Leave Out All the Rest

Title: Leave out all the rest

Disclaimer: Bleach belongs to Tute Kubo I am doing this for my own amusement and I do not gain anything by doing this…ok I my gain some good reviews and the satisfaction to see my favorite pairing in a story.

Pairings: Hitsugaya/Matsumoto is the main pairing of the story, but the story is also going to have some Ichigo/Rukia and...can't think of any other pairing, any suggestions?

Rating: I am not sure yet...but let's put it T .

Summary: Hitsugaya is trying to cheer Matsumoto up. This is the second story that Hitsugaya tells his grandmother.

Author’s Note: This is a sort of sequel to 'Because He is Just a Child' and 'The Day She Noticed Him'; but the story can be read even if you haven't read the other one. The title was inspired by the song Leave out all the rest by Linking Park.


First chapter, relax, read and review!!

-zanpakuto talking-

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Chapter 2
Things I'll do for you

Hitsugaya had evaded successfully his fukutaichou for over two weeks after the party. While deep inside his heart was aching to see her once again, the rational part of him decided that it would be better to put in order his thoughts. Mainly to prevent a heartache latter on.

However, so far he hadn’t come to a solution to his new feelings and the situation was making him crazy. First, he was still her Captain and she was his fukutaicho, so whatever he decided had to allow them to still be able to work together, with no hard feelings between them.". Second, because she was an important part of his life, one of the few that believed in him as a shinigami and as a taichou.

But even if he wanted to keep running from her, he couldn’t. One of the reasons was his job (though he kept running currently regardless of him being in his division or not) and another was that he ran out of excuses and places to stay. Besides the way Aizen-taichou was starting to get way too amused by his antics (for some reason Hitsugaya suspected that the Captain of the fifth division knew something) and Hinamori was behaving in an odd way. Ukitake told something to Kyouraku and now both men were having fun at his expense.

With his resolve firm he entered is office.

Hitsugaya had to blink several times to make sure that what he was seeing was real and not some kind of dream or nightmare. Matsumoto was there, yes, but she was on her desk with a pen and a bunch of paperwork in front of her. She was so engrossed writing in one of the papers that she didn’t notice him enter the office. Hitsugaya stood there for a whole minute before making his way to his fukutaichou.

“Matsumoto, are you feeling ok?” That wasn’t what he wanted to ask or say but what else could he ask in a situation like the one he was in?

The woman lifted her head and her eyes locked onto Hitsugaya’s before smiling at him.

“Taichou!!! It’s been so long!!” In the blink of an eye Matsumoto was over him giving him one of her killer hugs. The poor taichou fought against her and those monsters, attracted to her or not, he would prefer to be alive to enjoy them rather that die because of them.

“Matsumoto!!” he screamed, Matsumoto let go of him with a tense smile. “What the hell? I came here and your first impulse is to suffocate me?!”

“Sorry, Taichou. It’s just that it’s been so long I was starting to wonder where were you or with whom” said the woman with a slight pout on her face that made Hitsugaya look to the side.

“Mmhmm, yeah, about that…sorry I just need a little time off from the office. “


“Taichou, you’re so mean!!!” Hitsugaya looked at her confused wondering how he had been mean. “You left me here with all that paperwork and then I had to wake up earlier to start the training program with the newbie’s for two days in a row!!”

“Ah, I see. “Said Hitsugaya rolling his eyes and relaxing into their ‘friendly’ routine. “‘All that paperwork’ as you called it, it’s your part of the paperwork Matsumoto, and the training is part of your job in the division”

Matsumoto crossed her arms and let out a loud snort. Hitsugaya smile, amused, at that and then let his eyes roam over her desk. Even like that Matsumoto had never done her job and he was curious and worried as to why she was actually doing paperwork.

“Did you really do all the paperwork?” Matsumoto’s eyes went wide opened when Hitsugaya went to grabbed one of the papers.

“Taichou wait!”, too late. Hitsugaya had the paper she had been ‘working’ on. Hitsugaya looked at the paper for a long time; the temperature in the room dropped drastically and now Matsumoto was gulping, a little scared at the sudden change from a warm afternoon to a really cold one.

Hitsugaya looked at one, then at two and so on until he had seen over twenty pages of a report.

“Matsumoto” Hitsugaya’s voice was really low and dangerous. “What is this?”

“Oh, well…you see Taichou I was…” Hitsugaya looked at her with a single eyebrow lifted, waiting for a good explanation.

“Yes? You were what Matsumoto? And you better give me a good reason as to why this form from the sixth division had these things drawn in all twenty pages!”

“Aw, Taichou those aren’t things!! See this is you…” Matsumoto started showing each one of her drawings to a very annoyed Hitsugaya. Inside him Hyorinmaru was having the time of his life laughing at the picture of a very deformed rabbit-thing that looked like Hitsugaya.

-But look at it it’s just like you!! A midget with a constant frown.-

The laugh coming from Hyorinmaru only served to make the little taichou more annoyed. He was about to reply when another drawing caught his attention and Hitsugaya let out a smirk and a mocking laugh.

‘Ha, looked at it!! It’s that you Hyorinmaru?? It’s exactly like you!! An annoying deformed lizard’

-That hurt! And that…that ‘thing’ certainly doesn’t look like me-

‘Well, Matsumoto seems to think that you do’

-Well, you should show your girlfriend how I really look or at least teach her how to draw!-

Hitsugaya blush at the last comment before replying ‘she is not my girlfriend; careful what you say’

-Oh, little Toushirou-chan is worried? You shouldn’t worry; your secret crush on such a beautiful, desirable, hottie is safe with…with me.-

'What was that silence? Why did you hesitate?'

But the dragon didn’t say anything else and Hitsugaya had to wonder if he should be pressing the dragon to answer his question or if he only did it to bother Hitsugaya. The young taichou decided not to pay any attention to his zanpakutou for now and he returned his attention to his fukutaichou.

“Matsumoto, first where did you learn to do those…things? And second why are those things on the report?”

“Oh Taichou, Renji brought this reports and he came with Kuchiki-taichou’s sister, she was the one to teach me those cute drawings.” Said Matsumoto with a proud smile at her drawings. Hitsugaya rub the bridge of his nose feeling a headache approaching.

“I thought you were actually working and then I discover you were drawing all the Gotei 13!”

There was a moment of silence; Hitsugaya looked up to see his fukutaichou with a sad gleam on her eyes that disappear as soon as the woman discovered him looking at her. Hitsugaya frowned but decided to remain silent and let his fukutaichou talk.

“I was working Taichou” she said after a moment and her voice had a fake tone of enthusiasm. “But then I got bored…and you weren’t here so it wasn’t fun to go back to sleep on the couch and the others were to busy to go out.”

Hitsugaya decided to omit her comment of going back to sleep, he watched her closely and discovered something off in her mood. The young taichou had been with her long enough to know about her mood swings, but usually she just passed from happy, to annoying, to annoyed, to happy again. And he could say that when her mood changed into one of sadness or depression the only reason behind it was a man. Ichimaru Gin.

“I will fix the document right away Taichou. “ She took the paper from him and sat once again on her desk, erasing all the drawings she had made.

Hitsugaya watched her for a moment before sitting at his desk and finishing the last reports he had brought with him. He felt conflicted about the whole situation, since he had decided that his feelings towards his fukutaichou should be forgotten and buried deep inside him. He couldn’t ignore her when he knew she felt horrible. The proof of that was that she had been there all morning and part of the afternoon working on her desk, usually she only worked outside the office because when she was there she either slept or…or slept some more.


-It seems like Gin hasn’t talked to her or visited her since the night after the party.-

‘What? How do you know?’

-I have my sources…besides, they didn’t wake up together. It seems like Gin left just before she woke up.-

Hitsugaya’s hands closed too hard on his pen, breaking it in two. The white-hared taichou growled and grabbed another one. The mere thought of what were they doing that night made him felt a little mad.

‘Again, how do you know that and why should I care?’

-I thought you liked her?-

‘That has nothing to do with this conversation…it’s just a stupid crush nothing else’

Hyorinmaru huffed, not really believing his master; but, knowing the young taichou he knew it was better to trick him into admitting things rather than oblige him to do so.

-If you say so…but, I wasn’t telling you this only because of your feelings for her. I was telling you this because she looks really depressed and it would be nice if you show some concern; stop acting like an idiot.-

‘What do you mean depress? She was well enough to do those stupid drawings!

-Oh, come on Toushirou I choose you because of your brains not your height. -

An amused chuckle reached Hitsugaya and the taichou rolled his eyes at the old joke.

-She has been working here for two days!!! Did you miss that?? Two days in a row!!!-

‘Ok, let’s say I believe you. What should I do? I mean, I am her superior and she obviously prefers her friends’ company than mine!’

-Stop acting like an idiot. And didn’t you have to go to your grandmother today?-

An hour later after a long discussion with Hyorinmaru Hitsugaya stood up and near Matsumoto’s desk. The woman had been working very slowly but was making progress and when Hitsugaya looked at her he noticed the aura of loneliness and sadness in her.
Matsumoto looked at him curiously.

“Let’s go, you can finished that later.”

“But Taichou, what if Kuchiki-taichou needs this?”

“Don’t worry about it.” Those words earned him an incredulous look from his fukutaichou. “Come on I don’t have all day.”

With a last glance at the paperwork Matsumoto stood up and went to follow her taichou to wherever he was taking her.

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He thought that taking Matsumoto out with him was a good idea. After all the purpose was to make her feel a little better and maybe help her forget whatever had happened between her and Ichimaru. But after they arrived to his grandma’s place and the old woman accepted Matsumoto inside, the young taichou of the tenth division regreted his decision.

“Oh, that is so cute!!”Squealed Matsumoto for the umpteenth time. Hitsugaya rolled his eyes at her antics while his grandmother was giving him a mischievous smile.

“I am glad you agree with me Rangiku-san.” Said the old woman with laughter in her voice. “But little Toushirou thought it would be in his best interest to run around naked and not let Momo-chan come near him after that particular incident.”

Hitsugaya’s face went red at the mention of him running naked; Matsumoto laughed really hard before hugging her taichou.

“Oh Taichou, who knew you were so evil when you were younger?” Hitsugaya was trying to free himself from the woman’s grasp but Matsumoto was having none of it. “Oh, and to run naked!!! “

“Let go of me” Hitsugaya freed himself and sat on the other side of the table. His grandmother was looking at him with interest evident in her eyes.

“That was a terrible incident that I really regret!” said Hitsugaya trying to recover some of his dignity; Matsumoto looked at him not really believing him. “And I didn’t run naked…I just…I lost my towel after I tried to jump a big rock and Hinamori couldn’t stop chasing me after I tore her favorite dress, so it was the towel or facing an angered Hinamori.”


“Yeah, right;” said Matsumoto.

“Would you like some tea, Rangiku-san?” interrupted the old woman before Hitsugaya could reply to his fukutaichou.

“Yes, thank you. “

“Very well, Toushirou-chan?”

“Coming Granny.”

The both of them let Matsumoto alone; the old woman kept glancing at Hitsugaya who once in a while looked to were Matsumoto was sitting.

“She is a beautiful woman, right Toushirou?” Hitsugaya turned around, his cheeks slightly pink.

“I…I guess.”

“And very intelligent as well.”

“Mmmhmm, if you say so.” The old woman frowned at that answer.

“You never told me that the woman that found out about your shinigami powers was the same one you have as a fukutaichou.”

“I…it slipped my mind Granny, I guess I never really thought you would be interested.” A wooden spoon hit him on the hand and Hitsugaya hissed in pain. “Ouch, why did you do that Granny?”

“Of course I would be interested; I like to know what you two have been doing with your lives.”

“Sorry.”

“It’s ok, I guess. At least you decided to bring her here. “Hitsugaya looked with narrowed eyes at the woman that had been like family to him. He didn’t like that tone of voice. “But I have to wonder, why did you bring her just now?”

Hitsugaya stood there trying to find out what had his grandmother mean by that. When he was about to ask her the old woman had already left and was talking once again with Matsumoto.

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The rest of the afternoon had gone smoothly. Hitsugaya’s grandmother had decided to tell the woman more embarrassing stories about him and Hitsugaya was sure that Matsumoto was taking notes so she could use it all against him later on. But at least he had achieved what he wanted.

Matsumoto was more happy and relaxed, and she had that particular light in her eyes that made her shine and look more beautiful. While Hitsugaya didn’t speak too much he had enjoyed the afternoon seeing two of his favorite women enjoy themselves and talk about girly nonsense, as he called it.

He looked at the stars up in the sky of Soul Society, a soft smile appeared on his face at the familiar reiatsu that was coming his way.

“Taichou, what are you doing here?” asked Matsumoto sitting beside him. “Your grandmother said that you should come inside, we already fixed the room so we can spend the night here.”

“We shouldn’t, we need to go back to Seireitei. “

“Oh, taichou but I already did the beds!!”

“What are you talking about?” asked Hitsugaya, “I have my own room here and my futon is still there and you could sleep in Hinamori’s. So which beds are you talking about?”

Matsumoto giggle but ignored his question. Suddenly, and without a warning, the woman linked her arms to his right one and rested her head on Hitsugaya’s shoulder. The white-haired taichou felt his cheeks warm up and he could hear Hyorinmaru singing inside his head.

“Thank you.” Those words were a mere whisper but they reached Toushirou’s ears just fine.

“For what?” he asked in the same tone, feeling a million butterflies on his stomach and his heart beating so hard and fast that he was afraid Matsumoto would noticed somehow.

“For cheering me up, Taichou.”

“I didn’t know you need someone to cheer you up. What happened to put you in a sad mood Matsumoto?” said Hitsugaya, Matsumoto lifted her head and looked at him with a gently smile on her face.

“It was nothing Taichou. Let’s go.” She said. Hitsugaya nodded but before he stood up Matsumoto came near him and gave him a soft kiss on his cheek. The woman left him before the little taichou could do anything. Not that he could; he froze on the spot, eyes wide opened and cheeks totally red.

He lifted his right hand to the spot Matsumoto had kissed and a happy grinned appeared there.

‘Maybe…maybe I still have some hope’

-Maybe…-

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So, guess this is it, for today. I want to thank to RiddimMistress for the review. Thanks I am glad you’re liking the story. Also I want to thank to those who read the story and that vote for the story. Thank you!!!

Next chapter is going to be Rangiku’s birthday and Gin is going to make a very interesting proposition.

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