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Hitsugaya Toshiro cheerfully ran down the forest path with his new found powers of reiatsu concealment. Overjoyed by this sort of new power, he ran close to the the Shihouin house premisis. His vice captain's unusual Haori flapped lazily through the wind as he ran toward the usual spot where he met Kuraime. His haori was considered unusual mainly because of the fact that only captains wore them. Though, he felt an unusual comfort in wearing it because he was so used to his grandfather wearing one. He felt Kuraime's slowly disappearing traces of reiatsu as he got closer to the tree. It was months old, but he couldn't help himself from getting excited everytime he feels her presence in one way or the other.

His pace quickened to a sprint through pure incentive to reach his primary target place. His white hair lightly pulled with the wind in a way as if they were slim trees flowing in the direction of the wind during a hurricane. To a untrained eye, Toshiro would appear to look like a ghost that was flying through the woods. The ones that would attempt to investigate the strange figure would only meet the sheer cold breeze that he left behind.

Upon arrival, Toshiro looked around to see if Kuraime recieved his presents as well. To his surprise, they were nowhere to be found. He felt some other form of reiatsu present. It unmistakably belonged to a male. Though it was unknown to whom. Who was this unknown male? Did Hitsugaya leave for too long? He was wrong to assume so much. He didn;t know how to ease his untroubled mind. It was full of doubt and fear. "Did she move on? He muttered quietly under his breath.

He needed his answers as soon as possible. Instead of jumping to conclusions, he needed to ask her directly before he acted rashly. Concentrating thin amounts of reiatsu to his feet, he began to walk up the tree with his body sticking out horizontally against the vertical tree. Ultimately reaching his branch where he snuggled up into it. His heart was not filled with sorrow or doubt, but rather excitement and fear. He was excited about seeing her, but fearful of her explanation that has yet to be told.

Toshiro would have completely understood if she moved on... It was hard for him to swallow that thought. He pushed it away and attempted to be optimistic about this whole situation. Out of all honestly... he wouldn't have blamed her for moving on. He didn't truely say goodbye. He left a mere necklace that promised her she had his heart. A gift that with-held a promise he still kept to this moment. Quite possibly to his grave. It's almost been a year since he last set eyes on her...

Leaning his head on the tree trunk, he shifted his entire body so he was comfortable. Placing his hands behind his head and placing his right ankle on his left thigh, he looked up curiously at the slowly shifting leaves of the everlasting tree. He took off his zanpaktou which was laying on his back and placed it on his lap. He quickly glanced at it and smiled. "Itsuru..." He muttered quietly. The name jolted the zanpaktou to life and a smaller phoenix of ice materialized from the trunk of the tree, staring down at him face to face. "Yes Toshiro?" he chirped curiously.

"Can you do me a favor and go find Kuraime for me?" Toshiro asked him with a smile. "Yes, Toshiro..." Itsuru replied before his ice form took off. Looking for Kuraime. Getting slowly impatient, Toshiro began to hum a soothing tune.


[Tune he's humming: ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcFgelgVJ9Q]
[So basically, Toshiro found out his true zanpaktou spirit form a while ago. It's a phoenix!]

Itsuru continued to glide around the forest slowly where he felt the presence of his master's love. His eyes slowly moved left to right scanning the area of the sight of her. The entire forest was a shade of gray, black, and white through his eyes. For some reason he was only capable of seeing the shades of blue. His own body, or Toshiro's ice. Blue was without a doubt, his favorite color. It was then he smelt the scent of sweet apples as if they just bloomed in the summer weather. The scent caused his mouth to water when he finally realized that he found his intended target. Increasing his wing intervals to a rapid rate, he shot toward the direction in which he smelt the girl. He stopped abruptly in midair, gazing curiously at the girl in which his master loved. Landing quietly in front of her, he chirped cheerfully. Remembering with his mater the first experience she had with human contact, Itsuru tried to be extra cautious in his movements. Then, an idea came to mind.

Sacrificing some of his reiatsu life force in the current form of ice he was in, he formed a rose of ice on the ground. Carefully picking it up in his beak, he lifted up the rose by the fragile stem and edged forward toward Kurai's hand. It was then and there he lightly grazed his head onto her hands which where clenched in a protective manner. He knew that his body reeked of Toshiro's reiatsu. Surely, she would have notice immediantly. As she began to open her hand slowly, to him, he dropped the rose into it. There he lightly snapped at her shirt and pulled her toward his intended direction. He took flight and began to fly to his master, hoping the girl was following closely behind him.

Gaining impatience Toshiro jumped on his feet and began to pace back and forth impatiently along the tree trunk. Strongly annoyed by the effeciency in which Itsuru was working he jumped toward the ground, realizing that his impatience will cause him much pain in the process. As he fell, he reacted quickly and froze his hand into a claw. Grabbing into the tree, he ripped in the bark. The bark shattered to pieces as he began to slow down. Reaching the ground with a heavy thud he laughed lightly. Feeling a famiiar presence approaching his location, he turned around and ran toward the familiar reiatsu.

Toshiro couldn't believe his eyes, it was as if he set his eyes on an angel. Her divine beauty was uncompared as he sprinted at her with all haste. Upon approach, he dared not to stop and rather tackled her into the ground. The force of the impact shook his body and he enclosed his arms around her waist as they flew though the air. Upon impact, he quickly turned so that he would be the one to hit the ground. The ground loudly impacted against his back as he stared into her eyes deeply. The muted gold lit the flame in his frozen heart. "Hey... love." He said with a warming smile. The crisp apple scent that lightly kissed his nose was invigorating to the very core.

Toshiro stared curiously at her face as a tear materialized in her eyes. Before he knew it, Kurai placed her lips on his. Her warms lips brought forth an indescribable experience. He pulled her closer and pressed his lips against hers with force. He inhaled her scent as his lips curled into a smile. Pulling away slowly, he held her close. Placing his chin on her left shoulder he whispered in her ear, "I hope those tears aren't over me..."

Kissing her forehead, Toshiro closed his eyes. "I'm not leaving you ever again... I don't care what challanges us anymore. I'd rather die then lose you." He continued to hold her tightly, out of fear of letting her go...to lose her once again. Everyday, since he was seprated from her, he died. He slowly died everyday until he became as cold as the ice that he summoned. He wondered what she had been doing... apparently she hadn't moved on. He carefully studied her face as if he imprinted it in his memory. His eyes were caught on a diamond shaped heart that was hanging from her neck. The heart gleamed brightly in the sun. His face smiled even wider That's the one I gave her...

Attempting to avoid her questioning gaze, Toshiro hugged her tightly and resumed his head placement by placing it on her shoulder. Closing his eyes, his hands moved slowly up her back until his fingers started to comb through her hair. He placed his lips on her neck and lightly kissed it. Sighing with satisfaction Toshiro moved his head toward her ear. "I just...... missed you. Nothing is wrong... you won't believe how much I've died without you love..." He whispered. Toshiro was finally at peace. During his time on earth he had the same nightmares that haunted his dreams every night. He remembered it so vividly...

The area was placed in an unfamiliar area. Toshiro was walking down the set path that was layed out before him. Then, he would see a light... one that radiated a Autumn gold color. It would shine so brightly for a second before revealing Kuraime's face. Joy overtook his emotions as he ran as fast as he could to reach her. Only, the light began to fade... and soon, became non-existant. Along with it... her.