The Visit

Disclaimer: I own nothing!!

She was shunpoing down the dirt road, heading towards the shack they used to share. She didn't know for sure he was there but she couldn't think of any other place he could be. As the little shack came into view, so did he.

"Gin!" she screamed as she ran up to him, "I finally caught up to you, Gin. How far do you intend to go?" she wondered, "You're a Captain now, so you can't keep doing everything on a whim like that."

Gin smiling expression did not change, "Rangiku, want ta play tag?"

"Huh?" she was stunned at his childishness, "What are you saying? We need to get back to Seireitei..."

"I'll run, and ya chase me. Let's go!" he said before taking off.

"Hey, wait!" she called but he was gone and she could do nothing but chase after him.

They ran down the down the paths that they used to tread every day, seeking food, playing tag. They could have been back being children once again, if she didn't find herself staring at the big kanji three on the back of his captain's haori, if her Vice-captain's insignia didn't slap against her legs as she ran, "Growl Haineku!" she called and sent the ash to block his path. He paused only a second in his steps, but that was enough for her to grab a hold of his arm, "Caught you," she cried, panting heavily.

He turned to her and flashed her an amused glance from his vivid blue eyes, "Ya sure did," his smile got larger, "Not bad, Rangiku."

"Okay, that's enough. Now come on back to the Seireitei," she said to him. Playtime was over, they both had duties to attend.

Gin wasn't really listening, "But, if ya, don' hold on tight, I'll run away... like this!" he tore his arm from her grasp and next moment he was standing far away from her.

"Huh?! No fair, Gin!" she cried and once again she felt like the little girl who couldn't keep up with her much faster companion.

Even though the smile was still in place, his expression turned subtly serious, "Rangiku, next time hold me closer so I won' get away!" a burst of shunpo and he was gone.

Leaving her all alone, "Gin..." she found herself whispering.

Gin..., the name still echoed in her head as she awoke.

"So you are finally awake," said Hitsugaya, "Well get started on your paperwork! I want that pile gone by the end of the day."

She nodded and without further comment, picked up the first of the paperwork.

This was so unlike her that Hitsugaya couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, just had a very strange dream," she whispered.

Rangiku, next time hold me closer so I won't get away! Gin's words echoed in her head. Her face took on a sad cast as she thought, What would have happened, Gin, if I had held on? Would you have taken me to Heuco Mundo with you? Or would Aizen have called off the Negacion from us? Or would you have simply thrown me down when you stood on the hand of the Menos Grande as they raised the three of you to Heuco Mundo? Would you really not have gotten away, Gin, had I held you closer?

"In light of the fact that you were drunk and couldn't tell if the incident was real or not, as well as the fact that you did not have your zanpakuto so couldn't have done anything even if the incident was real, the Captain-commander has decided not to pursue this matter further in relation to you," Nanao informed Kira as she let him out of the squad eight holding cells, "However, the Captain-commander has ordered that any further suspicious behavior be reported to Captain Soi Fon and any suspected mental delusions to Captain Unohana. Take your three day imprisonment as punishment for not reporting the incident to the proper captains."

"Suspected mental delusions..." whispered Kira, "So does that mean that you have no found any concrete evidence that the Captain was here?"

"The Captain-commander has ordered Vice-captain Kusajishi Yachiru to investigate. She is an expert in infiltration," replied Nanao, "That is all that I know. Incidentally, the rumor surrounding you imprisonment is that you were arrested by Captain Soi Fon while engaging in drunken and disorderly conduct in the presence of myself and Hisagi Shuhie. The only people who know the truth of the matter are the four of us, the Captain-commander,Vice-captain Kusajishi and Captain Byakuya, who is assisting the Vice-captain in her investigation. Even Captain Zaraki doesn't know the truth, as such I suggest you do nothing to rectify the rumor. After all, the rumors are more flattering then the truth."

Kira nodded, "Perhaps you are right," he said with a gloomy, depressed look on his face, "After all, I wouldn't want it getting around that I miss the captain so much that not only have I been chugging gin back like there is no tomorrow but said gin has been making me hallucinate about Captain Ichimaru Gin."

Author's note: If you are wondering why this story status just changed from complete to incomplete and why I am writing this into a bigger story... blame Illegitimi! How could I not write more after that review. Also the entire dialog between Gin and Rangiku came from the game Bleach: Dark Souls. Basically there is a mission in the story mode where you are Rangiku and your objective is to "capture Gin". She is in fact reminiscing about Gin and once she is done reminiscing she says (since Dark Souls is set in the week that Ichigo and co spent in Soul Society after Aizen's betrayal was revealed) "He got away again. Next time I catch him, though, I'll... Yeah, right... this is ridiculous." I must say that, that is the single saddest line I have ever read Rangiku say about Gin because it implies that she's given up hope of catching him and holding him close so he doesn't get away again. Don't know who wrote the lines for the game, but if it was the man aka Kubo Tite himself... it doesn't bode well for Gin and Rangiku.

Lastly, Yachiru being an expert at infiltration was revealed by Kubo Tite according to bleach wiki http:// bleach . wikia . com/ wiki / Yachiru_Kusajishi but I am not sure where he revealed it. Certain in the Omakes you see that Yachiru is an expert at infiltration given how she manages to mess up Byakuya's house with all those tunnels. I would so love to see her fight in the manga!