eA/N: Okay, so just a few things to say.

1) This is a HitsuKarin story!

2) The characters might be OOC, I'm sorry…

3) This story is EXTREMELY AU.

4) I do NOT own the characters OR the plot. The characters are the amazing Tite Kubo and the plot is the one from The Secret of Moonacre but with my own twist. Enjoy!

The Secret of Seireitei

Karin's POV

I fought back tears as she watched her father's casket being lowered into the ground, I hadn't cried since My mother died when she was 4, she wasn't going to cry now. However, a glance at my sister proved that Yuzu to be crying. She walked over to her mother's grave and put down the flowers she had gotten her. Out of her peripherals she saw oddly colored white hair, a look up revealed a boy about her age leaning against a gazebo in the distance. He was dressed in a black polo and white jeans, how strange… Karin thought.

"Who is-"

"Come on Karin and Yuzu, you have to come with to read your father's will. And then it's off to your brother Ichigo's home," Nanao tugged at my sleeve a little bit. I sighed then glanced back, only the boy was gone. Nanao and I walked to her father's lawyer's office across the block. They finally got there only for the my sister and I to come across the shock of our lives.

"What the HELL do you mean all that my father left me was a BOOK?" Karin slammed her hands onto the table. Jeez, and Yuzu got most of his medical supplies…

"Just that Miss Kurosaki. Now your brother's wife Rukia will be at your house later tonight to pick you up. Nanao and I will accompany you home to finish packing then you'll be off," Shunsui, who always wore an odd pink ladies robe over his cloths, stood up and the four of us continued to my old home. The next two hours went by in a blur, I was in too much shock to notice the time passing. I had already said goodbye to all of my soccer buddies, and realized with a jolt these were my last hours in Karakura. Finally there was a knock on the door.

"That must be Rukia, I'll show her up," Nanao went to the front door and led a very short woman with black hair in.

"Oh Karin, Yuzu, I'm so sorry!" The woman walked up to Karin and hugged her then moved over to Yuzu," You might not know me, but I'm Rukia." Although I'm not usually one for hugging and such signs of emotion, the hug was appreciated, "Well, where's your stuff Karin? It looks like you have all of Ichigo's old kendo equipment and some of his soccer stuff, but only a few bags of your own."

"Actually that's all mine. I'm top of my kendo class because I train all of the time." I replied pridefully.

"Karin, you're too modest! She's the top fighter in her kendo class, plus she was the captain of her soccer team. As for me, my father had been teaching me how to be a great doctor!" Yuzu beamed.

"Well that's great! But we had better get heading home if we want to get there before supper," Rukia said and the small group got all of the girls' bags into the car quickly. On the long car ride there, with me in the passenger seat and Yuzu in the back, I took a long look at the book my father had left me. It was obviously very old and had a leather cover. Once she opened it up, it revealed beautiful illustrations inside. Then I started to read.

There once was a young woman of the Shinigami clan, who was so beautiful even Mother Nature regarded her as her own. Mother Nature was indeed so proud, that she gave the woman magic pearls to grant her wishes. She fell in love with a member of her family's rival clan, the Kurosaki's.

They showed a picture of the girl. She was a beautiful woman, and she looked strong willed even in the picture in the book. She looked like the king of person I have always strived to be.

When their wedding was announced, she decided to share the pearls with her father and her fiancée. What they didn't know until it was too late was that the pearls revealed the darkness in others, which the girl always overlooked. So she took her pearls and ran away-

"Karin?" Rukia's voice pulled Karin out of the book, "Yuzu is asleep and I was wondering if you wanted to learn how the open the gate. Usually Jinta or Ururu are here to open it for us, but they're both probably eating right now."

"Of course! I really need to stretch my legs," Karin said getting out. As she was walking up to the gate she felt as if though someone was behind her. She heard Rukia screech and then whirled around. A man with shocking rad hair up in a ponytail was trying to grab Rukia who was fighting back with surprise strength. The next thing Karin knew, a hand was clamped over her mouth and someone was trying to drag her away. But Karin Kurosaki was the top kendo fighter at her school and wasn't going to let that go to waste. She stomped on her assailant's foot and elbowed his stomach. Surprised, the attacker let go of Karin and she turned around and kneed him in the groin. After he fell over, Karin realized with a start that it was the white-haired boy from the cemetery. With a glance towards Rukia, Karin started to laugh: The short woman had her attacker in a headlock and was screaming at him to leave them alone while he cowered in fear. Soon Rukia ended his whining with a punch to the face and he too collapsed.

"The 5,000th moon is almost here Kurosaki, remember that," A deep voice warned from behind her. The boy was back up and dragging his companion towards the woods.

"Come on Karin, I have the gate open. Let's go on inside." The two got back into the car then drove up to the house where Karin's brother was waiting. Well, house wasn't the best word for it, it was more of a castle than anything.

"Ichigo!" Yuzu hopped out of the car and towards their brother hugging him around the waist.

"It's getting worse the closer we get Ichigo," Rukia said mysteriously.

"I know. But let's just forget that for now, what Karin, you don't see me for years and all I get is a blank stare?" Ichigo smiled. Karin smiled back and the two siblings shared a brief hug, "Now let's go inside and eat. Then I'll have someone show you to your rooms."

A/N: Okay, a few minor detail changes here. I changed it to Karin's point of view and changed a few other things. Thank you guys for putting up with me and my OCD ^^ Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW! Any kind of review is appreciated by the way; well flames are tolerated, but whatever. If you don't review I'll… make you take Rukia to the Chappy store and pay for EVERYTHING that she buys! MWAHAHAHA!