Hi! This is my first time writing a fan fiction, so please review! If there's anything wrong, please tell me! Thank you! ~Hitsugaya x Karin Lover

Disclaimer: I do not own bleach or any characters, except any OC's and the plot.

Chapter 1:

A Fateful Meeting

Where am I?

I asked myself this as I walked aimlessly among the flow of unfamiliar streets and faces. Many people were bustling around hurriedly. Everyone, including me, was dressed like people in the Edo period. Even the buildings looked like they had come out of some old samurai movie.

Yet there was something wrong. I couldn't remember anything, except for one thing. My name, which was Karin. I couldn't remember my last name, though, which was odd.

I wasn't sure how I had gotten there, or why I was wearing a sky-blue kimono even though I somehow knew I hated dresses. I stood there, confused, until a man bumped into me.

"Hey, you! If you're not going to move, get out of the way!" he yelled as he kept walking to whatever "important" place he needed to get to.

I snapped out of it, and walked into an alley. I could see other kids around my age peeking around street corners, as if to see if I was worth taking the time to talk to. Finally, a girl with dark brown hair in braids came up to me, with two girls in tow.

"Umm…" I started before I was cut off.

This is our territory, kid, so if you want to stay here, you better pay up. Oh? What's this? A ring! And a pretty one at that," the girl with braids, who I guessed was the leader, said.

For the first time, I noticed a ring on my right hand. It had a silver band and was inlaid with a stone that looked suspiciously like a diamond. It reminded me of a snowflake.

Somehow, I felt that it was special to me. I just couldn't let her have it! I pulled my hand close to my chest.

"NO!" I blurted out before I could stop myself.

She knew she had hit a sore spot. The girl reached out and grabbed my hand before I realized what was happening. I tried to pull my hand away, but she was strong. There was nothing I could do but watch helplessly.

She pulled off the ring when suddenly, all the children who had gathered around to watch fell to the ground. They looked as though an invisible force was weighing down on them.

The girl with braids had dropped my ring when she had fallen, so before the invisible force went away, I grabbed it and ran for the main road I was on before.

Here, too, everyone was affected by this "force". I ran around, looking for someone who was seemingly immune to the force, when I saw a kid about my height and age looking around. He had spiky white hair and teal eyes. He looked much too mature to be my age, though.

He was wearing a black shihakushō, which seemed oddly familiar. Over that he was wearing a white haori with the number ten on it. When he saw me, he was utterly shocked.

"D-do you know what's happening?" I asked him.

For some reason, it was at that moment when I felt the urge to take out the ring. For the first time, I realized there were odd runes on the inside.

"Can you read this?" I asked.

He took a single look at it before turning his attention back to me.

"Where did you get this?" he asked, rather harshly.

"I have no clue. I don't remember anything. I just sort of 'woke up' here. The ring was on my hand," I explained.

"Hmm….. what's your name?"

"You know, it's polite to say your name before you ask someone else's," I snapped.

"Fine. My name's Hitsugaya Tōshirō."

"Okay, Tōshirō-kun, my name is Karin" I answered.

"Call me Hitsugaya-" he was cut off by a busty woman running towards us.

"TAICHŌ!" she yelled out.

"Matsumoto!" he said, obviously surprised by the appearance of the blond.

"Oh? Who is this?" the woman named Matsumoto asked.

Tōshirō looked at me, then he turned to Matsumoto.

"I honestly have no clue."

"My name is Karin," I said through my clenched teeth. I sent him a glare that matched his own.

Matsumoto looked at Tōshirō, then at me, then back at Tōshirō. A mischievous grin grew on her face.

"Oh, I get it," she said. "You guys have something going on, don't you? Isn't that right, Tōshirō-kun?"

"Matsumoto! I don't have time for silly things like falling in love."

"I was just kidding. Or was I?" Matsumoto said, before taking a closer look at me. Then she noticed my ring.

"Oh! A reiatsu suppressor, like Zaraki-taichō's eye patch. Except this is much more fashionable. Whose is it?" Matsumoto rambled on. Why does everyone notice the ring? I though.

"It's mine, at least I think so. It's a weird ring though. When that other girl tried to take it, all of a sudden everyone just sort of… fell. You two are the first people I have seen standing," I said.

The two exchanged glances.

"Can you put the ring back on for a second?" Tōshirō asked.

"Alright."

When I put the ring back on, I saw the people around looked as though a huge weight was lifted off their shoulders. They slowly started to stand up.

"Rangiku, I need you to run ahead and ask the Soutaichō if he could hold an emergency captains meeting. Now." The way he said it made Rangiku go without complaint. Then he turned and looked at me with eyes that seemed very curious.