Bleach is not Mine.

My first fan-fic so plz be nice and no big flames... any ideas and sugestions welcome.

Chapter One- Toushiro Dilemma

Toushiro's dilemma was more than just putting the words that burned in his heart to paper. Though he would never admit it to anyone, he was terrified beyond all reason by what he was planning on doing. He had faced hundreds of Hollows, Minos and greater, without hesitating. But this, this one simple thing had him feeling like a small child, lost in the dark.

"Maybe I should ask Matsumoto for help," he muttered. Then the image of her reaction sprang to life in his mind. "Now I really am getting desperate if I'm considering asking her for help."

With a sigh, he returned to what he was working on. If only he had known that he had to but look out the window of his office to see the inspiration he sorely needed, the muse that plagued his fevered dreams and would not give him a moments peace.

With a roar of aggravation, he ripped the page he had been laboring over to shreds, scattering them over the office. And of course with her usual timing, Matsumoto finally arrived for work, to see her Captain in a fit of rage. "Taishou? What's the matter?"

"Nothing. Get out and leave me alone for a while." He said through gritted teeth. And after a minute had passed without her leaving he yelled, "NOW"

"Hrmph, maybe now I can think with her gone." But the words would still not come, fear still held his heart in it's icy grip. "What is wrong with me? I've never felt like this before."

He decided to go and walk for a bit to clear his mind.

As he walked through the forest of one of the outlying districts of Soul Society, he came across the one person he wanted to see the least at this moment and yet at the same time was dying to lay eyes upon. For there before him stood Yukichou-taishou.

For a moment, all he could do was stand in the shadows and admire the perfection of her beauty. After a moment she took notice to her audience and turned to see who it was. Seeing it was only Hitsugaya, she said with a small smile and a voice that sounded like a choir of angles to Hitsugaya, "Well what are you doing out here Hitsugaya-taishou?"

"I... huh... well... that is I was just out walking to get away from Matsumoto so I wouldn't be tempted to kill her if she fell asleep doing paperwork again."

"Uh-huh. Well has it worked any?"

Hitsugaya looked off deeper into the woods a clouded, look on his face, and muttered a reply of, "Some."

Seeing the look on his face, Yukichou asked, "Is something wrong?"

"I... I... It's nothing."

"Hmm... there is something bothering you, what is it?"

"I... I was just wondering how much paperwork is piling up on my desk right now while I'm taking this little break, that's all. I have to go." And with that he ran back into the woods, his heart in his throat and his mind cursing his soul a coward..

A few days later, Hitsuagaya was coming from a meeting with the 13th Squad Captain, he was reading a report and only paying enough attention to see that he was going back to his office when suddenly...