Chapter 17:
Young Toushiro slowly opened his eyes. "Where am I?"
"Ah! Shiro-chan, you're awake!" he was greeted by Momo with a worried expression on her face. Young Toushiro blinked. He sat up as Momo helped him.
"You suddenly lost unconsciousness earlier, so I and Rangiku-san brought you here in 4th Division. Rangiku-san stayed here for awhile and went back to your division immediately to do some of your paperworks." She paused for awhile. "Shiro-chan… What exactly happened?" They were interrupted when Unohana entered the room.
"Unohana-taichou, did you know what happened to Shiro-cha— uh..I mean Hitsugaya-taicho?" Momo asked.
"I didn't see anything wrong about him… Well, in that case, you should ask Kurotsuchi-taicho about the matter.. Maybe it's the side effects of the potion he accidentally drank 7 days ago.." Unohana replied. Momo looked down.
"I see…" Momo looked up again towards Unohana. "Well, I think I should go now to ask Kurotsuchi-taicho about the matter.."
"Okay…" Unohana replied, smiling at her. She turned her attention to young Toushiro sitting on the bed. "Well, for the mean time, you should stay here for awhile until Hinamori-fukutaicho comes back, Hitsugaya-taicho…" Young Toushiro just nodded in response.
"Well, Shiro-chan, I'll be going now…" Momo said as she stood up from her seat. "Be a good a boy until I come back, okay?" She said smiling earning a frown from her childhood friend. Momo just giggled at his reaction and then give him a quick peck on his forehead. She turned around and bowed at Unohana. "I'm going now, Unohana-taicho.. Thank you.." Unohana just smiled in response. She walked past to her and exited the room. Once she exited the room, Unohana turned to look at young Toushiro.
"Well… You're really in good terms with Hinamori-fukutaicho.." She said emphasizing the word 'really'. "She even gave you a kiss." Unohana smiled. Upon hearing what she said, young Toushiro's whole face turned red. He quickly lay down on his bed and duck down beneath the blanket, completely covering his whole body especially his face that was red as tomato. Unohana just smiled at his reaction. "What a shy boy…"
Meanwhile, Momo finally arrived in 12th division's headquarters. She quickly went to Kurotsuchi-taicho's office. She knocked on the door and wait until someone opened it. The door opened revealing the 12th division lieutenant.
"Do you need something?" Nemu asked.
"Umm, I wonder if Kurotsuchi-taicho was there today.. I have something important to ask him." Momo said.
"Please wait for a moment." Nemu turned around and went back inside the office. She approached the 12th division captain that was sitting on his chair in front of a wide screen.
"Mayuri-sama, Hinamori-fukutaicho was looking for you. She said she have something important to ask. Should I let her in?" Nemu asked to her captain.
"Hn.. Let her in." Kurotsuchi said.
"Hai." Nemu returned back to the door where Momo was waiting. "You can come in."
"Thank you." Momo smiled and entered the office. She sat on the couch that was on the office. Kurotsuchi turned his chair to face her.
"So… What is that something you want to ask? Make it quick because I'm busy." Kurotsuchi said.
"Ah, h-hai! Well, it's about Shiro— err, Hitsugaya-taicho… Earlier, he suddenly felt a pain on his chest and lost consciousness.. I want to ask if it's because of the potion from your division he accidentally drank 7 days ago." Momo said.
"Oh, that 10th division child captain… I was informed that he turned into a 1 year old after he drank that potion. Well, it's just a sign that anytime soon, he's going to return back to normal." Kurotsuchi replied. "If that's all, you may leave." He turned back his chair to face the wide screen.
"Uhh, one last question, Kurotsuchi-taicho…" Momo asked hesitantly.
"What?" Kurotsuchi asked in frustration.
"Why you asked for 10th division to help you to test them?" Momo asked. Kurotsuchi rolled his eyes before answering.
"Well, just a present for our little captain." Kurotsuchi replied smirking.
"What? What's that supposed to mean?" Momo asked, completely shocked.
"But mainly it's really to test that potion if it's really effective." He said. "And I concluded that, that experiment was imperfect. I think I need to conduct another experiment so that potion would last forever and not in just 7 days. Now, you may leave because I'm busy."
After her conversation with the 12th division captain, she returned back to the 4th division to pick young Toushiro. "I can't believe Kurotsuchi-taicho! How can he do something like that! He's a sadist!" Momo thought as she puffed her cheeks out of anger. "I wonder what was running inside his head!" She reached the 4th division and quickly went to the room where young Toushiro was. She took a deep breath before opening the door. She approached his bed and saw him sleeping peacefully. "How cute…" She giggled and bent over and poked his nose. She giggled again, waking the sleeping white haired prodigy.
"Hi, Shiro-chan… Sorry to wake you up…" Momo said as young Toushiro turned to look up at her with sleepy eyes. Young Toushiro sat up and rubbed his eyes. "You know, Kurotsuchi-taicho said that you will return to normal anytime soon…" young Toushiro looked at her with surprised look.
"Really?" he said. Momo smiled at him.
"Yes, really… So hurry up, we're going back now…"young Toushiro smiled nad nodded. Momo picked him up and held him in her arms and exited the room. As they make their way going to 5th division, she noticed that he keeps yawning. "Are you still sleepy? I'm really sorry to wake you up earlier.." He just yawned again. Momo sighed.
"You can sleep for awhile if you want…"Momo smiled at him. Young Toushiro just nodded and closed his eyes. He snuggled close to Momo's body and quickly fell asleep in her arms. Momo just smiled at him and continued walking.
When she reached her room, she immediately placed her sleeping childhood friend in her futon. She stood up and walk towards the door. She opened the door and took one more glance over the sleeping young Toushiro in her futon. Just when she was about to close the door, she heard young Toushiro groaned. She looked at him again and noticed him sat up on the futon.
"Eh? Did I wake you up again?" Momo asked as she walked back towards him and knelt beside him. "What's wrong?" He didn't answered instead he stood up but he suddenly felt pain on his chest again. He knelt down and clutched his front robes hard. He was panting hard and sweating a lot.
"Shiro-chan…" Momo began to panic. "What should I do? He seems really in pain now…" She bit her lip. "I'll call for help!" She stood up and was about to run towards the door when he grabbed her right ankle. She looked down and saw his pleading eyes as if saying "don't go". He loosened his hold on her right ankle when his chest hurt again. He fell back on the futon, breathing hard. His body began to change. His whole body was turning back to its original size slowly. Momo's eyes widened when she saw him turning back to his normal size.
"Sh..Shiro-chan..?" She called out for him. He opened his eyes slowly when she called him. He looked up with a worn out expression on his face. He tried to sit up but found it rather difficult because his whole body still hurts a little. Momo helped him.
"Are you okay, Shiro-chan?" Momo asked worryingly.
"Y-Yeah… My muscles just hurt a little…" He replied back.
"You have returned to normal now..finally…" Momo said with a smile in her face. Toushiro raised his right hand and looked at it. He turned to look at his arms, body and legs. A smile formed on his lips.
"Ah… I'm really back now." He said. Momo hugged him suddenly startling Toushiro.
"I'm so happy!" Momo said in a cheerful tone. She stayed like that until she realized something. "Now he's back to normal…then…his clothes…his clothes when he was still a toddler…" She pulled away from him and immediately looked at him and blushed hard.
"What?" Toushiro asked.
"Kyaaaa!" Momo gripped the sheets of her futon and shoved it at him. She also threw the pillows at him.
"What the—! What's your problem, Hinamori?" Toushiro yelled.
"Shiro-chan! You idiot! Wear something!" Momo yelled as she looked away and covered her very red face with her two hands. Upon hearing this, Toushiro looked down at his body and realized that he wasn't wearing any clothes. He blushed. He totally forgot that the robes he wore earlier were just for toddlers. Since he's back to normal, those robes weren't enough to cover his body. "Oh, crap. She saw me naked! DAMN!"
To be continued…
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