Chapter: The Day After Festival

Hitsugaya woke up to the sun shining in his face.

"What time is it?" he asked out loud.

He turned over on his side and saw that his clock said 10:14.

Oh shit! When did it get that late?

Hitsugaya tried to jump out of bed and get dress but felt an arm laying on his bare chest and long legs tangled up in his short ones.

When he looked down beside him, his teal eyes grew wide with shock at the sight he saw.

He saw a very asleep, yet beautiful fukutaicho lying naked beside him.

Just because she's naked doesn't mean anything happened last night. It's just a coincidence. Yeah, that's right! A coincidence.

Hmph. If you say so. Hyourinmaru smirked.

Shutup! Now is not the time.

Okay. Whatever you say. Then the ice dragon went silent.

Hitsugaya felt like he was having a panic attack. Of course, he was beginning to panic.

Just calm down and think he told himself. She may be naked, but that doesn't mean I am?

Wanna bet.

I thought I told you to be quiet?

I think you used the term 'shutup' not 'be quiet'.

Whatever. Just be quiet now. And stay that way!

As you wish the ice dragon spoke sarcastically but eventually went quiet.

Hitsugaya pulled the covers up and sure enough, he was naked underneath.

Hitsugaya turned so red he thought his face would burn off.

Did we … but we couldn't have … I would have …

Suddenly it all came back to him. The festival, the candy, the kiss, the guys he beat up, Matsumoto's crying and him beating the crap out of guy three. Then he carried Matsumoto home and tucked her in his bed. Then she asked him to stay and he kissed her before . . .

He remembered Matsumoto removing his haori and him sliding further under the covers with her. She slowly began helping him out of the rest of his robes while he slid his hands under hers.

Her kisses behind trailing down his neck and his hands grabbed and squeezed her butt.

I squeezed her butt! Hitsugaya thought slapping himself in the head.

He remembered how Matsumoto had groaned when he did that and shredding any last ounce of fabric left on his body.

She then began kissing his hard chiseled chest, which only tightened his grip on her ass. (sorry if too vulgar)

Hitsugaya remembered that's when he lost his mind and flipped her on her back and removed the rest of her robes.

Matsumoto only laughed and said, "My my, what an eager little taicho we are?"

Hitsugaya remembered replying something along the lines of, "Eager to get you naked".

Then he leaned forward and began sucking on one of her breasts. His hands straddling up and down her thighs.

Matsumoto moaned and wrapped her legs around his hips. Hitsugaya slid his hands up her thighs and grabbed her butt, squeezing it yet again.

He remembered the pleasure he got when he did that and blushed again. Only this time he was not ashamed but excited. Maybe having sex with his fukutaicho wasn't so bad. He enjoyed it and she clearly enjoyed it. He remembered all the times she screamed. All the times he screamed. He never in all his years experienced so much pleasure from such a woman.

Matsumoto did the freakiest things with her tongue. All over his body. There wasn't a single place she hadn't explored. Well, maybe a few. But he wouldn't mind going at it again to let her explored those unmarked territories.

And her kisses, soft yet tantalizing. Some even made him laugh because they tickled him so much. She even grabbed his ass a few times. It was exhilarating.

Hitsugaya smiled to himself at the thought of wanting to have sex again with his fukutaicho. Yes, his fukutaicho. After the night they just had, she was his and he was definitely hers. He just wondered if she felt the same way.

Hitsugaya felt Matsumoto shift beside him and he decided to go into work late today. (Real late if you get my meaning.) He wanted to be here when she woke up. Besides, it would be his first time going in late, what's the worst that could happen?

Hitsugaya was sitting in his office at his desk while Matsumoto hummed beside him, painting her nails.

He didn't care. She was happy and he was happy too. The happiest he had ever been in a long time. He even began humming along with her.

"Taicho, I didn't know you knew this song?" she smiled at him.

"Neither did I", he smiled back at her.

Then he did something that was not Toushiro Hitsugaya-like. "Wanna dance?"

"Excuse me?" Matsumoto coughed. He didn't know if it was from his question or the stench of her fingernail polish. But she then finally smiled and replied, "Yes. I would be more than happy to".

Matsumoto extended her hand and Hitsugaya grabbed it and lead her to the center of his office.

Even though he was a tad bit shorter than her (like a tadpole is to a frog) Matsumoto didn't care. She was happy to dance with her taicho. She decided that she should just go with the flow while he was happy. Sooner or later, he would go back to that permanent scowl he always had on his face.

Hitsugaya grabbed her other hand and placed it on her shoulder.

Despite popular belief, he had hit puberty and now stopped short of Matsumoto's chin. But that still didn't mean he wouldn't rest on her breasts.

Hitsugaya laid his head on her breasts and snuggled his face through them to get comfortable.

Matsumoto was surprised. He practically hated her hugs. (of course, she suffocated him in her breasts) But she didn't say anything. Instead, she smiled and rested her head on his soft, white fluffy hair.

Hitsugaya wrapped his arms around her waist and snuggled even more into her breasts. Revealing in the scent of her.

Matsumoto wrapped both her arms around his neck and just snuggled him even further. Hitsugaya didn't care and just let her. He just wanted this moment between them to never end.

Matsumoto began humming softly in his ear while stroking his hair.

Hitsugaya too began to hum and they started to sway to the music in their hearts.

An hour later, there was a knock at his door.

Both he and Matsumoto stopped swaying and turned to look at the door.

Hitsugaya sighed and looked up at Matsumoto with sad and annoyed teal eyes. Her pale blues looking as equally sad but more . . . bemused.

"What's wrong?" he asked, but he already knew her answer.

"It seems like everytime we get a moment, a crisis occurs", she laughed bitterly.

"Maybe they don't really want anything?"

"Maybe, but, I know that something's wrong. Something always is", she smiled and released Hitsugaya from her loving embrace.

Hitsugaya seemed to feel so cold, for the first time in his life, without her warmth to surround him. Sighing again, he walked over to the door and opened it.

"Yes, may I help you?" he asked not even bothering to look up.

"Yamamoto summons your presence in his office", a familiar voice said to him.

Hitsugaya finally looked up to see the face of squad eight's fukutaicho and Matsumoto's best friend.

"Did he say what he wanted?" Hitsugaya asked already knowing what the summons was probably going to be about.

"No, but I'm sure you'll find out when you get there" Nanao answered.

"Fine" he huffed and turned to look at Matsumoto, "Take care of things until I get back".

"Uh, the summons was for both you and your fukutaicho" Nanao interjected.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"See for yourself", she said handing Hitsugaya the summons.

Hitsugaya opened the envelope and pulled out the parchment with sou-taicho's seal:

Tenth Division Captain, Toushiro Hitsugaya

and

Tenth Division Vice-Captain, Rangiku Matsumoto

You have been summoned to the office of

Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni, First Division Captain and General

to discuss your sudden and abrupt absence

as of yesterday afternoon.

Please report immediately.

"Now what does that old geezer want?" Hitsugaya growled. "So who's supposed to take care of the squad while we're out wasting time with him?"

"I will", Nanao replied. "Since I was the one who did it yesterday".

Both Hitsugaya and Matsumoto looked down at the ground in embarrassment.

Finally looking up, Hitsugaya sighed, "Fine. Matsumoto—"

"Yes taicho?"

"Let's go and get this over with".

"Yes sir", then she followed behind her young taicho as they made their way to the general's office.

As they were walking along the corridors of the tenth division, Matsumoto stopped and said, "Taicho, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have tricked you into coming to the festival with and maybe you wouldn—"

"That's enough!" he cut her off. Then he stopped and turned to look at her. "I am the one responsible. I knew better and went anyway. I chose to stay and I chose to ignore my duties. I will take full responsibility for this. I won't let him take this out on you."

Matsumoto's heart began to sore like a bird to the skies. Her taicho could be so sweet at times. She dropped to her and hugged him for dear life.

Hitsugaya was so surprised by the sudden contact of his fukutaicho.

"Thank you taicho", she mumbled against his haori.

"Your welcome Matsumoto" he hugged her back.

(sobbing)

Are you crying Hyourinmaru?

No! I just got something in my eye.

Uh huh, sure you do.

But it's just so beautiful.

What is?

You and her.

Well, I must say, I have to agree with you there.

Finally.

They finally reached the general's office and stood at the door.

"Are we going in taicho?"

"In a minute", he replied shakingly.

Matsumoto sensed his uneasiness and grabbed his hand squeezing it gently.

"Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. I'll follow you wherever you go taicho."

Hitsugaya squeezed her hand back and smiled at her reassurance. "Thanks Matsumoto".

They walked through the doors of his office holding hands and stopped short of the sou-taicho's desk.

They bowed still holding one another's hands.

"State your case" the general said firmly.

"Well sir", Hitsugaya began. "The lieutenant and I were in Rukongai for a festival. At first, I thought to leave but I chose to stay. I apologize for leaving my squad unattended. Matsumoto-fukutaicho stayed on my orders. I take full responsibility for my actions."

"You have anything to add Matsumoto-fukutaicho?" he turned to the shaking strawberry blond.

"Um . . . nothing to add sir" she replied.

"Alright then", he nodded then turned to Hitsugaya. "Toushiro Hitsugaya, you are by here on probation. You will stay on probation until you can prove you can be there for your squad and not for this . . . fling you have with your fukutaicho."

"What did you just say?!" Hitsugaya clenched his fists, squeezing the life out of Matsumoto's hands.

"Uh . . . taicho, you're hurting my hand".

"Oh. Uh . . . sorry", he said releasing her hand.

Just as Hitsugaya was about to speak, Matsumoto cut him off, "Hitsugaya-taicho is a great and wonderful and would defile me in such a way as to having a fling. Also, he cares very deeply for his squad and being that I am one of his squad members", she pointed to herself, "he came to the festival as a favor to me. Hitsugaya-taicho is not heartless, unlike certain captains I know, and if anyone is to blame than blame me".

"Matsumoto—"

"Oops! I mean—"

"I've heard enough", the sou-taicho stood from his chair. "Matsumoto Rangiku, you are here—"

Hitsugaya stood in front of her and spoke, "I, Toushiro Hitsugaya, Captain of Squad Ten of the Thirteen Divisions here by take full responsibility for the actions of Matsumoto Rangiku. Whatever punishment you have for her, I ask that you give them to me. I will not accept anything else, sir."

"You are already on probation Hitsugaya-taicho. Matsumoto-fukutaicho's punishment is jail time."

"For what, skipping out on work?"

"This is not her first offense. She has skipped out on a dozen ti—"

"Only because I let her", he cut off the general.

"Oh. So you condone your fukutaicho to leave at her leisure and not do her job?"

"No what a minute, see—"

Hitsugaya held up his hand to Matsumoto and said to the general, "Matsumoto is the best lieutenant a captain like me could ask for. Everyone sees me as a kid and at first, so did she. But she excepted me for who and what I am and has always had my back. So she may not be good at paperwork, and she drinks way too much for her own good, but she is a great fukutaicho and I couldn't ask for a better one. I rather have a lazy, drinking fukutaicho than someone who underestimates my abilities as a captain. Just waiting for the chance to steal my job."

"Is that all?" the sou-taicho asked.

"Yes sir, that is."

"Then Toushiro Hitsugaya, you are sentenced to ten days in jail and Rangiku Matsumoto, you shall be on probation and quarantined to your quarters after hours. So says the sou-taicho of the Gotei 13. You're dismissed."

"No, no!" Matsumoto screamed as the guards came to haul her taicho off to jail.

"Rangiku, it will be okay. It's just ten days. I'll be fine" he smiled at her weakly.

"No, no! You can't do this! It was my fault we were at the festival, not his", she screamed wrapping her arms around his neck. "Please don't take my taicho away. Please!"

"Please restrain her", the general ordered to two other guards.

"Let go of me! Let me go!" she squirmed and screamed.

She knocked one of the guards down and reached for her zanpakuto.

"Growl Haineko!"

"Matsumoto don't!" Hitsugaya yell pulling away from the guards and flinging his zanpakuto to stop her assault.

"Matsumoto, it's okay. I promise not to leave you. I will be back. Ten days. You'll be alright without me til then", he spoke softly as she collapsed in his arms and he began stroking her hair.

"Promise?" she whispered into his robes.

"I promise".

He hugged one good time before the guards came and hauled him away.

When he was out of sight, Matsumoto fell to the ground and began sobbing.

So, how was it? Don't worry, he'll come back to her. He always does. Anyhoo, in the next chapter, this where Gin comes in and his plan of destroying HitsuMatsu is revealed. Stayed Tuned!!!! Please review and tell me what you think.