A/N: Here's the next chapter!

DISCLAIMER: The song 'Kizuna' is owned by the wonderful show Mermaid Melody. Bleach is owned by the awesome Tite Kubo. I only own the Ninja side of Soul Society besides Minako, who is owned by my lovely sister, marsreikosan16.

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Chapter 36: KIZUNA

The Hitsugaya Advanced Squad had just come back from an attack made by the Sound Ninja of the name Karenbana.

They were all injured, Yumichika, Rangiku, Renji not as bad. Ami, Shikamaru, and Ikkaku were worse, but their injures were fixable. But the worst out of them all was Toushirou. He got stabbed at least three times, not to mention getting major burns by blazing kunais and shuriken and a shoulder wound by a hollow's sharp claws.

The wound on his shoulder was fixed in no time by Ami. The burns would heal over about five hour's time while under Ami's strongest healing jutsu, the Blue Star Barrier. But the stab wounds had damaged two of his important organs, his stomach and one of his lungs. His stomach would heal in about ten hours time under Ami's barrier, but his lung was a different story. According to Ami, if his lung was punctured he might not survive, depending on how close it was to the heart, and it was very close. He was in a coma because of it.

"Oh, great," Ikkaku suddenly muttered after Ami explained her brother's condition. "He promised to be a duelist in a friendly Kendo match again Valley Springs."

"I'll take his place," Ami suddenly said.

"You sure? I mean its kendo..."

"I'm positive..."

~Next Day at School; Wednesday~ Ami's POV

"Hey, Ami! Where's your brother?"

"Did he move?"

"Is he on a trip?"

A lot of people were asking me questions similar to these. I just simply answered with a "He's not feeling really well."

School was way different without Toushirou. A lot of people realized that as well. Even though my brother didn't have a lot of friends, he had many admirers, both girls and boys.

After school, in Kendo Club, the boys, Ikkaku, little Shinji, another Senior, and Renji asked me if I needed any protective gear, but I politely turned it down. I didn't need protective gear to protect me from hollows.

~That night~

I was sitting on the roof of Orihime's house, singing a new song.

"Itai hodo namida afureru shinkai no yoru wo koe

GARASU no suimen te wo nobaseba hikari ni todoita

Mieru mono dake ga kikoeru koe dake ga

Subete ja nai koto ni kizuite

Shinjirareru mono hitotsu fueta ima nara tsuyoku nareru ne..."

I heard someone join me for the chorus.

"Kizutsuite mata kagayaku muteki no KIZUNA kanjiteru

Dareka ja nakute kimi ja nakya DAME

Setsunai hodo motometeru

Kiseki ga kasanareba unmei ni kawaru mitai ni

Utagai nante yaburi suteyou

Katai KIZUNA wo shinjite..."

I finally turned to see who it was. "Oh, Minako-chan. It's you."

No POV

"Yeah, it's me. You miss him, don't you?" Minako asked her friend.

"It's just..." Ami's voice cracked. "It's just like the Amnesia Operation all over again. I miss him so much. I wish he would just get better already."

"Me too...I believe that Toushirou-san will make it through. You should too," Minako said.

'Have peace, Mizuiro (Light Blue) Star Holder.' Ami's head snapped up. 'And keep on believing, Momoiro (Pink) Star Holder.' So did Minako's.

"Suzushouka..." Ami whispered, with a tear falling down her face.

~Meanwhile~

Rangiku peaked in on her Captain.

"Get well soon, Taichou..." She whispered.

'Have faith, Kiiro (Yellow) Star Holder.'

Rangiku's head snapped up at this.

What was that? She thought.

~On Saturday~

At the Kendo match, Ami was dressed in all black and even had a headband like Naru's tied around her forehead.

Ami went last. The Senior and Shinji lost, but they put up one hell of a fight. Ikkaku and Renji won, of course. But when it came to Ami, it was over in three split seconds, and Ami had won.

They were walking home when Ami's phone notified her of Karenbana's prescence.

"Hello, Karenbana. Long time, no see..." Ami said slyly, her mouth twitching.

Ami kicked her ass so well that Karenbana was ashamed of going back to Hueco Mundo.

~When She Got Home~

Ami walked home with Ikkaku and Renji from the Kendo match. Shikamaru joined them soon after, who was sleeping in a tree. Ami giggled at this, picturing Shikamaru falling and landing where the sun don't shine. Rangiku came back soon after from what Ami guessed as a shopping spree, because the Lieutenant had a ton of shopping bags.

Ami turned the key to the front door and opened it to find the wonderful smell of beef ramen. The one who was fixing dinner was...

"Taichou!" Rangiku cried out.

"Nii-sama?" Ami's heart was stitched back together right then. Hope had found her heart again.

She ran to her brother and gave her a hug so tight, that his chest started to ache a bit (It wasn't fully healed yet).

"Imoto-chan...i-itai..." (Ouch!) Ami immediately let go and started healing his chest with that wonderful green healing chakra of hers.

The other five smiled. Yumichika got the plates out. Shikamaru set the table. Renji got out the drinks. Rangiku served up the plates. Ikkaku passed out the plates to the table places.

"Katai kizuna wo shinjite..."

Translation: "I believe in our strong bonds..."

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A/N: Okay, review please!

Here's the list of the Star Holders so far: Mizuiro: Ami, Akaiiro: Reika, Momoiro: Minako, Kiiro: Rangiku.

There are three more!