Hello! This is my first time writing, so please don't hate me or stop reading. I would love it if you just reviewed and tell me how to make it better. Anyway, I got this idea after reading "kiddy toshirou" by XlittlebunnieeangelofdoomX. She's a really good writer and has good tastes. I've read all her stories and lots of her favorites (which is around160!). Sorry to waste your time, TO THE STORY!!!

Toshiro's Outer Child

Chapter One: Late

The combined captains and lieutenants meeting had started over thirty minutes ago, where in the world were Toshiro Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto? The child prodigy was never late (unlike his lieutenant); this seemed to be worrying some people. Ukitake was obviously one of them; he was sweating and getting close to hyperventilating. He was starting to get frantic.

"Do you think Captain Hitsugaya is okay, Shunsui?" Ukitake sputtered, finding it hard to talk under his shaking.

"Don't worry about it," Shunsui seemed to always be saying this," I bet Rangiku overslept, and Toshiro was lost in his paperwork." Shunsui had hoped this was true, but to be honest he was worried too. Captain Hitsugaya was always the first to arrive, even when he was sick he managed to be the second person there. What could have happened?

Ukitake sighed and stopped shaking; it seemed like a reasonable guess. Ukitake smiled," You're right Shunsui, but Toshiro shouldn't --." Ukitake stopped taking and spun around to face the direction of the first division doors. He had felt two spiritual pressures appear outside the doors. Everyone felt this too and turned towards the door. There was no denying the owner of the icy spiritual pressure, it was Captain Hitsugaya.

But, something was off. Toshiro never let his spiritual pressure leek out that much; he usually just let out enough to keep his body stable. Why was he letting run loose at a comfortable rate? This was not like him at all.

The doors opened to reveal Rangiku Matsumoto standing there. Her arms were behind her and she was leaning forward a little bit: she was carrying something on her back. Rangiku took a couple a steps until she was ten feet away from the people in front of her. She gave a cheeky smile and giggled. Everyone looked surprised to this short giggle fit. Why in the world was she laughing?! Hasagi was the first to speak to her.

"Hey, Rangiku, what's so funny?" Hasagi asked his close friend. He smiled; if Rangiku was laughing like that it must be good. That's when he, along with everyone else, noticed the guards staring wide eyed at Rangiku's back. Yep, this was defiantly going to be good.

Rangiku turned her head so she could see her back and whispered," Okay, Captain, we're here. You can get off now." Everyone sucked in air. Toshiro was riding on her back?! He wouldn't even let her hug him willingly, what in the world was going on?!

All the questions they had asked were answered when Toshiro jumped off Rangiku's back with a high pitched, "Kay!" Toshiro stood up straight next to Rangiku with a childish smile on his face, but that wasn't the surprising part. Toshiro was now a little shorter than Rangiku's knee and looked like he was two years old (in human year)!! His serious aqua eyes were replaced with big, happy aqua eyes. His spiky hair looked like it did when it was wet and looked like it was whiter. He wasn't wearing his haori, because it obviously didn't fit him any more. Also Hyourinmaru had shrunk to a size that could fit on his back still. But, the most surprising thing about his younger features was that he actually looked happy, like he enjoyed life.

Momo, Isane, Captain Unohana, and Nanao squealed at the cutie in front of them. Who knew Toshiro had such a sweet face? Ukitake made the biggest smile and ran up to hug Toshiro, but Toshiro didn't fight back. Instead, he hugged Ukitake back and started having a giggling fit, like the hug tickled. Renji laughed at this.

Renji thought it was funny that Toshiro was embracing all the attention. He wasn't laughing because he thought Toshiro looked silly or something. He was laughing because it made him happy to see Toshiro relax for once, same as everyone else.

Everyone was surprised to hear a loud sound of wood hitting wood. It was the head captain, and he looked like he was getting annoyed. Everyone got back in their spots at attention, except for a certain young prodigy clinging to Ukitake's haori. The head captain did not look pleased with this; the other captains and lieutenants looked at him like he was crazy. No one ever disobeyed the head captain before; they seemed to have forgotten that this transformation affected him mentally, too. The head captain spoke in a voice that made everyone shutter," Captain Hitsugaya return to your spot this instant!" The head captain was officially angry.

Toshiro yelped and hid behind Ukitake more, they all noticed that he was shaking. Ukitake motioned for the head captain to give him a minute to pursued Toshiro to move; the head captain granted his wish.

Ukitake squatted to a lower level so he could look Toshiro in the eye. Toshiro's eyes were tearing up now, not a good sign. Ukitake brushed a piece of hair out of Toshiro's face causing the small boy to look up. Ukitake smiled at him, this got Toshiro to calm down a bit. Everyone was surprised Toshiro was being calmed so easily. Toshiro was the one who locked eyes with Ukitake though; it seemed that his eyes were looking for tranquility.

"Now Toshiro why don't you go stand over there next to Rangiku, she looks lonely," Ukitake whispered. The two white haired soul reapers looked at Rangiku. Ukitake gave her a smile that said "go with it". Rangiku got the message and started to look sad. Toshiro gasped at this, he didn't want to cause Rangiku to be sad. He turned to Ukitake and spoke in a voice so sweet it melted in everyone's ears," Can us pway after the meetings over then?" Toshiro stuck out his bottom lip and gave Ukitake puppy dog eyes. Not even Aizen could resist saying "no" to that face.

Ukitake nodded his had with a smile. He ruffled Toshiro's hair, causing him to giggle, and shooed him off to Rangiku's direction. Toshiro skipped to Rangiku and stood in his captain's spot. He looked to his left and right at the other captains; he noticed that he didn't look that tough compared to the other captains. To fix this he stood on his toes and puffed up his chest, to top it off he put on a face that screamed "I'm tough!" This got all the girls in the room to giggle. This proved the rumors that Toshiro wanted to be just as strong as the other captains, or in this case, tough. Toshiro only lasted a few more seconds before he got bored of the position he was in and just started to stand there staring at his feet.

The head captain carried on the meeting before Toshiro got too bored. "Lieutenant Matsumoto," eyes trailed from Toshiro to the head captain," Can you tell us all you know about what has happened to Captain Hitsugaya?"

Rangiku took a step out of line so the other high ranking soul reapers could see her. She wore a serious expression as she started to speak," Yes head captain. Last night at 8:43 P.M. the captain stated that he wasn't feeling well so he went to bed early. I didn't notice a difference in his spiritual pressure at all until I retired at 10:17P.M. There was also no extreme change in his spiritual pressure, for it would have woken me or one of the other tenth division members up. When I woke up at 7:49A.M., I went to the office to see if my captain was doing well, but when I went into the office the captain wasn't there. I was worried he might have gotten sick, so I went to his room to check on him. I knocked on his door four times before I heard a loud crash in his room followed by the captain yelp. I went into the room and found that he had fallen out of bed. I couldn't see the captain because he was still rapped in his blankets. I walked over to my captain and pulled the covers off of him to find him like this." Once Rangiku finished explaining what she knew she stepped back in line. The head captain nodded at the data and turned his eyes to Toshiro. He looked insanely bored at looking at his feet.

"Captain Hitsugaya, would you please tell us what all you know on the matter?" the head captain asked a little sweeter than before. Toshiro looked up at the head captain and nodded his head. He copied what Rangiku had done and stepped out of line so the others could see him better. Toshiro started to speak in the calmest voice he had," I remember all that has happened in my life in the soul society, and I'm starting to get bits of my memory from when I was alive. Because of this I can tell that I died at this age," this made a few people look sad," I haven't tried to use my Zanpakutō or kido yet so I can not be sure if I still have my powers at captain level. Last night when I started to feel bad, I started to see strange visions of people from my living past. I couldn't tell for sure what this meant so I went to bed later. I didn't wake up when this happened, so I'm sorry that I can't tell you more." Toshiro finished and stepped back in line. The head captain nodded and told his lieutenant to do some research on anything related to this. The reason he didn't send Ukitake is because he remembered that the captain had made a promise to play with him. Before the head captain ended the meeting he realized another very important matter.

"Another matter we need to discuss is who will be taking care of Captain Hitsugaya," the head captain stated bluntly. Toshiro pouted at this, everyone knew he still thought he was a big boy. The head captain opened his eyes and scanned the room," Are there any volunteers." Every captain raised their hands, and so did Rangiku. The head captain looked at the choices and ran the positives and negatives of each choice.

"Captain Ukitake will be the one to take care of Captain Hitsugaya," the head captain stated. Toshiro smiled at this, Ukitake was the best choice. Captain Unohana was the second best, but she was far too busy to give him all the attention a toddler needs. Anyway, Rangiku drunk too much but she has chosen to help. The head captain also gave permission for all the other soul reapers to play with Toshiro. After all the arrangements were completed the head captain ended the meeting and everyone poured out into the hall.

Toshiro jumped into Ukitake's arms and piped out," Let's go! Come on! Let's go pway!" Ukitake smiled and they headed for the thirteenth division building. Rangiku, Yachiru, Kempachi, Hisagi, Momo, Renji, and Shunsui followed. Toshiro giggled, smiled and talked the whole way. This is going to be fun, Toshiro thought.

Alright first chapter done! Please review, don't be lazy! The next chapter is called "Playtime" and I can't pick what game they should play. Help!

Ichigo: Hey when do I come in?!

Rukia: Hold your horses Ichigo; we'll be in soon, right?

Nikki3669: Yep! You're both coming in third chapter; I'm already planning.

Ichigo: Cool.

Toshiro: (runs into Nikki's arms) Yeah! More friends thank you!

Nikki: You're welcome! Anywho, see you all next time!

Everyone: (waves) Bye-bye!