Summary: Captain of the 10th squad, Toshiro Hitsugaya hates Christmas. Story based on the classic tale of Scrooge.
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Chapter 1- Forbidden Holiday
Toshiro's P.O.V:
All the members of my squad seemed to be in a better mood today. They seemed to be gleefully prancing down the hallways of my quarters. Work also didn't seem to get done. 'What could be going on? I better go investigate.' I thought with annoyance while letting out a deep sight.
I walked to my office, with no lead on the situation. When I opened the door, there was the answer to the whole problem. My lieutenant was putting up colorful garlands in a spiky tree. I let out a short grunt while thinking. 'So it's that time of year again? I'll quickly take care of that problem.'
"MATSUMOTO!" I yelled out, angrily. I assumed she didn't feel the presence of my reiatsu because she jumped up, turned around and had a scared expression marked on her face. "Oh, Captain! You really scared me there!" She said half in a giggle; probably hopping I wouldn't scold her.
"Get that tree out of here as soon as possible! Get working as well! You have plenty of paperwork to finish before the end of the day!" I replied, half barking out the orders. "But Captain... there's only 3 weeks before Christmas! Nobody wants to work at this time of year!" wined the orange haired woman.
"I don't care what time of year it is! Plus, I hate this holiday!" I yelled out, storming out of my office and slamming the door behind me. I really felt like screaming and pulling my hair out.
: Once out of the office :
Nothing was currently helping my mood. I didn't care about that stupid celebration. Christmas was a pointless waste of time. No work could be accomplished because everyone was lazy and refused to do their tasks. "I don't even want to know how they celebrate it in the human world! It must be worst than here! Humans seem to have the craziest of ideas sometimes." I thought, letting another heavy sigh slip from my mouth.
I walked outside to the training ground. I was quietly looking around for squad members practicing their sword fighting techniques. Finally after a short walk of a few minutes, I noticed a small group of shinigami gathered in the field. As I was approaching them, the sound of laughing was heard. 'They better not be doing what I think they are...'
I walked up in the back of one of the group members and let a little bit of my reiatsu come out, just enough for him to notice the presence of his Captain behind him. "Captain Hitsugaya!" He said while turning around, trying to hide the bottle he was holding in his hands. I looked at his with those deadly eyes. "It's not what you think!" The man almost cried out. "Give me those! And get back to work, lazy bums!" I snapped out, grabbing all the bottles of sake the group currently had on them. "Yes Captain!" They all replied in unison with a hint of fear.
"Ugh... This really didn't help at all." I muttered to myself once I was far enough from the drunken squad members not to hear.
: 1 Week Later :
I walked into my office with more paperwork that wasn't completed. After a few minutes of work, I couldn't concentrate anymore. Lots of noisy singing voices could be heard from the hallway and were disturbing my duties. I quickly got off my chair and walked into the hallway to see who was causing this disturbance.
There was my lieutenant, drinking sake with her two non-sober friends Izuru and Hisagi. They were all singing 'Deck the Halls' while attempting to walk without falling, which was obviously not working out. When the orange haired woman and her friends came closer, she then noticed me. She had goofy expression and said "Oh, Captain, I was looking for you! Would you like a drink?" She groggily offered me her half empty bottle. I declined the offer with my famous death glare. She then pouted and sat down because of her difficulty to stand straight.
I got back into my office. At least they quieted down for now. 'I can't take much more of this!'
: The last week before Christmas :
Okay, I have probably lost my sanity now. I took a deep breath before starting to say what was on my mind.
"CHRISTMAS IS OFFICIALLY BANNED IN THIS DISTRICT" I shouted to my lieutenant which was currently decorating my office. Ribbons were hung up from the ceiling, a little snowman was sitting on my desk and plenty of other decors were everywhere. She was goofing off again!
"But Captain!" She whined, pleading for me to take back my earlier statement.
"Shut up! I don't want to hear it. Go announce it to the rest of the squad members later or whatever you have to do but come back and complete your work now!" I snapped back at her. The tall orange haired woman looked down, probably because she was very disappointed. But, I didn't care one bit. This holiday had been driving me up the walls!
The day passed very quickly and lots of work had been accomplished. I made a neat pile with all the paperwork completed and gave a satisfying smile. Once dismissed, Matsumoto left the office gloomily without giving me one glance.
When I went to go check up on the rest of the squad members, everyone seemed very disappointed and sad. 'I don't care how they feel at all.' Work will get done much quicker now, which was all that counted to me.
: The 24th of December, Christmas Eve :
I felt as if everyone hated me as I received lots of glares from all squad members. "It's for your best and the squad's." I simply replied each time I had one.
At the end of the day, everyone seemed very sad that they couldn't celebrate and get together. All the members also looked exhausted because of the fact I was pushing them to their limit for them to do their ultimate best.
'Maybe I was a little too strict... Oh well, they'll thank me later for all the good I've done, not letting them get lazy.' I thought.
: 10 o'clock', the 24th of December, Christmas Eve :
'I had finished enough for today. I better go rest to be able to complete as much tomorrow.' I though as I went off to my room to get some rest.
I was in bed, trying very hard to fall asleep. I got up to go take a glass of water, hoping that would help me. When I came back from the restroom after drinking some water, I noticed some light coming from my bed. I came closer to the strange glow. There was my lieutenant, or at least I thought it was, sitting on my bed and glowing. "What the hell are you doing Matsumoto!" I exclaimed, stunned.
The woman turned around to looks at me. "Oh, I'm not the one you think I am. I am the ghost of your Christmas past." She replied very gently.
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