Chapter 1
I felt the cold air blowing across the landscape in front of me as my thought drifted to the still figure in Unohana taicho's healing room. If I would have gotten there sooner and not been distracter by Kira…She might not be in this position.
"Taicho!" I let out a frustrated grunt. What does my annoying fukai-taicho want now. "Taicho! It is snowing out there! Come inside before you get sick." I don't care if I get sick…hell…I don't care if I freeze to death…
"You are letting your thoughts go to dangerous places Toshirou."
"I know Hyorinmaru…I just feel so…empty…"
"I realize this but you have to get past this slump…I can't balance your body heat for much longer so go inside before I freeze you myself…" I let a small smirk cross my lips…I could always count on Hyorimaru…
"Fine…I'll go inside…besides…I doubt Matsumoto has done any of her paperwork anyway which means I will have to do it all again."
"That's the spirit." I stand from my sitting position and walk back towards the door of tenth division. I slide the door open and let out a sigh as I see the stacked up piles of paperwork on my desk that I have been neglecting lately. I look around the office and see Matsumoto sitting on the couch playing with a strand of her hair. I let out another sigh and decide that I was not going to nag her today…I simply just don't have enough energy. I walk over to my desk and sit down in my chair as I grab the first sheet of paper off the stack and begin to read it.
"Umm…Taicho? Are you alright?"
"Yes Matsumoto. Why do you ask?"
"Usually by this time, you have already yelled at me to do my paperwork."
"Matsumoto…"
"Yes?" I look up from my paper.
"I'm busy. Why don't you go drink with Kira or Abarai…"
"Yes taicho…but…" Her sentence is interrupted by a hell butterfly. "All taichos and fukai-taichos are required to report to a meeting immediately…I repeat all taichos and fukai-taichos are required to report to a meeting immediately…That is all." I let out another sigh…another meeting…
"I suppose we should head over there now Matsumoto."
"Yes Taicho."