Author's Note: I have returned with a new chapter! Today our lovely heroes will be traveling to Soul Society but like in every trip there's always a bit of turbulence or a lot. Shall we see what that is? Away we go to see what is going to happen next, and away! (Forgive the child speak but I have little tolerance for caffeine and I've just digested a turbo shot for Dunkin Donuts).

I DO NOT OWN BLEACH (the show but I don't own the cleaner either) OR INUYASHA

Chapter Fourteen

Toshiro's P.O.V

I was leaning against the balcony in her room and the door opened she walked towards me and handed me a drink I took a sip and she hopped into the balcony her back to the open air.

"What are you doing?" she asked. I watched warily as she began to swing her legs I placed my hand on top of them to stop her moments.

"I'm trying to think," I told her. She laughed. "I would highly appreciate it if you weren't sitting up there,"

"Alright worry worth," she said jumping off. "What'ch thinking about?"

"How I'm going to explain to thing to the Captain Commander," I answered she sighed.

"You need to relax for a little it more," she protested wrapping her arms around my neck, what was that about? "Like we could do something or you can tell me what you thought about my singing," I took another gulp of my drink and placed it on the balcony wrapping my arms around her small waist. She had changed she was in a big t-shirt and a pair of old sleeping shorts.

"I thought that your singing was beautiful it always is," I answered she smiled.

"Good because it was meant for you," I frowned a little. "But I was hoping that we could do something,"

"Sara, are you okay have you drunken anything I should know about?" I asked she began to push me into the room.

"I don't think so I just drank that pink stuff that Rangiku gave me," she said as we tumbled into the bed. I grabbed her hand and stood up looking into her eyes.

"Never ever take anything from Rangiku again, okay," she nodded. "I mean it," her eyes became a little more focused.

"I think you're right," she said shaking her head. "That was weird,"

"Are they drinking that stuff?" I asked her she nodded her head.

"I think I gave you some," I really wished I hadn't drunk that.

"Come I need to go be a Captain right now,"

"Okay, Mister Captain Sir," she said getting up and following me out of the room as soon as we stepped out we froze. Standing in front of us was Momo.

"Shiro-chan, what's going on?" she asked I gulped a little I was right in between them this really didn't look pretty.

Sara's P.O.V

I looked at Momo and sighed touching Toshiro's arm leaning a little into him.

"I'll be downstairs okay," I said he looked at me for a while and I kept my eyes guarded.

"I'll be right there," I nodded and made my ways downstairs all the while feeling his eyes on my back, when I got downstairs no one was there, they'd probably all gone to bed or retired to their rooms to keep drinking that suspicious liquid. I tried to keep my mind off of what she was telling him and what he was telling her but no matter how many times I tried to calm myself I still had uneasiness in my stomach.

Momo's P.O.V

I watched as she reached for his arm and walked down the stairs.

"What's going on?" I asked again I searched for his eyes but I couldn't find anything.

"What do you mean?" he asked me.

"What about your promise, Shiro-chan?" I asked my voice quivering.

"What about it?" he still hadn't looked back at me.

"Didn't you promise me that you would always be there?" I asked.

"And I am Momo, I won't abandon you but that doesn't mean that I have to be with you," he said I shook with rage she had brain washed my Shiro-chan, she had turned him against me.

"Do you even know what kind of person she is?" I asked quietly.

"Do you?" he asked I looked at him and he met my gaze.

"Kurosaki-san was in her room, call me what you will but what do you think two people are doing in each others room late at night," he looked at me for a long time before he turned on his heels and stopped before he took the steps down.

"I don't know what you want Momo, I don't know if it'll work," and with that he left me I turned and walked back into my room crawling under the covers.

Toshiro's P.O.V

I walked out slowly and found her sitting on the bench a blanket wrapped around her. She looked up as I approached her.

"How did it go?" Like she wouldn't know what happened.

"Alright," I answered.

"It doesn't look like it," she told me. "What did she tell you?"

"Nothing,"

"Why are you lying to me?"

"I'm not,"

"Well you're sure not telling me something," I tuned to half glare at her.

"Like you wouldn't know what I'm talking about," she winched a little.

"Well I don't so why don't you tell me and quite acting like such a jerk,"

"Right, I'm being the jerk because Kurosaki was in my room at who knows what hour," I snapped.

"Is that what she told you?" Sara asked in disbelief.

"Well is it true?"

"I can't believe you even have to ask me that,"

"So now I'm not allowed to wonder?"

"I didn't say that,"

"So then what are you saying?"

"That you should trust me enough to know that even if that did happen it wasn't anything you should be worrying about!" my head filled with rage.

"So it did happen?"

"That's not the point Toshiro!"

"Then what is the point?"

"The point is that you should trust me!"

"How do you expect me to trust you when you won't even tell me anything?" I demanded.

"I trusted you, I trusted you when you had your moment, and did you see me having fits over what you do with Momo!"

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"It's the same thing do you think I enjoy watching you two how she seems to think that you care about her the most, that isn't easy for me but I put up with it because I trust you!"

"That's not the same thing; I don't invite her into my room at night!"

"For the love of Christ I fell asleep and he took me up into my room, why do you have to be so difficult!"

"I'm not being difficult I just asked you a question and you're the one who went off on a tangent!" she glared at me our voices had steadily grown louder until it attracted attention.

"What's going on?" Kurosaki asked he was standing in the door way.

"Nothing!" we answered they looked at us suddenly very much awake Sara took the opportunity to slip away. I gritted my teeth and tried to walk past them, Kurosaki grabbed my arm.

"Toshiro what's going on?" he asked I pulled my arm out of his grip.

"None of your damn business," and I walked away and into my room locking the door.

Ichigo's P.O.V

"None of your damn business," and just like Toshiro and Sara were gone; what the hell was going on with those two?

"Maybe we should go check on them," Kagome suggested.

"It won't make a difference Sara probable locked her door and is going to pretend she doesn't hear us, I don't think Toshiro cares either way, our best bet is to wait until morning to find out what happened," Tanya said as we made our way upstairs.

"But still we should try," Kagome said trying Sara's door and knocking once until she sighed. "I guess you're right,"

"Go to sleep, if we're lucky things should go back to normal by tomorrow," Tanya muttered heading into her room. I took one look at their rooms and headed into my own deciding to push the thought away until tomorrow morning.

Sara's P.O.V

I was sitting on the couch thinking exactly how stupid I had been, I knew what it felt like to be insecure, I knew what it felt like to think that you'd lost the most important person in the worlds, so why hadn't I been a little bit more understanding? I sighed and pulled my knees into my chest resting my head on top of them. I heard a door open and familiar footsteps approach me.

"I'm sorry," we both blurted out a smile resting on both of our lips he approached me and wrapped his arms around me. Our foreheads were barely touching and I titled my head so he could press his lips to mine. I let my hand play with his hair pulling when his tongue darted to touch mine. His hands moved to trace patters on the back of my neck and I shuddered at the sensitivity there. He pressed me into the back of the couch his knee resting in between my legs. I shifted to get more comfortable as his lips moved down to my throat. I moaned and dipped my head down nipping his ear and smirked at his groan as I trailed a hand down his chest my lips kissing his neck as his knee pressed again me.

"Wait," he hissed I practically threw something at him.

"What is it?" I asked he smirked at my expression.

"It's almost morning, we're in your living room, and I think that people are starting to get up," I fought back the blush that threatened to explode across my face but I decided that I wasn't the only one who would be suffering I let my hand go a little further down and stroked watching his face change as he hissed.

"You're right," I said as I got up and left him on the couch hot and bothered just like I was.

Tanya's P.O.V

Morning came all too quickly and I soon found myself standing in front of a portal with the rest of us in Soul Form, this in my opinion was a very bad thing. However this was Sara so I knew that she knew what she was doing. That only left me one option to follow her and do my best not to kill the first Shinigami I ran into, it was so very tempting to go on a rampage but I knew that wasn't the best thing to do.

"You'll behave right Tanya?" Sara as ked I turned to looked at her giving her the most innocent look I could muster.

"Of course I will," I told her she shook her head and then sobered.

"You do remember what was in the vision, right?" she asked I looked away.

"Yeah, although in my opinion it was a very far off vision," I answered it was honestly ridicules me fussing over a Shinigami, unthinkable.

"But it makes sense doesn't it, tying us down first, if you're not ready I won't force you to come," Sara said I sighed.

"If it makes you feel better I don't intend to run, I'm done with that, why do you think that I'm living in your house? I'm done running away, I am a new reformed me," the last part was a joke but I serious about the rest.

"And what exactly are you running from Tanya?" she asked I looked at her as the other called us to hurry up.

"What do you think?" I asked her.

Sara's P.O.V

"And what exactly are you running from Tanya?" I asked her.

"Hurry up you two we don't have all day!" Rangiku called.

"What do you think," she asked. "We're running from the same thing," I watched as she walked towards the portal. The same thing, there was only one thing I could think about and it wasn't very pleasant.

"Then again I'm running from a lot of things," I started to follow her we stopped right in front of the portal.

"We're going in two at a time, I'll be going on my own first the rest of you don't stay too long," Toshiro called I shared a look with him. "When we're through I want you to head off towards you're squads and Rangiku I want you to go take to the Captain Commander, Kurosaki you'll go with Kuchiki, understood?" he asked.

"Understood," he turned around.

"Let's go,"

Soul Society

Toshiro's P.O.V

I waited patiently as everyone steps through and then was gone the next moment heading off towards their respective squads. I waited until I felt a familiar Spirit Pressure brush against mine, I didn't need her to hold me to know that she was trying to sooth me, slowly I felt the tension in my shoulders weaken and I turned slightly to look at her from the corner of my eye.

"Captain the Captain Commander wishes to see you, all of you," Rangiku said looking at us we were a strange group five of us weren't even Shinigami.

"Matsumoto take Rurichiyo-hime with you," I said as I made my way forward towards the first squad.

"So what exactly happens now?" Inuyasha asked.

"Be patient I wouldn't be to anxious if I were you," Tanya said I was honestly surprised that she was so calm if I thought she would have gone on a killing spree by now.

"Should we do anything?" Kagome asked.

"You could keep quite while I talk to the Captain Commander that might make my life a little easier," I told her I heard something like a snort but I didn't dignify it with a response.

"We could do that," she said.

"Are we really going to do that, they want our help," Inuyasha said.

"Not really, not yet anyway," Sara answered. "And yes please be quite it would help, a lot," I stopped as we approached the door to the confreres room. I walked forward but I turned around, they had blocked their way.

"What is it?" I asked.

"They need to hand over their weapons," the Shinigami answered I watched as Inuyasha was about to respond. I sighed and handed them my Zanpaktō. "That's not necessary Captain Hitsugaya,"

"Just take it," I said with martyred expressions the others did the same and they were let through.

"What was that about?" Kagome whispered to Sara.

"Just normal procedures," Sara mumbled back.

"Try not to act to uncivil," I said as I was about to open the door. "We are going to meet the most powerful man in Soul Society,"

"We can manage that," Tanya half snapped I heard a sigh.

"Good then let's go," I walked in followed by the rest the Captain Commander was sitting and his lieutenant was next to him.

"Captain Hitsugaya would you explain what the meaning of this is?" he asked. "Wait, who is she? What is your name?" Before we had entered I had side stepped in front of Sara slightly hiding her.

"Sara Rosa, and yes I'm the girl that you sent Hitsugaya Toshiro to find," she answered I was mentally cursing at myself.

"Am I to assume that you understand the implications of you being here?" he asked. "How old are you?"

"I'm 16 but I turn 17 in December," she responded, as if that would make any difference, but it seemed to satisfy Yamamoto-sotaicho.

"And you accept these implications?" he asked to hell with this, I was about to speak when Sara took a step forward.

"I have a small request compared to what you ask of me," she said I wanted to grab her and run but I restrained myself.

"Very well but in return I want you and Captain Hitsugaya to answer a few questions, but first let me hear this request of yours' in private," I shot Sara a disbelieving look but she smiled back at me gently so I let her go. I watched as she followed the Head Captain out of the room and into another room.

"What's going on?" Kagome asked me.

"Nothing," I answered.

"You hope," Tanya added.

"Yes I hope," her eyes flickered briefly to mine and then to the door.

"Glad you're being honest," she muttered.

"So what do we do now?" Sango asked.

"We wait," or try to I thought dryly as they quickly became agitated.

Sara's P.O.V

The door closed behind me and I stood tall.

"I'll be frank, I understand that you want my help, and I'll give it to you unconditionally. As long as you give me two things," I told him.

"And what are those two things?" he asked.

"We want time, a month at least in the World of the Living, me, Tanya, Kagome, and Ichigo, we're human and the least Souls Society could do for the help we're offering is some time to say goodbye," I said. "And I want you to accept even those you don't know they can be great help during battle and like I said we're giving up a lot, and I don't want Soul Society showing up while we're there at least for the first two weeks then you can send someone to check on us, no one, we want to be alone with any Shinigami at our heels,"

"This is much to ask from us, especially now," he said.

"No, it's not, if they haven't attacked yet why would they attack now?" I asked. "Besides I found this and brought it just for you," I slowly pulled out the Hōgyoku.

"Something can be arranged," he said I sighed. "As you wish we will meet again in one month, Sara, and I will welcome all those who come with you" he took the Hōgyoku and I handed it over.

"Thank you Head Captain," I said.

"However Sara, do they understand what they're giving up?" Head Captain asked.

"They will,"

"And will they follow them?"

"Maybe more then I will," I told him he held my gaze and nodded we exited back out into the main room.

"Captain Hitsugaya take Sara with you to the 12 squad Captain Kurotsuchi will ask you all we need to know," the Head Captain said. "The rest of you can stay here until they return, what are your names?"

"Kagome Higurashi,"

"Inuyasha,"

"Sango,"

"Miroku,"

"I'm Shippo,"

"And you little one what is your name?" he asked Tanya I saw a small smirk play on her lips as she turned to face him.

"Tanya, Tanya Sorge," she said I watched as the Head Captain changed slightly.

"Captain Hitsugaya, Sara, you should get going," The Head Captain said with a warning look to Tanya I followed Toshiro out.

Toshiro's P.O.V

She followed behind me even though right now all I wanted to do was to pull her against me but I couldn't do that with all the eyes on us so I remained silent as we walked towards the 12 squad.

"Do you still remember the way there?" I asked her.

"Not really I was never really found of Mayuri Kurotsuchi, so I simply tended to stay away from this part," she said. "Yet I find myself walking towards it now," I gave her a half smile.

"The feeling is mutual," I answered her.

"If he tries to stick anything in me I'm out," Sara said I gave her pointed look. "What?"

"I can't believe you think that I would even try and disagree with that," she laughed and I smiled at least I'd gotten her to relax slightly.

"Captain Hitsugaya, my Captain is already expecting you please come in," Lieutenant Nemu Kurotsuchi said we followed her inside and sure enough there was the manic of Soul Society.

"Ah, welcome Hitsugaya-taicho, back so soon oh and you brought a friend, what's your name?" he asked Sara.

"Sara Rosa,"

"So you're that girl, interesting, tell me how it works?" he asked.

"How what works?" I asked him.

"Don't be shy, the bond what does it do," I started at him for a while until his expression dropped. "You're not going to tell me?"

"You're not being specific enough, what exactly do you want to know?" Sara asked he looked at her.

"Alright I'll start with the basic questions," he said. "What are your Zanpaktō types?"

"Ice,"

"Wind,"

"Interesting," Sara and I shared a look, they really weren't opposites. "Nemu, are you taking this down?"

"Hai," he nodded his approval.

"Next question, how long have you known each other?"

"Eight years, depending how you look at it," Sara answered.

"Any sexual tension?"

"None of your business," we snapped, that wasn't his concern.

"Write perhaps some based on their reactions," I glared at him. "How would you define your relationship, above friendship or below it?" we shared a look and I turned back to him.

"Is that really necessary to know?" I asked him.

"Why of course Captain Hitsugaya, how else do you expect me to duplicate this connection?" my eyes hardened.

"You can't say something like that and expect people to answer you," Sara told him he held a hand to his chin.

"Let your Spirit Pressure lose for a moment," we did as we were told and I felt a familiar touch. "Okay that's good enough,"

"Well that's all I need to know have a nice day," we started at him for a moment.

"Are you sure that's it?" Sara asked he turned and grinned.

"You could always allow—we turned on our heels.

"Have a nice day Captain Kurotsuchi," we called as we walked away swiftly.

"Wait I wanted to look at something!" he called.

"Maybe another time!" I called as I pulled the door open and half pushed Sara out we sighed in relief as we walked farther from the lab.

"That was to close for comfort," Sara mumbled.

"It was, but at least we don't have tubes stuck down our throats," she suppressed a shiver and I smirked.

"That's not funny Toshiro considering that it could happen," Sara reminded me I sighed but then remembered something.

"Sara what did you ask the Head Captain for?" I asked her she looked slightly uncomfortable and then stopped looking around.

"Funny isn't it Toshiro, do you remember this spot?" she asked I looked around and sure enough it was the same place she left Soul Society the first time she came her, the sun was even setting again, and slowly realization sunk in.

"You're leaving," it wasn't a question.

"Not for long just a little bit," Sara said looking down just like last time.

"What's your excuse this time?" I asked her she looked p at me through her eyelashes.

"I'm doing this because I feel that Kagome and Ichigo deserve time to say good bye to their families without really telling them that they may not make it home ever again," she answered flatly.

"And you have to leave in order to that?" I asked stiffly.

"It's not for long Toshiro, it's only two weeks that the Head Captain gave me by myself," she said I looked away.

"This sounds so familiar you know that?" I asked her meeting her gaze.

"I know and it really sucks, but this is the last time, I promise, never again will I walk away Hitsugaya Toshiro," she promised and I picked up her hand kissing her palm.

"And I'll never leave you, never," she smiled genteelly.

"Good," I smirked.

"Let's go before Tanya decides that she's behaved long enough," I said Sara nodded.

"I'm glad that you know her temper so well, I'd say I have maybe two more hours before that happens," Sara noted.

"So you're leaving today?" I asked as we began to walk again, I hadn't let go of her hand.

"Yeah, I want the two weeks to go by quickly, I assume that you'll be there by the end of the second week, right?" she asked I gave her a look. "I'll take that as a yes,"

"You shouldn't even have to ask that," I reminded her. "You were the one who said it, not me," she blushed slightly.

"Yeah, I did, didn't I?" I gave her hand a reassuring squeeze and then let her hand go as we approached the door again I opened it and we walked in to an interesting scene. Tanya had Inuyasha pinned to the ground and Kagome was half dragging Miroku back into the room.

"What the hell is going on?" I snapped closing the door quickly so that the Shinigami outside wouldn't see inside.

"Sorry but they decide to be stupid after a few minutes and decided that they didn't want to stay still any more," Tanya hissed pinning Inuyasha a little more forcefully and then she got up. "But since you're back I'm assuming that everything went well,"

"Yeah it did," Sara said. "We leave tonight as soon as they're ready for us,"

"Wait we're leaving?" Shippo asked.

"Only for a little while to leave everything in order before we come back," Sara explained.

"Well that sounds reasonable," Miroku agreed.

"But if we were going to leave then why did we come in the first place?" he asked.

"To ask permission," Tanya said a little annoyed.

"Well now that all your questions are answered I suppose that we should go find Kurosaki as that you can be on you way," I said Sara nodded.

"He should be here in a while," Sara said. "Meanwhile I suggest you open the door I thing I hear Rangiku," I did and sure enough that idiot bounced into the room and grabbed both me and Sara into a hug.

"I'm so glad that everything went well, I'm so happy I could cry!" I sighed as I smelt some sake on her.

"Matsumoto weren't you suppose to be watching Rurichiyo-hime?" I asked annoyed and pulled out of her embrace.

"I was but then she went home, Tachio," Rangiku said drowzilly.

"God and you're suppose to be a lieutenant," I cursed under my breath she threw her arms around my neck.

"Don't be mean to me, Captain," she sobbed I sighed and raised a hand to my temple.

"Now, now Rangiku, it's alright," Sara said taking the woman into her arms. "You know that he's always going to say that it's in his nature," I felt my eyebrow twitch.

"Why don't you head off to bed and I'll see you soon, okay?" Sara suggested Rangiku hugged her.

"You're such a good person Sara, when you and Captain get married I'm going to make your bouquet you're so good for him you're children are going to be so cute," Rangiku said as she walked out the door with Sara's help.

"Married?" Inuyasha asked.

"Children?" Miroku added.

"She was drunk talking," Sara said looking down. "She wasn't thinking straight,"

"Right,"
Sara's P.O.V

I sighed as I half pushed Rangiku out the door only to be reproached by the people inside.

"She was drunk talking," I said hopelessly. "She wasn't thinking straight,"

"Right," they said I sighed in defeat. I felt a tug and then my mind went blank.

Naraku stood in silence completely surrounded in darkness, we spotted him standing in the shadows. Azien.

"We made a deal demon, you stopped them and I would allow to us the power of the jewel," his voice was cold.

"It just happened," Naraku's tentacle shot out but it came into contact with the wall and Azien's laugh filled the room.

"Weak, so, so weak," a sword was right through Naraku and before we could react his presence was gone from that world.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up into Toshiro's concerned eyes.

"Are you alright?" he asked I nodded my eyebrows furred in concentration.

"Sara what was that?" Kagome asked Ichigo walked into the room.

"It happened now didn't it?" he asked me I nodded my head.

"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked Kagome looked at him.

"Naraku, Naraku's dead," she stuttered out Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders.

"What?"

"He's dead," I replied. "And yes you can go check while we're there and by the end of the two weeks we'll go get you,"

"Are you sure?" he asked I nodded my head. "Is that alright, Kagome?"

"Yeah, its fine, I want to make sure too, but I have to stay so you check for me," she said smiling at him even though that she knew he really was gone.

"Captain Hitsugaya they can leave now," a Shinigami said walking in.

"Understood, Kuchiki, take them first," Toshiro said we hung back in the room and he pulled me into a swift kiss pressing his lips to mine so urgently that I was sure it would show. I let myself relax but he pulled away all too quickly.

"I'll see you soon," he said I nodded.

"Very soon," and with that we walked through the portal and we found ourselves once again standing in my backyard, I quickly opened another portal this one to the feudal era.

"You can go through that one, Kohaku you can stay," I told him he looked at me and nodded turning to his sister.

"Good luck, Sango," he said she looked at him for a moment.

"You're not coming Kohaku?" she asked he shock his head.

"There's nothing there for me Sango, I'm sorry," he said Sango hugged him.

"I'll see you soon then," Sango and they quickly stepped through it.

"What do we do now?" Kagome asked I turned to look at them.

"You and Ichigo can head off first thing tomorrow to say your good byes, for today we sleep," I told them they nodded. They walked in first and looked around. This was the beginning of everything, the first step to ending this life, the dreaded good byes, only mine would be the last one.

Author's Note: I'm done with this chapter I think it's developing well in my opinion. I'm still pretty hipped from all the caffeine, just like a jelly bean! Laughing, I'm laughing! Oh well see you all next time. Although next chapter I'm sure you all know is going to be very sad. Tears (even before that chapter). I wonder how it'll go?