Title: In Regards to the New Arrivals
Author: Mistress Nika
Rating: PG
Summary: Attention, all eleventh division shinigami. Please stop picking on the ninja. We are getting tired of cleaning up your blood.
Pairings: none
Warnings: crossover, language, violence, OOC, vast liberties taken with cannon
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Bleach.
Notes: Drabbles of no particular length.

It was a terrible tragedy when an entire city was blown off the face of the Earth. It became an even greater tragedy when four other cities followed soon after. The shinigami of Seireitei scrambled as they tried to process all the newly dead souls and purify the newly made Hollows.

It, perhaps, would not have been such a big deal had it been a normal city. After all, they had dealt with such situations before, tragic though they were. They had even dealt with deaths amongst these particular groups before. However, where an individual ninja was rather easy to assimilate into their own ranks, they quickly found that several thousand, when taken together, became very obstinate and unyielding.

They were adamant that they were ninja, not shinigami, and they would not be quietly joining the ranks. They were going to be stubborn, make lots of noise, import rivalries and generally cause lots of trouble for the already beleaguered Soul Society.

They also had to worry about dissension in their own ranks. Former ninja who had become shinigami upon their deaths were apparently feeling nostalgic and wanted to rejoin their fellows.

Working quickly to stem the chaos, the sotaicho began collaborating with the five Kage to set up a new division or six that could handle the flood of shinigami-ninja hybrids. In the meantime, the ninja were given permission to mingle in the hopes that it would help bridge the gap between the two groups.

In hindsight, this was, perhaps, not the wisest course of action.