Hey guys! I know I'm in the middle of other stories, but what can I say? I got attacked by HitsuKarin plot bunnies. I just adore this pairing. XD To be honest, this chapter might be a little confusing. I'm not sure, because I wrote it, so clearly, I know what I mean. XD If anyone has any troubles understanding I'll either reply to your message/review, edit this chapter or clarify it in the next. It depends what I feel is best. ^^ The main part of the story is them living and growing up (teenage years, oh the fun I can have with hormones) together, I wrote this to explain why they actually are living together. But I'll probably end up referencing it a lot, so I highly suggest reading it, even if just a prologue. ^^ I hope you enjoy!
P.S - Words in italic is a character thinking.
Chapter 1: Prologue
Karin almost screamed in frustration, but in the end settled for a sigh because she didn't want to worry her family. But the past couple of years had been so unstable, it was hard to deal with.
It all started when she was 13. Well, the stuff that heavily involved her did. Due to Ichigo getting his powers back, Isshin being a shinigami and both Karin and Yuzu's reiatsu steadily increasing hollows came to grace the Kurosakis with their presence what felt like every 5 minutes. So Soul Society decided to move the entire family to a village just on the outskirts of Seireiti. This way the whole family could stay safe (well safer) and Soul Society don't lose two powerful shinigamis who could become useful at any time. It took a little persuading, but eventually the family decided it was for the best. Besides the family had adapted. Ichigo regularly trained in Soul Society but after discussing with Yamamoto, still lived with his family, basically making up for all the lost time in previous years. Isshin ended up setting a mini clinic for people in Rukongai to use. It wasn't free, but it was a hell of a lot cheaper than any other 'clinic' and the profits added with Ichigo's salary meant the family could get by easily. The twins had managed to make a good amount of friends each, and had almost gone back to their old routines.
The original plan was for Karin and Yuzu to home-school themselves with the help of each other and their siblings if needed and training on the evenings and weekends. Nothing major or anything. Just some simple self defence, effective ways to use their reiatsu and most importantly how to completely hide their reiatsu. Yeah, that went so well. Well, it did for Yuzu, but unfortunately, not for Karin. Nobody knew how it happened to be truthfully honest. Maybe there was more to his power? It was stronger than they first thought? It doesn't really matter any more, the point is that it happened, but it shouldn't have. Aizen was managing to break through his barriers. Everyone who had experienced Aizen knew that simply imprisoning him for 20,000 years was stupid, but then again, how could they execute him if he was immortal? It was a vicious cycle. He was trying to overcome his restraints. Kido experts kept putting more barriers around, but he still managed to seep through. The fact that he was seeping through wouldn't have been a problem if he had any other power. Most people theorized that when the Hogyoku destroyed his zanpakto, it didn't actually destroy it, but absorb it, allowing Aizen to use his hypnotising/illusion powers without having to draw a sword. It was this power that was seeping through, but because it was weak the shinigami didn't have any problems. However, for two children who had only been training for 6 months, and even then it was slow and not very often because of the fear of pushing them way too far. After all, it wasn't really their first choice. Aizen overlooked Yuzu almost immediately. He saw her as weak and pretty much useless. Karin was a different case. It was a lot harder to get inside her head, but he knew he could use her for his advantage.
It started off pretty light. Causing simple trouble outside Seireiti. But there were times when Karin would travel inside the gates where Aizen would force her to do things like sabotage experiments in the 12th squad. But Soul Society was quick to pick up on it. In fact Yamamoto was pretty quick and completely ready to execute her for fear of her being a traitor. After several shinigami had begged him not to (she had befriended quite a few) they decided to quarantine her to the 4th squad for a month, to observe her. After about two weeks Unohana had created a couple of tests based off her predictions. The test results revealed that whenever she did something destructive or unhelpful, she wasn't in control. It was almost as if she was unconscious and someone else was pulling the strings. She could almost never remember when she displayed this behaviour either. Overtime it became clear that it was Aizen because it wasn't hidden very well, due to his power having to go through several walls before it got to her. After several discussions and meetings it was decided that the more distance between her and Aizen was better. And what was the furthest away that Soul Society could manage? The Living World. But due to her training being uncompleted she couldn't go back to the human world alone. In Unohana's opinion this all worked out quite nicely. A certain 10th division captain was working and training himself to death and needed to be forced to take a break. This captain also happened to be close in physical and mental age to the Kurosaki in question and they got along pretty well. In fact, the occasional visits he made to the Kurosaki household did not go unnoticed. Unohana suggested straight away that that Karin and Tōshirō should live together in the human world. Karin would be kept away from Aizen and be protected, Tōshirō would get a break and a change of pace while still actually working so not getting overly bored or frustrated. All of the captains agreed with this logic and it was agreed that Tōshirō and Karin would live together. Ichigo wasn't impressed with the idea at first, but thinking about for a while he came to the conclusion that out of all of the idiots she could've gotten Tōshirō was the best choice. Despite how much he hated that fact. So now Karin was lying on her bed frustrated with the fact that she has to move all the way back, and live with Tōshirō no less.
It's not that it was an awful thing to do, living with Tōshirō, it's just Karin really didn't picture the first time living with a guy would be because she had to be protected from an evil immortal man and monsters that wanted to eat her. She sprawled across her bed, thinking about the situation. Yamamoto told her and Tōshirō that they needed to have themselves organised and living in their accommodation by the end of the month, which gave them about two and a half weeks. Luckily for them, it was decided that they shouldn't have to pay for it, so as long as everything they buy was within reason, it was completely free. Karin sighed and leaned over to her bed-side table to grab her notebook and a pen. The soon-to-be roomates decided that they make a list of all the things they need, and a separate list for the things they want and then discuss them tomorrow. Karin looked at her clock. Tomorrow was two hours ago, and they're supposed to be meeting in 7 hours, and she has yet to sleep. Whoops. 'Suppose I should get started on these lists then. Well, most of these are obvious. Bed, clothes, desk, toiletries, stationary, jeez, this will be finished in like two minutes.'
One hour later, she was still going through everything she wanted. It's actually surprising how little you need and how much is luxury. She was being careful not to miss anything. When it reached half 3 she gave up and went to sleep, not entirely sure she was ready for what the day would bring.
So...what do you guys think? Love it? Hate it? Reviews are high appreciated, as this way I can become a better writer. ^^ By the way, chapter 2 is already half-written. Look forward to it! ^^
