"Hisa!" Matsumoto cheered, about to grab the baby, before having her hands swat at by Rukia. "Ow!" She pouted.
"Sorry Matsumoto, but we still have issues from the last time you babysat. We're actually looking for...well...you know." Rukia replied, not wanting Hitsuguya to hear. Matsumoto blinked curious for a minute, unable to understand what she was getting at until it finally struck her. She nodded a bit as she greeted the guests inside of the Captain's office.
"Where is Hitsuguya?" Ichigo asked, setting the baby's bag against the wall.
"He should be here in a few minutes, he said he had to turn in his paperwork. Are you excited about seeing wittle Toshiro?" Matsumoto cooed to the baby. The baby just giggled happily as she clapped her hands.
"Shio!" Hisana replied. Matsumoto gasped a bit as she looked back at the parents, seeing them just smiling back.
"Oohhh, she can talk?" Matsumoto said, holding the giggling baby.
"Not really, we're just as surprised to be honest. Shio is the only thing she says for now." Rukia replied.
"It's pretty much her favorite word to. Every time we mention his nick name she gets all excited and says it." Ichigo added. Rukia gasped a bit surprisingly.
"Crap, we're gonna be late. By little Hisana." Rukia said, kissing the baby's forehead. The baby just giggled as she reached out for her mother, but grew a depressed expression as she saw Rukia disappear in a burst of speed. She blinked a bit curiously before she tried reaching for her dad. He just chuckled a bit as he patted the baby on her head.
"Oh, and make sure she keeps the bracelet on. She's having trouble with controling her riatsu, so she's wearing the bracelet to help stabilize it." Ichigo said, turning away. Right when he was about to Shunpo out of the room, he felt tugging on the back of his kimono. As he looked back, he saw Hisana whimpering as she continued pulling on his kimono. He just smiled as he bended down a bit to Hisana's hieght, stroking her hair. "Don't worry, we're not going to leave you with her." Ichigo joked, causing Matsumoto to flare up on the inside, even if she didn't show it.
"Hey! I take perfectly good care of her as well, it only happened one time." Matsumoto complained.
"Oh relax, you can help watch the baby, but we're putting Hitsuguya in charge." Ichigo said, gently taking his daughters grip off of his kimono, and flash stepping. Matsumoto looked down as she heard the baby whimpering a bit as tears formed in her eyes, still reaching for the same direction that her father left. Even as Matsumoto tried calming the baby down, stroking her hair, she continued to whimper louder and louder until she began to cry, bursting with tears.
"Aww here there, shh shh. Your mommy and daddy will be back soon." Matsumoto cooed. She looked at the hallway as she heard footsteps coming in, and sighed as she saw Hitsuguya finally showing up.
"What is she crying for?" Hitsuguya asked, wondering what Matsumoto did wrong this time.
"Ohh, she just misses her parents. Anyway, Hitsuguya, I got good news and bad news." Matsumoto said, happily.
"Please tell me it has something to do with you finishing your paperwork." Hitsuguya asked hopefully.
"Nope. The bad news is that the Kuchikis are out on a mission again, but they won't let me take care of her." Matsumoto complained.
"Are you sure that's not the good news?" Hitsuguya joked, smirking. Matsumoto simply stuck her tounge out childishly at him. "So what is the 'other' good news?" Hitsuguya asked.
"They put you in charge of taking care of her!" Matsumoto said happily, handing him the baby. Hitsuguya's eyes widened at what she just said. How could they expect me to take care of her? Hitsuguya thought to himself.
"Wait wait wait, I can't do this. I have paperwork to do!" Hitsuguya replied.
"Not to worry, they already informed Yamamoto about it, and he's assigning me to do your work as well." Matsumoto replied, still in the same happy expression she's been in. Hitsuguya raised an eyebrow at her, knowing that something was wrong with her. She's usually never this nice to him unless she's up to something.
"What do you want in return?" Hitsuguya asked, irritably. Matsumoto sarcastically gasped, putting her hand to her mouth.
"How could you even think I would want something from this? I'm just trying to do what I think is right..." Matsumoto answered, dramatically faking the tears that rolled down her face.
"As Captain, I'm ordering you to tell me what you're up too!" Hitsuguya shouted. He groaned in displeasure as he heard the baby starting to crying again, then gave a semi glare back to Matsumoto as she just chuckled.
"That's what. I just know you two are going to have so much fun together. And by the way, the Kuchiki's said they wouldn't be back until tomorrow!" Matsumoto said, running out of the room as she shut the door behind her. He just sighed annoyed as he just sat in his desk, looking at the crying baby. He didn't know how to take care of a kid. Even if he took care of her a week ago, all he had to do was have it play with his hair to keep her happy. He tapped his foot as if expecting something, then sighed as he looked at the door.
"Matsumoto! Get in here." Hitsuguya commanded. As if on que, Matsumoto walked calmly in the door.
"Oh hello Hitsuguya, what's seems to be the problem?" She asked, sarcastically seeming to know nothing.
"Don't act like you don't know. You've been sitting outside the door listening the whole time. She's still crying. She doesn't even seen interested in my hair." Hitsuguya groaned.
"Well your suppose to feed her silly." Matsumoto replied, digging through Hisana's bag. As Hitsuguya looked at the assortment of different things inside the bag, he saw her pulling out a bottle out of Hisana's bag. He quickly grabbed it as Matsumoto tossed it over to him. He looked at it somewhat confusingly before looking back at Matsumoto. "Just give her some milk from the fridge and heat it up in the microwave." Matsumoto finally said, walking out the door again.
Hitsuguya just sighed as he walked out of the room. He didn't know how to actually take care of a baby. Most of the time he saw Matsumoto do it, he just ignored them as they always brought hmi a headache when they played together. He didn't think he'd need to find a time in which he would be the one taking care of the baby, much less for the entire day. After about a minute, he finally came to the kitchen. He was somewhat happy he had an entire house/work type of home so he can be home and still working all at once. The only thing that did get annoying was the added 'assistance' of his vice-captain. He gently set Hisana down near his feet as he got the milk out of the fridge, filling the bottle, then heated it in the microwave, as instructed. During the entire scenario, he was completely unaware of the fact he was being watched, and by who, it should pretty much be obvious from this point.
"Hey, Matsumoto." Momo greeted. "What was it you wanted to show..." Before she could finish her sentence, Matsumoto covered her mouth.
"Shhh." She whispered, putting her finger to her lip as she did. Momo blinked confusingly as Matsumoto peeked back inside of the room through the window, before looking back at Momo. "Have have got to come see this!" Matsumoto said excitedly and quiet. Momo blinked a bit confusingly before she decided to see what the big comotion was about. She quietly walked over to the window, peering through the window. The sight of the inside of the room caused her to gasp. Sitting in a comfy chair, Hitsuguya was looking down as he held the bottom of the bottle, feeding the baby who had it's hands on it, although Hitsuguya was supporting most of the grip of the bottle.
"Hitsu..." Momo started to blurt out, before Matsumoto pulled her down from the window, just as Hitsuguya looked. I could've sworn I heard something...Hitsuguya thought as he blinked curiously. He shrugged it off as he simply thought he was just hearing sames. As he looked away, a head popped up at the window looking back at him, before looking back down.
"Kaiwii! The scene is just adorable!" Matsumoto squeeled.
"I know, it's just so cute." Momo replied happily. "What is he doing anyway?"
"The parents apparently have no trust in me, if you can believe that." Matsumoto said, annoyed. Momo just remained silent, knowing how to answer it, but as to whether or not to answer it remained the factor. "So, they asked Hitsuguya to watch her while they're on their day long mission." Matsumoto added. "But that's not the only reason they're having him watch Hisana." Momo blinked curiously at this.
"What do you mean?" She asked. Matsumoto looked around for a bit before she motioned Momo to come closer to her. "Ichigo told me that her first word was Shio!" Momo's eyes widened as she gasped at this, before looking excitedly at Matsumoto.
"Did she really?" She asked. Matsumoto simply smiled as she rubbed her head. "Awww, that's soooooooo sweet!" Momo cheered. As the two of them looked back, they saw the baby giving out a cute little yawn as it finished the bottle.
"So, you better now?" Hitsuguya asked with a small smile. Hisana just blinked curiously at Hitsuguya before she giggled, tugging at the hair that dangled over his head. "Oww...Yeah, your better." Hitsuguya's attentioned shifted towards the door as he heard knocking. Matsumoto looked over the window as she heard it as well, blinking a little bit confused.
"Who do you think is paying a visit at this time Mo..." Matsumoto started as she looked back to where Momo was. A profound look grew on her face however as she saw Momo was missing. She looked all around her before she frowned, having a pretty good guess at where she was. She looked back inside as she saw Hitsuguya walking to the front door.
"Hello?" He greeted questionably as he opened the door. He grew surprised as he saw Momo there. "Hey Momo, what are you doing here?"
"I heard you were taking care of little Hisana." Momo cooed, stroking the baby's hair and causing it to giggle. An irritated twitch overcame his closed eyes as he knew who would rat him out like this.
"Would you hold her for a second?" Hitsuguya asked, handing the baby to Momo. Hisana and Momo looked curiously as they saw him walking towards a window, before reaching down over it. They both flinched as they heard a yelp and saw Hitsuguya pulling up Matsumoto by her hair.
"Ack! Uncle, uncle!" Matsumoto pleaded, holding onto her hair and trying to pull it back in hopes of easing the pain. Momo looked back down at Hisana as she heard her laughing and clapping her hands.
"What are you doing here?!" Hitsuguya stammered, both annoyed and irritated.
"Uhhh...well...I...finished my work early, so I came to see you!" Matsumoto lied, which was obvious to Hitsuguya. She yelped again as he pulled it tighter, feeling like her hair was getting yanked between two different cars. "Alright alright! I didn't have any work at all, so I was spying on you..." Matsumoto answered, tugging her hair back as Hitsuguya let go.
"Why were you watching me then?" Hitsuguya asked, angry that he was being spied upon the whole time.
"Because you two looked sooooo cute!" Matsumoto said happily. Hitsuguya just rolled his eyes irritantly as he pointed to the door. Matsumoto moaned as she got the idea of what he wanted her to do right now. "Alright I got it, just don't expect my help with the baby then." Matsumoto commented with her arms crossed, not even looking at the three as she left. Momo just sighed as she handed the baby back to Hitsuguya, walking away as well. She stopped half way through the door though as she felt the baby tugging on her kimono, smiling as she looked back.
"I don't think she want's you to leave, and to be honest, I don't know if I can take care of her the entire day." Hitsguya said, trying to hide the fact he was somewhat embarassed about needing help. Momo just giggled to herself as she closed the door, holding the baby again.
"I won't mind, besides you need it anyway." Momo commented, sitting in one of the comfy chairs in the living room. Hitsuguya just blinked a bit confused at her.
"What do you mean?"
"Well for one thing, you need to hold it gently and not so far into her mouth, otherwise she could choke. Same thing with your hair. I saw her pull out a few pieces last time. And also, it's not exactly safe for someone to be putting a baby down on the floor, esspecially next to their own feet. The last thing you would want to do is step on her or something." Momo said, holding the baby up by her arms as she stood in her lap. Hitsuguya just sighed as he rubbed his head a bit. He knew that he wasn't exactly good with taking care of a little child, but just getting advice from a friend of his, and a vice-captain, didn't really seem right to him when he thought of it. He lost his train of thought though as the two of them started to hear the baby cry.
"Wha? What's wrong with it now? I just fed her!" Hitsuguya somewhat complained. He looked as Momo gave him a somewhat strange look even as she smiled.
"Don't breathe through your nose." Momo said, a bit warningly. Hitsuguya grew a confused look until the smell hit him.
"Oh my god..." Hitsuguya complained, plugging his nose harshly. Momo just giggled as she carried the baby out of the living room.
"I'll be right back after I give her a quick change." Momo stated, closing the door. Hitsuguya finally gasped as he felt like he could breathe again. He couldn't understand how something so small could smell so bad, then again, considering the fact he's never even met a baby before he didn't really know what they were like, even though he did know a basic rule: keep them happy and they don't cry (go figure). As he starred off into space though, he wondered why Ichigo and Rukia did want him to babysit. He knew just as well as Matsumoto that even though he only helped out once, and Matsumoto only lost her compared to the infinite number of bad things she's done, that's not really a good reason to have Hitsuguya watch her for the day. There has got to be something else... Hitsuguya thought to himself, looking back as he heard the door open.
"She's all better." Momo said, looking down at the sleeping Hisana who was also sucking on a pacifier. Hitsuguya just sighed a bit in relief as Momo sat back in the chair as earliar. Without even realizing it, he smiled a bit as he watched Momo, gently stroking the baby's hair as she simply watched. He could easily tell she liked the baby quite a bit, even though she probably wouldn't try to show it. He wondered to himself if she's ever done something like this before. Then again, it would probably be safer not to ask. The silence was ended as the two of them heard a knock on the door. Hitsuguya blinked a bit curiously as he walked over, wondering who it could be. As he opened, his expression changed to surprised as he saw Ichigo and Rukia standing there.
"Ichigo? Rukia? What are you two doing here?" He asked, confused.
"We're here to pick up Hisana of course." Rukia replied, walking into the room. She smiled a bit as she saw Hisana sleeping in Momo's arms.
"I meant why now? Weren't you suppose to pick her up tomorrow?" Ichigo just looked confused at what he said.
"Tomorrow? It was just a Captain's meeting, although I still hate having to go, esspecially when I'm not even a Captain!" Ichigo stammered, annoyed. He looked back as he saw Momo and Rukia, who was now carrying Hisana, walking back.
"We told Matsumoto it would only be for awhile, didn't she tell you?" Rukia asked. Hitsuguya squeezed his fist as he could feel his own nerve boiling from anger, knowing that he was so going to kill Matsumoto for this.
"Ah, must've just slipped my mind." He lied, rubbing the back of his head.
"Thanks for the help Toshiro." Ichigo teased.
"It's Taichou!" He yelled back.
"Shio..." The baby said quietly through her pacifier in her sleep, catching everyone's attention, esspecially Hitsuguya's. They were quite surprised that she heard was able to tell what they were talking about, much less in their sleep.
"Why out of all the words did you have to teach her that one?" Hitsuguya asked, irritantly.
"Only because it's true." Ichigo joked. The others laughed a bit as Hitsuguya simply flared up.
"Thanks again for watching Hisana, Hitsuguya." Rukia said, waving good bye as she walked away.
"Don't expect me too if Ichigo calls me Toshiro again!" Hitsuguya yelled back in a somewhat warning tone. Ichigo yelped a bit as he rubbed his arm Rukia suddenly punched.
"I told you not too..." Rukia muttered, annoyed. Ichigo just rubbed the back of his head with a somewhat nervous smile as they walked away. "And thank you too." Hitsuguya added, looking at Momo. She simply covered her mouth as she giggled.
"It was nothing. I'll be glad to help whenever necessary, ok?" Momo replied happily, leaving as well. Hitsuguya smiled a bit, seeing how everything worked out after all in the end. Even though he could tell he was going to get asked to babysit again, and now he could understand why, he decided that everything would be fine for now, seeing how he could count on Momo to assist him. After he closed the door, he let out a drown out sigh as he collapsed to the floor, snoring as he slept from the long and somewhat stressful day he's been having....
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Sorry for the delay, hope you don't mind. Next two chapters we see how the others are doing. I'm sure many of you are going to be interested in seeing Orihime's new boyfriend esspecially!
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