Turn Misery Into Bliss

Chapter 1

(Matsumoto P.O.V.)

My name is Matsumoto Rangiku. I am the lieutenant of the 10th division in the Gotei 13. My captain is the child prodigy and genius, Hitsugaya Toshiro.

Recently my childhood friend, my first friend, Ichimaru Gin betrayed the Soul Society. Most of all, me. I have done my best to hide my feelings. But tomorrow, one of the best days I used to know, has turned into a day that only brings me misery. Because Gin invented it and isn't here to make it fun anymore, like he used to. It pains me.

It feels as though this day is suffocating me. All because of my broken heart.

(Regular P.O.V.)

Rangiku stumbled into the 10th division office, with an emotionless expression. Hitsugaya was at his desk, filling out the reports, and looked up as Rangiku burst into the office. He sighed, thinking she was drunk again.

He kept waiting for her to speak, and start slurring her words, or just to start hallucinating that a giant snowman was in the room. Even though she only did it that one time.

But no, it never came. Instead she just said 'hello' and sat down at her desk and started doing paperwork, to his shock. Okay, wait a minute, Matsumoto Rangiku actually doing paperwork, without being told to, or bargained into doing it? Has he somehow ended up in the future where hell has frozen over?

Instead of saying anything, or complaining that this wasn't the Rangiku he knew, he just continued his own paperwork. Who knew when she'd do this again, willingly. She had about a stack and a half worth, so she would be busy for at least two hours. If he was lucky, two hours of peace and quiet from her.

That's what he got, two hours of pure silence, and she actually finished all her paperwork. Several moments after her, he finished his own. Okay, now was the time to confront. "Taicho." She spoke before him. He was just about to start questioning her, but she got there first.

"Yes?" He said, curious as to what she was about to say. "I would like to request tomorrow off." She said with her expressionless face, and emotionless tone of voice. She stood and walked next to the door. Now that he got a good look at her, she looked like hell.

Her hair looked like it was brush with a tree branch, her outfit looked worn out, and she looked as if she hasn't slept in days.

"Tomorrow off? May i ask why?" He asked, he was beginning to get worried about her. This was not Matsumoto, this was a car wreck.

She looked as if she was struggling to answer. So she turned towards the door, ready to run right through it. "It's... my birthday." She said sadly. Hitsugaya's eyebrows raised. "Your birthday? I thought you didn't know when your birthday was?" He said, remembering a time when they were getting to know one another. She had mentioned not knowing much about her early childhood.

"I don't. I don't know anything about my family, or my real birthday. When i was a child, i lived in Rukongai. I was on the brink of starving to death, when Gin found me. He gave me a home, he gave my life meaning and he gave me a birthday." She paused and looked at him with tear-stained eyes. Hitsugaya's eyes widened, he has never seen her cry.

"He said my birthday would always be the day we met. Now that he's gone, i'd like to take the day off and celebrate it alone." She said, refusing to let the tears fall.

Hitsugaya just looked at her, he didn't know what to say. "Umm, sure you can have tomorrow off, if you feel that strongly about it." He said. "Thanks." She said and opened the door and left.

Hitsugaya stared at his hands that were folded on the desk. After hearing and seeing her like that, he wasn't sure what to think.

Tomorrow is the day Ichimaru found her, and took her into his home. He thought, it pained her now that Gin was gone. Right at that moment Hyourinmaru started roaring up a storm.

I say we should go to Hueco Mundo right now and slaughter the bastard. Hyourimaru growled.

As much as i'd like to, it's not my place to do so. Hitsugaya thought sternly.

Why? You know you wanna. Come on, i'm dyin to get out of this damn office and kill a few espada, or even a lower ranking arrancar. Come on master. He was doing more whining than growling now.

No. Unless i am ordered or provoked to do so, i am staying right here in Soul Society. Hitsugaya crossed his arms, making his decision final.

Man, you know, for a genius, you are so dull. Do you not know the glorious feeling of conquering over those who are stronger than you? Hyourinmaru was getting aggravated.

Are you saying that i am too weak to kill an espada? Hitsugaya's eyebrows furrowed.

No, i'm saying that a challenge is needed. Come on, i'm a ferocious ice dragon, i need to be fighting, now sitting in a boring office 24-7. He began complaining now.

Sorry Hyourinmaru, but until i receive orders, we're staying right here. And that's final! Hitsugaya stood up and gathered the paperwork in his arms and stalked with them out of the office, after receiving one final huff from Hyourinmaru.

Gin was sitting in his room, awaiting the latest orders from Aizen. It's been about a month since he came to Hueco Mundo with Aizen and Kaname.

He had last heard from Aizen that he was going to gather Miss Inoue Orihime's powers to assist him in his ruling over the arrancar. He wanted her godly powers to reject anything and everything she desired.

Gin remembered the night he left Soul Society. The night he was named a traitor.

"Freaking disappear, Kira!" Hitsugaya said holding out his sword, his spirit energy spiraling around him. "Even after you can't see us, keep on going." He continued griping his sword with both hands.

"If you're within twelve kilometers in any direction," He opened his eyes and stared at Kira and Gin. "I'm not certain i won't kill you unintentionally!" He said before shunpo-ing into the air and appearing above Gin and bringing his sword down on him. Gin jumped out of the way.

Kira stood back as he watched Hitsugaya slashing and swinging away at Gin. Just bashing his sword away to hit him in any way possibly. Using his own sword, Gin pushed him back. He slashed at him only to smash it into the floor as Hitsugaya jumped out of the way.

Raising his blade up and causing bits of wood to fly into the air he aimed for Hitsugaya. "I see an opening!" He said before shooting towards him with his blade intending to stab Toshiro. Instead he jumped and stepped onto the blade bringing it back down to the floor.

Hitsugaya swung for him, and Gin bent back, only letting a few hairs be cut off. Using his right hand he flipped himself around and jumped to the other end of the roof.

Hitsugaya put his sword defensively in front of him, ready to defend of to strike. "That's 10th Squad Captain Hitsugaya Toshiro fer ya." Gin said "Truly the incarnation of a heavenly guardian said to come along once every several centuries. Too close, too close." He said with his usual smirk.

Toshiro didn't waste another moment, he summoned up all his spirit energy and it swirled all around him. It spiraled and spiked to tall heights of the sky, and the ground shook beneath him. Gin put his sword in the same stance. "So you're serious." He said. Toshiro's glare was icy and deadly.

"Incredible." Kira said, still standing several feet away behind Gin. "Such spirit force..." He continued. "At this rate..." He stopped as Hitsugaya's spirit energy grew more rapid.

"Let's go!" He shouted. He ran through his energy, charging towards Gin with his sword in the same stance as when he was just seconds ago.

Gin charged at him in the same manner. As soon as they met a clash of sparks from Hitsugaya's energy flew. After running a few steps Gin stopped and turned around and examined his now torn left sleeve. Only to be quickly attacked by Hitsugaya. With his continuous clashes of his blade.

After four clashes, Gin ripped off his left sleeve and threw it at Hitsugaya as a diversion. He used his sword to fling the clothe away only to be attacked with multiple stab attempts by Gin. He managed to block everyone. "How's it feel 10th Captain-han...to be cornered?" Gin asked as he repeatedly shot stabs at him.

That's when a chain from Hyourimaru's hilt wrapped itself around Gin's Shinsou. Hitsugaya jumped and flipped himself over to the other side of Gin, where more space was.

Gin yanked Shinsou away so that the chain would slip off it, and the chain fell to the floor. "Oh, i see." Gin stated. "I shouldn'a underestimated... Hitsugaya Toshiro." He said with his grin growing wider.

Hitsugaya was on one knee, with his blade pointing towards Gin. He was several feet away from Hinamori's unconscious body, she had been present the whole time since her fight with Hitsugaya. "Guess that's why they say no use regrettin' yer mistakes." Toshiro looked down with his eyes closed. "No, not yet." He said simply.

Gin's smiled faded away. "Your real regret hasn't even begun yet." He said and opened his eyes that began to glow into any icier color than usual. "For having made me this serious..." He stood on both feet. "...regret as much as you damn well please!" He said with an evil tone.

His spirit energy began to spike out of him again, only it was like the spikes were frozen. Kira gasped at the scene he kept watching. The dust around his feet blew away as Toshiro jumped high into the air and had a firm grip on his sword that now had ice swirling around the blade and continued into the now black cloudy sky.

Kira looked around and watched as the skies blackened and everything began tensing up. "Set upon the Frosted Heavens," He shouted and ice spiraled around him and he swung his sword and the ice on it revealing the shape of the great ice guardian with red eyes, as it roared and flew around Hitsugaya. "Hyourinmaru!!" He shouted.

Gin's smile reappears as he watches him summon his great serpent. "It creates a dragon of water and ice from overflowing spirit force... and... even controls the weather." Kira said, his eyes trembling as he gazed at the dragon.

"This my first time seeing it... This is Captain Hitsugaya's... the most powerful ice-snow type soul slayer... Hyourinmaru!" He said and said dragon let out another roar as Hitsugaya swung and commanded him to charge towards Gin.

Hyourinmaru opened his mouth wide and bit down on the floor, with Gin jumping out of destroyed area, and Kira jumping out of the water that formed the dragon. 'What a volume of water!' Kira thought. 'What speed! I couldn't avoi-' His thoughts were interrupted when the water started freezing on it's own.

Kira's eyes widened. He screamed in pain as he flew back and hit the floor where the ice broke off his legs.

As the ice shards fell Gin landed on the edge of the 3rd division roof. Hitsugaya swung again and released Hyourinmaru. The ice dragon opened his jaws and roared as he charged towards Gin. He lifted his sword and let the dragon clash into it and as he cut through the dragon the ice spread around and disappeared.

Not long after it was all gone the chain from Hyourinmaru's hilt came down and froze almost all of Gin's left arm.

Toshiro appeared kneeling beside Gin, grasping the chain. Gin turned his head towards him. "Captain!" Kira called, he was frozen to the floor.

"It's over, Ichimaru!" Hitsugaya said as he prepared the deliver the final blow. "Shoot to Death, Shinsou." Gin said as he opened his eyes to reveal crimson red irises.

A blade pierced through his robe and continued towards Hitsugaya. It almost pierced his eye, but he raised his blade up to block it, and fell onto his back. "Sure you wanna dodge that?" Gin asked. Toshiro was confused until he followed the blade. It was continuing towards Hinamori.

"That girl's gonna die." Gin said as the blade went off the roof and toward Hinamori at blinding speed. "Hinamori!!" Hitsugaya called out, and was about to try and deflect it when someone stepped in front of it and blocked it with their own blade.

The person was thrust back as the blade crashed into theirs, and stopped when they were just inches away from Hinamori. "Matsumoto." Hitsugaya said. She was forced down on one knee. "My deepest apologies." She said. "I tried to return to the Squad building as you ordered, but sensing Hyourinmaru's spirit force, i had to come back." She explained.

Her blade and the arm restraining it began shaking. "Please withdraw your sword, Captain Ichimaru." She said in an even tone. He didn't make a move, or try to withdraw it. "If you do not withdraw, i will be your opponent from here on." She threatened.

Gin's blade dug deeper into Matsumoto's, creating a bigger crack in it. Gin's scowl turned into a smirk. Slowly he withdrew Shinsou, leaving a great relief to Matsumoto's arms, but leaving her blade cracked. Her breath was uneasy and she was breathing heavily. She scowled at Gin, with an angry looked, as if she were more mad than surprised.

Gin's smile remained as he turned and began walking away. "Wait, Ichimaru!" Hitsugaya called to him. Gin stopped and looked back at him. "Instead o' followin' me, take care o' Miss 5th Squad Lieutenant." He said and began walking and vanished after only a few steps.

Now that he remembers, that was the first time Matsumoto ever threatened to fight him. If she hadn't interfered he would've killed the girl and gotten an even funner fight from Hitsugaya. Oh well, can't change the past.

Gin was thrust back into reality when a thought flashed into his mind. He got up and looked at the calendar conveniently located on his wall. "Ah, it's tomorrow." He said and his devilish smile grew wider. "Maybe i should pay someone a visit." He said and left the room to speak with a certain man named Aizen.

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And so ends chapter one of my very first Bleach fanfiction. I got this idea from watching the fight between Hitsugaya and Gin. And when i learned about Rangiku and Gin's history, i wanted to make a story where Rangiku is haunted by Gin's betrayal. Well, chapter 2 is up next so go check it out, and comment please, some nice comments, no flames please.

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