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"Shuuhei, I'm back!" Hitomi latched onto Shuuhei's waist and hugged him tightly, completely ignoring the tense atmosphere.
"I thought I told you to go help Yumichika." Shuuhei couldn't help smiling as he dislodged Hitomi from his waist and placed her on the ground.
"Yumichika already won. Why haven't you beat this guy yet, Shuuhei?" Hitomi frowned as she glared over at the Arrancar she vaguely recalled as being Findor.
"You know, they say patience is a virtue." Shuuhei muttered. He knelt down in front of her and tapped her nose affectionately. "Just sit tight and I'll finish this guy off."
Hitomi huffed and bit at his finger. "Fine. You better not die."
Shuuhei turned his attention back to Findor and frowned thoughtfully. "You said you would fight me at the same level as a lieutenant but you're no stronger than a 5th seat."
Hitomi blinked as Findor pointed at Shuuhei and grinned excitedly. Great, another weird one. "If he's only been fighting at a 5th seat level why haven't you beaten him yet?"
"No need for commentary." Shuuhei called over his shoulder.
Findor simply smiled evilly. "I simply wanted to see if you could guess my strength. Since you've passed my test…" He lifted his hand with a small blade up to his hollow mask and hacked off a small chunk.
Hitomi winced and rubbed her own forehead subconsciously. She knew that it hurt the Arrancar's when their mask were ripped off. She wondered why Findor willingly cut off his own. She watched with growing anxiety as Findor attacked Shuuhei and slowly chipped his own mask away. "Are you okay, Shuuhei?"
Shuuhei grunted as Findor finally rid himself of half his mask and attacked Shuuhei. "I'm fine. Look, this could take a while. Go see if Kira needs any help. No back talk." He added when he saw Hitomi open her mouth to protest.
"Fine." Hitomi huffed as she rose from her spot. She stared at Shuuhei for a moment as he struggled against Findor. "Be careful." She whispered before flash stepping in the direction Kira was.
She paused long enough on the building Kira was on to have her hand grabbed by said Shinigami as he ran. "Hi, Kira!" She smiled at him.
Kira gave her a shaky smile in return. "Hello, Hitomi. I trust you are well." He whipped around and placed Hitomi behind him. He quickly put up a shield to ward off an attack from the Arrancar chasing him. He winced as the shield broke.
Hitomi peeked out from behind Kira to see if it was one of the Arrancar she knew. "I'm okay. Shuuhei won't let me help him so he told me to come check on you." She frowned at the birdman floating in the sky. She was certain she had seen him around Hueco Mundo but couldn't recall his name.
"That sounds like Shuuhei." Kira chuckled warily, his eyes never once straying from the Arrancar flying in the air above him and Hitomi.
The Arrancar laughed obnoxiously. "You're pathetic!" He sneered. "But, then again, it is to be expected when you are facing the great Aguila."
Hitomi snarled at the Arrancar. "Don't talk about Kira like that!" She stomped her foot on the ground and waved her finger at Aguila. "He's not pathetic! He's just kind of shy and quiet and a little timid and doesn't like fighting that much and gets drunk real easily and he can't tell Stupid Momo that he likes her but he's not pathetic!"
"I don't think you're helping me." Kira muttered out. He pulled Hitomi back as feathers rained down from the sky. They were no ordinary feathers, though. They fell as though they weighed tons and drove into the building. He glared warily up at Aguila.
Aguila simply smirked. "My feathers are made of steal and crush all in their path. Since my fellow Arrancar have been unable to do their jobs properly, I shall retrieve Hitomi-hime and return her to her rightful place beside Aizen-sama."
"No!" Hitomi shrieked and hid behind Kira. "I don't wanna go back to creepy Aizen! He's mean and creepy and way too touchy feely!" Just the thought of returning to Aizen brought tears to Hitomi's eyes. She blinked them away as she felt a familiar and comforting hand on her head.
Kira smiled reassuringly down at Hitomi. "Don't worry, Hitomi. I won't let him take you away. We're all going to go home together, okay?"
Hitomi wiped her eyes and nodded. "Okay."
I know, I know. It's short and the ending is horrible but, I have a History paper that I should've finished last week calling my name rather menacingly. Review please!