Disclaimer: Who am I, a lowly fan, to go against the creator, Tite Kubo, and claim this manga/anime as mine?
Prologue
A black kimono just like Ichi-nii's…
'Shinigami'
Karin could only stare at the figure that stood between her and the Menos's hand that meant only instant death. It seemed light, almost weightless against the katana he held; his stance; his composure; the way his eyes remained closed despite the earth that gave way to the impact some meters from where he stood. His white sleeveless haori flowing dramatically as the dusty air cleared.
"Sit upon frozen heavens" he murmured a kind of summoning, spiked white hair softly moving against the wind. She noticed the sash that hung from his right shoulder to the left side of his torso. It almost had the same color as his eyes, green in shade—turquoise perhaps. He called a name and the sky darkened with gray clouds. He released a strong current of blue reiatsu that made the enemy retract its hand.
The shinigami wasted no time. He threw a chain that turned the whole enemy's arm into ice. He pulled it and it came off entirely. The Menos kneeled in pain.
"Too bad," the shinigami spoke, transferring the katana to his right hand without breaking his stance. "With a captain in the real world, you hollow don't stand a chance."
Fragments of ice fell from the dark sky, the Menos screeched its piercing howl, red beams of light gathering into a single ball The shinigami readied to attack again, muttering the words "Too slow." before leaping to deliver the final blow.
What used to be the enormous monster, turned to pure ice. The two halves drifted apart a little before cracks caused it to explode into slivers. It fell, a piece landing on her hand. Her hand twitched at the coldness, eyes glued on the boy with snow white hair. The sky cleared to a warm orange glow, the warm touch of dusk followed by the night's breeze. He held out his hand to her. She took it after slight hesitation. It was a few degrees colder than hers, despite the earlier battle.
Was he really?
"Toushiro, that outfit…"
He nodded to answer the question she hadn't finished.
'A shinigami'
a/n: I seriously don't know the point of putting this as the prologue. I'm quite sure that every fan of this pairing knows this scene from that fateful filler episode. But I felt that it's a nice touch to actually put it up before posting the story. Of course it has a connection with the actual fiction since I merely played around with the events in the episode to come up with the plot but~~ Oh well, I've written until the start of chapter 3 so it's possible to have a weekly update until then. But since I'm also working on my old Gakuen Alice fan fiction, I'm not sure when I will be able to complete the 4th chapter of this. Anyway, this is a light piece of fiction and needless to say, I'm in love with the pace. I think it's just right. I hope you guys will like this and support the pair. Tee-hee~