that Kemiko had a neutral feeling towards all the new captains, no matter who they were. She had, of cause, been shaken up by Byakuya`s disappearance, but since it had been half a year since anyone saw him, and no signs of him coming back, she had begun to adapt to the new life.

(short i know)

Lightning noticed immediately the hairpiece adorning the young woman's hair, she knew such ornaments well...perhaps too well. She was a Kuchiki, but whom? Lightning knew of the Kuchiki family and rough descriptions of them as well, this young boldly coloured haired woman was not of any she knew. A wife perhaps? or adopted? She knew that she was not of Kuchiki blood that was for sure, not that it mattered to her in the slightest. Lightning was the last person to care about one's blood let alone judge someone upon it. Another thing that struck Lightning now she was closer was just how much midriff this young woman was exposing, far too much her liking. It was not decent, far from it infact. Surely the noble family of the Kuchiki's did not approve of such attire. Lightning's gaze wandered briskly over the two blades attached to her torso, interesting this woman was a dual wielder and even more interesting was the 1st division armband she wore also.

Lightning could have rolled her eyes at the irony of such a statement, she had definately not had a good sleep. Lightning spoke her reply with her usual poker face, she saw no need to display needless emotions. "No i am merely doing the same as i suspect you are" Lightning's blue orbs stared into the black ones before her, unusual pupils.

((OC: sorry again for short post but i have to get them in while my internet cooperates xD also lightning is not much of a talker in the beginning))