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"I guess we can stay here." Said Momo as she sat down. Hitsugaya followed suite but said nothing. His mask of indifference was up again. She hated it when he got like that, what happened to the cocky, funny person that she fought with in the forest? Maybe he had split personality...

"So...I heard you grew up in Rukongai district 1...I grew up there too. Maybe we've seen each other there at one point?" She asked.

Hitsugaya lifted an eyebrow, "You're point?" he asked stoicly.

Momo blushed, "Well, you're name...it seems kind of familiar to me..."

Hitsugaya's other eyebrow rose, "I'm a legendary criminal on the lose. I have the Stealth Force and all of Soul Society out to get me...and you're telling me that my name sounds familiar to you?...No kidding."

Momo smiled sheepishly, "Actually, I didn't even know that you existed until I was asked to capture you."

Hitsugaya sweat dropped anime style then went back to his stoic nature, "Whatever."

Momo's frowned, she was getting tired of his stupid aloof persona. So she finally decided to confront him.

"Do you have split personality?"

Hitsugaya snapped his eyes over to her, "What kind of a question is that?"

"Well do you?"

"No. Why do you ask?"

"Like you don't know? First you're a robot, you have no emotion, then you're an infuriating, cocky bastered, thenyou go back to being a cold, untrustful scrooge in less than five minutes!"

Hitsugaya glared, his temper getting the best of him, "Oh yeah, like you're one to talk! Since the very second I woke up, you've tried you're hardest to kill me, we had the infamous 'battle of death', now you want to make small talk and act like nothings happened? You just tried to kill me several hours ago! There's a reason I don't trust you!"

Momo sighed, "It's my job, I have to make sure you don't get away. Believe me, I had no intent to kill you...just hurt you a little."

Hitsugaya's smirked, "So you're somewhat of a sadist?"

Momo's eyes widened, "No! I'm not!....And as for the 'small talk' I was just trying to get to know you."

"Hmph. Yeah, whatever." Hitsugaya mumbled.

"See! You just did it again!"

"Shut Up!!"

Momo sighed, "I'm just trying to ease the tension."

Hitsugaya rolled his eyes, "Like the tension could ever be dropped when you're practically leading me to my death sentence."

Momo glared, "Not my fault you betrayed us...you're a criminal and so this is you're punishment. Think about all the people you've hurt...people who looked up to you and admired you. They trusted you! You were their captain! Why would you throw it all away?"

"I didn't! I was framed!" Hitsugaya yelled furiously.

"Interesting, did you think up that excuse after you betrayed us, or was it premeditated?" Momo spat angrily.

"It's the truth!!"

Momo was about to reply but decided not to, she tried to calm herself and get rid of her anger. She knew that half of her anger was because Toushiro did exactly what Aizen had done to her...and she was beginning to hate him for it.

Getting up she walked over to said person and forced him to get up as well. "Where are we going?" He mumbled avoiding eye contact.

"To get some food. I don't trust you to stay here alone...even with Kido."

"Tch. Like you're actually dumb enough to do that...idiot."

"Don'tcall me that." Momo commanded.

"What are you going to do about it? You may have me as you're prisoner...but I refuse to be commanded about like a servant."

"This is you're last warning."

"I don't take orders from you. If you want my mouth shut then you'll have to tape it shut. And since you don't have any tape, I will do as I damn well please!"

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"So how are you doing?" Asked Rukia as she set down her tea. Both her and Orihime were now back at Rukia's barracks. Ichigo and Uryu had left sometime ago, saying that they needed to catch up on other things. So they went back to Ichigo's office and were now safelyaway from Kenny, Yachiru, and the rest of the lunatics on the eleventh squad (As Uryu calls them).

"I'm super de duper! Couldn't be better! How are you?!" Asked Orihime.

Rukia smiled, "Oh, I'm...good...it's been so long since I've seen any of you, I'm so happy that you guys came to visit!"

Orihime smiled, "We couldn't have gotten here if it wasn't for Ichigo's dad..."

Rukia knotted her eyebrows, "Where is he by the way?"

Orihime shrugged, "Who knows..."

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*Somewhere in Soul Society*

"ICHIGO MY BOY!!! A CAPTAIN ALREADY?! OH HOW YOU'VE GROWN MY SON."

As Ichigo scoffed at his dad to lower his 'freakishly annoying voice' he also hit him repeatedly.

"DAD SHUT THE HELL UP!"

"THAT'S MY BOY!"

Uryu sat on the couch, watching the seen unfold. It highly amused him. No wonder Ichigo was so weird.

He laughed at his joke silently as Ichigo threw his father out of the door.

"MY SON! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? OH MASAKI DO YOU SEE HOW HE TREATS ME? I'M SUCH A CARING FATHER, TO COME ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO SEE OUR SON! AND THIS IS HOW HE TREATS ME? OH HE'S SO CRUEL! OH MASAKI, MASAKI, MASAKI!!!"

Ichigo slammed the door, "AND DON'T COME BACK UNTIL I SAY SO!!" He yelled and sighed, "Sorry about that...you know how father's can get sometimes..."

Uryu didn't respond but nodded.

"So..you an Orihime were looking pretty close today...anything I should know about? It hasbeen a year...are some feelings starting to evolve?" asked Ichigo, feigning innocence...

Uryu blushed twenty shades of read, "W-what the hell gave you that idea?! Orihime and I are just friends....besides...I could ask you the same question!" Snapped Uryu. His face was still as red as a tomato.

Ichigo raised an eyebrow, "Me? Who do I seem close to?"

Uryu raised an eyebrow, "You're honestly thatstupid? You haven't changed a bit Ichigo. Who do think I mean, you and Rukia!"

"Rukia?! No way!" He snapped.

Uryu smiled triumphantly, "Why so defensive?"

Ichigo smirked, "Same question."

Both boys stayed silent as they watched each other...well, more like glared.

"Just admit it already!! Dammit!" They both yelled.

Ichigo sighed, "This is getting us nowhere...look, it's not like I'm going to tell her or anything. Just tell me...do you like her, or not?"

Uryu was about to retort when Ichigo gave him a warning look. One that pretty much said 'if -you -ever -say -that -I -like -Rukia Kuchki -again -I'll -kill- you- with- my- own- bare- hands- in- this- office -right -now -so -help -me -God.'

So, Uryu just stayed silent...'Should I tell him? It couldn't hurt...I'm pretty sure he'd keep it a secret...then again...I haven't forgot about the time when the gang and I all went on summer vacation together and he found out I didn't enjoy swimming so he signed me up for swimming appreciation week down at the Youth Center!!! Of course, I didn get back at him by taking a picture of him sleeping with Kon..."

"I'm waiting." said Ichigo as he tapped his foot.

Uryu still didn't reply.

"Fine, I'll just go ask Orihime about this and we'll see what she has to--"

"Okay I like her alright! Geez!" He mumbled.

Ichigo smiled, "There, was that so hard?"

Uryu glared at him. "I'm gonna kill you in you're sleep Ichigo Kurosaki."

Ichigo laughed, "Relax buddy, you're secret is safe with me..."

"Why don't I believe you?"

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....He shouldn't have done that. He knew that by the way she was struggling to maintain her composer that he just needed to shut up.... Little did he know that she was laughing. No, not the normal cute laugh that most girls have, this one was evil. Menacing and vindictive, if you will.

No, he really shouldn't have pushed her buttons. He should have stopped the moment she said not to call her an idiot.

But he didn't.

And now he was tied to a tree using a high level kido, then rope tied while his mouth was indeed taped shut. Yes, he really shouldn't have said anything.

"Damn! I almost had it!" She muttered as she tried to catch some fish. She and Toushiro had found a rive about a mile away from camp. She was now knee deep in rushing water struggling to catch fish with her hands and rocks... her sword lay forgotten on her side.

"Mull eber atch et ike at." (You'll never catch it like that.) Toushiro mumbled through the tape. Momo raised an eyebrow, "What was that? Are you apologizing for being a sarcastic jerk earlier and promise not to be on in the future?"

Toushiro glared and shook his head, "Eber!!!" (Never) Momo sighed, "Then I'm afraid I can't hear you!" She replied and returned to catching her fish.

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"So Orihime...I have a question for you...do you...um...do you like Uryu?"

Orihime's eyes lighted up at his name, "Oh yes Rukia, we're bestest buddies!! He's wonderful!!"

Rukia sighed, "I mean...more than a friend....do you like, like him..."

Orihime's eyes widened slightly, she had never really thought about Uryu that way..."Um...I really...couldn't say Rukia....I'm sorry...but I'd never thought about it before...is it okay if I get back to you on that one?"

Rukia smiled, "Oh, of course! I didn't mean to be so rude!" Said Rukia in her innocently sweet voice.

Orihime smiled, "Nonsense Rukia! You're one of my best friend in the whole wide world! You're right beside Tatsuki!!! Did you know she just won another championship last week? It was amazing!!"

As Orihime continued rambling on, Rukia smiled.

'The plan is working perfectly...I wonder how Ichigo's doing with Uryu?'

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The sun was setting now and Momo was still in the water. She had managed to catch three small fish in two hours...and continued to torment Hitsugaya.

"Unbie be ow ammit!!" (Untie me now dammit!) He mumbled as loud as he could, Momo struggled to keep herself from laughing, "Oh look, the sun is setting and you still haven't apologized, you'd better hurry or I might just have to leave you there!"

"O!" (No!) Yelled Toushiro. Momo sighed and walked over to him, he glared as she got nearer and nearer. When she was finally near enough she snatched the tape off of his lips, which left a big red mark.

As Toushiro was about to yell she silenced him with her finger, "Listen to me first." She said, and he stayed quiet.

"How about we make a deal. I'll take the tape off you're mouth and promise to untie you as soon as I'm done if you just say sorry...and agree never to call me that name again. Deal?"

Staying silent and still glaring she noticed he had gone back to his cold and somewhat stoic demeanor. Either that or he was just being stubborn.

Sighing she walked back to the small river, "Fine suit youreself...at least you can't say I didn't try." She let a small smile grace her lips, "I have to admit though, you look somewhat ridiculous." She started to laugh.

"Am I that amusing to you?"

Momo froze, the way his breath tickled the back of her neck made her shiver. He was so close.

"H-How did you break through my kido?" She mumbled. Toushiro smirked, "I'll admit it took awhile...you're not kidding when you say you're a master at it...it almost rivals a captains."

Momo didn't reply, she was instead trying figure out a way to get out of his range. 'He doesn't have his sword drawn yet...damn, I know I should have taken it when I had the chance...I knew he was sneaky...I just never knew how sneaky!'

She slowly turned around to find him, (Surprise, surprise)... not there. She looked to her right and then left but saw nothing. When she turned back around, however, she saw him with his sword staring at the water.

"What are you going to do?" She asked, her stone cold voice betraying her actual emotion; which was fear.

"I'm going to show you how to fish the right way...or at least in a more effective way then what you're doing."

Momo couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, he just had the chance to get revenge on her for tying him to a tree and possibly even get away...but instead he was going to teach her how to fish?

Walking over to Momo he took her hand and dragged her out into the middle of the river.

"Hey what're you--"

"How do you expect to learn if you just watch?"

Blinking Momo took out her sword, she noticed how Hitsugaya kept his eyes on her in case she decided to be sneaky and attack him.

"Relax, I won't kill you, if you don't kill me..."

Rolling his eyes he looked back at the water, "Tch. I already knew that idio--I mean...uh...who exactly are you?"

Momo's eyes widened slightly, with all the stuff that had happened today she had forgot to tell him her name!

"Uh...Momo...Hinamori..."

Toushiro stared at her for a minute or two before looking back at the water, "Hm...Hinamori huh?" He mumbled.

It was then that Momo noticed how close she and Toushiro were, there shoulder's were almost touching. She felt her face start to heat up.

Maybe it was the way the sun was setting that gave him a perfect glow...or maybe it was the way his eyes seemed to glow as he talked. Wait he was talking?

"Do you understand?" He said.

Momo raised an eyebrow, "What?" she asked, shaking her heady away from her thoughts. 'What the hell was that Hinamori?!!'

Toushiro sighed, "Were you listening at all?"

Shaking her head she smiled sheepishly, "Uh..no?"

Toushiro rolled his eyes, "Well...basically what you want to do is grip your sword so that you have a sturdy grip. You don't want it slipping when you try to catch the fish. Always keep your eyes on the water, but from the amount of sunlight it might be hard to see them. Still though, you should be somewhat aware that their there. Okay?"

Momo nodded. And gripping her sword tightly started looking for a fish.

"No, you're holding it wrong." He said, "Move your thumb down...good. No, it's still wrong."

Momo sighed, "Well if you're such a genius, show me!"

Sticking his sword into the dirt at the bottom of the river, he moved behind Momo and put his arms around her so that he could grip her sword. Carefully he moved her fingers so that they were directly beneath his, "This is how you hold it correctly..."

For a minute they stayed like that, the whole time Toushiro didn't make eye contact.

They waited for a few more seconds until Toushiro spotted a fish and readied Momo, "Wait for it....wait for it....now!"

Momo moved and was excited to see that she caught it! She looked at Toushiro proudly and thanked him. And for the first time she saw him smile.

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Carefully entering their way back into the camp Momo started a fire and began to cook the fish. It was dark now, the moon had long since been out. Sighing Momo looked toward the sky.

'I wonder how Kira and Renji or doing? Are they okay? Did they get any dangerous missions?....Hehe, they've probably been training like crazy....They always seem to do that when I'm on missions...they say it's because they want to get stronger than me...but I know it's because they worry. They worry and they have no other way of stop worrying unless they are doing something that they really have to thing about...hence, training. I miss them...I miss laughing with them and going to lunch with them...I miss...home....'

"What's with the solemn look?" Asked Toushiro.

Momo jumped out of her thoughts, "What look?"

"That one, you look as though you're puppy just died."

Momo's gaze turned from him to the fire, "Oh." She muttered. "It's nothing."

"No, it's something...what is it?"

"Why do you care?"

Toushiro frowned, "I don't care, I'm just curious is all..."

Momo rolled her eyes, "I don't know...I guess I'm a little...homesick...And thanks to you I'm as far as I've ever been from home which only makes it worse!"

Toushiro raised an eyebrow, "You mean to tell me that you're a lieutenant and you still get homesick?"

Momo glared, "Look, I've gone through some pretty rough stuff in the past year...I've only got back to work a couple months ago."

Toushiro laughed, "What did you do, go on a mini vacation?"

Momo's glare hardened as she looked at the fire. "Tch. Hardly."

"Then what? Were you on medical leave? Injured?"

"In a way yes..."

Toushiro was now extremely curious, "What happened?"

Momo's glare turned to him as she debated within herself to tell him...Finally settling on an answer she clenched her fist.

"I was betrayed."

Toushiro, who was noticing the dangerous amount of spiritual pressure being released from the girl decided not to pry any further.

Instead he switched the subject, "Um, your fish are burning."

Momo sighed as she moved to the fire and started collecting the fish.

They ate in silence and after that went to bed. Well, Momo did, Toushiro was still wide awake.

'Tch. Stupid girl. She didn't even think about using kido on me...or did she? No, she just forgot...there's no way she's that trustful....I wonder who betrayed her...was it a comrade...a captain maybe?....It kind of makes me feel guilty for what I'm about to do...'

Mentally scolding himself he clenched his teeth and glared at her. 'What am I talking about!? It's not like a care for the girl or anything...She's leading me to my death sentence afterall! Besides, she tied me to a freakin tree!...Yeah, I've got to stick to the plan.'

And with that he went into an uneasy sleep.

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