Shinigami and zanpactou began their battle. Rangiku shieding her captain from some of the debris.

"Captain if you're not going to fight," she said thinking that was strange enough sine he was normally on the front lines, "we should move back."

"R-right," he muttered getting to his feet.

His lieutenant watched him like a hawk as the two flash stepped to Unohona and none of them missed that Rangiku actually got there quicker than her captain.

"Are you alright, Captain Hitsugaya?" Unohona glanced up from healing the 1st squad lieutenant.

The boys eyes looked round to the dragon. His zanpactou was one of the few who hadent made a move, he simply watched with Muramasa.

"Kinda..." He muttered.


"Are you not going to fight, Hyorinmaru?" Muramasa asked him.

The boy was watching over the carnage eyes somewhat conflicted, "my fight is with Toushiro Hitsugaya," he stated, "the rest of them are none of my concern."

"Should they not be punished too?" Muramasa said in that way no zanpactou could ignore, "they couldn't tell the difference, not to mention over there," he pointed over to Unohona, "they're still calling him captain. Isn't tht the title you earned, not him."

The dragon felt his anger grow with every word. His fist clenched and he gritted his teeth.

"Shouldn't you tell them?"

With that the world got colder and dark clouds began to blot out the stars. The dragon darted into the battle one target in mind.


"Captain I think you need to start explaining," Rangiku look at him after seeing the zanpactou were ignoring the injured or those not fighting for now.

"I...erm..." The boy looked at the ground.

"Captain?" She blinked, "what in the world is wrong with you?"

He went to talk but a chill took over.

"Bakuto 81: " the were lucky Unohona acted quickly as an ice dragon charged at them, "danku."

The ice was blocked spraying around them.

"He's not the captain of squad 10," the zanpactou had darted forward and Rangiku quickly scrambled for her bade to block his, "I am!"

"What do you-" Rangiku went to ask but Ukitake came into attack.

The dragon saw the man coming and what looked like a smaller version of Hitsigayas banki appeared. He spun knocking both of them away with his tail and darting for his master.

"Hyorinmaru-" the boy made no move to block or counter so his back hit flat on the floor when the dragons hands clamped round his neck.

"Stop? Don't hurt me?" The dragon spat, "Why the hell wouldn't I want to hurt you? Why haven't I tried before?"

"Y-you're r-right..I-I'm sorry..." Hitsugaya struggled out as the zanpactou tightened his grip.

"Not good enough." He hissed.

"Hado number 1 : sho!" Ukitake quickly cast the spell and knocked the dragon off flash stepping between the two as Hitsugaya got up coughing and gasping for breath.

"Are you alright Hitsugaya?" He glanced back.

"Yeah..." The boy muttered.

"I think retreat sounds like a good idea." Shunsui jumped back from his fight.

"Agreed." Unohona said as Isane began to pick up the first squad lieutenant.

As the shinigami retreated and scattered into the night a few saw Hyorinmau start to o after them but Muramasa stopped him.

"Nows the time for destruction, Hyorinmaru." He told the dragon, "let the Soul Socety feel your anger."

"Oh it will" the dragon looked up to the beginnings of a blizzard.


By the time the sun started to come over the horizon the Soul Soicety was a wreak. Few squad barreks were intact, yet all of it, dispute the amout of fire that went on was covered in a layer of snow and squad 10 had pretty much been replaced by a tower of ice.

The dragon had defiantly staked his claim.

"Yet no one from squad 10 who was there was actually hurt," Unohona said as a few of the captains sat outside squad 4 their now unofficial base of operations, "from the sounds of the officers the dragon caused a lot of damage and hurt them a bit but none of them came out fatal."

"Any thoughts on that Hitsugaya?" Shunsui tried to gode the boy to talk.

They got him back from sokgyoku hill in one piece but it was clear something was majorly wrong.

"The one he's angry at is me..." He muttered and the three older captains that were there turned the attentions to him, "he won't hurt anyone else unless forced...or they get in his way."

"You ready to tell us what's happening with you?" Ukitake said softly.

The boys eyes met with his for a moment before retreating again. His eyes had lost so much age and experience in so much as a night. The Hitsugaya who looked back at them now was truly a child. So, like a child the gently tried to gode him more.

"Dose it have something to do with why Hyorinmaru's so angry with you?" Shunsui questioned.

They boy gave a small nod as he pulled his knees to his chest.

"He's rightfully angry..." He muttered, "Ever since the academy...I've made him live my life...that's...that's why I seem really different to you now...cause technically I've never met you. Hyorinmaru has."

The 3 captains looked between each other.

"Let me see if I have this right?" Unohona said takin a breath, "putting it simply...you and Hyoinmaru swapped places? You lived in you inner world while Hyorinmaru joined the gotie 13 and became captain?"

The boy gave a nod.

"That..."

The saw they boy tense like he was going to get told off,

"Explains things..." Was all Ukitake finished with.


The icy tower the was now squad 10 was sealed shut. A number of squad member end were tempting to open the doors at the bottom since Hyorinmaru was the only zanpactou they had an obvious location for they had been ordered to get to him so he could be questioned.

The zanpactous voice had called out a few times telling the doors would only open for one but orders were orders and other thn that Hyorinmaru made no other move.

"Hyorinmaru?"

The other zanpactou on the other has seemed to have another means of getting in and Tobeume walked into the large room right at the top. She looked round quite amazed at the large almost hall like room. Pillars reached up almost making a walk way to a podium that looked like it had a strange sculpture on top.

Behind her the monkey half of Zabimaru gave an impressed whistle.

"This place is huge?!" Snake agreed

"Too cold though if you ask me," Hieneko held herself tight.

"What did you expect from an ice dragon?" Tobiume rolled her eyes.

"Don't get smart with me?" The cat snapped, "you realise it is supposed to be summer out there?"

The two started to bicker and Zabimaru just stood and laughed at them.

"What are you all doing here?" Hyorinmaru's voice boomed but there was still no sign of him.

"We just wanted to see if ya wanted to come out and mess with some shinigami!" snaky was the only one who seemed unphazed the others looked round to see if they could spot him.

"No,"

There was movement from the other end of the ice hall. The strange sculpture moved and until you began to see the dragon turned young boy spread his wings and uncurl his tail it was almost impossible to see him.

"I heard Zangetsu will be coming soon though, Hyorinmaru," Tobeume tried to convince him.

The dragon thought for a moment. A zanpactou he'd trusted and reached out to before...

"Alright." He got up from his little petisal.


Authors Notes: I do not own bleach