It was about 7am by the time Hitsugaya woke up. And it was not a pleasant wake-up call, either. He heard loud noises from the bathroom. Buzzing noises. His eye twitching, the taichou struggled against the sleeping bag's hold, and soon was free. He then walked over to the washroom, and heard humming above the buzz. Before he could knock on the door, Ichigo grabbed his shoulder and told hi that it was a device called a shaver. His father used it everyday to shave off his beard…to a point. Understanding, Hitsugaya followed the teen into Ichigo's room, and Ichigo gave him two choices.

" Alright, Toushiro. Now, you can either go to school with me, or stay here with my crazy dad. Which do you choose?"

" I'd rather go to school."

Ichigo then handed Hitsugaya's school uniform, and told him to meet him at the front door when he was ready. Hitsugaya let Ichigo leave the room before taking off the night shirt, revealing lightly lined abs. Ichigo peeked in as Hitsugaya's back was turned, slightly curious. His skin looked so soft…Then Hitsugaya turned around and kept his eyes on the shirt he was putting on, seemingly not noticing Ichigo at all.

Ichigo could barely take his eyes off of the little taichou, till he realized that he was supposed to be downstairs at the door. He quietly ran downstairs to the door, and looked as if he'd been waiting for a while and not peeking at a taichou's abdomen. He grabbed his iPod and headphones, hung the headphones around his neck, and placed the ipod into his pocket.

Meanwhile, Hitsugaya was full-aware that Ichigo had peeked at him, but wouldn't let him know that. He really didn't care as long as he wasn't looking when his pants were off. Hitsugaya walked down the stairs, the uniform on, and looked at Ichigo as he put on his shoes.

" Is there a custom here where you go out in no shoes?"

" Nani? AH! I forgot the shoes…hehehe.." Said the embarrassed Ichigo, putting on his shoes.

When they were on their way to Sohma High School, Ichigo placed the headphones over his ears, and turned on his iPod.

" What's that?"

" Oh, this? It's an Ipod."

" What is that?"

" A device where it plays music. See?" Ichigo took off the head phones, paused that song, place the head phones on the Taichou's ears, and the song almost blasted into his ears.

" Miageta yozora no hoshitachi no hikariMukashi no omoi negai ga jidai wo koe iro aseru koto naku todokuKirari hitomi ni utsuru dare ka no sakebi kaze ni omoi woTsuki ni negai wo chikara aru kagiri ikiteku n da kyou moBokura no omoi mo itsu ka dare ka no mune niHikari tsuzukeyou ano hoshi no you ni."

"What is this?"

" Asterisk, by Orange Range. It's Alternative Rock. "

" Hitotsu futatsu kane no oto wa hibiku kokoro no naka e to hiroku fukakuMonogatari no you na hoshi no shizuku sono naka ni hosoi senrou wo kizukuJikan to tomo ni jidai wa ugoku nagareru hoshi wa shizuka ni ugokuMe wo tojite mimi wo sumaseba GOOD BYE!"

Then Ichigo paused the song and took off the headphones and put them in his bag. They had arrived at the high school. The two walked into the yard, then into the front doors, just as the bell rang.

" Follow me, Toushiro."

" Don't call--"

" I can't call you Hitsugaya-taichou now. So let's just settle for Toushiro for now."

" Hitsugaya, then."

" Deal." Ichigo couldn't believe he caved in. To a child, no less.

They walked into the classroom, and attention was directed completely at Hitsugaya. They all felt as if they had met him before, but couldn't justify it. The teacher walked over to Hitsugaya and Ichigo and asked Ichigo if Hitsugaya was a new student. Ichigo came up with a story to tell in a flash.

When the two got home from school that day, Hitsugaya's eye was twitching violently. That kid Keigo was so annoying. Hitsugaya pitied Ichigo now, having to see that freak every freaking day. Ichigo put his bag down onto the floor and sighed. What a hectic day.

Suddenly, a large ball of reiatsu broke into Ichigo's room, and the two both swallowed a gikongan pill and became Shinigami in a flash. Hitsugaya knew this reiatsu too well. Aizen Sosuke was here. Furrowing his eyebrows in anger as he remembered what that traitor did to Momo, Hitsugaya glared daggers at the all-too familiar face. A mock smile on his face, Aizen threw kidō at the prodigy, not caring about Ichigo. Hitsugaya blocked the large, glowing needle with Hyourinmaru and shattered it with his own icy reiatsu. Aizen gave up on using kidō, and attacked with his sword, that smile still on his face. Hyourinmaru and Kyoka Suigetsu clashed, and the two struggled. But suddenly, Aizen reached out to touch Hitsugaya's sword, but Ichigo, knowing from what had happened to him and Renji, pushed Hitsugaya, which caused him to let go of his sword, and Aizen's finger hit Ichigo. Blood spilled out everywhere, and Ichigo fell, coughing up blood. Aizen bit his lip, and aimed at the taichou again. Ichigo tripped Aizen, the kido missing Hitsugaya by a mile. Aizen then teleported away, not wanting to embarrass himself anymore.

Matsumoto, a strawberry blonde woman, her Shinigami uniform loose in the neck, revealing a large part of her cleavage, received a text on her Soul Pger that night from her taichou, saying that the substitute shinigami Ichigo Kurosaki had been badly wounded. Her face grew forlorn, but soon changed to a happy look. She had gotten a brilliant idea. She'd play Matchmaker to make the two happier. Pair them up with someone nice. She immediately scheduled a trip to the Human World to Orihime into tomorrow's agenda. She told Yumichika at the bar later that night, who thought it was a lovely idea, and agreed to go with the fuku-taichou to Orihime's place.