I don't own any characters except Karin.

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CHAPTER ONE: JUMPING

"Captain, you called?" I stepped into Soi Fong's office. She was young but had quickly taken over when Yoruichi just vanished.

"Ah, yes, Karin, come here," she smiled.

"What did you need?"

"Are your duties finished?"

"Yes ma'am," I bowed.

"Okay, knowing you, you'll want something to do because you like to be kept busy, unlike anyone else in Soul Society. Go around to some of the squads and see if they need help."

"Yes, captain," I smiled then appeared at the 11th squad building.

"Go away, midget," a man with a moustache growled.

"I'm looking for Zaraki," I growled. "Back off."

"Karin, you're done with your duties already?" Zaraki Kempachi came out.

"Yes," I smiled, and then jumped up on his back next to his pink-haired lieutenant, Yachiru, who was younger than me.

We jumped through Soul Society and entered the training grounds. Zaraki was the only one who was willing to train with me and my beast. I always went to him when I had no duties.

I transformed into my beast and towered over Zaraki. He always had fun fighting me even if he never got me to bleed because he was careful. He always said that he went all out but he stayed at my level. A few hours later, I transformed back and looked at the 11th squad captain.

"Damn, still didn't bleed you," I growled. My goal was always to try and get him to bleed.

"Not yet, but you're getting better," he laughed.

"Yo, 'Chiriki," a man slurred, "goin' on killin' spree yet?"

I hated men like this. A lot of people called me various names of Jinchuuriki, and they were always insulting me. I growled and stabbed him with my zanpakto (soul slayer) which was a dagger with a dragon encrusted hilt. His eyes bulged as he fell to the ground lifeless.

I pulled my shortsword out of the corpse and wiped the blood on the man's cloak. I froze... White cloak of a captain or guard of General and my blood went cold. I looked at his face and realized that he was one of Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto's men.

"Oh shit…" I muttered as the alarms went up. General Yamamoto had already sensed the life force of a shinigami leave the city.

"Run Karin," Yachiru snapped as she pushed me towards an alley. I nodded jumped up onto the roof and started running towards the Sokyoku blades' alter. I summoned my energy and I felt the gate start to open. As I reached the hill, Kuchiki Byakuya was standing in front of my gate, his sword drawn.

I drew my own weapon and lunged. I couldn't let him see what world the gate was open to. He would probably go to the 12th squad and get Kurotsuchi Mayuri to get the gate open somehow. He blocked my shortsword and kicked me backwards.

I jumped to my feet and we circled around. His attention was all on me now and I felt my foot enter the gate. Byakuya froze as he saw me smirk. This is how I came to be standing with one foot in two worlds.

I had one foot in Soul Society and one foot in the Shinobi world. I was hesitating, knowing that if I was found I'd be killed instantly by Byakuya if he got close enough. There would be no trial for me. I heard yelliandante saw a few dozen Shinigami were coming towards me. I gave them one more smile and stepped backwards through my gate, entering other world.


I landed in a desert and was slightly surprised that I didn't need a gigai and that I had a solid body. Every way I looked there was nothing but sand in the desert. I started heading west, running as if there was a pursuit behind me, the crunch of sand beneath my feet and my breathing were the only sounds I heard. As the sun set and I neared a forest, I saw a group of four masked men coming out of the trees and running towards me. I stopped and they finally stopped a few yards away. Each had a white mask with red markings and white cloaks.

"Kid, what are you doing? What village are you from?" one asked. I saw silver hair poking out from under the hood.

"Village?" I perked up. "Where is a village? I have no clue where I am."

"Where are your parents?"

"Never had any, now where is a village?" I growled.

"Who are you?"

"Karin."

"Well Karin, we're on a mission right now so we must go."

"Wait, take me with you!" I exclaimed as they started to walk past me.

"Time is off the essence right now…"

"I promise not to slow you down but please don't leave me alone!"

"If you can keep up…"

"Captain, what are you thinking?" another masked man growled. "This is an S-ranked mission…"

"Isn't that dealing with criminals?" I asked. "I'm good at that kind of thing."

"You're a kid…" the captain snapped.

"So? Where I'm from, I was in the Special Ops."

"Captain, we must go!"

"Come, Karin if you can keep up."

They started running and I stayed caught up with the leader. The mission was to infiltrate a base and get info on what they were planning. As night fell, were deep in a forest and the masked men stopped to rest and I sighed. The captain showed me a map of the base and said that we were near it. I smiled and waited for them all to fall asleep.

Once they were out, I jumped through the trees silently, only the sound of the wind blowing the tree branches were heard. One man with a black cloak with red clouds stood at the entrance of a cave. I knocked him out with the dragon on my hilt. The dragon held a knock out poison that acted instantly. I took the cloak and walked inside. I stayed in the shadows and found my way to the main area of operations. There were a few men in the same cloaks and I walked around and saw scrolls open on a table. I laughed and started hitting the men with my hilt as I walked past. By the time I finished, no one had even realized what really happened since they were all passed out

I grabbed the scrolls and walked out. At the entrance, I took off the cloak and draped over the unconscious man. I jumped back through the trees and when I got to the camp, I sat in a tree and waited until morning to hand them over.

When morning came, I jumped down and laid the scrolls out for the masked men to look at. They read them then glared at me demanding to know how I got them. I explained everything and their glares turned into shock. We headed back the way we came and the captain said something about visiting a village on the way back.

At the village they called Suna or the Village Hidden in the Sand, one of the masked men stayed with me while the other three were inside the main building. I looked around and saw that this village was a peaceful village. The yelling of a few kids caught my attention and I followed the noise.

"Here comes the monster, run for your life!" one cried and they sprinted past me and my guard as a boy with red hair, hateful green eyes, and a tattoo on his forehead came into view around a building. On his back was a gourd. He looked at the running kids and glared at them.

I took a step forward the boy when the masked man gripped my upper arm. "I would not advise you to go near that boy. He is a very unstable and is a container for the Shukaku sand spirit. In that gourd is sand full of his power and he literally hates everyone."

"What? A Jinchuuriki?" I tried to pull out of his grip and he tightening his grip.

"Let's go," the captain spoke as he came out.

The man holding my arm released me and I since I had beeb struggling against his grip, I stumbled backwards and right into the boy. The four masked men froze and I gasped. The boy's eyes narrowed and I stumbled away a few feet and bowed. "S…sorry…"

Then I was tossed over one of the men's shoulders and they ran off.

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Sorry for anyone who doesn't like the fact that I created my own character to throw in there. I love the plots and different characters of Naruto and Bleach but didn't ever like writing fanfictions about them. It seemed weird to change my way of writing to make two characters act so different than what they should. I like the character's usual behavior and don't really want to change it.