1000 Years: One Shots (Part 1)

64. Yups

Title: Yups
Genre: Angst
Characters: Toshiro and a bunch of others that are a surprise.
Summary: Toshiro finds himself rescued and then finds out something he doesn't want to hear.
Rating: T
Notes: Nothing really.

As pain seared through the small taicho's chest the child's vision blurred and his hearing became fuzzy. He could feel blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, so he knew this time it was bad despite the fact it was comparatively a small injury compared to the others. His breathing was shallow, meaning his left lung was pierced. There was also considering the location the chance that there was damage to his heart.

Someone spoke then to the person who had attacked him. "Are you so sure that your flames are that good?"

He could see the person in front of him turn away from him, his hands touching the ground where he was collapsed to his knees. "Excuse me?"

Another voice spoke up. "Are you sure? I mean..."

"Oh... I'm sure. I'll only lift a finger if you need help, though in reality I dislike sending you in. It makes a valid point though to him about how weak he really is."

"You're sending a girl to fight me?" The person shook his head at whoever had come. "Are you joking?"

Toshiro's vision blurred drastically then. Then next thing he knew there came a loud crashing sound and the sound of the enemy groaning. "Girl, I'm going to burn you to ashes."

The boy's vision cleared and panic set in. "What's Kurosaki's sister doing here? What..."

"Girl... as I said I'm going to burn you to ashes."

This caused the small taicho to move, sending a wave of ice at the man which in turn caused the man to become angry. "You... you're still moving? Well... since you're wanting to defend that girl I guess I'll have to take you out first."

Toshiro held up his blade only to find himself grabbed from behind, Karin's arms wrapping around his chest area. The flames came and he could feel the heat and his skin felt like it was blistering slightly. However, he was not burning like the injury. "Toshiro... you idiot." After whispering into his ear she spoke louder so the man could hear her. "Do you really think you're the only one who can counter flames? Ever since Ichi-nii lost his powers I've been working with the old man to control them."

"Then I'll just have too..." The fire cleared out and Toshiro knew that the man was angry. A sudden gush of fire came though and the man began to scream.

The small taicho could hear Karin's voice near his ear. "I thought you were going to let me take care of this one? Sheesh... you're an even more annoying father now that you've revealed you're a shinigami as well as can see ghosts. And yes... I know that seeing ghosts logically comes from being a shinigami."

"I acted because someone decided to do something stupid... something that actually is out of character for him."

One of the division members spoke then. "It's captain Shiba."

"But what about captain Hitsugaya? I mean... he's been our captain for twenty years."

Toshiro felt his eyes widened. He pulled away from Karin and turned to look at the man who had come to his rescue. "Toshiro! You're injured!"

Said person didn't look how his taicho looked when he disappeared but instead looked more like Kyoraku Taicho. Which in itself caused him to realize who it was. He stepped towards his former captain, only to find his body falling forward. He found himself caught by Isshin as the man stepped forward. "I've got you kiddo. Sorry for making you wait for me to come back for so long."