Before the War Began:
Summary: Toshiro Hitsugaya, 10th Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squads, youngest Soul Reaper to become captain and achieve Bankai, proclaimed 'child prodigy', has been sent on a mission of epic proportions: He's been sent back in time! He, along with Rangiku Matsumoto, Renji Abarai, Kenpatchi Zaraki, Yachiru Kusajishi, Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa, have been sent back to 1 week before the war started (when the ryoka, Ichigo and friends, invade the soul society) to prove that what they say is true and that Aizen (as well as his subordinates) are traitors and are the ones to blame, and stop a pointless war from hurting and killing those they love. Only one problem- their destination! They landed in the time 1 year before the first major hollowification attacks (1 year before the visards become visards). Now they have a chance to stop this ridiculous war before anyone even realizes it is happening. Who ever said that it was going to be easy? Starts roughly 1 year after the defeat of Aizen. Paradox! Hints of HitsuKarin and IchiRukia, maybe some others...
Italics- a zanpakuto inside an inner world.
Bold italics- a shinigami speaking to a zanpakuto inside ones inner world.
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Soul society, 1 year after the Winter War:
(Shiro-chans pov):
Winter was rolling into the soul society yet again. Except this winter held special meaning to the Shinigami, it marked the 1 year anniversary of Aizen's defeat. To many this meant parties, celebrations and lots of Sake, well everyone except the 10 captains of the Gotei 13.
The meeting hall was quiet, just how I preferred it. The Head Captains beginning of meeting speech, which I could have sworn it put at least half the captains to sleep (or at least a stupor), was ending. He was pulled from his thoughts by the slamming of his cane, a.k.a. his zanpakuto.
"Now then, the anniversary of last year's Winter War is coming up. While this is a momentous occasion and is cheering up the spirits of many Shinigami, we must accept an undeniable truth, which we still have not recovered to even half of what we were before Aizen betrayed us." Yamamoto's voice carried through the room. Grunts and murmurs of annoyance carried throughout the room, only me and Kuchiki remained silent. He banged his cane again. "Even the attendance of Shino Academy has dropped. So to help use remedy the situation, I asked Captain Kurotsuchi if he had anything, and if not, to come up with something. Captain Kurotsuchi: report!" Kurotsuchi stepped forward, his usual 'smile', if it could be called a smile, plastered on his face.
Creeper. I couldn't agree more with Hyorinmaru's statement. The amount of times he's tried to experiment on me, claiming that it was interesting that one as young as me could have the power level of a captain.
Personally, I blame you for his creepy fixation of my power: age ratio. You were the one who wanted me to get stronger after all. Our connection to each other has grown stronger after that little stint with Muramasa and the zanpakuto rebellion.
Well I didn't exactly mean Bankai. You just misinterpreted me. And I thought you could use my company or a challenge when you were living in that miserable little village. Besides it was worth it wasn't it?
Shut up! The sound of Mayuri's voice broke my connection to Hyorinmaru.
"Well to be perfectly honest I never fully intended to take this assignment on. That is, until I came across some old notes of mine from my first few years as a captain. The notes were on time travel. I have never actually done anything on the subject. It took a couple weeks and I've come up with some equipment and a portal to take you to the past." Everyone was staring at him like he was insane, which many including me believe he is. There is a reason very few of us search him out.
"Why the past?" Kenpatchi spoke out. You could see the vain popping in his head.
"You numbskull! If we send someone to the past, that person will effectively be able to stop this war from happening." A very familiar 'I will kill everyone' gleam appeared in Kenpatchi's eyes.
"Well then! I'm going too, with whoever you're sending. You never know, you might meet some hostiles, and I want to FIGHT!" his argument was well reasoned, for him, and it did bring up a good point. I opened my narrowed eyes.
"Head Captain, as hard as it is to say this, Kenpatchi brought up a good point. Who is going?" I say. Everyone's eyes were on me.
"We had already planned on two captains going, now since Captain Zaraki is going, as well as his lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi, we only need one. Since you were the one to bring the point up, you will be the second captain to go along." Well that backfired slightly. The head captain continued on with his speech, "Rukia Kuchiki, Ikkaku Madarame, Yumichika Ayasegawa, Rangiku Matsumoto and Renji Abarai will be accompanying along with Ichigo Kurosaki." And now it has completely backfired and turned in to a nightmare.
"Captain Kenpatchi Zaraki and Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya, gather the above mentioned and meet in Squad 12." We nod in unison.
"Very well, Captains DISMISSED!" he slammed his cane signalling the official end of the meeting. I Flashed stepped to my office, to get Rangiku.
I opened the door to our shared office. I sighed, of course. I stared at my drunken lieutenant, who was sleeping on the sofa when she should have been doing her share of the paperwork.
"*sigh* Rangiku, I know your faking. The fact you have sake is what gave it away." She obviously heard my voice through her drunken stupor because she sat up the moment the words left my mouth.
"But captain-"she whines. I cut her off before he voice could further my now raging head ache.
"No buts, we have a mission. Gather the people on this list and have them prepped and ready, with all the information on the mission. We're meeting in squad 12." We simultaneously shudder at the mention of that place, though my shudder is kept to my inner world. She became serious at once. All traces of her drunkenness disappeared.
"On it captain!" it makes me wonder whether she was drunk at all.
Mayuri's office was as dark and disturbing as it usually was, as he led us to the room with his crazy time travel machine. All the other captains and lieutenants had gathered for some final words and last minute preparations. Mayuri handed out bracelets to those not in the team.
"The bracelets are to make sure you remember what happens when the time stream shifts. Altering time will have an effect on the world as we know it and will alter it in significant ways. These are to make sure we remember all the events that led up to today in the original time stream and the altered time stream." His already creepy voice sounded worse as it rebounded of the walls. We entered the room which housed the machine. On the table next to the machine, were 9 bags filled with our basics, mainly a spare set of clothes and haori, 9 phones and 9 watches, I'm expecting he'll explain those. We each grabbed what was obviously ours and waited for our due explanation.
"The phones are so we can communicate with each other in the different times. They are also to alert you to when our time is 'fixed'. And by fixed, I mean not destroyed by Aizen. The watches are to keep you to date with our time and display your current place in the time stream's time. See how the two time and dates are the same now, the bottom one will change once you arrive at your destination. They are also your key to the 'Time Senkaimon' they keep anyone not a part of this mission in their own time. Are there any questions? None? Good! I don't want to have to repeat myself to those pea brain buffoons in this group!" We line up next to the machine, the 5 idiots, namely Ichigo, Renji, Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Rangiku, before Zaraki, with Yachiru on his shoulder, then Rukia and me. Those idiots are going to regret standing there. A yellow Senkaimon opens up on the floor. We jump into it, hoping that we would land in our designated time, 1 month before the almost execution of Rukia Kuchiki, and the faked death and betrayal of Sosuke Aizen.
I know its cliché and all, but something is going to go horribly wrong.
You're not helping, it's definitely cliché but you're right something is going to go horribly wrong, and if it's what I think it is we are doomed to fail this mission.
Yup.
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Roughly 100 years ago, 1 year before the creation of the visards:
(No-one's pov):
If the head captain's drone was unbearable 100 years into the future when there was an actual reason to call the meetings, imagine what it would like to the poor captains of the times when there was nothing of significance going on, like now for example.
They were busy discussing things like their budgets and squad member exchanges, when a glowing yellow Senkaimon ripped into existence above them. They each readied a hand on their zanpakuto's in case of an enemy. This had never happened before. Either someone was brave enough or dumbs enough to open a Senkaimon right into the middle of a captains meeting. The various captains were shook from their thoughts by the gate opening and the sound of screaming. 5 people fell out, landing one on top of the other. On the bottom an orange headed kid, followed by a guy with a red pineapple for hair, then a bald guy, then a guy, possibly gay, with feathers on his eyebrows ended by a beautiful lady with rather large… assets sitting on top of them, quite comfortably too, might I add. They looked up at the gate which was now starting to spew what sounded like manacle laughter and bells.
"SCATTER, IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!" shouted the guy at the bottom. The 5 people pushed the 5 nearest captains to them out of the way just before a behemoth of a man landed right where thy just were, blowing up a lot of dust obscuring the captains vision of the last two people as they landed. One of the figures, decidedly male in origin, calmly looked around at his comrades and the other people in the room. He proceeded to pull a phone from his sleeve and call a random number. The dust still hadn't settled yet and was still obscuring our view of the 3 newest arrivals.
"Mayuri, we've hit a slight snag." His voice carried in the room,
"Ahh, ahh hum, yup. Simple you miscalculated and sent us 100 years give or take, instead of 2, and it landed us in the middle of a full captains meeting." He pulled the phone away from his ear as yelling could be heard through it.
"I truly don't care, you were bound to make a mistake at some point. Shut up! We'll make do with what we've got, and not one of us was killed in the passage and none of us have been killed yet! Good bye. Urge creepy bastard!" he closed the phone and resumed staring at the people who had scattered. They began to slowly pick themselves, and the people they pushed, up. The silence was broken by Captain Shinji Hirako and Captain Kisuke Uruhara, asking the question that was on everyone's mind, in the bluntest way possible.
"Who the hell are you?"
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Pairings: to be finalized, suggestions welcome. I was thinking of Hitsugaya/ Hiyori your opinion on that is welcome.
Helpful info: I will be using the English dub for everything except the Gotei 13 and shinigami, because I prefer these versions and they're easier to type. Oh and sorry if the characters were a bit OOC I've never written a Bleach fanfic =9.
