Time for Hitsugaya to take charge of the situation! Though, what's with some of these people showing him respect all of a sudden? It's not bad, but it's weird. He doesn't like weird. Why can't people just be normal?

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 5,356
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( Hitsugaya was not one of the crass morons who thought she got her rank because of her womanly curves, but he did wonder sometimes just how someone so lazy achieved high standing in a military organization. But when she chose to, she could be serious and command respect. )

And the plot thickens, with a mysterious death in the Fourth Division. So now Unohana's suspicions are aroused, and it's time for her to take a closer look at the situation. And of course, Hitsugaya and Matsumoto continue to snipe at each other rather than try to get along properly.

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 4,713
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( People looked to her to be strong and reassuring, and she would do her best to provide them that comfort for as long as she was able. Perhaps once she knew what was going on, it would be better to make an announcement. But bereft of facts as she was, she would keep the matter private. )

And the search parties are mobilized, with Hinamori taking charge. Oh, and Hitsugaya absolutely does know how to speak to his own officers. Really, he does, no matter what Rangiku says. It's all part of being a captain.

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 3,254
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( Okay, Hitsugaya was not taking the blame for this one; Matsumoto was the one who just sassed her superior officer in public. The tense feeling around them was all her fault. )

Okay, it's back to our beloved senior officers of the Tenth for this chapter! And a little bit of intrigue starting up, too.

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 4,576
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( Anyone who would have taken that as friendly concern would have been mistaken, of course. It was hardly that. Just a captain wondering over the status of his vice-captain after sustaining an injury. It was his right as her commanding officer to know her condition, and that was that. )

Okay, since this chapter has been edited for days, I couldn't put off posting it any longer -- it's been nagging at me. *grin* Such a seemingly simpler time than what we've got in canon right now . . . A cheerful and flustered Hinamori, and the superficially kind and accommodating Aizen.

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 3,416
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( She just wanted to look presentable as the vice-captain of the Fifth Division. Her public image reflected upon Aizen-taichou and she would feel horrible if she did anything to tarnish the Gotei's view of him. Besides, people took her more seriously when she looked nice and neat; she looked more like an officer that way, and less like a young girl waving around a sword. )

Getting back to our lovely captain of the Fourth, now. Nothing like a nice, quiet moment with Komamura, right? Just one more captain to go, after this!

Title: Within Those Walls
Author: flowingmists
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Unohana, Komamura
Prompt: #021 – Cage
Word Count: 973
Rating: PG
Summary: For the first time, Retsu sees what is beneath the mask.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( Though she had never seen him unhelmeted before, her eyebrows did not lift at the canine features, and there was no hesitance in her steps. )

*whistles innocently* No, I'm not posting again already. Seriously, I'm not. Well, in any case, we're ready for some lovely violence, right? Right. That's what I thought.

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 4,577
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( Hitsugaya brought a hand up to shield his face, and gritted his teeth. Damn it. This was her fault again, being an idiot and working him up to the point where he lost focus. Was she trying to get them killed? Stupid woman. Another thing to lecture her about when they got back to Seireitei. The list just kept getting longer and longer. )

And here we are with a chaptered story this time! I had a hankering for editing some of my stuff, and decided that as long as I'm editing, I might as well post it, too. (Yes, Kel, the story is going live. :D)

Title: In Spite of Appearances
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Hitsugaya, Matsumoto, and eventually quite a few others in supporting roles.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: M, for violence
Wordcount: 4,003
Summary: In the early days of Hitsugaya's captaincy, his working relationship with Matsumoto is less than ideal. When one of the Tenth's squads goes down under mysterious circumstances, the two must learn to work together if they hope to discover the truth.
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( He was quite capable of handling whatever was going on without her help. But captains were supposed to work in tandem with their vice captains. He sighed in resignation; he'd never been good at teamwork, but it looked as though he was going to have to try. Lucky him. )

Gee, all this time between posting and I wind up with a short one. Then again, there's only so much you can write when there's just one character in the scene, I guess. I'm just glad I was able to get another one of these finished. I need to work up some ideas for more of the prompts, now. And actually get more done on my Big Bang project . . .


Title: Plait
Author: flowingmists
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Unohana
Prompt: #023 – Meditate
Word Count: 612
Rating: G
Summary: People would ask her why she kept her hair so long.
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All characters and settings of Bleach are the property of Kubo Tite.

( Concentrating like this helped on evenings like this one, where she needed to re-establish peace in her mind. )

I blame you Kel, but you know I do it with love. :D


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Heaven help me, I worked up an idea already and I've never even written an AU before. Should be interesting to see where my brain goes with this . . .