White Night, Black Day

Kurohime hated the academy. She wanted to get out of there and make something of herself, and yet here she was sitting down awaiting orders from her sensei.

" Class, since the school year is coming to an end, I thought we could have a little contest." The students started clamoring and eventually Hiashi-Sensei had to ask them to settle down or else. " I want our best students, Toshiro Hitsuguya and Kurohime Hinamoto down front and center."

Suddenly the room burst into commotion. "Not the Demon, she'll kill him." " The Witch! I heard she slaughtered her family and tortured the Elder of the 60th district."

"Quiet!" Hiashi-Sensei looked around the room and when he was satisfied he nodded to the pair. Immediately, both disappeared from view and materialized back with a loud CLANG.

***

I parried every one of his blows, but how long would I keep this up without dying? He was strong so I had to try something desperate. I blocked his next blow and shoved my katana under his. Then, with a flick of my wrist his sword flew out of his hand and clattered on the wooden floor. I shunpoed to him and my katana was at his neck.

But I didn't plan for him to try to land a kick in my gut. My grip loosened up and my katana flew out of my hands as well. From the sidelines I could hear cheers of " Go Toshiro! Kill the Demon!" I wasn't paying attention and his knee came out of nowhere and collided with my cheek.

Cursing, I shunpoed to him and knocked his feet under him, then I kicked him so hard that he was bleeding from God-knows-where. The fight had been won and I was the victor.

Once we were dismissed, I ran outside. It was so good to breathe fresh air again.

"You went easy on the boy, Kurohime," said Shirobarakaze

"Well, I wanted to beat him, not cripple him for life." I said

Shirobarakaze sighed, "You're right as usual, but I just wish once in a while you would let yourself go."

" What do you mean?" But there was no answer.

***

Toshiro rubbed his shoulder. Damn, that girl kicked hard. Although it was his fault that he had lost, he had underestimated his opponent. He made a mental note to find about the mysterious girl later.

Toshiro walked down to the training area. The people there were pointing at him and whispering. He had never been good at socializing, but he knew when people started talking about him.

" The demon nearly killed him, I bet she used her witchcraft to win the fight."

"No, she probably has him in her evil clutches and was planning to sacrifice him in front of us."

" Do you think something's wrong with him?"

So the girl was known as the Demon or Witch at the academy. He had heard of her slaughtering her family, destroying half of Rukongai, and heartlessly torturing innocent people. But all he saw was an emotionless mask, so what was did she lock inside her heart?

Disgusted, Toshiro stormed off the grounds to the greens. There he heard an alluring voice. It was so melodic and peaceful but it sounded sad and lonely. Then it stopped and a monstrous reiatsu nearly blew him away, but then it disappeared as soon as it came .

He shunpoed to the place he thought the reiatsu originated. Toshiro stumbled into a clearing. Awaiting him there was a petite figure with a sword drawn.

The figure shunpoed and appeared again from behind him, a gleaming katana at his throat. "What are you doing here, boy?"