Number: 2
Title: How can a cat and a dragon-
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, Hyorinmaru, Haineko
Summary: Hitsugaya and Matsumoto listen to a conversation that they would rather not be hearing...
Word Count: 481
Dedication: The readers who are curious enough to read past the first chapter
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It was a typical day in the office of the 10th Division: Hitsugaya was trying to do paperwork while Matsumoto was sleeping. Or more accurately, was trying to sleep. The thing that was preventing Matsumoto from doing one of her favorite activities was the voice of her zanpakuto, Haineko. This in itself was not unusual, as many zanpakutos liked to talk with their wielders. The thing about this time was that Haineko was not talking to her, if the conversation that Matsumoto heard was anything to go by.
"No Hyorinmaru, please stop! I can't take it anymore!"
In the distance, Matsumoto could hear a low rumbling chuckle that she supposed was Hyorinmaru. Are they really… she couldn't bring herself to finish the thought.
"Umm, taicho?"
"What is it Matsumoto?" Hitsugaya asked distractedly as he signed his name on another piece of paper.
"Have you been paying any attention to Hyorinmaru recently?"
Hitsugaya blinked. "I've been focused on this work for Yammamoto-soutaicho…why, has he been doing something?"
"I think you should judge that for yourself," Matsumoto told him in a slightly strangled voice as she heard the cries of "Please, no more!" coming from Haineko.
Hitsugaya gave her an odd look, and then closed his eyes to focus on his mental connection with his zanpakuto.
Presumably, he heard the same words that she did because his eyes shot open a few seconds later, as round and wide as saucers.
"Are they really—"
Matsumoto nodded, with a glazed look on her face that was mirrored by her taicho as they both continued to listen in fascinated horror.
"Taicho?"
"Yeah?"
"I can't help but wonder…how do a cat and a dragon—"
Hitsugaya shuddered. "I don't want to know and if you want to keep even the semblance of sanity, I would advise you to just not think about it Matsumoto."
In the realm of the zanpakutos…
Haineko was looking up at the face of Hyorinmaru. She couldn't believe the nerve of the ice dragon, the scaly bastard was laughing—laughing!—at her as he continued to make her suffer.
The ash cat gnashed her teeth. Somehow, the other zanpakuto had gotten his claws on a giant box of chocolates. Not only that, he refused to share even a single one with her, and the sight of him delicately picking each delicious-looking sweet from the box before slowly placing it in his mouth was driving her insane.
"Hyorinmaru, please stop! I can't take it anymore!" she begged again.
"Mmmm, this is SO good!"
"Can't you just give me one?"
Back outside…
"Hey taicho…sounds like they are having a wild time in there!"
"I told you to stop thinking about it!"
"Do think that it's a sign that we should be doing something?"
Silence.
"Taicho?" Taicho! Oh, he fainted…"