Fire and Ice

99 years ago

Toshiro strolled down the hallways of the Tenth Company. It was his break, and he was visiting his grandma in Rukongai. He'd especially woken up extra early to get ready for his annual trip.

"Taicho!(Captain) Where are you going this early?" Rangiku chirped in her captain's ear.

"Shut up. Don't ruin this important, special day of the year Matsumoto. That's none of your business anyways," Toshiro responded coldly, as usual. Rangiku pouted, and walked away.

Geez, what was HER problem? I'm her captain, she shouldn't be fooling around. Toshiro thought. Ah, whatever. He was going to see his granny! Last year, he was so caught up with paperwork, so he couldn't visit her. The year before last year was a disaster! A total chaos! Paperwork was everywhere in his office! Hidden sake bottles were scattered all over the floor. It took the remainder of the year to tidy the mess. All because of Rangiku.

Toshiro walked all the way to Rukongai, and when he arrived, he was greeted by murmurs of the villagers. Entering the house that belonged to his granny, he spotted no one. Granny? Where are you? I'm back! I'm here right now! Toshiro cried in his mind.

"Look! Isn't that the 'Ice Kid' from when we were kids?" a voice chattered behind him, as Toshiro exited the house.

"..Come to think of it, he does have the same hair style, the same hair colour as that 'Ice Kid' too!"

"But he's a captain. That Ice Kid couldn't become a captain. He was too cold-hearted. No Rukongai kid would be suited to become a captain."

A vein popped in Toshiro's head. His eyes flared up. "What are you snot-brats talking about?"

The children ran away, frightened by the Captain's outburst.

"Have any of you seen an old woman, about this tall (he made a gesture) in the village?"

"No!" the children shouted. Just then, a girl, around the same age as Toshiro, or maybe younger, appeared.

"Shiro?" she asked in awe amazement.

Do I know her? Toshiro questioned himself. No, he'd never seen this girl before. She was wearing a veil, so her features didn't quite show.

"Do I know you?" Toshiro askedd cautiously. The girl only giggled.

"Yes, but when we meet again, I shall tell you who I am..."

Present day

Toshiro's POV

"MATSUMOTO!" I yelled at my Lieutenant. She and her stupid sake bottles! Clogging up my office!

"Yes taicho?" a meek voice replied that was distinctively Matsumoto's.

"What did I say about drinking in the afternoon? Look at you! All blushing and drunk! Hurry up and finish the paperwork! Chop chop, time waits for no one, especially you!" I yelled. Matsumoto automatically woke up and finished the paperwork. It was time for my checkup on granny. "You finish the work, I'm on my break!"

And with that, I strode out of my office. Within minutes, I reached my homeplace, Rukongai. I looked around, and I was shocked. Rukongai really had changed. I was so busy looking around the surroundings that I wasn't watching where I going.

"Ouch! Watch it kid!" a female voice cried. Uh-oh. Due to my height, bumping into women was a hassle. "Huh? Nii-sama?"

Say what now? Nii-sama? That meant big brother. I wasn't a big brother. So..?

The woman had long black hair, like up to the centre of her back, seagreen eyes almost teal, but darker, a heart-shaped face, full lips, medium sized eyes with thick eyelashes and wore a smirk. Her clothing was quite simple. It consisted of the standard shinigami uniform, but she customized it and wore a belt that contained a zanpakuto holder, so her sword wouldn't fall out. Her zanpakuto was on her right side like all the others, but it was secured safely in a way other's weren't. She also wore a red jacket with orange fire flames designs on the edges. I gotta admit, she was a real beauty, but a real pain in the ass.

"You really don't remember, Shiro?" the female responded to my confusion. Wait...Shiro...I'd heard that nickname before. Not just from Hinamori, but another...

"Um..who are you?" I asked. She just giggled. Huh? Was that the same reponse I had last time? I'd heard that same voice somewhere...but where?

"I guess you deserve an explanation. I promised you that 99 years ago, right? Or did you forget that as well?" she teased.

What an irritating woman. She was already on my annoying list.

"You remember Natsumi-sama? She was a... woman with a split-personality. She had silver-grey hair, the darker version of Sode no Shirayuki's hair colour. She was around 30 years old, and I envied her hair colour. Anyways, Natsumi-sama was a good person, but that was on the outside. What was on the inside was her real nature. When I was only 7 years old, she dumped me, abandoned me, and sold me, saying I didn't inherit anything from her. That was true though. Look at me! Black hair, seagreen eyes, tall structure, totally opposite of her!

"The reason why I was given away was because I had no similarities with Natsumi-sama. However, you did. That's why she accepted you. White-hair, teal eyes, small frame, that arrogant smile...You guys were really mother and son. I had to live by myself for the rest of my childhood, teen years, until I was old enough to move out and explore. I never received a mother's love, because of this! (With this phrase, she pointed to herself) Even though we lived with separate life styles, with different people, I never forgot about you. At one point, we were living together. Remember how I used to call you Shiro? And you used to call me-"

"Kuro," I surprised even myself. "Because of our hair colour. I...I remember it all! Natsumi was our mother, Hideko was our father who left us. That means...you're..."

She started off, "Well, long story short Shiro, I'm your sister."

This took me such a long time figuring and plotting the storyline. Finally I got it all under control. Please review as usual!