Previously:

"Momo, do us all a favor and do not become a waitress, it'll be hell." He stated with a sigh. Momo couldn't resist but laugh at his statement. Toshiro smiled at the sound of her laugh before standing up. He reached down and offered Momo his hand which she excepted. "Let's get you home."

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What Money Can't Buy

By Regina Guthrie

Chapter Four

'Unwilling but at the same time willing'

Toshiro's overly expensive car flew down the narrow rode that had led to the apartment building Momo had called her home. It had been a week since he had last seen her or communicated with her in any way. A whole week that he had been trying to come up with the newest excuse to see or talk to her but he hadn't came up with anything. It had came to mind a few times to just show up and talk about nearly nothing but it was pretty clear that she didn't think that highly of him. Even though she had been nice and sweet to him... sorta, it was noticeable that she had no interest in him at all and that her likings of just a friend for him were overly slim too. And right after he pulled what he was about to that liking would go down on the scale big time. But he was pretty confident he could make up for it. She couldn't stay mad at him forever, right?

But even though he couldn't come up with an excuse to see her, he didn't let that whole week go to waste. He had found out some small things about her that he hadn't already known, but of coarse Ichigo had helped out with most of it. Toshiro had found out where her father was and actually contacted him to find out why he wasn't a part of Momo's life anymore. He hadn't answered so he had left a message that asked him to get back to him. She had a step brother that Ichigo had acsedentlyran by while looking through her school life. He was younger then her by nine years, making him eight. Her mother was remarried two times but now single again with two children and her father to watch out for. Even though they were single little facts that he had dug up they still meant something.

He finally reached her apartment building in less then ten minutes after leaving his. Momo wouldn't be home yet, it was only two-thirty and her school let out at three plus ten minutes to get home. So he had about forty minutes to get things settled before she had time to walk through the door. Quickly he opened his car door and stepped out and hastily walked to the two dusty doors that had small cracks through the glass window planted inside of them. Easily, not to damage them anymore then they were, he opened and walked through them. The place was in very bad condition, was it even legal to live in such a ran down place? The walls had small holes in them and the wall paper was pealing off everywhere. The couches and waiting seats had broken legs and cotton coming out in little places. The floor was missing bits and peaces of carpet and even the wood that was under looked like it was molding. Toshiro was overly disgusted with this appearance. Quickly he power walked to the stairs and started to climb, taking small easy steps just in case they weren't any better stabbledas they looked. Finally reaching the second floor he walked down the hallway that looked just like the main room. He counted down the rooms until he came to six-fourteen and gently knocked on it. It took a few seconds and he heard footsteps making there way to the door. Toshiro breathed in deeply and let it out. The door cracked as a small Little boy peaked out. Toshiro looked down towards the boy with dirty-blonde hair and brown orbs and smiled.

"Is your mother home?" Toshiro asked as the little boy pushed the door open more and nodded slightly. Toshiro crouched down to his height and smirked. "Can I speak to her?" The little boy hesitated slightly before nodding again and taking both his small hands and grabbing Toshiro's with them and pulling him inside. Toshiro stood and allowed him to lead him in.

"Mommy! Mommy! The man from T.V is here!" He screamed. He led Toshiro into the small space that appeared to be a livingroom. There was a small love seat in the middle with a really cheap T.V in front of it and an old book case in the far right corner but that was it. The little boy ran up to a door and knocked on it while saying that Toshiro was there. Finally he walked back over to him. "Mommy will be out in a minute. Kay?" He smiled goofily while running and flopping himself onto the couch. "I'm Zaku. And you are Toshiro!" He laughed out. Toshiro looked at him nervously and nodded. It wasn't hard to notice the kid had ADHD. As if saved by the bell the door opened to the room that Zaku had knocked on and a woman with brown hair and hazel eyes walked out. Her hair was long and her face was gentle. She was very slim and pale. Her eyes whiddenedwhen they made contact with Toshiro.

"Oh, Mr.Hitsugaya. What brings you here?" He voice sounded shaky and her face looked as if she was terrified. It wasn't very unnoticeable to why though. She was probably afraid that he was there about the living condition of the children, which this was illegal for the children to be living in but that wasn't his place to talk or say anything about. Toshiro bowed slightly.

"I'm here to discuss a situation with you about Momo." He said with all emotion drained from his face and voice. He rose his hand and motioned her to sit on the couch. She waited a minute but sat down next to her son who had become quiet.

"I assure you that my daughter is a good child and wouldn't d..."

"I know. Momo's a great person. I'm not here to talk bad or tell on her about anything. I'm here to discuss an opportunity that she is the key to." He arranged his words just perfectly so it didn't give away to much of the main topic to quickly. The woman rose and eyebrow but then smiled and sighed with relief. Toshiro smirked at her and then continued. "If you hadn't been informed already, I had met Momo about a week and three days ago and drove her home during the storm. I'm not going to lie or leave out important details so I will inform you that I had asked for her hand in marriage." Momo's mother seemed to stiffen and her breathing slowed down and she looked like she was in total shock. "But she had refused." He quickly added before her mother had a heart attack. "But on her birthday, I had came to her school with a song I had written for her and returned her book she had left in my car. Afterwords I had token her out to dinner for her birthday. I'm not sure if you were informed about that either." Toshiro paused.

"No Mr. Hitsugaya, I was not informed about any of this. My daughter doesn't really like to share anything with me and it sorda scares me at some points. I guess she doesn't think I have time for her. I wish she would understand that I always will have time for her but she thinks otherwise. I wish I could give her more. Her life has been hard for her and I wish I could fix it but I just can't." Her mother said softly and sadly while bowing her head down.

"But that's why I'm here, you can fix it. All you have to do is agree to this agreement." Toshiro informed still emotionless. Her mother looked up at him with curious eyes.

"What do you have in mind, Mr. Hitsugaya?" She asked quickly as if she would try anything. Which Toshiro took to his releaf.

"As you know already, I am the third richest guy in the world. I have a total of fifty-two billion Dollars." She nodded with the unerstandingof his words. So he continued. "I have thought about it and I really want to be close and look after Momo. But I can't just take her from you, you have to give her to me." Toshiro stopped for a minute. Momo's mother's face was turning red and she looked really mad.

"No. I will not give my daughter over to a stranger." She hissed at him.

"Just hear me out." He said watching as she settled back down still with furious eyes but willing to listen. "Only until she is nineteen, I will not do anything inappropriate to her or force her to do most of anything against her free will unless it's for her safety. In exchange I will give you the thirty percentof my fortune, the whole seventeen billion and two million of it." Momo's Mom was about to abject again but then closed her mouth. It was a great offer. more then great. And he had promised not to hurt Momo. And it wasn't like handing her over to a complete stranger. Momo had known him and even went out with him.

"I know this is going to make me a bad mother but I think taking your offer is the best thing to do at this point." She finally said sadly. Toshiro understood what she was saying. If someone had told the world that she had sold her daughter then it would turn everyone against her but they just had to understand that she was safe in his hands and they really needed the money to survive.

"Great. Momo won't need anything but her books and maybe some of her poems and stuff to bring along. Her room will already be supplied with everything she'll need." Toshiro informed her. She just noddedslowly as Toshiro approached her and laid his hand on her shoulder. "It's for the best." He whispered. She just nodded again and buried her face into her hands.

"Mom, I think Mrs.Lindsey is on the line. The clerk told me to te..." Momo walked through the door and stopped mid-sentence when her eyes laid upon Toshiro's appearance. She looked at him with a scolding look and closed the door slowly. "Whys he here? Whats going on?" She asked when she looked over to her mother and noticed how sad and hurt she looked and how Toshiro looked to pleased.

"Your going to live with Mr. Hitsugaya for a few years sweet heart." Her mother suddenly answered as she pulled her face out of her hands and looked over to her daughters stunned face.

"W..what?" Momo whispered in disbelief. Like hell she was going to go with him and stay there for a few years, she wouldn't even go a day with living with that guy. She didn't even trust him that much. He was an okay guy but she wasn't interested in him. He had already proved that he wasn't interested in just being friends but that was all she was offering.

"Mr. Hitsugaya has offered to give us seventy-two billion dollar's if you stay with him until your nineteen. Momo baby, I wouldn't agree to it if we weren't in great use of it. It kills me to do it but I have to." She explained with tears gathering in her eyes. Momo lowered her scowl and softened up a little.

"I understand Mom. And as for you." She looked at Toshiro with a killers look and stormed over to him so they were two inches apart. "How could you stoop so low and do such a lousy thing! I will go with you but only because it 's for my family, nothing else! You got that!" She scowled at him before almost running to her room. But Toshiro grabbed her forarm and pulled her back. She looked up at him with a confused but angry face.

"You don't need anything but your poems and other small workings you have done, everything else will be supplied for you. We are leaving in ten minutes. I suggest you hustle." He whispered to her with a smile and let go of her. Momo looked up at him and then ran into her room while slamming the door shut. Toshiro sighed and turned back to Momo's Mother. "Tell her I'll be waiting in the car for her. If shes not down in twelve minutes at the most I'm coming back to drag her out." He said before leaving. He didn't mean to use such force or to take her away from her family. He knew that she would be happy in a matter of time with the arrangement... at least that's what he thought.

It wasn't too long before she came out the front doors of the apartment building and stormed her way over to his car. He was already seated in the drivers seat waiting for her. She had a small suitcase that was probably filled with all the things that she knew that he couldn't supply her with even if he tried. She opened the car door and jumped in while slamming it.

"I hate you." She said in a gritted whisper while crossing her arms over her chest and sinking into her seat.

"I can't say I wasn't expecting that." He sighed while starting the car and zooming down the rode.

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Next time: Momo isn't fully settled in and when she is told to stay put somewhere by Toshiro, she decides to disobey. She gets lost in the garden of his mansion and meets a worker there that doesn't know how to respect a beautiful young girl such as herself. Hopefully Toshiro can get there before things get out of hand...

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OKAY EVERYONE, I'M SORRY THIS WAS SHORT, BUT I PUT WHATS GONNA HAPPEN NEXT CHAPTER AS A SORDA SNEAK PEAK AS A SORRY FOR THE SHORTNESS, I PROMISE NEXT ONE WILL BE LONGER. MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THE UPDATES AREN'T GOING TO COME FAST, I HAD PROMISED SHIROCHANXMOMO I WOULD UPDATE THIS WEEK AND I DID BUT IDK IF I WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE AGAIN UNTIL NOV. 7TH BECAUSE THATS WHEN OUR COMPITION ENDS AND I WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE SPARE TIME. I WILL TRY TO UPDATE AGAIN BEFOER THEN, MAYBE NOT THIS STORY BUT ANOTHER BUT I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING. THANK YOU FOR READING AND PLEASE REVIEW!