A hiccup came from deep in Hinamori's chest as she walked along the street. Her small arms were wrapped around her chest as she continued back to her division. Someone called her name and she turned towards the person and wiped a few tears away. The three people staring at her were her peers from academy days. The one who had spoken to her was Kira.

"Momo, what ever is the matter?" The blond gave her a rather worried look.

"Oh... its kind of complicated." The small female glanced at the ground.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Shuhei smiled at her. "We could go somewhere to eat lunch so we can all talk about it."

"I'd really appreciate that, but I get the feeling you three will be upset with me as well. That..."

"Momo..." Renji crossed his arms across his chest. "You won't know that for sure until you tell us what is going on."

The red headed Shinigami lightly touched her shoulder before leading her to a place to eat. The food was placed in front of her, but she found herself not wanting to eat anything. Kira took a drink of his glass of sake. "So, what's going on?"

"I found out that Ichimaru Gin is Shiro-chan's father." Momo glanced at the table while the three males simply stared at her.

Renji then burst out laughing and fell over backwards. "This is the funniest joke I've ever heard. Someone's really played a bad prank on you!"

"It's not a joke. Rangiku, Nanao and Isane-san all three confirmed its true at the Woman's Society meeting." She heard a clicking sound and suddenly glanced up to see Hisagi leaning on his elbows on ruffling his hair in frustration. "What ever is the matter?"

"He's got a rather bad crush on Matsumoto-san is all." Kira let out a deep sigh.

"Oh... sorry. I seem to keep messing up today. If need be, I'll leave."

"Momo, you don't have to leave. Shuhei would have ended up like this once he heard the news. What exactly did you do that apparently has everyone upset with you?" Renji glared at the moody Shinigami as he sipped his sake.

"It's Rangiku-san whose mad at me. She told me she doesn't want me near Shiro-chan." The female glanced back and the ground.

"Momo, that's probably just until you get your act together. You kind of haven't been... well, you haven't been treating Hitsugaya Taicho with a lot of respect." Kira felt the corner of his mouth twitch.

"She said something along those lines." Momo felt a few tears fall onto the her hands that were in her lap. "Yet I don't know what I've done wrong. I know I really upset Shiro-chan this morning, but I really didn't mean it."

Hisagi looked up. After a couple of minutes of watching her he placed his hands in his lap. "A lot of us know that you didn't mean to mistreat Hitsugaya Taicho the way you have. Your behavior got way worse though after the winter war and changed from simply ignoring him to pretty much using him as your punching bag for your hurt feelings."

"I still don't know what I've done wrong, but I do understand that my behavior was hurtful." Momo wiped some of the tears from her eyes.

"Let's start with the fact you always talked about Aizen." Renji spoke up.

"Renji... I don't think..."

"Momo's now open to hearing the truth. If nobody tells her she'll keep making the same mistakes." The red head sighed as he scratched his head. "Anyways, whenever you were around Hitsugaya all you did was talk about Aizen. He's not one to talk about his problems I know, but it was rather obvious he wasn't comfortable with all the gibberish you gushed about the man."

"I guess that explains why he was always spitting watermelon seeds at me when I went home from the academy. He never did that before. I guess Rangiku was right in saying that I tended to ignore his feelings."

"It wasn't just his feelings you've ignored." Hisagi to a large gulp of his sake before filling it up again. "Let me ask you something. How tall is Hitsugaya compared to you?"

"Ahh... he comes to my shoulder." Momo's face brightened.

Kira suddenly coughed as some of his sake went down the wrong tube. "Momo... Hitsugaya Taicho is only a half head shorter then you now."

The female's eyes widened. "No way... how could..." She then glanced at the table. "I can't believe I missed such a thing."

"You can't treat him like a little kid anymore. Sure, there are times that he does need to be treated like one because of his physical age, but your brat of a brother is a child genius who thinks on the same level as an adult about a lot of things. It's one of the things that makes him so annoying, though him being a captain isn't a bad thing."

The corner of Hisagi's mouth turned up. "Really? That sounds like a contradictory statement there."

"Who likes being out done by a kid?" Renji swirled his drink around. "Your treating him like a little kid honestly hasn't helped his complex about being treated like a kid. It's to the point we get chewed out by him if we suggest he try and enjoy himself. It hasn't helped his height complex or his... I believe Rangiku called it a persecution complex."

Kira leaned forward. "Hitsugaya Taicho does have a lot of complexes doesn't he? How come he ends up living a normal life where he isn't stressed out."

"He doesn't." Momo spoke up as she glanced at the ground. "None of you've seen him mentally break down like I have. Before today I thought he was just being childish because he couldn't have his way. I haven't seen him like that since he lost his taicho."

"Like what? Is something wrong with Hitsugaya Taicho?" Renji shook his head. "The kids tough, he'll bounce back."

"Will he? I thought the reason he got physically ill like he did awhile back was because Ichimaru upset him, but I honestly think Shiro-chan can't take being around me anymore."

"Momo... you're his sister. The two of you need to just sort things out." Hisagi shook his head.

"Wait... what is this about Hitsugaya Taicho being physically ill?" Kira suddenly glanced up.

"He kind of... whenever he got upset and lost it, its always been to the point he's gotten physically ill. I guess its been that way since he was little, but I always thought he was getting ill because little kids get sick all the time. That said, I really messed up with him this morning.

"So... what did you do?"

"I tried telling him that Ichimaru was lying to him about being his father, but it isn't just that. I don't think Shiro-chan actually trusted me enough to tell me that man was his father in the first place, but I said something really stupid when he asked me a question about what I thought any child of Ichimaru's would be like. I told him that the child would be ten times worse then that man."

"Ouch..." Renji took another drink.

"Yeah... in hind sight I should have been more careful about what I said. That's when he told me about his relationship with Ichimaru and I made things even more worse." Momo glanced at the edge of the table. "I don't blame him if he doesn't ever forgive me for calling him a monster."

"Momo... I don't think that's what he's upset about." Hisagi watched as she looked up at him with a startled look. "Hitsugaya Taicho's always wanted you to accept him for who he is. He thinks that you actually think he's a monster."

"Personally, I think its both." Renji spoke with food in his mouth. "Hitsugaya's got as his own mother pointed out a persecution complex. Just let him know that you don't hate him."

"I kind of... Matsumoto's banned me from getting near him."

"Then prove to her you can get near him, that you've grown up a bit." Hisagi sighed. "Rangiku had to turn out to be his mother... now I can't deny there was something more going on."

"I don't get the last part you muttered about, but I've got the problem of Ran-chan not wanting me near him and I don't want to forgive that man."

"Work on making it clear to her that you've matured and she'll lift the ban. Don't worry about forgiving my former taicho either. Goodness knows I haven't."