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CHAPTER ONE
Sara's P.O.V
I chased the hollow down the street; I was getting pretty irritated with it. If I didn't hurry this bug hollow would make me late for school. I sighed and decided it was time to stop playing games I drew my sonpakto and cut the hollow in half landing softly on the grass of the park I hadn't noticed how far I had come. I felt the rise of spiritual pressure rise behind me; I turned to see two people enter the clearing. A captain and a lieutenant I'd rather leave then explain I thought and used quick step to get myself out of there and in front of school. I found my body sitting besides a tree looking up as I approached.
"Hello," Senna said, smiling at me.
"Hello," I said stepping back into my body. I got up and ran to my first period class, English; I went to my seat the last in the corner.
"Hey Sara," Mike said as I sat down.
"Hey," I said, "How's it going?"
"Great you're not late just so you know," He told me, I relaxed; Joy and Ophelia walked into the class and took their seats around me.
"Hello," I whispered to them as the teacher came in and took attendance, they murmured hello back to me. The rest of the day passed in a blur. I was still too focused on the morning encounter to focus on anything else until we got to the end of the day to find out the Mrs. Holly had canceled rehearsal.
"What a bummer and I really wanted to practice to," Joy said as we walked home.
"We still have tomorrow so don't worry about it," Ophelia said. "Good bye, Sara see you tomorrow," only then did I noticed that I had to part with her friends.
"Okay then see you tomorrow," I said walking down the road to my house I was 15 and lived on my own, through rather strange events that lead to such conclusion. Soon the sidewalk turned into a highway and I had to walk on the side. I soon reached my house it was simple 2 stores and the main entrance had a drive through and the door at the side, I walked in and examined my house, to my right was the kitchen and in front of me was the living room, and in the space between the kitchen and living room was a stair case that led upstairs to 10 bed rooms in one hallway. I froze.
"It was rather hard to find you, just letting you know," a male voice said, I tensed, but relied on human instincts for some reason I didn't want them to know I was a soul reaper, so I played dome human.
"Who's there?" I asked in a fearful voice grabbing the umbrella on the floor, I heard a chuckle and soon realized my mistake he was still in his soul form, well that just sucks I thought.
"From this morning," the voice said sounding real close, I sighed might as well get it over with, I opened my mind and realized that he was in the kitchen along with the girl who was in the backyard. I took out my soul candy and popped in a pill, I was out, and in the kitchen in a flash my sword already pointed at him.
"I don't like repeating myself so I'll say this only once, get out of my house and don't come back he knows the only person I talk to so to stop with the harassment," I said, the captain seemed to be my age but that meant nothing for all I knew he could be as old as the earth itself. Something stopped me though he looked so familiar he had the same hair, the same face but the eyes, they where all wrong, no this couldn't be that boy from so long ago it was someone else someone that was so alike to him that I was confused for a second.
"Captain!" a female with blond hair and ice blue eyes came in, she had extremely huge breasts and she knocked the door down on her way in.
"Damn it! Why the hell do you soul reapers not know how to use a door? Don't you think it gets irritating when you have to replace something over and over again!" I complained they started at me eye wide. "I want money to pay for all this stuff I don't care who you take it from I want it fixed now." They took an involuntary step back I had always been known to have a bad temper but that door meant a lot it had lasted for the past 6 years, I sighed.
"Captain, who is this girl to talk to us like that?" the girl asked, she was talking to the boy that looked my age.
"I have no clue Rangiku," he said speaking to the blond girl, he turned towards me. "Sate you name and squad," he said.
"It's not very polite to ask others to introduce themselves before one has done so himself," I told him. He looked taken aback as well did Rangiku.
"Have it your way then," he said. "My name is Toshiro Hitsugaya captain of the 10th squad,"
"My name is Rangiku Matsumoto, lieutenant of the 10th squad under Captain Hitsugaya," Rangiku said cheerfully smiling at me.
"I'm Sara Kinshi, I have no squad I belong to no group I just do the favor to Soul Society and execute hollows from this area," I told them. They looked stunned, and then Rangiku laughed while Toshiro just had a frown on his face, I raised an eyebrow.
"You think it would stop with one but then you come some where else and you find another one just as arrogant and sometimes even more," Toshiro said shaking his head.
"This can only happen to you captain, you always take the wrong mission," Rangiku said laughing again.
"Shut up, Matsumoto," Toshiro told her.
"Don't be a bad sport Captain," Rangiku said.
"What ever I don't care" he said, I was examining him he had silver hair, he looked exactly like that boy only older but the eyes they where turquoise but they weren't wide and filled with innocence, they where cold, hateful, and like stone, he locked eyes with me and he looked away first as if seeing something strange.
"About my door I really was serious about you guys fixing it," I said, looking at them.
"Really we have to?" Rangiku asked making puppy dog eyes.
"Rangiku, I haven't been known to fall to the puppy face," I said, Rangiku sighed and turned to her captain.
"Don't look at me I told you this once that I'll make you pay for anything that you break," Toshiro said.
"Yes but I thought that you didn't mean it," Rangiku complained.
"That's not my fault now is it?" he asked.
"You can be so cruel Captain," Rangiku said handing me the money.
"Thank you," I said. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"Well," Rangiku started but Toshiro stopped her.
"That it not necessary for you to now," he said, I was stunned. I didn't have time to complain because my phone rang, not the human phone but the phone that Soul Society had given me, I picked it up.
Toshiro's P.O.V
The girl picked up the phone that was ringing, she was so like that little girl I met, with dark hair and warm golden eyes, she even looked the same but her eyes where colder, with pain, fear, secrets, and over all mistrust.
"Hello, by the way, what are two soul reapers doing in my house?" she asked into the phone. I paid close attention to what the other person answered because they where from Soul Society, I could tell Rangiku was doing the same.
"Well, Sara-chan you see Captain Hitsugaya, and Rangiku-san went to carry out an important mission that cannot be discussed over the phone but they have to find someone," the familiar voice over the phone said.
"Really and who is this someone?" she asked.
"We don't have a clue but Captain Hitsugaya should know her when he sees her, I think, anyway I would highly appreciate, Sara-chan, if you could help them by giving them a place to stay and a way to see many people at once," the voice told her, I was ready to have a stroke, the Captain of the 10th squad receiving help from, I believed anyway, a Substitute Soul Reaper, again! Rangiku looked like she was having a hard time not to laugh, I glared at her.
"You know me and you know how hard that would be for me, don't make me do this friend," she said, so the person on the other end was her friend, that aggravated me. Why wouldn't this friend tell us of Sara?
"Sara-chan, I'm sorry, but if it helps the head Captain said that they would have to follow your rules that you gave them, he knows that those rules will be reasonable," What? Had that voice gone insane I had to follow the rules of this child? The girl seemed to enjoy that she smiled; it was strange it was forced, and it was cold, not the warmth of a smile that I remembered, I shuddered.
"Well if that's the case then I accept, under the conditions that you stated I'm sure they heard every word you said they have been spying on the conversation after all, you think you would train your Soul Reapers to be a little bit more sneaky," she said looking over at us. The voice laughed.
"Well Soul Society is known for it's honor, so I don't know how that works out but, I am sure that you are correct, take care of yourself, and behave that goes to both of you not only Sara-chan, good bye," the voice said, I was startled, that was rather strange I didn't even know the person.
"Okay, bye then," the girl said before she hung up the phone. She turned to look up.
"I'm not going to give you a booklet of rules and regulations to follow, but I am going to ask you to please follow just three rules, the first is for my sake, the third is important, and second is just in case, not necessary though," she said looking at us. "First, do not break anything in my house and please keep it clean you will each get your own room, try not to go into soul form often which ties into the last rule, if you see a hollow, and I know this will be difficult, please don't kill it that's my job and I'm not sure if your fake souls will be able to act normal enough so that humans won't notice, heavens knows that mine isn't perfect yet even though it has a mind of it's own," I was just looking at her, she expect two Soul Reapers not to kill hollows if they saw one.
"These are favors, the only on that I will get mad if you don't follow is the first, by the way Senna come here please," she called her body walked in. "I sense hollow so if anyone comes you know what to do, I would appreciate if you and Rangiku could stay out of sight until we come up with a story to get you into school." She left out the back door before we could ask her anything.
"Hello nice to meet, my name is Senna Nightfall," this Senna girl told us.
"Hi, my name is Rangiku but you probable already know that," Rangiku told her smiling at her, Senna smiled back, she nodded her head.
"And you're Toshiro, right?" she asked I sighed.
"I would like that you called me Hitsugaya at the very least," I told her, she nodded her head.
"I guess you don't like being called by your first name because of your position I get it," she said smiling at me gently, I just nodded my head.
"That's the Captain for you never really opens up but never really tells you to go away either," Rangiku said smiling at me and explaining to Senna, I just glared at her, but I didn't get to say anything because the doorbell rang.
The girl had come in through the door Rangiku broke.
"Shit, go upstairs and go inside one of the rooms," she said getting into her body and going to open the door Rangiku and I did as she said, I felt like a school kid all over again.
Sara's P.O.V
I walked to the door and opened it, it was Mike, Joy, and Ophelia, and I smiled at them.
"Hey, guys what's up?" I asked letting them in.
"Nothing we just thought that since Mrs. Holly canceled practice we could study for tomorrow's quiz, what you say?" Ophelia asked me.
"That would be great," I said, I hoped that they didn't notice the reluctance in my voice.
"Okay then I need, major help or math is going to kill me," Mike said sitting down on the sofa, Joy joined him, Ophelia sat on the chair, and I sat on the floor.
"Okay then, Mike, let's start by stopping you impending doom," I said taking out my math study sheet.
I waved good bye to my friends as they left it was already dark outside. I turned around only to find a pair of cold eyes staring at me, I flinched, and Toshiro looked amused. I ignored him and walked to the living room and sat down.
"Okay then," I said as Rangiku took a seat. "I got this idea while my friends where here, and that's exactly what you guys are going to be, close family friends other wise it would be weird that you where staying with me," I said, I held up my hands before they could say anything. "A few things you should know, some of these people don't act like me so they will ask you a lot of questions. My friends will most likely interrogate you but don't take it personal, Rangiku you can't act like Toshiro is above you, even though he is your captain people here wouldn't take that too nicely and I really don't feel like explaining, or making up lies, so that really is everything that you will need and anything else you can deal with, I believe."
"And that's all?" Toshiro asked, looking as if I hadn't mentioned anything important, Rangiku looked the same.
"Yup that's all," I said. "Oh, I almost forgot you can pick any room there all empty except the first one on the left that ones mine, there is food in the kitchen if you want, and I'm really tired so I'm going to sleep good night." I walked up the stairs and into my room sliding against the closed door and putting my head on my knees. This had turned into a really sick day.
Toshiro's P.O.V
It was morning and the girl had given us uniforms we has to wear, they where a black button shirt and gray pants. She looked aggravated as she looked around for something; it was rather amusing to watch she looked up and glared at me every so often. I had gotten distracted but it looked like she found what she was looking for a book with a red cover and golden letter on the side, I couldn't read because she had already put it in her bag.
"Okay then know that, that's out of the way lets get going," she said putting on a black coat and walking out of the door, we followed. It was cold and these two girls I was with had skirts on, it was part of the uniform but still I felt a little bad. We walked for a while until we reached sidewalk, there the girl became tense her eyes scanning the crowed ever so often, as if looking for a treat. Really she had so little faith in Soul Society that she felt at risk when she was with a captain and a lieutenant. I looked around as we reached the school, to know my surroundings, a lot of people where looking out way, I did my best to ignore them and look forward but the girls would look at me and they would whisper and laugh. The girl had mentioned other things we could handle but this was a little unexpected considering how people tended to shy away from me. The guys where no better openly gawking at Rangiku, that was normal, I mean it's not there fault that she looks like she does, but they also looked at the girl like that, I was very aggrieved by the time we reached the school, and had talked to the person in charge that seemed to easily but the girls story.
"Captain, the girls seem very, found of you here," Rangiku murmured in my ear, I closed my eyes in exasperation.
"Enough Matsumoto," I said running my hand through my hair as another group of girls walked past looking then giggling. She laughed, the girl just read her book, and she seemed rather distracted. A group of three started to come our way, two girls and one boy, who was openly glaring at me, fine by me not that anyone, seemed found of me when I glared. Turns out the boy was no exception he looked away as soon as I met his eyes, coward, instead he moved his eyes to the girl which was no better.
"Well looks like you brought in the talk of the school," the boy said looking over at Rangiku them myself, the girl with orange hair pulled on his brown blond hair.
"Mike that's not very polite," she hissed in his ear she looked up at us. "Sorry he's not very smart," she was smiling but then looked away when her eyes fell on me. I was already used to it but if she was talking about being rude then she wasn't living up to what she said.
"Not really, there just close family friends that dropped by for a visit," the girl told them, the last girl was in the back, she had black hair and dark eyes that where filled with secrets, that didn't make me very comfortable as she stepped forward to shake my hand.
"My name is Ophelia Frolic, nice to meet you a friend of Sara's is a friend of mine," she said.
"Thank you, my name is Toshiro Hitsugaya," I said she smiled at me and shook and moved to shake the hand of Rangiku.
"The same applies to you," she told Rangiku smiling at her, out of the three she seemed the most polite she didn't flinch when I looked at her.
"My name is Rangiku Matsumoto," Rangiku told her smiling at the Ophelia, Rangiku was the only one that could pull of the 'I'm a Soul Reaper but I can still hang around humans look.' The others presented the themselves the same, the girl with orange hair was Joy Kingie, and the boy tried to the whole I'm stronger the you so don't mess with me, by trying to crush my hand which ended up the other way around, he was the one who pulled away, his name was Mike Lung.
"Well then it looks like someone brought in a treat why are hanging out with these freaks when you can have fun with me?" a girl said coming up from behind me and wrapping her arms around my chest. I gently pulled her arms off me and stepped away from her, I was irritated and my penitence wasn't what it should have been.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't touch me or ever say something like that again," I told the girl she looked like she was about to go into a fit but took out her anger in the girl, she looked rather amused.
"So you can't get a guy so you get yourself someone from outside?" she asked Sara.
"Carmen, I'm not in the mood there family friends," she said not looking up from her book.
"Funny how the family friends come after the family is gone, goes to show what people thought of your low family," Carmen said the girl stiffened, she looked up a glared on her face she closed the book, and walked up to Carmen her fist contacted with Carmen's face. She then proceeded to pick the girl up and pin her on the wall.
"My nose," Carmen wailed.
"If you ever again think that you have the right to say anything about my family ever again, I can promise you that your little face will be the last thing you will have to worry about," she hissed, the familiar energy of a hollow tickled me to attention.
"Sara," I warmed, she let go of Carmen who ran away. She was already out of her body.
"Senna will take you home," she said running out of the building we were left alone with the three humans, after seeing the person who was going to help us trash a human then speak as if nothing has happened. Something was just sickly wrong with this situation that it made my stomach twist, by the look and by the look of Rangiku she felt the same.
Sara's P.O.V
I had found only 3 hollows and I still wasn't enough irritated I went to the edge of town where the hills where and looked back at it.
"Damn it why the hell, are there never enough hollows when you need a distraction?" I complained allowed.
"There are other ways of distraction," a voice said behind me I turned around startled his eyes where apologetic. "Sorry, you took a while so Rangiku got worried and send me."
"Well, then what are other ways of distraction?" I asked Toshiro, he sat down on the grass and motioned for me to do the same I complied, sitting myself down next to me.
"You may not like the idea though, heavens know, that I'm still trying to actually use the idea," he said looking over at me.
"Really then how can that be a distraction?" I asked.
"It gets you mind off of whatever it is your trying to get ride of, not so much the though but the emotion," he told me.
"Really?" I asked not believe him at all he nodded his head. "Then what is this distraction?"
"Talking," he said simply, I frowned and his eyes smiled which made me frown deeper, it was a smile of mockery of what it could have been. "I told you, you wouldn't like it, but take my word for it, it helps." I looked forward I had just met this person could I tell him why I had hit Carmen? He seemed trust worthy but then again a lot of this was because people looked trust worthy.
"I'll start if you like," he said looking ahead as well.
"And what exactly could you tell me?" I asked him looking over at him he met my eyes.
"How I feel working with someone like you," he answered, I glared at him. "Don't take offense it's just that this isn't the first time I had to work with outside of Soul Society that's all, so it's irritating that myself a captain has to work with someone that doesn't belong to the same organization that's all"
"You mean there are other people like myself that don't belong to Soul Society?" I asked.
"Yes, but I've only met another one, and he has a stronger connection with Soul Society then you do, another Soul Reaper is with him" he answered.
"He isn't like me if he has a babysitter," I said Toshiro's eyes began to dance with amusement.
"I wouldn't say that, they're more like friends, close ones at that," he said.
"Still I chose to stay away from Soul Society because I didn't want someone to hold my leash, not that I have one anyway, I can't let someone boss me around that's not who I am, I would end up rebelling against all of Soul Society," I told him, I didn't even know why.
"True I can see that in you, how you want to do as you please, you're like a caged tiger even here away from all of Soul Society," he told me.
"You're observant," I complemented him, his eyes smiled agin.
"Thank you," he answered, I sighed he had been quite truthful in what he had told me, I should repay that gratitude. He began to get up, I frowned and pulled his sleeve so that he could sit down, and I had just noticed that he was in his soul form.
"Yes?" he asked.
"You wanted to know why I beat the crap out of a human and know you're going to stay and listen," I told him, his eyes where dancing with victory I pulled my knees up to my chest and rested my head there. "When I was six my brother was four and my little sister was three, my father had left us and it was my mom trying to push ahead. That same year was when I changed into a Soul Reaper the first time. We had gone out to buy things for the holiday like a normal family, but on our way there a hollow; though at the time I didn't know what it was, came and he killed them, my brother and mother I couldn't do anything but my sister I could have saved her. But I didn't know how and, it was my fault, I watched that monster kill my family watched as he killed my little sister, how she screamed for me to help her and I was unable to. If I had just moved a little faster she might be here today, I killed him I had that satisfaction but he had taken everything that was worth something to me." I stopped and watched the change in his face as he knew me better.
"When I turned eight the Soul Reapers found me, I actually saved them," I said smiling at the memory. "They had been attacked by hollows and they had no weapons they where actually students and two early Soul Reapers. Some captain like you came later and I couldn't get away, they explained how Soul Society worked, and they tried to convince me to go. At the time, and still now, I refused, the only thing left to the memory of my family is the house that I have and I'm not willing to give it up. That's when we made the deal. I would kill the hollows for them here and they would stay away from me that was all I wanted and they agreed. And that's what I've done for Soul Society or you could say they did for me, they left me here and that's how I want it."
"I'm sorry," he said, I looked up at him he was looking at me with a mixture of tenderness, understanding, and yet he tried to keep up the indifferent act. He reached over and whipped something from my face, it was only then that I noticed that I was crying.
"It is okay" I said whipping the tears away from my face he awkwardly warped an arm around my shoulder and I leaned into him and rested my head against him. Maybe I was wrong maybe not all Soul Reapers where arrogant. Maybe this wasn't as bad a situation as I thought it was yesterday.
Aouthor's Note: this is a crossover but it wont include Inuyasha characters until about chapter 5 but after that they will never leave. I hope you enjoyed the story until now and I
promise that it will get better.