Author's Note: Hello, everyone! :D Oh, I am very happy I make this A-Z HitsuSaku one-shots! Do you know what does it mean? Yes, there will be 26 chapters' series of HitsuSaku one-shots. And this is the first chapter! Wish you enjoy this! And I wouldn't put any author's closing note or conversation at the end of the story. Instead, I replace them with some quotes I think nice and appropriate. Alright, happy reading! :)

Characters Appear Here: Haruno Sakura (N), Tōshirō's grandmother (B), Hitsugaya Tōshirō (B), three bad guys (OC), Angelheart (OC), and Ukitake Jūshirō (B). Notice that N means from Naruto and B means from Bleach while OC means my original character(s).

Date Published: July 2011

Dedicated to: all of you HitsuSaku fans, especially those who have waited me to update Different Lives, Same Love. This is my huge apologize for making you wait this long.

Disclaimer: Neither Bleach or Naruto is mine. They belong to their respective authors, Tite Kube and Masashi Kishimoto. But the OC s are mine.

Genre(s): Friendship; few Romance; um, can I say some Hurt/Comfort? I think yeah…

Point of View: mainly Sakura POV, but there is Normal POV.

Ratting: K

Setting: Sakura is about 12 when she enters Soul Society, she has long hair as usual (haha, don't know why, I just like her in her long hair). For Tōshirō and Bleach, there is no specific setting; just Tōshirō is already a captain shinigami.

Summary: Sakura was a new plus in Soul Society. She always dreamt about a spring filed. There she heard the calling of her zanpakuto.

Title: Angelheart

Universe: Alternative Bleach Universe.

Warning: Bad English, many grammatical mistakes (may be?), and this is inspired by Bleach: "The untold stories: To Die on an Ice Land".

Words Count (using MS Word): 2566 words.

Angelheart

Sakura POV

I opened my eyes. First, my vision was blur, but later it became clearer. I saw my surrounding. It looked like I was in a village. What village was this? I didn't know. How could I was in this village? I didn't know. What was I doing standing here? I didn't know. I couldn't remember what was going on before I opened my eyes. It seemed that I didn't know anything. I became really confused then.

Suddenly, someone touched my shoulder from back. I turned around to see who it was. I saw an old woman. According to how she looked like, I thought she was in a grandmother age. "Hello, little girl," she greeted me friendly.

"Oh, hi…" I replied, kind of nervous.

"Are you a new plus here?" she asked me.

"P-plus? What is it? And where am I?" I asked back confusedly. Really, I didn't know anything.

She looked at me for a while before explaining patiently, "Plus is a good dead soul sent here. This world is called Soul Society: place for dead souls. We are in the province of Junrinan in the 1st District of West Rukongai. Since you know nothing, then I believe you are a new plus."

I blinked in confusion. I tried to understand her explanation word by word and then I widened my eyes, "Did you just say dead soul? So it means I am dead?" I started panicking.

"Calm down, little girl," She said, "Well, yes, you're dead, but it's not that bad. This is an afterlife or what normal people called 'Heaven'."

"Hea-ven?" I asked more, still confused.

She nodded. "So, what is your name?"

I placed my finger on my chin. What was my name? I tried to remember it. Then a name passed trough my mind that I spoke it out, "Haruno Sakura."

That old woman smiled again, "Welcome to Soul Society then, Sakura."

I dreamt about a spring field. I could feel the flower scent everywhere. There were a lot of flowers here, but there was only one tree. It was a cherry blossom tree. Every time I dreamt about it, I always walked closer to the cherry blossom tree. I noticed that there was someone standing near that tree. Tonight, the dream became clearer and more real.

As I walked closer to that cherry blossom tree, I saw her, a mature woman. I believe she's an angel. I meant look at her pure wings. She's a beautiful angel. She had a simple crown on the top of her long blonde hair. I could feel the eternity peace of the deep open sea when I looked at her eyes cause their color's aquamarine. She looked so elegant. She wore a simple long white dress with a long blue shawl encircles her waist, tied on the right side.

I stopped walking. Now, the distance between me and her was only two meters length. Before I could say a single word, she said with her soft voice, "I am looking for my wielder. Are you the one?"

"Wi-wielder?" I asked back. She just smiled at me.

Suddenly, I woke up from my sleep. I blinked several times then. "That dream… This time is more…"

"Sakura, are you awake?" asked Granny from far.

"Yes, Granny," I replied. I stood up and tidied up the futon then.

Ever since I met the nice old woman when I first arrived in Soul Society, she invited me to live with her. I was so glad I met Granny. Hehe, I started calling her that. Although we don't have blood relationship, we're alike family to each other.

That afternoon, I walked in a street toward a shop. I was doing my routine: buying goods, especially amanattō. Granny told me that her grandson would come that day and he loved amanattō so much. Hm, this day would be my first day meeting Granny's grandson. I wonder how he was.

Normal POV

Sakura entered the shop. Not far from there, a white haired shinigami in a captain level was also walking in the same street. Yes, He's Hitsugaya Tōshirō. He saw Sakura entering the shop. Sakura let her waist length hair free without any tied.

'Was that girl hair… pink?' Tōshirō shook his head. 'Oh, what am I thinking?' As he looked at the shop, Tōshirō then decided to enter it too to buy some amanattō. He knew his grandmother would buy it for him too, but since he came earlier, he thought he could buy the amanattō earlier too. He didn't want to bother his beloved and only family.

As he entered the shop, he saw Sakura already in front of the shopkeeper, paying her needs. Sakura held her hand waiting for the change of money. But instead of giving it to Sakura, the shopkeeper impolitely fell it to the counter table causing Sakura's eyebrow to twitch.

'That shopkeeper… never changes,' Tōshirō thought. He then heard Sakura said in annoying or more to be sarcastically voice, "Thank you." Sakura left the shop after that, but before she left, Tōshirō noticed what Sakura bought: amanattō. He then searched in the shop what he wanted, but he found none. He sighed, 'The amanattō that pink haired girl bought just now must be the last one.' With a bit disappointment, Tōshirō then left the shop.

Out of the shop, Tōshirō saw Sakura walking, but he noticed that there were three people followed her from far. Since the route Sakura took was the same with his way home (Tōshirō thought), he just walked too. He saw Sakura look back once while they were in a quieter place. 'It seems that girl knows that she is being followed,' Tōshirō thought.

Not long after that, as one of the three people tried to rob Sakura's buying, she turned her body around and greeted the man's face with her leg. Yes, she was kicking him so hard that this man hit the wall and made a crack on it. That man passed out. The other two man then got angry that they were about to attack Sakura when Tōshirō immediately appeared behind them and stopped them by grabbing their hands. Tōshirō then said in his cold tone, "Two men versus one girl is not fair."

The two men, knowing Tōshirō is a shinigami moreover a captain, became very scared then.

"P-please, let us go," one of them said.

"We won't rob a girl anymore, we promised," the other added.

"You should," Tōshirō let them go then. He didn't do anything rude to them, but they were too afraid themselves that they fell into the ground and run away bringing their unconscious friend like idiots.

Tōshirō then faced Sakura, "Are you alright?"

Sakura nodded, "Ah, yes, thank you…"

"You're welcome," Tōshirō then observe her, 'She is strong enough to protect herself.' Then he looked at her buying, 'Fortunately, the amanattō is alright.'

Sakura, noticing that Tōshirō was looking at her amanattō, asked, "Excuse me, is there anything wrong with the amanattō?"

"Ah, no, nothing, sorry. I was about to buy amanattō in that shop, but I found none. If this amanattō fell into the ground then it wouldn't be eaten anymore."

Sakura then thought, 'a boy, has a sword like shinigami, with white hair, and likes amanattō…' "Ah, are you Granny grandson? Um, Hitsugaya… Tōshirō … Is that the right name?"

Tōshirō blinked, "Yes, I am Hitsugaya Tōshirō."

"Oh, wow, what a coincidence… Well, you don't have to worry the amanattō. I bought this amanattō for you!" said Sakura cheerfully. She then grabbed Tōshirō's hand, "Let's go home, now. Granny is waiting."

Tōshirō just let himself being dragged without any complaint as he looked at Sakura's holding his hand during the way home.

As they arrived at home, Sakura cheerfully said, "I'm in home!"

"Welcome home, Sakura. And, ah, Tōshirō? It's quite early…" said Granny as Sakura and Tōshirō entered the house.

"Yeah, I get the chance to go home early," answered Tōshirō, "And during the way home, I meet … this girl. What was her name? Sa-kura?"

Sakura blushed in shy as she realized she hadn't introduced herself to Tōshirō, "A-ah, yes… My name is Sakura. Sorry, haven't told you earlier…"

"Alright then," said Tōshirō. He then looked away, asking, "Sakura, could you prepare the food? I am … hungry. I want my amanattō…"

"Ah, sure…" As Sakura was about to use her right hand to take the amanattō, she realized that she still held Tōshirō's hand. Tōshirō just glanced at Sakura releasing their holding hands with her face got a bit red.

Sakura POV

Later that night, I dreamt about a spring field again. There I encountered the woman again.

"Something happened today," she said opening our conversation.

"A-ah…" I tried to remember what happened today. Oh yeah, I met Granny's grandson. I didn't know why but I felt heat on my cheeks.

She smiled, "He is a nice boy, isn't he?"

I was about to ask how she could know about Tōshirō, but she had a more serious but still an elegant face expression.

"I am looking for my wielder," she said, again.

"Your wielder? I'm sorry but I don't understand," I said.

"I feel that you are my wielder," she spoke softly.

"I-am-your wielder?" I asked confused.

"Don't be confused. Try guessing my name. You are my wielder if you can guess the right name of mine," she said calmly, "Call out my name and ask me to obey you."

I just blinked at first. Then I observed her. She's a beautiful angel in my mind, an elegant woman, calm and simple. The only thing in my mind at the moment was Angel that I muttered it out of my mouth, "A-Angel…"

Then I looked around. This place, this spring field, this cherry blossom tree, all of them reflected my name, Haruno Sakura (a spring field of cherry blossom). I think that it may mean everything here was part of me. Then I think further. This woman knew what happened today. She seemed to be able to read my mind, to know what I feel. She knew my feeling, my heart!

I looked at her. I opened my mouth as I tried to collect my confidence. I held my hand toward her, "Angelheart, obey me!"

Angelheart smiled and nodded, "Yes, Master." She then transformed into a bright light, a very bright light that I couldn't see it clearly.

Later I felt I was holding something. As I opened my eyes, I saw my hand held forward, holding a sword with the ceiling in Granny house as the background. I immediately sat up from my futon. I realized that I just woke up from my dream. I saw what I was holding. It is a beautiful long sword. "A katana… A… zan…" I couldn't believe it that I didn't finish it, but a familiar voice finished it for me, "A zanpakuto."

I turned my head to see Tōshirō glaring me in his already sit up position from his futon. Oh yeah, we three -I, Granny, and Toshiro- slept in the same room, of course in different futons.

"You are holding a zanpakuto," Tōshirō said.

I kept silence as I couldn't deny it.

"You hear the calling of your zanpakuto, do you?" asked Tōshirō.

I nodded.

"A zanpakuto is a shinigami soul cutter," he said. "By this, it is better if you become a shinigami." He said making my eyes wide.

"W-what?" I half yelled that I immediately shut my mouth with my hand as I looked at the sleeping Granny. I sighed in relief that I didn't wake her up. Then I looked at Tōshirō again, "I… should… become… a shinigami?"

Tōshirō nodded, "You have the power. By being a shinigami, you can train and control it."

I was hesitant that I don't say anything. Then I felt he place his hand on my shoulder.

"I understand that you are hesitant. I was too when a shinigami asked me to be the one."

"I-If, If I become a shinigami… th-then… Granny would be… alone…" I said as I looked at the sleeping Granny. And I felt Tōshirō's grip on my shoulder become tighter.

"Do you worry Granny so much?" he asked.

I nodded. "She is the only family I have, though we don't have blood relationship…"

"If she lets or moreover asks you to be a shinigami, will you be the one?" Tōshirō asked me.

"B-but, she would be left alone." I said in protest.

"I thought that too at first," Tōshirō spoke.

"…" once more I kept silence. 'Does it mean that he was hesitant too to leave Granny to then be a shinigami?'

"I won't force you. The decision is on you yourself. Now, go back to sleep," he ordered me, "We'll tell Granny about this tomorrow morning."

I just nodded.

The next morning

I knelt and bowed to Granny. My forehead almost touched the tatami. I was waiting Granny's answer.

"… I see," Granny said.

Slowly, I looked up to Granny. She turned her head to the direction where Tōshirō was sitting not far from me.

"This is repeated," she said then she asked, "Tōshirō, have you told Sakura what my answer would be?"

Instead of answering yes or no, Tōshirō answered, "I believe that Sakura will be more relief if she hears it herself."

Granny nodded and turned her head to me, "Sakura?"

"Yes?"

"I am glad," she said make me widen my eyes, then she continued, "You've been holding it in all this time you come to Soul Society, haven't you?"

'Yes, Granny,' I said in my thought.

"You thought I would get lonely if you left me by myself."

'Yes, yes…' Once more I said in my mind as I felt my eyes became teary.

"You have been holding something in because you were thinking of me… But for me, that is the most painful thing at all."

By the time Granny finished her sentence, my tears had falling down my cheeks.

"Don't cry, Sakura…" Granny said.

"Y-Yes, Granny," I said as I wiped my tears.

"Tōshirō, please keep Sakura," Granny asked Tōshirō.

"Yes, Granny," answered Tōshirō, "I will always keep her…"

Years later

"Sakura, are you done with the paperwork?" asked a tall white haired captain.

I looked up, "Oh, yes, Ukitake-taichō. I've just finished it. But some of these need your sign. I've separated them. Now, you just have to sign these," I said pointing at the less pile of paperwork on the right side of the desk.

"I see. Thank you so much for your help. Now, you may leave. Hitsugaya-taichō has been waiting for you outside. You can have your day off," said Ukitake.

"Ah, yes, thank you, taichō," I said as I touched the lieutenant badge that had a number 13 written in kanji in my left hand. I walked leaving the office room. I stopped and looked at my captain from my shoulder, "Taichō?"

"Yes?"

"Mind your health."

My captain just smiled.

"See you later," I said waving my hand.

"Yeah, see you later," he said responding my waving hand.

Normal POV

Jūshirō smiled as he watched his lieutenant go walking toward the tenth division captain from the window in his second floor office building. He could hear their conversation.

"What takes you so long, Sakura?" asked Tōshirō.

"Ah, sorry, I was daydreaming…" Sakura replied sticking out her tongue.

"Come on, let's go now. Don't let Granny wait so long." Tōshirō held his hand toward Sakura.

"Yeah…" As Sakura took his held hand, they started shunpo-ed to go home.

~The End~

Which came first, the shinigami or the sword?

The correct answer is the shinigami.

What would a sword be without a shinigami as the wielder?

~(from The Sims 2 Bon Voyage by EA Games with some change,

the original quote is about the ninja and the sword.

Here, I think it is more appropriate

to replace the ninja with the shinigami :))

If we were all like angels,

the world would be a heavenly place.

~Author Unknown

Heart is the most important part of our life.

Its beat keeps us alive,

and our desire to stay alive keeps it beating.

~MnC21