Chapter 2: Loving the Gossip

I noticed the Women's Soul Reaper Association has a lot of meetings. What do you do at them?

It depends on the meeting, but recently, it's been a lot chatting around with the group.

Girls really like talking, don't they?

It just happens naturally. It's a lot of fun, especially when it's gossip.

Speaking of gossip, I heard a story that Kazeshini was caring for a baby some time ago.

Did that really happen?

Ooh, ooh! He did! I saw it! Wabisuke said it was probably his love child!

Can a Zanpakuto even have a love child?

No way. Could it be...Shuhei's...?!

(Now, that's just impossible.)

Well, speak of the devil. It's none other than Kazeshini himself.

Huh? What do you want with me?

Lieutenant Hisagi isn't with you?

He's holed up in his room editing the Seireitei Bulletin. I ran away because I'd get dragged into helping him if I stuck around.

I see.

Hey, hey! Is it true that you have a kid?

What? Of course I don't. Where'd you come up with that?

You don't have to hide it! What happened to that baby you were carrying around the other day?

It's none of your business.

Oh, but you're not going to deny you had one.

It's pointless trying to explain it to the lot of you. This is such a waste of time.

What a party pooper... Oh, I get it! You're still mad at us because we didn't help you out back then, huh?!

Back then? What happened?

Let me tell you! So, Kazeshini came up to us carrying the little baby on his back...

...and he cried to us asking for help to take care of the kid!

What? That's kind of hard to imagine.

Actually, it suited him pretty well. Pff, hahaha!

Shut up already! If you want to chitchat behind my back, at least do it when I'm not here!

What's going on here?

Oh, Shuhei. I thought you were stuck in your room.

I rushed over here after receiving a report that a Zanpakuto was going on a rampage.

Kazeshini, didn't I tell you not to cause any trouble?

It's not my fault! These guys were the ones who...

Oh, that incident with the baby...

Yeah, that. They're exaggerating the story and making jokes about it.

So, what's the truth? Whose love child was it?

Why are you all assuming it was someone's love child anyway?

Somehow, that's the way the story was told. I don't remember why it became that way.

Uh, okay... Well, a lot of things happened during that time, but just to make things clear, it wasn't anyone's love child.

Well, I guess I should have known.

I would think it impossible for a Zanpakuto to have a child to begin with.

I thought it might be yours, Shuhei, but that's hard to believe too.

Obviously... Give me a break guys.

Let's go back, Kazeshini. We're not done with the hellish amount of work yet.

Reviewing drafts is too boring! There's no way I can sit through that!

I feel a bit bad for bringing that up.

Let's not talk about that anymore and head on over to Captain Kuchiki's before it gets late.