Christmas Nightmare (Bleach Fanfic)

Red Haired Shinigami

Keeping an eye and taking care of Toshiro in his inner world should have been easy. Toshiro had always been easy to deal with before. That was before the time he up and left the two people he cared about, causing them to have to pick up the pieces. Yes, the fact that he could see them having to pick up these pieces, he found to hurt.

Especially when he ended up finding that the small taicho had definitely grown up somewhat since he had last seen the boy. The fact that he had that incident with a girl his age, was sign enough for Gin that things had changed since he had last seen the white haired boy. He also had to wonder who exactly the little girl was.

Also, as funny as he would have normally found the arguments between the two, it had become evident that the small taicho was in truth simply arguing with himself, about whether or not he liked this Karin-chan person. It was obvious to Gin, that Toshiro, who tended to be aloof about girls for the most part, actually did have a crush on her.

Every so often, the former third division captain had to step in, and pull the two of them apart. The one good thing about this was Toshiro was finally walking on his own. The problem was, it wasn't just because of arguments that caused the man to have to pull them apart, and these things were causing the small taicho to freak out.

Not to mention, act completely childish about the whole matter at hand. He had never seen the small boy act like this, not since he was around the age physically of a three year old. That… was a memory that he tended to push aside. Though… seeing him acting his age was great, the frustration that went with it, didn't work.

Suddenly, Inoue-chan spoke up. "Hey, there is a group of people over there!"

Gin glanced over, and saw thirteen different people standing there. He rolled the eyes at the idea of having more company in this matter, and tugged on Toshiro's sleeve, just as the boy dodged another glomp from Karin. "I think we should go and see what is going on… don't you think?"

Thus, the five of them quickened their step, and arrived at the group, and Gin couldn't help but wince as he recognized every single one of them there. His Adam apple bobbed down, as he glanced over the thirteen lieutenants of the Gotei Thirteen, including the former Shiba. As he looked, his eyes suddenly fell upon Renji's normally red hair.

He had to blink twice, and realize another Christmas element had somehow worked its way into Toshiro's dreaming state. How it was at all possible, he didn't know, but Abarai's hair was blinking on and off like a red light bulb. This caused him to look at Toshiro, who was glaring at the thirteen that were standing there.

"Taicho!" came Matsumoto's squeak as she rushed forward. She paused to glance at Isshin, then back at Toshiro. "Ehh… two taicho's…"

This caused Toshiro to fold his arms across his chest. Isshin gave a weak smile. "We're on a special mission…"

"Ahh," suddenly, Rangiku glomped the small taicho, and hugged him close to her bosom. "I find this taicho a lot more huggable!"

"Matsumoto!" Toshiro stated, trying to pull away.

"What is… Ichimaru Gin doing here…" Izuru suddenly asked, only to have Momo pull him towards her, as Matsumoto let go of her small taicho, to glare straight at Gin, her eyes seriously cold. Gin avoided her look, and continued to pay attention to Izuru and Momo, in time to see them kiss. In fact, it became apparent to Gin, that Toshiro saw it, as the boy quickly dodged behind Gin, peeking out from behind.

"Gin! Are you trying to kidnap my taicho!" Matsumoto suddenly snapped. Gin couldn't help but think about the fact that Toshiro was looking for a reason for Ran-chan to beat him up, subconsciously that is. He found him shunpooing around the crowd, as two people he felt were least likely to make out were.