Beginning of "Seeds" Chapter for New S/N Fic
Bleach beginning of first chapter
Kyouraku Shunsui/Ise Nanao
Ise Nanao sighed. She was tired - the day had been busy, full of celebration due to her promotion to vice-captain of the eighth division. And of course she was happy about it. Who wouldn't be? Ever since her academy days, she had dreamed of making her way up the ranks, one day attaining a captaincy. And with her recent promotion, she was closer than ever.
But when she should be her most rapturous, she found that instead she was... a bit melancholy. Probably due to her fatigue; the day had been rather full, after all.
She lit the candle by her bedside. It flickered to life, shining bronze and brown across the wooden room. What a dull, pretty light. With another tired sigh, she took her hair down from its usual style, picking up her delicate, ivory comb to pull through her dark, fine hair. The same thing she did every night. Only now, she was a vice-captain.
Everyone had been so warm, so congratulatory. As though it was a huge achievement - it was really just a goal, what she had been working towards since she had become a shinigami. And it wasn't sudden or unexpected, either. When she was transferred to the eighth division, she was confident that she'd do well in any placement tests. And indeed, she had. So well, in fact, that she had immediately been offered the seat of vice-captain. She wasn't vain or boastful, but it was clear the captain - Kyouraku Shunsui, if she remembered correctly - had been impressed with her skill at kidou. (He should be, she thought indignantly. After all, that was her greatest strength. She never even used her zanpakutou unless absolutely necessary.)
The captain... Nanao hadn't been able to read him, and having never really had a proper conversation with him, she had no idea what to expect. It was rumored that he and Ukitake-taichou from thirteenth division were the strongest shinigami in Seireitei - after Yamamoto-soutaichou, of course. And he had been one of Yamamoto's students. Clearly, he was someone to be respected and admired. Nanao had heard some less respectable things about him, as well, but it wouldn't do to go in with a bad attitude.
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-written 2 September 2007
"Poem" inspired by fic idea:
'Nao-chan, 'Nao-chan, my Nanao-chan,
How does your garden grow?
"With silver bells and kidou spells
And pink haoris all in a row."
-ILB
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