Toshiro Hitsugaya finally lays down in bed for the first time in almost a week. His eyes feel tired and heavy but he doesn't. The young captain gets up and goes outside instead of sleeping. He grabs his sword on the way out. In the small grass land by his housing, he takes out his sword and practices. He swings and swings and swings. His eyes get heavier. His body wants to sleep but his mind is full of too many thoughts.
About 2 hours later, blood falls onto the grass. Hitsugaya stands there leaning on his sword with the side of his leg cut. He wasn't paying attention, closed his eyes for a second, and cut himself by accident. He limps into his room and goes into the bathroom. He grabs a first aid kit and grabs the bandages and wraps up his leg. "Not too bad" he says to himself.
After he put the kit away, he decided it was time to rest. He laid in bed, put the blankets over him, and closed his eyes, feeling a moment of complete peace. He dreams. He dreams of Hinamori, how he stabbed his sword through her chest. How Aizen has tricked them all. How he attacked without thought and was cut down...How he was "weak".
"Hinamori" he says. All of a sudden in his dream, Matsumoto walks up behind him. She puts her hand on his shoulder and says "Hinamori is dead". Hitsugaya's eyes widen. He runs out of the room. He runs and runs, ignoring the blank faces around him. The hallway he's running in seems to go on forever. He runs faster and he finally gets to the door at the end. He opens it fast and goes in. There, Uohana stands there. She turns and looks at him."Hinamori" he says. "Where is Momo!" Uohana gets a sad face.
"Vice Captain Momo Hinamori is dead" she says. Toshiro goes into shock.
"What did you just say?..." he says in a low voice.
"She's dead. She was killed on a mission" she says. "Where were you"
"What" he says. Uohana moves from where she was standing for him to see Hinamori laying on a table with a white sheet over her. He walks up to her and pulls the top off to see her face. It was indeed her, pale and cold as ice. He backs away. "M-Momo..." he says still in shock.
"Why weren't you there Hitsugaya?" Uohana says. Toshiro looks at her.
"why weren't you protecting her? We thought you were getting stronger to protect her. What happened?" she says "You failed and it cost her life". The words hit Toshiro. It felt like a sword was going through his chest. He couldn't move, he couldn't say anything. People with blank faces came in. Ichigo, Renji, Izuru, Matsumoto, even Kusaka were standing in a crowd of people, Soul Reapers. The Captains and Vice captains, everyone he knew. They all chanted "Your fault".
"It's all your fault"
"You failed her"
"Look what you did"
Toshiro falls to the ground and grabs his head. He can't take it anymore. The words kept hitting him, stabbing him. The crowd closes in on him. Their chanting gets louder and he grabs his sword. He points it at his chest and...
He wakes up in his bed, the sun shining in through the window. He sits up, panting. "Hinamori" he says "I'm too weak. I'll never be able to protect you..." His face gets sad. All of a sudden, Matsumoto charges into his room yelling "Good morning Captain!" Toshiro looks at her surprised. She looks at him.
"What?" She says. Toshiro signs.
"Why are you in here?" he asks. She suddenly grabs his arm and pulls him out of bed.
"To take you out for break fast!" she says smiling
"Huh!" Toshiro says shocked and confused.