crazyfoxdemon said:
And finally....What the hell is going on with Toshiro and Rangiku and what the hell are they doing when all this is going downá :huh.:á :huh.:
Ask and ye shall receive.
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On a normal day, the sight of Rangiku Matsumoto running at top speed towards, well, anywhere really would have been a sight that Toushiro Hitsugaya quietly appreciated. Indeed, the unspoken reason he had allowed Matsumoto to continue in her position as Vice-Captain of the 10th despite her slacking, drinking, and generally lackadaisical attitude was that when she fell asleep on his couch, it did all sorts of interesting things for her physique.
Well, that and the sex. But that was something only known about by a handful of people: Urahara, because of the hidden cameras he'd put throughout Seireitei; Aizen, who occasionally usurped that network for his own purposes; Gin, because he occasionally usurped that network to keep an eye on Matsumoto; Hinamori, because of one drunken evening about which the only thing Hitsugaya remembered was that Momo's ass lived up to her name; and every member of Divisions Seven through Thirteen, because they lived and worked in earshot.
But, amazingly enough, there were a few things that could put the mind of a man currently halfway through 50 years adolescence completely off the subject of sex. One of them was the fact that apparently the entirety of the Central 46 had been turned into a demonstration that someone needed to work on their taxidermy skills.
The other was the sight that greeted the Captain and Vice-Captain of the Tenth Division as they reached the execution grounds, intent on informing the assembled officers that the entire execution was based on a lie.
"..................."
"..................."
Both of them just stared mutely at the unfolding devastation for a while as their brains finished confirming that they weren't just hallucinating from the residual stench of poorly tanned leather. Unsurprisingly, Hitsugaya's brain was the first to finish rebooting.
"Soooooo...tell me again why we were in such a hurry to get here, Matsumoto? Because if you'd listened to me, we could have just gone back to headquarters and quietly rejoiced in the fact that the amount of paperwork you'd have to ignore and I'd have to do is about to go down
significantly. And, you know, avoided this whole mess while getting plastered like a wall that the Fourth Division's been cleaning."
Finally snapping out of her stupor, Matsumoto looking uncharacteristically thoughtful as she formulated her reply.
"Well, because I was sure that the amount of paperwork we'd have to do to explain how the hell nobody noticed that what passes for our government was butchered and then left to dry-age would more than make up for the savings caused by their richly deserv-I mean, horrible deaths. But somehow I don't think that paperwork is the old bastard's biggest problem at the moment."
"I'll say. By the way, is it just me or is that Gin getting whaled on like Moby Dick over there?"
"I think so. Funny, he didn't used to have any problems with double pene-"
"If you finish that sentence I won't rescue you the next time Mayuri asks you to 'explain certain facts of life to my daughter'"
"Point taken. Speaking of which, I think Shunsui just removed Gin's spleen. Doesn't he need that."
"No, I'm pretty sure that was one of his kidneys."
"Oh, no problem then, that's why you have two."
"Indeed. Popcorn?"
"Please."
Unfortunately for both of our intrepid shinigami, the time spent in the above reverie would probably have been better spent simply leaving quietly before anyone noticed.
As it turned out, they didn't even have enough time left to enjoy the popcorn.
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I don't know whether I'll keep running with this train of thought, but if I do I can promise a few things will occur: the word "Whitey" will be uttered by Tousen, the 10th Division will have a new captain, and we'll find out why Yachiru still looks like she's five despite being about the same age as Byakuya. Next time on
To the Victor: "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Pink-Haired Loli"!