Okay, my first actual Bleach fanfic story...plz don't judge too harshly...

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~Kuro-chan

Melting Ice

Chapter One: The Return and the Disaster Party

Matsumoto was definitely the most excited one. She hugged poor Momo so tight that Isane had to separate them with her zanpakutou. But Matsumoto continued to jump in delight, "Aww, you guys should look happier than that! Taiichou is finally coming back from his mission to protect the Royal Family! It's been a couple decades since we've all seen him!"

Nanao cleared her throat. "Rangiku, let me remind you that we're in the middle of a lieutenant meeting."

"But this is important!" Matsumoto persisted, "The tenth division captain is finally back! We've been taking orders mostly from the sixth and thirteenth, but now that Taiichou is back, our division will be back in action again!" She clasped her hands together with excitement.

"I wonder if he's gotten more powerful," Izuru Kira muttered quietly from across the room.

"Of course Taiichou got more powerful!" Matsumoto hit Izuru on the head.

Renji snickered from where he was sitting, "I wonder if he's gotten taller."

Matsumoto sighed. "Probably not. I don't think Taiichou grows at all…"

"Hitsu-kun is the best!" Yachiru bounced from where she was. "I liked him the bestest cause he was always the one that gave me candy." She put a finger on her lip in a thoughtful form. "I wonder what he looks like now. We haven't seen him in ages!"

A thought ran through everyone's head for a second and almost all of the girls in the room blushed. The reddest and quietest one was probably Hinamori.

Matsumoto put an arm around Hinamori and poked her on the tip of her nose. "Are you worried about your Shiro-chan, Momo?"

Hinamori turned redder and answered stubbornly. "No…"

"Stop making fun of her, Rangiku," Izuru said in Hinamori's defense.

"Aww, Izu, do you like Momo-chan too? Too bad Taiichou's coming back then, because we all know that Momo here will only fall for Shiro-chan." Matsumoto continued with her teasing.

"Stop it." Hinamori shrugged off Matsumoto's arm and turned to face her fiercely. "Toshirou and I have known each other since we were little. What if I am a little excited that he's coming back? It doesn't mean I like him." As soon as she said it, Hinamori turned away, afraid that her face would disagree with her words.

"This is pathetic!" Nanao slammed the table with both hands. "We are in a meeting Rangiku; we are supposed to be discussing new reports in our divisions."

Matsumoto tossed back her hair. "But we are talking about reports from my division. This has been the main talk for this entire week. We can't ignore the matter."

"Ooh! I just got a brilliant idea!" Yachiru squealed, suddenly breaking the argument. "Why don't we hold a return party for Hitsu-kun? I think that would be so fun! And it's not wasting the entire meeting either!"

Nanao slapped her forehead. "I give up. Do whatever you want."

Matsumoto jumped up. "I think that's a great idea! We need to hurry and plan it out now if we want to make it on time! He's coming back tonight!"

"And we should also invite Ken-chan and Bya-kun! If we invite everyone, it just makes the party better!" Yachiru was dancing now. "I can't wait! Hitsu-kun will be so surprised!"

"Okay, we need someone to make the invitations," Matsumoto said as she took out a few scraps of paper to write out the plans.

Nanao sighed, "I'll do it…if we're going to be doing this, we might as well do a good job."

"I'll help, Nanao!" Isane smiled and pulled a quiet Nemu along with them.

"Okay, invitations…check!" Matsumoto continued, "And we also need someone to do the decorations. We should let the boys handle this one…Shuuhei, Renji, Izuru, how about it?"

Hisagi raised an eyebrow. "Be warned Matsumoto, we're not good with decorations."

"Isn't decorating supposed to be for girls to do?" Renji turned to look at Hisagi.

"Yes, but boys together are just so cute together!" Matsumoto sighed, "Now, off to work, you three."

"She doesn't make any sense at all." Hisagi rolled his eyes and began to walk away.

"We're cute?" Renji and Kira voiced each other as they followed Hisagi out of the room.

"As for the rest of you…I think it would be best if you brought some candy and snacks to the party. Remember, Taiichou likes natto…well; he likes any type of sweets. I think it's best if you asked Ukitake-taiichou. He knows Taiichou's favorites." Matsumoto winked at them.

Yachiru looked disappointed, "I wanted to have an awesome part in creating Hitsu-kun's party."

Matsumoto smiled at Yachiru. "Don't worry, the three of us have the best job!" She pulled Hinamori over. "We are going to be the hosts!"

Hinamori sighed. "How did I get myself into this?"

It was surprising what you could accomplish in a mere hours. Soon, food was set around the tenth division grounds and the decoration (which, were mighty ugly, if I say so myself) were put in place. Fortunately for Hisagi, Renji, and Izuru, there was a silver full moon in the night sky that threw everyone's attention off of the decorations.

The other captains, who were dragged by Nanao, Isane, and Nemu to come, were standing off to the side in a group by themselves.

"This is a waste of my time," Yamamoto almost hollered.

"Calm down now," Unohana smiled softly, "It's true that we haven't seen Hitsugaya-taiichou is a long time and that we all do miss him in the captain meetings."

Soifon sniffed. "I wonder what the lieutenants do in their meetings. When did they get the time or funding to hold parties?"

Kurotsuchi twitched impatiently, "I was in the middle of a very important experiment before some bastards came and dragged me into this!"

"Ah, shut your face, you piece of research shit!" Kenpachi rolled his eyes. "It's always some stupid experiment for you, but I was bored out of my mind…it's so dull when there aren't any battles around."

Kurotsuchi spun on Kenpachi. "Do you want to fight?"

"Stop it." Byakuya's quiet voice was heard by all. "As long as you're here, you should at least try to let others enjoy themselves. If you want to fight, do it somewhere else."

The captains' conversation ended as Yachiru, Matsumoto, and Hinamori called to everyone's attention.

Matsumoto was the first to speak. "Sorry everyone, but it seems that Hitsugaya-taiichou won't be making it tonight. We thought he would be here, but it seems that his plans have been delayed and he'll probably come early tomorrow morning instead."

There was a silence in the crowd.

"Oh, and I was looking forward to this!" Kyoraku complained, "It's been a long time since we've had a full Gotei 13 meeting that actually wasn't in a battle field."

"But you could always return in the morning to see Hitsu-kun!" Yachiru smiled in her innocent way. "Sorry to spoil it for everyone!"

Kurotsuchi grabbed Nemu by her hair, "Okay, back to the lab…"

With a sigh from everyone else, people began to leave the tenth division grounds.

"…aww, I was hoping we were going to have some fun…"

"…the decorations really did suck…"

"…who was this party for again?"

"…you stupid? The captain of the tenth!"

And in the end, it was left for Matsumoto and Hinamori to clean up.

"Are you alright, Momo? You don't look too well." Matsumoto looked up from where she was picking up the garbage.

Hinamori rubbed her temples. "Yeah, I'm just a little disappointed."

"Because you were hoping to see him, weren't you?" Matsumoto looked at Hinamori. This time, she was serious.

Hinamori dropped her head and nodded. "And now everyone's gone…and we didn't even get to celebrate for Shiro-chan—." She suddenly felt the familiar reiatsu wash over her.

"How many time to I have to tell you Hinamori," Momo's eyes suddenly widened at the deep and sexy voice that was behind her, "It's not 'Shiro-chan', it's 'Hitsugaya-taiichou'."

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