"Toshiro!" A young girl's voice cried. Toshiro's heart raced as he looked through the darkness, his zanpukuto in hand. His icy blue eyes were wide. He felt the need to help the girl, but he didn't feel like he knew her.
"Where are you!?" He shouted into the shadows, floating in the damp air. Toshiro looked to his left, then to his right, heart beating. He heard a girl's scream, which was suddenly cut off. "WHERE ARE YOU!?" He shouted, flying in the direction he thought he heard the scream from. He had to get to her. He had to help…
"Captain!" A woman's voice yelled from someplace warm. "Captain Toshiro of the Tenth Company, wake up!"
Toshiro snapped open his eyes, and bolted up into a sitting position, smashing into his assistant captain who had been hovering above him. He was breathing heavily, sweating. He looked to Matsumoto Rangiku, shocked. "Are you ok, Rangiku?" He paused. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?!"
She stared at him, frowning in a sassy manner. "Psht. You were sleeping in, and we have work to do. I had to get you up." She paused, looking over Toshiro. "Are you hung over? You look like crap."
"Shut up, and get out." Toshiro said, standing up.
"Yeah, whatever you say. I hope the sake was good." She said, turning for the slider door.
"I WASN'T drinking!" Toshiro hissed, turning his back to her.
"Don't worry, Toshiro! You're secret is safe with me!" Rangiku said, winking at him, giggling.
"Get out! And you're supposed to call me Captain Hitsugaya!" He shouted, making a face as he threw a pillow at her. But the assistant captain was too quick. She has already gone out and shut the door, letting the pillow bounce off the wood and paper.
Toshiro stared at the wall, blankly. "What the hell was that…?" He mumbled to himself, the images from the dream already forgotten, but not the voice of the girl who was calling him. "Strange…"
"TOSHIIIIIIIIIIROOOOOOO!" Rangiku shouted. "Hurry up! The newbies are here!"
Toshiro started mumbling stuff about how he was "Captain Hitsugaya" and he hurried up and went outside, frowning. He had forgotten about the three new members that the Tenth Division was going to receive. He had heard about this news three weeks ago. As he walked to the entrance of the barracks, he could already see them. He remembered their files.
The first one, male, name, Hayashi Daisuke. The second one, male, Oshiro Ryuu. The last one, female, Nakahara Kami.
"There you are, Captain. These are the newbies. Their names are-"
"I know their names, I've read their files." The captain said, cutting off Rangiku's sentence. He looked at them. Daisuke stood on the left. He was about 5.9 feet tall. He had long, fine, yet spiky, blue hair that was tied back into a low pony tail. It cut off at his thighs. His eye brows were thin and small, a bit like Rukia's. His eyes were dark brown with a hint of gold. His zanpukuto was strapped to his side with a thick, dark blue piece of cloth.
Ryuu stood in the middle. His hair looked a lot like Ichigo's, short, spiky, and orange, but it had a few red high lights in it. His eyes where thin, and each of his eyes were a different color. The one on the right was black, and the one on the left was gold. His left side of his face had a long scare from just above Ryuu's big eye brow, to just above the edge of his chin. He had to be at least 6.2 feet tall. His zanpukuto was strapped close to his back with a black leather strap.
Kami stood on the Right, looking off sadly. She was no taller than 4.3". She had two long pony tails that draped down to her knees, and left side parted bangs. Some hair fell from behind her ears down past her shoulders. Her hair was a light purple, or even lilac, in color. Her big eyes were a deep, violet color. She wore a worn cyan scarf loosely around her neck. Something small shinned under her scarf. Her zanpukuto as also strapped to her back like Ryuu, but with the same color cloth as her scarf.
"I am Captain Hitsugaya," Toshiro said, glancing at Rangiku, "as you know. I want you three to get used to being in the 10th division, so come with us and a few others to the world of the living. The Vice Captain Matsumoto-"
"Just call me Rangiku!" The vice captain chimed in.
"-and I will be going to see how good you are. Rangiku, show them to their quarters and make sure they are ready in 20 minutes." Toshiro said, turning.
"Sure thing, Captain!" Rangiku said, smiling. "Okay, you three, follow me!" She said, walking towards the build's main door.
Toshiro rolled his eyes, walking back to his room to prepare for the mission.
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Toshiro walked out of the portal, Rangiku, Ryuu, Dasuke, Kami, and two other soul reapers following him. He turned to the other two soul reapers. "I want you two to do what I had told you to do earlier." They nodded, and vanished for sight. He turned to the new members. "What exactly do you guys know about fighting a hollow?"
"Pretty much everything." Ryuu said. His voice had deep tone, but was slightly raspy, like he had a small cold.
"Can any of you perform Banki?"
"Yes, all three of us can."
Toshiro raised an eye brow. This was different. He crossed his arms and turned. "There are 6 hollows in this area. The Substitute Soul Reaper who is…assigned to this area has been told not to attack any of them, but keep them in check. That means, there are two hollows for each of you."
"I want the three of you to go out and eliminate two hollows. The assistant Captain and I will be watching, in case any of you need assistance. So will those other two soul reapers who had come here with us and the Substitute Reaper. Understood?"
"Yes, sir!" Ryuu and Daisuke said, loudly. Kami's lips moved, but it seemed as if she had said nothing.
"Fine. This is not a race against time. Try not to blow up this town. The Substitute Soul Reaper will get really pissed. Got it?"
"Yes, sir!" The three repeated.
"Fine, you may go." Toshiro said calmly, turning and watched them leave with haste. "Let's go, Rangiku." The two leaders of the 10th division flashed from sight. The new trio of Shinigami were promising, a bit too promising.