I Love Him, I Must Love Him Not
A/N: I'm so sorry! I'm glad you guys don't hate me though. Well not much to say but I have a special gift at the end!
List of Captains/ Vice-captains
Squad 1: Yammamoto/ Ukitai
Squad 2: Soi Fon/ Omaeda
Squad 3: Kira/ Mayuko
Squad 4: Unohana/ Isane
Squad 5: Ichigo/ Momo ß Duh
Squad 6: Byakuya / Renji
Squad 7: Komomaru / Iba
Squad 8: Kyoraku / Lisa (the Vaizard, she came back)
Squad 9: Kensei (another Vaizard who came back) / Hisagi*
Squad 10: Rangiku / Honey
Squad 11: Kenpachi / Yachiru
Squad 12: Kurotsuchi / Nemu
Squad 13: Ukitake / Kusai
* More to be told at end of chapter
IMPORTANT: The last chapter says 'he' I changed my mind so he becomes she! That doesn't make sense but it will as you read on.
Chapter 6 They're back!
Momo screamed. She screamed and screamed as the zanpakto hit her throat. Terrible memories flooded her mind. "Damn you, Kai!"(A/N: Truthfully… who thought it was going to be Aizen or some reincarnation of someone I killed?)
"Awwwuhhh! I missed you Hina-chan!" Kai said in a shrill girly voice. "I just want you to remember Aizen-sama!"
"Bastard! Get it through your skull, Kai. Aizen was evil! He used us!" Momo said. He had moved the zanpakto from her throat so memories no longer plagued her mind.
"No! No! No! Kurosaki-sama is evil! Aizen is not!" Kai said collapsing and covering her ears with her hands.
Momo felt a wave of pity. How long ago had she been like that an emotional mess caused by Aizen's manipulations. "Kai-nee. Please you don't have to do this let Kurosaki-sama and I help you." (A/N: She's not using -nee as an actual sibling more like the way Yuzu calls Rukia 'Rukia-nee') Momo reached out her hand towards her friend. Hesitation and confusion clouded Kai's eyes…
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Monira and Moniji fought Hollow after Hollow. When was their captain going to show? "Moniji! Behind you!" Monira shrieked sensing a Hollow's reiatsu mingling with her brother's.
Moniji, without even turning around, intercepted one of the Hollow's talons. Kido shots fired from Monira and Moniji continuously flared his reiatsu to stun stronger Hollows and kill the weaker ones.
Monira dodged blows. She was scared and her wide hazy eyes showed that. "Blind them, Houou!" Her sword became a white dagger with reiastu pulsing around it. She slashed and a white light in the form of a dagger hit the enemy she locked on.
"Houou's ability is very unique. You see… whichever Hollow's reiastu I lock on no matter how far with one slash from her and you lowly hollows are as good as dead." Monira said in a deadly calm voice. Even using her Shikai, this fight was hard. I'm sorry, Kurosaki-taicho, she thought. I'm sorry, Hinamori-fuku-taicho.
(A/N: I know this is a IchiHina fic but I hope you don't mind a little background about my Ocs )
Flashback
Astuki Monira and her twin brother Astuki Moniji dashed out the academy doors. "C'mon Mo-chan! We have to meet Kurosaki-taicho!" Monira laughed. She used shun-po leaving her brother behind. She ended up in Rukongai by accident.
She gasped as a group of thugs raised old katanas against her. I can't attack normal souls! She thought trying to figure out a way out of this situation. They slashed at her and one of them made contact hitting her face.
Screaming she tried to back up. Everything was fuzzy and white. "Stop! Please Stop!" She shouted waving her zanpakto blindly.
"Use me." A voice said.
"Who are you?" She shrieked. Suddenly, she was against the wall. The last thing she ever saw was the soul raising his katana.
"I am Houou. Now say my name!"
"Houou!" She yelled. She didn't know what happened but she was scared. Every time she opened her eyes she saw black and sometimes hazy opaque figures. She cried and cried.
"Captain! Look there's a shinigami over there!" A girl said. Monira lifted her zanpakto and waved it hoping to scare them off.
"Get away from me!" She shrieked and tried to run off. She stumbled but instead of falling on her face someone caught her.
"Whoa there! Be careful. Lets take you to the Fourth Division." A man said. "Momo-chan set up another bed at home she'll stay with us once Unohana finishes."
"Hai! I'll see you at home! I hope you feel better." Momo said.
The man picked Monira up and carried her. They moved fast and she hung onto him for dear life. She wondered how he looked.
"Kurosaki-taicho. What brings you here?" A feminine voice said. She wasn't Momo though. This woman sounded older.
"Momo and I found her in Rukongai."
"Kurosaki-taicho??" Monira asked. She tried to see him but saw nothing.
"Yeah that's me." He muttered. "Do I know you?"
"You're a legend at the Academy! I'm in your division. Well, I was. Now, I can't even see."
"What do you mean you haven't seen her? I want my sister!" Moniji yelled.
"Mo-chan! Mo-chan!" She yelled. "Mo-nii! Nii-chan!"
"Monira! Nee-chan! Nee-chan!" He yelled running. "Nee-chan! You look so different.*"
"Astuki twins?" Kurosaki asked after a few moments of silence where the twins hugged and cried.
"Yes, Kurosaki-taicho." Monira said. "If you'll take me I'll work around this, I promise!"
"Welcome to Squad 5." He said smiling at the end.
Flashback End
"Good job, you two. You did great. Hanatarou, take care of them please." Ichigo said before joining the fight. They finished the remaining hollows, an easy feat for three captains, two lieutenants, and three officers. He had brought, Rangiku, Kensei, Lisa, Renji, Hanatarou, Ikkaku, Mashiro*and The Terrible Twins were going to come along too.
"Hueco Mundo. Haven't been here for awhile, ne?" Kensei asked boredly.
"Yeah. Remember stay together but if we do split up go with your partner. Kensei and Mashiro. Lisa and Hanatarou." Lisa winked at Hanatarou and he looked like he was about to faint. "The Twins. Ikkaku and Renji. Rangiku you're with me. Everybody got it? Good, let's go."
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Kai slashed at Momo's hand using reiastu around her hand to make a form of dagger. "AHH!" Momo screamed in pain.
"You bitch. Stop lying to me!" Kai screamed about to slash at her again. Momo's foot shot out kicking her backwards.
"I gave you a chance, Kai. Now, I'm going to kill you."
"Like I'll give you the chance!"
They attacked each other. Momo was using reiastu as a dagger also since she didn't know where Tobiume was. Kai got Momo's cheek leaving blood and a burn on her face. Then she kicked Momo off of her. Momo flipped in the air and flew towards her.
Suddenly, she was on a battle field. Ichigo was next to her. Where am I? She thought. Then she saw Ichigo fall to the ground. He was dead. She screamed.
"Got you now, Momo." Kai hissed in the girl's ears. She was thrashing on the ground. At the last minute, Kai had picked up her zanpakto and stabbed Momo with it making her experience her greatest fear.
Momo then remembered Kai's zanpakto. This wasn't real. Ichigo wasn't dead but she would be soon if she didn't WAKE UP. Her eyes snapped open.
"Ichigo-taicho is too strong to die! Ichigo-taicho promised he wouldn't leave me. So your tricks won't work on me. Because I have something that will never leave me. I have love for someone and even if he doesn't love me back I'll always love him. Kai, I give you one last chance to come back. Ulquiorra* is an Espada and they let him live. You don't have to stay in Aizen's hold. He's dead Kai and you will be too if you don't stop this!"
"Never Momo." Kai said softly. "I can't let go of Aizen. He means everything to me. He's my world! The reason for my existence!" Blood dripped out of her mouth. One through the heart and one through her stomach.
"You've gotten faster, Momo."
"I'm still clumsy. I missed her chest." A blast of cold air hit both Ichigo and Momo.
"Thank you…" A voice said. Ichigo looked down to see it was Kai who had spoken. "I'm free, my son. Free from his hold at last."
"No problem, Kaa-san." Ichigo said. Kurosaki Masaki, who Aizen called Kai, then died again but she was happy to leave the world with a human heart instead of that as a monster.
"Ichigo, I'm so sorry. I tried to help her I-" Momo started tears in her eyes.
"You did great, Momo. Aizen found her, made her a Hollow, made her an Arrancar and tried to use her against me. In the end it was Aizen who lost. I feel no regret."
Momo wrapped her arms around him. First his mom, then Rukia, then his mom again. "I'll be here as long as you need me." Momo whispered.
"Thanks."
Flashback
"Mom?" Ichigo asked stunned. Momo also looked terrified.
"Hai, but I go by a different name now. It's Kai." She laughed. "Aizen-sama has been very kind. Isn't that right Momo?"
"No! Aizen isn't kind. He's cruel and-"
"Kaa-san? Why?" Ichigo asked. His eyes flashed between her and Aizen.
"Surprised? You see, Kurosaki Masaki was a normal soul except she could remember her life when she was alive. She put up quite a fight but in the end I won. Can you really kill your own mother?"
"I wouldn't want Kurosaki-taicho to kill his own mother!" Momo yelled. "Snap Tobiume!" she lunged at Kai and Ichigo shun-poed to Aizen.
"Momo. Sweet little bratty Momo." Kai laughed dodging every blow. "He'll never love you back, you know." She whispered.
At the time, Momo thought she was talking about Shirou-chan. She swung her zanpakto. Kai blocked it with a zanpakto of her own.
"Let's go, Kai. We have to finish preparations." Aizen said.
"Hai, Aizen-sama." She said. She smiled at Momo one last time before following Aizen.
"Ichigo?" Momo asked.
"You're hurt. Let me see." Ichigo muttered walking over to her.
Flashback End
"That's the end, isn't it?" Momo asked from Ichigo's back.
"I think of it as a new beginning." He said. The rest of the group had managed okay even though they came across a group of adjuchas. They were re-joining them now. "I wonder how she'll be judged."
"I wish I could tell you it will be fine. But I hope she'll be judged by how she lived when she was alive, as a soul and her final death nothing more." Momo said.
"We both do. You're amazing Momo. Thanks for always being there." Ichigo said.
"I- I love you, Ichigo. I always have. I understand if you don't feel the same way or if you need time."
"Bed-wetter-Momo." - Toushiro
"Hina-chan!" - Rukia
"Momo, you look adorable!" - Rangiku
"Hinamori-fuku-taicho." Monira
"Ichi's!" - Yachiru.
"Momo-chan." - Ichigo
"Of course, I love you baka. I did love Rukia but I fell in love with you." Ichigo said smiling. Jumping off his back she saw a smile… a true smile… a smile she hadn't seen in years.
A lot of people loved Momo and though some had left her she still did. She gave Ichigo a light kiss on the lips. "Catch me, if you can!" Then she was gone.
Ichigo laughed.
Somewhere, a girl smiled. Somewhere a boy smirked.
"We helped them, Histugaya-kun."
"Of course, Kuchiki. It was why we were sent back."
"Your work is done. Back to the King's court."
"Hai, Tsusukio-sama."
A/N: Sorry its almost done. I'll probably have the epilogue up by the Sunday. But good news I'm starting an IchiRuki fic AND an IchiHina fic. Two stories coming next but WARNING: The IchiHina fic is sort of dark
*Kensei asked Hisagi if he wanted to be captain but Hisagi turned him down even offered to give up his position as lieutenant for Mashiro. Mashiro turned that down saying that 3rd seat was much more fun. And even though he could be captain of another division he chose to stay because Kensei was like his childhood hero. Turning Back the Pendulum.
Danii
