I'm back! By the way I thought I should explain

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

"Inner Sakura and Hyōrinmaru"

Once again I do not own Bleach or Naruto

"Where is she? Where is Sakura?" was heard throughout the hospital as Naruto and Sasuke rushed through the doors. Of course Naruto was the one who yelled as Sasuke remained stoic and calm. On the inside though, he was worried about his teammate. They ran to the receptionist desk and asked where Sakura was again. She told them the room number and they raced down the hallway to it. They saw a white-haired boy in foreign clothes standing outside of Sakura's room.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked in his typical rude manner. Sasuke muttered "dobe" under his breath, but turned to the boy with a curious expression.

xxxToshiroxxx

'Great, do the shinobi in this village not understand respect?' I thought. I sighed and introduced myself. "I'm Toshiro Hitsugaya, Captain of Squad 10 of the 13 court guard squads". The two boys just looked at me, completely confused. I then went into an explanation of the Soul Society, shinigamis and when I came to the part about Hollows and Sakura fighting one, the dark-haired boy finally spoke up, saying "Is she badly hurt?"

"She's being treated right now. She should be almost healed." I replied. "May we see her?" he spoke again. I eyed the boys cautiously, and said "What is your relationship to Sakura?" I felt oddly protective of her and didn't want anyone to harm her.

"We're her teammates" the blondie said. I nodded, "You can go in when the healers are finished then." The boys sat down in waiting chairs with a sigh. "By the way, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, future Hokage, believe it!" I raised my eyebrow at that introduction, he was very enthusiastic. It was giving me a headache. "I am Sasuke Uchiha" the other one said.

Just then a silver-haired man came into the hospital holding a small orange book in front of his face. He looked up, saw Naruto and Sasuke and began walking over to them. He snapped his book shut and looked at me curiously. Naruto explained everything to the man who I learned was Kakashi Hakate, the sensei of Sakura and her teammates. When Kakashi had sat down too, Shizune-san came out of the room, "Sakura should be fine now. She just needs to rest to regain her strength." I sighed in relief, and then was confused. Why should I care about one girl so much?

"Duh, because you like her"

"I'm ignoring you"

"Fine, you're just annoyed because you know I'm right"

"…"

Hyōrinmaru was silent now too.

I noticed Shizune-san was speaking to me now. "Hokage-sama would like to see you in her office to discuss things." I nodded and moved to follow her. Sakura's teammates rushed into her room.

When we reached the Hokage's office, I saw Matsumoto and the Hokage laughing and drinking sake. They both looked intoxicated. Shizune rushed into the room and took the sake away. Loud complaints were heard from both women. I walked into the room and glared at my subordinate. Then I turned to the Hokage and asked "What did you need to see me for?"

"Ah, well I'm assuming you're staying in this village for a while just in case a Hollow comes back" I nodded. "Well, we need to determine where you both will be staying. I think it would be wise if you were to stay with Sakura, as you both know her and she has plenty of room in her home."

Matsumoto squealed happily and began muttering about how it would be a slumber party and all the things they would do. I could feel that I wouldn't be getting much peace and quiet, but I agreed with the Hokage.

"Hmm, you and pinky sleeping in the same house. Opportunity is knocking ;)"

"I thought you had shut up"

"Nope, that'll never happen"

I left the Hokage's office to go tell Sakura what we had decided. When I reached her room, her teammates were still in there. I entered and they all looked up at me.

xxxSakuraxxx

'Ugh, aren't they done yet' I was tired of being lectured by my teammates about how reckless my actions were. Just then, they white-haired boy came in. We all looked up at him and I blushed as I remembered how being in his strong arms felt. I tried to forget these feelings as he spoke to me.

"Hokage-sama has decided that my lieutenant and I are to stay here in Konoha for a period of time. We are to stay at your house if you're okay with that." He said. I simply nodded as I could see the sense in her decision. Maybe now my questions about who exactly they were would be answered.

"What?" Naruto shrieked. "Why would baa-chan want them to stay with you? How do we know they can be trusted?" Kakashi-sensei clamped his hand over Naruto's mouth, although his mouth too was set in a frown. "Look, he saved my life. And anyway, I can protect myself." I said forcefully. 'Why do they still think I'm so weak?'

Toshiro thought 'I know she can do that. Her strength is impressive. Her teammates don't seem to realize that though.' Sakura then began to rise from her hospital bed. Naruto made a move as if to help her but she waved him off. "You know, if you're going to be staying with me, I should at least know your name."I said.

Toshiro nodded, "I am Toshiro Hitsugaya." He had decided to just say his name instead of his full title. "Pleasure to know. I'm Sakura Haruno though you probably already knew that." I said sheepishly. I then began to walk out of the room and beckoned him to follow. "Come, I'll show you to my house." I said.

"Hm, what else can we show at our house. Perhaps, our bedroom?"

"Shut up!"

"You know you want to"

"I do not. Now please, please shut up about it"

"Fine then" Inner had a hurt expression on her face as she finally became quiet.

Once Hitsugaya had begun to follow me we left the hospital. I followed the familiar route home, aware of his gorgeous eyes on me. I could feel the back of my neck growing red as I began blushing. I tried to cover it by shifting my hair. I think he noticed though. We had quickly arrived at my house so I grabbed the spare key under the mat, deactivated the traps and showed him in.

xxxAuthorxxx

And now I end this chapter! I know that it's been a while since I wrote, but I do have a reason. I switched to a different computer and so the story is still on the old computer, which my mom threw out! But I will attempt to write another chapter soon. Hopefully, this will be easier as it's spring break :)

Thank you all that reviewed, or favorited, or put this on story alert. You all get chibi Toshiro plushies :) ,just kidding. Though wouldn't that be awesome?