Here's the long waited seventh chapter!! I apologize for the long period of break I took, but attending in a new school isn't really a relaxing experience!
However, I should be able to update weekly now, again I'm so sorry!
Remember, 'this' is thoughts and "this" is talking.
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The man lay on top of her trying to pry her Kimono apart.
'No!! Nami help me! Matsumoto! Kiyone! Isane! Somebody!!' Momo thought desperately in her mind.
The man kept on loosening up her clothes.
"H-Hitsugaya!! Save me!!" Momo screamed as loud as possible, finding her voice. His name just automatically came out.
"Quiet bitch!!" The bastard growled as he pulled on her hems more harder.
Suddenly the temperature drastically dropped, and a whip of cool air blew against Momo's face gently before she passed out into the darkness of her mind.
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The aluminous light flickered against Momo's sleeping face, casting shadows behind her. The warmth on her left side of the body caused her to close her eyes tightly before releasing them slowly. Her chocolate eyes came to view and Momo was staring at the delicately designed ceiling of a room.
She lifted herself up by her elbows and found out that she was in a study room of the mansion. The area was vast, with big shelves content with colorful texts. A wide, expansive desk was placed the far right of her, papers and signed documents piling on it. A wall constructed by glass was facing her, a good view of Hell pictured outside. The chestnut double doors were behind her, not daring to move unless needed to.
Momo was sitting at a couch, which was dark red with gold rims. A dark blue blanket was secured around her, and a fire was crackling at the fireplace. The room soothed Momo and had the desire to fall back and fall into a deep slumber as before.
'I'm so lazy. I should get up now.' Momo scolded herself in her mind and forced her feet to come into contact with the floor. Momo took a few steps and wandered around the room, the blanket slightly sagging at the floor due to Momo draping it over her shoulders.
First, she advanced towards the smooth desk. She pondered if she should sit down on the black leather chair, but went against her better judgment and remained standing.
Tracing the words on the papers with her eyes, Momo soon found out that she wasn't in just any study room. But was in Lord Hitsugaya's study room. Strangely, the room seemed to be less comforting then before.
Brushing off the information, Momo explored the shelves next, analyzing the various books that accompanied it. Momo wondered if she dared to take out a book and read it, and ruin the perfectly organized lines.
'Oh, what the heck.' Momo thought and slid a book of interest out of its place.
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Hitsugaya stepped out of the meeting room faster than lightening and walked quickly away from the place.
"Great. A meeting just after I set my foot in the mansion. That's just what I need." Toushiro mumbled to himself.
It wasn't one of the most pleasant entrance he had encountered either. When Toushiro entered through the grand doors with an unconscious girl in his arms, the maids and butlers gasped, and the elders weren't pleased in the bit. The commotion settled down however, when Hitsugaya explained that she was just shocked from the Hollow's temple and fainted.
"Hitsugaya-kun!!" A sneering voice called out.
'Fantastic…' Hitsugaya sarcastically thought.
He turned around slowly to face a Karin, boiling with rage. "Care to explain the rumors I've been hearing?"
"She fainted. That's all." Hitsugaya cut their conversation short when he walked away briskly to his study, leaving an even more furious Karin in the dust.
Through the long corridors of the mansion, Hitsugaya finally arrived at his enormous study room, where he had dropped off Momo.
He entered knowing fully that Momo was awake, but what he didn't know was that Karin had followed him and glared at the door before Hitsugaya disappeared behind the borders.
'Be patient Karin, Good things come with time… even if time is cut short.' Karin thought, almost crazily.
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Hitsugaya stared at the girl, who was now sitting on the floor with her back to him. Apparently, Momo was too engrossed at the book she was reading that she did not hear his footsteps.
Toushiro advanced towards the dark haired girl and stood behind her. "Hey," he started.
Even though his voice were quiet and calm, Momo jumped up rapidly as if she had been electrocuted.
"Wah!" Momo cried out, almost jumping into Hitsugaya but he managed to balance her with his arms.
"You scared me." Hinamori stated as she clutched her kimono where her heart was located.
"I can tell." Hitsugaya said smugly before reaching down to pick up the book she had thrown in the air.
'D.E.E.D' was the book's title and Hitsugaya's brow rose in amusement. "You have a strange taste in books."
Momo flushed. "Well, it was in your study, so I guess you're the one with the bad taste!" Momo shot back.
"Well, it's not necessarily my book." Hitsugaya smirked and handed Momo the brown text.
"It's a good story… I like it…" Momo clutched the book tighter in her hands and had a dream like expression on her face.
Hitsugaya watched her as she laughed slightly and said how she must have sounded so stupid.
"You okay?" Hitsugaya broke in, getting Hinamori's full attention.
"Huh?"
"I mean back at the alley. You were almost…you know." Toushiro explained to her, with a blank expression plastered on to his face.
Hinamori had forgotten the situation she was in after she woke up. Now that Hitsugaya had reminded her, shivers went up and down her spine.
"U-uh, y-yeah. It wasn't like he really hurt me." Her voice wavered. "Thanks for rescuing me. It was you right?"
"…Yeah." Hitsugaya couldn't help but feel a little lump of guilt in his pride. If he hadn't been so careless to be separated from her, this would not have happened.
"Anyway, looks like you are pretty popular around here." Momo's cheerfulness came back.
"What?" Hitsugaya looked disinterested in the topic of her choice.
"It's true! Everyone admires you, although I don't know the reason why." Momo spoke absentmindedly. Hitsugaya's eye twitched slightly, but let it pass.
"The thing is, how can there be a happy village in Hell? Aren't the people who come here bad? Well, except the man I encountered." Momo asked curiously.
"We have a job to bring souls to the afterlife just like shinigamis, because there are too many people who die each day for the Soul Society to handle alone. So Hell's reapers gather souls as well, no matter if they are bad or not. But mostly we focus on Hollows."
Momo's eyes are in awe. She never heard this before.
"Also, the Hell butterflies Soul Society use as communication are from here."
"That is so cool!" Hinamori chirped.
Somehow they ended up in the couch, sitting and conversing. Well, more like Hinamori talking, Hitsugaya was listening and analyzing her if she was really all right from the incident.
After long hours of talking, Momo yawned, natural tears coming to her eyes. "I think I better get to bed."
Hitsugaya nodded and escorted her to her room upstairs. When they reached her door, Hitsugaya handed the book Momo was reading.
"You can borrow it if you like." Hitsugaya said stoically.
"Really? Thanks! I'll give it back as soon as I can!" Momo smiled and bid the Prince good night.
Momo placed the brown book next to the book that held the compressed flower. She smiled to herself and landed on her bed, which felt like clouds. It didn't take long for Momo to fall fast asleep, soaked in her dreams.
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Momo opened her eyes. 'What was that?' Momo frantically thought.
Momo had heard someone enter her room and move around. It was late, although Momo couldn't tell because it was always dark outside.
"Wh-who's there?" Momo whispered to the darkness. She saw a dark figure move closer to her bad and beside her.
"Hello there Momo-chan."
Hinamori gasped. It was Karin.
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I must be losing my touch. This chapter was boring no?
Not to worry though, I will get better in the chapters. I can almost promise you that!
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-Crashgirl.