^-^ I just finished spazzing over my reviews/views and suddenly got a motivation to write again~ As you can probably tell, I'm pretty new at writing stories and gets excited over every little thing… BUT. But for those of you who don't know, I've started this a few months back. So I forgot how I originally planned to end this story, what they do, who does what, etc. So now I'm just writing as new ideas pop up. On with the story~

"KARRRIIINNN~!"

"Huh…?" Karin turned around.

'BAM'

"Owww…Yuzu…!? What is it?" Karin scowled at her sister as she sat up. Yuzu grinned at her.

"Karin! Guess what?! I won I won I won!" Yuzu squealed and clapped her hands.

"Won what?! And was it so important that you had to do that?!"

"Yes! Yes! Not only did I get recognition as a talented teen cook in the talented teen's magazine, I won a new family member!" She clapped her hands to her cheeks and squealed. "And he's so cute! He's so cute he can make anyone smile! Even Toshiro-kun!"

Karin started and the name. She'd completely forgot about him. She looked around and frowned. Where did he go?

"Are you planning to get up any time soon?"

"Huh…?" Karin looked down and realized that she had fallen on Toshiro and was kind of pinning him down. Karin leap up in embarrassment. She looked away as he calmly got up to hide her slightly pink cheeks. Yuzu giggled.

"Well, what's so cute that you had to show me? A new pet?" she turned to her sister again and scowled.

Yuzu giggled. "Yes! He's only four months old and he's absolutely adorable!"

"Where is he? What is he?"

"He's rig-…oh…um…opps…" Yuzu adopted a panicked look. "I got so excited when I saw you two that I kind of…um…flung...him...away…" She smiled sheepishly before turning and scanning the area in a panic.

"Yuzu!"

Karin looked at her in horror and ran towards the direction that Yuzu came from. Then she spotted a bit of rustling in a nearby bush. She hurried towards it and crouched down. She heard Toshiro and Yuzu follow her. She gently separated the branches of the bush and gasped.

A small Pomeranian puppy laid there, a bit frightened but seemly unhurt. She gently picked him up and cradled it in her arms before turning around. Yuzu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness he wasn't hurt. Can I hold him?"

Karin raised an eyebrow. "You want to hold him."

Yuzu's smile faded a little. "Yes. Is there a problem?"

"You threw him into a bush."

"On accident!"

"You threw him into a bush."

"I just got a little too excited! I won't do it again!"

"You threw a four month old puppy into a bush on accident. And now you want to hold him again."

Yuzu pouted. "If you were recognized as a talented soccer player and got a cute puppy won't you be super excited?"

"Not excited enough to throw him into a bush."

"I'm going to leave now since there is no reason for me to stay." Hitsugaya interrupted.

Yuzu pouted at him. "Aw but why? Don't you want to play with the pup-Karin!"

Karin had taken the opportunity to slip away and walk towards home. Hitsugaya also began walking in the opposite direction.

Yuzu stood in the middle and stomped her foot in frustration before chasing after Karin.

*Later that night*

Karin flopped down face first onto her bed and sighed. The puppy had caused great excitement in the household and that gave Karin a headache. Karin rolled over onto her back and sighed again. She reached into her pocket for her friends.

Empty.

Karin frowned as panic began to grip her heart. She checked again. Still empty. She quickly sat up as she searched her bed. Then her floor.

Gone.

By now she was really panicking and began taking her room apart in a desperate frenzy to find her friends.

"Karin? Have you seen the bag of dog treats?" Yuzu asked through the door closed door.

"NO! I mean, no."

"Oh. Ok" She heard Yuzu leave. As her footsteps faded, it hit her. Yuzu. They must have fell out when she collided with Karin earlier. Crap. Karin checked her clock. It was only 6. It was getting dark but she can still make it if she hurried.

Ichigo looked up in surprise as Karin sprinted down the stairs.

"What's the hurry?"

Karin glared at him as she rushed past him towards the door.

"None of your business! I'll be back in an hour!" were her words before she slammed the door.

Ichigo got up and was about to follow her but Yuzu stopped him.

"Oh, leave her alone. She's old enough to take care of herself. Besides, if a girl tells you to leave her alone, you leave her alone." Then she shoved the puppy in his face.

"Awwww isn't he adowable? Who's the cute flwffly wuffy puppy? Aw yes you are! Yes you are~"

Meanwhile, Karin was running towards the place they had collided. She had almost passed it but upon realizing her mistake, she spun around and jogged back. Then she paused to catch her breath as she scanned the area. Then she cursed her forgetfulness of bringing a flashlight. It was really getting dark by now and she couldn't see anything. After about ten minutes, she was really panicking. Her eyes looked over the same area over and over again but there was nothing. She had crawled into the bushes, checked the sidewalk, and even peeked into the gutter. Then she straightened and turned around again, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

"Looking for something?"

She jumped and spun around in surprise.

Hitsugaya was causally leaning against a tree and was calmly observing her. He wasn't wearing his gigai. Karin hastily wiped away her tears and scowled at him.

"I dropped a keychain one of my friends gave to me."

He raised an eyebrow. "Do you need help looking for it?"

"No!"

"Fine. Also, I need to check on your friends for a bit. I trust that you're keeping them safe?"

Karin felt a stab of guilt as she forced a laugh. "Yeah! Their doing great! I just left them at home! Speaking of home, I should get going! Bye!"

As she turned around she felt a hand firmly grab her shoulder.

"I'm coming with you. I need to make a report on them so I have to check on them as soon as possible."

He looked at her with all seriousness and showed no signs of leaving her unless she showed him them.

She cracked.

"Ok ok, I lost them!"

He glared at her. "You lost them."

Karin straightened, met his icy glare without flinching and glared right back.

A few minutes of this continued before he sighed and dropped the contest. He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a very familiar tissue wrapped around two very familiar shapes.

Karin gasped then scowled. "You had them?! Since when?!"

"After you got off me. I noticed them fall out of your pocket when your sister attacked you."

"Well then why didn't you say anything?!"

"I wanted to see if you would notice."

"Jerk!" She shoved him away. Then, tears began forming in her eyes again due to relief and she looked down.

Hitsugaya took a step towards her and she knew he had that irritated scowl on his face again.

She expected an annoyed comment on how she should be thankful and how irresponsible she was, etc. but none came. A minute of silence came between them before he awkwardly put a hand on her shoulder.

"Just…be careful next time…" he mumbled before slipping the tissue into her pocket.

Then he turned towards the trees and appeared to look at something. Karin took this opportunity to quickly wipe away her tears with her sleeves. He turned to her and scowled again.

"Lose them again and I'm not picking them up for you."

Karin glared at him. "Don't worry, I won't. Bye." She then turned towards the direction of which she came and stalked off.

Next chapter is Hitsugaya's point of view beginning at the end of chapter 2. I think. Ideas on how this should turn out is appreciated!