Captain-Kitty: hello and welcome to another two-shot with my favorite pairing

Yoruichi: this one should be good

Soifon: it had better be

Captain-Kitty: oh don't be mean, I have put months of thought into this story so I think it'll be a good one, Soifon, if you wouldn't mind

Soifon: Captain-Kitty does not own bleach, Yoruichi-sama or myself

Captain-Kitty: I wish I did sometimes though, oh heads up, the * Italics* is for the past and the *bold* is dreaming. Also its AU and ooc on both Yoruichi and Soifon's part Please enjoy

"Yoruichi, please don't cry" the soft pleading voice of a sixteen year old girl said as she hugged a violet short haired girl a few feet taller than her.

"I-I don't want you to leave Soi, please stay here" the older girl called Yoruichi cried as she clutched to her friend for dear life. They had been friends since elementary school, they had done everything together and they were going through high school together. But now the violet haired girl's best friend was moving away to a town called Seireitei far from their hometown Karakura. Soi sighed, she truly didn't want to leave her best friend behind, but her father had gotten a promotion was being transferred to Seireitei.

Suddenly a horn blared from behind the two crying girls and it caused them both to jump in surprise. Soifon looked back and saw her mother, who Soi looked a lot like. Short in stature, four feet and eleven inches; her hair was a bluish black and it almost touched her back. Her eyes were stormy silver. Soi, unlike her mother had shorter hair that just about reached her shoulders.

"I'm coming mother, please give me a few more minutes" Soi called and her mother nodded in understanding and waited. Soi turned back to Yoruichi and pulled something out of her pocket.

"I want you to have this" Soifon said handing the paper to Yoruichi, who, with a trembling hand, took the item which turned out to be a piece of paper and looked at it.

"What is it" Yoruichi asked as she began to straighten herself up and wipe her eyes. Soi chuckled,

"Do you remember when we were in junior high and they asked us what we wanted to do when we grew up" Soi started. Yoruichi nodded

"Yeah and I said I wanted to start my own pastry café" Yoruichi said smiling at the memory. Soi nodded,

"Well I invented a new kind of cake; I haven't given it a name yet, so I want you to do it. And, until I come back I want you to keep it for when you start your cafe" Soi said. Yoruichi blinked in surprise then gave her a determined nod.

"I'll never lose it, but please . . . . Please come back soon" Yoruichi pleaded as the two began to rise and separate.

"I promise to come back" the shorter girl said before giving her one last hug and slowly walking to the car where she and her mother and father waited for her. That was the last Yoruichi saw her friend.

"Hey Yoruichi, we have an order for two strawberry cheesecake muffins" the sweet voice of one of the waitresses said as she walked through a large and beautiful building. The walls were a cream color, and all around the walls were decorated with various designs of desserts and land scenery. The tables and booths were a mixed color of yellow and purple with cute little plush pillows of cats and bees settled on the corners of where people could come in and play while they waited for their food. The floors were a beautiful maple color which really helped bring the place together. She walked into the kitchen and gave the order to one of the bakers who smiled at her before waving her off.

"Thank you Momo, a fresh batch of strawberry cheesecake muffins just came out" the baker said with a smile on her face. She had flowing purple hair that was put up in a high bun. (So none of her hair would get into the various pastries she was making) She had skin as dark as milk chocolate and eyes as bright yellow as butterscotch. Sometimes Momo wondered if the baker was made of candy herself.

"No problem Yoruichi, I'll be back later when they've cooled down a bit" Momo smiled before exiting the kitchen and going to take more orders and check on the other customers. Yoruichi sighed; she still remembered the day her best friend had left her, she missed her everyday through high school and college was no better, but luckily she had made new friends, but they never replaced her dear friend. Her first friend, she met about two months after Soifon's departure. Her name was Kuukaku Shiba and she had just transferred over from another school.

Kuukaku was just about the same height as Yoruichi during high school. She was built femininely but she was very strong. Although Kuukaku had a prosthetic arm, Yoruichi didn't care, that just made her even more awesome. She had a very rowdy personality, which Yoruichi liked so she went and introduced herself. After a few days of getting to know each other and hanging out, they became inseparable. They had stayed friends for six years which included today.

"Hey, you crazy cat, we got an order for some fruit tarts" a brash voice yelled as they stomped into the kitchen. Yoruichi laughed as she instantly recognized the voice.

"You're in luck Kuukaku; I whipped up a couple of batches of fruit tarts before we opened this morning" Yoruichi said as she pointed to a massive tray holding the beautifully made tarts. Kuukaku grinned as she walked by to carefully pick up the tarts and set them on a porcelain platter which had a beautiful Sakura petal design on it.

"Well I'm off" Kuukaku said as she slapped Yoruichi on the back with a wide grin.

"Don't scare any of my customers please Kuu" Yoruichi called after her friend. Kuukaku scoffed,

"Throw me in the freezer and lock me in why don't cha" Kuukaku retorted, though Yoruichi could hear the smile in her rough voice. Yoruichi laughed as she started getting ingredients out for a double layered chocolate cake.

"I remember the first time Soifon and I made a chocolate cake, we just about made the house explode" Yoruichi laughed to herself as she started combing various ingredients humming a song she had heard recently. As the day went on, Yoruichi, and her other hired bakers, had made over thirty five different pastries. A majority of them were cupcakes, cookies, pies, cheesecake, and tarts. But there was one recipe the twenty two year truly wanted to make. But no one, ever since her opening of the café, had ordered the special pastry.

"Alright everyone, thank you all for another hard day's work" Yoruichi said to her faithful employees as they all gathered their things to go home. They all smiled at her and waved goodbye as they left, well all but Kuukaku of course.

"Well today sure was a busy one" Kuukaku groaned as she helped Yoruichi with some final cleaning detail. Yoruichi nodded,

"Boy I'll say, but it was worth it" Yoruichi said proudly. Kuukaku sighed,

"So did anyone order the "special" cake today?" Kuukaku asked as she put up the broom she was holding into the back room. Yoruichi sighed in disappointment,

"No, not today" Kuukaku sighed as she walked back into view. During their time as friends, Kuukaku had heard many stories of Yoruichi's best friend Soifon. But the one story that stuck to her was the one when Soifon had moved away, but not before giving the grieving cat a special recipe she had made herself. But there was another thing that the brash woman had been told by Yoruichi. She had fallen in love with Soifon. But unfortunately for her, the day she planned to confess to her dear friend was the day she moved.

"Hey don't you worry, one of these days, some lucky customer will order that cake and be amazed at how it tastes" Kuukaku said reassuringly. Yoruichi looked at her and gave a weak smile.

"I hope so, but do you know what would be absolutely amazing" Yoruichi asked with stars starting to form in her golden eyes.

"If Matsumoto wasn't a headache during her shift" Kuukaku grumbled at the thought of the extremely busty and loud woman. Yoruichi giggled,

"She isn't that bad, but no, it would be great if Soifon came and ordered something and loved it" Yoruichi said with a dreamy sigh. Kuukaku hummed in thought.

"Eh I like mine better, but yours is more realistic I guess, that would be nice huh, and then I could finally meet this famous "Little Bee" of yours. I mean half the café is based on her" Kuukaku exclaimed as she gestured around the building. It had been true, the yellow coloring on the tables and booths were both Yoruichi and Soifon's favorite colors. And the cat and bee plushies were their favorite animals. And the name of the café was the same.

"So true" Yoruichi said as she grabbed her things and gestured for her and Kuukaku to leave. It was 8:30 pm, so it was time to lock up for the night.

"So whatcha wanna do after we get home" Kuukaku asked as they walked to their apartment a few blocks away.

"Hmm, well I haven't really thought about it, you pick what we do tonight" Yoruichi said aimlessly. Kuukaku grinned,

"I was hoping you would say that, so this means we are watching pro wrestling tonight" Kuukaku yelled rather too loudly. Yoruichi groaned inwardly.

"This is what I get for letting you pick what we do after work" Yoruichi grumbled as Kuukaku set up an entire concession stand of various junk foods and soda onto the coffee table.

"I hope you use coasters this time Kuukaku, you know I hate the rings your stupid soda cans leave" Yoruichi scolded jokingly as she scooted over on the three seater couch so Kuukaku could sit and find the right channel.

"Yeah yeah, coasters got it" Kuukaku said only half paying attention to her friend's words as she finally found the channel she was looking for. About halfway into the show, Yoruichi was tired and ready for bed, she looked at the wall clock hanging on the east wall in the apartment and the time officially said 10:30 pm. Oh man, it was getting late, and Yoruichi had to get up early tomorrow, she was gonna make some cream puffs, apple turnovers and cherry pie.

"Well Kuu I'm gonna head to bed, I gotta get up early tomorrow" Yoruichi said dismissing herself. But it seemed that Kuukaku didn't hear her, she was currently laughing at a man named Omaeda who was getting beaten to a pulp by a vicious blue haired man named Grimmjow while devouring popcorn and soda.

"You're so lucky I gave you tomorrow off" Yoruichi said to herself before going to her room. She had been busy both physically and mentally. While she sighed for what seemed to be the millionth time today, Yoruichi changed into her pajamas which were black shorts and an orange cami top and let her purple hair cascade down to her back. After letting her hair down Yoruichi went to lie on her bed, which was a queen size. Luckily she didn't have to buy this one; she brought it from her parent's house when she and Kuukaku moved in together. But she had changed the comforter set. It once was a plain pale blue color, but now it was a coal black with white corners and a white orchid flower in the center. And sitting in the center of the nicely placed matching pillows was a worn out bumble bee plushie.

"Hi honey" Yoruichi said as she crawled into the bed and scooped up the bee plushy. Soifon had given her this little bee plush on her twelve birthdays, and she hasn't parted with it since. The name had already come with so there was no point changing it in Yoruichi's opinion. As she settled into her bed, Yoruichi started to talk to her beloved plushy about her day, she talked about a few customers, but a majority of it was about memories of the past. Just as she had done for six years and counting. Eventually the mocha skinned woman had fallen asleep clinging to her precious toy.

Almost as soon as Yoruichi woke up, she noticed she want in her room, or her apartment. In fact, she was in her old neighborhood. But as she looked around she saw that it wasn't her old house, it was Soifon's.

"Whoa, why am I here" Yoruichi asked herself as a flood of memories washed through her. Suddenly she saw herself and Soifon, only much younger. They were both running out of the all too familiar house with glittery batons with a long multicolored ribbon on it.

"Come on Soi try and twirl it like I am" the younger Yoruichi said as she waved her baton around her head like a lasso, though the younger of the two seemed to be having a little more difficulty doing it. The older Yoruichi smiled,

"I remember this, we had gotten those over spring break" Yoruichi thought in reminisce. For awhile Yoruichi watched her memory replay that day she spent with her beloved little bee. And for awhile, Yoruichi felt happy. But suddenly feeling tired, Yoruichi decided to settle down on the grass a bit away from the scene in front of her. Then without realizing it, Yoruichi had fallen asleep.

The sound of an alarm clock is what woke up the peacefully sleeping woman. She groaned and turned to see the numbers flashing 5:30 am. Oh jeez she had slept in. Immediately Yoruichi jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom to do her daily morning routine. And when she was done she rushed out of the bathroom, got dressed, put honey back in her normal spot, and left to go make herself a quick breakfast.

"Ok, I got lucky, but now I'm behind in making everything" Yoruichi said as she hastily opened the back door of the café that led straight to the kitchen. Immediately Yoruichi tied her hair up, put on her favorite baking apron, turned on the ovens, and set to work. A few hours later, Yoruichi had made half a dozen apple turnovers, seven batches of cream puffs and six cherry pies. Yoruichi looked over her latest masterpieces and smiled with pride, she had beaten her personal best on timing. Last month it had taken her only three hours to make everything she had just made now, but this time it had only taken two and a half hours.

"Oh yeah, I'm just that good" Yoruichi smirked. Suddenly her cell phone rang.

"Good morning Matsumoto" Yoruichi yawned.

"Good morning boss, I see you're up early as usual" Matsumoto said rather loudly through the phone. Yoruichi nodded to herself,

"Yeah I am, hey since your up can you run to the market and get some fresh strawberries and cherries for me" Yoruichi asked as she went to a large wooden door which led to a very large pantry.

"Sure thing, are you gonna make your special strawberry cherry cheesecake" Matsumoto asked with excitement. Yoruichi was looking for some pie tins when the excited woman said that.

"As a matter of fact I am, and since you're getting the most important ingredients I'll let you have a slice of it"Yoruichi promised.

"You're the best boss, I'll see ya in about twenty minutes" Matsumoto said quickly before hanging up. Yoruichi pressed the end button and slipped her cell phone into her pocket. She scanned the shelves looking for the pie tins; suddenly a faded gleam of silver caught her eye.

"Aha, there you are" Yoruichi said before extracting the cleanly wrapped pie tins and exiting the pantry. She knew today would be a good one.

"Hey boss, we have a pair of ladies who want some chocolate mousse, are there any prepared" a hyper active and very familiar voice called waltzing into the kitchen. She was almost as tall as Yoruichi, but they were built the same, though asset wise, the cream skinned woman won. Yoruichi looked up from her wide mixing bowl and pointed to a massive fridge in the corner.

"Top shelve, it should be done setting by now, but be careful with it Matsumoto" Yoruichi said with a hint of caution. Matsumoto waved it off as she grabbed two cups of mousse and headed out of the kitchen. As the day proceeded, Yoruichi concentrated on her work, and occasionally a few of the customers would want to talk to her about how great everything was. Yoruichi always appreciated that kind of gesture; to her it meant she had done well and it gave her pride. But after awhile Yoruichi had returned to the kitchen, she had some walnut brownies in the oven, and it was about time to pull them out. After about half an hour of distributing various desserts someone entered the kitchen.

"Yoruichi" a somewhat deep feminine voice said. Yoruichi, recognizing the voice turned around and saw another tanned woman walk in. she had short blonde hair, though some of it was a bit longer and was held together with light blue beads. She was a head taller than Yoruichi and more blessed as well.

"Tia, my wonderful cousin, what did you come to get" Yoruichi asked as she wiped off some flour on her apron, she had been making shortcake.

"Yoruichi, someone ordered the Honey Bee surprise" Tia deadpanned; Yoruichi froze in place as the words resonated through her. No one had ever ordered "that" before.

"Are you sure" Yoruichi mumbled quietly, though it was loud enough for Tia to hear it.

"Yes, and I told her that it would take some time to make considering the ingredients you need for it" Tia said in a firm voice.

"Can you do it, I understand if you can't and I can go tell her we don't make it" Tia said slightly worried when Yoruichi didn't say anything. Suddenly Yoruichi let out a burst of laughter.

"Are you kidding, I've been waiting for someone to order that cake ever since I opened this café, tell her it'll be ready in a half hour" Yoruichi said excitedly as she cleared her space to make the cake she had longed to make for almost two years.

Captain-Kitty: there you go, first chapter of the two-shot, I hope you all liked it

Yoruichi: so I own a pastry Café?

Captain-Kitty: Oh yeah, Anywho, please review and we'll see you next time

Yoruichi: Later!