Not long after leaving the shop had Hissori ended up at a park and was now fighting a hallow, although she was more toying with it than anything.
"You little brat I'll make sure you die slowly" the hallow roared as Hissori landed gracefully on a nearby tree branch.
"Oh is that so? Then perhaps I should make your death slow as well" she launched herself into the air so she landed on the hallows head and then stabbed her zanpakuto into it's mask and slowly pulled the blade down. The hallow screeched in agonizing pain and then was gone in a poof.
"I feel a little better now" Hissori said to herself as she sheathed Aohinote and returned back to her gigai. The cracking of a twig drew Hissoris' attention behind her.
"Are you alright Hissori, you've seemed on edge lately?" Renji asked as he walked further into view. Hissori turned to face him and then sighed again.
"I'm fine, it's just…..being here in the world of the living… it brings back some memories, and theres just been a lot going on since we got here" she answered in a low voice, that had to of been one of her longest sentences that wasn't spoken to Aohinote.
"Is it anything I can help with?" Renji asked with concern
"No…. it's fine really I'll be alright" she answered hiding the sadness in her voice "I'll be back in a little bit, I'm going for a walk." Renji nodded and without another word Hissori walked off into the night.
About a half hour had passed since Hissori had left Renji, she appreciated his concern but she didn't know how to be close to people; not even to Rangiku of whom she considered to be her best friend. After a few more minutes Hissori had reached her destination.
"Here we go" she whispered to herself as she pushed open the gate that seemed to scream in the silent night. Taking a few steps inside the small courtyard Hissori stopped contemplating her actions but finally decided to continue on. A cold wind caused Hissori to shiver and pull her arms against herself in attempt to keep warm. Eleven unsettling minutes later Hissori reached the small patch of flowers she never cared to learn the name of and knelt in the middle of the small area next to a stone that was engraved….
Kyone Kane
"Hey mom" Hissori whispered fighting back the tears that stung at her eyes "I don't have very long. I just wanted to tell you….I….I miss you." She let a few tears fall before standing up and starting on her way back to Uraharas' shop. Hissori took her time returning and when she got back she found that everyone was already asleep so she decided to sit up on the roof for a bit.
"Mind if I join you?" a somewhat husky voice asked. Hissori stiffened for a moment and then she relaxed and nodded.
"Sure Hitsugaya-taichou" she said in a low voice. Toshiro took a seat beside her and then the silence settled once more.
"Can I ask something?" he said breaking the silence and casting his teal gaze over her.
"Sure" Hissori answered barely feeling up to talking to anyone let alone Toshiro.
"Where did you go?" Toshiro asked with a somewhat serious edge.
"Well taichou, I took care of a hallow and then I….I had to take care of something personal"
"Which was?" Toshiro urged her to continue and she wondered why he even cared and then the memory from lunch crept into her head "Because y-….because it was cute" the thought brought a warm feeling up to her face as she wondered whether or not to tell him. She sighed and decided it would be easier to just tell him instead of trying to hide it.
"I was visiting my mothers' grave" Hissori answered grimly looking up at the moon.
"Oh I didn't-"
"Not many people do taichou, my family is a topic I tend to avoid" Hissori cut him off.
"Why?" his curiosity was a bit shocking Hissori was surprised that he was taking interest in her.
"Because many years ago my entire family, including myself, died." Hissori answered blankly.
"So what causes you not to talk about them?"
"After we all made it to Rukon district 73 things were rough, my father didn't make it, my older brother had disappeared, and my mother….well she found a way back to the world of the living and thinking that the after life would be better there she went back…" Hissori had to take a deep stabilizing breath before continuing "After a while I decided to go there too, to bring her back, I found her but it wasn't really her….she was in the midst of becoming a hallow. I of course at the time didn't know this and thought she was sick, it wasn't until she tried devouring me that I realized that the mother I had come after was already gone. I was scared, so scared…. and I would have died that night if that shinigami hadn't shown up and…." Hissori found that she was unable to finish that sentence and had to quickly blink away tears.
"Hissori-"
"I'm going to go to bed now" she said quickly jumping up and heading towards the ladder but was caught by a strong hand that pulled her back into a hard, yet surprisingly warm, chest.
"You don't have to do everything on your own you know" Toshiro told her softly as he wrapped her in his arms and she let her tears cascade down in a relentless stream from years of built up pain.