sanface: hello, please enjoy chap 2 of this story. and sorry that it's a tad short though, my mind went blank :P
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"Have you decided which one you're gonna stay in yet?" Kimiko asked her friend.
"Sorta... I'll give both a try and then go from there. I'm seven years old and yet they leave me with this problem" Hisana replied.
"You were the one who said you would decide" Soken threw in.
"Well if I hadn't said that then they would still be fighting!" Hisana growled as she turned to face Soken.
The anger in eyes scared him to death, and for the rest of the night he said nothing in protest to her. The three had been friends since they were little babies, but that might change now. Hisana slowly got to her feet, and looked at her two lifelong friends, and then said good bye. They waved good bye to her, and then went back to their parents.
Five years had passed by, and now Soul Society wanted to actually see the young child, and if possible, keep her. No one knew how powerful she might be, but also no one dared to find out. But, Ichigo and Rukia saw that problem in different ways, and because of that, the two had been fighting over where Hisana would go. Finally after two months of listening to them bicker, she told them that she wanted to decide it. Her mind was set now, and because of it she might never see her friends ever again. Kon met her at the door, and could easily see the clouded look in her eyes. He was also one of her good friends, but if she asked nicely he might be able to come with her, which was the only thing that made her a tad bit happy. The plush toy led her to where her parents were, and for the first time in months they weren't fighting. Both were ready to pounce on her to find out her decision.
"I... um... wanna... go to that Soul Society place first, and if I don't like it come back here... is that ok?" she asked in a quiet voice. She normally was loud and insane, so both could tell she was scared out of her mind.
"Sadly I don't think they'd be willing to give you back" Rukia replied.
"Why can't I just go back and forth from there, like you do?! I don't want to be tied to one place forever" Hisana cried back. She had zero clue that it would be case of one or the other.
After that it was pure silence. Neither was going to tell her which one to pick, since Hisana made it clear how she wanted to decide. Finally Hisana calmed down a bit, and said "I'll go to that place, but if I hate it, I will find a way to leave, even if it kills me"
"Ok then, tomorrow we'll leave" Rukia replied, now in a more cold tone.
Hisana only nodded, and then left. The good bye she had said to her friends earlier might now become a forever good bye. It killed her to think that, but reality told her that she might have to say more forever good byes in her life time, and since no one truly knew how long that would be, she might have forever to say good bye to every last person.
"I can't believe you're actually going to take her to a place where at one point they tried to kill you. Tomorrow you take her there, I refuse to set foot in that place" Ichigo growled before leaving.
"We truly have no choice. If we try to keep her hidden from them we'll only have more problems. We can't run forever" Rukia said.
"But we can try" Ichigo muttered.
After all that had happened between them and Soul Society, it left a bitter taste in his mouth. Yes, they may have let Rukia stay in the human world for another two years with Hisana, but once those two years were up she begged for just another couple of weeks. When she did that they were ready to lock her up forever. At one point Hisana didn't even see her mother for six months, but after that the three had tried to run and hide wherever they could, but every attempt failed, and they were found. The only thing left do was give in, even though if the three had it their way, they would just keep running.
Morning came all too quick for them. Hisana couldn't sleep that night, and just kept staring out the window. She studied every last detail of the outside world as if her life depended on it. Despite her mother's horrible drawing skills, hers were that of a professional. She drew a picture of everything out that window, and then folded it and put it in her pocket. If she never was able to come back, she wanted to be able to remember what the human world looked like.
"Why can't I just stay here forever?" she muttered as she dragged herself out of her room.
The night before Hisana heard her father refusing to even accompany her to that odd new place; but she couldn't blame him. From the stories she had heard, she didn't see why anyone would want to go there. The only reason she had even agreed to it was because she knew it was the only way that the place would leave her family alone. Once she had gotten to the front door was when it clicked that it was just barely five in the morning. The sun wasn't even out yet, which meant she would be the only one awake. Hisana paced back and forth threw the room, and then fell backwards on the chair near the front door. After sitting there for half an hour, she noticed something bright red over in a corner. Hisana walked over to the object, and recognized it quickly. It was the red glove her mother had used at times to knock her father's soul out of his body.
"Hmm... I wonder if I could use it" she muttered as she slipped the glove on it. It was beyond too big on her small hand, but still she wanted to try it.
Right before she hit herself with the glove she heard her mother yell "Put that down! You have no clue what could happen if you use it"
"Fine. So are we gonna leave yet I'm bored already" Hisana replied as she set the glove where she found it.
"We can leave now, but you can't stay in human form, you'll have to go there in Shinigami form" Rukia said.
Back when Hisana was merely four the two wondered if she was already a Shinigami. Being that they were so curious, they took the pill out of the stuffed lion and got Hisana to take it. For some unknown reason the young child was already a Shinigami. Both had expected that when they did that that they just ended up with a plain human soul floating around, rather than a small four year old Shinigami trying to play with her zanpakuto.
"Darn it, that means I'll have to deal with that stupid heavy sword again" Hisana grumbled under her breath.
After a couple of hours they were in Soul Society, and had managed to get lost. To both their amazement, Ichigo changed his mind and came with them. While her parents fought over which turn to take next, Hisana was studying every last inch of their surroundings. They had just gotten into Seireitei, which seemed so different from the human world to her. The few who paid attention to the three walking thru stared as if they had just seem a pink elephant walk by them. Hisana had zero clue of how odd she seemed to them, and she also had no clue that she was part of a noble family. She knew one half of her heritage, but not the other. Once another hour passed they managed to find their destination. Before them stood a huge building with doors that almost matched the height of the building; just the size alone scared poor Hisana to death. Without even hesitating Rukia opened the doors as if she had been in and out of the building more times than she could count. Inside the place stood thirteen Shinigami all wearing a jacket like thing with a number on the back, and behind some stood another Shinigami with an arm band that had the same number on it.
"You're late" said one of them. He was an elderly looking Shinigami with a long beard, and was wearing one of the white jackets, meaning he was a captain.
"Sorry, but it seems that you guys must have redone the roads, we got lost twenty two times" Rukia replied.
"Twenty four" Ichigo muttered.
After making that comment Rukia stomped on his foot to shut him up. Most of the Shinigami laughed a bit at the two, and then stopped once they caught sight of what every last one of them had been waiting to see. Hisana had managed to hide herself behind her father, until he moved slightly away from her mother. She could feel the cold and shocked stares beating on her like fists. Despite her efforts to look strong, Hisana knew that she was giving away her by the look in her deep purple eyes. Finally she felt a bit better when she caught sight of two familiar faces. Hitsugaya and Matsumoto were the only Shinigami she knew out of the many around her, and over the years she had become friends with Hitsugaya.
"Did they forget to bring the child, I don't see her here" another of the Shinigami remarked. This one was a slightly small built woman with short black hair and dark cold eyes.
When she made that comment Hisana slowly pushed her way in front of her parents. Now she could easily see every last one of them. Not one made a single sound as if they thought she would run if they were to.
"State your name young child" the elderly captain said.
In the back of her mind Hisana knew that he knew her name, but finally her fear had left, and she no longer cared whether or not they knew her or not. "My name is Hisana Misaki Kurosaki!" she replied in a slight growl.
"Since she's half human and half Shinigami could I study her to find out how that's possible?" another Shinigami asked. This was a very creepy looking man with blue hair and what looked like white face paint.
"Request denied Captain Kurotsuchi" the elderly captain replied.
So that one is Kurotsuchi, Hisana thought as she studied the odd man. Her mother had told her the names of each Shinigami captain, but she had forgotten which one was which.
"Can she be in our division?! I wanna a friend to play with!" a small pink haired Shinigami said. She was so tiny that she was able to sit on the shoulder of her captain.
"The 11th division specializes in combat, and as of now we don't know the young child's skills" the elderly captain replied to her. "Before we assign her to any division she should go to the academy" he added at the end.
"I've tough her everything I know, so her skills should be of that of a vice captain" Rukia threw back.
Even though Rukia had been gone for years to raise Hisana, her captain Ukitake asked her if she would take the place of their former vice captain Kaien Shiba. The two third seats were ready to attack her when she had agreed to it, since both had their eyes on that spot for many, many years.
"If that's the case then, vice Captain Abarai, attack her" he said in a slight growl.
Renji stared at the small girl not too far in front of him, and slowly grabbed the hilt of his sword. If Hisana wasn't as strong as Rukia claims, then she could be ripped to bits. Another thing that kept Renji from attacking her like anyone else was that she was his friend's daughter; if he hurt her, than he would be hurt by the child's parents. Finally he pulled out the weapon, and went into shikai mode. Hisana sighed a bit, and told her parents to move out of her way. Without question they listened to her. Both knew that she may be tiny, but she was beyond powerful. Hisana grabbed the hilt of her sword, and pulled out a long, thin jet black blade. Renji charged at her, and swung his weapon at her. Hisana fell down to the floor to dodge the blade, and then sprang back up and swung her sword at him. Her attack was effective, and actually cut Renji's leg. He in turn swung his blade back at the small girl, only to have it stopped. Hisana used her thin blade to catch Renji's blade, and because of her strength, he couldn't even move the sword an inch. Since her enemy was still trying to move his weapon, Hisana took the opportunity to finish the fight.
"Blue fire crash down!" she growled.
Luckily everyone had a chance to dodge the final attack. Hisana stared for some time at the huge hole in the wall that she had put in there. Smoke still came off the edges of the now burnt wall.
"Uhh... this room did kinda need a window" Hisana said.
"It's oblivious that she can fight, but for now she'll be in the 13th division where her mother can make sure she doesn't blow up another wall. Dismissed!" the elderly captain said.
After that most of the captains left, while a few remained to actually meet the young child that destroyed the wall. Hisana said hello to each of them, but wanted to talk to her friend. Over the years they had Hitsugaya check in on her, so he became her good friend. Out of the many Hitsugaya had made friends with; she was the only one he allowed to call him 'Shiro-chan'. Finally when the many captains and vice captains left Hisana alone, she ran over to where Hitsugaya and Matsumoto were, only to notice that they had already left.
By night fall the wall was patched up nicely to where no one could tell that it had been blown up. Both Hisana and Rukia stayed behind in Soul Society, while Ichigo returned to the human world. Even though the temperature was very warm, that night it felt ice cold to Hisana. Everything was very different now, and would never again go back to how it was. Already she missed Kimiko and Soken, and wondered if they also missed her. One thing she was sure of was that she was going to have to try to find a way to make up for the mess from earlier, even though she had apologized twenty times to each captain and vice captain. Another thing she knew she had to do was find out why Hitsugaya didn't even greet her. The only thing she could think of was that in this world he pretended to be a less nice person or something like that.
"Mom, is Shiro-chan not nice to the people around here?" Hisana asked.
"He puts up with them but I think if he had it his way he wouldn't deal with them at all. He always seems very annoyed" Rukia replied.
For a minute Hisana only stared up at the ceiling, as if it had a few more answers. "Do you think that's way he didn't say hi to me?" she asked.
"I don't really know; he's nicer to you than most of us. He's only that nice to his friend, captain Hinamori" her mother replied as she tried to figure out what her daughter was staring at so intently.
Since they were in great need of more captains, Momo, Izuru, and Shuhei became captains on their divisions. Though sadly the three still have yet to pick who will be the vice captain, so when one problem was fixed another began; only this problem isn't too bad.
"She was the one with her hair in a bun right... or was she the one with her hair in a braid?" Hisana muttered to herself.
Even though most of the captains gave her their name, she only remembered half, so she still was trying to place names to faces. Finally after trying to figure out which one was Hinamori, Hisana gave up on the whole thought, and tried to get use to another thought; that she could be stuck in this odd place forever.
Meanwhile, beyond far away, three enemies from many years ago stood in the cold sand of Hueco Mundo. Around them many hollows and low Arrancar stared at their leaders.
"They defeated us eight years ago because that stupid Aizen told them to expect a fight, but this time we will attack and surprise them. Who's with me?!" Grimmjow yelled.
He was ripped up from the war eight years ago, but still couldn't stand how they had lost. Beside him stood Stark, who was also a bit ripped up from the fight. Beside him stood Lilinette, who didn't get hurt too back in the war. The hollows and Arrancar cheered at the idea of fighting back and maybe winning the war.
"We strike at dawn" Grimmjow growled when they had finished cheering. "And I if we find that mix that everyone has talked about, I want to fight her" he added as his eyes narrowed in on something as if he were staring at his enemy, ready to attack at any minute.