The world around Toshiro changed yet again when he came back from his grandmother's house, as many of the sixth year students were working on their way to graduating from the academy. There was almost no sign of the fact that Sojiro had been there, except the hum of a few of the older boys friends who really had known nothing about the friendship between the two.

One couldn't say that no one remembered, as one of the talks of Sojiro's older friends had been about how Sojiro would have been likely to have been chosen by the student body to make the speech at the graduation. But now all of that was silenced, no memorial or remembrance for the boy planned at all. In fact, there was some talk about the canceling of the graduation speech, though Toshiro hadn't an idea why, other then the forty-six likely had something to do with him.

Without the older boy to hang out with, the white haired boy found himself yet again retreating into the library, where he could dive into the quite, listening to the winds that blew through the corridors, silent to so many ears. Of course, it was more of a nostalgic feeling that the old building brought about. He also found himself once again zoning out to try to get away from his problems.

"Shiro-chan?" came a soft voice. Toshiro glanced up, suddenly quite in shock to find Hinamori standing in front of him.

"It's Hitsugaya-kun," the boy muttered, not taking the time to glare at her or to put of the protective barrier that he normally showed. "You promised."

Hinamori let out a sigh and sat down across from him, folding her arms. "Toshiro, technically you weren't old enough to enter the academy, so does it really count?"

"Then I'll continue to call you bed wetter Momo," the small boy chided. "What is it that you want?"

"I over heard about how you got sick. Renji told me he took you home to visit grandmother," the girl frowned.

"I wasn't…" Toshiro paused. "Hinamori, I was fine, so you don't need to worry about me."

"Renji says that you went into some sort of shock and got half way out and half way in your inner world," the girl sighed. "Though that really makes no sense to me."

"It makes perfect sense to me," a roar came into Toshiro's ears.

"Of course it would make sense to you. Everything makes sense to you," Toshiro rolled his eyes. He then saw Hinamori puff out her cheeks. "Sorry… Hyorinmaru made an off hand comment; it had nothing to do with you Hinamori."

"Oh… so that's you're zanpaktou's name?" Hinamori smiled. "What is she like?"

"She?" Toshiro got an insulted look on his face. "Hyorinmaru is a male ice dragon thank you very much."

"Sorry," Hinamori got a suddenly sad look on her face and glanced at the ground.

"So… what exactly is bothering you, I mean, you can see I am fine, right?" the boy put his chin into the palm of his hand and leaned on his elbow.

"Well… I don't think that Renji is completely right. Both he and Kira refused to go with me, but I went to that kid Kusaka Sojiro's funeral," Hinamori commented. "Renji had no clue who he was, no surprise and Kira asked if I was another one of those few girls who had a crush on him… the nerve of him."

"Hold… why did you go to the funeral?" Toshiro suddenly gave her a shocked look.

"Because Shiro-chan was to sick to go, so I went for him to pay my respects," the girl puffed out her cheeks again.

"Hinamori Momo, what do you think you're doing?" Toshiro suddenly snapped. "I wasn't too sick not to go."

"But surely you had heard about the funeral, I mean, even you aren't rude enough to not go if you could," Hinamori blurted out, her eyes suddenly going wide.

"I didn't go because I was forbidden to go," the young boy suddenly turned away from her, not looking her in the face.

"That was cruel, his family not letting you go to his funeral," Hinamori pouted.

"It wasn't…" Toshiro couldn't look her in the eyes. "I can't tell you who said that and I am not supposed to be talking about him."

"Then… then I wished you had never met Kusaka Sojiro," the older student suddenly blurted out.

Toshiro's eyes suddenly went wide and filled up with hurt. He turned these eyes to his childhood friend, her frown pushing into his gaze. "Hina… Hinamori… Sojiro was the first friend that I ever had. How could you say something so… how could you say something like that to me?!"

"But Toshiro… Renji and Kira are your friends too. As am I…" Hinamori frowned at him even further.

"Hinamori… they are acquaintances, I don't know them as well as you do," the boy stated

"But… what about me?" Hinamori was on the point of crying.

"You're… you're…" Toshiro closed his eyes and pinched his nose.

"You can't tell me?" a sobbing sound could be heard in the older girl's voice, causing him to open his eyes and let go of his nose.

Glancing down, he spoke up, his voice somewhat distance and uncomfortable. "Hinamori Momo is not the friend of Hitsugaya Toshiro. Hinamori Mom is the sister of Hitsugaya Toshiro."

That was when Toshiro overheard the chair moving. He figured that Momo was leaving, but he then felt two arms wrapping around his neck. He felt her voice whispering into his ear. "Just to let you know… I never will stop loving my little brother. I won't let anything hurt your heart like this again, Shiro-chan. I promise."

M

Graduation came quicker then Toshiro had planned on coming. He focused mostly on his studies, so he was caught completely off guard when the students gathered for the ceremony that they would be going through. Renji had a huge smile on his face and Kira had the tendency to blush whenever Hinamori was around. While it wasn't obvious to Momo what was going on, to two others it was rather obvious.

Renji elbowed him in the ribs as they prepared. "I keep telling him to go ahead and ask her out."

"Ohh…" Toshiro gave Renji a dirty look. "I don't think it is a good idea to tell me that someone is having thoughts about Hinamori. I might get the idea to do something to said person, ne?"

Toshiro watched in humor as Renji's face suddenly faltered, his face falling greatly. Not to mention, the face suddenly turned pale, much to Toshiro's enjoyment. He also got a thrill at how the older boy suddenly squirmed. "All righty then… did you hear that you probably got voted to give the graduation speech?"

"What do you mean give the graduation speech?" Toshiro glared at the boy. "I don't know anyone here, other then you three."

"But Hitsugaya-kun," Kira suddenly blurted out, "Almost everyone knows who you are, that you're the youngest to ever graduate from the academy."

"So?" the boy folded his arms and gave them a look that he really didn't care about all of this.

Renji scratched the back of his head. "What is with you? Most people would be proud of their achievements."

"And be narcissistic? I don't think so," Toshiro commented.

"Shiro-chan… did you submit an application to any of the divisions?" Hinamori smiled at the small boy.

"Of course I did," the boy suddenly stated. "Why do you ask?"

"I was wondering if you would get into fifth division with me?" she twiddled her thumbs.

Toshiro turned and stared at her with his teal eyes. Renji spoke up. "It would be good if all four of us end up in the same division. I submitted to all the divisions as I completely suck at Kido."

"I submitted to captain Ichimaru's division too, as I wasn't sure if I could actually get into fifth," Hinamori frowned. "I can transfer later…"

"I submitted to fifth," Kira stated. "I wanted to make it the only one I did, but I was told to submit to second, forth, and sixth too. Forth because I am good at healing Kido and the other two because they are headed up by nobles."

"So… how many did you submit Shiro-chan?" Hinamori commented.

"Ohh… one," the boy stated.

"For saying not being narcissistic, that is narcissistic," Renji muttered, narrowing his eyes at Toshiro.

"Says the person who submitted applications to all thirteen divisions, even though his Kido stinks and he wouldn't be any use in forth division, and also to eleventh division, which is rather known for… I won't even say it…" Kira groaned.

"Do you think you'll get into fifth?" the older girl stated, getting down to look the young boy in the face.

"No," Toshiro stated matter factly.

"Then… why did you submit to fifth if you didn't think you'd get in?" Momo blew out her cheeks.

"Don't worry. He's the head of our class," Kira sighed. "He is a shoe in for any division he wants to go into. He'll make it into fifth."

"Hinamori's little brother is the head of our class?" Renji suddenly asked, pointed at Toshiro. "The kid is the head of the class."

"Hey!" Toshiro muttered his eyes shooting death glares at Renji. "Anyways… I didn't submit to division five." All three of the older ones stared at him. "I submitted to division ten. I figured that if I was to join, I would want to go to that one, or just go home to live with granny."

"What the hell…" Renji muttered.

"Division ten," Kira gave a skeptical look to Toshiro, and Hinamori did the same.

"Why?" Hinamori frowned.

"Because Matsumoto Rangiku is in tenth division," Toshiro stated.

"Boobie lady?" Renji smirked, letting out a chuckle. "Hinamori Momo's little kid brother is a little pervert!"

"Hitsugaya Toshiro!" Hinamori grabbed his ear.

"It isn't because of her looks," Toshiro muttered. "She is rather annoying, but I do owe her a favor."

Hinamori blinked a couple of times, letting go of his ear. "So, what are you going to do for the graduation speech?"

"What do you mean, what am I going to do about the graduation speech?" Toshiro suddenly stated. "I'm not giving it."

"Yes you are. One of the other students was complaining because if you hadn't been voted, he would be giving it. In fact, he has one prepared," Hinamori sighed. "And there are a couple of people complaining because… you know who isn't giving it…"

"Why me? As I told your two friends, I don't know anybody," Toshiro frowned. Renji laughed, though Kira and Momo shook their heads at the boy.

"Everyone get into their positions for crossing the stage," a woman called out, her hands filled with paper work. "Oh… and where's Hitsugaya Toshiro."

Toshiro made a weird face. "Please tell me…"

Hinamori pushed him towards her. "Go after lieutenant Isa!"

"Yeah…" Toshiro muttered, not having a speech prepared.

M

Isa Nano was completely shocked when she saw the small boy approach her. "And you are…"

"Hitsugaya Toshiro," the boy narrowed his eyes at her, causing the lieutenant to shiver.

"Come to the front stage to give your speech," the woman pushed her glasses up.

"And what if I don't have one?" the white haired boy stated.

"Are you trying to make a joke?" the women stated.

"No, I am not," the boy folded his arms.

"Just get up there!" Nano suddenly stated. Toshiro walked up and glanced at the stage, noticing that the podium was too tall for him. He narrowed his eyes. However, someone dragged a stool forward, making him roll his eyes.

"I know that everyone is expecting me to say something, but I didn't find out until a bit ago that I was chosen to make the speech. I could care less, as I really don't know anyone here, and it wouldn't be fare for me to make a speech, so the other person should make it,"

A few mutters came from the crowd. Toshiro hopped down, only to fall to the stage as the stool broke, laughter breaking out. He noted that the stool had been purposely cut, but he choose to ignore it and went and took his place among the other students.

The one who had prepared a speech stepped up, giving one of the most boring words that Toshiro had ever heard. The way that Renji would later remember it, his graduation speech was boring. However, Toshiro's… which he remembered as being given a year later or earlier for some reason ended up hysterical because the stool broke on the small boy. Sometimes, with Abarai, it was best not to ask.

M

Toshiro watched as Hinamori crossed the stage, the announcement made that she had made it into the fifth division. A man was giving out the diplomas. A big, fat man with a lieutenant's badge was handing them out. He heard his name finally called and he walked across the stage. The man looked everywhere, but down. "I said, Hitsugaya Toshiro."

Toshiro cleared his voice, but the man continued. "I guess he isn't here… a…"

However, he felt a tug on his sleeve and glanced down, finding a small boy glaring at him. "I'm Hitsugaya Toshiro…"

"Ahh… sorry," the man stated. The woman who had directed him for the speech muttered something about him only being there for the food that would be served later.

After that, things went by fast. He suddenly heard a familiar voice calling out to him. "Oi! Momo-chan! Hitsugaya-kun!"

Hinamori glanced up and saw one Matsumoto Rangiku waving at them. She muttered under her breath, none to pleased. "That's the reason you are wanting into the tenth division."

However, she didn't get a chance to further complain as Toshiro grabbed her sleeve and dragged her over to where the woman was. "What are you doing here?"

"That isn't very polite, Shiro-chan," a voice came from behind Matsumoto.

"Granny…" Toshiro blinked a couple of times. "I…"

However, he found himself suddenly hugged by Matsumoto, much to his sarcastic delight, as he found his face pressed into her chest, causing him to struggle for breath. Hinamori though wrapped their grandmother into a big hug, extremely happy. "I understand why you like Ms. Matsumoto. It isn't for her looks, but because she's really nice."

"No Ms. please. Makes me fill really old. Ran-chan will do," Rangiku smiled at the young girl.

"Really!" Hinamori suddenly had a big smile on her face.

"Really!" Matsumoto smiled back. "I also came to tell the two of you that Momo-chan is going to get into fifth division and Toshiro is going to be in tenth.

"Arigotto Ran-chan!" the young girl smiled. "I can't believe that Abarai-kun said that about you."

"What did he say about me?" the woman suddenly asked.

"He called you boobie woman, like the immature person he is," Toshiro stated, finally having been released by the third seat, only to find himself hit behind the head.

"A child should not use such words!" his grandmother lectured.

"Well, I am taking the two of you to stay at your grandmothers for the night and I've been given the lovely task of taking you two to your divisions in the morning," Matsumoto bubbled.

"Yeah!" Hinamori suddenly flung herself at the woman, hugging her tight, Matsumoto hugging her back.

"We're going to have fun tonight!"

Toshiro however groaned, only to find his grandmother wrapping her arms around him.