Summary: Story about Hitsugaya Toushirou as he travels the path of Shinigami to protect those who are dear to him. This is my version of his story.
Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Bleach.
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"Dialogue"
Prologue: Death and Pretty Shinigami
He didn't remember very well but ever since he could remember he could always see spiritual beings. His parents are just normal people and they were very surprised when they found their son was playing with someone but they couldn't see who their son was talking too. Hitsugaya soon found that his ability is abnormal and he is often shunned by his peers because of his strange behaviour. Luckily his parents however are supportive and brought him to a temple to ask for blessings and received an item (I forgot what they call the thing to repel evil spirits) to prevent their son from being harmed by the spirits.
Toushirou is very intelligent and finds that he could learn everything taught to him in a very short time and he excelled in his studies. His parent are very proud of him and send him to a prestigious school. Soon he receives a scholarship to accelerate his studies and he was able to understand and absorb all the knowledge like a sponge. He matures beyond his age but still carries the same brattish atmosphere around him. Unfortunately he got caught of terminal illness and because there is no cure known for his illness yet and the doctor told him that he would not last longer than a year. His parents were very sad because of it but still stays with their son as long as they could. He is still depressed because he could not go to outside the hospital. During his stay at the hospital he often saw ghosts who are still bound there and not yet sent to the soul society. He asks many things that the ghost have experienced during their life and from those talks he matures and learns to accept his fate and to enjoy the time he has left with his family.
One night He saw a black butterfly which transformed to a girl wearing a shinigami robe with a Katana. He is very intrigued because from his past experiences he never met ghost which could transform themselves. Then he tried to talk to her but was ignored. The girl is ooking around to look for spirits waiting to be send to the soul society but she fails to register a boy that follows her. The girl walked away and found the ghost of an old lady which toushirou is familiar with and he saw the old lady started to dissapear when the girl did something with her katana's hilt. He was worried and ran to the old lady only to find the old lady was gone by the time he arrived there. Then he found that the strange lady started to walk away but he tried to stop her by pulling her sleeves.
To say that Matsumoto Rangiku is surprised is an understatement. She turn her back and tried to look around for someone or something that stuck her sleeve only to find out a human boy is holding her sleeve. /Forget holding my sleeve.. how did the boy could even see her? The academy didn'ttold me that human could touch us/ Rangiku thought to herself. "Hey!" that voice pulled her from her reveries and focused her thought at the boy again. "Huh? what do you want boy?" Rangiku asked the boy. "Who are you and what did you do to the old lady!" The boy answered. /I see... this boy could sense and see spiritual beings... no wonder he could see me/ "I send her to the soul society brat, and as for the answer of who am I... I am a Shinigami" Rangiku answered honestly.
/Soul society? where the hell is that? I never heard of that place before.. and here I thought I've remembered all the important place from the map that dad gave me but I never heard of that place... never mind that! Did I hear what she just said/ "Shinigami? Are you sure you really are a shinigami? The shinigami I heard from a book I read is very ugly and scary looking but you are very pretty!" Toushirou replied.
/Heh! this brat sure knows how to flatter a lady/ Rangiku feels a bit warm after she heard his response... /Wha- the temperature have risen at least a few degree... I thought I'm already used to hear all the praises from my peers back in Soul Society/ "Well.. there are some shinigami that is ugly /Like those in section 11/ but I am an exception." she winked at the boy /Damn! Why am I playing around with this boy? Oh well! I have time to spare anyway/
"Really? So I will be sent to this 'Soul Society' place soon too huh. Can I ask what is this soul society place is like?"
"What? why do you say that you will be sent to the soul society soon too?" Rangiku is a bit surprised that such a young boy said that he will die soon but not sure whether she just misunderstood.
"Well.. I was told by the doctor that I'm not going to last longer than a few month so if I'm going to the Soul Society place when I die why not find out a little bit about it now."
Rangiku was speechless... here in front of her is a boy who already accepted death and such at a young age to boot. She couldn't remember the time when she herself died but she sure will not be as calm as the boy in front of her should she be in the same position. She chose to answer the boy truthfully and explained what the soul society is like. After a while the boy's curiosity is satisfied (3 hours of explaining and she is very exhausted). /Damn! this boy sure is very curious! better get back or he will ask another question/ "Oh well! I better get going soon or I'll get in trouble. Sayonara boy! See you again in the afterlife"
"Sayonara nee-chan! are you going to come to sent me to Soul Society when I die too?"
"I'm not sure about that but one of the shinigami's in charge will be sure to sent you when your time come."
Rangiku returns to the Soul Society after that. A few months after that Toushirou died peacefully at the age of 8 of his illness and is send to the Soul Society where his path to become a shinigami will begin.
Extra :
# Some basic information, I have decided to keep the same name as the manga for his Earth name.Just to let you guys know the story begins when toushirou is 6 years old and during the period of 5-7 years old Toushirou is able to learn a lot during his time at school and will be carried over to the time he was sent to Soul Society. His intelligence is mentioned in the manga as he is heralded as a genius.
# This is my first fic ever so I may have some mistakes but I'll improve and change my style as I need.
Credit :
I have read an interesting story about Toushirou which inspires me to write this. The Title of the fic which inspires me is "The Sound of Snow Falling" by The Sh33p.
