Well I'm back again once again sorry for the slow updates but since school has started i barely have any time for anything.

Anyway I hope you all like the chapter.

Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine.

The two officials were beat the next morning. Toushiro looked like he had just come back from fighting a pack of hollows; his already messy hair was more of a mess and he had faint dark circles under his eyes. As for Rangiku... well she looked better, she had this special talent to look good even when she had no right to, though you could tell that she was tired. They both had stayed up till nearly 4am trying to finish the budget report. They had finished it of course, Toushiro did not let Rangiku out of his sight until it was completed, but now both of them were paying for it.

As of now, Rangiku was slumped over her desk snoring away on top of the rest of the paperwork that she was supposed to be finishing. Toushiro let her sleep. Even though she was supposed to be captain and he was just lieutenant, she did deserve it. While they had worked together last night he had noticed that she was actually paying attention and trying it out for herself. She was terrible with numbers though, that much he couldn't deny, but she had actually tried very hard to understand and actually ending up in being a big help. He scoffed a little at that; she had ended up helping to do what was her job in the first place. She may not be good with numbers, but she was very smart in a conniving, sneaky way. That was the second time in two days that she had gotten him to do her work for her, without him realising what she had done. He paused, beginning to wonder who the genius around here really was.

You're just really gullible, Master. Hyourinmaru said shaking his head.

Toushiro disagreed, he thought that he was just too nice, especially to his lieutenant... er captain at the moment. He was sitting at the lieutenant's desk with yet another stack of paperwork in front of him and a cup of green tea to the side. While Rangiku was... sleeping. He rolled his eyes; he would have to wake her up soon. Anyway, today was marked to be busy for him, so if she needed any help that would be just too bad for her. He did not even know why he was helping her in the first place; they were supposed to be competing against each other. Back to the theory that Ranigku was actually a con-artist in disguise and he had well been conned. How humiliating...

Hyourinmaru was chuckling a bit in his mind. Anyway today was going to be very busy for him. He had to finish the paperwork; he had to update at least seventeen squad members. They just kept on getting married, divorced, and having babies! It was frustrating, if they would just stay as they were, his job right now would be a lot less difficult. Also apparently a couple members had improved their shikai so reporting that was also in order. And oh no, that was not all. Today was the day that was scheduled to take the new recruits on a tour of the squad. He sighed, that one he was not looking forward to at all.

A loud yawn broke his trend of thought. Ah, Rangiku was waking up. He looked over to the ginger woman and saw her stretching and rubbing her eyes.

"Good Morning, Toushiro!" She sang looking at him with a pair of bleary eyes.

He rolled his eyes, "You air-head, it's already eleven o'clock... damn." He pulled out his work planner and cursed when he open it up to the page for that day. "Matsumoto, I have to leave in thirty minutes and I'm sure I'm going to be out for the rest of the day."

She raised a thin eyebrow, "Why?"

"I have to give the new recruits a tour of the division." He mumbled, "Please do your work while I'm gone, I believe that you're supposed to be working on taking inventory today."

She moaned, "Work never seems to end does it."

"You haven't even started yet!"

"Exactly, and it seems like too much for me to handle."

He rolled his eyes, "Whatever, Matsumoto, just remember if you don't do your work, I win the bet."

She narrowed her eyes, "Trust me I don't plan on loosing, so you can just get rid of any ideas in that little head of yours."

"Little head..."

"Oh and just a bit of a warning, most of the time you have to be very firm with the new recruits, they tend to be... difficult." She picked up a few papers off her desk and winced as she read them.

"Difficult," Toushiro mumbled. Well they certainly couldn't be more of a hand full than she ever had been.

("\(^.^)/")

There were at least forty potential recruits that he was supposed to meet with that day and they all stood waiting for him, looking annoyed and bored. That was not a good thing, Toushiro thought. And they were all so huge! The shortest one from what he could see was two heads taller than him. He never remembered his graduating class being that big, there were the few odd-balls of course, but still.

He ran up to them, "Sorry I'm late."

A few of them looked at him oddly.

"Who are you?" one of them asked frowning, "I don't remember seeing you in any of our classes." He turned to one of his peers, "Do you?"

The other shook his head, "I wasn't even aware that they let children that young into the academy."

Toushiro felt a vein throb in his forehead. Were they blind? Could they not see the lieutenant's badge strapped to his arm? He was not hiding it, it was in plain view. He took a deep breath; it did not make sense getting mad at them right now. So rubbing his temples he addressed them.

"Is this the group interested in joining the tenth division?"

"Yeah, the lieutenant, who's supposed to be giving us the tour, is late."

He sighed, "Yeah sorry about that. Shall we begin then?"

They stared at him, and then finally put two and two together. "Wait you're the lieutenant?" Someone asked in surprise.

He sighed again, "Yes. Hitsugaya's my name. Let's get going."

"Wait but you're just a kid, you can't be lieutenant!"

He paused and glared at them, "Let's get one thing straight, I'm not a child." Did the academy stop teaching the students about the divisions and captains? Surely this group might have done a bit of research on his squad before deciding to join? He knew they had the captain's and lieutenant's profiles at the academy, but it looked like this group really had no idea who he was. This was going to be a long day.

"Well, I am lieutenant at the moment." He mumbled.

"No way."

"What's going on?" Someone from the back of the group spoke up, and all of a sudden the entire group's focus was on him.

"This kid says he's the lieutenant of Squad ten."

"That's not possible; I have a little brother older than him back in Rukongai!"

"He has to be joking."

Toushiro felt his temper rise. This group of... he was going to hurt some of them soon.

"Hey, kid you sure you're not pulling our legs or anything?"

"I'm not a child! And look can't you see the lieutenant's badge on my arm! What more proof do you want?"

That shut them up.

He breathed a breath of relief, "So shall we get going then?"

Most of them nodded still a bit miffed. Serves them right for doubting him in the first place.

"So how did a kid like you make it to lieutenant?"

That was it, "For the last time; I'm not a child! And I made it by hard work and effort. Let us go now."

"Prove it."

"What?" This was getting annoying. He did not feel that he had to prove anything. Hell anything he had to be proved had been proved by him becoming captain! He was tempted to bring them to the library look up his file and show them exactly who he was.

"Prove that you're strong enough to be lieutenant, and not just some kid playing dress up."

Okay he was getting mad now, "Shows how much you know! Have you even bothered looking up and learning about the division you planned on joining?"

"Of course we have. We know that the captain was a prodigy when he was in the academy and that the lieutenant is not a child."

('\(^.^)/")

This was going to be a very long day indeed. He had convinced them eventually that he really was the lieutenant and that was only when he got mad enough that his reiatsu had started to leak and a few snowflakes had started to fall inside. It had scared the crap out of them but now at least they believed him. He could honestly say that he was glad that he did not have to deal with this on a regular basis and in a week's times he would not have to deal with the new recruits at all. Matsumoto could keep her job; he was never going to switch ever again.

"And over here is the kitchen, we do have trained staff that cook, but we do change who's on clean up duty once a week."

They seemed to be paying attention to him, that was a good thing, but when he passed a few members from his squad they sent him confused looks. He had to dismiss them with a shake of his head saying that he would explain later. It was an odd sight for most of his squad to see him wondering about without his captain's haori giving a tour of the division none the less. They knew that their captain was a very unique person but this was odd even for him.

Toushiro led the newbies through the kitchen, where the staff was busy cooking, they barely glanced up.

"And this is the mess hall. Were undergoing a few renovations, so please excuse the mess." The hall wasn't really that messy but they were in the process of widening the back wall. For ages the squad members had been complaining that the mess hall was too small. But that was another story, one that Rangiku would have to deal with, not him. He smiled a bit at that.

"And now, if you follow me, we'll be going to the training fields."

He was just leaving the mess hall when a blur of ginger and pink jumped in front of him. He stepped back shocked bumping into the person that was behind him.

"Toushiro, I was looking for you!"

He snickered. "Scared of your own captain? You really are a child."

Toushiro chose to ignore that comment and glared at Rangiku. "What do you want, Matsumoto?"

She sighed, bent over a bit and wagged a finger in front of his face, like she was reprimanding a child. The recruits snickered even more. "It's not Matsumoto; it's Captain."

He rolled his eyes, now why did that sound familiar.

"What do you want?" He repeated, not too pleased that he was being laughed at again.

She straightened and twirled around as if showing off a new dress. It was only then that he realised that she was wearing a captain's haori. "Look what I found!" she sang, "I was going through the supply cupboard in the office and I found of the old captain's hoari's and the great thing is; it fits!"

"... That's wonderful, Matsumoto, but don't you have work to be doing right now?"

She waved her hand dismissively, "That can be done later. Anyway are these the new members?"

"Yes ma'am!" One of the men replied, snapping to attention.

Toushiro groaned. Oh sure now they behave.

Rangiku smiled at them, "Well what do you think of the tenth? I hope Toushiro has been nice to you all, he can be a bit of a brat sometimes."

"Matsumoto!" Toushiro felt his reputation and his credibility with these men (and women) fly out the window right at that moment.

"It's wonderful, Captain." The man replied.

Toushiro noticed that his eyes were fixed on a point noticeably lower than Rangiku's face. He scowled darkly at the man.

"That's great." Matsumoto smiled, "Well I hope you have a good tour. Don't be too mean Toushiro. Oh I have to show Nanao my new haori!"

"No! Matsumoto, get to work!" But the ginger woman had already run off. He was left staring at the empty air she had been standing a few seconds ago. He shook his head.

"So..." one of the men slid up next to him.

He looked up at him.

"Is that really the captain?"

"Well," He paused, "... as of now yes, but she-"

"This is the best division ever! I can't wait to join." There were a few shouts of agreement.

"Wait-"

"Never mind you, brat. Didn't you guys see her? She's such a babe."

More hoots of agreement and a few other statements that he did not care to understand.

Toushiro felt his eyebrow twitch. Yes, they kept on referring to him as a brat but to talk about Rangiku like that? He was not going to sit around and just listen to it.

"Hey... Hey!...HEY! Look let's just finish this tour and then you guys are free to do what you want."

"Why doesn't the captain give the tours?" Someone wondered aloud.

Yep, this was going to be a very, very long afternoon.

Sooo how was it?

Heh now Matsumoto has a haori and Shiro is stuck with the newbies^^

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