Christmas Nightmare (Bleach Fanfic)

Christmas Devil

Gin could feel the small body pressed against his back, holding on rather weakly as he attempted to catch up with the two figments of Toshiro's imagination. Even though the boy's body was weak, Gin could still feel some of the strength returning to it, so was a rather a bit comforting, that the boy had the chance of recovering.

Suddenly, something green appeared in the distance, that was fast approaching as Gin continued to walk. What he saw, appeared to be a group of trees, with a rather large one in the middle. The silver haired man let out a sigh, and quickened his step, rather hoping that the two companions had in fact perhaps stopped in that small grove.

The pine smell was in truth intoxicating, and Ichimaru felt the small boy move on his shoulders, and lift himself up a bit. "Ne… Ichimaru… I smell pine… there isn't pine in Japan, is there…"

"Ahh… the main ones are the black, red and white, but I think that these aren't native to Japan, Shiro-chan…" Gin muttered to the half-groggy boy, having the idea that if Toshiro were able to think on his own, he would know that the three were used in bonsais.

"What do you mean, not likely native to Japan?" the boy asked, still holding on.

"Because, they are very pointy, from top to bottom," Gin stated. "And the fact that one of them is decorated with ornaments, I think they are supposed to be Christmas trees."

"Yay…" came the muffled reply as Toshiro buried his mouth into the back of Ichimaru's shoulder, indicating his displeasure at having found this bit of information out.

"Toshiro-kun! There you are! We thought we had lost you, and might have to go back and rescue you!" came a sudden, very chipper voice. Both of the light haired males turned their heads towards the voice, to find that the Orihime had spotted them. And at that point, she also noticed that Toshiro was with Gin. "Goat beard person! Goat beard person! Toshiro-kun's been kidnapped!"

"Gin! Put me down! Quick!" Toshiro stated, though he really didn't wait to let the man allow him down, and instead, he ended up pushing away from his body. This was an unfortunate mistake, as Ichimaru couldn't hold on much longer, and Toshiro felt his body crash to the ground as Gin was unable to adjust to stop the small boy.

"Owe!"

"Serves you right for being stupid…" Gin muttered, reaching down to give the boy yet another hand up. The boy's body was shaking a bit, from the shock and the pain that he had felt. However, to both male shingami's dismay, Orihime at that very moment decided to tackle the former third division taicho, causing him to crash and land on top of the small boy.

"That… hurts… get off…" Toshiro muttered, his voice rather muffled, not to mention panicking.

"I would… but…" Gin had somehow managed to push himself part way up, only to find that he was being beaten up, by the small pint sized girl… well, pint sized except for her chest size. Her fists were rather light, but the rapid succession of them amounted to something painful, and he could also only push himself so far up.

"Now, now angel lady," came Isshin's voice, as he suddenly plucked the girl up and off of Gin. "He's actually here to help…"

"No way! He's got that really scary mask on," Orihime fussed, as Gin managed to finally get off the boy.

"It isn't that scary…" the small taicho retorted. "It is more of something one might see in one of those stupid, childish cartoons."

"You don't need to be that way, Shiro-chan," the boy's former taicho sighed. "I mean, would it really hurt you to enjoy something that is silly."

"I just want to go home, and not have to deal with all this silliness…" came the muttered reply.

"Are you hurt?" came Orihime's sudden question, as Toshiro leaned up against the tree, trying his best to pretend that the three were in fact, not there. His mind didn't want to even begin to fathom what was going on. And he glanced at the ceiling, or more of, tree grove, the pain coursing through his body, from when Gin had fallen on him.