NOTE:~ Don't you just LOVE musical inspirations? The inspiration for this fic was the song Who Am I To Say by Hope. It's a really good song, go listen to it! Now yes, I know I got lots of Bleach fics!
Reader: Kofa! MAKE A DIFFERENT ANIME ONE!!
Me: I don't wanna!! I'm obsessing over Bleach right now, like I did Naruto up until a few months ago, lol. So Bleach is my new Naruto xD. I have so many favorite Characters to! Probably cause there's so many sexy men in this anime...~drools~ But anyway!! ^-^;; This fic will be a HitsugayaOC Romance! BUT I must warn you, this is a Tragic Romance so be prepared for ANYTHING tragic to happen in this story. I already have what's going to happen planned. But at least I warned you before we get to that part and people start yelling at me. But the beginning and that is going to be quite funny ^_^ So enjoys!
Who Am I To Say?
Chapter 1: Introducing The Annoyance
A young girl stalked the halls of Seireitei. She wore the regular shinigami uniform and had her zanpakuto at her side. She wasn't your ordinary shinigami, but of course she didn't even know her own abilities. They were mostly sealed away, and so she seemed like your average third seat shinigami. Nope, she wasn't a captain or a Lieutenant, just a Third Seat. Third Seat in the tenth Squad to be exact. And as she stalked the halls, she was looking for someone in particular. She was looking for her Taicho.
Her name was Meimu Jitsuzai. Everyone called her Mei for short. She looked like a young teen, about 13 years of age to be exact. Mei was quite fond of her captain, Toushiro Hitsugaya. Hell, she liked the boy, ok?! There, she admitted it. But it wasn't like Toushiro would ever feel the same way, so she just kept her feelings hidden deep inside and joked around with her captain instead. Always finding little ways to annoy and tease him. It was quite fun.
She slowly opened the door to her captains quarters and peered in, seeing the male hard at work on some papers all the while murmuring something about how Rangiku wasn't doing her job.
She suddenly swung the door open, "TOUSHIRO-KUN!!", she exclaimed, throwing her hands into the air as she walked over to the silver haired boy, her blonde hair was surprisingly up today and out of her face so that gave him a good view of her brilliant blue eyes.
"What're ya doing?!", she questioned, leaning over the desk now and looking at all the scattered papers that had gone everywhere when she startled Hitsugaya with her entry. Her gaze shifted up to meet two unamused eyes of her captain. He obviously was more annoyed today than usually.
"Toushiro-kun...? You ok...?", she asked, blinking slightly in confusion.
"That's Captain Hitsugaya to you!", Toushiro pointed out as he gathered up some of the scattered papers.
"Aw, what's eating you today,Taicho?", Mei asked as she began to gather some of the papers for her captain. There was no reply. She looked over at the silver haired boy who looked back at her.
"Why are you here, Meimu?", he questioned sternly.
"Aww, can't I come and visit my Taicho?", Mei asked.
"No", Toushiro answered flatly.
"Aww!! That's mean, Toushiro-kun!", she whined, running over to Matsumoto as she walked into the room, "Ran-chan! Toushiro-kun is being mean to me!!".
Matsumoto pat the small girl on the head before looking at their captain, "Captain, that's not very nice".
"Rangiku, where have you been?", Toushiro asked, completely changing the subject as he scolded his Lieutenant.
"Uhm...Oh, I was just with Kira and Ikkaku and...", Rangiku faded off at the unhappy look on her captains face, "I was going to do the papers when I returned! I swear!".
"OOOHHH! Ran-chan's in trouble~!", Mei sang, giggling slightly. She was like a little kid.
"Rangiku, finish the paper work, now", Toushiro ordered before walking passed the two females and out the door.
"Toushiro-kun is so mean today, eh Ran-chan?", Mei asked, looking up at the older women who was watching with concern as their captain left.
"He's had a lot to deal with lately. A lot of pressure was put on him after the incident with Aizen happened", Rangiku replied, letting out a soft sigh.
"Aizen...?", Mei asked, pondering on that name for a moment, "OOHH! Mr. Dude with the Bad Hair Cut!!". That caused Rangiku to laugh. Good. Meimu never liked seeing people look sad. It made her sad.
"Yes, if you want to put it that way. Since the incident with 'Mr. Dude with the Bad Hair Cut'", Rangiku giggled once more.
"Ah, well I'm gunna go see if I can cheer up Toushiro-kun! Bye Ran-chan!", Meimu was about to leave when Rangiku grabbed her by the back of her kimono, shaking her head at the child and making that 'tsk tsk' noise as if she was being scolded. Meimu looked back at her fukutaicho in confusion.
"You're not going anywhere. You're going to stay here and do the paper work~!", Rangiku instructed, giggling once more.
"AW!! Ran-chan!! That's mean! Toushiro-kun told YOU to do it!!", Mei complained, waving her arms in the air.
"And I'm telling you to do it", Rangiku pat the girl on her head, "Have fun~!".
"H-Hey!! You're not gunna go back and drink with Kira-kun and Ika-kun are you?!", Mei called after her fukutaicho, receiving no reply as Rangiku began to hum as she walked away, "RAN-CHAN!!".
Meimu let out a sigh and shut the door, facing the desk with the stack of evil paper work. Why did this always happen? Toushiro would order Rangiku to do paper work and Rangiku would order her to do it for her. So mean. Why her? She slowly walked over to the desk, taking a seat at it and beginning to work on some of the papers, all the while murmuring about how mean Rangiku was for punishing her in such a way. What did she ever to do that women?
"Ahhh...", Meimu let out a sigh as she stretched, now grinning at the completed pile of papers, "And all before afternoon tea with Ukitake-kun!!".
Meimu got to her feet and headed out the door. Unlike most people who normally didn't associate with everyone in Seireitei, Meimu was different. She liked to have lots of friends and associate herself with everyone. A lot thought of her as annoying, and there were a select few she stayed away from for various reasons. Before the incident happened and Aizen left Soul Society with Gin and Tousen, Meimu used to hang around Ichimaru a lot and bug and tease people with him. It was quite fun. But of course all good things must come to an end and he left with Aizen. She didn't think she would ever see him again.
As Meimu skipped through the halls, she began to hum a simple tune. Afternoon tea had become almost like a tradition for Meimu and Ukitake. He was a nice man, and despite her weirdness, he accepted her and didn't mind it. He was more like a father to her than anything else.
She knocked on the door to Jushiro's quarters. "Come in", came the voice of the kind man she knew all to well. She slid the door open and waved at the silver haired man before her, smiling at him.
"Ello Iro-kun!", she greeted the man, stepping in and taking a seat near him. He already had a pot of tea ready.
"Hello Meimu. How has your day been so far?", Ukitake asked her, pouring her a cup of tea and handing her the glass.
"Oh, everyone's being mean today!", Meimu started out as she took the tea, "First when I woke up this morning I saw Renji-kun training and I asked if I could train with him and he said no. Then I saw Kenny-kun and Yachiru-chan and asked them if they wanted to play, but Kenny-kun said 'You're not strong enough to play our games kid' and walked away. And then I went to find Toushiro-kun and he god mad at me because I accidently startled him when he was doing paper work, and then Ran-chan showed up and Toushiro told her to do the paper work before leaving and after he left, Ran-chan made me do the paper work while she went back to drinking with Kira-kun and Ika-kun!". Mei let out a large sigh after speaking before taking a sip of her tea.
"Hm, it sounds like you've had quite the morning then", Ukitake chuckled as he too sipped at his tea.
"Yep, but I finished the paper work and then came straight here and now I'm talking to you, Iro-kun!", Meimu giggled.
"Well that's good. At least you didn't abandon doing your task given just to come have some tea", Ukitake complimented her, smiling at her.
"Mhm...", Mei took another sip of her tea before lowering it, "Iro-kun...am I annoying?".
Ukitake was surprised by the sudden question. She rarely asked any negative things like this. Mostly happy stuff.
"No, Mei, you're not annoying. You're just being you", Ukitake replied to her. Mei smiled a this.
"That's good to know", she replied.
After afternoon tea was over, Meimu said her goodbyes to Captain Ukitake and was off to track down her captain and probably annoy him some more.
"Ah, Meimu-chan! Just the person I wanted to see", came a voice, which half startled her since people rarely wanted to see her. She turned to the voice to see it belonged to Shunsui Kyoraku, Captain of the 8th Squad.
"Oh, hello Kyo-kun!", she greeted him, waving at him, "What did you need me for?".
"I need you to deliver a message to your captain for me. I can't seem to find him and I'm sure you'll run into him sooner or later since you are his 3rd seat", Shunsui held out a parchment that was tied together with string. Meimu tilted her head at the strange package, raising a brow before looking up at the 8th division captain.
"What is it?", she asked curiously. She rarely was given important things to hand to her captain. It was normally Rangiku or people would just find him directly.
"It's just a little something for him. Anyway, you take care now Meimu", Shunsui placed a hand on her head before walking passed her. She watched as he walked away, still confused.
"Important...?", she murmured, looking back at the parchment. She let out a soft sigh and stuffed the package into her kimono and hurried off to find her captain. She was having some trouble so she decided to turn to Rangiku for help.
She knocked on Matsumoto's door. "Eh, Ran-chan!! I need your help!!", she called to those beyond the door. Some sounds were heard, a few crashes and some muttered curses, before the door was finally opened and Rangiku stood there looking rather intoxicated.
"Ran-chan! Do you know where Toushiro-kun is?! I was given an important task by Kyo-kun to deliver this package to Toushiro-kun!", Mei explained, holding up the important parchment.
Rangiku stared at her for a moment, a bit slow from all the alcohol she had drank. "Heys!", called a voice from inside, "Yoush gets your assh back heres Rangiku! Weres not done our contestsh...!!". That was definitely Ikkaku.
"Ehh!! In a minute, Ikkaku!!", Rangiku retorted quickly before looking back at Meimu and smiling, grabbing hold of one of her cheeks and pinching it, "Ya know you're so adorable Meimu-chan~!".
"Huh? Ran-chan! I'm serious!! Do you know where Toushiro-kun is?", Meimu asked, pulling Rangiku's hand from her cheek.
Rangiku hiccuped before shaking her head, "Nope...dunno where he is...Hey~! Come in and join ush for a little drink, ehhh?". Rangiku suddenly waved a bottle of sake in Meimu's face.
"No thank you...Bye Ran-chan", she declined the offer and turned around, jumping off to find her Captain. Where could he be? Meimu jumped from place to place, searching for her Captains reitsu. He couldn't have just disappeared.
She stopped on a path way, rubbing the back of her head slightly, "Ah...where are you, Toushiro-kun...?", she murmured, trying to think where her Captain may be.
"Are you looking for Captain Hitsugaya..?", came a voice, and once again she was startled. She quickly turned to see Yumichika Ayasegawa, 5th Seat in the 11th Squad.
"Oh, Chika-kun! Yes, do you know where he is?", Meimu asked, smiling at Yumichika.
"Hm...Last I saw him, he was heading into a meeting with the Captain Commander and a few others...", Yumichika replied, placing a hand on his hip, "But that was about a half hour ago. I'm sure they're almost done by now. You should probably just wait for your Captain back at his office".
"Ah, ok. Thank you very much, Chika-kun", she bowed slightly to the male before heading off to her Captains office to wait for him.
Meimu sat on the couch fiddling with the sleeves of her kimono as she waited for her Captain. It was becoming annoying. She had been sitting there for at least 20 minutes. Was this meeting really that long? Suddenly the door opened and her Captain walked in with an annoyed look on his face.
"Toushiro-kun!", she exclaimed, jumping to her feet.
"That's Captain Hitsugaya to you!", he replied, walking over to his desk and noticing the papers were all done. Had Matsumoto really done her job? He doubted it. By the looks of the writing, Mei had covered for her yet again. Annoying.
"Ah, right...uhm...", Meimu pulled the parchment that Shunsui had given her out of her kimono and held it out to her Captain who eyed it curiously, "Ah, Kyo– I mean Captain Shunsui gave this to me and told me to pass it on to you since he couldn't find you. Though...You just came back from a meeting so I don't know why he couldn't have given it to you there...".
"He wasn't at the meeting", Hitsugaya stated simply, taking the parchment from her before walking over and sitting down at his desk.
"Is something wrong, Taicho...?", she asked, frowning at the annoyed expression on her Captains face, "If I did something wrong, I'm sorry...".
He looked at her in surprise, "Why do you say that? Every time I look mad or upset, you always assume it's because of you...".
"Ah...well...Everyone gets annoyed at me so it's just become natural for me to apologize because of everyone else...", she replied, shrugging slightly.
"Well no, it's not because of you..", Hitsugaya trailed off for a moment, "You better get ready".
"Eh? Ready, Toushiro-kun?", she asked, tilting her head slightly to the side in confusion.
"We have a mission. Myself, along with Rangiku, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Renji, Rukia, and yourself are assigned to go to the living world and check up on the events that have been happening there", Hitsugaya explained, "So get ready. Oh...and go find Rangiku and Ikkaku. I'm sure they're together...".
"Ah...ok Toushiro-kun~!", Mei sang as she headed out the door.
"That's CAPTAIN Hitsugaya to you!", he retorted just before she closed the door and ran off to inform Rangiku and Ikkaku of this mission. It had been a while since she was in the living realm. She actually couldn't wait to go...
END:~ I know, crappy first chapter! And I won't lie, the first few WILL be crappy, BUT you can expect lots of fighting around Chapter 3 or 4. That's when the Arrancar will start coming ~grins~ and then the party REALLY starts...hehehehe. Ok, well please review, tell me what ya think and I'll see ya guys next Chapter!!