"Master, are you sure you wish to leave her? You two have spent many years together," Hyōrinmaru said as Tōshirō walked through the forest to their training spot.

"I am sure, Hyōrinmaru. Momo will only get in my way if I continue to be involve with her. If I am going to become a Captain, then I must not see her until then. She and I will not interact until that time comes," Tōshirō stated as he came upon the place where the two train together.

The place was an open field in the middle of the forest. There were many trees around the field, making it secluded and very hard to find by those who didn't know where it was. There was also a stream that wrapped around the edge of the field and there was blue, pink, and yellow flowers that littered the ground. It was a beautiful place and it was the perfect place for a certain 3rd seat Soul Reaper to train to use his Bankai.

"What will you do if you don't become a Captain? Will you never see her again?"

"Are you telling me that you are too weak to become a Captain's Zanpakutō, Hyōrinmaru?" the white hair Soul Reaper asked.

"No way!"

"I didn't think so. Now let's spend less time worrying about Momo and more on achieving Bankai. Are you ready, Hyōrinmaru?"

"Do it!"

"Reign over the frosted heavens, Hyōrinmaru!"

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"And then he just left me there, standing like an idiot in front of the gate of Squad 10. Can you guys believe that?" Momo, Renji, and Izuru met up at a bar later that night after Momo met up with Tōshirō. Momo was currently on her second round of sake and wasn't planning on stopping anytime soon.

"Ah, Momo. Maybe you take it easy. I mean, you do have to report to your Captain in the morning," a concerned Izuru said as he sipped on his drink.

"Shut up Izuru. I'll be fine. I'm not as weak as you when it comes to drinking," despite her big talk, the sake was already affecting her.

Renji slammed his hand on the table, irritated "There is no way in hell that the brat is halfway to Bankai. It takes 10 years to master it. The ink on his graduation certificate has barely dried. I'm calling bullshit."

"I am just telling you what he told me. Shirō is not one to lie. If he says that he is close to achieving Bankai, than he is close to achieving Bankai," defended Momo. She didn't like anyone insulting Shirō, not even her close friends.

"Calm down, Momo. Renji is not saying that he doesn't believe that he trying to achieve Bankai. He is saying it is impossible for him to master Bankai at his age and given the time that he has been a soul reaper," explained Izuru calmly. "He could be trying master Bankai but he might not be able to complete it, not until he becomes older."

"Whatever. I don't even know why I am defending him. It's not like he cares about me anymore," cries Momo "He doesn't want to be around me anymore. Shirō is a big, big meany!" Momo kept getting louder and louder. At this point, the people around them were starting to look at the three soul reapers. Renji and Izuru were not the best at comforting their friend with the Renji who loves to fight and Izuru who looks like he has his own personal rain cloud is following him.

After a few minute of crying, Momo proceeded to pass out. Momo was not known to have a high alcohol tolerance. "Hey Izuru," Renji whispered, not wanting to wake Momo up "What do you say about me and you finding boy genius and kick his ass for hurting Momo? I know that he is a 3rd seat but me and you gaining up on him, it should be fine."

Izuru shook his head "That won't work. You felt his spiritual power. I have no doubt that when he becomes older, he will become a captain. We wouldn't stand a chance against him now. Even if we did up winning against 3rd seat Hitsugaya, Momo would be hurt more and angry at us for trying to hurt her childhood friend, even if he is being a jerk to her."

Renji sighed "You're probably right."

"Also isn't a rule in squad 11 to only have one-on-one fights because any more than that is seen as coward fight or something like that?" Izuru smirked when he saw that Renji froze at the mention of his squad's rules of fighting.

After a moment, Renji chuckled weakly "You got me." Renji sighed once more "It's not like squad 11 is the place that I want to be. There is another squad that I desire to be a part of that has a certain someone that I need to defeat and to defeat that person I need to become stronger. Squad 11 is the best place to make that happen," Izuru nodded in agreement. He and Momo both knew that Renji wants to defeat Byakuya Kuchiki, the Captain of Squad 6. Momo and him always thought that Renji was in love with Captain Kuchiki's little sister Rukia. Renji, however, refuses to admit it.

"We should probably take Momo back to the Squad 5 barracks," Said Izuru after a moment of silence. Renji nodded his head, he went to pick Momo up into his arms, and proceeded to carry her out of the bar with Izuru following behind.

Later that night, when Momo was nice and warm in her bed, she started to dream about a time when she and Tōshirō were still kids, a time when he was still kind to her.

The air was starting to become colder and the citizens were excepting snow any day now. "Achoo," sneezed a young Momo as she and Tōshirō were walking back to Granny's house. "I hate the cold. I wish it were warm all year long! That way we can play outside as long as we want!"

"I like the cold," stated Tōshirō "Especially the snow." Even at a young age, Tōshirō was still a boy of few words. When they played together, it was Momo's job to do the talking. Tōshirō only really spoke when he had something important to say or if his was with his Granny.

Momo stopped walking and looked to Tōshirō like he had lost his mind "What are you talking about, Shirō? When it is cold, we can't play outside for very long."

"There are plenty of things to play inside Momo. You just have to find the things that make you happy," Tōshirō explained.

"I like to play outside. That's what makes me happy," grumbled Momo. "What do you like to do, Shirō?"

Tōshirō smiled up at the cloudy sky and said thoughtfully "I like to spend time looking out the window and watch the snow fall."

"That's so boring, Shirō!" exclaimed Momo "You need to get out more."

Tōshirō chuckled at Momo and shook his head. Tōshirō started to walk again with Momo following close behind. After a while of walking, Momo spoke again, "Shirō, when I go up, I want to be a Soul Reaper. So, you need to become a Soul Reaper too, so that we can be together forever."

"I am not going to be a Soul Reaper, Momo," Momo gasped. Momo could not believe what she just heard. Momo had their whole future planned out and Shirō was going to ruined it.

"Shirō, you have to be a Soul Reaper with me. I have it all planned. First, I am going to get into Shin'ō Academy and then a couple of years later you are going to come too so you have to make sure that you keep up with your studies. Then once we both have graduated, we are going to be in the same squad. After later on, I will be a captain and you will be my lieutenant. It is the perfect plan!"

"As great as that plan sounds Momo, I have a different plan for my future than to be your lieutenant."

"Oh yeah! And just what would that be?" said Momo, thinking that no matter his plan was, hers would be far more better.

"I plan on taking care of Granny."

"For the rest of your life!?" Momo gasped, Tōshirō nodded "If you do that Shirō, than we can't be together forever. I can't do it without you. You are a lot braver, stronger, and smarter than I am. I am not strong enough to be alone," Momo started to cry.

Tōshirō put a hand on her shoulder and looked her in the eyes in an effort to calm her down. He did this many times throughout their young life and it always works. This time was different. It was different because Tōshirō's eye were so memorizing, making it almost impossible to think of anything else. They were both silent and just looked at each other. It was then that Tōshirō said the words that Momo would never forget for the rest of her life, "Momo, if ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is even if we are apart, I'll always be with you."

Momo shot up in her bed haven woke from her dream. It had been many, many years since she had that dream. There had been many changes to their plans since then. She had gave up her dream to become a captain when she met Captain Aizen for the first time. She now settled on becoming his lieutenant. Tōshirō left his grandmother and dreams about becoming a captain. However, even though she had forgotten her dreams, Tōshirō words from that time rang true in her heart and she knows for a fact she will never forget them, in this life or in the next.