The Frozen Flower, a Bleach fanfiction
Warning: All characters and places belong to the Bleach manga and anime series. This is merely a fanfiction.
Introduction
When a human dies, his soul goes to Soul Society and he forgets about his human life.
This happened two months after Aizen's defeat in the anime series. (Imagine that the Regai Arc never happened, neither do the following events.) Ichigo didn't lose his powers. Soul Society was once again peaceful... maybe.
On a sunny day, Captain Kyouraku and Captain Ukitake were assigned a secret mission in the Real World by the Captain Commander.
In the Real World, Captain Hitsugaya was playing soccer with Karin when he came across a mysterious, young lady. Who is she? And why does she resemble him so much?
P.S. This is my first fanfiction. Its main genres are fantasy, and a bit of romance. It is mostly focused on Hitsugaya and the other captains. Thank you for reading :)
P.S.2 Yes, I re-modified the chapters.
Soul Society
"You lazy captain, how dare you skip work again?" Vice-captain Nanao screamed at her captain.
"Nanao-chan! (Kyouraku lifted his half-empty bowl of sake.) Wanna join me?"
Nanao adjusted her glasses. They were shining. She slapped the bowl on the floor.
"You are pretty lively today, Nanao-chan. I am so glad."
Nanao opened her mouth to scold him when a Hell Buttefly appeared from behind her. It landed on Captain Kyouraku's lifted finger. The man's face suddenly became serious.
"Nanao-chan, can you finish the paperworks for me? (He didn't wait for the answer.) Thank you. I'll be right back."
When her captain disappeared, Nanao sighed. She jumped down from the rooftop where she found him. While the vice-captain walked back to her squad's barracks, an uneasy feeling suddenly crept in her.
Captain Ukitake was watching the kois swimming in his pond. They are so big now, he thought.
A flash of long white hair suddenly appeared in his memory. He seemed to see a similar pond with a white marble bridge coming across it. It was summer. The only sounds that Ukitake could hear were splashes made by the kois, his own laughter, and giggles. A young girl's giggles.
How many years have it been since then?
Ukitake was deep in his thoughts when a Hell Butterfly approached him. The captain listened to the message and left the pond with one last look at it.
1st Squad barracks (only with the Captain Commander, Captain Ukitake, and Captain Kyouraku)
"... I trust you two the most and this is why I want you to investigate this matter", finished the Captain-commander, Yamamoto.
"Great, Old Man Yama. I will bring my Nanao-chan." Kyouraku tilted his straw hat.
"No. This is a secret mission. No one should know about it, except you two and myself. You shall use my personal Senkai Gate to go to the Real World and find out the reasons behind these strange events."
"All right. Don't worry, old man."
"Understood, sensei", Ukitake added.
"Dismissed."
The Real World
"Pass the ball, Kurosaki", Hitsugaya Toshiro called.
Karin gave a hard kick on the soccer ball. "Aye."
Captain Hitsugaya Toshiro easily caught the ball and smashed it against his foot. It went directly into the goal. Karin's friends ran toward Toshiro and cheered for him. Karin smiled. She was glad that her Shinigami friend came back on holiday.
A new match began. Toshiro had the ball. He was about to shot it when he sensed a stranger's reiastsu. The captain froze.
The following events all happened in a flash of a few seconds, but time seemed extremely slow to the captain. The soccer ball, which was kicked too hard, flew out of the field. Hitsugaya was about to run after it when he saw a person with long white hair standing on the sidewalk.
Captain Ukitake? he thought. The ball was about to land on the person's head.
"Be careful!" Hitsugaya screamed before he could stop himself.
The soccer ball suddenly froze in the air, then cracked, like a broken mirror, before anyone could do anything. Karin's friends ran toward Hitsugaya.
"Toshiro-kun! What happened? What was that?" the first friend asked.
"The ball just cracked", stated another friend.
"Who were you talking to, Toshiro-kun?" The last friend was staring at the captain quizzically.
Karin came after them. "Are you all right, Toshiro?"
"... Yeah..."
Hitsugaya stopped. The person just turned her head. She was a young lady, who seemed a bit older than Hitsugaya. However, what surprised the captain were her cold, turquoise eyes. Just like mine... he thought, stupefied.