Was It Actually a Mistake? [Kaminari/Igen]

KAMINARI HATAKEYAMA

This was a mistaaaake. It had to have been a mistake. Why did she do that? There was no way she was getting a call, right? Though her missions were always successful and she had a good rapport with most of her Division, did that make her worthy of a Vice Captain position? She had no real clue what made a good Vice Captain, especially since every Captain was so damn different. There was this feeling in her gut, this nagging voice at the back of her mind, telling her that becoming Vice Captain was the most important decision in her life. Headache…

Kaminari sighed as she found a wooden bench to collapse on. She threw her arms over the back and let her head hang. She stared up at the clear sky, only a few clouds in view. The warm day was welcome, maybe a sign winter was ending. That wasn’t important though. What was important was the fact that she had just submitted her name to become Vice-Captain for her Division. One or two encouraging words from a few friends should not have pushed her over that edge, but it did. Now she just had to wait for a very, very important and stressful call.

“Agh! I feel like I need to punch something!” Kaminari said, throwing her body forward and placing her elbows on her knees. What was she going to do now?

END OF POST

Igen certainly had been having quite the experience! After the mission out fighting hollows in Africa, there was .... quite a hubub over the whole affair! Certainly a lot had happened, and truth be told, he HOPED that he'd made a good account of himself. After all, with juggling the hollow, trying to direct his allies in the fight, and well, working alongside a quincy had been interesting to say the least. But now he heard that the Captain and upper officers were gonna be reviewing for potential changes in the ranks! He'd been excited enough just getting his position of 20th seat, but now he kinda wondered. A LOT had happened since then. His little visits to Malaysia. His training with a lot of his friends. His burgeoning interest and training toward trying to achieve shunko. IT had been quite the journey, and he couldn't help but wondered, how much HAD he really grown?

It was these sorts of thoughts that floated around his head before he heard a voice not that far from him. Perking up and tilting his head, he noticed a woman that seemed to be ....wow she looked pretty stressed. That ontop of what he heard her blurting out, it seemed like she could certainly use a picker upper! And promptly all of Igen's thoughts about his OWN situation promptly vanished. A friendly smile forming on his face as he made his way over and offered a friendly wave.

"Good morning! Having a rough day?" He asked, a hint of sympathy in his voice as he stopped a short distance away, making sure not to get in the woman's personal space and to give her a bit of distance. though certainly it would be VERY interesting when the woman looked up at who was greeting her.

Almost 6' tall. Rather androgynous, the bright pink hair, even his voice kinda made it unclear if he was a guy or a gal, and his physique certainly didn't help either. And of course, the rather LARGE tiger that was walking beside him. The rather enormous jungle cat seeming quite leisurely as she strolled alongside her wielder. A half-interested glance at Kaminari before sitting on her haunches and proceeding to idly look around the courtyard as Igen and the woman talked. Certainly rumors by now had circulated about the shinigami in first division with the ....Tiger for a Shikai. A constant release shikai at that. But well, he still pretty regularly ran into people who had no idea and got a little spooked. But that was a roll of the dice he'd gotten used to taking.

Igen blinked, surprise written across his face for a few seconds before looking down at himself and breaking out into a light chuckle. It was a little...strangely worded. But he did pretty quickly pick up on the woman's meaning, and he rubbed the back of his head. "Ahah, Right, well I get that a lot. I'm a guy, if that's what you mean. But uh... hey. Have ya had anything to eat today yet? Noticed you seemed kinda stressed, I was about to go grab something quick to eat before I did a little training. Did you wanna join me? I know a nice kebab stand nearby." He offered with a calm smile.

A softy, gruff noise came from Ko and Igen glanced down at the Tiger and he sighed. "YES, yes I know you wanted to get steak, we can stop by Kizu's and grab you some meat, I promise." He assured his Zanpaku'to, the feline giving him a doubtful look before going back to lazily looking around. He sighed, then looked to Kaminari and gave a sheepish smile. "Ah, right uh, sorry this is Ko. My Shikai. It's one of those uh..... always-out kinda deals. Don't worry she doesn't bite or anything. Well...she doesn't bite other Shinigami at least.." He explained, just in case she got a little spooked when she noticed the feline.

"Oh!" He was a little surprised at her sudden energy at the mention of food, his brows raising up before he gave a slight chuckle, certainly pleased to see that sudden shift. Hu, she really was a lively one huh? But then again, thinking about it for just a moment he actually did recall a good number of people saying the same thing about HIM, so it was probably good! "Sounds good! I mentioned Kebab, but if you got anything else in mind you can totes let me know and we can pivot someplace else. Any favorite spots?" He asked, smiling wide, at least until the subject shifted just a little.

Oh!
Seeing her go right for petting his Shikai was quite a surprise, and frankly he was a little startled since most people gave Ko a bit of a wide berth. That said, The feline peered a little at Kaminari and seemed to simply sit there as the woman lightly stroked her fur. For just an instant, she seemed like she was about to say something snarky. However as Kaminari promptly began to compliment her, Igen's shikai promptly snorted a bit and raised her chin imperiously. Clearly basking in the attention. "I like this one." Ko noted with an amused tone.

Igen made a bit of a face. He kinda missed when Ko was only a voice in his head, now he had to deal with OTHER people hearing her. "Heh, yea, it was uh, a lot to handle. I still have to kinda keep her in my office when I do paperwork runs and stuff for First Division, which uh, she's not a big fan of. But We've worked some stuff out. " He chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck, though he did perk up a bit as he noted her little murmur at the end there.

"What about your Zanpaku'to? They not really the uh....amicable type?" He ventured. Certainly there were....quite a few officers that came to mind who had ...unfortunate relationships with their Zanpaku'to.

Igen raised a brow and Ko took the opportunity to quirk a brow slightly at the woman as they ventured such a question. Igen rolling his eyes a little at her haughty answer before quirking a brow when Kami brought up potentially going where Ko wanted. He chuckled for just a moment. "Whatever works best for you, I'm not really that picky, and Ko isn't either, despite what she'd like you to think." He pointed out. Before both brows raised as the woman flipped that coin. His head canting to the side as it shimmered through the air only to ....oh!

He blinked, a little surprised as the woman managed to have it land directly onto her forehead. Well that certainly was a trick! He chuckled and leaned in. Without even a thought, he reached up and lightly moved her bangs to the side so that he could properly see the result. "Looks like heads!" He noted cheerfully before stepping back so that the woman got her personal space back. Normally he wouldn't get so close but well. IT having landed that way just kinda forced his hand a little, but surely she wouldn't mind too much, right?

Igen had to admit he was uh... a little at a loss! Usually it was him leaving other people behind with his energy, but the ....energy that Kaminari was giving off made him raise his brows. It wasn't that she was off the walls, but he had trouble following her line of thought sometimes, and she shifted the conversation in ... small...little unexpected ways. Not quite changing the subject, but shifting ever so slightly enough that he had to take little moments to resort his own thoughts. e gave a sheepish little smile and rubbed the back of his neck.

"If I'm being honest I really don't even usually think that hard about where I go to eat. I've beeeen.... to a couple of those places. But I was just gonna have something light before a bit of training." He admitted with a chuckle. Ko certainly peered a little at the woman before glancing back at Igen., Silently communicating something before turning her attention elsewhere.

"But uh, hey, a Steak house or ... lasanga sounds good? Lasanga I haven't actually had before. And I can always just grab steaks for Ko l-OW!" He winced a bit as Ko swatted his calf, clearly a little irritated at being made to wait, but after a little frown from Igen she looked away again haughtily. "Anywho, we can try that uh , second to last one?"