Summary: Netto looks at the boy with his face, surprised. The boy looks back at Netto with an equally similar expression before looking back at Netto with confusion. Netto opened and closed his mouth, unable to form the words he wants to say. Finally, the look-alike opened his mouth and asked. 'Do I know you?'

Author's Notes: Before we begin, I would like to add some notes before you start reading this:

1) This is after the Winter War where Seireitei came out the victor and Aizen's dead.

2) Takes place during Rockman Axess with the game elements added in.

3) No, this is not a time-travelling story.

4) Yes, this is an AU-ish story. Those who played the Rockman game and watched the anime will know later on.

Other than the three, this is all you guys have to know for now. Thank you for your time. On with the first chapter.

BLEACHED Hikari

Chapter 01: Hikari-taicho

On a rooftop of one of the many tall buildings of Akihara stood two figures. They're both about the same height, but the difference is their hair color and eyes: one of them has hair pure as snow and dark teal eyes that could pierce through any soul. The other boy has dark brown hair and brown eyes filled with determination and curiosity. They were the most unusual sight to see for they were wearing black robes with a white haori over it. They look like figures from the feudal era with a sword secured on their back. Perhaps they didn't know that carrying a blade around the public has been banned for almost two hundred years. If they don't, somebody should inform them about that law soon before somebody report the authorities on them.

Though those two are anything but ordinary. They are known as Shinigami. Death Gods. Soul Reaper. Ferrymen of the Afterlife. They are given many names and titles, but to the humans they are considered only as myths and legends.

"Are you sure all the deaths have been occurring in this town?" The brown-haired boy asked, frowning.

"Kurotsuchi-taicho wouldn't make a mistake about it." the other replied with a monotone voice. "There's no doubt that the hollows have taken a liking for this town...unfortunately." Teal eyes glanced sideways to the other. "Are you all right?"

"Hm? Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"You have been spacing out since we got here," a blunt reply, as expected of the white-haired boy. The other smiled reassuringly and shook his head in response.

"Of course I'm fine, this place just seem a bit familiar." He replied. "It has a nostalgic feeling in it."

"Nostalgia isn't a bad thing, it could probably be a fragment memory...maybe you were born in this town."

"Maybe...but I was raised as a toddler in Rukongai, that meant I died pretty young. It's impossible to remember something so far back," Determined brown eyes looked doubtful in a flash. "I never patrolled this town before but something is nagging me in the back of my head."

"Maybe it's your zanpakutou." This time, those teal eyes flashed annoyance. "They're not fighting again, are they?"

"What, no!" he paused for a moment. "...I think."

"...Sometimes I wonder how you made it to captaincy."

"Harsh, harsh, Toushiro-senpai," the brunet said with a mock voice. "Even to a friend."

"You're just an associate who has mood swings like a girl every ten minutes," Toushiro added. "And it's Hitsugaya-taicho to you."

"I thought we got over that barrier a long time ago?" An innocent question with an equally innocent look, if looks could kill, the brunet would have been dead...again. Toushiro sighed in resignation before turning his attention back to his cell phone.

"According to the data here, the hollows prefer attacking two areas: the first one is near a residential area a couple miles from here and the Ministry of Science." On the phone flashed red dots, showing the places where the hollows attacked.

"The local Shinigami is also dead, I believe," the brunet asked.

"They were ripped to shreds to be exact. That's what we got from the reports," Toushiro replied. "Our mission is to find the source of the flux and slay any hollow we come across. We're going to blend with the human society; so you better have gigai ready."

"It's ready," the brunet replied. "Man, I was really hoping my first mission would be a solo one. This totally blows."

"If Soul Society sent both of us, then they must have a good reason to," Toushiro replied. "And you're a new taicho, the last thing we want to do is to start looking for another candidate to take your place so soon."

"Fine, fine," the brunet sighed. "You win. To cover more grounds, we should separate; it'll make our search faster."

"Agree, you'll take the labs while I'll take the residential area," Toushiro replied.

"Eh? But I want the resident-" a glare cut him off immediately. Toushiro looks pretty scary at this point. "Fine, you can have the spot."

"When you find something, contact me," Toushiro ordered.

"Yes sir," the brunet said with a mock salute.

"And stop playing around," Toushiro reprimanded. "Get serious, Hikari-taicho."

"I get it. I get it," the Hikari boy said. "And my name is Saito or did you forget about it already?"

"You really want to be encased in ice again?"

"Not really, but seeing you take anger management will even out the pros and cons though…I'm kidding! I'm kidding!" Saito reassured as the temperature around him dropped in a considerable level.

Toushiro huffed before turning his back to Saito. If there's anything the white-haired shinigami hates the most is the fake smile Saito is putting up right now. Something was definitely disturbing the brunet and he'll ask Saito about it later.

"Remember to contact me every so often or else," Toushiro said before he shunpo off the building.

"See you later then, Toushiro-taicho." Saito said and turned to the direction of the Ministry building. "Time for me to get a move on myself or Toushiro will definitely get on my case again."

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Author's Ramblings: ...TOO MANY CROSSOVERS!!!! Dx All the crossover ideas forming in my head will be freaking death of me someday. I won't have a fixed update for this story but it will be updated. Seriously, what is up with me and crossovers? Do you like it? Hate it? Don't care? Please leave a review, they boost up motivation in writing the next chapter, you know. ;D