Oh my god this was so hard to figure out! See, my laptop screen cracked so my dad was like, 'if I send it in for repairs, you'll be laptopless for at least two months'. Though on the outside I was all cool and stuff, inside by brain was screaming '! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!'

But after I calmed down and thought about it, my dad has his work laptop so I'll just type on that until the laptop comes back, though he also warned me that I might lose all my info stored on it-_-

Anywaysssss, about this chapter…it's kinda the second last chapter. There is going to be a cliffhanger in the end but do not worry! I will not stretch out the torture. I kinda ruined this chapter by saying it is th second last. After the last chapter there is going to be a epilougue so that is something to look forward to, right? Anywayssss, so how is it all going to go down? Is Gin going to die? Is Aizen going to succeed? Is Yoruichi going to say yes to Urahara? Is the world going to succumb to the power of the vampires? And what about our hero shiro? (haha that rhymed!) read on to find out! Plus this chapter is going to be uber long and I will probably sleep by 3 or something! But to make you guys happy I will comply! Just a warning though, I am not a firm believer in happy endings so yeaaaa things might take a twist!

P.S. I think I like Momo now…..wow I never thought that would happen and because of my own story!

It's funny, you know, when you experience or hear something terrifying you sometimes feel like laughing and crying at the same time. You know that there isn't anything funny about what you are seeing but maybe because what you are seeing is so unbelievably horrifying your mind going insane temporarily.

So sitting there on the floor and watching as his enemy, his uncle actually, kill the man, alright maybe the vampire, who loves him so deeply can affect someone in a mentally scarring way. For a minute, Toshiro thinks that he is going insane.

His eyesight becomes blurred and he thinks that he is going blind but it is actually the tears flooding his eyes to distort his vision. The whole world seems to be tilting in front of him but in reality, he is just swaying in place and on the verge of slipping out of conscious. At the same time, he hears someone giggle silently and is cross at the inhuman bastard who is laughing at Gin dying but then realizes that the giggle had come from his own lips. He raises his hand to his mouth, horrified at how he is actually laughing at a time like this. Is this what madness must feel like?

'How foolish of you, Gin' Aizen whispers in his once loyal servant's ear. Gin tries to utter a reply but all that escapes him is a pathetic noise that almost sounds like a squeak. 'You should have known better than to go against me. You were wiser ten years ago but seeing this brat again has made you discard your principles. Now you have paid the price and there is no going back. I cannot blame you; my nephew had always been charming. Ah well. Goodbye, old friend. Enjoy the afterlife. If there is one for demons like us. But don't worry. I'll take care of our Little Prince. Just leave it all to me.'

Gin spits blood at Aizen and the glob lands on his cheek. Aizen doesn't move to remove it but just smiles serenely at him.

'You demonic bastard,' Gin swears at him with venom in his voice. 'I hope you suffer for your crimes a hundred times more painful then I can think of.'

'Touching last words,' Aizen says curtly and slowly draws his hand out of Gin, issuing a gasp from the poor vampire. 'But utterly useless from a dying soul. Which is surprising since the damned are not supposed to have souls. Maybe that is why those who do always end up dead first.'

He has now completely removed his hand from Gin's chest. It seems his hand had been keeping Gin in an upright position so once his hand has left Gin's body, the vampire now topples backwards, his body arching, his fine hairs splaying out and glinting in the moonlight. The moon itself is almost completely red than white, bathing the forest in a warm red glow.

Aizen's face looks more demonic than ever. His crimson eyes are now black with white pinpricks in them that shone like little stars. His hand is dark and dripping with Gin's blood. He raises it to his mouth and his tongue darts out to taste it. As he licks it, he turns his body to Toshiro, who is just watching everything in shock and horror. The vampire cocks an eyebrow and smiles invitingly, exposing his sharp teeth.

'Now, where were we?' he says silkily.

Urahara tightens his hand on Yoruichi's hand and his pleading eyes holding her own as if begging an answer from her. She, on the other hand, is in shock at what her friend, perhaps more than that now, has just asked her.

'What?' she asks in disbelief. 'Urahara, I don't…'

'Yoruichi,' he says calmly and she closes her mouth. He has just addressed her by her first name which heightens the seriousness of his question never mind that they are in the middle of a battle to save the world from being overrun by vampires.

'We might die tonight,' he says firmly and draws her close to him so that their lips are almost touching. She is almost tempted to close the distance between them and kiss him again. His words seem so chilling and true that she wants to spend her last moments on earth showing Urahara how much she has loved him since she had met him. 'And I don't want to waste my time knowing that I could have asked you this but I didn't. I don't care if you say yes or no. I don't care if you don't love me back. I don't care if you don't want to answer me. I just want to ask you this because, Yoruichi, you cannot understand how much I love you and by asking you to marry me, I am going to satisfy my desire of-!'

'Yes,' Yoruichi says so quietly Urahara almost misses it over the chaos ensuing around them. He blinks in surprise.

'What?' he asks dumbly, unable to believe his ears.

'Yes, Urahara Kisuke, I will marry you,' she repeats softly and smiles so tenderly at him that he smiles widely. He leans his forehead against hers. 'Because I want to spend my final moments knowing that I was in love with the craziest, most amazing man of my life.'

He lifts her face to his and brushes his lips against hers. She presses hers against his in a needy way and he responds by pressing his back more passionately. He places his hand in the small of her back and they kiss each other with such fiery passion it seems like if they let go, they may never get to project their love to each other like this ever again. So in this one kiss, they are not only loving each other for the last time but perhaps also saying goodbye one last time.

'If you two are done making out!' Ikkaku hollers as he jumps in front of them to slice a vampire in half that had been attempting to attack them sneakily. 'You can concentrate on not being sucked dry!'

'Sorry, Ikkaku,' Urahara drawls as he steps on his sword so that it flips in the air and he can catche it deftly by the hilt. 'Just making sure I don't leave anything undone before we die!'

He grins slyly at Yoruichi and who gives a more controlled smile though in the inside her heart is doing a jig and her stomach has done a back flip. Ikkaku snorts.

'About time!' he grunts and places both his hands on his staff and takes on a fighting stance. 'Cause we got more company and I need help seating them!'

'You are always the hospitable one, Ikkaku,' Urahara says sardonically and he twirls his sword in front of him. He offers his hand to Yoruichi. 'You ready, kitten?'

She slips her hand into his and raises her dagger in front of her face, its length glinting menacingly.

'As ready to die as I'll ever be,' she says solemnly and glares at the oncoming foes. 'Let's rip us some vampires.'

'Come out, come out, where ever you are, my little nephew,' Aizen sings as he strolls among the gravestones. He peaks behind one. 'I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to play.'

Panting hard, Toshiro scrambles on his knees and moves away from the graveyard to a hollow cavern under a large oak tree. He slips slightly and cringes as some snow slips into his shirt making him shudder. But he is grateful for the hiding place. Thinking it safe to take a peek, he stretches his body to peer over the edge when he suddenly feels a hand touch his shoulder lightly. In fright, Toshiro turns around suddenly, his fist raised to hurt whoever it is behind him but relaxes when he sees it is only Momo who is looking just as frightened as he does. Her eyes are wide and filled but fear while her hands are shaking uncontrollable. His entire body slack as he watches her tremble.

'Toshiro,' she whispers. 'I'm afraid.'

He feels so sorry for his friend. She is terrified to be here. More than anything, she wishes to be back in the village, safe and sound. She should have left this quest to Yoruichi and Urahara. It was dangerous and she knew it. But she still came along. Not because she knew that is was dangerous or that she can do anything to help but because she cares so much about Toshiro that she would do anything to help him, even put her own life at risk. He knows deep down, and that hurts him, that she thinks it is her fault that he is in this mess with the vampires. If she hadn't fallen prey to the vampire's hypnotism, he would probably be back home with her. But how can he explain to her that it is his fault that she is in this because of him? Even if the vampires hadn't used her to get to him, they would still try to kidnap him. It is because of what he was, what he still is. A weapon of destruction. He is supposed to the key to obtaining ultimate power over the world. And that is what Aizen wants from him and he will stop for nothing until he has it. He might even kill Momo if he has to. Which is why Toshiro feels that it is his responsibility to get Momo out of here now and fast.

He suddenly grips her arms and places his hand over her mouth to stop her from making any noise. He fixes his eyes on her face and tries to assume a firm composure.

'Momo, listen to me,' he says forcefully but as gently as he can to his sensitive friend. 'Go back to the castle as fast as you can. I will distract Aizen while you do so he won't notice you leaving. When you get there, get everyone and leave. Fast. Don't look back. Don't come back to get me. I want you to leave and never come back.'

His voice almost falters as he sees the sorrow growing in Momo's eyes. It is so heart rending he feels like Gin has dies all over again. He suddenly remembers Gin and his heart beats even faster. Once he's sure Momo has left safely, he is going to try to make his way to Gin and try to save him if he can before Aizen catches him. He gulps as the thought of being in Aizen's grasp, wondering how the demonic vampire might try to kill him to get his powers. Perhaps he is going to thrust his hand into his chest like he did to Gin and pull it out.

Momo brings him back to reality by shaking him slightly.

'I'm not going to leave you, Toshiro,' Momp whispers fiercely and he stares in bewilderment as the fear melts from her eyes. He has never seen her like this. Is this really his Momo?

'I lost you once, Toshiro,' she continues in her passionate voice. 'And I am not going to make the same mistake twice. I am not leaving this forest without you.'

'Momo!' he groans quietly. 'must you act heroic now of all times!'

She smiles feebly at him.

'I-I know what know you are, Toshiro,' she says quietly. 'I heard that…that vampire tell you that he wants to take a power you seem to have stored inside you. Toshiro, I may not understand a lot of things but I know that when you are in grave danger and I don't care what it is, I want to be the one to help for once. Toshiro, I want you to know that I will always help you if you ask me because you mean the world to me.'

'I-I don't want you to get hurt, Momo,' Toshiro says in a hushed voice. 'It's more complicated than that and if you get hurt, I don't think I can ever live with myself…'

'Stop worrying about me for once! Toshiro, you don't understand! I will do anything if it will make you happy-!'

'There you are! Have I interrupted something?' Aizen says lazily as he looks down at the two huddled under the tree. Both jump and clutch each other in fear. Aizen smiles and crouches on his knees, his red robe sweeping at the snow, making such a sharp contrast of red and white; like blood and innocence. He stretches out a hand.

'Come here. We have much to do before the moon loses its beautiful new color.'

'Princess Inoue!' Renji howls and bounds up to the elfin maiden, his chops dripping with blood form his victims though one can barely distinguish the color form his fur. 'The moon!'

The beauty looks calmly at the window and her usual marble façade changes as her eyes widen. The moon is now completely red. She lowers her bow that she has hooked an arrow onto and the arrow slips from her hands to fall to the floor. She then raises her hand to cover her mouth.

'We are too late,' she whispers.

'Get away from him!' Momo screams at Aizen and attempts to push Toshiro behind her. He just looks at her emotionlessly, Gin's blood still smeared across his cheek and hand. He sighs.

'Little Prince, if you do not control your little vixen of a friend I might have to kill her like your lover,' he says calmly as he places his hand on the snowy ground, leaving a bloody handprint. Toshiro shudders.

'Don't you dare touch her,' Toshiro whispers menacingly and clutches Momo arms in a protective way.

'Fair enough, I have nothing to gain from killing her,' he says smoothly, losing all courtesy from his voice. 'Although I everything to gain from killing-!'

But he never gets to finish his sentence for a shower of snow pellets are lung in his direction, hitting his entire face and not giving him a moment to react. He cries out in anger and rises to his feet, his eyes darting around with to find the source of that attack. Toshiro cranes his neck as well, just as alarmed as Aizen at the sudden attack on him.

A tiny familiar fairy is floating close by with an armload of snowballs in her arms and a fierce determined look plastered on her face. She squeaks angrily and lets loose another torrent of tiny balls of cold at Aizen, not stopping to even catch her breath.

'Rangiku!' Toshiro cries out in surprise.

The fairy squeaks again and it almost sounds like she is telling Toshiro to escape while she distracts him. Nodding, Toshiro grabs Momo's hand, tugging her along with him as they scramble out of the ditch and sneak past Aizen who is distracted by Rangiku's attack.

'Momo! C'mon!' Toshiro urges as he manages to roll out of their hiding place and is sprinting towards the maze of gravestones. Maybe if he hurries, he can grab Gin and save him. 'Let's get out of here quick!'

'Toshiro! Look out!' she screams. Toshiro stops in his tracks and turns around so fast he almost feels dizzy but what he sees shocks him so much he soon forgets about everything.

Aizen, ignoring the constant snowballs pebbling him, is lunging for him, hand outstretched. Toshiro knows that he should move; that he should run before Aizen can catch him. But he is frozen in place by those demonic crimson eyes that seem to hypnotize him into becoming Aizen's prey. He can almost feel his long nails scraping his neck.

Suddenly, someone barrels into him, sending him sprawling across the snow covered ground. He extends his arms beneath him to cushion the fall but scrapes his palms in the process. He squints his eyes to see through the pain as to who had just saved his life and gasps in horror.

Momo stares helplessly at Toshiro as she tries to use her knife to stab Aizen but the demon snarls at her as he knocks the blade out of her hand. She screams in terror as he does and tries to escape but he wraps his arm around her neck and starts caressing the side of her face with his hand, smiling like a little boy on Christmas as ogles his presents. Rangiku suddenly comes flying at him like a bullet but he just swipes his hand and knocks her into a tree trunk. The poor fairy groans and collapses in the snow.

'Rangiku!' Toshiro cries and stretches out a hand as if he thinks he can save her. His eyes quickly focus on Aizen, watching his every movement nervously. He licks his lips. 'Please, don't hurt her…'

'Why, Toshiro?' Aizen murmurs. He brushes his lips to Momo's neck and she shudders. 'Why must the ones who love you and want to protect always have to suffer because of your cowardice?'

'I'm not a…' Toshiro moans, wanting nothing more than to be in Momo's place; to save her from a vicious death.

'You say it but you don't believe it yourself,' Aizen muses and his eyes flick slyly in the boy's direction. 'Face it, Little Prince, you are a coward. You will gladly put others in your place so that you can escape. You did it ten years ago when your family had to die. They needn't die. I just needed you. But alas, you were afraid and thus, you deserted them to suffer in your place.'

'Stop it!' Toshiro screams and closes his eyes tightly as he grabs his head in both his hands. 'Stop feeding me lies! Stop acting like you know me!'

'But I do know you,' Aizen purrs. 'We are, after all, blood, aren't we? You can say I am your last living relative actually.'

'Why can't you just leave me alone?' Toshiro whispers weakly, not caring if he sounds weak. He is at the ends of his ropes and has lost all hope. He has nowhere to go, nowhere to hide. He is now truly alone.

'Because you have something I want,' Aizen says simply and licks Momo's throat. She whimpers piteously and Toshiro winces. 'Face it, Little Prince, you cannot escape your fate. Even if you tried to run, I will still find you. We will have to battle and when we do, I will emerge victorious. Because that is how it is supposed to be.'

Toshiro shivers at the tone in his voice. It sounds so chilling and brutal. But worst of all, and that makes Toshiro feel helpless, it that it is so true. No matter how much he is going to try and run from Aizen, the vampire is going to find him eventually to destroy everything he loves until he gets what he wants. And Toshiro can do nothing about it. He is helpless. He is never going to win because no matter what, Aizen will always be stronger than him. That is the way it is. That is the way it is supposed to be.

'Have I taught you nothing?' Master Yamamoto scoffs.

Toshiro blinks in surprise.

'Master?' he whispers tentatively.

'Who did you think? That blasted gossiper Yumichika?' the old man growls in his head. 'And they say I am going senile.'

'How-?' Toshiro utters.

'It does not matter how I did something, Hitsugaya,' Yamamoto grunts. 'It is more important how YOU cannot do something so simple.'

'Huh?'

'How many times must I tell you: it doesn't matter how powerful the other is. It all comes down to how much faith you have in yourself.'

'Master Yamamoto, how do you expect me to have the power to defeat him when I have no power or strength greater than his to defeat him with?' Toshiro says desperately.

'Must having raw power always mean victory for you youngsters?' Yamamoto sighs and seems to be shaking his head. 'When will you realize that the power does not come from your body but from your heart. Toshiro, you do not realize the power you have had all along and could have used. It is because you choose to neglect it that you never progressed in your lessons.'

'I don't understand…'

'You are stronger than you think. When you realize that, you will be able to defeat Aizen with a weapon so powerful he can only dream about possessing it.'

Aizen smells Momo's neck and his red eyes turn hungry at her scent engulfing his senses.

'I must admit, I am famished,' he leers, licking his lips as he eyes the lovely neck displayed to him. 'I haven't had a human in such a long time.'

Momo struggles feebly but she knows that it is useless; the vampire is too strong for her to escape from.

'A quick bite won't hurt,' he murmurs and opens his mouth, his fangs poking out and gleaming maliciously as if dying to puncture her soft skin. She whimpers. 'Don't worry. It won't hurt. Much.'

'Aizen!' Toshiro hollers. The vampire looks up suddenly. 'Leave her alone! It's me you want!'

'So have we finally accepted our fate?' the vampire leers.

'Sure,' Toshiro says coolly. 'But you're going to have to come and get me 'cuz I don't give a fuck about what fate wants me to do!'

Aizen's smile remains the same but Toshiro notices the hardness in his eyes and knows that the vampire is miffed by his reply.

'I was hoping we could settle this in a more gentlemanly way but…' he suddenly throws Momo away. 'I suppose you are asking for it.'

Baring his teeth, he rushes forward at an incredible speed. He becomes airborne, teeth gnashing and one hand in the air to come striking down on Toshiro. Toshiro takes a deep breath and quickly dives to the side. Aizen's hand lands on a tombstone, causing it to crumble from his crushing blow.

He hisses and looks around, trying to locate the small boy.

'Come now,' he hisses. 'I am very impatient to claim my prize and am not in the mood to play games.'

'Why? I'm having so much fun,' Toshiro scoffs from the side. Aizen looks from the corner of his eye and lashes out, surprised to find nothing there.

'You're getting old for a vampire,' Toshiro taunts. Growling, Aizen lashes out to his other side and is again met with nothingness.

'Come out and face me, you coward,' Aizen screams, his eyes insanely wide and full of murder.

Toshiro snorts.

'Really, have we already been reduced to name calling?' he muses as Aizen looks around wildly. 'It is really unbecoming for a creature of your status, Aizen.'

'And how would you know what a creature of my status should behave like?' Aizen sneers, creeping through the gravestones, trying to locate Toshiro.

'I wouldn't,' Toshiro says quietly. 'You robbed me of it ten years ago, uncle.'

Momo is slowly regaining herself as she uses her arms push her face off the cold ground. She strains her ears and watches as Aizen stalks through the cemetery, ignoring her completely and hunting desperately for something. Her eyes widen as she hears Toshiro talking so calmly and coldly out of thin air.

'You stole from me, Aizen,' Toshiro's voice rings out. 'You robbed me of a loving family, you robbed me of a home, you robbed me of a childhood and now, you robbed me off a lover. You are truly a pathetic thing.'

Aizen stops to peer behind a tomb and snarls as he finds nothing.

'What are you getting at, Little Prince?' he jests, his hand tightening on the gravestone as if he is going to break it.

'I am saying that I will make you pay for what you have done to me,' Toshiro continues in his calm tone.

Aizen tosses his head back to laugh.

'You?' he says incredulously. 'You are nothing but a sniveling orphan hiding behind others to protect yourself! What makes you think you can defeat me?'

'Because I have something you will never possess.'

'Oh, really?' Aizen sneers. 'And what is that?'

'Faith,' Toshiro answers simply. 'In myself.'

He suddenly appears in front of Aizen, Momo's dagger in his hand and he plunges it into Aizen's chest, burying it deep. The vampire croaks, his eyes widening in disbelief. His entire form shudders as his body goes rigid at first and then relaxes. His eyes go hazy as he looks down at the little emotionless boy looking up at him.

'How?' he rasps. 'How can you defeat me? It is not possible! I am more powerful than you ever were! So how?'

Toshiro shakes his head in sadness.

'You were always so afraid, uncle,' Toshiro says softly. 'Always trying to find ways to be powerful because you thought you were weak. You thought that by killing others you could prove that you were stronger, faster, better. But all it showed was that you were afraid. And that is why you have lost. You were so worked up in trying to attain power that you forgot to have faith in your own powers. In the end, you are the coward. You were afraid to believe in yourself.'

'Ah,' Aizen whispers as he closes his eyes and furrows his brow. 'You were always charming, my little nephew. With your little words and your perfect mannerisms. Very well, I shall admit defeat however-' he smiles maliciously. '-your love is dying as we speak. You better hurry if you wish to save him.'

With that, the vampire's red eyes go dull, his mouth closes and he slips backwards off Toshiro's knife, his hands folded on his chest like he has accepted his fate. As soon as he hits the floor, Toshiro starts trembling as he stumbles backwards. He looks behind his shoulder at Momo who is staring at him with her mouth open. He then looks to the figure sprawled on the floor a few feet away. Without hesitation, he sprints towards it, his heart racing with fear. He skids to his knees as he bends over Gin's inert form. A puddle of blood has formed around Gin's body and soaked into the snow around him. Gin doesn't seem to be moving at first but when he moves his head in Toshiro's direction, the boy sigh in relief and grabs Gin's hand which is feebly raised to try to reach Toshiro's face.

'Ssssh,' Toshiro says in hushed voice and he places Gin's cold hand on his cheek. He shudders at how his hand feels like death. 'I'm here. I'm here now. Don't be afraid.'

'I never am,' Gin rasps. 'Not when I'm around you.' He coughs and then smiles his foxish smile at Toshiro, almost making him cry in thinking that this is probably the last time he'll ever see it. Gin chuckles and he fingers a lock of Toshiro's hair which is now hanging limply all around his face instead of in proud spikes on his head.

'I told you you'd have to get used to me not being there one day,' he murmurs softly and Toshiro lets out a sob.

'Don't say that!' he cries out. 'You're not dying! I'm going to save you! Please don't leave me! I just found you again! Please, Gin! Please don't die! I can't live without you! Please!'

'I'm sorry, my love,' he whispers and turns his face away from Toshiro to stare at the blood red moon. 'But this time it really is goodbye.'

'No!' Toshiro screams as Gin's hand goes limp in his hand. His eyes are beginning to tear up again. 'Gin! NO! You can't die! You just can't! Please!'

His voice softens as he whispers, 'I love you.'

'Toshiro?' Momo whispers as she scoots up next to Toshiro, her voice full of concern for he distraught friend. 'It's going to be alright…'

He sniffs and stares at her with a mournful look.

'Momo,' he says thickly. 'Remember you promised that you will do anything to help me? Remember you promised?'

'Yes, Toshiro, I promised,' Momo says slowly, confused. 'You know it's true. I won't ever say no to you.'

'Good.' He takes a deep breath and fixes her with a solemn stare. 'I want you to kill me.'

YES! AND I HAVE FINISHED! Trust me, this was hard to write T.T but I hope I have portrayed the characters and everything and I hope it doesn't sound too corny as to why Tosh was able to defeat Aizen cuz that part was hard! This was actually going to be the final chapter but I decided to add another one cuz this was turning out to be a pretty long one! So I hope I have satisfied your appetite with DRAMA and I will get to work immediately on the next one cuz other stories are popping into my head and threatening to abandon this story! But I shall beat them back into the little compartment in my brain so I can satisfy everyone's need for this story's ending!^^

Till next chapter lovelies!