Kuroyuri walks into the third division with her characteristic expression of disdain and barely contained aggression. This time it is justified in that she is actually agitated. The eleventh division member walks with the bearing of one who has a purpose to what she is doing. As she walks through, she does not move to the right or left for anybody, expecting people to part for her. This is not because of some arrogant attitude, however, but rather a habit from expectation on the battlefield. She walks past the busy soldiers and officers. Upon discovering the office of the fourth seat has a complete lack of said officer she sighs and frowns deeply. "Miss ... who are you looking for? You can't be back here." She turns and looks at this mousy looking intern who quails at seeing her facial expression. Kuroyuri sighs, "Do try to have more courage than that. You will not stand a chance in combat if you react like that when an ally looks at you. You should hold your head high and your back straight. You are a shinigami. Show it. Never mind that. I am looking for Hinote Toraneko." The woman bolstered by her admonishment straightens up and replies, "She has not been here today, miss!" Kuroyuri nods politely to her and then marches across the hall past Tanji's receptionist and knocks on his door as she slides it open. "You, are you the vice-captain here?" she says with a stern voice.
XXXXX Tanji is on the verge of waking up from his nap when he hears someone speaking very loudly in the hallways outside his office. Shortly after a woman knocks on his door and enters his room without even waiting for a response before asking if he is the vice captain around here. Without so much as opening his eyes or moving from his sleeping position on his office couch Tanji says "Technically no, I'm just temporarily filling in for the Vice Captain duties of Vice Captain Sanada while she is recovering from her injuries. So if you are looking for her, she isn't here, and if you need me to do something in her stead, it'll have to wait till after I've actually woken up from this nap." in response.
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"Sir, for the moment you are in fact vice-captain which means you may have the answer I need, regardless. I am Eleventh Division Seventh Seat Oda Kuroyuri," Kuroyuri sighs and levels her gaze at him. "I apologize for disturbing anything important. I am here for two reasons. The least important reason I can deal with talking to your subordinates. The important reason I will come out with. I am looking for your fourth seat, Toraneko Hinote. She never came home last night. I just wish to inquire if she is on an extended mission or if I need to go search for her. It is not like her to not let us know that she is not going to be home."
XXXXX Tanji listens to the woman, who introduces herself as Oda Kuroyuri, as she explains why she is here in his office. It doesn't show on his face as he continues laying on his couch, but some concern does seep into his mind when he hears Toraneko never came home last night. "I hope this isn't related to why she seemed really sad in her letter." he thought as he sat up from his napping position, and grabs his hat before saying "You're looking for Hinote cus she didn't come home last night? last I checked she wasn't scheduled for any extended missions. I haven't seen her around the offices in a while, but I did notice a letter from her on my desk before I went to take a nap. Last I saw her in person she was being carried off by Vice Captain Hagiwara of the 12th division." as he puts on his hat and adjusts the chin strap. "If you are going to go searching for her, let me come along and help out. I feel like I should probably talk to her in person about what was in her letter." he says as he stands up from the couch and grabs his zanpakutou from the umbrella holder.
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Kuroyuri's intense expression is replaced with worry. When Tanji states his interest in looking for her she straightens up and says, "Hai! I will be honored to receive your assistance in this matter, sir!" She bows politely to him and stands to the side to allow him to step out. She tightens the straps on the gloves she wears and begins to think through the information she has to offer. "We live in a penthouse in the residential area of the Seireitei during most days, except for when we go back to the clan for special occasions or when her father summons us. As far as I know there is no reason to head there. There was a meeting that she was supposed to attend last night, however, I was not let in on the purpose or location. Above my pay grade, I suppose." She was deliberately left out of the Hi and Ellarose meeting the night before, because they feared that her famously ferocious temper would wreck all things to hell if things did not go well enough. Ikasu had been similarly left out for very similar reasons. Only the second son and Toraneko had been invited to join their father on this matter as well as the more even tempered retainers who have no stake in the success or failure of the meeting.
XXXXX"Ok guess we start by asking whoever else was suppose to be at that meeting if she showed up and or where she might have gone after it. If we don't pick up any leads from doing that then we try to pick up on her trail from when I last saw her by asking Hagiwara about what they were doing together." Tanji says as he and Kuroyuri start walking out of his office. When they reach the exit to the 3rd Division HQ, Tanji opens the door and says "So do you know who the meeting was with, or anyone else who would have been there? Or do we have to do some investigating to find out more about that meeting?" as he steps out of the building. He hopes she knows who would have been at that meeting and where they would have to go to find them right now, but he also has a feeling this isn't going to be that easy.
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Kuroyuri sighs and thinks about what little she had been allowed to know at the time. "Well, she did say that one of her brothers was going, the second brother, Muramasa-sama, but not Ikasu-sama. A couple of retainers. Oh, and of course Lord Sasuga himself. Beyond that, I was not privy to who they were meeting or where. She forbade me to go, but I do not know why. It probably was nothing requiring that much security. Though to be honest, she is much more powerful than I am." She ponders on this some more and says, "Perhaps we should contact my brothers. Though, Hikari has also not come home, that is not abnormal for him to slack off. I'll deck him for leaving the lion's share of chores to me right before work. As for Kyosei, he is somewhere in the seireitei, but it should not be difficult to get him to meet us. It is next to impossible to figure out where he is despite being seven feet tall. Second Division has taught him well. Any rate, he might know something."
XXXXX As Kuroyuri explains what she knows about the meeting while they are standing out the front of the building, Tanji takes the opportunity to get some stretches in to help him finish fully waking up from his nap. After she is finished speaking Tanji responds with "That sounds like a good place to start if you don't know where those who went to the meeting are right now. Go ahead and give those guys a call. I'll grab some snacks to eat while you talk to them to see if they know anything useful." as he eyes the selection of a near by vending machine, and starts putting coins in.
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Kuroyuri nods, "I suspect that Kyosei is on Earth he will be the easiest to get to meet up with." She pulls out her phone and taps in his number. "Come on, pick up," she says impatiently. He finally picks up and she greets him, "Otōto-chan, I need to meet up with you ... Ugh, stop flirting and talking on the phone at the same time ... I don't care if he is cute ... Shut up before I come and slap the snot out of you. I am serious. Answer the damn question. Can you meet up with us? .... Good, now be a good brother and stay put. I don't feel like playing find the ninja." She hangs up and sighs, "Kyosei says to meet him over at the food yatai in the seireitei. The twit will be by a coffee vendor that is apparently 'cute' and he has been flirting with him the entire conversation. The idiot." She sighs and starts heading towards the food stalls. "I can't believe both brothers are still acting like they're in puberty. The twits."
XXXXX Tanji had gotten a mix of a few different kinds of candy bars from the vending machine by the time Kuroyuri had finished her phone call, after which she informs Tanji they will be meeting one of her brothers in the food yatai. As Tanji is about to respond his stomach growls. "Seems like I need more then a few candy bars. I'll get my empty stomach filled while you get some info, sense we are going to the food yatai to meet that brother of yours for info." Tanji says, after a moment of awkward silence, as he is slightly caught off guard by how hungry he actually is.
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Tora weakly protests being picked up by Tanji, but is too exhausted then settles in as he pets her. "I'm sorry .." she says as she passes out from her exhaustion. Every so often she forces herself awake only to pick up snippets of being carried back to the her division head quarters and then quickly passes back out. The division is busy as usual, but certainly those that do notice them returning do not miss that she is being carried back in. Thankfully she is asleep or she would be terribly embarrassed, although quite grateful to Tanji for his kindness. Her tail twitches as she sleeps and and as she sleeps she dreams of a number of things. Everything is so strange in this dream.
She is wandering through a wonderland like place filled with floating clocks, strangely colored trees that move without wind, and the ground has a checkerboard pattern. A purple cat with darker purple stripes and a broad toothy grin sits before her. "Hello~ Takara~! Myyyyy~ You seem lost. Look," the cat says. Being a cat beast person, she thinks nothing of this cat speaking to her, nor of him taking on a more humanoid form. His golden eyes and strange piercings on his feline ears and his almost insane grin are what catch her attention about him the most. "How do you know my real name?" she asks as she watches him take a seat on an enormous mushroom that pops up underneath him as he moves to sit. "How~? Listen, shinki girl, I have been with you from the moment that you decided to accept your shinigami side and received me. Think about it, Takara." Tora stands there stunned and suddenly finds herself floated up off the ground and now hovering upside down in front of this strange person. "Who are you? What is your name? It is hardly fair that you know my name and I do not know yours." He chuckles at first and then busts out laughing like a madman. Just as suddenly as he started laughing, he stops, "That much is true~ Guess it. You already use it to describe yourself." Thinking over the clues and evidence, she suddenly reaches out to his hand which he holds out at her. "Shinku Kirisame! We are the Crimson Mist." He holds up a finger and waggles it at her. "Tut tut! I am Shinku Kirisame and you are Yamanekosuto." Toraneko gasps in shock. Her weapon name. The taboo of that being spoken by even her own zanpakutou stuns her. The true name holds great power for shinki, and operates much on the same logic as a zanpakutou. "Ah hahahahahahaha~! You really are cute when you are at a loss for words. You know what, I like you. I like you well enough to work with you. I'm the only zanpakutou with a shinki to wield! HA!" Startled at first and then irritated by his attitude she lunges forward and grabs his hand. "Enough out of you, Shinku Kirisame. I accept your partnership, but-" Shinku Kirisame interrupts her, "Yup, I'm going to have a lot of fun with you!" he says gleefully not listening to her. "I do what I want." She grits her teeth and growls at him, "Hey, now listen! I am not going to let you do what you want willy-nilly!" He grins broadly like a cheshire cat, "Oh? Why is it that your body is changing forms as we speak outside of my wonderland?" Tora blinks and suddenly finds herself waking up next to Tanji on his couch.
Tora's eyes suddenly open and she feels her form has shifted to fully human. Her yukata is a tad disheveled. "..." She does not recognize Tanji's office at first and so she reaches up and feels around for clues as she gets her bearings again. Her eyes widen as her hand lands in Tanji's lap and she blushes intensely. "Eeeeeee ....." She quickly sits up and withdraws her hand. "Sorry!" There he is. Her love interest. Sitting there. Just. Next. To. Her. 'Oh my gosh ... he's so hot ... wait, stop thinking about that. He's right there. How do I talk to him? Why are we in his office? What happened? Oh, that's right ... I passed out. What must he think of me? Oh s**t, I ruined my chances didn't I? Oh ******** ... Dammit, Takara ...' Her mind runs through every possible thought for this situation based on her clues as to what is going on. Her blush deepening as she grows more bashful and embarrassed.
XXXXX On the way to his office it seems like Toraneko had fallen asleep in his arms, so Tanji carries the sleeping Tora into his office. He then sits on the corner of his office's couch and is in the midst of tucking Tora into the bedding he usually uses when he sleeps in his office when she suddenly begins shifting into her human form before groggily reaching around, and ends up grabbing at his thigh before jolting up, blushing furiously, and apologizing. Tanji's response starts with a chuckle as he says "Jeez she is too cute." under his breath. Tanji then continues on (hoping that she didn't hear how he said she was cute as he realizes she is actually waking up and not just talking in her sleep) "You're already awake? I haven't even had time to go over the file yet. I could have sworn I would have more time to work with when I said I'd make sure Ellarose's attacker is behind bars before you woke up." he says in a joking tone, holding up the files she had gotten from the 4th division. "Go ahead and lay back down and try to get some more rest. You are still looking pretty exhausted." he says as he gets up from the couch and sets the file on his desk.
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Tora's sharp ears did, in fact, hear his muttered words. She blushes madly up at him and her heart thumps away in her chest. Opening her mouth and then shutting it as soon as he says that he wishes to address the attempted murder. "Yes, sir," she says softly. She pulls the blanket around herself and sits there for a moment as she considers this. "Sir, before I lay back down ... I want to thank you for your help." She looks over at his desk and notes that her note to him is gone. 'Hm, so he has read it. I wonder what he thought. My guess is that he was unimpressed since he hasn't said a thing ...' She lays back down and curls up as she ponders on this. 'Still, I won't read much into that yet since he is actually dealing with my request.' There is a knock at the door, causing her to sit upright again. "Excuse me, sir, may I enter? I have something to deliver from Division 12. They said that it is pertaining to a case." 2,355
XXXXX After Tanji sets the file on his desk, Tora says she wants to thank him and Tanji responds to that by saying "You don't need to thank me. After your le-" but he is interrupted by a knock at the door to his office, which is followed by the voice of one of the division's interns asking if he can enter, saying he has a delivery pertaining to a case. "Just leave it in the basket on my door I'll get to it after I finish the paperwork I'm currently working on." Tanji says loud enough to be heard through the door.
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The voice on the other side of the door calls back in, "Yes, sir." There is the sound of a large envelope being dropped off in the basket as ordered and then his footsteps fading down the hall. Tora sighs wistfully and then returns her attention back to Tanji. Her ears are perked up in his direction. She pulls her tail into the blanket with her as she sits there, contemplating all that has been going on. 'I certainly have made a terrible impression on him, I just know it,' she frets. "..." In the back of her mind Shinku Kirisame is having a field day listing off every possible way they can make this situation more awkward. [That was hilarious! You waking up and putting her hand in his lap! Ha! And to think I didn't pull that prank on you - this time.] (Shut up, Kirisame ...) [Oh, come now~ We have yet to have real fun here. Maybe I should make you blurt it out?] (DON'T YOU DARE!) [Or perhaps we could loosen your yukata's top just a smidgen ...] Tora feels her hand reaching up to the collar of her yukata and then suddenly stops it. Kirisame relents and allows her full control, which causes her to suddenly clench the V shaped collar further shut. Anxious about how that looks, she pulls the blanket up over her and wears it like a cloak and cowl, fully embarrassed at this point. All that is visible is the lower half of her face, which is blushing madly at this point. [Oh, don't be such a prude. I'm trying to be your wing man here, Takara. I can help you with so much more than just fighting. We are kindred spirits, after all. It is not every day such a bond forms.] (Shinku Kirisame, you pervert. Stop it.) [Oh ho ho ho! But, Takara has these thoughts already. You've been jonesing for him since you first saw him. Let me speed things up for you a little.] Tora pulls the blanket over her face more as she blushes even more deeply. (Let me handle my own affairs!) The zanpakutou spirit really gets to laughing now. It is a maniacle and uncontrolled bellowing laugh that makes him sound a bit more than unhinged. [What affairs? You have no affairs. You have wishes and wants ...] he says in a mocking tone [And it frankly. Makes. Me. Sick. Have some conviction. You are brave in battle, but you refuse to talk to the man you say that you are in love with because you are ... scared like a wittle baby.] (That's enough Shinku Kirisame! How I handle my business is my business.) She sees a phantom of him hovering in her eyesight near Tanji, looking for all the world like he's about to whisper to him. [Oh~ Tanji-sama~ Mmmmm mmmm~!] he mocks as he holds a body pillow that looks like Tanji in just his shorts and pretends to kiss it. [Oh, Tanji-sama~! You are so handsome! Tanji-sama~ you are so cool!] He then flings it and it poofs back into nothingness. [Quite frankly, I am tired of hearing you blather on about him when you refuse to do anything about it. I mean, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have written that note for him and left it on his desk last night.](What.) [Did you reaaaallyyyy believe that those nerves came from you? Or that you really jumped on that bunny menos all by yourself?] (Yeah, about that! That was reckless, you twit! We were just escorting that vice-captain. Nowhere in her orders was there anything about fighting it.)
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