Christmas Nightmare
~ Oni-Chan ~
A small figure huddled in the corner of the room, shivering due to the cold as he clutched his right hand. A small figure came into the room, smiling at him. "Holly says that the sun is rising, so we should leave now. She gave me instructions on what we're supposed to do. She wants you to make it snow as soon as we get to the place."
"Is aneki coming too?" The boy wrapped both arms around his shoulders as he continued to shiver.
At that, the small female paused, then moved her face closer to his face, their noses almost touching. "How come she gets that kind of name. What about me? Does Ivy get a nickname too?"
At that, the boy paused, his glazed eyes suddenly looking at the small girl. "Your name is Ivy... wouldn't that be something like Amazura in Japanese?"
At that, the girl pouted. "That's not a nickname. That is a name. If Holly is your aneki, then doesn't that make me your imoto?"
"Hai..." Toshiro's face twisted up in confusion, then shock as the small child suddenly lunged at him, her arms wrapping around his neck as she let out a happy giggle. For a few seconds, a light returned to his eyes, and then the registry of shock upon his face was gone.
It was then that Holly came into the room, her eyes suddenly narrowing at the site of the two of them. "What the hell is wrong with you two pervy kids?"
At that, the female walked over, and made to kick at Ivy, only to have Toshiro suddenly grab the young Arrancar and move his body between her. While his eyes were still dull, he glared at the woman, which caused her to let out a deep breath of frustration. "So... you are willing to protect someone younger and weaker from you from bullies? I'll have to keep that in mind. Both of you, get out there and do what you need to."
M
A few hours later, Ivy held onto Toshiro's hand as they walked down the sidewalk towards the destination, unnoticed by the living people around them. Eventually they came to a drug store, a different one then the one he and Gin had gone to earlier that week. Ivy would ever so often point out a Christmas decoration to him, a smile plastered on her face.
Finally, they came to the store, which wasn't yet opened. At that point, Toshiro turned towards the door, a blank expression on his face. The small shinigami drew his zampaktuo, and the snow began to fall down. He then spoke out the dragon's name, and suddenly the ice Dragon went smashing through the front, setting off an alarm.
At that, point Ivy simply stepped in as if nothing happened. "I want to get some candy. I've never had candy before, but I saw some other little kids talking about it. Do you want some candy?"
However, Hitsugaya didn't answer her, but went over to where the allergy pills were, not to mention the creme to place on the rash. His foot tapped some of the rubble out of the way and scooped up a few boxes, his breath ragged. Ivy, not liking to be ignored hurried over to where the bags were kept and brought one over to him.
"Please! Can I have some candy!" The girl stated, a pouting look on her face.
"Holly said we had to wait until the soul reapers get here before we leave. Do whatever you want to occupy yourself." However, there was a sudden pause and a flicker on his face. "Just be sure you don't hurt yourself. There is a lot of rubble around here."
The small female simply smiled and went around picking up items to put in her own bag. She bounced around the debris, looking at various things. Toshiro though went and leaned up against the shelving unit, letting is reiatsu flare out so that someone would feel the pressure and come running. Who ever was closest would receive the blunt of his attacks.
There came a suddenly sound as two shinigami landed outside of the drug store, glancing around as the small shinigami simply continued to lean up against the shelving unit, while Ivy continued to put things into her bad. The two were Hisagi and Kira fukutaicho, and both found their eyes going wide as they looked in at the mess.
Finally, Shuhei spoke up. "Hitsugaya Taicho. Why did you did you do this?"
"Holly said to do it." The boy stated, suddenly turning to face them, his voice still ragged due to the fact it was hard to breath. He began to walk towards them, his footsteps heavy. When he got close to them, both males placed their hands on their blades, not at all sure what to do about he situation, as they had been flat out told to do their best not to harm the small taicho.
Kira blinked a couple of times. "Holly said to do this? Who is this Holly person?"
At that, Ivy found a bag of chips to stick into her bag. "I think Holly is supposed to be the mommy."
"Mommy?" Hisagi stated. "Hitsugaya Taicho. Do you think of her as your mother? I mean..."
"Shut up! I don't want to listen!" At that, Toshiro clapped his hands over his ears. "I'm doing what I am supposed to be doing."
Kira listened as a coughing fit ensued, watching as the small taicho clapped a hand to his mouth due to the attack. He glanced at the boy's hand, and his eyes went wide as he noted the small taicho's right hand, which looked to have a painful rash all over it. "You aren't well. I can treat you, Hitsugaya Taicho."
This caused Toshiro to hold out the bag. "Medicine. This is what we came here for."
Shuhei found his words snapping out at the boy. "That can't be the only thing that you came here for!"
Two dulled down teal eyes blinked a couple of times. "I have to wait a bit. Holly had other instructions, and I can't do anything until a certain something happens. I can tell you though, she wants to destroy Karakura Town. She'll be starting up real soon."
Izuru let out a deep sigh. "We aren't going to let the two of you leave. You're coming back with us."
At that, Toshiro exchanged the bag to his left hand and held out the hand to Ivy, who came hurrying over with her own bags. "New game?"
"New game." Hitsugaya stated. "These two shinigami want to keep us here, but we need to leave."
Kira began muttering a kideo to bind the two children, only to have the small girl speak up. "Does that count as an attack on us?"
There came a nod from the white child's head and Ivy suddenly smiled, holding up her hand. Suddenly, ivy vines appeared around the two fukutaicho, catching them off guard, tangling them up. At that, both of the children moved, letting go of each others hands, moving towards the two shinigami, Izuru and Shuehei's eyes wide with confusion.
Ivy tapped Izuru on the head, while Toshiro swung his leg around hard into Hisagi's stomach. Both of the children then said in unison. "Tag. You're it."
Both took off in different directions, while the two shinigami looked at each other with confusion. Kira was the first to speak up, tangled up in the vines. "I swear, Hitsugaya Taicho had a smile on his face. I think who ever this Holly person is, she's convinced him that this is all a game."
"Including the destruction of Karakura Town?" Shuhei groaned.
At that, Izuru frowned. "Yeah. I think so." There was a pause as the two looked at each other. "Matsumoto isn't going to like to hear this, is she?"
"No... she's not."
M
Hinamori found herself where Toshiro had disappeared from, looking for the young shinigami's gigai. Her mind was preoccupied with the task, so she found herself not thinking about the situation. She knew full well that something was going on. Her foot steps fell lightly, and then she came to where a possible hiding spot was.
Peeking in, she spoke in a sing song voice. "Shiro-chan! Are you in there?"
At that, a small voice spoke up. "I'm not Shiro-chan. Where is Hitsugaya Taicho?"
"I'm supposed to bring you back with me to Kurosaki clinic." Momo stated, reaching her hand into the playground equipment and helping the soul candy that was in the gigai out. She then took his hand, which was very cold to the touch and pulled him along. She winced as she heard a sneeze coming from the boy's nose. "I think Isshin Taicho can make you feel better."
As she was walking along, she let out a deep sigh, knowing full well that she would rather be out looking for the actual person the gigai belonged to. She let him follow behind her, a wish that Shiro-chan would let her do this like they used to cropping up. However, as she was thinking this, she felt a sudden fluctuation of Toshiro's reiatsu.
She made to go in that direction, only to have the soul candy simply hold on, causing her to pause and turn towards him. "Are you going to leave me alone again?"
"You were given an order, Hinamori-san." This was her zampaktuo speaking up.
At that, she let out a sigh, just as her soul phone started to ring. She answered it. "Hello."
"Are you still looking for his gigai? Don't respond to his reiatsu. Kira and Hisagi are close enough, and the others are closer still. Please come back to the house." Isshin stated.
Momo blinked a couple of times. "You don't have a soul phone."
"I got one from Urahara awhile ago." Isshin stated.
The small female let out a deep sigh of frustration, then she began walking with the boy again. Eventually she got to the clinic and Rangiku hurried out, scooping up the gigai and carrying it inside, setting the boy onto the bed. "What are we going to do about the fact that it isn't Toshiro in the gigai? Aren't your daughters going to notice?"
A sneeze suddenly came from the gigai, and the man raised an eyebrow. "I think I'll give him some medicine to knock him out. Karin knows that something is going on."
"Umm..." Hinamori twiddled her fingers. "Is there something I can do?"
Rangiku glanced up, finally seeing that she was there. "I'm sorry. I'm not used to you being involved with the missions."
Isshin let out a deep sigh. "Why don't you sit with Gin? If he acts like he wants to go and try to help, tell me so I can sedate him. He is in no condition to be helping."
