It was just another day in the Soul Society when Toshiro looked out the window. He shuffled through his papers trying to find the one he was working on. He gritted his teeth in annoyance as he searched through the seemed as though when ever he was at the end of his rope is when the biggest annoyance walked hated how she just came in to bother him, when ever she felt like it,it drove him insane. She came in just to annoy him and right now he couldn't take it. So when she appeared in the doorway, it didn't help his temper.

"Hey captain! Need any help?" She asked with a smile.

"Would it matter if I said yes?" He spat.

She looked at him with a smile " Sure,I will help you, it is my job." She laughed walking over to him.

"No! I don't need it, just leave me alone Rangiku. You always get in the way, and when I need you, you are never there. So just go do what you do best." He shouted.

She closed her eyes and glanced up at him and gave him a smile. " Yeah...well...you're right...uhh...if you need me, you know where to find me." She turned away and began to leave.

'why did she look at him like that. It was true, she never was any help. And the truth of the matter was that sometimes it would be better if she were not there. 'It was no wonder he left her, no...wait...' He thought. He knew he over did it. Toshiro looked at the clock and then at the pile of papers. ' I will finish this and then go talk to her' he thought.

Rangiku looked at the calender, one full year. It had been one full year since her best friend left. Gin, a close friend who saved her life when she was a little silver captain had changed her life, he was her first crush after all. She let out a heavy sigh and sat up slowly. She swept her hair behind her ear and felt as the tears pooled at the corners of her eyes.

She got up and walked to the bathroom, she took a hot shower and brushed her hair out. She let it air dry and finally made up her mind. She was going to make this day a good day. He was never coming back and she needed to understand that. He was a criminal now, he had done so many wrong things...it just hurt to be betrayed...NO she was making the best out of her day. She looked at the clock, she was going in early to work today. She laughed, putting on her makeup. She was done, today was going to be good.

She walked to the door and made her way out to her captain's office. She heard him ruffling through some papers, she smiled. Slowly Rangiku opened the door and spoke, why was he looking at her like that.

"Hey captain! Need any help?" She asked with a smile, that she hadn't given anyone in a long while.

"Would it matter if I said yes?" He spat.

She looked at him with a smile " Sure it would, I will help you, it is my job." She laughed walking over to him. He was always so smug.

"No! I don't need it, just leave me alone Rangiku. You always get in the way, and when I need you, you are never there. So just go do what you do best." He shouted.

She closed her eyes and felt the pain sink in her heart...'so much for trying to make it a good day.', she glanced up at him and gave him a fake smile. " Yeah...well...you're right...uhh...if you need me, you know where to find me." She turned away and began to leave. She felt the tears trail down her face. She couldn't breath, something was suffocating her. The truth?

She began to sob loudly as she went to the entrance of her room. She just about opened the door when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to face the person to be surprised. Her breath yet again was taken away. Her heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened. This was a dream, a nightmare.

"Long time no see,Rangiku-chan" he smiled that fox smile...Gin.

"W, What are you doing here?" She gasped stepping back in shock.

" Well that is no way to greet a friend-

"You are no a longer a friend!" She spat reaching for her zanpaktou.

He grinned and flash-stepped over to her. He placed a hand gently on her hand. For a moment she hesitated, her hand relaxed and she felt her minds logic waiver. She closed her hand and gripped the handle tighter. " What are you doing here!" She demanded glaring at him.

"For you silly." He removed her hand and offered her his.

'This is not happening...why would he come back for me?' She wondered.

Toshiro finally finished, he now knew what he had to do. He had to go and talk to her, he didn't mean to hurt her. She had been through a lot with in the last couple of months. He piled the papers at the edge of his desk. He then walked out the room, he worried for her.

He was just frustrated, he had been stressed all had been trying a lot more lately and he just didn't recognize it. She just was a handful, he never meant any of the words he said to her. Normally they would just bounce off of her, but today her eyes. Her ice blue eyes were saddened...he now remembered why.

"I am such a typical man." He growled at himself.

"If you don't hurry and come with me, I might be seen. You wouldn't want that now would ya now?" He smiled moving close to her.

His cold hands touched her face, she had never been this close to him. Rangiku's heart pounded as his lips traced over her warm lips. She closed her eyes and then realization hit her. She shook away and slapped his hand away " RED ALERT! HELP! THERE IS AN INTRUDER!" She shouted.

Gin eye brow cocked in a curious manner " Hm, you have changed." He opened his red eyes and felt the presence of others appear around him."Well I promised Aizen I would bring you back...soo" He almost sang the words.

Other squad members hurried to the scene, Rangiku pulled her weapon from its sheath. " I have changed, you say?" She growled as her eyes burned into his body.

He smiled and closed his eyes once more, " You have tested my temper Rangiku." He turned to the mass of people about to attack him. " Shoot them dead, Shinsou!" He shouted knocking them all back. Some faded in thin air and some were just thrown through the wall.

"ryuusenka Hyourinmaru!"

Rangiku's looked over to see her captain, her eyes widened as he arrived on the scene. " Captain!"

Gin looked back at her to see her expression, he grinned. " Ah,I get it now." He dodged Toshiro's attack.

Toshiro glared at the man " What are you doing here?" He growled.

"Hm, wouldn't ya like to know shiro-chan?" he laughed

Toshiro shot shards of ice at him, but he stepped back dodging everyone. He laughed loudly " No worries, I am here for 'your' nuisance." He disappeared and re-appeared behind Toshiro " Wouldn't you like to know what I am about to do with her?" He smiled flash-stepping behind Rangiku.

Her breath hitched and her eyes widened. " Shoot him dead," He locked her in his grasp with his left hand and lifted the sword over her shoulder aiming at Toshiro. "Shinsou"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Toshiro!" She cried, she tried to move but couldn't in his reitsu. It was pulling her down.

" Daiguren Hyourinmaru!" He commanded, the ice dragon swirled around him. Breaking apart the white walls. It shot through the ceiling sending a warning to all of the captains.

Gin smiled " No wonder you made into a captain's rank at such a young age, shiro-chan." He laughed jumping back. " well, too bad this is a waste in effort. I am taking you out-

"No." she demanded.

Gin raised an eyebrow and looked down at her, he watched as her mouth moved. Toshiro couldn't believe the words that came from her mouth. " Rangiku no! AHHHH Hyourinmaru dont hurt her, sennen hyoro!" He shouted.

She spoke words to him but the crash of the attack rumbled over her voice. His emerald eyes watched as tears fell down her face.

Pillars formed around the two, Gin did something in super speed. It sent a bright light that reflected off of the ice pillars. It blinded her making her shut her eyes in instinct. The rush of cold air disappeared and all of the sudden it was quiet. She opened her eyes...she was elsewhere.

"Welcome to your new home, Heuco Mundo."

" Take me, just leave him. Please Gin." she said coldly.

Toshiro reacted quickly using his bankai. He ordered him to be gentle, he watched as her face disappeared behind the ice pillars. The tears that fell from her eyes, pained him. He watched her disappear behind the ice. This wasn't happening, he didn't feel her presence.

It never was that thick, he could always sense her. But not any more, she was there. ' please be there. Please be there. Please be there.' He begged approaching the prison of ice. He crashed through it easily with his sword.

The other captains appeared around him. Shunsuii, Ukitake both questioned " What happened?"

Byakuya flashstepped near the other two " Who was here, Toshiro."

"Ichimaru, Gin..." Kira spoke out of breath. " It was h...him wasn't it?"

Toshiro felt the presence of the allies around him, but he didn't hear them. She wasn't there, where did he take her. Where did Gin take her? What did he mean by what he was going to do with her? He needed to find her, fast.