Christmas Nightmare (Bleach Fanfic)

Momo's Angst

Ever since the incident with Aizen, Momo had felt as if she was being slighted, despite the fact she was a fukutaicho and thus should be able to perform the job just as well as anyone else with the same rank. Yet she found herself running around doing errands for other people, not really doing anything to help to find Hitsugaya Toshiro.

Having to go search for the gigai had been a big blow, but the major blow came when she was told to watch Ichimaru Gin. Momo was told to watch a man she disliked by another man she had a major dislike for. She felt she had kept her cool for the longest time, and then she found herself completely losing it, due to the unfair situation.

"I'm to watch that monster?" The female snapped. Isshin choose to ignore her and went to work knocking out the small taicho's gigai so that no suspicion from Yuzu would wake up and come into the room. "In case you haven't noticed, that man happened to be one of the people who were traitors to Soul Society. It is his fault that Aizen Taicho is gone."

At that, Isshin paused as he lay the small child down. He then finished and turned towards Hinamori. "Let me make this clear with you. It was not Gin's fault what happened to Aizen. It was Aizen's own fault. Do you really think you should still be calling that man taicho, when everyone knows full well the things he got up to."

"Don't act like you didn't go and betray everyone yourself." Momo snapped out her words, her cheeks suddenly puffing out in frustration.

A look of disgust spread on Rangiku's face, and she folded her arms across her chest. "Hinamori Fukutaicho, you shouldn't speak of things that you don't understand. Also, don't make accusations you can't back up."

"He left! I remember... I remember how upset Shiro-chan was when you disappeared. He lost it... he..." Momo bit her lip in frustration.

Rangiku's voice suddenly became louder. "I don't think it is your right to decide if taicho and I should be upset with him." There was a moment of silence as the smaller female glared at the older one. "It is also not your right to decide whether or not taicho and I are upset with Gin either."

"What does that have to do with anything!" Hinamori folded her arms across her chest, her frustration growing.

"A lot more then what you think." The woman snapped, just as the door to the room they were in suddenly opened.

"Dad... Yuzu says that she'll have breakfast ready soon." The small girl paused, seeing the small figure lying in the bed. She then glanced from Rangiku to the female she didn't recognize, and then back again. "More shinigami?"

"She can see me?" Momo blurted out, turning to look at Isshin with shock.

"She's my daughter. It is more surprising that one of my kids can't see hollows and shinigami, then the fact that they can't." Isshin stated, his arms folded across his chest.

Karin slipped into the room, quickly picking up that something wasn't right. "What is going on? Did something happen to Toshiro?"

"We still haven't found him. A few of the closest shinigami are checking out that reiatsu spike." Rangiku's face suddenly lit up, her dark mood suddenly disappearing. "Did you feel the change?"

"Yeah... I felt the change." Karin went and sat down on the edge of the bed, giving the brown haired female a strange look.

Momo though, blinked a couple of times and then turned on Rangiku. "Matsumoto! She isn't one of the Gotei Thirteen! Why are you telling her this stuff!" There was a small pause, and then before Rangiku could answer the question, she spoke up again. "And why the hell is she calling Shiro-chan by his first name!"