Hello everyone! I'm particularly cheerful today!! and that's probably because I'm not at school!! HEHEHEHEHHH My throat hurts and I kinda lost my voice lol I can hardly talk at all so I got to stay home today *does happy dance* In case you're wondering, yes, I do get sick A LOT. II have a very weak immune system.
I started watching Hell Girl, ITS AMAZING I LUV IT... and the music is so creepy yayyyyyyy
Okay if I ramble more I'm never going to actually write this chapter, So I've gotta stop, DAMMIT I HAVE THE HICCUPS AGAIN ARG
Toshiro shuddered where he stood, trying to keep himself from agreeing to what Aizen had said. The small soul reaper's fist clenched tightly.
So Ichigo was there, he was with Hinamori, but could he protect her? Could he actually do it?
In the back of his mind, Toshiro found himself with no other choice than to believe that the substitute soul reaper could. If he couldn't believe that, then.... He stopped himself from finishing the sentence. Ichigo would be able to. He could trust Ichigo. He had to.
Staring intently at the boy, Ichimaru could hardly understand how Toshiro had been able to say that. Did he really think Kurosaki could protect Hinamori for long? Gin blinked a few times. He didn't understand. If their situations were reversed, he would've headed back to the others and slaughtered them all without much hesitation. He knew Toshiro cared for Momo as much as Gin cared for Rangiku, so how did he find the strength to place his trust in some one other than himself?
He continued to gaze at the boy who was struggling with his emotions. Toshiro was strong. Perhaps even stronger than Gin, to be able to trust another in his situation.
Aizen's smile returned to his face as quickly as it had vanished. The single moment he had been taken by surprise did not faze him one bit.
Across the room, Uryu stood, his bow at the ready, pointed towards Aizen. Beside him, Ichigo stood tall and angry, one hand over his shoulder wrapped around his zanpaktou, the other around Hinamori.
"How interesting." Aizen began as he shut off the voice receiver. "I did not know the substitute shinigami was capable of concealing his spiritual pressure."
"Quincys have a great many talents, Aizen." Uryu was the one who responded, his voice dangerous as the arrow shimmered with blue light.
"Listen to me, Hinamori," Ichigo whispered to the girl below him as Aizen patiently waited.
Momo looked up, giving a small nod.
"Whatever happens, you have to stay out of it. Don't get involved or let your life come into any danger." He looked down at her. "For Toshiro's sake, even if you want to help, pleas stay out of it."
Momo was silent for a few moments, brooding on these new words that troubled her. She did want revenge for Toshiro, but she didn't want Toshiro distraught either, and her death would most certainly lead to that. So Ichigo's words made sense. No matter what her feeling were, by this point, she had to put Toshiro first. She owed it to him.
"Yes. Yes alright. I'll do whatever you say." Her fragile voice was quiet, and she forced herself to accept that her desires were nowhere near as important as protecting Toshiro.
"Good." Ichigo gave her a small smile, and then turned to Aizen, his brow furrowed.
"Now then, Aizen, you're not going to be able to control Toshiro anymore." Ichigo had raised his voice, and was glaring distastefully at the man before him.
Aizen's smile didn't falter in the least. "You think a few ignorant children like you can stop me from using him as I wish? He became my tool the moment I discovered his powers."
"No, he's not!" Ichigo grimaced in rage. "Nobody is ever anybody else's tool! And especially not Toshiro! You're the one who's ignorant, Aizen. You're ignorant of the value of human life."
"The value of human life?" The man seemed amused. "There's no such thing. Humanity is weak. If that race had any strength at all, hollows would never have been born by them falling into darkness. Nobody who clings to a human life will ever find true power."
"Power is not the reason anybody was brought into life."
"Power is the reason for everything."
Ichigo glared at the man as he drew Zangetsu from behind him. "Then I suppose we're in disagreement."
"Come now," Aizen's head cocked back in amusement. "Do you really think somebody like you could defeat me?"
Ichigo's eyes began to glow blue with reiatsu as he responded. "That's irrelevant. Because..."
The blue low spread to his sword and he held it up above him.
"I'm not the one who's going to defeat you."
With a roar, he brought the zanpaktou down in front of him, crushing the floor with a blast. His reiatsu caused the destruction to further span out, until the entire building rumbled. Their vision was clouded by rocks falling through the air as the ceiling fell.
Shielding his face, Uryu lept out of the falling pieces of white marble, up into the air as far as was possible. Looking around, a white moon glowed above him, and spans of desert expanded in front of him. As he turned to face the area that he had just escaped from, his eyes widened as he got an aerial view of what Ichigo had done.
The teenage soul reaper had held nothing back. Now that the rocks had finally found some rest, and the thick clouds of smoke where settling, Uryu could hardly believe it. All of Las Noches, the entire palace that Aizen had built in Hueco Mundo had been razed to the ground. Scanning the area in shock, Uryu found Ichigo standing with Hinamori by the edge of the destruction. As he landed near them, he caught sight of a flash of white hair.
Ichigo turned to greet Uryu, but was stopped mid-turn by a fist in his face.
"YOU IDIOT!!"
The substitute shinigami staggered in bewilderment before he realized who it was. "To- Toshiro?"
His eyes bright with anger, Toshiro took a step forward. "What the hell were you thinking?! You can't defeat Aizen so your just going to destroy the entire palace, no matter who might get crushed?! Do you realize you could've killed Rangiku and the others in that?!"
"Toshiro, you're overreacting... I think getting out of this isn't that difficult... And how'd you get over here so quickly anyway?"
Toshiro's eyes returned to their normal angry glare. "We were already on our way towards you."
"We-?" Ichigo looked beyond Toshiro to see Gin, facing the other way. "Oh..."
Suddenly he noticed Momo moving from her place by his side, heading to Toshiro, whose gaze immediately was cast away.
"T...Toshiro..."
He didn't respond, even as his heart pounded with sorrow. Her words of hatred still resounded in his head. The hatred she felt earlier; the hatred he believed she still must feel.
His eyes grew wide in confusion as she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a hug.
"...Are you okay, Toshiro?"
His confusion only grew, and he almost tried to pull away, only something inside him felt comfortable in her arms, a kind of comfort he longed for.
"I... I thought..." He remembered Ichigo telling him to express his feelings. "I... thought you hated me..."
Momo's eyes widened. Of course. Of course he still thought that. After she had said that to him, he completely shut himself down, so any apology she had given him never reached his heart.
"No....no Toshiro, I don't hate you..." she felt her throat tighten in guilt. "I was stupid, and I didn't think... I don't hate you, Toshiro, I could never hate you."
He stared at her, wide eyed, and finally pulled away gently. Her words settled the raging waters in his soul for a moment, but that changed as he began to feel another presence coming towards them.
"Was it completely necessary to destroy my home? It's quite inconvenient."
Toshiro's eyes narrowed in rage even as the words were directed at Ichigo. This time, there was no doubt.
Aizen.
WHEEEEEE!! I LIKE FLYING MONKEYS!!
That demented little kid picture is now up on deviantart, along with a few others.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN A SINGLE THUNDERSTORM!!! AAHHHHH WHYYYYYY!!!!???? and I haven't found my T-shirt, and I don't have a Toshiro plushie doll... WAAHHH okay I'm done complaining.
I am SO ready was this story to be over.. I wanna finish my one-shot WHICH IS SOOO CUTE!!! and get on with the sequel... RAWR
I would really luv it if everyone could plz review me???!! PLZ? It would make my day so very great... I'm sick, poor me, don't u feel srry for me?? DON'T YOU FEEL SORRY FOR TOSHIRO!? WHEN I GET SICK, SICK AAND TWISTED THINGS HAPPEN IN MY MIND AND HE'S USUALLY THE ONE THEY HAPPEN TO!
Ahem. Well, uh... I'm a very normal person who thinks of very normal things YOU BELIEVE ME (hypnotic stare) and you want to review me (Hypnotic stare)
