Rukia sighed as she read the message. She never really spoke to Captain Hitsugaya herself but she knew there were a number of people in the soul society that were not going to take his disappearance very well. She stared at the screen of her phone as she stood on the roof of the school. There was nothing she could do about it since she had no power thanks to the incident with Kurosaki so instead she thought about those who would.

The lieutenants of the tenth and fifth were not going to take it well which would mean Renji would be spending a lot of time with Matsumoto. Rukia shook her head thinking of the amount of times that he would say something wrong and make the busty lieutenant worry more.

The lieutenant of the fifth was well looked after by her captain who would likely be worried a bit himself. In fact she could only think of maybe two captains that wouldn't be at the least concerned and one would at least want a body to dissect. She shivered at the thought of the other.

"A hollow?"

She looked over to see the tall boy with bright orange hair.

"No," She answered him putting away the phone, "Just a message."

His hazel eyes studied her a moment and noticed the worry in her eyes.

"Something happen?" He came over to stare out over the town with her.

"The Shinigami are split in to 13 squads and each squad has a captain," She glanced at him to make sure he was following, "I was sent a message that the youngest has gone missing."

"How old was he?" The teen surprisingly showed a bit of interest.

Rukia looked over him before finally answering.

"Let's just say he would look like a 10 year old to you."

He blinked remembering that Rukia said she was older than she looked but still.

"And he's a Captain?"

"The youngest there's ever been," She nodded, "underestimating him would be your last mistake."

Ichigo looked a bit disturbed by the thought of someone looking around the age of his sisters facing hollows and the like.

"So…You knew him?" He wondered

"It was sort of a friend of a friend relationship," She told him, "But I'd see him around a lot."

She smirked. The two had a habit of meeting up at the sake bar to drag Renji and Matsumoto out but other than that they didn't see too much of each other.

"The message was to keep an eye out for any clue as to what could have happened or where he could be," The short girl finished.

Ichigo was mildly upset by it. I mean it wasn't nice when someone you knew when missing he supposed.

"What's the kid look like?" He asked.

Rukia chuckled, "Spiky bright white hair and light green eyes."

He looked at her with a blink, "White hair?"

"White hair." She nodded.

"Hmm," Ichigo thought how that was worse than his orange forest, "I suppose we won't miss him if we see him."

Rukia shook her head. This human was odd beyond belief. He'd never even met Hitsugaya nor anyone in the soul society but here he was silently offering to help look for him.

"Also his name is Toushiro Hitsugaya." She added as she went to walk to class.

Orihime has stolen Rukia for a while and to be honest Ichigo was glad. He'd been with the girl constantly for nearly a month so for once he got to walk home on his own. Though there was the usual scowl he was quite content looking up to the blue sky until…

He head heavy running footsteps and turned round just to see the running white haired boy turn to look behind him. The boy had slowed down as he got closer panting and out of breath. He was wearing a Shinigami uniform but there was no zanpactou.

"Hey," Ichigo called.

Flinching slightly the boy's teal eyes shot round to look at the teenager. It was only then Ichigo realised.

"You're that-"

"Ichigo Kurosaki," Hitsugaya breathed out.

Ichigo blinked, "How'd you-"

"I don't have much time," He interrupted as he took heavy breaths, "You know Rukia Kuchiki right?"

"Y-yeah," Ichigo wasn't sure what to do.

"Don't let her go back to the Soul Society," He warned, "If you do everything will be threatened."

"W-What are you talking about kid?" He shook his head.

"Just-" He went to talk but focused on something behind the ginger, "I'm out of time."

Ichigo looked round to see another shinigami. This one was dark skinned and wore a white hiori over his uniform. The kid tried to run.

"My apologies," he said, "Cry, Susumushi."

Ichigo went to ask what the hell was going on but when the man slipped his sword out of his sheath a high pitched noise filled his ears and before he knew it the world had turned black.

"Ichigo."

He knew that voice.

"Ichigo."

Ichigo pealed his eyes opened to see the head of the raven haired girl.

"Rukia," He muttered as she stood.

Taking her hand and getting up he looked round. There was no sign of Hitsugaya or the other shinigami.

"What happened?" Rukia knocked him from his thoughts, "I felt some major spiritual pressure come to investigate and you're knocked out."

The ginger scratched his head.

"I think I just met that Toushiro kid," He replied.

Rukia's eyes went wide, "Captain Hitsugaya?"

"Yeah," He answered, "He…bumped into me. Didn't get much of time to talk before some other guy showed, did something weird with his sword and knocked me out in one."

She blinked, "How was he?"

"I didn't really get a good look," he lied.

He wasn't sure whether to tell her he had looked horrible. He was pale with dark circles under his eyes. And though the shihasho looked new he could see blood seeping into the fabric.

Rukia wanted to get into contact with the Soul Society but she knew she couldn't. She was in trouble for transferring her powers and she couldn't tell them anything without having to explain how she knew Ichigo even if she had gotten her powers back.

"There's nothing we can do." She sighed.

Ichigo had to kick himself for not passing on Hitsugaya's warning because Rukia eventually gave herself to the Soul Society and he found himself on a mission to save her with his friends that without him know had also been training.

Authors note: I do not own bleach

Shiro managed to escape but sadly not for long damn Tosen

Child of the Hogyoku it pretty much done so i can update this as much as i want now but you probs still wont get the next chapter until at the earliest tomoz

thank you to all reviewers and being paitent i didnt want to go back on what i said about updateing my other fanfic