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Okay, this chapter had originally been too chapters but I had found it too short to my liking so I decided to put the two together. Then I added more stuff and what had been less than 3 pages turned 4. Have fun reading!

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Chapter 2

The next couple of days had been fairly normal after that. Hitsugaya hadn't bothered to go back to school just in case the girl decided to hang around the place a little longer.

Now thinking back, she had been able to see him in his shinigami form and still remember it even though she had her memory replaced. Hitsugaya made a mental note to send in a request for better memory replacements. It'd be trouble if they get their covers blown.

"Somebody help me!"

Hitsugaya came to a stop and looked across the street in front of him. There he saw three large men corning a girl to a wall… and not just any girl. She was the same girl that called him 'Tenshi-sama' the other day! Clearly the girl was scared out of her wits, she was trembling and it looked like her legs were about to give up any minute. But despite her fears, it didn't seem she was going to give up whatever it was those men wanted.

He stole a glance at the surrounding bystanders. No one was bothering to do anything, some were watching but that was it.

He cursed. Something told him that today was going to be a long day.

"Come on girl. Just give it up. It'd be a lot less painful if you did."

"Never!"

The man only snorted at the response. This girl was really starting to tick him off. She just didn't know when to give up. The girl looked like she was going to collapse at any minute. At that moment he decided to end the little chit-chat. Making a fist with his hands, he aimed straight at the girl's face.

It didn't connect.

"What the—"

Hitsugaya had made it just in time. He stood between the girl and the man, catching his fist in his own. Using his other free hand, Hitsugaya punched the man right on the chin, causing him to fall on the ground.

"Aniki!"

The other two men ran over to the fallen man. "Teme!" You're going to pay for what you did to him!"

Both men lunged at him, but Hitsugaya easily dodged the attack and punched both in the gut. But it didn't seem like it was enough to knock them down, though clearly it seemed they wanted to.

The first man that Hitsugaya had knocked down was back up again. Both men had a smug look on their face when they saw the other get up. One cracked his knuckles in anticipation.

"Oof—"

The man was knocked down on ground, on his back. It was clear that he was in a lot of pain by the face he was making. Several bruises were beginning to form on his face and his clothing were messed up and dirtied. He could have been worse, compared to his unconscious buddy not far from him.

"F-forget about this! I'm not going stay here just to get beaten up. I'm leaving!"

The man quickly scrambled up and began running off. The other man followed suit, leaving the unconscious man behind.

Pathetic, Hitsugaya thought, patting his hands and clothes of dust. Picking on a defenseless girl, and trying to act all high and mighty while they were nothing but a bunch of weaklings. He gave them one last disgusted look before turning to leave.

"M-matte, Tenshi-sama!"

Hitsugaya stopped and faced the girl. "Oi, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm not an angel! I don't know who you are—"

"It's Mina!"

"—I don't know where you got that idea, but you should just forget about it! Whatever you problem is, it's none of my business. I have no interest in helping other people. You were saved only because I just so happened to pass by; next time, you might not be as lucky. So just go home before—"

"Gomen…"

Hitsugaya stopped in mid-sentence. Tears were streaming down the girl's face as she tried to hold them back. Her hands were making a futile attempt to dig into the concrete ground beneath her.

"Gomen…" she repeated.

Hitsugaya sighed. Great, now I made the girl cry. He glanced around and found people staring at them, whispering to each other and wondering what was going on. But something told him he was no doubt on the bad side in their minds.

He sighed again before looking up at the now orange-red sky. It was getting dark soon; he guessed he could at least walk the girl home.

"Obaa-san! I'm back!" Mina quickly took off her shoes and ran into a room down the small hallway, as Hitsugaya closed the door.

It had both surprised and not surprised him that she lived on one of the poorer streets of Karakura. The small, one-floored house was situated on a large lot between two large buildings with boards nailed up the windows. While walking through, he hadn't seen many signs of people. Hitsugaya guessed that the place was abandoned, or there was something going on.

"Mina-chan, who's here with you?"

Hitsugaya looked up to see a tall, elderly looking woman standing by the door where the girl had entered. Her face was pale to the point that it just didn't seem healthy, and she had a confused look on her face that was directed him.

She called into the room, "Mina-chan, get the tea ready."

"I see… Thank you so much for helping Mina-chan"

Hitsugaya took a sip of the hot tea then placed the cup down. The room they were in was relatively small and plain. Only a low table sat in the middle of the floor, along with several cushions for seating. A plastic clock hanged on one of the walls, ticking away.

"I'm guessing that you're the one that that Mina-chan talking about."

Hitsugaya twitched but kept his cool. "Well, that's what she thinks."

"I guess your right." The woman became silent. The clock ticked loudly in the stillness.

"When Mina-chan was little," she began. "I would to tell her stories about angels all the time. They would come down from heaven to help people in need and punish those that wronged them.

"I guess it's my fault to have gotten her dreaming so much—But when Mina came home the other day… I had never seen her so energetic and happy before, saying that she had finally met the angel in her dreams. And that everything was going to be okay."

Hitsugaya's face suddenly softened. He hadn't known that he put so much hope in the girl. He knew she shouldn't ask but, "What's going on?"

The woman seemed hesitant. "I don't know… I really don't want to get you involved in something that doesn't have anything to do with you…"

"Please." Hitsugaya looked at the old woman with determined eyes.

"Alright," she gave in. "Recently, there's an organization that have set their eyes on this place. They plan on building some sort of amusement centre to boost their earnings. They've been pressuring us to sell our land and won't stop at nothing. But even if we did sell it, where would we go—" The old woman started to cough violently, and her face suddenly looked paler than before.

"Oi, are you okay?" Hitsugaya asked concernly. But before the frail woman could reply, it was interrupted by Mina's sudden entrance.

"Obaa-san, they're here!"

"What!"

Hitsugaya looked at the two with their anxious features. Logic told him that he had nothing to do with this and that should he just leave. They weren't supposed to get so involved in human activities. But what would happen to the obviously frail woman and Mina? His conscious was telling something else. It was telling him to help.

"Gomen," Hitsugaya said as he got up. "But I'm already involved."

Well, that's the end of chapter two. I'm not so sure if the next two chapters will be as long but...

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