Change of Fate

"Review" Zanpackto talking to master
"Review' Mater talking to Zanpackto/mind link

'Review' person thinking

'Review" zanpackto thinking

Japanese terms

Taicho: captain

Nee: older sister or sister

Matai: Wait

Nani- What or what is it

Declaimer: I Don't owe Bleach, just the plot idea for this story

Chapter 2: A Change Of Fate

"It has been decided that Kurosaki Karin will be executed for her crimes tomorrow morning, just as she has requested," said the voice of the old man at the very back of the room.

All the captains and vise-captains were shocked and some were saddened by the news while others were either okay or delighted by it, while Karin's older brother shouted out in protest from his place among the taichos of the Gotei 13.

"What? You can't do that, she didn't do anything wrong-"

"Kurosaki, she confused and asked for the date to be moved to tomorrow morning. So you still have today to say your goodbyes. All of you," coldly stated the captain commander. "Dismiss!"

All the captains filed out expect for the captain commander and the three older captains.

"Old man," said the captain of the 8th division. "Are you-"

"Yes, I an Shusui. That girl is not our Karin, no matter how much they may appear alike," Yamamoto said as he walked out.

"Are you sure that you don't want to talk to her, Commander Yamamoto?" captain Unohana questioned.

Yamamoto stopped at the door for a moment before walking out of the room completely.

Toshiro strolled out of the meeting room, shocked and in a daze like state while panting heavily as he walked to his bed, lead down and closed his eyes.

He cannot believe that this was happening. He had gotten to know her so well too over the past few months they've been together. Even when she was capture, he still went to see her. He had know her well enough through their time together in the world of the living and never thought that she, of all people, could be responsible for all the mysterious deaths that suddenly started to happen and for Azin to suddenly stop and disappeared all together. Of people making contracts with Hell and selling their souls to it in order to have their vengeances. He had told her so much since their encounter and the soccer game that made Toshiro see things whenever he's with her and he felt strange emotions when around her. He felt like himself when he's with her and has been questioning himself why that was. And Hyourinmaru was not helping one bit…

When he heard the news, it hit him hard. He had gone stiff and couldn't move at all for a brief moment. His mind was racing out of control and his heartbeat kept getting faster and faster as waves after waves of memories, emotions and power rushed through him and made him remember the things that he had forgotten and was trying to get back when he'd met her again in the world of the living. Just thinking about her death made him remember the past that were all sealed away deep within his soul, scared into his existence since the beginning of time as the symbol of his once know title appeared on his chest in a silvery light, burning him with its power. Power that he once had and was now getting back.

It was a good thing that his leaking power was somewhat suppressed by Hyourinmaru and something else, or someone, and was out noticed by Ichigo's own growing power, otherwise he might've frozen the entire Soul Society over and causing a blizzard storm.

Toshiro was breathing heavily like that for about 30 minutes before he stopped and his heartbeat slowed down to a normal speed, for him anyways. He was sweating heavily as he just lade there, trying to think up of something, anything, that would help…

It was almost midnight when Karin finally touched her tray of food brought and prepared for her by her caretaker, Hinamori Momo, whom her older brother, being the new captain of the 5th division, provided her with, not fully aware of what he had done, though she didn't protest it one bit

Her brother had come to say goodbye to her and had broke down crying right in front of his friends.

~*~Flashback~*~

Karin was sitting in her cell in the first division and had felt her older brother's out burst and how it was now heading in her direction with some others following.

Finally, he was in front of her cell. Karin put the brash down on the writing table that Yamanoto had been kind enough to give to her as a last request, and looked up at her older brother's face. He was here with Renji, Nanao, Rangiku, Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Rukia.

"Karin," Ichigo begin.

"Ichigo," Karin greeted.

Ichigo inhale deeply. "Why?" he asked as he turned away from her, trying hard not to yell at her or cry.

Karin looked down and picked up her brush and went back to writing. "Ichigo, do me a favor. A last request."

"Karin." He looked at her

Karin looked up at him. "Please. Don't come tomorrow. Stay with the family. Stay with Yuzu. She's going to need you now that I'm not going to be there for her anymore. Her powers well awaken now that I'm not here to suppress it anymore."

"Karin wha-"

"Ask Isshin and he'll tell you what he knows… about me. Just please, don't come tomorrow and let Isshin tell you the truth." She smiled at him.

"Karin." Ichigo begins to cry as he moved closer to the bars to huge her and she allowed it by moving closer to him.

"I'm really glade to have had you as a brother. And really glade and grateful for the family I was given. So please, tell them thank you for me," she whispered into Ichigo's ears. Ichigo nodded his head. She looked up at Rukia. "Rukia-nee, please take care of this idiot for me."

Rukia looked startled before nodding her head. "Karin-chan… I'll do my best," she answered.

Karin smiled before turning to the red head lieutenant. "Renji," she said. "Please continue to be Ichigo's friend. He's going to need someone to talk to about male stuff. You too Shuhei, Ikkaku, Yumichika. I leave my brother to all of you. Please put up with him and my family."

"Karin-chan," Rangiku began as she too, cried with the rest of the women.

"How can someone as kind as you do such a thing. I can't believe it," Nanao stated as she brushed a few tearstains away.

Karin smiled as her brother lets go of her.

"Rukia," she called and the small woman walked over to her. Karin handed Rukia an envelope with pink cherry blossoms decorating it and a red Tsubaki flower with green leaves wrapped around the envelope. "Please give this to your brother and tell him that this is my last letter to him. I try to make it as best as I can."

Rukia took the envelope with confusions.

"Please give it to him after my execution."

Rukia nodded and move away.

"Ichigo," Karin called to her still crying older brother. She held two other envelopes to him. "This," she held up the green envelope with a red Tsubaki flower and gold stings tied to the middle. "Its for Urahara and Yuruichi-san. Tell them that I'll miss going to their shop." She gave it to Ichigo. "And this," she held up another envelope. This one was also white with cherry blossoms on it just like the one she gave to Rukia, except the cherry blossoms were orange instead of pink. "Is for Isshin." She put it in his hand. Ichigo nodded and walked back to stand beside Rukia and Renji.

Then, the three elder captains walked up and the younger ones decided to leave.

"I guess we should leave now," Shuhei said once he saw the seriousness of each taichos approaching them. He then begins to help drag Ichigo away from Karin's cell.

"Matai," Karin said. "Rangiku-san."

Rangiku turned to Karin.

"Hmm, nani, Karin-chan?" she questioned and walked over when Karin gestured for her to come.

Finally, when she was close enough, Karin handed her a plain white envelope with a purple symbol of what looked to be a scythe at the top. Rangiku took it.

"What is this?" Rangiku questioned.

"…It's from Gin," Karin whispered and Rangiku froze before staring at Karin, whose head was down as she finished putting her letters into the envelopes.

"What do you-" Rangiku begin, but was interrupted as the captains finally got to Karin's cell.

"Just read it and you'll understand," was all Karin said before turning her attentions to the newly arrivals.

Rangiku left in a daze, going back to the 10th division to open her letter in her room.

"… Karin-san," Ukitake begin.

"Thank you for coming to see me, Taicho-sans," Karin thanked them as she bowed. "I needed you to come anyhow. So I could give you this." She handed each of them an envelope.

Ukitake was of green leaves and also wrapped like Urahara's envelope. Unohaha's was in pick and wrapped the same as Ukitake's. Shusui's envelope was much like that of Byakuya's own, but with some green leaves in it. When the three elder taichos saw the envelopes, their eyes widened as they hesitantly took one and stared at it. Unohana begin to cry.

"… I guess he's not here, hah?" Karin stated, pulling the captains out of their daze. "Well, that's alright I guess. I didn't expect him to come anyways." She looked back up at Ukitake. "Could you please give this to him after my execution." She held up a red envelope with a red fire dragon design on it, also tied by a red Tsubaki and green leaves. But this one was somehow special.

Ukitake took the envelope as tears fell from his eyes. He nodded while Karin smiled warmly at him. Shusui bust out into tears and sometime later, they all left, still in a bit of tears. By then, it was already 9 and Hinamori had happily come in with Karin's tray of food. Her last meal…

~*~End flashback~*~

Karin examined the tray of food in front of her before picking up the soup and drunk it down. She put the cup back on the tray, closed her eyes and waited. And she was not disappointed as a minute later she fell backwards.

Karin was expecting to have hit the ground, but instead, she landed in someone's opened arms. She opened her eyes to see Toshiro holding her in his arms, a deep flown on his face as he examined her under the light of the full moon through the cell window.

He sighed and closed his eyes. "What have you been up to, Hime?"

Karin looked shock at his words, but then weakly smiled. "You're awake," she commented. "How'd that happen?"

"In the meeting. When I was told of your execution and that you've requested it… why are you trying so hard to get yourself killed, Hime? It's not even your doing-"

"But it is still my responsibility as the one who gave her life."

"… Then I guess I'm equally at flute here too, since I helped you in creating her."

The two sated at each other, trying hard to beat the other down and win the battle.

Finally, Karin gave in, as she looked away muttering, "Haven't done that in a while… must be losing it…"

Toshiro sighed and smiled at his victory. Finally able to win one of these battles of theirs for once, since it was very rare for him when it comes to Karin.

"So, are you going to answer my question, Karin? Why are you poisoning yourself?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't lie to me, Karin. I know you've been taking in poisons that… Hinamori's been… giving you…" Toshiro realized as his face turned into one of anger. "Hinamori Momo!" he growled out as his power expanded, causing icicles to form and snow to fall.

Karin began to cough and Toshiro looked at her to see blood coming out of her nose and mouth as her eyes hazed over. His eyes widened.

"Not good. The poison's taking affect, Master," said the ice dragon. "At this rate Hime's going to disappear."

"I know that, Hyourinmaru," Toshiro said to his zanpackto as he picked Karin up, stood up and disappeared in a blue sparkling light, leaving the cell room covered in ice and snow with some red flower petals scattered on top of it from Karin's red blood. This was the sight others will be greeted with when they all awakened from Toshiro's sleeping spell in the morning.

Toshiro and Karin appeared in the woods of Rukongai and Toshiro placed Karin down. But when he heard footsteps coming closer, he held her pale and trembling form closer to him, garbing tightly onto Hyourinmaru's hint. When the footsteps got close enough for the figure to touch Toshiro, he pointed his sword at the person without turning around, still holding tightly onto Karin.

"Wow there, General Winter," came a child's voice that made Toshiro freeze, eyes wide with fear at being referred to by one of his titles.

Only certain people knew him by that name and fewer could recognize him, especially without seeing his form and power or know his real name. No one would ever call him by one of his titles that fast. No one, but them…

And who does he know that loves to appear as a child or per-teen and would be here at this moment? This perfect timing…

Toshiro turned around to be face with a smiling 9-year-old blond haired boy, eyes close, and Toshiro withdrawn his sword.

He was right. It was who he'd thought it would be. It was him…

'Should've known that Hyourinmaru couldn't have possibility control my powers by that much and that Ichigo's was not going to be able to out do me in his state,' Toshiro cursed.

The boy's sharpie blue eyes stared at the dying girl in Toshiro's arms and his smile turned into a flown as he moved closer to her and place a hand on her forehead and close his eyes. His hands glowed green.

"Not much time before the poison takes full affect, even with mine and your powers stopping the process," the boy said as he opened his eyes and looked at Karin with a warm expression on his face. "Same as Hinata's condition."

Toshiro's eyebrow rose at the mention of his number one favorite student and poison, but did not state his thoughts on the matter. He would find out about it sooner or later anyways.

"Take her to Takumi's, is what I'd like to say, but no. That won't do. You'll have to take her to Eriol's place instead since the boy's busy with family affairs."

Toshiro raised an eyebrow at that. "Since when did he care?"

The boy looked at him and smile. "Since Misaki-chan."

"Oh."

Love could do wonders to a person.

"Anyway, as I was saying. Eriol's alone in London right now. Takumi's also there, trying to reason with his mortal family. They'll help you. Naruto and Hinata should also be there as well. I've already send Lisette and some other healers over, so hurry up and go now."

Toshiro nodded as a teleportation circle appeared under his feet, done by the blond boy, and he got ready to leave when he found the boy inches away from his face, smiling evilly at him.

"And do remember this well, oh God of Winter, if anything were to happen to my dear precious daughter that results in her existence to have disappeared, you well regret it more then you should," warmed the boy darkly before he moved back and resumed his kind smile as Toshiro nodded, scared for his life. "Oh, and before I forget, your younger brother and father is also there."

Toshiro's face turned to that of horror at the mention of his brother, not caring about his father and being angry with the man for what he did to them, even if it was only to protect them. But to make his mother go through such hearth break and almost made him…

Though he was defiantly looking forward to beating the man up for it.

"Good luck," the boy waved as the petrified Toshiro disappeared in the wind of the blue circle that the boy created.

The boy turned around once the circle disappeared.

"Now then," he said. "How should I begin? … The village maybe?" and his disappeared into the woods, the place where his beloved youngest child had died 82 years ago…

In a far away land, at a different time, a different dimension, different place. Big Ben clock struck 12, signaling that it was midnight and a new day has come.

The dark sky swirled overhead, as if a storm was coming.

At another place in London, another clock struck 12 as well. But unlike Big Ben's clock, this met something else for the little black haired boy, who was patently setting on a couch, sipping tea.

When the clock ticks 12, he had gazed his eyes over to it before going back to sipping his tea when lightning suddenly struck and he put his cup down, eyes closed.

He sighed. "One thing after another. This really is just my day. First her, now them," he stated to himself.

Rain begins to pore down.

When the kid opened his eyes again, he found two figures kneeling down on one knee each and each were holding another figure in their arms, both of those figures were unconscious in the arms of the men.

If you've watched or read Hell Girl, then you know what i mean, though i'm not referring to Ai, but a made up character of my own. Also, can you figure out who else in there are from other manga(s) or anime(s)?

Hint: Takuki and Misaki, and Eriol, Spinner Sun, and Ruby Moon.

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NEXT CHAPTER: We take a look at what's happening in the Leaf village as well as changes in the Elemental nation after 9 years. Seems Hinata wasn't kidding around when she gave that prophecy... Scary. What's this, a new village on a new found continent and new people? Oh dear...