Flowers and prose {RT} {Hikari pl0x}

The daily hustle and bustle was starting to get to this short 5'2" girl. None stop; she had been getting a load of new recruits in her division, not to mention the daily assaults from Srya and the constant questions about this or that. The Captain of the 5th Division needed a break. Lucky for her she had all ready retreated to an ice cream shop that she loved to visit. Now with that done Hikari could go about and goof off or just walk about and enjoy the day. Normally she would visit Aki-chan or maybe even hang out with Kasumi, but alas they were both indisposed at the moment. This meant a solo time. Not that she minded this, in fact she preferred it lately, but one could never know what could happen when one was alone. Again this thought vanished quickly, she was the Captain of the 5th Division and they were all tough and strong people; in fact she had been titled the Devil Queen outside of the walls of the Fifth Division. This was a title that she frowned at quite a bit. Inconsequential to her none-the-less, people would always have misconceptions about her division no matter what she did.

In her thoughts she had started down a path leading to the next district in the Rukongai. It was a walk that she enjoyed to frequent. There were a lot of open fields, a little stream, and cherry trees. Hikari loved the nature and the beauty that it possessed. Perhaps today she would just sit under one of her favorite trees and eat her overflowing bowl of ice cream. Picking up the pace, Hikari decided to just that.

Finally seeing the tree that she loved to sit under, Hikari broke into a cheerful skip. Her Haori glided in the air as she hopped up and down. This item of clothing was the only thing on Hikari's body that didn't fit her perfectly. The white overcoat was about ten sizes too big for her and tended to drag on the ground behind her. Its sleeves looked as if they had been torn off, and the cloth itself looked like it was in need of quite a bit of repair, but it was clean and cared for. Between the haori, the sword she held in the small of her back, and a beautiful, but odd silver cross, Hikari looked like a Japanese doll. Her kimono wasn't Court Guard issued, that was for sure, but it was tailored to end mid thigh. The soft pink pattern was beautiful and the light blue Ubi wrapped around her waist complimented the whole outfit. Anyone seeing her for the first time wouldn't believe that this girl was in fact the strongest, scariest women in the Gotei 6.

Finally the tree was close enough to see quite well and thoughts of familiarity rushed into Hikari's mind, but there was something there that wasn't familiar to this girl. A man was lying underneath it all ready. The white shihakusho was amazingly out of place and the little captain wondered who it could be. The actual outfit looked oddly familiar, almost like she had seen him before somewhere, but Hikari couldn't place her finger on where. "Only one way to find out." Hikari thought to herself as she finally walked up to the man. He was tall slender, but muscular man and he had a Zanpakutou resting on his lap, the 6th division emblem was tied around his sleeve. "So he is the Lieutenant of the 6th aye?" Hikari silently thought again.

"How do you do Mr. Lieutenant of the 6th Division? On a little break? Wouldn't blame ya, external affairs must keep you busy as hell." Hikari's voice rang through the air like a sweat melody and the smile she gave him would most likely have tamed a savage beast, but that was just how Hikari was.

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Words: 656
GP: 13
Total GP: 13

Rayne sighed, his hands clasped in his lap as the female approached, but rapidly rose to his feet with his Zan held at his side as he snapped a salute upon realizing who it was. He'd never met her before, but he did know her by reputation and position. “Captain Miyazaki,” he said, bowing. But he straightened with an odd expression on his face. “Uhm... Yes, yes ma'am. Things have been rather busy with 6th Squad. The Captain's been in and out of the Human World, both with me along and by himself, or with other Captains. It's like the Arrancar and Hollows are trying to break us by wearing out all the seated officers, ma'am,” he said.

“I'm not complaining, though. You have to get practice in one way or another, or you get rusty. And besides, it's only spurts, and I get a chance to relax sometimes,” he said, rolling his shoulders back slightly, and sliding his Zanpakutou back into his Obi, adjusting the belt slightly with a frown. Once this was done, he pulled the coat from the branch, shrugging it onto his shoulders and pulling it closed. While yes, he was trying to relax, most captains didn't care about such things, so long as you stayed in uniform. He figured she was going to be the worst. After all, you didn't get a nickname like Devil Queen for no reason.

He looked back up, and smiled. “So if I might ask, Captain... What's brought you out this far? Am I being called back to the Seireitei to go out on another mission? Or are you like me, needing to get away from the rigamarole from time to time?” he said, leaning back against the tree with his arms crossed over his chest. “Because as demanding as being a lieutenant is, I'm sure as a captain, yours must be much more demanding.”

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Word Count: 320
GP: 6
GP Total: 13

“So if I might ask, Captain... What's brought you out this far? Am I being called back to the Seireitei to go out on another mission? Or are you like me, needing to get away from the rigamarole from time to time?”

Hikari had chuckled inside. His reaction was very Lieutenant-ish. He put on his over robe and tried to appear as proper as one could while sitting under a cherry tree. He also inquired if he was being summoned back, this of course was absurd. No one in their right mind would send the Captain of the Fifth Division to fetch the Lieutenant of the Sixth Division. Not that Hikari or anyone else would think it below them to be called for this, but to ask a Fifth Division member to do something like this was insane. First reason it would be folly to do so was because the member would think the assignment to be "lame" and would end up not doing it. The second reason was much more simple and "common sense-ish"'; that Fifth Division member would most likely end up getting in a fight with the person they were sent to retrieve. This Captain was somewhat of an exception to these two rules, but it didn't mean the rest of the Court Guard knew that.

"Why I am out here is really none of your concern, but if you must know..." Hikari talked with her normal happy voice and with the pause; smiled at this Lieutenant. "I ran away from my duties." This revelation wouldn't be a surprise to most people inside of her Division, but to have a Captain shirk their duties was something of a surprise to most. The kimono clad girl didn't care what others thought and if they really wanted to question her, they could always "try" and make her understand. Of course Hikari didn't think that this man would do such a thing so she paid it little mind. "As for calling you back, I do believe that if they wanted you to report in, the Court Guard would send those demonic fun-ruining butterflies."

The little Captain had said her fill and didn't feel the need to kick the man from is relaxing spot. Sitting in the shade at the edge of the dirt path. Hikari didn't want to let this scrumptious bowl of iced milky goodness melt and go to waste. Popping a bite into her mouth she sat there and enjoyed the shade of the tree with this Lieutenant.

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Words: 420
GP: 8
Total GP: 21