Hi! This is my first fanfic ever...so i hope ya like it! =D It's set 20 years before Ichigo and co. came (was 50 yrs before...now 20 though) REVEIW~~!! Enjoy! BTW Rino and Touya are made up characters...XP in case you didn't know...


Chapter One: That Boy Genius

Rino glared at the target as she waited in line, mentally reciting the chant. She waited for her name to be called out.

'Kaiyuki Rino,' the shinigami called out, glancing in her direction.

'Hai!' Rino said stepping forward. Taking aim with her left arm and steadying it with her right she chanted, 'Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, March on to the south. Destructive Art 31, Shot of Red Fire!

'Very good,' he commented as the ball of red energy hit the target squarely in the centre, destroying it.

Rino bowed and stepped back into line, heaving a sigh of relief.

'That was great Rino-chan,' Touya smiled as he patted her on the head, 'You might actually catch up to me.'

'Of course I will!' Rino countered, 'I'll beat you and then become one of the seated in the Gotei 13.'

'Yeah, yeah' Touya nodded as he stood up, 'like that'll ever happen.'

Rino sighed; as she watched her friends back disappear into the crowd. 'Touya-kun's always looking down on me, ever since that day, he's been treating me like a child. It's like us being together never existed,' she thought, as she followed the body of shinigami, 'Why did we have to die?'


Rino trudged down the corridor as she headed towards the Zanpakuto training area. Sighing, she decided to eavesdrop on her fellow classmates' conversation, which went as followed:

'Hey! Did you hear? The new captain of the 10 the Division has been appointed?'

Rino drooped, 'This again...don't they have anything better to talk about?'

'Eh, Really? Who is it?'

'Hitsugaya Toshirou! You know…the Child Prodigy?'

'Eh!? Him! No Way! I mean I knew he would get it, but still that's so cool!' the girl giggled, 'Haha, cool get it?'

The other girl giggled in reply, 'Yeah, I get it. I'm so gonna try for the 10th division! Did you know he's only a bit older then us!'

'Oh my GOD! You serious?! I heard he's really hot…lets work together and replace that b***tch of a lieutenant!'

Rino sighed as she broke away from the two girls' conversation. Hitsugaya Toshirou had been the topic of conversation for months now, ever since he left this academy. 'That's right, a few months and he was already a captain,' she thought, 'he's one lucky bastard.'


Rino lowered her head as she continued walking down the corridor, unaware that the rest of the student body was parting to the sides, quivering at the strength of the reiatsu in the air, to make way for an unexpected guest.

It was into this unexpected guest that Rino walked into.

'Ouch,' she muttered as she landed on the floor in a heap, furious she looked up to see who had walked into her, an insult springing to mind. Looking across from her, she paled, to see none other than Hitsugaya Toshirou being helped up by his lieutenant Matsumoto Rangiku.

'You,' he said coldly, irritation colouring his voice, 'should watch where you're going.' Gazing down at her, his teal-green eyes flashing, he gestured for Matsumoto to follow him, 'Matsumoto, let's go.'

Matsumoto nodded lazily, as she followed her captain she suddenly turned around, her eyes seeming to study Rino, she asked, 'What's your name?'

'Kaiyuki Rino,' Rino replied, the insult from before still on the tip of her tongue.

'Matsumoto,' Hitsugaya repeated, as he strode past Rino, his shinigami robes billowing behind.

'Hai! Taichou,' Matsumoto nodded, following her captain out of the corridor, leaving the place in an uproar.


'Matsumoto,' Hitsugaya said as they entered the 10th Division office, 'What was the name of that girl?'

'Why do you ask?' Matsumoto asked as she eyed the huge stack of paperwork on his desk.

'That girl…' he murmured, narrowing his eyes at the wall, 'You noticed this to right?'

'Noticed what?' Matsumoto cocked her head as she lazily scanned the room for possible exits.

'That girl was completely unaffected by my spirit force, even though I suppressed it considerably,' he said as the atmosphere in the office began to cool…rapidly.

'Her name's Kaiyuki Rino and she in her 1st year at the Academy. She is currently in the 3rd class,' the busty lieutenant said as she glanced at the double doors, the only exit out of the room.

'She has a lot of potential,' he murmured, 'we could do with a girl like her on this division.'

'Yes, Hitsugaya-Taichou,' the lieutenant agreed as she edged towards the double doors, 'Now if you'll excuse me I hope-,'

'Matsumoto!' the white-haired captain called as he realized his subordinate's escape plane.

'-you have a nice day, Hitsugaya-taichou!' she called, disappearing with a flash of shunpo.

'MATSUMOTO!' he hollered at the door. Sighing at his lieutenant's incompetence at doing paperwork, he sat down at the desk. Glaring at the door, he began to sort the paperwork, silently cursing his bad luck.


Rino cowered as the majority of the female body who had been walking in the corridor surrounded her. 'How dare you touch Shiro-chan,' one of the girls shouted, apparently the ring leader of this catfight, 'you B***TCH, not moving out of the way for the 10th Division Captain, I think that deserves a punishment,' turning to face the rest of the crowd she grinned, her eyes lighting up with mischief, 'I got and idea, how about I try out that new kidou spell we learnt, huh?'

A murmur of agreement filled the corridor as the girls closest to Rino held her arms and legs, restraining her movement. The lead-girl grinned, as Rino struggled to free herself, 'Ye Lord, Mask of blood and flesh, all crea-'

Rino squeezed her eyes shut, 'Help me God,' she thought

'-tion,' the girl continued to chant, 'flutter of wings, ye who bears the ma-'

'ENOUGH!' a male voice interrupted.

'Rino's eyelids flew open to see Touya appear, whisper something into the girl's ear then leading her away, 'T-Touya,' she stammered as her friend disappeared into the crowd, along with the girl, oblivious to Rino's misfortune.

Tears well up in her eyes as the huge crowd of girls dissipated, standing up she hurriedly blinked back her tears, as a shadow approached her. Looking up, she was surprised to see her Kidou teacher standing there, a smile on his face, 'Kaiyuki Rino, come with me,' he said, helping her off the floor.

'Hai, Sensei,' Rino bowed and followed her Kidou sensei to the Academy's staffroom. To her surprise, the head of the Academy and all her teachers, except for the Swordsmanship teacher, who was probably instructing her class on the importance of a Zanpakuto. Suddenly feeling nervous, she bowed to all the teacher then sat down on a nearby chair, as gestured.

The Academy's head teacher stood up, pride etched on his face, he pronounced, 'I have discussed this with all your teachers and all the teachers of this school and-'

Rino froze, oblivious to the looks of pride on the teachers' faces, she began to panic, 'am I being expelled?'

'-and,' he continued, 'we have decided to place you in Academy's top class so that you are able to graduate by the end of the month.'

'EH?!' she shouted, standing up in astonishment, 'g-g-graduate? Me?! But I only joined this academy 6 months ago!'

'I have already discussed this with the teachers, and they all think you're ready,' her history teacher smiled, 'the 10th Division Captain himself, suggested this.'

'The 10th Division Captain?' she thought, 'isn't that the child prodigy kid, who crashed into me just before?!'

'Yes,' her foot combat teacher added, interrupting Rino's thoughts, 'we also have the full support of the General Commander who, including us, believe that you have an incredible amount of latent power within you.'

'Me?! Latent power?' she interrupted, 'I think you have the wrong person.'

'No, we have already decided that it is you, and we can not all be wrong,' her kidou teacher said, 'All we need is you agreement and then you'll join the top class instantly.'

'You mean now?' Rino stared.

'Yes, so do we have an agreement?' the head teacher asked as her ordered a pile of papers at his desks.

'Yes,' Rino murmured, as thoughts flooded her brain, 'I'm going to graduate in a month? That child prodigy dude suggested this?! Why is he helping me? Wait a minute, does that mean I'll no longer be with Touya-kun? Then I don't want to be moved up! I-'

Her thoughts were interrupted as her kidou teacher led her to her first class. Nervous, she followed the kidou teacher to go meet her new classmates.

What followed next was the last thing she expected to happen…


Sup! That was Chapter One...hope'd ya liked it...=D Please Reveiw! p.s. THANKYOU JOY-GIRL!!!