I slipped off my shoes and stood in front of Captain Hitsugaya's door. Anxiety was taking over and my heart was racing. This is it. I knocked on the door slightly waiting for the signal to walk in.

"Who is it?" called the young boyish voice.

"It's me captain, your new lieutenant." My voice was shaking. Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything stupid. I kept reminding myself to say the same speech I said about a dozen times in front of the mirror.

"Enter." He ordered. OK Karidi don't screw anything up. I slid the door open and immediately bowed to him. When I came back up I studied him. I knew what he looked like but somehow he looked different. His white hair looked as if he just rolled out of bed (which he probably did). His height wasn't a big problem since I'm pretty short too so I was only a little taller then him. And his eyes- those eyes were breathtaking. I felt my cheeks turn red hot so I looked down. He must think I'm an idiot.

"Are you going to tell me your name or what?" He asked impatiently. Great start Karidi. I hate when I space out like that.

"Yes, my name is umm, umm Sasaki, Karidi." I don't think he heard me. My voice was so small and meek. I'm not usually like that. I'm normally the total opposite but I was so freaking nervous. He let out a small chuckle. His arms crossed at his chest and he smiled. But it wasn't a good smile.

"You seem so weak. It's a wonder how you even got suggested for this job. If you can't even tell me your own name how are you going to be useful to me?" Great I screwed it up!

"Well Captain I'm nervous and I'm much stronger but I-I-" I tried to prove him wrong but he cut me off.

"Shut up!" He walked over to me and whispered in my ear. His breath was cold and it tickled my it." You'll never replace Rangiku. Now get out." I did exactly what he ordered and I slammed the door behind me. I was so humiliated in there. Out of all the Captains I wanted him. God I'm such an idiot! I stormed through the streets. Where I was going I didn't know. But I needed to be alone. I was too pissed off to realize that someone was about to run into me if I didn't move. My head thumped against his chest which sent me a few steps back.

"Watch it you little cree-" he stopped as his eyes drifted to my badge. I looked up at his weird colored hair. His head looked like a pineapple and his eyebrows were really strange. But the tattoos across his chest were so cool. They made him seem tough. "I'm sorry lieutenant. I didn't recognize you. Aren't you captain Hitsugaya's new lieutenant?" He asked.

"Sadly yes." I replied annoyed. It was on my badge. I don't know why he didn't just read it.



"He gave you a rough time?" I nodded my head. No shit.

" Eh he will come around. He's still grieving over his lost lieutenant. It's a shame she died. They made a great team. I still can't believe she's gone." I remember when it happened. It was all over the soul society. Masumoto's death. I never really got the real story but I knew that she was found in the human world. Her body sprawled over the ground in a puddle of blood. I actually saw Gin out of coincidence the day her death came back to the soul society. I watched as his always smiling face turned into a frown and sorrow. I know that Gin betrayed us along with Aizen but he came back later to plead innocent saying he was under Aizen's hypnotism from the beginning to make it look like he agreed to be his subordinate. I knew it was a bunch of crap but for some reason they let Gin back into the soul society and let him keep his Captain position. That was a big mistake. But Masumoto's death was the reason I'm Captain Hitsugaya's lieutenant. I filled her spot as a mere graduate of the academy. His third seat would have filled her seat but Hitsugaya made it clear that he was not ready to take that position so they searched for the best person to fill it. And they picked me. I came back from my zone out

"Yeah Renji. Let's hope he does come around. " I walked away, leaving him standing in the middle of the street staring back at me.