Lost Child (Bleach Fanfic)

Fiery Feelings

"Unohana..." The captain of the forth division looked up to see that Miyako had come into the room and had a look that said she was upset about something. "You need to come and see what the boy did."

"What the boy did?"

"I don't think giving him paints was perhaps the best idea."

The taicho stood up and followed the rather distraught third seat of the thirteenth division. When she walked into the room her eyes were drawn to the mural that now adorned the lower part of the wall. "Now isn't that something. That's what he was trying to show us yesterday and it is no animal." The woman turned towards him without smiling. "Toshiro... did you draw this pretty picture?"

"Paint is the better word for it." She watched as the child skittered across the floor and pointed to what she had believed to be the head.

"Is this what you were trying to show us yesterday?" She watched as the child's excitement grew until Momo called the thing a monster. "He's not a monster, is he?" Kneeling in front of the boy she watched as his excitement grew again. "What is his name?" The boy's face twisted up into a look of surprise. She continued to speak with him and finally turned to answer Momo's question.

"He has a highter reiatsu level. It may have been why his reiatsu started effecting your granny. His zampaktuo's been trying to talk to him." The woman scooped the child up int her arms. "Why don't we get you into a nice bath while Miyako and Momo clean up everything but that nice picture of yours. The baths aren't far and Isane can help me."

"And of course no more finger paints for him. He's a little monster in the same way dragons are prone to being monsters."

"Yes, that is true. He also seems pleased with himself and the fact he was able to show that dragon to us."

The woman set him down in the bath room and held him up so he was in a standing position. Isane came into the room and the older woman turned to her fukutaicho. "I would like you to send a message to Yamamoto that there is something I want him to see in Toshiro's room."

"Something you want him to see?" Isane blinked a couple of times. "He really did paint the wall like everyone is talking about. Even the male members of the division know despite not being allowed in the hall. What was it that he painted."

The tall female came over and while the taicho of the forth held Toshiro she dumped a bucket of water over the boy's head. Unohana lifted the child up and into the tub watching as his interested shifted to the bath water. "Something that he will recognize and be interested in." She watched as Toshiro moved his arms forward in an easy manner under the water. "Time to get all that filth off. It probably feels good to finally have a bath doesn't it?"

No verbal response of course came from Toshiro. Instead the child began to move his legs in the water to a steady rhythm. Isane smiled at him. "He seems to love baths. We should make sure that he gets a bath daily."

"It's not a bad idea as it will help him recover his ability to move on his own." The woman stayed with the child watching him play as Isane slipped out to send the message. The boy began to hum a tune to an old lullaby. When the rather tall woman came back she leaned over the tub. "Toshiro... it's time to get out."

She began to lift the boy up and a look of utter disappointment spread across his face. He of course didn't fight back and let her towel him off before carrying him back into his room. The child pointed at the dragon on the wall. Miyako was watching and a smile spread across his face. "He certainly likes his zampaktuo, doesn't he."

"I'm glad he does." Unohana carefully tucked the child in the bed. A hell butterfly suddenly flew in through the window and landed on her finger. "The head captain is coming over."

"Is it such a good idea?"

Isane blinked a couple of times."I have to agree with Miyako on this one."

"If it weren't for the fact I need him to see that picture that the child painted on the wall I would normally say yes. If it had been on a piece of paper I would take it to the head captain.

Miyako let out a deep sigh. "Is there something special about that zampaktuo spirit? I mean, to get the head captain involved."

"I can't go into details. I simply wish for him to confirm my suspicions, or even refute them." The woman sat in the other chair and watched as the boy sat up and begin looking around the room. "No more paint for you." The boy looked at her a couple of times. "Or are you just looking for something to do?"

The woman stood up and headed to her office to get the colored blocks and brought them back and the child's small hands went to work playing with the items, moving them around. The child stopped short upon noticing a sudden change in the reiatsu and looked towards the door as if he was expecting something. Isane blinked a couple of times. "Did he just sense the head captain?"

It was then that the old man came into the room with his arms behind his back. The boy simply looked at him, his eyes wide without reacting. However, when the old man's fukutaicho moved into view the child reacted, letting out a sound of fear causing the old man to nod his head for his fukutaicho to leave. He headed over to the bed, watching as Miyako worked on calming the child down, holding the boy to her chest. "What is it that you wished for me to see?"

"If you look towards the wall you can see a picture that the boy painted on the wall."

The old man looked up, one of his eyes taking in the creature before snapping them shut. "So... you like dragons boy?"

"Dragons?" Miyako looked at the picture. "You know... now that I think of it, it does look like a dragon."

Toshiro on the other hand watched the old man carefully before wiggling from Miyako's grip and crawling closer to the head captain across the top of the bed. Two small hands reached up and tugged on the long beard, suddenly fascinated by the old man's beard. A rough hand reached out and ruffled the boy's hair.

Another hand reached in and brought out a piece of wrapped candy. He carefully unwrapped the candy and then put it into the child's mouth. Isane blinked a couple of times. "I'm not sure if that is a good idea. He might swallow it whole."

However, the boy began to play with the item in his mouth with his tongue, pushing it around in his mouth. He then opened his mouth to show the head captain the candy and then snapped his mouth shut and smiled. The man turned to Unohana. "You said that the child had problems around males."

"It may have something to do with your age head captain."

"If that is the case you may want to try and introduce to the boy to that young protegee of yours."

"Hanataro?" Isane blinked a couple of times. "I'm quite sure Hanataro would like to make friends with him. There aren't many Shinigami his age."

The head captain turned to look at the wall. "It's been a long time since I've seen that particular dragon depicted. I hope though that Isane and Miyako take nothing from me saying this. It's just this old man being nostalgic"