Just Hanging (Tag:Byakuya)

What a day! Rain fell quickly from the sky, pelting the ground like bullets. Byakuya walked quickly through his division, nodding to his division members on the way. It had been raining so much lately! Was it ever going to stop? Well, at least all Byakuya had to do was walk through the rain to his office, not stand outside during it on patrol like last week. Byakuya shuddered at the memory. That was not a fun experience.

After a few minutes, Byakuya reached his office, and quickly unlocked the door. He nearly fell in, his hair dripping wet, and quickly closed the door behind him. He sighed and tried to dry his hair off. That was the problem with having such long hair; it took forever to dry.

The sixth division captain sat down at his desk and pulled out the paperwork he had been doing the other day. He was almost finished with it. Of course it wasn't due for three more days, but Byakuya always turned his paperwork in at least two days early. He thought it made the division look good. He definitely didn't want to leave it until the day it was due, then for something to happen that day and not be able to deliver it. And he didn't want to risk it getting dirty, torn, or crumpled. Of course he would never do such a thing, but he worried sometimes about his lieutenant. Even though he was more careful than Abarai, Byakuya always liked to be careful.

Byakuya took out a calligraphy pen, dipped it in ink, and started writing quickly but carefully. He was almost done with the papers, when he heard a loud, and kind of rude, voice. Kenpachi Zaraki. Byakuya sighed and looked up. Sure enough, the ninth division captain was standing in front of him. Byakuya sighed, and tried not to look as aggravated as he felt. "I would be most grateful if you didn't call me that," he told Kenpachi sternly. “It’s quite rude.”

Byakuya sighed, not looking up from his paperwork as Kenpachi sat on the floor. He hoped the other captain didn't plan to stay long. He just had to finish this paperwork! "Just now," he replied, his pen sliding over the paper quickly and gracefully. Byakuya didn't answer as Kenpachi asked him if he was always this boring. Byakuya got that a lot. Well when people dared to call him boring that is. "What happened in Hueco Mundo was a long time ago," he said calmly, still not looking up. "Things have changed. And, I may add, if doing paperwork is considered being boring, I believe you may benefit a bit from being a bit ‘boring’. Your paperwork has always been late, has it not?" Byakuya looked down at Kenpachi, an innocent expression on his face. "It's not useless," he stated. Paperwork is the backbone of the Soul Society. Without it we'd have nothing. Out monthly reports tell how our divisions are doing, so the captain commander can assign new shinigami if necessary."

Byakuya nodded in agreement and looked back down at his paperwork again. It seemed Kenpachi was finally being reasonable. He wrote something quickly. He was almost done. Suddenly the ink got knocked over, and the papers flew up and were cut to pieces. Byakuya, startled, stared at Kenpachi. Let's fight?! This was too much! He had almost finished with that paperwork! And now it was destroyed. "Kenpachi Zaraki," he hissed in a very different voice. "You...." He stood up quickly, and walked after Kenpachi. "Chire Senbonzakura," he muttered, as pink blades flew everywhere.

Byakuya sighed. He was angry, but he didn't want to fight. He wanted to do his damn paperwork! But nooooo, Kenpachi had put a stop to that. He waited until the blades had almost reached Kenpachi, then stepped up behind him, ready to attack if Kenpachi dodged the blades.

Byakuya brought his zanpakuto up and blocked the attack. "You shouldn't have sestroyed my paperwork, Zaraki," he said softly, looking at the other man. "Bankai," he said, and his zanpakuto dropped into the ground, as if through a pool of water. "Scatter." The area surrounding them quickly turned dark, and two rows of a thousand giant blades rose up from the ground.

Byakuya stood still as he watched Kenpachi run at him. The blades suddenly disolved, sending thoughsands of little blades flying at Kenpachi.

BYakuya blinked, a bit suprised that Kenpachi was able to brush away his attack like that. Byakuya watched silently, then decided not to do nothing and just let Kenpachi come at him. He could always flash step away if worse came to worse.

Byakuya quickly flash stepped away from the reistsu. "Fighting will not solve the problem," Byakuya said calmly. He had gotten over the most of his anger. "The papers can be replaced. I'll get some new ones from the captain commander later." With that, Byakuya stepped back into his office, shutting the door behind him. He sat down at his desk, and tried to clean up some of the ink that had been spilled.