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Chapter 36
Victory
They all watched as Aizen fell to the ground, Momo standing victoriously over him. A huge dark cloud seemed to have been lifted from the place. Inoue lowered the shield, a teary smile on her face. Ichigo, Renji, Matsumoto, Ruby, Ukitake, Byakuya, and Grimmjow shakily got up. Hitsugaya ran forward. Momo turned and smiled at him.
Just as Hitsugaya reached her, her Bankai disappeared and she turned back into her normal, shorter self. Her shinigami uniform returned and her hair returned to its normal bun. She sighed and fell backwards into Hitsugaya's arms, exhausted by the fierce battle. She smiled up at him and he could not help but smile back.
The others were standing up now to approach her, being mostly healed. They walked up to her, shock on their faces. They were uncertain if she would be her old self again, but after seeing her bright and happy smile, they knew they had their old Momo back. Matsumoto ran up and pulled her out of Hitsugaya's arms and into a big hug.
"You did it Momo!" She said excitedly, a big goofy grin on her face. She wasn't the only one with a smile. Soon, they were all smiling and telling her how great she was. They were all ecstatic at Aizen being defeated. Even Byakuya had a small smile on his face. Momo cleared her throat.
"Um…I'm sorry for what I did back there to all of you, I don't know what came over me," she said.
"Don't worry, Momo, you weren't yourself back there," Matsumoto said reassuringly. Renji nodded.
"That was Aizen's fault, not yours," he said.
"None of us hold any grudge against you," Ichigo said, "And even if we did, I think you made up for it." Momo smiled.
"Thanks guys," she said, "Thanks to you especially, Ruby. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have snapped out of it." Ruby gave her a sad smile.
"Thanks Momo. I'm just glad Aizen was defeated. He cost us all so much." She said, tears in her eyes. Momo walked over to embrace Ruby.
"I'm just can't stop thinking about him," Ruby sobbed, Momo knew she was talking about Hanatarou, "Its all my fault that he's gone, and now all that I have left to remember him by is this." She held up a strand of black hair that she took out of a small bag in her robes.
"Is that his hair?" Hitsugaya inquired. Ruby nodded. Suddenly, a huge smile came across his face. "Don't worry Ruby, I know how to bring him back." He took the piece of hair and walked over to Orihime, taking Momo with him.
"Momo, lend Orihime as much reiatsu as you can. Orihime, cast Souten Kisshun." Hitsugaya said. They both complied, Momo putting her hands on Orihime's shoulders so as to lend her power. Hitsugaya placed the hair on the ground. Orihime created a dome over it with her fairies, but this time it glowed pink rather than its normal gold. Within the dome, a glowing figure began to materialize. Everyone's eyes widened.
After a minute, the dome of light disappeared, revealing a very much alive Hanatarou. He stirred groggily and sat up. Ruby's eyes filled with tears. She ran up and embraced him in a tight hug.
"Hanatarou! I thought I'd never see you again! I'm so sorry for killing you Hanatarou! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Oh Hanatarou, I never want to lose you again! I know that its sudden, but I have to tell you something! I love you Hanatarou! I didn't fully realize it, but now I know! I love you, Hanatarou Yamada!" Ruby burst out. Hanatarou was looking rather confused.
"Wait…what?" he said cluelessly. They hurriedly explained everything that happened. Hanatarou's eyes widened. "So I was…dead?" he said. They nodded.
"I'm so sorry, Hanatarou," Ruby wailed.
"Its okay, Ruby. I don't blame you. Also, I'd like you to know that I've always loved you too," Hanatarou said. Ruby teared up, and suddenly pulled Hanatarou into a deep kiss. His eyes widened in surprise, but soon slid shut in happiness from being kissed by the woman he loved. The others smiled at the two.
Momo suddenly turned to Hitsugaya, she opened her mouth to say something, but then shut it as if unable to voice her intentions. After a moment of awkwardness, she shrugged and pulled him into the most passionate kiss either of them had ever had. Their open lips were pressed against eachother and their arms wrapped around eachother as they kissed with great passion.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we have a problem," Ukitake said. Ruby, Hanatarou, Hitsugaya, and Momo all looked at him with great irritation from being interrupted. Ukitake continued, "The door is still locked and there is no other way out. The stone that the walls are made of are too strong to break through. We won't be able to reach our garganta."
"We could be stuck here for a long time," Byakuya said.
"Well that's just great," Ichigo said irritably, "We defeat Aizen, but now we're gonna be stuck here until we starve to death."
"Don't be overly dramatic, we won't starve to death," Matsumoto said.
"In any case, we must figure out how to unlock the door," Hitsugaya said.
"Oh, and any suggestions on how we do that?" Ichigo said.
"Be quiet, you wouldn't even-" Histugaya was cut off by a creaking noise as the door opened and Yammy walked in.
"Sorry I'm late, what did I miss?" He said. Suddenly he froze, only just realizing what was going on. He blinked stupidly as his gaze shifted from the dead Ichimaru to the dead Ulquiorra to the dead Aizen. He slowly backed out of the room and into the hall. When he was out of sight, running could be heard.
"Well that works!" Momo said cheerfully.
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