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Momo smiled down to the box in her hand. She took one look at Iba and knew the deed was done.
"That will be all Iba." Momo dismissed him before she returned to her bedroom.
"It's over," Momo smiled down to the box as she locked it inside a small cabinet. She turned to leave the room when she heard her voice projected from the mirror.
"Was that the right thing to do?" Queen Momo slowly turned around and squeaked toward the reflection: Lieutenant Hinamori.
"Yes," the queen hesitated in answering.
"You hesitated. You are unsure."
"It does not matter now anyway. She's gone and now things can go back to the way it was before Toushiro returned to the world of the living." The queen's eyes looked off into the wall reliving her memories.
"When it was just you and Toushiro growing up at Grandma's house; when you left to the Shinigami Academy to be a soul reaper; when you met Aizen?" The lieutenant listed their life from years ago. The queen nodded in agreement with the lieutenant until she brought up Aizen.
"Captain Aizen cannot be all the bad things that everyone says." The queen defended her captain as she stalked back up to the mirror.
"Aizen tried to kill Rukia Kuchiki and he tried to kill us. How, Momo, how can you still defend him?" The lieutenant sadly requested frowning to her counterpart.
"SHUT UP! YOU'RE WRONG!" The queen started at a knock on the door.
"Queen Momo," Matsumoto peeked around the door. "Are you alright?" She blinked up to a red faced queen shaking in fury.
"Yes, I'm fine, only talking to myself." The queen answered turning from the door as she calmed down considerably.
"Okay." Matsumoto quietly shut the door.
Rangiku kept her hand to the door knob and pressed her ear to the door. Ever since Iba had returned Rangiku stood guard outside of the queen's bedroom. Iba was standing a little further away relating the details of his mission to Isane, Renji, Rukia, Izuru, Shuuhei, Nanao, and Orihime.
"She's talking to herself in the mirror." She looked back to the group.
"This is very disturbing." Nanao shifted her glasses higher on her nose.
"You're telling me," Iba whispered to the others.
"She has completely lost it." Rukia agreed with her friends.
"It is this form of mental breakdown that Captain Unohana feared would happen." Isane shook her head in pity over the situation.
"What's so bad about it? I talk to myself all of the time and nobody thinks I'm crazy." Orihime explained.
"That is debatable considering your diet." Renji grumbled but Orihime did not catch his meaning so only stared at him in confusion.
"Lieutenant Abarai," Nanao chided him as she turned to the red head. "Orihime you know when people say 'don't answer yourself'?" Orihime nodded, "well Lieutenant Hinamori is answering her reflection and truly believes the reflection is real when it is all in her head."
"So that is a sign that someone is crazy?"
"Not necessarily crazy but," Nanao paused, "it can be very dangerous."
"Of course people can be completely harmless when they are like this," Rukia ageed with Nanao.
"It is only when the person becomes a danger to themself or others around them."
"Sadly this is the state that Momo has fallen into," Nanao looked over to the door as Rangiku pressed her ear even harder to listen.
A little orange cat and small blue bird ran up the hall into the little group.
"Haineko, Tobiume," Nanao looked down to the pair. "How did things go? Is Karin safe?"
"Was that a real question?" Haineko scoffed at the lieutenant." Do you honestly think Hyourinmaru would have left if she was not safe?"
"I understand Haineko; that was a silly question." Nanao whispered when Rangiku motioned for them to be quiet.
"Where did he take her?" Shuuhei asked the little cat and bird.
"We don't know." Tobiume whistled flying up to Shuuhei's shoulder. "We stayed behind with Capt Komamura and Tetsuzaemon."
"Wait, so you brought Momo a full box?" Izuru asked Iba who solemnly nodded his head.
"Then what did you put in the box if it wasn't Karin's heart?" Shuuhei asked the other lieutenant.
"He put in the heart from a human analog." Haineko happily supplied.
"What is a human analog?" Nanao blinked drawing the attention of everyone around her.
"It is a pig." Haineko stated with a big smile gracing her cat mouth.
"You gave Momo a pig's heart?" Orihime asked looking a little green.
"Well it was the closest thing we could find and not make Momo suspicious." Iba explained.
"I wonder if she'll ever know the difference." Izuru whispered to no one in particular. He looked up to several pairs of glaring eyes.
"You better not have jinxed us." Nanao threatened, she could be terrifying when she wanted to be.
...
Queen Momo stared back to her reflection in the small moment of silence.
"Are you sure?" The lieutenant asked.
"What?"
"Are you sure Iba killed Karin and took her heart?" The lieutenant made a good point: Iba was not known to take another's life.
"I need to make sure." The queen whispered glancing up to the mirror and confused that it was empty. Queen Momo stepped up to the base and called Yumichika.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest one of all?" Momo watched Yumichika's face appear in the surface.
"Hello again Queen Momo, how can I be of service to you?" Yumichika smiled to her.
"I want to see Karin Kurosaki once again." Queen Momo demanded of the mirror. The mirror blinked then "shrugged" his shoulders (that is if mirrors had shoulders).
"Let's see where I can find her." He mumbled as he looked down to the frame. "No, no . . . nope, not her."
Momo held down her eyes as a cruel smile crept onto her face.
"That's definitely not her, but I do like that color. . . Hmmm. She was here earlier today. Let's see. . . Maybe I should look farther from the kingdom." Yumichika mumbled turning toward another side of the frame.
"Take as long as you'd like mirror."
"Aha! There she is!" Yumichika proudly stated producing a perfect picture of Karin at the cottage of seven captain dwarves. Momo had to school her features to keep from growling in fury.
"Mirror, where is she exactly?" Momo demanded to know causing Yumichika to pause and looked her straight in the eyes.
"She's far out in the forest. Over the river and through the woods, then you hop a bridge crossing a small creek and there it is. You can't miss it." Yumichika cheerily detailed the exact directions to the insane queen.
"Thank you, Mirror. You may leave." Queen Momo dismissed him but this time he didn't leave so soon.
"Queen Momo," she looked up to him slightly annoyed. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, Mirror. I am perfectly fine. Now, I'll call for you later." Queen Momo waved bye as Yumichika's face faded to be replaced with Lieutenant Momo's appearance.
"So, she is safe." Lieutenant Momo stated to the room.
"He lied to me." Queen Momo harshly whispered.
...
"Oh no," Rangiku jumped over to the group, "Momo found out where Karin is hiding. She's staying with the seven captain dwarves."
"Captain dwarves?" Shuuhei asked.
"Yes," Rangiku nodded her head.
"As in Captain Yamamoto, Captain Kenpachi, Captain Kuchiki - those captains?" Renji asked blinking very slowly at Rangiku.
"I guess so. Is this really important right now Renji?" Rangiku growled at him.
"I guess not." Renji mumbled.
"We have to find out the world we are in." Izuru complained to the group.
"I sent Yuzu to find any book she could find about these types of stories." Nanao explained in the hope to ease their fears.
"How would she know?" Renji asked.
"Well, first because she is from the world of the living, and second because she's heard some of these stories before, Lieutenant Abarai." Nanao growled. She was quickly losing her patience.
"Well until Yuzu gets back, I'll keep guard and find out what she's going to do." Rangiku turned back to the door as Tobiume flew over to her shoulder.
"I'll squeeze in through the cracks and listen from the inside." Tobiume swiftly did as she had suggested.
"Thanks Tobiume," Rangiku thanked the little bird for her assistance with her most unreasonable master.
"What am I going to do?" Queen Momo paced in front of the mirror glaring at every piece of furniture as if they had anything to do with Iba's betrayal.
"You can't send Iba again. By now, I'm sure Iba has told more of the servants about your attack on Karin. Perhaps it is time to let the girl be." Lieutenant Momo quietly spoke to her free counterpart.
"'Let her be?'" Queen Momo scoffed at that suggestion. "Toushiro will not accept me as long as she is in the picture. I can't send another servant so I better go myself. You know the saying: if you want something done right you have to do it yourself." Queen Momo smiled to her reflection in the mirror.
"But won't Toushiro miss her if she is killed?" Lieutenant Momo continued to speak with the Queen.
"He won't remember her. There will be no memory for him to miss." Queen Momo answered to the mirror.
"And if he remembers, what will he do?" Queen Momo paused at this image. Should Toushiro remember Karin, there will be nothing to link back to her as the culprit.
"No one will know if I take care of Karin because no one will be there to witness it." Queen Momo finalized her plans with a cruel smirk.
"But the question is how? How do I get rid of her without causing any suspicion?" Queen Momo thought walking up to her vanity and looking through the pieces of make-up. One bottle had a warning label: 'Do not eat, if eaten contact poison control center'.
"Poison," Queen Momo looked for any more ideas.
"But what should I poison? Not something to bathe in . . . Not something to drink. It needs to be something that no one will suspect." She continued to pace and she ground her teeth as she made her rounds. On one particular hard bite, Momo was greeted with an intense piercing of pain.
"Why don't I eat more apples? Everyone knows an apple a day keeps the doctor away." Momo rubbed her cheek then paused as she giggled.
"What is it?" Lieutenant Momo asked her counterpart popping her head up.
"I'll poison an apple and she'll be killed. Now, who would possibly suspect a person die from such a healthy fruit?" Momo laughed with such cruelty ringing in her voice. Rangiku stood outside the door with her jaw hanging open and her eyes bulging out of her head.
"Rangiku what is it?" Shuuhei asked since he was the first to see her horrified expression.
"She's going to poison an apple." Rangiku mumbled slowly backing away from the door.
"Oh no," Nanao bit the tip of her nail as her nerves started to take hold of her.
"Wait a minute, did you say poison apple?" Orihime asked to which Rangiku numbly nodded her head.
"You know that reminds me of a story my big brother once told me. It was about this lovely young girl who was kind to everyone but her jealous evil stepmother hated the young girl and planned to kill her. She tried to bribe a hunter to do the killing but she escaped to live with these little dwarves." Rangiku explained and blinked at all of the stares in shock.
"How did you know that, Orihime?" Rukia slowly asked in shock.
"Huh, oh that is the story of Snow White." Orihime giggled. "It is the most classic of stories. Beside Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty of course . . ." she continued to chat but Renji was too irritated to listen.
"YOU KNEW WHERE WE WERE THE WHOLE TIME!" He accused with a finger in her face.
"No, I only realized it with the apple." Orihime exclaimed confused as to why Renji was so angry with her.
"It's okay Orihime," Rukia stated kicking Renji into a wall.
"Please tell us what happens at the end." Nanao requested of the young human.
"Ummm, let me see," one finger touched her chin in deep thought. "Snow White eats the apple and falls into the sleeping death. The dwarves build a glass coffin for her and the prince comes by and awakens her with a kiss." Orihime exclaimed pounding a fist into her hand.
"If we let Momo mix any type of poison, then I doubt it will be any kind of spell." Isane whispered with her eyes wide.
"That would certainly be fatal." Iba agreed.
"If anything like that happens to Karin, then I can't ensure the safety of Momo Hinamori." Haineko spoke up to the stunned group.
"Why is that Haineko?" Rangiku asked her zanpakuto spirit.
"Hyourinmaru will kill her on sight. The only reason Iba still has his throat intact is because Captain Komamura was there to calm him. No one will be able to stop him if something such as this does happen to Karin." Haineko solemnly pointed out to the group.
"Then we keep it from happening." Izuru demanded.
"How do you propose that?" Shuuhei asked the blonde.
"Find each and every poison in the castle and hide it so that Momo can't find it. She won't be able to poison any apples if she can't find the right ingredient." Izuru explained.
"That's a good start, but what if she tries to make her own poison?" Iba asked knowing better than anyone that she was in a mind to do just that.
"Isane you follow her concealed in an illusion. If she does try to make a poison, you can switch out the ingredients so that nothing is lethal." Nanao suggested and Isane nodded her head.
"Alright, let's go." Rukia announced and everyone split up to do as suggested. Isane stayed behind to follow Momo.
Just as Iba suspected Momo tried to make her own when she couldn't find any decent poison in the entire castle. She didn't think on this for very long but descended down to a hidden chamber where she had dozens of powders and potions. Isane wondered where it all came from but didn't think too long since Momo was working very fast.
"Let's see," Momo opened a book and read through the ingredients on the list. Isane peeked over her shoulder and gasped at the ingredients. She snatched up a pen and paper to write down a new recipe for herbal tea. Isane inserted the new recipe over the poison to trick Momo when her head was turned. It was at this time that Momo gained a little bit of sense.
"That wasn't the recipe I looked at." Momo muttered. Isane gaped as Momo began to lift the page. Isane knocked over an empty cup surprising Momo with the clatter it made hitting the ground.
"How did that fall?" Momo walked over to the cup while Isane dashed through the ingredients as fast as she could. She removed all of the most dangerous and replaced with everyday spices she hid in her pockets.
"Oh well, I remember what that page said so I'll go by memory. Now one ingredient was werewolf saliva." Isane grimaced at such an ingredient placing a hand on her stomach in disgust. It was a good thing her illusion was so strong because Momo actually bumped into her. Isane dashed out of the way when Momo tried to feel for the object. She shrugged and moved on. Isane did this for the entire procedure. When Momo tried to reach a poison Isane would distract and switch out with harmless herb or spice.
"That should do it." Momo sighed at the cup of steaming liquid she finally managed to make. "I don't know why it was so hard to gather all of the ingredients. If I didn't know better I would swear there was someone in this room. But that can't be since I don't see anyone." Momo explained to herself as she took an apple from her robe and quickly dipped the juicy fruit into the liquid. The apple steamed and sizzled soaking up every last drop of the concoction.
"And a little dash of sleep powder should do the trick." Momo grabbed and dashed the ingredient before Isane could stop her.
'Oh no, they're going to kill me.' Isane groaned in her thoughts. She followed Momo back to her bedchambers in despair that she had failed.
"How did it go?" Rangiku walked up to a depressed Isane.
"Well, it's not poisonous. That just might be the healthiest apple in existence but it will put a person to sleep." Isane complained.
"How is it healthy if it puts one to sleep?" Rukia asked with her hands on her hips.
"Well, it is soaked with garlic powder, shreds of orange rind, taragon, lemon juice, fish oil and a few other spices I could switch out. Then, at the last minute Momo added a dash of sleep powder onto the apple directly. By now I'm sure the sleep has spread throughout the entire apple. So it's not lethal but it's a sleeper." Isane rubbed her eyes in exhaustion.
"Now how will I give her this apple without suspicion?" Momo asked wrapping the apple up in a white hand cloth.
"She is from the world of the living, so she will not be so trusting." Lieutenant Momo countered the Queen in a vague attempt to change the woman's mind, and failed.
"I'll just have to be craftier. They still have farmers that sell their stocks. That's what I'll be. It will be perfect." Queen Momo whispered in glee.
"But the Captain dwarves will be there. They will protect her." Lieutenant Momo raised the final problem with her plan.
"Then I'll send someone to get them out of the cottage." Queen Momo laughed with a cruel smile as Lieutenant Momo disappeared from the mirror.
. . . . . . .
"I am tired of eggs. Can't we have some meat?" Kenpachi complained for the tenth time. Karin was the tallest person in the cottage (a feature she was enjoying for the moment), and so was the only one to reach the stove without a chair to stand on.
"Well, I'm not that great of a cook and this is the only dish that I know." Karin explained pouring out another helping of scrambled eggs.
"It's lovely, Karin. Thank you for the afternoon breakfast." Ukitake bowed to the cook. Karin smiled with a curtsy to accept his gratitude.
"You're very welcome, Ukitake." Karin exclaimed when a swift knock drew the captains to their feet.
"Who is it?" Captain Yamamoto called out standing in front of the other captains.
"It's Hanataro. I have some urgent news from Toushiro." Captain Yamamoto quickly opened the door blinking up to the boy dressed in a blue shirt and pants with a little horn at his side.
"What is this news from Toushiro Hitsugaya?" Yamamoto demanded of the boy.
"He is t-t-trapped in a diamond mine that you dwarves have b-b-been working on, and he needs help to be dug out." Hanataro quickly stuttered to the men and women.
"Alright, let's go. It will take all seven of us our size to dig him out." Captain Kyoraku motioned his support for the trip.
"Alright, it's not like I've been embarrassed enough in these blasted worlds." Soi Fon was finally starting to loosen up if only a little bit.
"Toushiro is going to rub our height in our face especially considering how long he's been the smallest captain in all of Sereitei." Ukitake noted to the group and everyone groaned at this meeting.
"I'll show you the way." Hanataro turned from the cottage and motioned for the group to follow.
"Karin make sure you don't open the door for anybody do you understand?" Captain Kyoraku requested of the girl.
"Yes sir, I understand. Good luck getting Toushiro out of this jam he's gotten himself into." Karin called out to the group disappearing around the bend.
Queen Momo wrapped the shawl around her hair to drape over the shoulders of her simple peasant dress. She pulled the poison apple out and kept the handkerchief tucked around it in the basket of apples on her arm.
"Hello over there," she cried out in an English accent. Karin opened a window to spot a young woman with a shawl covering her hair over a brown and white peasant dress stepping across the bridge to the little cottage.
"Hello," Karin nodded through the window as the woman stopped by.
"May I interest you in selling some of my freshest apples?" Queen Momo in disguise raised the basket to Karin's eyes to emphasize the truth of her statement.
"Why are you selling them?" Karin asked as her sixth sense started to tingle.
"We have had a more than productive year on the farm and we simply have too many apples than we need. We've already made apple jam, apple preserves, apple pies and any other thing you can imagine using apples. If I eat another apple, I think I'm going to be sick. So my mum, sisters and I are selling the rest. We would hate to waste such a productive stock." Momo explained in her sweetest voice. This explanation was very sensible and made Karin push her suspicions aside. If anyone was going to be selling poison apples, they would have come in as an old hag on a walking stick. Not a lovely young woman living on a farm.
"Okay, how much are they?" Karin asked looking at all of the delicious fruits.
"Well to decide that, you'll have to taste a sample. When you taste the sweetness of these apples, then I'm sure you'll be able to pick out a number. Here, try this one." Momo picked the sleeping apple from her basket and handed it to Karin. This apple happened to be the largest and reddest of them all, more than appetizing to any eyes.
"It looks and smells delicious." Karin complemented the seller. If it tasted as good as it smelled, then she wouldn't know how many to buy.
"Wait until you taste it." Momo stated smiling in such kindness to put Karin at ease.
. . . . . .
The dwarves crossed the creek when an idea hit Soi Fon, or it could have been that low tree branch.
"We don't have a mine." Soi Fon stated. The rest of the dwarves stopped finally remembering this little fact.
"You're right." Kyoraku slowly agreed.
"Hanataro, I demand to know why you have tricked us." Captain Unohana demanded of her division member.
"I'm sorry, Captain Unohana." Hanataro started to change into an image of Lieutenant Momo. "I tried to convince her otherwise." All of the captains gasped then turned and rush back to the cottage.
"It hasn't been too long, I'm sure nothing's happened." Kyoraku tried to brighten the situation.
. . . . . .
Karin brought the apple to her lips and took a huge bite out of it. She crunched the juicy, healthy, goodness then swallowed. Just before she raised the apple for another bite she swayed then passed out on the floor. The apple rolled against the door.
"Well, now it is definitely done with." Momo removed her shawl and dropped her accent. She hurried away from the cottage when seven angry footsteps began pounding through the forest.
"I better be going, Good-Bye Karin." Queen Momo waved then dashed off across the creek and back to the castle before anyone could recognize her.
"Karin, Karin. Karin!" The voices of the dwarves cried out to the young girl.
"Something's happened." Captain Kuchiki stated running up to the door only to find it locked from the inside.
"Well, she didn't open the door." Captain Kyoraku surmised.
"Maybe she's gone to the outhouse." Kenpachi suggested only to be met with glares.
"Ridiculous, Captain Zaraki." Soi Fon answered him. Kuchiki looked up to the window.
"The window," Soi Fon, still being the most limber of the group, leapt up to the window and gasped.
"Darn it, she's passed out on the floor." Soi Fon growled down to everyone.
"Is she just passed out or is she dead?" Zaraki asked earning more glares from the group.
"I can't tell." Soi Fon yelled jumping from the window and opening the door for everyone.
"Hyourinmaru is going to kill us." Kyoraku mumbled.
"Why will Hyourinmaru want to kill you?" The Captains froze at the large ice wolf's words. Hyourinmaru sniffed the area and walked into the house. He walked into the cottage calm and walked out growling and snarling at anyone who dared approach.
"You were supposed to protect her," Hyourinmaru growled deeper. "You ensured me no harm would come to her under your care." He stalked up closer to Yamamoto who stood his ground even at the teeth of one very ticked off wolf. "I trusted you."
"HOLD IT!" Haineko ran through the woods and jumped onto Hyourinmaru's snout closing it shut. Hyourinmaru shook his head in an attempt to throw the cat off.
"She's not dead. Isane and the lieutenants made sure the potion Momo put on the apple would not kill." Haineko reassured gripping with her claws to the jaw of the wolf. She was pretty sure that Hyourinmaru would not bite her, but with his attitude and mood through this world she didn't want to take any chances.
"Look, the apple was not poisoned." Isane explained as she worked to catch her breath from the sudden dash.
"Then, why is she passed out on the floor?" Kyoraku asked pointing back to the cabin where Unohane was looking her over.
"Momo added a pinch of sleeping powder before I could stop her." Isane stood straight looking into the silver wolf's enraged eyes.
"See, Hyourinmaru," Haineko said loosening her hold on his snout only slightly. Tobiume flew over to Hyourinmaru and landed on his ear. The ear twitched then flattened to his skull in great annoyance.
"She will wake up sometime soon." Tobiume explained as she hopped over to the top of his head.
"Now if I let you go will you promise not to bite?" Haineko asked looking the wolf in his eye. He blew a deep breath through his nose then he nodded one quick jerk that threatened to knock Haineko off.
"Okay, but remember you promised." Haineko released her claws and Hyourinmaru dropped her from his snout. He shook his head from side to side.
"Haineko, your claws are very sharp." This was all Hyourinmaru said before he jumped from the yard and ran deep into the forest.
"I can't believe him," Haineko stared in shock as the branches swayed back to their natural positions. "He said he wouldn't bite." She sat in the yard with her orange tail twitching in anger.
"I don't think he'll attack Momo." Rangiku comforted the cat with a soft smile on her face.
"Then where's he going?"
"I'll give you three guesses and the last two don't count." Rangiku smiled to the entire group. Not long after Hyourinmaru disappeared than the group heard some grumblings accompanied by crashing of a large animal from the woods.
"I SAID PUT ME DOWN!" The group heard Toushiro screaming from the direction of the crashing.
"Whoa," Renji stated when Hyourinmaru jogged into the yard holding the back of Toushiro's shirt in his mouth. Everyone stared in surprise, nobody knew how to react to this scene.
"I wonder what he'll do to Hyourinmaru when this is all over." Rangiku mumbled watching Hyourinmaru drag Toushiro into the cottage and plop him in front of the bed that Karin lay down.
"What happened to Karin?" Toushiro asked looking down to Karin. Unohana put a small blanket over the sleeping girl.
"She ate a piece of a sleeping apple." Unohana explained to the boy.
"It's always something with you, isn't it Karin?" Toushiro stared down at her and smiled to her. He remembered she always got into trouble, and he had gotten her out of trouble a good deal of those times.
"Well, there isn't any time to sleep now is there?" Toushiro knelt down and kissed her on the lips. He stepped back and watched as she sat up stretching her arms and back to release the kinks.
"Oh, hi Toushiro," Karin smiled up to him, "you know I had the strangest dream. I dreamt that I had eaten a bad apple that made me go to sleep and . . . and . . ." Karin looked around from the bed she was laying down on to the bitten apple on the floor.
"It wasn't a dream." Karin stated with a frown on her face.
"No, it wasn't." Toushiro answered when he heard some cries coming from outside.
"I'm a human again." Yumichika cheered to the group while Queen Momo stood staring around.
"That's great Yumichika, so when do we turn back to normal?" Captain Kuchiki asked from outside of the cottage where the other captain dwarves were standing. Toushiro walked out and simply grinned at their current position: he was now taller than all of the other captains.
"Oh no," Captain Kuchiki groaned at Captain Hitsugaya's pleased grin.
"It looks like I'm the tallest captain right now. So, I guess you have to look up to me." Toushiro ground the height difference in with such glee.
"Of course he rubs it in our face." Zaraki complained not enjoying this feeling. Lucky for the other captains the red smoke came and they were reverted to their normal heights.
"And just like that, I'm back to being the smallest." Toushiro growled as the other captains looked down to him once again.
"I'm back to normal. Finally no little bird feet and no little bird wings." Tobiume cheered as Haineko looked on.
"Oh, I don't know about that Tobiume. I kind of liked you as a bird." Haineko playfully licked her lips for emphasis scaring Tobiume over to Momo who still wasn't quite right.
"Momo, may I please have a word with you?" Captain Unohana drew the girl to a bench beside the gentle creek.
"Hello, Captain Unohana, how are you today?" Momo happily greeted the doctor captain.
"I am doing well, but I need to talk to you." Unohana requested as they sat down across from one another. Momo glanced into the gently water and blinked at her reflection.
"I'm not in trouble." Momo stated.
'You did something very bad in trying to kill Karin. I tried to stop you. It's a good thing that Captain Hitsugaya was there to protect her.' Lieutenant Momo explained.
"No you're right, she didn't get hurt." Momo continued to talk to her reflection causing Captain Unohana to be concerned.
"Momo, who are you talking to?" Momo pointed to her reflection.
"Lieutenant Momo, can't you hear her?" Momo answered.
"Oh my," Retsu whispered putting a small hand to her lips. She brought a small watch on a chain from her robes.
"You are not in my head. You're right there, but then again I don't know how you could talk from under the water." She paused as she listened.
"Momo, please look at me." Unohana dropped a chain in front of her eyes and started to swing it back and forth. Momo watched the chain carefully as Retsu whispered some words making her become very sleepy.
"Now, you just rest and follow us until we get back to Soul Society. You will walk in sleep until I say 'Here we are' and you shall walk in sleep when I said 'Are you ready?' Starting now," Unohana snapped her fingers and Momo dropped into a sleeping state while standing.
"So, she's sleepwalking?" Karin walked up to the pair of soul reapers.
"Yes, until we return to soul society she'll be in this sleep walk state." Unohana explained rising from the bench and Momo followed the captain with every step.
"Now that that's taken care," Ukitake began, "how do we get out of here?" He began looking around the little yard.
"Maybe we should move onto another world." Kyoraku suggested and was met with the entire group glaring with death glowing in their eyes at this suggestion.
"What? Do you guys have any better suggestions?" Kyoraku demanded.
"No," Toushiro fiercely frowned and looked over to Karin. "Let's get this over with. Maybe there will be a solution in the next world."
"Captain, are you sure?" Rangiku asked her short captain.
"Not really but perhaps there will be another solution in the next world." Toushiro sighed and recited the spell to the surprise of the other captains. "A world in which these two separate is the place I seek. World of Azarath make thine choice. Azarath Metrion Zynthose."
"NOO!" The captains screamed but were engulfed with a red smoke to be sent along anyway.
Omake
Soi Fon: I can't believe he would do this to us! *Growls staring at Hitsugaya standing beside Karin.*
Karin: I have to agree with you Soi Fon. *Hits Toushiro along the head.* I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THIS! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A GENIUS! WELL GENIUS THIS WAS YOUR BEST IDEA! HUH?
Toushiro: . . . . . . *Steps away massaging the back of his head.*
Karin: Oh no, you don't run away from me! *Toushiro turns to run and Karin chases him.* GET BACK HERE YOU SHRIMP OF A CAPTAIN!
Soi Fon: Maybe this won't be so bad. *Grins mercilessly while Toushiro runs for his life.*
******On a continent far away from Japan*****
Beast Boy: It's got to be here somewhere.
*Continues throwing object from his closet now revealing a pile up to the ceiling. Raven leans against the wall watching the objects fly.*
Raven: Have you ever thought about cleaning your closet out? *Beast Boy peeks head from top of pile.*
Beast Boy: What do you think I've been doing?
*Raven watches an elephant stomp out of his closet.*
Raven: I do NOT want to know how that got in there.
A/N: Okay here is the completion of Snow White. I want to apologize to any Momo fans out there but, honestly up to the episodes that I watched of Bleach, she had gone a little loopy. I hope you guys liked it. Let me know what you think. I'll get the next story out pretty soon. I want to thank you guys for all of your wonderful suggestions. They are giving me lots of great ideas and I welcome anymore suggestions you guys would like to give.
A/N2: And I know Momo's situation is nothing to joke about and I apologize if there is any offense - that was not my intention. Please let me know what you think.