The Secret Santa of SS chp. 4

Chapter 4

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Everyone sighed. It had been a week. Now they stood outside the 1st division everyone clinging too small boxes and parcels and envelopes not looking at each other in pure embarrassment. The doors finally opened and everyone entered following Sasakibe who told them Yamamoto wanted to have this meeting in another room than usual. Finally appearing in front of a door Sasakibe opened it beckoning for the others to enter. They did and gasped at the sight.

A huge Christmas tree stood in a corner decorated in silver, gold, red and white. Soft chairs, loveseats and sofas where placed in the middle of the room and in the back a fire was crackling in a fireplace, the windows showing that it had started to snow again.

“Please be seated” Sasakibe said smiling slightly at the goggling faces of the taicho’s and fuku taicho’s.

Everyone sat down; some of the taicho’s so relaxed in the warmth of the fire that they took of their haori’s sitting in only their shihakusho’s. Soon Yamamoto joined them Sasakibe closing the door.

“Good to see that everyone could make it” Yamamoto said in his usual couldn’t care less tone dragging out a chair sitting down in front of the crescent shape of the other chairs sofa’s and so on. “Now let’s get down to brass tracks” he grumbled. “It will be simple, everyone will give his or hers present to the one they are for and when everyone have their presents you can open them, any questions?”

Everyone shaked their head, Ukitake, Kyoraku and Unohana smiling knowing how much Yamamoto secretly enjoyed this. “Well then” Yamamoto said throwing a small box over to Omaeda. “Merry Christmas.”

Omaeda blinked and didn’t react before Soi smashed her elbow into his ribs.

“Oh yeah right.”

He took up a small envelope and gave it to Hitsugaya who sat right next to Soi Fon. “Merry Christmas taicho.”

Hitsugaya gave a small smile. “Thank you Omaeda.”

He took up his own present and looked over the people and found who he was looking for. “Here you go Aikon, Merry Christmas.”

“Arigato Hitsugaya taicho” Aikon said taking his present from Hitsugaya taking up his own smaller gift rising walking over to Byakuya bowing. “Merry Christmas Kuchiki taicho.”

Byakuya simply nodded taking the small gift taking up a small box simply rising from his seat walking over to Kiyone and gave it to her whit a small, “Merry Christmas.”

Kiyone blushed and stammered forward a thank you not noticing that Byakuya had turned, and raised from her place on a loveseat whit her own small gift walking over to Ichigo who looked like he was going to die of laughter any minute now.

“Merry Christmas” she said whit a smile giving him both his present and a small smile before scampering back to her place on the loveseat next to Ukitake.

Ichigo smiled back and dragged out his own gift, thin but long and leaned forward towards 3 places down the sofa where Matsumoto sat. “Merry Christmas Rangiku” he said smiling as Rangiku smiled confused at the form of the present.

“Thanks Ichigo she said.”

“I suddenly understood why you where blushing like hell when we drew notes” Hisagi said everyone inside the Matsumoto’s friends category laughing.

Matsumoto stood from her seat taking her own present and walked up, everyone goggling as she stopped in front of Yamamoto, gave him his present and curtseyed. “Merry Christmas Sou taicho” she said walking back to her place.

Yamamoto blinked, not sure if he should be afraid that it was Matsumoto Rangiku who had given him this. He sighed as he understood that many still hadn’t gotten their gift.

“Sasakibe feel free to continue.”

Sasakibe nodded and simply gave his present to the woman next to him. “Merry Christmas Kurotsuchi taicho” he said Nemu blinking and smiling.

“Thank you Sasakibe” she said taking up her own small gift wrapped box giving it to the girl sitting at a pillow on the ground leaning into the sofa that Nemu, Soi and Hitsugaya sat on.

“Merry Christmas Momo” she said whit a small smile on her face as Momo took the box as if it where her first born.

“Arigato Nemu Chan” she said smiling rising taking her own present walking across the room to the loveseat where Unohana and Isane where sitting.

“Merry Christmas Unohana taicho” she said giving Unohana the gift making the taicho smile and hugging the small girl.

“Thank you Momo, that is very kind of you.”

Momo smiled running back to her seat as Unohana rose taking whit her, a small envelope walking to the sofa in the way back giving Nanao the envelope smiling. “Merry Christmas Ise fuku taicho.”

Nanao smiled rising to bow gently. “Arigato Unohana taicho” she said taking up the huge box next to her turning to her right where Komamura sat. “Merry Christmas Komamura taicho” she said smiling as Komamura took the box and gently shaked it as if to hear what was in it.

“Thank you Ise fuku taicho” he said whit a smile rising from his spot gently taking his own gift walking along the fireplace wall to a chair holding Sentaro. “Merry Christmas Kotsubaki fuku taicho” he said.

Sentaro smiled gently. “Thanks” he said nodding gently. He rose from his seat following Komamura all the way back to the sofa giving his present to the last one sitting on it. “Merry Christmas Kyoraku taicho” he said giving Kyoraku his small parcel.

“Arigato Sentaro San, it’s very nice of you.”

Sentaro smiled and walked back to his seat and Kyoraku rose from his place, a small smile on his face and called across the room. “OY IBA, CATCH.” He threw the small box across the room, Iba capturing it whit ease. “Merry Christmas” Kyoraku said just as Nanao hit him over the head.

“Don’t throw things idiot” she admonished him everyone smiling slightly.

Iba smiled and rose from his chair walking down to the sofa at the end of the room in front of the fireplace giving his present to the single occupant. “Merry Christmas Zaraki taicho” he said thanking kami that he found a present in time.

Zaraki took it whit a small grunt, not wanting to be here. He turned to look in front of him where the one who was getting his present sat. He sat righter in his sofa and called gruffly. “Oy, Ichigo’s broad.”

Rukia turned to face him and he threw her the soft present. Rukia blinked. “T-t-t-thanks” she said regaining her posture from the shock Kenpachi simply sitting back grumbling.

Rukia rose from her own place running over to the chair in wich Shuhei Hisagi sat. “Merry Christmas Hisagi taicho” she said whit a smile Hisagi blinking but taking his gift gently.

“Arigato” he said taking the small envelope curious.

Rukia smiled walking back to her place on a cushion leant up to the sofa where Ichigo sat. Hisagi rose gently too taking the small parcel he where holding smiling as he walked to the middle of the room where a certain pink haired fuku taicho sat on a pillow.

“Merry Christmas Yachiru Chan” he said knowing Yachiru hated formality.

Yachiru smiled hugely hugging her present. “Arigato 69 face Chan” she said Hisagi simply smiling knowing that only special people earned a Yachiru nickname.

Yachiru rose dragging her large boxed present over to a surprised Soi Fon. “Here you go Bee ninja Chan, be careful it’s breakable” Yachiru smiled proud of herself and walked back to her seat Soi blinking at the gift who where as tall as Yachiru had been during the winter war.

She shaked her head and rose walking swiftly over to where Renji sat in between Ichigo and Kira. “Merry Christmas Abarai fuku taicho she said giving him a small gift.”

“Thanks” Renji said nodding grateful.

Soi Fon nodded and turned to Byakuya.

“By the way Kuchiki taicho thanks for not ratting me out.”

“My pleasure” Byakuya replied.

“Ratted you out?” Nemu lifted an eyebrow.

“As I knew nothing about Abarai I followed him for a few days. He didn’t notice… but his taicho did.”

“It wasn’t hard” Byakuya said curtly. “I have grown up whit your mentor; I know most of the stealth squad’s tricks.”

Soi simply nodded and went back to her place Renji dragging up his gift not even rising giving it to Kira who sat next to him.

“Merry Christmas Izuru.”

“Thank you Renji” Kira said whit a small smile rising whit his own gift.

He walked down to Isane who sat next to Unohana. “Merry Christmas Isane” he said Isane smiling gently.

“Thank you Kira, how kind of you.”

She rose and walked over to where Ukitake sat. “Merry Christmas Ukitake taicho” she said giving him his gift.

“Arigato Kotetsu fuku taicho” he said smiling rising whit his own present walking up to Sasakibe.

“Merry Christmas Sasakibe.”

“Arigato taicho” Sasakibe said.

Yamamoto looked around at all the shinigami’s all looking like children, eager to open their presents. “Is there anyone who haven’t gotten a present then?” He asked.

None answered to wich he simply nodded.

“Very well you can open your presents.”

It had gone 1 second before the entire place erupted of noise of paper being ripped open. Yamamoto shaked his head. Children, they where children the whole lot of them.