Hey guys, I'm back! I hope everyone had a happy Hanukkah, and will have a great Christmas as well!

By the way, this is not chapter five of the series, think of this as a Christmas Special! The normal storyline takes place in spring in Seireitei (remember the cherry blossoms?), while this takes place in December, so quite some time has passed. Also, this is a couple of years before the main story in Bleach starts, so no one knows who Ichigo is yet.

Both Amaterasu and Himiko will make an appearance in this chapter, don't worry. Amaterasu has warmed up to the members of her division, and has taken a liking to using the power of puppy-dog eyes to make Renji do her paperwork, therefore giving her a chance to slack off. Himiko and Matsumoto have taken a liking to pranking the other vice-captains and even some of the captains.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach and will not for the rest of this story. This will be the last disclaimer in SUtS. Forever.

~Christmas Special~

All was merry, the snow was gently falling onto the already white ground. It was a quiet night outside, with only the occasional Shinigami dragging himself or herself into the stairs of the First Division for the annual Christmas Party. Inside however, it was a bundle of activity. People walked around, socialized, and some were sneaking a snack or two in before a seated officer started to shout at them. The entire First Division had been spectacularly decorated. The trees seemed to glow with the lanterns that had been nestled in their branches as the fake snowflakes began to drift down lazily onto everyone that was gathered.

But there were two people that seamed to be missing. A certain short captain with white hair looked around. Where were the two Shinigami that caused him the most grief?

"Matsumoto! Urahara!" He called out, hoping they would appear like usual. They didn't. Walking around, the short captain looked for the two prank loving women. Hitsugaya frowned when his efforts failed.

"I have a bad feeling about this party..."

Meanwhile, another captain looked around.

"Hmm, I wonder where my drinking buddy is?"

His pink haori fluttered around as he walked to the sake bar. Kyōraku sighed.

"Oh well, she's probably out to cause some trouble for the night. She'll show up when she wants to. That Rangiku, always out to prank others with her new best friend Himiko."

Amazingly, the eighth division captain was right. The two Shinigami were on the roof of the building, covered in the darkness of the night. No one had noticed them yet, and both of them were planning to keep it that way. After and hour of plotting, they had finally come up with a plan. Now, the only thing they had to do was find a way to actually do it right.

"Where's Renji-fuku-taicho? Rukia-san came ten minutes ago, so where the heck is that pine-apple head Renji?" The shorter of the two, Himiko, whispered. They waited in silence for several more minutes before Matsumoto whispered excitedly.

"That's him! He's here!"

And there was Renji, bringing his clumsy self up the frozen sidewalk and into the warmth of the building.

"So how are we going to do it again? You know he won't fall for my puppy-dog eyes, and we both know fully well that you can't make puppy-dog eyes to save your life. We are going to have to work on that, you know." Matsumoto frowned at her short friend. Himiko just turned away and huffed. They both thought for a moment.

"I know! Aneki can do it! You know how great her puppy-dog eyes are, and she told me it works on Renji!" Himiko squealed in delight, hyped up once more at the idea.

Matsumoto hugged her in shear happiness.

"Oh my god! That's perfect!"

"Let's go ask her now!"

The two of them raced into the building.

You have to feel sorry for Renji. Even if you don't know what those two are up to, know should know by now that it can't be good.

Indoors, by the giant Christmas tree, Amaterasu was arguing with Rukia.

"Oh come on! Just tell him you like him! It's not like he'll hate you or anything, even I can tell that he likes you too!"

"No! Aniki will kill him!" Rukia was flustered. How could her friend not see the obvious? Her older brother was way too overprotective.

"...True... Oh well, just kiss him and run away with Renji in tow! Or hide behind me, you know he can't harm me unless he wants an angry nightmare to come back and haunt him!" Amaterasu grinned, knowing full well that her mother, Yoruichi, would come back to Seireitei (legally or not) and beat the crap out of her current captain.

"What...?" The black haired girl was confused. What nightmare? Meanwhile, Amaterasu was still visualizing her mother shouting at Kuchiki-taicho. After a few more minutes of the pointless (in Rukia's point of view) argument, Himiko came rushing in, looking panicked, not in a good way.

"Dear Shiranui, what happened?" Amaterasu was the first to her younger sister's side. Panting for breath, Himiko managed to get out a few words.

"Aneki... I need... To speak... With you... In private..."

With that, the two sisters left a worried looking Rukia staring after their hurried retreating forms.

"OhmygodHimikoareyouokaypleas espeaktome-"

"Geez, Ameki, I'm fine! That was just so I can talk to you in private!"

Her older sister looked at her, dumbfounded. Ten whole seconds passed before Himiko burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! I can't believe you thought... Hahaha!"

Amaterasu tried not to show the tick mark on her forehead as she breathed in, breathed out... And promptly started shouting at her younger sister.

"You idiot! You have no idea how much panic I was in! ...so, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Himiko grinned. Her sister was so easy to manipulate.

"You see..."

A couple minutes later, Amaterasu, for the second time that night, was staring at her younger sister in shock.

"You want me to do what? And you do understand full well that when Kuchiki-taicho sees this going on, he will shred poor Renji?"

Himiko shrugged. "Not my problem, and I really don't care. Just do the puppy-dog eyes and ask the question, I've already prepared the mistletoe."

"..."

Himiko, seeing the lack of resolve in her sister's eyes, put on her last resort.

"I'll give you my pay for the next month!"

"...fine. But I'll blame every bit of it on you."

Himikjuju jumped up in joy and hugged Amaterasu.

"Thank you so much, Aneki! I love you!"

"Gah! Himiko... I can't...breathe..."

Renji was oblivious to the fact he was most likely going get shredded that night. In fact, he was taking with Rukia about their pay and how they could barely afford anything worthwhile. That's when Amaterasu walked up to him. Renji assumed that she was just going to ask him to do her paperwork for another month or two. He was wrong.

"Hey Renji, can I speak to you in private?"

"Sure, just a moment. Rukia, I'll be right back."

Amaterasu pulled him away behind a Christmas Tree. Renji was confused. What did the purple-haired girl want with him?

"Hey Renji... We all know that you have a crush on Rukia."

Renji turned as red as his hair.

"What...what the hell are you talking about!?" He spluttered out. Amaterasu just gave him a coy smile.

"All I want you to do is kiss her. You see the mistletoe?" She pointed to where The dance floor was. He looked up. Sure enough, the green plant was there, hanging innocently on the ceiling.

"Uh... Kuchiki-taicho will kill me if I do that..."

"Don't worry! Just hide behind me and it'll be fine! You know what my mother would do if any harm is done on me! Please?"

Himiko giggled behind another Christmas tree, well hidden. This was the crucial part. Her sister had to pull of the puppy-dog eyes, or else the whole thing would fail.

At the same time, Amaterasu was thinking, think of the money. It's all for the money. One month of pay from a fourth seat! Think about the things you could buy with that money! She put on her pair of best puppy-dog eyes. One look from them and Renji tuned away, gritting his teeth.

"...Fine. I'll do it."

Amaterasu, filled with joy, jumped up and hugged him, crushing him to her chest. Needless to say, he nearly got a nosebleed.

"Yay! Thank you so much, Renji! Now I got my money... I mean... Uh... Now I got my Christmas wish! Yeah, that's right." Amaterasu quickly coughed and let Renji go.

The red-headed lieutenant stared at her for some time. Then he asked,

"So, how do I do this?"

Rukia was getting impatient. When Renji finally got there, she looked at him and snapped.

"Where have you been?"

"Um...uh..."

"Well? Spit it out!"

"Will you dance with me? At the last round?"

Taken aback by that statement, The petit woman looked at him in surprise.

"Uh... It's fine if you don't... I'm sorry I -"

He didn't get to finish as Rukia hugged him like she would to a life-sized Chappy doll.

"Of course!" Renji grinned, until he remembered that his overprotective captain would probably shred him when he saw.

Oh god, what have you gotten me into this time, Amaterasu?

It was the last dance of the night, and most people had already gone off the dance floor. Amaterasu and Himiko, having already danced with Byakuya and Hitsugaya, looked on with equally excited faces. Renji and Rukia were the only ones dancing now. The whole room was looking on as the pair twirled across the floor. When the orchestra played their last notes, everyone in the audience clapped and cheered.

"Hey Rukia?"

"Yeah Ren-umph!"

All two hundred Shinigami looked on, some with shock, others with joyfulness for the couple, and even some with envy. Renji was kissing her. In front of everyone. There was a whole minute of silence, then some people burst out in a cacophony of sound.

"Holy Crap! Renji?!"

"Woo! You go Renji!"

"…"

Renji had lifted Rukia about two feet into the air and was kissing her, tongue and all, under the mistletoe. The rest stood in stunned silence as this went on for about another minute or so. Surprisingly, Rukia was responding rather well. (I.E. she was kissing him back, also using tongue, and had wrapped her legs around his waist.)

This being stated, Byakuya was beyond the realm of pissed. Once this was over, he was going to hunt that bastard down and beat him to an inch of his life. Then he was then going to castrate him with a rusty broken spoon. A metal rusty broken spoon. And then he was going to dump rubbing alcohol all over his wounds in the most slow painful way possible. And then kill him.

By now, Renji had let go off Rukia and placed her on the ground once again. Still grinning, he patted her on the head and proclaimed, "Merry Christmas Rukia!"

Rukia had been stunned into silence, and was blushing like crazy and smiling. Everyone else just stood there. Until…

"Bankai. Chire, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

"AHHHH! Wait Taicho! The Mistletoe made me do it!"

"I will destroy you Abarai, for no one touches Rukia in such a manner. Senkei, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

Renji looked frantically around for Amaterasu. She winked at him from across the room. Way too far away for him to reach in time before his livid captain killed him.

"No! TAIIICHOOOO!"

"Wait! Nii-Sama! I need him to live for New Years!"

CRASH!

"…Hey Hitsugaya-taicho?"

"Yeah, Rangiku-san?"

"Why does Rukia need him to live for New Years?"

"…"

So, did you like it? Please review! And feel sorry for Renji as well, the poor boy. And if you're thinking, I wonder what happened to him then... I'm not telling you! Nya!

... Well, maybe. But only if you review!

Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad, メリークリスマス, 圣诞节快乐, Frohe Weihnachten, that's say the same thing in all those languages that I didn't include.

Happy holidays!