Finding Friendship
Fears and Happy Happy

Two teal eyes blinked a couple of times as the person they belonged to looked around the gray colored world. The atmosphere was dense with a mist like substance and the area was hard to breath. A small hand reached up to push through the dense mist trying to find a way out of the place to safety. He couldn't reach anything solid with his hand as he tried reaching out for something that was familiar.

The two eyes widened as something thin and boney reached out and grabbed the wrist of the young captain as he tried to step forward, pulling his left arm backwards. The young taicho stopped moving and didn't want to look backwards as he feared what he would in fact see. His throat dried up as the tension grew from not knowing what was behind him. He finally turned to look at whatever the bone thing hand belonged to.

The next thing the young taicho knew he was sitting up in bed half awake, his throat chocking as he did so. His vision was fuzzy as he looked around trying to find the person who left the indent beside him in his bed. His skin crawled with a sticky heat and his voice strained. The first time he opened up his mouth nothing came out. He pushed his lips together and swallowed again. "Kurosaki?" The boy swallowed again as his voice got louder. "Kurosaki!"

Ichigo quickly came around the corner with a towel wrapped around his shoulders and a frown spread across his face. His orange hair was dripping wet. "Toshiro?"

"Where were you! And it's Hitsugaya Taicho!" The young taicho's mouth twisted up into a frown as his eyes were wide.

The orange haired teen let out a deep sigh. "I wanted to take a shower before I went to bed. You must have dozed off while I was gone. Toshiro... are you all right?" The young taicho's head turned as he flopped down onto his side of the bed. He felt a soft blanket placed over him. "I'm going to leave the door open tonight as it is supposed to be warm tonight. You should probably try and take a shower so that you don't stink as much as you do."

Toshiro pushed his lips together before pushing himself up. He took a few steps towards the door only to freeze at the door way. Ichigo looked up at him with a frown. "You can't make it through the door, can you? Don't you feel rather nasty? I know I was sweating this afternoon."

The young taicho turned his head to look at the young man as the corners of his mouth turned down. "I don't want to leave my room. Would it be possible..."

"... what might be possible?"

"Could you bring me a small towel and a bowl of water? I can clean up that way?" Toshiro swallowed as he saw the frown on Ichigo's face deepened telling him that the orange haired teen wasn't happy with this.

"Sure." Ichigo stepped out of the room while Toshiro pulled his feet towards him and let his head drop down. His entire body relaxed and he tried not to think about the nightmare he had. Soon the details he dreamed fled his young mind. A hand tapped his shoulder causing him to suddenly jump. Turning his head he saw Ichigo with a bowl of water. "Here. Do you want me to step out of the room so you can do what you need to do?"

Toshiro looked at the other young man before turning his head away. "If you turn away and promise not to look... that would be fine." His small hands reached out for the bowl of water Ichigo brought him and carried it over to the floor in front of the bed. He then fetched himself a fresh set of under clothing and knelt down in front of the bowl in a traditional position before he began to bathe himself. When he was finished he found himself climbing into bed next to Ichigo who was reading a book.

For some reason being near Ichigo calmed him and made him feel safe.

M

A small pink blur blew through the Seireitei as the sun shown down. The small figure pulled to a stop outside of Ukitake's small house and slammed the doors open. "Good morning Ukki!"

"Good morning Yachiru-chan. Are you looking forward to the first meeting of the Shinigami Kids Society today?"

"I'm hoping there is lots and lots of candy to munch on at the meeting." The young fukutaicho struck her usual pose.

"Remember... you can't wear your uniform. Nobody is using their rank there either, so no mentioning that you're a fukutaicho."

Yachiru blinked a couple of times as she looked at the white haired taicho. "If I'm not allowed to wear my uniform then what am I to wear to the meetings?"

"Anything you want I guess."

"Is Aniki coming?" Yachiru watched as a frown appeared on the man's face. "Aniki doesn't want to play?"

The frown twisted up into a weak smile. "Hitsugaya Taicho isn't feeling to good. He may not feel up to playing with people today."

"Aniki always feels good though. He's always saying he never gets sick even when Ran-Ran says he is sick. She sticks him in bed so he can't play with me. I'll go tell her not to make him stay in bed so he can come play."

"Wait..."

Yachiru disappeared before Ukitake could finish what he wanted to say. The small fukutaicho sped off to the tenth division and popped into the tenth division offices where Rangiku was looking at the paperwork with frustration. "At least he's running out of paperwork he can do without leaving his room."

"Hi Ran-Ran!"

The busty fukutaicho looked up at the smaller one and smiled. "Hello Yachiru-chan."

"I've come to tell you not to ground Aniki. I know you think he's not feeling good, but don't ground him so that he misses the meeting! I'll be mad at you if you do!"

Rangiku blinked a couple of times. "Say what?"

Yachiru sped off before the fukutaicho of the tenth division could get a clear answer as to what she meant. The pink blur then headed over to the sixth division. She hurried over to the desk and peeked over the edge to see that Byakuya was busy with his paperwork. The man looked up to see that she was watching him and reached into his drawer and pulled out a piece of candy and tossed it to the side. The pink blur chased after the candy and then headed over to the Kuchiki clan estate.

The young fukutaicho hurried over to the room she knew the Quincy girls were staying and slammed the door open with a loud bang. "Good morning Candy-chan, Mouse and Lemon Drop! You're coming to club today right! We're going to have a lot of fun."

"You have got to be kidding me."

Yachiru blinked a couple of times as she saw two new faces she hadn't yet seen. She quickly bounced over to the one with a streak in her hair. "Hello Stinky-chan."

"Say what?" The girl sat up as her facial features twisted up.

Liltotto giggled from where she was still sleeping in her bed. "She thinks you stink."

"Do you want a pounding?" The girl with the streaked hair sat up so that she could look Yachiru in the eye.

"If you want to fight then I'll be happy to play Stinky-chan." Yachiru reached out and patted the girl on the head. "How did you get your hair to look like a cute Skunky?"

Candace sat up and rubbed her eyes. "She decided to call you stinky because your hair looks like a skunk. That's hysterical Berenice."

Berenice glared at the girl. "Wait... you were with that dude that killed me."

Yachiru blinked a couple of times before pointing her finger. "Ah! You're Ken-chan's friend." A frown spread across her face. "Ken-chan didn't have much fun playing with you. I don't want to play with you anymore."

The Quincy with violet hair sat up and blinked a couple of times. "That Shinigami brat is messed up in the head."

The female Quincy nicknamed Stinky-chan turned her head to look at the violet haired Quincy. "You aren't one to talk about being messed up in the head."

Candace glared at Bambietta. "That's for sure... what with the way you like blowing up things."

"You like blowing up things!" Yachiru hurried over to the girl. "I like making a mess of things to." She held a hand to her mouth. "We're only allowed to do that when Ken-chan is playing though."

The violet haired female blinked a couple of times. "Would you please go away."

"All right Bomb-chan!" The pink haired blur disappeared then and headed over to the forth division. She sped around the corner until she came to the room that was being prepared for the club meeting. "Good morning Kotetchin!"

The fukutaicho of the forth division looked up blinking a couple of times. "Good morning Yachiru. Are you looking forward to the meeting today?"

Yachiru climbed up into a chair and sat down. "Of course! Why wouldn't I be excited about making new friends! We're going to have a lot of fun today. Do you have any idea what we're going to do today?"

"I don't know... Ukitake Taicho sent over a ton of candy for me to put out."

"Can we do crafts!" Yachiru stood up in her chair and leaned forward as she raised her hand up.

"Crafts?" Isane's mouth twisted up into a frown.

"Everybody loves glitter!"

The forth division fukutaicho's mouth dropped. "I don't know..."

"You don't like glitter Kotetchin?"

"Well... I do like sparkly things like all girls."

"Then we need lots and lots of glitter, paper and glue! And scissors!"

"Yes... but..."

Yachiru's mouth twisted up into a pout. "Why not?"

"Do you think the males in the club will enjoy glitter?"

The pink haired fukutaicho's mouth twisted up for a few minutes. A smile then spread across her face as she raised her hand in the air again. "Aniki likes sparkly things!"

"What do you mean Hitsugaya Taicho likes sparkly things?"

"Aniki makes it glitter naturally!"

"Oh! You mean that he is able to make it snow. I don't think that counts."

"Yes it does! Plus he makes those ice sculptures of his. They sparkle too!" Yachiru's mouth formed into a pout.

The corner of Isane's mouth twitched. "All right. Hitsugaya Taicho likes sparkly things too." She let out a deep breath thinking the situation was taken care of only to blink a couple of times as Yachiru began to strip of her uniform. "Kusajishi Yachiru! What are you doing!"

Yachiru looked up as she blinked a couple of times. "Ukki said since I can't wear my uniform I could wear anything I want."

"Yes. But why are you stripping here. You don't have any clothes here."

"Silly Kotetchin. I'm going to wear my birthday suit."

Isane blinked a couple of times as she took in what the younger fukutaicho said. The color left her face when she realized what Yachiru happened to be thinking. "Kusajishi Yachiru Fukutaicho! That is completely inappropriate!"

The pink haired fukutaicho blinked a couple of time mid dress. "Why?"

"I don't think the other children will appreciate you running around naked in front of them."

"Why not?"

"Do you see other people running around in their birthday suits?"

"When they're drunk I do!"

Isane felt more color leave her face. "How about when they aren't drunk and in a sane mind."

Yachiru tilted her head. "I guess not." The small female pulled her uniform back on. "I guess I'll go ahead and pick something else to wear to the meeting." A smile spread across her face. "Wait" I know what I want to wear! See you later Kotetchin!"