Author's Note: I don't own Bleach or any of the characters

Summary:

Having no memory, except his first name, 5 year old Toushirou is found by 9 year old Ichigo. Having pity on the boy, Ichigo takes Toushirou home with him, there the family takes a liking to the boy and adopts him into the family.

For the next six years of Toushirou's life, he could see spirits like his older brother Ichigo. But everything changes for both of them when they meet the Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki.

The Moon Cutter and the Ice Dragon

Chapter 1

As a boy with white spiky hair sat on the chilling cold ground and his emerald eyes looking at the ground, he wondered how he got here. He couldn't seem to remember anything; all he knew about himself was his name. And for some reason, he felt a little pain coming from both his head and chest.

As the late evening went on, it started to snow. The boy didn't seem to care how it suddenly started to snow, he was too busy pondering.

"How did I get here?" the boy thought to himself. He continued to ponder that, but his deep thought has leaded him to fall asleep.

Ichigo was out for a little walk, but to his surprise it had started to snow. "Oh, man. The forecast didn't say anything about snow, I'd better hurry home or everyone's going to be really worried," Ichigo said as he ran toward the clinic his family ran. As Ichigo turned around the corner, his eyes widened. There on the side of the street was small boy, he seemed to be 5 years old, and his hair was as white as the falling snow. He was also wearing blue shorts and a short sleeved white shirt and it seems that the boy had a wound on his head.

Ichigo quickly ran to the boy and bent down in front of the boy. "Hey! Are you alright?!" The boy didn't make a move. Ichigo put his hands on the boy's shoulders and gently shook, hoping that the boy would show at least one sign that he was alive.

"Hey! Snap out of it!" Ichigo shook the unconscious boy a bit harder. "Come on, wake up!" That last one did the trick.

The boy gave out a groan and opened his eyes, but only a little bit, he looks at Ichigo for a bit than he closed them again and went back to sleep.

Ichigo was relief that the boy was alright and alive. But he wondered how a little boy could have ended up in this situation. Ichigo started to feel sorry for the little boy.

"Hmm, maybe dad can help," Ichigo said and he picked up the white spiky haired boy onto his back and began to walk to his family's clinic.

At Ichigo's family clinic

"YUZU! KARIN!"

"Oh, great. Now what's wrong?" Karin said. Karin had black hair. Then a man with black hair and wearing a white coat came running down the stairs. He looked like he was really worried about something. That man was the father and his name is Isshin.

"Yuzu! Karin! I can't seem to find Ichigo anywhere," Isshin said with worry. "What if he's in trouble or needs help?"

"Oh, dad," said Yuzu who had light brown hair and a red clip on the let side of her head. "You always get worked up over these things."

Before Isshin could protest, Karin spoke up. "Don't worry about Ichigo, dad. He said he was going for a little walk and that he'll be back in time for dinner."

"Oh, that's a – hey! Wait a minute!" Isshin suddenly yelled. "Why would Ichigo tell you guys, but not his old man?!"

"Maybe that's because you're like over forty," Karin pointed out.

Hearing a comment like that from his own 5 year old daughter, Isshin bursted into tears and clinged onto a poster on the wall with a picture of a beautiful woman that had the same colored hair as Yuzu but longer. "Ohhhhhhh! Masaki, my wife, our daughters hate me and Ichigo probably hates me so much, he might never come back."

At that moment, Ichigo slammed the door open. "Dad!" All of them turned their attention to Ichigo who was at the door.

"Ichigo," Isshin yelled happily and rushed towards Ichigo with open arms. "You're back!" But then Isshin felt a hard impact on his head after Ichigo jumped and kicked him into the wall creating a hole. "That's … my … boy."

"Dad! This isn't the time for that!" Ichigo yelled at his father. "Right now, you've got a patient to take care of!"

That's when Isshin and his two twin daughters noticed that Ichigo was carrying a small boy that had snow white hair on his back. Ichigo's sisters quickly ran to Ichigo's side and helped him bring the boy inside.

"Ichigo, where did you find this boy?" Isshin asked his son.

"I found him on the side of the street unconscious," Ichigo told his father as he laid the boy on the boy on the coach. "I wonder how this kid could be all alone."

"And he also has a bad wound on his head," Isshin turned to his daughters. "Karin, Yuzu, I need my medical kit."

"OK, dad," and the two twins went off. "Ichigo go get a blanket. This kid seems to have a fever."

"Right," Ichigo then ran up stairs to get a blanket.

When Ichigo left, Isshin kneeled down and put his hand on the boy's forehead. "I never thought to see you come through my front door; I guess you're part of the family now."

"Where am I? Am I dead?"

"All I see is darkness."

"I hear voices, calling to me, telling me to wake up."

"Is he going to be okay, how long do we have to wait until he wakes up?" one of the voices said.

Now after a long slumber, the white haired boy slowly opened his eyes only to see that he was in a place unfamiliar to him.

"Hey! He's awake!" a voice said, the boy looked around to figure out who that voice belonged to. He then spots another boy, sitting by next to him. He could see that the boy had orange hair and seems to be nine years old. And he also spots two girls next to him; they looked about the same age.

"W-who are you?" the boy asked.

"My name's Ichigo Kurosaki," Ichigo replied. "And these two over here are my little sisters, Yuzu and Karin," Ichigo introduced and pointed out the two girls that were next to him.

One of the girls, Yuzu, suddenly put her hands on the coach the boy was resting in and pushed her head closer to the boy, but he quickly backed away. "What's your name?" Yuzu asked.

The boy hesitated for a bit, he didn't know how to answer that question. He didn't even know that much about himself. Only one word came to the boy's mind.

"Uh, my name's Toushirou," the boy replied.

"Toushirou, huh? That's a nice name," Toushirou looked at the man who had said that. "My name's Isshin," the man introduced himself.

"How did I get here?" Toushirou asked.

"My son, Ichigo, brought you here," Isshin explained. "Said he found you lying on the side of the street, which reminds me, how come you were all alone out there?"

Toushirou tilted his head down a bit. "I don't remember."

"Well, do you know where you live?" Toushirou shook his head.

"Do you know who your parents are?"

"I can't remember that either."

"N-no, I can only remember my name."

Isshin sighed. "It could be possible that you got amnesia," Isshin said. "Probably got it from that wound you had on your head."

That was when Toushirou noticed that he had bandages wrapped around his head.

"That's too bad," the girl, Karin, said.

"Don't worry, we'll help you find you parents," Yuzu said.

Everyone seemed to want to help Toushirou get his memories back and find his parents, but Isshin had a different opinion.

"I'm not sure about that Yuzu," everyone turned their attention to Isshin. Ichigo wondered what his father meant by that.

"What do you mean, dad?" Ichigo asked.

"He might not have any parents, he could be an orphan," Isshin stated. "But, you got amnesia kid, so we can't be certain."

After that Isshin had a hard kick in the face from Karin that made Toushirou's sweat drop. "Well if you're not certain, why'd you bring it up?!" Karin yelled at her father.

"Well, it's possible he could be an orphan!"

"What makes you think that?!"

"Ichigo found him all alone outside so it could be possible! I was just saying what was on my mind!"

Everyone fell silent. "I'll go to the police station tomorrow and see if there is a missing child report," Isshin said as he got up. "Now it's getting late, the three of you should go to bed. Toushirou will be sleeping down here on the couch tonight."

"Thank you," Toushirou said before falling asleep again.

2 weeks later

Isshin has been going to the police station everyday to check if there was a missing report that had descriptions of a white haired child with emerald eyes for the whole first week since Toushirou started staying at the Kurosaki clinic.

The whole family seems to like Toushirou a lot; he would sometimes help Yuzu in the kitchen, play soccer with Karin, and attend karate classes with Ichigo. He seemed to have bonded with the whole family but mostly with Ichigo, he always treated Toushirou like a little brother, so you can tell how excited the three were when their father showed them the adoption papers. The boy that Ichigo found was now Toushirou Kurosaki.

As more days went by, Toushirou learns more about the family, Yuzu is a bit of a crybaby, but she takes care of the chores around the house and makes the food. Karin is bit of the opposite even if she's Yuzu's twin sister.

There are some times when Ichigo wants to be alone, sometimes Toushirou follows Ichigo only to watch him wander around the river over and over again.

One day, Ichigo went out for another one of his walks and as usual Toushirou followed him and the same as always, Ichigo would go around the same place. Toushirou wondered why Ichigo does this, so he took the chance and walked up to Ichigo when he stopped to rest.

"Hey, Ichigo," Toushirou called out to Ichigo. Ichigo turned his head to see Toushirou walking towards him. Ichigo held up his hand and gave Toushirou a small wave. "Hey, Toushirou. What are you doing here?"

"I've been following you on walks and I couldn't help but wonder," Toushirou put his right hand behind his head. "Why are you always walking around this place over and over again?"

Ichigo looked down at the river. "Well, ya see this is the place," Ichigo started. "where my mom died."

Toushirou's eyes widened, despite the fact he didn't know who his parents are, he knew that having to lose someone you love is very painful. "Ichigo … how did she die?"

Toushirou asked.

Ichigo was a bit surprised by Toushirou's request. "I-it was my entire fault," Toushirou could see drops of tears coming from Ichigo's eyes.

"How can it be your fault?" Toushirou asked.

Ichigo wiped the tears off his face and began to tell Toushirou what happened. "It happened six months ago, mom had just picked me up from karate class and it was raining. On our way home, we passed by here and when we did, I noticed a girl by the river. I didn't know why she was there, but then I saw her fall into the river. I let go of my mom's hand and ran to save the girl."

Toushirou could tell that Ichigo was having flashbacks of when it happened. "What happens next?" Toushirou asked.

"I'm not sure how it happened, but I kind of blacked out when I reached out for the girl and when I woke up, mom was dead," Ichigo was crying now. "If I had just stayed by mom's side that day instead of running off, she'd still be alive."

"Ichigo," Toushirou murmured. "I'm sorry."

Ichigo wiped the tears off his face again. "it's okay, Toushirou. You know, I should tell you that I've never told anyone how I felt about mom's death. But telling them to you, I kind of feel much better."

Toushirou smiled at Ichigo. "The whole family is pained by mom's death, Ichigo. Even me."

Ichigo could see what Toushirou meant. Since Toushirou had amnesia, he couldn't remember who his parents were and since they adopted him six months after the death of their mother, Toushirou doesn't know what it's like to have a mom or at least doesn't remember.

Toushirou walked up to Ichigo and grasped his hand. "Come on, Ichigo. Let's go home."

Ichigo smiled down at the spiky white haired boy. "Yeah, everyone's probably worried," and the two began to walk home together. As they walked, Toushirou asked Ichigo to tell him about his mother. Ichigo told Toushirou that his mom was a kind person, she never got mad or cried, and she always smiled.

The two brothers talked the whole way back to the clinic. During their conversation, Ichigo and Toushirou found out that they both can see spirits.