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Kurosaki Karin wasn't the kind of girl who listened to orders. Her brother told her to sleep cause they all needed rest and were going early the day after. Well he could sleep all the night, she, she wasn't tired, who cared about resting when you could explore the Kuchiki manor? She smirked at the thought. She turned the handle of the door. Closed. She felt her blood boiling. How dare you lock me in Ichi-nii! Don't you trust me? Well, you shouldn't but… Craaap. She tried to release her reiatsu but nothing happened. As expected… Ichi-nii sealed it after all and his amount of reiatsu was far higher than hers. She sighed. Having an overprotective brother really sucked… She turned around and smirked. Ah! Take that Ichi-nii, there's a window! And as stupid as I know you, you didn't think there was. She slowly turned the handle of the said window, still not sure if her brother locked it as well. The window opened. She looked outside. About 20 meters high. She grinned. In your ass Ichi-nii! She climbed on the guardrail before jumping into space.

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She was in the garden, resting on a guardrail. She was looking at the sky, enjoying the darkness of the night, the wind which was blowing, making her hair float in the air.

"What are you doing here?" A cold voice suddenly asked.

She turned around to see who was talking to her. A young white haired vampire with teal eyes was standing in front of her. She raised her eyebrows before smirking. "Me? Oh, I am just harvesting apples." She said sarcastically.

His expression didn't alter.

She raised one of her eyebrows. "What? Cat got your tongue?"

He sighed deeply before glaring at her. "This part of the manor is forbidden to strangers." He stated sternly.

"Well, as a Kurosaki…" She begun while cocking her head up and crossing her arms over her chest..

"You're on the Kuchiki domain. You must follow the Kuchiki's rules." He cut her sharply.

She snorted and rolled her eyes. "As if I care about Kuchiki's rules." She said haughtily.

He closed his eyes slowly, trying to contain his annoyance, then opened them to glare at her. She glared back but in the blink of an eyes, he was right next to her and gripped firmly her arm. "Listen… I don't care if you're a Kurosaki or whoever part of a shitty clan, get out of here, your presence is unwanted here." He whispered fiercely in her ear.

Even if she was surprised by his speed, she managed to regain all her poise. She looked up to stare at his eyes and raised her eyebrows. "Oh, usually people adore when I'm with them." She said seductively, putting her hand on his cheek, faking a pout.

"Move." He ordered, jerking his head to avoid her hand.

She broke free from his grip and raised her eyebrows, staring at him defiantly. "Make me."

"Fine." He closed his eyes and suddenly the temperature dropped drastically.

Karin's eyes widened as she saw ice forming around her feet. "What the…"

He glared at her. "You asked for this." He stated matter-of-factly.

She huffed and glared back at him. "Don't be so full of yourself…" She warned him.

The time he took to realize what she had just said, the ice had melt and he was left alone in the darkness. He sighed. "Spoiled brat.." He muttered.

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Ichigo was walking in the hallways of the Kuchiki manor, wanting to explore it even he already went there thousands of times. Well, strangers exploring the Kuchiki manor was pissing Kuchiki Byakuya, and pissing off the head of the Kuchiki clan was Ichigo's favorite activity. So now he was there, making the Kuchiki manor his own home. Sure, he could have slept but, getting on Byakuya's nerves was funnier, plus he couldn't sleep. Actually, it was not sleeping at all, or sleeping and dreaming of this girl again… No thank you! He scowled at the thought as he was pacing the manor randomly. Maybe he should rest a little finally, and fuck this dream. He was about to go back to his room when something caught his attention. He stormed in the piece, pushed the man who was inside grabbed the photo frame which was exposed.

"Who is that?" He shouted looking at the photo intensely. Then he strained his eyes and brought the photo closer to his face to take a better look at it. "Wait, that's not exactly her… but still who is that?"

Byakuya snatched the photo out of head of the Kurosaki clan and glared at him. "Learn your manners Kurosaki Ichigo."

Ichigo glared at the man in front of him. "I asked you a question Kuchiki Byakuya." Ichigo muttered menacing.

Byakuya cocked his head and gave Ichigo the famous and feared Kuchiki glare. "Don't order me around Kurosaki, and I'll answer you when you'll stop being an arrogant brat."

Ichigo sighed in annoyance. He didn't want to give up to the Kuchiki head, but he really wanted to know about this woman. "Fine, I'm not an arrogant brat anymore, now who is she, Kuchiki-sama." Ichigo said sarcastically and looking at Byakuya defiantly.

Byakuya closed his eyes and let a moment of silence before answering lowly. "You're a stupid brat and you have the same memory as a goldfish. I wonder how us, vampires have been able to survive since you became the head of the Kurosaki clan."

Ichigo scowled. "Cut the crap and answer my question."

Byakuya glared at Ichigo for at least one minute before sighing. "She, was my wife, Kuchiki Hisana. You were at the wedding."

Ichigo frowned. "How…how come I don't remember her…" He whispered.

"Cause you were a kid and you stopped coming here cause I didn't care of you anymore when you were there." Byakuya simply said while closing the cupboard where he put Hisana's photo.

"No, that's not it…Hey, Byakuya, Hisana-dono, did she have a sister, or I dunno, someone who looked a lot like her." Ichigo asked hesitantly, still frowning.

"It's Kuchiki-sama for you. Why do you ask?" Byakuya asked cocking his eyebrow.

Ichigo looked down, he didn't want anyone know about his dreams. "For nothing, forget about it." He finally blurted before heading to the door.

"Kuchiki Rukia." Byakuya said. Ichigo stopped right away, still showing his back to the man who just spoke. "Don't ever approach her."

"Thank you." Ichigo whispered quietly before storming out of the room.

Byakuya raised his eyebrow in surprise. 'Thank you… that's new...' He thought.

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She was walking swiftly in the woods, part of her was annoyed by the previous encounter, part of her was grinning at the thought of how she tricked him. Stupid guy, never dare ordering Kurosaki Karin around. Her pace was stopped by a growl. She looked up and saw a pack of wolves surrounding her. She rolled her eyes. 'Great now, can't people leave me alone tonight?' She thought. Suddenly, the whole pack jumped toward her, fangs out. She didn't bring her sword, but her sword was useless now. She smirked. "Seriously… you should have attacked a real safeless little girl. She wiggled her fingers, ready to burn all the place when a shadow appeared just in front of her. A second later, all the wolves were frozen and a man stood there, back in front of her, sheathing his sword. A vein popped out of her head, she grabbed his shoulder to make him face her."What the fuck are you doing?" She yelled.

"I don't know, saving you maybe." He answered sarcastically.

"Well, I don't need to be saved, I can perfectly handle myself. You are the one who should pay attention! Jumping like that in front of me when I'm going to attack, do you want me to kill you? Not that I mind but…" She shouted angrily.

He didn't even bother listening what she said. He looked around the melted ice and thought out loud. "And here she have a fire gift… Great." He drew his sword, totally ignoring Karin and slashed down all the wolves around.

Karin was beyond pissed. 'Who this white haired freak think he is? He's ordering me, act like he's a savior when I was about to burn him alive and now he's acting as if I wasn't there…" She thought.

He turned to her. "The Kuchiki woods are wolves infested, it's dangerous to go there, that's why it's forbidden and that's why I told you not to stay there. You're lucky I managed to find you cause you're pretty good at hiding your reiatsu." He stated.

She cocked her eyebrow. "Well, first you ignore me, and now you're lecturing me, great, that's all I need, as if Ichi-nii isn't enough. And don't act so smart ass, you didn't save anyone tonight, you were just almost killed." She said sharply before passing by him. He rolled his eyes and followed her. After a few steps, she turned around clearly angry. "Why are you following me?"

"I told you the woods are forbidden, and you don't seem to understand, and don't seem to go back to the manor, so I'm keeping a watch on you." He said matter-of-factly.

"Well, good news for you, I don't need a baby-sitter." She spat.

"Good news for you too, I'm not." He replied right away.

"AAAAAhhhhhh!" She yelled out of frustration. "You're pissing me off!" She shouted before sitting on a tree bark.

"I think you have some issues."

"I don't have issues, I wanted to be alone and you're clearly not helping!"

"I'm doing my job."

"Oh, and what's your job? The Kuchiki's pet?" He didn't say anything. Seeing he wasn't going to answer, she sighed and tapped on the tree. He didn't moved, not understanding her move. "What? Now that you're here, let's talk a little."

"I prefer standing up."

She sighed. "Well, if it suits you. So what's your name?"

"Hitsugaya Toushiro. What's yours?"

She stared at him thinking he was joking before rolling her eyes. "Idiot, you already know my name."

"Yeah, but I never asked you, that's rude, you ought to have the right to have a proper introduction."

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, whatever. Name is Kurosaki Karin."

"Nice to meet you. And why are you sneaking in the Kuchiki manor?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, I think I have the right to know how you ended up here disturbing me in my duty."

She rolled her eyes. "I can't sleep when I'm pissed at something."

"Then you must sleep one day in a month."

"Haha, funny…. I'm pissed at my brother..."

"Lord Kurosaki? Why?"

" Cause I care a lot about him and he doesn't give a damn. I know he has some problems recently, I don't know what kind, but I know he's suffering. I wanna help him, but he doesn't want me to help him…"

"Your brother is a jerk." He said making her chuckle. "He's also an idiot, and so you are." He added.

She raised her eyebrow. "Care to explain?"

"Simple. Do you really think that staying alone will make you feel better? You need to talk about it, to your sister, and your brother of course."

"I also don't need a therapist."

He chuckled. "Yeah, I know, for the few moment I was with you tonight, I know that you're a tough one, Kurosaki."

"Karin." He frowned, not understanding her meaning. She smiled at his denseness. "Just call me Karin, Toushiro.

"Fine, just call me Hitsugaya, not Toushiro."

"I'll think about it, Toushirou."

He glared at her. "You're doing it on purpose."


Well, this chapter was mostly about HitsuKarin but I'm not really satisfied of it...

Ichigo is starting to look for Rukia...

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