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Chapter14:
-Five years later, just outside the Seireitei-
"Our mission is going be over in the forests of Rukongai, there have been reports of about 30 to 40 deserters out in that area, we're going to go...take care of them." Yoruichi said as she and Toshiro stood in front of the Onmitsukido and their own squad members behind each other.
Toshiro looked over at her, nodded, then looked back at everyone else with a very serious expression, "Alright, we're going to split up into five teams; Team 1: will be Captain Shihoin and I, we will be engaging the enemy head on, Team 2: will be squad 1, you will bring up the rear, to close them into a pincer, Team 3: will be squad 6, you will be coming from the left, but hanging back just to make sure that no one escapes, Team 4: will be squad 9, you will be coming form the right but also hanging back, and Team 5: will be squad 11, you will surround the area to be double sure no one gets away; while the rest of you will stay here." he explained loudly.
"Yes sir!" they all said in unison.
Toshiro nodded, briefly closed his eyes, opened them back up again and said; "Now, Move out!" he commanded, and they all went running to their correct positions.
"You really are a good Captain, Toshiro." Yoruichi said happily giving him a pat on the back.
He gave her a light smirked, "You ready, Yoruichi?" he asked, she nodded and they both shunpoed away towards there destination.
They arrived within moments, Toshiro looked around and noticed that everyone was in their positions, 'As long as we can just take care of them quickly, there won't even be a need for them to interfere.' he thought as he and Yoruichi came up to the entrance of the building.
And just as Toshiro had hoped, he and Yoruichi took care of all 35 of them within seconds, they were all relatively weak ex-shinigami and didn't put up much of a fight against two Captain level. As Toshiro walked out he asked some of the squad members if they had seen anyone leave besides them, and they each responded with a "No sir!"
Yoruichi came up behind him, patted him on the back again and smiled widely, "Good job Toshiro, I think we were born for this." she said.
He lightly smirked at her remark, "Thanks but I think that you might of got one more then I did."
She giggled lightly at him, "Well if I did, that's a record for most, I usually I get almost all of them!"
"Well I did have a good teacher for hakuda." he said with a smirk.
Yoruichi smiled back at him, "Lets head back." he suggested with closed eyes, she nodded, "Yeah mission accomplished, lets go."
On the way back to the Seireitei Toshiro suddenly stopped walking and turned to a small hut off to his left, Yoruichi stopped as well and followed his gaze; "What is it Toshiro?" she asked looking back at him.
"Nothing..." he said shaking his head, "Go on ahead, I'll catch up in a second." Toshiro continued glancing over at her with a confident look, assuring her that it was alright.
"Ok, just hurry up." she said with a light smile before disappearing in a shunpo.
Toshiro turned back to the hut and started making his way to the entrance, he knocked on the door lightly and waited for a response; "Is anyone there?" he asked as he listened closely for any hint of movement from inside.
"G-Gin? Is that you?" a somewhat small female voice spoke up from beyond the door, "No, my name is Toshiro Hitsugaya." he responded as the door slowly slid open.
"T-Toshiro?" a strawberry blonde haired girl asked as she opened the door and looked at the young captain with a raised brow.
"Yeah, I'm a shinigami, Captain of the Tenth Division, what about you? What's your name?" he asked trying not to look at her with his normal icy stare.
She was about to respond, but when she looked at the ice covering his neck, hands, and feet; she backed away in fear. "Don't worry I'm not here to hurt you...I just want to know who you are." Toshiro said with a slight smirk.
She walked forward again and looked him over once more; "Rangiku, Rangiku Matsumoto." she said quietly and sounding rather shy.
Toshiro nodded and smirked wider, "It's nice to meet you Rangiku Matsumoto, are you here living by yourself?" he asked looking inside the hut, but already knew that no one else was around just by searching for spiritual energy.
"You look a lot like my friend Gin...he lives here with me, but...he comes and goes." Rangiku said sadly lowering her eyes; "Do you know where he goes?" Toshiro asked, beginning to feel bad for this girl that he has just met.
She looked back up into his eyes, "You both have the same color hair, just differently designed...I think yours is kinda cute. Even your eyes are a bit similar, both of you seem much older then you look, but yours look even older then his and they seem even prettier too." she said to the young captain that looked not much older then her.
"I am much older then I look, it's because of the amount of spirit energy I possess. You seem to have some yourself, how do you feel about possibly becoming a shinigami?" he asked with a slight blush rising on his cheeks from her words.
"A..shinigami? I..I don't know." Rangiku responded with a sad shrug.
Toshiro nodded a bit, "You don't need to make your decision now, just know that its always an option." he said with a rare smile as he turned his body away, but kept his eyes on her.
Rangiku felt like she almost melted from the inside out at that smile, she looked into his eyes and smiled back at him; "Thank you, Toshiro. I hope I'll see you again." she said smiling even wider.
"I'm sure you will...see around." Toshiro said as he turned away, but took one last glance at her and waved, to which she waved back happily. And for the first time in quite a while...she smiled for the rest of that whole day without any tears at all.
-Two months later-
"Soifon, job well done...its exactly as you described!" Yoruichi said as she and Kisuke read through Soifon's notes.
Soifon nodded happily; "Right." but then she went from a grin to an embarrassed scowl.
"I can feel your passion overflowing from this love letter!" she laughed.
Soifon started blushing, "As I've said, I don't like-!" but she was cut off by Yoruichi's uncontrolled laughter.
"Fine, whatever; don't be such a stiff Soifon, loosen up! Geez your as bad as Toshiro!" she said smiling as a member of the Detention Unit suddenly appeared.
"Excuse me, Unit Captain!" he called out.
Kisuke looked over to the man, "Did you find them?" he asked suddenly quite serious.
"Yes!" was the man's response.
Yoruichi stood up; "What is this about?" she questioned, Kisuke turned around and looked at her.
"I'm sorry, they've found the people I've been searching for." he said about ready to leave.
"Would you mind going on without me?" he asked over his shoulder.
Yoruichi nodded; "I've got to." she said with a sigh, then followed up with, "I guess I'll go ahead to the testing grounds and set everything up."
Kisuke nodded, "Alright."
But then Soifon spoke up; "Yoruichi-sama, please wait a moment!" catching both of their attention.
"If he doesn't come back in time for the test, he'll soil not only the Second Squad's name, but yours as well Yoruichi-sama!" she said with a demanding voice.
But Kisuke spoke up, returning to his care free attitude; "Oh it'll be okay!" he said with a smile.
Soifon turned to him, "Do you think I can trust you?" she practically yelled.
Then Yoruichi intervened; "Kisuke, leave immediately." and with that he disappeared.
"Wait!" Soifon shouted but was too late, she turned to her commander; "Yoruichi-sama?" she questioned trying to understand what she was thinking.
"Come on Soifon, begin preparing." she said leaving the room.
But Soifon decided to follow Kisuke which made Yoruichi start laughing again; "Wow, I only half-way guessed that she'd do that." someone said off to the side.
Yoruichi didn't even turn around, she knew who it was, "Yeah, I almost didn't think she would, but then again she is really determined to get him kicked out, huh Toshiro." she started laughing again.
"Yeah, so Kisuke is finally going in for the exam, its about time. Our Captaincy was only about a month apart." he said crossing his arms.
She nodded, "It seems like its taken forever though, but in reality it really didn't take any of us too long to get to this point." she said proudly.
Toshiro nodded, "True. Normally...it would take close to a hundred years to reach what we accomplished within ten." he said nodding in agreement.
"You have an amazing talent for this...you know that?" she said turning to him with a playful smile.
He just raised a brow at her; "Talent for what?" he asked.
She smiled wider; "Stealth and assassinations, I never realized you were there until you said something, I couldn't sense you at all." she said walking over to him.
"Well being taught by many of the Onmitsukido members and yourself, I would think I would become some sort of expert...but guess I do have a bit of talent for it." he said sounding slightly proud of himself.
When Yoruichi came within a few feet of him, she smiled even further and poked him in the chest, "Yeah, and I'm sure its not the only thing you've got a talent for...eh?" she asked seductively, but he just raised a brow, glanced away and growled quietly in irritation; making her start giggling.
Hope you guys liked it, and the fact that I reversed the roles for Toshiro and Rangiku. I thought it was kind of clever to have Toshiro convincing her to join the academy, it'll also add to their relationship in the future, after all its because they met each other so many years previous that they are able to get along so well...or at least it contributes to it. And btw, keep some of these time skips in mind, there'll be references to some of them later on in the story. Anyway, hope you enjoyed...please comment and review.