A/N: Lol, I finsihed Chapter 2 in...about 30 minutes? Told you I'd update fast. 2 chapters up in a time span of an hour! :D

Anyways, please enjoy and REVIEW!

Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine. Yada yada yada. I get it! By the way, the name Grimmjow's Grimm-gel was though up by a fellow fanfiction writer. I thought it was insanely clever and used it in my story. Thanks!


Recap:

"So? What were you doing?" Hitsugaya growled impatiently.

Matsumoto grinned. Obviously, her cute taichou hadn't heard of Santa yet. "You see, taichou…"

2. Toshiro Hitsugaya

"…And that's who Santa is!" Matsumoto finished with a flourish, trying to impress her captain with the fact that she'd been writing (Yes, THE Rangiku Matsumoto was writing) for the past thirty minutes.

Hitsugaya looked extremely unimpressed. "So basically, you're trying to feed me a story about a messed-up Yamamoto who goes around prancing like the sparkly guy in Twilight and giving out presents? Do you thing I'm that stupid?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Yes—I mean, NO!" Matsumoto looked flustered as she fished for the right words. "Orihime-chan told me that he comes every year on the 25th of December! Which is in…7 days! You have to write him a letter saying 10 things that you want and he'll bring them to you! Get it? Wait. How did you know about Edward? Do you read Twil—" She promptly shut up under the icy glare a certain someone was giving her.

"Hmph. Go patrol. I need some rest." His voice was laced with unspoken threats.

Matsumoto meekly bowed. "Yessir!" She quickly shunpo'd out the room.

Hitsugaya waited a beat before grabbing a sheet of paper off Matsumoto's already cluttered desk, taking a pen from a drawer, and rushing to the room he was using. He wasn't a kid, but if the Santa rumor was true…

He sat at his own neat desk, turning on the desk lamp. Head tilted in thought, he began to write.

Dear Santa,

Hello. I am Toshiro Hitsugaya, but you may call me Hitsugaya-taichou. Call me Toshiro or Shiro-kun and I will promptly freeze you into a giant icicle. Anyways, I am writing to ask of you ten items of which I am in dire need. I shall make a list for you, in case you are as stupid as Kurosaki.

1. Since Matsumoto broke my ink AND brushes a few days ago, I would be thankful if you could bring to me a set. Preferably the 6 ink jars, 12 brushes pack. Urahara Shoten has the best ones, though they are pretty expensive.

2. I don't suppose you have Grimmjow's Grimm-gel, because it would be awesome if you did. My hair always gets all icky and unstyled when Matsumoto bear hugs me. And glomps me. And tries to suffocate me. Women.

3. You know that cool manga Death Note? Everyone thinks I like historical, stuffy old books, but I enjoy manga once in a while… I look up to Light, even if he's evil. It takes a lot of smarts to fool the whole world.

4. You wouldn't happen to have the latest Eminem CDs, would you? I'm his biggest fan. Once I used the 'hunting hollows' excuse to attend his concert. I even got an autograph! Plus, I want to be able to hear 'Love the Way You Lie' and 'Not Afraid' every day.

Hitsugaya was seriously stuck. He was the type of person that didn't really want much and now, given the chance to get ten things, he wasn't sure WHAT.

5. Huh, I don't really know what to get. Can you go to the Urahara Shoten and pick up a sword-cleaning rag and some special 'Blood-B-Gone' spray for me?

6. Oh, and can you buy me some human bleach? It works really well for taking blood and dirt off my haori. You won't believe how much things can bleed.

7. I would like a small leather pouch that could fit on my waist. It'd be so much easier than having to hold my Soul Pager all day in my hands.

8. Ummm, I heard of these humans' vitamin supplements that…could…help people grow… I know it's stupid sounding, but I really want to grow. So I can confess to someone.

9. Also, I want a gift card for the local book store. Human stories are…entertaining. 1000 kan should be enough. (A/N: If kan is similar to the Japanese yen, then 1000 kan should be around $10 USD)

10. …My last request is stupid, insanely so. But if you could convince Matsumoto to maybe…go out with me, I will forever be indebted to you. If such things are beyond your scope, then just forget it.

Thanks,

Toshiro Hitsugaya

Taichou of the 10th Division

Blushing, Hitsugaya sloppily folded the paper up and stuffed it into an envelope he found lying around on his desk. He turned around, about to get up and search for a stamp, and bumped into the grinning girl standing behind him.

"O-Orihime-san! When did you get here?" His face turned an even darker shade of crimson as he tried in vain to hide the envelope behind his back.

Orihime just smiled wider. She'd seen everything he'd written, but wasn't about to let the poor, startled taichou realize that. "Oh, I just got here to check up on you. I didn't see anything at all. Except the 'Dear Santa' at the top."

Hitsugaya's face relaxed slightly.

"Ah, Toshiro-kun, if you want me to, I'll address the envelope to Santa for you and add a stamp." Sensing Hitsugaya's hesitation, she added, "If you do it yourself, Rangiku-chan might find you!"

That convinced him. He handed the envelope gratefully to Orihime, not even minding the fact that she'd called him 'Toshiro-kun.' At least it wasn't '-chan.'

The energetic, cheery girl skipped from the room just as the window in Hitsugaya's room opened noisily. Hitsugaya spun around, hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw Hyourinmaru. He relaxed slightly when he saw the wild red hair of Renji Abarai appear.

"Hey, Hitsugaya-taichou. I'm here to annoy you!" Renji smiled cheerfully, swinging into the room.

Hitsugaya groaned. "Go play your idiotic games with Madarame or Ayasegawa."

"No can do! They're patrolling. Rukia and I don't have to patrol, but she took off to this art class or whatever. So I'm all alone in the world." He sighed dramatically, a crocodile tear falling pitifully from his eye.

Hitsugaya just rolled his eyes. How could Byakuya stand his retarded, ANNOYING fukutaichou? Suddenly, the exasperated, tired captain thought of something. "Well then, Abarai, I'll tell you about this special guy that comes once every year to give out presents. His name is Santa…"


A/N: So? How was it? I tried to make it as in character as possible... Hitsugaya and other quiet, brooding types like Byakuya (and Sasuke and Neji from Naruto) are sort of hard to write as for someone as normally cheerful and happy as me. Hope I did alright...

Please review and give me ideas such as what you think certain characters should ask for! I reply to ALL reviews! And I need ideas!

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