Crazy trouble with love part 9

Rangiku and Toshiro V2

Series: Bleach

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Lightning flashed in the dark sky, an eternal storm surrounded a giant, old castle in the middle of a dark forest. Inside the castle was some of the most well known monsters in all of history….minus a few exceptions. Most of them kept to their own parts of the castle, thought there were a few exceptions.

"Rangiku, get back here, that's mine!"

"I don't see your name on it." Laughed the figure as they ducked behind a corner. "If you want it come and get it~"

"You're gonna get it alright!" Growled the figure as they rounded the corner to show that they were Toshiro, the werewolf who was covered in a layer of white fur that ran up his legs and arms, with doglike paws on the end of each appendage with a pair of dog ears on his head along with a fluffy white tail waving behind him.

"Oh really? I wonder what it is." Laughed the first one, shown to be Rangiku, the witch with a black dress that showed her inner breast cleavage that barely covered her nipples with long black leather boots with strings going across the front, a black witch hat with a white ribbon, and a matching cape. "What's the puppy going to do, nip at me~?" She laughed as she held up her prize, a large piece of ham attached to a bone.

"I'm not a puppy! I'm a wolfman!" He growled before he started running on all fours, gaining speed on her.

"Oh come on, of course you're a puppy, you're the right size and you're so cute~" She laughed before letting out a whistle, summoning a broom that sped down the hall towards her. She jumped up and landed on it before she went farther ahead of him, making him growl and try to pour on the juice. "Thanks for the meal~"

"It's not yours, and I didn't give it to you!" He yelled out before she went through a pair of double doors, which slammed shut behind her, leading to him trying to skid to a stop, only to crash right into them. "Ack!" He groaned as he rubbed his head. "Damn it, you can't keep stealing my meals Rangiku!"

"Well of course, but I can still help myself to the extra tasty ones, like this ham." She chuckled from inside the room. "Don't worry, I'll leave you a nice treat in your bowl as payment~"

"I am not eating out of a bowl!" He roared as he tried pounding at the doors. "I'll get you for this!"

"Don't you still need to get me for the last ten times I bested you?" She asked teasingly as she began to cut up the ham. "You know, I'm starting to think you like it when I best you."

Toshiro growled with gritted teeth before turning with a huff. "Keep the ham, but you better watch your back from now on! I'll get you back even if it kills me!"

"Ok, ok, see you later puppy~" She called as he began to march away angrily.

'That cocky witch has gone too far. I'm going to get the drop on her and get the last laugh.' He thought as he began to brainstorm. 'What can I do to get even with her, she's humiliated me so many times that I have to return the favor.'

He walked down the hall and took a few turns before entering his room and locked it, then ran over to his desk with paper. "Alright, now then, what to try first?" He mused as he picked up a quill. "Hmmmm, maybe a trap, I could do something that could temporarily ruin her looks, maybe some slime or a pie to the face?"

He started to slowly make notes while Rangiku herself hummed as she ate a piece of the ham.

"Mmmmm~. Toshiro definitely knows how to get the good stuff~" She hummed happily before looking back at the ham. "Maybe I went too far this time, maybe I should send some back to him… oh! I know the perfect way to do so and have some fun~"

(Later)

Toshiro tip-toed over near the door to Rangiku's door with a bucket in hand and a ladder in the other. After setting it up he opened the door and set the bucket on top of it carefully, then got off before taking the ladder and ducked around the corner with a smirk. 'Alright, once Rangiku leaves her room, the slime will fall all over her, drenching her, and then I'll be the one who's won after jumping out.'

As he chuckled he began to smell something good coming from the door, something that made him pause. 'Is… is that mashed potatoes and gravy and… cooked ham?' He thought as a small slot on the bottom of the door opened up as a large dog dish was slid through it. He peered around and felt himself start to drool from the smell. 'It smells….amazing...and looks so...no! Don't get distracted! You need to...focus….' He thought as he kept staring at it as he realized his name was written on the bowl. 'She made this for me… no, I can't, she's trying to get me to eat out of a dog bowl, I am not a dog….but…'

His stomach growled which made him gulp and slowly step out. 'Then again, I did miss lunch, and it would be a waste of good food….one quick bite.' He thought as he began to slowly move towards the bowl, but as he got closer the smell got stronger and he began to hurry up until he was running towards the bowl as fast as he could. He skidded to a stop on all fours, bumping the door as he leaned down, but before he could take a bite, he found himself coated in the slime from the bucket. "Gah! Damnit!"

"Toshiro, is that you? How do you like your meal?" Rangiku called as she began to open the door, only to pause at the sight in front of her.

Toshiro stood up with a frown, with his fur soaked in the slime and his ears drooping because of it, the sight making the witch try to stifle a chuckle. "What does it look like?"

"It looks like you made a mess of yourself, and unfortunately we both know what that means." She said with a sigh as she snapped her fingers.

"No, no you don't!" He yelled before he took off running.

"It's not my fault you hate baths." She said as numerous floating brushes, shampoos and other cleaning implements floated up from behind her. "Go get him, and make him nice and clean."

The objects wizzed after the wolfman who found himself slipping on the floor due to the slime trickling down him. 'DAMN it, how does this keep happening to me?! Why did it backfire?!' He thought as he tried to round another corner, only to slip and slide into a wall. "Ow…."

The objects reached him before they started drenching him in water and soap right on the spot. He sputtered and tried to get them to stop but they were relentless, they just kept scrubbing away, pouring shampoo into his fur, much to his displeasure as Rangiku began to approach him.

"There, you'll be clean in no time." She said as he growled at her. "Maybe next time you won't make such a mess of yourself."

'I swear next time I will not mess up, I will get even with her!'

(2 days later)

"Come on, come on, what do I do, what do I do?" Toshiro muttered as he paced back and forth in his room. "I need to do something that won't backfire on me like last time, but what?" He mused as his stomach began to growl. "Great, figures my appetite would interrupt my train of thought." He muttered as he looked around his room to see he was out of food. "Damn it, Rangiku stole the last of my food, great." He groaned as he began to leave his room when he got an idea. 'Hmmm, that gives me an idea.'

He began to make his way through the castle, trying to be sneaky as he began to plan out his prank. 'Rangiku may like to steal food from me, let's see how she likes it when I take something she likes!'

He made his way to her room, this time covering his nose and keeping his ears to the door to see if he could hear her. He waited a bit before grinning as he heard nothing and carefully opened the door. Inside showed numerous witch objects and decor, and several bottles on her nightstand. He navigated his way in, looking around carefully as he smirked. "Alright Rangiku, you want to steal my food? Well I can take something from you as well…. Now what do I take?"

He picked up various items, trying to see if any of them seemed that important to her. He looked around, before he spotted several large jars full of different colored liquids. "Jackpot, that witch can't live without her liquor." He smirked with a grin. He moved over and carefully grabbed them with his arms, and tried to lift them up without dropping any. 'Ok, all I have to do is get back to my room and wait for her to freak out!' He thought as he began to chuckle, not noticing an object in his path, his vision partially blocked by the jars.

He took another step forward before finding his leg tangled up. He blinked and tried to look down, but it was hard given the jars. He tried to free his leg, but unfortunately he only succeeded in losing his balance. "Oh no."

CRASH

And led to him falling and dropping the jars, with all of them breaking. He groaned as he fell in the puddle of mixed liquids. "Damn it, Rangiku will probably try to get me to take another bath now… wait, this doesn't smell like liquor." He said as he looked at the puddles in confusion before gasping as the liquids began to absorb themselves into him, like he was a sponge. "Wait, the only thing that does this is...potions!"

He jumped up and tried using the curtains to wipe the substance off. "Shit shit shit! What kind of potions were those, what are they going to do to me?!" He shouted in panic before his eyes caught the object that tripped him. "Wh-why does Rangiku have a dog leash and collar?!"

He briefly had a thought bubble which showed her holding one end with him on the other end and growled. "Damn it, she probably got them to mess with me again." He shook his head in annoyance before he began to feel strange. "Crap, the potions, I need to find her and get her to tell me what they're going to do to me, and to stop it!"

He took off running out of the room while Rangiku herself was reading a book in the meeting room. 'Hmmm, this seems like an interesting spell, I should remember to research that later.' She thought with a smile as she turned the page.

"RANGIKU!" A high pitched voice cried out.

"Hmmm?" She hummed as she looked up only for her eyes to go wide. "Toshiro?! Is that you?! What happened?!"

"You tell me!" He growled, now looking weird given how his fur was an assortment of bright colors, several flowers sprouting out of his ears and head, with his voice sounding like he inhaled a tank of helium. "Fix me, do it right now!" He cried out as he stamped his foot angrily.

"...pfffft, ha ha ha! W-What did you do, how did you end up like this?" She laughed as she looked at the diminutive werewolf.

"Your damn potions did this!" He revealed, too angry and embarrassed to hide it.

"Ha ha ha…. Wait, my potions?" She chuckled before frowning. "Where did you find those, I only keep them in my- you broke into my room!" She gasped.

"I...uh...that's not important! What is important is you turn me back to normal, now." He said as he shook his head.

"... No." She said as she waved her wand and smirked as several glyphs glowed above him. "According to this none of the potions were fatal or will be, and there's still a few side effects that will be showing in a few hours, after which they should wear off in a few days."

"What? Are you implying I should just let these run their course and look like...this?"

"Yes, think of it as a punishment for breaking and entering, those potions weren't easy to make you know."

Toshiro growled at her before turning and stamped off. "Grrrr, damn it, somehow she got the upperhand again…"

"Bad dog, maybe next time you'll think twice of poking your nose where it doesn't belong." Chuckled Rangiku as she went back to her book.

(4 days later)

'Ok, so that plan didn't work, and any reputation I had here is ruined.' Toshiro thought as he paced back and forth, the potions having finally worn off after several unpleasant and humiliating days. 'But I can't give up, not in the slightest.'

He stopped as he frowned as he imagined Rangiku laughing at him. 'Ok, so stealing something didn't work, and that bucket plan failed, maybe I need to try something else, something that has no chance of backfiring on me, but what?' He thought as he racked his brain.

He tapped the side of his head and closed his eyes, imagining something annoying. 'Ok… Rangiku never leaves me alone, she gets in my personal space, and she treats me like a pet… that's it!' he thought as his head shot up. 'If she wants to do all that to get under my skin, then why don't I fight fire with fire?'

He began to chuckle as a plan began to form in his mind. "Yes, yes, that's it! I know what to do!"

(Elsewhere)

"Alright, now a pinch of werewolf fur…" Rangku mused as she stood over a large cauldron with a pink ooze glowing inside. "I'm sure Toshiro won't mind the sample I 'borrowed' from him." She chuckled as she sprinkled the fur in, smiling as it melded with the ooze. "He does owe me several potions after all."

Knock knock

"Come in, the doors unlocked." She called, not looking up from her potion.

The door slowly opened with the witch hearing the sound of footsteps walking over near her and someone clearing their throat.

"Rangiku."

"Huh? Oh, hi Toshiro, how are you doing?" She said as she smiled. "What can I do for you?"

"Oh nothing much, just thought I'd come, see what you're doing."

"Oh, well I'm just brewing a new batch of potions since you destroyed my last stock." She said as she took a large ladle and began to stir the mixture.

"Well perhaps I better get a closer look." He remarked walking over and standing right beside her.

"Go ahead, just make sure not to fall in." She chuckled. 'Huh, this is nice, I didn't know he was interested in potions before.'

Toshiro leaned over a little, subtly moving closer with his arm touching hers. "It looks nice, very pink."

"Thanks, this is just the basic part of the potion that allows the liquid to seep into its target, after I bottle it I can add various objects and magic to make the potions do whatever I want."

"So do you have an idea in mind?"

"Well I have a couple, I'm thinking of a few shrinking potions, another to mute someone, and I just read an interesting recipe for a love potion, want to test it for me~?" She winked, making Toshiro stiffen up, but told himself in his mind to be firm.

"No thank you…. Though I do have to say, I would like to learn more about magic with you." He said as he scooted closer to her. 'Remember, you're the one teasing her and the one who won't leave her alone.'

"Really now? Where did that come from?" She asked as she looked at him curiously. "I thought you wanted nothing to do with magic?"

"Well, maybe you were wrong?" He said as he shook his head. "Actually do you mind if I start staying around here more often? It's a bit more comfortable than my room."

"Uh...ok." She replied, confused and surprised. 'Huh, this is new, maybe that potion fiasco made him have a revelation or something?'

"Of course with how your room is, I suppose we'll have to share a bed." He said, trying his best to stay casual, and seem in control. "Is that alright if I sleep there?"

'Ok, this is definitely different.' She thought as she turned to look at him in surprise. "You mean you're fine with sleeping right next to me?"

"Y-Yeah, I mean yes, of course I am, if that's ok with you, do you mind if I stay here, almost permanently by your side?" He said, trying to push her a bit more. 'Come on, blush, get embarrassed, do something!'

'Wait… he wants to stay close to me, stay in the same room, and wants to stay by my side permanently… does he mean…?' Wondered Rangiku looking at the wolfman in shock, so much so she stopped stirring the potion. "T-Toshiro, do… do you know what you're asking for, from me?"

'Yes, it's working, she's getting embarrassed!' he thought with a smile and nod. "I do."

"Then….Then… yes! Let's do it!" She said as her eyes lit up. "I'll prepare the ritual and potion right away! Oh this is the happiest day of my life!" She cried out as she grabbed him and pulled him into a hug.

Toshiro was caught off guard with his face right against her breasts, and confused. "W-What?" He tried to get out

"Oh I've always wanted a familiar, and I can't think of anyone better! Oh this is going to be great!" She gushed happily.

"Wait, what?" He said as she grabbed her wand and began to wave it, the room spinning around as books, potions and ingredients moved around in a flurry.

"This is going to be great, I'll get a boost in power and we'll be connected for all eternity, I'll be able to summon you to my side at all times AND you get a cute new form that you can change into for easy travel! I never wanted one of those black cats like Yoruichi, this is much better!" She sighed happily as the ingredients began to fly into the cauldron rapidly as his eyes widened.

'Oh shit.' He thought. 'I didn't expect her to misunderstand what I said into THAT!' He thought as he began to struggle to get free. 'I have to stop this before this goes any further, or she does something we'll both regret!' "Rangiku hold on!"

"Why? This is a momentous occasion, I don't want to waste a minute of it!"

"You have to listen to me!" He said as the potion in the cauldron turned pure white. "There's been a misunderstanding!"

"Oh no need to be shy, I don't mind if you're my familiar, I'm absolutely giddy with the idea." She sighed happily as her magic began to lift him up."It's going to be great, trust me."

"No, just listen to me, you misunderstood what I meant!" He spoke before the potion started rising up. "RANGIKU! Listen to me, I don't want to be your familiar!" He shouted as the potion kept rising.

"Wait, say what?" She said as she waved her wand, making the potion freeze before it could touch him. "You… you don't want to be my familiar?"

"No." He said as he shook his head. "I was just trying to tease you, I swear, I didn't mean to make you think I wanted to be your familiar."

"But…. it would have been amazing, we could have been closer than ever before…" She spoke looking down, sounding sad.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not ready for a commitment like that."

"...you can leave now." She said, looking away as she made her door open with magic before throwing him out, refusing to look him in the eyes.

Toshiro flipped and landed on his limbs right before the door slammed shut behind him. "Well…. That backfired horribly." he muttered to himself as he looked back at the door with guilt. He turned away and walked off.

(Elsewhere)

"Ha! King me!" laughed Renji as he and Ichigo were playing chess.

"Renji, that's checkers you moron, we're playing chess."

"What's the difference?"

"You can't king yourself on chess, in fact you just lost the game." Ichigo sighed, not noticing as Toshiro entered the room.

"What? Damn it!" The redhead groaned. "I'm done with these stupid games, you keep changing the rules!"

"No, you keep forgetting what we're playing." Ichigo muttered as he looked up and spotted the wolfman. Said wolfman sat in a chair while looking down at his lap. "Hey Toshiro, you wanna play chess?"

"I'm good… can I talk to you for a bit actually?"

"Talk to me?" Ichigo looked surprised. "Don't you usually talk with Rangiku or Uryu?"

"Yeah…. That's actually why I need to talk to you, I have a couple of questions…. Let's say I need advice on how to make up a mistake I made and how to prank her."

"Wait, prank her?" the patchwork monster raised an eyebrow. "Who her? Rukia?"

"No, Rangiku, I want to get even with her teasing, but… I've messed up with my attempts."

"You trying to get even with her? Ok, now I gotta know what you tried."

"Well, I uh… I tried to prank her with a bucket of slime but I got covered in slime instead, I tried to steal her potion-"

"Oh yeah, that's right! You looked ridiculous!" Laughed Renji as the wolfman growled.

"I KNOW! Yeah… and then I uh… I tried to annoy her, but I accidentally made her think I wanted to become her familiar and when I told her the truth she was upset."

"You almost became her familiar?" Ichigo asked in surprise as Renji stopped laughing. "Damn, that's pretty serious, isn't that permanent?"

"Yeah, but she seemed really, really happy when she thought I wanted to do it." He sighed. "I didn't mean to make her upset, I just wanted to get back at her for all the teasing she does to me. I tried to come across as close and personal, the way she tends to be with me, but she jumped the gun and assumed I wanted to be a familiar."

"Well, before you try to prank her you have to apologize dude, you messed up big time." Renji said with a sigh. "If she was that excited and assumed you wanted to be her familiar, then she must have really wanted it to be true for a while now."

"But why me? All she does is mess with me and call me a puppy, when I'm a wolfman! She never once made it clear."

Renji and Ichigo looked at each other and looked awkwardly at Toshiro.

"Uh, maybe her doing all that was kinda it."

"...huh?!"

"Didn't you notice she doesn't do that with anyone else, didn't you ever wonder WHY she only treats you like that?"

"Because she gets some sick kick out of seeing me get mad?"

"No dude, no…. Look, we aren't here to fix your crazy love life, what you need to do is apologize to her now, then we'll tell you how to prank her, alright?"

"But I already tried that. She wouldn't listen and even sicked some of her brooms on me."

"Then keep trying, try making a big gesture, show her that you're REALLY sorry for what happened, do something you've never done before."

"Like what?"

"Like…. Ok, if another wolfman had messed up as bad as you have, what would you have wanted them to do to make it up to you?"

"...I'd want him or her to submit to me, to show themselves as vulnerable to show that they are sorry, and they will accept whatever punishment I chose." He replied, slowly getting an idea with wide eyes.

"Well then there's your answer. You gotta throw your pride away and show her your belly." Ichigo said with a nod. "You have to accept whatever punishment she chooses, and don't stop apologizing."

"B-But…."

"No buts, just do it, and when you're done being in the dog house come to us and we'll tell you how to prank her."

Toshiro looked at them before letting out a heavy groan and held his face. "I can't believe I'm considering this…."

"You don't have any other choice, good luck." Ichigo said as he patted his head.

(Later)

Rangiku groaned as she laid in her bed, face down. She had been laying here all day and had no goal of getting up any time soon. She lazily reached for a bottle of sake on the nightstand next to her when she heard a knock at the door. "Go away." she called out.

"Rangiku, please open the door." Toshiro called, making her groan.

"Noooooo, just leave me be." She spoke while grabbing the sake and started chugging it. 'Stupid, stupid witch…. Thinking he wanted to be MY familiar….idiot…'

"Please, just open the door and I'll leave if you want me to." He pleaded knocking louder. "I need to talk to you about something important."

"Just leave me aloneeeee."

"Please, just do this one thing and I'll leave you alone, I promise. I'm not leaving until you open the door." He spoke while crossing his arms and leaning against the door. "I can stay here all night."

"Ughhhh…. Fine, I'll open the door, but if this isn't important I'm hexing you." She groaned as she pushed herself out of bed. She walked over and slowly opened the door with annoyance. "What do you want?" She muttered as she looked down before freezing.

Lying on the floor on his back with his belly exposed was Toshiro, whose face was red as he let out a whimper. "I-I'm sorry Rangiku…. I never meant to hurt you, and I want you to punish me however you want, if you want to hex me then fine, if you want me to leave the castle forever, fine, whatever you want I'll do it."

The witch blinked at the display and looked at the sake bottle in shock. "I had no idea this stuff was THAT strong."

"You're not hallucinating, this is real, this is how I'm going to show you that I'm sorry." Toshiro said as he tried to not let out a whimper. 'This is humiliating… but I have to do this!'

She looked back at him, blown away given Toshiro's pride and how much this must be hard on him. "Wow, Toshiro I… I'm touched, you'd really do this for me?"

"Yes, I would. So…. what is my punishment going to be?" He asked, slightly nervous.

"Oh, you want to know now?" She slowly began to grin with a glint in her eyes. "Well I DO have something in mind, but I think it'd be better to show the others, tomorrow."

"O-ok… so I'll see you tomorrow then?" He asked, having a bad feeling as she began to grin deviously.

"Oh no, you'll be staying with me tonight, I want to make sure you don't try to run away~" She said with a grin as she leaned down and scooped him up in her arms. "After all, we want to make sure you're prepared for tomorrow~"

"O-Ok, whatever you want." He said as his face heated up even more.

"And I better make sure that leash I have fits you just right." She said as she pulled him in, the door shutting behind her.

'I-It's all for the apology, just bear with it!'

"Now let's get that collar on you~"

(The next day)

Ichigo, Uryu, Renji, Rukia, and Orihime all stared at Rangiku during breakfast, silent and trying to take in the sight.

"Um uh…..I….." Ichigo tried to start, only to find himself at a loss for words.

"Say ah~"

"...Ah."

"So… is everyone else seeing this?"

"Uh huh." nodded Orihime with them all staring at Rangiku, who had Toshiro on her lap with a leash, and currently feeding him while rubbing his belly.

"Good boy Toshiro~" She cooed with a smile. "Good puppy, now eat up, we have a big day ahead of us~"

"Yes…. master." He mumbled while eating from her fork while Renji and Ichigo had to keep from laughing, Orihime blushed, Rukia sweatdropped, and Uryu tried not to stare while adjusting his glasses.

"Good puppy." She smiled as she mentally squealed in joy and amusement. 'Yes! I never thought he'd let me do this! I thought he was going to break when we walked into the dining area with him on a leash!'

"So…. I guess he took our advice." Renji whispered to Ichigo.

"Yeah, kinda overboard if you ask me." Ichigo whispered back as Rukia cleared her throat.

"Ok… I'll say it, what's going on Rangiku?" She said as the redhead looked up to her with a smile.

"I'm feeding my new puppy."

"Uh-huh….. And Toshiro…. Is the puppy?"

"Of course, can't you tell?"

"Ok…. Toshiro, blink twice if you've been charmed into doing this." Rukia said as he groaned.

"I'm doing this willingly, it's my punishment."

"Like I said, blink twice if you're charmed." Rukia repeated as he groaned and blinked once.

"So…. if this is a punishment how long is this going to last?" Uryu said as he looked away.

"Don't know, haven't really given it much thought, but I'm in no rush to end it~" Rangiku hummed happily as Toshiro groaned. "I could get used to this~"

'This is humiliating…' He thought while shivering as Rangiku rubbed his belly, making his tail wag. 'But at least she's happy, so I guess that's the important thing.'