Author's Note: Well, here we are again. This chap will be edited later on(:
From all over Seireitei came shinigami with the drifters. Captain General Yamamoto was getting a major headache from looking at all the bright colors the outsiders were wearing. All of them looked healthy and able to fight with or against the shinigami. After a quick talk with the masked one, Yamamoto understood the situation and referred to them as 'shinobi', or ninjas.
"Where the hell are we?" a pinkette yelled to nobody in particular.
The masked one, replied, "Calm down Sakura-chan."
"But Kakashi-sensei—"
"OI! YOU THERE, RED PINEAPPLE!" Naruto pointed a finger at the oblivious Renji. Renji continued to snore.
"GET OVER HERE, YOU—"
"It's okay," Mihou yawned, "Renji's either on party mode, or auto-pilot."
Yamamoto analyzed the chaos. Captain Kuchiki was leaning against a wall, in discussion with Rukia. Mihou sat at the snoring Renji's feet, not doing anything. Ryuuhei was in deep concentration with Kyo and Kaede. Rai and Toshirou were in a corner, arguing about height and the values of hair length. The older looking ones, Kurenai, Kakashi, and Asuma were hanging out with Ukitake. Gin was being bored by Jiraiya and his recent research.
Yamamoto came to a conclusion.
"Shinigami and Shinobi!"
All eyes went to the Captain General.
"Captain's Meeting! Please send one shinobi representative."
With a swish of his robes, Yamamoto settled comfortably in his hair.
Kakashi left the room to join him.
Outside, in the waiting room, Mihou and Rai were fighting over the importance of paperwork.
"Who the hell cares." Rai rolled her eyes.
Mihou looked ready to burst. "Our captains gave it to us, we must do whatever they say."
"Oh really? So if Renji tells you to jump off a cliff, would you?"
"Yes, because I will not die."
"Damn you dead people. What about if he tells you to assassinate your captain?"
Mihou took a step back. It was widely known in Seireitei that Renji longed to beat Byakuya one day. But the ninjas had just arrived; there was no way that she could know.
"No, because Renji is not a captain. See, if he was, he'd be in the meeting, not snoring there." Mihou kicked Renji. No response.
Rai considered something. "If that old captain wanted you to kill your brother, would you?"
"No!"
"Exactly."
Inside the meeting, the voices of Mihou and Rai were painfully clear. Toshirou badly wanted to open that door, beat the midget to pulp, smack Mihou then slam the door back. It was extremely hard to listen to Yamamoto when his head was full of plans to murder that stupid blonde and Mihou.
"We should have you all placed under a captain's protection and care." Yamamoto decided, cracking his eyes open the slightest.
"I vote Captain Hitsugaya." Gin's voice rang in the room.
Toshirou glared at him. "Why you…"
"I think that is a logical choice." SoiFon nodded solemnly.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Kenpachi sat on the floor.
Voice were murmuring their approval, and Toshirou's head felt big and red, like a tomato.
"Captain General Yamamoto, please hear me out. They would need a captain that will give them a proper tour, lodging…"
Yamamoto nodded at Kakashi.
"We are able to fend for ourselves, captain." Kakashi looked at Yamamoto. "All we need is a place to fight and train ourselves."
"Captain Hitsugaya would be the excellent choice since he goes to fight a lot." SoiFon reasoned.
Toshirou was desperate. Anything, anything not to be with them. Anything.
Toshirou bowed to the Captain General. "Please sir; I assure you that I am not the right one to do this!"
Yamamoto frowned. "Are you saying that you will not accompany them?" His gaze was like fire.
Toshirou winced. He did something shocking, something that nobody would ever expect him to do. He got down on his knees in front of the General. "I beg you sir, please don't leave me with them. Anything else, General Captain Yamamoto! Please, sir!"
The other captains were trying (unsuccessfully) to hide their smirks. Kakashi cast his mind back when yesterday Toshirou was have a huge fight with Rai and Kaede. No wonder. The General Captain, however, was glaring at the small form coldly. "Hitsugaya Toshirou. You will make our new friends welcome. That is an order."
Toshirou flinched at Yamamoto's tone of voice. "…y-yes Captain."
"Meeting adjoined."
Out in the waiting room was silence. Usually the vice-captains and the others were up at each others throats. This time it was Rai and Mihou sitting half way across the room from each other with everyone watching them. Renji, awake, was the first the spot the captains. "Captain Kuchiki."
All shinigami kneeled. Toshirou, furious, tried to storm out the room, but Kenpachi caught him on the haori. "Got your ass kicked hard, huh?"
Toshirou's face burned red. "Shut up Kenpachi."
Before another massacre broke out, Kakashi informed the shinobi, "We have the honour of being placed under Captain Hitsugaya's care."
Mihou burst out laughing, unable to stop. Toshirou focused his glare at her, but she couldn't stop. Renji blinked several times and then started laughing along with Mihou. All the people around Rai, Sasuke and Naruto, backed away nervously. There was a charge of ozone and electricity around Rai. Her normally deep violet eye was close to black. "Are you saying that I'm going to be stuck with the GODDAMNED MIDGET?"
Toshirou glared, coldly furious. He marched up to her, cooling the room by 20 degrees. "What did you say?" Nearby furniture had a thin sheet of frost on them, but were quickly melted by Mihou's fire.
The two were glaring at each other. Toshirou had to look up slightly, much to his annoyance. His eyes were focusing holes on her face. Rai's eyes were narrowed into slits, hardly able to see the almost black color. Their faces were centimetres apart, and Ryuuhei, not going to waste the best opportunity, pushed Toshirou from behind. His blue-green eyes widened before his lips touched with Rai's. Unfortunately, Rai was still charged with lightning, and Toshirou received a good shock that caused him to fall on his knees. "OOWWWWWW!"
Rai turned her eyes to Ryuu, who gulped.
"WATANABE RYUUHEI!"
The two midgets were, for once, in unison. They both glared at Ryuu and he fled the room.
The laughing people, which were the majority of the room, exploded with laughter that must've hurt their stomachs. Instantly, everything in the room was covered with ice, with electricity running up the walls. Mihou quickly extinguished the ice with her tongues of orange flames. The temperature dropped way below 0. This time, Mihou acted as a furnace, going up in fire, warming the others.
"Mmm BBQ fire…" Choji muttered under his breath. "I wish I had some steak…"
Everyone, even the ones who hadn't been laughing, turned from ice statues to warm, toasty normal people. Shikamaru, being the smart guy, ran out the room. Most of everyone followed. A good kilometre away, they heard a loud explosion. Turning back, the waiting room had erupted in ice. An arch of lightning streaked up the sky.
"W-wow." Renji managed to choke out.
"Wouldn't want to get Rai mad." Mihou muttered.
"Why the hell did Ryuuhei do that?" Kakashi asked.
Naruto chuckled. "It was pretty awesome though."
Sasuke glared at him. "We were almost fried, Naruto, and you say that it was awesome?"
Sakura opened her mouth to make a comment, but was shut up by the appearance of Toshirou and Rai right behind them. The captain's hand was gripping the hilt of his sword, wanting to draw it out. Rai's hand was on her scythe (which was still strapped to her back), eager to chop Toshirou into pieces. "She better not attack him." Mihou's fists were balled and slightly flickering with the smallest flames. Being ready at all times wasn't something bad.
Rai and Toshirou faced each other. Rai was relaxing. Her eyes were back to purple. Her hands hung at her sides.
"Let's settle this sometime later, white carrot." With that, Rai turned and walked to Kakashi.
Mihou, for the third time that morning, laughed softly. Toshirou had stiffened, but it wasn't for him to charge at anyone he wanted.
"So, Captain Hitsugaya," Mihou bowed, dragging Renji down with her, "What shall we do with them?"
"Split them into different Divisions, deciding by their skill in battle. Showdown this afternoon." Toshirou growled.
"Hey, hey!" Mihou called, "You better get Rangiku to do this, Captain! We have our own paperwork!"
Toshirou groaned. "Rangiku would be worse than useless… I'll need to report to Captain General Yamamoto."
Remembering the earlier conversation, Toshirou felt a shiver down his back. Uh-oh.
Slowly, he opened the door. "Captain Yamamoto?"
"You may enter."
"I would like to divide the shinobi into the different Divisions. It would be nice to have them help us." Toshirou bowed.
"You may do whatever you wish, Toshirou."
"May I have records?"
"You'll have to ask them."
"Thank you, Captain."
He jogged down the street. Everyone was crashed at Mihou's ridiculously gigantic house, sleeping in different rooms. It would be a disaster to go room to room. He'll have to wait until afternoon.
"Alright everyone!" Toshirou called into the crowd of shinobi.
Kakashi stepped up. "Listen to Captain Hitsugaya."
"To determine your strength, potential, and your fighting styles, we will divide you into the different 13 Divisions."
"I'm ready." Mihou nodded, while Gaara stared at her.
Toshirou nodded. Everything was going in plan. Good.
"We'll trust Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma, Guy, and Jiraiya to their word. Everyone else will be sparring.
"Excellent." Naruto grinned and Sasuke smiled.
"First up, Uchiha Sasuke vs. Watanabe Mihou. Let's see how our two fire types fare against each other." Toshirou nodded.
"Captain Hitsugaya? We're allowed to release, yes?"
"Sorry, forgot to tell you. Yes you can. If you have achieved it, Bankai is allowed."
Mihou laughed in delight. "This match is already over, Cockatoo."
"Yeah," Sasuke grinned tightly, "I've won."
Mihou immediately drew out her sword. Sasuke didn't have a weapon.
"Sasuke!" Kaede threw Sasuke his own sword.
"Thanks." Sasuke gripped the sword and it charged with lightning.
"What?" Mihou's eyes widened.
Sasuke smirked. "I told you that I've won."
"Hmph. We'll see."
Mihou charged in, but Sasuke ran in circle, making her dizzy, but possible to follow. While he ran, Sasuke made hand signs and successfully burned Mihou's arm.
Yelling, Mihou's sword streaked flames around Sasuke's circle. He fell back, singed. Chidori charged the sword, and he blasted lightning at Mihou. She slashed up a wall of fire defence, but kunai came through, hitting her arm. Frowning, Mihou pulled them out. Why was she losing so badly? Sasuke laughed out loud. "Say you surrender."
"No!"
His menacing laugh melted as the scene changed. Suddenly, it hit her. Sasuke never laughs.
"Illusion!"
Laughter echoed in as the world melted and formed new monsters she was forced to attack, even though she knew it was useless.
"Get me out!"
"Not until you say you surrender."
Growling, Mihou released her sword. "Burn with no mercy (Jihi naku moero), Devil's Flame (Akuma no hibana)!"
Concentrating, she deliberately burned herself on the forearm.
"That would with a weak genjutsu, but not with my Sharingan." Sasuke stood in front of her, with everyone around.
Furious, Mihou threw fire at him, red flames roaring from Hell's Fury. Sasuke nimbly flipped back. He threw a lightning bolt at her, which zapped her on the arm. "How can you do that? You should be running out of energy after the first one!"
Gritting his teeth, Sasuke replied, "So you took it just to analyze. Then I should know that your Bankai is not formed. It shouldn't last all that long. All I have to do is to stall until it's gone. It's useless to attack, you're under my genjutsu."
"Mihou!" Rai called, "Sasuke's lying! You broke the genjutsu when you burned yourself! That's why he's dodging."
Sasuke snarled, "Rai! Shut up!" He aimed, and blew a fireball at Mihou. Her sword sucked it right in.
Eyes narrowing, Sasuke threw daggers. Devil's Flame melted them easily.
"So. My flames give you power. Your sword can melt even kunai. You're impossible to beat." Sasuke pursed his lips.
"Sasuke!" It was Rai again. "Use taijutsu!"
"Are you serious? I'll get burned!"
"No you won't!" Rai unstrapped her scythe and tossed it to him. "My scythe has a broader blade than that sword. Use it as a shield while you attack with Kaede's blade."
Sasuke grinned, the smile not reaching his eyes. "Here I come." Pushing some chakra on his feet, Sasuke zoomed around Mihou. Not to be outdone, she flashed stepped away, confusing Sasuke to no end.
"Speed won't beat her." Kakashi muttered under his breath.
A huge fireball roared at Mihou. Sasuke came from behind. Mihou didn't fall into the trap; however, Sasuke had a trick up his sleeve. He struck the first blow with Kaede's blade, undefended. Mihou gave a streak of fire at Kaede's blade, melting it.
"MIHOU." Kaede's face burned the same shade of red as her fire. "HOW DARE YOU MELT MY BLADE."
"I'll put it back together." Toshirou gritted his teeth.
"It'll be deformed. And now I don't have a weapon for my match." Kaede's face was dark.
With a yell, Mihou struck the scythe. It didn't absorb the strength that was put into the blow. Sasuke went flying backwards into the wall, crumbling it to the ground.
"Mihou wins." Toshirou ended it. "Next up, Ryuuhei vs. whoever wants to take him."
"I'll do it." Rai stepped up, her face promising murder. "I still have to get him back for earlier today."
Ryuu grinned, mocking her. "Let's see who's faster."
"Its obviously you." Rai rolled her eyes.
Ryuuhei frowned. "Why bother fighting me then."
"I said that I need to get you back. Now quit the chatter." Rai looked up at Toshirou for the signal.
"You may begin."
Ryuu immediately released. "Rule (Shihai), Heaven's Light (Tennohikari)!"
"Know that you can't beat me without releasing Shikai?"
"Heh. Better watch your back, Rai." He disappeared.
Rai glanced around furiously. "Damn you."
Rai nodded, and struck kunai at various walls. There were exploding tags attached to strings. "Bump into one of these and you blow up this place." Rai warned. To confirm the statement, Rai flashed a senbon at one. It blew up.
"Huh." Ryuu frowned, his mind calculating. Unfortunately, all he came up with is a new prank for Mihou (Water bucket + door + Fire type = Awesome prank). Nothing useful to this situation except the fact that Rai can't attack better than him because of the tags.
"Rakiri!" Rai flung a ranged lightning attack at Ryuu.
Of course! Ranged attacks! Ryuuhei blocked with a wall of bright light, blinding everyone including Rai. Taking the chance, he pulled out a stuffed animal from his sleeve and smashed it in Rai's face. The plushie exploded and all the feathers flew out.
"RAI! THAT WAS MY FAVOURITE STUFFED MIHOU!" Ryuuhei pouted. Suddenly, from the side, Mihou jumped out and kicked Ryuu in the ass. "YOU HAVE STUFFED VERSIONS OF ME?"
Ryuuhei, now on the ground, glared at Mihou. "Yeah I do! I test out new pranks on them!"
Rai, now recovered from the lame plushie attack stared at them weirdly. "Whaa?"
The two siblings completely ignored her and continued fighting. Mihou was in the advantage of having her brother in a headlock.
Ryuuhei made choking sounds. "Gah, stop it Mi-chi."
Mihou glared at Ryuu and kicked him in the behind (which flung Ryuu about 39 miles away) and stalked away.
"…and Rai wins by default…" Toshirou said with wide eyes.
Neji, who was occupied with his tea, smiled at Mihou. She grinned back and sat down with him to have tea while Gaara stared emotionlessly at them.
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~BM and Cin
