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Author's Note: Dun dun dun! GUESS WHO IS BACK WITH AN EARLY UPDATE?! The end's finally here! Special extra loud, noisy, heart breaking, giant, great, super extreme to the max HitsuHina fangirl squealing shout outs goes to my reviewers from the previous chapter, Lil' Evil Angel, eye of destruction, Chibiussa, Jakie, KnowledgeandImagination, katara Y.O.U., FrozenIceCream, xMidnight-Spiritx! Phew, that was tiring...Anyway, no more will be said...just read the chapter and enjoy!
LEGEND
"Talking." "Thinking." Character Narration.
After Years Apart
Epilogue
It has been three days. Three days have passed by since everyone found that Hitsugaya didn't come to school. With a sigh of defeat, Matsumoto complained, "That taicho, where could he be?!"
"Now Matsumoto, there's no need to raise your voice," Kira said.
Folding her arms over her chest, the strawberry orange haired woman complained, "How am I supposed to calm down?! Taicho has not been showing up to school for three straight days already! He might have gotten kidnapped or something! Or even worse...murdered!"
"Ano Matsumoto-san, I think you're being a bit over dramatic..."
"Here, how about a sip of sake Rangiku," Hisagi suggested, passing a small cup of sake to her.
Ingesting the water-like substance down her throat, Matsumoto exhaled. "Ah, that's much better. Arigato Shuhei."
"Oi oi, is it even okay for you to be drinking within the school grounds?" Renji asked.
"Daijobou, I'm sure principal Yamamoto wouldn't mind. Besides, he's always sleeping in his office," Matsumoto casually said.
"If he heard that, he's going to expel you Matsumoto," Ikkaku suggested.
"Well, so far he hasn't, isn't that right baldy?"
"Oi, I dare...you to SAY THAT AGAIN!" the cue ball snapped.
"My, you're so noisy...there's no need to get riled up over something so trivial."
"Why you..."
"Let's go to his place after school and ask his grandmother where he is," Ichigo suggested.
"Good idea," Orihime agreed while the others nodded.
"Let's go there after school," Hisagi said.
AFTER SCHOOL, HITSUGAYA RESIDENCE
After she opened the door to see so many high school students at the door, Ichigo asked, "Obaa-san, Toshiro hasn't been in school for a while. Has he been sick or something?"
"Oh no, Toshiro just came back from his trip to America," Obaa-san replied.
"America? What for?"
"He went there because of personal issues. Don't worry about it, he just came back a few hours ago."
"Really? Can we come in and see him?" Matsumoto asked.
As the large group of teenagers were waiting and chatting away with one another, Hitsugaya just so happens to have come out of the kitchen, taking bites out of his snack, a red apple. Hearing the loud noises coming from the living room, he could easily identify who is in there. There is no way for him to be mistaken. "I'm going to regret this."
Walking into the living room, he was soon surrounded by the many voices of his friends. "Taicho, you're back!" Matsumoto exclaimed.
"Yo Toshiro, what's the big deal going to America without a word?" Ichigo asked.
"We were all worried about you Toshiro-kun!" Orihime said.
Irritated over being addressed incorrectly once again, the white haired boy snapped, "It's Hitsugaya-taicho!"
"Don't you ever do that again!" Matsumoto said.
"Shiro-chan, what's with all the noise around here?" asked a voice who entered the living room and stood next to him.
With a short look at the additional person in the room, the girls suddenly left their seats to embrace her into a tight embrace. Luckily, Hitsugaya moved out of the way or else he's going to get pulled in as well. "Hinamori-chan's here!"
"Ah, Rangiku-san! Orihime-chan! Rukia-san! I-I-I can't breathe!" Hinamori exclaimed, suffocating in their breasts.
"Ah gomen nesai!" they replied as they stopped hugging and let her go.
Just as Hinamori is about to collapsed onto the ground, Hitsugaya came to her rescue and caught her in his arms. "Oi daijobou Hinamori?" Hitsugaya asked.
"Ah, daijobou Hitsugaya-kun," Hinamori replied as she slowly got back on her feet.
"Hinamori, shouldn't you be in America?" Hisagi asked.
"I was, but I didn't want to live there anymore. So, Shiro-chan came and brought me back here," Hinamori explained.
"So you're staying here for good?" Orihime asked.
"Yeah, I am."
"That's great!" Matsumoto exclaimed. "By the way, did you just call taicho Shiro-chan?"
"Yeah, I did. You see, he's...well actually the boy who gave me Hyorinmaru ten years ago."
"Then that means...you two knew each other all this time?!"
"Ah, yeah. We just sort of forgotten each others' names and appearance," Hinamori said as she turned to the white haired boy who is trying to act indifferent about the situation.
"Sugoi! That's so cute!" Orihime exclaimed.
Rukia said, "It totally reminds me of that romantic love story. You know, the one where they met for the first time on a boat and believed they are destined for one another?"
"Oi, that's the Titanic," Ichigo replied. "That's totally unrelated to them! Besides, the man ended up freezing to death at the end of the movie. In other words, it's a tragic love drama!" (A/N: LMAO. Good thing HitsuHina didn't end up that way in this fan fic, ne? xD)
"Shut up! I knew that!"
"I also came back here so that I can continue to hang around with you all and to be with Shiro-chan," Hinamori said.
"Oi, don't call me that Bed-Wetter Momo," Hitsugaya retorted.
"Mou, I don't wet the bed!" she pouted at him.
"My, it seems like our little taicho is finally growing up," Matsumoto said, wiping an invisible tear off from the corner of her eye with her finger.
"Yup, took him long enough," Renji agreed.
"Ah young love, how beautiful," Yumichika said.
"Tch, totally unmanly," Ikkaku added.
"Now, that's not true. It's a part of life!"
"You know, we should make it official!" Matsumoto said. "The school needs to know that taicho's taken. I can imagine it in the Karakura News front page headline: Young Prodigy, Hitsugaya Toshiro is Taken by his Long Lost Friend and Adopted Sister, Hinamori Momo!"
"Mou Rangiku-san," Hinamori said.
Before she could say anything else, everyone suddenly felt as if the temperature dropped in the living room. It felt like they're in a cold storage room or something related. Knowing what's going to happen next, the teenagers started scrambling out of the room, trying to escape from Hitsugaya's wrath. "MATSUMOTO!!"
By the time he chased them out of the Hitsugaya residence, the raven haired girl went outside and walked up to him, giggling with amusement. "She really does like to poke fun at you, doesn't she?" Hinamori asked.
"Obviously, she really needs a new hobby," Hitsugaya replied.
Noticing that the leaves from the peach tree is falling down on them, the two teenagers looked up to enjoy the moment. With Hyorinmaru in her hand (which she took from her bedroom), Hinamori took this opportunity to distract her young boyfriend. Giving the dragon plushy to its original owner, she suddenly gave him a lip kiss. Obliged by the offer, he accepted it. Wrapping his arms around her he turned his back against the tree trunk. Little did they realize, Hyorinmaru was dropped onto the ground next to Tobiume. They were too engaged their hot make out session.
I'm glad I came back to Japan. This is the place where I really belonged. Even though I will truly miss my friends in America, I know I will keep in touch with them. In the meantime, I will stay here and live the happiest days of my life with him once more. After ten years apart, Shiro-chan and I have another chance to be together. I don't plan on letting it go. Ever.
"Taidaima Shiro-chan."
"Okaeri Momo."
~ OWARI ~
References
Taicho - Captain
Arigato - Thank you
Gomen nesai - I'm sorry
Daijobou - Are you alright / I'm okay
Sugoi - Amazing
Taidaima - I'm home
Okaeri - Welcome home
Owari - The End
AznVKai:The End! The story's complete. Yay! *Fires the fireworks into the air* I would like to thank all my supporting reviewers...*ahem* IcySnappDragon, PhoenixSong4232, Sugar Angel-Momo, Ricktor705, insalacoa14, hello, eye of destruction, xMidnight-Spiritx, Lil' Evil Angel, rurukachu:O, katara Y.O.U., Kinaia, sara, Janet, Tyreal777, IzumiHyuuga, FrozenIceCream, akiharu-chan, Chibiussa, hinamori595, StormyShadows, KnowledgeandImagination, Jakie, and everyone else who took the time to read this fan fiction. Thank you all. *sniffles* Really...I mean it.
*wipes tear away* Anyway, yeah...I'll run along now and concentrate on finishing Blessed from the Heavens. Maybe during that time, I'll be posting the next HitsuHina fan fic, Amnesia if I have a full storyline to work with. I'll probably include one or two HitsuHina short shot stories. In the meantime, please review for final comments or suggestions (or even give me some story ideas for me to formulate. Who knows...I might use it in my future works and it will be dedicated to you! *smiles*) Just press the pretty green button below. xD Until then, I'll see you all laterz!
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