Yeah, nothing.

Disclaimer: Nope –looks downcast-

A/N: Thanks for the reviews! I was literally jumping for the last couple of days!

Ichigo was never a morning person. This was particularly exaggerated on this day.

Waking up to find completed sheets of paperwork, he thanked kami that the godforsaken work was done. Upon closer inspection, he found a note stuck on his arm with Blu-tack.

'They have blu-tack in Soul Society? Guess they're not as ancient as I thought'

Turning the note over, he read the neat handwriting:

Good morning Captain!

Sorry, I had to leave early today, but you don't have anything you have to do today, except train the division, which I should be there for later anyway.

Regards, Hinamori Momo, 5th Division Lieutenant.

P.S. There's a Captain's meeting at 11:00 am today!

Ichigo looked towards the clock located in his office, and face-vaulted. It was 10:55 am right now.

"DAMN IT!"

Ichigo had been panting as he flash-stepped into the 1st Division hall, where the rest of the Gotei 13 Captains were situated. The Head Captain glared at him, then stated:

"Make sure you are not late again, Captain Kurosaki"

Ichigo's eyebrow twitched at how weird that sounded, but apologized for his late arrival. The Head Captain then went on to discuss important upcoming events.

45 minutes later, Ichigo was struggling to stay awake. The old Captain was boring him to death, and frankly, the grin Kenpachi was flashing Ichigo was scaring the bejesus out of him.

Soifon had the same you-are-all-weaklings-and-i-could-be-using-this-time-doing-something-important look on her face, Kyōraku wasn't doing much, just looking up at the ceiling randomly and occasionally muttering "Nanao-chan", Kurotsuchi was eyeing Ichigo like he was a new potential test subject (which Ichigo knew that he would have to look out for that freak later in the future), Hitsugaya had his trademark scowl on his face, and Byakuya was as irritatingly calm as he normally was.

"Kurosaki Ichigo"

Ichigo immediately looked up at the mention of his name.

"You are to train with your Lieutenant today" the Head Captain boomed.

"Uh, ok, but-"

"Do not object. Your subordinates need to know your abilities and learn to respect you"

"Fine" Ichigo sighed. He didn't really feel like doing anything today.

"You, Ryoka, which division do you captain now?" Kurotsuchi asked impatiently.

Ichigo scowled at him before answering. "5th. Happy?"

Strawberry could have sworn that he saw Hitsugaya's eyes widen slightly for a second, then relax and turn to scowl at Ichigo, as if saying something.

'What's up with Tōshirō?'

After the Captain's meeting was finally, FINALLY over, Ichigo ran out the door. And promptly got knocked over by the 2nd Division Captain.

"Ahh! Soifon, what the hell was that for!"

"You hurt Yoruichi-sama in anyway, and I will not hesitate to kill you, scum" Soifon seethed.

"Don't look at me like that! She's with Urahara right now anyway"

Soifon clenched her fists "Urahara….Kisuke…!"

"Uh, I'll be leaving now. Bye!"

Ichigo sweat dropped as he walked away.

"Geez, crazy Yoruichi-san obsessed freaks"

"STING ALL ENEMIES TO DEATH, SUZUMEBACHI!"

"I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!"

After that exciting fight with a pissed-off-beyond-belief-Soifon, Ichigo ran over back to the 5th Division, found Momo and dragged her to the nearest training grounds.

"Old man Yamamoto says I have to fight you so you know my abilities and shit" Ichigo quickly summarized.

"Okay! So do you want to take the first hit?" Hinamori asked.

Ichigo, however, wasn't planning on taking this girl lightly. She may be short, and look a lot younger then him, but he had learnt (coughRukiacough) to never underestimate women. Especially short ones with dark hair.

"Ok" Ichigo said, and in a flash he was behind her, Zangetsu swinging towards Hinamori. The Lieutenant quickly turned around and drew her own zanpakutō, metal clanging.

Hinamori flashed-stepped behind her Captain and delivered a roundhouse kick to his right side. She heard him utter a "damn it!" then felt a small amount of pain in her forearm. Momo flash-stepped away from Ichigo to observe the damage, it was only a small cut.

Noting his reiatsu fluctuating, Hinamori concluded that he hasn't got much control over his reiatsu.

Momo flash-stepped over to Ichigo, and pointed her index finger at his back, yelling:

"Hado no shi: Byakurai (A/N: Hado No # 4: Pale Lightning)!"

Ichigo felt the agonizing pain flood his body, yelled out then sprinted to the other side of the training field.

"So you're good at that Kidō stuff, eh? Crap" Ichigo cursed, then jumped over to Momo, slashing his sword at her, Hinamori's sword clanging against his own.

'He fights with a sword really well, I can't keep up. Considering it's always in Shikai, I guess I better use mine too'

"Captain" Momo interrupted.

"Hey, I told you to call me Ichigo"

"Oh, sorry. Anyway, what's your zanpakutō's name?"

"Zangetsu!" and Ichigo slashed at Hinamori again, this time cutting off part of her shihakusho's sleeve.

"If I'm you're subordinate, you should at least know the name of my sword" Momo then gripped her sword in both hands, and raised it above her head.

"Snap, Tobiume!" she cried, and her sword glowed pink and 3 jutte-like prongs emerged from the blade. Momo then aimed her sword towards Ichigo, and three fireballs came flying towards him at blinding speed. Ichigo was able to dodge the first two, but the last one burned his left leg.

"Shit!" he cursed, then decided that the young woman would probably be able to handle one of his strongest attacks.

As Ichigo was thinking that, Hinamori had disappeared, then reappeared behind Ichigo, yelling "Hado no san-jū-ichi: Shakkahō (A/N: Hado No # 31: Red Flame Cannon)!" the fire hit his shoulder.

"I know you're holding back, Kurosaki-dono. But I can fight, you know!" Hinamori yelled at him.

"Fine! Take this! BANKAI!" Ichigo yelled out. He was pretty confident that the girl could handle this attack. It's not as if he's trying to kill her or anything.

Momo nearly fell over from the immense reiatsu her Captain was emanating. It was huge enough when he wasn't using Bankai, but now…..

"TENSA ZANGETSU!" Ichigo subconsciously tuned out his hollow, who was sadistically laughing. What a surprise.

"GETSUGA TENSHŌ!" the black and red wave of spirit particles rushed out from his sword, but Ichigo had realized too late that he had put way too much force behind it and it was most probably going to kill the Lieutenant fighting him.

"SHIT! HINAMORI, MOVE!" Ichigo screamed out to her.

Momo saw the wave of reishi speed towards her. She knew that she was not fast enough to get out of the way in time, so she closed her eyes tightly and braced for the impact. She never felt it.

Ichigo's sighed in relief when the Captain of the 10th Division flash-stepped in front of Hinamori and blocked his Getsuga Tenshō with Hyōrinmaru.

"Tōshirō! Thank-" Ichigo started, but was cut off by the death-glare from the 10th Division Captain that screamed "You say another word and I. Will. End. Your. Life"

"H-Hitsugaya-kun! Thankyou!" Hinamori stuttered.

Hitsugaya turned to face Hinamori, bluntly replying "Baka, it's Captain Hitsugaya to you. And it was nothing. By the way, Matsumoto's been looking for you for some reason. You should go".

"Ok! Bye, Hitsugaya-kun! Bye Captain!" Hinamori waved happily, completely forgetting that a few seconds ago she had nearly died. She sprinted towards the 10th Division barracks.

Ichigo was pretty confident that his Lieutenant had already forgiven him about accidentally nearly killing her, but he wasn't too sure about Hitsugaya.

"Uh, thanks for saving her. Trust me to nearly kill one of my subordinates on my second day on the job, huh?" Ichigo joked.

"…"

The atmosphere was tense, and Ichigo was sure that the temperature had dropped about 15 degrees. Hitsugaya wasn't facing him, so that didn't help either

"Did you need something?" Ichigo hesitantly asked.

"Kurosaki".

"Yeah?"

"I believe that you just nearly killed Hinamori"

"Yeah, sorry about that, it wasn't on purpose or any-"

"Listen, Kurosaki. I don't care if it's accidental or not, if you make Hinamori shed even a drop of blood, I promise you that I will kill you before you can even say 'Bankai'"

And with that the icy prodigy disappeared.

'What the hell?' was what Ichigo was thinking all day. He was still pondering over Hitsugaya's behaviour in regards to Hinamori. Ichigo had seen Tōshirō pissed off and really mad, but he had never seen the10th Division Captain that angry.

Ichigo held that thought for a moment, as he heard footsteps approaching him. Immediately recognizing the huge reiatsu, Ichigo bolted towards wherever his feet would take him.

"NOOOOOO!"

"Come on, Ichigo!"

"NO! I AM NOT FIGHTING YOU AGAIN!"

"NO!"

"Don't be lazy! Fight me, damnit!"

"NEVERRRRRR!"

'WHY? Why is it that every time I come here, people try to kill me?"

CHAPTER TWO

A/N: -sighs- yes, again the chapter is in Ichi's POV. Sorry. I needed to get this part out, though.

Yes, Ichigo used his Bankai on Momo. He uses his Bankai on everyone, remember? So don't flame me for that.

Preview for next chapter:

"Rangiku-san?" "What is it, Ichigo?" "Tōshirō said he'd kill me if I hurt my Lieutenant. What's up with that?" "…..dumbass."