Disclaimer: Do not own Bleach, but it would be awesome for me if I did!

Warnings: This is an AU story.

Pairings: Mainly HitsuHina and IchiRuki

A/N: Many thanks to my beta, ForeverSam, for everything.

Astounding Revelations

By: akirk85029

Momo stood near the edge of her daughter's bed. She looked down upon the little three year old and smiled. The little girl looked exactly like her father with her shoulder length white hair and turquoise eyes.

Said little girl was soundly asleep clutching onto a teal stuffed dragon; her soft and even breathing a comforting lullaby to her mother.

Momo didn't know why she was reminiscing so much tonight. She was wondering if she had made the right decision. Looking at her daughter she knew she had made the right choice, but she still felt bad about not telling him that he had a child. Over their brief time together he had made it abundantly clear that he did not want a family. Any time someone they knew announced a pregnancy, he would talk about how children were more trouble than they were worth. She hated what she had done, but she knew he would never have accepted the baby and probably would have blamed her for it. At times, she still believed that he would have made a great father, but she needed him to find peace with whatever was in his past first.

Momo leaned over and brought up the blanket that had slid down and kissed her daughter's forehead before leaving the room.

She walked into her room and straight into the bathroom. She regarded her reflection in the mirror. She took her hair out of the bun that she still kept it in. Her chocolate colored hair fell around her shoulders. Her dark eyes staring back at her. She took notice of her pale skin and the dark circles under her eyes. She hadn't been sleeping well the past couple of nights. Thoughts of him kept invading her dreams. She wondered what he was doing now, three and a half years later. Had he moved on? She hadn't been able to and she knew she never would be able to. She quickly undressed and hopped into the shower.

After about ten minutes Momo abruptly shut off the shower. She had heard something that didn't sound right. She swiftly stepped out of the shower and slid into her soft pink robe.

Momo glided down the hallway quiet as a mouse. Something doesn't feel right! As Momo reached her daughter's door she knew immediately something was wrong. The door was shut. She never closed her child's door. Her heart was pounding so hard in her chest it was all she could hear as she pushed the door open. Her hand was shaking as she flipped on the light.

"Ki?" Momo called out as she slipped into the room looking around. "Kiyomi answer mommy right now!"

Momo was starting to get frantic. She marched to the bed yanking the covers off to make sure she wasn't hiding under the covers. She looked over at the window and noticing that it was open walked over to it. She peered out the window fear starting to etch its way into her heart.

"KIYOMI!" Momo yelled her voice wavering.

Momo ran through the house flipping on all lights calling out for her daughter. When she finally accepted that Kiyomi was not in the house she called the police.

Ichigo and Rukia were finally sitting down to dinner with their seven year old son and three and a half year old daughter. They lived next door to Ichigo's father as Rukia was a doctor and worked in the clinic with her father-in-law. Ichigo was a special agent and was surprisingly home on time. He was enjoying the overzealous recounts of his children's day when his cell and their home phone both started to ring. Rukia went to answer the home phone and he flipped open his cell. "Kurosaki."

Ichigo closed his cell as he finished the conversation. He was going to break in his new partner sooner than expected; he just got a call to assist in a kidnapping case. His new partner should be getting a similar call. Ichigo hadn't even met the man yet.

Rukia came rushing into the room. "Ichigo you need to go to Momo's now!"

"Can't, I have to go to work." Ichigo said wondering what was going on with their friend.

"Ichigo, Kiyomi's missing." Rukia said trying to keep her voice quiet so the kids wouldn't hear. Not that they would truly understand what was going on because they were still so young but she didn't want to risk it.

Ichigo rechecked the address he was given. It matched the street Momo lived on. "Shit." Ichigo muttered. He kissed the top of each of his children's head before kissing his wife and headed out to reach Momo's house as fast as he could.

Rukia watched her husband leave and looked at her children's curious glances. She couldn't imagine what Momo was going through right now. If someone took one of her kids there would be hell to pay. She walked over to the phone; she needed to call Isshin to see if he could watch the kids. She had a feeling Ichigo would call her soon to come over and comfort Momo.

Ichigo walked into Momo's house and spotted her right away amidst the flurry of the local cops and other agents.

Momo upon seeing Ichigo ran to him throwing her arms around her best friend of three year's husband. "Ki's gone! Why? What could they want with her?" Momo cried out into his chest.

Ichigo tried to comfort Momo. She was shaking so bad. Her face covered with tears which were now making their way onto his suit of which he did not care in the least.

Momo had to recount the details of the day again for Ichigo. He tried to get her to remember if she saw anyone following them throughout the day. Momo just couldn't remember anything being suspicious.

Ichigo walked up to the small fireplace in the little cottage after setting Momo down in a chair. He pulled down a frame with Kiyomi. "How old is this picture?"

"I took it last month." Momo replied between sobs.

Ichigo took the picture out of the frame. "I'll be right back."

Momo nodded afraid to use her voice.

Ichigo strolled out of the house trying to contemplate why Kiyomi would be taken. From what he knew of Momo, no one would take the child because of something she might have done, and she didn't have any large amounts of money. Ichigo handed the photo to one of the other agents to get the picture distributed quickly. He knew road blocks were being set up to search vehicles for the missing child and they would need this photo. He was about to turn back to the house to question Momo about Kiyomi's father when he spotted a man with white hair walking towards him.

Ichigo watched the man. He didn't know Momo had called the girl's father. He was glad; they could question him right away. This man couldn't deny that he was Kiyomi's father. "I'm Special Agent Kurosaki and I take it you are the father?"

Toushirou had been guided to the man with bright orange hair. He had spoken to Kurosaki a couple of times but this would be the first time they met face to face as Toushirou had just been transferred to this town. He had been caught off guard by the question. "What are you talking about?"

Ichigo stared at him strangely. Is this guy joking? "The girl that's missing, you're her father, right?"

Toushirou didn't find this funny. "Kurosaki, I don't know where you're going with this. I'm your new partner, Toushirou Hitsugaya." Toushirou said holding his hand out for a shake.

Ichigo took the man's hand and greeted him. So he's Hitsugaya? This is getting interesting. "Follow me."

Toushirou followed Ichigo into the house. "So have there been any calls or any notes?"

"No." Ichigo replied not going into any more detail. He needed to see everyone's reactions.

When they entered through the quaint front door Ichigo immediately noticed Momo was no longer in the living room. One of the agents informed him that they had taken the mother back to the little girls' room to see if she could tell if anything else was missing. Ichigo watched as Toushirou started walking around the fireplace inspecting everything as he went by taking a mental inventory of all he saw.

Toushirou stopped as he reached another photo frame on the mantel. He felt his blood turn cold. He reached out to pick up the frame. If it hadn't been for all his years of police training he was sure his hand would be shaking right now. This has to be some kind of sick, twisted joke! "What is this?"

Ichigo knew that his new partner couldn't believe what he was seeing. "This is my friend's daughter, Kiyomi." Ichigo stated keeping his voice neutral.

"Who's her mother?" Toushirou demanded to know suddenly trying to look at other pictures to find her identity.

"Momo Hinamori." Ichigo replied.

Toushirou nearly dropped the frame he was holding. How could this have happened? Why didn't she tell me?

Momo walked into the living room. She saw Ichigo first and went to him. "What's going to happen now?"

Toushirou stood frozen. He hadn't seen her in so long. He still thought she was beautiful. Her hair was a little longer and appeared to be damp. Her face was puffy and red which he assumed was from the many tears it looked like she had shed already. "Momo."

Momo halted all movements as that voice from so long ago called out to her. She didn't know whether to believe her ears or not. She slowly turned around and saw him. "'Shiro."

Toushirou felt so many emotions run through him at that moment. Betrayal, longing, loneliness, love, the list went on and on. He wanted to go to her but he held himself still. He didn't know what to do. He felt he should do something, but what?

Momo wanted nothing more than to run into his strong arms at the moment. For him to tell her that all would be okay. She watched the string of emotions run through his eyes. She felt her heart sink a little at some of the things she saw.

Ichigo watched their silent interaction. He didn't know what had happened between them, but he would have to find out to see if it held any significance to the current situation. He could tell they still loved each other; it only made him more curious.

The three stood there in silent contemplation until the phone started to ring prompting a circus of activity as people scurried to get into place.

Momo walked to the phone with Toushirou and Ichigo following close behind each taking a headphone to listen to the phone conversation from their machine.

Momo could feel both men's gazes at her back. She wanted to talk to Toushirou, but she needed her daughter back. She needed to know that she was safe. She lifted the receiver to her ear. "Hello."

A/N : Okay, so what do you guys think? For anyone that's curious Kiyomi means Pure Beauty. Please review and let me know if you think I should continue!