Denial (Bleach: Hitsugaya Tales)

Denial is the Chapter One of the Dealing With Her Demons Arc: which is the first part of Bleach: Hitsugaya Tales.

Denial
When Momo Hinamori, Lieutenant of the Fifth Division, had finally allowed her amber colored eyes to open after being in a coma for more than two months, she was greeted with the sight of an unfamiliar woman standing above her with what seemed to be a syringe. Despite her fragile state, Momo had not earned her rank just because she had been toyed into being Aizen's pawn.

Momo's hand shot up and grabbed the woman's wrist, hitting her pressure points with her index finger, and the woman cried out in pain as she dropped the syringe. The woman yanked her wrist back and gripped her Zanpakutō, that was dangling by her side, her fingers wrapping around the hilt of the blade.

Momo's internal training kicked in and she back flipped off the bed she had been resting on. Her feet slid into a wide battle stance and her hands were lifted with her palms forward. The woman reeled back in shock and fear; anyone who knew Momo Hinamori's fighting style, knew that this stance was for the Divine Palm, a very dangerous form of fighting that used the wielder's reiatsu and channeled into their palms and hit the nervous system of their opponent.

"Lieutenant Hinamori, please calm down." the woman tried to reason but Momo was merely focused on the hand that was gripping the sword. This woman was an enemy. She would not be fooled.

"Who are you?" Momo's hoarse voice hissed, and her red leaked into her eyes, making them appear if there was a fire burning into them. "Where am I?"

"My name is 6th Seat Yukimaru, and you are in the Fourth Division's Relief Center." Yukimaru had begun to explain.

"You are a threat." Momo reasoned and she had begun to channel her reiatsu into her palms.

"No, I am not." Yukimaru pleaded. "Please allow me to explain, Lieutenant."