Originally, I wasn't planning on writing an addition to Pieces, until Windblade67 had given me this idea. Thanks again Windblade! Hope you all like this one as much as the first!
Pieces: Nothing Like A Memory
Chapter 1
It was another ordinary day for Toshiro Hitsugaya. He sat at his desk, in the Squad Ten Barracks, and finished up some of the paperwork assigned to him. As he put his last signature on the last piece of paper, he leaned back in his chair to relax. He looked around his office, at all of the paintings and things hanging neatly on his wall. He looked around his desk, and noticed one of the drawers were opened slightly. He hadn't opened that drawer in quite a while, he wasn't entirely sure why. He opened it, and started searching the items inside.
"Oh, that's why." he breathed. He pulled out a small stack of papers. The top one, was a contract, with a picture of a girl on it. "Kirie." he mumbled. The papers underneath the contract were hand written papers. He read through them, remembering, the time he had spent with her. It has been over fifteen years since he had to say goodbye to her. As he read through each of her papers, trying not to break out in tears.
"I'll see you around, maybe in the World of the Living." he said. A small smile curled up on his lips as he put the papers back in the drawer. Hope you're life in the World of the Living is going okay, he thought to himself. He got up, calling it a night, and retired to his house.
In the morning, he was woken up by his Lieutenant, Rangiku. She was told by the Head Captain that there was a meeting he was to attend, regarding the massive spawns of Hollows appearing in the World of the Living. He groggily got up, and got dressed. He then headed to the Seireitei's headquarters. He was one of the first to arrive, along with Captain Kuchkiki, Captain Zaraki, and Head Captain Kyoraku. Later, the rest of the Captains showed up.
"Great, now that everyone's here we can get started." the Head Captain announced. "As you all know, the huge spawns of Hollows that have been appearing in the World of the Living. My Lieutenant and I have found out that they have been accumulating mostly in North America. Why they're popping up so much, we don't know. That's where you all come in. I want you each to explore the top cities they've been appearing to investigate. Nanao here, will assign each of you a city."
Nanao then rushed around, giving everyone a small slip of paper. The papers had the city they were supposed to investigate. Nanao handed Toshiro a slip. The city he was assigned was named Youngstown. He decided to take Rangiku along with him, thinking he could use her help. As the Senkaimon opened up, they stepped through, on their way to Youngstown.
As they arrived, Toshiro quickly took notice of their dingy surroundings. Graffiti blanketed the tall buildings of the downtown. The streets were filled with pot holes and sidewalks looked as if they have been through an earthquake. The people that walked amongst the streets looked dirty, and trying to look tough. Toshiro pulled out a Hollow Detector, similar looking as the the human cell phone. The screen showed that there were three, just east of where they were. He closed the Hollow finder and rushed for the Hollows.
They were rumaging around State Street. Two of them spotted him and Rangiku. They screeched a loud, and spine tingling sound and charged for the two. Toshiro quickly took out his Zanpakuto and rushed for the large monster. The Hollow swatted Toshiro away like a fly, then tried to step on him. He luckily got out of the way in time. The Hollow back away a few steps, and Toshiro charged. The Hollow held up its monstorous hand. Toshiro punstured its hand, making it utter a blood curtling cry. It then threw Toshiro off of him, slamming him into the ground.
Rangiku then jumped in, as Toshiro achingly stood up. She jumped up, so she was at eye level with the beast, and held her Zanpakuto infront of her. "Growl." she called. The blade of her sword turned to ash and dissipated. She flicked her wrist, and the ashes flew towards the Hollow, covering from head to toe. The ashes ripped and tore it to shreads.
The two remaining Hollows fled the scene. They both began chasing the Hollows, until they got to a fork in the road. The two Hollows split up. Toshiro suggested to the same. Rangiku took the one on the left, while Toshiro took the left. He chased it down, and sliced through its mask like butter. He decided to wait there for Rangiku to find him, until he noticed a high school across the street from where he was. There was a small crowd of girls talking amongst themselves infront of them school. He noticed one girl in particular. She stood out from the rest of the group.
"Kirie." he mumbled