The Dog and the Bee (Soi Fon)

Today, our story takes place at the West Gate to the Seireitei, in the first Rukongai district. As usual, it was an ordinary yet pleasant day in the Seireitei; sun shining, a few clouds in the sky, and all the souls going about their daily business. While there wasn't anything all to interesting taking place, the resident seemed to prefer life this way. After all that has happened in the so-called afterlife (invasions, attack, and such), the souls were just glad that things were seemingly normal. Of course, the peaceful nature of this quiet district was soon disturbed as two loud voices could be heard arguing almost all throughout the area. "I TOLD YOU, I AM AN ALLY OF THE GOTEI 13, THIS BADGE SHOULD PROVE THAT!" the first voice shouted, obviously annoyed at not being allowed into the Gotei 13 area. "BWAHAHAHA, LIKE A PUNY FELLOW LIKE YOU WOULD EVER BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THESE GATES!" bellowed a much louder and deeper voice, obviously belonging to the guardian of the West Gate, Jidanbō. As the two voices continued to argue, they began to raise a few heads, some locals coming over to see what was happening.

"DON'T YOU EVEN RECOGNIZE ME YOU BIG OAF, I AM A FORMER CAPTAIN OF SQUAD 3!" shouted the first voice, now shown to belong to belong to Ravana Ichiro. "OHOHOHO, SUCH BIG WORDS FROM A SMALL FRY SUCH AS YOURSELF!" Jidanbō retorted, still obviously not believing Ravana's story. By now, Ravana was beginning to see that this argument was getting him nowhere; and while Jidanbō may have made a good guard due to his size, he was obviously lacking in the brains department. "LOOK, JUST GET ONE OF THE CAPTAINS, I'M SURE THEY'LL KNOW WHO I AM!" Ravana shouted back up at Jidanbō, trying out a different approach. While he was sure that there were still a few Captains left who recognized him, this was still sort of a gamble. Still, once one of the Captains were to take a look at his badge, they would immediately be able to tell that he was an ally of the Gotei 13. Of course, Ravana also hoped that it wasn't a Captain who didn't like him, as he was the kind of person who you either liked or hated; even though he was a nice guy.

~Soi Fong~

Soi Fong, was peacefully walking through the gotei thirteen barracks. Making her way out to the gate. She had been relaxing and trying to move on, ever since she decided to end her long marriage with former husband, Tsubine Zarkonheiz. Why did they end it?; it was simply because soi fong had felt that she was getting too lenient in her work. She knew, that he didn't care about that. However, that was something that her own honor could not allow. She didn't want to go down a path, that would ultimately change her as a person. Maybe, she just wasn't ready. Whatever the case was, she had moved on. She was pretty sure he would move on, within a matter of months or days, with how popular he was with the ladies. Her mind, was immersed on thoughts of what was going on, in the overall hustle and bustle, between earth and soul society. Whether things would stay peaceful, or when she had to be ready to go out into the battlefield. However, while she was trying to think peacefully, she couldn't help but hear noises, loud and annoying noises. The kind of noise, you heard when two people were clashing over a disagreement. She decided to leave it alone for a moment, But the noise would not decease. So she decided to correct the problem herself, as anymore of this mindless and foolish drivel, would cause her to get a headache.

She reached the gates and came out behind Jidanbo, hearing him fuss with a man. she had to move from his back to catch a glimpse. His face and stature, came into full view. She knew this man, and he was a familiar face. Ravana ichiro, while she never bothered to talk to him. She knew him from years ago. In fact, sometimes she couldn't stand his easiness with everything, and sometimes she felt he wasn't strict enough with his division. A pet peeve of her's was whipping her squad members into shape, Sure she may have seemed antagonistic about it, but she wanted results. Curious, to what they were fussing about, she decided to step in between them, and clapped her hands together, loud enough to make them stop, at least for the time being. "You two, why are you fussing in a needless and annoying manner? you're disturbing the townsfolk, and i could practically hear you idiots bumbling from behind the gates from at least a few kilometers away" her voice, was cold, like ice. Her expression, fierce, but calm. It seems that ravana's chance was here, to get Jidanbo to believe that he was visiting the soul society, would he catch it?

As Ravana was preparing to yell some other insult at Jidanbō, he noticed something moving behind him; and before he could say another word, Captain of Squad 2 Soi Fon walked out from behind the gate guard. As soon as he saw her, the look on Ravana's face changed from an annoyed one to a more confident one. If anyone were to know that he was truly an ally of the Gotei 13 and allowed within it's gates, it would be Soi Fon. Not just because he had actually been a Captain at the same time as her, but seeing as she was the head of the Gotei 13's equivalent to a police force, she would definitely have to know who was and wasn't allowed in. Of course, judging by her words and tone, she was slightly more pissed off than usual; and Ravana was positive that it was because of him and Jidanbō. "Finally, I'm sure that Soi Fon here, CAPTAIN of squad 2, can vouch for me" Ravana said, putting emphasis on the word Captain. Of course, this was really testing his luck; seeing as Soi Fon was already more pissed than usual. Then again, Soi Fon would probably prefer to deal with him herself rather than simply deny him entrance to the Gotei 13; so at least he did have a good chance of getting in.

Turning and lowering his gaze from Jidanbō, Ravana looked over at Soi Fon, a mixture of embarrassment and pleading conveyed by his face. "Look, Soi Fon, I'm sorry for causing such a ruckus, but this guy apparently doesn't recognize either me or my badge" Ravana said in a softer tone, holding up his badge as if it were some sort of visual aid. Of course, as soon as he had said that, Ravana realized that something was off; and after giving it a few seconds, he realized what he had done. There was a reason why he had never really talked to Soi Fon while he was a captain, and not just because he thought she was kinda cute. No, it was because Soi Fon was one of the strictest Captains, and he knew that with his luck he would screw up and forget to address her as "Captain". "Er, I mean, Captain Soi Fon; I guess you kinda forget the little things over a few hundred years" Ravana said, catching his earlier mistake. Still, knowing Soi Fon, she would still probably get angry at him; and all he could do was pray that she overlooked it.

~Soi Fong~


Sighing while putting a hand over her head, she looked at the both of them, and then decided to hear the two out. She definitely knew who ravana was, despite not being in contact with him, at any time he was around. He even tried to talk to her. In that case, Soi fong would usually walk away, and ignore him. But Jidanbo, was being rude, so she had to make a choice. Either say, that she didn't know who he was either, or tell the truth. His fate, of visiting was in her hands. "...." She looked at the badge, as he showed it. Her patience was tested slightly, when he didn't address her correctly with captain, first. But, nonetheless the badge was definitely real. Taking a deep breath she looked up at jidanbo, with a cold glare. "You idiot, that's the badge of the shinigami, how could you not notice that?" her glare was enough to stab thousand upon thousand of needles on the large overgrown oath, if looks could kill, then right now; Soi fong would be a cold blooded murderer. "He's allowed to come in, he has the right credentials, and everything else." she said as she put a hand over her head. "If you have anything else to say, PLEASE be my guest..." adding extra emphasis, on those words. If the guard, wanted to keep his body placed in a good spot, without any any bone fractures, ruptured jaws, or crushed organs. He would do best, by listening and going back to his job.

She looked back at ravana, and gave him a glare. "I nearly may have lied, if you didn't re-correct that little mistake, Mr.ichiro" it was definitely true, that she wasn't in the best of moods. But, she wasn't the devil. She had to keep honor, and give honor. It was a code she wouldn't break, even if pride was at stake. "Now if you need to do something, hurry up, or else i may change my mind..." she said crossing her arms, as she began to walk back through the gate.

A sigh of relief passed from Ravana's lips as Soi Fon vouched for him; even though that was what the badge was supposed to be for. Of course, a small part of the sigh might have just been because Soi Fon had decided not to punish him. "Er, thanks, and sorry about that, but it has been over 400 years since I had to call anybody Captain" Ravana said, a humble smile crossing his face as he bowed slightly to show respect to Soi Fon; one near death experience was more than he liked in a day. Jidanbō, of course, just stood there, stuttering as he tried to get out an apology to Soi Fon; obviously just as afraid of her rage as Ravana was. "S-sorry Ma'am, I will return to my duties" Jidanbō said with a shaky tone, not wishing to incur the wrath of the Captain of Squad 2. While Ravana was tempted to shoot the giant guard an "I told you so" look, he decided that it was better not to, fearing the same reaction from Soi Fon as Jidanbō.

As Soi Fon called him "Mr. Ichiro", a small chuckle escaped from Ravana's lips; the smile returning to his face. "Come on now Captain Soi Fon, I'm not a Captain any more, and I don't even hold any rank; just call me Ravana, it's much easier" Ravana said as she turned away from him, making sure to address her as "Captain Soi Fon". "H-hey, wait up" he said as Soi Fon began to walk away, quickly following after her. While he hadn't ever actually talked to Soi Fon while he was a Captain, Ravana figured that now that he wasn't a Captain or even "official" member of the Gotei 13, he really had nothing to lose from trying to talk to her; well, except for his life. Of course, while the fact that he did find Soi Fon to be quite attractive was probably the fuel behind this, he knew better than to even hint to anything like that to her. Then again, with his luck, he would probably end up running for his life by the end of the day. "Can't we talk any? I'm kinda curious as to how everything's been over the years" he said to Soi Fon when he caught up to her.