Caged Loveless Phoenix

Blue: Yay, we get some early fluff~

Unohana: I would not exactly call it fluff…

Rangiku: It is to us! Besides, this story is going to be long, so lots of fluff is needed!

Rukia: We need to come up with a couple name for these two…

Rangiku: How about… Harushiro?

Rukia: Or we could use Shiruka?

Toshiro and Haruka: We're not a couple!

Blue: Aw you're both so cute when you're mad! Anyways! Onto the story!

~Bleach 03: Troubles, Time, and Tears

~Haruka POV

"Hitsugaya-Taichou."

Toshiro took a step forwards and looked down shamefully at his feet. His ripped up black uniform had holes all over, none big enough to really let wind through. His white hair was pretty much brown from the dirt and dust covered him from head to toe. His left cheek left a small dried trail of blood and his right cheek had scratches. His arms were covered with minor wounds and his uniform sleeves had slid to his elbows, showing his… I hate to admit, sexy upper body.

I looked about as terrible as he did, if not, better. My hair was sticking up all over the place and as I shook my head, piles of dirt would scatter across the ground. My cheeks were scratched up and my uniform was tattered, good thing I cut off the sleeves on all my uniforms or it would've looked worse. My Shinigami uniform had also been opened, enough to where my tummy and breasts could be viewed, but I had covered it by tying what was left of my sash around me to cover most of it up.

"Hai, Soutaichou?" Toshiro gulped, knowing this wasn't going to be good news for him. "Sir, I can explain all of this."

"I don't want to hear it! This was nothing but a children's quarrel!" Old Man Yama slammed his cane down and I yelped, hoping he wasn't too pissed off. Oh who am I kidding, he looked enraged. "This isn't the first time you two have caused destruction!"

Sadly, he was right. Toshiro and I had nearly wrecked half of the Seireitei about three days ago and Squad 10 had to clear up all of it before sunset. It was awful. This time, the damages were just on our bodies and this fight between us was minor. I had only become 3rd Seat for Squad 10 only about a month ago. Toshiro and I hadn't gotten along since.

Every morning I did my usual routine. Woke up, ate breakfast, showered, got dressed, went to get Toshiro's paperwork and dropped it off. Then I got to work on my own. After about a good five hours (without interruptions from Ran-chan and the other annoying twerps), I'd be done. After that, I played the delightful game of playing fetch for Toshiro until he was done with his work or ran out of errands for me to do. Not even ten seconds after, we'd starting fighting every day it was like this. We hadn't started physically hitting each other until one day he smacked my back with a newspaper and called me a loyal dog. I bit his arm and that was our first physical brawl, which had happened five days ago.

Now here we were, in trouble for yet another fight.

Now, let me explain to you, dear reader what happened since the old bastard won't let Toshiro tell the story:

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*Earlier Today*

I was happily doodling in my sketch book on the couch in Toshiro's office, humming a song to myself softly. The sound of Toshiro's pen dancing across the pages quickly made me impressed. I shot my head up like a ferret and smirked.

"You're pretty fast, Chibi-kun." I stood up and twirled to his desk, since I had a good day today with Ran-chan and Rukia. I even got a big batch of cookies and shared them with Aizen and Gin, who happily watched the Sakura Trees with me outside as they listened to me complain about how much of a total turd Toshiro was to me. My day was loads of fun.

"I'm taller than you. Don't bother me because you're bored. Go outside." Toshiro responded bluntly, not even bothering to look up from his papers. He just kept signing away to his heart's content. I pouted at this and poked his forehead.

"You're like, hardly taller than me. People can't tell the difference!" I crossed my arms and he poked my forehead back.

"Please, you and I both know I'm taller by a good 3-4 inches." Toshiro smirked as he stacked his papers nearly. I blushed faintly at that, I hated that smirk of his! It always made my heart skip a beat lately…

"So is that the only thing 'the great child prodigy Toshiro Hitsugaya' can be proud of?" I scoffed and sat on his desk, crossing my legs all sexy like with an amused look on my face.

"N-No." Toshiro looked away and blushed slightly. I leaned close to him and he backed his head away a bit. "H-Haruka…"

"Who would've guessed you get flustered so easily?" I grinned, a fake one of course, and flipped my ponytail (I decided not to wear my usual pigtails). Toshiro cleared his throat, but his voice still seemed a bit soft as he spoke.

"I-I'm not flustered around some flat chested witch." He glared at me, holding back his amused smirk. My head snapped back and I curled my hands into fists until my knuckles turned whiter than they already were.

"I'm not flat chested! I have breasts; it's just this uniform is so baggy it makes it look small!" I jumped on top of his desk and he picked up his papers.

"Haruka Phoenix, you get off that desk right now!" He ordered harshly, grabbing my ankle. I kicked him in the face, which was a total accident. My eyes widen as I watched him stumble back a bit.

"C-Chibi-kun!" I cried, going to him. He scowled and tackled me onto the floor. I yelped in pain as my back made contact with the wood.

"I'll make you pay." He glared and whispered darkly. I flipped us over so I could straddle him, but soon enough we were tumbling and rolling down the halls of the Squad 10 barracks. People stopped and stared as we shouted curse words at one another over and over, rolling until we even got outside. The people outside of the Seireitei watched in horror as they noticed the Squad 10 Taichou wrestling with the Pink Haired Demon Shinigami. By the time we stopped rolling around we were out of breath and I was on top of him, sitting on his hips. He squirmed underneath me and I pinned his arms down.

"H-Haruka let go of me!" Toshiro shouted.

"No way you started this I'm ending it!" I yelled back. This caused us both to growl and inhales a breath big enough for the both of us to shout:

"I hate you!"

Soon, the sun was blocked by two tall figures. Toshiro and I looked up from our glaring contest and saw Rangiku and Renji looming over us.

"Abarai, Matsumoto, what are you two doing here?" Toshiro scowled and tried to sit up, but I forcefully pinned him back down. He grunted and moved his hips up a bit, making me blush profusely. T-This just f-felt wrong a-and w-weird!

"Um… Taichou?" Matsumoto spoke up and we looked at her. "Y-You two weren't… doing naughty things were you?"

I tilted my head in confusion. Then my eyes widen as I heard Toshiro gasp sharply. His messy hair and clothing was the last thing on my mind, my eyes landed right on… his body. His chest, every part of his upper body screamed man. I realized my hands gripped his black uniform, his clean white Squad 10 coat lying in Renji's arms. Had I pulled his uniform open during the wrestling!?

Not only that… Toshiro's hands clutched onto my now untied sash and partly opened uniform, showcasing my white laced bra to him and him alone…!

Toshiro merely turned pink as my face blasted in a deep shade of red. We released our grip on each other and tried to scurry away, but Rangiku quickly grabbed me and tucked me under her arm. Renji had snatched Toshiro and the two Fukutaichou had flash stepped us to Old Man Yama for a report…

Those were the orders of anyone in the Seireitei; reporting me and Toshiro if we had gotten in a fight. This fight wasn't so bad, but of course not even Rangiku could bail us out, at least she tried. Usually, being lectured wasn't so bad. I often ignored whatever words were spilling out of the old man's mouth. Toshiro looked so ashamed in front of me, almost as if he would break out in tears in a moment. I bit my lip as the old man kept listing out the horrible things we had done. I took a deep breath, exhaling and I spoke softly.

"It was my fault, sir."

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~Toshiro POV

My head quickly shot up and I looked over my shoulder at Haruka. Her eyes focused to the nearest wall, obviously avoiding eye contact with me. Was she… defending me?

"Excuse me?" Soutaichou spoke up and I gritted my teeth. No, I won't allow this.

"Haruka, be quite." I hissed, hoping she would listen to me just this once before we both were put in more trouble than we already were in. We wouldn't have been in this if she had be quite before like she was supposed to.

Haruka ignored me. "Soutaichou, it isn't Chibi's fault. It was mine for disobeying orders. He doesn't like to be bothered doing his paper work and I ended up distracting him. I caused the fight to brew, making my Taichou discipline me. Please forgive our actions sir. I take full responsibility and blame. I will accept any punishment you dish out, sir." Haruka then bowed, almost perfectly if her ankle wasn't so swollen. My eyes widened at her sudden change in behavior, she was so mature and polite. Her voice held a strong, prideful sound almost too confident. This was a side of Haruka I had yet to see and it amazed me. I then snapped out of my thoughts and bowed beside her.

"Forgive my 3rd seat for interrupting you, Soutaichou." I spoke, but couldn't find any more words to speak. We both stood, looking at one another. This was a side of Haruka I wouldn't mind seeing more often. "Please, allow us both to take whatever punishment you decide."

"I'll excuse this for now, but next time I won't be so lenient. You two may go, get bandaged up and rest well." Soutaichou stood from her seat and began to walk away. "You two seem to be getting along better, stay that way."

Haruka and I left his office and walked in silence for a while. I didn't know what to say or think. Haruka had just saved us from god knows what punishment that would have ensued. There were only two words that could escape my throat.

"Thank you." I exhaled, letting go of a breath I didn't even know I was holding. Haruka looked stunned at my gratitude and crossed her arms, looking away from me once again.

"Y-Your welcome, Chibi-kun." She answered finally and stumbled a bit over her feet. I leaned to her and supported her as she winced in pain from her ankle. I lifted her a bit and gave a look of concern.

"Are you alright? I didn't mean to be so rough back there to be honest." I began to walk again, her hopping beside me.

"I'm fine." She answered bluntly and then looked at me. "Why are you being so nice to me?"

I tried not to glance at her bouncing chest as I looked at her. "W-Well you helped me so I'm merely returning the favor for you."

"Even though I got you into this mess? I'm always getting us into all kinds of troubles." She smirked and I chuckled. As true as it was, for some reason hearing her say it brought a twinge of pain to my heart.

"If you want to make it up to me, help me with the rest of the paperwork after we get bandaged up." I smirked back as her cheeks puffed out.

"F-Fine then! I still hate you, Chibi-kun!" She pouted and I looked away, a smirk of amusement plastered onto my face. Haruka Phoenix, she actually was pretty cute.

…You didn't hear that from me.

*Lets skip ahead to the office in Squad 10! I want some fluffs!*

"Oi! Be gentle with that!"

"It's rubbing alcohol it's supposed to sting Haruka."

"Says you! Why are you dabbing so hard!?"

"It's a deep cut! Just hold still so I can wipe it properly. Do you want an infection?"

Haruka sat on the couch, biting her lip and whimpering in pain. I finished and quickly wrapped a bandage around it.

"There you go. Don't walk around too much, you'll need to relax for the rest of the week." I stood up; fixing the bandages Haruka had tied around my head. I should be feeling as good as new tomorrow. I stepped to my desk and sat, beginning to work on my papers in silence.

I had a lot on my mind, things I didn't even want to think about. Haruka, she's seemed awfully nice to me since we left from that lecture. Had she turned a new leaf? People do change. Now that I think about it…

"Oi."

My head looked up from my papers and I looked at Haruka beside me, pulling up a chair. She sat beside me and took a stack of papers. I stared at her in shock and she blushed faintly at this.

"Why are you lookin at me like that?!" She growled and I looked at my lap, finding the interest to pull at my white coat.

"I didn't think you'd be seriously helping me." I dug around in my desk drawers and handed her a highlighter and a pen. "Highlight the important parts and sign things I should read so I don't have to read the whole thing. Then pass it to me so I can sign, got it?"

"Hai." Haruka nodded and got to work almost immediately. I watched as she began to skim the reading, frowning slightly and looking confused. I blinked at her and couldn't help but laugh a bit. Haruka looked at me and scowled. "Oh be quiet you asshole!"

"I can't help it. You look so helpless." I chuckled and hid my lips behind my hand trying my hardest not to laugh. I leaned towards her and began to explain mostly everything.

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"We're almost finished." Haruka looked at the last stack and the crickets outside chirped loudly. Haruka rubbed her eyes and I glanced at the clock, signing my name onto the bottom of a paper.

"It's almost one in the morning." I told her, looking at her as she highlighted a paragraph with determination. I chuckled a bit and stood up from my seat.

"Go shower, you smell like sweat, dirt, and shame." Haruka smirked as she put emphasis on the word 'shame'. I grabbed a newspaper and smacked her head with it.

"You're one to talk." I scoffed and rolled my eyes as I walked towards the door to my room. I smirked and looked over my shoulder at her. "Don't try to peak at me in the shower, Haruka you pervert."

Haruka turned red and slipped out of her chair, sitting on the floor shocked. She glared at me and pointed to my room, scowling. "Go shower! Now Chibi!"

She threw her chair cushion at me and I quickly ran into my room, closing the door behind me. I leaned against the door and smirked.

My third seat was an interesting little bird, a pretty little Phoenix.

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~Haruka POV

That stupid perverted jerk! I hope he falls in the shower and breaks his neck! He irks me to no ends, that bastard!

I sat back in my chair and quickly signed the last paper in the stack, holding my cramped hand as I finished. I sighed heavily, leaning back and propping my feet onto the desk. Why was that jackass of a taichou on my mind?

He laughed at me, he smirked, and he even was being nice to me. He must want something from me. Does he want to be my friend? No. I don't want any more friends. Gin, Aizen, and Ran-chan are all I need. Toshiro didn't need to get into my problems…

I glanced at his white taichou coat he left and sighed. I picked it up and folded it, placing it on the desk. I tucked my head in my arms on the desk and yawned. I'll say goodnight to him and then tell him how much of a pest he is…

I hate him… So much…

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~Toshiro POV

I dried my hair with the towel and wrapped it around my neck, sighing heavily as I sat on my bed. I lay peacefully, wearing a simple white shirt and blue shorts that matched my eyes. I stared at the ceiling and let a bit of water drip from my hair. I wonder what Haruka is doing…

I sat up and my eyes widen. I'd been gone that long! Haruka probably broke something or didn't finish the work! I dashed out of my room and my eyes widened at the sight at my desk.

Haruka slept with her arms tucked under her head, her lips curled in a cute shape almost like an 'O'. Her little fang could be seen in her mouth and her hair was let down from its ponytail, looking wavy as it framed her small body. Strands of hair covered her slightly flushed cheeks. I groaned and walked to her.

"Damn it Haruka, you lazy bird." I walked to her and looked at my white Squad 10 coat which she had neatly folded. I picked it up and threw it over her. If I took her to her room, I would wake her roommates. I pushed the hair from her cheeks and looked away. "You're more negatives than positives. No third seat of mine is going to laze around like this." I smirked and threw my coat around her shoulders. "However, you did well today. I'm very proud to call you my third seat. Sleep well and have sweet dreams, Haruka."

Every night, I usually had nightmares. Maybe, just maybe, I wouldn't have one tonight.

Just this one night.

Fluff complete!

Thanks to all my faves and follows! They mean a lot!

My new favorite Anime: Black Bullet!

Its new but the first two episodes already put it in my Top 5 faves!

THE OPENING IS AMAZING I'VE BEEN SINGING IT AND LISTENING TO IT THIS WHOLE CHAPTER!

Was the fluff for this chapter good?

Anyways, I need help with a couple name for Toshiro and Haruka.

Harushiro or Shiruka? Or do you have a name of your own?

Thanks for reading! Next chapter should be coming soon!