Sorry, this was supposed to be finished yesterday, but then I got a big science project and couldn't finish it!
Thanks to everybody who reviewed, and special thanks to Grey dog, who gave me some questions for Matsumoto!
If I owned Bleach, Aizen would always have his glasses off, even in the Save Rukia arc, because he's way hotter with them off. Fortunately for Tite Kubo, and Aizen's glasses, I don't own Bleach.
Matsumoto Rangiku
"Hey Yachiru!" Matsumoto Rangiku, Vice Captain of Squad Ten called, flipping her long hair back as she turned.
"Hi!" Yachiru replied, waving. Seru and the Maneru brothers followed her.
"What's this?" Matsumoto asked. "Cameras?"
"Yeah! You're the next star of the Seireitei's new show- Hidden Camera! What are your thoughts on this honor?" Matsumoto grinned.
"I'm going to be on TV? Sounds great! What do I have to do?"
"Just act normal." Yachiru replied. "And… don't beat up the interviewer and host of the show, Seru!" Matsumoto glanced over at the other woman, whose face and arms were covered in bruises and scrapes.
"What happened to you?" she asked.
"I offended Captain Soi Fon," Seru replied, and winced. "Several times actually."
"And you survived!"
"I guess so. I kinda wish I didn't."
Matsumoto gave Seru a sympathetic look. "Yeah, I'll bet. She's scary isn't she?"
"Very," Seru replied.
"I'll leave you to the show," Yachiru called, and turned away. "I've got to get back to Kenny! He'll probably be getting lost without my wonderfully accurate directions. He has no sense of direction!"
"Neither of you has a good sense of direction," Matsumoto replied, but quietly, so that Yachiru wouldn't hear her. "Come on, we'd best get to the Squad Ten barracks, or my Captain will get grumpy!
They made their way to the Squad Ten barracks, Matsumoto and Seru chatting, while the Maneru brothers followed with the cameras and tripods, and all the rest of the equipment.
"Matsumoto!" Captain Hitsugaya yelled when they got there. "You're over an hour late! What took you so long?"
"Aw, don't be so mean," Matsumoto replied with an over exaggerated pout that didn't work on her captain. "I'm going to be on T.V! Isn't that awesome?"
"I don't care, as long as you get your work done," Captain Hitsugaya growled. "There's paperwork that I gave you a week ago that still isn't finished! I need you to actually work today, not mess around!"
"Yeah, yeah," Matsumoto waved a hand at him. "I'll get it done."
"You said that last time! Are you even listening to me?" Matsumoto sauntered past him and dropped onto the couch in the office.
"Come sit," she offered Seru a seat. Captain Hitsugaya gave up and went back to his own paperwork. "So," Matsumoto continued. "What do we do on this show?"
"Well basically all that we do is follow you around all day to see what you do in your daily life. Oh, and we interview you of course!" Seru replied. She liked Matsumoto already.
"Ooh, can we start the interview?"
"Sure! First Question. Do you like paperwork?" Both women were silent for a moment, before they both burst out laughing.
"Of course not," Matsumoto said between gasps. "I've got better things to do with my time!"
"Like fool around and get drunk?" Captain Hitsugaya asked, frowning.
"Oh come on Captain! I'm not that bad of a Vice Captain!" Matsumoto protested. "And I'm not that lazy." There was no reply from the short, white haired boy.
"Second Question!" Seru interrupted before Captain Hitsugaya did something that they all might regret later. She leaned closer to Matsumoto, lowering her voice. "Does your captain have any love interest?" Matsumoto grinned wickedly, and leaned forwards too.
"Well, there was this girl in the world of the living- Kurosaki's little sister. I think her name was Karin? I think my captain had a crush on her."
"Really?" Seru asked. "Wow. A human girl. Who would have guessed it?"
"You two aren't talking about me by any chance?" Captain Hitsugaya asked.
"Of course not! Whatever gave you that idea?"
"Hmph." Was the only reply.
"Third Question! Are your boobs naturally that big?"
"Of course! This is all natural! I guess I'm just lucky." Matsumoto grinned at Seru. "I'm surprised that you had to ask something like that. Did you really think that I'd fake something this important?"
"Sorry. I just had to know for sure."
"Heh. I get it all the time."
"Fourth Question! Did you know that Hisagi Shuhei likes you?"
"What! Seru, we're just friends!"
"Maybe now, but he wishes that you weren't!"
"Don't be ridiculous. He doesn't like me!"
"Uh yeah, he does. He's got a major crush on you. Like, really major." Seru rolled her eyes at Matsumoto.
"Don't be silly. He doesn't!"
"He gives you gooey eyes all the time! That usually means that somebody's got a crush on you! Besides, what's wrong with that? I wish Shuhei had a crush on me!" Matsumoto gave Seru a disbelieving look. "Think on it. Anyways, Fifth Question. Do you like Sake?"
"Of course! Who doesn't?"
"I should have known. Sixth Question. Are you always drunk, or asleep? Sorry, but it seems that way!"
"No, I eat sometimes too. Don't worry, I get that a lot. Me and Shunsui, we're best buds! We get drunk together, and then we sleep it off on the floor. It's a great arrangement. Of course," she frowned, "we also get beaten up by Nanao and her book together. On second thought, it's not that great an arrangement. Nanao always blames me!"
"Right. Okay then. Seventh Question. What are your thoughts on Gin Ichimaru?"
"He's a betraying bastard! But… he was kind to me." Matsumoto's voice softened. "I'm not sure what to think. I know that what he's done is wrong, and I'm angry with him for leaving and betraying the Seireitei, but I still think that he's a decent guy underneath of all that."
"You sound like Momo," Seru observed.
"At least I admit that Gin is a bastard. She still idolizes Aizen. She still thinks that he's got a good reason for all that he's done. He tried to kill her! I can't see how she can keep thinking he's a hero after all that. Can we go to the next question now?"
"Alright… Eighth Quest-"
"Matsumoto!" Captain Hitsugaya yelled. "Get to work!"
"Yes Captain." Matsumoto stood up, and grabbed a pile of paperwork. Then, with Seru and the Maneru brothers looking on she started working.
She kept working for the rest of the day, except for occasional breaks were she would stop and chat with Seru until Captain Hitsugaya shouted at her again.
When the day was over, Matsumoto waved to Seru, and walked away to her home. Seru and the Maneru brothers went to the secret room, and actually managed to arrive before Ikkaku, Yumichika and Yachiru.
"So you're finally here," Seru said when the three of them walked in. "Are the hidden cameras set up?"
"Yep!" Yachiru confirmed, sitting on the desk and kicking her legs back and forth. "This is gonna be fun!"
"I'm sure it will be," Seru turned back to the screens. "I wonder where she is- oh, there." She watched for a bit. "That's a lot of people."
"She's probably holding another one of her drinking parties," Ikkaku said.
"Oh, there's Shunsui. She's definitely holding a drinking party then." Seru replied.
"What do you mean by that?" Yumichika asked sitting down.
"She told me that her and Shunsui get drunk together."
"Oh yeah. And then Nanao hits them both with that book that she's always carrying around. It's funny to watch actually." Ikkaku said.
"It's such an undignified way to fight," Yumichika sniffed.
"But funny to watch."
The six of them (including the Maneru brothers) watched as the party progressed, and everybody got drunker and drunker. At one point, Kira and Shuhei started dancing on the table. But then the table broke and they stopped.
Finally, when it was getting near to midnight somebody knocked on the door, and then opened it.
"Hey, what's Byakuya doing there?" Seru asked. She didn't have to wait long to find out.
"Matsumoto," Byakuya said in his usual emotionless voice. "You are being way too loud. I can hear you in my mansion."
"Hey," Matsumoto slurred drunkenly. "Who hired the stripper?" Ikkaku, Seru, Yachiru and Yumichika all doubled over laughing. Byakuya's eyes widened.
"What?" He asked. Matsumoto giggled. Byakuya grabbed Renji, who was trying to sneak by him through the door, by the back of his robes and dragged him out the door.
"You're not in charge of me!" Renji protested as Byakuya pulled him out of the room. "I can do whatever I want when I'm free!"
"You cannot do anything that will disgrace the Sixth Division," Byakuya replied, emotionless as ever. "That will definitely disgrace the Sixth Division." Renji's reply was lost in the sound of the door slamming shut.
The night continued in much the same way. Matsumoto and Shuhei began singing tunelessly at the top of their lungs, and Shunsui joined during the chorus. Kira threw up and then passed out on the floor. He was stepped on several times, but he didn't wake up, and everybody else was too drunk to realize that he wasn't actually part of the floor. By two in the morning everybody else was passed out, and Seru turned off the screens, being careful not to wake Yachiru, who was fast asleep on her lap.
"Take her," she told Ikkaku and Yumichika, who were still awake and alert.
"Okay," Ikkaku replied. He hoisted Yachiru's unconscious figure over his shoulder, and left the room, Yumichika following a step behind. Seru stumbled out of the room drowsily, and locked the door behind her.
"How do they stay awake for so long?" she mumbled.
"It's the alcohol ma'am," both of the Maneru brothers replied at the same time.
"Oh, okay." Seru walked into the door of her room, fumbled with the key for a bit, before managing to unlock the door, and then walked in. "Good night," she said in the Maneru brothers' general direction.
"Good night ma'am," was the reply. Seru shut the door and got into bed without bothering to change into her sleepwear. She was asleep in seconds.
Please review, and send questions- I'm doing Shunsui next!
Pretty please send questions! I'm having a hard time thinking them all up by myself, and I promise that I'll use at least one of your questions if you send me them, as long as they're appropriate and not something really stupid.
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