A/N: Hey, sorry bout the wait, here is the final chapter! I don't own Bleach.

Chapter 6

Momo looked over to Toshiro, confused as to why he was so concerned with the stains on the walls, her brows furrowed in an annoyed frown as she made her way towards him, Gin carried on in front completely oblivious to the two lovers behind him, he was too caught up in his exciting of finally being with the one he loves again. "Toshiro, what are you doing, we need to hurry up" her face immediately changed when she saw his pale and shocked face, his body was shaking and his eyes were wide, she placed her arms around his torso trying to comfort him. Toshiro embraced her as she held him, hands snaked around her waist and he held her tightly to him, a confused Momo looked past his shoulder to the stained wall, her eyes zoning in on the dark crimson stains. Suddenly Momo's face changed and the colour drained from her face, she shook sacredly in Toshiro's arms as she let out a long, loud, high pitched scream.

All throughout the palace Espada's awoke with a start at the loud screaming that echoed throughout the large palace. They immediately dressed and grabbed their weapons, each of them angrily headed towards the source of the racket in a fast run.

Meanwhile Toshiro was failing in his fuelled attempts to calm Momo down, she had stopped screaming and was now breaking down in a fit of uncontrollable sobs in the middle of the corridor, Gin had also stopped in front of them a look of worry and panic flooded his face. Loud footsteps and angry shouting were headed closer towards the group of worried escapists, Gin and Toshiro looked at each other nervously, sweat pouring from their faces as they quickly tried to think of a plan to cover themselves.

The voices got clearer and the footsteps got even closer, Momo was still on the floor oblivious to the destruction going on around her, Toshiro crouched down and cupper face with his hands, forcing her to look at him. "Momo, we've got to go, now. C'mon we haven't got time to be moping around, I won't let them have you again" she looked at him, her eyes large and red from tears, she nodded at him, her brain too muddled to form a coherent sentence, especially when his lips were so close to hers. He leaned in and gave her a chaste kiss before scooping her up quickly and running to Gin, whose face was also extremely edgy. "Right, lets get moving" Gin said quickly as he began to walk forwards again, not daring to look back- when an Espada appeared in front of him, his weapon unsheathed.

Toshiro panicked as the Espada glared at them, smiling sadistically "well, look what we have here, you aren't getting away that easily" he said slowly, backing them down the corridor. Toshiro inwardly sighed at their bad luck, he had his zanpakuto with him but he couldn't reach it with Momo in his arms, and he wasn't prepared to let her go any time soon. "You want to bet" Toshiro growled as he grabbed hold of Gin's wrist tightly, surprising the lilac haired ex captain, suddenly a strong breeze surrounded the three soul reapers as they disappeared from sight, so fast it looked like a blur. The Espada looked around confused, his anger still glowed like hot embers, how could they have disappeared from right under his nose? He searched the palace one last time before finally admitting defeat and returning to bed along with the rest of the disheartened Espada.

Many miles away the three escaped shinigami finally came to a fast halt, the breeze vanished and they stood together in front of a large white wall. Their unannounced arrival had come to the attention of many other soul reapers as they gathered a large crowd to welcome the captain and lieutenant back, Gin was met with icy glares and cold comments. Toshiro's heart began to pound with happiness as he placed Momo down lightly, he turned to face her and smiled, his emerald eyes danced in the light- they were finally free and they were home, together. He had fulfilled his promise and he was determined to keep Momo away from harm for the rest of her life, even if it was something so ridiculously small, he still wouldn't allow it to hurt her, he would guard her with his life. She brought her arms around the smiling captains neck as she pulled him in for a long, deep and passionate kiss which took both of their breaths away, they could faintly hear the clapping and whooping of the crowd around hem before they pulled reluctantly apart. They held on to each other as the rest of the captains and lieutenants came to the front of the crowd to see what the fuss was about.

The captains smiled at the happy couple as they greeted and bowed to each other respectfully. The head captain came towards them, his face was serious and straight as he spoke to them, "I hope you understand the worry you have caused me" he said, placing a wrinkled hand on Toshiro's shoulder as the young captain bowed his head, "welcome home captain Hitsugaya, lieutenant Hinamori" he said, giving a wise smile to the pair which they happily returned. "Thank you head captain, but we couldn't have done it without Gin" Toshiro said modestly, suddenly the crowd went silent and cold whispers could be heard, the crowd began to move as a person pushed their way forwards forcefully, until they had made their way to the front of the crowd- Rangiku.

Toshiro had turned to face Momo and held her face gently in his hands, "I was so worried about you, I'm sorry I failed you Momo, can you ever forgive me, I love you so much I".. But his last sentence was cut of forcefully by Momo's soft lips devouring his gently, immediately his body relaxed as he enjoyed her sweet mouth and his heart floated with happiness, he was finally with the one he loved and they were free to be together. After what seemed like a lifetime the pair finally pulled reluctantly away for air, Toshiro had a large, goofy smile plastered across his face whilst Momo giggled dizzily- they had both been longing for that moment for so long, but of course neither would admit to it! Still in a light hearted and strangely dazed mood Toshiro picked Momo up, she gave a light squeal before giggling lightly, bring a smile to Toshiro's still tingling lips- he loved her smile, it was like hundreds of tinkling bells. He carried her towards the 10th division's barracks as quickly as he could- not wanting to waste any more of the precious time they now had together, and by Toshiro's reckoning- that was a very long time!