Me: Heya peoples~! I, Kura, am FINALLY trying to get this awesome fanfiction idea outside of my head~! I mean, LOOK at this~! I belted out 1,200+ words in a few hours trying to do the intro~! Granted, compared to A LOT of fics/books/stories it's not a lot, but... T_T... Just live with me here, 'kay? Though, as a heads up, I'm REALLY, REALLY sorry if you get bored with this chapter, but I needed to get the backstory out so I could have something to work on without you guys getting COMPLETELY confuzzled... But, don't look at me, go ahead and read~! Read and hopefully like it~! Wait, hold on, I have to do the disclaimer... I don't own bleach. TT_TT If I did, there would be WAY more Hitsugaya...

A long time ago, in the time when Soul Society was still young and new, there was a powerful family. The people of this family varied in power types, and were liked enough by everyone else. But one day, a new leader came to lead the clan, a man with a very different way of looking at the world. Instead of living in harmony with everyone else, he sought to rule over everyone else. Slowly, one by one, everyone grew to hate this family and it's new leader, whose name was Kumori (shadow).

But especially Kumori.

Now, it wasn't just Kumori that caused the hate to come to be. No, it was also who Kumori used to do his dirty work.

His own children.

From the day they were born, they were to be taught one thing, and one thing only- to obey, no questions, no second thoughts, no emotions. They did not even have their own names. They were referred to as "One" and "Two". They were taught one thing, and one thing only- the necessity to obey their father. The children themselves were already different from everybody else. They were twins, yet looked as different as night and day. One was a boy, with hair white as snow, and icy cold teal eyes. The other was a girl, with long hair black as the night, and fiery red eyes, both never showing emotion.

One had powers of ice, and the other had powers over fire. Completely opposite. Except in the fact that their power triggers were the same. Music. You see, in the family, there were two different power sources a person could have. One could have either a trigger deeply related to something you love, or just use the spirit that all had with them for all their lives, which would much later become known as a Zanpakuto spirit. The twins were lucky- they had both, but were commanded never to use their spirits, and never to develop those powers pertaining to them. So they didn't.

They never questioned an order he gave. If he said to fetch a pail of water? They went. If he asked to starve themselves for a week? They did it. If he asked to kill someone?

They got the job done.

And that went on for many, many uncountable years, until one day, something changed. On one mission, they met someone who managed to convince the two of them to keep her a secret. The twins didn't know this at the time, but curious. Curious as to what it was she wanted in keeping her a secret. Curious as to why she was trusting them. Curious as to what the feeling they got when they were around her was. That curiosity led them to keep her a secret, and start visiting her more and more often after their "missions". And when they did visit, she taught them many things- about emotions, right from wrong, and many other things that any normal people should know. She even taught them the importance of names, and promised that she would find the perfect names for them, also giving her name, Yukari. They learned, but still did not feel. The instinct to be emotionless was much to great to overcome. Yet, the woman still did not stop trying.

She taught them of nature, and of all the animals residing in it. She taught them manners, and she taught them new ways of looking at things. She taught them to feel the rhythm of music, feel the beat and the need to dance and sing. She taught what little she could about music to help control their powers, giving them songs to learn, even helping them make their own!

Yet still they did not get what it was to "feel".

One day, "One" and "Two", though they did not know it, were followed by Kumori, who had shortly before noticed a change in the way the twins acted. Before, they just focused on him and their goal, but now, they noticed many things indeed. They were observing more things, not for potential threats, but for the sake of knowing. They, as some people would say, were starting to "stop and smell the roses".

So, Kumori followed them to the home of the woman who taught them the so many things that they now knew. When he saw the woman, and all that she was doing for them, the man became enraged. How could he not? His perfect creations were being ruined, all because of one blasted woman! So, in his fit of rage, he struck out, and killed the woman. Yukari, as she lay on the ground, whispered something the twins needed to hear before she left, something she needed to tell them.

"Your names….. Your names are now Toshiro and Natsu…." and with that, Yukari died, the look of love still on her face.

In that moment, the twins began feeling and understanding more things then they had their whole lives.

Yukari. They loved her. Love. They understood it. The mother they never had. She's GONE. Sorrow. They know it. Their father. He KILLED her. HE killed HER. They HATED him!

They themselves now in a fit of rage, they attacked their father, but not in the same way he had. Instead, knowing that there was still no way they could kill their Kumori. No, instead they used numerous seals, each meant for the same purpose- to seal away the &%#%^ who killed Yukari!

Finally, the last and strongest seal was put into place- a seal that not only locked away most of his powers, but it tied their own special powers to it. Only they could unlock the final seal, no matter how hard anyone tried, because the key was so strong, they locked away their primary powers using it. The only key would be the song that One and Two- no, Toshiro, Natsu and Yukari made together, one song that only they knew about.

When all was said and done, and their father was gone, for a while all they did was wander and think. Thinking questions like "What would have happened if we had noticed him earlier?" and "Why did this have to happen?", they traveled, trying to find answers that they knew no one had, but finally, they decided to move on. To ensure that the seal would never again truly be opened, they promised to never again sing, and to split up, seeing each other rarely, so that the chances of the disaster ever happening again was a million to none.

Then they left, both chorusing the same sentence: "We live today so we can honor the name of the woman who gave us ours".

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Time passed, and their story first became a tale told by everyone, slowly becoming a legend, myth, then slowly faded into nothing. Only a few people, not including the family of three, knew of the story, and to them, it was a tale told to scare children into behaving. The twins in the myth, Toshiro and Natsu, slowly, integrated themselves into different communities, Natsu traveling as the guardian of the spirit world, and Toshiro climbing the ranks of Soul Society.

But what no one knew, was that the past of the Hitsugaya family was going to come and make it's comeback very, very soon…

Me: Ta-daaaaaaaaaaa~! So, how was it~? Like I said, I'm sorry if ya'lls got bored, but I promise, more will happen in the next chapter! I just had to get this out first! Speaking of which, fellow fanfiction lovers, you know the drill~! Comment/review, and be sure to give me whatever ideas you guys have, and what advice you guys can give me~! Reviews, likes, follows, etc., make me happy, and a hapy Kura is a Kura that's more likely to work on her stories~!

Hope to see you guys soon~! Bye-bye~!