Title:

Winter Phoenix: Falling Snow

Chapter:

One - Falling

Disclaimer:

I do not own Bleach or Inazuma Eleven.

Summary:

Hitsugaya Toshiro is sent to the world of the living with Matsumoto. There, Endou manages to have Hitsugaya join the soccer club, but will he stay or will he abandon the team on their path to winning the FFI? Will he finally open up or will he shut them out? Is his mission even legit? And why does everyone try to make him love soccer? And what does the rest of Soul Soceity think of Toshiro's new sport?

Author's Corner:

Is it just me or does anyone else think that Toshiro is similar to Gouenji? Anyways, if you find something spelled wrong or not correct, please feel free to tell me via PM or Review. I'm going to tell you now, I spell Endou like Endou and I spell Gouenji like Gouenji. I have always spelled it like that and i always thought it was spelled that way, so please do not correct me; if it bothers you, try to overlook that flaw. Even if you don't read this, the truth is I don't either, you don't have to but it will contain some important facts like where the plot takes place in both worlds.

Bleach- After the betrayal of Aizen and before the Arrancar arc.

Inazuma Eleven- After Alie Academy arc and before the FFI arc.

Enjoy and review!

"Caaaaaptaaaaaain!" A whiny voice filled the silent air. A busty, strawberry-blonde girl was calling out for her white-haired companion. Up until this point, he had tried to ignore her, but when you have someone whining at you for half the day, it isn't easy.

"Matsumoto! Will you shut up! You know we're on an important mission; I'll answer your questions later, you're giving me a migraine." The Head Captain had given them a rather important mission. The mission was focused around a large group of adolescence who all possessed a fair amount of reitsu; though not enough to cause a major disturbance, Soul Society wouldn't want Hollows coming after them either.

It just so happened that the group was fairly young, Jr. High age, and the only Captain-leveled shinigami that was around, or looked around, their age was none other than Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya of the 10th
Division.

The young Captain wasn't pleased as he was the chosen because he was young, or younger than the rest. He and his lieutenant were sent to watch over and protect the souls, even though they had shinigami on regular patrol, they couldn't be expected to look over the city and a group of kids.

The two were in gigas and heading towards Raimon Jr. High School. While Matsumoto was happily chattering away, Hitsugaya tried very hard not to yell at her this early in the mission. He was determined to not yell at her so early, like the last mission. The two passed a soccer field where, so convientaly, the students the Soul Reapers were sent to protect were at

Passing by the group of students, the two Soul Reapers noticed a remarkable difference in their spiritual energy then the whole campus. Somewhere higher than others, and others were meek, but still there none the less.

"Captain!" Matsumoto's warning to her Captain came too late; the ball flew past her head at a remarkable speed. She tried to inform her Captain that a ball was about to impale his head and he should duck when the ball came flying back. Past her head once more, the ball clashed with, what Matsumoto assumed the goal keeper's arms.

"Ahhh-! That's a powerful shot! Do you play soccer! Of course you do, with a shot like that, how could you not? Wanna practice with us?" The boy quickly got over the pain of the speedy and powerful ball, as he launched question after question at the young Captain, "Oh-ah, my name is Endou Mamoru and I'm the Captain of the soccer club and the goal keeper!"

Of course, Toshiro being Toshiro, the Captain just nodded his head and continued dusting the dirt off his pants. After the task was complete, he straightened and walked away. He could hear the questions sprouting from the mouth of the soccer Captain, but he wasn't in the best mood to deal with this.

Suddenly, a hand enclosed around his wrist; stopping him firmly in his track. "You have Raimon's uniform on, we'll be classmates so tell me your name! Have you played soccer before?" Endou asked the unspeaking Captain.

"My name. My name is Hitsugaya Toshiro, second year." With that out of the way, Toshiro pulled his wrist out of Endou's grasp and walked away. Turning his head slightly, he looked at Endou, "And no, not
really." He then focused his gaze on his 'friend' Matsumoto, "Matsumoto, we need to be going." His voice was strict and an unspoken tone of leadership could be heard

Endou and his team, recovering from the shocking return, watched as the mysterious second year Hitsugaya Toshiro walk away from soccer, like so many have before. Endou's eyes were sparked with a new resolution, Hitsugaya-san would know the joy and fun of playing soccer.

Facing his back to the duo, he returned to his practice; thinking of possible ways of getting the new student to join. Toshiro watched as he returned, noticing the different light in his eyes; it almost seemed like he was determined to do something.

The two made their way from hallway to hallway; finally arriving at their destination, the Principal's office. The mature one of the two knocked on the door and waited for the reply from the other side. "Come in." Doing just that, the two entered and stood in from of the wooden desk.

"You must be the transfer students from?" He looked expectantly at, what seemed, the older one: Matsumoto.

"We're from Soul Academy; second year students Matsumoto Rangiku and Hitsugaya Toshiro. Nice to meet you Principal-sensei." The cheery voice of Matsumoto informed the middle-aged man.

"Welcome, welcome! We'll be glad to welcome you to Raimon Jr. High, hope your school year will be to your liking! Before I give you your schedule, is there a certain club you'd like to join, Matsumoto? Hitsugaya?" He looked expectantly at the two, hoping the later would join a particular kicking-based club. He had heard from gossiping students that a new, unknown student had amazing skills in soccer.

"No, none at all Sensei! Will we be in the same class?" Matsumoto shot the principal with her famous pouting face, knowing he'd crack sooner or later.

"Matsumoto, enough. Thank you Sensei." Hitsugaya efficiently cut Matsumoto off from her would-be tantrum. He looked at their 'Sensei' with a gaze of authority, daring the whimpering man to oppose or object him.

"T-to answer your question, you two will not be in the same class; Matsumoto you will be in class 2-C and Hitsugaya you will be in class 2-A. Here are your schedules," He handed both of them two flimsy sheets of paper, "I hope you enjoy the school year; come to me if you have any ideas. Your classes are on the first floor and are marked."

The two took the hint they were to leave his office and started towards their respective classes. Both looking at the sign posted next to each door while walking down the never-ending hallway. "I think he wanted you to join the soccer club! I think that would be fun Captain! You would look adorable in their uniform!" Matsumoto squealed.

"No." Was Toshiro's response to playing soccer. He didn't come here to play soccer, he came here to protect the student body. At least, he thought so. He kept his eyes forward, not letting Matsumoto have the satisfaction of annoying him once again.

"Why won't you play soccer? You played with the living last time! Remember a certain younger sister? You helped them win and do your duty! You protected the living from a Hollow! See, you can do your job and join the club!"

"If you want me to join the club so badly, why don't you join?" He really was getting tired of her consistent whining; oh, how he wished her classroom would come soon.

"But Captain, only boys are allowed to play soccer; it is a boy's club after all. Even if I do join, I'd be stuck as manager and managing boys in a soccer club, ew! They'd be sweaty all the time! No thank you! I'll join if you join Captain!" She made her deal very clear; if she had to be around sweaty and stinky kids, then her Captain would have to be one of those kids.

Matsumoto reached her classroom first and told her Captain goodbye, "Caaaaaptaaaaaain, be good okay Toshiro?" She winked at her miniature Captain and turned, waving goodbye; who couldn't be happier.

"That's Captain Hitsugaya to you Matsumoto!" Toshiro yelled in vain after his busty lieutenant. He watched her open the door to room 2-C and disappear as the door swung back into place. He kept on walking down the hall until he reached a gray colored door that was marked 2- A. He pushed the door open with his palm, took a calming breath in, and headed into the classroom that would most likely be filled with snot-nosed kids.

The room was organized with desks lining up in rows with the Sensei's desk at the front. Windows lined up, side by side, on the opposite side. The view was amazing, you could see the skyline. Hitsugaya knew he wanted a window seat, if he could get one, he might be able to survive the mission: maybe.

He entered the room and headed towards the Sensei's desk. Grabbing the transfer paper, he handed the before mentioned paper to the Sensei. The Sensei nodded his head and motioned for Hitsugaya to sit in the unoccupied seat in front or a whitish-silverish headed student who was looking out o the over-sized window. He seemed bored, but in tune with what was happening around him.

The unknown student nodded towards Hitsugaya as he sat down in front of him; Hitsugaya acknowledged this as his way of greeting him, he nodded back and sat down. He waited for the rest of the class to arrive and for the Sensei to start his lesson. Hitsugaya noticed the clouds drifting about in the sky, it reminded him of Hyorinmaru. Hyorinmaru, his name reminded Hitsugaya of another thing he wouldn't be able to see for a while, or so he thought.

A loud noise caught Hitsugaya's attention; in fact, the noise seemed to be coming from behind his seat. From the corner of his eye, he could see the commotion behind him. There was that kid from before, Endou was it? Endou Mamaru. Thinking back, the other student is on the same team as Endou.

"Gouenji! Can you believe we're going to be in the FFI? We'll be able to play against the strongest in the nation! So cool! I can't wait to get onto the field!" Gouenji must be Endou's friend and teammate. Endou's voice carried out throughout the room and attracted a lot of, what Hitsugaya assumed to be, soccer fans.

"We have to get through the preliminary rounds first Endou." Gouenji's voice was quiet, but something about it captured your attention and made you want to listen to it; it gave you a sense of warmth and confidence.

"You're right, but with the team we have now, I believe in my team. Soccer's fun, ne Gouenji!" Endou's happiness was like a virus, spreading around the crowd that had gather to see what the soccer celebrities were talking about. Soon the crowd was chanting their names and telling them their congratulations.

Endou was thanking everyone; he turned around, towards the front, to return to his seat and saw him. The boy who kicked that amazing shot, the one that had both speed and power, and the one that could help the team face the world; and he looked similar to an ace striker. Endou slowly walked towards the transfer student's desk; as if he might disappear if he came too quickly. Once he reached his destination, Endou gulped around the lump in his throat. I already asked him once and he said no! What if he says that again? Wait! That didn't stop you from asking Gouenji, did it? NO! You're right, even if he says no, I'll keep asking and if he keeps saying no, then I'll show him how much fun soccer is!

With renewed confidence, he slammed his hands down onto Hitsugaya's desk, gaining everyone's attention, even the Sensei's. "You're in my class! I'm so excited!" You could practically see the sweat drop on everyone; of course, only Endou would say something like that. "I hope you'll join the soccer club! With your power, you'd be awesome on the team! Will you join the club?" Everyone waited in baited breath, the question making the atmosphere tense. Their answer came,

"I don't play soccer." Those four words made a huge impact on everyone's faces. Here was their proud and energetic Captain, asking a complete newbie to play on their proud soccer team and he just turned them down in four simple words.

"Tell me." Endou's reply was so quiet you had to strain your ears to hear it. "Tell me why! Why don't you play soccer?" His exclamation was loud, loud enough to startle the students.

"Why?" His short reply caused Endou to step back, that one word made Endou think. It made him wonder why he asked in the first place. His head hanging down, he started to think, then he started to speak,

"I-I-I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm just like that; I ask because I want to help you, I want you to feel the joy of playing soccer, because it's fun. If you don't play soccer because it hurt someone or you're afraid of playing, I want to help you play soccer again. If you never have played soccer then I want to show you how much fun it can be! I want you to hear the voices in the ball, the voices of everyone who has ever kicked it! Everyone's passion, I want you to fight with me!" Endou's eyes showed passion and fire burning deep within. It showed his love for soccer; it showed that he was a soccer freak.

Hitsugaya watched Endou as he replied to his question; the crowd beamed with pride at the soccer Captain and his heart-felt speech. Gouenji nodded at his Captain and Kido Yuto, who had arrived late, did the same while standing beside Gouenji. Anyone who knew Hitsugaya, could tell he was getting annoyed at the students around his desk and the unvarying question the soccer Captain was asking. "Don't make them wait forever, Captain Hitsugaya! You're killing us with the anticipation; who knew you were such a slow poke Toshiro! Wait till I tell Momo about her precious Shiro-kun's secret problem!" An unknown voice sliced through the anxious atmosphere.

"Matsumoto!" A vein popped out on his forehead from his Lieutenant's outburst and tardiness from class. What was she doing here anyways. As Hitsugaya looked at the doorway for the first time, he saw a crowd of students huddling outside, most likely listening to the soccer Captain and waiting for his reply. "It's CAPTAIN HITSUGAYA to you! And don't ever call me Shiro-kun again! And I am not slow! Why aren't you in class?" He tried desperately to keep his temper in check, he didn't like being reminded about Momo, not since what happened with Aizen.

"Are you avoiding my question Captain Hitsugaya? Karen wouldn't be happy if you didn't play soccer, in fact, I should tell her that a school nearby is looking for members, ne Captain?" Matsumoto taunted her stubborn Captain, knowing everything she said would annoy her Captain to no end.

"Matsumoto, I would stop, now." Hitsugaya turned to Endou who looked at him with large, hopeful eyes, "If I said I would join, would you go away?" He wanted nothing more than to be left alone for the morning. Who knew there would be this much of a fuss in the morning?

"YES! We have practice right after school by the river bank! Don't be late Hitsugaya-san!" Endou then proceeded to turn and leave when he got mobbed by the crowd. Humans. Hitsugaya praying he would be left alone returned to staring out the window. He enjoyed the few minutes of silence until it came to an end.

"Since you joined the team, I'll join with you! We're gonna have so much fun Captain!" As soon as the words passed her lips, her Captain turned to her with a face of silent anger. Only she could tell, in a vast crowd, that he was mad. He was great at masking his emotions unless it came to anger. Even though he had his façade on, she could tell it was quickly slipping and he was trying hard not to scream. "Matsumoto, what are you doing out of class?" His words were sharp and cold.

"Everyone got up and left when they hear Endou's voice and gathered outside of your classroom so I decided to follow, knowing that it probably had something to do with you." Her voice was sly and it implied something.

"So that gave your permission to exit your classroom during class?" His eyebrow shot up, for all he knew, she probably was the one who ran out first.

"No, but I thought I would come to give your moral support!"

"Go back to class Matsumoto and don't skip class again." His words were stern and she knew he was serious this time. She wasn't allowed to leave unless it was life or death; meaning if there isn't a Hollow then she isn't allowed to leave.

"Hai Captain." She turned her back and prepared to leave until their pagers started to beep.

The students' heads turned to them, knowing it was against school policy to carry a cell phone on campus. The transfer students' had ignored the rules and they were all intrigued; especially Kido, Gouenji, and Endou. Hitsugaya quickly flipped his Soul Pager open and noticed the Hollow was heading their way, and if not stopped, it would most likely destroy the school. Matsumoto looked expectantly at her Captain and waited for his orders. "Since you've already skipped out, kill the Hollow. It shouldn't be too far from here; if you need help, call me." She nodded and quickly headed off, taking out her Soul Candy; ready to swallow it.

The three soccer players all looked at each other questioningly. It was very suspicious; how were the two connected? Did they get into a fight and she ran off? She didn't look upset, more like she was contemplating something important. They seemed like they were close from the way they were arguing, but one couldn't be too sure. "I wonder what happened." Endou said softly.

He wanted to know why Hitsugaya didn't play soccer; it was bothering him. He had so many questions to ask Hitsugaya. One was why Matsumoto called him Captain all the time; was he the Captain of their soccer team at their old school? Was he a Captain of some other sport? He wanted to know. He also wanted to know who Karen and Momo were and why would why did they effect Hitsugaya like they did. The look on his face when they were both mentioned was one of a pain; it seemed like something bad happened. Oh how he wanted to walk over there and ask him, but he knew that wasn't possible. He told Hitsugaya that he would leave him alone in exchange for him playing with them.

The bell rung, indicating the official beginning of the school day. The Sensei stood and walked in front of his desk, "Good morning class. As you already know, we have a transfer student in our class. His name is Hitsugaya Toshiro and he transferred from a school called Soul Academy, a private school at the base of Mt. Fuji. Mt. Fuji is a long way away from Raimon, so please make Hitsugaya feel welcomed. I am Kura Sensei. If you'll come up to the front and introduce yourself," Kura Sensei motioned for Hitsugaya to the front.

Hitsugaya walked fluently to the front and stood in front of the class. The air around him held authority and confidence; it made people notice and respect him. His gaze was sharp and calculating and also cold and quiet frightening. Kido smirked at the rigid posture of the transfer student, maybe he would enjoy a conversation with Hitsugaya. "My name is Hitsugaya Toshiro, I have no siblings and my mother and father are away on business so I live with my grandmother. I attended Soul Academy for a year and a half and I do not play any sports." With all that said, he walked back to his seat. Everything he said was all true, in some sense anyways. He doesn't have any siblings, not in Soul Society and Momo doesn't count. He doesn't have parents, but they could be away and it was true that he use to live with his grandmother in Soul Society. He didn't play any sports, unless being a Soul Reaper Captain counted and fighting Hollows and other Soul Reapers with sharp swords counted.

Hitsugaya was very vague about his current living condition, but the students returned their minds back to their studies since there was going to be a very big test coming up. Kido couldn't help but to think about the transfer student and how he wasn't being completely honest; Kido could tell he was telling part of the truth, but how much he didn't know. Gouenji was intrigued with how Hitsugaya's parents were probably never around, it reminded him of his father. Endou thought about what it would be like to live with his grandfather, if he was still alive. The three returned to listening to the Sensei.

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The bell rung, signaling the end of the day and the beginning of soccer practice. From all the classes that held soccer members within, the mentioned players all raced out; not wanting to be late for practice. Over the year, they all came to appreciate their Captain's, and their own, soccer. How they could all communicate with each other by kicking the ball to each other and how they all got to meet new and interesting players through soccer. All the new experiences they had because their Captain was a soccer freak; they all smiled when the thought of soccer freak passed their minds.

With all the current members of the soccer club present, along with students from various schools that played soccer with Endou and some of the others during the alien invasion. They eventually joined the practice, enjoying the feeling of playing soccer with Endou again. In the middle of practice, Hitsugaya showed up.

He walked down the hill slowly, dreading the fact that he'd have to spend more time with the other students. Breathing in the cool, crisp air, he continued the track down with Matsumoto behind him. "We're here! Sorry it took us so long to get here, with us being new and all! Oh, I'm Matsumoto Rangiku!" Matsumoto introduced herself as she spotted looks of confusion. "I went to school with Hitsugaya at Soul Academy with Hitsugaya and our families are really close. I came here because I want to be a manager!" The actual members of the club were too busy being flushed and starring at Matsumoto's bust to pay attention to what she said.

"Welcome Matsumoto and Hitsugaya! I'm Aki and this is Haruna. We're both managers along with Natsumi, the Chairman's daughter; we'd be happy to have you as a manager Matsumoto." Aki motioned for Matsumoto to follow her and she did. She turned around and practically screamed,

"Play nice Shiro-kun!" Hitsugaya had to bite his lip to keep from screaming at his companion; there were some days when he wanted to freeze her head, today was one of those days. He closed his eyes and counted to twenty before opening them and noticed Matsumoto was finally gone.

"Hitsugaya-san, I'm glad you're here! I wanna see your style! Come on, let's practice with me!" Endou walked over and basically dragged Hitsugaya over to the goal until Kido spoke,

"Don't you think we should introduce the members of the soccer club to him before you start practicing?" Kido's words stopped Endou in his tracks' he sheepishly nodded while rubbing the back of his head.

"Of course, thanks Kido! Hitsugaya-san this is Kido Yuta," He pointed to Kido, "Kazemaru Ichirota, Gouenji Shuuya, Kabeyama Heigoro, Someoka Ryugo, Domon Asuka, Kageno Jin, Shorinji Ayumu but we call him Shorin, Hanada Shin'ichi, Shishido Sakichi, Matsuno Kusuke but we call him Max, Kurimatsu Teppei, and Megane Kakeru. Our coach is Hibiki. Now let's go practice." Endou returned to dragging Hitsugaya away.

"I told you, I don't play soccer." Hitsugaya tried to tell Endou that he doesn't have any experience except that one time he played with Ichigo's younger sister. Endou didn't listen to him and proceeded to drag him towards the goal.

Once they arrived, all the member's eyes stayed glued to the two and never flinched; even Kabeyama didn't have to go to the bathroom. Endou stood in front of the goal and threw Hitsugaya the ball, who stopped the ball and held it with his foot on top. His hands in his uniform's pockets, he looked up at Endou. "I don't play soccer." His gaze was serious and Endou decided to ask,

"Have you ever played soccer before?" How could he have not realized this is what he meant? But that kick was so powerful and fast and amazing.

"Once." With that, multiple heads dropped along with shoulders. Many members though, what are we suppose to do with him now? Hitsugaya's gaze never left Endou, but Endou proceeded to slap his hands together; meaning he was ready for Hitsugaya to kick the ball.

Sighing, Hitsugaya knew he couldn't get out of this one, so he decided to kick the ball. Turing around, he kicked the ball into the air and jumped up and kicked it. The ball came down at an unbelievable speed, the power emitting from the ball was shocking. Endou's eyes were full or surprise and excitement. He held out his hands to catch the ball, once the ball made contact with his hands, the ball slammed into Endou and sent him flying back. The ball continued forward into the net, finally slowing down and falling down.

The crowd was silent, they never seen such a simple kick that powerful. That ball matched Gouenji's and Kido's hissastsu techniques on everything. They soon broke into a whisper, they excitedly talked to each other in hushed voices about Hitsugaya's strong kick. Endou blinked and hurriedly got back onto his feet and raced to Hitsugaya. "That was such a cool kick! That power and speed! I can still feel the sting of the ball as if it's in my hand right now! So cool! I'm glad you're on the team! We'll definitely get stronger with you!" Endou kept starring at his hands and wondering why Hitsugaya stopped playing soccer.

"That was some kick there, are you a new member on the team?" A ruff voice called out to them. The voice belonged to Coach Hibiki.

"Coach Hibiki, his name is Hitsugaya Toshiro and he just recently joined the club!" Kabeyama was the once to speak first.

"Welcome to the team then. I came by to tell you practice is over, go home and get some rest; you only came back yesterday, you deserve it. No whining, if I catch you on the field I won't feed you ramen anymore. Good night."

Hitsugaya couldn't help but think how strange these people were; he thought of how Soul Society would handle people like these. Some of the Captains wouldn't do so well, especially a certain 6th Division Captain. Hitsugaya felt like laughing but stopped himself from doing so; he was a Captain for pete's sake! He noticed the coach, Coach Hibiki, was staring at him; probably gathering data on him.

He wanted nothing more than to get out of here and back to the house Soul Society rented for the school year. Matsumoto had come back some time ago after walking off with the two other managers. He noticed she was walking towards him with a smug look on her face. He was angry at her, that he knew, and he knew what he was going to do. When she got closer he whispered so only she could hear, "When we get home, you're banned from sake, for a week." He then proceeded to cover his ears for the scream he knew would come. The Coach and the other team members wondered what was wrong until,

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Don't do this Captain! Don't take it away! You're so mean, but you don't know where I hid it! It's safe, it's safe!" She started out panicking until she reassured herself with the idea of her Captain not knowing where her sake was.

"Yes I do, don't think I don't know where it is and you're banned for a week and if you don't shut up soon, it'll be two weeks." He secretly enjoyed his punishment he gave Matsumoto. He could be cruel, but he had ulterior motives behind all this. He didn't just ban the sake for no reason, he did it because he needed her sober for this week. "You'll also be the one to deliver the message to Soul Academy that we made it here safely; I want it delivered no later than the minute you step foot into your house."

"But-but-but that means, you can't-no please Captain! Don't do that! I promise I'll behave, please anything but that!" She pretended to sob into her hands, but Hitsugaya has been around her long enough to become immune to her random crying acts. "You're so mean!"

"Will you stop Matsumoto, if you don't I'll take away Hin-" He was cut off by Matsumoto who covered his mouth with her hands.

"I'll stop, see I stopped. I'll even deliver the message and I'll stay away from it for a week." She sounded sad and the original members of the club were confused and felt pity for Matsumoto and upset at Hitsugaya who seemed unfair and mean.

Hitsugaya ignored the blatant stares and continued to walk while Matsumoto followed him, slightly depressed about her situation. Then she turned around, her face cheery as always and yelled, "Bye guys, see you tomorrow-wait tomorrow's Saturday. Hm, maybe? Bye!" She waved cheerily at them and continued to follow Hitsugaya to their rented house.

When they arrived, Hitsugaya reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a neat folded letter and handed it to Matsumoto to give to the Head Captain. They weren't using Hell Butterflies because the Head Captain told them to deliver the letter personally the first and after that via butterfly. Matsumoto headed inside and walked back out in her Soul Reaper form; she waved goodbye and flash stepped away. Hitsugaya walked inside and walked to Matsumoto's room to hide all of her sake underneath all of their paperwork, which he does by himself, in his suitcase.

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"I'm back Captain! I have a letter addressed to you!" Matsumoto headed into the room the Captain made into his office and handed him the letter.

He took the letter and studied it; not knowing who it was from was a bad thing and since he didn't know anyone who would want to send them a letter, he opened it with caution. It read:

Hitsugaya Toshiro,

You have been nominated to be on Japan's National Football Frontier International team. Please come to Raimon Jr. High's meeting hall tomorrow, Saturday, at 7:30 A.M.. Further instructions will be given once there.

-Hibiki.

Matsumoto, who was reading over her Captain's shoulder, asked, "Are you going to go?" She looked at him expectantly.

"What choice do I have? You'll stay here and kill any Hollows that show up, can I count on you Matsumoto?" His voice was serious and he looked at Matsumoto with cold eyes.

"Of course you can Captain, that's what I'm here for!" She smiled brightly at him, hoping he'd eventually open up and make friends with his future team mates and have some fun along the way.

Author's Rant The Bottom(:

I hope you enjoyed my story and I hope you continue to read it! I plan on having the next chapter out soon, but if I don't, you can yell at me, I don't care. I don't update as much as I should; I need to, but I don't. I hope you can overlook one of my many flaws and enjoy the story. Review! Tell me what you like, don't like, what you think should stay the same, and what should change!

Do any of you know what Toshiro was going to say before Matsumoto covered his mouth? Whoever guesses right first, I'll put them in the story! (If I do this, please put your gender, personality, and what you want your appearance to be in the review or PM.) Thank you!

The next chapter is called 'Lost Within' and it goes a little like this:

"And you will be our forward, you will be the key to our victory." Coach Hibiki announced.

His announcement was unexpected, at least Hitsugaya thought so. He wondered why. Why? Does he want the team to unravel from the inside? He must be crazy? This-this is impossible! No, never could this be done: never.

"If Coach Hibiki says that is our key to victory, then I agree with him!" Endou shouts out and soon everyone is agreeing with him.

Fools. This will be your personal demise. It will be your downfall. Trusting in-

The END! Sneak peak so I hope you'll wait for my next chapter and continue reading it!

~Ja~

-ForeverNever-13-