Well, here we go! I;m soo soo sorry that this took so long to get out but I was so crammed with school and all of that stuff and sports are starting so yuup...but here it is and ssince tongith I have some free time, I'll maybe wtire two updates! :D Again, I'm sorry it took so long! And I just wanted to ask if you guys could possible get me more reviews? If not, oh well but if you could that would absolutly fantastic because I love havcing feedback on my stories, good and bad! Thank you everyone for being patient!

Please enjoy the story! :D

ps. A little language from Grimmjow and Ichigo...nothing new...

I DO NOT OWN BLEACH!


MPOV

I looked up from Orihime's neck and stared at Toshiro and the man with light blue hair, who was wearing no shirt – which I found quite strange since it was fairly cold.

Toshiro had a pained – but stern – look on his face.

There was a shadow across the blue-haired man's face.

I looked back from Toshiro to the blue-haired man.

I pulled away from Orihime and hunched my shoulders, looking at Toshiro. Tears pricked behind my eyes.

"Gone? What do you mean gone?" I whispered, my voice trembling.

"Hinamori – " Toshiro stepped towards me.

Renji and Kurosaki did the same.

"Momo….Momo…." Renji said sadly. Ichigo reached out a hand. I twirled away from him and wiped harshly at my tears. I let out a sob before lifting my head and glaring at Toshiro.

"What do you mean gone?" I screamed. Toshiro recoiled as if I had hit him, but his face remained calm and composed.

"Hinamori…please….let me explain…." He tried, stepping even closer to me. I wrapped my arms around my waist, trying to keep everything intact.

"Explain then!" I yelled.

Toshiro looked at me and stopped his advance. I sobbed as he explained in a low voice. It almost sounded….hurt.

"Gone….we mean…it…everything is gone. There's nothing left." He said. I strangled back another scream and tried to speak calmly.

"What about my father? My mother?"

I looked up and saw the faces of Ichigo, Renji, the blue-haired man, Orihime, Rukia, and Toshiro all slowly tilt towards to the ground. They said nothing. It took me a while to understand why they weren't telling me anything about my family. But suddenly, it dawned on me.

"No….no, no, no! Please, NO!" I screeched, falling to the ground. Falling to my knees. I curled over my legs and wrapped myself into a ball.

"No! They can't be! Please! It's not true! First Kaien….now…. no! It's not true!" I bellowed, sobbing so hard I could hardly breathe.

I felt someone's arms wrap around my shoulders. I didn't care.

I cried.

There was no way that my family was gone. Impossible!

I covered my face with my hands and sobbed.

"Momo..." Someone whispered and another pair of arms wrapped around my shoulders.

That just made me cry even harder.

"Was there...?" Someone asked. Someone with a cold, stern voice.

Toshiro.

I looked up at him and he had the most horrible expression on his face. He looked as if someone had just taken away everything he's ever loved. It also almost looked like he was...sympathetic and...understanding.

He gathered me into a tight embrace, but it wasn't warm. It was freezing. Like ice. I shivered. He held me closer.

I rested my head in the crook between his neck and his shoulder and continued to cry.

"It will be alright, Hinamori...It will be alright." Toshiro soothed. I shook my head in denial.

"No...they cannot be dead! No! Please...tell me that they aren't dead. Please!" I bellowed.

I felt Toshiro flinch, but he said nothing.

I pulled away from him and stared at his beautiful teal eyes. My fists shook in his shirt.

"Please..." I begged him to tell me that they were still alive.

Still Nothing.

Suddenly, the world crashed out from under my feet.

"Please..."

Nothing. Not a word.

I let out another sob, then collapsed onto his chest.

I don't remember much after that...but I cried silently for a long time.

TOPV

"Captain….we have to go. They're coming." Abarai informed me as I placed Hinamori's head on my lap. She had fallen asleep after about an hour of crying. She had cried herself to sleep in my arms.

I looked up Abarai and nodded. "Alright. Gather anything we have. We leave in ten minutes. Tell everyone else." I told him and he scurried off.

I turned my attention back to Hinamori. She was sleeping silently, but tears still streamed from her closed eyes. I felt my eyebrows pull together, for the first time since….

"Captain! We're good!"

I looked up and saw everyone standing, waiting and ready. I sighed and gathered Hinamori into my arms. I walked towards them.

"Alright. Let's head out. Kurosaki, stay close to Rukia. Renji stay with Matsumoto, and Grimmjow, stay with Orihime. We'll stop at the River of Pearls." I told each of them. They nodded, then hurriedly flew off.

I took a little more time before I, too, flew off towards the River. I looked at Hinamori again, her soft cheek was red and stained from her tears, her brown hair fell into her eyes and here lips were shaking.

Without thinking, I reached out my fingers and touched her cheek gingerly. She stirred in my arms and snuggled closer to me. He lips parted and I had to resist the urge to touch them as well.

I felt a blush creep across my face.

I swallowed hard and shook my head.

Don't. Do not get involved with her! It will only lead to heart-break. A little voice said in my head. Hyrouinmaru.

I swallowed again and silently agreed with him.

Alright. I will take Hinamori to the King, then leave, and that will be it. Nothing will happen.

Right?

MPOV

I woke up to the faint sound of rushing water. I sat up, panicked. Someone laughed beside me.

"Calm, Momo. We're just at a river." Ichigo smiled at me, his brown eyes glimmering in the early sunlight.

I looked down and blushed. But Ichigo only chuckled and mussed up my hair. I patted it back down.

"It's all good, Momo. Don't worry. Relax. You'll be at your soon-to-be-hubby soon enough." He wiggled his eyebrows at me.

"Oh, stop teasing her, Ichigo, you dick."

I looked aroung him and saw a head of raven black hair and a pair of dark blue eyes staring back at me. She smiled.

I smiled too, "Rukia!" I giggled.

Rukia smiled back at me, "How are you doing Momo?"

I looked down at my hands, which were twisting themselves back and forth in my lap. "Umm...I...uh...I'm..." I couldn't finish, but Rukia tokd me that it was alright. I thanked her.

"Oi! who wants something to eat?"

I looked behind me and saw the man with blue holding a pot of something in his hands. I was about to say yes when Ichigo shouted at him.

"No fucking way man! Not if you've been cooking that shit!" He howled with laughter.

That is until a sword missed his head by no more than an inch.

"Shut the fuck up, asshole! You don't wanna eat my cookin'? Then you can fucking starve!" The blue-haired man yelled back.

I held back a laugh, but then started to cry. A painful memory came to mind.

~~~flashback~~~

"Momo! Get up! I made Breakfast!" Kaien called up the stairs, then cursed as something went wrong in the kitchen.

I groaned, but headed downstairs anyways.

And sure enough, there in the kitchen, there was a thick cloud of black smoke encircling the entire kitchen, and it billowed from a pan on the stove, with Kaien hanging over it.

I stared at him.

He looked at me and grinned. "Don't worry, it's just a little over done,"

"Just a little?" I taunted him.

He glared at me and continued his cooking. Until Papa came in.

"What the hell is going on in here?" He shouted, bareling down the stairs in his sleepwear.

I giggled as Kaien's face went ashen.

"I...uh...wanted to make breakfast." He told Father, who just shook his head. But then he started laughing.

"Oh, what did I do to derserve such a son? He can't even cook properly! God help us!"

Then we all started laughing, because we knew that father couldn't cook either.

None of us could.

~~~End flashback~~~

I hid my face in my knees and cried, ignoring the fight going on between the orange-haired man and the blue-haired man.

I whispered silently.

"Papa, Kaien...I'm sorry."


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