Chapter One: Running Trouble

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A small figure dashed out of quickly closing Senkaimon and landed on his knees with a grunt of pain. How he had managed to get away was beyond him. 'Hatchling you must move before they open the door again.' The boy nodded and painfully got up barely holding up his weight as he walked using the buildings as much as possible.

'Why? Why is this happening to me? I didn't do anything wrong.'

'I know Hatchling, I know. This was never your fault.'

The boy continually moved forward, pained gasps of pain leaving his lips. He could barely see with all the blurs around him. In fact it almost made him feel sick just trying to focus. He didn't know how long he trudged on, his Zanpakuto there giving as much mental support as possible. Wishing he could so something more to help his little master. It got to the point that he hadn't even realized that he hadn't moved in five minutes. He came back when he heard someone asking him a question that he hadn't heard. He looked up at the tall man dazed before promptly passing out from the blood loose.

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Love sighed as he continued his patrol. After seeing the Senkaimon open he and the rest of the Visord's got worried that there were more hollows coming. As it often happened when the gate to Soul Society was opened. He was actually surprised to notice that none followed in the gates wake. 'How strange. Usually when a Soul Reaper steps out they show. At least a few of them.'

The big man yawned stretching his arms above his head. 'Wow how weird. I wonder if I am just on the wrong side of town. I mean I have been out here for about half an hour.' He was about to flash step away when he felt a cold and weak Spiritual Pressure. In fact it reminded him of an injured person by the way the Spiritual Pressure wrapped around the owner. He looked over the edge as it was stopped by his perch only to nearly fall off when he saw what was injured or more so who was injured. Love quickly jumped down and knelt down to the child's level, "Hey kiddo are you ok? Where are you hurt?"

The boy looked up slowly. He looked pretty out of it and it was quite possible that the child hadn't even heard his question. He was about to ask again when the boy fell forward causing him to quickly react and catch him. He was very shocked he felt his hand slip through a liquid and the unconscious boy cry out in pain. He lifted the boys' captain haori to receive another shock, a deep stab wound in the boys' side. He didn't even ask questions as he quickly scooped up the boy in his arms and flash stepped quickly to the Visord hideout.

All the Visords in the living room looked up alarmed as he quickly called out, "Hachi quickly he needs attention immediately."

The pink haired man quickly got up and over next to him in a jiffy. Kensei walked in, "What the hell is going on?"

"Where is he injured?"

"Left side, deep sword wound." Love quickly answered.

The Visord pulled the haori away gently, "Sit down and hold him in a position so I can heal as much as I can. The vital organs are going to be what I focus on the most. Kensei go get bandages quickly."

The bleached haired man quickly left to get what was needed as Hiyori rudely asked, "Why the hell are we helping a Soul Reaper?"

"Hiyori now is not the time." Lisa said going over to Hachi to lend her Spiritual Pressure to the big man.

"Are you all blind? He is a…"

Love shut her up with a stern look, "It is my belief that he was the one that exited that Senkaimon. That can mean he was attack by them. Or that was lucky to get away from Aizen's onslaught. We won't know until he tells us."

"Love set him down quickly he isn't breathing."

"Shit." He quickly set him down just as Kensei came back with the bandages. Love quickly got to work reviving the child sized captain. It didn't take too long but long enough for Love almost to give up on the child living.

The boy came back coughing up blood, "Okay lift him just enough so I can get his shirt off and bandage him."

Kensei quickly moved to help Love with the task, wincing when they saw the nasty scare on his left shoulder. Once the top was off the Hachi quickly and carefully wrapped the wound. Pain filled teal eyes opened up still looking out of focus, "Wh…Hyri…Where…Zan…"

Hachi quickly placed a finger against the boys' lips, "No talking yet. You need some real rest. Your Zanpakuto is safe and will be right where we place all of our own. Okay? Right now just rest."

The child let out what almost sounded like a held back sob, "Why…why me?" Then without warning passed out again.

Lisa shook her head, "We need to call Urahara. He may know who this kid is."

A sigh at the door started the Visords, "No need." They all looked over to Yoruichi, "I know who he is. He is, well was, the captain of tenth division Hitsugaya Toshiro." Her voice sounded broken maybe even slightly sad.

Kensei turned to her, "Do you know why he is injured? Hell I want to know why he was running with an injury like that."

The woman looked up, "Because he was about to be executed for harboring a hollow he had no clue was there until it came out to defend him." The Visords went silent, "The very thing he defended himself against was another hollow that had managed to get him tangled up and unable to defend himself."

Mashiro covered her mouth, "You can't be serious. Did he even get a trial?"

"He wouldn't have been able to get away if he had one. He got lucky. He just ran after the first stab. I tried to catch him and help him but the door closed too quickly."