Chapter 5: Chapter 4
"Ok, let's pick up where we left off, shall we ladies," Rangiku said after finishing up her drink.
Everyone seemed a lot more comfortable after having a couple of drinks. They were even able to convince Orihime to have one after assuring her there was no drinking age in the Soul Society. Everyone settled back in their seats as Yoruichi pulled out what appeared to be a small treasure chest.
"Now since this is the first week, we're going to start off easy," Rangiku started. "Tonight is just about mingling and getting a little more comfortable with each other. I know we all know each other but we don't really KNOW each other, so tonight's theme is 'Getting Acquainted'. Now let's see who goes first." With a mischievous twinkle in her eye she reached for the sign-in sheet. Time seemed to slow down as everyone waited to see who would be the first one to play the twisted game.
"Sui Feng," she announced. There was a collective gasp as all eyes turned to see the beet red face of the captain of the second division.
"Come forward and choose your fate," Yoruichi said suppressing her laughter. The tiny captain stood slowly and made her way to Yoruichi.
"Walking the mile…walking the green mile," Orihime said under her breath. Unable to hold in her laughter, Yoruichi cackled loudly. The tiny captain's eyes widened in horror before hanging her head in total embarrassment.
"Come on Sui Feng. Pick one." Yoruichi said holding the small chest out to her. Sui Feng hesitantly reached into the chest and grabbed one of the small folded pieces of paper. She stared into Yoruichi's expectant face with a look of complete desolation.
"Well, whose name did you draw?" said Rangiku impatiently.
Everyone held their breath as she slowly unfolded the paper and laid her eyes on the name.
"WHAT!" she yelled, her sadness turning into anger and then bewilderment. "No…no way."
"What's wrong?" Rangiku asked as she came to peek over her shoulder. A huge grin spread across her face as she read the name. "Ulquiorra Cifer," she said loud enough for everyone to hear.
Giggling, ooh's and ah's came from all over the room as Sui Feng crossed her arms over her small chest.
"Aww…what's the matter Sui Feng? Hoping for Kisuke maybe?" Yoruichi teased as she continued to laugh.
"Ok Sui Feng…you have one week to complete your mission…" Rangiku started as everyone listened intently while she told Sui Feng what she needed to do.
Week 1: Sui Feng & Ulquiorra
Mission: Getting Acquainted – 10 questions for Ulquiorra Cifer.
Favorite color?
Hobbies?
Do you drink sake?
Would you ever consider posing nude?
Who does your make up?
Can I touch your tattoo?
What's the biggest thing you've ever put in your hole?
What is your favorite position?
Boxers or briefs?
Do you prefer eating in or out?
Day 1
Sui Feng looked at the list of questions she was supposed to ask Ulquiorra, shaking her head in disbelief.
"Who the hell thought up these questions?" she grumbled. "And what the hell are boxers?" How was she going to get him to answer questions like this? This is Ulquiorra…he's basically Byakuya's clone...the Prince of Darkness. She sighed heavily and decided that she needed a plan before doing anything.
"I'll start tomorrow," she said with determination. "I won't let you down Lady Yoruichi."
Day 2
Sui Feng woke up with a sense of purpose. She'd finalized her plans the night before, deciding to get to her office early, get whatever work needed to be done out of the way and leave Omaeda in charge for the rest of the day. A scary thought, but she had serious matters to attend to, so she'd have to trust her lard ass of a lieutenant not to mess anything up while she was gone. The plan was to follow Lieutenant Cifer around for part of the day observing his daily activities. Similar to what she'd done to Captain Urahara so many years ago. She was bound to get answers to at least some of the questions and she wouldn't even have to talk to him.
By noon she was on her way to the sixth squad barracks to find Lieutenant Cifer. She reached in her pocket to take one last glance at the questions when she literally ran into Captain Kyoraku, knocking her paper out of her hand and onto the ground. Being the gentleman that he was, the Captain bent down to retrieve the paper for her. She snatched the paper from his hand before he could even offer it back to her.
"You're welcome Captain," he said with a raised eyebrow.
With her face completely flushed, Sui Feng thanked him and tried to make her hasty get away not seem so hasty. Right when she thought she had succeeded, he began talking again. Why did he have to be so damn friendly?
"What has you in such a rush?" he asked.
"Oh, I needed to speak with Lieutenant Cifer about something. Nothing serious," she said trying not to sound as flustered as she actually was. Why wouldn't he just go away? Where was Nanao when you needed her? She would know what was going on and could run interference. But she would have no such luck. Frustrated and annoyed she began to walk away, completely ignoring the captain who smelled strongly of plum sake.
"Ah Lieutenant Cifer," Shunsui yelled, waving him over. Sui Feng froze in her tracks…she thought about high tailing it out of there. But as that would have raised more questions about her already suspicious behavior, she turned to face the approaching former Espada.
"The Captain was just leaving to seek you out, and here you are."
Sui Feng cut her eyes at the eccentric Captain and wanted to slap that stupid smirk right off his damn face. Of course she would never do such a thing but the thought made her smile…on the inside of course…because smiling is for idiots, unless of course it's Captain Yoruichi who's doing the smiling.
"You needed to speak with me?" said a smooth baritone voice that gave Sui Feng a slight chill. She hadn't even noticed that Captain Kyoraku had gone leaving her alone with the Arrancar. Hands in his pockets, expression as cold as ever, he awaited her response. 'No turning back now,' she thought.
"Yes I wanted to discuss some battle tactics with you," she said thinking quickly.