I've had this typed since I had ch 1 typed...just forgot I had it.../sweat drop/ so here's chapter 2. I haven't had much to say lately. TT.TT
I don't own Bleach, if I did, well Hitsugaya would be the main sniff but I don't
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Toushiro lay awake in his bed as he looked up at the ceiling. He scratched the sling his arm was in, still trying to register everything Urahara and Ichigo had told him.
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"I'm a reincarnation?" Toushiro asked wide eyed.
"Yes, you were captain of tenth division. Your vice-captain's name was Matsumoto Rangiku." Urahara explained to the confused boy.
"Matsumoto Rangiku? That name sounds familiar," he said as he scratched his head.
"Certain things might sound familiar, but the chances of you remembering either a little or anything at all is most likely not gonna happen." Urahara explained.
"So my life, or my death I should say, I wont remember anything from before I was reincarnated?" Toushiro asked.
"In rare cases, reincarnations have regained their memories, but in most cases it was before they died. After that they became a soul and, if in time, a shinigami sent them to Soul Society and they lost all memories of their human life. If they weren't sent to Soul Society they became Hollows." Urahara said.
"So, that thing that attacked earlier was a hollow?" Toushiro asked.
"No, that thing was an arrancar." Ichigo said.
"Arrancar? Then what's the Hōgyoku?"
"One thing at a time, and arrancar is when a -" ichigo started but was cut off.
"I don't care!" Toushiro shouted. "That thing said he found this Hōgyoku thing, and whatever it is seems to be connected to me somehow. I want to know NOW!"
"..."
"Very well."
"Urahara!" Ichigo said as he looked at Urahara.
"He deserves to know."
"...I'll tell him." Ichigo said. "Toushiro, come." he said as he got up and went outside, Toushiro trailing behind him. Urahara stayed behind.
"Is it smart?" said a voice.
"He needs to know, Yoruichi." Urahara said as a cat appeared in the window.
"I lead him here so you can watch out for him, not ruin his life!" Yoruichi yelled at Urahara.
"It was gonna happen sometime. It's just...damn it!" Urahara said as he held his head in his hands.
"I understand, from how it seems, it was like Hitsugaya gave his life for nothing."
"No, Hitsugaya didn't die for no reason. Let just hope the worst doesn't happen."
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"Why are we on the roof?" Toushiro asked as he and Ichigo sat silently on the roof of Urahara's shop.
"I like to watch the sun set." was Ichigo's answer. "Brings back memories."
This caught Toushiro's attention.
"...really?"
"Yea, why?" Ichigo asked.
"Nothing, it's just that watching the sunset brings back memories for me, too. Me and my mother would always watch the sunset when I was little."
"Really?"
"Mmm."
"Hōgyoku was an invention Urahara made, it dissolved the boundary between a shinigami and a hollow. A man named Aizen Sosuke got a hold of it and a war broke out. During that war, you went missing for 2 months. When you returned we weren't sure what happened to you, until Aizen sent his men to come and get you. They ended up getting you after many tries. Soul Society immediately set out to get you back, but by the time we got there it was to late."
Toushiro listened intently as he was being told this story of himself. It was hard to understand completely but he paid close attention to everything he was being told.
"When we got there, Aizen already fused you and the Hōgyoku together. Which caused, well, lets just say it wasn't a good thing. Anyway, we defeated Aizen and the war ended, but you weren't yourself. The Hōgyoku was causing damaged to your soul and reiatsu, to those around you, and to Soul Society. Apart from that, you were an Espada."
'Espada?' Toushiro was unsure what this was but he didn't dare interrupt Ichigo.
"Everyone tried to find a way to reverse it or just do something, but there was nothing. As everyone was distracted with trying to help you no one noticed that Aizen was still alive. He came to Soul Society and nearly destroyed us all...Toushiro..."
Ichigo and Toushiro looked at each other in the eyes.
"You sacrificed yourself, to save Soul Society, to save everyone, even the people here in this world."
Toushiro didn't know what to say, to him, it seemed like he caused most of the trouble in the first place and just paid for it with his life, but to Ichigo that doesn't seem like the case. Just as he was about to say something Ichigo cut him off.
"My, my. We've been sitting here for quite some time. Look the stars are already out." Ichigo said as he looked at the sky. "Come on, I'll take you home. I'm sure your mother must be worried." Ichigo said as he helped Toushiro off the roof.
They walked towards his home in silent, when the go there Ichigo bid his farewell and told him if he ever needed anything to go to Urahara. Before Ichigo left he called out for him.
"Oi, Ichigo, wait." Toushiro called out. Ichigo walked back to the front gate.
"Yea, what is it?" Ichigo asked.
"It's, well..." Toushiro looked towards the ground. Ichigo was a little worried.
"Will I see you again?" Toushiro asked as he looked at Ichigo. To Ichigo that wasn't what Toushiro really wanted to ask, but he didn't pressure the boy.
"I'll be around from time to time." He said with a smile and then the two departed ways, Toushiro off to sleep, and Ichigo back to Urahara's to go back o Soul Society.
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Toushiro didn't notice when he fell asleep but found himself squinting his eyes from the sunlight. He got out of bed and did his usual routine, get up, take a shower, eat a crappy breakfast, then go to school, but because it was summer there was no school.
'What to do...' he thought as he roamed aimlessly around his little apartment. Fixing his arm in his sling he remembered something, the headed out.
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Urahara was fiddling with something when he heard someone walk into his store.
"Why, hello th-" He stopped when he saw Toushiro standing there.
"Ah, Toushiro, is there something you need?" he asked.
"No, but I do work here you know." Toushiro replied as he casually walked past the shop owner and took a seat behind the counter.
"Ah, of course!" Urahara said as he laughed nervously, he forgot. "Well, I'll leave the store in your hands then," he said as he went through a door in the back. Toushiro sighed.
Toushiro looked at the clock.
3:35pm it said. He came here at 11.
"Does anyone come to this store!?!?!" He shouted to the vacant store. A tumblewed pasted by on the ground.
"I hate you." he said to the tumblewed. "Dammit now I'm talking to dry, rolling bushes. What the hell is that even doing here?!?!?!?! ARRRRRRR URAHARA I'M GOING OUT!!!!!!" he yelled as he walked towards the door, hearing the faint voice of his boss saying OK.
Toushiro walked along the streets aimlessly, he just went out for the fresh air, he didn't really have a destination. Just as he was heading back he bumped into a man on the street.
"Oh, sorry sir." he apologized. When the man turned to look at him, he couldn't believe who he was looking at.
"You..." he whispered. Before he could run he was grabbed roughly by his broken are and dragged down into an alleyway. Of course, the time he decides to take the quiet way back he runs into this man with no one around to help him.
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Yoruichi was starting to get worried, its been over three hours since Toushiro left and she had a bad feeling.
"Urahara, I'm going to look for Toushiro," she said as she hopped down from the window and started her search.
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Toushiro was in a bad position. Tied to a chair, in an abandon warehouse only gwad knows where, with a sadist man.
"So, Toushiro how have you been?" asked the man.
"..."
"Now, now, is that anyway to be?" asked the man who grabbed Toushiro by the hair. "Is that anyway to be towards your father?"
"You're no father." Toushiro said as he looked the man in the eyes.
"Hmph, well since you seem not to be bothered by any of this, I guess it would be ok to tell you then."
"...tell me what?"
"I'll show you." he said as he took a hold of Toushiro's chair and turned it around. Toushiro couldn't believe what he saw.
"I finally did it."the sadist man said.
Toushiro could feel tears coming to his eyes, there, on the wall, the body of his mother hung there, with nothing but knives holding her up. He knew it smelt like something in this place, he just couldn't put his finger on it. The smell was blood. The blood stained the wall below her where she hung. Toushiro just stared at the mangled body if his mother. He was frozen stiff.
"And take a look over there, as well," his father said as he pointed to Toushiro's left. This time, the tears fell from his face. In the corner of the room lay the bodies of Yuzu and Karin Kurosaki.
"You bastard." he said in a shaky voice, his face streaked with tears.
"Oh come on, you always knew I was attracted to the female. You're the only one I wanna kill that's not a women." said the sadist.
"Fuck you."
"Your mother was always there to save you, she was close to you, then you got close to these two beautiful women. I just love to see you suffer. Now I will cause you more pain and a slow death."
Toushiro couldn't take it, the anger in him just kept building and building. He need to do something. He wanted to kill this man.
"Now, shall we begin?"
He screamed,it was the only thing hecould do. As he screamed a large pillar of ice shot out of the ground. They kept going, he was surrounded by them. In front of him there was a pillar of ice covered in blood, and at the top was his fathers body. He was dead before he even knew what hit him. Toushiro was exhausted mental and physically, he felt like he was going to black out, but before he did, he saw a black cat running towards him. Then all was dark.
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"Its acting up."
"I know."
"We have to contact Soul Society. This is getting out of hand, plus, we have to tell Ichigo about his sisters."
"Alright."
Toushiro heard the voice of Urahara, but he wasn't sure who the females voice is, and did they say Ichigo's sisters? Toushiro opened his eyes to see Urahara sitting to his left and a female with purple hair sitting to his right.
"Urahara?" he asked.
"Toushiro how are you feeling?" Urahara asked.
"...ok, my chest hurts a little." he said as he sat up.
"You think you can walk?" asked the female.
"Um, yea, sure."
"Good, come with us." she said as she stood up and walked down the hall, Urahara waiting for him to get up. There was a big screen in this room. Why, he didn't know. The screen flicker once or twice the a man appeared on the screen. The guy seemed surprise to see him and immediately left. When he came back the was an elderly man, a middle aged man with long white hair, and Ichigo. The two men seemed surprised to see him as well, but Ichigo looked worried.
"Urahara, what is the meaning of this?" asked the old man with the staff.
"We have a problem. The Hōgyoku is acting up." Urahara said.
This caught the attention of the men.
"What do you mean, why is that boy here?" asked the elderly man, his voice demanding. Toushiro hide behind Urahara.
"That boy's name is Hitsugaya Toushiro. The Hōgyoku resides in him. A few hours ago he activated its powers." the female said.
"Hitsugaya Toushiro, come forth." Toushiro flinched at the old mans voice but went to the center of the room.
"Yamamoto-soutaicho, if I may..." Ichigo asked as he took a step forward. Yamamoto nodded his head.
"Toushiro, what happened?" Ichigo asked, a worried look on his face.
"Ichigo...did you have sisters?" Toushiro asked instead of answering.
"Huh, uh, yea, why?"
Toushiro fell to his knees, tears streaming from his eyes.
"Oi, Toush-"
"I'm sorry, it's-it's all my f-fault. I sh-shouldn't have go-gotten close." Toushiro stammered as he spoke between hiccups.
"...Toushiro..."
Urahara placed a hand on the small, shaking figure.
"Ichigo, Karin and Yuzu are dead." Urahara said.
"What?" Ichigo couldn't believe his ears.
"They were killed, by his father. That and the death of his mother activated the Hōgyoku. The anger built up and released itself." the women explained.
"Yoruichi, are you sure?" The man with the long white hair said.
"Yes, Ukitake."
"Very well, Kurosaki-taicho, you and your lieutenant will bring Hitsugaya here. We will take care of the situation from here." Yamamoto said.
"Take me? What?" Toushiro asked as he wiped the tears from his face, standing up.
"Toushiro, they're gonna take you someplace where you'll be safe. I promise." Urahara said as he knelt down and looked Toushiro in the eyes.
"Ok." Toushiro said.
"Very well." Yamamoto said and the screen went blank. A few minutes later a sliding door appeared in the room and Ichigo walked out along with a short girl that was just about the same height as Toushiro.
"Toushiro, c'mon we have to go." Ichigo said.
"Ichigo, I -" Toushiro wanted to apologize again but he was cut off when Ichigo placed a hand on his head and kneeled down in front of him.
"Toushiro, it's not your fault." Ichigo said with a sad smile. Ichigo then embraced Toushiro in a hug. When Ichigo let go, the girl walked up to him.
"My name is Kuchiki Rukia."
"Hitsugaya Toushiro."
"Shall we be going?" asked Yoruichi as she walked towards the door.
"Huh? You're coming, Yoruichi?" asked Ichigo.
"Of course, someone has to train Toushiro so he can become a shinigami." she said with a smile.
"Shinigami?" Toushiro asked.
"Well, of course. You need to get your powers back. Luckily we don't have to do it here, because of your reiatsu, your able to enter Soul Society just the way you are."
With that said she walked into the portal along with Rukia. Only Ichigo, Toushiro, and Urahara were left in the room.
"Toushiro." Urahara said. Toushiro looked up at him. "I promise, I'll make everything better."
Toushiro nodded as he followed Ichigo into Soul Society.