Chapter 8: Invasion V- Hitsugaya Takes Flight

Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya charged towards the Twelfth Division. As he was halfway there, he suddenly stopped. He turned towards the direction of the Fifth Division and narrowed his eyes.

Momo? Where is she going? Captain Hitsugaya thought as he decided to head towards the Fifth Division.

Toshiro was very protective of Momo. Ever since her Captain's betrayal, she became depressed. Almost to the point that she would never sleep for days. This worried him. He loved her, but never told her his feelings about her. Now the incident with Renji being defeated has him concerned for her safety. If these intruders had captured her, there will be hell to pay.

He stopped at the Fifth Division, where to his surprise was Tolle. It looked like he was waiting for him.

"Tolle, where's Momo?" Captain Hitsugaya asked.

"She may have gone to where Renji was," Tolle replied, pointing towards the west.

Captain Hitsugaya shook his head, "Are you sure? I sensed her heading in the opposite direction."

"What? But, why would she--"

"Someone kidnapped her."

Tolle looked at Captain Hitsugaya in surprise.

"Come again?" Tolle asked.

"She was kidnapped, I'm very sure of it," Captain Hitsugaya said, his eyes narrowing.

"Why would they kidnap her? Are they using her as a hostage or something?"

"I'm not sure, but I know for one thing...they want access to the Twelfth Division's Research and Development Building!" Captain Hitsugaya said, getting ready to head off.

"Good luck, Captain Hitsugaya!" Tolle called out as Toshiro took off, "Don't let them get through..."

Seireitei- 1st Division

"This is unforgivable!" boomed the voice of Head Captain Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryusai.

He was speaking to the Captains of the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Divisions. They had just gotten word about the assault and Renji's defeat at the hands of these intruders and were now they were figuring out what was their next step.

"This is the second time in the last month after Aizen's betrayal that these Ryoka has attacked the Seireitei. Now we have one Lieutenant down. This cannot go on any longer!"

"Sir, is there a link between this attack and the previous attack?" Seventh Division Captain Sajin Komamura asked.

"That is something we don't know," Yamamoto replied.

Suddenly, the door to the First Division opened and revealed a messenger.

"Sir, this is an emergency!"

"What is it? You know better than to interrupt a captain's meeting!"

"I'm sorry, sir," The Messenger began, "but we have a description of the intruders."

"Go on," Yamamoto demanded.

"The three are wearing similar clothing, a black cloak with red clouds on them."

"Black cloak and red clouds?" Captain Soifon said, "There was a group from the last attack that wore those exact clothes."

Yamamoto narrowed his eyes, "Anything else about these Ryoka?"

The messenger nodded, "There is something about one of them. It would appear that one of them is in fact...an Arrancar."

Seireitei- Near the Twelfth Division's Research and Development Building

"Is this the place, Itachi?" asked Kisame.

The three Akatsuki members stopped and saw the Twelfth Division Insignia near the building. Further ahead, there was the Research Building they were looking for.

"This is the place," Itachi said, moving Momo's unconscious body to his left, "and our prize is right through that building."

"This is a little too easy," Kisame said, "let's just grab the Flamberge and Vorpal Swords and be on our way."

"Patience, Kisame," Itachi said, "even if we did get what we came here, we have the matter of Ichigo to deal with."

Kisame nodded, "True."

Morpheus looked around and suddenly looked towards the west.

"Morpheus, what is it?" Itachi asked.

"INTRUDER APPROACHING! CAPTAIN CLASS SOUL REAPER IDENTIFIED!" Morpheus said in the robotic tone.

"A Captain? How lucky are we!" Kisame said, "Leave him to me."

Kisame grabbed Samehada but Itachi stopped him.

"Itachi, what are you doing?" Kisame asked.

"I'll handle this, Kisame," replied Itachi, "I'll give him a surprise."

"How are you going surprise him?"

Itachi grabbed Momo's unconscious body, "I'll impersonate her."

The three hid near an alleyway and waited for their prey.

Captain Hitsugaya made it towards the Twelfth Division. He looked around, noticing something was not right.

"Alright, whoever you are, this is Captain Hitsugaya of the Tenth Division!" Toshiro called out, "Show yourselves!"

A noise caught his attention. He unsheathed his Zanpakuto and turned towards the noise.

A figure came out of the alley and came into his view.

Toshiro's eyes widen, "Momo?"

Seireitei- 1st Division

"An Arrancar?"" Head Captain Yamamoto asked the messenger, "Are you sure?!"

"Yes, sir! His face had a part of a Skull covering the top half of his face, as if it was a mask being ripped off," the messenger explained.

The Captains were not too surprised.

"The one thing I want to know is how they got through our defenses without setting off the alarms. If that earthquake hadn't occurred, we may not have known about this at all!" Yamamoto said.

"I want you to inform those would could not be here to find them and bring them to justice! This ends now!" the Head Captain said as he ended the captain's meeting.

Seireitei- Near the Twelfth Division's R&D Building

"Momo, is that you?" Captain Hitsugaya asked.

"It's you, I-I'm glad you came, Captain Hitsugaya," Momo said, running up to her friend.

Captain Hitsugaya? What happened to 'Shiro-chan?' Captain Hitsugaya said to himself.

"How did you escape from the Ryoka?"

"They demanded that I took them here. They would have killed me, just like they did to Renji," Momo said, clinging to her friend.

Captain Hitsugaya wrapped his arms around her slender body.

"Momo, I'm glad you are safe," Captain Hitsugaya said, calmly.

"Me, too, Captain Hitsugaya," Momo said.

As the two embraced, Momo slowly unsheathed her Zanpakuto and aimed the blade towards Toshiro's back.

"And, good-bye, Captain Hitsugaya," she said as she thrust Tobiume towards Toshiro's back.

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