Okay, so this story is the remake of Bleach. Kinomi is Ichigo's grand daughter, to make sure you are not confused. Read and review, if it sucks, just tell me and I'll fix it in the near future... onegai!! Oh, Kinomi means 'berry.' Rukia is Kinomi's grandmother... If you want to know who is who, i wrote it at the end. I switched genders here and there, also making new names for everyone

In his steps… She lives

Berry and the Shinigami

We fear that which we cannot see

"I feel it here…" A thirteen-year-old boy had a map in front of him, "Strange, I sense enormous spirit energy…" With that, the silver haired boy jumped off of the telephone pole with a black butterfly following him.

"What the… You come here, stomp li'l Pete in the face, and order us out like we was some dogs?!" "You crazy, punk? Got a death wish!? SPEAK!" Kinomi "Berry" Kurosaki: 15 years old, has long red hair that is always tied, red eyes, and is a high school student. The one thing only her family knows about her…

"Say something you little…" Kinomi kicked the capped guy, "He dropped li'l Yoshi!" "This is messed up, real messed up! That's one blood thirsty berry." "That girl's total stone cold psycho! Mess with her and she'll kill you!" "Shut up!"

Kinomi stomped on Yoshi, "All of you idiots look at that!" She pointed to a spilled bottle of water and flowers, "Question one! What is that? You, smelly lookin' dude, tell me!" Richard pointed at himself, "M-Me? Smelly? Umm, it's an offering for some dead kid?" Kinomi kicked Richard down, "Check out the brain on smelly! Question two, why is that vase… lying on its side?" "That's because, we knocked it over with our skate… boards?" "Is that so?" Kinomi's only special skill…

She can see ghosts

"Then you better apologize to her, hadn't you?!" Kinomi pointed at a bloodied girl behind her, "Aaaaaggh!" All of them ran away, "We're sorry! We're SORRY! Don't hurt us, we'll never do it again!" Kinomi spit on the floor, "I don't think they'll be back. Sorry for using you like that." The ghost girl shook her head, "It's okay, I asked you to get rid of them for me. I was glad to help." "I'll bring fresh flowers soon." Kinomi walked away, "Okay, thank you. Now I can rest peacefully." Kinomi waved her hand, "Yeah, you rest in peace."

It's true. I can see and talk with ghosts. I was born with the ability to see the souls of the departed. My family runs the local clinic. We're entrusted with the lives of the living. Maybe there's some connection there…

"I'm home." Kinomi opened the door to her house, "You're late!" Her father kicked her in the head, "Do you know what time it is, delinquent? Dinner in this house is at seven o' clock sharp, every night!"

"Jerk! Is that how you greet your daughter who just helped a ghost find peace?!"

"No excuses! The rules of my house are iron! You break them, you gotta bleed! Or maybe you want to rub it in my face that you can see ghosts and I can't?!"

"Shut up! I didn't ask for it!" Yuta held up the spoon, "Please stop fighting, dinner's getting cold!" Roy waved his hand, "Let them fight, Yuta. Leaves more for us." Kinomi pointed at her father, "Your rules are way too strict! Decent fathers don't make their teenage daughters to be home by seven!"

Yuta widened his eyes, "Kinomi, I think you have another 'friend' haunting you." Kinomi jumped, "Hey! Geez, when did you… I exorcise one and another latches onto me!" Roy leaned against his chair, "He sees them, talks to them, touches them, and channels them… a quadruple threat. Must be a pain, Berry-tan." "Be quiet!" Yuta smiled, "But you know, we're bound to be a little envious of you, Kinomi. They're blurry shapes to me." "Not to me, I don't believe in ghosts."

Roy sipped at his miso, "Eh? But you see them clearly to, Roy. Only daddy can't." "Sure, make fun of my suffering!" "I'm in permanent denial. If I refuse to believe in them, it's like they don't exist." Yuta shivered, "So cold…"

"So here's my latest plan. 'Want to flirt with ghosts while being caressed by the first breeze of summer?' A limited engagement for the month of may, the Karuizawa Ghost Picnic." "Damn it, Roy! You're not making money from my grief! I'm not a freak show!"

"Dropped your guard!" Kinomi's father jumped on her and smiled, but Kinomi pushed him off quickly in one fell swoop, "That's it! I'm going to bed!" Kinomi stomped upstairs to her bedroom. Yuta opened his mouth to say something, but Roy beat him to it, "She left. It's all your fault, dad."

"What'd I do?"

"Kinomi has been under a lot of pressure lately! She told me more ghosts have been haunting her. She's fed up!" Yuta accused his father, "What?! She talks about stuff like that with you?!" Yuta sighed, "I'll take some supper up to her later."

"That girl, why doesn't she come to me with her problems?"

"Are you serious?" Roy licked his spoon clean, "I wouldn't bring my problems to you either. You're over forty, yet you possess the emotional maturity of a preschooler." Kinomi's father, Kotaru, leaned up against a picture of his wife, "Ah, Miyako, Maybe it's because they're in middle school now, but our sons have been treating me like dirt, What should I do?" "First, you can take down that stupid memorial picture."

Slam! "Geez, why is my family so weird?" A black butterfly fluttered into her room, "A black swallowtail? What's it doing here?" She widened her eyes at the next sight. A silver haired boy with turquoise eyes stood on Kinomi's desk, "Wha?" The black robed boy stepped off of the desk, "It is near!"

"'It is near' my ass!" Kinomi kicked the boy, who fell flat on his face, "You're pretty confident for a burglar! By, 'it is near' do you mean like the safe is near or something?" The boy was confused, "Y…You can see me? I mean… did you just kick…" Kinomi paused, "Huh? What the heck are you talking about? Of course I can see you."

"BE QUIET ICHIGO! Don't make a ruckus on the second floor!" Kotaru kicked Kinomi in the back with his knee, "YOU BE QUIET! How can I not be making a ruckus?! Look at this guy, what is going on with our security system in this house?"

"Hmm? What do you mean look… look at what?" Kotaru scratched his chin as Kinomi pointed at the white haired boy, "Huh? I'm talking about this samurai costumed…"

"It is useless." The boy opened his eyes to look at Kinomi, "It isn't possible for ordinary people to see me. I am a shinigami."

The large creature looked around, "Close, strong soul…is close." The creature dropped the bloodied girl Kinomi had helped earlier that night.

"I see… So you are a shinigami, and you came here from a place called soul society to exterminate an evil spirit. Okay! I'll believe you. Yeah right! Like I could believe that, retard!" Kinomi lifted a table that had a note saying: warning, only to be used for jokes like this. "Well, you can see ghosts, but you don't believe in the existence of shinigami?" "Of course not!" Kinomi straightened her skirt, "Unfortunately, I've never seen a shinigami. I don't believe in things I can't see. My idiot father couldn't see you, so I'll acknowledge the fact that you aren't human. However, quit the shinigami crap. Got it, little brat?" The boy perked up.

"You have spewed nonsense…" The boy turned around and pointed at Kinomi, "Binding spell the first, sai (obstruction)!" Kinomi felt her arms twist together, and felt a sharp pain. She bit her lip to prevent from shouting (A/N: Like Ichigo who bawled like a baby…jpjpjp). The boy rolled Kinomi over and stepped on her lightly, "You! What did you do?!" Kinomi blushed slightly, " You can't move, this is kido, the demon way.

"It is an incantation only shinigamis can use. Even though I look thirteen, I have lived several ten years longer than you have. And you dare to call me a little brat? Usually I would kill fellows like you, but the spiritual law states that one cannot kill humans they have not been ordered to kill." Kinomi struggled under the boy's weight, "I will have to be content with just sealing your movements. Give thanks you little brat. And…" The boy sheathed his sword, "Wai-" The handle of the sword connected to the ghost's forehead, "Huh?" "Do not fear, the place you are going to is soul society. Unlike hell, it is a peaceful place." The ghost fell into a large dimension hole. Only then did the boy realize the cause of Kinomi's embarrassment.

"Oh…" The boy blushed a deep shade of red, "DON'T JUST SAY 'OH' AND STAND THERE!" The boy coughed, in a poor attempt to cover up his amusement. He flipped Kinomi's skirt down, and she blushed when he touched her, "Idiot." The ghost and the hole disappeared, "What happened to that ghost?" "I sent him to soul society with the technique soul burial. In your language, I believe you call it 'going to heaven.' I guess I shouldn't even ask if you believe me or not. I will kindly explain with illustrations so that even a brat like you can understand."

"Hey!" Kinomi was sitting up at this point, but the boy tipped her and pushed her back down, "Now, in this world, there are two types of spirits. One is called whole and is the most common spirit. You can say that the ghosts you usually see are these." A picture of a spirit with hearts and flowers were on the page, and Kinomi sweat dropped. "Also, the other type is called a hollow. They attack the living and the dead alike to eat their souls. They are also evil spirits." A gigantic creature with a hole in its chest with thunder behind it was on the paper, "Any questions so far?"

"Can I start with 'Your drawings suck really badly?'" Toushiro widened his eyes to what she said, "Sh-Shut up! I'll flip your skirt up if you don't." Although she knew he was lying, she enjoyed teasing little kids, "Try it if you dare." The boy coughed, "Moving on! We shinigamis have two duties. One is to guide wholes to soul society using soul burial as you have seen. The second is to extinguish hollows. Although that isn't my main goal, I was sent to do that also." Kinomi blinked, "So is there a hollow nearby?" The boy looked at Kinomi, "Yes."

"ARE YOU STUPID?! GO AND VAPORIZE IT!" Kinomi wiggled and struggled to get up, "That is… I can't feel its presence any more." Kinomi opened her mouth, only to hear a blood curling howl, "Hey, what was that huge voice just now?" The boy narrowed his eyes, "A huge voice?" Just then, a hollow's howl entered the room, "A hollow?" "Aaaaaaaaaah!" Kinomi widened her eyes, "That was Yuta…" The white haired boy retrieved his sword and ran to the door, "Hey! Wait up, where are you going? Was that a hollow? If so, my family is down there!" The boy turned briefly, "Stay here! If you come, the number of victims will rise by one! Leave it to me and stay here quietly, got it?!" The boy turned the door knob, and a huge gust of wind blew toward the boy, "Urk." The boy looked down at Roy, "Sis… You okay?" Kinomi looked at Roy, who was beat, "Roy! What happened?"

Roy coughed out blood, "It happened so fast… Dad's back exploded, then it went after Yuta. After a while, it chased after me. I knew I had to warn you. Stay away Kinomi… Run…" Roy fell down and closed his eyes, "Don't worry, he's just unconscious." Kinomi growled, "DON'T WORRY? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! MY FAMILY IS DOWN THERE, AND I CAN'T STAND BY!" Kinomi kneeled and pulled at her hands, "I'm not going to let them…" "Stop it! You'll die if you." Kinomi pulled her arms and closed her eyes tightly, "I'm not going to let them die!!" Snap!

The spell was broken, and Kinomi grabbed a steel rod. The boy stared at Kinomi, 'To release kido with human power, I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing! This girl… is not normal.'

Kinomi glared at the creature, it wasn't even human. It had large teeth, and a hole was in its chest. Kinomi shook violently.

Kinomi's POV

Why am I shaking, is this thing so scary? No! I've seen countless ghosts before, this is just another one. I looked at the creature's hands, "YUTA!" Yuta stared at me, "No, Kinomi, run." I clenched my teeth and grasped the rod harder. Like I would. I charged toward the hollow and reared my arm, but the hollow did to. It striked me in the stomach and launched me toward the wall, "Am I going to… die here?" I asked myself that question, but I opened my eyes, no. I used my feet to halt. This is just another one of those stupid gang fights, I can take this guy on one hand behind my back, but let's not try that… I raised the rod and glared at the hollow, "Do not belittle me." As the arm of the creature came down, I jumped onto its arm and whacked it's head with the rod.

The mask cracked slightly before the hollow reared back, "FOOL!" I saw the boy jump in front of me. The creature bit him on the shoulder, and I caught him as he fell, "Hey, shinigami, wake up!" I noticed the hollow had raised it's arm again, so I ran outside with the boy in my hands, "Is there anyway to get rid of that thing?!" The boy nodded, "Yes, but you will have to… become a soul reaper."

Normal POV

"…Okay."

"Seriously?!" The boy widened his eyes, "Of course! I need to save my family, so I'll do anything." The boy's turquoise eyes stared into Kinomi's red ones, "So just give me a chance, shinigami." "…It's not shinigami, it's Hitsugaya Toushiro. You've got yourself a deal."

The explosion created smoke everywhere, "No, I only meant for half…" Toushiro was left wearing white clothes tainted with blood. The arm of the hollow disappeared, "I'm not going to let you do further damage." Kinomi brought the sword in front of her. Or what seemed to be the sword. It was very thin and long, "She's… like her grandfather." Toushiro stared at Kinomi, who stabbed the hollow in the face. Kinomi blinked once and fell to the ground as the body of the hollow dissipated, "Kinomi… Kurosaki, right?"

"Good morning!" Kotaru jumped in the air, "Kinomi!" Kinomi pushed her father to the ground, "That hurt…"

"Sorry, force of habit… Wait a minute, where are your wounds?" Kotaru shook his head, "Wounds? What wounds? Did I get hurt?" Kinomi stared in disbelief, "What?"

An orange haired boy sighed, "Hey! Don't waste your time day dreaming!" "Toku…" Toku smiled at his friend, "Kinomi sure is late." "What?"

"Weren't you thinking about her?"

"Unh! No!" Toku paused for a while, "What's so great about her, Orui?"

"She's funny!"

"Huh?"

"Since she always frowns, I think of so many different images with her scowl." Orui sighed while Miyo passed by, "She may be late." Toku asked Miyo, "Why?"

"Well, there was this gigantic hole, and they said a truck ran through the house."

"A HOLE?!" Toku went frantic, "What if they were injured? Who would I tease about their natural hair color, and what if they… gasp! What if Kinomi died?!"

"ALIVE! Sorry for upsetting you." Kinomi threw her bag at Toku in the middle of his sentence, "Good morning Kinomi!" Orui went into a fit of laughs, "Umm… Hi Orui, still as happy as usual." Kinomi took her seat in back of Miyo, "Weren't you working on you house?" Kinomi sighed, "Yeah, but they said I needed to go to school. What's third period?"

"Oh, math."

"Oh gosh, not math. I hate it, especially after this weird chain of events."

"Oh hello. You must be Kurosaki-chan." Kinomi froze, "Who just called me chan?" Kinomi dangerously turned around to face a familiar face, "Oh this is our new transfer student, he's thirteen years old, they call him a genius." Toushiro waved at Kinomi and secretly slipped a note into her jacket pocket, 'If you make a scene, you're dead.' Kinomi grunted, "Fine."

After class, Toushiro dragged Kinomi outside, "What do you want from me, isn't your mission done already?" Toushiro folded his arms, "Not quite. I told you that was just a side mission. Plus, you have all my dark force, so I can't get close to soul society."

"Then what's your real mission?"

"None of your business!" Toushiro snapped at Kinomi and she flinched. He noticed that she was frightened, "Sorry." Kinomi stopped walking, "What are we doing here?" Toushiro stopped also, he put on a glove and said, "We're going to continue your job." "Say what?" Toushiro hit Kinomi in the stomach with his gloved hand, "What was that for?" "Come with me Kurosaki-san." Kinomi hesitated before chasing after the thirteen year old.

"What are we doing at the park?" Kinomi looked around, "What are you looking for?" Toushiro asked the worried girl, "Ah…" Kinomi shook her head, "Nothing, there's a soul that usually comes here around this time." Toushiro looked at his phone, then shoved it in front of Kinomi's face. Kinomi stared at it, "What's this?"

"An order. Twelve P.M. plus or minus fifteen minutes. Within a twenty meter radius of Yumizawa children's park. A hollow will appear there." Kinomi widened her eyes as the sky was filled with a boy's scream.

The boy was running from a four legged hollow, and Kinomi put her hand to her sword, "Wait!" Kinomi stopped, "He's a complete stranger, are you going to help him?"

"Of course! I can't stand and watch that thing eat him!"

"Before your eyes or out of your sight, they're going to be attacked either way." Kinomi looked into Toushiro's cold eyes, "Don't help him if you won't do the duties of a shinigami. Don't help if you're not going to commit! If you want to save him, you must save them all. You have to be willing to go anywhere and sacrifice yourself!" Kinomi skipped a heartbeat, "What the hell…" She clutched her chest, and stepped in front of the hollow, "Have you made your decision?"

The left legs of the hollow were cut off, "Shut up!" Kinomi stuck her katana into the ground, "I don't buy all this self sacrifice and commitment crap! I helped him because I was here! So what are you going to do about it?!" Toushiro widened his eyes, "What about you?" Kinomi's eyes softened as she sad these lines, "You sacrificed yourself that night to save me. Was that your duty as a shinigami? Duty is no reason to sacrifice yourself!"

The sword was released from the ground, and Kinomi slashed it into the hollow's mask, "But people's emotions drive them to do the one thing they think they can't do…" Kinomi twisted the sword and slashed it up, "That one thing is protecting people." The hollow dissipated, "I'm not stupid, I owe you for helping me save my family. I'll do what you came here to do, I will help you." Toushiro looked at Kinomi one last time before turning, "Good luck then."

The next day, Toushiro decided to give Kinomi some training, "You have to aim for the head of the hollow, so you will have to hit all the high balls, and leave the low balls alone. Got that?" Kinomi swung the baseball bat, "Sure, whatever." Toushiro focused on Kinomi's grip, it wasn't that tight… Oh well. He threw the ball high, and Kinomi immediately reacted, "HEAD!" Kinomi yelled that word out as she hit the ball… hard.

"That was Kinomi…" Orui looked around and saw Kinomi hitting baseballs. He looked across from Kinomi, and there was Toushiro. Orui hated that guy because he was always with Kinomi. Just then, Orui shot off in Kinomi's direction.

The panting Kinomi lay down on the seat, and Toushiro sat by her head, "Approaching the hollow from behind and killing it in one blow is the essence of hollow hunting. It's a miracle that you've survived this long fighting them as you have." Kinomi managed to pant out, "But… hitting them… from behind isn't… fair."

"Fool... Save that kind of pride for humans. Hollows don't exactly play by the rules either. The smart ones will deceive you with all kinds of tricks. That kind of thing will get you killed." Kinomi closed her eyes, "I… just…" She dozed off, and Toushiro grunted, "This girl…" He looked at her frail body moving up and down, how could this girl be the grand daughter of HIM? Toushiro hovered his face over hers, it was so peaceful, "HI KINOMI!" Kinomi jumped up, feeling a large blush creep across her face.

Someone else used this cliffhanger, or something like this. I got so pissed...I willtry to get The New World done, it almost is! The next chapter of this story will come outsoon, hopefully.Anyway, here are the characters for this chapter and the next:

Kinomi- is Ichigo and Rukia's granddaughter- takes place of Ichigo

Toushiro takes the place of Rukia, but he really is in the story...

Kotaru- is Kinomi's father- takes place of Isshin

Miyako- is Kinomi's mother, she is deceased- takes place of Misaki

Yuta- Kinomi's younger brother, younger twin- takes place of Yuzu

Roy- Kinomi's younger brother, older twin- takes place of Karen

Orui- Kinomi's friend(male)- takes place of Orihime

Toku- Kinomi's friend(male)- takes place of Tatsuki

Kyuuni- hollow(female)- takes place of Kakei

Miyo- Mizuiro(female)- takes place of Mizuiro

Chito- Kinomi's friend(still a guy)-takes place of Chad

Yakato- cursed parakeet- takes place of Yuichi

Kikoi- Kinomi's friend(female)- takes place of Keigo

So review!! -winks-