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A/N: All right first this. There won't be a lot HitsuxHina in this chapter. It's focused on the OCs (Tomoshibi and Hinotama.). (The storyline has to come back, sorry 'bout that.)
Disclaimer: Do not own bleach.
Previously happened:
"You're clever, Hoshiyumi. Well to be honest. Not much. I'm the only one." He closed his eyes.
"Not anymore." Tomoshibi smiled. "I'm in too. If you want it."
"Yeah, you're accepted." Hinotama lay down with his hands behind his head.
Tomoshibi looked at the stars. They were quiet for a few minutes. Then Hinotama said something.
"She is coming."
Tomoshibi looked at Hinotama. "What do you mean? Who is coming?" She was shocked.
"You know, who I mean. Hoshiyumi. Don't hide it." Hinotama said cool.
Tomoshibi looked down. "How do you know her?"
"My shikai and her shikai are alike. She's like a role model for me." He smiled for a second. "But you know, I should be preparing…Hoshiyumi." He said seriously.
"Ah." Tomoshibi said seriously. "I will." She got up. "Thanks for the information. Good night." She smiled and then she disappeared.
Hinotama murmured something.
"Hopefully, she will survive it…"
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The next day at the tenth division office…
"Matsumoto!" Hitsugaya shouted.
Matsumoto slowly got up. "Where am I?" She sat on the couch.
"In the office. You threw up." Hitsugaya sat on his seat doing his paperwork.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Can't anyone clean this mess? Where's Tomoshibi?" She asked.
"Not here." He tapped with his paperwork on the table a few times. "She didn't come back to the division last night."
"Really? That's strange." Matsumoto lay down and she looked at the ceiling. "Maybe…Did something bad happen?!" She got up.
"Matsumoto. You aren't skipping paperwork are you?" Hitsugaya asked cold. "And clean this mess okay?"
"Can't someone from the fourth division do it?" Matsumoto begged him.
Hitsugaya sighed. "All right." He picked the phone and dialed the number.
"Tuut, tuut. Tu- Moshi moshi?"
"Yeah, this is the tenth squad captain Hitsugaya Toushirou. I want someone from the fourth division to come here."
"Sumi-masen. For what reason?"
"Yeah, he needs to clean the office."
"I see, I will send someone immediately."
He hung up. "Done."
"I really have to find Tomoshibi." She got up and walked out of the door.
"Wait Matsumoto."
"What's wrong?" Matsumoto turned her head to Hitsugaya.
"It's just an excuse, to get no paperwork." He glared to her.
"No. I'm really worried. Seriously." Matsumoto said serious.
"She's fine. Just sit down and do your paperwork." Hitsugaya commanded.
Matsumoto walked to the table and sat on the chair. She decided to act happily. "So, taichou. Did she like the present?"
"Ah, that's something you don't have to know." Hitsugaya began to do his paperwork.
"Neh, taichou. I've been buying that present with you and now I can't hear if you liked it or not?" Matsumoto tried to squeeze the answer out of Hitsugaya.
"Precisely." Hitsugaya said.
"Taichou!" Matsumoto shouted. Matsumoto was smirking inside; she didn't have to do paperwork if she was arguing with her captain.
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Ukitake Jyuushirou came back from the first division. He got an assignment to search in the library about the Hyougoku. He walked to the library, but he bumped on to someone…
Hinamori stopped Ukitake. "Ukitake-taichou."
Ukitake turned around. "Ah, Hinamori-chan? Is something wrong?" He asked.
"Did you see Tomoshibi somewhere?" Hinamori asked. "Rangiku-san just phoned me and she told me that Tomoshibi-san didn't come back yesterday to her division."
Ukitake was lost in a thought for a second. "Ah, you mean the third seated officer of the tenth division! I didn't see her either, but if I see her I'll contact the tenth division, is that okay?"
Hinamori smiled. "Alright thank you. If you'll excuse me I've work to do."
Ukitake nodded. "Yes, it's fine. Do your best." Hinamori walked away and Ukitake proceeded walking to the library.
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(Ukitake's POV!)
Ukitake walked through the library. Sometimes he stopped to take some books out of the closet, but soon he putted it back because there wasn't a thing about the Hyougoku to find.
After a few hours, Ukitake bumped on to someone, who was sitting at the big clock in the library (A/N: Yes, I put a big clock as a center from the library). A girl was showing big interests in a book. By the sound of Ukitake's footsteps, the girl looked up. She was surprised. "U-Ukitake-taichou!" She quickly got up.
"Who are you?" Ukitake said curious. "Only captains and vice-captains are the only ones who can look in here."
"Eh…Sumi-masen. I thought nobody would be here so…" The girl looked to the corner.
"You thought they wouldn't notice it, would you? You know, that's a really…" Ukitake said serious.
"Gomen nasai!" The girl bowed.
Ukitake waved with his hands. "It's okay, you don't have to bow for me. Tell me, what is your name?" he asked.
The girl got up. "Uhm…tenth division third seated officer, Tomoshibi Hoshiyumi." Tomoshibi said insecure.
"What were you doing here?" Ukitake asked. "This should be the missing girl, right? Let's see what she has to say."
"I was curious about the Soukyoku, sir. I had a few questions about it." Tomoshibi obeyed the captain.
"What would those questions be?" Ukitake asked.
"I will tell them, but only if Ukitake-taichou promises to keep this a secret. That I was here I mean." Tomoshibi said calm.
Ukitake smiled. "Alright then." He sat down and tapped with his hand on the surface next to him. Tomoshibi went to sit next to him. "What would those questions be Tomoshibi-chan?" Ukitake asked.
Tomoshibi got the book, that she was it reading before. "Do you know…if a zanpaktou can be alike with the Soukyoku?" Ukitake looked with a weird glance. Tomoshibi quickly explained. "I know that the Soukyoku is alike with ten thousand zanpaktous, but did anyone ever managed to use it as a zanpaktou?"
"You mean to execute someone right? Well actually, we don't control the Soukyoku." Tomoshibi looked surprised and Ukitake went on with his story. "We just place someone at the Shrine of Penitence and the Soukyoku does its work, but it's possible I think…Why do you want to know?"
"Uhm…" Tomoshibi looked in her book. "I wanted to know if that is possible. I will face an enemy that I can't handle, so I thought the only way was…"
"To use the Soukyoku? You are not so clever Tomoshibi-chan. If you can't handle this enemy, just ask help from the captains. You know, if you're able to use the Soukyoku, you'll have to sacrifice your own life." Ukitake said calm.
"I will sacrifice my own life if I have to!" Tomoshibi got up. "I just want to know how to use the Soukyoku as my zanpaktou!" She began to lose patience.
"Calm down, Tomoshibi-chan." Ukitake forgave Tomoshibi's rudeness. That was his personality, anyway.
Tomoshibi realized that she was too rude to a captain. She bowed. "My excuses! I…I…didn't…" Tomoshibi looked the other way.
"It's okay Tomoshibi-chan. I'm hearing it's a serious problem, but really I don't know if the Soukyoku can be your zanpaktou." Ukitake said.
Tomoshibi looked down at her book for a few minutes. Then she put up a smile. "It's okay. Arigatou Ukitake-taichou. Can I borrow this book?" She held the book to Ukitake. Ukitake nodded. "All right then. I'll have to go now" She wanted to walk away but stopped. "Please don't tell anybody what I told you." She begged. Ukitake looked at her, thinking what he had to do. "It sounds as if this person that she's talking about a danger is for everyone. So I can't just ignore it…" Ukitake didn't know what to say.
Tomoshibi stared at the captain and realized that he couldn't ignore this problem. She smiled. "I mean…please don't tell them where I was." Ukitake smiled back. "Yes, I can do that." Tomoshibi gave a big smile. "Arigatou gozaimasu!" She ran away…
Ukitake looked at Tomoshibi until he couldn't see her anymore. Then he began to search for information about the Hyougoku.
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In the fifth division…
Hinamori sat at her desk doing her paperwork. Hinotama came in with more paperwork. "Heeh? More paperwork?" Hinamori called aloud.
"Yeah, I'm sorry, Hinamori-fukutaichou. There is still a lot of work to do." Hinotama said. He lay the paperwork on the table. "Hinamori-fukutaichou…"
"Nani?" Hinamori looked up to Hinotama.
"Have you…" Hinotama moved his face closer to Hinamori. Hinamori was surprised and began to blush. Hinotama continued with moving his face closer to Hinamori. "Have you ever…" Hinamori could feel the breath of Hinotama flowing over her face. "He, What is he DOING?!" Hinamori panicked. She leaned backwards with her chair. Hinotama ignored it and continued. Hinamori closed her eyes, hoping that someone would save her. Hinotama finished his sentence. "Been to the living world, Hinamori-fukutaichou?" Hinotama stopped. Hinamori slowly opened her eyes. "H-Heh?" Hinamori said from the surprise. Hinotama moved backward and stood straight now. "You heard me. Have you ever been in the living world Hinamori-fukutaichou?" He smiled.
"Eh…No I haven't I mean it was a long time ago…" Hinamori stopped with talking. She thought about the academy days, where he used to save her. "I can't believe he was so filled with evilness. I can't believe he betrayed us. He was so kind…" Hinotama broke through the thoughts of Hinamori. "Hinamori-fukutaichou?" Hinamori woke up. "Eh, there's nothing!" she tried to shake the thought off her.
Hinotama smiled. "Look, you should really go to the living world, now. This season is beautiful in the living world. Cherry blossoms are blooming. You can't miss that opportunity."
"What do you mean? The cherry blossoms will wither any moment when they are blooming." Hinamori looked to the paperwork.
"You shouldn't see it that way…They are like roses, they will wither soon, but people will give them anyway."
Hinamori looked at the vase with the roses and dagon's breath she got from Hitsugaya. "That's true…"
You see, the trees are spreading their flowers to make everyone beautiful. The blossom covers everyone to forget his or her trouble. Hinamori-fukutaichou… You look as if you need some covering of the sakuras." He said casually.
Hinamori chuckled. "Thanks Hinotama-san. I needed that, but I really don't think it's a good idea. I mean, we aren't aloud to go to the living world now…"
"Why aren't we aloud to go to the living world?" Hinotama asked.
"Because we are preparing for the battle…" Hinamori stopped. She couldn't get the traitor's name over her lips.
"Are you behind it? Behind the battle I mean." Hinotama asked.
"I'm trying…I don't really know what to do. I mean, I just can't believe that a man like him would me evil." Her eyes withered.
Hinotama gave Hinamori a napkin. Hinamori thanked him and wiped all her tears away with it. Hinotama threw his player style away, by the sight of the tears. "I know what you mean. I've experienced it, but you know…sometimes you'll need to face up to the facts and not live in the past." He looked up high.
"Maybe you're right. It's just so hard." She wiped her tears away again.
"I know. It takes a while, but you know…because I was so surprised, I lost my most important thing in my life. My best friend. So you should be careful not to lose the thing you care the most about." Hinotama said seriously.
Hinamori thought about Hitsugaya, Matsumoto and al the other friends in Soul society. "Yeah you're right."
It was quiet for a few minutes. Hinamori continued with her paperwork and Hinotama was thinking. Then all of a sudden, Hinotama grabbed Hinamori's hand. "Come milady." He dragged her out of the division.
"Wait what are you doing?" Hinamori tried to pull her hand away from Hinotama, but he was too strong.
Hinotama turned his face to Hinamori. "I'm taking you to the living world." He smirked. He grabbed his zanpaktou and released his shikai to open the portal. He dragged Hinamori through the portal. The portal closed and a note fell on that place.
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"Why are you taking me to the living world? We aren't supposed to be here!" Hinamori yelled. Hinotama already let Hinamori's hand go.
"I want to let you see the cherry blossoms." Hinotama smiled. Hinamori looked around. "But I don't see any…" Suddenly it went black for Hinamori. She could still hear someone breathing. "Hinotama-san! Hinotama-san!" No one answered.
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Kira went to the fifth division for bringing more paperwork. Suddenly on his way to the fifth division, he stood on a paper. He thought it was nothing so he walked through but after a while, he tripped over a card. "Ite…oh no…look at this mess…what is this?" He picked up the card.
"Well…you must be missing someone right? First make sure who you are missing then come after us. We will be waiting in the living world at the sakura trees ----------Sakuras of love"
Kira realized something. "Hinamori-kun!" He ran to the office, but he couldn't find Hinamori. "It should be Hinamori-kun. Would it be Hinamori-kun this time? First, Inoue-san and now Hinamori-kun…I need to warn everybody." He ran out of the division and warned Renji and Hisagi.
"Next stop?" Renji asked.
"Tenth division's." Kira said and he ran with the others to the tenth division.
"Rangiku-san!" Kira yelled, when he opened the door of the tenth division's office.
"Nani?" Matsumoto looked up. Hitsugaya looked at Kira, Hisagi and Renji who were panting. "What are you doing here?"
"It's bad! Th-this.." Kira handed the card over to the desk. Hitsugaya grabbed the card away and he read it with Matsumoto at his side. Hitsugaya and Matsumoto looked up when they were finished reading the card.
"It's Hinamori-kun! I can't find her!" Kira yelled. "It could be an arrancar or…"
"No that isn't." Matsumoto cut off Kira.
A sign of annoyance popped out of Hitsugaya. "This time they've gone too far." He murmured. He got up and walked to the door. He turned his head. "You guys. Stay here." He ran away. Kira, Renji and Hisagi were standing there astonished what happened. Did they really make a big fuss for nothing?
Matsumoto turned to Renji, Kira and Hisagi. "You want to know what's wrong, right?"
The three nodded slowly.
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Hitsugaya opened the gate to the living world and ran through it. "Really, I swear if they did something horrible to her…" When he arrived at the cherry trees, he looked around. He didn't see anyone. He walked slowly through the forest of cherry trees, wondering where Hinamori could be. Suddenly he felt Hinamori's reiatsu. "Thank god, they didn't hide it for her." He ran to a tree with a hole in it and kneeled down to pick a black bag up.
"Hinotama-san?" Hinamori said confused from the bag.
Hitsugaya was relieved to hear his childhood friend's voice, but he was also furious when he heard Hinotama's name out of Hinamori's mouth. He opened the bag and he saw that Hinamori's eyes were tied with a blindfold. "Hinamori? Are you okay?" He wanted to untie the blindfold, but he realized something.
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Flashback
They were sitting in the restaurant.
Hitsugaya and Hinamori didn't say a thing. They looked around and searched for a thing to talk. Hinamori broke the silence. "Hitsugaya-kun? How does the human world look like now?"
Hitsugaya looked at her. "Wait. Didn't Tomoshibi mention it just a few minutes ago?" He restored. "If this whole war is over, I will take you to the human world. Okay? It's too dangerous to go to the human world anyway and it's forbidden too." He said.
Hinamori smiled. "Yeah, I know that too, but can't you describe the human world for me? It's been a while when I went to the human world."
"Well, it looks like it's rich and modern. It's certainly different than Rukongai and the time that we were in the human world." Hitsugaya explained.
"Ah, I see. I really want to go to the human world once." She smiled. "But with all our friends and I want to make some fun."
Hitsugaya slowly smiled. "Yeah, that would be great."
End of flashback
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He let Hinamori tied up. Hinamori answered back.
"Hitsugaya-kun? What are you doing here? Where is Hinotama-san?" She asked.
"I don't really know Hinamori."
"Hitsugaya-kun? Could you at least make it day? I mean, it was day when I left Soul society…" Hinamori looked at the direction of Hitsugaya's voice.
"I will do that, but first…who kidnapped you?" Hitsugaya asked.
"Kidnap? Nobody kidnapped me. I was here with Hinotama and…" Hitsugaya cut off Hinamori.
"What were you doing here with Hinotama?" He asked mad.
"He dragged me to the living world. He wanted to show me the cherry blossoms." Hinamori explained. "Could you untie me please?"
"You wanted to see the cherry blossoms huh?" Hitsugaya murmured. "Eh, yes I will do that. Just a moment please." He helped Hinamori to get up and brought her to the biggest cherry tree in the forest.
"Hitsugaya-kun? Where are we?" Hinamori asked when Hitsugaya was untying the ropes from her hands. Hitsugaya had her untied in a second and unfolded the blindfold. Hinamori opened her eyes, but narrowed her eyes immediately. She wasn't prepared for the sunlight, but slowly she saw the biggest cherry tree she had ever seen. The sunlight shone on the falling blossoms and there were pink or red papers hanging in the tree. "It's so beautiful!" She smiled. She walked to the tree and began to dance.
Hitsugaya looked at Hinamori and felt relieved. Suddenly he saw Hinamori dancing towards him and she dragged Hitsugaya to dance too. "Aren't you happy, Hitsugaya-kun? This isn't a thing you see everyday." She smiled.
Hitsugaya looked at Hinamori's face and began to think. "If I have to admit…I haven't seen the cherry blossoms falling so gracefully. Then again, it's the first time I really look at a cherry tree…" Then Hinamori stopped dancing. She looked up to the tree. "Hitsugaya-kun?"
"These papers are supposed to spread hope aren't they? People write their dreams and wishes in it and try to throw the paper as high as they can, aren't it?" Hinamori asked.
Hitsugaya started to think. "Hmm…I've heard that somewhere before…" Hinamori disturbed Hitusgaya's thought by grabbing his arm.
"Let's write our dreams and wishes in it, okay?" Hinamori smiled. Hitsugaya looked annoyed at her. "I don't have wishes or dreams." He said annoyed.
"Of course you have." She picked a leaf of a lotus and a sharp twig. "We don't have pencils and paper so why don't we use these?" She smiled.
"I'm not going to write my private stuff on a leaf, where anybody could read it." Hitsugaya thought. "LikeMatsumoto could climb on the tree and spread the copies of it over whole society. I wouldn't get respect anymore, but off course…the fangirls would scream about how sensitive I am…"
"What's wrong Hitsugaya-kun?" Hinamori asked. "I've written my wish on it so it's time you do it." Hinamori gave the twig to Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya looked at the leaf and read what Hinamori had written:
"I wish that Hitsugaya-kun and I will be together forever. I wish that we'll never fight again."
Hitsugaya sighed. "Do I really have to write something down?" Then he decided to write something down.
"Agree. Still it's Hitsugaya-taichou!"
Hinamori looked at it. "Mou, Hitsugaya-kun, you didn't write your wish in it…" she pouted.
"Tch. Doesn't matter. Come let's go home." Hitsugaya got up. Hinamori made a package of the leaf and threw it in the tree, but the package came back. Hinamori tried again, but it still came back. Hitsugaya picked it up when Hinamori tried to threw it for the fifth time.
He sighed. "Alright I will throw it."
Hinamori smiled. "Don't forget as high as possible! We have more chance that it will come out!"
"Yeah, yeah." Hitsugaya ignored it and he threw it in the air. Hinamori looked at it with full hope, while Hitsugaya didn't care.
Slowly the leaf package landed on the top of the tree…
Hitsugaya turned around. "And now we're heading back to Soul society." He took a few steps, but when Hinamori didn't follow him. He turned around. "Is something wrong, Hinamori?
A/N: I guess this wasn't really focused on the OC's xD. Well don't have anything to say anymore...please review!