Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ This Light I See ❯ Secrets ( Chapter 2 )

Title: This Light I See
Disclaimer: I don’t own Bleach, any of the characters or their likeness. Don’t sue me. You won’t get much anyway. I only own the original characters that have been created by me and my friends.
Parings: Multiple
Warning: Rated Y for violence, language, and some slight sexual content. Rating may change in later chapters.

Chapter 2: Secrets

Toushirou broke the kiss first to get some air. Mikaze didn’t want his lips to leave hers. She opened her eyes to see his teal orbs staring deeply into her own light green ones.
“You have done something to me that no one has been able to truly accomplish. You have melted my heart.” Toushirou whispered to Mikaze.
The blue haired girl fainted.
‘Great…’ Toushirou thought. ‘I knew something like this would happen.’
Toushirou took Mikaze inside, which caused everyone to ask questions of what had happened. Toushirou told everyone that she was fine and she must have just been tired so she fainted. Rangiku thought that her Captain looked like he was feeling guilty about something, but she brushed it off. Urahara had Toushirou take Mikaze to a back room to sleep since she had been so tired. Toushirou placed Mikaze gently on the bed in the room, so as not to wake her. He watched her sleep for a moment and brushed her cheek with his fingers. Her skin was so soft and he wanted to kiss those sweet lips again. As Toushirou got up and headed out the door, he thought about what to tell the girl when she woke up. Did he tell her that it was all real and that he really did kiss her and tell her that he really did say that or did he tell her that she must have dreamt the whole thing? Maybe he would just wait to tell her something if she asked him about it. Toushirou wasn’t really sure if he had done the right thing in kissing Mikaze. Yes, he did love her and according to Urahara, and probably everyone else, Mikaze loved him just the same, but the only thing was he didn’t want Mikaze being hurt if Yamamoto SouTaichou decided to send either of them or even both of them into exile. Toushirou went back out into the sitting area with the others and decided that it was best just not to mention anything to Mikaze unless she asked him about it. Maybe she would think it was all a dream.


When Mikaze woke up, she didn’t realize where she was. She thought that she might still be at Ichigo’s house and that it was morning. She knew when her Captain kissed her that it was too good to be true; everything had just been a dream. Mikaze soon realized that she wasn’t still at Ichigo’s house, this was different. She got up and left the room she was in to go see where she was exactly. Mikaze went into the sitting room to see Shiori, Renji, Rukia and Rangiku sitting with Urahara.
“He’s sitting up on the roof.” Urahara answered the unasked question that was on Mikaze’s mind.
“Oh. Wait, who?” Mikaze asked.
“Taichou is, of course. He likes to look at the sky when he thinks or something is troubling him.” Rangiku said.
“I like to do that too… Either the sky or my old home…” Mikaze said a bit quietly, a bit of sadness in her eyes as she thought about her dead brother and then about Toushirou. She could have sworn that they had really kissed, but it seemed to have been a dream. It sure was a realistic dream. Mikaze could still feel the softness of Toushirou’s lips on hers, the warmth of his body against hers, his arms around her. Mikaze had to know from Toushirou himself if what she had experienced was really a dream or not, but she would ask him later. Mikaze thought she would let her Captain have some time to think. If they really had kissed, maybe he was regretting doing so. He was her Captain after all and she was just a low ranking Division member.
Toushirou walked back in through the front door and saw that Mikaze was awake. They stared at each other for a moment, both wondering things, thinking if they should confront each other just now.
“You’re awake. That’s good.” Toushirou finally said.
“Yes.” Mikaze responded. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s not your fault.” Toushirou said as he walked pasts everyone to go outside to the back of the shop.
Mikaze was a bit confused at first. Did Toushirou say that it wasn’t her fault because what had happened before she fainted really happened? She had really hoped that the kiss was real. Maybe he was pretending that nothing happened so that no one would ask questions, but it made Mikaze think that maybe it would cause more questions if they were to sneak around.
Mikaze sat at the table between Shiori and Rukia and was offered a cup of tea and a cute little star shaped cookie with white frosting and little blue sprinkles on it. This again made Mikaze think of her Captain and she looked toward the door that he had went through to go outside.
“I think he’s worried about you.” Shiori said to Mikaze.
Mikaze looked away from the door and at Shiori. “Why do you say that?”
“Well, his feelings for you and your one of his Division members.”
“Hitsugaya Taichou does not have feelings for me.” Mikaze said.
“Oh my god, Mikaze! Everyone here knows he’s madly in love with you. Why can’t you see that?”
What Shiori didn’t know is that Mikaze did know that her Captain had feelings for her, at least she thought she knew. She really had to know if the whole thing had been a dream. Mikaze excused herself from the table and walked outside from the back door and found Toushirou standing against the wall, looking at the sky. Mikaze stood in front of her Captain and was ready to ask him about earlier.
“It wasn’t a dream.” The Captain said without looking away from the sky.
“Taichou?”
“I really did kiss you.”
Mikaze smiled, she was glad that it hadn’t been a dream, but then that meant that he really said those words to her, too. Toushirou loved her. Mikaze’s heart started pounding and her cheeks became flushed. Toushirou looked at Mikaze, she was so beautiful. He hadn’t felt this way about anyone in his life before, not even Momo, which at one point in his life, he thought he had loved her that way, but then he realized that he loved her like a sister and would protect her like a brother should protect his sister. Then there was Rangiku, he loved her like a best friend, even if she did things that would upset him at times, he still loved his Vice-captain, who was actually kind of like a mother to him at times, and he would protect her, too. The love he felt for Mikaze was totally different, he would die for her. Sure, he would protect Momo at any cost, too, she was his best friend, but Mikaze meant more to him than anyone ever had.
Mikaze started blushing deeper when she realized that she was still staring at her Captain and turned away. Her heart was beating so fast that she felt as if it was going to burst right out of her chest. She felt arms wrap around her and she closed her eyes. She gasped as she felt warm breath on her ear and neck.
“Please keep this a secret. Okay?” Toushirou whispered into Mikaze’s ear.
Mikaze nodded without even thinking, her mind was in a fog. Toushirou kissed Mikaze’s neck causing the blue haired girl to go weak in the knees, but she still stood on her own. As Toushirou let go of her and went back inside, she felt a bit empty, like something was missing. Toushirou was her other half, she knew that for sure now. With him next to her, she felt whole, complete, but he had just asked her to keep their relationship a secret and she had agreed. Mikaze knew that if word got out that they were being even the slightest bit intimate that they could both be exiled and would not be able to see each other ever again. Mikaze didn’t really want to keep their relationship a secret, but she knew what was at stake and she didn’t want to see her Captain get hurt. She even had to keep this a secret from Shiori and she didn’t know how long she’d be able to keep it from the older girl since they were best friends and Shiori could basically read Mikaze like a book.
When Mikaze re-entered the shop, Toushirou was sitting at the table, sipping tea. Mikaze sat back down at the table between Rukia and Shiori, fresh tea poured into her cup and the cookie still on the table.
“Well, now that everyone is with us. I think we should discuss your gigai. I have everyone’s gigai right here. Now I know the only ones who haven’t used gigai yet are Kawahone-san and Yamamoto-dono so the two of you will have to go with someone that has already had a gigai so that you learn how to use them properly.” Urahara paused in thought for a moment. “Yamamoto-dono-“
“Call me Shiori. Actually, Mikaze and I have been to the human world before and we have used gigai. It’s just been a very long time since we’ve used them and we probably need a refresher course.” The purple haired girl said.
“Shiori, you’ll be going with Abari.”
“What? Why can’t she go with Rukia or Rangiku?” Renji complained.
“I want her to go with you.”
“Fine.” Renji sulked, even though he remembered the promise he made to his Captain to watch over purple haired girl.
Mikaze too was a bit shocked that she and Shiori would be separated; Yamamoto SouTaichou had asked her to keep an eye on her friend and keep her out of trouble. How was she supposed to do that when she wasn’t anywhere near the other girl?
“And Kawahone, I would like you to go with Hitsugaya Taichou.”
Mikaze and Toushirou had slight shock on their faces. They would be alone together, with no one else to watch them.
“Once you get back, we’ll discuss living situations. I’ll be sure to call the others over so we can all discuss it and not just assume that they would allow you to stay with them.” Urahara stated.
Rukia and Rangiku had left the shop to find some supplies. A slightly grumbling Shiori and a not so happy Renji left Urahara Shouten to break in Shiori’s gigai. Urahara looked at the two youngest Shinigami once again and started to say something to them, but thought against it. He decided to watch the two instead and noticed a tender moment between them. Toushirou’s expression was much softer toward the blue haired girl than with anyone else.
“You had better hurry before everyone else gets back.” Uarahara told them as he left the room to let the two have a moment before they left.
“Come on. We should go get you gigai broken in.” Toushirou told Mikaze as he took her hand in his and led her out the door.
Mikaze smiled, this was perfect. Toushirou was really himself when he was with her, he could really open up and she could be the same with him. They were only truly themselves when they were with each other. Toushirou wanted to really help Mikaze get used to her gigai, he just wanted to protect the girl from harm and the gigai would mask her reiatsu from being detected by Hollows.
Toushirou found an ice cream shop as the two walked.
“Would you like some ice cream?” He asked.
“Sure. I’ve never had ice cream before.” Mikaze answered.
“I don’t really like the ice cream much. I usually get shaved ice.”
“Oh. Hm…” Mikaze looked up at the menu for flavors. “Do you mind if I get two flavors?”
Toushirou shook his head. “Anything you want.”
Mikaze ordered a cone with a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of strawberry while Toushirou ordered a single shaved ice with watermelon flavor.
“Watermelon?” Mikaze asked.
“Yeah. Hinamori and I used to eat watermelon ever summer when we grew up together.” Toushirou answered.
Toushirou watched Mikaze as she took a bite of her ice cream.
“Wow! This is amazing!” Mikaze exclaimed.
“I’m glad you like it.” Toushirou smiled.Mikaze smiled back. Toushirou was so cute when he smiled. He looked like a child.
Once they were done eating their treats, Mikaze seemed a bit sad.
“We don’t have to go back right away.” Toushirou suggested to an unsaid complaint.
Mikaze was a bit shocked that her Captain would say this since she was so used to him wanting to get the job done. Toushirou took Mikaze by the hand and walked with her, finding an abandoned house. He took her inside and she looked at her Captain who had a strange look on his face.
“Taichou? Are you okay?” Mikaze asked.
“I’m fine.” Toushirou said as he got closer to the girl in front of him.
Mikaze looked around, they really were in an abandoned house with dust and debris everywhere.
“T-Taichou?”
“You look pretty in that dress.” Toushirou said in a kind of hushed tone.
“Um, you look nice too.” Mikaze said and smiled.
Mikaze wore a white sun dress that had little red flowers printed on it and thin red ribbon trimmed the bottom and the straps and tied around the waist to tie into a bow at the back, she also wore red flats that had a strap going across the top of her feet. Mikaze also wore a red sweater that stopped at her waist. Toushirou wore a pair of dark blue pants and a white sweater with a black collared shirt under it with the sleeves rolled up a bit and a black wrist band, he also wore white sneakers, which went very well with his ensemble. It was just barely spring in Karakura Town and the weather still called for something a bit warm to wear, which is why the two wore sweaters.
Mikaze blinked in slight confusion at the white haired Captain as he got even closer to her.
“I thought you wanted to keep us a secret.” Mikaze said.
“I do, for now, but we’re alone. We can just tell everyone that it took awhile for you to get used to your gigai.” Toushirou informed.
Mikaze was now cornered, backed into a wall, and as she looked into Toushirou’s deep gaze, she gave into him and pulled him in for a crushing kiss. The two moaned into each other’s mouths as Toushirou’s hands rested on Mikaze’s hips and Mikaze’s hands were on the back of Toushirou’s head and neck. Mikaze smiled and moaned as Toushirou kissed down her neck and pulled her sweater off to kiss her shoulder. She was in bliss feeling Toushirou’s soft lips on her skin and then back on her own lips. Toushirou loved Mikaze’s lips; they were sweet, like her.
“T-tai… Toushirou…” Mikaze started.
“Hm?” Toushirou responded as he kissed Mikaze’s collar bone.
Mikaze had to fight a moan from escaping her lips. “I think we should stop.”
Toushirou looked into Mikaze’s eyes. “You’re right. Everyone’s probably wondering where we are.”
Mikaze didn’t really want to stop, but if they took things any farther, there would be no going back and who knows what would have happened to them once they got back, especially if the Commander-general found out.
“Besides, I have something special planned for us to take this farther.” Toushirou said as he smiled and kissed the blue haired girl quickly.
Mikaze was really confused now. Toushirou wanted to take their relationship farther? But what about getting in trouble with the Seireitei? Mikaze followed her Captain out of the abandoned house and back to Urahara Shouten and felt a bit awkward when everyone else was there staring at the two of them.
“It took you two long enough. Where have you been?” Shiori said, like she didn’t know. For Shiori, Mikaze was easy to read and what was written on her face was that she and Toushirou had just made out.
“We… It just took me a long time to get used to my gigai.” Mikaze informed everyone.
“Well, come sit down and eat. The others are all on their way now.” Urahara said to Mikaze and Toushirou.
Mikaze and Toushirou sat in their usual spots, Mikaze between Rukia and Shiori and Toushirou between Renji and Urahara.
“I hope I can stay with Orihime again. Don’t you, Taichou?” Rangiku said.
“I don’t care. She cooks such strange food.” Toushirou said.
“Aw, it’s just different.” Rangiku pouted at her Captain.
Once the others, Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, and Uryu had arrived, it was agreed who would be staying with who. Orihime was welcoming Rangiku back and to her delight, Toushirou and Mikaze would be staying with her as well. Rangiku had told Toushirou that Division Ten should stick together wherever they were staying, which made the white haired Captain roll his eyes and agree, which then caused Rangiku to hug her Captain. Rukia was again staying with Ichigo and going to be bunking with Karin and Yuzu, which much to her dislike, was the only way Ichigo would let her stay there again. Rukia had become custom to sleeping in Ichigo’s closet because in case of a Hollow emergency, she was right there and could wake his butt up. As for Shiori and Renji, Chad had agreed to have Renji, but Renji protested when Urahara said that Shiori could stay at the shop.
“Why do you have to be with me everywhere?” Shiori asked.
“I was ordered… to watch over you.” Renji said a bit embarrassed.
“By whom?”
“Kuchiki Taichou…” Renji said quietly.
Shiori started laughing. She knew Byakuya would ask his Vice-captain to watch over her. As much as he hid his feelings from everyone, including her, she knew that he cared for her.
So, everyone had agreed on where they were staying while they were in the Human world. Rangiku, Toushirou and Mikaze were staying with Orihime, Rukia was staying with Ichigo, and Renji and Shiori were staying at Urahara Shouten. Mikaze still didn’t know how she was going to be keeping her friend out of trouble when she couldn’t be near the violet haired girl, but with Renji looking after her, she was probably going to be fine. Yamamoto SouTaichou would understand that she couldn’t keep her eyes on Shiori twenty-four hours a day. He probably already knew that Renji had been asked to watch over her.
Once everyone got to the places they were staying, it was basically time for dinner. Rangiku was delighted to hear that Orihime was making spaghetti with chocolate sauce, marshmallows and whipped cream. Mikaze and Toushirou looked at each other and then at the food with disgust.
“I think we should order in.” Toushirou said.
“Good idea.” Mikaze said.
Toushirou used Orihime’s phone to call in an order for some sushi for him and Mikaze and thought that Orihime and Rangiku could eat what was made. Orihime set places for the four of them; Toushirou received the food once it arrived and paid the delivery man and everyone sat down and started eating. Toushirou had actually ordered enough food for four people just in case what Orihime had cooked up wasn’t good at all. Mikaze thanked her Captain for buying food and one of the pieces of sushi that Mikaze bit into was extremely spicy for her, which caused the girl’s eyes to start tearing.
“Are you okay, Mikaze?” Orihime asked.
Mikaze’s face started turning red and she squeezed her eyes shut and started screaming. “It’s too hot!”
Mikaze felt as if her mouth was on fire and she thought that her tongue was going to be burned off. Toushirou ran into the kitchen to get a glass of water for Mikaze, but Orihime stopped him and got a glass of milk for the blue haired girl.
“Drink this.” Orihime said as she handed Mikaze the glass.
Mikaze gulped the milk down quickly, but her mouth was still burning slightly.
“Eat some bread and that should help.” Orihime said as she brought out a slice of bread.
Mikaze started eating the bread slowly since she wasn’t really hungry anymore and the fire in her mouth subsided. Toushirou looked at Mikaze apologetically, he felt guilty for not telling her that there were spicy sushi rolls in the mix.
By the time everyone settled down, it was time to go to bed. Orihime provided some pajamas for Rangiku and Mikaze, although they were a bit small for Rangiku since her bust was slightly larger than Orihime’s and they were too big for Mikaze since she was the size of a ten or twelve year old girl.
“We’ll just have to go shopping tomorrow.” Rangiku said.
Toushirou rolled his eyes, although he thought it was a good idea since he didn’t have anything to wear while he was staying with Orihime. Once everyone had changed, Toushirou had to borrow some pajamas from one of the neighbors, Orihime and Rangiku set up a few sleeping mats and blankets on the floor. Rangiku made sure that she was sleeping in the spot next to Orihime, which left the other two spaces open for Toushirou and Mikaze to sleep next to each other. Toushirou thought that Rangiku was up to something, but then brushed it off as just normal Rangiku behavior. What Toushirou didn’t know was that Yamamoto SouTaichou had asked Rangiku to keep an eye on Toushirou and Mikaze and subtly bring them together and get them to admit their feelings for each other, but what everyone else didn’t know was that Toushirou and Mikaze had already done just that. Mikaze, Rangiku and Orihime went to bed first, while Toushirou changed in the bathroom. Mikaze was falling asleep quickly until she saw Toushirou come out of the bathroom and lay down behind her. Toushirou turned his back to Mikaze; they were still keeping their relationship a secret. Rangiku and Orihime were quickly asleep and Toushirou could sense it so he rolled over to face Mikaze and moved closer to her. He pulled the girl closer to him, which caused her to wake up and turn her head to see who was grabbing her.
“It’s just me.” Toushirou whispered.
Mikaze turned her head back and settled against Toushirou’s body then quickly fell asleep again, a smile on her face. Toushirou rested his chin on the top of Mikaze’s head and fell asleep, a smile also gracing his lips. The two slept peacefully next to one another for the rest of the night. When Toushirou woke the next morning, Mikaze was now facing him and they were still so close to each other. The white haired boy smiled as he looked at the love of his life and watched as she opened her beautiful light green eyes. Mikaze smiled once she opened her eyes and saw Toushirou staring back at her with a smile on his own face. The two of them remained in each other’s arms for a moment before realizing that the others would most likely wake up soon, so they got up and started getting ready for the day. This went on for days, even weeks, without Rangiku or Orihime noticing anything between the two younger Shinigami. On quite a few shopping trips that Rangiku had insisted that they needed to take, everyone had new clothes to wear. Shiori had of course bought jeans and t-shirts to wear all the time, usually something that was plain in color, like black or white or even purple. Mikaze wanted to protest to her friend’s choice in style, but realized that Shiori wouldn’t have it any other way. Rukia had gotten some more dresses, although she didn’t really need them since she usually just borrowed some from Yuzu, with the small girl’s permission of course. Renji got his normal hippy style clothing, which just made him stand out a bit more than the rest of them. Rangiku of course purchased clothing that showed off her figure and her cleavage. Toushirou and Mikaze were a bit more sensible, but still stylish. Toushirou bought things that were comfortable and that could be considered dressed up or down. Mikaze had bought a few pairs of jeans and some t-shirts and blouses, but Rukia and Rangiku had convinced the blue haired girl to get more dresses. In the words of Rangiku, the dresses would definitely attract Toushirou, which caused Mikaze to blush and hurry out of the shop with the paid for clothes. Rangiku had even convinced the other girls that they should get some jewelry and hair accessories, if they wanted. Mikaze picked up a few hair accessories, but she didn’t really ever want to take out the beads that she had received from her brother the last time she saw him alive.
“You’ll look much less like a child if you take those pig tails out of your hair.” Rangiku said.
“But Tensei gave me these… I promised him I’d always wear them.” Mikaze said.
“Okay, but these accessories are going to go to waste.”
Mikaze looked at the accessories in thought; maybe she would use them one day, but not today.


“What are we still doing here? We haven’t done anything yet. We haven’t seen any Hollow, at least not ones that are a large threat. The ones we have seen are easy enough to take care of with one blow.” Shiori argued.
“We are here to investigate.” Toushirou informed.
“Investigate what? There hasn’t been anything to investigate.” Shiori commented back.
“We must stay here until Yamamoto SouTaichou is satisfied with the information we have collected and calls us back to Seireitei.”
Shiori sighed. She just wanted to go back home and sleep in her own bed, not that it wasn’t comfortable at Urahara Shouten; she was just more comfortable in her own bed.
“I’m setting up another search. Matsumoto, take Yamamoto with you.”
“Hai, Taichou.” Rangiku obeyed.
“Renji and Rukia will take Ichigo with them.”
“But then that leaves-“ Shiori was cut off.
“That leaves Kawahone to go with me.” Toushirou said. He didn’t care anymore if everyone was getting suspicious of him and Mikaze going to investigate together, but there was just something that he had to do today.
Toushirou had already talked to Urahara and had gotten help with putting just the slightest bit of his reiatsu into a small object that he had bought at the jewelry shop while no one else was watching him. He placed his hand into his pocket to feel for a small box to make sure it was still there and walked out the door. Rangiku turned to Mikaze, took the beads out of the younger girl’s hair and tried to fix the blue hair.
“Hey, my beads!” Mikaze protested.
Rangiku looked at Mikaze with an inspecting look.
“That’ll have to do, now go get him, birthday girl.” Rangiku said, pushing Mikaze out the door.
‘That’s right.’ Mikaze thought. ‘It’s my birthday today. I wonder if Hitsugaya Taichou remembered.’
Mikaze realized that Toushirou had become so far ahead of her that she had to run to catch up to him. Toushirou led Mikaze to an old subway station to investigate Hollow activity. He reached into his pocket once more, he was just a little bit nervous. He didn’t have any idea why, he was just going to be giving Mikaze her birthday present. It wasn’t like he was asking her to marry him or anything. The young Captain turned to say something to Mikaze when he noticed that she looked different, he wound up staring at her. She looked amazing, but he couldn’t put his finger on why she looked so great. Mikaze noticed that her Captain was staring at her and started blushing.
‘Maybe Matsumoto FukuTaichou was right about my hair.’ She thought.
“Um, you look really nice today.” Toushirou managed to finally say as he walked over to the girl he cherished deeply.
Mikaze thought that Toushirou was going to kiss her, but he pulled a small box out of his pocket and handed it to her. The girl’s heart started to pound with nervousness and excitement. Could he possibly be asking her the “question”?
“Happy birthday,” Toushirou said. “I hope you like it.”
Mikaze blinked a bit out of confusion at first, but then realized what the Captain had actually said. He was giving her a birthday present, he had remembered. She smiled up at the boy she loved and then opened the box. She stared at the thing inside then looked back up at Toushirou.
“I love it.” Mikaze smiled again.
Mikaze took the small snow flake charm out of the box. Toushirou took the necklace and placed it around Mikaze’s neck, making sure the clasp wasn’t caught in her hair then stepped back to look at it.
“It looks nice on you.” Toushirou said with a smile.
“Thank you.”
“Now you’ll have a piece of me wherever you go.” Toushirou kissed Mikaze tenderly on the lips.
Mikaze felt the bit of Toushirou’s reiatsu humming from the snow flake charm that now lay on her chest.
“Thank you, Toushirou.”
Mikaze thought she saw something so she looked to her right and saw a little girl.
“Oh, hello. You must be lonely down here all alone like this.” Mikaze said as she approached the little girl.
“Do you know where my mommy is?” The little girl asked.
Mikaze looked at the little girl sadly. “No, I don’t know where your mommy is.” Mikaze then looked at Toushirou.
“Do the burial quickly before Hollow start showing up.” Toushirou said.
Mikaze nodded and turned back to the little girl.
“I’m going to send you to Soul Society. It’s very nice there. You’ll like it, I promise. You won’t be lonely anymore.” Mikaze said as she took out her sword, placing the hilt close to the little girl’s forehead.
“Will I see my mommy there?” She asked.
Mikaze wasn’t sure about the answer, but she said, “Yes.”
The little girl smiled as Mikaze placed the end of her Zanpakutou on the little girl’s forehead. The little girl faded into sparkling light as a Hell Butterfly guided the spirit to Soul Society.
“You lied to her, you know.” Toushirou said. “She probably won’t see her mom.”
“I know. She won’t know once she gets to Soul Society though. She’ll just be born as a new baby there. She won’t be lonely at all. She’ll have a new family.” Mikaze sniffled, her eyes tearing up.
“Mikaze?” Toushirou wondered if the blue haired girl was all right.
Mikaze wiped her eyes before turning back to her Captain with a smile.
“Let’s go.” Toushirou said. “Happy birthday again.”
“Thank you.” Mikaze said.
Toushirou took the girl’s hand in his as they walked back to Urahara Shouten.
“Hey, how about some ice cream? On me.” Toushirou asked as they came upon an ice cream shop.
“Sure. I’ll have…” Mikaze paused as she looked up at the menu. “Chocolate chip with strawberry on top, please.”
“I’ll have the watermelon shaved ice.” Toushirou told the clerk. “It really is my favorite food in the entire world. Every summer, before we became Shinigami, Hinamori and I would eat watermelon practically by the cartful.”
“Wow.” Mikaze thought she knew mostly everything about her Captain, but here he was, telling her about his past. Even Momo hadn’t told her about that and Momo had pretty much unintentionally spilled the beans on lots of things about the white haired Captain. Mikaze knew about the friend that Toushirou had lost due to their Zanpakutou being the same, she had been in school the same time as Toushirou, although it did take her a bit longer to graduate than Toushirou’s two years. She knew that Toushirou even fought against his friend a second time, which almost caused the Seireitei and Soul Society to be completely destroyed, Mikaze had already been in Division Ten by then. Memories of school started flooding Mikaze’s mind.


Thanks for reading. This chapter is full of Shirou and Kaze fluff, I know, but I hope you all like it. Hope this chapter doesn’t seem like it was forced, although some of it was until the last two scenes or so. I’m still working on revising the rest of the chapters. Please review, constructive criticism is always welcome. Thanks again for reading.