Okay, I know I am supposed too be working on Lost &Found but I was listening too some older music and that's when I had an epiphany, and it was the idea for this little one shot. I'm thinking about doing an illustration for it but i'll have too see, anyway I decided too tie this in as kinda a much later scene of my story "Sick On You" Like a...how life goes after the end kinda thing. It can stand on it's own though, Enjoy!

I'm With The Band

Matsumoto Rangiku snuck quietly around the dark allies of Tokyo. She dived behind a trash can when she felt like her target might become aware of her presence. So far she had been quite lucky in this top secret mission of hers.

She followed at a safe distance from her boyfriend and Captain, Hitsugaya Toshirou. She lost track of where they were but it didn't matter when she saw him go in some building thru it's back entrance. On top of it all ever since he had left Urahara's in his gigai he had kept a tight lid on his spiritual pressure so not too be sensed. She huffed and thought about how all this had started three months ago.

One day he had just stated leaving work at 5pm on Fridays and Saturdays weather his paperwork was complete or not. When she asked about it he simply said he had taken up a new hobby and that she didn't need to worry about it, and for a while she didn't, but then he started coming home later and later until she had too go too bed by herself the past few Fridays and Saturdays. She was starting too really worry about what he was doing all this time. She wanted too trust him, but he was being too suspicious too be ignored. He wasn't going too say anything so she decided too take things into her own hands.

If Toshirou thought he could keep a secret from her he had no idea who he was dealing with. She slowly pulled the door open and peeked inside, noticing that no one seemed too be around she slipped inside and stayed close too the wall, she took a breath and calmed herself. The slightest flair in her reiatsu would alert her ever vigilant Captain too her presence.

Finally taking the moment too look around she noticed that it looked like she was in the back of some stage and Toshirou was nowhere too be seen. She could here a loud crowed up front. She heard a piano and drums start a slow tempo on the stage and decided she might as well check out what kind of show they had going on.

Staying against the wall and coming up on the far left end of the curtains she peeked out and immediately her jaw dropped. Standing composed and calm looking as ever on center stage was Toshirou, and gripped in his hands was a saxophone, almost half as tall as he was.

She rubbed her eyes with her fists, too make sure her eyes weren't deceiving her. No, he was still there but now he leaned back taking in a breath and started too play. Rangiku was mesmerized. His eyes were closed and his fingers danced fluidly on the keys. The song was unknown but the soothing vibrating sounds he played touched her.

When did he learn too play music? Why was he playing at a club in the living world? Most importantly, why wouldn't he tell her? She had known Toshirou for quite a few years, and in all that time she had never once seen him so relaxed and at ease in the spotlight. He did his best too avoid it. As she watched him she decided that knowing him as she did he must have had his reasons. She was just glad that her frosty little Captain was still just that. Hers. Now she felt silly for all her paranoia.

She settled back against the wall and listened to the band play on. She drifted in and out between awake and sleep induced by his music It was several hours before he was finally able too pull away from the crowd. She jolted, realizing that he would be going back to their room and probably expected her too be asleep. She had too beat him there. She took off running out the back stage door. She took every back ally along the way until she got back too Urahara's. She dropped off her gigai before running past Yoruichi who was watching her interestingly as she opened the senkaimon.

"I was never here." She said too the cat women who only nodded grinning. Rangiku wasted no time making it back home and jumping into the bed. She sighed, that was her exercise for the next couple days. She laid there for about twenty minutes before she heard the quit sliding of the bedroom door. The bed moved a little as he laid down beside her. She smirked as she fell asleep.

The next afternoon around 5pm Toshirou stacked his papers up and stood from behind his desk. She watched him from the corner of her eyes. As he came over too the sofa and kissed her goodbye.

"I'm going Rangiku, don't wait up for me." She nodded and waved as he left the office. She stayed where she was. He came back ten minutes later.

"Forget something?" She asked curiously. He just shook his head. "I just wanted too see if you were going too follow me again." She stared shocked at him.

"You knew?" He smirked, turning too leave the office again. "I always know." was his reply. She sat stunned for only a moment before crawling over the sofa too chase after him. She wanted answers.

Alright, there you have it. Just a little drabble I wanted too do, but now it's late and I'm off too sleep. I hope you enjoyed it - Malthazar LOS