It's gonna get real intense now, bitches!! = my new favorite quote lol :)
Ichigo got blankets and pillows for Zaraki and Yachiru while Toshiro was getting the shit beat out of him. He pondered where to let Toshiro sleep. Tsukiko could sleep in his bed, while Toshiro slept in Tsukiko's bed. The only other problem was Tsukiko's bed was in Hisana's room. God knows what a hormonal teenager and a stuck-forever- in- his- teens- or – younger boy will do in the same bedroom. Ichigo shuddered slightly.
When Ichigo presented this idea to Toshiro and Hisana, Hisana turned bright red, but agreed earnestly. Toshiro shook his head, though. "No, I'll sleep afternoons and go on patrol during night." Hisana looked a bit put out at this. Toshiro gave her a small smile. "I'll be on the roof." And then he was gone.
Hisana was disappointed, but grateful at the same time. She wouldn't have been able to sleep if he was in the room.
"Go get to bed, Hisana. It's late." Ichigo ushered her upstairs. "I'll be on patrol around the town. If you need something, ask Toshiro or Zaraki." And he left as well.
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Hisana woke up suddenly. The clock on her nightstand glowed 3:34. She tried to fall asleep, but was without success. Toshiro filled her thoughts, so she decided to go out on the balcony.
It was a full moon tonight, reflecting off Hisana's shiny orange hair. Suddenly, Toshiro was right next to her. She gave a little squeak of surprise, and Toshiro covered his hand over her mouth. He pushed her into the shadows and leaned his slim body against her. She blushed furiously.
He is so hot…She thought in delight. Yet his body pressed against hers was kind of… cold. Hisana shivered.
"Quiet," Toshiro whispered to her, "hollows are nearby." Then he smirked. "Are you blushing?"
Hisana's whole face turned red and she shook her head frantically. Hisana was going to say something in her defense, but then she saw the hollow.
It came slinking out of the bushes, white teeth gleaming in the full belly of the moon. Her eyes grew wide. "Stay here." Breathed Toshiro, and snuck after the hollow. He was going to see what kind of "scary things" the hollows were saying to Tsukiko.
Instead of mindlessly killing, the hollow went to the window where Tsukiko was sleeping. It slid the window open silently and called to her in a rough voice, "Princess…Come to usss…Why do you hesitate?"
Tsukiko's shaking voice answered. "What are you talking about? You scare me. But somehow… I trust you…" Her little hand reached out to pet the hollow.
"No." mutter Toshiro from the bush where he was hiding. He pulled Hyorinmaru out of it's sheath and let out a battle cry. He cut down the hollow before Tsukiko could touch it and get killed. He alighted on the window pane and said softly, "Are you all right?"
Her mouth was a little "o" of horror, eyes wide as she whispered, "No, my pet…" Tears welled in her eyes, and Toshiro faltered, unused to tears.
She burst out crying, waking the whole house. Byakuya got there first.
"What happened?!" He rushed into the room as a shinigami and picked Tsukiko up. "Are you--?"
Tsukiko was in a fit of hysterics. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no…" She squirmed out of Byakuya's grip and held her head, like this afternoon. She curled up in a ball on the floor, whimpering.
"Is she…?" Renji had no time to finish his sentence.
"GRAAAH!" Tsukiko's head snapped up, her eyes black as hollows. She howled and thrashed around on the ground.
"Hold her down!" yelled Zaraki. Toshiro, Renji, and Byakuya, and Zaraki held her thrashing body down while Yachiru escorted Hisana out of the room. Then, Ichigo shunpoed into the room.
"What the hell?!" a mask had started to form over Tsukiko's face. Ichigo knew there was only one thing to do about this situation.
He shunpoed out of the room, to an abandoned warehouse, where he knew the Visords would be waiting.