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Title: Facts of Nature
Rating: PG
Pairing/Character/s: Kenpachi, Ikkaku
Word Count: 255
Warning/s: No spoilers
Summary: Crack fic- Ikkaku tries to wow his captain with his scientific knowledge. Kenpachi is a world of not-caring.
Dedication: Vinnie- he asked for gay bugs. O.o
A/N: I have no idea. Ask Vinnie and Samurai Champloo. Poor Jin. XD

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Lazy summer evenings meant attempting to beat the heat by sitting out on the eleventh division headquarters porch with a fan and a cold drink.

It was also Zaraki Kenpachi’s quiet time, a chance for the eleventh division captain to lounge about in the dying sunlight with the fireflies buzzing overhead, smoking his pipe in wordless contemplation.

Ikkaku poured them both liberal amounts of alcohol and took the opportunity to wind down from a hectic day beside his captain, stretching out on the wood boards and yawning lazily into his hand.

“I wonder why they do that sometimes.”

“Hmmm?” Madarame looked up at Zaraki’s unexpected question. “Do what, sir?”

“The fireflies,” Kenpachi indicated with a grunt. “Sometimes they just light up and crash right into each other. ‘s kinda funny.”

“Well sir,” the bald shinigami started, “I once heard somewhere that the males usually light up to attract females…”

Kenpachi blinked at him. “Yeah?”

Ikkaku smirked, taking a moment to enjoy having temporary superiority over his captain when it came down to brains instead of brawn. “Yessir. It’s what most of ‘em are tryin’ to do. But ah, sometimes some of ‘em are actually lightin’ up to look for other males. Which is probably why you’re seein’ two lit-up ones crashin’ into one another like that,” he explained, grinning at his captain as he finished, obviously waiting for some form of acknowledgement from the other death god for being so damn smart.

Kenpachi stared at him for a while.

“Get the hell away from me.”

END