Glacialus Sub Ubi (Bleach Fanfic)

Fourth Division

Unohana was drinking tea with her second and Hanataro, when she suddenly found Ichigo shunpooing in front of them, an unconscious tenth division taicho on his back. Isane suddenly found herself spitting out her tea, splashing all over the small division member.

"Umm… uhh… is Hitsugaya taicho all right?" the small boy asked, pointing his finger at Ichigo.

"Of course he isn't all right… why else would Kurosaki of all people bring him here," Isane , her mind in rather a panic as she glanced the small taicho over rather nervously. "What I don't get is, if he was attacked, why don't we see any major injuries?"

Ichigo shook his head, letting the small boy drop from his shoulders into Hanataro's arms. The division member glanced at Unohana to see what his instructions would be. Unohana remained calm. "Kurosaki… what exactly happened?"

"Matsumoto thought that Toshiro had done something really bad, but it was really Rukia," Ichigo rubbed a hand at the back of his head, knowing that Toshiro would either want to deal with Matsumoto on his own and would likely rather not have certain things that were rather embarrassing said allowed.

"And Rangiku's reaction was probably to treat him like a child needing to be punished," the woman stated. "Isane… would you please draw up a hot bath for Hitsugaya taicho? Hanataro will follow you… as I need to speak with the substitute reaper privately. And wait for me to get there before you put him in please."

Isane bowed her head and took the small white haired taicho from Hanataro's arms as they would be able to travel faster. Ichigo scratched his head at this. "Why exactly did you wish to speak with me?"

"Hitsugaya taicho won't be able to sit for a couple of days, will he," the woman stated more then asked.

"Aren't you going to use healing Kido on him?" Ichigo suddenly asked.

"I could… but I prefer to use that only when I absolutely have to," the woman stated. "Healing the outside part doesn't help heal the inside part. If I heal him, he will go straight back to work, not giving his heart a chance to heal. He needs to be able to work with Matsumoto again."

"Ehh… no wonder people are afraid of you!" Ichigo suddenly commented.

The woman paused. "Excuse me?"

"Well…" Ichigo began to fidget. "You know the phrase where one says that someone is evil… but not evil like Aizen… but a good kind of evil."

"And the point of this is?" the woman's expression didn't change.

"Well… while people don't always like what you do to them, it is for their own good, isn't it?" Ichigo stated. "So… one could say… your evil… in a good way… and not the kind of evil that is hurtful."

Unohana then began to walk forward. "I've known for a long time that people think that about me. Only a select few are upfront about it. Hitsugaya taicho… while I wouldn't say he is afraid of me, he knows that I can be just as stubborn as he can."

She stepped into a room, where the two fourth division shingami's had drawn up the bath, with Toshiro leaning up against the wall. Unohana went over and gave the boy a small shake. "Hitsugaya taicho? Can you wake up for me?"

His eyes groggily opened. "Taicho… I am not taicho… taicho is taicho… I'm the second and Rangiku is third seat…"

Unohana at first didn't respond, but then gave the boy a small smile. "Lieutenant Hitsugaya… would you get ready to take the bath. We'll step out to allow you privacy."

"Hai," the small boy stated, then his eyes perked up and looked around, seeing Ichigo and the fourth division members. "Where is Isshin-san taicho?"