A/N – This is my first Bleach fanfic. A HitsuKarin fanfic at that.

Reading Notes/Warnings: This is going to be totally different from the manga's story line of the Winter War. Right now, Ichigo is not present and had finished training as a visored. Because I haven't written anything about Bleach, it may be confusing.

Summary: Karin started tumbling backwards to Toushirou. Isshin then went into panick mode, Matsumoto got the hint, and Kurotsuchi -taicho got more interested in Karin. Zaraki and Yachiru were left impressed.

Time/Setting: Set during the Winter War

Bleach © Tite Kubo

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Chapter1

Karin now wondered why or how she was in such a position. Toushirou had just caught her in time so he wouldn't tumble along with her. Though…the thing was, he didn't tumble along with her; instead, he fell backwards with Karin. He held her wrists, Toushirou on the bottom, Karin on top of him.

Both looked around to see an amused Matsumoto and a panicking Isshin. Then, at the same time, both turned their heads to look at the little girl.

_._._._

Karin ran as fast as her legs could take her. She'd never seen a human-like form of a hollow before, but she felt that he was strong. Stronger than any other hollow she'd seen or defeated before. His reiatsu was like a hollow, but it had a different feel to it, and it was powerful. The moment her eyes laid on him in the air, she took off with the wind. She prayed that her brother would come to her aid.

After a long run for her life, Karin stopped abruptly. She was going to take her chances and battle him…even though she had no soccer ball in her hands or anywhere. The human-like hollow showed up in no time when Karin stopped her running.

No one was around or anywhere near where Karin was so she yelled up at him. "Who are you!? Why do you feel so much like that of a hollow!?"

"Who I am is not of your concern. I am an Arrancar sent by Aizen-sama to retrieve you."

The arrancar sonidoed towards her but he was stopped. Karin wasn't really scared of him…except for his emo-ish looks and strong reiatsu. But she was surprised when he stopped, more like who stopped the arrancar.

It was a shinigami. But…it didn't feel like Ichigo's reiatsu, nor did it look like him.

"Geez, first my son, and now one of my daughters. Aizen sure loves my family."

"That voice! No way! It couldn't be! It just can't!" Karin thought. "Goat-chin!" She yelled.

"Who are you?" The arrancar now put all his focus on Isshin.

"Kurosaki Isshin. Who are you?" Isshin said firmly.

"Ulquiorra Cifer. Espada Cuatro."

"Espada Cuatro huh. What does Aizen want with my daughter?" Isshin said in a serious tone.

Karin watched their conversation go on. She was thrown into confusion from her father's personality and the fact that he was a shinigami himself, err…he looked like one that's for sure.

"I need to retrieve her for Aizen-sama." He paused, and then continued. "But it seems you can stop me. I shall retreat for now then." Ulquiorra turned around and opened a Garganta.

"Tell Aizen this, 'Don't even try to touch my family!'"

Ulquiorra turned his head slightly before leaving back to Hueco Mundo to report to Aizen.

After he left, Karin continued to stare up. "What just happened Goat-chin?" Karin said shocked. Now Karin was rarely shocked, but it was a time to be shocked seeing as a hollow, err Espada tried to get her and her father comes out of nowhere in a shihakusho with a totally different personality.

Isshin turned around. "Karin my darling, are yo-"Another score for Karin. "How can you still be mean after I saved your life?" Isshin cried on the ground.

"Oi, Goat-chin, just how long have you known?" Karin's voice was serious now. She needed answers.

Isshin stopped and stood up, looking at Karin straight in the eyes. He knew what she meant. "I'm a shinigami myself, taicho level, but I think we should head for Urahara's and talk there." And with that, he grabbed Karin and shunpo-ed to Urahara's. Urahara was already waiting for them outside. Isshin put his daughter down and walked up to Urahara.

Urahara closed his fan. "I know, come on." And with that, turned around to go back into his "little" candy shop with Isshin and Karin hot on his tail. The three sat in a room with Tessai pouring tea and then leaving after finishing.

"How is Yuzu?" Isshin asks Urahara.

Urahara looks at him. Karin continues to stay wary of the situation. "Asleep in the next room." Urahara answered Isshin.

Karin intervenes after a few minutes of silence. "What exactly is going on here?"

Isshin sighed. Urahara starts. "I'm sure you already know about hollows, shinigami, reiatsu, and Ichigo."

"Yeah." Karin confirms it.

Urahara continues. "And I know you've met Hitsugaya-taicho."

"Toushirou? Yeah, and his lieutenant, Rangiku-san."

"Ho, so that means you also know about Soul Society?"

"Only about the Gotei 13 and the shinigami…as well as the afterlife where spirits go."

Isshin looked up to Urahara shocked that his daughter knew this much already. "Okay, she can get through with no problems at all! Let's go down shall we?" Urahara said happily.

"Wait, what about Goat-chin? I need answers!" Karin yelled just so that it wouldn't be heard in the other rooms.

"Karin, when we get to Soul Society, I'll answer your questions." Isshin said getting up.

Urahara then revealed his secretive underground training room. He waited for Isshin to go first, and then with his cane, hit Karin to force her spirit out. Good thing was, in her spirit form, she was already wearing a shihaksho. Urahara, being the way he was, kicked Karin down the hole.

Karin was mad from the sudden move but had no time to be mad. Why? Well, as of the moment, she was falling from hundreds of feet.

When Isshin saw this, he started panicking. "Oi, Kisuke, what do you think you're doing to my daughter!? Karin! Don't worry, Papa will save you!" Isshin went from yelling up at Urahara to trying to calm and catch Karin down.

"Like heck you will." Karin said to herself biting back the scream that was threatening to come out of her voice.

Urahara was watching to see what Karin would do. Karin, by all means, did not want to be caught by her father. She needed to concentrate on how to land. She was already half-way down. Karin braced herself for the ground.

'Feet.' Karin opened her eyes. A random voice had just said 'feet'. 'Land on your feet.' There it goes again. Karin was now three-fourths down. She tried to move her body to land on her feet. 'The force of the wind.' The wind? It was the air that made her unable to move. Karin started to twirl and soon did a flip to land on her feet, stepping on her father's forehead and jumping to the ground.

Urahara smiled at this. He then jumped down to the floor to follow in suit. Isshin was still in shock that his lovely daughter had stepped on his face. Karin turned around to look at Urahara in the eye.

"What the heck was that for!?" Karin yelled at him.

"I did the same with Ichigo." Urahara replied innocently.

"Open the gate." Isshin intervened.

Karin thought about what Urahara said, if he did the same to Ichigo, she wouldn't really mind…

Karin followed Urahara and her father towards a big…gate? She studied the thing they called a gate.

"Isshin, why in such a rush?"

"Kisuke, just open it, we need to get to Soul Society. I trust Yuzu to you for now."

"Be careful then. They might not welcome you back." Urahara had started to open the Senkai gate.

"Follow me Karin." Isshin went towards the Senkai gate. A Hell butterfly came. As she followed him, another Hell butterfly came fluttering in front of Karin.

"Don't worry, it's just a Hell butterfly. They guide shinigami through to Soul Society." Urahara yelled to Karin.

"Let's go Karin." Isshin went into the gate with Karin.

Isshin and Karin reached Soul Society. They were lucky to even end up in front of Seireitei.

"This is Soul Society?" Karin asked.

"Yeah, and right now, we are headed to go inside Seireitei, where Shinigami are." Isshin walked up to the gate and kicked it open.

He grabbed Karin again and shunpo-ed towards the 1st division. A little white haired boy picked up the familiar reiatsu.

"Karin?" Then suddenly, a Hell butterfly came to send him a message about an immediate Captain's meeting. Lieutenants as well.

Matsumoto was drinking sake when she got the message. What stopped her were the large reiatsu and that one reiatsu that felt like Ichigo.

"AH! It's that little Karin-chan that Taicho played with!"

All captains and lieutenants were in the room. In the middle of the room were Kurosaki Isshin and Karin.

Yamamoto-soutaicho was in his usual spot. He stared at Isshin. "What brings you here, Kurosaki Isshin."

"Karin. For some reason, Aizen is after my daughter now. I don't know the reason why, maybe because she is related to Ichigo and how he is a Visored. But I came to ask a request."

Yamamoto-soutaicho was listening. It wasn't everyday that an ex-shinigami that had a human family would come back to Soul Society.

"I would like to put my daughter in the care of the shinigami here. It's safer here than it is in the Human World."

Yamamoto-soutaicho was about to open his mouth until a voice interrupted.

'I think you should take in Karin. It would be safer on her and on you guys as well.'

Everyone was looking around to look for the voice. Karin recognized it. It was that same voice that told her how to land safely.

In front of Karin was a ball of light that came out of nowhere. All captains were soon in a ready-to-fight stance. What showed up in front of Karin was a child. Her height smaller than Yachiru's height. She was floating and wore a shihakusho, had short, black hair, but dark blue eyes.

"Who are you?" Soi-fong said prepared to fight.

"I don't have a name yet." She replied plainly.

"Don't play with me!" Soi-fong yelled.

The little girl immediately turned up in front of Soi-fong. "Don't threaten me." She said in a deathly tone.

Yamamoto immediately thought of her as an enemy and attacked. The little girl dodged, letting her short black hair go with the wind. Yamamoto then attacked her to the ground and sent her flying on the ground in front of Karin. The force sent Karin tumbling backwards.

Karin tumbled backwards towards Toushirou who caught her by the wrist but also fell backwards. Isshin started to panick and Matsumoto was surprised. Zaraki and Yachiru were impressed by the little girl's fight and Kurotsuchi-taicho wanted to do experiments on the little girl and Karin.

_._._._

The little girl was already up and hovering in the air. "I'm no enemy, Yamamoto-soutaicho." Yamamoto was very wary of her now as the little girl sustained no damage at all. The little girl then turned to Karin. "Karin-nee-chan! Are you alright!? I'm so sorry about that!" She stared at the boy. "Release her! Don't touch her!" She cried out to Toushirou.

Toushirou now just got the situation at hand and noticed that he was holding onto Karin's wrist. He released it and Karin got up. He then sat straight up again after regaining his posture. Matsumoto somehow got a really good hint. It was a good thing that Toushirou knew how to keep things to himself. Karin walked back to her father and kicked him.

She then stared at the little girl. Yamamoto sat back down and started. "Isshin, you asked us to take care of Karin. If Aizen is really after her, then we shall take on your request. But what I like to know is who that little girl is?" Isshin positioned himself.

"Like I said before, I have no name…yet." The little girl then turned to look at Soi-fon. "Sorry about my rudeness earlier." Then looked back at Yamamoto. "I am Karin's guardian."

End of Chapter

I would like to know what you guys think of it before I continue it. I know I didn't mention all the captains. I know some people were out of character as well, but some things are needed for a story. Not much HitsuKarin moments but hey, still the beginning of a story.

I want some critiques on this story to improve my writing. Though just knowing people are reading my story makes me happy.

If this story is successful, then a warning that it will move slowly.