A/N: Sorry that the prologue was so short. I felt like I wrote a ton, but it ended up being barely a paragraph. Please bear with me as the first few chapters will be rather slow moving as I introduce the plot. Once everything is nice and clear, I'll pick up the speed. I am planning on a sequel for this fic because I have a feeling this one won't be too long. In this chapter there's a lot of drama. I'll try to post at least once a week. I'll update once more in a few days since not much happens in this chapter - again, just introducing the plot. Thanks for the follows, favorites, and reviews. It really means a lot to me as a rookie fanfic writer.

MomoPeachFlower - I'm glad you liked it! I like to make my endings very simple but with underlying meanings. Please continue to review if you like the chapters!

Here's chapter 1 - enjoy!

Ch. 1: An unusual Plus

Tenth squad Captain Hitsugaya Toshirou held out a hand as a Hell Butterfly fluttered onto his finger, wings opening and closing delicately. Hs lieutenant gave him a questioning glance.

"We've been assigned to Karakura Town - temporarily," said Hitsugaya in response. "Apparently there's a Plus spirit with a remarkable amount of reiatsu there. It's attracting a lot of powerful Hollows."

Matsumoto yawned. "I suppose going on a mission is better than finishing paperwork here. I wonder if there's any good places to drink in the living world?"

Her captain's eye twitched. "Matsumoto, we will be going to the real world strictly on shinigami business only. That means no drinking, no wandering off, no shopping, no nothing. Is that clear?"

"Taicho, how long are we staying there?"

"As long as it takes to find and perform Konso on the Plus."

"Ah! And here I was thinking it would be at least a little longer, you know, taicho?"

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Kurosaki Isshin was unusually quiet as he laid flowers on Karin's grave. Yuzu was crying

silently, and even Ichigo's shoulders were shaking. Isshin stepped back, and uttered a few words.

"Karin, you can show yourself now."

Ichigo looked up, shock written all over his face. Yuzu hiccuped.

"Baka oyaji, I thought you'd never notice."

Ichigo's jaw dropped in shock, while Yuzu looked around frantically. "Karin!" she sobbed. "Karin, you aren't dead? Karin…" she trailed off.

"No, Yuzu. I'm dead. But I'm a ghost now, and I guess I'll be moving on in a little bit." Plus-Karin put her arms behind her head in a carefree gesture. She didn't look any different than she usually did, except for the fact that she was slightly translucent and there was a long chain attached to the center of her chest. Her black hair was pulled back in her usual ponytail and she still wore the clothes she had on the day of the car accident.

"Karin!..." Yuzu continued to wail.

"Hush, Yuzu," Karin said awkwardly. "I'll still be in the world, just in Soul Society. I'm sure Ichi-nii can take you there to visit me."

"It won't be the same!" Yuzu's tears fell even faster.

Ichigo cleared his throat. "Anyway," he said, not making eye contact with her. "Do you need… me to perform Konso on you?..."

"NO!" screamed Yuzu. Everyone stared at her. To say they were surprised by her sudden and forceful outburst would be a clear understatement; Isshin had scooted back a few steps, Ichigo had jerked his head backward and was now rubbing his neck in obvious discomfort, and Karin's jaw was hanging slightly slack. Yuzu rarely raised her voice.

"If you send Karin-chan to Soul Society, she won't remember us! She'll never see us again! She'll -"

Isshin pulled Yuzu into a hug. "Go, Karin," he said. "Just - go. You can talk to us when Yuzu has calmed down a little."

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The sky was dark, and the moon was shadowed by wispy clouds. A single black butterfly with purple-tinged wings flitted overhead. Suddenly, a Senkaimon opened in midair, and a shinigami stepped out of the opened gate, hand resting on his zanpakutou's indigo hilt. He was closely followed by his lieutenant, Matsumoto, and Yumichika Ayasegawa and Madarame Ikkaku.

"Ahhh, taicho, I want a drink!" Matsumoto whined.

A vein faintly pulsed in Hitsugaya's neck. "Matsumoto-" he began.

"Hitsugaya-taicho, where are we going to stay?" asked Yumichika primly. "I hope it's somewhere where I can make myself beautiful."

Ikkaku snorted. "Let's just hurry up and do this. Sending four shinigami to perform Konso on ONE soul?" He put his arms behind his head, looking supremely bored.

Hitsugaya shot them a venomous glance. "I've booked us 3 rooms in a small inn. We'll go there first. Madarame, you take first watch. If you see the soul, bring her to the inn. I want to question her first. Her unusual spiritual pressure might lead to something even more disastrous than just captain-class Hollows appearing. Be on the alert, all of you."

They nodded, for once completely serious. Hollows with that much power had to be destroyed as soon as possible, and once the Plus soul was sent to Soul Society, their mission would be over. It was a short and simple quest. How hard was it to perform Konso on just one soul?

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A Hollow's roar echoed through the town. Ikkaku shot toward it, zanpakutou already in hand as he hurled himself at the Hollow.

A few strange sights stopped him in his tracks, however.

One was that the Hollow was a Huge Hollow.

The other was that it was chasing a girl. A black-haired girl with a long chain attached to her chest, hanging down in front of her. As he gawped at the sight, the girl let out a shrill scream as the end of her Chain of Fate started to corrode away, tiny jaws snapping at the rest of the links. The Plus screamed louder and fell to the ground where she writhed in obvious agony. Reiatsu crackled around her - more reiatsu than a normal spirit would have. But there wasn't any time to ponder that thought now; the Hollow was bearing down on her once more. Ikkaku ripped his eyes away from her and leaped toward the Hollow, screeching, "Grow, Houzukimaru!" His katana and sheath melded together, glowing with light, forming the 3-section staff of his shikai. Ikkaku swung the weapon around, but the Hollow dodged, only coming back up with a small graze. The 3rd seat of 11th squad roared again and rushed in, slicing the Hollow clean in half. It let out one last howl as it faded away. Ikkaku lunged toward the cowering girl on the ground.

"Oi, what are you doing?" he asked gruffly. "What's your name?"

The girl sprawled on the ground was trembling. Ikkaku could tell by the way she was trying to move that she was exhausted and terrified.

"Oi, talk to me!" said the bald shinigami roughly.

Raising her head slowly, the girl fixed him with dark eyes.

"...Kurosaki...Karin."

So, whaddya think? Follow and favorite - if you want to, only, of course. Please review. I love hearing feedback, and tell me about what you want to happen either in this one or in the future sequel. Fluff will be present later as Karin is taken to Hitsugaya. Have a great week everyone!