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Ch 2: faking it

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Toshiro took a step back and continued to stare at the calendar in horror.

'That can't be the right date!' Toshiro's head screamed.

'What's wrong?' Hyourinmaru asked him, 'Did you miss an appointment?'

"Try three months," Toshiro stormed over to the calendar and stared at the days date. How could this be right?

"Toshiro!" Ukitake's voice snapped him out of his daze.

"What are you people not telling me!" He hissed back as he lost control of his thoughts again.

'They're the bad guys!' A voice he didn't recognise was yelling at him, 'they've been using you all this time!'

'You're a liar!' He had snapped back.

'Oh, really?' The voice asked him, 'Do you truly believe that?'

'Come with me,' Ray's voice pleaded.

'TOSHIRO!' This time it was Mire, she was calling out to him as though she was trying to wake him up.

'Please don't run!' Kai's voice called out to him, 'I don't want to hurt you!'

'Aren't we friends anymore?' Abila sounded like she was about to cry…

'Resistance is futile,' Ray's voice again… 'Just give up. I promise that if you just surrender that everything will be alright.'

"Toshiro!" Toshiro snapped out of his daze to the feeling of being shaken rapidly. When he looked up he saw an extremely worried Ukitake.

"What's happening to me?" He felt himself whimper.

What did that devise do to him?

Ukitake didn't say a word but led him to a bedroom. The older captain laid him on the bed and left with a simple 'stay here'.

"What's wrong with me?" He whispered aloud to his dragon partner.

'I wish I knew,' the dragon told him, 'For now I think that you should rest. Don't worry; I'll use my powers to keep the nightmares away.'

Toshiro muttered a quick 'thank you' before curling up in a little ball under the warm blankets.

He's never fallen asleep so fast.

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"Toshiro, it's time to wake up," A soft voice broke through the veils of the young boy's dreamland.

Toshiro blinked his eyes open and looked up to see a calmed down older captain.

"Am I in trouble?" He whispered.

"Of course not," Ukitake told him in a calm voice. "I called Unohana and asked her about what she thought of your… problem."

Toshiro's eyes lit up. "Did she figure out the cause?" He asked excitedly. Maybe they could make it stop?

Ukitake nodded at him with a soft smile. "Of course she did," He told him gently. "Sadly we have no way to reverse it though. Just to clarify, you've been having… flashbacks to things that have never happened, correct?"

Toshiro nodded thinking back to what had happened to him earlier.

Ukitake's smile weakened. "Those Arrancar were tricky, but not tricky enough," Ukitake told him, "It first came to my mind when you freaked out about the calendar, those monsters are messing with your memories. You're inability to remember the date was proof enough."

Toshiro tilted his head in confusion.

That was all the older need to see. "They're trying to make you think that you have some sort of history with them," Ukitake explained further, "When they first saw you they greeted you as though you were their friend, correct?"

The spiky haired albino nodded again. He remembers how friendly those three were.

"They are after one thing and one thing only…" Ukitake had a pained expression.

"Me," Toshiro finished for the older.

Ukitake smiled gravely. "Exactly," He confirmed.

"But why are they after me?" The child demanded.

"I honestly don't know," the older shook his head in confusion, "Perhaps younger souls are easier to mess with, so Aizen has ordered them to manipulate the youngest captain, you."

Toshiro punched the wall. "If Aizen wants me so badly why doesn't he just come after me himself?" Toshiro growled.

The older put a hand on Toshiro's shoulder in an attempt to calm him down. "I'm not even going to pretend to understand what that mad man is after," Ukitake told the troubled captain, "But what I do know is that you're much to intelligent to be fooled by his lies."

Toshiro smiled weakly. "Thanks…"

"Now how about you get ready for school?" Ukitake asked him after about a minute of silence, "You do have to attend."

Toshiro involuntarily pouted. "Do I have to?" He felt like he's said that before.

The world blurred out of focus.

Suddenly he was in a room with four beds and a bunch of pillows all over the ground. Ray was standing in front of him with his arms crossed.

'Do I have to?' He was whining and pouting here to.

'Well do you have a good reason to not come to cooking class?' Ray asked him.

'Come on Ray!' He whined again, 'I'm just gonna blow up the classroom again, or brake something! Let's just face it, I'm never gonna cook anything so why bother?'

Ray frowned even more before sighing. 'Of course you won't with THAT attitude,' Ray scolded him before smiling softly at him, 'The important part is to try. And if you blow something up then you blow something up, he thing that really matters if that you should always go out and do it, especially if you think you can't succeed.'

He looked up at Ray, he was acting all wise. 'Will you help me?' He asked him.

Ray grinned his stupid grin at him. 'Of course!' Ray told him, 'That way when the explosion happens, I can take some of the credits!'

He started laughing.

Even in the normal world.

"Toshiro!" His shoulders were being shacked again.

Toshiro manage to stop laughing at a minute and looked up to see a worried Ukitake. "Don't worry," He told the other, "It was a happy memory I-"

He stopped talking when he felt the older tighten his grip on him.

"Don't fall for it," The older told him sternly.

"Don't fall for what?" He asked confused. What was he supposed to not be falling for again?

"The fake memories…" Ukitake almost growled.

"Fake?" How could they be fake? He was- wait! Now he could remember… "Th-that's right, they're all just fake memories that those Arrancar are putting in my mind to make me join them…"

Ukitake nodded at him. "That's right Toshiro," He told him weakly, "I want you to get ready for school. I'm going to go call Ichigo and tell him to keep a close eye on you, understand?"

Toshiro nodded and watched in silence as the older left.

'Did you know that your entire existence was a lie?'

These false memories were going to drive him insane.

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Mist: SO what do you guys think about what's happening to Toshi-kun?

Whistle: Is he losing it? Is Misty losing it? Am I losing it?

Mist: We're all mad here

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