Frozen Stars
~ Disclaimer~ I do not own Bleach, or any of its characters, except the ones I have made Myself ^-^
Chapter 1
Hisagi Shuuhei paced back and forth in front of his newly appointed Taichou's quarters. Soft snoring could be heard from the otherside of the large sliding door. The sun was just starting to rise over SeiReiTei and spilled out onto the balcony floor in front of him. He had an important message do deliver to her, as soon as he possibly could, and was beginning to get a bit impatient with waiting.
He stopped briefly in front of the door and reached out to open it,
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Hisagi-San." A nearby member of the 9th division said. He was sitting againts the wall a short distance away, "She asked not to be bothered until she woke up…and she has kind of a short temper when it comes to sleeping…"
Hisagi hesitated a moment at the warning, then deciding it couldn't be that bad, slid the door open and walked inside.
He walked back to her bedroom to find his Taichou, Hitsugaya Yuki, asleep in her enormous bed. Her small body sprawled out, tangled up in her grey blanket. Her long pure white hair spread out over her pillow and her face. She looked almost exactly like Toushiro, her face was a bit more feminine and she had long eyelashes. She was a little shorter too,
"Hmm…" Hisagi muttered, "Those two really are twins…" He stood there for a moment, then cleared his throat, "Hitsugaya-Taichou!"
She jerked awake and looked up at him with angry, weary, Icy Blue eyes,
"Shuuhei…" She muttered, sitting up and leaning on her hands for support.
She was wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts for PJ's, they were way too big for her,
"What the hell do you want?" Her voice was an angry growl.
"Uh…Um…" Was all he could muster as the words got caught in his throat.
She narrowed her eyes, "Spit it out…"
"I…uh…Have a message for you…" He said quietly.
"And…?"
"You're to go over to the living world…For your own protection from Aizen and the others…Since they've recently sworn revenge on those who would become Taichou in their places…"
"I'll make a note of that…" She said, Hisagi beginning to get on her nerves a little.
She was the only one who would take over as Taichou, everyone else feared doing so. And now they didn't trust her. She quickly shook her head to get rid of that thought, orders were orders.
She looked up at Hisagi with an eerily cheerful smile on her face, one that almost made him cringe. She reached over to her bedside table and grabbed her alarm clock,
"Now Shuuhei…GET OUT!"
She threw the alarm clock at him, hitting him in the chest with it and sending him flying out into the hall. He quickly stood up and made his way out, putting his hand over the slight indentation the clock had made there.
He sighed, "Bad temper…Check…"
It was a few more hours before she finally staggered wearily outside. Her robes were thrown on haphazardly. Because she was so small, they were too big, and covered her hands and feet. Her zanpakuto was strapped to her back. Her hair was now pulled into a low pony tail, her bangs falling over her face, thick on the left side, a thinner bit on the right,
"Good Morning…Taichou…" Hisagi said, a little nervously.
"Mmm…"
"I just wanted to tell you good luck on your mission."
She looked up at him, "Thanks…Shuuhei."
She quickly opened up a gate and released a Hell Moth, then turned and gave him a little wave,
"See ya."
Kuchiki Rukia sat in the Kurosaki living room with Kon. They were awaiting Ichigo's return from running some. Kon was all over the place, completely unable to sit still, as usual,
"Oneeeeeeeeeeeeee-Samaaaaaaaaaa" He whined, "I'm bored, let's do something!"
She turned her head away from him, closing her eyes, "Ichigo said to wait here until he got back."
"Since when do you listen to him?"
"Since he promised me snacks if I did." She said grinning.
Her face suddenly turned serious as she looked toward the door, "Hm?"
"What is it Nee-San?"
"A strong Reiatsu…" She jumped up and put her shoes on, running outside.
It was a very hot day for being the beginning of spring, but she didn't really see it as strange, nothing really seemed strange around this town anymore. There were a lot of people out for that time of day as well. She scanned the crowd, trying to locate the source of the Reiatsu she'd felt, then she spotted it. A small white haired girl stood several hundred feet away from her. The Reiatsu seemed to fille the entire space between them. She stood speechless, surprised that a body that small could hold that much power. She was awestruck for a moment, then snapped out of it and sped off after her.
It took her a suprisingly long time to catch up. It was almost as if she was shunpoing after every other normal step she was taking. But she eventually stopped in front of a large building and Rukia walked up behind her. They stood there for a moment until she finally spoke,
"Is there a reason you're following me?"
"Your Reiatsu…It's amazing."
The girl glanced in her direction, "You're Kuchiki Rukia, yes?"
"How-"
"I'm Hitsugaya Yuki," She smirked, "New Taichou of the ninth division." She turned back to the direction she was originally facing, "You're a member of the noble family as well, so of course I know you."
"Oh…Well…Nice to meet you. Wait, Hitsugaya?"
She glanced back once more, "We're twins…"
"I see." Rukia said smiling.
She hadn't noticed before, but Yuki was very short, at least 4 inches shorter than her brother, and quite cute as well. She was wearing a pink zip up sweatshirt that was too big, and sleeves that went well over her hands, black shorts that went down just to her knees, and black flip flop sandals. She had three piercings in her ears. Two on the bottom, and one at the top, with a chain that connected it to the bottom most one,
"So why're you wandering around here?"
"I was just trying to figure out why so many Hollows are drawn to this town. It doesn't seem like the kind of place that would attract too many."
"Yeah, sometimes it doesn't seem that way." Rukia replied sadly, but she quickly perked back up, "You want to come hang out with me…that is…if you haven't got anything else to do?"
"I guess so." She said, a little flatly.
Rukia smiled and they cheerfully went back to the Kurosaki House.
When they got back Ichigo had already returned, "Where have you been?"
"Just looking for something. She said, pushing Yuki, who was standing behind her, out.
Ichigo glared, "Well, no snacks for yo- Wait…She looks just like Toushiro."
"She's Hitsugaya-Taichou's Twin sister."
"Yuki." She said, giving a little nod.
"They sent ANOTHER one?"
"Idiot…You'll have to get used to it. The more we have to deal with Aizen, the more shinigami they will send." Rukia said, growling. Then she turned to Yuki and smiled, "Do you have anywhere to stay yet?"
"No."
"Why don't you stay here?"
"Rukia that's-" Ichigo started to protest, but Rukia covered his mouth with her hand, "We'll find someplace for you to sleep!"
"Who's house do you think -" Ichigo managed to get out before Rukia clamped his mouth shut once more.
Just then Kon peeked out from behind Ichigo's leg, where he'd been hiding and finally decided it was okay for him to show himself, "Another girl, hm?" He said, walking up to her and looking her over, "Pretty cute, but she's got none of the things I usually look for in a lady." He imagined Matsumoto and Orihime. Yuki picked him up by the back of his neck, "How's this thing talking?" She asked, streching his face. He protested quite loudly.
Rukia laughed, "He's a mod soul."
"Really? I didn't think any were left." She dropped him onto the floor, "What's his name?"
"Kon." Ichigo replied immediately.
"Kon?" She asked, laughing, "What a stupid name!"
Kon turned away from her, crossing his arms, "Hmph…I don't like you anymore…"
Rukia grabbed onto Yuki's arm, "C'mon! Let's go find someplace for you to sleep!" She said, getting all excited. Then she ran off, dragging Yuki behind her, and trampling Kon.
A short while later Yuzu and Karin returned home from a long trip to the grocery store. Yuzu quickly learned of the new girl staying in the house, and immediately started making preparations. She got out a futon and put it on the floor in their room and Karin put a sign on the door that said "Girls Only!"
Once Yuzu was convinced the room was just right, and that Yuki would be comfortable, she went downstairs to start dinner. Karin and Rukia followed to keep her company, leaving Yuki alone in the quiet room.
She sat there on her futon, just thinking to herslef, when she suddenly heard the front door open and a loud voice yell, "I'm Home!"
She ran to the stairs and looked down to find Isshin Kurosaki standing at the front door, removing his shoes.
He immideately noticed her, "So we have a new guest at our house, hm?" He gave her a friendly smile.
"This is Yuki, Daddy. She'll be staying with us for a little while." Yuzu informed him.
"Nice to meet you…" Yuki said as she walked down the remainder of the stairs.
He gave her a nod in return, then immediately went to hug Karin as hard as he possibly could, while she struggled to free herself.
Yuki's eyes narrowed, "Strange…" She thought, "Such high Reiatsu for a human…"
"Come and eat, Yuki-Chan!" Yuzu called, snapping her right out of her thoughts.
She nodded and walked to the dining room to join the others at the table.
So this is my rewrite of my original first Bleach fan fic. I really didn't like how it turned out at first, so I wanted to go back and correct some things. Not much needed correcting here in the first chapter, but there is more later on of course.
Thanks for reading so far, and please review and let me know what you think!