The top thirteen pirate captains of the world all sailed under one flag years ago being the most feared ship in all the sea. No one could beat them in a battle, no village could survive there attack. They were the soul reapers. People shuttered just hearing the name, running into hiding. But the crew members began to fight among themselves; soon they each went their separate ways creating their own crew. Some stayed in alliances with each other some forming enemies and one ship was out there to kill everyone they came across. Each ship had their own views and regulations but they were all pirates.

The youngest pirate captain was Toshiro Hitsugaya, he was feared by many people, being what was what they called a prodigy. He was 19 years old but a genius, his white hair stood up on end with a single bang hanging over his head. The turquoise eyes and cold exterior could pierce through any strong man making him shake in his boots. Hitsugaya was the tenth captain, the captain of Hyōrinmaru.

"Captain, the loot is secure in the hull," a underling saluted the white haired captain.

Toshiro waved him off with his glove covered hand. He wore black pants with soft leather black boots covering them. He had on a simple white v-neck shirt with a blue dragon printed on the side. His clothes weren't as extravagant as most pirates and that's the way he liked it.

"Captain," he groaned hearing the familiar whine, "we need to stop at the next port."

"No," he replied bluntly not looking up from the map in front of him.

A tall woman stood behind him angrily, her long strawberry blonde hair flowing down her back her blue eyes narrowing at her captain's answer. She tapped her black boot on the wooden flow waiting for him to turn around, she crossed her arms impatiently.

"Matsumoto what do you want?" the captain asked knowing she wouldn't leave him alone otherwise.

Matsumoto pulled at her short black skirt playfully, "I'm all out of sake so we have to get some more."

Toshiro spun around, "you can wait till we land were not going to stop at a port just so you can get some sake."

Matsumoto pouted, "but captain."

"No," he cut her off.

Matsumoto left the office giving up for the time being. She was the first mate or the vice captain of Hyōrinmaru and her two favorite things to do were drinking sake and giving her captain a hard time. She wore a black short skirt with a white frilly long sleeved shirt. The sleeves flared out at the bottom and the top revealed her over sized breast. She also wore a expensive brown vest that connected together by three thin brown belts. She adjusted the black pirate hat she wore pushing the giant white feather back. She was about to go back to her courters when something caught her eye off in the distance.

"Captain," a young girl called out running through the crew members. She ran up the wooden stairs to a heavy door she pounded on it continuously until a groggy orange haired pirate finally opened it.

"Hinamori? What's wrong?" he asked suppressing a yawn.

Momo Hinamori pointed toward the east, "were about to be under attack. It's captain eleven of the Kenpachi, Captain Zaraki wants to fight."

"Damn him, doesn't he have anything better to do then pick fights with everyone," captain of the fifth shouted.

"Captain Ichigo what are your orders?" Momo asked full of seriousness.

"Make sure everyone is ready to fight," he ordered sending her off. Momo nodded jumping off the ledge to the bottom deck.

Momo ordered the crew around telling them where to be and reminding them of what to do. She was the vice captain of the fifth Zangestu, she was young to be a vice captain, but she did have skill. She was tricky and able to get by most of her opponents just by outsmarting them. Captain Ichigo was there newly appointed captain and a very good man. Momo had to force him into doing some things a captain should do but he was strong and loyal. Momo looked out to the oncoming ship keeping her outer presence fearless for her crew but on the inside she was scared. Kenpachi was the most feared battle ship in the sea; they hunted everyone leaving no survivors all they wanted to do was fight.

"They fired," she heard the watch man announce. Everyone braced themselves for the impact that soon took place. The ship rocked back and forth from the explosion of the cannon ball sending pieces of wood flying in the air.

"Prepare for battle," Ichigo's cry boomed over the ship.

"Aye sir," they returned.

The battle broke out on Zangestu as they swung over on ropes, everyone fought with all their skill but it wasn't enough. Momo watched as her team mates were being killed off one by one, this crew really was a bunch of monsters.

"Who knew one of the great twelve would be so weak," a bald man mocked standing on the ledge. Momo jumped out of the way just as he swung his sword down. "Wait what is a little girl doing on a pirate ship? What's your name kid?"

"I am Momo Hinamori first mate of the Zangestu," she answered making a move toward him with her sword.

The tall bald man laughed, "You're a vice captain? Well I guess I can't really say anything our Vice-Captain is six." They clashed swords neither one giving in, "I'm done wasting my time on you, your nothing special." They clashed swords once again but this time his was filled with ten times more force.

He was just playing around? Momo thought in anguish. She sprinted up the broken steps trying to think of a plan to help her out.

"Where are you going? Your fight is down there?" a small voice asked from down below. Momo looked down to see a small pink haired girl standing before her, she wore simple black pants and a black and white striped t-shirt.

"You are just a kid," Momo pointed the obvious dumbly.

"So are you," the kid retorted, "I'm the vice captain so you better watch out Ken-Chan will be mad if you insult me."

Momo didn't have time to respond she stabbed her sword through a man that was stupid enough to attack from the front.

"Why are you up there? Were not finished yet," she looked down the steps to see Ikkaku standing there patently.

Momo looked around one last time before getting an idea, "you want to fight? Fine then," Momo jumped on the side railing sliding down the stair case toward her enemy. With her small body she slid off flying right through his legs as she went through she grabbed onto both his ankles causing him to fall forward hitting his face on the railing.

Momo pulled her sword back out waiting for Ikkaku to jump back up and as expected he did.

"You broke my nose," he hollered.

"There is no one here worthy of our time just blow the ship up their captain is already dead," Captain Kenpachi talked to his men loudly so the few other crew members remaining could hear as well.

"Did you hear that girly looks like your captain is dead. What a shame," Ikkaku teased. Momo's face paled.

"Captain," she screamed.

Ikkaku stood over her disgusted, "what kind of pirate screams so helplessly like that." He hit her with the hilt of his sword knocking her backwards as another cannon ball ran into the boat. Momo fell off the side into the deep blue ocean. As she fell her ship exploded into thousands of pieces the larger pieces of wood her caught on fire. Momo swam over to a piece of the deck to hold herself up as she looked around, she could already see Zaraki disappearing into the fog.

Momo used all her strength to climb on top of the wood; she searched for any survivors of her crew but could find none. "Captain!" she screamed one final time.

Toshiro felt a lurch in the boat causing him to accidentally write on his map, "damn."

He stormed out of his room, the cool sea salt greeting his face. "Who gave permission to change course, I swear Matsumoto if this is for your sake then I'm going to throw you to the sharks." He stormed up to the top deck where the steering was located.

"Captain I ordered it but it's not for my sake, look over there," Matsumoto pointed over to a dark smoke cloud.

"A fight?" he asked himself looking closer, "whatever it is the fight is obviously over. Wonder who it was."

The smoke clouds soon grew bigger most of the crew gasped at the scene. It looked like the ship was completely blown to bits the fire raged on the small pieces of wood that were left. In the middle of the chaos was a girl watching the flames tear what was her ship to shreds.

"Captain we have to help her," Matsumoto shouted seeing her collapse to her knees almost falling in the water.

"Why? She looks good as dead anyway," he replied coolly studying the girl, the flames reflected off her smooth skin.

Matsumoto hit her captain on the head with her hand, "Captain Hitsugaya, we have to help her."

"I get it, fine," he gave in rubbing the back of his head. "You two go get her on board."

The two over sized men ran over toward the side of the boat where the smaller boats were tied up. As they were lowered into the sea they called out to the girl who paid them no attention. She looked like she was memorized by the dangerous flames.

"Get it the boat girl," one of the men growled.

"No thanks," she replied not removing her eyes from the scene.

"Look here," the other one started, "our captain is being nice enough to save you so you better get in the boat."

Momo stood back up to her feet gracefully she turned her head looking at the pirates, "I said no."

"Well I don't care," the first pirate smiled wickedly, he reached up grabbing her wrist pulling her toward him. She quickly reached in her belt pulling out a pistol aiming it at his head.

The man quickly let go of her wrist and pressed his back against the other side of the boat. Momo looked up to the ship as she felt her pistol being blown away from her hand seeing Toshiro holding out his own pistol with smoke flowing out the barrel.

They held eye contact but it was broken as the man yanked on Momo's arm again only this time causing her to fall in the ocean. She lifted her head out of the sea spitting water out.

"What the hell?" she barked, she felt a small nudge against her leg as a dark shadow swam passed. She wasn't the only one to notice. Both men in the boat clung together watching the shadow nudge her again. Toshiro stared at the scene angrily, was his men really going to just leave her in the water with a shark. Are they really that spineless?

"You better get out of that water the sharks smell that blood," someone jeered.

Rangiku looked the crowd to find out who said that but it was just a mess of people, "she doesn't seem scared," she marveled.

Toshiro had to admit she was right, this girl didn't seem scared at all. Most men would usually scream in this situation never mind a woman.

Momo closed her eyes to steady her hearts rapid beating. The nudges by the shark were getting rougher each time and her two idiot rescuers are too scared to do anything. She yelled out in pain as she was pulled under the water, she kicked the shark in the eye with her other foot causing it to release her. She scrambled back onto her small piece of wood coughing up water. Once she was safe she held onto her bleeding leg. Two rows of teeth marks were clearly visible on her skin. She threw her head back and bit her tongue to stop herself from screaming.

"You idiots get her out of there," Rangiku screamed seeing the sharks fin raise from the water. Momo saw the fin coming toward her at a incredible speed. She tried to stand up but found her injured leg stopping her from doing so. The shark made contact with the platform sending her flying in the air. She felt the cold water wrap around her though only for a second, she felt herself being pulled up on a small boat. She looked up to see the same white haired boy who shot her gun away helping her.

Soon as Toshiro saw the shark coming at her for the second time he jumped on the closest boat cutting the rope letting himself drop to the ocean, he was lucky he got there just in time.

"Your legs not that bad," he assured looking at her.

Momo nodded her head in thanks, "I didn't think it was."

"Nice way to say thanks for saving your ass," he pointed out.

"I didn't ask you to save me," she shot back.

Toshiro looked at the girl more closely no wonder she didn't act like the girls he normally talked to he could tell by just by looking at her she was a full pledged pirate. She wore a long black skirt that was severely torn at the bottom, she also wore a tight white shirt with loose sleeves, she had a red sash tying around her waist and another on her head. There was a sword and extra pistol both tide in the sash, Toshiro could also see a dagger tide around her thigh threw the wet skirt sticking to her skin. She was wearing the typical pirate outfit, a girl playing dress up.

"How the hell are you a pirate?" he finally said after studying her.

Momo's dark eyes narrowed, "What do you mean by that?"

"You're a girl, I have met very few girls that can do anything, and I met even fewer that can live the pirate life it's very difficult and you're only like 12."

Momo rolled her eyes, "funny. For your information I'm 20 and I've been doing the pirate thing since I was four you don't need to tell me it's hard."

Toshiro studied her once again but this time he was reading deeper not just at what her outer appearance showed. He could easily tell she has been through a lot and the way she pulled her gun out with no hesitation or staggering he knew she was experienced in wielding a weapon probably even killing.

"Who are you?" she asked dragging him out of his thoughts.

"Captain Hitsugaya of the tenth," he searched her face for a sign of fear but found none just annoyance. "Are you scared?"

"Not at all," she smiled at his agitation.

"I am one of the 13 pirate lords, a common pirate like yourself is saying you're not scared of me?"

"You bet, you don't know what crew I'm from, do you captain," she blew the bangs out of her eyes.

Toshiro growled at the young girl's attitude about her situation, he wasn't someone who forced people to fear him. It just happened to be like that, he didn't even really care about being feared it just bugged him about how carefree she was being. Once they were aboard his ship all the men crowded around the new girl.

"Captain, can we take her down to the quarters?"

"Yea, captain you don't mind if we have fun with her do you?"

"I wonder if she has any money."

"What's your name girly?" The crew jeered, Momo sat on the side of the boat with her legs crossed. She kept her eyes peeled for any sign of danger from the unknown people.

"Look at her closely idiots, she's a pirate," a skinny man in the front observed, he grabbed her arm and pulled her off the railing roughly showing her off the group. Gasps echoed throughout the men. "What is your name?" he asked pushing his glasses closer to his face.

"How rude, aren't you supposed to introduce yourself first?" Momo teased pulling her arm out of his grasp.

"My name is Ishida, I'm the navigator of this ship," he responded swiftly, "and you are?"

"My name is Momo Hinamori, Vice-Captain of the fifth," she smirked looking directly at Toshiro. He had a clear look of surprise on his face, he could barely believe she was a pirate, never mind a vice captain of one the most feared ships.

"You lie," Ishida assumed.

Momo turned around and lifted up her shirt revealing a tattoo of a line of lilies on her right side. "Lily of the valley," Ishida informed the crew as they stared blankly at her, "it's the symbol of the fifth. Captain we can't have someone like her aboard."

"I agree," Toshiro responded leaning against the wall.

"Should we just throw her over board?" he asked earning cheers from this crew mates.

"Do what you want," Toshiro smirked at Momo, he saw it. Even if it was only for a second he saw the split second of fear that was enough for him. "A pirate ship is no place for a girl."

"That's enough," Rangiku jumped in. "Ishida bring her to my quarters we will drop her off at the next port."

"That's no fun," the crew whined. Ishida led her through the crowd of men she held her head high not letting her fear get the best of her.

"Your nervous," Ishida pointed out.

"Wouldn't you be if you were in my situation?" she asked.

Ishida chuckled, "I guess I would be. I know my word doesn't count for anything since we are all pirates but I personally will not hurt you."

"You just said you should throw me over board," Momo reminded glaring up at him.

"You know pirates, were talk. I knew my captain would never allow us to do that. He knew his Vice-Captain would interject if she wasn't around he would have said something to stop it. We three know each other well. Most of the crew is a bunch of idiots."

Momo couldn't believe what she just heard, he didn't want her dead. He is a pirate captain why would he care. She heard many rumors about Toshiro Hitsugaya, he was very rich from raiding ships and villages, he was cold hearted.

Momo waited in the vice captain's room patiently and with all her resistance she stopped herself from going threw her things. Rangiku soon walked in happily with a bottle of sake in her hand. "Hi, I'm Rangiku."

"Hey there, so you're the vice-captain?" Momo assumed.

Rangiku giggled patting Momo on her head, "you got it. I know captain said girls shouldn't be pirates, but under unusual circumstances I became his vice-captain. He wasn't too happy about it. It's so nice to have another girl on board being stuck with pigs is such a pain."

Momo allowed Rangiku to blab away she sat there listening to every word, "Thank you for saving me." Momo bowed after several quiet moments.

"No problem, so what happened to your ship?" she jumped to the point.

"Shouldn't I be here for this part of the conversation," both girls glanced over at the door where Toshiro stood with his arms crossed with Ishida standing behind him.

"Oh captain I was just about to go find you," Rangiku lied.

Toshiro rolled his eyes, "Oh shut up." He turned his attention to Momo, "What happened?"

Momo thought if she should tell them what happened but realized it didn't matter her captain and crew were dead. "We were attacked by the eleventh."

"The eleventh!" Ishida shouted, "They are around here?"

"They headed back north," she eased his worry. "We saw them coming and prepared for battle but they were strong, the rumors about them are true. The crew fought hard but they continued to fall, there captain announced he was bored and they left blowing our ship to bits. Most of my men were dead before the explosion though."

"How did you survive?" Toshiro asked.

Momo hadn't thought about it, she had to think for a minute, "um…I was fighting Ikkaku and why didn't I die? What happened." She talked to herself more than the others, "Their captain announced he was dead. I went into a shock I guess, I got hit with his sword and I fell overboard before the explosion. That's why I'm alive." Momo finished the story unaware of her listeners if she wasn't so wrapped up in remembering what would of happened she shouldn't have made herself sound so weak.

"Your own clumsiness saved your life," Toshiro commented bringing her back around.

"I should have died," Momo sighed.

"But you didn't, so don't you get all sad and feeling self pity," he ordered, Momo locked eye contact with him, neither saying much more.