A/N: Very, very sorry for the delay! And also the... er... kinda short chapter I'm giving you.
I'M SORRY! T.T
Bleach Movie 5: The Otherworld
Part Four
"HINAMORI, WHAT ARE YOU doing here?" Toushirou asked incredulously, taking a step towards his childhood friend. "Aren't you supposed to be in Soul Society?"
The dark-haired girl smiled, also taking a step closer to him. "I came here as a reinforcement, Hitsugaya-kun," she said softly. "Yamamoto-sōtaichō sent me."
He raised an eyebrow. "Only you?"
"Yes. Only me." She was only an inch away from him now, a slight pout and a sad expression forming on her face. "Why? You don't trust me, Hitsugaya-kun?"
He was taken aback. "N—No... I didn't mean it that way, Hinamori. I—"
"You always call me Hinamori, Hitsugaya-kun." She gave him a sweet smile. "Why don't you call me 'Momo' anymore?"
He gulped slightly, unconsciously, feeling a little unnerved by her smile. "Because—"
She leaned in closer until her mouth was in line with his ear. "Toushirou... I like you, you know..." She felt him stiffen and her smile grew wide. "Do you feel the same way, too?"
Thump. Thump. Thump.
What is that sound? he wondered, flushed.
Ah, it's the sound of my heart... beating... wildly...
"Momo..."
And then blood was spilled.
—
"STAY AWAY!" RANGIKU SHOUTED, keeping a considerable distance between her and her childhood friend. "Why are you here, anyway? And what's with the wall separating me and taichō? You..." Her voice broke slightly. "...you're supposed to be dead, Gin..."
Why?
Why have you come back? And now, of all times?!
"Rangiku..." His ever-present smile was making her uncomfortable at the moment. "Sorry, but..." The next moment, he was beside her, and then blood spurted from the wound he made on her shoulder.
"Ggh!" she choked out incoherently, clutching her injured body part.
"...you're a nuisance," he finished with a grin.
Rangiku's eyes went wide.
Flashback
In a blink of an eye, he was in front of her, and for a moment he touched her necklace, as if wanting to feel her but couldn't.
"You know what, Rangiku?"
She stood shock-still as he pointed Shinsō at her.
"You're a nuisance."
End Flashback
I can't... she thought, tears streaming down her face as she fell to the ground on her knees. I can't strike him... I just can't...
He died in my arms before... I can't bear for that to happen again...!
"Die, Rangiku."
And she closed her eyes, waiting for her time to end.
—
"NOTHING PAINS ME MORE than to take your life, Byakuya-sama..." Hisana murmured softly, her gentle, delicate hands wrapping themselves around her husband's neck. "However, it must be done."
"H—Hisana... why...?" was all Byakuya could choke out.
His wife gave an uncharacteristically evil smirk. "Nothing important."
—
"STOP IT, HIYORI!" SHINJI yelled, once again parrying her attacks and dodging to the best of his ability.
Damn... I can't bring myself to attack her...!
"Come on and die like a man, Shinji!" A manic grin spread across his friend's face. "Stop being such a coward and get hit already!"
"Why do you want to kill me that much?! And what are you doing here, anyway? You didn't even tell me the reason!"
"'Cause you're a baldy, that's why!" In an instant, she managed to throw his zanpakutō to the side, and her excitement grew as she placed her own katana against the skin of his neck.
"Die!"
Shit...!
—
"HOW PITIFUL, HISAGI, KOMAMURA..." Tousen murmured, kneeling before the unconscious bodies of the aforementioned people. "For the two of you to die here..."
—
YACHIRU LAY IN A pool of her own blood. The fake Kenpachi then proceeded to go back to his true form—a guard of the Otherworld.
"One down..."
—
"YACHIRU..." KENPACHI MUTTERED AS he looked up at the evil-looking pink-haired child preparing the final strike.
—
"YOUR REFUSAL TO HURT women has become the death of you," the guard muttered to the half-conscious Renji. "Many of your companions have fallen before us now, thanks to our shape-shifting and memory-tinkering ability."
"What... do you mean... by that...?" Renji managed to ask, blood spurting out of his mouth as he did so.
"We formed into the person you cannot hurt the most. That is what brought your defeat. Emotions can manipulate people, even shinigami as yourself."
—
RUKIA SHUT HER EYES in defeat as Kaien's zanpakutō came down towards her.
Ichigo... I am so sorry...
I cannot go on... any longer...
"Whoa, whoa, hold it right there, wise guy," a familiar voice rang out as the sound of a hand grasping metal was heard.
Rukia's eyes flew open. What is happening? she wondered.
And when she saw the intruder, she gasped in shock despite her weak state.
"Wh—You are—You—"
Kaien grinned at her. "Hey there, Kuchiki," he greeted, his hand on the blade of the guard's katana. "Looks like you need some help."
END OF PART FOUR
A/N: Ahaha... another cliffhanger... er... yay? XD