Karin sighed. She was shopping with an insane shopper. She had made numerous attempts to disappear but they failed. Matsumoto would appear right in front of her and ask if she liked this shirt or this skirt or this dress.

Was this woman trying to girly her up?

Matsumoto was forcing her into dressing rooms and putting on ridiculously girly outfits. Then Matsumoto would pay for the outfits that she thought Karin looked cute in. Karin was out of breath at the end of each store.

If shopping was a sport, this woman would win first prize.

"Come here, Karin," Matsumoto sang. "I have the cutest shirt and skirt for you to try on."

It was always the 'cutest' outfits and the most 'adorable' accessories. Karin felt that her head would explode at any given moment.

"Karin, you look so cute! How about we buy this here?"

Karin hung her head. She would never get to the shopping that she wanted to do. She should have just ran away the moment that she saw Matsumoto.

After hours of trying on close and accessories, Matsumoto said the words that Karin was happy to hear.

"Okay!" she said happily. "We are done with shopping with accessories and clothes!"

Then she said the worst words that Karin could think of.

"Time for an extreme makeover!"

Hitsugaya was at his usual spot for staring at the sky. He was disturbed by what Matsumoto had said that morning.

(flashback!)

"Hee hee hee," Matsumoto giggled.

"What do you think you're doing?" Hitsugaya asked icily from behind her.

"C-captain!" Matsumoto looked nervous. "I didn't think you would still be here."

"It's 8 in the morning. Where else would I be?"

"I don't know... maybe stalking after Karin?"

A vein popped out of Hitsugaya's forehead. "Matsumoto.."

"Have to go and meet someone very important."

(end flashback)

Who was so important that Matsumoto had to get up that early to meet? She looked so happy about meeting them too. She was probably going shopping. The meeting part got Hitsugaya. What poor person had to shop with Matsumoto?

Hitsugaya had made the mistake of going shopping with Matsumoto when she first became his lieutenant. She had claimed that she was finally going to start working so she took her captain out to go and find someone they needed to ask some questions on.

They ended up going shopping.

Hitsugaya brought out his cell phone that made the annoying beeping sounds. He looked at it. No hollows today.

"Darn," he said disappointed.

Killing hollows was more fun then just sitting around being annoyed and bored. He would look for Matsumoto. Maybe he'll catch a glimpse at the poor person who she had dragged with her to go shopping.

Karin stared at herself in the mirror. Matsumoto had made her get changed into a new outfit.

Matsumoto could tell that the clothes that she was wearing before was too small for her. They wrapped around her that made her look like she was bursting out of her clothes.

As Karin stared at her reflection, her reflection stared back at her. Both faces looked like they couldn't believe what they were looking at.

Karin had donned a mini jean skirt and a spaghetti strapped top that was pink and had frills at the bottom. Her shoes had thick heels and showed most of her feet with two straps to hold her ankle and her toes in place. She felt that she looked absolutely ludicrous.

The only good thing about the outfit was that Matsumoto had bought a leather jacket. It had a skull on the back. The skull was sort of smiling and looked demented. In Karin's book, it was cool.

Matsumoto forced Karin from the mirror into the chair at the salon.

"Don't you think you look mind blowing?" Matsumoto gushed. "I wish that Hitsugaya could see you like this."

Hm...Matsumoto thought. He is coming closer to finding us. I should speed up the process.

Matsumoto talked to the nearest lady at the salon. She started instructing the woman exactly what to change on Karin. Apparently, Karin was suppose to get a full body wax (owie!), her hair style changed, light natural looking makeup (poor pores), and full mani- and pedi-cure.

"W-wait," Karin stuttered. "What exactly are you doing to me?"

Matsumoto and the woman dragged Karin to the back of the store and started to work the insane but stylish magic.

Hitsugaya could sense Matsumoto's reiatsu nearby. He stood on the top of the building.

"Hm," he mumbled. "It seems that she is inside the salon."

He could sense another reiatsu. It was faint. His eyes opened widely. He sprinted towards Orihime's house to pick up his gigai. Karin!

When he finally put himself in the gigai, he sprinted as fast as he could without causing a ruckus at his speed, to the salon.

He walked into the salon. He found it ridiculous how woman would go so far in order to become beautiful. He liked women who were confident with their look. So far, he only met two: Matsumoto and Hinamori.

Matsumoto, he would never in any lifetime fall for. Hinamori was a sister, no other type of love there. He didn't know what Karin was like but from the attitude she has displayed whenever she was with him, she seemed to be rather confident of herself.

"What did you do to me?!" a voice so new but familiar to Hitsugaya sounded.

Hitsugaya turned to see one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. His eyes opened wide and his mouth dropped. He could even feel a little bit of red coming to his cheeks. Matsumoto was playing with her clothes and hair.

"Don't you look so delightful!" Matsumoto sounded. "And look! Captain is here!"

The girl turned to face Hitsugaya fully. He had only seen the profile of her face. Now that he was looking her full in the face, his head started to get light. What was this feeling?

"K-karin?" he uttered.

Karin's hair had been put up into small curls. Her eyes had a light black outline around it and mascara. Light pink lip gloss had been put on. Her cheeks had some blush on it making it look like she was naturally blushing. Her nails and toenails had been painted a midnight blue.

Matsumoto stood next to her and she looked so proud of herself. "What do you think, Captain?" she said happily. "I did a pretty bang up job right?"

All Hitsugaya could do was stutter.

Karin looked angry and a vein popped out of her forehead. "Now, I didn't think I looked that bad!" she muttered.

Hitsugaya finally gained control over his composure. "Y-you look nice," he stuttured.

Now Matsumoto looked mad. She put her right hand in a fist and knocked it on Hitsugaya's head.

"Nice?" she shouted. "Just nice! Don't ever say that to a girl that went under major changes just to please you."

"W-whoa," Karin said. "I didn't do this for him! I didn't even want to do this."

Karin turned away from the two of them and walked out the door. She hadn't expected to see him being so rude by just gaping. She didn't look that much different.

She looked at her nails. She liked the midnight blue color.

Damn! she thought. What is Yuzu going to say when she sees me? She going to be absolutely thrilled.

Karin slapped her forehead. Never again will she go shopping with Matsumoto if this was the result. She would have to do her own shopping tomorrow. She just hoped that Matsumoto wouldn't show up.

Karin looked at the fork in the road. She could either go to the left, leading to her house or the right to the river. She would prefer the river. Maybe if she got home at night her father and sister wouldn't notice the difference in her appearance. (Of course they will, but that's besides the point.)

She finally reached the river. She plopped down and stared at the sky. The sun was already starting to set. How long had Matsumoto kept her captive?

She could feel someone coming. This was surprising. She didn't see them or hear them but she could just tell someone was coming. This normally only worked on hollows. She turned her head to see who it was. Hitsugaya.

"What do you want?" she asked him as he alighted in the grass next to her.

"Nothing much," he responded and sat down, staring at the water.

Karin and Hitsugaya sat in total silence for a while. Karin felt like the silence was killing her. Suffocating and pulling out all of her energy. She could think of a million topic starters but she didn't have the guts to start the conversation.

By the time they started to talk about something, the sun had set and the moon had risen.

"So about that kiss," Hitsugaya being the one to start the conversation, surprisingly. "I'm really sorry about that."

Karin turned to him, surprised. "Why are you sorry?" she asked. "It was a 'nice' kiss." She said, putting air quotes around the nice.

"Well, it wasn't my place," he said. "After all, I am older than you."

Karin laughed. "You don't look like it," she laughed."No matter how old you say you are, you still look like a grade schooler."

Hitsugaya's vein popped out. "Just you wait!" he said annoyed. "I'll eventually grow."

Karin smiled slyly. "To what?" she asked. "A teenager? That's not much better."

The air got colder around Hitsugaya. Karin could feel it. Damn skirt! It was flying up. She pushed it down with her hands. Another reason to not wear ridiculous things like skirts.

"Sorry," she said. He looked really mad at this point. "I'm just teasing."

She looked at him and he had only a frown on his face.

"By the way," he muttered. He moved in his spot and seemed rather uncomfortable. "I-uh- sort of lied when I said that you looked nice. You don't....you look beautiful..."

Karin smiled happily. She kissed his cheek. "Thanks, but this is too girly for my taste," she laughed. She laughed even more when there was a lip gloss stain on Hitsugaya's cheek and he was turning red.

"I have to go," she continued while standing up. "Yuzu will be worried if I don't get home in time for dinner."

Hitsugaya just nodded with his bright red face.

Karin walked away.

Hitsugaya stared at her back. He liked the skull leather jacket. It was interesting. His cell phone beeped.

Karin turned back.

"Look out!" Hitsugaya shouted.

Karin turned slowly. Behind her was another monster but it looked different from the one last time. (I can't describe one effectively so fyi it is an Adjuchas) It had large horns on its head. That's all Karin got from looking at him...before it sliced her side open.

The last things she saw was Hitsugaya jumping out of his body and slicing the monster in half. He rushed over to her.

"Karin?" he asked. "Are you okay?"

She started to close her eyes slowly. At least that is what she thought. Her vision had just gone blank and she couldn't make the outlines of anyone.

"T-toushiro?"

some time later

Karin woke up on the dirt next to an old house. It was like a shack. The view was amazing from where she lay. She could see the sky perfectly. The sky... She looked to left.

She yelped in surprise. Right in her face was a wrinkled old face. "Aah!" she screeched. "W-who are you?"

"Just call me Granny, child," she said happily. "It's been a while since I've had a young'un living with me!"

The old lady peered into Karin's face. "What's your name, child?" she asked.

Karin couldn't remember. "I don't remember," she said.

The old lady looked at her. "Don't you remember any name?" she asked.

Karin thought hard. She could feel a name coming up. Toushiro...Hitsugaya.... That didn't sound like a girl's name. So far, Karin could tell she was girl so she knew that it couldn't be her name. Maybe it was a friend or brother.

"No can't remember any," she sighed.

She looked around her. This place looked really old. There wasn't anything new here. She looked at her clothes. She had a faint memory of being in a skirt and pink top but she couldn't tell. She couldn't make heads or tails of it. She looked at her surroundings again. They looked like they were in a field. It was really pretty.

"W-where am I?" she asked.

She looked up into the grand old lady's face. "Why dear," she said kindly. "you're in Soul Society."

Sorry, this was a really lame chapter....but if you think so to, just...ur don't tell me....