As I ran through the hallway, my face began to cool down.

"Dang it you, Rangiku." I thought in my mind as I continued my run. Then, I ran into someone.

"Ah, gomen. I didn't" I looked up. Toshiro was staring outside. I quickly got up.

"Taicho! My deepest apologies!" I said and bowed.

"You were always a clumsy idiot, Kaori." He said, not even looking at my direction. I straightened up and crossed my hands.

"Well, excuse me for being an idiot." I said in a sassy voice. Toshiro sighed and continued to stare out the window. I stood beside him and stared out into space with him.

"Taicho…can I ask you something?" Toshiro looked at me and I looked at him. Toshiro nodded.

"…We've known each other for many years, but I want to ask you something…why did you join the Gotei 13?"

Toshiro looked out the window for a long time, pondering.

"Taicho, if it's Hinamori-san"

"It's not…" He started, and then he sighed. "Let me put it this way, I'm only here to protect her."

I nodded understandingly. I always knew Toshiro was protective over Hinamori Momo.

I patted his head and shook it lightly.

"And I thought you hated the thought of becoming a shinigami." I said with a light smile. He had anger marks around him.

"Kaori!" I lifted my hand quickly and darted away, laughing.

The next day, I woke up from a loud banging noise.

"Hikari, wake up! Taicho wants us to see him in his office!" I heard Rangiku yell. I rubbed my eyes, then my temples.

"She yells so loud…so early in the morning, too." I thought and opened the door. Rangiku was already leaving the barracks.

"HEY! WAIT UP, RANGIKU!" I yelled and ran after her.

When we had arrived at the office, there were stacks of papers on his desk

"Matsumoto, Kaori, here is your usual paper work." He said. I put my hands on my hips.

"Why do we have to do that much work, Taicho?" I asked. His eyes locked onto mind. He didn't say anything, but suddenly, I felt an icy chill run down my spine. I stood up straight and shook my head.

"Um…never mind what I said." I mumbled. He stopped looking at me and walked passed me and Rangiku.

"When I come back, I expect those papers done." He said sternly and walked out of the room. When I knew he was gone, I sat on the sofa and rubbed my arms.

"What the heck was that?" I thought. "That chill….and he only stared into my eyes…it was like he was reading my mind and freezing it. I-I never felt such reiatsu…" I shivered and walked to the desk. Huge stacks of paper were stacked high to the sky, in my point of view.

"Well, we better get to work…" I said slowly and began signing the papers. For once, the room was awkwardly silent. Then, Rangiku stopped writing.

"Hikari, a few minutes ago, you were shivering and I felt your reiatsu fall. Is there something wrong?"

"N-No…it's nothing…"

"You can tell me, Hikari."

I stopped, and looked up and Rangiku.

"I…never felt such powerful reiatsu then my own."

Rangiku sighed and shook her head.

"You and Taicho have the same amount of reiatsu, so what's wrong?"

"What's wrong is….is…that his reiatsu…I don't know….it just feels as if his reiatsu is freezing my reiatsu!"

"I think your just thinking that. Besides, there is no such thing as 'freezing reiatsu' just by staring. That's insane."

I looked down at the paper.

"But the feeling…Was something I have never felt before…" I thought. "His reiatsu…no, his zanpakuto…it was like it was calling YasuSuzume…to fight him…."

An hour had past and we were finally finished.

"Yes! I'm done!" Rangiku exclaimed happily. I sighed and rubbed my fingers.

"My fingers are cramping!" I said. Rangiku laughed and I couldn't help but laugh with her. Then, I heard a crash from outside. Rangiku and I ran outside and saw a large ball ram into the Seireitei shield.

"Whoever those fools are, there's no way they can survive." I thought. But, my prediction was wrong. The ball entered the Seireitei but smashed, bursting out 4 groups out of the ball, each in different direction. I gritted my teeth.

"Those idiots…" I thought. "Whoever they are, they are going to die."

Author's note:

Hi guys! This is Katonge2. Ok, this is the end of chapter 4: A Mission is finished, a new one arises.

Thank you all for reading my story! I never knew you all would like it so much! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Please, message me if you have any suggestions to my story. That would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a little info about Kaori Hikari:

Age- 99

Height- 5 ft (yeah, it's pretty tall for a "9 year old" but…still. THIS IS MY FANFICTION! XD)

Hair color- black (but forms red stripes when she goes into bankai)

Name meaning- Yasu meaning calm. Suzume meaning sparrow (now, some of u might be wondering…why the heck does the zanpakuto look like a real life human and that she has stripes like a tiger? Well…I'm used to making OC's having a tiger as their zanpakuto. So, I put a little bit of my style of zanpakuto in this story.)

Eye color- black

Personal history- Kaori Hikari was born in Rukongai, district one. Her family history is unknown, but it is rumored that her living family had a mastery of kendo. This rumor could be true for Kaori Hikari became a natural when it came to fighting with her sword. She died in Karakura town when she was only (in living years) 3 years old. Another rumor is said that she was killed when her family was ambushed. Kaori Hikari was still sleeping in her bed during this time, and was stabbed before she could wake up.

Personal life- When Kaori Hikari woke up after she had died, she had no idea where she was. She wandered around and suddenly, a kid with a wooden sword tried to attack her. Hikari spun around and grabbed the sword with her hand and twisted the sword, forcing the kid to let go of the sword. The kid became frighten and ran away. Everyone around the child glared at Hikari and shunned her. Days pasted and then, she finally met Hinamori Momo and Hitsugaya Toshiro. The 3 of them soon became friends, especially Hikari and Toshiro.

When Toshiro had exclaimed that he would become a shinigami, Kaori was angry that Toshiro was already becoming a shinigami. So, Hikari, right after she learned Toshiro became part of the Gotei 13, went into the academy. The rest, from what Hikari has said, is history.

Anything extra about Kaori Hikari- Kaori Hikari is a normally calm shinigami. When she is in a battle, she thinks tactics and what's best for her squad. The downside is that she is stubborn and hard-headed. She is also lazy.

Kaori Hikari remarks that her past was hard, mostly during her days during the academy. But after she reunited with her best friend, she knew she was going to be safe once more, just as she felt when she was in Rukongai.