Karin looked to see Toshiro with a hand on her face. She looked at him realizing he was focusing on something. She then felt something cold to her cheek, soothing the once sore face.
"Toshiro. I don't hate you. You know that right?" Toshiro looked into her eyes then nodded as he knew what she meant."I had a feeling you didn't" he smiled. The girl nodded then touched his hand her head leaning against it. She smiled at him before whispering,"I was angry that you were leaving for a year. I hated the fact that you were gonna leave me" Toshiro nodded then turned to Soi-Feng who was sitting at his desk doing some of his paperwork."Toshiro? You do her paperwork but you don't speak to her?" She said not looking up from the paper she was currently working on."It's a work in progress" Soi-Feng laughed to herself shaking her head. She put the paper onto the complete pile and began another.
"I should be going back to my squad but I don't want to. Ōmaeda has been annoying me," she laughed. Toshiro smiled at her then watched as Karin cuddled into him. He ran a hand down through her hair, comforting her for what ever reason."Well I'll be off. Later Toshiro. Karin" The young Kurosaki moaned a good bye then held Toshiro tighter. He patted her head then lifted her head up to look into her eyes."What's wrong?" He whispered. The girl shook her head then buried it in his stomach.
Toshiro knew why Karin was sad and that it had to do with the fight she had just gotten herself into. He held her tight until the door opened with a blue rabbit hopping in.
"Lover boy. Karin. The lovely Rangiku wants you to come down to the arena""Why do you refuse to call me Hitsugaya" he asked raising an eyebrow at the nickname."Well when you pinned Karin to the bed and went to smooch her, that respect went out the window" Toshiro blushed remembering that day. No he didn't pin Karin to the bed in the way Kon thinks. And he never did go to kiss her. He was dancing with her, when they both tripped. Toshiro ended up falling on Karin onto her bed. He then went to whisper to her when Yuzu had came in holding Kon, known to Yuzu as Bostov.
"We shouldn't keep her waiting. You guys can come with me" The two stood up and headed to the arena. Rangiku walked over to captain whispering to him. He nodded in response then stood beside Rangiku at the front."Well we have two members that will be taking the roles of 3rd and 4th seat" Rangiku stated. Everyone gasped apart from Karin who did not care at all.
"Karin Kuro-Karin well done. You'll be our knew 3rd seat. Hinata Kurono, congratulation. You are our 4th seat" Rangiku stated with a large smile. Karin and Hinata grinned to each other. "Dismissed!" Rangiku said. Karin grinned running over to Toshiro and wrapping her arms around his neck."I'm so happy," she grinned. Toshiro laughed then patted her head."As happy as winning the championships," Karin shrugged not knowing what to say. Both times she was extremely ended up in the 13th division sparring with Ikakku. She dodged his attack with his sheath then he went to attack with his sword. Karin used her blades to block the attack then went to slash him again. A lot of people had gathered to watch the fight. Shunsui, Jushiro, Toshiro and Soi-Feng stood at he front enjoying the two fight.
They watched as she ducked down kicking her legs round then flashed stepped behind him then round house kicked his side sending him back. The male went flying into a wall then Karin laughed but then coughed as she felt a weird sensation at her throat. Ikakku was gonna move when Karin jumped into the air. Her blades began to morph into a large sword that almost looked like an over grown sword.
The girl without thought slashed her sword forward. To anyone who heard what she said, it sounded fine, but to Karin, her voice was high and distorted. "Getsuga Tenshō" she said. A large crescent shape of energy came out and came hurling out at Ikakku who was struck with the large sum of energy.
Karin gripped the sword as she fell to the floor. She landed on her knees, she smiled at the sword before that weird sensation began to crawl up her throat till she was trying to cough it out.
The girl began to cough up a white substance. She knew what it was she just hoped other didn't. She had seen it before, countless of times. The girl just didn't really under stand why it had appeared. She really didn't want anyone to see her like this. Karin shoved her hand into her mouth and began to pull out all the white substance.
She got to her feet grabbing Zangetsu to balance herself, but she fell to her knees again and she began to gag on the white substance. "Karin" she heard someone yell. The girl heard people run towards her.
"NNNNG" she groaned. Toshiro grabbed her hand feeling her body shake.
"Karin?" He asked scared of what was happening.
"Don't look" the girl wheezed out collapsing to the floor coughing away. Toshiro got her to stand up then began to pat her back.
"It's alright" he whispered. Rangiku stood in shock watching the girl choke on what ever it was. She then felt a tug at the hem if her trousers and looked down. There stood Kon. He jumped into her arms then tugged at her pink scarf.
"I'm gonna need this, for Karin. Go over to them with me" Rangiku ran over with Kon in her rabbit tugged the scarf off then hopped onto Karins shoulder.
"Karin. Run out of here and don't try to stop it. Let it out" He handed her the pink scarf and Karin ran out off the arena quickly without second thought.
"You stay there. Lover boy. Rangiku follow me" the rabbit began to hop to where Karin hopped over to Karin who was in the girls bathroom. She was looking at herself in the mirror, with tears falling down her face.
"Urahara is a miracle worker. He did a good job with you" Kon whispered hopping onto the girls shoulder and nudging her face. "I'm a-" she whispered.
Kon shook his little head then gestured for Rangiku to come over with his ears. Flashing them around. "You're not. You are Karin Kurosaki. Rangiku?" The rabbit looked to the said woman who ran over wrapping her arms around the smiled at the girl then watched as she tried to pull the white jaw around her neck.
The girl let out a blood curling scream then let it go. Her eyes had changed to black and yellow then returned back to white and grey straight after."It won't come off" she whispered terrified of what had happened. Rangiku held the girl closer. Kon landed on the bunker then got onto his hind legs.
"Come with me. I have something for you" the rabbit began to hop away Karin and Rangiku behind him.
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Toshiro picked up the large sword then looked at it with confusion. He heard whispers then turned to the other captains who were all confused.
"Is that Ichigo's or is that hers?" Toshiro stabbed it into the ground then shook his head.
"Karin hasn't been able to manifest her sword but hers is a dagger. Her bankai is a scythe. That is Ichigo's. I don't know how it appeared though" Everyone stood stunned at the idea then shook his shrugged then walked away from the thing and walked out of the 13 division and back to his own. His mind was somewhere else, he thought about Karin and her alone.
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Karin stood beside Rangiku at the bottom Sōkyoku Hill. Kon ran into the wall then a door opened up for him. He motioned for the woman to follow. Karin ran ahead finding a box. She did not take time to notice that she was in a place identical to Urahara's girl found an under top that hid most of her face. Karin pulled her tops of then put the dark blue top on. It hid Karins mouth and stopped below the nose. The girl put her black top on then nodded to herself. She then found a purple jumper then put it on after. She smiled at herself as she looked like Yoruichi. She sat down on the ground pulling the mask part down. She sighed then shook her head.
"Rangiku. Don't tell Toshiro" the girl whispered softly to the woman. Rangiku nodded then sat down beside the girl."I won't tell him. Karin. You can trust me" the girl nodded then patted Kon on his head then looked round."Rangiku. Can I tell you something?" The girl stuttered. Rangiku nodded then look to the girl with a smile"Rangiku I-".
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Karin sat with her blue mask covering her mouth. The girl was at the party Soi-Feng was on about. She sat with Rangiku and her drinking buddies. They made Karin laugh and she was really enjoying herself."Karin. There you are" she turned round to see Toshiro with a frown. He walked over taking a seat beside her. The girl studied him carefully.
"Ah. Captain Hitsugaya. What a surprise? What are you doing here?" Shuhei laughed taking a drink of sake. Rukia sat beside him laughing as well.
"I just came to see Karin. That was all" He stated. The girl looked down then gazed back over to Toshiro before looking down again. The male smiled at her then slid closer to her. He took her hand within his then rubbed it gently. He gave her a warm smile then looked round the group. The night progressed slowly. Toshiro sat beside Karin. He had seen something in her eyes that showed that she was sad and scared. He shook his head then looked over to Rangiku who was almost out of her mind.
"Karin? Was it? You graduated from the academy today right?" The girl only nodded as a response to Izuru, the speaker, who then continued."Not to be rude. But who invited you? None of us have had time to visit the academy." Karin looked to Rangiku.
"I've known Toshiro and Rangiku since I was 10. I died a year ago. I know all of you people and you have no idea who I am" she said with a smile. Shuhei who had not given the girl his name spoke up.
"Oh yeah? Who am I then?" Karin grinned.
"Shuhei Hisagi. You got the three scars from a hollow battle in the world of the living. You were a senior and you took Izuru" she pointed to him "Renji" she pointed to the said male then pulled it back. "And a girl named Momo there. A hollow snuck up behind everyone. You and your other senior classmates stood to fight but when they died. Renji and the others came in. After Aizen and Gin saved you. Also you have a zanpakuto named Kazeshini. You had Tosen as a captain but he betrayed you" the girl grinned evilly. Though he could not see her smile everyone could see it in her eyes.
"Who told you that?"
Karin grinned before she gave another story. "I know another one, which I LOVE. Urahara would be given the title of a captain. Soi-Feng did not believe he was fit for the job so she stalked him for the day. When she got back to Yoruichi, Kisuke was finishing telling her how Soi-Feng stalked him the whole day and how she has a crush on him" Everyone began to laugh.
Karin looked to Rangiku who winked at her as she gripped Toshiros hand tightly as she heard a certain voice.
"Hey Rukia" Karin saw the girl holding up her phone.
"Hey Ichigo. There was a ceremony the day for the academy students. Anyway it said you were visiting her grave?" She heard Ichigo mutter something.
"Rukia. Have you found her yet.? Please. Tell me?" Rukia looked to Karin who shook her head.
"I haven't. I've been looking. Ichigo, Toshiro knows" Everyone listened as Ichigo screamed.
"RUKIA! He wasn't to know. Karin didn't want him to know. That was the last thing she said to me. Rukia. How could you?" Toshiro glared at Karin who had tears streaming down her eyes.
"Rukia. Why?" He asked."He was gonna go visit them. So I told him. Ichigo. He means a lot to her. He did deserve to know" Toshiro looked up then voiced out.
"Ichigo. You should have told me" he said. Karin shook her head slowly making him seriously confused.
"Toshiro. It was her wishes. I respected that"
"Ichigo did you say that was Toshiro. Let me talk" the voice of Yuzu came through the phone. Karin put her hands over her ears to block the voice of her sweet sister.
"Toshiro. Toshiro?""Hey Yuzu" Toshiro answered her looking at Karin who had tears falling down her cheeks."Toshiro I want to know. What was the last thing she said to you. I've been wanting to know for so long"
Toshiro sighed before saying."She said, if you even think of following me. I'll hate you more than I already do. She then ran off in tears" he said looking down at Karin who looked apologetically at him.
"Are you okay? I mean she was your girlfriend" Karin blushed sitting up straight.
Toshiro hissed shaking his head."We were not dating. We were just friends"
"Toshiro. You said you could see spirits. Do you think she is still wondering around here?"
"Yuzu. Your brother can see them as well. He would have said something. Karin has moved on" He could tell that Yuzu was smiling at her words.
"Toshiro, there is some others who want to speak with you. I'm putting you on loud speaker"
Toshiro nodded not caring that she could not see him nod."HITSUGAYA. WHAT KIND OF BOYFRIEND ARE YOU. YOU DIDN'T EVEN COME TO HER GRAVE" Karin looked to the phone recognising the voice."I loved her. I loved her so much but she only looked at you. When I heard from the coach of what had happened to our captain, I was in tears. She should of been with us. Having pizza. Celebrating. Instead you break her heart and she goes and dies. It was almost as if she committed suicide"
Toshiro hissed angrily then took a deep breath. He watched as Karin stood up then walked off. He shook his head then hissed back to the boy."Me and Karin we never together. I was just her friend. You could of told her but you didn't. Yuzu I'm hanging up. Tell Ichigo this for me. He should think twice before speaking or I will kill him" Toshiro grabbed the phone turning it off then stood up. He walked after Karin then found her sitting outside on a roof.
"Why? Why didn't you want me to know. Karin. What were you thinking?" Karin watched as he climbed onto the roof and sat beside her. Karin saw a tear in his eye. The young Kurosaki touched his cheek wiping away that tear. She smiled to him though he could not see it. The girl took his hand then looked at it.
"I wanted you to focus on your work. You couldn't see me for a year so I instead went to the academy. I made sure that I passed with a year so I could come into your squad. If you found out that I was dead, you would of spend your time looking for me" she explained then looked into his eyes. The girl saw a hint of hurt and sadness with them. She cupped his cheek then leaned against his shoulder.
"Toshiro. I don't know how to tell you about what has happened. One day you will find out. Ichigo is strong but what happened he lost it. When we lost out mum, we felt broke but over time we mended. How do you think they feel now with having another Kurosaki dead" Karin took a deep breath before continuing."The Kurosaki's are broken. Ichigo, Yuzu, Dad and even me. We are all broke"
Toshiro put an arm around the girl holding her close. He put a hand on her knee then smiled to her."Karin. I'm still here for you" the girl nodded then she looked down to the ground.
"Thanks to me Urahara, Yoruichi and my brother cried. I've never seen them cry. I don't like it. My brother. Ichigo Kurosaki. Strongest person there is. He keeps his feelings in but I broke him. Toshiro. I wanna hold him again and tell him that I am alright" Toshiro nodded then watched as Karin hopped off the roof. She looked up to Toshiro her eyes telling him to follow.
The male jumped off following Karin back inside."Karin. Come here" Rangiku said. The woman was standing up with her arms began to walk over to the older woman. "Come on" Rangiku turned away walking in another part of the bar they were in. The Kurosaki followed behind then found herself in the mist of a group of girls. The young girl spotted Rukia who rushed over then took her hand.
"Karin. This is the woman association" she smiled waving her hands around.
"I figured" Rukia grabbed the girl and took a seat beside Soi-Feng.
BRING BRING BRING
Everyone turned to Rukia who looked at caller ID
"What's wrong. You never call me, three times especially" Rukia answered the phone.
"Rukia. I don't have Zangetsu. When I turn into a shinigami he's not there. I kind of stole a wooden sword instead. Rukia. Were is he?" Rukia shrugged then looked to Karin who bit her lip.
"Ichigo. He'll be in your inner world. Sorry, I have to go now" Rukia hung up then felt a large spiritual turned their heads to see Karin growling at the pink thing that attempted to touch pink girl went to touch Karin again but the said female swung her leg round kicking the small pink girl into the wall with great force.
"Yachiru are you okay" a female asked. Rukia grabbed Karin to sit down then shook her head.
"Karin does not like kids" she laughed "Unlike her brother she doesn't like them" she continued. Everyone stared at them confused.
"So this is Hitsugaya's fiancée?" A lady from the side asked with brown hairs and glasses.
Karin sat shocked her face going extremely red. "Fiancé! What? No! That's...that's...no...he's just my friend " she said looking down.
The girl laughed before saying."I'm sorry. It's just that I heard it from my captain. He said for proof, she has an ice necklace instead of a ring" the girl walked over then saw the necklace. Karin put a hand around it then shook her head.
"It was a birthday present which was yesterday. Tell em' Rangiku" she whispered. The woman only nodded then took out a bottle of sake when a hell butterfly came in. The young Kurosaki lifted her knees up and stared at it in noticed the fear in the girls eyes then allowed the butterfly to land on her hand, she then walked over to Karin.
"Hinata wants to spar with you. He's at the field near the 6th barracks. Come back here when you're done. Captain will worry" Karin nodded then ran out of the room full of woman.
The girl flashed stepped to the 6th barracks then stumbled upon Hinata. She ran over as he handed her Zangetsu."Come on let's spar. I found a great place" The girl nodded then followed the boy into a field. Before Karin began to spar, she stabbed Zangetsu into the ground then sat down with her legs crossed. She touched the blade until she found herself being pulled somewhere else. The girl opened her eyes to the voice.
"What are you doing here?" It was her brother, Ichigo. Karin was about to reply, when a distorted voice answered back.
"I live in here or did you forget?" Karin heard Ichigo scoff before he replied back with anger.
"I know that stupid. I mean were is Zangetsu? He lives in here too" Ichigo hissed rolling his eyes at his inverted self.
"He is gone indeed, but you are not without a zanpakuto. In Zangetsu's place you will use…" the voice stopped as someone faded in.
He had a black tunic on with high boots. And a long jacket and long brown hair that stuck up, "…Kaze" The zanpakuto touched the older Kurosaki's hand before manifesting into a small dagger.
"For Zangetsu to return you must swap him with the correct person, you will know then, the person to who you will give that dagger to" Ichigo rolled his eyes before disappearing.
Karin sighed as her brother did not see her, none of them did. She was about to leave when she heard a voice call out to her.
"Hey you, how long are you going to hid their?" Karin walked over to the hollow then nodded to him.
"Why does he get Kaze?" she asked confused. The hollow grinned widely before replying.
"You use Zangetsu, it is only fair for your brother to use Kaze. Now don't you agree?" Karin began to stutter before nodding.
"And beside. I have a little…friend who is dying to meet you" Karin turned round to see an inverted replica of herself. The girl backed away only for the other Karin to laugh.
"She's scared of me dear brother. That's not good is it? I'm gonna be here a long time Karin. Enjoy me" the girl laughed.
Karin gasped opening her eyes to see Hinata leaning against Zangetsu waiting for her to awaken.
"Ready?" he asked. Karin only managed to nod her head.
Thank you for such awesome reviews, please enjoy this chapter, if you want you can give suggestions on what should be in it. Also Karin's death has not been fully explained so it may be confusing. The next chapter will have the answers to it.
