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Several weeks later
She was all alone in the dark. It was cold and she shivered, not only from the low temperature, but also because she was afraid. She was scared to all but death! She didn't know why she was alone, she didn't know where she was, all she knew that her heart was pounding like crazy because she was scared.
A voice laughed, it sent chills down her spine. She turned around and ran. She didn't know where but she kept on running! The laughing followed her, she turned and ran another way. She shouldn't have done that.
On the floor, right in front of her, lay Toushiro on the ground. He was pale, motionless and blood trailed down his cheek from his mouth. He had several gashes all over his body and he was lying in a pool of his own crimson blood.
She tried to run to him, to make sure that he was okay, but she couldn't. She ran and ran, but she didn't get anywhere!
She tried to scream his name, but no sound came. The laugh came closer.
"Remember Mishiro... remember..."
She wanted to ask what she was supposed to remember, but she still couldn't talk.
"REMEMBER!!"
-X-
Mishiro screamed and sat up. She was sweating and she breathed fast. Tears started to trail along her face and she covered it with her hands.
'Remember... what?!'
"Mishiro? What's wrong?"
Mishiro uncovered her face and looked at Aiha's cute and worried face. Aiha sat down on the edge of her bed and grabbed her hand.
"Mishiro? Was it a bad dream?"
Mishiro didn't trust her voice so she just nodded.
"Wanna talk about it?"
Mishiro shook her head.
"No, no, it's all right... you should go to sleep again Aiha"
"Hmpf, I could say the same to you..." Aiha snorted, but then she sighed.
"Okay okay, if you feel like talking, you know where I am" Aiha yawned and walked over to her matress.
Mishiro nodded but then she jumped in surprise. A loud "BOOM!" echoed in the whole barrack. Both Mishiro, Aiha and the other shinigamis in their room woke up and rushed toward the noise.
"Where did it come from?!"
"The garden I think!"
They ran down the corridors and halted when they met Matsumoto. Mishiro got nervous.
"Where's taichou?"
"In the garden I think... we've got to hurry!"
"HAI!"
Mishiro had a very bad feeling about it all, she couldn't stop thinking about the dream.
'It was just a dream... just a dream...'
Meanwhile in the garden
It was the middle of the night. Toushiro was outside walking in the garden. When he came to a small hill he stoppped and looked at the moon. It was full and it's silver light made his hair almost transperent and his teal eyes even more beutiful than usual. It was early december so it was quite cold outside, but it didn't bother him.
It was strange, but he was almost used to having his mother with him all the time. If he only knew who his father was. She had told him that it was a shinigami, nothing more. But who? Since she had said that he wasn't ready when he asked if he knew him, it probably meant he did. But who? A low officer? No, maybe years ago but not now, a seated offier? Possible... a captain class shinigami? Also possible...
He groaned and scratched his head.
"Troubeled, arushi?"
Toushiro mentally sighed and then answered with a thought.
"Yeah... I'm trying to figure out who he is..."
Hyourinmaru nodded in his head.
"It is indeed a good question. Any suspects?"
"Heh, you make it sound like they're criminals or something..."
"Well?"
"I do have some "suspects" as you call it, but I'm not entierly sure"
"Why do you think about this so hard, arushi?"
"What do you mean?"
"She said that you are not ready for it yet, she didn't say that she would never tell you. I'm sure she will tell you when the time is right"
Toushiro thought of what he had just said and then he smiled.
"Yes, you're probably right" he said out loud.
"Who's right? Are you talking to Hyourinmaru, Hitsugaya-kun?"
Toushiro gasped quietly and turned. It was Hinamori.
"Hinamori? You're better at hiding your reiatsu nowadays..."
"I am? I didn't even tried to hide it. What were you thinking about, Hitsugaya-kun?"
"I've told you a million times, it's Hitsugaya-taichou! Use my title..."
"Okay okay, I know... What were you thinking about?"
Toushiro sighed again.
"Well, I've just got a little something on my mind"
Hinamori swallowed.
"How-how's your mother?"
Toushiro stared at her.
"H-how did you ...?"
"Rangiku-san told me that the rumours were true"
"Matsumoto....."
Suddenly, Hinamori grabbed his hand and then embraced him a little. He gasped, he hadn't seen that one coming. She backed away but still held his hand in hers.
"What are you...?"
"When were you planning to tell me?"
"What?"
"When did you stop telling me things, Shiro-chan?"
Toushiro was completely taken aback.
"What are you talking about? You're overreacting... and don't call me Shiro!"
"When did you plan to tell me?"
"I-I-I didn't think that it was important, why are you so... "
Hinamori shook her head.
"No, you're right, sorry. I just thought that... we barely talk to eachother nowadays, Hitsugaya-kun..."
Toushiro looked down at his feet.
"Yeah, I've noticed that as well..."
"I just wanted to say that... I'll always be your friend Hitsugaya-kun, I'll always be here for you"
Toushiro for once didn't know what to say. This was totally unexpected. He was just about to answer when they heard a loud "BOOM!" and a part of the wall, not far from them, was blown to dust.
A cloud of dust surrounded them and small part of the wall hit them and caused bruises or small wounds. They got separated and Hinamori fell to the ground.
"Hinamori! Hinamori, are you okay?!" Toushiro yelled and tried to see through the thick cloud.
"Yes, I'm all right. Just some small bruises here and there. You?"
"I'm all right as well"
Toushiro had gotten hit by a quite big rock over his right eye and the wound was bleeding quite heavily to be such a small wound. He tried not to inhale too much dust, but even though, he started to cough. He made a move to contact the soutaichou and the others, when a huge claw came right at him. He jumped out off the way just in time but got caught by something long and white. It squeezed hard and made it quite difficult to breathe.
"GAKH! Wh-what the hell is this?!"
The dust cleared and the thing holding him got visable. It was a huge hollow. It looked like some kind of fox with nine tails and enormous claws and teeth. The thing holding Toushiro was one of the tails.
"Hitsugaya-kun!"
Toushiro looked around to see where Hinamori was. She was standing near the tenth division barrack, zanpakutou drawn.
"Hi-Hinamori! Get some of my officer-GAKH!!" he yelled and gasped as the huge hollow sqeezed harder. He was a ashamed. He could easily take this stupid thing on... if he could move his arms! He could feel his body getting bent in a strange way when the huge hollow sqeezed more and more. It tried to sqeeze him to death, that was at least clear.
"SNAP, TOBIUME!"
Balls of fire hit the tail and it loosened its grip. He could breathe easier, but he still couldn't move his arms. He struggeled to get free, but when the huge hollow felt that he did that, it sqeezed harder again.
"AGH!"
"HITSUGAYA-KUN!
His vision was getting blurry. He struggeled to stay awake when he heard the huge hollow laugh.
"Fu fu fu, kid, that's a tasty amount of reiatsu you have there... mind if I taste it?"
"Daikitsune, don't eat him. He's the kid Aizen talked about"
Toushiro glanced behind the fox. Another hollow stood there. It was much smaller and looked a little more like a human, an arrancar.
"Eeeh, so you mean this little thingy is a captain? HAHAHAHAH! The shinigamis are more pathetic than I imagined!"
"Let go of Hitsugaya-taichou!"
"Let go!"
"Taichou!"
Some of his squad members had heard the explosion rushed out of the barracks and joined Hinamori.
"Taichou!"
Matsumoto, Mishiro and Aiha lined up in next to Hinamori. The huge hollow laughed.
"So it's true! He IS a captain! Well then, why can't we kill him?"
"Lord Aizen says that we should try to get him to Hueco Mundo, nothing else"
Everything got quiet.
'Take me to Hueco mundo? Why?' Toushiro thought, then he gasped. The tail squeezed and squeezed, almost crushing him.
"Ga...kh... *wheeze wheeze*" the dark was coming closer.
"Damn... it...!" he whispered before he fainted and his small body went limp.
"TAICHOOU!!"
Matsumoto quickly started acting as the fukutaicho she is.
"Takeda, take the others and surround it, Yamikawa, try to get taicou away from the... MISHIRO! MISHIRO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
Mishiro couldn't wait for her order, she had to act! Her son, her only son, was being squeezed to death or taken away from her again! As a moher, she couldn't take that. She jumped through the circle of shinigamis and drew her zanpakutou. Aiha called out to he, but she didn't listen.
"Rip them to shreds, BYAKKO!" (white tiger)
A white light surrounded her zanpakutou. It was so strong that everyone had to cover their eyes. When they could look again it had changed shape. It was longer but thinner and the handle was longer. Otherwise there wasn't much difference at all.
She jumped at the huge hollow and faster than the eye, she cut the tail holding Toushiro, off. The huge hollow roared in pain while Mishiro catched the falling boy. When they landed she hugged him tightly, stroking his hair.
The huge hollow was furious! It roared again and launched itself at them, but Matsumoto, Hinamori and Aiha placed themselves in the way.
"Don't you dare!" said Aiha and drew her zanpakutou.
"You won't lay a finger on them!" said Matsumoto and drew hers.
"I will never forgive you!" Hinamori yelled and raised hers.
They all attacked at the same time and the huge hollow suffered fatal injuries.
Mishiro gently tried to wake Toushiro up. She knew that it'd be easy for him to kill the huge hollow and the arrancar! After all, he was a captain.
"Taichou! Taichou, wake up!"
She leaned closer.
"Toushiro! Toushiro you've got to wake up!"
Toushiro groaned and slowly opened his eyes.
"M-Mishiro...?"
"Thank god, are you all right?"
"Yeah..."
He turned to the arrancar.
"Mishiro, take the others and kill the huge hollow, I'll kill the arrancar"
Mishiro nodded.
"Yes sir!"
She ran to the others and they started to fight the huge hollow. Toushiro walked towards the arrancar and drew his zanpakutou.
"Why does Aizen want you to take me to him?"
The arrancar backed away.
"How should I know? I only got the order to capture you"
'He doesn't seem to knkow anything... but he can be lying...'
"I'll ask you once again before I kill you, why?"
"Like I said, I don't know. Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you" the arrancar said and laughed. Toushiro sighed.
"All right then, die"
He raised Hyourinmaru.
"Souten ni saze, HYOURINMARU!"
As usual, the majestetic dragon emerged from the tip of his sword and killed the arrancar right away.
"Don't underrestimate me"
Me: DONE! Finally!
Takara: YAY!
Me: I don't like the way I made Toushiro sound weak though...
Takara: Ah, don't worry about it! ... what's up with that dream btw?!
Me:.... PLEASE REVIEW!
Takara: HEY!