Two Brothers

Goku: "Ragh! I won't let you hurt my friends!"

Not everyone there can say they've seen Goku pissed. But now they can. The earth raised saiyan powered up to Super Saiyan 3 to try again at rescuing Levi and Eren from Toboe!

Toboe: "Man you are a weird one."

Goku: "It's time you learned to respect your elders!"

Toboe: "Then come and teach me, 'elder'."

Angered by the sheer gull of the boy's taunts, Goku launched himself forward! Toboe controlled such an enormous amount of sand that he could fight back against a Super Saiyan 3 with ease and still continue to hold his captives hostage and over the sand-made blender! Levi and Eren watched with hope yet concern as Goku attempted to fight for their freedom. A barrage of sand came hurling towards him but Goku stopped it with an energy blast. The others all cheered him on. If anyone had any chance for success, it was Goku; the strongest saiyan alive. Only Vegeta could match him but even then he was just a little stronger. The first wave of sand was destroyed but Toboe had plenty more. He launched two streams of sand at the saiyan, forcing Goku to dodge them and take to the air. Up in the air, Goku had more room to maneuver. But the sheer amount of sand Toboe could use was large enough to take that advantage away. The saiyan dodged and weaved around the incoming waves of sand. It was so compact together that he could be skewered however loose enough that it'd brake and scatter if he attacked it. The kid wasn't playing around. If Goku attacked the sand, he'd put himself in a position to be taken down. If he attacked Toboe, the boy would use Levi and Eren as a shield. And if he didn't rescue the soldiers within ten minutes, they'll be killed! The situation was dire and time was running out! Toboe launched another wave of sand at Goku who had no choice but to take it head on! The saiyan crossed his arms and held his ground as he was pounded by a massive wave of sand. When it was over, Goku remained standing but heavily injured.

Goku: "*Pant, pant* Darn it!..."

The boy laughed at the delight of seeing these great warriors struggling. All the while, Levi and Eren were still hanging. But now it was serious.

Eren: "Captain... I don't feel so good..."

Levi: "I know... I'm the same way."

They've been hanging upside down for too long. They had to be rescued and fast before they got worse! Goku gritted his teeth. What could he do?!

Goku: "*Pant, pant* Damn... He's too fast!... *pant, pant* If only I could get passed his defenses."

The whole time he was up there, Goku never noticed Toboe preparing a sneak attack from above. Until...

Ichigo: "Goku! Look out, above you!"

The saiyan glanced up just as a massive wave of sand came crashing down on him! Poor Goku was caught in the attack and was thrown to the ground while being cut up further! When the dust cleared, Goku was back in his normal form and struggling to sit up. He sat up just enough to look at Levi and Eren with regret.

Goku: "I'm... so sorry, guys!..."

They've tried everything they could, but the boy thwarted their efforts every time. Now even the mighty Goku himself was down for the count. What was left? Time was up.

Toboe: "Looks like its slicing time!"

Levi and Eren gasped as Toboe released them!

Hange: "NO!"

Val: "LEVI! EREN!"

The swirling sand under them waited with anticipation for blood! Just when they were about to be engulfed, they were both snatched literally out of the sky as a blur went by! Toboe flinched in surprise and the others all gasped and cheered with delight!

Toboe: "What the?!"

As always, Vegeta and Toushiro arrived just in the nick of time! Although still being held up in the air, Levi and Eren were relieved and definitely didn't mind that it was by friendly hands.

Eren: "Thank you, guys!"

Toushiro: "Save the thanks for later and just hang on!"

Both soldiers wrapped their arms around the strong saiyan arm holding each of them. Spikes of sand came flying towards them, the same that took Goku out of the fight! But Goku had power and not a lot of speed. Vegeta had both and plenty of it! With blurring speed the saiyan dodged the sand attacks with ease as he searched for the others to drop Levi and Eren off with. Seeing that Vegeta was just too fast for him, Toboe let the saiyan reach the others. He was more interested in the prince's passenger anyway. Vegeta and Toushiro dropped the weak soldiers off in the good reliable hands of their friends before turning their attentions to Toboe.

Renji: "Yes! Now we can attack!"

Toushiro: "No, don't!"

Everyone: "Huh?!"

Toushiro: "Don't attack him, please!"

Rukia: "But he's-"

Vegeta: "Anyone attacks the kid and I'll make you regret it in a heartbeat, got it?!"

Nobody moved. With a few mighty flaps of his wings, Vegeta flew over to within a few feet of Toboe and landed. Slowly Toushiro climbed off the great prince and stood before the young child.

Toushiro: "... Toboe... Where's Malana?"

Confusion understandably spread over those that didn't know.

Toboe: "So... You finally remember, huh?"

Toushiro: "I do, Toboe Hitsugaya... my little brother..."

Everyone gasped at the news!

Everyone: "Little brother?!"

Ichigo: "You mean Toushiro's his Big Brother?!"

Ukitake: "Hitsugaya's never mentioned he had siblings!"

Armin: "Momo? You grew up with him, right?"

Momo: "I did but it was only me, Toushiro and Granny. He doesn't have any siblings!"

Val: "Vegeta, do you know what's going on?"

Vegeta: "I'll give you the basis. Toushiro's memories of his life as a human have been awakened."

Again everyone gasped.

Soifon: "Memories of his life as a human? But that's impossible!"

Kurotsuchi: "No soul reaper has ever reclaimed or even had memories of their past lives before coming to the Soul Society!"

Vegeta: "Val... Do you remember those stories about Spirit Crystals?"

Val: "Of course. But that's it, they're just stories."

The saiyan said no more and stopped looking over his shoulder. A tell-tale gesture to his long time companion.

Val: "... They're real..."

Toushiro: "Toboe... You said earlier to Levi that Malana was with you. Where is she?"

Toboe: "You really want to know? Fine!"

With a snap of his fingers, Toboe summoned a massive cocoon of black sand. The cocoon opened just enough to reveal a little girl with cream blonde hair appearing to be asleep.

Toushiro: "M-Malana?!"

Toboe: "Because of you, this is what happened! You killed us!"

Toushiro: "No, Toboe, listen. You don't understand!"

The cocoon closed and disappeared into nowhere again, taking Malana with it. Slowly the young captain began approaching the boy.

Toushiro: "Please, Toboe... It's not too late..."

Toushiro just continued to slowly approach Toboe as the others all looked on. Vegeta, however, was uneasy.

Toushiro: "You can come with me... We can be a family again! You, me and Malana!"

Toushiro got down on his knees to look straight into his brother's eyes. He held out his hand with a smile, sure that Toboe would take it. Toboe looked at the young captain's hand. All the while, that uneasy feeling Vegeta had kept getting bigger and bigger.

Toboe: "Toushiro... You were my big brother... I looked up to you... I wanted to be just like you... But I couldn't..."

Toushiro did not notice that Toboe was lifting up his hand, towards his neck.

Toboe: "... And you made fun of me for it!"

But Vegeta noticed.

Vegeta: "TOUSHIRO, LOOK OUT!"

Toboe clasped his hand around Toushiro's throat and began to squeeze as he thrusted the young captain down to the ground! Despite being bigger and older, Toushiro could not pry his little brother's hand off! His strength was unnatural, coming from somewhere else! He looked up and saw the anger and hatred in his little brother's eyes.

Toboe: "You payed more attention to our little sister than me.. ME! Your first sibling! Whenever Malana tried to copy you and failed, you were there praising her for the effort! But when I tried and failed, you made fun of me and turned me into a joke!"

Toushiro: "T-Toboe... I-I didn't mean-"

As Toboe's anger grew, his grip got tighter and tighter. It wouldn't be long before Toushiro suffocated! Ichigo tried to stop Toboe but he was slammed by a wave of of sand and darkness and the Substitute Soul Reaper was knocked out cold in a flash!

Rukia: "Ichigo!"

While many ran over to Ichigo's side, others stood back and only glared at Toboe.

Toboe: "That's right... Come near us and I'll do much worse to you than what I did to him!"

Toushiro managed to turn his head enough to see Ichigo as Rukia, Renji, Hange, and Goku crowded around him.

Toushiro: "I-Ichigo..."

The young captain turned his attention back to his brother.

Toboe: "But that's not why I'm angry at you, Toushiro. I'm angry at you because you abandoned us!"

Toushiro: "W-What are you talking about?..."

Toboe: "Don't you remember that day? The day you left during a violent snowstorm while mom and dad were sick and never came back!?"

Toushiro stared right into Toboe's eyes as the memories of that day replayed in his mind. That was the day he died.

Toboe: "You abandoned us!"

Toushiro: "Agh! N-No I didn't! Don't you remember?! Mother and father were both sick and if they didn't get medicine soon, they'd die! I left to get the medicine but got turned around in the storm and fell through a frozen lake! I couldn't get out in time before I froze to death! It's not my fault, Toboe!"

Toboe: "IT IS YOUR FAULT! YOU SAID YOU KNEW THE WAY! YOU SAID THAT YOU COULD FIND THE VILLAGE EVEN IN THAT STORM! YOU LIED AND WE PAID THE PRICE FOR IT! MOM AND DAD DIED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T RETURN! MALANA AND I WERE LEFT ALONE OUT THERE!"

Toboe tightened his grip even more. Now Toushiro could barely breathe.

Toboe: "And what's worse is that Malana still foolishly believed that you'd be back. She kept looking out the window, waiting for you to pop around the corner at any moment up until the cold and hunger finally got her. So what if mom and dad died! You should have been there! You should have been there to take care of us! You were our big brother, that was YOUR JOB! BUT YOU LEFT US AND MALANA DIED BECAUSE OF YOU! I BLAME YOU FOR EVERYTHING, TOUSHIRO!"

With his free hand, Toboe created a scythe made of black ice and sand and held it up over Toushiro. This was shocking as no one knew he could use ice too!

Toboe: "It's time you suffered like we did, Toushiro!"

Toushiro: "T-Toboe... Don't..."

Toboe raised his scythe up with a yell! But with a roar, Vegeta swiped his hand across and struck Toboe off of Toushiro!