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Trouble?

They gazed at him a bit. He wasn't quite sure what to do. He knew they wanted an answer, and he knew they didn't trust him at the moment. So he was going to let them talk first.

"What is wrong with you?"

Hitsugaya was keeping his eye on the Sou Taicho's. If there was one thing in character at the moment it was just how stubborn he was being in the fact that he had just gruesomely killed a hollow in the presence of a Rukongai citizen. The stubbornness came from him refusing to say it wasn't necessary. The fact that every captain was amused but Yamamoto did not improve the head captain's mood either.

The one fact that Yamamoto did not know was that Hinamori had killed the hollow for threatening the childhood friend's adoptive grandmother. Nor did he know that Hitsugaya had taken the blame because Hinamori had used a kido ice spell, and the illegal rietsu spilled was him healing his grandmother. How he didn't know this was beyond the 13 captains.

"I saw the hollow attacking a citizen and so I killed it." That was all he said.

"And what gave you the idea to… attack it in such a way?"

"…"

"I see. You are suspended from taking Rukongai missions for one week; that is all. Dismissed."

"Yes sir."

"Shiro-Chan! Our old place in Rukongai is being attacked" Hinamori flash-stepped past his office as she said this. A flustered Matsumoto followed close behind, it was obvious she didn't what was going on with Hinamori. As she saw her captain go after Hinamori, she knew something was happening.

"Hinamori, when did the attack start?" He was neck and neck with her break neck speed.

"Over an hour ago; at least according to the reports I've read. So far a few low level shingami have kept the hollow from killing more then three people. Which three are the problems. It was the town leader, an unseated shinigami from your squad, and a small girl." Her eyes brimmed with tears.

"Don't cry bed-wetter, we'll make sure no one else gets hurt."

"Hai."

Walking out he was greeted by a worried Hinamori and a bruised Kei. He saw her eyes down cast and her wringing hands. She isn't very good at hiding her worry. He thought to himself.

Kei nodded at him and took a glance at the small girl beside him. Looking at her guiltily he tore his gaze away. It did not go unnoticed by Hitsugaya, but he let it be.

"Oi, bed wetter Momo! Stop wringing you hands. It's making me nervous." She stopped and raised her guilty eyes to see his playful and forgiving ones. She allowed herself to relax a little. "And as for the 'punishment' I just can't do Rukongai missions for a while."

"Really?" she asked the light coming back into her eyes.

"Ah. Just remind me never to make you mad."

She giggled and nodded. "Come on, Shiro-chan! Let's go make sure Haru-kun and Lin-kun don't kill each other!"

"Yeah, I guess." He said with a breathy sigh.

"How is it that I was the only one that didn't know?" Said an exasperated Eve.

Lin kept her eyes down and said nothing. She was scary at the moment with her black aura. The way Eve had found out was not pretty and the way Kei found out had pissed her off. Then Haru had been told by Matsumoto pissing her off even more. So in essence, she was not happy.

"Come on Lin! Tell us how you to went from being friends to more!" Haru whined at her.

"And don't think we will forgive you for not telling us!" Eve added.

The already pitch black aura around her, in some impossibly impossible way, got darker.

"Leave. ME. ALONE!" Lin was now growling like a cornered animal ready to strike. She was sitting on

The couch of the fifth division, with her arms crossed across her chest. On her left was Eve and her right was Haru, both had unreadable expressions. Oh boy may the person that told Eve and Haru know what torture felt like, then again it would be nothing like the torture she was going to inflict upon them. Matsumoto and Kei were going to be tortured, quartered, and then decapitated. Oh yes! How she could see their guts spread about before her. A sadistic smile made its way to her face.

"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?" cried Haru. For a boy he had a high pitched yell.

"No, I will not listen. I am not listening and I won't listen."

"…"

"That's redundant." Eve just decided to point out. Lin let her eyebrow twitch; both she and Matsumoto had gained that ability by watching their captain do it. Eve shut her mouth.

They heard laughter mingled with mild snickers behind them. Turning all at once, the trio on the couch saw the laughing trio behind them. Hinamori had a dainty hand over her mouth, trying unsuccessfully to stifle her laughter. Hitsugaya was the one snickering at Haru, and Kei was ghost white; not a single sound came from his body. Looking at Lin everyone knew why.

Her already darker then pitch black aura now flickered in and out. It deepened and stretched across the room.

"Um… Weren't we going to eat some watermelon on your division roof Shiro-Chan?" Hinamori asked her friend nervously, the laughter and snickers suddenly forgotten.

"Yes, I thought we were. Let's get going." Never had the two run away so quickly, now there were four people in the room. Haru just plain left; leaving the three people.

"Eve would you mind leaving?" Eve stayed and glanced worriedly at the bleach white Kei.

"Ne, Shiro-chan… do you think we should have left them?" He glanced at Hinamori. The mid-afternoon

sun was over head and it was nice out. It was wasn't hot or cool, just right. It did help that they were eating watermelon together. She was leaning back on the palms of her hands and her face was turned toward the almost cloudless sky. The smile on her face was radiant and the way she had her eyes closed reminded him of the recently finished watermelon… she had a bit in her teeth.

"Yes and you have watermelon in your teeth." He turned back to see the whole of Seireitei. The trees swayed the wind, the people milled about in an ant like fashion, and the landscape was beautiful. But, he thought, it's no where near as beautiful as her, nor is it adorable.

"Oh! Thanks Shiro-chan." She turned to see what he was looking at, glancing across Seireitei she would have thought he would look toward Rukongai. "Hmm… I just remembered. Kei said that they are going to do another show in about a week."

"Sounds good." He couldn't wait, last time he had gotten Hinamori to dance with him. That had been pure bliss.

Flash and then add back.

"Oi, Bed-wetter! What's with that look?" A disgruntled Hitsugaya asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just that this song is sad." Hinamori glanced at him and let out a soft smile. Then her face light up and her smile increased ten fold. "Wanna make it happy with me?"

"What?" He asked incredulously.

"Wanna make it happy with me?" she patiently repeated.

"How do we do that bed-wetter?"

"I.." She paused and then that horrifying depressed look came over her face. "I don't know."

Hitsugaya knew he needed to act quick so he thought of something he didn't want to do. "Wanna dance?" was it.

Hinamori blinked at him before smiling the smile she only had a few times before. "Sure."

Gently he took her hand and spun her around, she released a giggle. He brought her in close and they started to dance.

Hinamori blinked at him and his glazed over expression. What's with him lately? He's been acting out of character lately. She thought to herself. And did he say sounds good? He never says that unless it's watermelon… Maybe he's sick."

Gently she reached over and put a hand to his forehead. It felt normal, at least for him any way. Hitsugaya's body temperature depended on his attitude and emotions. Right now, for a relaxed state, he was normal.

*People are supposed to be indo-thermal but people with ice Zanpaktos are expo-thermal. Meaning that they draw in heat to warm up. Unlike a fire Zanpakto who creates heat and draws it in at the same time, ice zanpaktos expel heat making their expo-thermal partner not need as much heat as other expo-thermals. A person with a fire Zanpakto will generally have colder skin but a higher body temperature, a person with ice will have warmer skin with a colder core temperature. (Isn't science great?) Due to the trapping of heat to keep them warm and not frozen, but the heat is always wanting to get out so it stays on the surface on their body's (the skin.) or is pushed away altogether.

When Hitsugaya was mad he drew in heat, making him expel his usually captured cold. When he was sad he expelled more heat then usual but let out enough cold to freeze that heat. When he was relaxed he let out no cold, and only heat. When he was anxious, he expelled more heat and a little bit of cold. The thing was, only Hinamori could detect these slight changes due to warm air being lighter then cold air. The warm air rose and his cold air stayed on the ground to freeze, so everyone assumed he just expelled cold, when in general he expelled heat. *( go to bottom if page if confused.)

Makes sense right? Why would ice want heat? And why would ice get rid of the cold that keeps it frozen?

Hitsugaya drew away from her normally cold hand and blinked himself away from that night into the one day he was in right now. "Oi, I got paperwork."

He said it as he got up, expecting Hinamori to object. When she did not he took a glance at her, seeing her look at Rukongai. He looked to where she was looking and saw Jidanbo. He was a gentle giant, and both their old friend, even if he was closer to Toshiro. When the recent battle happened, the gate keeper had been hurt, although Hinamori had healed him with kido he hadn't fully recovered. Hinamori wouldn't forgive herself for letting anyone get hurt until at least the people who survived were fully recovered. He didn't blame her but he couldn't just let her hold conceit against herself.

"Don't worry bed-wetter. He'll get better, everyone else did." He leaned down and brushed away a single tear that had run down her cheek. "Geez, stop crying!"

"Sorry, Shiro-chan." Hinamori hugged her knees to her chest and smiled brightly up at him.

"Stop saying 'sorry' so much! Geez, there's nothing to be sorry about." He scolded friendly. He gave her a look that would chill anyone else, but to her it meant 'I already forgave you so stop it.'

"Thank you Shiro-chan." She looked back out over Rukongai. He decided that paperwork could wait. Sitting back down though, granted him several weird looks from Hinamori. "What?"

"I thought you had paperwork."

"I'll have Matsumoto do it." He said, picking up the last piece of watermelon.

"Okay." She smiled at him, the one smile she never showed anyone else.

"I'm sorry…." He trailed off. If he had to guess it, he would guess that Lin was not happy right now. At all, in any way whatsoever, on her soul was she happy. The fact that the room was almost in darkness from her aura could testify that fact. Eve was right behind Kei; for once in her life she was scared out of her wits. Kei was even worse then her, though he still had his logic.

"Your sorry. Sorry. Does. Not. Cut. It." The room was pitched into overwhelming darkness. "It's your fault all of Seireitei is assuming we are… how do I put this, a couple! It is your fault. It is all your fault that Haru knows, your fault that Eve knows, and your fault that grandpa knows!" Her voice rising to a shout, realizing this; she lowered her voice. "I will have Taicho deal with Matsumoto, but you… oh you are gonna wish you never met me."

She walked toward them with a sinister aura. Eve bolted out of the room screaming as she tore through the hallways to her room. Kei stood paralyzed. Lin leaned past him and shut the now opened door. "Oh yes… you will wish you were dead by the time I'm done with you."

"I'm sorry." Was all he could say before a scream came from his throat. The fact that it was a girly scream made you wonder how bad her torture was.

Heading back to the fifth division, Hitsugaya was met by a gruesome sight and decided to steer Hinamori away from it. So instead of going to her office, he directed her to her quarters.

"But Shiro-chan!" She cried.

"No 'Shiro-chan'! It's Hitsugaya Taicho." Every time he corrected her.

"But my paperwork…" "No," he cut her off. A gentle expression came over his stern one as he looked at her frustrated eyes. "Let's get an extra nap in alright? We look tired enough,"

Hinamori realized she was very tired but she didn't want to be alone. "Only if you come with me."

"Baka, bed wetter," His reply made her pout, "I said we didn't I?"

"Hai…" She yawned.

"Come on, and don't wet the bed." His voice playful and mischievous.

"Shiro-Chan!"

*Basically, trying not to confuse you, ice Zanpakto expel heat. Fire Zanpakto expel cold. Make sense now?

Auth-or!- I know, it's short and I have been working on it for a month, but I had stuff to do and other ideas kept getting in my head! Sorry, just review and I might get the next chapter up faster. Oh, and there's a reason Lin didn't want people to know. ^_^ little tidbit. Happiness~ and peanut butter ^_^!