'Oookay, then. I'll come.'

'YAY! TAICHO'S COMING!' Matsumoto cheered and he couldn't help it but smile a bit. 'Oh, OH! And taicho? Could you pick some clothes I forgot?'

'Sure. What did you forget?' Hitsugaya pulled a blank piece of paper and prepared to write down the list of forgotten stuff and where he could find them.

She did it on purpose…

Hitsugaya glared at the door in front of him as if it was about to attack him any minute now and try to eat his head. Surprisingly, it didn't. It just stood there, very innocently and very quietly. The door of his fukutaicho's room…

I know she did it on purpose… Just because she'll have to do the paperwork for a month…

Hitsugaya lifted his hand with the spare keys and very slowly and carefully unlocked the door. He pushed it open and then turned around to pick the gigantic suitcase and the long wooden stick he had taken to help him in his mission.

That woman is pure evil…

The boy brought the suitcase inside, put it on the unfixed bed near the window and opened it. Most of it was filled with his own stuff, but he had left some space for Matsumoto's clothes as well.

This place is a mess! Hitsugaya decided as he looked around the room. There were clothes everywhere – on the floor, on the bed, on the… chandelier… But the plants looked well-kept and except for the clothes-disaster, it was surprisingly clean. No bottled of sake rolling around the floor, no unwashed glasses and the shock: no old unfinished paperwork… It looked like a pretty normal room for a girl. And it smelled sweet: like flowers and candies. Just like the way Matsumoto smelled.

Ok… Cupboard. I need to find a cupboard. The boy remembered, pulling the piece of paper from his pocket and examining the instruction Matsumoto had given him. He looked around and spotted the needed cupboard in the corner of the room.

Why me…?

Hitsugaya walked to the cupboard and pulled the drawer.

Alright… here they are.

The young taicho stepped back with a very uncertain look on his face and suspiciously started poking the pink object in the drawer with the stick. After making sure it wouldn't burst into flames, explode and bury him in confetti and no wild beast would come out of it, he carefully picked it up on the very edge of his wooden 'weapon'.

'Damn you, Matsumoto!' he growled, his narrowed eyes never leaving the swaying pair of pink bikini. With that he ran towards Rangiku's bed as fast as he could, his hand with the stick stretched as far away from him as possible. Hitsugaya let the lady underwear fall into an open envelope on the corner of the suitcase and jumped back immediately, eyeing the pink object with hatred.

Hitsugaya… what are you doing? Hyourinmaru's voice rang in the boy's head.

'Gathering flowers. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M DOING?' Toushiro growled, walking back to the cupboard and treating a pair of baby-blue bikini the same way.

Making a clown out of yourself?

'Very funny.' Hitsugaya frowned, letting the second pair of bikini fall into the envelope.

Why don't you just pick it up with your own hands?

'Yeah, right. There's no way I'm touching this! You do know where woman wear bikini, don't you?'

You're acting like a child.

'After I'm done I'll disinfect the stick and burn it…' Hitsugaya announced glancing at the list of forgotten clothes on his way to the cupboard 'Only one left…'

A pair of pretty lace white bikini was next to sway on the very edge of the wooden stick. Hitsugaya observed them for a few seconds before turning around and beginning to run towards the suitcase. In the process he managed to slip on a purple sock and fall flat on his back. Matsumoto's precious underwear flew in the air and a second or two later landed on the young taicho's face.

Hitsugaya groaned, still too dizzy from the fall to understand what the sweet-scented thing on his eyes was.

Are you ok?

'Perfect…' Hitsugaya's muffled answer came and he reached to remove the bikini from his face.

'Perfect, huh?' a familiar voice asked. Hitsugaya immediately sat up, looking at the door-sill, where stood a very amused Kyoraku. The taicho's eyes widened with horror and he felt his face fast heat.

Damn, I forgot to close the door!

'This is not what it looks like!' Hitsugaya quickly stood up.

'Hm… What can it be that you're doing in Matsumoto's room with Matsumoto's bikini when Matsumoto's on holiday?' Kyoraku chuckled and winked to the boy 'Don't worry, I won't tell Rangiku about this…'

'There's NOTHING to tell!' Hitsugaya shouted.

'Yes, yes, of course there isn't… I've got some REALLY nice pictures, you know…'

'I DON'T WANT ANY PICTURES!'

'Imagination's also good.' Kyoraku agreed 'Alright… Have fun. I'll leave you alone now with… those…' he gave the horrified boy a sly smile 'And close the door next time. Someone not as understanding as me might see what you are doing.'

'I DON'T NEED TO CLOSE THE DOOR BECAUSE I'M DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!' Hitsugaya yelled, but the man had already left. Toushiro growled with irritation then walked to the suitcase and put the white bikini in the envelope.

'Oh, just great. Now he thinks I'm a pervert…' Hitsugaya murmured. Hyourinmaru's hoarse laugh filled his head.

'This is so NOT funny!'

Oh, yes, it is! Man, just wait until I tell the others…

'Oh, no, you don't! No "weapon-gossips" or I'll throw you into a volcano!'\

'Boy… I'm frying…' Ikkaku whined as he continued trying to cool himself with a fan.

'Where's Hitsugaya taicho anyway?' Yumichika questioned, wiping the sweat off of his face with a white piece of cloth.

'Haven't seen him all day long… The true is, I have seen almost nobody.'

'Oh. People are hiding from the damn heat…'

'Exactly. And what are we doing?'

'We're… boiling in our own sweat?'

Before Ikkaku had time to answer, a pleasant wave of cooling air embraced him and he saw the captain of the tenth devision appearing from somewhere behind the tree with a gigantic suitcase.

'HITSUGAYA-TAICHO!' the two shouted in unison as they jumped on their feet and followed the boy.

'It's nice to see you in such ho-… I mean wonderful day.' Ikkaku exclaimed with a grin. Hitsugaya eyed him suspiciously.

'It's good to see you too… I guess.' The boy murmured.

'Why are you carrying this suitcase?' Yumichika asked, smiling sweetly at the taicho.

'I'm going on a holiday in the living world.' Toushiro explained calmly. Those simple words, though, had a surprising effect on the other two. Their eyes became big, round and showed nothing but pure horror. The boy stopped, placed the suitcase on the ground and examined them carefully with a raised eyebrow.

'What's wrong with you two?' the white-haired boy asked.

'NO! You CAN'T go, Hitsugaya taicho!' Ikkaku shouted.

'W-why not?' Toushiro asked, taken aback by the hairless man's reaction.

'Because… Because we NEED you HERE!' Yumichika exclaimed, falling on his knees and grabbing Hitsugaya's cool hand with his own warm one.

'I-I don't see…'

'PLEASE, HITSUGAYA-TAICHO! STAY!' Yumichika pleaded, his eyes beginning to water 'Do you have any idea how bad this sun is for my beautiful skin!'

'WHAT?' Toushiro's own teal eyes widened with realization, before narrowing angrily. He pulled his hand away from Yumichika and was about to start yelling at him, possibly punch him or cause some other physical damage to him, when someone appeared next to Ikkaku with a very curious expression on his face.

'What's going on here?' Ukitake asked, then his eyes landed on Hitsugaya and his suitcase 'What's that suitcase for?'

'HE'S LEAVING!' Yumichika and Ikkaku shouted in unison, pointing accusingly at the very angry young taicho.

'Huh? What? NO!' Ukitake pushed the two away and approached the boy 'You have to stay! I'll make sure you get all the candy you want, just please… STAY WITH US!'

'I don't want your candy! GET LOST! All of you!' Hitsugaya yelled and was planning to pick up his suitcase and leave, when Zaraki with Yachiru appeared out f nowhere, also curious to find out what the noise was all about.

'You want to leave? What for?' Kenpachi asked tilting his head to a side and making his bells toll in the process. Hitsugaya's eyebrow twitched.

'On a holiday.' The boy answered through gritted teeth.

'Hitsugaya? On holiday?' Komamura and Kira joined the group, soon followed by Kyouraku and Nanao, the man winking conspiratorially to the very annoyed white-haired boy in the process. Then Hanatarou, Renji and Unohana...

'He can't just LEAVE us…'

'It would be way too egoistic…'

'…Besides 'holiday' and 'Hitsugaya' don't go properly in one sentence…'

'The heat's going to kill us!'

'My beautiful sensitive skin will turn ugly like that Ganju's…'

'Has anyone seen my socks?'

'He wants to kill me or what?'

And they continued discussing the situation that way, not paying even slightest attention to the furious objecting Hitsugaya, but noticing every time he tried to move from his spot.

That's it!

'HEY!' Hitsugaya suddenly shouted, all eyes locking on him 'Look, a two-headed panda eats a squirrel!' and he pointed in some direction.

'WHERE???' everybody shouted curiously. They stared at the spot for some time, every each one of them trying to locate the panda.

'I don't see anything, Hitsugaya taicho.' Yumichika said, his eyes shifting back to where the boy had been staying a moment ago. But now, there was nobody. And a moment later the terrible heat hit them…

Once again, is it worth continuing? And if it is, what do you think, should I leave Hitsugaya short, or make him taller for the next chapters.