Author's note: Hey guys! Thanks for all your kind reviews! (: Thanks to 'CrossroadsofLife' who suggested a tally at the end of the chapter. Rangiku's team is the 'Hitsugaya Annoyance Team', and Tōshiro's team is the 'Retaliation Team' (cause he only retaliates, haha). Thanks to 'tii-chan17' who thought of both of those names. They belong to her! (: I also added the points of the last chapter to the tally at the end.
Credit for this chapter's idea goes to 'Minichae'. Thanks!
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Now that we're on the subject, I hope you all have a merry Christmas (:

~Rainbow Fruit Loop x

One Hundred Ways to Make Captain Hitsugaya Throw a Temper Tantrum.
~Chapter 14~

Number Thirteen.
Throw plush toys at him as he walks past.

"Yay! Plushies!" Yachiru enthused, bouncing up and down on Kenpachi's shoulder.

"Where, may I ask, are we going to get all of the plushies from?" Yumichika asked, delicately raising an eyebrow.

"I've got a few at home." Ichigo commented.

Everyone turned to stare at him.

"What? They're my sisters'!" Ichigo said defensively.

"Yeah, like that talking one you carry around all the time." Renji teased. "Can't sleep without it, Ichigo?"

"Shut up!" Ichigo punched Renji in the shoulder.

"Excuse me? Let's not get distracted, children." Rangiku said, grinning.

"Yeah!" Yachiru agreed. "I wanna throw plushies at Shiro-chan!"

"That's the spirit! But we have to be careful. He's got Captain Kuchiki on his team." Rangiku informed everyone.

"Ah, Byakuya-kun?" Shunsui asked lazily. "He's competitive. Deep down."

"Way deep down." Renji commented quietly.

"Yeah. He's probably gonna get more team members. But just remember. We aren't targeting his team. We're only targeting him. 'Kay?"

"'Kay." The group responded.

"Right. Now, I would like everyone to meet back here – the Eighth Squad Office – in twenty four hours, with as many plushies as you can find!" Rangiku instructed.

"Can I get a Senkai gate opened to the Real World, please?" Ichigo asked.

"Sure!"

And with that, each of the members of the 'Hitsugaya Annoyance Team' went their separate ways.

Ichigo raided through the soft toys in his room, wondering why he had so many.

Although he had told everyone that they belonged to his sisters, he had to admit that a good half of them were his.

I really should throw them out.

Or give them to Yachiru or something.

Just then, Kon (who was wearing a pink tutu) ran up to him.

"Ichigo! Is Nee-san with you?" he asked.

"No. Does it look like she's here?" Ichigo asked, reaching out and throwing Kon against the wall out of habit.

After Kon had stopped face planting Ichigo's bedroom walls, floor, and ceiling, he started to tear up.

"Nee-san's not here?"

"No!" Ichigo said, infuriated. "She's in Soul Society."

"Oh."

"Why are you dressed like that, Kon?" Ichigo asked, heaping his soft toys into a plastic bag.

"Well, I-"

"Forget it. I don't wanna know."

"Ichigoooo! You're so mean! Nee-san's never mean to meeee!" Kon whined.

"Shut up, or I'll stuff you in this." Ichigo held up a moldy-looking toy duck.

"Alright, alright."

Renji flash stepped to the Eighth Squad Offices; a few plush toys in his arms.

He hadn't been able to find many; the only ones he had were the ones that he had 'borrowed' from Captain Kurotsuchi's lab.

…He wasn't quite sure what they did.

Renji stepped inside, and was greeted by an unbelievably large pile of neon fluff.

"How'd we get so many?" Renji asked Momo.

"Um, Kurosaki-san had a reasonable amount. Matsumoto-san had quite a few. Captain Kyōraku had none…" she was interrupted by Kenpachi.

"Yachiru and I had loads." He told Renji.

"G-Great, Captain Zaraki." Renji said, slightly worried about the 'I' part of the Captain's sentence.

"Everyone, huddle round!" Rangiku enthused, as she started to explain when and where to throw the toys at her Captain.

Tōshiro was minding his own business, working in his office, when Yachiru popped inside.

"Shiro-chan!" she cried, beaming.

"It's Captain Hit-" Tōshiro didn't get to finish his sentence, as he was hit in the face by a fluorescent orange plush toy dog.

"Hey!" he exclaimed, shoving the too-bright toy off his desk.

But Yachiru was gone.

Tōshiro rolled his turquoise eyes, and continued writing.

It's probably just a Lieutenant Kusajishi thing.

…

Tōshiro had been working for an hour with no interruptions when a certain bald Shinigami came strolling into his office.

"Yo, Shiro-chan." He greeted.

Tōshiro sighed. "What do you want, Madarame?"

"This!"

Ikkaku pulled a good number of toys out of his Shinigami robes, and started pelting Tōshiro with them.

"Oi! Stop it-" Tōshiro was interrupted when he was hit in the face. "Madarame, I said-" he was hit on the head.

It's obviously not just a Lieutenant Kusajishi thing…

Tōshiro decided that ignoring the bald Shinigami was the only useful thing to do.

So, he sat at his desk, continued writing his report, and tried desperately to ignore the snickering Third Seat who was throwing toys at him.

…

As soon as Rangiku came strolling into the office, Tōshiro wanted to run. It had become an automatic reaction whenever he saw a flash of gold hair, the smell of a floral perfume, or the giggling of an over-excited Lieutenant.

"Sit down, Matsumoto. Please complete the paperwork I've put on your desk." Tōshiro said, watching her curiously.

"Fi-ine." Rangiku dragged out the word into two syllables. "Hey, Shiro-chan?"

Hmph.

Tōshiro closed his eyes, and inhaled sharply. He had given up trying to tell her to call him 'Captain Hitsugaya.' She only called him that when she either needed something, or had broken something.

"Yes?"

"When do I come off inspection?" she asked.

Underneath her desk, Rangiku held a few soft toys. She didn't want to throw them at him straight away.

She needed to make sure that, if she pelted him with fluff, he wasn't going to fire her.

"When I have made my decision." Tōshiro told her, smirking to himself.

Rangiku rolled her eyes, and started working.

Half an hour into it, Rangiku reached for the pale pink unicorn which was sitting on her lap.

I'm so bored.

After glancing at her Captain (he was absorbed in his work) she threw the unicorn as hard as she could.

It hit Tōshiro's ink well, causing it to tip over and spill all over the report Tōshiro had been working on.

Oops.

Tōshiro's head jerked upwards. "MATSUMOTO!" he yelled.

Rangiku shuddered – the temperature in the room had dropped.

It was freezing.

Ooh. Is he going to throw a temper tantrum?

Rangiku watched her Captain half eagerly, and half uneasily.

She watched as he stood up, and strolled over to her.

She gulped.

"I'm… sorry?" she said, giving him a sheepish smile.

Tōshiro took a visible breath in, and scowled at his Vice Captain. "You obviously enjoy working late, don't you?" he asked.

Rangiku was surprised. "What do you mean? You know I hate working late!"

"Well then. You will work until eleven o'clock tonight. You will rewrite my report for me. And, in addition to that, you can clean my desk for me."

Rangiku's mouth dropped open.

"You can thank me later." Tōshiro said, storming outside and locking the door.

Darn it.

Rangiku sighed, and pushed her work to one side.

She had all day – and all night. She may as well do something constructive first.

So Rangiku reached for her hair brush, and started braiding her hair.

When Tōshiro stepped outside, he automatically looked to see if he could see any suspicious looking people.

So, he was, of course, incredibly unsurprised to see most of the Gotei Thirteen – save for Byakuya – standing outside of his office armed with plush toys.

It's becoming dangerous to go outside.

"Go!" Renji shouted.

Tōshiro took a step backwards, as every single person started to throw their toys at him.

Said white haired Captain was in the middle of saying something, but his words were muffled. "Oomph!"

Blindly, Tōshiro took a step forward, but ended up tripping over a lime green giraffe.

Unintelligently, he stayed sprawled out over the entrance to his office, becoming covered in the growing pile of toys.

Why must the Gotei Thirteen persist in annoying me?

Don't they have anything better to do?

…I've obviously got to get most of them on my team.

Tōshiro scrambled around blindly, trying to break out of the pile.

Finally, he managed to get to the top. He took a deep breath, and attempted to look dignified.

Most of the Gotei Thirteen were laughing at him.

Captain Kyōraku was laughing to himself – Captain Ukitake was absent.

I've obviously got to get him on my side.

Captain Soi Fon was smirking, next to her unattractive Vice Captain, who was guffawing loudly.

Momo was smiling gently to herself.

Traitor.

Tōshiro stood up, and was just about to walk off – dignity almost intact – when Ichigo yelled out: "Heads up!"

And then, a stuffed toy lion hit him on the nose.

He was just about to toss it aside, when it clung to his arm.

What the hell?

Desperately, he shook his arm, attempting to get the strange creature off.

"Do you know where Nee-san is?" It asked.

Tōshiro freaked out. He was not expecting the hideous thing to talk.

"Ahh!" he yelped, throwing the toy high in the air. "Get away from me!"

Tōshiro was expecting the tutu-wearing thing (Kon) to drop onto him, and so he drew his sword; ready to slice it into a million pieces.

Luckily for him, someone else got there first.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura." Came the quiet, monotonous voice.

"Ahh!" Kon yelled, before his body was shredded.

Silence followed, as everyone watched the small, green pill drop from the shredded toy, and roll off.

"Damn. I'm gonna have to get him a new body." Ichigo muttered.

Silence remained.

Tōshiro looked around awkwardly. "Feel free to leave. There's nothing to see here." He said.

Everyone murmured, and walked off, a few people were sniggering, a few were chuckling.

"Um, thanks." Tōshiro murmured to Byakuya, who was standing on his roof.

"Indeed." Byakuya said, before shunpo-ing off.

Tōshiro scowled, stood up, and strode into his office, where Rangiku was having hysterics.

"Aw, Shiro-chan, you're so cute!" she enthused. "Being scared of a speaking soft toy."

"I wasn't scared. It… gave me a fright." Tōshiro said lamely.

"Sure."

"You're going to pull an all-nighter tonight, Matsumoto." Tōshiro commented.

"What? Why?" Rangiku moaned. "I wasn't even outside!"

"But it was your idea, was it not?"

Rangiku was silent.

"Good. Looking forward to seeing you in the morning." Tōshiro said, before stalking outside.

Tally

The 'Hitsugaya Annoyance Team' - 0
The 'Retaliation Team' - 2

Also, a special thanks to 'vampire13princess', who helped to fix a VERY important gender issue (: I appreciate it!
(I thought that Nii-san was female, but it is actually Nee-san. Oops! That's what I get for not researching!)