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"Captain...do you mind if I talk to you for a minute?" Asked Rangiku...Getting up Toushiro stood from where he was sitting with Momo, and followed her out of the room.
Sighing Rangiku began, "Gin and I are heading out tomorrow..."
Toushiro frowned, "So soon? Can't you stay at least for one more day? I know I'm not too fond of Gin...but I don't think he'd argue...it would give him an extra day to live. "
Matsumoto sighed, "Gin and I....aren't going back home..."
Toushiro blinked and let the words set in. "Then where are you taking him?"
Rangiku didn't answer, she knew that Toushiro already knew it.
Getting angry at her lack of response Toushiro glared, "You're not....You're not running away with him are you?"
Rangiku fiddled with her fingers and bit her lip. Toushiro growled, "No. I won't allow it!! I won't let you give up you're freedom for that-that bastered!"
Rangiku sighed, "I know you don't approve of my decision Captain, but I love him....I always have....And I believe him when he says he loves me..."
Toushiro sighed, "Rangiku, you have to see things from my perspective...I don't want you getting hurt. It's a little impulsive isnt it? He did betray you once...what makes you think that he won't betray you again? He's just using you."
Rangiku shook her head, "You don't know Gin like I do...Sure he's sneaky and vindictive...but....he shows me things that he won't allow anyone else to see...He trusts me..."
Toushiro quirked an eyebrow, "He's playing you Rangiku..."
Rangiku shrugged, "He might be...but...I'm going to give him a second chance....With or without you're approval..."
Toushiro shook his head, dissapointment written all over his face. Knowing he wouldn't be able to shake her from her decision he sighed, "Very well...I wish you the best of luck....you'll be needing it when you have to run away from the very people who trusted you." And with that, he opened the door, walked over to his bed and grabbed his sword, then hopped from the window. Everyone could feel his exploding reiatsu. He was pissed.
"Toushiro!!" Yelled Momo. She grabbed her sword and was about to follow him until Rangiku held her back, "Let him be alone for a bit. He'll come back."
Ignoring Rangiku, Momo was about to jump out the window, "Trust me Momo, he'll com back. He just needs to blow off some steam...he'll be perfectly fine."
Reluctantly putting her sword back down, Momo went back into a sitting position, "What did you tell him that would upset him so much?"
Rangiku frowned, "I told him...that I was helping Gin escape."
Momo's eyes went wide as her face became contorted with rage, "What! Have you gone insane?!! What the hell are you think--"
"Stop Momo!! One lecture was enough!!" Yelled Rangiku, Momo jumped and immeadiatly silenced herself.
Rangiku sighed, "I'm sorry, I really am...but do not think for one minute that this isn't taking it's toll on me as well."
"Why are you doing it?" Momo whispered. It almost sounded like a whine. She just couldn't believe what she was hearing. This was another person in her life that she had gotten close too...and was now going to leave her.
"Because I love him. I have always loved him...and I'm giving him a second chance. No matter what you or anyone else says." Walking over to Momo, Rangiku looked out the window, "I know you've never liked Gin...not since what happened with Aizen...but...he's important to me. So please try to understand."
Momo looked out the window as well, just in time to see two trees fall to the ground. Snow started coming down, it was no doubt Toushiro was the cause of that.
Rubbing her temples Momo looked back over to Rangiku, "OKay..." She mumbled. Rangiku looked at her, surprise etched into her features. She had been expecting Momo to yell and scream and tell her that she would never forgive her. But instead....all she said was okay?
Momo gave her a soft smile, "While I will never understand what you see in Gin....or how you were able to forgive him...I do understand that he makes you happy...therefore, I will not push this subject any further."
Rangiku gave Momo a hug, "Thank you...."
Letting Momo loose, Rangiku smiled slyly, "You know...you're in kind of the same predicament..."
Momo scrunched up her features, "With who?"
Rangiku chuckled, Momo could be a little dense at times, "With my Captain!!!"
Momo blinked a couple times, before shaking her head, "N-No I'm not. I-I don't love him or anything...it's not the same at all..." Rangiku rolled her eyes, "Yes it is...you're letting him go aren't you? He makes you happy doesn't he? Why not stay with him?"
Momo's eyes widened, "W-well...I-I want to go home...to the Seireitei...and I never actually said I'd let him go."
Rangiku frowned, "You can not tell me, that after hearing his story, spending almost three weeks with him and learning that he could not--would not ever do that to anyone...that you still think he's guilty."
Momo shook her head, "N-No...I believe he's innocent...it's just..."
'I don't want to let him go...I don't want him to leave me...'
Rangiku waited for Momo continue...however, Momo just left the sentence hanging. Smirking Rangiku raised an eyebrow, "Separation anxiety?"
Momo shook out of her thoughts, "W-what? No!! I....just...I..." Not knowing what to say Momo blushed. "Maybe I'd miss him....a little..."
Rangiku laughed, "You like my Captain!!!"
"No I don't!! Well...not like that..." Momo responded, though the blush only deepened.
Rangiku smiled devishly, "You have to admit, Captain Hitsugaya is very good looking, isn't he?"
Momo's face was resembling a cherry.
Now she understood why Rangiku and Gin got along so well...they were both incrediably evil!!! It's like Rangiku loved watching her squirm.
Matsumoto nudged Momo's arm, "C'mon, admit it. He's adorable!!"
Momo avoided eye contact, "Yeah, I guess he is..."
Rangiku smirked, "My, My, for someone who only guesses he looks cute, you sure are blushing pretty bad..."
Momo forced a smile, inside though she wanted to scream out in embarrassment, "Well, I'm gonna go find Toushiro now..."
The strawberry blonde lifted an eyebrow, "Admitting your feelings already? You're pretty straight foreward. Though you two do make the cutest couple Ive ever seen..."
Momo frowned, "I don't have feelings for Toushiro!! I'm just making sure he's okay..." And with that she jumped out the window.
Rangiku laughed and waved her off, "Have fun! Go find you're love bird!! Just remember; don't do anything you'll regret later!!"
Momo buried her face in her hands as some villagers looked between her and Matsumoto. Did she have to be so loud?
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"Hey Ichigo, Rukia, what are you two up to?" Asked Orihime. Uryu was right by her side as well as Chad.
Ichigo strugged, "Just getting some lunch...why?"
Orihime's widened as she looked from Ichigo and Rukia, "Is this a date?"
She winked at Rukia and gave her a thumbs up, but Rukia just blushed and shook her head. Orihime laughed nervousely, "Oh I mean, of course it isn't!! Haha, I thought it was at first but then I thought 'Orihime, you're just being silly again' and now I know it's not!!"
Uryu smiled sheepishly and hung a loose arm around her shoulders, "Uh, we were just leaving..."
"Really? Why don't you guys come have lunch with us instead?" Said Ichigo. But Uryu shook his head, "Um, Orihime and I aren't hungry!!"
Ichigo shrugged and looked towards Chad, Uryu pulled Chad away as well, "Chad isn't either!!!"
Ichigo and Rukia watched as Uryu and Orihime tried to pull Chad away with all their might. It's a good thing Chad was an easy-goer, other wise they could spend all day trying to move him and would probably only succeed about an inch.
"Wierd." Mumbled Ichigo as he continued to walk with Rukia. Rukia nodded.
"Come to think of it, where has Chad been lately?"
Rukia smiled, "With my Captain, he usually comes over to train with us early in the morning. He believes that he can relate to my Captain the most and views him as somewhat of a mentor....also...Kiyone, Santaro and I all believe he has a crush on the seventh seat in our division..."
"Oh really?" Said Ichigo amused. He was happy that Chad might have found someone.
"Yeah, Megumi Tanakaoe, she's quite beautiful...Chad is often seen talking to her. I heard that they made plans to go to lunch tomorrow...though I'm not quite sure if it's true..."
Ichigo smiled, "Well I'm happy for him..."
Rukia and Ichigo were now waiting in line, ready to order. It was a small food bar not too far away from Ichigo's division barracks. It had a small wooden sign that had 'today's specials' written on it. Next to it was a list of the specials.
As soon as they were up, Ichigo turned to Rukia and asked for her order.
"I'll have...." Rukia put her pointer finger to her mouth and pursed her lips as a little bit of hair fell over her left eye. Ichigo felt a blush come along, she looked pretty hot like that...
"I'll have the rice combo with tea." Rukia turned to look at Ichigo and he quickly looked away.
"Okay, I'll have he same thing..." He told the person behind the counter. The guy nodded and started preparing it.
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"Well Uryu, how do you think their doing?" Asked Orihime. She had one arm encircled around his.
Uryu pushed up his glasses and smiled, "Well, considering that we haven't heard them yell at each other for over thirty minutes...I'd say their doing great."
"Do you really think this plan of yours will work?" Asked Chad, who was walking on the other side of Uryu.
Uryu nodded, "Of course I'm sure. I'm hardly ever wrong..."
Chad had an anime sweat mark drop form his head but didn't say anything, instead he just kept looking forward. Until he caught sight of a girl with long, flowing, light brown hair. It was pulled back in a pony tail today, as usual.
She was normal height and came up to Chad's shoulder. Like many shinigami she carried her sword on her waist on her left side and wore the standered shinigami outfit. Her eyes resembled the color of a hazel with red tints in it just barely noticeable.
Her unique eyes locked with Chad's. She smiled and waved.
Chad did the same and excused himself from the group to go talk to her. Leaving Orihime and Uryu by themselves.
They watched Chad leave with smiling faces. Glad that their friend was able to find someone, most of the girls at school were afraid of Chad and hardly ever approched him.
"Looks like we're not the only ones who've found love this year..." Said Uryu. Orihime giggled and they started walking again.
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As Momo was making her way to the forest, she kept noticing that she was getting a lot of stares. Mainly from the men in the district. 'What district am I in exactly?' She thought.
She's never been in any of the districts past eight. Walking up to an elderly woman she bowed and introduced herself, "Um, excuse me....my name is Momo Hinamori...and I was wondering if you could tell me which district this is..."
The woman turned around and frowned, "Yer in the fifteenth' district." She snapped and continued to her duties. Completely ignoring Momo.
Momo blinked twice at the woman's rudeness, had she disrespected the woman in some way?
Quickly bowing in respect Momo continued her quest for Toushiro. Still noting that every male was staring at her.
What scared her the most was that it wasn't the kind of stares that you would usually get if someone thought you were cute or attractive....but rather hungry stares that meant the person wearing it would do anything to get what they wanted at any cost.
"Hey cutie, where ya from?" Came a voice, Momo jumped and looked behind her. The man was huge! He towered over her and looked twice her size.
Taking a step back, Momo noted how the man was standing. He appeared drunk, but just to be safe Momo put her hand on her zanpaktou.
The man inched toward her, "Yer new 'round ere arn't ya...why don' I show ya 'round. Lemme' buy ya a drink."
Momo's grip tightned, "Um, that's okay...I don't drink."
The man chuckled, "Firs' time fer everythin....it's fun. Jus' one."
Momo shook her head, "Sorry, but I really have to get going....I'm looking for someone."
The man swung his head around drunkenly to his right then to his left, "I don' see anybody...."
Momo looked around, he was right. The once crowded street had suddenly become vacant. Two or three people would pass by every now and then....Then again, it was pretty dark out.
Momo took a deep breath, she was officially creeped out. This man was starting to become really foward.
Momo was so deep in thought that she hadn't realized how close the man had gotten until she was pinned up against the wall. She gasped as she went for her sword. But the man saw it coming and grabbed both her hands and held them atop her head.
'Shit!' She thought. Kicking at him she tried to wiggle her way loose, "Help!!!" She screamed. But the man just laughed.
"Silly littl' girl...fer a shinigami yer pretty stupid... if ya were a good one ya would've noticed tha' I too have a zanpaktou."
Momo's eyes widened, "Y-You're a soul reaper too?" The man laughed, "Yer finally catchin' on. I've been usin' my zanpaktou this whole time."
Momo tried to wriggle her way out again but to no avail. The man was a whole lot stronger than her by all means.
"Wan ta know what m'sword does?"
Momo just gave him a dirty look and once again tried to move. The man laughed again, "It can search through a person's memories an' find' the one thing they fear or cherish the most an' make it reality. It can do tha' same thing with what yer mind has seen in tha' pas' twenty-four hours. Fer instance...the people ya saw jus' a few minutes ago...were jus' figures from yer mind from earlier today."
Momo's eyes widened, no wonder the people dissapered so quickly...Her whole body was shaking as she tried to fight her way out of his grasp yet again. But the man still overpowered her.
Her breath hitched as the man pushed himself against her, "Yer a fiesty one...I'm gonna have fun with ya."
Momo growled and bit his arm as hard as she could, the man yelped and dropped his arm but kept her held up with the other. Smacking her upside the head, he grumbled a string of curses underneath his breath. Momo was now somwehat dazed, the man hit her pretty hard and she felt more than a little dizzy at the moment.
"I'll kill ya fer tha'." He mumbled.
Suddenly a blade was at the man's throat.
"Oh I doubt that."
Momo looked up from her daze and felt a wave of relief wash through her system, "Toushiro." She breathed.
The man moved his hand down to her throat, "What're ya gonna do 'bout it kid?"
Toushiro frowned, "You picked one hell of a day to mess with me. I'm not in a very good mood. So it would be in your best intrest to give me Momo and walk away."
"Oh so tha' is her name....how sweet." Said the guy, it made Momo move her head away in disgust.
Toushiro sighed and leaned his sword closer to the guys neck, "Get away from her. That is the last time I will say it."
Looking between the white haired prodigy and Momo the man glared. As much as he wanted to teach the kid a lesson...he sensed his overflowing spiritual pressure.
"Here." He snarled, pushing Momo away from him. She was still slightly dizzy and almost fell to the ground had Toushiro not caught her. They watched as the man stalked off, very angry that his plan did not work.
Momo sighed in relief, "Thank you." She mumbled.
Toushiro nodded. "How's your head?"
Momo smiled, "It's fine. It was just a little smack...I'll be okay." Momo refrained from telling him that she had a killer headache and still couldn't walk straight...
But Toushiro, however, sensed this, "You stupid bedwetter, stop lying to me." He mumbled and picked her up bridal style...Momo squeaked as he did so but none the less wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulders.
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"Rukia...I was wondering....if maybe--"
"ICHIGO MY BOY!!! I HAVEN'T SEE YOU IN A WHILE!! HEADS UP!!" Yelled Isshin.
Ichigo blocked a punch to the face and countered by sweeping out his dads feet.
Falling and hitting his head on the hard ground Isshin grabs it and anime tears fall from his eyes, "That's my boy..."
Growling Ichigo walked up to him and grabbed the collar of his shirt, making sure Rukia couldn't hear him he muttered, "Way to ruin the moment dad!!! I was about to say something important and serious and you ruined it!! How the hell did you get out of your leash anyway?!!"
Just then Yuzu came by and bowed, "I'm so sorry for the interruption...but it seems dad has knawed his way out of his leash...Karin is out getting a longer lasting one with chains. So I have come to retrieve him."
Rukia blinked, "Y-You actually tied him up?!!"
Ichigo shrugged, "At first no...but then he snuck into squad six barracks on accident one morning while trying to wake me up...and unfortunately woke up Byakua...we barely got there in time to stop Byakua from using senbonzakura."
Rukia's eyes widened, "H-he tried to wake up my brother?!! Is he nuts?!!"
Both looked at Isshin for a moment, 'Yes.' They thought simultaneously.
Rukia sighed, there are just somethings about the Kurosaki's that she would never understand...
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Toushiro brought Momo back to the hotel and laid her down in her room. The poor girl fell alseep on the way back.
Telling Matsumoto to make sure nothing woke her up, Toushiro went to the top of the roof. He needed to clear his head. Lately he'd been getting these strange feelings around Momo...and they made him slightly uncomfortable.
"Is their something bothering you Captain?"
Toushiro sighed, "Oi, I thought I told you to watch over Momo."
Rangiku rolled her eyes, "She's perfectly fine Captain. Sound asleep, I doubt even a stampede could wake her up."
Toushiro snapped his eyes over to her, "And what about Gin? Where is he?"
Rangiku shook her head, "Gin promised me he would go near her."
"Tch. And you believed him didn't you." It was a statement rather than a question but Rangiku nodded anyway.
Getting up Toushiro made his way back down the roof. "Where are you going Captain?"
"Back to my room. I don't trust Gin."
Rangiku smirked, "My, My, you're quite protective of her...is there something I should know about? Has my Captain finally found someone?"
Rolling his eyes Toushiro shook his head, "No. I just don't trust Gin...."
"Sounds to me like you like her." Said Rangiku with a smile.
Tosuhrio had an annoyed anime mark on his forehead, "I told you it wasn't that!!!!"
Though Toushiro had missed Rangiku very much in the passed ten years, her constant gossip and ridiculous assumptions were the two things he could do without. In fact, he'd actually take her drinking habits over her other two traits....
"My Captain's finally got a crush!!! Oh this is so much fun!! Soon you'll be in love!! This is great huh Captain...Captain?"
Ignoring her, Toushiro went back to his own room and gently shut the door. The truth was, he might actually have some feelings for Momo...not that he would ever admit it...especiallly not to Rangiku Matsumoto. He knew better than anyone how she loved to gossip.
No, he'd work through this on his own.
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Orihime was now back at Uryu's place. She was sitting on the couch while Uryu was making lunch. She had volunteered earlier but Uryu insisted on doing it himself, telling her that they had no red-bean paste to put in the food. Dissapointed she decided to go see what was on tv.
So here she sat, laughing hysterically at.......Bugs Bunny?!
Yes, Bugs Bunny. Though it wouldn't surprise many, considering her care free attitude and optimistic nature but, Orihime loved classic cartoons...
Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Daffy Duck etc. She loved them all.
But what was rather surprising was that Uryu had a small soft spot for them too. Which made Orihime very happy when he got just as excited as she did when they found out it was a mini marathon. So instead of going out for a walk later on, they were going to stay in and watched cartoons. Something they rarely had time for nowadays.
As Uryu finished up cooking lunch, he brought Orihime a plate and they ate on the coffee table. Which the tv was in front of.
After they finished eating, Orihime snuggled closer to Uryu and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Life couldn't get any better than this.
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