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Konekodemon

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Part 1 of 7

Info Feeling the stress of being a princess of the Soul Society, Esmeralda is protected by Ikkaku in a mission, which later becomes secret visits when the job is done. Will they be able to find a way to make their relationship work without being forced apart? IkkakuxOC

A/N I did not write this story but had permission to post it up as I paid for it. Plus I made the sequel which I will be posting as well. Credit goes to Lady1Venus from the deviantart site. Sorry everything's jumbled up. That's just how it turned out and I can't seem to fix it. Everything is in bold and centered as well. I don't like that.

With a Captain’s meeting it usually wasn’t normal to have the request non-Captain level personal to be present at such proceedings, but on this day, Head Captain Yamamoto insisted for Kenpachi to have his Third Seated officer present. Kenpachi was quite surprised by this. Never in his career of being a Captain had he ever been called to bring a subordinate to the meeting. He had seen many times many of the others be requested to have one present but never him. And there were times when Lieutenants were required to be present and this meeting just happened to be on of those times.
However there was a snag that was also unusual. They were three Captains short. Captain Aizen, Captain Tosen and Captain Ichimaru had defected to Heuco Mundo, betraying the Soul Society and their comrades. The cleanup efforts to the Seireitei were still in progress and the one Squad most affected by the new adjustment was Squad 5. Captain Aizen had stabbed his own Lieutenant after faking his death and she was still not up to par for performance, which left Squad 5 position vacant. All remaining Captains were helping Squad 5 pick up the slack.
As the meeting went on speaking about what everyone already knew, which was, of course, about those who betrayed them and what the clean up efforts were doing, Ikkaku was standing behind his Captain, scowling, annoyed on the idea he was there listening to the old man go on and on.
“With that now out of the way,” Yamamoto announced. “There is something new that needs addressing, which is the reason I requested the presence of Captain Zaraki’s Third Seat to be among us.”
“Finally,” Ikkaku muttered under his breath, to himself.
“Third Seat Ikkaku Madarame step forward,” Yamamoto, commanded.
Looking presentable, Ikkaku stepped around Captain Ukitake and stood in the center of the Captains. Doing what was proper, as soon as he stood directly in front of Captain Kuchiki, he went down on one knee. “Yes, Head Captain?”
“Ikkaku Madarame enlight of the situation, I have a mission for you. You are to travel to the land Captain Komamura is from and there you shall meet an Elven Princess. She is to be protected from a neighbouring warring land.”
Ikkaku looked up, jaw dropping. “Head Captain? Why would someone like myself be required to such a task?”
“Because I asked for it,” answered Sajin who no longer was wearing a helmet to cover up the fact he was an over sized wolf being.
Ikkaku turned to the largest Captain in the room. “Are you serious?”
“Very. Princess Esmeralda needs protection while there are negations between the two lands. Her parents have come to me asking for Soul Reaper protection. And you know yourself the monarchs in the Soul Society are higher in nobility than those in the Seireitei.”
“You will go to the land and protect the Princess with your life and there will be no protests about it. Right now we can’t afford to doubt nor ignore requests when they come from other lands. You will be given a map in how to get there, which is a three day’s journey and flash stepping in some areas will not be possible.”
“But sir…” Ikkaku stood, completely surprised by this.
Yamamoto held his hand for Ikkaku to be silent. “You will leave in the morning. I wish you luck. Hopefully this warring land doesn’t have anything to do with Aizen and his treachery. Dismissed!”
Hearing that, Ikkaku’s jaw dropped once more as the remaining Captains and Lieutenants began to make their way out of the room. Kenpachi was the last Captain to leave as he turned to see his subordinate. “Hey! Ikkaku! Snap out of it!”
Yachiru jumped up on his shoulder. “Looks like baldy, for once, is flabbergasted and doesn’t know what to say,” she said in her normal cheerful voice.
Ikkaku was quick to turn to the Lieutenant. “Will you shut up! And stop calling me that!”
“Well then stop moping around like a log,” Yachiru continued not phased by his anger towards her. “Really. I think you need to get out more. Your bald head might get a tan…” She then put a finger to her chin. “But then again, if you got a tan, the rest of your face would change color too.” She then gave a cheeky grin. “Bright side. You won’t look like a cue ball anymore.”
“Why you…” Ikkaku snarled as he clenched his fist.
“Quit your complaining,” Kenpachi replied. “You have a job. Now get your ass back to the barracks on the double.”
Growling, Ikkaku made his way over to his Captain but didn’t stop as he past him and made his way down the hall where he was able to get outdoors. Once out of the Squad 1 Barracks, he was quick to make his way back to the barracks, finding Yumichika.
Yumichika saw the look his friend was showing and could tell he wasn’t happy. Then again he got the sure sign Ikkaku was pissed the second the man slammed his fist down on the table Yumichika was sitting at, nearly spilling his drink.
“I take it, it didn’t go so well,” Yumichika stated.
“Don’t get me started,” Ikkaku growled. “I’ve been placed on guard duty to some Princess in another land where Captain Komamura is from.”
“And that’s the reason you’re pissed off?” he asked.
“No! The Lieutenant and her constant insults towards me!”
“Well she does have a habit of pissing you off no matter what the situation is.” Yumichika picked up his drink, taking a sip and then just held it in his hands. He really didn’t want it to go flying when Ikkaku would hit the table again, which he knew he would, eventually.
Just as Yumichika predicted, his friend once again, slammed his fist on the table once more. “Damn why does she infuriate me so much?!”
“Perhaps it’s because she knows she gets under your skin.” Yumichika took another drink, eyes closed. “May I make a suggestion, Ikkaku?”
Ikkaku turned to his friend. “What?” he snapped.
“Do you really want to spend your last day for probably the next several pissed at our Lieutenant for something you we both know she does for the fun of it?”
Ikkaku took a seat opposite of his friend, resting his sword on the back of his neck. “Not really,” he huffed. “I have to protect some Princess chick and from what I’ve heard from Ichigo, they can be a royal pain in the ass. Worse than the Lieutenant.”
“That’s true,” Yumichika agreed. “Sometimes there’s no pleasing women. And some are easy to push their buttons, sending them off the deep end.” He was referring to Rukia and how he’d seen her flip out a lot.
Ikkaku took several deep breaths. “This assignment is strange. No one has ever been asked to go beyond the Rukon District to help the neighbouring lands and yet I’ve been ask to babysit some Princess because her land is at war with another.”
“Well we have been handed worse assignments before. At least doing this, you’re getting out of the boring duties.”
“That’s true.” Ikkaku then grinned. “Guess you’ll be stuck doing my work load as well. Ha ha!”
Yumichika sweat dropped, lowering his head. “You just had to say that, didn’t you?”
Seeing he was cheered up now, Yumichika relaxed his drink back on the table knowing now his friend wouldn’t tip it over. “Now why don’t we go and pester someone, blackmailing them to do our jobs for today?”
Ikkaku’s grinned widened. “Now, that sounds like a good plan. What better way to spend my last night here, before leaving for some strange place, bugging the hell out of others.”
The two men stood. Ikkaku began to make his way out of the room. Yumichika, leaving his drink, followed his friend, heading towards the nearest sucker who would fall for their tricks. Squad 11 were the best fighters in the Soul Society, but they were also the biggest connivers as well.
-
Out in the land known as North District, which happened to be a land of non-human like people. They were citizens of varied people who had animal like features but also have a human quality to them as well. Though not everyone had an animal feature. Some were known as Elves and were the rulers of the land. One in particular was known as Esmeralda with long flowing purple hair with ears always pointed out of her hair.
After being ask to see her parents, Esmeralda, dressed in simple gown with a small shawl tied around her waist, went to see what her parents wanted.
“Yes, Mother. Father,” she replied in a soft gentle like voice.
“Since we are having the counsel coming to start negotiations to end the war, we have hired you some protection,” her father explained.
“Protection? I don’t need protection,” Esmeralda voiced.
Her mother sighed. She knew this was going to happen. “It’s not up for you to decide. Someone from the Seireitei, a Soul Reaper, will be here in three days and he will be your guardian while the negotiations are going on.”
“I’m not a little girl anymore, I don’t need someone to look after me. Besides why can’t the royal guards do it?” Esmeralda didn’t like this at all.
Her father gave a look of annoyance. “Esmeralda. You are a Princess of this land. Someday will be ruler. We need to keep you protected at all costs. Our enemy could very easily use you to conquer our land. A Soul Reaper can help protect you better than any guard here.”
Esmeralda huffed. “Fine.” Even with her soft voice, it was easy to hear her annoyance within. “I would like to put on record that I protest against this.”
“Protest duly noted,” her father interjected.
Her mother stood, walking from her throne to her daughter. “Here’s a picture of a typical Soul Reaper. This is not the person who is protecting you, but you can see by the clothing in what he will be wearing when he arrives. We are told his name is Ikkaku.”
Esmeralda looked at the photo. “So this Ikkaku guy will be wearing this black garb? It’s not very stylish.”
“It’s not supposed to be. Soul Reapers are the military force for the Rukon District. One of our citizens left and became a Soul Reaper and he is now a Captain,” her father explained.
Esmeralda rolled her eyes. “Whatever. Is that all?”
“One day you’re going to rule this place and you need to start knowing your place,” her father nearly demanded harshly.
Esmeralda tilted her head. “Can I go now?”
Her father huffed. “Fine. Go. But you better be here in three days when he arrives, Esmeralda.”
Esmeralda turned, leaving the throne room going to her room. Once getting to her room, she looked at her bed and felt angry.
“Why do they do this to me!?” she snapped. “I’m not a little girl anymore. I’ve over 500 years old. That’s a far cry from needing a babysitter and if they had allowed me to learn how to fight, then this wouldn’t be happening.”
To her this was completely not fair. She was going to be protected by some guy she had no idea who he was or what he looked like. She was already making her mind up to not like him.
She no had no doubt in her mind Ikkaku was probably some ugly short man who would think her job was the best place for a woman… to sit on the sidelines and watch the man do the dirty work. She had no idea there were female Soul Reapers and both were treated equally. There was even a female Captain who many men actually feared.
The negotiations were starting in four days and were going to last three weeks. That meant she was going to have to deal with this guy for that length of time. It was going to be pure hell for her.
Slamming her head against the wall, she ignored the pain as her anger won out. “How the hell am I going to survive this?” she asked. “I didn’t ask for this.”
Knowing no one was going to answer, she removed her head from the wall and decided to distract her thoughts. Going to her closet. She soon exited out wearing a one-piece black bathing suit with attached skirt. At the top left side was a large pink flower. She then went to her adjoining bathroom where she grabbed a large towel. All suited up, she left her room, going straight to the outdoor pool. The air was warm and with the sun shining, it was a perfect day for a swim. Swimming was one of her best hobbies to relax.
Of course her being of a royal, she had a wide variety to choose from, ranging in one-pieces to two-piece bikinis. Some were skimpy while others were quite modest looking. The one she chose this time was a modest type, hiding all her womanly assets quite nicely.
-
On the appointed day of Ikkaku’s arrival, Esmeralda was dressed in one of her best gowns waiting with her parents for the Soul Reaper’s arrival. Much to the King and Queen’s disappointment, their daughter was being stubborn. She didn’t want to smile for when the man as he would enter and wasn’t standing properly, using a bit of a slouch instead.
“Esmeralda!” her father commanded. “You will stand straight properly and look proper like you were born to do.”
She sighed in annoyance. The doors to the throne room opened just as she straightened herself up, looking proper, just in time to witness a man wearing a Soul Reaper uniform with a sheathed sword tucked away in his standard white sash.
Esmeralda gasped as the man walked through the door. He was nothing like what she thought. He wasn’t short he was taller than her. He looked a bit handsome and had no hair. He was bald. That was a feature she never seen before.
“My Lord and Lady,” spoke the announcer of the palace. “May I present you Soul Reaper, Ikkaku Madarame of Squad 11, Third Seat to Captain Kenpachi Zaraki.”
“Quite the long title,” replied Esmeralda’s mother.
“It’s only proper for you to have my full title since I’ll be staying here a bit.” His eyes scanned over the Princess. “You must be the Princess. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
He wasn’t pleased to meet her. He didn’t like being there, but seeing her charming face, he did have to admit one thing, at least he wasn’t ‘babysitting’ someone who was ugly. She was quite attractive looking.
“Ikkaku, meet Princess Esmeralda, you will be protecting her for the next three weeks. Tomorrow is when you will start,” her father began.
“And how long will I be in your services?” Ikkaku might not have liked this assignment, but he was going to do his best to remain passive about it and not make a fuss. Chances are if he did, there would be hell to pay when he got back and that was something even worse he didn’t want to do deal with.
“The negotiations will be lasting for three weeks in hopes of a ‘cease fire’,” replied the Lord.
His eyes widened. Three weeks!? He wasn’t expecting to be that long. Keeping himself in check, he looked to the King. “I wasn’t exactly told the full reason in why I’m to be her bodyguard,” Ikkaku said.
“While the delegations are happening, you will take our daughter and protect her. She will not remain here in the Palace and you both will leave first thing in the morning. Last week we were under siege and someone tried to take our daughter,” her father explained.
Esmeralda stomped her foot. “Will you stop talking to me like I’m not in the room!” she snapped. There went her fiery temper again. Both her parents had hoped she wouldn’t lose her cool.
Ikkaku looked to her. “I apologize,” he replied, forcing his own temper back. “But there are things I must discuss.”
“Well it’s a bit rude,” she said, calming down slightly. “But fine. Father told me the reason why you were coming and you’re to protect me to be sure the counsel who comes doesn’t try and take this time to use to their advantage and abduct me.”
“That is a logical reason,” he agreed. “You are a Princess, heir to the land. What better way to conquer the land by taking the heir hostage and use them for ransom.”
Esmeralda’s jaw slightly dropped. Not only was the man slightly handsome and never seen a bald man before but he was also smart too. She wasn’t giving the Soul Reapers a lot of credit because they weren’t of royal blood. Perhaps this man could change her opinion on them.
She took a step forward. “Ikkaku,” she said, tone channelled differently, showing her gentle side once again. “Since we’re going to be seeing each other for the next three weeks perhaps we should get to know one another better. This way here you will know what not to say to piss me off.”
“Esmeralda…” her mother warned.
The Princess turned to her mother. “Mother, you seriously can’t just stand here and think I’ll take all this sitting down?” she asked, that defiance attitude returning quickly enough. “I’m not a child and I told you I don’t want to be treated as such.”
“That does it,” Ikkaku said harshly. “Lady, I haven’t been here five minutes and you’re doing nothing but complaining.”
Ikkaku’s words brought all three monarchs to his attention. They looked at him, stunned by his sudden outburst. They hired him and shouldn’t be treated this way. Esmeralda’s father opened his mouth to speak but Ikkaku cut him off before able to say a peep.
“I came here to protect you and that’s just what I’m going to do. I’m not going to give you special treatment just because you’re Princess. That just isn’t my style. I’m a member of Squad 11 and my Squad are all about fighting and being the best at being a fighter.”
Esmeralda blinked several times before a grin formed on her face. “Finally! Someone who doesn’t want to treat me like I’m a piece of gold that needs to be placed on a mantel.”
“Listen here!” her father finally barked. “No daughter of mine will be treated improper, not when she’s the crown ruler of this land and you don’t even belong here. Your superiors will hear of this!”
Esmeralda’s eyes widened. She moved away from her father, getting up in front of her Ikkaku. “You will do no such thing! He’s going to treat me like a regular Soul Society being! And that’s what I want!”
“I can fight my own battles,” Ikkaku hissed in her ear.
“I don’t care if you can or not,” she hissed back to him. “But this is my affair with those two so you stay out of it. You’re to protect me from predators not my own parents.”
He hissed once again but knew she was right. What was going on between the three wasn’t his problem. In fact he didn’t want to deal with the problem at all. But he also didn’t want to be in the room and that there laid a problem but for the moment there wasn’t anything he could do about it.
“Esmeralda, what is the meaning of this outrage?” demanded her mother.
“The fact that you guys won’t hear me out when I say ‘I’m not a child anymore’. Nor am I something you can just keep on a mantel and be prim and proper. The rest of the Soul Society have come in the times but our land still likes to live in the past. And I’m sick of it. When I become Queen of this land one of the first things I’m going to do decree is no more of the old traditions!”
“You can’t do that!” her father snapped.
“Oh? Watch me. When my time to become Queen will happen, you will see. And until then, this man has been hired by you to protect me and that’s just what he will do. And you already know I don’t even like it.”
“Well guess we have something in common then because I don’t want to be here either,” Ikkaku finally added.
She turned to Ikkaku. “Then I guess we have an understanding towards each other then. Don’t we?” She looked past the bald man. Taking a nod of her head towards the guard at the door. “Why don’t you help him get settled into his room?”
“Yes milady,” the guard said as he stepped away from the door. He looked at Ikkaku. “Come with me and I shall show you to your room, which you’ll be beside Princess Esmeralda.”
Ikkaku blinked several times before quietly grumbling to himself. “I need a bottle of Sake.”
Esmeralda looked to him, hearing his muttered words. “When you’re done, show him to where the bars are.”
That got his attention. “Bars!? You guys have drinks here?” He stopped to look at the Princess.
She giggled. “Of course. This is a vast size land. I think people would go nuts without being able to get some good drinks. And we have a wide variety to choose from as well.”
“Sounds good.” This seemed to perk Ikkaku’s mood a bit.
Esmeralda sighed as she watched Ikkaku turn back to the guard, leaving with him to see to his room and get settled in for the three week long stay. He still had a feeling it was going to be hell, but not for the same reasons he thought of first. Now he was thinking it was going to be hell with having to deal with her parents not liking his attitude. Before it was because of not liking his charge. But he did have to admit her beauty was quite attractive and her elf ears were nothing like he ever saw before.
The second he was gone, Esmeralda turned back to her parents, planting her hands on her hips. “You did say I should start acting responsible and taking commands. Well I’m taking your advice. Hope you’re happy with yourself. Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s getting rather crowded in here.”
Her mother was completely stunned by this but her father; it was very easy to see he was upset with her. But she was right. She wasn’t a little girl anymore. She was 500 years old.
Before giving her parents a chance to say anything, she turned away, leaving the throne room, going straight to her room to fume by herself like she often did. This wasn’t fair. She was still angry at having a babysitter but now she learnt he was attractive and had an attitude too. That meant the two were going to clash and that was something she wasn’t going to like one bit.
Esmeralda ignored her father’s yell as she left, heading straight up the stairs that were near the throne room. She didn’t bother stopping until reaching her room where she slammed the door shut just as Ikkaku opened his door to see what was the noise.
“What the hell is eating her?” he asked.
The guard who showed him to his room was still standing outside his door, making sure everything was to his satisfactory, shrugged. “Just her usual tantrum when she has a verbal argument with her father.”
“Sounds more than a tantrum if she can be heard all the way down the hall.”
“It’s her shoes, she wears. Unlike in the Seireitei, here, you’re required to wear shoes at all times and hers are heels, which often make a lot of noise.”
Ikkaku looked at the footwear he was now wearing, which he was forced to wear upon arriving until his normal sandals were cleaned up. “So that explains these annoying things.” What he wore was similar to his standard sandal, which went with his uniform. But to him they were extremely uncomfortable.
The guard looked at his shoes. “I have seen Soul Reapers in my days but never saw one without tabi socks.”
Ikkaku’s eyes narrowed and gave the man a death glare. “You got a problem with how I dress?”
The guard stepped back. “I have no problems, I’m just saying…”
“Well keep your opinions yourself,” Ikkaku snapped. He turned back towards his room. “Oh and I don’t need anything more. I’ll get a drink later. Now leave me alone, unless you want to fight. I live for fights.” With that Ikkaku closed his door, leaving the guard stunned.
The next morning as directed by the Lord, Ikkaku was up bright and early even though he spent a few hours drinking his annoyance away. Only thing that annoyed him more was he had no one to drink not even Lieutenant Iba or Yumichika. He was completely alone with this problem. However, even though he was up early, Esmeralda hated being woken up and really didn’t want to get up.
Stepping out of his room, he looked to Esmeralda’s and could hear muffled noises from inside. Going to the door to listen, he could hear a female servant saying for the Princess to get up but she wouldn’t and would say she’d get up when she wanted to. This was not what Ikkaku wanted to hear first thing in the morning.
With a good push on the door, he marched straight over to the woman’s bed. He never paid no attention to the servant who jumped and then tried to say something. He yanked the blankets off her body not caring to what she was wearing.
“Get your ass out of bed!” he snapped. “We have to get out of here as soon as possible and I’m not going to pamper to you! You want to be treated like a person, then here you go!”
“HEY!” she screamed, jumped up from the mattress. “I WAS SLEEPING!”
“Not anymore you’re not!” he yelled back. “Now get the hell dressed. We’re out of here.”
“You’re not the boss of me!”
Ikkaku moved faster than she thought was ever possible. “I’m your damn bodyguard,” he said evenly.
Esmeralda gasped, suddenly lost her voice at his sudden movement and he was right up in her face, invading her personal space. But from his movement in being so fast she couldn’t see him, prevented her from forming a word or continuing to be mad at him.
“I don’t give a rats ass if you like how I do things or not. But we were told we had to be out of here first thing this morning. It’s now morning and we have to leave. I drank last night and still managed to get up.”
“I…ah…uh…” she was completely flabbergasted by his words.
“Milady, I did try to get you up…” the servant said quietly, finding her own voice from witnessing Ikkaku’s outburst.
“If it weren’t for your damn stubbornness with her, I wouldn’t be in here right now. Now move it!”
That got her attention. Her anger returned ten fold. “Don’t tell me what to do!”
“Don’t give me a reason you spoiled brat!” He moved away from her. “You have five minutes to get dressed or we’re leaving with how you’re dressed.” He paused, taking note what she was wearing was nothing like anything he’d seen. Where he lived everyone wore sleeping yukatas. She was wearing something more revealing and he could see her cleavage quite well. “But I highly recommend in changing or you’ll have everyone in town staring at you.”
She gawked before looking down, seeing he could see the top of her breasts. “GET OUT!” she screamed grabbing the nearest she thing she could and covered up her breasts better. “You pervert!”
“No, but I do know a few of those,” Ikkaku commented as he turned away, leaving the room so the servant could help the brat get dressed.
Ikkaku waited just outside her room with a bag of his own belongings over his shoulder. He had dropped just outside her door when he decided to barge in. Soon enough she exited the room wearing a traveller’s set of clothes consisting of pants and a tunic. She had pulled her hair back into a sloppy ponytail. The very second in seeing him she gave him the death glare.
“Let’s go,” he announced.
“Wait! What about breakfast!?” she snapped. “I need my food!”
“We can get a grab and go breakfast. This is no time for lap of luxury,” he commanded. He then rolled his eyes. “Man Captain Kuchiki isn’t this stubborn and he can be a hard ass.”
“Who?!” she asked rudely.
“Captain Kuchiki is the Captain of Squad 6 and he happens to be a high noble in one of the four great Noble Houses in the Seireitei. And he can be hardball. But he’s not as bad as you. He will do his duty without questions asked.”
“Well I’m not him!” she hissed.
“That’s very obvious,” he answered, referring to the fact she had a chest and was female.
“Why you…” she started.
Ikkaku ignored her as he began to make his way to the main floor where he would stop at the kitchen where the two could get a quick bite to eat and then be on their way. This day was literally not starting out the way he thought it would. Already he was fighting with her, but it was her fault for not getting up when she was supposed to. And he knew this day was just going to get worse. He could feel it building. He was beginning to wish Yachiru were with him calling him baldy. At least hearing her annoying cheerful voice was better than listening to the Princess b****. She sounded worse than a woman on PMS and that was bad.

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