Chapter 4: Salvation

Disclaimer: I don't own bleach. All credit goes to Tite Kubo.


"What did you do, Aizen?" Momo screamed as tears were spilling down her face.

"I had to kill him; he was working for the police. He would have told them everything. That would have ruined everything for us. Did you want him to arrest me? Where would that have left you?" Aizen defended himself.

"You didn't have to kill him. You c..could have br..bribed him, or something." Momo was now sobbing uncontrollably.

At this point Gin and Tozen had already loaded Renji's body into the trunk of black sedan. Both of them climbed in and proceeded to drive away. They were following Aizen's orders to dump Renji's body somewhere.

"I don't have to explain myself to you. Now get in the house and wait until I get back!" Aizen shouted as he took a step closer to Momo.

Momo immediately took a step back trying desperately to increase the amount of space between them. She shouted back at him. "No! I'm tired of being treated like a child and being told what to do!" Aizen ignored her and preceded taking a few steps closer to her. "Stay away from me, you murderer!" She screamed.

Her sudden outburst pushed Aizen over the edge. He still held the gun he used to shoot Renji in his hands and was about to point the gun at Momo when someone's voice shouted. "Freeze!"

Both Aizen and Momo snapped their attention towards the owner of that voice. He had white hair, teal eyes, and looked to be about in his mid twenties.


Toshiro took a moment to access the situation. There were two people so far. A woman maybe in her late teens to early twenties, sobbing. And a man maybe in his mid to late twenties. But there was no trace of Renji to be found.

'Damnit this is where that woman on the phone told him that Renji had made his call. But where the hell was he.' Toshiro thought to himself. Then he recalled what the woman screamed earlier. "Get away from me, you murderer!" Could that man have murder Renji?

"Where the hell is Renji?!" Toshiro questioned angrily never lowering his weapon. At that said the woman turned her head to the side of the house. Toshiro followed her gaze until his eyes landed on a pool of blood. Then he immediately turned to the man holding the gun.

"Don't make me ask you again. Where the hell is Renji!?" Toshiro was quickly losing his patience with this man.

"Th…they put him in the trunk and drove away." The woman stuttered. She was now shaking. Toshiro had guessed now that she had witnessed something she wasn't supposed to see and now that man wanted to take her life. He had felt the instant need to protect this girl. She looked so frail.

"You." Toshiro said pointing to the woman. "Get over here. You drop your weapon now!" He was now pointing to Aizen.

Momo took a moment to look at Aizen; he still hadn't dropped his weapon showing his defiance toward the young office. But, he also wasn't even looking at her. His gaze was fixed on the young officer. So she made her escape and darted toward the cop.

When she was safely at his side, Toshiro pondered why hadn't this man even tried to stop her.

Toshiro bounced his gaze from the man to the woman now standing at his side. She was still shaking and in tears. He wanted to try and comfort her.

"It's going to be okay. I promise... what's your name? Toshiro whispered sweetly, not wanting to upset her.

"Mo...Momo Hinamori." she whispered back in-between sobs.

Seeing her like that only added to Toshiro's anger, who the hell could do anything to this girl. "What the hell did you do to Renji and what did you do to this poor girl?" Toshiro shouted.

"I don't know anyone named Renji. The girl and I just got into a little fight is all. She's my girlfriend." The man said coolly.

"Ex!" Momo shouted "You're nothing but a murderer Aizen."

Toshiro knew he wasn't getting anywhere with Aizen and it was too risky to walk up to a suspect while they were holding a gun. So he decided to call in backup. He slowly removed one hand from his own weapon and reached into his pocket to pull out his cell phone.

Then a car came, speeding down the alleyway. Aizen jumped to the side to let the car pass. The car sped up more in an attempt to hit Toshiro and Momo. But his fast reflexes pushed Momo out of the way and then he dove onto the ground next to her.

A car door slammed, which made Toshiro jump to his feet, but the car was speeding away. He franticly searched the ground for his gun in an attempt to shoot out a tire. But he failed when the car made a left turn onto the next street. Before the car was completely out of sight Aizen screamed. "You're dead Momo."

"Damnit! They got away!" Toshiro screamed, causing Momo to jump slightly. He dropped to his knees and a thought ran through his mind. 'Renji's murderer got away and it was his fault entirely.' He punched the ground in frustration and then winced in pain.

Toshiro looked over at the girl as she picked herself up off the ground. She was still crying and shaking. He let out a sigh and pulled her into a slight hug. At first he thought he shouldn't have done that, it was completely out of line, but she didn't put away instead she buried she face in to his chest.

Toshiro put one hand on her back and rub up and down in an attempt to comfort her. With his free hand he took out his phone and called for backup. There was so much that needed to be done. The police department had to search his home, look for any clues that might lead them to where the suspects could be hiding, and question Momo.


The chief had order Toshiro to return home after he was briefly questioned, himself. He would never disobey a direct order, so he did as he was told, even though he wanted to be out there to find Renji's murderer that he had let escape.

Some other officers were sent to look for Renji's car, which they found on the outskirts of the city, crashed in a ditch, with Renji's body still in the trunk. One officer was sent to inform Renji's family about his death.

Aizen's house had been thoroughly searched. They had found thousands of dollars stashed all over the house (He didn't deposit it in a bank because I think it after you deposit over 10,000 dollars you get investigated as to where you got the money) and discovered drugs and other illegal imports in the basement.

Momo sat in the Police station with a blanket draped around her body and a cup of coffee in her hand. When she was finally calm enough to question, she was told to wait in an interrogation room until someone arrive to question her.

Two men entered the room. One of them had blonde hair and the other had orange spiky hair. They shut the door behind them and pulled up chairs next to Momo.

The carrot top spoke first "I'm detective kurosaki and this is detective Kira. We are just going to ask you a few questions.

Momo, shaking both of the officers hands, gave a slight nod.

"Okay, Kira take notes, let's begin. I have already questioned Inspector Hitsugaya; he gave me the rundown of what happened after he arrived, so tell us the events that occur before he arrived at the scene." Kurosaki stated.

"I was in my room, Aizen had woken me up and he saw the car parked in the alleyway and was going to investigate it. A couple of minutes later I was sitting on my bed and I heard a gunshot go off. I went outside to see what happened and I overheard Aizen telling Gin and Tozen to get rid of the body. Then I called him a murderer and he was going to kill me…then Inspector Hitsugaya showed up…I never thought Aizen would go that far." Momo said putting her heard down, but she had left out one major detail.

"Did you know Aizen sold drugs?" Kurosaki questioned. Momo answered with a nod. "Why did you not come to the police with this information?"

"I only knew he did it, I didn't know how much he sold or where he got it from or even what he sold. But I did know he made a lot of money. He put me through college. I'm supposed to be graduating this year. Momo said truthfully.

Kira let out a sigh… not a tired or a bored sigh…but one of relief. (Foreshadowing)

"Something the matter, Kira?" Kurosaki asked him.

"No, it's nothing I'm just a bit tired, it's been a long night." Kira quickly responded.

"True. Anyway I have one more question for you Miss Hinamori." Momo looked up and made eye contact with the detective."Do you have any idea where they might be hiding?"

"I never went anywhere with him, so I don't know of any place he would be hiding." Momo stated.

"Okay, thank you for your corporation, Miss Hinamori. Until we have comprehended Aizen we are going to put you under our witness protection program." Kurosaki said while standing up.

"Witness Protection Program?" Momo asked a little bit confused.

"Yeah, it's already set up. We will have someone accompany you to somewhere away from here. He will watch over you until we find and capture the Aizen and his partners. Hitsugaya told us about his threat, and you said it yourself he tried to kill you and more than likely will try again." Kurosaki answered.

"Who will be the officer accompanying me?" Momo questioned.

"I believe it is Toshiro Hitsugaya." Kurosaki responded."Don't worry, he is trust worthy and it probably won't last longer than a week until we find this guy, so you will be able to return to your normal life as quickly as possible. As for college if it does drag on past the holidays then we will see what we can do about taking your courses online, so you won't fall behind. Anyway, Jushiro Ukitake will be in here soon to explain everything in detail. Goodbye Miss Hinamori."

"Thank you detective kurosaki and detective Kira." Momo said with a slight smile.

After the two detectives left, Momo found herself alone. She thought to herself all of this could have been avoided if she just would have said no to Aizen's deal back then.

She was jerked out of her thoughts when someone walked through the door. It was an older man, probably in his late fifties. His hair was white and he wore a warm smile.

"You must be Miss Hinamori; I am Jushiro Ukitake, Pleasure to meet you." Jushiro introduced himself. "I'm here to talk to you about the arrangements over the next week or so. Little Shiro should be here within the next hour to pick you up. He will take you back to your house to pick up your things and drive you up to the cabin; where you will be safe until we can capture and convict Aizen."

"Little Shiro? And what Cabin?" Momo questioned.

"Little Shiro was just my nickname for Hitsugaya, I have known him since he was in diapers. His father and I were close friends. And the cabin belongs to Chief Yamamoto. He doesn't have the time to stay there anymore and very few people know where it's located. So it's safe. Shiro will go out once a week to buy groceries and other supplies. You will have to stay up at the cabin though; it's too risky for you to be seen in public. We don't know who all works for Aizen." Jushiro said. "Well I'll be on my way; I got plenty of things I have to do. You can wait for Shiro here."

Jushiro walked out of the room leaving Momo alone again. A thought passed through her mind 'I will be alone with a stranger, up in a secluded cabin for a week or longer.'


Toshiro sat at home packing his things. Chief Yamamoto told him that he needed some time off. After everything that has happened in the past few years. He lost his father and now one of his friends. Now he had to leave his home and job to protect this girl, which he really didn't mind that much.

He needed to get away from work. But he also was looking forward to spending some time with Momo. He felt an odd connection with her. The moment he met her, he had the urge to protect her. He hated to see her cry.

As he finished packing his stuff, he walked over to his night stand and opened to top drawer and pulled out some extra money he had been saving for awhile. When he shut the drawer he took one last look at the three pictures sitting there (see chapter 1). He was going to help someone out, his father would be proud of him.

Toshiro grabbed his jacket, keys, cell phone, and his bags and loaded up his car, being careful to leave room for Momo's things. Then he proceeded to drive to the department to pick up Momo.


Author Notes- Ok so Toshiro and Momo finally met. I thought up another story so I'll probably post that one when I get to chapter 7 or 8 of this one. I would like to see more reviews. Thanks for reading and please review.