This is my first fanfic. I don't know how I came up with the idea, so don't ask me. I wrote this school during the school breaks, boring lessons (only when the teachers weren't paying attention of course.), and in the evenings. During the evenings I'm not that alert, so maybe there are a lot spelling and grammar mistakes in it. English is also not my first language, so that doesn't make it easier. But I hope you still enjoy it!

WARNING: It has spoilers in it from the whole manga, because I write parallel to the normal storyline! Maybe there are some differences, but there are also spoilers from chapter 416(and up) in the first chapter. If you don't want any spoilers, don't read this fanfic until you're up-to-date!

Maybe this warning is a bit overdone, but now you can't blame me anymore if you read any spoilers. ^-^

Rated "T" for safety.


Did you ever wonder how life would be
when something went different?
How would life be if you made an another decision?
How would life be if you met an another person,
instead of the person you was supposed to meet?
How would life be if Rangiku met Shūhei while starving to death,
instead of Gin?

This fanfic is going about what could happen if this happened.


Shūhei was wandering about in the Rukongai Districts. He couldn't sleep, so he decided to take a walk. It was very dark and there weren't any clouds, so you could see the stars very clearly. While walking in the Rukongai Districts, his mind was somewhere else.

It was a while ago now that Aizen, Gin and T ōsen left the Soul Society. When Gin left the Soul Society, he thought he would finally make a change with Rangiku.

But he was wrong.

She refused to love anyone else than Gin, even after he betrayed her and the whole Soul Society.

He sighed. Sometimes life was so unfair. Gin didn't deserve such a nice and pretty girl. She was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Gin was just a creep, with his eternal smile and slitted eyes. Rangiku and Gin were like the sun and the moon, meant to be together, but they couldn't reach each other.

He sighed again and looked up sky. What if hé found Rangiku starving to death instead of Gin? Would she love him instead? Or would she still love that fox faced bastard?

But then something caught his eye.

A beautiful falling star brightened up the pitch black sky, granting everyone who saw him, a wish. Shūhei was one of them, so he quickly wished his wish. His wish that hé saved Rangiku when she was young and starving to death, and definitely nót Gin.

He shrugged, knowing his wish would never be granted, and walked back to the ninth squad barracks.


Young Shūhei was walking through a desert-like field on his way home. He just went to the market to buy some food for the coming winter, because he was one of the few people who needed food to survive. He heard from someone that meant he had spiritual powers, just like all the Shinigami did. When he was old enough, he wanted to enter the Shinigami academy.

If he got that old.

He got his money to buy food by working at the market. But the fellow who gave him the money for his work, died yesterday due to an hollow attack. Now he needed another way to earn money.

While thinking about how he would survive, he saw something lying on the ground, surrounded by trees and rocks, like someone wanted to hide it. He also saw some Shinigami standing next to it. Shūhei immediately saw that the one with the glasses was the boss.
He carefully came some nearer to the girl, and saw a Shinigami with brown hair and glasses putting something in the hands of one of the other Shinigami before leaving the girl alone. "That one is the boss, he's the one I have to-" he thought before he heard the girl groan. He quickly ran to her side and offered her some food of the pile he was carrying.

"Eat," he said.

"If you can collapse due to hunger you must have spiritual powers too."

The girl opened her big, grey eyes.

"You too?" she asked weakly.

Shūhei nodded. "Yes, me too. I'm Hisagi Shūhei."

The girl looked to him like she expected someone else, but shrugged after a few seconds.

"Strange..." she said.

Shūhei smiled to the small girl. "Come on, let's go to my house before you collapse again."

The girl nodded and with some help from Shūhei she got on her feet. Leaning on him she walked next to him on his way home.
While walking they passed a boy who was also carrying food. He had silver hair, slitted eyes and a big smile on his face. They didn't say anything to each other, but when Shūhei looked over his shoulder, he saw the boy standing next to the place where he found the girl. He wasn't smiling anymore and looking to the girl who was walking next to him.

Shūhei dropped the food in the kitchen and stocked it away. The girl was standing next to him, not knowing what to do or to say.

"Hey, I forgot to ask. What's your name?"

The girl smiled a bit nervous. "Rangiku, Matsumoto Rangiku."

Shūhei nodded slowly while looking at the girl in front of him.

"A beautiful name, just like you are," he said, smiling to her.

It wasn't a lie.
She got big, silver eyes, quite long strawberry hair and a beauty spot on her right cheek, near her perfect shaped mouth.

"What happened? It looked like you was knocked down by those guys?" he asked carefully.

She shrugged. "Don't know. First I was walking through that desert, and the other moment I woke up with you by my side. I can tell what I remember from the other days of my life, but I don't think you want to hear it. No one ever listened to me."

She looked to the door, like she wanted to go. "I'll better go so I won't bother you...".

She slowly walked away, but Shūhei grabbed her hand. "No, please, stay! I don't know if you want to, but you can stay with me if you want. I've been lonely for ages. My mother died when I was young and I never knew my father."

A little smile appeared on her face. "Okay, if you want so. I was also living on my own before I met you. I really hated it."

She sat down on the ground and Shūhei sat next to her.

"My mother also died when I was young, and I also didn't know my father. The only thing I remembered from her is her face when I said I was hungry. It was a mix of fear and proud. She was proud to give birth to a soul with spiritual powers, but also afraid. Afraid she couldn't feed me. When my mother died due to illness, I kept on living in our house, all alone. But when I went outside for some food yesterday, I was probably knocked down by those guys."

She smiled. "Thank you that you saved me and that I can stay with you..."

Shūhei sighed, turning a bit red in the face. "Well, I just couldn't let you die, so I just saved you, anyone would do that."

The small girl next to him yawned. "I think I should get a bit of sleep, I didn't sleep last night because I heard hollows outside my home."

Shūhei nodded. "I understand. You can sleep in my bed, I'll stay awake and protect you from any hollow that comes near!".

Rangiku smiled. "Thank you, Shūhei... "

The next day Shūhei decided to leave early. He had to go to the market to get some extra food for Rangiku. He walked down the road and passed the place where he first met Rangiku.

There was someone else standing there. It was the same boy he saw when he saved Rangiku.
He still had silver hair and slitted eyes, but something was different. Back then, the boy was smiling happily. But now the his smile was gone, and he was looking very sad.

"Hey, you!" the boy said.

Shūhei looked up. "Huh? What's wrong?".

The boy frowned. "I saw ya yesterday at the market, why are ya goin' again?"

Shūhei looked to his face. Was is safe to tell him he was going to get some food for a girl who was all alone at home at the moment? Pretty young girls were often abused, even in the safest parts of Rukongai. But the something inside him said it was safe to tell him.

"I met a girl yesterday, and we decided to stay together. But now I don't have enough food for the coming winter for both of us. So that's why I'm going again."

The look on the boy's face became even worse.

"Yeah, my Rangiku-chan..." he said sadly.

Shūhei frowned. Why did this boy know her name? And why did he say MY Rangiku-chan?

The boy gave him some food of the pile he was carrying.

"Here, some dried persimmon. Then you don't have to go all the way to the market again. I'm sure she'll love it!"

Before Shūhei could ask anything, he vanished without a word. Shūhei wasn't sure, but it looked like the boy was crying.

But then he heard someone screaming his name.
When he turned around he saw Rangiku running towards him. She was near crying, out of breath and running as fast as she could.

"Shūhei! Please, don't leave me! I don't want to be alone again!"

Shūhei caught the crying girl with his free arm. "Hey, I didn't want to leave you, I just wanted to go to the market. But I got some food from a boy who... ehm... had some leftovers."

He squeezed her shoulder softly. "Hey, I really wanted to tell you, but when I entered the room you were sleeping so nicely so I decided not to wake you up...".

After standing there for a while Rangiku shivered due to the cold wind. Shūhei noticed this and released her.

"Come on, let's go home. I'll make you some tea to warm up."

They walked back to their little house and Shūhei quickly made some tea. They also decided to try a bit from the food of the boy. Rangiku swallowed a mouthful of dried persimmons.

"These are really great! Can't we get a tree of this ourselves?"

Shūhei laughed. "Well, this isn't that bad. I ate this once before at the birthday of my mother..."

He looked at Rangiku curiously. "Hey, when is your birthday, Rangiku?".

Rangiku shrugged. "I don't know, I never really counted days until I met you. "

"..."

Shūhei looked a bit hard while searching for a solution.

"Then... the day you met me is your birthday. How about that, Rangiku?".

Rangiku looked up from her tea, looking very surprised.

"But.. But isn't it supposed to be your real date of birth?" she asked a bit puzzled.

Shūhei shrugged. "Well, no one actually remembers the exact date of birth. You just have to believe the date that someone you trust tells you. It doesn't really matter if it's real. The fact that you know your birthday is already a sign of happiness."

Rangiku giggled. "Wow, that's a deep thought. But it's true. It doesn't really have to be the exact date, just the fact that you've been born is already a beautiful thing.".

She sighed and smiled happily. "You're so sweet, Shūhei! I really can't imagine a life without you anymore!"

Shūhei was smiling back to the happy girl when something caught his eye. Something silver. That boy again? Rangiku saw the worried look on his face.

"What's wrong, Shūhei?" she asked worried.

Shūhei shook his head while still looking to the little silver spot which disappeared into the woods. "Nothing, Rangiku, nothing..."


Whoo! My first chapter! I hope it isn't too short... I've written a great part of the story already in a notebook, so I only have to type it out in Document Manager. I hope I can upload a new chapter soon! And don't worry GinxRan-fans, GinxRan is also my favourite couple!

***UPDATE***

First, there weren't any breaklines in this story. I've added them now, so it should be easier to read now!

Thank you so much for reading anyone!

I would like to hear your opinions, so please review!