DISCLAIMER: I don't own Bleach or the characters, just this story line.
CHAPTER 2:
Blinking my eyes several times I nearly forgot where I was until I felt the familiar grip of Tobiume in my hand but something felt different. Looking down I saw blood cacking on my skin but that no surprise so I kept looking at I thought I would vomit. His body limb against my sword was my best friend for life, my little Shirou. "Shirou… Chan," pulling Tobiume from Toshiro I lowered him down so that his head rested in my lap. Pressing my face against his chest I heard his heart beating slowly, becoming slower by the second. Stroking his hair away from his face it looked like he was sleeping and I wanted desperately for him to open his eyes and yell at me. "Come on Shirou, this isn't funny," feeling tears run down my face I looked around for Hyourinmaru, the one thing that would tell me he was still alive but then movement caught my attention. Looking down Shirou's usual teal eyes stared up at me faintly.
"Why are you crying?" at the strain on his voice I felt everything inside me start to shatter. This was my fault and I had no way to save him.
"I am so sorry," leaning my head down over his I felt the tears falling down my face in waves.
"Don't be…" as he started to cough up blood I just didn't know what to do. I had never been a part of Squad 4 and I had never been good at healing kidou and now Toshiro was dying.
"Don't speak, I will get you to Squad 4, just hold tight whilst…" at his hand on my wrist I stopped and saw that his eyes had cleared as if he knew that this was the end. Shaking my head I started to scoop him into my arms but he shook his head which gained him more blood from my mouth.
"Don't… Momo, I want… to spend… time with you," lowering him down again I stared at his eyes and thought of all the times that those eyes that had gained him the reputation of a cold hearted boy when all he wanted was to be accepted. "Momo… please don't… plan yourself, this wasn't… your fault… I knew what… I was doing… it was my job," as he started coughing again I noticed his use of the word "was".
"No, you aren't leaving me Toshiro!" shouting down at him I couldn't believe that he smiled.
"You… finally called me… by my name," and with that I felt the last of his raitsu slip away but he continued to smile until his entire body went cold and limb. Realising what this meant I started shaking and knew I should take him back to the Seireitei but my entire body didn't want to move. The one person that I thought would stay with me forever was dead at in my arms and it was my entire fault. So I did the one thing I could do, I screamed, letting my spirit energy fly all the way to the Seireitei so that someone would come and find me, to tell me what to do.