Hey guys! Chapter 4 is up!
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of the characters...
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He could feel it...the cold, damp earth underneath him. Slowly opening his eyes he met the top of the cave...'I'm alive?' He thought...he was sure that when he fell it was the end...
Looking towards his wound he noticed it was bandaged up. Sensing somebody's reiatsu he stiffened, right beside him was a girl...sleeping.
'What the....was she here when I came? Did she fix my wound? Or is she out to get me like all the others?'
Concentrating he felt her reiatsu strength. 'She's a lieutenant...Tch, so she is out to get me...' He thought. Not feeling like getting caught he sat up but quickly regretted the idea thereafter.
Sucking in the pain he stood up only to notice he couldn't...'Kido...and at a very powerful level...' He thought. He took a deep breath, concentrating all of his energy into the center...and broke through.
'Damn that hurt!' He thought as he held back a grumble. Quickly looking for his sword he found it next to the sleeping girl. Tiptoeing over to her side he grabbed it and made his way to the front of the cave.
"Don't take another step, Toushiro Hitsugaya." Said a deadly voice. He immediately felt a sharp blade to his neck. Turning around he came face to face with the girl.
He blinked and had no emotion on his face, "Let me go...I do not wish to kill you."
Momo's glare hardened, "Like you could in the state you're in."
Hitsugaya's frown deepened, "You'd be surprised at what I can do."
Momo smirked, "Don't underestimate me."
Hitsugaya sighed and drew his sword, "Very well. You leave me no other choice."
Momo's grip tightened. She kept her eyes on him and using flashstep was behind him in seconds. Seeing an opening she charged her sword only for it to be blocked by Hitsugaya, "Too slow."
Momo glared, her spirit energy started rising and soon the cave exploded. She quickened her pace as did Toushiro.
"I must say, you're quite good for a lieutenant." Muttered Toushiro as he blocked yet another attack. Momo growled and sped even faster. But little did she know that Toushiro was leading her further and further away from the Seireitei.
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Yelled Uryu as loud as he could. Kenpachi was hot on his heals and had no intention of quitting any time soon. Uryu jumped into a tree and shot another arrow.
'Of all the people to fight it had to be me!!! WHY?!'
"You can do it Uryu!" Shouted Orihime from the sidelines. The others had long since given up training and were watching Kenpachi fight Uryu.
Uryu looked towards her and smiled. And then shot another arrow towards his attacker. They'd been fighting for a good four hours. It made contact but Kenny didn't flinch, his smile just got bigger, "I'm having so much fun!!"
Yachiru could be heard from the sidelines, "WHOO!! GO KENNY!! PENCIL DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE!"
Uryu gulped, he and Orihime needed an to get away from these...these...psychos!
"OI! KENPACHI! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO HARM THEM!" Yelled a voice from a rooftop.
Both Orihime and Uryu looked up and found Ichigo smiling.
"ICHIGO YOU BASTERED! YOU COULDN'T HAVE COME SOONER LIKE FOUR HOURS AGO?" Yelled Uryu.
Ichigo sweat dropped, "You mean you guys haven't just gotten out here?"
Just then Rukia appeared behind him and smacked him atop the head, "Dammit Ichigo! I said come and visit them AFTER you finish your work!"
Ichigo clutched his head in his arms followed by muffled curses.
Uryu jumped out of the tree and walked over to Orihime, she turned around and smiled, "That was a great battle Uryu!"
He smiled, "Thank you Orihime...but if it wasn't for Ichigo I probably would have been toast."
Orihime placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, "But I thought you were amazing."
A blush formed itself on both of their cheeks. But their little moment was ruined by four screaming voices...that went exactly in this order;
"ICHIGO FINISH YOUR WORK!" Yelled Rukia.
"I WASN'T DONE FIGHTING DAMMIT!" Yelled Kenny.
"NO!" Yelled Ichigo.
"KENNY WAS HAVING FUN! MEANIE!!" Yelled Yachiru.
Uryu and Orihime sweat dropped anime style and tried to break up the fight.
"Now, now guys, let's not argue..." Said Orihime. But they ignored her. She sighed, "Guys...c'mon...stop fighting." But they still continued to ignore her.
Big mistake.
"SHUT UP!!"
Everyone was looking at her, wide eyed.
"Orihime...."Said Uryu. Orihime had now covered her mouth.
"I'm so sorry guys! It's just, I don't like it when my friends argue! They get so mean and then bad things happen!" Uryu blinked but was the first to come around.
"It's perfectly fine Orihime. We're just shocked...that's a side of you that we've never seen. But I rather like it."
Orihime blinked, "Thanks." She said and smiled.
Uryu sweat dropped, "Did I...Did I just.... say that out loud?...."
Everyone nodded.
"AW! Pencil has the hots for Bouncy!"
Ichigo and Rukia looked at each other evilly, "You know what I'm thinking?" Said Rukia.
"That it's time to play matchmaker?" Asked Ichigo.
Rukia nodded, "Bingo."
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"Snap! Tobiume!" She yelled and the released form of her Zanpaktou appeared. Hitsugaya braced himself, as a red/pinkish glow emitted from her sword. 'Impressive. I've never seen this before, she combines her kido with her zanpaktou.'
Momo lunged at Toushiro and narrowly scraped his side. 'Damn! Almost had him! And why isn't he fighting back?'
Toushiro sighed, 'I can't keep this up much longer. Her speed has increased exceptionally fast. And my wound isn't exactly helping....Damn, I was hoping to avoid calling Hyorinmaru...I don't need another death on my hands.'
"Tobiume Slash!" She yelled and she once again lunged at Toushiro.
Toushiro received another cut on his side. Not taking it anymore, he released his zanpaktou, "Rain over the frosted, frozen heavens, Hyorinmaru!"
Without warning he lunged at Momo who just barely avoided it. 'I-I didn't expect for him to get so fast. Dammit! I underestimated him!'
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Renji had just finished running when Kira came over to him, "Hey, have you heard from Momo?"
Renji shook his head, "No...I'm sure she's fine. After all that training the three of us did a couple weeks ago...I'd say she can protect herself fairly well. She's gotten a whole lot stronger since the mess with Aizen."
Kira nodded, "I'm glad too. I hated seeing her go through so much pain..."
Renji sighed, "Me too...That bastered got just what he deserved. The only thing that upset me was that Momo was the one who had to do the finishing blow..."
"Yeah, but I'm happy she was able to overcome her weakness...I think that's the reason she's so much stronger now...and maybe just a little distant."
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Hitsugaya raised his sword but the pain that followed made him stop and cringe. Losing his balance he toppled over and fell on Momo. Without missing a beat both had their swords pointed at each others necks.
Hitsugaya glared and looked into her eyes, "You have good reflexes...but you are no match for me." He mumbled and before Momo could counter, Hitsugaya had his sword to her throat. Her sword lay motionless ten feet away on the forest floor.
Momo's eyes widened, 'That move was so fast...I can't even comprehend what he did!'
Hitsugaya saw a little fear rise in her eyes and lost his nerve to harm her. Glaring harder at her he put his sword back down, "Consider this a thank you...for treating my wound. But come after me and I'll kill you." He muttered and hopped away.
Momo sighed, "Sorry Toushiro, I have no other choice." She said to herself, then she grabbed her sword and went off after him.
'She's still following?! Damn! Looks like I'll have to trick her.'
Quickly hopping onto a tree branch he pretended to hop to another one. Momo went by and Hitsugaya hopped back onto the same branch. Smirking, and proud that he was able to lose her, he hopped to another branch.
Or at least would have until someone draped their arms around his neck from behind. Her sword was put to his throat.
"Did you really think I'd fall for that?" Momo whispered in his ear. "That's mere child's play."
Hitsugaya smirked, "Clever wasn't it? Admit it, I almost had you."
Momo smiled, "Almost...but at times like these, almost isn't good enough."
Actually, if it wasn't for the flashback that she had a couple minutes ago, he would have gotten away.
Flashback:
A little girl and a boy were playing tag in the woods for the billionth time. The boy was a couple feet in front of the girl but then she lost sight of him. The girl flew by the boy. She looked all around the forest but when she went back to base he was there.
"How do you keep doing that? There's no way you could've gotten there? You were right in front of me! How could I lose you so fast?!" Exclaimed the girl.
The boy rolled his eyes, "You're not very observant are you idiot? I tricked you. All I did was pretend to leave one of the tree branches. I just went to the top of the same tree and when you hopped by I jumped back down and ran for base."
"Oh." The girl replied.
End Flashback.
Momo and Hitsugaya jumped towards the ground. Finally looking around for the first time, she realized that this was not where they first started the fight. When they started the fight they were in an open place, their would be no trees for days. But now, they were completely surrounded by pines and evergreens.
Feeling anger well up inside her she clenched her fists, "You bastered! So that's the reason you weren't attacking! You were luring me farther and farther away from the Seireitei!! Damn you! Where the hell are we?!" She yelled.
But Hitsugaya didn't respond. She turned around to find him leaning on a tree to keep from falling. It was obvious that the adrenaline from their battle was gone and he was was now suffering. Forgetting her anger she walked over to him and grabbed his arm.
He gave her a warning glare to back off. It sent shivers down her spine, his glare was as cold as ice. "Stay away!" He snapped and pulled his hand from her grasp.
Momo frowned, "I'm just trying to help! Now come here!" She commanded and pulled him into her. If it weren't for the fact that he was too weak to do anything, he would have used the opportunity to run away again. But sadly, that was not the case.
He now had one arm draped around her small shoulders while her arms were around his waist. He faintly wondered how someone so petite could fight so hard...of course, she was a lieutenant. And he really couldn't argue about size...He just barely got an inch or two off her....
She walked him to the middle of the forest and laid him down. Without saying anything she untied the white sash around his waist and then she started to take off the top part of his soul reaper outfit.
He stiffened, "W-What are you doing?" He mumbled. Hinamori looked confused before seeing what this looked like.
As blush made it's way to her cheeks, she shook her head, "N-not that!! I-I'm healing you're wounds!" She stuttered. Hitsugaya blinked, "....Just making sure."
Huffing, Momo removed his top and came to see his nicely chisled chest. It had a couple bruises here and there, and the newly formed side scratches that her sword made along with the bandaged wound she tried to heal last night.
This was actually the first time she really looked at his body. Last night the only thing that crossed her mind was 'save him'.
Slowly making her way up his chest her eyes went up to his face. His mask was up again. The one that showed no emotion and made him very distant and cold. But still, he wasn't bad looking...he was actually very, very attractive.
"Are you going to help me or just stare at me all day, idiot."
Momo's eyes widened, "What did you just call me?" It wasn't the fact that he called her an idiot that bothered her...it was the way he said it...
Hitsugaya raised an eyebrow, "I called you an idiot. So stop staring and start healing or I'm leaving."
Momo ignored him, "Hey I'm talking to you!" He shouted. But Momo wasn't paying any attention.
'So familiar...his voice sounds exactly like...that boy's...just a little deeper..But can't be him...no...he, he died! Just before I became a soul reaper! It was just a coincidence...'
Momo was brought back to reality by the movement of Hitsugaya. She watched him try to sit...and fail miserably.
"You gonna help me or not?" he mumbled, avoiding eye contact.
Momo nodded, "....yeah...." She said distantly, 'He does kind of look like him...' She thought.
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Hey guys! Chapter four! how do you like it? Please leave a review! I'm not sure who is the actual person to kill Aizen, so I just made it Momo...(I'm only on episode 50 in the Anime)
Sorry if Orihime, Momo, and Hitsugaya seemed a little OC...I tried.
Also, I know I keep changing from Toushiro to Hitsugaya...but it's actually kind of fun ^_^ So bear with me on that...
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