And the story continues. Time for more familiar faces. I do not own Bleach, characters or locations.

~13th squad guest barracks~

"It's so good to see you Aunt Orihime!" Yuzu launched herself at the 4th squad Taichou once the other Taichous had left. The only ones that stayed were Ichigo, Orihime, and Toshiro. Toshiro asked if he could speak to Karin in private. Both Kurosaki men did not like the request, but they let the two be.

"It's good to see you too Yuzu-chan." Orihime hadn't seen the little Kurosaki since her and Ichigo's wedding the month previous. She kept her Taichou name as Inoue so as not to confuse everyone. "How are the newleds doing on their Honeymoon?" Orihime was curious about Quincy-shinigami couple were doing.

"They're already back. Didn't you notice Ishida-san sitting beside her father?" Ichigo told his absentminded wife.

Everyone was surprised at the wedding announcement. None of them even remember Uryu asking Nemu on a date, let alone to be his wife.

"Oh! I did." Everyone sweat dropped at Orihime's reaction.

Ichigo wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. "I think that means it's time to go. Make sure you two congratulate them. And say "Hi" to Chado when you see him." He picked up Orihime bridal style and flash stepped to their house.

"Aww. That was sweet." Ayame had finally lightened up after being upset by Hisagi leaving with out so much as a glance her way.

"Yeah I'm glad Ichinii married her." Karin had walked back into the room. There was a slight blush on her cheeks.

"So what did your boyfriend want?" Yuzu teased her twin.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Karin yelled.

'He definitely is.' Hiwamaru said to her master. 'At least you want him to be more than just that.'

'Shut up Hiwamaru!' But Karin knew her zanpakutou was right. She really liked Toshiro.

~flashback~

"So what did you want to talk about Tosh-" Karin was cut off by Hitsugaya pressing his lips against hers. She couldn't help but melt into the kiss.

Toshiro had been nervous that Karin would reject him, but not any more. 'Good job master' the Taichou's zanpakutou purred in his mind.

Karin was surprised by Toshiro's action, but she loved every moment of it. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer to him. "My brother would have killed you if he saw that." Karin said once they broke their kiss.

"That's why I asked to see you alone." Toshiro had been trying to ignore the feelings he had for the hot headed Kurosaki girl. He knew how dangerous it was for him to tell her his feelings, but he was willing to risk it.

"I thought you were together with Hinamori?" Karin asked hugging Toshiro and leaning her head on his shoulder.

"No. She's my cousin, plus she's in a relationship with Izuru-Fukutaichou." Toshiro said while replaying the day when Hinamori told him she was dating the blond in his head. It was heart breaking at first, but was over it when he remembered he was going to see Karin the next day.

'Didn't this work out nicely?' Both Hiwamaru and Hyorinmaru said to their masters. Both got back, 'I know right.' They were both happily purring after that.

"I should probably get back before they come looking for me." Karin didn't want to leave Toshiro's arms, but she didn't want to risk her father or brother finding out just yet.

"Alright. I still have some paper work to do. Stop by my office if you want to practice. You can stop by any time." Hitsugaya smiled down at the blushing girl in his arms.

"When did you grow to be taller than me?" Karin asked.

Hitsugaya just smirked and kissed her again. "See you later, Karin." He then flash stepped in the direction of his office.

~flashback end~

Karin's father stared at her. 'Is that blush on her cheek' He thought. 'If he did anything to Karin. He. Wil. Die.' On his face was a happy smile. "Shiro-chan is going to become my son-in-law. There's a chance I might get to see grand children." He was spinning in circles around the group of people still in the room.

"Did anyone else feel the a killing aura appear?" Ayame asked seeing the look on Isshin's face.

"He didn't do anything Goat-chin, and we are not in a relationship!" Karin yelled at her father without even looking at him.

"Then what did he have to tell you in private?" He asked. His question was followed by Karin's feet kicking him in the face.

"It was private so I'm not gonna tell you!" Isshin and his daughter started yelling at each other. Everyone else in the room just ignored them, or at least tried to.

~following Hitsugaya~

As Hitsugaya headed back to his office he and glared at a man standing in front of him with a stripped hat on. "I know what I'm doing. Just don't get in my way." Was all he said to Urahara before heading off for his office again.

The young Taichou knew there was a law in place and that he just broke that law. 'What a stupid law. She is a substitute shinigami. The law is in place to keep humans from knowing about Soul Society. She's already here so what's the point of it.' He was angry.

'Master calm down. Your forming ice.' Hyorinmaru was referring to the ice that formed everywhere Toshiro had touched while he was ranting in his head.

'Crap' Toshiro didn't want to have to deal with melting the ice he caused.

"Growl, Haineko." Suddenly the ice was covered in sand and broke apart. "Found you Taichou. I was wondering were you were. There was still papers on your desk, so I knew you hadn't gone back to the office yet." Matsumoto landed beside her Taichou while reforming her zanpakutou into a blade.

"I only had a small stack left. And I put it in a drawer." The air dropped considerably in temperature. "So tell me, why am I doing your paper work, again?"

Matsumoto was frozen in place, literally. The change in temperature had caused ice to form on her feet, thus freezing her in place. "Taichou. What are you saying? That is new paperwork that just showed up." She knew she was toast if he didn't believe her. She slowly used the part of Haineko that she had left unsealed to try and free her feet.

"Really?" Hitsugaya tried to think if anyone had come by this morning to deliver paper work. Then he remembered that Rangiku had brought today's paper in already. "We already got-" Matsumoto had managed to free herself while her Taichou was thinking. "MATSUMOTO!"

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