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The title of this chapter is based on the ending

Here is chapter 2…enjoy

Let's Play the Mind Game

Hitsugaya abruptly sat up from his lying down position. He's sweating like crazy. The last remnants of his dream echoed inside his head.

'A Dream? Was it all a dream?' He thought. He looked outside…its morning already. He's still panting like crazy from the 'dream' he had. He looked at the cabinet. It's open but empty.

With a sigh of relief, the boy plopped back down on the bed. '

"Aizen taichou, yer late. That ain't good y'know" Gin looked at his commanding officer entering the meeting room of the arrancar

"Ah, sumimasen…I got carried away checking on my pet last night" Aizen said with a smile as he approached his throne.

"And, how's he?" Gin inquired

"Well, let's just say…" Aizen began with closed eyes as he sat on his throne "…I like it there…" He said, rubbing the side of his neck, his face contorted into something like savoring the moment he had that night "…I think I'll go back there tonight"

"What's Hitsugaya taichou's state?" Byakuya asked in the meeting room. Their back again and discussing what was discussed yesterday.

"Well, he's still traumatized. Evident on the fact that he had a dream last night about Aizen coming to soul society" Unohana replied with a vain look on her face "…but on the bright side, his fear seems to be replaced by curiosity"

"Curiosity?" Soi Fong asked

Unohana nodded "It seems that his dream felt so real to him that he wants to find out if it was real or not. He keeps looking at the cabinet beside him, looking for some clues"

"The boy's gone insane for God's sake!!! Give him to me already!!!"

"That's enough out of you, Kurotsochi!!!" the captain general scolded. "I will not permit you to touch Hitsugaya taichou anymore!! Unohana taichou…"

"Yes?"

"…Put a restraining order on Kurotsochi. He is not to go with in 10 meters of Hitsugaya taichou"

"WHAT?" The scientist retorted.

"Anyway…" That was Kyouraku, trying to prevent an argument that's about to ensue "…our chibi is recovering and that's what matters"

"Thank you, Kyouraku taichou" Unohana said, truly thankful that the lazy captain cancelled the growing tension in the air.

Night came….

"Hisana, you shouldn't be walking around…you're sick" a concerned Byakuya said as he followed his wife walking across the school for shinigami.

"Don't worry, Byakuya-sama, I'm alright…" she said, gasping for air "…I have to find my sister. If she's been adopted, I'm sure she'll be enrolled in this school"

"Hisana…"Even before their marriage, Hisana has been searching relentlessly for her sister. Byakuya has rarely seen her smile so serenely. Only when she sees something she deems cute will she smile and her worry disappears.

"Huh?" Hisana stopped in her tracks as her eyes spotted something.

"What is it?" Byakuya stopped as well.

"KAWAII!!!" with that, Hisana ran to a figure with white spiky hair, peacefully sleeping under a tree.

"HISANA!!!" Byakuya ran to his wife's aid…or should he say to the child's aid as Hisana has now locked the child into a death grip.

"Kawaii, you're so cute" Hisana sang as she hugged the boy tightly.

"OI!!! Let me go lady, let me go!!!" The child exclaimed trying to pry the girl off him.

Byakuya just stood there, looking at the scene, drinking Hisana's smile like a thirsty animal. Then, he walked up to them.

"Boy, what's your name?" he asked

Ever since that day, Hisana would happily skip to the shinigami academy with a box of chocolate and look for the child, Byakuya right behind her.

This is the happiest Hisana has been so far and he drank every single drop of it.

Byakuya sat up from his sleeping position.

'A dream…a dream from the past' He thought as looked at the clock…11:50 pm. With a sigh, the nobleman stood up, got dressed and headed for the fourth division.

"Taichou…" Matsumoto whispered as she looked down on the sleeping figure of her captain. He's been gone for so long. Now he's back, but it still feels like he's not.

"The tenth division just doesn't feel like home when he's not there" she said.

"All he needs is time" Unohana told the busty vice captain from across the bed.

"How much time?" she asked like a zombie. Ever since his disappearance, Matsumoto has never been the same. True, she drank sake at a regular basis but whenever, she's alone, in her room, she found herself crying over the loss of her captain.

"I don't know" Unohana replied, somewhat guiltily.

"I see…arigatou" with that, she left.

"Kuchiki taichou?!" Matsumoto asked, almost disbelievingly as she saw the nobleman enter the fourth division while she was just about to get out. "What are you doing here?"

"Why do you sound so surprised, Matsumoto fukutaichou?" Byakuya said in his usual stoic tone "Is a captain, visiting a fellow captain that weird to you?"

"No, sir" she replied, guiltily. Byakuya looked at her for a few moments then proceeded to walk to his destination.

"I thought you'd come…" Unohana looked up to the man who entered the room "…Kuchiki taichou"

The Kuchiki simply stared at her then at the sleeping boy.

"Is he affecting you?" Unohana inquired, staring at the Kuchiki who made no response "After all…Hisana is also a rape victim"

Byakuya made no gesture to acknowledge the doctor, but he heard what she said. "Well…" he started "…who knows?"

2:40 am, the sky is still dark. The two awake figures that filled the room with silent conversation a few hours ago is gone and only the sleeping boy is left inside the room. Or is he?

A creak was heard…

It woke him up. Like last time, he looked at the cabinet slowly opening. His eyes widened in horror.

"Yo, Hitsugaya-kun" The figure said as soon as the cabinet was fully opened. He was grinning and was crouched down, as if imitating a lion about to pounce on its prey.

"You can't get rid of me…" it started.

Hitsugaya could only stare and listen.

"You thought it was just a dream did you? Sorry, I'm as real as anything in this room…"

The boy's breathing became shallow…

"You think they can help you? Matsumoto, Unohana, Byakuya…sorry, but they can't…"

He's sweating like crazy…

"I like it here…"

His body is trembling violently…

"I think I'll come here every night…"

He gulped….

"I'll come here and inch my way closer…"

Hitsugaya is now looking at the ceiling, trying to tell himself that this is all a dream

"…and closer…"

'A dream…this is all a dream…' The boy thought

"…and closer until I have your cute little face in the palm of my hand"

The boy shut his eyes closed trying to erase the voice.

"Hitsugaya taichou?" a voice said. He opened his eyes to see a nurse standing in the doorway.

The nurse noticed Hitsugaya's paleness and the open cabinet. She heard about his dream earlier this morning so, she cautiously went to the cabinet to take a look.

Hitsugaya followed her with his eyes until his gaze met with the creature in the cabinet, seemingly staring at him. Then, the light was switched on and he saw that it was just a bundle of white, black and brown blankets.

"Geez, who put these in here? This cabinet should be empty" The nurse said exasperatedly as she picked up the blankets, closed the lights, and exited the room as soon as she bowed to the captain.

Hitsugaya sighed. Okay, so its not a dream…just his hallucination. With abother sigh and a chuckle, he closed his eyes.

"You can't get rid of me THAT easily" the voice said. But somehow, this time it felt closer. Hitsugaya tried to shut his eyes tightly together as he knew what was there. Unfortunately, he just had to find out why that voice sounded so close….

Curiosity killed the cat as he came face to face with a wide eyed, grinning Aizen. Their faces centimeters apart.

"YO!"

To be continued

So? What do you guys think? About the Hitsugaya x Byakuya pairing? I added Matsumoto in the scene because there were votes for her. How about the ending? Was it good?

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