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After informing the others two English captains about the demonstration the following day, Toushiro made his way towards the twelfth squad barracks and to the department of Research and Development. He had never really liked visiting the twelfth squad and their captain freaked him out somewhat but it was necessary for him to find out about those strange seals on the English captains. As he stopping outside the door, he mentally prepared himself before knocking, showing no emotion as it was opened by the equally emotionless Nemu Kurotsuchi.

"Captain Hitsugaya." She greeted, opening the door a fraction more and allowing the captain a better look at the dim interior of the office; lit only by the light of the computer screen.

"Good afternoon, lieutenant Kurotsuchi." He replied, his voice official and business like. "Might I speak with captain Kurotsuchi?" he asked; keeping his voice pleasant. Said captain looked over from where he sat in front of the large, lit screen, his face curious as he eyed the small captain standing in his doorway.

"Well, well, well; if it isn't the famous captain Hitsugaya. What brings you here?" he asked snidely, an intensity in his voice Toushiro couldn't recognise. Walking past Nemu and into the office, he had to use all his will to stop himself from gazing round the room. It was very cluttered and dark, making the eye want to wander but Toushiro stayed firm, his eyes never leaving Kurotsuchi's face and his expression never changing.

"I need some information, captain." He explained, his voice low and polite. The twelfth squad captain raised and eyebrow.

"The young protégé needs some information from me?" he asked, infuriating Toushiro with his antics.

"Yes." He replied steadily, struggling not to let his annoyance show. "I need to know something about the new captains. I believe they have seals and I want to know why." He explained. Kurotsuchi pondered this for a second before his lips curled slightly into a smirk.

"I have no intentions of helping you captain Toushiro. If you want the information you'll have to go through the proper channels like everyone else and as you know; that can take months." Kurotsuchi replied in a scathing tone causing Toushiro to frown slightly before stalking out of the office, the only sign he was annoyed. Kurotsuchi watched him for a moment before turning back to the computer screen and typing quickly onto the keyboard.

He had no intentions of helping the young captain, but what he said had him interested. Why would the captains have seals and who was it who could make a seal to work full time in the soul society with nothing hugely noticeable?

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Matsumoto was sat on the sofa when the door of her office opened. Looking up she smiled as she saw Kira and Shuhei in the doorway and beckoned them happily in.

"What's up guys? How are the new captains?" she asked joyfully as they crossed the room to sit on the sofa opposite her. Kira looked at her for a moment before sighing.

"Well, I like her well enough but the men… they aren't so sure." he told the blonde who grinned slightly at his words.

"Oh you do, do you?" she asked slyly, causing Kira's face to go a shade pinker.

"Not like that!" he protested, throwing his hands up flustered before scowling slightly at Matsumoto's laughter.

"And what about you Shuhei?" she asked when she calmed down. "What do you and your men think of your captain?" the black haired man looked at her for a moment with an unreadable expression before looking down.

"He's very…lively." He said simply, causing Matsumoto to stare and him and a smile to come to Kira's face.

"Now that could be an understatement." The blonde mumbled in amusement and Shuhei nodded. This caused Matsumoto to crack up again.

"The men seem to like him well enough though. I think it's the fact he's a lot less strict than captain Tozen, even in this little time." Shuhei continued, ignoring his friend's laughter as he said his part.

"Well it's good to see he's fitting in." Matsumoto replied, coming out of her giggles very quickly to become serious all of a sudden. Kira frowned at this sudden change in attitude before the door burst open and in came a very angry looking Toushiro. The captain looked like he was in the kind of mood that even Matsumoto wouldn't try and provoke him.

"Afternoon captain." Matsumoto greeted politely as the white haired boy stalked around the table before throwing himself down onto his chair and began to fill out papers. The three lieutenants looked at each other meaningly before Kira and Shuhei got up, saying polite goodbye's before leaving. Matsumoto eyed her captain wearily before speaking up. "Captain? Are you ok?"

Toushiro looked up at her with cold eyes and she could feel the temperature in the room dropping. As she shivered, Toushiro sighed.

"I went to see captain Kurotsuchi to see if I could find anything on those seals but he refused to help me." The young captain explained; his voice low and dangerous as he expressed his annoyance. Matsumoto blinked.

"Oh? Well, won't the library have something?" she asked causing Toushiro to look up at her and nod.

"Yes but it will take more time to find. The easiest option was to ask the captain; or I thought it would be at least." He explained, allowing the room to heat up again slightly as he controlled his temper. Matsumoto frowned before grinning and getting up off the sofa.

"Cheer up captain! I'm sure that with your detective skills ransacking the library will be no problem!" she chirped, moving purposefully towards the door as she did so. Toushiro looked back up at her from his work with a look that said 'what do you take me for, stupid?'

"Matsumoto. Where are you going?" he asked pointedly, causing her to falter as she tried to think up a good explanation for her departure.

"Uh…well, I think Kira might need me to help his convince his men Captain Jones is ok!" she told him, hoping beyond hope he would buy the feeble excuse. Toushiro raised an eyebrow before shifting his eyes to look at the pile of papers sitting next to her desk. Then he turned his gaze back on his lieutenant. She shifted nervously before smiling.

"Sorry captain, I'll do it later!" she said before flash stepping from the room.

"MATSUMOTO!"

Toushiro's cry could be heard from every corner of the soul society. Kira looked over his shoulder as a breathless and frost covered Matsumoto flash stepped to beside him, breathing heavily and shivering somewhat. Kira razed an eyebrow before continuing towards the third squad barracks.

"That went well then. You didn't die." he told her with a dry tone. She pouted slightly before jogging to catch up with him.

"It wasn't particularly pleasant though." She murmured grumpily causing Kira to smile slightly as they walked into his office where Amy sat staring at papers with a furrowed brow. She looked up as they came in, a small smile replacing the frown as she spotted Matsumoto.

"Matsumoto! What happened to you?" she asked, the frown coming back when she saw the frost. Matsumoto sneezed before smiling slightly.

"I escaped my captain's wrath." She explained, sniffling slightly as she attempted to get the snow out of her hair.

"Toushiro?" Amy asked in confusion. He had seemed nice enough in England. Well, he was a little uptight and cold at first but he had warmed up as the week had gone on.

"Yeah. Matsumoto skives her paperwork and he has to do it. Its normal, don't worry." Kira explained as he reached up to one of the shelves above his desk and grabbed a book from it. Flicking it open at the marked page he sat down on the sofa to read.

"Your going to be boring, aren't you?" Matsumoto grumbled, watching as Kira read his book and Amy did her paperwork. They both nodded distractedly and Matsumoto huffed before turning round and walking out the door. She needed to find someone more fun to play with.

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Ok, so that's chapter 11! I hope you like it and I hope I have the characters better now… so, anyway, I have a plan for where this is going so it should be good…

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