The Struggles Of Their Destiny.
Chapter – 5.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Innerpartysystem.
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Matsumoto had a squad mission to take out some hollows on earth who appeared frequently and in great numbers on earth. Toshiro however was stuck in Soul Society with paper work. He was tired, bored and irritated. Yet he was grateful she had a mission today as if she were here it would have been torture. The loads of questions about where he was taking her and the awkwardness he would have felt about the whole thing would have been painful. He looked at the clock above his head. It read two in the afternoon. That he had meant four hours till their date. Toshiro tapped his fingers on the desk while flipping through some reports which were all irrelevant and unimportant in his view.
Toshiro looked towards the door as he heard giggling behind it. The huge oak door was opened slowly while the person who opened it, Matsumoto waved good bye to Rukia Kuchiki. The tall orange haired woman entered the room and smiled at Toshiro.
"Six p.m at the gates?" She asked her gray eyes looking at him for signs of confirmation.
He nodded as she turned and exited the room. Well I guess she is finished with her work for the day Toshiro thought after she had left.
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Matsumoto settled on her bed in her room. She looked at the time and decided that it was the perfect time for her to take a nap until five and then get dressed for Toshiro. Three hours later she hopped off the bed, showered, dressed in her geigai and left for the gates but for Toshiro things weren't that easy. When he got off from work it was four in the evening and he had to look for his geigai which took him an hour and a half to find plus a suit. When he was finally decked off in his geigai and clothes he put a silver medallion of an ice dragon around his neck and a huge silver watch.
Toshiro left his apartment and headed straight for the gates but while getting there he passed in front of the Research and Development department where he stumbled into someone.
"Hinamori!" he gasped as he stumbled back a few steps.
"Toshiro! Just the person I was looking for…" she said slightly out of breath.
"What? I am sorry but I am late for something Momo…" he muttered as he looked to the side and tugged on his collar.
"I see…but this is important! There are some shocking results on the data bases of the strange reiatsu we found a few days ago," she said pulling on his sleeve.
"Can't I just deal with it in the morning?!" Toshiro exclaimed.
"Hinamori looked at him with teary eyes and said, "Toshiro I need your help now……..this is about Aizen……."
Toshiro sighed and followed her into the Research and development department.
"Captain Ukitake………..Why are you here?" Toshiro asked as he entered the room.
"For the same reason as you Captain Hitsugaya…….To help my friends…But don't you have something to do with Matsumoto?" Ukitake asked.
Toshiro glanced at Hinamori and said, "Captain Ukitake give my apologies to Matsumoto and tell her to go ahead I'll meet her there….in a while"
"Toshiro………."Hinamori whispered.
"Okay……Captain Hitsugaya we'll update you on our findings……..." Nanao said as she flipped through some flies.
"Arrancar reiatsu has been confirmed in soul society. We do not know why the Arrancar were here and some of Aizen's reiatsu was identified as well…….."
"What?!" Toshiro exclaimed, "Does the Head Captain Know of this?"
"Yes……." Hinamori answered her voice trembling, her eyes moist with the threat of tears.
Toshiro read some of the findings becoming engrossed with what was happening.
"Captain Hitsugaya. What about Matsumoto?" Nanao demanded.
"I'll be there in a while….Even though I will be informed of this in the morning, this is more important…..Aizen cannot be forgiven for what he has done and we have to figure out what he is planning now," He said.
"Oh Toshiro………. Thank you for helping………"Hinamori mumbled with a mixture of sadness and joy.
Nanao stared at Toshiro annoyed. She adjusted her glasses on her face and hugged her clipboard. She knew that what Toshiro was doing was wrong. He should cancel with Matsumoto. She was going to furious. Toshiro better get a hang of balancing the important aspects of his life or he would lose a very precious part.
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Matsumoto waited at one of the gateways to the world of the living for Toshiro but instead of a silver haired and green eyed teen she met a white haired brown eyed man.
"Ukitake……"Matsumoto said in acknowledgement of the man in front of her.
"Here……Captain Hitsugaya sent me here to tell you this," he said, "He is going to be a little late as he is helping Hinamori and the others in the Research Department."
"Oh………Well shouldn't we just cancel instead?" Matsumoto asked not talking to anyone in particular.
She felt a wave of pain in her chest. This is our first date she thought he better show up soon………..
"Well…."Ukitake answered, "He said he'll be there so it's best you go on….."
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Matsumoto smiled and nodded as turned on her heels and walked through the gates and arrived in front of the most expensive restaurants in New York, Serafina. A place known worldwide as reserved for the rich and famous. Matsumoto's gray eyes opened wide as she entered the restaurant and talked to one of the hostess.
"Hello………. Reservations under Toshiro Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto?" She asked trying to peek into the list.
The female hostess eyed Matsumoto approvingly as she was wearing a chic black dress. It was a no shoulder strap, fitted on her body revealing her curves. The dress ended midway on her thigh and was made of silk and velvet. She had two simple diamond studs in her ears and a dark metallic colour pair of shoes all put together to highlight her unique red tinted orange hair that was cut in a very special design that only her thick slightly wavy hair could pull off.
The hostess nodded and told her to follow her to their table. The restaurant wasn't anything like she expected. It was lively and high classed. Full of modern young people drinking wine and eating food more expensive than her home theatre system. As Matsumoto walked past tables, both men and women looked up to stare. Even the runway models she recognized from her magazines who were seated at a table looked up with jealousy marring their faces.
Matsumoto smirked to herself as she sat the table. It was Northern Italian restaurant and bar. She was happy it was full of wine as that was one of the alcoholic drinks she hardly ever got to drink. She opened the menu and looked at the waitress who brought water and bread sticks and asked her what she wanted. Matsumoto considered waiting until Hitsugaya arrived to order but the place was already full and busy and she wasn't too sure how long she would have a waiter for. She ordered the tuna tartare for the appetizer and now had to wait, which she was sure of, a good twenty to thirty minutes before it came. The waiter poured out the wine Toshiro had pre-ordered. She smelled deeply and then took a sip. It had a magical play on her taste buds. She opened her mouth to ask the waiter what was the name of it because the label was worn and old and she could barely read it but he was already tending to another table. The music was wonderful, very hip and electronic. She ate down the tuna tartare in no time as she was starving after the killing hollows just a few hours before. For the main course she had the grilled calamari it was heaven on a plate. And last but definitely not least, desert, which was a giant chocolate dipped croissant filled with a creamy white filling. It was all good and she felt as if she could fit in more. Two hours she had spent eating dinner and it was without Toshiro. She sighed and knew something like this might have happened. She was disappointed and hurt. Gin never let me down when he made arrangements she thought but silently cursed herself for it. She giggled as she watched a drunk man and his wife stumble out of the bar area, tripping over each other.
She was starting to get really annoyed with Toshiro and decided to get some more wine at the bar. She sat at the table and told the bartender to give her anything once it was full of flavour. She had intended to learn the names of some of the wines she drank but decided not to as her feeling of disappointment began to consume her.
As she drank glass after glass of different wines that the bartender thought she would like all exotic and undoubtedly expensive. The lights dimmed in the bar area as people began to sway to the music. She really loved the high class life style of New York. She looked around at the well dressed people who were all zoned out feeling the pounding of the music. She ordered another glass and flipped her hair from her shoulder.
"Hey there," a male voice said behind her.
For a moment Matsumoto's heart skipped a beat as she thought it was Toshiro but realised that the voice was a little too low and smooth.
She turned around one hand holding her glass the other pushing her hair back from her face.
"Hi," she said with a cheerful smile.
The man was tall, had pale, cream colour skin, bright flashing teeth and blue eyes. His hair was pitch black and cropped in a messy rocker style with hair partially covering one eye. He wore a black jacket suit, a blue shirt that's length fell at his hip and was out of his black jeans. Overall he was stunning rocker guy that girl's would die to have.
"Wanna dance?" he asked holding out his hand.
Matsumoto shot down the rest of the wine.
"Sure. Why not?" she said her hand on her hip the other in his hand as they walked a bit in to the middle of the crowd where people were dancing.
She loved the song that played and began to dance to it with the rocker guy following her lead.
You can feel the pounding
Wrapped around your chest
Nothing's too excessive
When you've got nothing left
We're all here 'cos we've lost control
We're all here 'cos we've lost control
We're all here 'cos we've lost control
We're all here 'cos we've lost control
If we all should die tonight
We will have no regrets
If we all should die tonight
We will have no regrets
If this night should take my life
(We can't go back we can't go)
If we all should die tonight
(we can't go back we can't go)
You can see the plastic
Dripping off your face
We may not all be pretty
But we feel pretty fake…………………………….
She left the restaurant after the song finished. She had almost forgotten about what she was so disappointed about. She had flirted with the guy for a while but left him while he was getting drinks. She wasn't as drunk as she hoped to be and was feeling lonely and abandoned as she arrived at soul society. She spent approximately one thousand five hundred dollars on food and wine. She wouldn't be able to buy clothes or even eat for a while now. She sighed as she headed over to the research department to talk to Toshiro. She didn't know what she was going to do or say…………. She thought this night would have been magical something special to remember. But she knew she probably expected too much……He's not Ichimaru who knew how to do that……..Her fault really….Right?
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Author's Note: Poor Matsumoto. Why Toshiro? Here's another chapter. Please review. It was hard to put together! And for those who have been to Serafina…..I know I changed it up a bit but I needed to shape it for my story so sorry! Inspired by Inner party system. Review please…………………….
