Moving Mountains
Chapter One: I'm dreaming, right?
Heat enveloped me. The warmth was soothing, calming me into a state of stupor. How I loved that carefree feeling. Almost like nothing was wrong, nothing would become wrong. Like a bliss that would continue for the rest of eternity.
But my senses began to come back to me. Reality began to settle back in forcing me to feel again. I was lying in grass. The gentle breeze sent chills down my spine as it caressed my exposed skin. The air smelled nice, a sweet scent of flowers that made me breathe in deeper through my nose.
How did I get here?
Reality began to click faster than I would have liked as my mind tried to remember how I got outside in the first place. I didn't remember. More strange was the fact that it was supposed to be winter and yet a breeze that smelled like spring flowers continued to indulge my sense of smell.
I made to move but felt stiff, like I haven't moved in ages. I lifted my arms ever so slightly and my eyes fluttered open to only see a blur of what was around me. I could recognize the color green through the haze which confirmed I was outside and it was indeed not winter wherever I was at.
An involuntary groan escaped my lips as I made to move but felt a hand press on one of my arms lightly forcing them back to the ground. My eyes scanned my surroundings, looking for the person who dared push me back down without a single word of comfort, but my vision did not get any better.
"Now, this is interesting," I finally heard a voice speak. He sounded like a male, his voice held a happy ring to it which made me groan again in confusion. Why wasn't he trying to reassure me? Tell me everything was going to be okay. "I wonder why Aizen wanted me to bring you to our world. You don't seem that special."
Our world?
My eyes searched again until I found a white blur that seemed out of place. I tried to speak, ask him what he meant, but all the came out was more groans. I was starting to sound like an old broken record player. "Now, now, you don't want to push it too hard. You did make a tremendous transition."
Right then and there I've never had the sudden urge to strangle someone to get answers out of them. What the hell is going on? What transition? Was I in some kind of accident? Damn it, tell me!
"Of course, you're not supposed to be awake. Why don't I fix that." I felt a hand press against my forehead and I closed my eyes. My head swimming when he let go. I tried to open my eyes once more but everything felt heavy. I was slipping back to unconsciousness and was quite pissed about my current predicament. All hell was going to break lose when I awoke again.
I would guarantee it.
The girl laid on the ground unconscious once more. Gin was surprised that she awoken after her – ordeal she had to endure. After all, it took a lot of energy to move from one world to another. Especially when the other was sealed. It took an incredible amount of spirit energy to bring this girl to this world and he felt a little drained.
"Ah," he said, turning his head to look behind him. "There already coming. Didn't take them that long." Right on cue three people emerged from the surrounding woods wielding swords in their hands and wearing black outfits that only belonged to the Soul Society. One had a white captain coat. "Hitsugaya, Rengi, and Matsumoto, wish I could stay and talk but I have something important to attend to." He opened a portal stepping through it, his smile never faltering.
As it began to close the one named Matsumoto ran forward, her eyes wide with surprise. "Gin…" But before she could say anything more Gin disappeared leaving the three to stare at the spot he was last at.
"Why the hell was he here?" Rengi asked placing his Zanpakuto back into its sheath. He looked around with his hands on his hips then stopped when he saw a body lying on the ground. He jogged over to the form seeing that it was a young girl lying unconscious on the forest floor. "Hey," he called over to his two comrades. "There's a girl here."
Matsumoto shook herself from her daze and looked over at Rengi who was kneeling over a small figure. She jogged over and looked down at the small form, her eyes going wide. "Wow, look at that hair." She bent down to her knees and took a strand of her long wavy hair. "Look at how red it is," her eyes began to glisten as she rubbed the strands of hair between her fingertips. "Ohh, and it's so shinny! Wow, I'm starting to get jealous." Her bottom lip jutted out, pouting as she looked down at the young girl's hair. Her eyes moved to her face, her head tilting to the side in confusion. "What is she doing here in the middle of the forest?" She had a soft face that looked peaceful as she laid on the ground unconscious. She wore a purple zip-up sweat shirt and tight blue jeans. Nothing to special about her apparel, but her hair. It was long and wavy and a piercing red that shined in the moonlight. Her hair, if she stood up, would reach to the middle of her back.
"And what did Gen want from her?" The young captains' voice asked as he walked over to them and looked down at the young girl.
She started to stir but didn't open her eyes. Her head turned to the side and she began to mumble. "Sara, turn off the damn TV I'm trying to sleep here…" the rest was incoherent as she began to snore, rolling to her side and falling back asleep, chewing on her thumb.
"Well, it looks like she's okay," Rengi said as he smiled down at the sleeping form. "So, what do we do with her?"
"We leave her," Hitsugaya simply said as he turned around and began to walk away.
"What?" Matsumoto, with surprise, said as she looked at her captain. "We can't just leave her here! We're really far away from the city. She'll get lost when she wakes!"
Rengi nodded his head in agreement. "Plus, what did Gin want with her? Shouldn't we figure that out once she wakes up?"
"Maybe she was in the wrong place at the wrong time," Hitsugaya suggested.
"Oh come on, let's bring her with us. If she doesn't know anything then we let her go. It's better than just leaving her here alone. A pretty girl like this, who knows what will happen!" Matsumoto pleaded, her eyes sparkling with determination.
Hitsugaya sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb. "Fine."
Matsumoto shot up with joy. "Yes, this is going to be so much fun!"
"Maybe it's a trap?" Rengi suggested as he studied the sleeping girl in front of him. They made it back to Orihimie's house with the sleeping girl in Rengi's arms. Being Orihimie, she allowed them to use her house to watch over the girl as they waited for her to wake up.
"No way, she's too cute," Matsumoto poked her face, her own face lightly flushed.
"We should have just left her, she's a human girl that has no business in our affairs," Hitsugaya said with apparent annoyance. He was leaning against the wall as he looked over at the sleeping girl. "Or left her for someone else to find her."
Matsumoto gave her captain a pouting face. "You're so mean. What if something terrible happened to her or… or…" She began to bat her hand against her face. "Is it hot in here or is it just me."
Rengi wiped some sweat from his forehead and examined it like it was a foreign object. "Yeah, it is a little hot in…" He stopped suddenly, his eyes glancing back down toward the small girl.
Her body was encased in a red aura, her body radiating heat. "She's leaking Reiatsu."
Hitsugaya walked over to the girl gritting his teeth. He hated heat. "Why didn't I sense this before?" he asked mostly to himself. "How is this even possible?"
Matsumoto looked back at the sleeping girl. "She's not even sweating." She brought her hand to her head and her eyes immediately shot wide with surprise. "She's burning up." Her attention shot towards Orihimie. "Do her have a thermometer by any chance?"
Orihimie's face grew pink as she nodded her head. "Yes, yes of course." She disappeared through a door and came back with the needed item in hand.
Matsumoto put the thermometer in the girls' mouth and watched as the red liquid went up the stick and finally stopped at its destination. Her mouth was wide as she gaped at the result. "Her temperature is 110!"
Rengi grimaced. "How is that even possible? Shouldn't she be dead?"
The girl eye began to twitch. Matsumoto saw the slight motion and looked back down at her. "I think she's waking up." Matsumoto, Rengi, and Hitsugaya both leaned over to look at the girl as she stirred.
Her eyes slowly opened, blinked a couple of times, yawned, and when her eyes focused, she screamed… or more like yelled as her fist shot forward and made contact with Rengi's chin. He flew backwards as a little bit of blood spewed from his mouth and landed on his back. He shot up into a sitting position rubbing his chin.
"What the hell was that for!?"
Both Matsumoto and Hitsugaya took a step back as the bright red head girl shot up showing everyone her bright blue eyes that were rather alert of her surroundings. Her eyes were wide as she looked at the two men and woman, then her eyes moved down to her hands.
She began to shake, her eyes became frantic as they scanned her body. Looking down at her legs, taking a strand of her hair to stare at it then back at the three. She opened her mouth to finally speak,
"A-am I dreaming?" Her eyes grew wider, her mouth opening up wide with surprise as blood began to wash over her face as a million things went through her mind. A little squeak escaped her mouth as it seemed her face was stuck in that position.
"Um…" Matsumoto began as she reached for her. "Are you okay?"
Suddenly, the girl fell forward off the couch and onto the ground face first, her butt sticking straight up in the air. Then, her face slide against the ground extremely slow in a painful looking way until she was lying flat on the ground.
"She's dead," Rengi declared as he looked at the unmoving girl.
"What was that about?" Hitsugaya asked as his eye twitched with annoyance at the girl below him.
"Seems she was surprised to see us," Matsumoto added, saying the obvious. She began to poke her head but got no response. "Maybe she scared herself to death." She continued her onslaught of poking until finally she rolled her over. Her face was still stuck in the position, but she was still breathing, unconscious once again. Little droplet of tears on the corner of her eyes.
"I need to report this," Hitsugaya sighed as he turned around and walked away. "Come get me if she wakes up."
Rengi and Matsumoto watched the young captain walk away and looked back at the unconscious girl.
"How much do you want to bet that she's going to faint again?" Rengi said teasingly.
Hitsugaya came back in ten minutes. Again the room began to grow hot again and her eyes fluttered open. Rengi scouted away from her not wanting to get punched again. She shot up, her eyes wide again as she scanned the room around her.
"Where not going to hurt you," Hitsugaya tried to reassure in his best way possible but his voice didn't sound reassuring in the least bit. She looked at him, her nerves began to calm down. Her eyes slowly falling back to a normal wide range. Her eyes moved through the faces of everyone in the room. She then closed her eyes and slowly got up off the ground. When she opened them again, she was looking at her hands again.
"Are you alright?" Matsumoto asked taking a step toward her. The girl took a step back, her hands falling to her side. Then her eyes shifted to something behind her, and out of nowhere she ran forward toward the door.
"Stop her!" Hitsugaya ordered. All three ran after her when she opened the door and ran outside. When all three where outside they stopped. She was in the middle of the road looking around. It was night time, her eyes were looking at the sky, her eyes wide with wonder.
She turned back around and looked at the three of them. She stood there awkwardly staring at the three.
Her hand moved up to her cheek as she continued to stare and – pinched her cheek rather hard. When nothing happened she smacked herself. Still nothing. She smacked her other cheek and winced. She closed her eyes, her eyebrows furrowed and she got in a squatting position… almost like she was trying to go to the bathroom. When she opened them she had a look of disappointment.
"So," she finally said making everyone tense around her. Her hand went to her forehead where she held it and sighed. "I guess I'm not dreaming."
Hitsugaya stepped forward. His hands were shoved in his pockets as he gave her a serious look. When he spoke his tone matched his features. "Why do you think you are dreaming? What was the last thing you remember before you woke up?"
She stared at the captain. He saw emotions pass through her eyes as she thought deeply about something. Then something clicked and she closed her eyes and sighed. She jutted her hip out to the left and crossed her arms. "What's it to you, shorty?"
A vain popped on his forehead, but he kept his cool, but his voice held a bit of malice. "I'll ask you again. What do you remember before you woke up?"
She looked away from him uncrossing her arms and – sticking a finger up her nose in defiance. "I was taught to never speak to strangers. I'm pretty sure you qualify."
Hitsugaya opened his mouth but stopped when he saw her stiffen and look off to the left, her eyes growing wide. "Did you hear that?" she became rather alert.
Hitsugaya looked to where she was looking. Then he heard it.
It was a howl of a hallow.
"It was drawn to you," he stated as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a green pill. He popped it into his mouth and he suddenly became two people, both looking exactly the same. One wearing a school outfit, the other wearing black and had a sword in his hand. His icey stare went back to her and she glared back. "So you can see me." It wasn't a question but more of stating the fact. He looked back to his Gigi and his two team mates. "Watch over her while I take care of the hollow." All three nodded and he disappeared.
They watched him disappear to the left. Renji sighed and looked in the direction of the girl but stopped. His mouth wide open in disbelief.
She was gone.
(Author's Note: This is my first ever Bleach fan fic. To tell you the truth I just started watching Bleach again. I did watch it when it first came out but I never actually stayed up to see the rest of the episodes since I wasn't use to staying up late back then. I skipped a couple of episodes here and there and now in the Aizen part… Arrancar… yeah. So if I get anything mixed up please either PM me or leave a review and I'll fix it ASAP. I want the reading experience to be as enjoyable as possible. Of course, I'm also watching the newer episodes on adult swim and read online what happens and blah, blah, blah, so I'm not totally not know what I am doing.
I don't know if I should make this a ToshiroxOC fan fic or not. Tell me what you want and I'll do it, :).
I like to write Fan fic's, I've been writing Hiei fan fics of Yu Yu Hakusho and now I want to switch it up. Why do I like to write fan fics, you ask? Because I'm bored and I like to write. That's all. Hehe.)
