Here it is~ Thanks to everyone for all the review and favorites and watches! I still don't know where this plot is really going, but I'll probably get on track sooner or later. I'm planning on starting an IchiHitsu AU fic, where it's basically like Bakuman, with Ichigo wanting to make a manga together with Hitsugaya! I'll probably be juggling three fanfics at the same time, so it might be a little trouble. [Not that I mind] I'm also going to start publishing Bleach fanfiction chapters the day Bleach episodes come out (So that's six o'clock PM in Japan on Tuesdays). Of course, I'll also publish them when I have time [Like right now]. Enjoy!

I don't own Bleach…


A single machine beeped in the small hospital room. On a chair sat Hinamori Momo, the lieutenant of the fifth division, looking down at her childhood friend, the captain of the tenth, Hitsugaya Toshiro. "Shiro-chan…" the small girl whispered softly as she stroked the boy's soft white hair. "Please wake up soon. Everybody's worried about you. Matsumoto-san and Ukitake-taicho already sent in dozens of hell butterflies to see if you were conscious." A small shudder went through the fukutaicho's body as she felt her eyes grow hot and wet with tears. Quickly, she wiped them away with her other hand. "This won't do…" she said quietly, wiping her fingers on her shihakusho.

"W-what won't do?" asked a raspy and tired voice.

Hinamori's head shot up, looking down at her friend. "Sh-Shiro-chan?"

Slowly, dull teal eyes cracked open, looking sideways at the girl. "Y-yo…"

His awakening had made Momo cry even more, though she tried not to shed the tears that blurred her vision, making him look like a giant blob of whiteness. "I'm so glad you're awake!" she said after a few heartbeats, bending down to give him a small hug.

The taicho smiled slightly at the embrace, eyes beginning to focus more. "How long have I been unconscious?"

Hinamori quickly glanced at the clock on the wall, realizing that she had not checked the time for some time. "Um…" she said, quickly calculating the amount of time in her head. "About sixteen hours."

The young captain abruptly tried to sit up, but then winced in pain and fell back onto his bed again. "Curses!" he said. "I have to go back to my office and finish off that paperwork-"

Hinamori smiled down a little sadly at her childhood friend. "Gomen, Shiro-chan, but Unohana-taicho doesn't want you leaving for at least a couple more weeks. She said that you're too hurt. And Matsumoto-san actually said that she would go do some paperwork, so I think she will…"

Hitsugaya snorted. "That means she didn't."
"Mou! Shiro-chan, you should trust your sub coordinate more. She's been really worried about you, you know!"

Sitting up, Momo realized that she forgot to send hell butterflies to both Matsumoto and Ukitake, and that she should probably go get Unohana as well.

"Oy! What's wrong, bed-wetter Momo?"

Hinamori stood up and turned around, bowing slightly to Hitsugaya. "Sorry, Shiro-chan, but I have to go tell Unohana-taicho, Ukitake-taicho and Matsumoto-san that you're awake; I promised. I'll be back soon; Unohana-taicho will probably want to check you up anyways. And don't call me bed-wetter Momo! I haven't wetted the bed since entering the Shinigami Academy!"

"Then don't call me Shiro-chan," came the irritated voice.

Momo smiled, knowing that if Hitsugaya had the strength to tease her, then he was going to be OK. "Well, I'll go get them, so stay here, and don't try to leave. I'll even bind you with kido if you so much as think about it."

Sighing, the chibi taicho decided not to push his luck, as Hinamori was a very skilled kido master. "Okay, okay, stop nagging me about that and go!"

oOo

A few minutes later, Ukitake Jushiro and Matusmoto Rangiku rushed to the fourth division, bumping to each other on the way.

"Oh, Matsumoto-fukutaicho! I assume you're also on your way to go see Shiro-chan?" the white haired captain asked.

Matsumoto nodded, a giant smile on her face. "Of course! Momo-chan said that he's doing well, even after what happened to him…"

The captain of the thirteenth division smiled at the lieutenant as they reached the fourth division and raced down the hallway to find Hinamori standing outside of a room, a small smile on her face.

"Hinamori-fukutaicho! How is he doing?" Ukitake called out to the small lieutenant, bowing politely in her direction.

"He was doing fine," Momo replied, her smile widening. "He was talking already, and even had the strength to tease me!"

"That's great!" Matsumoto butted into the quiet conversation quite loudly, just as the door marked 'Hitsugaya' slid open to reveal Unohana-taicho, Isane just behind her.

"Is he OK?" the busty lieutenant asked quickly.

The kind captain of the fourth division smiled. "Yes," she said. "Even though his heart is a little weak, it won't put him in a critical condition any time soon. I want him to stay here for two more weeks, and if he's feeling fine after that, he can go back to the tenth division quarters."

Unohana-taicho smiled and started walking down the hallway back to her office, Isane following close by, turning around to smile to the group of three as she left. "You all can go in," she said. "Just don't make too much noise or I'll have to kick you out."

The three smiled in respect at the lieutenant of the fourth, then turned and slowly walked into the room.

He was sitting up, propped up by a number of pillows piled behind his back. Hearing the sound of other footsteps, Hitsugaya Toshiro lifted his head to check out the visitors.

"Hi, Ukitake, Matsumoto."

"Hitsugay-taicho!" Ukitake cried at the same time as Matsumoto yelled "Taicho!" The two stepped forwards to greet the icy captain.

"Hitsugaya-taicho, how are your injuries? Do you feel any pain?"

Hitsugaya quickly shook his head. "I'm fine," he said, not wanting to admit that his chest was burning slightly with pain. He had too much pride to submit to pain.

"Taicho, I'm so glad that you're alive!" Matsumoto bounded forward, pressing her boobs onto his face. "I was really worried when all of your organs got messed up, but when your heart stopped beating I- I thought you were going to die!"
"Matsumoto," came Hitsugaya's muffled voice. "If you suffocate me like this, I am going to die! Get off me this instant."
"Oops." Matsumoto quickly leaped away from her captain, blinking innocently.

Ukitake laughed, and his laughter was soon joined by Hinamori's, and then Matsumoto's. Seein the three laughing like that, the icy captain of the tenth division smiled a rare smiled, which made the three's smiles even bigger, and they all stood there laughing for a while. After chatting for about ten minutes, Ukitake glanced up to look at the clock and turned to leave the room.

"Sorry, Hitsugaya-taicho, Matsumoto-fukutaicho, Hinamori-fukitaicho, but I must be heading back to my division now. I was in the middle of some paperwork that I would prefer to get done today, and it is a little late. I'll be leaving now."

Quickly, the captain of the thirteenth division shunpo-ed out of the room, leaving Matsumoto and Hinamori to be with the chibi taicho.

Hitsugaya seemed to sit up straighter at the word 'paperwork'. "By the way, Matsumoto," he said suddenly. "Did you do any of the paperwork you said you were going to?"

"Eh? When did I ever say that, taicho?" Matsumoto blinked her blue eyes, looking at Hitsugaya in fake confusion.

"Y-you don't remember, Matsumoto-san?" Hinamori asked. "You said you were heading off to do some paperwork yesterday, and left me here to look after Hitsugaya-kun!"

"Oh yeah, about that, well, I ran into Shuhei and Kira on the way back to the office, so-"

The lieutenant was cut off as she felt her captain's reiatsu rising until the room had turned several degrees cooler, and icicles were forming on the ceiling. "Matsumoto!"


Gehe. Taicho's mad. XD How'd you like it? I'll probably get the plot moving in the next chapter, hopefully we'll get some action with Hitsugaya and Hinamori. Hopefully I'll be able to get the next chapter done by Tuesday at six. See you then!