"Damn! We have company" Renji said and looked to me. "You get them out and we'll deal with these guys" he grinned. I nodded. I took grasp of the key and just payed attention to unlocking it. Then I heard a click.

Quickly I open the door and ran inside. I saw Rangiku on the floor and Toshiro sitting next to her. I ran next to them. "What's wrong with her!" I asked worried. "We'll deal with that later, but right now we need to get out" he said carrying Rangiku on his back.

"Renji, were ready" I yelled hoping he could hear me. "Alright, come out now, we'll cover your backs" he shouted back. "Come on" I said leading the way. We came out and ran as Renji and Byakuya knocked out the rest of the men.

"Hey Nanami get on my back" Renji called out as we were approaching the exit. "Okay!" I said and jumped onto him. Toshiro looked at us weirdly. When we jumped up, a bunch of armed men were there, along with this one guy in the middle of all of them.

Toshiro's eyes grew angry as he noticed the man. "I'm surprised that the two of you even got out...alive" he grinned. Toshiro stayed quiet and just glared. "Too bad you won't get past all of them...men KILL THEM ALL!" he yelled.

Renji let me down as got out his Zabimaru. "Renji, there's too many of them" I said worried as to he seemed set on dong it alone. "Hey don't worry, I'm stronger than you think" he smiled to me. "He's correct, mean while we have to go" Toshiro said focused on leaving.

The men came running at us and Renji attacked them all, knocking them out. One of them sneaked up behind me and raised his sword to strike. "I don't think so" Toshiro said punching him on the face.

"Thank you" I blushed. "Come on" he said dragging me by my hand and leading us away from the fight. "DON"T LET THEM GET AWAY!" the other man yelled. "Not so fast!" Renji swung out his sword and bashed them all against the wall.

"Me and the captain will take care of this, Go!" he yelled and back to the battle Byakuya had no problem in dealing with. We ran and ran until we were out of sight. Toshiro took us behind a bush outside the palace.

He lat Rangiku down on the ground to give her some air. "Nanami..." he called my name. "Yes?" I asked. "Why did you come here! Do you know how dangerous this is!" he yelled at my face gripping me by the shoulders.

I looked at him scared and confused. I looked down, my eyes starting to water. "But..." he said, making my head look up. "Thank you" he said pulling me closer to him in an embrace. My eyes opened wide quite shocked.

"T-Toshiro!" I yelled out blushing. Then he pulled back with a smile that sent my heart beating hard. "That was real brave of you" he said before getting Rangiku back on his back. "Were back" Renji said coming back with Byakuya at his side.

Renji looked at my face, which was burning red. "Did I miss anything here?" he asked confused. "No nothing at all" Toshiro said getting up and starting to walk back. I looked at him with a smile, even though he couldn't see it.

I really don't know what I had gotten myself into, but...I'm glad I met Toshiro Hitsugaya!