She sighed as she peeled the potatoes, her feelings running amok inside her. She stole yet another glance at him, she blushed as she admired his well defined chest, his sharp features, his crimson colored eyes, to his gravity defying hair with the white starburst in it. She soon turned her gaze back to the potatoes she was peeling for the dinner she was making.

She had a crush on him, the silent and always glaring Hiei Jaganshi. She didn't know why, maybe it was because there was a guy who was around her height and wasn't a dwarf. She remembered when she was first introduced to the team.

[i]Flashback 1 Year Ago

She didn't remember much about herself.

All she remembered was her name, a few things about herself, and knowing who King Enma was and the three worlds.

King Enma just finish telling her that she'll be staying with his son's Spirit Detective team. That they will protect and watch over her. She only nodded, not knowing what else to do or say to him.

Soon an orge came in and began leading her to Koenma's office, where she'll be meeting the Spirit team. The orge stopped, saying he'll announce her arrival and will come back to get her. Not soon after, he appeared again, but with an apparent bump on his and led her inside, where she and the team were introduced.

She didn't know much about herself, other than what Koenma added about her.

"She is the only one of her clan and you will protect her, her powers and half her memories have been stripped so she doesn't remember much about herself or her powers. When the time is right, my father will lessen the spell he himself has placed on her, so that she may master her abilities."[/i]

She grew close and became great friends with them, she thought of Kurama as the older brother of this odd family, while Yusuke and Kuwabara were the twins who always wanted to out do each other. While Hiei, well, he was the guy she would admire from afar.

"Natsumi, may I ask what you are making for dinner?" She looked up from her potatoe peeling to see the warm emerald green eyes of Kurama. "I'm making a roast with corn on the cob. Is that ok with you Kurama?" She asked with a smile as she continued to peel the potatoes. "That's fine Natsumi, I also wanted to ask if-"

"Boys! Report to my office immediately!" Koenma's voice rang through the house as he cut Kurama off.

Her smile fell as Kurama sighed, giving her a an apologetic smile as he turned to follow others to Koenma's office.

"Kurama?" He turned to see her giving him a small smile. "I'll leave the food in the oven for you guys when you get back." He returned her smile and nodded as he hurried after his teammates.

"Good luck!" She yelled after them, smiling as she watched Hiei walk with the others.

She soon focused on peeling the potatoes for the roast, quietly humming a tune to herself.

"Mmmm, what a delectible spirit pressure. I'm gonna enjoy eating your spirit." She froze immediately as the deep, raspy voice filled the air. She slowly turned, her body trembling with fear as her breaths came in soft pants. What she saw, made her fear rise even higher, a skull like head was infront of her, it body was that the size of a Hummer but boney, it had a hole in the middle of its chest.

"Hehe, I love seeing the fear in humans' eyes when they know they are about to die." The thing chuckled as it brought its hand up, or what's supposed to be the hand, it was ball shaped with a blade coming out of it. "Now it's time for me to feast on your spirit!" It brought it's bladed hand up, ready to strike as she dropped the stuff in her hand and dropped to the ground, quickly and clumsily crawled underneath it and ran towards the door as it sliced the kitchen.

She ran to the door, trying to open it in her haste, she couldn't keep her hands still as she tried to turn the lock. "Hehehe running only makes your spirit pressure taste even better!" It voice echoed through the air as it started to make its way to her. She finally got the door unlocked and threw it open, running out of the house, hoping to escape the demon that wanted her.

"Wherever you run, I'll find you!"

Tears ran down her face as she closed her eyes, praying to whoever listened in Spirit World. "Someone! Please help me!" She continued to run, trying to find someone to help, never noticing the tree root that stuck out from the ground. She tripped over it and instantly closed her eyes, knowing her death was a heartbeat away.

The sound of a blade leaving it's sheath filled the air as she held her breath. The demon cried out in pain as a thud followed. She raised her head, glancing behind her to see a shadowy figure weilding a katana. Her heart skipped a beat, a blush crept across her face as she got to her feet.

'Hiei saved me.' Was the only thought that ran through her mind as she turned, only for her jade eyes to meet turquoise colored eyes. Her breath caught in her throat as she looked at her savior.

He was about an inch taller than her, his snow white hair spiked up, he wore a sleeveless black and white haori, along with black hakamas, his sheath was tied to his back as he held his katana in his hand. She blushed even more when she realized she had been staring. "I-I'm sorry. Thank you for saving me." She gave him a smile smile as she lowered her head. "Your welcome. Now, could you tell me why a Hollow was after you?"

She couldn't help but furrow her eyebrows together. "Hollow? What's a Hollow?" She asked timidly. Her savior pointed to the demon that laid behind him, unmoving. Soon, everything clicked in her head as she nodded. "I don't know, honestly. I was preparing for dinner when it appeared behind me, talking about a spirit pressure." She explained as she rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

She looked up at him and smiled. "Would mind telling me your name? I want to thank you properly." She watched his gaze harden for a moment before relaxing. "I'm Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya, of the 10th Division." She walked over to him and held her hand out to him. "Well, thank you Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya. I'm in your debt." He brought his hand up to shake hers' when a chuckle filled the silence.

"I'm not that easy to kill boy." The 'Hollow' rose to it's feet with a sickening smile on it's lips. Her fear instantly returned as it's eyes were on her. She instinctively moved closer to Captain Toshiro, not noticing his questioning gaze on her. "But I will spare your life if you hand me the girl with the mouthwatering spirit pressure."

"Sorry, but that isn't going to happen." Toshiro brought his blade up as he stepped infront of the girl, hoping to get this over with. "Do not test me boy, I'm the Roach and I will kill you and that girl." The Hollow, or now known as the Roach, lunged towards the two, its bladed hand raised to strike. Toshiro wrapped his arm around the girls waist, pulling her close to him as he jumped into the air, avoiding the attack from Roach.

"You don't have to carry me around, go ahead and find a place to put me down and I'll hide. I don't want you get hurt 'cause you have to carry me around." She whispered in his ear as she held on to him. He gave her a side way glance before nodding, he jumped a few feet away and set her down gently on her feet. She gave him a small smile before she hid from his view.

"Little boy, where is that girl you're hiding?" Roach taunted as he returned his gaze to him. He felt his anger rise but he instantly cooled down before he began his attack on the Hollow.

She watched him fight from her hiding spot, her face flushed from when she was held by Captain Toshiro a moment ago. She didn't know why she was blushing but she knew she was in debt to him. He had saved her life, and now she had to repay him in anyway she can.

She watched in amazement at his sword skills, it could even rival Hiei's!

The Hollow's scream filled the air as it slowly disappeared into nothing, Toshiro sheath his sword as he watched the Hollows' body disappear. He turned and looked around for the girl, his eyes caught her fire red hair behind a tree. "You can come out now." He called out to her, his eyes never leaving her hair as she stepped out. He couldn't help but take in her features, her firey red hair framed her face as it traveled down her chest, ending below her bust, her jade green eyes showed her gratitude towards him.

Her body was curved in the right areas, nothing was overly exaggerated but accented nicely, she was shorter than him atleast by two inches, he couldn't help but notice how fragile she was as she walked towards him.

"Thank you again Captain Toshiro, you saved my life again." He couldn't help but feel annoyed with what she said. "It's Captain Hitsugaya." He corrected her as her face instantly flushed. "I-I'm sorry! Please forgive me!" She bowed to him as she stammered her apology to him. "It's ok. Just don't do again." He felt his cheeks heat up a little when she raised her head to smile at him. He didn't know why she had this effect on him but she did.

A small gust of wind blew past him as he saw a blur appear infront of the girl. "Hiei!" The blur turned out to be a guy wearing all black, a white scraf around his neck, he had piercing crimson colored eye that held a permament glare, a white bandana on his forhead, and like him, hair that was naturally spiked, except his was black with a white starburst. He noticed his hand was on the hilt of his katana, ready to be drawn. "Hn. Who are you." He asked as he pulled his katana out a bit. "H-Hiei! Stop!" The girl ran infront of him, hold her hands up as she looked at him. "He saved me, he's not going to hurt me." The guy, or Hiei, moved his gaze onto her and dropped his hand from his katana.

"Hn." Was all he said as he relaxed.

"Natsumi!" He turned his head to see three other guys running towards them, calling out to the girl. He glanced back at her, letting her name float around in his head.

The ground shook almost instantly, parting as an arm appeared out of no where and wrapped itself around Natsumi.