Hey long time no see ,sorry it took me so long to update, I was really busy that I got a bad case of writer's block.

Don't Own Bleach

A/N

('') thoughts

Hyorinmaru's dialog is in bold

When Karin met Whitey

Chapter 3. Dazed and Confused

Hitsugaya Toshiro stood over a tall building overlooking Karakura, there had been quite a few Hollow and Arrancar sightings over the past weeks, completely taking over his time. He had not been able to talk to Karin for a while, and this had left him crankier than usual. But not being able to talk to her did not mean he could not see her, the young captain would stand outside her window at night, just to watch her sleep, hiding his riatsu to avoid waking Karin up or even worse her idiot brother Ichigo. Hitsugaya watched as she slept ever so peacefully, her face so serene. He smiled a little 'She seems so calm, if only she was like this when she was awake'

"Then you probably would not like her as much"

'Shut up Hyorinmaru' the boy frowned; he did not appreciate being interrupted at this moment.

"What! She can not hear me!"

"But I can!" he said a little too loud

Karin heard his voice in her dreams which made her wake up, she looked around and there was only darkness.

"Toshiro?" she waited for an answer that never came 'I could swear I heard his voice just now, how strange' she thought as she walked over to the window. Karin opened the window and began to look at the night sky " I wonder how Toshiro is doing", the girl had not seen the white haired shinigami for many days now.

The young captain was crouching on the roof right above her, he wanted to show himself to her, he wanted to tell her how he felt, and he almost did if it had not been for his cell phone going off.

'Damn it!' he thought as he saw the amount of activity on his screen.

"Sorry kid we have to go"

"Hai…I am sorry Karin" he almost whispered as he disappeared into the night.


10th Division Office

The young captain found himself drowning in paper work, and as always his fukutaicho was no were to be seen. Not that he minded spending long hours filling out forms on his own, he was quite used to it by now, but today something was distracting him from his tasks. He had tried to ignore it, but he simply could not, he knew damn well what was happening to him; it was on this day three years ago when he last saw her.

"Karin" he sighted leaning back on his chair. He never got a chance to say goodbye to her. Everything happened so fast, first the Espada's attack and then Inoue's disappearance, followed by the appearance of Zaraki Taicho and Kuchiki Taicho to take him and his group back to Soul Society. At that moment he wanted to resist, but he knew he could not take on the two powerful captains he had no choice but to return to Seretei and begin his preparation for the upcoming war as ordered by Yamamoto Sotaicho.

He did not forget her though, instead she became his motivation go get stronger. He would not allow Aizen or any of his minions to do any more harm, so the boy captain kept training in order to keep Karin and her family safe. He hoped he would see her again someday, when this whole ordeal was over.

Three years had gone by already, Aizen was long dead and the war was over shortly after if had begun, luckily there where no human casualties, in fact the Winter War did not really show it's effects on the human world, much to his relief. Everything was as it should be; but still, he could help but to feel bitter and full of remorse. He regretted not admitting his feelings to the Kurosaki girl when he had the chance, but then again, at that time he did not fully comprehend his feelings for her. Even though he had lived for a hundred years or so the young captain had never experienced anything this close to love, hell, before Karin he was not even interested in girls that way, so imagine his shock at his first crush being human girl.

Hitsugaya was so deep in his thoughts that he did not notice someone entering the office, "Oi taicho" Matsumoto called to him. He did not respond "Hey taicho are you alright!" she yelled making him snap out of his trance.

"What the hell, you almost gave me a heart attack" he shouted back trying to cover up his embarrassment at being caught in such a daze.

"You are too young to have a heart attack taicho"

A sweat drop appeared on his face "It's a figure of speech Matsumoto"

"Lighten up taicho, you are no fun!" The busty fukutaicho embraced him, suffocating him between her assets; the boy noticed she smelled of sake and rice 'she is drunk again what a surprise…'

"I don't know why you complain, it's a nice view from here"

'Shut up you pervert' – the boy scolded the ice dragon

"Hey I am part of you remember? If I am a pervert then what makes you?"

"Let go Matsumoto!" he was struggling to breath now. The woman giggled and let go of him

"Matsumoto where you trying to kill me just now?" he practically roared at her.

"Of course not taicho, it was just a little hug" she said sheepishly

"I do not need any hugs Matsumoto"

"Yes you do taicho! You have no idea have to react in the presence of a girl"

He rolled his eyes "And why the hell should I care about such trivial things, you fool"

Matsumoto gave him a sly smile "You will find out soon enough"

He gave her a confuse look "Well I'm off now, going to meet the boys for some drinks"

"How about you stay and do your job for once" he snickered

"I can't taicho, I'm getting a farewell party" she complained

"What? What are you talking about Matsumoto?"

"Oh right, I almost forgot! We leave for the human world tomorrow" she nervously laughed

"Why wasn't I briefed?" he young boy was fuming from his ears

"I was to busy planning out my shopping schedule taicho!"

The room drooped in temperature

"Jeez taicho don't have a fit! The information is on your desk!" she backing away, heading for the door

"MATSUMOTO!" The fukutaicho was gone before he could finish her surname.

"Well it seems that we are going back"

Hitsugaya's face was unreadable; he walked over to his desk and found the mission briefing "Karakura"

Meanwhile at the bar Matsumoto, Kira and Hisagi sat at the bar downing their sake as they watched the customary rumble courtesy of the guys from the 11th.

"So, you already have a plan Matsumoto-san? Asked Kira

" Well I think I do" she said as shed finished her fifth bottle of sake.

Matsumoto had confided in Kira and Hisagi, her most trusted drinking buddies ,her taicho's problem. The three friends sympathized with the poor boy for they too knew how it felt to be in love and not be loved back. Matsumoto loved Gin, but he chose Aizen over her, Kira loved Hinamori, but he knew all to well that her heart never healed after Aizen's betrayal therefore she would not let anyone in. And Hisagi well…he was head over heels in love with Matsumoto, and of course she was oblivious to this.

"You think it would work? I mean she might not even remember him!"

"I am aware of that Kira, but I can a least try…"

"And have you forgotten the whole being from different worlds thing?" Kira was becoming frantic

She rested her head on the hand "Well I still haven't figured that part of the plan yet"

"I hope this doesn't get you into trouble Rangiku" Hisagi stepped in

"Thank you for your concern Shuhei" she gave him a warm drunken smile

The man turned several shades of red "Hey Hisagi you look sick" teased Kira

"Oh shut up Kira" Hisagi said as he smacked the blond man

" Uh? What's going on?" asked a clueless Matsumoto

The two men looked at each other and laughed.