I sighed my eyes closed as Caption Unohana, of division 4, stitched up a long gash in my left shoulder from Renji Abarai gave me in a sparing match that ended in a draw.

I heard Caption Unohana sigh. "You know Hotaru," she started as I opened my eyes, "I normally take care of severe injuries but your here so much I know that it's you before you even walk in." Retsu Unohana said.

I sighed as I stood up causing the stitches to pull a little but it wasn't painful not to me. "Thank you Caption Unohana." I said looking at my sandals.

Unohana nodded and waved me off. "Be careful until your shoulder is healed." She said before going back to work.

I left quietly not wanting to bother her, for a while I found myself wandering around until I came to a large twisted tree near the 10th division barracks. I placed my hand on the tick trunk before setting my right foot on a low branch climbing up easily not even wincing as my stitches pulled. I stopped pulling myself onto a thick branch 10 feet off the ground resting my back against the trunk with my legs stretched out in front of me. I shifted a bit before reaching around my right shoulder with my left hand gripping Kowareta Ningyou's hilt pulling it from its sheath before holding her out in front of me. Kowareta Ningyou looked, when sealed, a normal thin katana with an 8 pointed star shaped guard and its hilt wrapped in white blood stained wrappings to symbolize my brutal training in my past.

The rain fell softly in the dark and I stood glaring at a group of boys throwing rocks at me yelling things like "Witch!" and "Crybaby!" I cried out when the oldest threw a large rock at my temple cracking it open the warm blood running down my face as I crumbled to the ground the boy standing over me.

"You are a crybaby, a witch, a loser, and your ugly! Nobody will ever love someone like you!" He yelled walking off with his friends.

"Hotaru?" A male voice called out. "Hotaru!"

"Ah!" I lunged forward dropping Kowareta Ningyou and falling out of the tree.

"Whoa easy kiddo." Captain Shunsui Kyoraku said griping my upper left arm before I fell on my face. "You okay? Heard you yelling so I came to see."

I nodded. "Yes sir. Thank you, sir." I said picking up Kowareta Ningyou and sliding her back into her sheath.

Shunsui laughed. "No need for all the 'sir' it's just Shunsui." He said smiling at me from under his straw hat.

I looked up at him, standing at only 4"3 I look up at everyone, and nodded. "Thanks." I said a faint smile playing on my lips.

Shunsui shrugged. "Sure. Now what were you dreaming about anyway?" He asked sitting on the ground.

I shrugged crossing my arms. "Nothing." I lied.

Shunsui arched his eyebrow now at eye level with me. "Didn't sound like nothing."

"I really don't want to talk about it." I sighed.

He nodded and stood. "Alright then." He said staring to walk off but turned back to look at me. "Oh Rangiku was looking for you." With that he left me wondering what Rangiku could possibly want.

With a shrug I walked off towards 10 division barracks walking inside to her quarters.

"Hey Rangiku! You here?" I called out opening her door.

"Hotaru!" Rangiku yelled with a big grin as she hugged me tightly.

"Rangiku I can't breathe!" I gasped.

She let go and held me at arms length I couldn't help but admire her beauty: her long, wavy blonde hair, her white skin matched mine, and her blue eyes sparked with trouble.

"Whats up?" I asked.

Rangiku moved behind me blindfolding me before leading me in whatever direction. "You'll see."

I should explain my full name is Hotaru Matsumoto, Rangiku's little sister, and 3rd Seat of division 10.