"Okay…" Matsumoto sat down rubbing her head which just got punched by her angry captain. "Let's continue the story…"
- - -
Ichigo decided to follow Hitsugaya home, in case something bad really happened.
"Ding! Ding!" The school bell rang. Hitsugaya packed his bag as fast as possible and rushed out of the class. He needed to find Hinamori.
He ran to her class. She was not there. Fear eluded Hitsugaya. He ran around the school anxiously, asking everybody he met.
"Hinamori is in Aizen-sensei's office." A kind friend of Hinamori answered. She giggled. "Don't know what they are talking about. Ah, lucky Hinamori…"
"Lucky my foot." Hitsugaya cursed silently and ran to Aizen's office. Hinamori was walking out with Aizen. Without a thought, he grabbed Hinamori and started running out of school.
"W…wait, Onii-chan! What are you doing?" Hinamori struggled to keep up with Hitsugaya.
"Getting you away from Aizen, what else?" Hitsugaya felt that they were at a safe distance from school and let go of Hinamori's hands.
Hinamori's expression was hard to understand. She looked sad and angry at the same time. "Aizen-sensei said that it is my decision to make whether or not to accept the scholarship. I choose to accept the scholarship."
"What?" Hitsugaya stared at his sister, bewildered.
Hinamori clenched her fist. "This decision is made very seriously. I want to go America and you cannot stop me. I will never let this opportunity go past!" Hinamori glared at her equally livid brother.
"You are so naïve! Aizen is evil and he's trying to trick you!" Hitsugaya said, frustrated.
"There's no way Aizen-sensei could be evil. Aizen-sensei said that you are just disturbed in mind and you have some misunderstandings with him. I won't let your tiny misunderstandings ruin my golden opportunity!"
"Hinamori…" Hitsugaya looked at the adamant Hinamori, feeling helpless. "I have no choice but to do this then, Hinamori."
He grabbed Hinamori by the waist, and ignoring all her kicks and screams. "W…what are you doing, Onii-chan?"
"Forcing you home and keeping you there." Hitsugaya said forthrightly.
"Wah! Put me down! Onii-chan! Shiro-chan!" Hinamori shouted angrily.
Hitsugaya ignored all the weird looks his neighbours gave him and carried Hinamori home successfully. He tied Hinamori to the chair and sat down next to her.
"Why are you doing this, Shiro-chan?" Hinamori squealed.
"Sorry." Hitsugaya apologised sincerely. "I have to do this. You're going to stay like this until the valid date to sign up for that weird scholarship."
Hinamori glared at Hitsugaya and started crying very badly.
Hitsugaya stared helplessly at Hinamori, trying in vain to stop her from crying. "Hey, hey, stop crying, please?"
"What are you doing, Hitsugaya?" A shock Matsumoto came in the house.
"Rangiku-chan!" Hinamori wailed. "Save me! Onii-chan has gone mad!"
"What are you doing, Hitsugaya-kun?" Matsumoto stared at the horribly tied up Hinamori.
Hitsugaya shrugged helplessly and looked down at the ground. "Well, I have to do this… she would not listen to me…"
"But, you can't just tie her up like that!" Matsumoto cried. She hurriedly went up and untied Hinamori.
"Thank you, Rangiku-chan!" Hinamori jumped up happily. Well, she wanted to jump up, but Matsumoto's hand was on her hardly, so that she can't move.
Matsumoto turned to Hitsugaya. "If you want to tie her up, you have to tie her up comfortably. Like this, see." Matsumoto tied up Hinamori again, this time not as horrible as the way Hitsugaya tied it.
"Eh, Rangiku-chan? What are you doing?" Hinamori wailed and pouted and cried.
"Sorry. It's my first time tying someone up." Hitsugaya admitted.
"Well, you have to know how to tie someone up properly before you really do it. Search it in the internet, they have good source by those experienced kidnappers. Especially since the person you're going to tie up is your sister. You have to make her comfortable, and yet not able to break away." Matsumoto explained. Hitsugaya watched and nodded.
Hinamori stopped crying. Crying is useless. No one could help her now. Matsumoto and Hitsugaya were having a conversation, completely ignoring her. Even if her mother came back, she would not help her. Why do they not believe in Aizen-sensei? Aizen-sensei was a kind and caring teacher, there's no way he could do anything like this!
Hinamori thought angrily, and even cursed silently under her breathe. Stupid Onii-chan, stupid Shiro-chan! Thinking, cursing, she slowly fell asleep. Well, she was tired after a long day of school. Who wouldn't? I practically die every school day.
Matsumoto and Hitsugaya stopped their conversation about Tokyo Disneyland which Matsumoto went in the morning as they watched the sleeping Hinamori. (Remember that Matsumoto is having her summer holidays?) "Oh, she's so cute!" Matsumoto declared. Hitsugaya could not help but agree.
"Ah, it's so late already!" Matsumoto looked at the setting sun. "I'm going home first, ne?" Matsumoto jumped up.
Hitsugaya wanted to stay with Matsumoto a long as possible. "I'll send you home."
"And leave Hinamori alone?"
As if by scripted, Hitsugaya's mother came back from work. "Let me take care of Hinamori then. Have a pleasant trip!" She smiled at Hitsugaya.
"Okay then. Thanks and bye, aunt!" Matsumoto exclaimed.
Hitsugaya's mother chuckled. "Just call me mother!" Hitsugaya blushed slightly.
"Ja, let's go." Hitsugaya grabbed Matsumoto's hands and left the house.
Behind a random tree outside Hitsugaya's house, Ichigo was hiding behind, doing homework. Sigh, the amount of homework the school gave nowadays.
A happy couple came walking out of the house.
"They're finally out!" Ichigo thought to himself. Not that he wanted them to come out. It'll be better for them if they stay in the house safely all these while. But well, he could not deny the fact that he was freezing cold out here.
He followed Hitsugaya and Matsumoto. Not very cheerfully, counting the closeness both of them had, and the warmth of Hitsugaya's smiles for Matsumoto. It could melt any girls' heart. Including Ichigo's, even though he's not a girl…
Then Hitsugaya pulled Matsumoto and kissed her. Ichigo's eyes widened, and widened, as he saw the two cuddled closer and closer. He turned around instantly. He could not stand this sourness, this pain flowing through his heart. It was time to let go of Hitsugaya…
"My, my, what do we have here?"
Ichigo turned around and saw a tall guy, with eyes squeezed so small it looked liked a straight line, walking towards Hitsugaya and Matsumoto.
"Oops, sorry to interrupt you guys." The guy smiled. He said to the person behind him. "I thought you said that there's only a boy to deal with. Why do we have another girl involve in this?"
"You have a problem with that, Gin?" Aizen-sensei came to light.
"Aizen!" Hitsugaya glared and pulled Matsumoto behind him.
"Of course. I, as a gentleman, don't deal with girls. Especially such a cute girl like her." Gin said, not forgetting to keep his hot smile on.
"Then just deal with the boy." Aizen said simply.
Gin shook his head. "He's just a small boy, what can he do? You really want me to kill him?"
Aizen's eyes flashed ominously. Gin raised his eyebrows. "You're serious about this, huh?" Gin said helplessly. "Well, then, I'm sorry kiddo, I have no choice but to kill you."
Ichigo almost dropped his pile of homework. "Kill? Did he say kill?" He thought agitatedly. He quickly took out his cell phone. "I knew something like this would happen, but this is more serious than I thought."
Hitsugaya was sweating non-stop. Gosh, what's going to happen to him? He let go of Matsumoto's hands. "Matsumoto, run, get out of this place!" Matsumoto shook her head and grabbed his hand tightly.
"Che, this is so ungentlemanly…" Gin said as he advanced upon Hitsugaya, raising his wooden sword.
Hitsugaya was hit on his shoulder. His world went black for an instant. Then slowly, the excruciating pain ran through his whole body, and stabbed into his heart. "Argh!" He shouted and fall onto the ground.
"Hitsugaya-kun!" Matsumoto shouted. Hitsugaya bit his lips in pain, and was shaking horribly.
Matsumoto glared at Gin. "Why you idiot! Don't you dare hurt Hitsugaya-kun!" Matsumoto shrieked as she grabbed a random nearby stick and desperately whacked at the taken-aback Gin.
Gin fall onto the ground. "Why you… you have a lot of strength as a gal, don't you." He struggled to get up. Matsumoto advanced once again.
This time Gin was prepared. He grabbed Matsumoto's stick and pulled it away from her. "Now you have no weapon. Feeling vulnerable?" He sneered and lifted his wooden sword.
Matsumoto stared, paralyzed, as the sword accelerated onto her. Then something crashed onto her. It's Hitsugaya! He hugged her tightly and took the hit. The sword landed on his head.
Bam! That's the sound heard when the sword hit Hitsugaya's head. Blood oozed out like water. Matsumoto stared, traumatized. Hitsugaya was clinging onto her, hugging her so closely, so closely that she could not breathe. But she hardly noticed her lack of air. All she noticed was the amount of blood Hitsugaya lost.
"Hitsugaya-kun…" She choked, as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Gin was flabbergasted at how stupid this boy is. He laughed nervously. "Wow, hit by the head? There's no way this boy will live."
Matsumoto hugged Hitsugaya, and wept.
Gin looked at those two sadly. "I'm sorry; I did not mean to hit his head…"
"What are you apologizing for?" Aizen said. "He's not dead yet, continue, Gin." Gin frowned reluctantly. "But this boy is already hurt so badly, let's just leave it…"
"There they are!"
Aizen and Gin lifted their heads and saw Ichigo, Hinamori and her mother, along with the police running this way. "Shit, who called the police?" Gin cursed.
"Aizen-sensei…" Hinamori looked at her beloved teacher, and glanced at her brother. Her hand went up to her mouth. "Is…is this your doing?" Hinamori stared at the silent Aizen, and watched him being taken away by the police.
She slowly turned around and saw her crying mother. "I'm sorry…I'm sorry for not believing you, Onii-chan…"
Hitsugaya was still hugging Matsumoto hardly. His pain was unbearable. "I love you, Matsumoto…" He whispered breathlessly. "Please don't cry over me…" He tightened his grip. "We'll still meet again next life…"
Matsumoto tried her best to stop crying. "Baka, stop talking like that; you're not going to die!"
Hitsugaya smiled. "Sometimes, you have to face the fact." He cuddled in Matsumoto's arms. "But it's nice, dying in your arms, and dying on this plain of ice."
"Shut up! You're not going to die! You're not going to die…" Matsumoto choked on her tears.
"Sayonara, Matsumoto. I love…" Matsumoto hugged Hitsugaya even closer. "…you." Hitsugaya squeezed his last breathe to say the last word.
No matter how hard Matsumoto tried, her tears just flow down like a water tap. "I love you too, Hitsugaya-kun…"
Ichigo came running towards the scene with the ambulance. "Please, Toushirou, don't die yet!" He thought anxiously. But he was too late, Hitsugaya already died peacefully under Matsumoto's arms.
Hitsugaya died! Nooooo! *Mourns. Sorry if it's not very good. I never wrote this kind of stuff before. This may be my last time writing death related too, it's too sad to write. *Mourns. Anyway I made Gin a goo guy! Yay! I always knew he was a good guy. :)