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Conversing the Dragon
Pairing: Hitsugaya(Toushirou)/Rukia
Rating: M
Genre: Romance/Friendship/ActionAdventure/Drama
Summary: Now the head-captain of Seireitei Hitsugaya is suffering from stress and many other problems. Seeing his distress a rather concerned Rukia hopes to comfort him by talking—not knowing the change in destiny she makes for them both.
Warnings: Crack pairing, mild-AU, sex, maybe possessive and dark moments, mild Out-Of-Characterness, minor/some clichés, and language
Chapter Two
Pink Day
The white-haired general sighed, "Good evening Kuchiki."
Rukia smiled at him as she took her normal spot. It was her fourth day of her random conversation thing and it didn't look like she was going to be stopping any time soon.
"Hello Hitsugaya-soutaichou." She tucked her knees under her as she waited patiently for him to start his swings.
"I'm not going to do anything until you start your conversation. I know for a fact that once you open your mouth and say something I will hurt myself in surprise."
A small sheepish smile went on her face, "Sorry about that…"
"Well…?" He snapped impatiently. Today he was going to just let her talk. He was not going to get wrapped up in the conversation. No more would he actually think about anything pointless or random, this girl would no longer control his thoughts he swore to himself and the gods above.
"Why pink?"
'Damn.' He swore internally, knowing he just broke his promise to himself. "Why blue?"
Her lips twisted slightly in a grin, "Not that. I meant Kyoraku-taichou…why does he wear that pink kimono?"
"Because he is a freak of nature."
She laughed under breath, "I have just always wondered about it."
"Why he wears it or why it is pink?"
"Pink."
Hitsugaya rubbed his throbbing head, coming to an understanding he was not going to vent anything with her close by and her constant need to talk about the most ridiculous of things. Today he hadn't even brought his sword out. Turning around he walked over to her and sat down next to her, with a small sigh, "Will I ever be allowed to do anything when you're here?"
"You're talking. That's something."
There were times that he wondered if she was naïve or a smart-ass.
"Why are you concerned about Kyoraku-taichou's horrid fashion sense?"
She laughed, "You sounded so girly right there." He growled dangerously at her. "Sorry-sorry! That was a low-blow…" A smile made its way back on her face. "I just was curious. Remember; random conversations."
A sigh, a thing he has been doing a lot recently, escaped his mouth as he gave in and gave her the answer. "He has a fascination with Sakuras…for him the Cherry Blossoms hold a deep meaning to him." He sighed. "I found that out during a captain's" he cringed at the word "party."
"They have those?" She asked in disbelief, never hearing anything of the sort.
"Ugh." He buried his face into his hands looking positively miserable, "They are always thrown by Kyoraku-taichou himself, which always leads him to getting in trouble with his lieutenant."
"The parties were that bad?"
"You do remember who exactly are the captains, correct?"
She winced, "Good point…but Ukitake-taichou wouldn't do anything…" She trailed off at his expression. "He got drunk?! In his condition!?"
"He, Kenpachi-taichou, and Kyoraku-taichou would and then dance around…" He heaved a very heavy sigh, his shoulders moving a bit. "Most everyone else just glared at each other. Unohana-taichou would drink but alcohol has no affect on her…most would stay silent or be off by themselves."
She could figure out who those were.
"And then…" He trailed off and his eyes darkened.
"Aizen…"
He nodded.
"The best actor we have ever seen…" She ran a hand through her short hair and then picked at her nails as if distracted. "You know you shouldn't center your life on someone who is now dead…"
Hitsugaya was silent.
Rukia then gave off a bitter laugh, "That was terribly hypocritical of me…I'm sorry."
Green eyes narrowed in confusion before widening a bit in understanding, "Kaien-san…" He remembered that day and how he was told that the fifth-seat of Squad Thirteen had no choice but to attack and kill her own lieutenant. He had completely forgotten that that was Rukia.
"Yeah…Kaien-dono…" She sighed. "I was just talking to help you feel better. But you can't always get over a death. Whether it was someone you cared about or someone who has hurt you in such a way…it's not something everyone can get over."
"Yes. I understand that very much." Hitsugaya stated, knowing the feeling very well.
She shrugged, "So you do what you can to distract yourself from it. While running from your problems isn't the solution you can't handle constantly facing them either."
"I see…" He nodded, sighing, taking notice that what she was saying did make sense. He saw her head fall back slightly and look at the sky, her eyes no longer glazed with sadness.
He knew what was next.
"Why are tongues pink?"
"What is with your fascination with that color today?" He asked.
"I like the color and I'm just curious as to why." She shrugged.
The head-captain blinked. Kuchiki Rukia did not seem like a pink-person. 'Then again…she adores cute things and I believe girls usually associate pink with cute.' He rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't know."
"Have you ever thought about it?"
"No." He answered back, wondering how they were having a conversation about a color. "Next you're going to ask about Yachiru-fukotaichou…."
Rukia blinked, "How did you know?"
"You're a bit obvious. Besides you're talking about pink-things…it is only a matter of time before you reach her. It's hard to miss her when one is talking about pink." His lips tweaked slightly when she gave off a small giggle. "I would've thought she would've been the first one you would've mentioned."
"Well it's just that Kyoraku-taichou chooses to wear pink. Yachiru-fukotaichou was born with that color…"
"And she contrasts with Kenpachi-taichou…" He heard her laugh at this. "I don't know how he keeps everyone's respect and fear with that on his shoulder."
"A big mystery." Rukia replied with a small grin. "What's your favorite color?"
He raised an eyebrow.
"What?" She asked.
"It's just that is a rather normal question…so far you have been asking me some rather odd things."
"That's true, I guess." She stated back. "But I am curious. What is your favorite color? From my guess I would think white, green, or blue…"
He smirked, "Because of my appearance and because I control ice?"
"That and something about you, not just your appearance, makes me think that."
"I like black as well."
She gave him an amused look, "By as well I take it I was correct in the other colors."
"Perhaps."
The young Kuchiki laughed a bit, "I don't think I could decide between the colors. I really like them all."
"You are full of surprises…I would think you would only like black or purple or white." He mocked as he ran a hand through his own hair. "You are incredibly annoying. You know that, correct?"
"What brought that on?" She asked, her eyes narrowed.
"You aren't denying it."
"Am I allowed to deny it, Hitsugaya-soutaichou?" She asked, her temper rising. 'Why does he have to be in such a high rank? Ugh! I want to just smack him!'
He smirked as he took notice of her angry posture; her eyes flaming, her mouth pulled down in a frown as her teeth ground together, her fist clenching and unclenching…he found her incredibly easy to read.
And he had to admit it was humoring. The girl had such a young face, he wouldn't say babyish, just young, and when she was looking serious or upset for some reason it was just an amusing thing. He thought smiles and more happy expressions suited her. Everything else just almost seemed out of place.
"Are you thinking about hitting me?"
Her jaw dropped, "W-what?!"
His smirk grew, "You were, weren't you? You were actually thinking and wanting to hit the head-captain."
"A-aha…no!"
"And now you are lying." He stated back evenly. "Really Kuchiki you shouldn't lie when you are so easy to read."
"I am most certainly not easy to read!" She took pride in the fact that she could mask her emotions easily. Only Ichigo and Renji could ever see past them, and even then they couldn't always figure out what she was thinking. There was no one else who could possibly figure this out.
"Yes you are." He deadpanned back.
Her cheeks colored slightly, looking very embarrassed. "This…you are…I…" She sputtered growing more and more flustered. "How can you possibly read me?!"
"Now you are making demands."
"I was not! I was asking you how you could possibly know that!"
"So you admit it."
"Stop avoiding the question!"
"You're ordering me around again." He replied simply, trying to control his smug and coy smirk from spreading over his face. The girl was rather easy to bait. "Really, Kuchiki, I had thought you had more respect then this. And more intelligence. You know your powers are nothing compared to mine."
Her eye twitched. Rukia was now the one who was surprised. She had no idea the newly appointed head-captain was such a smart-ass and was such a smug-bastard who was very high-and-mighty.
She still wanted to slap him.
"You're thinking violent thoughts about me again."
Now she let out a rather loud and irritated screech and stood up, "I…er…"
"I'm right again."
"Fine! You're right! I want to bash your skull in!"
"Mhm-hmmm…" He stated back lazily as he fell back, his warms pillowing his head. "I didn't think it would be that difficult for you to tell the truth, Kuchiki. Once again, I held you in a higher position. You keep surprising me…"
"Like you're the one to talk." She grumbled, still refusing to sit back down.
He gave her a look; tell me what you are talking about. Now.
'Man he can even make demands without speaking.' She sighed, really pitying Matsumoto. "I never knew you were so smug and full of yourself. Not too mention you use your position of power as an unfair advantage."
"I find this a form of a battle and when I fight I do not always fight fairly." He confessed as he closed his eyes. "If I want to win I will win."
Rukia pursed her lips slightly, "Never knew that about you."
He shrugged, giving her a mysterious smile, "It's one of the many things you and many others don't know about me."
He had another bad day. This one exceptionally bad.
There were reports of Hollows appearing in the human world, this time near populated areas like Tokyo. Three of his recruits had decided to play hero and were hurt during a mission, in the academy a girl lost control of her powers and almost made an entire wing collapse, and he had to find three new captains.
Not too mention he was growing concern about Hinamori's position as lieutenant. He was finding her deteriorating in her work as she became more and more depressed.
Hitsugaya knew he had no choice; he was going to have to suspend her of her duty so she could get her life straightened back out.
And if he was going to replace the three captain positions with lieutenants he was going to have find people to replace their position…which meant extra training since the gap between third-seat and lieutenant was huge just as the gap between lieutenant and captain was huge.
To top that off he was still in the process of finding more councilmen to replace those Aizen and Gin had killed, something Yamamoto had started on but had not yet finished when he passed the position over.
Needless to say the handsome young man was not in a happy mood at all.
Rukia had felt it even before it was time for her to go talk to him. She winced slightly as did Hanataro.
"Hitsugaya-soutaichou is very angry today…" Hana whimpered out, almost hiding behind the small girl.
Rukia sighed, "He is…I'm going to have a hard time today."
"What do you mean Rukia-san?" He asked in a confused manor.
"Oh, Hitsugaya-soutaichou and I have been talking to one another for the past four days. I go to him when he is venting and just talk…I hope it's helping."
"That is very kind of you, Rukia-san." Hana stated sheepishly.
"Hm?" She blinked at him, "No. I don't think so."
"You don't think it's kind that you are helping him?"
"Well I'm getting something out of it in return; I thought kindness is where you do something for someone else with no gain." She sighed before she looked down at her sword. "I have to go talk to Renji…"
Hana frowned, "You still can't get to your bankai?"
She gave him a small sad, almost embarrassed and shamed, smile. "Not yet."
"Are those in the Kuchiki family still putting you down because of that?"
Rukia sighed before nodding, "Yeah. They try to keep it to whispers as to not infuriate nii-sama but I hear them regardless. I still am disappointing them…"
"Rukia-san…"
She then gave him a clearly fake bright smile, "Sorry for bothering you, Hana-san! I need to get going!"
"Rukia-san…you know…Hitsugaya-soutaichou might be able to help you." He saw her pause and look at him in confusion. "You have been talking to him about stuff and helping him out…maybe he will be willing to do the same thing."
She bit her lip, "Nah…he doesn't need any more problems…but thanks for the advice. I'll see you later!" She chirped as she waved bye to him and ran off.
The meek healer sighed, 'Rukia-san is so strong and stubborn…but she needs help…' He shifted a bit and went back towards the Squad Four station. 'I hope Hitsugaya-soutaichou will be able to help her.'
"Squad Four scum sandwich!" Two members, probably from Kenpachi's squad, laughed out as they ran to him, squishing him between their large bodies.
'NOT AGAIN!' He wailed internally as he began to lose oxygen from being squished-his eyes becoming swirls as he once again was bullied. 'RUKIA-SAAAN! COME BACK!'
"Hm…" Renji rubbed his chin in a thoughtful manor. "Well, Rukia I reached my bankai rather easy when you were captured."
"Rather easy…?" She repeated in disbelief.
"Well…everyone is aiming to reach their bankai-level and work hard to get to it. I had been practicing hard for a long time to reach it even before I became the lieutenant for your brother. However once you were set to be executed, and I knew I would have to fight to rescue you, I reached the goal in less than three days of training."
"Simply because I was in danger?"
He nodded, "Ichigo as well. It took him less than three days to as well because he had someone he desperately wanted to save and protect…once you find your reason or your special someone or just find your something reaching the bankai goal becomes…easier. Yes, you work your ass off, I don't think I ever worked that hard, but for some reason because I knew it was for you it was, well, easier." He blushed.
She did as well, "Well…t-thank you for that." She quickly shook it off though. "But I have special people. You, Ichigo, nii-sama, Orihime…I want to protect you all! Why can't I reach it?"
"Hmmmm…" He crossed his arms over his chest. "Maybe you aren't being trained correctly?"
"What do you mean? I'm being trained by you, nii-sama, and Ukitake-taichou and some of the other members of the squad…"
The tattooed man shrugged, "It's just my opinion but maybe you need something else…"
Rukia sighed. That useless feeling was piling up in her stomach again. Self-doubt hit her hard as she slowly inched back to her old insecure ways. "I will think about that…thank you Renji."
He nodded, before he looked up with a frown, "Hitsugaya-soutaichou is still in a terrible mood…he must've had a bitching bad day."
"Oh! That's right!" She almost cursed; if she didn't hurry she would be late to the conversation-time. "Bye you baboon!"
"Damn it, stop calling me that!" He roared after her.
Rukia pumped her arms and legs as she hurried towards the area where Hitsugaya went everyday to vent. She knew he was already there and winced again. She could feel his power pulsing. He was in a terribly foul mood.
As her feet left the last roof and she hit the ground at the edge of the forest she nearly tripped at the surge of power and when she felt the earth rumble beneath her after an attack.
Bursting from the brush she gaped at the sight; the area was in ruins.
'Dear gods…and Renji calls me a monster when I PMS.' She thought with mild humor, knowing that she had to have a rather positive mood when she was dealing with the temperamental dragon. "Damn it…" She muttered as she looked around. "Where is my spot?"
It hurt a bit to know that he actually destroyed the place where the two of them had been connecting; as weird as it sounded it. A spot shouldn't hold so much meaning to her, especially since she had only been using it for four days.
She looked over to see Hitsugaya panting. His knuckles and hands were bleeding. The skin was peeling back revealing tender muscle.
He had been using his sword and hands.
"Did it help?"
"Did what help, Kuchiki?" He snarled, not looking at her before he punched the ground again.
"That. Using your fists…" She walked over to a piece of land that was now a foot or two higher than the ground, now forming a rather nice seat. Walking over she sat down gently and placed her elbows on her knees and her chin in her open palm and she just watched him. "Has it helped you?"
"NO!" He spat out. "It hasn't! Nothing has helped today!"
"It's about the captain positions." She guessed.
"Oh no! No, no, no…I could probably handle that!" He roared sarcastically before he took out his sword once more and slashed it on the ground. "Now I fucking have to pick out the councilmen, deal with a broken down school, Hollows attacking Tokyo, and fucking Hinamori and her fucking problems!"
Rukia blinked in shock. She had never heard the normally aloof and collected captain screaming out curse words of this caliber and even ranting about Hinamori.
Hitsugaya was cursing Hinamori. It actually made her feel a bit ill knowing how important the young woman meant to the dragon-wielder.
Biting her lip she decided to wing it and see if perhaps this would help, it was a long shot and it was selfish of her but she had a feeling…
"Do you need someone to talk to?"
"No." He growled out dangerously.
"Well, I need someone to talk to…can you listen?"
He paused slightly, "Why not? Why not add another problem to this fucked up mess?"
She inhaled, but did not let down. "I'm not asking for advice…I don't know if advice can be given for something like this…" She shifted slightly. "I have doubts."
Hitsugaya sneered, "Don't we all…" And then brought his sword down once more.
"And it's not about Kaien-dono, or Ichigo, or…well…actually it is…" She sighed. "I'm weak and pathetic."
The man stopped short, not really expecting that. Now looking at her he had to wonder what that thought process came from. From what he had seen and heard she was a very powerful little woman. In fact when they had fought against Aizen in the final battle she had held her own against the Hollows and the Arrancars that had formed up his army. Why was she doubting herself?
"I have been trying for years to reach bankai and I have been trying for much longer to make up for my weakness and sins. But for some reason the more I do so the weaker it seems I become. When I first met Ichigo I was instantly wounded by a low-class Hollow because I got distracted and I underestimated it. I thought I didn't need to call out for Shirayuki." She left out the part that she took the hit for Ichigo. "And for months after that I was always in need of rescuing because I didn't have my powers." She sighed, her voice remaining in a level tone as she kicked a pebble.
"And then that whole execution business…I kept thinking how I deserve it for being weak and for being…a bad-girl and disappointing everyone."
He had never seen her seem so…lost and childlike.
Sheathing his sword he fought Hyourinmaru's protective instincts to shelter the little breakable woman.
"I just…seem to always mess up. Did you know I actually blame myself for what is happening to you right now and what has happened between you and Hinamori-fukotaichou?"
Her confession almost made it feel as if he were socked in the stomach, "What?…W-why?"
She pulled her knees up and rested her chin on them. She was gazing at him but he had a feeling the girl was now off in her own world. She probably wouldn't notice him leaving should he decide to.
"Because when you think about it…it all came back down to me and what I did…I know it wasn't my choice to have the Hougyoku placed within my body…but I was still the person who caused so much trouble…I was the one who brought Aizen out of his 'hiding'…he used my execution to make Hinamori-fukotaichou suspicious of you…" Her head bowed a bit in shame as her body shook slightly.
Then she fell off the small bit of earth and to her knees, her head touching the ground. "I am so sorry, Hitsugaya-soutaichou…your stress…your pain…I feel as if it is a-all my fault! I beg for your forgiveness and hope you don't hate me."
He blinked, completely taken aback. "How…how the hell do you think this is your fault? None of it is…it's all because of Aizen…it has nothing to do with you!"
"I can't help but feel like it is-"
"That is ENOUGH!" And he stormed over to her bowing figure and pulled her up to her feet roughly. "None of this is your fault! Gods, I don't think I have ever heard such stupidity before!" He then shoved her back down on her butt back where she had been sitting before.
She looked at him in shock, "Y-you…don't blame me?"
"Moron!" He snarled at her. "Where did you even get an idea like that!?"
She shifted; one part is because of who she is. For some reason she always felt as if she needed to be the scapegoat for the anger or misery of those around her. But another part of this feeling was that some were actually blaming her for the things that happened.
Hitsugaya eased his grip on her shoulders, sighing. He then kneeled down in front of her and glared, "You're taking your failures too seriously."
"Maybe…" She stated looking at her lap.
"Not maybe! And look at me when I speak to you!" He ordered.
Rukia did. After all it was an order by her superior officer. Her eyes looked rather sorrowful.
"I never want to hear such foolishness again! You know very well that I don't need this right now and you know very well that none of this is your fault!" He then inhaled, trying to ease his temper down. "You are getting blinded by your losses and faults." He deadpanned, looking down at her.
"I-I guess I am…but I just feel responsible and so…useless for being weak and unable to do much of anything to stop all of this." She shook her head. "I mean…I feel like I am the blame for everything because I'm weak…but I just felt so useless in the battle. You and Ichigo, nii-sama and Renji…everyone just seems so powerful. I don't know…"
"How long have you had this self-doubt?"
She looked thoughtful, as if she was thinking about an equation instead of a personal issue, "Uhm…for quite a few years. But I guess it really started when I was set to be executed…but perhaps the moment where I was actually afraid was when Aizen…" She touched her left breast, she could remember his hand breaking into her body. She actually had a scar because of it.
Hitsugaya frowned, he had heard what had happened but had not been present.
"It must have been terrifying."
She nodded, "Yes…it was…I haven't told anyone this but," She gave him a small smile. "I am absolutely terrified of Aizen. For a while afterwards I kept having nightmares of him and his smile."
It didn't surprise him. He was a scary person. Not necessarily what he has done but how easily everyone loved him and how he was almost like a hero to everyone…it was scary how easy he lied and how easy they all trusted him and became his pawns.
Sighing he sat limply next to her, his body now rather wiped out from his anger-attack.
It fell into a silence and there was nothing but the world around them and the noises it made.
"What has been your most embarrassing moment?"
He laughed slightly. Leave it to Rukia to change the subject to another random thing. But he found himself liking that about her. "Why?"
She shrugged, "Curious."
"I'm not giving you blackmail material."
A soft laugh escaped her mouth, "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. That way you have something over me and I can't blackmail or embarrass you."
"Hm…" He contemplated this for a moment before he caved. "Sure. When I first became a captain I was a nervous wreck, considering I was the youngest in the history to get such a prestigious position I knew I had a lot to accomplish and I could not disappoint."
She nodded, a smile making its way up on her mouth. Just picturing him a nervous wreck was rather funny. "Go on…"
"Then I had to meet Matsumoto." He heard her choke slightly, starting to draw a conclusion in her mind. "Now I didn't stare at her or gape or anything like that…but I wish I had done that instead of what I did."
"What?" She was on the verge of laughing now.
His cheeks colored slightly as he confessed this, "I was such a wreck I tripped…and I landed in between them."
Rukia got instantly what he meant by them. She broke out laughing. "Oh…gods…"
He laughed a bit back, "I was mortified. But that is one of the reasons why she always hugs me to them or makes remarks about them. She has never let me live it down."
The Kuchiki gave him a pat on the head, "I am so sorry for that." She laughed a bit more under her breath.
"For the first three years she called me a pervert and so many other things and kept suggesting things…it was terrible. Not too mention I did this in front of three captains and Yamamoto."
Now the girl buried her face in her hands, trying to control her laughter. she could just picture it all happening. "You…poor thing…"
He chuckled slightly and then looked over at her, nudging her slightly, "Your turn."
She shook her head, catching her breath, "Well…I have had many. I don't know if all of them were as funny as yours. Many times I did something stupid that embarrassed the Kuchiki name." She didn't notice him frown somewhat at this. "But let me see…I remember one that was really embarrassing but also really scary…but you probably wouldn't want to hear the story on how I freaked out when I first got my period."
He gagged, "No I don't!…damn it…how the hell was it scary?"
She grinned, "I hadn't been told of what it was before hand…so needless to say when I first got it I was terrified…"
Hitsugaya got the picture.
She tapped her chin, "Let's see…during my first year at the academy I remember doing something right and dancing around-as if that wasn't embarrassing enough I slipped and my pants got caught on something and ripped apart in front of everyone."
He gave her a pitting, but obviously amused, smile. "Abarai must've had a field day with that."
"He did…until he actually realized that I was practically naked in front of a lot of males and then he chased them all off with his bokken. For the rest of that day I went around with nothing but Renji's shirt as he went around shirtless…needless to say the teachers were not amused."
"That sounds awful."
"At the time it was, but now…while it's still horrifying it can be funny." She didn't tell him how; once again because Renji and herself were not fully welcome by their peers, she was called many hurtful names behind her back. She raised an eyebrow at him, "And you sound more amused then sympathetic."
"Well I can't be sympathetic when I have never been caught in that situation."
She blew him a raspberry.
"You are so immature."
"I think I'm entitled to be like that every so often…especially around those I am comfortable with."
"Comfortable with me, huh…no one has been like that around me in a long time."
"Because you're always acting like an angry crocodile ready to bite and engulf the heads of anyone who gets to close."
He raised an eyebrow, "A crocodile?"
"Oh, I'm sorry; I meant a dragon."
Now he rolled his eyes, "A dragon. How original."
"Well you do…in a way resemble a dragon." She struggled a bit with how she was trying to explain this. "I think everyone resembles an animal of sorts…yours happens to be the one you control. Renji is like both a dog and a monkey."
Hitsugaya grinned slightly. His face still not yet use to smiling after so long of being rather expressionless, even before this mess, "He does seem like both of them…though I think it's mostly the primate."
"Totally a baboon." She laughed then looked thoughtful again. "Nii-sama is like a stallion."
"A horse?" He has never heard anyone describe the great Byakuya from the noble family to an animal, especially a horse.
"A horse sounds too plain and dirty for the great and grand Kuchiki Byakuya-sama." Her voice went smooth and deep, trying to talk like a noble.
"You played that part too good…never talk like that again."
She laughed, "It doesn't suit me?" At his nod she explained, "Renji said the same thing when he and I were one day making fun of nobles behind their back."
"You make fun of people behind their back?"
"I know I shouldn't, but I know they do they same for me. It was a bit of payback…what do you think Matsumoto is?"
He went silent for a moment, "A…squirrel."
Rukia broke out laughing, "And you call me random! How is she a squirrel?"
"She's annoying, she eats and ruins everything, she appears at the moment she is not needed…"
"Squirrels are also fluffy and have a figure…"
He got what she meant by fluffy. "But, yes, I think she is a squirrel." He paused. "Kenpachi."
"That one is easy; a bear. He can be mean, insane, and grumpy but he is a fiercely protective parent. While he is a more sociable creature then a bear he is as big as one." She grinned at him. "He's a mama-bear…the most dangerous bear of them all."
Hitsugaya covered his eyes, Kenpachi had just been described as a mother-no, mama bear. While it did suit him it was a funny thing. "And Yachiru would be the cub?"
"Hmmm…what do you think? I did Kenpachi, it's your turn."
"I would guess so; she's hyper and causes her mother a lot of grief. Not too mention she is strong but still needs some protection…I would guess that would be best suited for her…Unohana."
"A tiger. They're silent, strong, and majestic…but you make a wrong move and they will kill you."
They both knew how scary the woman could be.
The two spent the rest of the day comparing a person they knew to an animal and why they resembled it. Even when they came to Hinamori, a subject that was normally very sensitive with Hitsugaya, did they not stop or did it grow awkward for the two of them.
"Oh man…it's late!" Rukia cried out in horror as she looked around and noticed it was dark. "Nii-sama expected to see me before I went to my room." She winced. "I'm in so much trouble."
"Hardly." He deadpanned as he stood up, grabbing her wrist and helping her to her feet. "You were with me today. He has no business questioning why we were talking."
Her eyes brightened, "I am so glad you use your high position of power as an unfair advantage."
He gave an amused smirk in return, "And I am so glad I am able to use it for your advantage."
On the sixth day Hitsugaya didn't even bother with trying to start destroying the land, he just sat down and waited patiently.
He needn't had waited to long before the small black-haired girl entered the scene, and much like the third day she had a few food items in her hands. Coming up to his side she sat down and handed him his portion before she placed her own on her lap.
Being the smart man that he is, he knew he shouldn't place anything in his mouth should she say something surprising and leading him to choking to death on the food.
"You know…you looked really handsome in the living-world clothes."
As usual he was rather surprised, only this time he was a bit flustered. To his face he has been called adorable and cute, and he has heard many call him handsome/sexy/good-looking…but this just seemed different.
His green eyes blinked at this confession, "Uh…thanks." That sounded like something Hinamori or Matsumoto would say.
She shrugged, "You really pull off black and white good…but also the jeans and…" She thought back as to what all the things were called. "Oh well, you looked good in them all."
His cheeks colored a bit more but shook it off. He was a glutton for compliments at times and he just took in her flattery. "Are you saying this because it is true or because you want something?"
Rukia glared at him, "Now that was low. I thought you would know me by now."
"It's only the sixth day of this…" He reseeded an eyebrow. "How can one possibly get to really know someone in that short of time?"
"It can happen." Rukia deadpanned as she stuffed a bit of her food-this time it was Korokke-in her mouth. "But we don't have to discuss that…" She stated over the food. "You're turn."
"You know I don't do random conversations well."
She swallowed, "Think of it like training. For all you know you can one day be placed undercover and you will have to know this."
He gave her a dead look.
"I saw it on a TV program…"
"Right…" He shook his head slightly in disbelief. "As said before I don't do random conversations."
"You're doing a random conversation right now." She stated smugly earning a warning glare from the male. "Just give it a shot…but don't think."
"Ugh…" He pinched the area of his nose by his eyebrows as if he had a migraine. 'My head is pounding.' As it turns out he does. "Fine…but you do know this isn't going to work…"
"Just try it." She urged.
"Fine-fine…" He inhaled. "Why are you so short?" Her jaw dropped and he smirked, "What? You said you wanted it to be random…why are you so short"
She growled, "I don't like being reminded at how short I am…besides your no better. You were shorter then me."
"Past-tense. Now I am taller then you." He smirked. "True, I'm not the tallest but now I am no longer the second shortest reaper around."
Yachiru still had that title won.
Rukia gave him a glare, "W-well…maybe I like being short! I can use it to my advantage! After all, many will probably underestimate me because of my stature and then I have them."
"If you like it so much why were you so huffy about it before?"
"Why must you ruin whatever positive attitude I have with you sarcastic-'the glass is half-empty' persona?"
"It gives me enjoyment."
Finally Rukia snapped, "You're a bastard!"
He smirked, "And you have been holding that in for some time now. It took you a while…"
She growled more at him, "You are extremely cruel and twisted."
"That I am." He admitted. "Also rather dark, sadistic, a bully-"
"Well, you can be when you are grumpy." She stated back.
"The damn crocodile thing?" He asked.
"I thought we agreed on dragon."
He sighed, "You are too childish."
"Tch. No I'm not…you're just being a dork."
Hitsugaya shook his head, "You have to be one of the weirdest girls I have ever seen. And Matsumoto is my lieutenant…" He deadpanned, making her gape slightly. "Don't give me that look. I had this image of you all set out and you have just destroyed it"
"Well then you shouldn't just judge a person before you talk to them." She said. "You are probably going to find out some many different things about me…"
The head-captain thought about it, the sentence rolling around in his mind before he decided that he wouldn't mind learning more about Kuchiki Rukia at all.
(Revised)Author: There…yes there will be, as I said in the warning, some clichés but I'm trying to add my own twist to them all and such. Besides I believe that if you can write clichés well it shouldn't be too bad-not all clichés are terrible.
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