Author: Takes place after the war. In my perspective she was at a minimum of fifty years old when the war started, so fifty years is plenty of recovery time. Hitsuhina subplot, ignore it if you don't like it.

The Birthday Surprise.

Everyone had somehow gotten very protective of Hinamori. It didn't matter whether a person was from her squad or another; if she became hurt in any way due to their negligence every Captain and Lieutenant was out for their blood. Even after being beaten up within an inch of their life, that person somehow ended up with all the paperwork from their squad as punishment.

It started after her one hundredth birthday. Somehow her attitude had gotten sweeter, no matter how impossible it sounds. When a person walked into her office, they felt at home. When she entered another person's office, the pressure of their duty seemed that much less.

She also started receiving more attention from guys. She had grown a couple inches while her hair had grown longer and harder to hold in her usual bun. Her face had matured too, just a little bit, along with her curves. She wasn't too much different; in fact it was rather subtle. In short guys were drooling at the sight of her.

Of course with Hinamori's new protection program, said guys were brutally tortured and then were found frozen solid a few days later. No one knows who is responsible for such strange disappearances. One such disappearance happened after a man drooled as she stepped out of a Taicho and Fukutaicho meeting, with a certain white haired captain already on edge. He has not been seen since. Captain Unohana has also not had the time to look for him. Poor soul.

No one noticed how much closer they were to Hinamori until the first public protective act by Kuchiki Taicho instead of an old childhood friend. Needlessly said the man forced to face Kuchiki's wrath went to an overworked and thoroughly pissed off Forth Division. He was placed under the 8th seat but was then placed under the 7th seat after almost dying. That was a month ago on Hitsugaya's birthday. You probably want to know how it happened, ne? In order for that to occur let's go back to Hinamori's first wooing of the Captains and Lieutenants after the winter war.


Author footnote thingy: Should be working on other story, but am not. Sorry, this is my first story that my beta reader has er... betaed i guess. Is that right? Anyho, update later. Review, please... don't make me beg. :V alligator.