Chibi Quest

Previously

"Why are you kids causing commotion here?" asked a cold chilly voice.

They looked up.

"Oh it's you." Hitsugaya muttered defiantly.

Days with the Captains and Vice Captains

Chapter 5: Byakuya and Renji.

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The man quirked a brow and stared icily at the white hair toddler. Hitsugaya responded with an icy glare of his own.

"…" The man stood in front, looking down and demanding answers from them without saying a word. His eyes bore hole on the little children.

The group remained silent but after a few minutes…

"Anou…" a five year old girl glanced up with her frosty blue eyes. The man stayed impassive and muttered, "Y-you look…"

"Onii-chan!" the murky hair girl screeched happily and bounced unto the startled man's arms.

"Onii-chan?" the man asked dumbfounded.

"You don't remember me?" Rukia pouted. The man just gaped at the chibi cuddling in his arms. "Simon says…" Rukia started.

"TACKLE HIM!"

The battalion of chibi consisting of Ichigo and Hinamori clung unexpectedly on the man's neck and knocked him unbalanced to the dirt.

"Byakuya-nii-chan!" the two chorused playfully.

The confused captain restored his stoic self and inquired the kids calmly but visibly irritation in his tone, "Do I know you?"

Rukia glowered and pulled Byakuya's hair from his scalp and kick his chin. "Baka!" she shouted and was about to jab his aching chin again when he muttered. "R-Rukia?"

The little girl's eyes twinkled and she patted his big brother's sore head. "Very good, onii-chan! You finally recognize me!"

Byakuya rubbed his throbbing skull and looked around. He spotted the two chibi near his head both holding his shoulders restraining him from standing. Rukia was on top of him. And also a rarely white hair chibi at the distance looking at the scene with an amused smirk plastered.

Rukia leaned forward and placed her tiny fingers on the corner of his mouth. "You look so old nii-chan! Hisana won't be happy seeing too many of your wrinkles exposing. You should at least SMILE!" she pushed her fingers upward forcing an awkward smile from Byakuya.

Hinamori giggled and Ichigo laughed at the sight of his 'smile'. Bewilderment struck the poor captain when he comprehends something.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU?!" Byakuya literally squeak losing his composure.

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"Hn."

He took it rather well. Hitsugaya thought while walking along with his companion and captain Byakuya towards Sereitei.

A couple of hours ago at Rukongai, they enlightened the captain about the full details of the cursed video game. After hearing the story though, Byakuya almost laugh at the ridiculous notion of a cursed video game turning people into chibi but it really isn't new. He sometimes hear of a video which if you watch you'll die after seven days. He thought it was a ploy of some shinigami to have fun but after being involved into investigating this, he swore nothing will surprise him ever again. But damn, he didn't like to see the chibi Rukia again.

The nightmare of taking care of her! He cursed inwardly.

He was the receiving ends of her frantic tantrums and violent nature. When she grew up, she became less violent and he thanked the god in the heavens for that!

"So you believe that this video game turned you into toddlers?" Byakuya posed to his little companions.

Hitsugaya nodded. "Kurosaki found it and then… the rest I've already told you."

"So why aren't you affected from the after-effect?"

"Seeing that I'm a tensai, maybe I'm immune to the childish part but I'm becoming more talkative than the usual and it's kind of grotesque…" the white hair captain heaves a long sigh.

"I don't think the tenth division won't be surprised seeing you as a chibi because they already serve you as a chibi for the past years." Byakuya stated blatantly.

"Ha ha. You finally found your funny bones, Byakuya-taichou." Hitsugaya breathe out sardonically.

"Onii-chan, I want to ride on your back!" Rukia butted in the conversation and grabbed Byakuya's captain cloak. Byakuya nodded and let the chibi's ways.

"Kawaii. Shiro-chan, can you give me a piggyback ride too?" Hinamori pleaded with her huge auburn eyes. Hitsugaya also nodded and let Hinamori's ways. "It's Hitsugaya-taichou to you."

Whilst, the time they became chibi, Ichigo, Rukia and Hitsugaya are at the same height but Hinamori is an inch shorter than the three.

Ichigo looked at them envious. His eyes started to water and he sobbed silently following suit the others. "I-I want a ride too." He mumbled.

Icy orbs stared at the orange head. "Oi! Crybaby!" called a hoarse feminine tone.

"What is it, Queen-chan?" Ichigo softly muttered and walked gingerly to the murky hair girl. "Don't be scared, Orange dope. Come on. Onii-chan is willing to let you tag along. Ne, Byakuya-kun?" she beamed at Byakuya with a hidden dark aura sprawling all over the place.

"Y-Yes, Rukia-chan." Byakuya carefully chose his words to please his little sister. "Come now, Kuro-err-Ichigo-chan." he uttered delicately. Ichigo joyfully complied with Byakuya.

"Arigatou, Rukia-chan!" Ichigo chirped. Rukia grunted. "Oh! Shut up, crybaby!"

Ichigo kept on smiling and a flushed Rukia chibi averted her face from the 'kawaii' orange head dope and she smiled furtively.

After being the receiving ends of the wild movements coming from both the orange and murky haired chibi, Byakuya taichou heaved a long sigh as the struggles ceased and his little passengers were fast asleep.

"Hitsugaya taichou, you look tired. We should rest first before heading off to Sereitei…" It was unusual for the 6th division captain to act this but he knew the responsibilities of taking care of tiny and weak toddlers and Byakuya can clearly see the white hair chibi's droopy icy orbs.

"I'm fine Byakuya taichou. It's only another ten minutes before we get there and I intend to lay Momo-chan in a soft bed," replied the chibi in hushed tone and looked at his little bundle snoozing silently on his back.

There were days Byakuya admired the tenth division's captain's sense of responsibility and he smiled secretly under the pretense of looking forward in his path knowing the child's determination will keep him moving head on to the Gates of Sereitei…he's becoming soft.

"Suit yourself…" Byakuya blankly stated and added with a twitch in the corner of his mouth, "But I won't carry you if you fail."

After ten minutes of walking, they'd finally arrived in front the gates and its keeper opened up for them and was shocked to learn the conditions of the former young adults that were now adorable and exhausted chibi.

The sixth division captain, Byakuya ordered his subordinates to prepare a place for the toddlers.

"Sweet dreams, imouto-chan." He kissed her forehead lightly and walked out of the female sleeping quarter and went next to the male quarters to check on the insufferable Kurosaki and the cheeky Hitsugaya…

"Sleep"

"Haiiiiiiiiiii taichou!" Hitsugaya answered and instantly fell back on his futon smirking and closed his icy green eyes. In another corner, orange hair was the only indication that our precious tiny protector was off to dreamland

Merely raising his brow from the small captain's behavior, Byakuya Kuchiki walked out of the place and headed to the first division to have some chat with taichou Yamamato and…maybe some green tea.

After a moment of stillness, a sudden sound of a 'CRASH' woke the toddlers up and everything went into utter CHAOS!

"Mommy!! Where am I?! I want to see my mommy!!" wailed an orange head chibi after tossing his blankets over his tiny body and running around the male quarters in circle.

The white haired kid slowly lifted his covers and looked at his companion. He yawned and scratched the back of his neck…

"Where's my watermelon?" He looked around the room and crawled everywhere looking for something.

Next door room…

"ONII-CHAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!! I'M HUNGRY!!" shouted an annoyed Rukia while the brown haired Hinamori sleep under her comfy blanket oblivious of all the noises.

From further away in the hallway, a lone red headed person was seen running along the hallways with a large bruise on his forehead. He just bumped into his superior and captain Byakuya has briefed him about the situation of his beloved childhood friend, Rukia Kuchiki and he immediately scurried away to see her. As they had said, to see is to believe…and also the tenth division captain Toushiro Hitsugaya and his academy friend, Hinamori Momo…and oh, the Kurosaki…

"Rukia! Rukia!"

Suddenly a sliding shoji door opened and Renji found himself looking at a little Rukia clone.

"Oh…blast from the past." He muttered under his breath and fainted…

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"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…isn't he your boy friend, Kuchiki-chi?"

As consciousness returned to the red haired vice captain, Renji Abarai heard the male childlike voice from the vague outlines of the toddlers who were currently surrounding him. He snapped back to reality when he felt the sharp pain on his rib and sat up in attention.

"HEY! WATCH IT TWERP!!"

Renji's vision cleared and he saw four little kids in front of him. First, the suspect behind the assault on his person, a white hair boy who had a cocky grin and smug aura about him armed with a long and pointy stick. It was probably used to poke him to death. Second, a cute and seemingly shy little brown haired girl with the most innocent hazel eyes looking reproachfully towards the evil poker! He barely recognized his orange haired friend/ rival because of the missing frown on his brows who was currently looking at him curiously and lastly, his chibified murky haired childhood friend who stood with sparkling eyes, apparently amuse at seeing him sprawled on the ground and injured from the pointy stick.

"Genki desu ka, RaiRai?" the little brown haired angel patted the redhead softly.

Renji almost smiled at the gentleness from his academy friend, Hinamori Momo when something hit him figuratively and literally.

"Ouch! Stop that you evil white haired freak!" Renji exclaimed rubbing his temple furiously while glaring at the frowning small chibi captain. Apparently, he was mad at something he did which he doesn't know. "AND DON'T CALL ME RAIRAI!" he shouted to Hinamori, his cheeks red from embarrassment...RaiRai? What the hell is that nickname?!

"What's wrong with RaiRai, Queen-chan?" The cute Ichigo looked at the little girl beside him who was giggling to herself.

"Because it sounds gay, strawberry." Rukia managed to say amidst her uncontrollable giggles.

"Gay? Ohhhhh...so 'RaiRai' sounds happy!"

Suddenly, Rukia can't take it anymore and rolled on the floor laughing of her heart's content. Renji looked at the chaos while barely dodging the 10th division's poking. Momo appears teary because of Renji's angry outburst.

"S-Strawberry...hahaha! You should ask the 'adult' here what gay means?"

"O-ok Queen-chan. Ano..." Ichigo turned to the 6th division vice captain and continued, "What's gay mean, King?" the orange haired chibi stared at the prodigy at the back of Renji who was holding a stick.

"Well, you see, orange dopey boy. This person (poke) is an example of gayness. (poke) Look at his hair. (poke the forehead) It's so girly and he's keeping it pony-tail (makes a face) only girls do that, right? Gay means if a man is like a girl or acting like a girl. (poke) so when you hear RaiRai...it kinda sounds gay because of this (poke) person."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhh...so ''that's'' gay..."

Renji gazed upon the two boys and a vein throbbed at the side of his neck.

"HEY! YOU DISRESPECTLY PIECE OF &!# I'M THE ADULT HERE! SO WHY ARE YOU ASKING THIS EVIL POKER LITTLE KID BEHIND ME?! HAH?! AND I'M SO NOT GAY YOU #&!!"

"Renji...," a soft and cold voice drifted in the corridor which made the hairs at the back of the neck of anyone near the vicinity rose, except for the little angels/devils.

The said person whom was called rigidly stood up and slowly turned to stare at his superior.

"C-Captain."

"You are shouting profanities. Even the whole of Sereitei can hear you and... (cold aura) you're with the children. If Rukia..." Byakuya trailed off because his little sister, who was still laughing like a hyena, clutched at his captain's cloak.

"Onii-chan...hahaha! Renji was so funny! He was shouting PIECE OF &!# and then YOU #&!!"

Ichigo also clutched at Byakuya's cloak and looked up curiously. "What's PIECE OF &!# and YOU #&!!, Queen-chan's onii-chan?"

With suppress rage, the calm sixth division captain said, "Renji, meet me at my office...now." and briskly walk away.

"Y-Yes, captain." The red haired vice captain's tone quivered as he followed his captain at a good distance.

Hinamori sniffled and glanced at her friends.

"Now that the big meanie RaiRai is gone. What are we going to do now minna-chan?"

"We can't watch him suffer from the loudmouth's icy brother punishment. It might be a blizzard there and we may freeze if we even get near that office." the small captain played with his stick.

"I'm hungry..." Ichigo's stomach grumbled.

"Ohhhhhh...if you're hungry strawberry, come on! I know where we can find food around here! Just follow your Queen, you #&!! servant!" Rukia shouted happily and skipped to wherever her feet deems food is abundant.

"YEAH!" shouted Ichigo and Hinamori who has recovered from her teary moments awhile ago because someone just yelled at her and it scared her slightly. She's a little girl who isn't used at being reprimanded. She's a good and sweet angel after all.

Hitsugaya Toushiro sighed and twirled his stick gleefully and started singing a merry song from his mind aloud.

"Here we go again! The cute chibis are out to get you all! We're cute! We're sweet! But we've got attitude! So be ready because we may not bark...but we sure can bite...HARD! After all we're on our Chibi Quest!"

Author's note: All grammar and spelling errors are directed to me.