Rukia's Survival

Heh, this is my first HitsuRuki fanfic! I am planning to take this fanfic slow and steady. I don't want them to start loving each other! Heh, I'm gonna make them hate each other and then like each other and then love each other! Nice, simple and slow! Enjoy! XD

Rukia was taking a stroll. Her raven hair was short and hung above her shoulders. She still had her trademark fringe which was in between her eyes and curled slightly down till it almost levelled with her upper lip. She was still wearing her Shinigami robe and her Lieutenant badge was strapped at her right arm. She was still short, not growing an inch during the one and a half year. She sighed as she stopped and glanced up only to be greeted by the full moon.

'Perhaps, I should head home. Nii-sama might be worried about me,' she thought as she turned around and walked back to the Kuchiki household. She could feel the cooling breeze and all the more she was reluctant to go home right now. 'What's the rush when I could enjoy the moon and the breeze?' she thought once more, a small smile plastered on her face. She had stopped walking and closed her eyes for a moment. She felt so relaxed, calm. With the breeze and the welcoming moon, she was sure that the night was perfect. And her mind started to drift to the young and famous Hitsugaya Toushiro. Her smile grew wider as she remembered their small moment together. The moment which Rukia had certainly enjoyed and wished that she could spend more time with the young Taicho.

"Don't play dumb with me, Rukia-fukutaicho! You know what happened to Matsumoto yesterday, don't you?" Hitsugaya-taicho said, trying to cool down. Rukia shrugged, shaking her head. She had no idea what had happened to Matsumoto yesterday. Toushiro sighed and there was an awkward silence. Rukia stood in front of his desk, glancing around everywhere but not him.

Toushiro on the other hand was trying very hard not to let his anger get into him. He sighed and concentrated on his paperwork. He seemed to have forgotten that Rukia was still there. So upon hearing the young Kuchiki speak, he almost fell backwards along with his chair. "Hitsugaya-taicho, you have been to the World of Living right? Have you tried their juice? If you have, what kind of flavour do you like? Perhaps the watermelon flavour, you like? And do you know that they even sold vegetable juices?" Rukia babbled, staring at the tenth taicho.

Toushiro clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Here he was trying to do paperwork and she started to talk about juice in the World of Living. He unclenched his fists and glanced up to see the young Kuchiki bending slightly, their noses almost touched. Toushiro blushed slightly and he looked everywhere except her. Rukia sighed and pulled herself away and tried her very best not to laugh at the blushing taicho.

"Well, Hitsugaya-taicho? You have yet to answer me. You do know that I hate to repeat myself. Or…" Rukia smirked. She paused and caught his attention. "Or do you want to talk about Kurosaki Karin? I heard from Ichigo that she has grown-up to be such a fine and pretty lady. I heard that you two had played soccer together before… You…miss her?" Toushiro blinked his eyes once and then twice. Rukia could not help but dropped herself to the ground, laughing madly. His reaction was so priceless!

Toushiro clenched his fists and brought his eyebrows to nearly meet. He frowned in annoyance. He had expected some respect from Rukia. After all, she's a part of the Kuchiki noble clan. Her laughter had yet to cease and Toushiro could not hold his anger down. He stood up and walked over to where Rukia was. "Rukia-fukutaicho, I believe that you have to respect me, a taicho. You're just a fukutaicho. You're still a lower rank than me. Please do show some respect here, Rukia-fukutaicho," Toushiro said with a smirk. He was clearly insulting her and Rukia stopped laughing and gave him a deathly glare. "You're nothing but a fukutaicho." He said those words as if they won't bore any grudge to the fukutaicho. Rukia clenched her fists and stood up. Although he had grown taller, Rukia was not intimidated.

"Hai…hai… Hitsugaya-taicho… You're just a short brat," she hummed. Toushiro's eyes widened to hear an insult coming from Rukia. He glared at her and Rukia glared back. The temperature had seemed to decrease a lot. "Oh, shut up. You're shorter than me, midget!" Toushiro fought back. Rukia rolled her eyeballs. "Oh pah-lease Hitsugaya-taicho… You're just taller than me by a few inches. You're still the shortest guy here!" spat Rukia.

Toushiro grunted in defeat. He had to admit that Rukia was right. He sighed and he could her chuckle. "Seems like it work," Rukia murmured. Toushiro frowned and raised an eyebrow, demanding an explanation. "Seems like that anger has been cleared," hummed Rukia. Toushiro stared at her and she just smiled widely. It seemed true. He no longer felt the urge to scold someone…well he did but… he thanked her anyway. Rukia nodded simply and patted his head which freaked him out. He screamed and took a few steps backwards. Rukia blinked her eyes and within three seconds, she started to burst out laughing. She smacked her own knee as she laughed hardly. Another priceless expression! Toushiro laughed out loud too. He admitted that it was kind of amusing for him to do that. And after a while, they had stopped laughing. "Well, Hitsugaya-taicho, looks like I have to head back to the Kuchiki household. See you soon, shortie!" Rukia exclaimed as she dashed out from his office.

Rukia opened her eyes and found herself still under the moon but however it seemed that the cooling breeze had died down. She pouted as she crossed her arms. How she missed the breeze. She sighed and decided to take a walk around the headquarters. She did not give a damn if she was caught snooping around. She could not sleep and she certainly did not wish to meet her brother or listened to his lecture about punctuality, not to stay out late at night unless it's important and the list would be endless. And before she knew it, she was at the tenth headquarters.

She could hear some scribbling and she guessed that it was Matsumoto who was staying up just to complete her papers. She did not knock on the door and just simply barged in just to meet Hitsugaya Toushiro scratching his pen on the papers while Matsumoto was… snoozing off with her leg on her desk, her head hung back and her arm was placed on the chair she was sitting on. Not only that, she was snoring loudly. Toushiro glanced up to see Rukia. He was shocked but deep inside, he was glad that someone was here to help him finish up the papers.

"Ah, Rukia-fukutaicho, what brings you here in such a late hour?" Toushiro asked as he bent slightly as his fingers locked. He was apparently smiling yet deep down; he was screaming and laughing evilly. Rukia was lost in words. Her eye had been twitching and her ears were going to burst soon if Matsumoto's snores continued. "I'm just… bored… " She finally gathered her composure and answered truthfully. Toushiro nodded and motioned her to sit down. She sat and there was an awkward silence between them, if you could ignore Matsumoto's snores.

Rukia stretched and randomly spoke, breaking the silence, "You know shortie-taicho, you're sure one workaholic! Can't you be like Matsumoto for a while? Can't you stop working and just simply do what you like and working will not be an option." Toushiro paused, reconsidering her words. He put down his pen and stared at Rukia. He seethed, "Respect… Rukia-fukutaicho… please does remember who the higher rank here is, midget." Rukia was not bothered. She was used to be calling a midget. She sighed and shook her head, earning another priceless expression.

Toushiro stared at her with his mouth hung in the air. Rukia giggled and replied to his comment, "Ah, shortie-taicho, unless you give me respect, I will give you the respect you badly wanted. Anyway, have you gone to the zoo at the World of Living? The rabbits there are so cute and fluffy! I asked one of the…zookeepers whether I could hold one of them up and he said no! I was so furious that I started kicking and punching him! And the manager of the zoo kicked me out!"

Toushiro simply nodded. Though his expression looked like the one who was disinterested, but in fact, he was interested. He begged Rukia not to stop, that was just one of his thoughts. He did not to beg her. He would lose respect. "I loved rabbits! They are so cute! And I started to draw them to represent my feelings! There's this one time when Ichigo asked me to explain certain things, and since I could not explain in words, I decided to explain in my drawing! Guess what? The drawing was Chappy-themed! Ichigo just gave me that blank expression. Renji commented on my Chappy drawings and he said that my drawing was stupid! I punched him in the face for insulting me as well as Chappy!" Rukia continued. Toushiro wanted to laugh. She was amusing. She looked like a 7 year old girl that kept babbling on and on.

"So, Toushiro, got anything to share with me?" Rukia asked, swaying back and forth with a big smile plastered on her face. She was swinging her legs back and forth too. Toushiro's eye twitched upon hearing her addressing him with his first name. She was bold. However he shook his head. He definitely did not want to share anything of his past. But then he smirked. "Well, there's this time, an annoying girl came into my office. She's shorter than me and was bold enough to challenge me. She called me names. I wanted to smack her mouth for such insolence. Despite her being in such a noble clan, she dared to challenge and insult me. Seriously, she's just a rank lower than me and she's very weak. I don't think she can lay a finger on me…" Toushiro said as he placed his head on the chair, looking up. He peered down to see Rukia frowning and biting her lips. Her eyebrows nearly met. He pushed his body forward and smirked.

"You…you… You're talking about me! It's not nice, short meanie!" Rukia exclaimed childishly as she shook her head. Toushiro smirked and replied, "Ah, ah, ah, there you go again… Respect…respect…" Rukia rolled her eyeballs. She stood up. Bending herself slightly with her hands on her hips, she decided to give Toushiro a lecture about bad-mouthing others. She had yet to realise that she was breaking it too…

Unknown to them, there was someone watching them… Oh noooo, it's not Matsumoto but someone who can really hide his reiatsu. Rukia and Toushiro were bickering loudly yet Matsumoto was still busy snoring away.

TO BE CONTINUED!

Hahaha… I smell trouble! Muahaha! Please leave reviews! Thanks!