Chapterrrrr 66666! ^^ Thanks again for all your support so far guys! 8') so happy! anyway enjoy!!
Hinata vision
I slowly woke up. I yawned and rubbed my eyes.
'Morning Hinata.' Miharu greeted. I told her good morning too. I got up, stretched, and headed out toward the kitchen. I opened the door to the kitchen. It wasn't until then that I remembered last night's events.
The woman were somewhat making breakfast. Half of them were in the kitchen and the other half were flocking around the doors outside.
Kojima noticed me standing there. "Hinata-chan come here!" I walked over to them and looked out the door as well. The pervert man was standing outside, clothed again, but soaking wet. Toushiro sat nearby on a crate, watching him.
"What is going on?" I asked Kojima.
She giggled. "Well it started about two hours ago actually, the second Hitsugaya-san was up he dragged him outside, got a bucket of water and splashed him with it! The man's been out wet for two hours! He must be freezing!"
I looked back at the pervert man; I could see that he was shaking from the cold. Toushiro looked as content as could be and kept his eyes on him.
A woman nudged me. "Hinata-chan, could you bring this out for him? He might like a snack to busy himself with." She handed me a loaf of bread.
"Hai." I responded and headed out. I realized that they were trying to get me alone with him when I heard them giggling behind me. I blushed, but it was already too late to go back inside. I walked out to Toushiro. "Morning Toushiro-san." I greeted.
He looked up at me. "Ah. Morning Hyuuga-chan."
I suddenly felt nervous. "U-uh Toushiro-san, you want something to eat? You've been out here for two hours right?" I pointed to the bread.
He blinked and scratched his head. "Two hours? Really? Seemed like a few minutes to me. You realize how long it's been?" He directed the question to the wet pervert man who began sobbing at this. I could tell Toushiro had noticed the time and that he was torturing the man like this on purpose.
He turned back to me and took the bread from me. He moved over to make room for me on the crate and I joined him. Some children walked up and said they wanted to torture the man and Toushiro gave them the go ahead. We watched as the children started crushing clods of dirt on the wet man's head.
"So, how have you been Toushiro-san?" I asked trying to start a conversation.
"Fine."
"Oh…that's good."
He looked at me. "Where's Miharu?"
I remembered that I left my zanpakto sitting next to the bed. "AH! I'll be right back Toushiro-san!" I ran back into the shed house to retrieve Miharu. The women teased me about Toushiro and laughed as I ran to my room. My face was fully red by the time I got there.
'Oh, you remembered me?' Miharu asked.
'I'm so sorry! I forgot all about you.'
'Hmf. You just left me here all by myself. Certainly not a nice way to treat your zanpakto!' Miharu pouted.
'I'm so sorry, Miharu, I'll never do it again!' I promised picking her up. I walked back out toward the kitchen.
Toushiro vision
I looked back over at her and noticed an absence. "Where's Miharu?"
She blinked then her mouth dropped open very comically. "AH! I'll be right back Toushiro-san!" She stood up quickly and ran back inside.
Hyourinmaru laughed. 'She forgot her zanpakto!! Nice one you picked out, Toushiro!' I ignored it and ate the bread she gave me.
I waited a minute and watched the children torturing the dead man.
'So what do you plan to do to him for messing with your future lover?' Hyournmaru asked me.
'Would you please cut out that lover crap? And you'll see soon.'
'Aw…here she comes.' He informed me. I looked over to see her coming back out. Miharu in her hand.
"Sorry, Toushiro-san. I had completely forgot all about… what are they doing?" followed her gaze to the kids.
"Eat it! Eat it!" They chanted, the dead man was holding a worm. He gawked at them, the worm, then at us. I glared at him, putting a hand on Hyourinmaru. The man gulped, looked at the worm, and slowly put it into his mouth. The children eww'd and laughed. I heard a giggle and glanced at Hyuuga-chan. She had a hand on her mouth, trying not to laugh at the display.
"That is so gross!" She managed to get out, still giggling.
"But funny." I replied, shrugging. I thought for a second over something that had been bugging me. "'Hey, Hyuuga-chan, how exactly did you die?"
"Eh?" She asked and gave me a look.
"Well, aren't you a ninja? How did the hollow get you if…?" It had been bugging me since the first time we met. I was wondering if she was stupid, slow, or just didn't notice it.
She paused, and looked away from me. "I… actually I took the attack for someone else." She mumbled, there was a sad look in her eyes.
"Took the attack? For who?" I pulled up a mental image of the people who were at the scene at the time.
She opened her mouth then closed it. I wondered what was wrong.
Hinata vision
I considered telling him, but also didn't want to. I hadn't thought of what happened for a long time. The memories still pained me. Naruto with Sakura, my love for him, everything. It pained me to think about it still. I really had loved Naruto. And when they said they were dating….. Something broke inside me. Despite that, in the end, I gave up my life to protect him, the one I loved. I couldn't tell Toushiro that!
'Why not?' Miharu asked me.
'Because… he'll think I'm stupid.'
'For what? Saving someone you loved deeply? Don't be silly Hinata of course he won't!'
'…you think so?''
'Of course not, go ahead.'
'…… but….'
'But what Hinata?!' Miharu barked, starting to lose patience.
'There's too many people watching…'
'…are you kidding me? Ugh. Hinata you are way too shy for your own good!'
"Hyuuga-chan, let's go talk somewhere private." Toushiro said and stood up.
I stared at him for a minute.
"Well?" He growled.
"O-oh! Hai!" I stood up, making sure to grab Miharu, and followed behind him into the trees. I heard some of the farm family make ooing noises, making me blush.
He stopped when we were out of view, and earshot I hoped, of everyone. He turned and sat on the ground. "So you going to answer me now?" I don't know how, but he knew that I didn't want to talk in front of everyone else. I felt my heart flutter at his consideration for my feelings.
"Hai." I said and sat down in front of him. "Um…where should I start?" I asked.
"Doesn't matter, we're in no hurry."
"O-okay. Back in my village th-there was a boy I had l-liked for a long time. I planned to confess to him on Valentines Day and I spent all the night before making chocolates…" I looked up at him nervously. He looked unemotionally at me and motioned for me to continue. "A-anyway, the next day, the day I died, I went to go give him the candies, but just when I was about to… a… a girl from his team ran up and…k-k-kissed him." I couldn't hold it back anymore and I cried. I covered my eyes and waited for them to stop. I felt a hand pat my head.
"Go ahead and let it all out. I'll wait." I heard him say. For some reason it calmed me down and my tears soon stopped. "Done?" He asked. And I nodded.
"Apparently just the night before they started going out… I hid the candies and sat next to someone in my team… then I noticed something in the air and when I turned to the source, one of those…monsters was standing behind the boy I liked, about to kill him. Next thing I knew on was on the ground dying…"I ended there and waited.
"…so you sacrificed your life to save the boy who just broke your heart?" I heard Toushiro ask. I nodded. "You must have really loved him." I looked up at him. He had a smile on his face, a kind smile. It was the first time I had seen such a smile on Toushiro's face. My heart thumped loudly and I looked away.
"Y-yeah I did." I replied the best I could.
'Hinata is embarrassed!' Miharu began singing but I didn't pay attention to her.
It was quiet for a minute.
"Hinata-chan, thanks for telling me." I heard Toushiro say, I turned and stared at him. "What?"
"You… called me 'Hinata-chan' not 'Hyuuga-chan'. That's the first time…" I mumbled. His eyes widened and he stood up.
"Yeah, I did. Want me not to?" He barked.
I shook my head. "N-no it's fine, I-I was just surprised is all! You can keep calling me by my name."
He smirked. "Good then." He paused and looked back toward where we came from. "Think it's about time we went back. Let's get going." He held out his hand for me. I took it and he helped me up. We began walking back and within a few minutes, found ourselves back at the shed house.
Toushiro vision
'So that's what happened…' I thought to myself as we walked back. I couldn't get the image of Hinata-chan's crying face out of my mind. I mentally pulled up the image from that day and surmised that the blond boy was the one she had liked and that the pink haired girl was his new girlfriend. I scowled.
'Jealous?' Hyourinmaru said.
'Of what?'
'Well, Hinata was deeply in love with a boy when she died and she still has feelings for him more than likely. You're jealous of that place she holds for someone elsssse.' Hyourinmaru sang mischievously.
My face flushed. 'I am NOT jealous of some…kid she liked before. She's free to like who she wants to like.'
He tisked. 'Denial is such a bad mistress.'
I noticed that we had arrived back to the building; they called it the shed house for some reason.
"So Hinata-chan, have you decided yet?" I asked her.
"About being a shinigami…?"
"M-hmm."
She paused. "Yes."
I looked at her. "And?"
She bit her lip, her lavender eyes studied the ground for a moment then flickered to me. "I'll do it. I'll become a shinigami." She said confidently.
I nodded. "Good, let's get leaving soon." I turned and started walking back to the 'shed house'.
"Leaving? Where to?" She asked trailing after me.
"To the seireitei." I responded. "You have to get enrolled at the training academy, though with how far you've progressed already you'd probably graduate early."
"Academy? Another one? Seireitei????"
"Don't worry I'll explain on the way there." I sighed.
'Hey Hitsugaya.'
'What?'
'Imagine her in the girl's kimono uniform!' I obeyed and I felt my face get hot. Hyourinmaru started laughing and I cursed out loud.
"Toushiro-san???" Hinata asked me with wide eyes. I thought for a second.
"About that Hinata-chan, starting now you have to start calling me 'Captain Hitsugaya'. It'd be best if no one knew that we know each other and since you are going to start training soon you should get into the habit quickly." I informed her.
"Oh. Okay… Captain Hitsugaya." She said quietly.
I nodded my approval and we entered the shed house. "Good, get any possessions you have, we leave in three hours." I told her and headed to inform my group.
Hinata vision
"Oh. Okay… Captain Hitsugaya." I said, testing out the new way of talking to him. If felt a bit strange but I guessed that I'd eventually get used to it.
Toushiro nodded and we went inside. "Good, get any possessions you have, we leave in three hours." He walked away and I stood staring after him for a minute.
'Three hours?' It really hit me then. I was leaving and I was probably never going to see any of my farm family ever again. I walked numbly to my room and sat down.
'Miharu…do you think what we're doing is all right? I mean, after all they did for us we're just up and leaving them behind.'
'…I don't know. I see this as the only option. If you stayed here you'd make them a target for attack. Besides that we still have much to learn about this sort of thing. The best way to get experience is to go become a Soul Reaper. Besides our abilities would be best served helping others.'
'…I know. But it seems like we're being ungrateful! They gave us a place to stay, food to eat, they treated me like one of their own, they were so nice to me and now I'm abandoning them. I can't help but feel bad.' I hid my face behind my hands.
'Hinata…'
"Hey, Hinta-chaaan!" I looked up to see Yamada and Kojima standing in the doorway of my room. "How was it with Hitsugaya-san?" Kojima sang, coming over to sit beside me.
"F-fine… but…"
"But what?"
"I-I decided to become a shinigami…" I told them. They paused then Kojima shrieked and hugged me.
"That's wonderful Hinata-chan!"
Yamada came over and patted my shoulder. "Way to go, Hina-chan!"
I looked at them, baffled. "Y-you're fine with it."
"Of course we are! Why wouldn't we be proud of you?" Kojima laughed.
I twirled my fingers, I really hadn't done that in a while. "W-well, You all have been so nice to me and now I'm just leaving and-"
"What? That's what you're worried about. Oh Hinata-chan you silly!" Kojima ruffled me hair. "Why would we ever be mad at you about that? Sure we'll miss you but that's just how things are. Friends come and they go. And where you're going is something to be happy about."
"Kojima…" I mumbled, feeling moved by my friend's support.
Yamada grinned. "Besides, you can always come visit any time. So it's not really a final goodbye."
I looked at the two of them.
'See told you so.' Miharu said as I burst into happy tears and hugged them.
About three hours later I left my room and went to meet up with Toushiro to leave. I was walking into the kitchen when everyone popped out and scared me.
"Hinata!!!!" They all yelled into unison and they all started hugging me, wishing me luck, an telling me how they would be rooting me every single day. A couple people cried and the children danced around my legs, once or twice I almost tripped over them. I said goodbye to them one by one. Finally I spotted Hitsugaya and his friends waiting for me by the door.
"Ready to go?" He asked as I approached them.
I nodded.
"Good. Let's head out!" He said loudly and we went outside and started walking toward the road.
They began calling out, saying goodbyes and other such stuff. I looked back once. Kojima and Yamada were in front of the group, holding hands. I smiled warmly at them and raised a hand. "Goodbye!" I called one final time. I turned back around and we began the long walk back to what Toushiro called the seireitei.
WOOF! END OF CHAPTER 6!! EEE! FLUFFY CHAPTERRR! xD Like always, comment, review, and give advice for what you think would make it better. ;) see ya next time.