He Who Is Wild: Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Sneaking Back
Captain Toushiro Hitsugaya of Squad 10 finally learned the name of the ryoka that attack the 13 Court Guard Squads in self-defense and saved his life from the Hollow that somehow snuck up on him the other night. He had wanted to learn that name since the moment he laid eyes on him. The saiyans name was Vegeta.
Toushiro: "Vegeta... I've never heard a name like that before. Then again I've never heard of saiyans until you showed up."
Vegeta: "Why did you come after me?"
Toushiro: "When you saved me from that Hollow last night, I knew right then and there that you weren't an enemy or you wouldn't have risked your life with all of those injuries and... I didn't get a chance to thank you."
Toushiro quickly got up and brushed the snow off of him. Then he turned to Vegeta.
Toushiro: "Vegeta, listen to me. You're injuries are serious and need to be treated. If you come back with me to my quarters I can tend to your wounds but you must stay quiet and you'll need to stay hidden in my room until I can prove to the other captains that you aren't a threat. Right now you have the whole Seireitei under high alert since your 'attack' on two of the 13 Court Guard Squads strongest captains. I'm under orders that if I see the ryoka, that's you, I'm to alert the other squad captains and do everything in my power to kill you. But I'm not going to follow those orders. You saved my life so now I'm going to save yours. If you're caught and they learn that I've disobeyed an order from the head-captain to help you, you'll be executed and I'll be seen as committing an act of treason which will lead to me being executed as well. Do you understand?"
Vegeta seemed surprised to learn that in the last two days he's become a wanted criminal and has already been given the death penalty. Looking up at the boy in front of him and seeing the expression's of both fear and seriousness mixed together only confirmed the boys story to be true. Vegeta reply a second later with a nod and Toushiro knew that he understood the severity of the situation.
Toushiro: "Good. Can you walk?"
Vegeta: "Yes."
Toushiro: "Great! We need to hurry! My squad will be getting worried here soon and the more they worry, the harder it will be for me to sneak you into my quarters. Follow me and remember, try to stay quiet and out of sight."
Vegeta nodded again and followed close behind the young captain as he was led to the boys living quarters. When they got back it was dark and there were guards patrolling the Seireitei. Toushiro figured that because of his 'disappearance' and the ryoka alert on Vegeta, his squad must have thought that he had encountered the ryoka and the ryoka killed him or forced him the flee and just hasn't returned yet. Thanks to the darkness of night, Vegeta's black hair and dark blue clothes as well as his ability or talent to move around fast without making little to no noise, Toushiro was able to sneak him in with no problems. Before long they were just outside his room. Toushiro put his finger to his lips to signal for Vegeta to wait and remain quiet as he carefully slid his door open and looked inside to see if anyone was inside, even though he has and still makes one rule to any new squad member VERY clear.
"No one is to enter my personal quarters without permission! If you are looking for me, knock and if there isn't an answer, I'm either asleep or not there! Anyone who disobeys this rule will be an ice sculpture on the front lawn for weeks!"
Toushiro: *The only rule Rangiku actually follows without question.*
There was no one inside so the captain told Vegeta to hurry in as he followed close behind, but not before taking another good look around before he slid his door shut and locked it, just to be safe. His room was small but more than big enough to fit both him and Vegeta  inside. The captains quarters were generally separate from the rest so Toushiro felt comfortable turning on a light so he could see as he pulled out an extra futon for Vegeta and set next to his. After he set his Zanpakuto down next to his bed, Toushiro removed his things and unpacked what remained in the bag. He was surprised to discover, however, that the other fruits he brought were gone. Surprised, he looked up at Vegeta who was surveying his new surroundings carefully. He was going to have to familiarize himself of every inch of this room fast if he was going to have to stay hidden in here until his new friend proved that he wasn't an enemy.
Toushiro: "Did you eat the other fruit I had in here?"
Vegeta: "Huh? Oh yeah, sorry. It's just that I hadn't eaten for some time."
Toushiro: "How long?"
Vegeta: "About 5 days now, until you came along."
Toushiro: "5 days!!"
Toushiro was in utter shock. For Vegeta to be able to still defend himself as well as he has and still have the energy the run around without anything to eat in 5 days was unheard of. The child prodigy's look of shock and confusion did not go unnoticed by Vegeta.
Vegeta: "What? I've gone longer without eating. 9 days is my personal record."
Toushiro: "9! You have to tell me more about saiyans later, but first let me take care of those wounds."
Even though he wanted to find out how this kid and, apparently, many other people around here knew about saiyans, Vegeta was more interested in getting his wounds taken care of. More to the point, the arrow that was still in his shoulder. The saiyan slowly limped up to the boy who was digging out more medical supplies. He laid down on the extra futon as Toushiro walked up to him with a box and sat down. He opened the box and inside were various medical supplies all neatly organized. The boy picked up a cotton cloth and a bottle that had to contain some kind of disinfectant or sanitizer. Toushiro moved to Vegeta's left side. His first objective was to remove that arrow. But there was a problem.
Toushiro: "I don't know how deep this is. I could cause more damage if I remove it."
Vegeta: "It's ok, go ahead."
Toushiro: "You sure?"
Vegeta: "Yes. Two reasons. One, saiyans evolved as a warrior race and so we encountered a number of weapons throughout history therefore our anatomy evolved to where our vital organs are very well protected. Two, because we evolved as a warrior race, our bodies developed an ability where, to put it simply, the stronger the saiyan becomes, the stronger our bodies i.e. skin becomes."
Toushiro: "And are you that strong?"
Vegeta: "You said it yourself that I was able to defend myself from two of your strongest in this condition."
He's got a point, Toushiro thought as he looked back at the arrow. With Vegeta's reassurance, he gripped the staff as tight as he could.
Toushiro: "Try not to make a sound. This may hurt a little."
It was right after Vegeta clamped his hand over his mouth and nodded for him to go ahead that Toushiro started to pull on the arrow. It was wedged fairly deep but the captain was able to pull it without much difficulty. Without missing a beat, the boy quickly covered the wound with the cloth. As he did so, he took a quick look at the arrow and discovered that it was in deeper then he first realized. Not knowing if it would work, Toushiro dropped the arrow and clapped his hands over the wound and started to use a Kido healing spell on the wound. For Kido to work on healing injuries, the injured person had to have spirit pressure in order to work with the healers own spirit pressure, but since Vegeta didn't seem to have any spirit pressure, Toushiro found this task to be a long shot. Amazingly, however, he was able to heal the wound just enough to where there wasn't a large amount of blood escaping it as before. With the main injury taken care of, Toushiro could now take care of the other wounds. Because of the arrow, Vegeta was not able to remove his shirt. But now that the arrow was gone, he removed his shirt and the captain could now see all of the injuries over the profound muscular body. The child prodigy was also able to get a better look at the saiyans impressive collection of scars, particularly the one on his chest. The scar was indeed large, as big as the average Zanpakuto blade and stopped under his arm. The soul reaper couldn't help but let his curiosity slip as he tended to the other wounds.
Toushiro: "How did you get that scar on your chest?"
Vegeta's eyes widened with anger but he quickly calmed down when he remembered that Toushiro knew nothing about him except for what he was.
Vegeta: "It's... It's a long story and... And one I'd rather not talk about right now."
Toushiro: "I understand."
In no time at all, Toushiro had cleaned and bandaged all of Vegeta's wounds. He packed up what supplies he had left and put them back in his closet. It was before he closed the door that he thought of something.
Toushiro: "I'm sure someone from my squad will come by in the morning to see if I'm here. When they do, you can hide yourself in here. I'll leave the door open."
Vegeta: "Good idea."
Now that Vegeta's injuries were taken care of, there were so many questions the soul reaper wanted to ask. But one look at the saiyan as he made himself comfortable for sleep, told him that he'll just have to wait until tomorrow to fill his ever growing curiosity. Plus it was around 10 o'clock anyway and Toushiro knew he'd have to explain why he was gone all day, which would take a while. The boy quickly got ready for bed and very quietly got into his futon as Vegeta had already fallen fast asleep. If he had gone 5 days without food, who's to say that he probably didn't sleep much either. Sleep soon over took Toushiro as well and he fell asleep.