The Expressionless Poker Face

Wow, I'm so surprised that this story has got 13 reviews (reminds me to Goteijuusantai!^^) So this chapter (I hope it can be longer than previous chapters…^^) will try to talk about Soul Society. Also for Newami, I think this chapter can answer your question a bit, haha^^. For RogueNya, hmm… I already prepared a plot for that, so please keep in touch with the story. Then for Uzumaki Naruko14, well, haha!^^ That's a hard question, but maybe this story could also answer your question. Also thanks to other reviewers! I'm so happy for that! (XD) Oh,… I'm still so sad, knowing January 6 is just 2 days again… But I'll try my best to update stories.

Err, guess I talk too much… T.T All things about Naruto and Bleach here don't belong to me… (cries outloud) Now, let's on to the story!

Last encounter:

"Hey, what are you doing to him?!" called someone. Renji was shocked then he turned his back.

There, standing a blond haired boy with Cerulean blue eyes. He clenched his fists in anger.

"Who are you? What have you done to him?" asked Naruto.

'W-What? He can see me?" thought Renji.

"Hey, I'm asking you red head! What have you done to Kaito!? I have already known that you were with us and you were also with him at the Kyuubi Monument. Who are you?!"

Renji stepped back, not knowing what to do.

"I'm asking you for the last time. Who are you? This time you better answer me or I should take this as a threat from an outsider."

"Y-You can see me?" asked Renji stuttered.

"Of course I can! Why can't I see you?" answered Naruto, feeling a bit annoyed.

"Well, err… It's kindda hard to explain. But I can say to you, I'm not your enemy."

Naruto sighed. He then looked at Kaito who was unconscious and his body was shaking. He could hear his breathing was gasping and he knew it wasn't good at all, not one bit.

"I assume other people can't see you, am I right?" asked Naruto after a long pause. Renji nodded slowly.

"I'll take him to the hospital. You may come along," said Naruto as he lifted the red haired Jounin's body and started to jump to hospital.

As he jumped branch to branch and rooftop to rooftop, he couldn't shake off his thought of seeing Itachi in the Forest of Death.

'Just what the hell did they do in the Forest of Death…?' thought Naruto.

A boy with spiky white hair was walking on his squad's compound. He stood by a wall and closed his eyes. His body felt so tired and he really wanted to just go run off somewhere just to not meet any piece of paper. He had been sick of looking the paper stacks on his desk. Yet, his lieutenant was not helping at all. She would just run outside, drank sake with her sake friends or gossiped in the Shinigami Women Association. Sometimes, he really wanted to just slack off like his lieutenant, but he was too afraid to be chased by his talkative lieutenant and his old friend who is a fuku-taichou in the Fifth Division. He sighed, and decided to go to his bedroom and sleep but he stopped when he saw a blond man standing by the wall in his office.

"What are you doing here?" asked Hitsugaya with a 'You-better-help-me-finish-them-or-you-dead' look.

"Whoa... And here I thought I could help you with the paper works?" answered the blond with a cheeky smile.

"Matsumoto slacked off again. I really have no idea how to stop her from slacking off…" muttered Hitsugaya.

"You can freeze her on her seat, can't you?" laughed the blond.

"Like that'll work. The sotaichou will be very mad at me for using my Zanpakuto not in the place."

"Yeah, yeah... But it's worth a try you know?" said the blond again, making Hitsugaya smiled. He started to like his idea.

"Anyway, have you got any news from Kaito?" asked Hitsugaya, moving a stack of papers to his side.

The blond stopped laughing and shook his head.

"That's odd. Today is the day when he shall be sending us a message of his report."

The blond headed to the window. He closed his eyes and gripped the window frame tightly. You could see his sad and worried expression clearly on his face. He sighed and turned his back. Facing Hitsugaya, he was about to say something when a familiar reiatsu presence appeared.

"I guess that's your lieutenant, Shiro-kun." Hitsugaya twitched at the nickname given to him.

"It's Hitsugaya-taichou, Namikaze!" said Hitsugaya, freezing the air. He was about to grab the blond's sleeve when he realized that he had disappeared.

"Taichou!" called his lieutenant with a playful tone.

"What's the matter?" asked Hitsugaya.

"Ne, taichou… if you always frown like that you look like a pouting baby!" said Matsumoto cheerfully.

Another vein popped up on his forehead and you could feel the air was already cold and some part of the office had been frozen in ice, including the paperwork stacks.

"Did you just call me look like a pouting baby?" asked Hitsugaya with a low voice yet dangerous and cold. Matsumoto stopped laughing, realizing her taichou had made their office as a giant refrigerator.

"A-Ah-Ahaha, taichou… I was just kiddi---"

"FINISH THOSE DAMN PAPER WORKS ALREADY!! I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER ON MY DESK ONCE I RETURN!!" shouted Hitsugaya as he slammed the door behind him.

"Ne… taichou is so cruel…" pouted Matsumoto.

'You should try to be more diligent, Matsu-chan! And those paper works will help you! Ahaha!!' laughed Haineko on her head, making her twitched.

Outside the Tenth Division Barrack…

Hitsugaya sighed. All he wanted to do right now was just sleep, but if he went back to his division, his always-slacking-off lieutenant won't be doing her job. So he decided to go to the Fifth Division barrack.

"Ah, it's you Shiro-kun! What can I do to help you?" asked Minato.

"I told you to quit calling me like that Namikaze!" said Hitsugaya.

"Alright then, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Just want to drop by and rest for a while here."

"Sure. You are welcomed here!""

"By the way, I don't see Kushina-san? She's your Third Seat officer now right?"

"Yeah, she's having an exercise with Hinamori right now."

"She made a quick progress from seat 18 to seat 3 in just one week."

"She's a great woman."

"I'm thinking of that red hair right, now…" said Hitsugaya suddenly.

"… Me too... He made me worried by not delivering any report to us," stated Minato sadly.

"There's one thing that made me curious…"

"What is it?"

"His Bankai. He had never showed it to anyone else, except to the Sotaichou himself. I was wondering if his Bankai is almost the same like you, combining reiatsu and chakra. It was invulnerable…" muttered Hitsugaya.

"Yeah, but it's very risky if I'm not careful."

At Konoha Hospital…

Tsunade was walking quickly yet quietly at the same time in the hospital. The new red haired Jounin was reported from suffering the same Genjutsu that was once casted on Kakashi by Itachi. Behind her was her two apprentices, Shizune and Sakura. On Shizune's hand was a map filled with the red-haired's medical record. They arrived on a room numbered 412 which was very close to the stair case and she opened the door.

Naruto was already sitting there and wiping the Jounin's sweats. He looked at them and sighed in relief.

"How did this happen?" asked Sakura.

"As you know about the strange chakra presence, I couldn't find it on the training grounds, so I decided to follow Kaito to the Forest of Death. However, he's a Jounin and I was going to get something. But all I saw was him fighting with…" Naruto stopped.

"He was fighting with who?" asked Sakura and Tsunade.

"Uchiha… Itachi…" answered Naruto slowly.

"But how?" asked Shizune.

"Isn't he supposed to be with the Akatsuki? And how did he get into this village?" asked Shizune again.

Naruto shrugged. The pineapple head who sat on the window just look at the group with concerned expression. He should report this soon.

Sorry, no side story for now!^^ I really have no idea. But anyway, please read and review^^ Love you all dear readers! XD