I DO NOT own BLEACH.
Chapter One: The More Than Just Drunk Lieutenant
"Matsumoto . . . Matsumoto! Wake up!"
"Hey, what's all the screaming and yelling about?" she yawned hugging her taicho's neck.
Annoyed, he pulled her arms from around his neck. She just loved making me angry, didn't she?
"Matsumoto, have you been drinking again?" a vein threatened to burst at his temple.
"Maybe a little" she staggered towards her taicho, leaning completely on his chest.
"Get off me Matsumoto!" he yelled trying to push her off.
"Just five more minutes taicho" she mumbled haven fallen completely on top of her taicho.
"Matsumoto, are you okay?" his voice growing concerned.
He placed his hands gently on her face, gently lifting it so he could get a better look.
Her face felt cold and calmly in his hands. She looked more drunk than usual. In fact, she looked sick.
She hiccupped into his chest.
"Matsumoto, don't you dare throw up on me!"
He lightly shoved her off him and stood up. Then, he leaned down to put her off the ground.
When he grabbed her wrist, he didn't feel a pulse. He let go of her wrist and had almost dropped in his shock, but caught her body in his arms before she hit the ground.
"Rangiku! What's wrong?" he shouted while rocking her body in his arms.
Matsumoto never drank to the point of passing out or even ending her life! Something must really be bothering her.
Sure, she was a drunk, and got drunk often, but never this bad.
"Rangiku, say something, anything!" he shook her. Nothing. She didn't even flinch. He thought she really might be dead.
"Call Unohana. Yes, that's what I should do" Toushiro thought out loud. Then he held Matsumoto close to his chest, taking his free hand and engulfing her legs in his other arm. He decided he'd should probably take her to Unohana instead of call her. Then he turned to the direction of the fourth division and sprinted all the while never once dropping his lieutenant.
He made it to the fourth division in record time. Panting and sweating and holding a now even paler looking lieutenant.
"Unohana taicho, please, help" he screamed.
Unohana walked silently yet swiftly out of her office and looked puzzly at the young scared taicho.
"What seems to be the problem Hitsugaya taicho?"
"Rangiku won't wake up! I think she's dead!" he shouted in one breath. Even though the calm long haired taicho was within a few feet of him.
"Try to calm down Hitsugaya taicho", she smiled at him. She walked over to the frightened boy and squeezed his lieutenant's wrist.
It was faint, but still noticeable. The woman did have a pulse and therefore was not dead.
"She's not dead. Her pulse is just very weak and hard to find. Take to room thirteen and I will be in there shortly" she instructed.
The young worried taicho nodded and took his not-dead-but-could-be-soon to room thirteen.
"How is she Unohana?" Toushiro hoped up when he the fourth division taicho come out.
"She'll be fine. It's just sake poisoning" the gentle woman told the young, quite relieved taicho. (sake poisoning is not real, I made it up. If it is, I didn't know. For now, pretend it isn't. I don't want anyone to be afraid to drink sake)
"Sake poisoning?" Toushiro had definitely never heard of that. He wondered if Unohana made that up to ease his worrying.
"Yes. There is such a thing as sake poisoning" she laughed to herself.
"Well, what is it?" he asked a little too impatiently.
Unohana dismissed his impatience. Seeing as how he was just worried over his lieutenant. Who he cared for more than he was willing to admit.
"Sake poisoning is when a person drinks too much sake and there's nothing to balance the alcohol intake."
"Oh. Huh? I still don't get it" he scratched the white hair on his head trying to make sense of what she was saying.
Unohana smiled, then grew very serious. "I know Rangiku is a big sake drinker, but the amount she consumed was way too much for her body to handle. Toushiro . . " she began, addressing him as the boy he was, not a captain.
"Yes . . ." he responded, ignoring her insubordinance.
"I need you to cheer up Rangiku and get her to eat. She hasn't had anything to eat in several days and I fear she may be depressed. She might be using sake to fill the void. So just get her to eat and smile a little more".
"I will do my best", he promised her and himself. He just didn't know how.
"Oh Toushiro, one more thing. . .?" she began before walking away, "Make sure Rangiku doesn't have sake for at least four days. Wouldn't want to torture the poor thing?" she smiled than walked away.
No sake! For four days! How was he ever going to keep sake away from Rangiku for four days? Sake and Rangiku were inseparateable like . . . like . . . Yachiru and Kenpachi. It seemed she was always glued to his back, giving him the wrong directions, Toushiro laughed to himself. And when she wasn't, she was steering up trouble all around Soul Society.
He had reached Matsumoto's room and knocked softly on her door. He figured she was asleep and opened (quietly) her door and walked in.
He sat down beside her bedside and watched her sleep. She looked so pale and ghostly, she looked almost dead again. But then he noticed the rise and fall of her chest (bosoms was more like it) and knew she was just sleeping.
He took her hand in his and rubbed it gently. Kissing it lightly after a moment or two.
"Rangiku", he whispered to himself," I wish I knew how to help you. I'm sorry you're so depressed but I promised to never give up until I see you smile again". Then he stood, leaning towards her, and kissed her check softly.
"Thank you taicho" she smiled.
"Rangiku, you're awake" he stammered surprised she had heard him.
"I've been awake the whole time. I just wanted to rest a bit more and listen to you talk. Also, I wanted to annoy you" she smirked.
Indeed, she had annoyed him a little but he didn't care. She was alive and joking around, that's all that mattered in his book.
"How are you feeling?" he asked rubbing her arm and gently kissing her hand again.
She blushed. Which Toushiro had never seen her do too often. At least, not by anything he had done or said.
She smiled, trying to play it off, but he knew better.
"Taicho, there's no need for you to be concerned. I will be fine, don't you worry".
Toushiro knew she was trying to be strong for him like she always is but he couldn't help but worry. He could have lost her today and he would never see her warm and bright smile ever again. Never feel one of her comforting, yet suffocating hugs, never hear her heartful laughs.
Sure, those breasts of hers wouldn't suffocate him, and he wouldn't have to clean up after her or make her do her paperwork, but he thought that was what he would miss most about her. So she was lazy, impulsive, troublesome, and hard to understand at times, he found there was no one else in all the Gotei 13 that he would talk to and have by his side as his lieutenant.
He could tell her anything and she would listen without judgment. He could trust her to keep a secret and she would have his back no matter what. Plus, she was the only person he would allow himself to be hisself around. The only one he could be his self around. The only one he could cry in front of.
He would die on the inside if he were to lose her. Especially now. When they haven't been together long enough. At least not for him.
He needed more time with her before she left her.
After some time, she drifted off to sleep and he had run out of things to say. He kissed her forehead good and stood to leave.
"Taicho . . "
"I'm just going to get another blanket. So I can sleep in the chair" he cut her off.
Then he heard her shift in the bed and he heard a pat pat hit the bed.
He turned and looked at her. He saw she wanted him to sleep with her. Any other time, he would object, but this time he wouldn't.
I'm sure Unohana won't tell anyonehe thought. Plus it's late. Everyone is sleep and no one will them together.
"Okay Rangiku" he smiled and hopped in bed beside her.
She pulled the cover up to his neck and he snuggled against her. She threw an arm around his waist and he one around hers. Then with their free hands, interlaced their fingers together.
"Good night Rangiku" he kissed her cheek softly.
"Good night Toushiro" she kissed his cheek back.
They slept like that for the rest of the night. Both wishing this moment would never end.