Chapter One: Three Years Later!

Hitsugaya was sitting ontop of the school roof looking over the school grounds. Matsumoto was next to him, standing and putting on some make-up. "Taicho..." She said as she put on some mascara. Hitsugaya stayed silent and she continued, "Do you ever look for her?"

"For who?" Hitsugaya asked her.

"Shiraha Yuki..." Matsumoto said softly.

"I don't know who your speaking of, Matsumoto." He said coldly as the school bell rang dismissing the classes. A girl with long, waist length, light blonde-brown hair walked out of the building laughing and talking amongst other girls. He stood up and jumped off the building towards the ground, and Matsumoto followed.

"Yuki-kun, you're so smart! I don't know how you were able to figure that problem out today in class." One of the girls commented to the blonde brunnette.

"It was really easy. All you had to do is divide pi after it was multiplied by a pi itself and the problem just worked itself out." She said, then she paused and looked right at Hitsugaya as he landed on the ground. She stopped as the girls continued past her. He looked back at her, and it was like they could see eachother.

"Yuki-kun, what's wrong?" One of the other girls asked.

"Huh? oh- nothing. I thought I saw something." She said running to catch up with the other girls. She looked over her shoulder at where Hitsugaya was. Matsumoto landed next to him, and watched as he looked at her, and watched her leave. "It was just the falling leaves." She lied.

"See you tomorrow!" The girls called to Yuki as they went their seperate ways. The five girls went accross the bridge as Yuki turned and walked down the street.

"What was that..." She asked herself as she walked. "I felt something, a presense, and it was warming, like I knew it..."

"Warming?" Matsumoto asked as she followed Yuki home.

"Woah! What was that?!" Yuki said stopping and looking around, paniced.

"You heard me?!" Matsumoto said shocked.

"Where are you?!" Yuki yelled taking her backpack off. "Come out!" She shouted.

Matsumoto then felt it- a hollow. It appeared above Yuki, and went straight down towards her. She jumped to the side, letting it miss her by inches. Her eyes darted around, looking for the feelling. "I know your there- so stop hiding!" She said just as the hollow appeared behind her. "Behind me..." She said as she backflipped out of the hollows attack.

"She can sense them..." Matsumoto said watching. "I think it's time i end this..." She said pulling out her zanpakuto and eliminating the hollow.

"Who did that?! Who's there?" Yuki said closing her eyes. She turned and opened her eyes, looking right at Matsumoto. "I know your right there. I can sense you, you spirit." Yuki said pointing at Matsumoto.

"Yuki, can you hear me?" Matsumoto asked her.

"I don't know who you are, but leave me alone! Your kind bugs me enough as it is!" She turned and grabbed her backpack and ran off. Matsumoto reported to her captain about what had happened and what she had wittnessed.

That night Hitsugaya landed on the rooftop of Yuki's household. She was sitting on the roof, looking up at the stars. "Hey there!" She said looking away from the stars and over to Hitsugaya.

"Can you see me or something?" He asked her.

"I hope you don't think I can hear you. I can only sense where your at..." She said, "I like it when your around though."

"What?" Hitsugaya said.

"You give a comfortable air, but you dont' seem to be like that all the time... You've had cold times..." Yuki said, "And I feel like I can trust you more than any other spirits. I wonder why that is... It's like theres this connection..."

Hitsugaya looked at her, wanting her to continue, but knew he wouldn't be able to talk to her.

"There's an evil spirit on it's way here right now..." She said just before Hitsugayas phone beeped signifying that a hollow was on it's way towards the house. Hitsugaya stood up, waiting for it to arrive. The house suddenly shook and Yuki ran off the roof and jumped onto the tree branch that was above her window but below the rooftop. She slid to the trunk before jumping through the open window. Hitsugaya jumped through the window as well.

As soon as she opened the door, the hollows yells basted through and the reiatsu hit the both of them. "It's a powerful one..." She said as she held onto the doorframe.

"YUKI!" Kyomi's scream came from downstairs.

"Wait! Don't go!" Hitsugaya yelled as Yuki ran through the door and down the hall to go downstairs. He ran after, and the two landed in the living room.

"Kyomi!" Yuki yelled as she looked for her. Yatsushiro layed on the floor, cold, and not moving. Genkei was thrown into a wall by an invisible force and Yuki finnally was able to see it. "What is that?!" She yelled looking at it in horror. She stepped back, tripping over her own feet as she stared up at the huge hollow.

The hollow dropped Kyomi, who bounced off the ground, and layed motionless, and the hollow turned and faced her. It let out a yell as it started to run towards her. She scrambled to her feet and ran to the kitchen. She grabbed one of the frying pans that was in the sink. She turned and swung it at the hollow, only for the pan to break, and all she have ahold of is the handle. The hollows arm reached for her, but it was sliced off, causing the hollow to let out a loud, earpiercing scream.

Yuki looked up to see a young boy with white hair, wearing a white haori with a sword held infront of him. He jumped up and sliced through the hollow, but it pulled away, back to were it originated from, leaving the boy from his attack to land on the ground where the hollow once was. He walked into the living room, leaving Yuki in the kitchen.

She stood up and walked into the living room, shaking terribly as she watched the boy with the sword go over to her housemates. "dead..." The boy said as he kneeled down next to Yatsushiro. He flipped his sword so the hilt was pointed downwards. Yatsushiro had a chain broken from his chest as he hid behind the couch. "Come here, Yatsushiro." The white haired boy said commanding Yatsushiro to him. He reluctantly came out and was hit in the forehead, sending him to seireitei.

He walked over to Kyomi and Yohime who were near eachother. "Barely alive..." He said as he exaimined Kyomi. He looked over to Yohime, "Just unconcious..." He turned to Genkei who was walking over to Yatsushiro, blood pouring out of his arm. The boy looked over to Genkei, "Wounded... but walking..."

Yuki watched the boy walking around to everyone. He then turned to her, and saw her watching him. "You still can't see me, can you Yuki?"

"W-what?!" Yuki said looking at the boy. Genkei turned and looked at Yuki.

"Yuki! Yatsushiro's dead!" Genkei said picking the boy up.

"You can hear me?" The boy asked her, as he walked over.

"Yeah, I can hear you... and see you." Yuki said looking at him. "What happened?! What was that thing!?"

"Yuki!" Genkei looked over. "What about Yohime and Kyomi?!"

"They're alive." The boy infront of Yuki said.

"They are alive..." Yuki replied to Genkei. "But who are you?"

"One question at a time." He said, "My name is Hitsugaya Toshiro. I'm captain of the tenth division in Soul Society."

"Soul Society?"

"It's where us shinigami's live. Seireitei is where Yatsushiro is at...again." He told her.

"What do you mean... again?" She asked him.

"Right now is not the time for that question." He told her. "What you need to be doing to making sure your friends are resting, and that everyone is okay. You're the only one here that can see me."

"Do I know you?" Yuki asked him. "I feel like I do, like...theres a connection..."

"No... you don't know me." He told her, and it stung him a bit to tell her that. "I have to go." He said as his phone beeped. "I have to protect others as well." And with that he left her there.

"Toshiro..." She said to herself. She turned and helped Genkei get Yohime and Kyomi up to their rooms while Yatsushiro was left on the couch. "Rest, Genkei..." Yuki told him as she started to leave the room. "You need it just as much as they do. I'll be back. I'm going to get Kurosaki-san from down the street."

"Right..." Genkei said as she grabbed her bag and left down the stairs. She slipped on her shoes and ran down the street, the dark clouds overhead gave her an ominous feelling as the rain started to come down hard.

She thought about the boy, Toshiro, as she ran down the street a couple of blocks. She crossed the street and up the stairs to the Kurosaki residence. She knocked on the door and waited. Karin, a girl two grades lower than her, in the eigth grade answered. "Ah- Yuki-kun?" She said recognizing the girl. "What's wrong?"

"Where's your father at, Karin?" Yuki asked the girl.

"This way." She followed her to the dining room.

"Kurosaki-san. I realize that it is in the evening hours, and you are not usually open for help but I need you to come right away to my household. We have had tragedy strike, and have already had one death. Two are badly injured and one is unconcious. Please, I beg of you, please help." Yuki asked as she bowed, not looking at him.

"Do not worry, Shiraha-san. Take me there and I will help them." He said and she nodded. She turned around and bumped into the only son in the Kurosaki house.

"Ah- I'm sorry." She said bowing quickly to the guy.

"Yuki?" He questioned as she looked up at him.

"Ichigo! Do not pressure this young girl that has gone through terrible trauma just today!" His father said pushing his son aside. "Let's go, Shiraha-san."