A/N: I do not own BLEACH
A calming peace filled the Seireitei, hiding the anxiety that many of the Shinigami felt. With winter and the threat of war looming on the horizon, many were nervous about what was to
come. Masako was one of those many Shinigami. With her newly formed relationship with her Captain and the challenges she knew that she would face during the war, Masako knew that
she couldn't afford to continue on as she had on in the past. So, she had buried herself into her own training and began perfecting her techniques and abilities and strengthening her own
powers, going beyond what many believed that she was capable of. Currently, she was taking a break from her training and doing some of the paperwork that had begun to get backed up.
Earlier Juushiro had asked her if she wanted to go with him and Shunsui to the Twelfth Division to locate some important files but she had declined, saying that she had to catch up with her
paperwork. Now she was wishing that she had gone with him, especially after she had seen the amount of paperwork she had to do. Thankfully, she had Kioko to keep her company while
she worked as well as a three of the young unseated members of her division who had offered to help her.
"We just finished organizing the last of the paperwork that needs to go to other divisions, Matsuro-fukutaichou." said one of the unseated Shinigami "Would you like us to start delivering
them?"
"Yes, please." said Masako "Once you finish that you can have the rest of the day off, okay?"
"Yes fukutaichou!" said the three unseated Shinigami before going back to work, scurrying around as they gathered the paperwork that needed to be delivered. Masako scratched behind
Kioko's ear before continuing to work. Suddenly, the sound of a loud explosion echoed through the air and the ground shook slightly. Masako instantly jumped to her feet.
"What was that?" she asked as she picked up her zanpaktou and ran over to the door.
"I don't know ma'am." said one of the unseated Shinigami before a different member of the division came running to the door.
"There was a huge explosion in the Twelfth Division!" he said "Half of the Twelfth is on fire! What are your orders ma'am?"
"Gather as many division members as quickly as you can!" said Masako "Get them over to the Twelfth Division as quickly as you can, we need to put those fires out and there may still be
people trapped inside!"
"Yes ma'am!" he said before running off. Masako turned back to the three unseated members.
"You." she pointed at a male with black hair "Get to the Fourth Division and tell them we're going to need the relief squads. You two," She pointed at the other two, a male with blonde hair
and a blue haired female "Come with me."
"Yes ma'am!" said the three squad members. Masako nodded before turning and running out of the room followed by two of the unseated members.
When Masako reached the Twelfth Division, many of the division members were outside. She quickly located the lieutenant, Nemu and approached her.
"Nemu!" said Masako "What happen?"
"One of Mayuri-sama's experiments destabilized and exploded." said Nemu "I've gotten as many division members out as possible but there are still several of our top researchers as well as
Mayuri-sama, Ukitake-taichou, and Kyoraku-taichou, trapped inside."
"My division will help as much as possible." said Masako.
"Thank you very much." said Nemu.
"It's nothing." said Masako before turning to the two division members that had accompanied her "You," she said motioning to the blue haired female "Stay here and help out. You," she
motioned to the blonde male "Come with me. We need to help pull these people out of the building."
"Yes ma'am!" said the two division members and the blonde male followed Masako into the smoking building while the female stayed behind. Pulling the collars of their shihakusho over the
noses, they entered the building and began maneuvering through the debris, looking for people. They eventually came across Kurotsuchi Mayuri, laying unconscious on the ground.
"Get Kurotsuchi-taichou out of here." said Masako through her shihakusho "Then come back if I'm not out in ten minutes."
"Yes ma'am." said her division member before grabbing Mayuri under the arms and dragging him away while Masako continued to search for any sign of Juushiro and Shunsui. She
eventually spotted a bit of white and quickly made her way over to it but what she saw made her widen her eyes. Both Juushiro and Shunsui had been basically chibified and they were laying
unconscious on the ground. Masako was snapped out of her shock by the sound of the roof groaning and she quickly grabbed both Juushiro and Shunsui before flash stepping out of the
building. Once she was outside, Masako carefully set both Juushiro and Shunsui down before yelling for someone from the relief squad. Then she looked back down at the two captains who
now looked like they were both eight years old. Shunsui's hair was still long but he had lost all his facial and chest hair and Juushiro's hair was still long as well and still very white. Both of
their clothes had shrunk down with them, including Shunsui's ridiculous pink haori.
"This is not good." said Masako as several relief squad members came running over.
"So they're stuck like this?" asked Masako as what Unahona had said sunk in; her captain was stuck as an eight year old until Mayuri came up with a way to change both Juushiro and
Shunsui back to normal and that wouldn't happen until Mayuri regained consciousness "And they have amnesia?"
"Unfortunately yes." said Unahona "Captain-commander believes that it would be wise if you and Ise-fukutaichou kept an eye on them until then." Masako glanced over at Nanao, who didn't
look too thrilled with the situation.
"I understand Unahona-taichou." said Masako.
"So do I Unahona-taichou." said Nanao.
"Good." said Unahona "And I'm sure you two understand that you'll have to take over the responsibilities of your Captains."
"Yes Ma'am." said the two lieutenants. Unahona smiled.
"Well, then you can collect your Captains and leave." said Unahona "I wish you luck." Both Masako and Nanao nodded before going into the small room where Juushiro and Shunsui were
just waking up. Masako walked up to the bed where Juushiro had just sat up and was rubbing his eyes and yawning. Then he looked up at Masako with wonder in his eyes.
"Are you my mommy?" asked Juushiro.
"No." said Masako "But I'm going to look after you for a while, okay?"
"Okay." said Juushiro "My name is Juushiro. Who are you?"
"My name is Masako." said Masako as she set Juushiro down on the ground.
"Nice to meet you Masako-chan." said Juushiro as he grabbed her hand.
"It's nice to meet you as well Juushiro-kun." said Masako "How about we go, hmm?"
"Okay!" said Juushiro before he let Masako lead him out of the room. Masako waved at Unahona before exiting the building with the now chibi Juushiro. Picking Juushiro up, Masako couldn't
help but smile at the adorable confused look on his face.
"We're going to go really fast Juushiro-kun." said Masako "So hold on real tight okay?" Juushiro nodded as her wrapped his arms around her neck "Alright here we go." Using shunpo, Masako
arrived back in her division in a short amount of time.
"Wow!" said Juushiro with a laugh "That was fun! Can you do it again Masako-chan? Please?"
"Maybe later." said Masako as she set him down "I have to work for a little bit."
"Aww." said Juushiro "Alright." He took Masako's hand and followed her into the main division building. As they walked through the hallways, Masako was glad that Unahona had taken
Juushiro's captain's haori off of him because everyone was staring at her and the chibi Juushiro. Walking into her office, Masako felt Juushiro let go of her hand as he began to look explore
the room. Sitting down at her desk, Masako watched Juushiro as he was looking at the pictures, nicknacks, and books on her wide bookshelf. Once he was done looking around, Juushiro
came over and sat down next to Masako. He watched her work for a little bit before speaking up.
"You have pretty hand writing." he said.
"Thank you." said Masako "Are you bored?" Juushiro nodded and Masako smiled before handing him some paper and a pencil.
"Thank you." said Juushiro before he began to draw. Masako sighed softly before she went back to work until Kioko came trotting into the room. The large dog stopped when she saw the
chibi Juushiro and she stared at him for a moment before trotting up and sniffing him. Juushiro laughed and began to pet Kioko. Panting happily, Kioko laid down and rolled onto her back. Her
foot began to twitch madly while Juushiro rubbed her stomach. He smiled up at Masako, who smiled back before returning to her work but she found that she couldn't focus on her work and
eventually gave up when she noticed that it was getting dark. Sighing heavily, Masako stood up before looking at Juushiro and Kioko.
"Come on," she said "Let's go get some dinner."
"Alright." said Juushiro as he stood up. Kioko barked softly before rolling onto her feet. Taking Juushiro's hand, Masako left her office with Kioko on her heels. When she got back to her home,
Juushiro began to look around her house while she made a quick dinner of ramen. After they ate and Masako cleaned up, Masako realized that she only had one bed in the house. Biting her
lower lip, Masako thought for a minute before deciding that Juushiro could have her bed and she would sleep on the couch. With a satisfied nod, she took the sleepy, chibi version of her
captain and tucked him into her bed.
"Night, Masako-chan." said Juushiro sleepily.
"Good night Juushiro-kun." said Masako before kissing him on the forehead. Smiling softly, Masako left the room, turning the light off as she did so. After changing into her sleeping kimono,
Masako pulled a blanket out of her hallway closet before going over to the couch in her living room and making herself comfortable. Kioko trotted over and laid down next to the couch.
Masako smiled and scratched behind her ears before settling down and closing her eyes. Sleep soon came and over took her.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter!!^^
Coming up in the next chapter:
Masako encounters a ghost from her past and chibi Juushiro's life might be in danger!
Tune in next time!!
Until next time, this is LegendarywriterZephyrStar signing out!!