Not Mine Valentine
Instability
Toshiro found himself waking up without any problems. He took a deep breath and stretched, before heading to the office. His mind didn't think about changing up his look but instead focused on finishing his work. He worked away, only to hear the slamming of two hands onto his desk. He glanced up, frowning at his foster sister as she looked right at him.
"Can you believe it!"
The boy paused, folding his arms across his chest. "Believe what?" There was a moment of silence as if Momo expected him to read her mind. "Honestly, I haven't a clue what you're trying to ask me."
"Can you believe that taicho doesn't want me to be his fukutaicho anymore?" The girl leaned forward, her voice straining. "I can't believe you hadn't heard! I talked about it with Abarai and the others the other day, so surely it should have spread like wild fire."
"I tend not to listen to that kind of gossip Hinamori in the first place." Toshiro narrowed his eyes. "You're also suggesting that those guys would spread gossip about."
"Well... I guess they wouldn't. They're guy's after all. But still... he want's to replace me with Ichimaru." Momo's words were followed by a silence as the small taicho stared at her. "What, do you not believe me, or do you find it believable that taicho would replace me with Ichimaru Gin."
"Both actually."
"How can it be both!"
"I'm surprised that he's told you with as sensitive as you are, but I honestly don't find it hard to believe that he would replace you with Ichimaru. Or anyone for that matter." Toshiro's head went down as he attempted to get back to his work.
"Are you saying I'm not fukutaicho material as well!" Momo's voice strained as if she were going to cry. "That is cruel! I can do the paper work, and my kido skills are good." The boy glanced up, a frown on his face. "What, you don't think that I'm not good at my kido either?"
"Well... you are a master at your kido." The boy began to fidget, wishing that she would go away.
"See! I'm a kido master!
Toshiro's face suddenly lost color. "I didn't say that."
"But you said that I'm a master at my kido!"
"That isn't the same as saying you're a kido master. There are plenty of people who are far better then you at kido."
"Name one."
"Me." Toshiro found himself clapping a hand over his mouth.
Hyorinmaru laughed in his head. "Normally you would have said someone else."
The small taicho took a deep breath. "Yamamotto."
"Doesn't count!"
"Does too! If I can't consider myself to be a master when there are other people who are, then you certainly can't consider yourself to be a kido master either!" Toshiro watched as Momo's face suddenly paled. "I'm sorry. You're an expert at using kido, but not a kido master."
"Then I'm at least a kido expert?" Momo watched as the small taicho suddenly paled. "Shiro-chan!"
"I'm sorry! But you're not anywhere near as good as Matsumoto, Kira or Hisagi! Even Kuchiki is better then you!"
"Of course he's going to be better then me baka!"
"I'm talking about the other Kuchiki." Toshiro felt his frown deepen.
"But it isn't fair to replace me after all the hard work I put in! I worked to get to the position! I worked hard in the academy."
The small taicho glanced away. "Yeah... you did. I'm not sure if I'm the right person to judge someone's abilities though simply because you know as well as I that I put little to no work into learning everything I have. So to me putting in a lot of hard work is an amazing thing in itself, but those who do put in a lot of hard work don't necessarily have the skills."
"Shiro-chan..."
Two teal eyes suddenly brightened and he looked up at her with a smile on her face. "But that doesn't mean you can't put in the hard work to get stronger."
For a few minutes Momo looked at him silently. "So you think that I can do it?"
Toshiro glanced away, frowning. A quick glance back caused him to see her narrow her eyes at him. "Yes. But me saying that is likely biased."
"Why would you saying that be biased?"
Two teal eyes went wide as the boy's cheeks flared up. "Umm... well, there is... well, that. I mean... you're Momo-nee, so..." The next thing he knew the fukutaicho of the fifth division was hurrying around the desk and hugging him. "Ack! Hinamori!"
"But you're so cute when you call me that!" Momo continued to hold on to him as he attempted to get away. "I'm going to try and prove myself in the next few days so that I can keep my position."
"Then Ichimaru won't be the fukutaicho." Toshiro felt the female shinigami pause as she tensed up.
"No..." Momo's tone became dark. "He'll make us both fukutaicho."
"Why don't you go and tell Ichimaru what for?"
"He's not the one making the decision. And telling taicho wouldn't work as I've already told him what for."
"Do it because Ichimaru is fun to annoy."
Toshiro suddenly felt himself falling backwards as Momo let go of him. His left elbow hit his chair and then he fell the rest of the way to the ground. He glanced up to see Momo holding her hands on her hips. "Are you crazy?
One small hand reached up to scratch his head. "Why do you ask?"
"Ichimaru is a monster."
"So, I'm not scared of him."
"Shiro-chan! He's the kind of monster that all of his kids would be monsters!"
"Wouldn't that mean that Matsumoto's kids would be monsters?"
"Excuse me?"
"Who else would have his kids?'
"Well, if they had any kids they had better have her personality instead."
"That makes a lot of sense. Her kids will be drunks."
Momo blinked a couple of times. "Shiro-chan... you're... what kind of comment is that?"
"And they'll be lazy too, absolutely hate doing paper work. They're be complete ditzes when it comes to social interactions. Oh, and they'll be sexually provocative, but on the positive side they'll at least have good looks."
"What if they ended up with her personality and his looks?"
Toshiro frowned, crossing his arms as he thought about it. "That's just creepy. They might have his coloring, but they wouldn't look exactly like him. So they wouldn't be creepy little monsters like he is. They would look like snow bunnies."
"Snow bunnies?"
"And all of them would be girls."
"Why?"
"Can you imagine them having anything but girls? Whatever kid they had would have a fashion sense because both of them at least have that, and a guy having fashion sense is onset just creepy. Actually... Kyoraku Taicho wearing a kimono over his uniform is kind of creepy, and yet for some reason... oh, never mind. You should go see Ichimaru."
"Why? He's a monster."
"Because you need to face your fears." There was a moment of silence before he continued speaking. "You know what, I'll go with you."
"Why?"
"It gives me an excuse to go and annoy him."
"Shiro-chan!"
"Plus, I think you should face your fear of him."
"I'm not afraid of him!"
"Then go see him and tell him what for."
"There is no point."
"If you're don't, you're a coward."
"Shiro-chan! I am not a coward! What ever has gotten into you!"
"I dare you to go talk to him."
"Shiro-chan!"
"I double dare you."
"Fine! But you're going with me tomorrow."
"Fine. I want to. As I told you, I want an excuse to go and annoy him again."
M
Gin lay in his cell, enjoying the peace and quite that didn't involve having an obnoxious child coming and purposefully annoying the hell out of him. His zampaktuo spoke up as a thought about he was enjoying said quite without Toshiro bothering him crossed his mind. "You know you honestly deserve the punishment he's dishing out to you."
"Except he doesn't realize it's just punishment. He's just getting a kick out of annoying me."
"Like father, like son they say I believe. Your child is a complete brat at times."
"A cute, obnoxious brat that I can't lecture as he doesn't see any reason for me to order me around and even if he knew I was his father he would say I have no business because I'm an absolute coward. You know he would say such a thing."
"Funny how he's a pain in the neck when you're simply thinking of him annoying you, but when someone else criticizes him you call him cute and act like he's an innocent little angel. Honestly, make up your mind about it."
"He is my angel though, no matter how much trouble the little darling gets into. Oh... I would love to call him those to his face and annoy him back. The look on his face would be priceless. Plus, on the positive side he doesn't have his mother's drinking problem."
"Yet."
"Ichimaru."
Gin's eyes snapped open and he sat up. "Taicho?"
"Don't call me that. There is something I need to talk to you about."
"Don't care."
"When you're out I'm going to request that you become my fukutaicho." Shinji looked at him.
Silence followed before Gin let out a deep breath. "This is awkward. What about Momo-chan?"
"Hinamori? If she proves herself she can remain fukutaicho if she wants."
"You do realize that our two personalities severely clash."
"I would honestly rather have to babysit you then have to babysit her."
Gin took a deep breath. "I'm sure that is meant to insult me in some manner. I honestly don't care about being your fukutaicho, and ya can't make me be one. You know as well as I that I can refuse the request."
"You obviously want me to still be your taicho."
"I don't deserve the position. You and I both know that."
"She doesn't deserve the position either."
Gin let out a whistle before shaking his head and crossing his arms. "Pushing her aside like that seems like a mean thing to do. She's put in a lot of hard work over the years. Even though I would kill her first chance I got if given the order to do so, I wouldn't wish that on her."
Shinji leaned against the wall and glanced away. "Her hard work isn't paying off. She's not growing and truth be told she doesn't think she needs to grow either. That's not a person I need as my fukutaicho. I need to think of what is best for the division, not whether I'm going to hurt her feelings or not."
"I'm going to refuse the position thank you very much."
The blond haired taicho raised an eyebrow. "I'm going to ask you if you think that she is fukutaicho material."
"The kid's good at kido."
"Toshiro's is far better."
"My kid's a child genius, of course he's going to be better then her."
Shinji raised his eyebrows. "What is the distance between Toshiro's kido and the other fukutaicho?" Gin held his finger's up a couple of inches apart. "Now in comparison where do you think her kido skills lie."
"That isn't fair. It's Aizen's fault she never grew like she did. Plus, Shiro-chan would throw a fit if you kicked her out of the position."
"I think I know your son better than that one. I'll take the fact you didn't show me to indicate you don't have much faith in her kido skills."
"Her current skills, yes. Doesn't mean the kid doesn't have potential."
"I thought you hated her."
"The reason I hate her is because of how she treats my kid. As I said, I wouldn't hesitate killing her if given the order, nor would I hesitate in killing the other adults who bullied him in the Rukongai if given the order. Of course, I'm not one to hesitate in killing anyone if given the order, but I certainly wouldn't pity her fate. She ain't no child taicho, despite the fact she's as horribly naïve as she is."
"Let me try this again. I have no need for a fukutaicho that doesn't have the skills to be a fukutaicho. I'm not their to babysit her, nor are the other division members. It's also amazing how a taicho can hide their reiatsu and find out that the lower seated officers are disgruntled about the fact she has the position over others in the division who they honestly believe deserve it more."
"Then give them the position. I doubt they would be happy with me getting the position."
"They've said there are others who deserve the position more, but they've also said there isn't any member in the division that honestly is of fukutaicho material. Aizen did a real good job of not fostering any growth in the division members."
"Still... why me?"
"Because she hates you."
"Yes... you want me to be your fukutaicho because you don't like her either and see me as a way to pick on her."
"No. Well, I don't like her. She doesn't however have a reason to grow in the places she needs to grow. You'll give her that reason.
"Yeah right."
"She's already told me she's going to buck up and try to prove herself so she can keep her position."
"Then I have nothing to worry about if you honestly feel that she will prove herself."
"Yes you do. While I believe she improve her skills in the time frame needed to keep her position, she won't be fukutaicho material."
"You want both of us to be your fukutaicho?" Gin's eyebrow raised up. "Nah. You aren't crazy to put in two people whose personalities clash into the position. You already said that you don't want to babysit both of us."
"All I need to do is babysit you. I'm passing the job of babysitting her onto you, particularly since you know her better then I do." Shinji reached a finger into his his ear. "Plus, I think that is a good punishment for you, having to babysit her and keep her out of trouble."
"So. I can refuse. And what makes me better then her anyways?"
"If something happened where I had to leave her in charge the entire division would descend into chaos unless members from the other divisions stepped in. Tenth division ended up doing the paper work last time and Kira an Hisagi both stepped in to do her duties of leading the division in her captain's absence until I became captain again. I would have had a lot more work once I got back if it weren't for them."
"Why are you bothering to even keep her on if you dislike her so much?"
"Out of respect for the kid, your kid. By keeping her under my wing and even in the fukutaicho position I can possibly keep her safe and Hitsugaya Taicho doesn't have to worry about that as much."
"I still refuse. As I said, I don't deserve the position. Ya can't make me take the position either."
"Normally that is true. I think you know as well as I that Soul Society won't just let you leave, thus someone is going to have to take you in. Every other division has a fukutaicho or someone lined up who has the skill to actually be fukutaicho. Your skill level is way above that of a third seat, so you likely would end up being the fukutaicho of someone. People are more likely to throw a fit in any other division. So my division is it."
"Yes... well..." Gin took a deep breath. "Not gonna believe it until the other captain's make the move. Nobodies discussed what will be happening to me after I get out."
"Yes... but as that day gets closer they will start talking about it. I'll see you later Gin." Shinji turned, just in time for the silver haired man to roll over on his side so he was facing the wall and close his eyes so that he could continue his nap.
Author's note – Normally when I get a logical argument I'll PM the person with a thank you as well as whether or not I agree or disagree with their argument, but I very well can't PM anonymous reviewers. What canon says about Momo's kido ability is that "she is a master at her kido" and "the lieutenant is an expert user of kido". This is not the same as saying she is a kido master or a kido expert.
P.S. This chapter is actually a couple of days late. I've been dealing with one or more rabid fans of Momo who think that fanon!Momo is canon!Momo and that canon!Momo is fanon!Momo. By this I mean fans who think that Momo is a much more reserved character then I'm writing who is incapable of throwing a tantrum or losing her emotions and has no reason to have to earn back people's trust.