The song that sets the mood for this chapter is City Lights by Motionless in White

Chapter 1

Tobiume lied. She claimed she left because she thought Momo was naïve, unable to see the evil in others until they hurt her. But Tobiume actually defected because she was in pain, filled with sorrow and yearning for a love unanswered. A love completely undetected. You see ever since the moment when Tobiume transitioned from being a blank Asauci into a conscious Zanpankuto, the moment when she first laid her eyes on Momo, she fell in love. Momo was beautiful, cute as hell, elegant, and graceful. She was strong as a warrior yet gentle as a person. All Tobiume wanted was to be close to Momo and care for her, listen to her, and grow with her.

Sadly, all the hopes and dreams Tobi had for her relationship with momo were almost immediately crushed. Tobiume wanted to have some semblance of a relationship with Momo but it was all training and battle and sparring. Yes Jinzen is a technique used to train a Shinigami in the abilities of their Zanpakuto but that is not its only function. The broader function of Jinzen is to allow the shinigami to enter the inner world shared with their Zanpakuto in order to have a proper face to face conversation with them.

Pretty much the entire Shinigami population with awoken Zanpakuto used Jinzen exclusively for the former function and not the latter. Actually sitting and talking and getting close to ones Zanpakuto didn't happen anymore. Apparently it was no longer a part of Shinigami culture and Tobiume hated it. She hated the master and servant, wielder and weapon dynamic. It killed any chance of a relationship between Shinigami and Zanpakuto. Tobiume always wondered how using a Zanpakuto exclusively as a tool could be better than using one as a companion?

But nothing ever changed. Every time Tobiume would invite Momo to perform Jinzen, Momo would either decline because she was busy with her Shinigami duties or she would agree only to materialize in the inner world ready for battle hoping to learn a new technique or ability.

Disillusioned Tobi eventually became withdrawn, spending her life alone. She spent her time tending to the expansive floating fields and gardens upon gardens with rows upon rows of plum trees that populated the inner world that belonged to her and Momo. The sky within always seemed to be completely overcast and raining softly. The beauty of this domain washed out by the sadness in which Tobiume lived. She stopped looking towards the outside world, which all Zanpakuto can see through the eyes of their Shinigami, except for when something she needed to take note of was happening.

She stopped asking Momo to perform Jinzen, giving up hope that Momo would ever come inside to walk with her amongst the trees talking and eventually only spoke to Momo to tell her something of importance. Tobi's greatest emotional fall came when the Aizen fiasco occurred. Tobi saw something fishy about Aizen before he defected and revealed himself to be the man he was. She warned Momo to be careful with him, that there was something off about him. But Momo dismissed any allegations that Aizen was up to no good and continued to speak in defense of Aizen even after brutally impaled her in attempted murder. Momo insisted that Aizen was innocent in the face of the obvious and despite the warnings of Tobiume who was closer to her than anyone.

This just made Tobi sick. The inner sky went dark, the plum tree blossoms blew away, and the fruits of the trees shriveled up and fell to the ground. So naturally when Muramasa came and made his liberating call to the Zanpakuto, she left. It was saddening to leave but Tobi figured it would be more painful to stay. 'It's was better this way' she thought to herself as she left her love behind hoping to forget about Momo.

'Bye Momo. I love you. I hope you'll be ok.'

Hope y'all enjoyed the first chapter. Ill have the second one up soon.