Surveillance vs. Patrol
AU one-shot drabble set about a year after Ukitake’s Konso Reisai (chapter 686.5: The Echoing Jaws of Hell Arc). I never do look backI never turn my headI never raze my pastI never stop my marchCome! No night too dark, no road too longRun! No rain too hard, no wind too strongPray! No blood too red, no cut too deepStay! No pain too bad, no track too steep~In Strict Confidence - Seven Lives+ + + + + + + + + + + + +A lone figure hovered in the air about the most desolate areas of the Rukongai. Bits of blond hair flickered in the breeze despite the hood over his head. Seeing nothing happening he descended to the ground to walk the rest of the perimeter of the remote region. He was unaware of another figure watching him from a distance behind him, higher up in the sky.“Boo”“Heh. I knew you were following me, Kat.”Katrina landed without a sound next to Kira. “So I still have a ways to go before I can really ambush you. Anyway Izuru, you know you are not a machine. You need to take your breaks, especially since Captain Otoribashi didn’t tell you to do this.”“Funny coming from you” Kira pulled down his hood and smiled faintly at her. “I know.” “I still can’t get over how you changed your outfit.”“Honoring my past life instead of running away from it. Plus I no longer am in danger of tripping on my hakama.” Katrina now wore an outfit similar in style to the shinobi, minus the hood.Kira chuckled. After everything that happened in the last decade, this was as close to how back to normal his relationship with Katrina was going to go. “I see that transferring to 2nd Company has helped you tremendously, Kat.”“Yeah,” Katrina sighed. “I couldn’t stay in 13th after Captain Ukitake’s sacrifice... Felt a bit too close to how I got to be here.”“I know.... Listen, shouldn’t you be reporting back to Captain Soi Fon?”“Ah yeah. Though I don’t mind the Hakuda drills she puts me through.”“...of course you wouldn’t. Let me get back to patrolling” “You and your weird hobby.”“It suits me, like you and your daily Zanjutsu and Hakuda training”“Yes but I don’t go off into the furthest areas of the Rukongai for my hobbies. Believe it or not, I do miss you, Izuru.” Katrina paused to fix her ponytail. “Ugh... am not used to this after all this time.”“Just because Rukia suggested you tie your hair up doesn’t mean you should do it.”“Blah blah blah. Hair gets in the way of being able to do surveillance and stuff.” “Speaking of surveillance, come over to my barracks later. We’re long overdue for a date night.”“You got it,” Katrina smiled, before dashing off back to the Seireitei.+ + + + + + + + + + + + +Note: This AU is one where Katrina was able to control her fluctuating reiatsu and emotional state thus the Inner Hollows do not come into being here. While I had Katrina transfer to 2nd Company, I didn’t state what seat she was in. Wiki wasn’t too helpful about the currently active members so we’ll leave that part out. I will (or should have) post a visual of how Katrina’s AU outfit is. Wikia has a sketch of Izuru’s Echoing Jaws of Hell arc appearance Katrina now being in 2nd Company and Izuru’s current physical (and possibly mental) state meant that they are both off doing their own things and not able to see each other often. Note #2: The Thousand Year Blood War and The Echoing Jaws of Hell Arcs eerily parallels my Toriko fan fic when Shiroitora gets her right side gored by a Nitro during the Cooking Festival battle. She was healed by the Saiseiyas though it would remain a weakened area, just like Izuru (well.. Putting it mildly) after Mayuri “saved” him. Then this obsession of being on patrol..... Welp my powers of synchronicities are still at it. Refer to: Deep Waters chapters 38-39, 42-43+ + + + + + + + + + + + +Katrina Lau (c) TygerlanderBleach (c) Tite KuboDamaged: [link]Katrina's AU appearance...
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