Disclaimer: Do I seriously have to do this (yes!) Fine… I still do not own bleach, and I still do not get the point of them making us do this EVERY chapter
Mist: Ch2 is here!
Whistle: Ya, some important crap is going on here!
Mist: Did I just get insulted?
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Chapter 2: Memories
Toshiro didn't say much during the journey back to the Sereitei. Luckily for him Ichigo and Rukia just thought that he was still under the devises influence and left him alone.
But the devise had worn off a long time ago.
The real reason that Toshiro wasn't talking was that he was thinking about what had happened to him, how he had almost let himself be kidnapped without a fight. Hyourinmaru told him that it wasn't his fault, that it could have happened to anyone, but for the first time the dragon was wrong. It wasn't just the fact that he hadn't been capable of thinking that stopped him from running away; he hadn't tried to even before he was shot.
He had stayed because he wanted to.
That was what disturbed him.
"We're here," Ichigo told him severing his train of thought, "Try to look alive."
Toshiro glared up at the idiot.
When they entered the infirmary they were greeted by the kind-hearted fourth division captain, Unohana. "Good afternoon, is there something that I can do for the three of you?" She asked them.
"Ya," Ichigo told her, "Toshiro was attacked by three Arrancar and they used some sort of ray-gun thing on him that temporarily turned his brain to mush and they nearly kidnapped him. Could you make sure that it didn't do anything else to him?"
"Very well then," Unohana grabbed Toshiro's hand and led him to a bed, "Please lie down so I can do an examination."
Toshiro simply nodded and lied down. A single thought crossed his mind.
"What did Ray do to me?" How much danger had he been in?
"Just relax, this will be over in a moment," Unohana told him.
He sighed and shut his eyes.
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"So did you find anything wrong with him?" Ichigo asked when Unohana was done.
"The devise that the Arrancar used on him did quite a number on his central neural system. It will take a while to heal, until then he won't be able to think properly and shouldn't be trusted with any decision," She told them, "In the meantime-"
The door was flung open and a worried/furious Ukitake stormed in and went over to the small group and grabbed Toshiro by his shoulders.
"I thought I told you to stay in your office?" He scolded the small captain. "Do you have any idea how worried I was when I heard that someone saw you coming here? What happened?"
"I-umm had a mission?" Toshiro offered.
"I know that!" Ukitake sat down next to him, "I meant what happened to you that landed you in the infirmary!"
"Well… I'll start from the beginning," Toshiro took a deep breath. "I went to go deal with the Arrancar thinking that I would be done before you got back but when I got there one of the Arrancar jumped over to me and started acting all weird before shooting me with some sort of gun that slowed my thinking before dragging over to the other Arrancars when some Quincy-like girl showed up and attacked then the Quincy-boy showed up and then Ichigo got me away from the Arrancars, then when the Arrancar was about to try to get me back they all left cause they were being summoned." (Mist: I want you all to try saying that in one breath and tell me if you succeeded or not )
Ukitake sighed into his hand.
"He will be fine in a few days," Unohana told the distressed man, "I did not detect any permanent damage. But he will need someone to watch him for a while, maybe you would like to do the honours?"
Ukitake nodded at her. "Thank you."
"It would be best if you took him to the human world for a while, he isn't in any mental condition to be doing any work," Unohana continued, "He will only worry himself senseless."
"Understood," Ukitake told her, "We'll report to the head captain immediately. As for you two, you can go on ahead, it won't take long."
Rukia nodded at him before dragging Ichigo out by his ear.
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The walk to the head captain's office was short and quiet. Toshiro was still thinking about Ray and the others. None of them had been violent towards him yet he knew that they were just after him…
"Our old friends…"
"What did that girl mean by that?" Toshiro thought to himself.
"But you don't remember that, now do you?"
"Is any of that… true?" Toshiro looked up at Ukitake as they entered the building. "Am I in trouble?"
He had never EVER seen Ukitake so serious before. It was starting to scare him…
Ukitake smiled kindly at him. "Of course not Toshiro," He told him softly, "It's just… those Arrancar are very powerful and very manipulative. If they're targeting you then they will do anything to get you."
Toshiro nodded at him. "But why are they targeting me?" He asked the older captain.
"I-I don't know," Something told him that the older was lying, "Perhaps Aizen wants to hurt you?"
"Do I have your trust?"
"Ray…" Why did he have a memory of Ray saying something that he's never said?
"Who's Ray?" Ukitake asked him sternly.
"Did I say that out loud?" That was embarrassing. "That was the name of one of the Arrancars that attacked me…"
The older frowned at him. "Try not to familiarise yourself with the enemy," Ukitake advised him, "There goal is to kidnap you, remember?"
"Of course…"
"Well here we are," Ukitake knocked on the door. "Head captain it's me, Ukitake, I have brought Toshiro with me, may we come in?"
"Yes."
When they entered the room Toshiro flinched slightly at the harsh expression on the head captains face.
"I assume that you bring bad news?" The head captain was now looking directly at Ukitake.
"Yes, Head captain," Ukitake seemed unnerved, "The three Arrancar that Aizen made from those students from Gotto. They attempted to kidnap Toshiro earlier. They would have succeeded to if the substitute Shinigami had not intervened."
The head captain frowned even more. "Did they… manage to do anything to him?" He asked Ukitake.
"I really hate it when people talk like you're not there when you're right next to them…" Toshiro mumbled in his mind.
"Try not to freak on them," Hyourinmaru advised him, "Just because your brain is damaged right now doesn't mean you can be a total psycho."
"I know…" Toshiro whined, "It just irks me!"
Suddenly he felt he should being shacked.
"Earth to Toshiro, come in Toshiro, do you read me?"
"Another false memory?" He thought to himself then he saw an image.
Him and the three Arrancar, except that they weren't Arrancar, the Quincy girl and five kids he didn't recognise were in some sort of ice maze when.
"This is even better then the sand tomb!" Ray yelled in excitement, "Bet you I won't fall down!"
In the memory Toshiro snuck up behind Ray and pushed him ever so slightly making him fall. Why was he being so immature in this?
Everyone started to laugh, himself included, at the ridiculous way that Ray landed.
"Ya ya, laugh it up," Ray told them, slightly impressed by Toshiro, "I have trained you well young panda."
"Panda? Isn't the saying grasshopper?" Mire asked brain hurting slightly.
"Ray changed it, now stop thinking so hard, you'll injure your brain," Abila said, smirking at her own words.
"Toshiro!" Toshiro heard Ukitake yelling and suddenly the memory thing faded away.
"Y-ya?" He asked weakly, then he noticed that he was on the ground, "Did I just pass out?"
"I think so," Ukitake told him, "Are you ok? Did you… dream?"
"Don't tell him the truth."
Toshiro didn't need to be told twice. "No," He shook his head, "I just blanked out. I don't think that I've been sleeping properly, I'm just tired."
Ukitake sighed in relief.
"You two should head to the human world," The head captain told them. "You can take a nap there, not in my office."
"Yes, head captain," He quickly got up and out.
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When they arrived in the human world they went straight to the apartment that Ukitake said that they would be staying during their time there. Ukitake was going to pretend to be his dad and he would be attending Ichigo's school.
Everything was fine, until…
"That calendar can't be right!"
Mist: And cliffy because this chappy was too long and I haven't updated in forever!
Whistle: We hope that you all enjoy this, but would it kill ya to review it and give Misty a few ideas for what you would like to see in this story?
Mist: C U next time!
Whistle: Hey I see that pun!