~Gang Wars in West Rukongai.~

~2nd division,Altria's quarters~1:15 pm
Sitting on the couch she looks through the just arrived mission orders a second time,reading the last part out loud."As the newly appointed commander of detention unit and someone who knows the concerned district and it's habits well you have been a clear choice for this mission,lead it well." Dropping the papers on the table she sighs, flopping down on the couch."Great.I'm getting send to the place I never wanted to see again..."

Shiro is snoozing on the couch opposite of altria as usual. He mumbles something occasionaly.

Staring at sleeping Shiro for a while she finally gets up and sneaks close. Leaning over him she whispers in his ear,"Oh Shiro..lookie..cake!Lot's and lot's of yummy cake!"

Shiro doesn't wake up but starts drooling.

Altria's shaking with laughter.Snickering she disappears into the kitchen for a moment,coming back with an ice cube.Leaning over Shiro again she puts it down the front of his haori,jumping back.

Shiro doesn't seems to notice the ice cube at first, but starts shivering, 'b-b-brrrr.....' he pulls out the ice cube and tosses it away, and is still asleep. 'zzzz....'

Still laughing she's getting a little frustrated trying to wake him up."Time for direct approach.." She walks up to Shiro and leans over,whacking him on the head."Hey!Wake up already Shirimaru!"

Shiro winces when Altria whacked him, and bolts right up. "whatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhat????" he blushes bright pink when he realized she just called him 'Shirimaru'. "owwww.... i'mupi'mup!"

"Finally,sheesh.You sleep like a log!" She shakes her head.

Stares at Altria and rubs his head. "hmph."

just walking, shin hears other shinigamis talking chatting about the recently mission. shin having no idea about it, he just passed them but overheard stuff.

"Bosu-dono..gangs..shadows and crows..."

shin sighs and talks to himself

"Rumors, eh"

shin heads to the division..

"Look,I want you to come with me on this mission.I don't know if they assigned anyone else but you can be pretty intimidating when you try and still remain unnoticeable.Moreover,in a place like that..I couldn't take two steps alone without getting into something." Picking up the papers from the desk she hands them to Shiro."Here,read."

Loki barges into Altria's quarters without knocking,looking extremely excited."Hey,hey!Did you get the gang thingy mission?" Seeing the papers he smiles relieved."You did!I thought so,out of the whole division you're the most familiar with that place after all.That means we're going together!"

Passing the quarters where altria and the others are, shin overheard loki's voice about the mission. Shin scratches his head confirming if it was really loki's voice that he heard. Confirming it was, shin turns back and went to the quarters.

"A mission?"

Shiro skims through the papers then puts the m down. "Alright. .. I'll come. need something to do anyway." He get up and stretches.

Altria jumps slightly when Loki suddenly barges in."Do you not know how to knock?Doors are generally closed for a reason you know.Sheesh." She shakes her head."Alright,thanks for coming with Shiro.Then,it's the three of us.." Looking at Loki's shinigami uniform she seems to consider something, muttering "That won't do.." Picking up mission papers she skims through them again,tossing them on the table afterward."Right then,here's the thing.We can't go wearing our uniforms.That would be inviting problems.It says 'undercover' as well.Do you guys have anything that you could wear to Rukongai?Preferably something you could hide zanpakuto under.We don't want them to know we're shinigami."

Shiro smirks,"I have something, but.... It's rather old." he goes into his room for a bit then comes out wearing a common outfit people in rukongai are usually seen wearing. "This work?" he looks at Altria wondering if it looks apropriate.

seeing the door open, shin enters

"Are you guys in a mission?"

She considers Shiro for a moment,walking around him before giving a nod."Yes,very fitting.Just hide your zanpakuto so it's not visible,shouldn't be hard with that size,and it'll be perfect." Hearing Shin enter she turns around."Yes we are.But it's an open one,would you like to come too?Though it involves one of least pleasant Rukongai districts..here,"picking up the mission papers she hands them to Shin,"It's explained here pretty clearly.See if you're interested,though dressing up is involved.I'm going to go change meanwhile." She disappears into her room.

Shiro slips his Kunai zanpakuto into a special custom-made pocket on his right pant leg. *it looks as if it's just a crease in the pants and doesn't even look like anything is hidden* "Hee hee, good thing I got this custom made." ^^

"Oh,sorry.." Loki laughs,sweat dropping."Yeah,I still got my old clothes.I'll go change then,be back quick." Dashing out of the room he sees Shin."Hello Shin-san.Will you come as well?That would be great." He smiles before running off to get changed.

After tearing her closet apart looking for her old clothes that were not torn or bloodied, would fit and could actually be worn she finally pulls out a yukata.It's a rich dark red color with black flower design,long sleeves and going down to slightly above the knee. The fabric is slightly faded and has a worn quality to it of having being obviously used a lot.A black and red obi goes with it.Dressing quickly she spends the next fifteen minutes strapping her sword to her back underneath the clothes in such a way it's not seen but can be pulled out quickly.Finally done she takes a look in the mirror."Hmm..ok,not bad.My hair covers any signs of it..and nothing I can do about the eyes," she ruffles her bangs so they fall into her eyes,half covering them.After a moments thinking she takes off her moon necklace and earrings,along with the bracelet on each arm. "Better ..now,for finishing touches." With a sigh she sits down and pulls on long black socks that go up to the knee,putting on geta.Checking in the mirror one more time she gives a satisfied nod before walking out of her room and into the living room,grabbing a pair of fingerless black gloves on the way and pulling them on."Ok,I'm ready.What do you think?Can I pass for a ruffian?"

reading the mission clearly, shin decided to go and went ahead to his room and change. looking at his closet, there's nothing better to wear fitting for rukongai than his old clothes when he was still there. putting out his shinigami uniform, he wears his old vest and puts a belt on it. With time passed, he noticed how short it became to him.

"Man, I swear I used to wear this without pants."

looking for pants, he sees one and wears it. The same as the old vest, it's not as fitting as it was. it's not covering his whole leg but it still looks good on him.

"Okay, all good"

he went back and goes to others.

Opening a large chest in the corner of his room Loki throws out different articles of clothing, they land around the room haphazardly.Reaching the bottom he pulls out the last pair,what he was originally looking for.Dressing in seconds into his old Rukongai outfit,black hakama and white sleeveless haori top with a red sash.The whole get up has a worn quality to it.Raijin he hides into a special part of the hakama,made ages ago to hide the fact he had a zanpakuto. Lastly, he puts back on his goggles and his gloves.Done,Loki makes his way back to Altria's quarters quickly.Seeing her he stops then smiles. That look sure brings back memories,how many years has it been?