Title: Snatched

Genre: Crime

Characters: Toshiro, Rangiku and unknown Stern Ritter

Summary: Toshiro finds himself and Rangiku attacked, but the way the man treats him and Rangiku bothers him.

Rating: T

Date Posted: 08/02/12

Snatched

The situation the top two members of the tenth division found themselves in was tense. The small taicho stood between his fukutaicho and the Stern Ritter that they had come upon. His head turned back from telling Rangiku to send the message to the other captains and then the message that Ichigo was actually going to come through and rescue them came through.

Toshiro kept his blade at a lowered position and his eyes were watching the hooded man in front of them. Something didn't feel right to him as he stood there despite the fact there was the hope that the substitute shinigami was going to show up to rescue them. Perhaps it had something to do with Hyorinmaru not responding at all.

As he watched the Stern Ritter, Rangiku suddenly stepped in front of him from the side after finishing her message. Toshiro found himself blinking a couple of times. "Matsumoto?"

"You previously ordered me to find a way to break the seal on your Bankai, did you not Taicho?" the woman glanced back at him, her pale blue eyes reflecting a level of determination he rarely saw in her eyes, but the look caused the child taicho to swallow.

"My Bankai wasn't sealed Matsumoto, it was stolen." Toshiro Adam's apple bobbed down again.

The woman simply smiled at him. "I'm still going to get Hyorinmaru back for you."

"Matsumoto!" The small shinigami could feel something heavy suddenly weighing upon his chest. Something didn't feel right about the situation.

"Taicho..." Rangiku's tone remained steady. "Do you really think you're in a condition to fight when you're unable to communicate with your zampaktuo?"

"I..." Toshiro opened his mouth to say something in complaint, but the words refused to come out. His teal eyes turned to look at the ground. "I am not a child that needs to be protected Matsumoto."

"If it weren't for the fact I can't take my eye off our opponent taicho I would be giving you a very dirty look right about now." The woman continued speaking. "How do you think everyone will feel if something happens to you of all people? If I go down and Ichigo doesn't get here in time I want you to get away from here if possible. Don't even try and fight. They've already killed haphazardly before not caring who they killed."

"Matsumoto..." The small shinigami captain found his complaint interrupted by his fukutaicho.

"Taicho!" Rangiku then turned to look at him.

Her eyes suddenly went wide as the member of the Stern Ritter suddenly moved, launching a kick to knock her aside. "What happened to looking at where your opponent was and not getting distracted."

"Matsumoto!" Toshiro felt his teeth suddenly gritting. "Teme..." The small shinigami started into a tirade. "Don't you dare touch her!"

The man suddenly turned to look at the boy and the small shinigami felt a shiver run down his spine as the man directed his reiatsu at him. "I actually don't want to fight a child."

"If you had over heard the conversation between my fukutaicho and I you would have heard me say I'm not a child." Toshiro spat the words out, but found himself spitting out more as the man levied a blow at his stomach area, causing him to flinch.

"Seriously, stay out of this. I don't like harming a child and it is bad enough I'm having to knock you around a bit." The man stated, before turning his attention towards Rangiku.

The small taicho found himself stumbling backwards, his eyes wide at the pain that the man levied upon his stomach reason. By the time he looked up, Rangiku was between him and the Stern Ritter member. His voice came out in a mummer. "Matsumoto..."

"Taicho... let me protect you and try to get your Bankai back. If something were to happen to you..." The woman didn't finish and instead turned towards the man and held her zampaktuo out. "Roar! Haineko!"

The man's head titled to the side. "And how is this going to help you?"

The ash flowed forward with the movements of Rangiku's hands and a few cuts appeared in the man's clothing. However, he moved forward and Toshiro could see the man move forward and blood suddenly spray everywhere. "Matsumoto!"

"Shouldn't you be running like she told you too?" The man stated as he moved behind toshiro.

The small shinigami brought up his zampaktuo to block the man's blow, only to find it grabbed by the man. "You don't understand anything! She's not the one whose supposed to be giving the orders in the first place. Plus, I can't abandon my subordinate. She's..."

"She told you to run because she knew you would be foolish enough to try and get yourself killed, didn't she?" The man suddenly pushed Toshiro's blade away, before moving his hand to back hand the boy and to cause him to tumble backwards and let out a breath of fresh air.

Again, Rangiku was moving between him and the man and she received another blow that sent her flying to land on top of him. Her head was up against her chest and he could see the injuries. "Matsumoto! You shouldn't be moving!" The woman simply rolled off of him to try and fight again. However, this time she found herself having a problem lifting herself up. "Matsumoto! Please!"

"Ehh... looks like I'll have to kill her to get to you!"

"Teme..." Toshiro found himself pushing himself up again.

"There you go with that foul mouth of yours again. Children shouldn't speak like that."

"I'm not a child!" Toshiro hurried forward, only to find the man push his blade aside and launch another blow to the stomach, causing spittle and this time a little blood come out.

"Oh dear..." The man let out a deep sigh. "My goal was to make sure your didn't come away with any damage."

Toshiro dropped down to his knees and used a hand to wipe the spittle away from his mouth. "Did I just think you say that you're trying to not harm me?" The small shinigami suddenly moved between the man and Rangiku. "This means if I stand between you and Matsumoto and you won't be able to kill her? Or is it the fact you think you can just push me away without killing me because you see me as a child."

"While the fact you are a child is important, the truth is we need you in one piece when we head back to our home." The man stated.

"What?" Toshiro felt his throat suddenly tightening. "You mean..."

"We're hear to take Soul Societies children away. We want the children in one piece."

"Do you think I'll let you take me away like that? I'm a captain of the Gotei Thirteen?" Toshiro snapped out his words.

The man swung the small device around his finger. "We knew that kidnapping you would be the hardest. We also knew from our information that you have a temper on you and we could steal your Bankai and make it easier for us. Stealing the Bankai also makes it so we can buy ourselves time. Stealing the Bankai means we will be able to demoralize the adults so they won't come to take you guys back."

"Shut up!" Toshiro snapped the words out as his breath began to come in a ragged manner.

A sound came from behind him and his jaw dropped as Rangiku somehow managed to move between him and the man. "I'm not going to let you take taicho away."

The small captain felt his throat freezing. He tried opening his mouth again. He could feel something wet gathering around his eyes despite the fact this wasn't the time for that. Before he could say anything or do anything to stop her she had moved forward again. The man let out a deep sigh. "This is a pain in the neck really."

Toshiro felt himself spluttering as the man suddenly held up the device and Rangiku went crashing down as her legs were frozen. The man brought something down to try to take off Rangiku's head and Toshiro found himself surging forward, using his zampaktuo to block the blow. He could feel the anger welling and the hot tears starting to trickle down his face. "Don't you dare. I'll kill you! I'll absolutly kill you."

"You're a pain, aren't you?" The man launched a kick into Toshiro's stomach that sent the boy flying backwards, more spittle coming from his mouth. Before Toshiro could recover, the man stepped down on Hyorinmaru, snapping the blade. The man then moved to go and kill Rangiku again.

At that, Toshiro's hands released his blade and moved his hands and began the chant for Sajo Sabaku. He watched as the man suddenly turned and glared at him. Despite the fact the chills ran down his back he kept at it. However, the man was quick and he found himself slammed to the ground and straddled. "Why can't you be a good little boy?"

The man's hand was over the small shinigami's mouth. Panic filled his eyes. The man continued to speak. "Why don't you just come with me like a good little child?" The man removed his hand, only for Toshiro to remain silent. This caused the man to frown. "Really? I don't want to hurt you, but... if I have to I will."

The man reached down and put pressure on Toshiro's shoulder forcing it to dislocate. The small shinigami let out a scream of pain. It was then that Matsumoto let off a kido spell, only for the man to roll off and dodge. "You are really a pain woman. I should kill you right now but he keeps interfering. Why don't you tell him that if he just comes with me that I won't have to hurt him. I think you know neither one of you can beat me."

"I'm not giving up." Toshiro rolled over onto his stomach before having the man pounced on him. Out of the corner of his eyes he could see that Rangiku's hands suddenly frozen so she could no longer use kido. "Mat..."

"Shouldn't you be more worried about yourself?" The man asked, pushing the boy's head down to the ground. "I have a deal for you if you're willing to listen. I can easily knock you unconscious right here, or I could break both of your legs. No matter what, I'm taking you with me alive and that person you think is going to come and save you isn't. There is a reason he was up against the person he was."

"There is nothing that you could offer. If you're going to break my legs just go ahead and do so." The boy grumbled.

"Oh really?" The man leaned forward. "What if I were to promise you that I wouldn't kill the woman?" The man watched as Toshiro flinched before the boy closed his small hand into a fist. "So... will you say uncle?"

The small shinigami's body flinched up and his breathing wasn't coming easy. The want to mentally break down right there weighed heavy on him. "Uncle..."

"So you promise to be a good boy and give up fighting me?"

Toshiro moved slightly before nodding his head in agreement. The man then backed up and allowed him up. He flinched when the man suddenly hugged him from behind. "We can leave now."

"There... is something I need to do." The small shinigami carefully removed his haori as to not bother his right arm. He then picked up his blade in his left and walked over to Rangiku, breaking the ice away.

"Taicho..." The woman spoke up as the ice was broken away from her hands.

"Don't." A tear fell down his cheek. He then draped his haori over her shoulders. "My last order to you Matsumoto as your captain is that you're not to follow me.

"I can't..." Rangiku shook her head despite being barely able to move.

"I'm not your captain anymore, so as my fukutaicho you have no obligation to go after me." Toshiro felt his voice sticking as he tried to hold back the pain he felt.

He then stepped up and backwards, only to find the man's arm wrap him into a hug again before covering his eyes with his other hand. There was a snapping sound as if they had crossed through some place. "Welcome to your new home."

A few more tears fell down his cheek.

~ Author's note – If they're after the children then Toshiro is a prime target for kidnapping. That also said, Tite Kubo is unlikely to kill Toshiro off. While he does torture Toshiro he is one of those writers who happens to enjoy torturing his favorite characters. Also, the fans over in Japan threw a fit when the second movie came out because of the line "Execute Hitsugaya".

Also, "The J" said they don't fear the Bankai, so why take it? Just as the unnamed Stern Ritter said in this one-shot, it means they can control things better.