Author's Note: Heeeey guys! Long time no…er….update! Well, it's been about a year since my last update, and I feel really bad leaving you guys hangin'! With that, I plan to work really hard and try to update daily! So, for all you fans on my story….the best news in general is……THIS STORY IS NO LONGER ON HIATUS! YAY! Now, there's gonna be one major (technically it's minor, but whatever) change: I will spell Toshiro's name "Toushiro" sometimes. Well, that's pretty much the main thing. Oh, the next chapter will give you a link to what Kaori Hikari looks like.  Sorry for the past mistakes on the previous chapters. ^_^|| Anyways, ENJOY THE CHAPTER! :D

Thus, I do not own any of the content used in the story what-so-ever! Tite Kubo owns it all. Not me.

Chapter 8: Fight, Fight, Fight….Confession?!

I took out my zanpakuto.

"Let Them Burn, YasuSuzume!" I yelled. The blade turned a bright red and the chain appeared from under the hilt. I charged towards Kira and swung at him. He quickly dodged.

"Raise Your Head, Wabisuke!" Kira murmured. He was suddenly behind me, the blade at my neck. My eyes widened and I did shunpo to get out of the zanpakuto's grasp. Next, it was Rangiku's turn. It turned out that he had doubled Rangiku's zanpakuto weight. But she soon released her zanpakuto, which, unfortunately for Kira, turned into ash. As I tried to find a way to get into the battle; since Rangiku was hogging all the action, I felt a strange reiatsu. I blinked and my eyes widened.

"Toushiro…." I mumbled. I looked up at Rangiku. "Rangiku-san! I'm going to check something out! Can you handle this guy?"

Rangiku nodded and I quickly dashed towards the Central 46.

"I can't believe I just left him alone. He's going to get killed!" I thought, getting a tighter grip on my hilt. YasuSuzume appeared in my mind.

"Great, now your boyfriend is getting his butt whooped." She said in a monotone voice. I slowly turned my gaze towards her. She stared back at me.

"What?"

"He's NOT my boyfriend."

"Oh shut up."

"He's NOT!"

"Well, I think he is."

"Fortunately, we're not."

"Sure, let's go with that."

"Shut up!"

She disappeared and my pace quickened. I arrived in Central 46 less than seconds when I felt Toushiro's reiatsu slipping.

"No….No…" I thought. I also felt Hinamori's reiatsu on the verge of…

I ran faster (which is technically now shunpo) and arrived to see Hitsugaya and Hinamori on the ground while Ichimaru and Aizen were about to take their leave. Unohana and Isane were there as well.

"Aizen!" I yelled. Aizen slowly turned his head. He then glared at me.

"Ah, I know you. You're Usagi's pupil." He replied, adding a small smirk. Tears formed in my eyes.

"How dare you kill Sensei! She was not only that…she was…." I made a fist. "She was my best friend….AND YOU KILLED HER!"

"So I did, so I did." Aizen said. "But she just knew quite too much."

"You b*s*a*d!"

"I think ya need to be more concerned with your two friends dyin' over there." Ichimaru stated and pointed to Hitsugaya and Hinamori. I glared at him but I knew I had to let him go. I needed to help my friends. Aizen and Ichimaru disappeared and Isane warned all of Seireitei of Aizen's plans and who the real foes are. As Isane did this, I rushed over to Hitsugaya.

"Unohana-taicho, is Hitsugaya-taicho…"

"He's fine. His wounds aren't as bad as…" She sighed and looked at Hinamori. "Her wounds are much worse. Why don't you help me get these two into my clinic."

"Yes ma'am."

I stood up as Unohana-taicho and Insane brought Toushiro and Hinamori to the clinic.

XxXxXx

I was sitting next to Toushiro's bed. Unohana-taicho said he would wake up in a few hours (because he's a captain….ok, that's not the reason but it's my fanfiction. Lol). I was, honestly, grateful for this. I sighed.

"What am I feeling?" I thought. "I don't like him. He's just….a friend." I began to think of other things to get it out of mind. But all that came up was Aizen and Ichimaru and Tousen attacking everyone in Sogkyoku Hill. Of course, I saw when Aizen and them were enveloped by some weird light and were sent somewhere. If only I was there to stop them…Well, then again, what could I do? It was an unfortunate way of thinking, but still. 3 ex-captains vs a 3rd seat. Yeah, not gonna happen. I just hoped Rangiku was ok…

I slapped my forehead. I forgot about Rangiku! I left her! Well, she did say she could take care of it. Plus, I think, the battle is over for now. So, she should be fine. I let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness." I murmured. Then, I looked at Toushiro. I stared at him.

"Shiro…I'm really sorry we got into that fight years ago. I was, well, being immature about it. I'm just glad you're feeling better." I smiled and stroked his spiky hair. "Toushiro….I….I….."

But suddenly, the door rammed open. I spun around and saw Matusmoto panting.

"What happened to taicho?!" She yelled and asked at the same time. I formed an anime sweat drop.

"Um, he's…fine." I replied. "But could you be more quiet? Unohana-taicho will get onto us."

Rangiku nodded and sighed with relief.

"Well, I'm just glad he's ok. Of course, I'm glad you're ok, too." She laughed and then stopped to stare at me.

"Uh…" I started. "Is…something wrong?"

"Yes. Why are you HERE?"

"Well DUH I'm supposed to make sure taicho is ok too!"

"Yeah but….Isane told me that you were here for an interestingly long time…"

"Ok, shut up." I stood up and walked off. "I don't want to hear anything about that!"

Rangiku giggled and followed me out of the clinic.