I'm going to try this out. HOPEFULLY, it'll work...hopefully...

This is my first Bleach fanfic, so don't kill me if it's not 'up-to-standard'.

I don't own this...and I really have no clue who does...but that doesn't matter!

It was a normal day in summer. Personally, it was a torturous summer morning if you wanted to get specific with Hitsugaya. And it wasn't even noon yet. The child prodigy was sitting, as usual, behind his desk, wondering how all of the paperwork in the Soul Society seems to end up in his office. And his always drunk, sake addict of a lieutenant was no help either. Sighing, he ran his hand through his hair. It's not my fault I can't act my age, he thought, irritably, These people don't give me any time to act my age, for heavens sake! How many ten year olds do you see behind a desk, working on paperwork all day long?!

At least this room is air conditioned, he thought, sarcastically, dipping his brush once more into the ink. I won't have to bother-

The door slammed open.

Hitsugaya knew there was something wrong the moment Matsumoto stepped into the room.

For one, she was smiling.

Then again, she always smiles, Hitsugaya thought, I guess it's just this smile. It gives you shivers...

Two, she actually bothered coming to the office today. Usually, Matsumoto didn't even bother stepping foot into the office, unless she wanted some silent company and the comfort of the couch.

And three...she was carrying something in her arms. Usually she didn't carry anything in her arms other than clothes or sake. If they were clothes, then she's try on each one and ask Hitsugaya which ones were better, which did not speed up the process of the paperwork. If it was sake, then she'd plomp down on the couch and start drinking and gossiping about what the other captains were doing.

And sure enough...

"Taichou!" she called, happily. Hitsugaya looked up, giving her the coldest glare yet. Matsumoto took this as a sign to go away, but as usual, she didn't heed it. "Taichou! Look what I found! And turn up the heat. How cold is it in here?"

The captain sighed, looking at the thermostat. Wow...59 degrees Fahrenheit...I must have really been trying to escape the heat...I didn't notice.

"Turn up the heat!" Matsumoto ordered again. "It'll be bad for the baby!"

Hitsugaya blinked. Wait. Did she just say...?

"Baby!" Matsumoto repeated, happily. "Don't worry, it's not yours," she added hastily as poor little Toshirou blanched horribly.

He recovered, and his icy glare came back on her face. "Get out," he demanded, coldly. "And take that stupid baby with you."

"Aww, but taich-"

"NOW."

"B-B-But..."

"MATSUMOTO," he didn't shout it, but he might've as well, because...the baby woke up and started crying.

"Oh no!" Matsumoto called, looking at the child with worry. "I think she might be hungry." Then, she turned to her captain, expectantly.

Hitsugaya groaned. It was a girl. Great, just was a he needed. Another annoying female in his office. "Fine," he sighed, caving in. "Get some milk heated up for her, and I'll turn down the heat."

Matsumoto squealed with happiness, dropped the baby, and embraced her captain with one of her trademark hugs. "THANK YOU, TAICHOU!" she squealed, nearly suffocating the little captain that was starting to regret this.

"Matsumoto."

"Yes, taichou?"

"You just...dropped the baby," he said, rather pointedly in his opinion.

"Ack!" Matsumoto cried, running to the now thrashing baby on the ground. Hitsugaya sighed and lowered his forehead into the palm of his hand. This was going to be a long parenthood...

After a while, Hitsugaya and Matsumoto got the baby to calm down enough to stop her from thrashing around. Matsumoto finally got the milk warmed, and nearly killed the baby when she accidentally stuck the bottle up the poor little girl's nostril and milk started flowing through. Hitsugaya had to freeze the milk that flowed in and pull it out all at once. He was starting to regret (desperately) that he even allowed the girl to stay.

"So, taichou, what should we name her?" Matsumoto asked, eagerly. Hitsugaya had retreated back to his desk to continue on the paperwork that he might never finish now as the baby girl slowly fell asleep. Matsumoto had been stroking the soft little tufts of honey blond hair that crowned the girl's head.

"I don't know," Hitsugaya snapped, but inwardly, he was rather curious of what Matsumoto would come up with.

"How about...Ichigo?" Matsumoto offered. Hitsugaya blotted the paper he was working on with horror.

"You want to name her after that retard?" he asked, coldly.

"Not really, no," Matsumoto said innocently. "It was just the first name I thought of."

"What about...Kantana?" Hitsugaya said, offhandedly. He was rewarded by a whack around the head from Matsumoto. "What was that for?!"

"Our child is not going to be named after a sword!" Matsumoto demanded, hotheadedly. Hitsugaya rubbed the back of his head, glaring at Matsumoto.

"She's in the Soul Society," he said, calmly and icily. "She's going to see battle, after all."

"But she's a little girl," Matsumoto whined.

"At least I didn't say Zanpacto," he said, rather annoyed now.

"That would've been worse!" Matsumoto wailed.

"My point exactly."

"What about...Sake?" Matsumoto thought aloud.

"You're going to name that girl after sake?!" Hitsugaya asked, coldly. The temperature dropped five degrees.

Matsumoto blinked innocently. "Sure. Why not?"

"Because it's bad for a baby to be named after something she can't drink."

"Oh."

"What about Sakura?" Hitsugaya sighed, finishing one paper and pulling another toward him.

"I like it, but it sounds too old and grown-up-ish," Matsumoto said, frowning slightly.

At this point, Hitsugaya was really pissed. "Kozakura then," he hissed, glaring at Matsumoto. To his immense surprise, Matsumoto loved the name, and ignoring the fact that the temperature fell about another five degrees.

"Yes!" she squealed. "I LOVE IT! Little Koku! Koku-chan, come to Mommy!" And with that, she hugged the baby tightly, making her wake up and start crying.

Hitsugaya sighed.

That...was kind of weird. I think I'm going to continue it though. It's fun! Review please, and I'll try to update again soon.

Kozakura- Little Cherry Tree