A/N: Please, don't be mad for such another late review. It's just that I've been very busy lately and I couldn't really get to a computer. Also my idiotic teachers gave me summers packets. Man, I really hate my school. Well I know one thing and that's that I'm not doing a damn thing. I'll kinda be like The Lazy Song cause this summer I don't feel like doing anything. All right, without further ado here is chapter ten.
Chapter TenHer breath hitched in her throat. The hand that had clutched onto her neck had pinned her against the stone cold wall. She squirmed, trying to break out of his grasp as he spoke. "And where do you think you're going, Hinamori-kun?" the stubborn glared at him and was determined to stay silent. "Ah, it seems like you are not a girl of many words today. Funny how you were kicking and screaming for me to let you go when I was dragging you through the gartana a few days ago. But your pathetic friends must be worried about you, ne Hinamori. Especially that Hitsugaya kid, but don't worry." Her eyes widen at her childhood friend's name. Karitoriki chuckled, "They'll be coming for you soon and I will make sure they all die a slow, painful death. And you will get watch the all suffer." Oh yes, Kuroki Karitoriki was one sick son of a bitch that would do anything at any costs to get what he wanted.
Hinamori glared in disgust at Kuroki. "You bastard!" she cried out. Then she bit down hard on his arm. Karitoriki stifled his cries and narrowed his eyes at his prisoner. Now there was a bleeding, three-inch gash in his arm from her sharp incisors. "Ah, I feisty one. You sure have one strong will…. I will give you that. But sooner or later I will break you." The evil arancar slammed her against the wall again. The sweet peach winced in pain as Karitoriki gave her a sickening smile. Then he declawed his hand from Hinamori's neck and let her drop to the ground.
Now was Momo's chance. She yelled, "Bakudo No Shi: Hariwana! Hado No San-Ju-Ichi: Shakkaho!" Lucky for her Kuroki was to slow. She smirked thinking that she had won. Oh, but the brown eyed brunette was terribly wrong. Oh, so very wrong. When the smoke cleared, the sweet peach gasped and saw that her kido did almost no damage to Karitoriki. Dammit, my reiastsu is still too weak, she thought. I should have never used so much energy bounding Tsubasa.
Tobiume: Momo, watch out!
Hinamori: Nada-
But it was too late. Aizen's merciless creation had driven his zanpakuto into her. Blood ran down her mouth and stained her Shinigami robes. Hinamori looked up and saw the bastard's sinister smile before falling to the ground with a sickening thud. "Shiro-chan," she murmured softly before the darkness engulfed her.
"Ah…, how sweet. She can sill think of that little, white haired brat at the brink of death," he chuckled with a devilish smirk.
Kuroki turned and made his way back down the hall. When the arancar reached the end of the hall he discovered his sleeping, kido bound second in command.
The master yelled into the green haired arancar's ear, "Oi, Tsubasa. Tsubasa! Wake the hell up you dumbass!" His efforts were useless. Karitoriki sighed, took the stealth of his sword, and hit Tsubasa over the head with it to supposedly "resurrect" him from his kido-induced coma.
"Owwwwwww!" the pale skinned arancar hissed while he clutched his throbbing little head. "Just what in the hell do you think you're- K-K-K-Kuroki-sama!" Oh shit the yellow eyed arancar thought. Anata neji! I. Am. So. Screwed!
Kuroki was fuming made at his stuttering servant. "Baka!" The master yelled as he hit the poor greened haired arancar with his stealth again. "How in the hell did you let her bound you with kido?" How I ever picked such an idiot to be my second in command I will never know, Karitoki thought. You know what, I should have picked Nakamura Rin instead of this clown. But I guess its too late because he's dead.
Tsubasa pleaded for his life. "G-Gomenasai, Kuroki-sama. It will never happen again. Just please don't kill me!"
"Quit whining, you blubbering fool. I'm not going to kill you this time, but I swear if it happens I will make you suffer a fate worse than death. Now go get the girl!"
The green haired second command ran down the hallway and hiked the unconscious Hinamori over his shoulder. "Um…, do you me to let her bleed out or something?", he questioned his master.
"I really don't care what you do with her, but just make sure she doesn't die. I still need that Hitsugaya kid to come because if she's dead then my plan will be incomplete. I need both of those brats alive for the time being for it to work."
The pale skinned arancar asked quietly, "What do you intend to do with Hinamori and Hitsugaya, Kuroki-sama?"
"There are some things that are not your concern, Tsubasa." And with that Karitoriki left his dazed and confused servant at the end of the hall and went back to his chambers.
"Mataku", Tsubasa sighed. "I swear this girl will be the death of me." He walked back to the sweet peach's cell to heal her.
{In The Tenth Division}
"Alright, is everyone here?", Toshiro asked. Today was the day he and his team of Shinigami and zanpakuto going to the human world to train and Urahara had a gartana set up that day.
His fuku-taicho said, "Ne Taicho, maybe you should call roll to make sure everyone's here."
Hitsugaya sighed, "Fine."
"Ikkaku"
"Here."
"Kuchiki"
"Here."
"Kuchiki-Taicho"
"Here."
"Hisagi"
"Here."
"Shusui"
"Here."
"Ukitake"
"Here, younger Shiro." The chibi-taicho's eye started twitching as he the older Shiro an icy glare. Basically it said, "Don't call me that old man."
"K- Oi Matsumoto, come here."
"Nada Taicho?", the strawberry blonde asked.
He whispered angrily, "Why in the hell is Kira on this list?" Apparently, Toshiro doesn't really like Kira. He has never liked the blonde, insecure, emo Third Division fuku-taicho even before he tried to attack Momo after she tried to kill Ichimaru-Taicho. Mostly because Izuru has had a huge crush on Hinamori since their days in the Shinigami Academy. It really pissed the little, white haired kid off, especially when that stuttering fool tried to ask her out last year. Luckily, the poor emo kid never got the chance because the sweet peach was called for an emergency SWA{Shinigami Women's Association} meeting. If Kira had, the things Toshiro would do to him would be unthinkable. Hitsugaya Toshiro would make Izuru Kira's life a living hell.
" I know you don't like Kira and that you're pretty pissed off, especially after what he did last year,{yes, Matsumoto knows because news spreads fast throughout the divisions and she bribed Yachiru to spy on them} but we could really use all the help we can get right now," Rangiku whispered back to her taicho.
The stubborn Tenth Division Taicho mumbled, "Fine, but only because we need the help. But I swear if he does anything I do not see fit to, I will {colorful word} kill him!"
The crystal eyed fuku-taicho gasped, "Taicho, watch your language!"
"It's my mouth, so I'll do as I damn well please." The blue eyed taicho and fuku-taicho turned back to the crowd of Shinigami and zanpakuto in the office.
Toshiro hissed in an icy tone, "Kira"
"H-Here," the emo kid stuttered. You could practically here the fear in his voice. When a grudge holding, ice zanpakuto wielding, little, white haired kid that has an uncontrollable amount of icy reiastsu and that is the reincarnation of the Heavenly Guardian is hissing at you and you know that he hates you and would make you suffer a fate worse than death if you even laid a hand of his precious peach, be afraid. Be very afraid Izuru Kira. Your life may end soon.
"Kurosaki"
"Here."
"Abari"
"Here."
"Sanjin"
"Here."
"Yamada" {A/N: Yes, Hana-chan is coming because we need a medical Shinigami on board}.
"Here."
"Kotetsu" {A/N: Isane is here to help Hana- chan out because he's a very clumsy seventh seat}.
"Alright, that seems like everyone," the young, white haired taicho sighed. Even though his team wasn't much, it's all he's got.
Rangiku suddenly asked, "Ano…. where's Neko-chan and Kazeshini?" Everyone looked around to see that the loudmouth ash cat and the sneaky reaper were nowhere to be found.
"Maybe there in your room trying to steal your sake again," the kori ryu answer.
"Demo, I drunk all my sake two days ago."
Hisagi interrupted, "You don't think they're…" He moved his eyes back and forth in suspicion. Haha, the spiky haired fuku-taicho thought. Looks like somebody is getting laid tonight. Lucky little bastard!
"We're wasting time just standing here. Let's go get 'em," Toshiro fumed. {Here's another thing that the Tenth Division Taicho and the kori ryu have in common. They are both extremely impatient}.
The strawberry blonde said quickly, "Ano, Taicho you might not want to come."
"And why not?" Hitsugaya asked with hints of irritation in his voice.
"It might not be the most appropriate situation happening in there."
"Appropriate? Matsumoto, what the hell are you talking about?" Oh my god, she thought. For a genius, Taicho is really slow when it comes to those types of topics.
"Well it wouldn't be bad for him to get some experience," Hisagi insisted.
"Hisagi! Now that's just down right dirty. What experience does he need? Taicho is barely a teenager!
"Hey!"
Finally, Hyorinmaru lost his temper with the three bickering bakayaros. He sighed heavily and fixed his crimson gaze on them. "Come on, you three. We haven't got all day now." The impatient kori ryu pushed all three of them out the door and down the hall. Soon they all made it all the way to Rangiku's room.
"Oi, baka ryu, was that really necessary?" the young master asked.
"Yes, it was. And now that we're here let's find Haineko and Kazeshini." As soon as they opened the door Toshiro, Hyorinmaru, Hisagi, and Rangiku saw the ash cat and the reaper intensely making out on the futon. These two lovebirds quickly separated when they saw their Shinigami and zanpakuto friends gaping at them.
"What. The. Hell?" the kori ryu and the two fuku-taichos said in unison. Unfortunately, the little white haired taicho stayed silent.
"What are you guys doing here?" Neko-chan asked. The poor ash cat's face was a deep shade of pink just like the reapers.
The Tenth Division fuku-taicho yelled, "Us? Why are making out with Kazeshini in my room?" Matsumoto was definitely not a force to be reckoning with at this point and time.
"Um….. guys, I think there's something wrong with Hitsugaya-Taicho," the dark haired Shinigami said interrupting them. He waved his hand in front of the dazed, turquoise-eyed taicho. Hitsugaya made no reaction.
"Taicho, daijobou?" Ran shook him back and forth, but he still made no reaction. Not a peep. "Hyorinmaru, what's wrong with him?"
"The hell should I know. What those two did", the kori ryu pointed to Haineko and Kazeshini, "probably scarred him for life."
"Shimada! What are we going to do?" The strawberry blonde was practically pulling her hair out. "This is just great. Taicho is now scarred for life because you two bakayaros decided to get horny instead of coming to the meeting," she hissed. Her crystal blue eyes were shooting daggers at the cowering couple in the corner. The ash cat and the reaper were too terrified to speak against the reiastsu flaring fuku-taicho.
Finally, Kazeshini gathered up the courage to speak. "Maybe we should show him a photo of you know who to wake him up from his catatonic state."
"Anyone got any pictures?" Haineko asked.
"I do," the kori ryu called out. Everyone gaped at him in surprise. "Okay, the reason why I have this picture is because I used to tease him with it all the time when he was just starting out as a Shinigami." It was a picture of Toshiro and Momo when they were little kids.
"Kawaii! Taicho and Hina-chan looked so cute when they were little. It seems likes the sweet, little boy has be replaced by a cold, workaholic taicho."
"Ano, Rangiku, maybe we shouldn't be teasing him in his scarred state," Hisagi said. The last thing he wanted to do is get frostbite from a pint-sized taicho.
"Demo it might get him out of his scarred and dazed state," the strawberry blonde insisted. Plus, it would give her a chance to make fun of him for a while.
"I got one," Hyorinmaru suddenly said. "Ne Shiro-chan, you're still as short as ever. Hinamori is almost all grown up, while you are still just a whiney little brat. Are you really going to stand there and let Kira take her? Let that fool touch her, hug her, and kiss here. Even let him go all the way with Hinamori-chan." That did it. That baka kori ryu had pushed Hitsugaya's buttons too far. If there's one thing that Shiro-chan hates more than being called cute {A/N: Which is the understatement of the year. He's adorable, hot irresistible, and list goes on and on for all you Hitsugaya lovers} and short, its if anyone talks about Kira hooking up with his Hinamori.
"HYORINMARU! Matsumoto! Haineko! Hisagi! Kazeshini!" the chibi-taicho bellowed. Oh shit, they all thought. We are so {colorful word} screwed. The group ran out the room to avoid Toshiro's raff. Oh, they were so unlucky. He was small, but fast and quickly gaining on them.
Soon Neko-chan, Ran-chan, Kaze-kun, Hisagi-san, and Hyorinmaru-san made it back to the turquoise-eyed boy's office. "Where the hell have you guys been?," Ichigo yelled. Apparently, the orange haired strawberry was not good with patience either.
"Nowhere," they all said quickly. Now the other Shinigami and zanpakuto were giving them strange looks.
"Nowhere? You guys have been gone for twenty minutes," Ikkaku said. Another impatient bakayaro.
Kazeshini and Hisagi confessed, "Okay, we were running away from Hitsugaya-Taicho because he's trying to kill us." Damn snitches, the strawberry blonde, kori ryu, and ash cat thought.
"And why is that?" Ruche asked.
Ran-chan and Neko-chan pointed to the ice dragon and yelled, "Hyorinmaru went too far!"
"No I didn't!," he yelled back. They were so not putting all the blame on him.
Hisagi added, "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in this predicament."
"Ah, no. We would not be in this predicament if Haineko and Kazeshini weren't making out in Matsumoto's room instead of coming to the meeting. My master witnessed that which lead him to be in a dazed and unresponsive state, which I had to go through drastic measures to get him out of." All the Shinigami and zanpakuto gasped. They all turned to gape at the ash cat and the reaper cowering in the corner.
The lovebirds yelled back, "Its not entirely our-" They were cut off when Toshiro burst into the room. He was tired from running and had the intent to kill in his now haunting, turquoise eyes. When the chibi-taicho spotted his teasers, the room dropped sixteen degrees. Everyone shivered in discomfort, while Hyorinmaru, Rangiku, and Hisagi ran to the spot where Haineko and Kazeshini were. They all cowered in fear{well, not so much Hyorinmaru because that's his master but the kori ryu is also like a mentor to Hitsugaya. Over all, Hyorinmaru has the utmost respect for Toshiro}.
"Everyone out, except you five." Once the others were out of his office the icy taicho froze the door shut. The five troublemakers stayed silent, awaiting their cruel fates from Hitsugaya.
"Hisagi, you will be doing all of the Fourth Division's laundry for the next six weeks." Dammit, I really got myself into a real mess this time, the dark haired drinker thought. I really got to stop drinking with Matsumoto-san.
"Hai, Hitsugaya-Taicho."
"Haineko and Kazeshini, you two will be Yachiru's servant for the next two months." Shimada, the two lovebirds thought. Why Yachiru of all people?
"Hai, Hitsugaya-taicho."
With a devilish smirk on his face, Toshiro's gaze drifted towards the worst of the bunch. "And last but not least, Matsumoto and Hyorinmaru. What to do with you two?"
"You could just forget the whole thing," his strawberry blonde fuku-taicho pleaded nervously.
"Ah, no. I will never forget what you two said. First of all, Matsumoto, I am not cute, nor sweet. Secondly, Hyorinmaru, the second that sniveling idiot even thought of laying a hand on Hinamori he would never see the light of day again."
The kori ryu joked. "You sure are overprotective, ne Toshiro."
Hitsugaya snarled, "Zip it. Now, I was only going to give you and Matsumoto only six weeks of doing all of the divisions paperwork, but since you made that rude remark, you two will be doing all the divisions paperwork for ten weeks." The strawberry blonde drinker glared, shooting daggers at her troublemaking partner in crime. In his response, Hyorinmaru sent Rangiku an apologetic glance.
Toshiro's fuku-taicho and zanpakuto groaned, "Hai, Taicho. Hai, Toshiro."
The little, white haired devil turned to the Ninth Division fuku-taicho. "Hisagi do you mind breaking down the door?"
Haineko asked, "Ne, Hitsugaya-Taicho why don't you just unfreeze it?"
He sighed and said, "Who said I could unfreeze things?" the ash cat, the reaper, the strawberry blonde, and the dark haired drinker stared at the chibi dumbfounded.
"Damn you, Toshiro! Do I have to do everything around here?," the kori ryu snapped. Hyorinmaru placed his hand on the door and within seconds it thawed out.
"Choto mate, how come you can do that, but I can't?," Hitsugaya asked with hints of annoyance in his voice.
The kori ryu fixed his crimson gaze on his young master. "Unlike you, I have completely mastered the powers of the Heavenly Guardian."
Hitsugaya's turquoise eyes started to brighten with excitement. "Will you teach me."
"In due time, my young master. In due time. I will only teach you if you take away everyone's punishments." Go Hyorinmaru!, the others thought.
"Fine," he grumbled, "but I will fine a way to get you guys back."
Once outside the young, spiky haired taicho called, "Let's go." Everyone filed out of the Tenth Division and made their way to the gartana that led to the world of the living.
Suddenly, a familiar voice that many have tried to forget called out. "Mate!" Speak of the devil. With his usual fox faced grin plastered on his face, the grey haired man made his way towards the group.
{Back To Hinamori In Huecho Mundo}
The sweet peach was awaken by an ear shattering noise. She looked up and saw that Tsubasa had once again fallen out of his seat. "Ouch," he cried. "I either need a better job or they need softer floors." The sleep arancar looked over at his prisoner's cell and saw that her brown eyes were boring into his own. "Ah, Hinamori-san, seems like ya finally decided to wake up." He gave her his usual snake like smile.
Hinamori sneered at him. She always hated that creepy smile of his. It reminded her so much of him. "You know who you remind me of?"
"Who?"
"Ichimaru Gin. The former Third Division taicho." She spat his name like poison.
He nodded, "Oh, that guy." The brown-eyed brunette's eyes widen in shock. "Wait, you know him?"
The pale skinned second in command sighed. "Well, I never actually met the guy. A lot of people said I had his personality, but I couldn't really tell, ya know."
She said, "I guess. Also where's that bastard you work for and where did I get all these bandages?" Her warden could see the fire burning in her eyes, wanting revenge{A/N: I know. I know. It's very unHinamori-like of her wanting to get revenge, but hey I got to spice it up a bit}.
Tsubasa ran his fingers through his unruly, green hair. "Kuroki-sama went back to his chambers after he was done with you. the reason why you are covered in bandages is because I healed your injuries."
Momo started to eye Tsubasa suspiciously. Since when did this sly and sneaky arancar become kind and caring. "Naze?," she asked quietly. "Why did you help me?"
He answered quickly, "It's not like it was my choice. Kuroki-sama wants you alive for the time being and I was just following orders."
The Green Haired Arancar's Zanpakuto: Wow, you are a terrible liar.
Tsubasa: Shut up, Yoru. What do you know?
Yoru: Well, I know that you absolutely hat Kuroki and that you really want to help this girl.
Tsubasa: I would be nothing without Kuroki-sama. Of all people, I thought you would know that.
Yoru: Do you really, truly think she deserves to die?
Tsubasa: How do you know Kuroki-sama won't keep her alive to toy with the lives of those Shinigami.
Yoru: You really have no idea what Kuroki has in store for Hinamori, do you?
Tsubasa: What secrets are you keeping from me, Kusoyoruneko?
Yoru: Oi! Oi! Oi! You know hate being called that.
Tsubasa: Kusoyoruneko! Kusoyoruneko! Kusoyoruneko!
Yoru: Stop it! My name is Yoru, not Kusoyoruneko.
Tsubasa: Then tell me what secrets you are keeping from me, Kusoyoruneko.
Yoru: {anime vein pops up on his forehead} If you keep calling me that I won't tell you a damn thing.
Tsubasa: Yokata. Yokata.
Yoru: …
Tsubasa: So what's Kuroki-sama's plan?
Yoru: Ano…, I don't know. I was kinda just messing with ya.
Tsubasa: Baka Yoru!
Yoru: Stop yelling! I have sensitive hears, ya know.
Tsubasa: BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!
Yoru: Ja, Tsubasa.
Tsubasa: Oi, Yoru! Come back. YORU!
"Tsubasa," the sweet peach said softly.
The pale, yellow-eyed arancar answered, "Nada?"
"Arigato."
"Whatever." Inside Tsubasa's head, {in a hidden and secluded where his master can't find him} Yoru could see that his dimwitted master was finally starting to have a change of heart.
{Back To Hitsugaya}
Toshiro and the others could see him making his way towards them. The foxed-faced grin he had plastered on his face made the white haired boy sneer in disgust at him. Just what in the hell was he doing here?
"Ichimaru" Hitsugaya hissed.
The grey haired man said cheerfully, "Hiya, chibi-taicho. Hiya, Ran." Toshiro's stone cold glare deepen, while Rangiku's eyes were downcast as if she was avoiding both her taicho and Gin. Hitsugaya pulled Matsumoto and Ichimaru away from the wandering eyes of the group.
"Who let you out of prison?," Toshiro snarled.
The foxed-faced ex-prisoner just simply smiled. "Ara, Yamamoto and Central 46 finally decided wha ta do with me. They said that they were gonna let me live cause I double crossed Aizen and to atone for my crimes I have to start acting as the Third Division taicho. It's only for a short trial time to see if I'm worthy of still being apart of the Gotei 13."
"Demo, Gin, why are you here?," the strawberry blonde asked quietly. Her eyes were closed , fighting back tears {mainly because Soutaicho and Central 46 let Ichimaru live} while her hands were balled in small fists.
Gin's smile faded completely. He could just see from the tone in her voice that she was yearning for an answer. And when he saw that look on her pained face, he thought he'd just die. "I came to ask for you and Hitsugaya-taicho's forgiveness."
For a while none of them spoke. In shock of what was said, Toshiro and Rangiku were dead silent. Gin, however, just stared at them with those pleading blue eyes of his. Hoping that Ran-chan would forgive him for the terrible things he had done. He also wanted the chibi-taicho to forgive him because he really didn't want Toshiro to hold a grudge over his head forever. Sure, Toshiro would never kill him, due to Rangiku's sake, but he sure as hell didn't want to end up like Kira. No one ever wanted to be in that situation.
"Ichimaru," Hitsugaya said slowly. "You have done many unforgivable things during the past several months, but I am no fool. I saw your actions during that unfaithful day. You double-crossed Aizen in order to protect Matsumoto. I respect you for that." A sigh of help? "I don't trust you just yet, though. I already know too well that Matsumoto has forgiven you. Ichimaru, you may have my forgiveness, but not my trust." Rangiku gasped. She never thought in million years that Toshiro would ever forgive Gin.
The strawberry blonde whipped a stray tear from her eye. "Arigato, Taicho"
But can Ichimaru really be trusted?
A/N: That was about 2 and ½ chapters all rolled into one. Please don't hate me for the twist but your answers and ideas will be read and thought about. Flames will be used to make onigari!