A/N: OHMYGOD! This chapter to FOR FREAKING EVER!... Anyway! Well, here it is! Chapter 3... wait I mean 4! I know I said that the first 18-20 chapters was going to be when Shin is 5 but I just don't have the patients for that! So I'm just going to post Shin's 13 weeks of training all in 1 chapter. :p

Also please note that some of the situations in each squad may not match up with what Shin learns in them. That's because I am letting you know what he learned in each squad but that's not the only thing that happens. For the squads that do have a specific purpose I will be doing a certain situation for them. Also please know that there will be an extra hidden lesson for Shin in each squad, so try to see if you can figure out what they are! Enjoy!^^

P.s, I would also like to say that I LOVE GOOGLE TRANSLATE!...That is all… thank you… -^_^-

Disclaimer:

Me: "Hey a lamp!" (Rubs lamp and a genie comes out.)

Genie: "What are your 3 wishes?"

Me: "I wish for a soda!" (A soda appears.)

Genie: "Granted!"

Me: "I wish for a hotdog!" (A hotdog appears.)

Genie: "Granted!"

Me: "I wish I owned Bleach!" (A bottle of bleach appears.)

Genie: "I have granted all 3 wishes, my job is done, good bye!" (Genie goes back into the lamp and it disappears.)

Me: "Damn it..."

The only things I own in this chapter are Shin, Reo the stuffed lion, Gien, Sanj, Ginene, Kana, Maralay Amberson, Tempus Clockworth, The Azz brothers, Cory & Lora Soons, Arayli Washu and Arin Guards. Although he is roughly based off of Auron (the Kingdom Hearts version not the Final Fantasy version.) Rosa Michalis is a character my younger sister Becky's friend made up. Walker and Yoshido Darknight belong to my friend Jonathon. Cora Soons, Adam Stark & Namine Fantumhyve are characters my sister Becky made. Shelby and Elizabeth are 2 of my sister Becky's friends. Everything else in Bleach such as it's characters etc belong to Tite Kubo. Also, I do not own the Cupycake Song That Shin sings in this chapter. And anything else you may recognize, I do not claim.


The next morning...

Gin walked into the room and made his way over to Shin's bed. The little tyke was happily sleeping Hugging Reo his stuffed lion. Gin smiled as he looked at the small boy. "He's so young and oblivious to what's in store for him." Gin thought to himself. Leaning over he tapped Shin on the shoulder. "Shin, it's time to wake up..." He said as he tapped Shin's shoulder. Shin woke up and smiled up at his father. "Hi daddy!" Shin said happily. Gin smiled. "Good morning, my son." He said and gave his son a hug. Shin then jumped out of bed and went to wake up Sanji and Gien. "Gien! wake up, today's the day!" Shin said happily. He then turned to Sanji. "Sanji! Get up, today's the day!" Shin said trying to wake up his friend but neither Gien or Sanji would wake up so Shin did the only thing he could do...

WAMPUFF!

He hit them with his pillow... "Wah-hay!" Both boys said as they shot upright and looked at the 5 year old. "What's the big idea!?" Sanji asked as he put his glasses on. "Yeah! What was that for!?" Gien asked as he rubbed his eyes. Shin just tossed his pillow back onto his bed. "Guys, get up it's morning!" Shin said happily. "Yeah it is." Sanji said sleepily. "And we wanna go back to sleep." Gien said laying back down. Shin frowned. "Guys!" The toddler said impatiently. "Today's the day!" immediately Sanji and Gien shot up out of bed. "TODAY'STHEDAY!" Both boys shouted and lifted Shin up and carried him down stairs. Gin smiled as he watched the kids. Then flash stepped ahead of them.

Once he was down stairs he saw Ginene, Sanji's mom Kana, his old friend Rangiku Matsumoto and his Lieutenant Izuru Kira, standing there in the kitchen. Grinning, Gin got into a professional like pose and made a sound like he was blowing a horn. "BERBERDABABERBER! INTRODUCING, THE FUTURE GREATEST SOUL REAPER THE SOUL SOCIETY HAS EVER SEEN." Gin said then looked at them. "Drum role please?" He asked and they all started clapping their hands on the counter. Gin continued his son's introduction. "YOU KNOW HIM, YOU LOVE HIM, YOU LIKE HIM, YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIM, YOU WANT SOME MORE OF HIM, YOU-"

"JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!" Ginene shouted. "OK! Spoiled sport..." Gin said with a frown but then continued Shin's introduction. "THE COOLEST KID AROUND, YOUNG MR. SHIN ICHIMARU!" Just then Gien and Sanji came down the stairs carrying Shin on their shoulders, singing the presidential theme. "DADADIDADADADIDADIDADA! DADADIDADADADIDADIDA!" Both Sanji and Gien sang while Shin waved to everyone.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Shin said as he waved and high-fived Izuru, Gin, Rangiku and Kana. Ginene smiled as she watched the boys. "Alright that's enough for now." She said as Sanji and Gien carried Shin around the table. "Alright boys, settle down. It's time for breakfast." She said and just like that all 3 boys stopped and cheered. "BREAKFAST!" They said in unison and Gien and Sanji put Shin down then sat at the table. Shin of course sat next to Gin. "Don't you think Shin should get ready to go first." Kana asked. "Good idea!" Ginene answered. Shin frowned. "Aaww! But I'm hungry!" He cried. "Yeah!" Both Sanji and Gien said in unison. Gin smiled. "But Shin, don't you wanna eat breakfast like a Soul Reaper?" He asked the 5 year old. Shin's face lit up. "Oh yeah!... Wait! What about Sanji and Gien?" He said thinking of his cousin and friend. "Don't worry!" Gien said happily. "We'll wait for you!" Sanji added. Shin smiled. "Thanks guys!" He said then ran up stairs. "I can't believe you agreed to allow him to spend 3 months away from home to train." Ginene said as she watched the boy leave. Gin looked at her. "Aw, don't worry Ginene. He'll be fine!" He said with a big smile and wrapped his arm around her. "Ok..." Ginene sighed again.

10 minutes later...

Gin walked to the bathroom door in Shin's room. He could here the little tyke playing.

Inside the bathroom...

Shin splashed around pretending to fight a Hollow. "Take that you vishus monser!" Shin said using a back scrubby as a Zanpakutou

Outside the room...

Gin smiled to himself and knocked on the door. "Shin, are you ready yet?" He asked. "Coming!" The boy said and opened the door but then quickly closed it. "It's too cold out there!" Shin said through the door. Gin chuckled. "Ok then, how about I hand you your clothes and you can try to dress yourself?" He asked. "Ok..." Shin said then opened the door a crack, took his clothes then closed it again.

About 5 minutes later Shin came out dressed in his Soul Reaper uniform. Gin grinned and handed him his little sword. After Gin helped Shin place the sword on his waist, Shin brushed his hair then put on his glasses and tied his favorite teal bandana around his neck then put on the medallion that Gin had given him. Gin then helped Shin put on his socks and sandals then they went down stairs where they saw Izuru roaring like a monster while Gien, with a mop and Sanji, with a broom, pretended to have swords and tried to defeat him. "Stop! You evil feend!" Shin said and pulled out his sword and pointed it at Izuru. Ginene was about to correct Shin on the word fiend but Kana stopped her. "Do you really want to go through that this early in the morning?" She asked. Ginene sighed. "No..." She answered and watched as Izuru looked at Shin and roared again. "You will never defeat me little Soul Reaper!" He said in a fake monster voice. Shin glared playfully. "Bring it!" The toddler said. Izuru grinned. "Ok, you asked for it." He said then flash stepped behind Shin, picked him up and started tickling him. "AHAHAHAHAHA! STOP IT THAT TICKLES! AHAHAHAHAH!" Shin laughed. "Do you give up?" Izuru asked. "AHAHAHAHAH! No! AHAHAHAH! But I'm hungry! AHAHAHAHAH!" Shin answered. Izuru smiled and stopped tickling him. "That's good enough for me!" He said and carried Shin into the kitchen then sat him at the table next to Gin. Sanji, Gien and the others followed him and sat down as well. Shin looked at his hands and realized something. "Aunty Ginene, look my arms are really small now!" He said in awe. "Yes I see, that's nice, now eat your breakfast." Ginene said with a smile. Shin looked down at his cup of orange juice then looked at his father. "Daddy, cood you hand me my orinj juse?" He asked. But before Gin could do anything Ginene, choosing to ignore Shin's mispronunciation of words, instead looked at the boy with disapproval. "Shin, you can pick it up." She said.

Shin looked at the cup and pretended to have a hard time picking it up. "I can't!" He said waving his arms around. "My arms are tooooo small!" He cried while Gin and the others chuckled. Ginene sighed. "Just pull them out of the sleeves." She said annoyed. Shin then pretended to have a hard time with that too. "No!" The 5 year old cried. "My arms are too small for that too!" Gien and Sanji busted out laughing. Sighing, Ginene walked over and took one of Shin's arms. "No! Unhand my tiny arm!" Shin said as he giggled and tried to get away from his aunt. Ginene pulled back Shin's sleeve and looked at her nephew. Shin looked at his arm and gasped. "Huhh! Isa Mirycool!" Shin said astonished. Ginene face palmed herself.

Shin kept up his antics like this throughout breakfast, which was driving Ginene nuts. Rangiku giggled at how cute Shin was then walked over to him. "Maybe you should go easy on her Shin, she's not that young anymore." She whispered. Ginene glared at her. "Neither are you." Kana muttered. "Hey! I'm the hottest Soul Reaper in the Seireitei and all of Soul Society!" Rangiku pouted. "I've got the goods!" Shin looked confused at this. "Goods?..." He asked innocently. "Uh... M-maybe it's best that you don't think about that..." Izuru said blushing. "Why?" Shin asked still curious. "OK! I think it's time we get going now!" Gin said trying to change the subject. "Shin I've already got your things packed so let's go before these people turn you into a pint sized pervert." He grabbed shin's bags and started rushing Shin out the door. "A what?" Shin asked. "Nothing!" Gin said quickly. A few minutes later as they were walking Shin looked up at his father. "What kind of stuff am I gonna lern in the squods daddy?" He asked curiously. Gin looked down and smiled. Well Shin, over the next 13 weeks you will learn about swordsmanship, different types of kido and what all the Soul Reapers in each Squad does." He answered. "Oh boy! I can't wate!" Shin said happily. Gin just smiled again. "Oh Shin, if only they could see you now..." Gin thought to himself.


In squad 1, Shin learned how to be a good leader.

Gin and Shin arrived at the squad 1 barracks and went in. They went to the Head Captain's office and Gin knocked on the door. "Inter!" Yamamoto said and both Gin and Shin walked in. Yamamoto looked up from his paperwork. "Ah Ichimaru, you're early." He said and stood up then looked at Shin. "Well, don't you look prepared." He said with a s!ile. Shin grinned. "Yeah! My aunty made this unyform for me! Isn't it awsum!" He said happily. Yamamoto smiled. "Yes it is. Now then you can sit over there until I can show you to your room." He gestured to a seat next to him. Shin skipped over to the seat and sat down. As he did Yamamoto saw the medallion that Gin had given to Shin. "Huh? But isn't that... Nah! Couldn't be." He thought and turned to Gin. "Now then-"

"RRRRRRRRRR!"

"What the bloody hell was that!?" Yamamoto asked in surprise. Shin looked at his stomach. "Keep kwiet tummy! You're gonna get me in twuble!" He said glaring at his tummy. Gin blinked. "Shin, you're still hungry?" He asked. Shin looked at his father. "Not reely, I don't know why my tummy's angwy now..."

"RRRRRRRRRRR!"

"... Actually... that's my stomach..." Yamamoto said a little embarrassed. Shin walked over and patted him on the back. "Poor Grampa Santa, you didn't get any brefist..." The 5 year old said and gave Yamamoto a hug. Yamamoto looked at Gin, who was trying not to laugh. "...'Granpa Santa'?..." The Head Captain asked. "What in the world have you been teaching him Ichimaru?" Gin tried to compose himself. "D-don't ask..." Gin said while chuckling. "That's the nickname I made for you!" Shin said happily. Yamamoto just stared at the boy. "Great, another Yachiru..." The old captain thought to himself in exasperation.

30 Minutes later...

After Yamamoto got done talking to Gin and eating some breakfast, because Shin kept insisting on it, Gin was helping Shin with his suitcase while The Head Captain showed them to the boyss room. "Alright, this is your room, young Ichimaru." Yamamoto said opening the door. Shin walked in and looked around.

The room was pretty normal. There was a window on the opposite side of the room with a desk in front of it and a chair, A bed on the left of that with a nightstand next to it and on the right side of the desk was a bookshelf, on the left side of the room was a bath room and on the right was a closet. "Oh wow!" Shin said with amazement. "It looks like my room! Esept I have a toy box right here!" He pointed to the left of the bedroom door. "And a dresor here!" He pointed to the right side of the bedroom door. "Oh and a big scwissy pilow next to my bookself! I even have a tabel in the midel of my room for snack time!" He said happily. "Does that mean you like it?" The Head Captain asked. Shin nodded. "Yup! I love it!" He then jumped on the bed. Yamamoto smiled. "Good, then after you've said goodbye to your father, I will give you the tour." He said and Shin looked up at him then ran over to Gin and hugged him. "B-bye bye d-daddy..." He said trying not to cry. Gin picked him up and hugged him. "Now now, it's alright Shin, you'll see me again in 2 weeks." He reassured him. Shin dried his tears and smiled. "Ok!" He said and gave him one last hug. Gin then put Shin down and ruffled his hair. "That's my boy." He said then left. After Gin left Yamamoto showed Shin around the Squad 1 barracks. "And this, is where the other children stay." The head captain said as they entered the living barracks for the other kids that were training. Shin looked around and saw some kids playing. There was a young girl with long golden blonde hair, crystal blue eyes and snow white skin, sitting at a table looking at herself in the a mirror. She looked up from the mirror and saw Shin then smiled and winked at him which made him blush. There was also a boy with teal hair and magenta eyes doing pushups and another girl with strawberry blonde hair, bright jade green eyes and pale skin, reading a book. Shin even saw Elizabeth and her sister Shelby, chatting on a sofa. He looked up at Yamamoto. "How come my rooms not here?" Shin asked. Yamamoto smiled. "Because the area where you are is for kids who are the offspring of a captain." He explained. "Oh Ok... Can I go play with some of the outher kids!?" Shin asked excitedly. Yamamoto nodded. "But remember, I will be right back for your first lesson, Ok?" He said with a smile. "Ok!" Shin nodded and ran off.

Shelby saw Shin come in with the Head Captain and waved. "Hey!" She said waving at him. She then looked at her sister. "Elizabeth! Look who it is!" Elizabeth looked and smiled. "Hey! Over here!" She called to Shin. Shin saw them and ran over to them. "Hey! What are you 2 doin' here!?" He asked. "We're training to be Soul Reapers!" Shelby said. "Well right now we're training to go to the SRA" Elizabeth corrected her sister. Shin smiled. "Really?! What squab do you wanna be in?" Shin asked. "I'm not sure yet..." Shelby answered. Shin nodded then looked at Elizabeth. "What about you?" He asked. "I want to be in Squad 10..." She said in a dreamy like tone. Shin looked confused and seeing this Shelby leaned over to him. "She's in love with Captain Hitsugaya..." Shelby whispered with a grin.

"Shelby!" Elizabeth yelled glaring at her little sister. "Well it's true!" Shelby protested. Elizabeth glared at her. "Is not!" She yelled. Shin just stood there looking at the 2 girls. "Uh are there anymore kids here?" Shin asked. Shelby smiled. "Sure there are!" She said with a smile. Then she pointed to the girl with the mirror. "That's Maralay Amberson, she thinks she's like the Soul Princess or something." She whispered. Shin looked at the girl. "That's not very nice." Shin said looking back at Shelby who just shrugged. Then Maralay walked over to them and glared at Shelby. "Are you making up rumors about me?" She asked crossing her arms. "Oh, no of course not." Shelby said sarcastically. "Good, because you won't get rid of ugly-oses by spreading rumours." Maralay said and flicked Shelby's nose. "Bye..." She said with a wink to Shin.

Later that day...

Shin, Elizabeth and Shelby were eating lunch under a tree. "So, who was those other kids I saw erlyor?" Shin asked and took a bite of his food. "The girl with orange hair was Rosa Michaelis, she's 6 years old, kind of shy but really nice." Elizabeth explained. "And she loves reading books!" Shelby said with a wink at Shin. "Shelby! He's too young for a girlfriend!" Elizabeth said glaring at her sister, knowing what she was trying to do. Shelby just stuck her tung out at her. "Anyway, the boy with teal hair, was Tempus Sage Clockworth, he's 7 years old, he may be quiet but he's really cool." Elizabeth said and took a sip of her juice. "And cute too!" Shelby said making Elizabeth spit her juice out. "Shelby! I thought you already have a boyfriend?" Elizabeth asked glaring at her sister. "That doesn't mean I can't look!" Shelby reasoned. "Uh...what are you tawking about?..." Shin asked confused. "Well, it's like this-mmmmmm!" Shelby tried to say but Elizabeth covered her mouth with her hand. "Don't worry about it." She said and let go of Shelby who just glared at her. "Hey you!" Came a familiar voice. "Oh no..." Shin said and hid behind the tree and saw that Jack Azz and his brothers were standing around Tempus. "Can I help you?" He asked calmly. "Yeah, how's about you give us your lunch!" Fatte said punching his fists together. "How about no." Tempus scuffed. "Besides, it looks to me, you've already had one lunch too many." He said glaring at the fat boy. Jack glared at him. "Why you!" He said as Kezz grabbed Tempus and held him. "I'm gonna show you what happens when some one ticks me off!" Jack said and raised his fist to punch Tempus but a strong wind blew him back a little. "What the hell?..." He asked and looked in the direction of Shelby and Elizabeth. The 2 girls looked behind them and saw Shin standing there with a light teal aura around him. "Leave him alone!" The 5 year old said unaware of what was happening to him. "And who's gonna make me?" Jack glared then looked closer at Shin. "Hey wait, you're that brat from before! Captain Ichimaru's kid." He said then grinned. "I'm gonna enjoy pounding you..." Jack said with an evil smirk then started walking towards the 5 year old. Jack tried to punch Shin but Shin ducked and disappeared and reappeared behind him then head-butted him in the chin. jack flew back and landed on the ground. "You'll pay for that you little brat!" The bully said as he stood up but before either boy could do anything else someone pinched the pressure point on Shin's neck and he fell unconscious.

Walker, who had pinched Shin's neck caught him and laid him down. "Great not you again." Jack said glaring at him. "5 against 2 isn't a fair fight." Walker said calmly. "Now why don't you guys just head home." Tempus just looked from Walker to Shin. "What the heck is going on?" He thought. Then he heard Jack start to laugh. "Well 2 against 5 suits me just fine!" Jack said with a smirk. "Sorry to disappoint you but why don't we make it 4 against 5." Came a voice. Walker and Tempus turned to see a 13 year old boy with fiery red hair with orange and yellow streaks through it and ghostly green eyes, he was wearing the SRA uniform for boys. There was a 15 year old boy with him. This boy had black hair and gray eyes. He too was wearing the boys SRA uniform, only he was also wearing a long red kimono coat over it.

"Yoshido Darknight! Where the heck were you?!" Tempus asked angrily, glaring at the boy with red hair. "Sorry Mr. Clockworth." Yoshido said with a small chuckle. Tempus's face went bright red. "Don't call me that!" He yelled. "But that's your name." Yoshido said with a smirk. "Clockworth?" Walker asked. Yoshido nodded. "SHUT UP!" Tempus yelled. "You're one to talk, 'Yoshi'." The boy in the red kimono said. Yoshido glared at him. "Yoshi?" Walker said with a small chuckle but before the boy could respond Yoshido growled at him. "Just ignore the kimono boy." He said and the other boy glared back at him. "My name is Arin Guards!" Arin yelled. "What ever, at least I'm not stupid enough to ware a coat in the middle of the freaking summer! You look like an idiot!" Yoshido said crossing his arms. "Yeah well, at least my mom didn't name me after a dinosaur from a game in the world of the living." Arin retorted. Jack had become annoyed by this time and lunged toward Walker but ran face first into a very large book. "Ow..." Jack said as he fell backwards. "Ouch..." Yoshido said with a wince. "That had to hurt..." Tempus commented. "Well, that was smart... Not." Walker said openly judging Jack's intelligence. Jack sat up and glared at Rosa, who was holding the book. "What the hell did you hit me with!?" He asked angrily. "An encyclopedia." Rosa said as if it was nothing.

By now Shin had woken up because what Walker did was not very effective. "What's going on?..." Shin asked Shelby and Elizabeth who were sitting right next to him. "Hey! You're awake!" Shelby said happily. "Yeah, what happened?" Shin asked rubbing the back of his neck. "Oh, that Walker kid nocked you out." Elizabeth answered plainly. "Why'd he do that?!" The 5 year old asked. "Because, you were glowing!" Shelby said waving her arms around. "I was glowing!?" Shin freaked. Shelby nodded. "But, what does that mean!?" The 5 year old asked.

"It just means what we talked about at the Captain's meeting." Yamamoto said as he walked up. Shin and the other kids looked at him. "So, now what?" Shin asked. Yamamoto looked over at Walker and the others. "Well, first, I think all of you should get back to your lessons." Yamamoto ordered. He then looked at Jack and his brothers who were trying to sneak away. "And as for you 5, I want you to go to my lieutenants office, he will see to it that you receive punishment for disrupting the peace and quiet of this squad. "But but but!" Jack tried to protest. "No excuses, just go now!" The Head Captain ordered. "And stop talking about your but." Walker commented. Jack glared at him before leaving with his brothers. "Now then Shin you can come with me and we can begin your training." The head captain said and started walking. Shin nodded and followed him.

The next day Shin was sitting on the ground under a tree with his eyes closed. "Hey, what'cha doing'?" Walker asked as he sat down next to Shin. The boy looked at him. I'm trying to medi- mede- meda- sleep sitting up!" Shin said happily. Walker looked at him in confusion. "Sleep sitting up?... Oh! You mean meditate." He said when he realized what Shin meant. "Yeah that!" Shin said nodding. "Oh hey, I wanned to ask you sombing." The 5 year old said looking at Walker. "Ok, what?" The older kid asked. Shin looked down then back at Walker. "Well, I thought you were at the Sole Reepir Acadumy?" He asked in confusion. "Oh that? They said I couldn't join until I was 10." Walker explained. Shin just looked at him. "But I thot you were 10?" He asked. Walker chuckled. "Yeah but my birthday isn't until October 31 so technically I'm still 9." Shin nodded. "Oh, ok... Wate! Your birfdays on halwoween!?" The tot asked excitedly. Walker nodded. "Yup." He said plainly. "That is so cool!" I bet you get estra candy!" Shin exclaimed. Walker just laughed and stood up. "I'll see you later ok kid!" He said and waved to Shin as he walked away. "Ok! Bye-bye!" Shin said as he waved as well then went back to meditating.


In squad 2, Shin learned about stealth and speed.

"Alright young Ichimaru, we are going to have a race. And although you are only 5, you are still very powerful. So I'm going to start you off with an easy opponent." Soi-fon looked around for her lieutenant. "Omaeda!" She called and the fat guy came running while eating a bag of chips. "Yes-mmmm-Captain-mmm..." Omaeda asked with food in his mouth. "Stop stuffing your fat face because you are going to help me train Captain Ichimaru's son." Soi-fon ordered. Omaeda looked around. "But Captain... He's not here..." He said. Soi-fon looked around for Shin and found him hiding behind her desk. "What are you doing Shin?" She asked looking at the 5 year old. "I'm ascared that he's gonna eat me..." Shin whispered pointing at Omaeda and Soi-fon smirked. "Omaeda, come here." She said standing up. "Yes Captain?" The lieutenant asked walking over. As soon as he was right behind her, Soi-fon backhanded him in the nose. Omaeda backed up holding his nose. "Ow! Captain, what'd you do that for!? That hurt!" He said in pain. Soi-fon just glared at him. "That's for scaring little kids." She said then noticed Shin's medallion. "How did this kid get that, I thought the only one who had that died years ago?..." She thought. "Uh, Captain?" Omaeda asked. Soi-fon smacked him on the nose again. "Don't interrupt me when I'm thinking again." She said while picking Shin up and carrying him outside.

An hour later...

For the test, Shin and the fat lieutenant had to sneak through a forest with trip alarms without setting any of them off. "Pardon me Captain, but are you sure it was a good idea to have the lieutenant be the child's opponent?" A member of the squad asked. Soi-fon stood there thinking as they herd a lot of alarms go off.

(Flashback...)

Shin and Omaeda stood in front of Soi-fon while she explained the test to them. "The goal of this test is to see how well you can be at stealth." She looked at Shin. "Shin, you will have to get through this forest without setting off any bells like this one." She held up a small cow bell and handed it to Shin so he could get a good look at it. Then she looked at Omaeda. "Omaeda, the same goes for you except you will be avoiding the usual alarms." As she said this Shin was now playing with the bell and Omaeda was looking at him. "Uh Ok, but can I have a turn with that?" The Lieutenant asked pointing at the bell. Soi-fon just glared and smacked him. "Stop being stupid!" She ordered. "B-but he gets to ring it!" The fat oaf pouted. "HE'S A 5 YEAR OLD!" Soi-fon yelled. "Shin can I have the bell back please?" She asked. The toddler nodded and handed her the bell. "Now do both of you understand what to do?" The squad 2 captain asked. "Yes..." Omaeda pouted again. "Ma'am, yes Ma'am!" Shin said with a salute. Soi-fon grinned. "Then get going and stay on the yellow path!" She then blew a whistle and Shin ran off into the forest singing, "Fowwow the yewwow bwick wode!" Omaeda glared after him as the little guy ran out of sight. "Little showoff..." He muttered before heading into the forest himself.

(end flashback...)

"Yes." Soi-fon finally answered. "Omaeda is the perfect opponent for this test because he already has the brain of a 5 year old." She commented. "Hey! That's not very nice." Came Shin's voice next to her. "What the Hellbutterfly!?" Soi-fon gasped as her and the other members turned to look at Shin who was sitting on the ground. "Um, how long have you been sitting there?" One squad member asked. Shin tilted his head. "Um... Not sure, I donno how to tell time." He answered. "Make that the brain of a monkey..." Soi-fon said annoyed. "Wait... That's an insult to monkeys." She corrected herself as Omaeda came loudly crashing through the bushes.

For the rest of the week Shin kept up his good work.


When Shin got to Squad 3 he was over joyed to see his father.

"Daddy!" Shin said as he ran into Gin's office but instead of jumping in his arms, Shin stopped on a dime right in front of his father and bowed politely. "Good morning Captain Ichimaru." The toddler said greeting the 3rd squad captain. Gin grinned. "And good morning to you too, Shin." He said professionally. Gin then walked over to his door and closed it then looked at Shin. "So Shin, what have you learned so far?" He asked as he sat down at his desk. Shin went over and sat in his fathers lap. "Well, first I lurned how to medi- meda- medy... Um?" He said trying to say a word. "Meditate?" Gin asked. "Yeah, that!" Shin smiled. Captain Yamma said it wood help wif my spiri- spyri-" Shin tried to pronounce another word. "Spiritual pressure." Gin helped. "Yes, thank you." Shin said. "Then wif Miss Soyfood I got to race a big piggy!" He said with a giggle and Gin blinked. "Well it's obvious that the big piggy is Lieutenant Omaeda, but what about the other one?" He thought. "Miss Soyfood?" Gin asked. Shin smiled. "Yeah! She's a captain jus like you!" The 5 year old answered happily. "Oh... Soi-fon." Gin said understanding who Shin meant. "Yeah, her giant piggy was gonna eat me!" The boy said looking up at Gin. "He really needs to go on a diet." The silver haired man said making Shin laugh. "I made lots of new friends too!" The tiny tot said happily. "Really? Who?" Gin asked. "Well first, I saw Selby and Ewisabif. Oh and that Woker kid was there too! But I also met a girl named Roza, a boy named Yosedo, a boy named Tempus and a boy named Arin!" The child explained excitedly. Gin smiled and then helped Shin to his room.

For the week in his squad, instead of coming up with a test for Shin, Gin decided to let his son follow him around then write and draw pictures of what he learned.


In Squad 4, Shin learned how to use healing kido and how to take care of the sick or injured.

"Alright Shin, today we're going to learn about healing kido then how to wrap bandages." Captain Unohana said as the 5 year old sat down. "OK!" Shin said happily. Unohana got a book so she could begin to give Shin a quiz on the different types of healing kido but before she could sit down there was a loud sound like a little girl crying. "Miss Unohana come quick my sister fell!" Came the voice of a small boy who had run into the room. He was 5 years old and looked almost identical to Shin except his hair was a mixture of pink and orange and his eyes were purple. "What, again!?" Unohana asked in a worried but slightly annoyed tone. "Hey it's not Cora's fault she was cursed by a witch!" The boy said noticing her tone. "Now Cory, you know your sister isn't cursed." Unohana said walking past him. "Well, she wasn't born clumsy!" Cory scuffed. Unohana just shook her head. "Alright, now where is she." She asked. "This way!" Cory said and ran out. "Come along Shin, this, would be a good chance to see how to wrap bandages." Unohana said as she grabbed a first aid kit then left the room to follow Cory. "Yes ma'am!" Shin said and followed after her. Cory led them outside to where his mother and sister were sitting. The little 3 year old girl was sitting in her mothers lap crying a waterfall of tears. She was an exact duplicate of her mother with bubblegum pink hair that was in pigtails and bright magenta eyes. "Don't worry Cora! I brought help!" Cory said and as soon as she saw her brother, Cora stopped crying. "Now tell me what happened Cora." Unohana asked but Cora just started crying again. "What does it look like? She fell... Again!" Cory said hugging his sister. "Wy dib de meen poopy wich kers me! Wa dib I eber do to her!" Cora cried.

By now Shin didn't know why but he felt like 'he' was the one who fell. "It's ok Cora that mean witch was just jealous because your so much more prettier, smarter, telemted, and better then her..." Cory said patting Cora on the head. "Lora, what happened?" Unohana asked Cory and Cora's mom. Lora was a very lovely young woman with long bubblegum pink hair that was tied in a bun on top of her head and bright magenta eyes. "Well, she was skipping and... Well... She tripped." Lora said as Unohana sighed and looked at Cora's leg then stood up. "Yep, it's broken but we can't fix it here. I'll have to go get a stretcher if we carry her like this it will just make it worse." Unohana said. "Shin, wait here." And with that she hurried back to the squad barracks. "Wat's gonna hapin to me?..." Cora asked still crying. "Maybe she'll hav'ta take it off..." Cory said trying to be funny. "W-wat!?..." Cora panicked. "I donna wanna woos my weg!" Cora cried. "Cory!" Lora scolded. "Sorry Momma, sorry Cora..." Cory said and bowed his head. "It's ok sweety." His mom said. "I don't think she will take the leg it's not that bad..." Shin said trying to make Cora feel better. "D-dank ue... Uh hu are ue?" Cora asked while drying her tears. Shin smiled. "Oh! My name is Shin Ichimaru! It's nice to meet your aqua- aqui- ...um?" He tried to introduce himself. "Acquaintance." Lora clarified. Shin nodded. "Yes, thank you." He bowed politely. "I'm Cory Soons and this is my sister Cora!" Cory said happily. "And I'm Lora Soons, their mother." Lora said with a smile.

Unohana finally returned with a stretcher and helped Lora get Cora back to the squad. Once they were there Captain Unohana began fixing Cora's leg as Lora and Cory watched. "Are ue gonna take my weg?..." Cora asked a little scared. Unohana blinked. "Why of course not." She said with a smile. "Dank gooness..." Cora said in relief.

"So how old are you?" Cory asked Shin, who was helping Unohana fix Cora's leg. "I'm 5 years old." Shin said happily. "Hhh! Me too!" Cory said with a big smile. "An I dree!" Cora said trying to be in their conversation. "You mean 3." Cory corrected her. "Ya, dree!" She said with a smile. "There, all done." Unohana said when she finished fixing Cora's leg then she gave Cora and Cory each a lollipop for being so good, then she gave one to Shin for helping her. After words Shin got to say bye to his new friends before he had to get back to his learning. As Shin practiced wrapping bandages on a dummy, Unohana caught a glimpse of his medallion. "Ah, I see, he succeeded..." She thought to herself.


In Squad 5 Shin's only thought for some reason was that he couldn't wait to go to squad 6.

By the 3rd night in squad 5 Shin had been having bad dreams. One night Shin decided to go for a walk after a nightmare. "I wish I had Reo..." Shin said to himself. "Oh why did I say I was going to leave him at home!" He wondered.

(Flashback...)

The night before Shin's training began, he, Sanji and Gien were playing in the backyard while Gin packed Shin's things. "Roar!" Sanji said as he chased Gien in a wig around the yard. "Ahhh! Somebody help me!" Gien said in a girl like voice. That's when Shin with his sword jumped out of a bush. "Stop you eval hollow!" He said heroically. Sanji turned to him and roared. "Fine I'll eat you instead!" He said and ran toward him. They pretended to fight before Shin put his sword under Sanji's armpit. "No!" The blind boy yelled. "How could I, the greatest hollow in history, be defeated by a mere soul reaper!" That's when Gien fell over laughing. "Hahahahaha! 'Greatest hollow in history'! Hahahaha! More like 'lamest' hollow in history! Hahaha!" Sanji glared at him. "What about you!?" The boy spat. "What about me?" Gien asked. "Why the heck are you wearing a wig!?" Sanji asked still glaring at him. "Where did you even get that anyway?" Shin asked. "Well some one had to play the part of the beautiful damsel in distress." Gien said flipping the wig like it was actual hair. "Oh and I know people." He said answering Shin's question. Shin just looked confused. "Hahahahahaha!" This time it was Sanji who fell over laughing. "What!? What's so funny!?" Gien said glaring at him. "Hahahaha! The fact that you think you're beautiful! Hahahaha!" Sanji said still laughing. "You are the UGLIEST girl I have EVER seen." At that, even Shin burst into fits of laughter. Gien just flipped the wig again. "Don't hate me cause I'm beautiful!" He said in a singsong voice and did a girly walk and pose. At that all 3 boys fell over in fits of laughter.

"Shin! Could you come here real quick!" Gin called from the window in Shin's room. "Coming!" Shin said and ran inside. When he got there he saw a teal suitcase on his bed. "Is that my bag for tomarow!?" Shin said happily. "It sure is." Gin answered. "Awsum! It's my faverit culor!" Shin said with a big grin. Gin smiled at his son. "Would you like me to pack Reo for you as well?" He asked. "No thanks." Shin said trying to sound like a big boy. "Why not?" Gin asked. "I thought you liked Reo." Shin picked the toy up and hugged it. "I do, but I wanna try to do my training with out him..." The boy said and hugged Reo tighter. Gin smiled. "Alright." He said.

(End flashback...)

Shin stopped walking and looked around. "Ok... Where am I?" He asked himself. Just then someone had tapped him on the shoulder causing him to jump. "Ahh!" Shin yelped as he turned and tried to use his sword to hit whoever was behind him but the person blocked it. "Woh, easy there, little guy." Walker said. "W-Woker?..." Shin wondered. "You scared me! What are you doing here?" He asked as he put his sword away. "Can't sleep." Walker said with a shrug. "What are you doing up?" He asked and sat down on the ground. "I had a bad dreem." Shin said and sat down next to him. "A bad dream? What was it about?" The older boy asked. Shin looked down. "Captain Potter." Shin said. "Potter?... Oh! You mean Aizen." Walker said. Shin looked up at him. "How did you know who I was tawking about?" The 5 year old asked. "Well, he does look like Harry Potter... Kinda." Walker answered. "Now why are your nightmares about him, when did these bad dreams start?" He asked Shin who looked back down. "When I first got here..." The sandy haired boy answered.

(Flashback...)

Shin entered the squad 5 barracks with his suitcase. "Well, welcome, Shin." Aizen said in a calm voice. Shin looked up at him and for some reason felt scared so he took a small step back. "Um hi." Shin said nervously. "Come now Shin, there's no reason to be nervous. Now, if you'll follow me, I'll show you to your room." Aizen said noticing this then started walking. "Um... Ok." Shin said and followed.

(End flashback...)

"Something about him jus scares me for some reason..." Shin said sadly. "Well, just remember, their only dreams, they can't hurt you." Walker said trying to make the small boy feel better. Shin looked up and smiled. "Can you walk me to my room? It's too dark out here..." He asked. "Sure." Walker said then stood and helped Shin up then led the little guy back to his room. Once they got there, Walker helped Shin into his bed and walked over to the door. "Goodnight Woker..." Shin said before falling asleep. "Goodnight kiddo." Walker said as he turned of the light and closed the door then went to bed himself.

The next day Shin was in his room reading a book when Aizen came in. "Shin, Momo and I are going to the Rukon District to get some lunch. Would you like to come?" He asked. Shin looked up from his book and smiled. "Sure." He said and stood up. He tried to put his sandals on but had trouble strapping them. "Here let me help." Aizen said as he bent down to help Shin with his shoes. "Ok..." Shin said and sat on his bed. Aizen got started on the first sandal when he saw Shin's medallion. "What the?..." He thought. "Shin, where did you get that?" Sousoke asked looking at the boy. Shin looked at the necklace. "My daddy gave it to me." He answered. Aizen blinked. "Do you know where he got it?" Shin looked at him. "I think he bot it in the worwd of the living." The boy said. "Why?" Shin asked. Aizen thought for a moment. "Well that makes sense I guess, there are things in the world of the living that look a lot like that… But then again that thing has a vary unique aura around it…" He thought. "Um… Mr. Aizen?..." Shin asked. Aizen looked up at him and smiled. "Oh no reason. I just wanted to know so I can get one of my own." He said in a friendly voice but for some reason Shin didn't believe him. "Thay're onwy dreams thay can't hert me..." The toddler thought to himself remembering what Walker told him and chose to ignore the bad feeling he was getting from the captain. "Oh ok." Shin finally said and when Aizen was done strapping Shin's shoes they left.


In squad 6 Shin got to learn about dignity and sophistication.

Shin walked into the squad 6 barracks with the lieutenant of squad 5, Momo Hinamori. "Alright Shin, this is it!" Momo said cheerfully. Shin turned and bowed to her politely. "Thank you." He said with a smile. Momo smiled back and turned to leave. "You be good, ok?" She said and Shin nodded. "Ok!" He said happily. Momo waved goodbye and left.

"Oh good, you're here." Byakuya said as he walked up. Shin turned and bowed to the Captain. "Hello Sir." He said politely. When Shin bowed Byakuya caught a glimpse of the medallion. "Could it be?..." The noble thought. "No it couldn't..." He dismissed it. "Come with me and we will get some breakfast before the tour." He said and started walking. "Ok." Shin said grabbing his suitcase and followed him.

An our later...

Captain Byakuya was Showing Shin around the squad 6 barracks. "And this is where you will be staying." The noble said as he opened a door. Shin looked around and saw that it was similar to the ones he had in squads 1-5. Just then there was a loud noise and Renji came rolling in wrestling with another soul reaper. Byakuya looked down and saw Shin hiding behind his leg. "On second thought..." He said and picked the boy up then grabbed the teal suitcase. "Captain Kuchiki?" Renji asked. "What's wrong?" Byakuya just looked at him. "I'm taking Ichimaru's son to spend the week at the Kuchiki manner." He said calmly. "But why?" The pineapple asked. "Because, this is no place for a child." The captain said with a glare. He then turned and left.

Once they got to the Kuchiki manner, Byakuya showed Shin to his room. "You can stay here." He said to the 5 year old. "Thank you, Sir." Shin said with a bow. Byakuya nodded and left the room. "Well, it's hard to see how a boy like that was adopted by Ichimaru. Renji could learn a thing or to from him." The noble thought as he made his way to his wife, Hisana's shrine.

Later that night…

About 2 hours after Shin had gone to bed he had another nightmare, so he took his pillow and went for a walk around the manner when he found Byakuya's study. The noble was sitting at his desk looking at an old picture of himself as a kid with 2 other boys 1 with light brown hair and dark blue eyes with glasses on. The other boy had orange hair and bright blue eyes. He was about to put the picture away when he heard Shin's footsteps. "What are you doing up, young Ichimaru?" He asked accidentally startling the child. Shin gulped. "I had a bad dream..." He said hugging the pillow. Byakuya looked at him then summoned his hellbutterfly. "Wait here." He said then walked out the door. Outside the door Renji had flashstepped in front of him. "...Huh... you... huh... called... huh... Captain... huh?..." He huffed. "Ah good, Renji, I need you to go to Captain Ichimaru's house and get Reo then bring him back here." Byakuya asked. Renji looked confused. "Reo?" He asked. "Yes." Byakuya said. "Ichimaru will know who you mean. Now go." The noble instructed. Renji nodded and left.

On his way to Gin's house, Renji was wondering what kind of 'person' Reo was. "Reo huh? Sounds like some French name or something. A guy with a name like that must be real Smooth with the ladies." Renji thought.

(Renji's Imagination...)

Renji, in a monkey suit was mopping the floor while a bunch of soul reaper woman were gathered around a single man with a muscular build, chiseled chin a sparkling white smile, great hair and a perfect tan. "Oh Reo! You're so strong!" Momo said as she poured him a drink. "Why Merci, Mademoiselle Momo." Reo said in a French accent. "Oh Reo, you are so handsome!" Rangiku said and looked at him. "Oui, but my looks don't compare to your beauty, my lovely cherry blossom." Reo said as he lifted Rangiku's hand and kissed it. "EEEEEEEEEEEE!" All the girls squealed.

While this was going on the other soul reaper men were watching. "Wow! Reo's so cool!" Torshiro said excitedly. "Indeed, he is far more dignified then myself." Byakuya said in admiration. "Reo is hereby announced as the new Head Captain!" Yamamoto said and everyone cheered. "NO!" Came a voice. "Oh thank you!" Renji said as Central 46 came marching in. "Finally some sanity can be restored." Followed by Central 46, was the Soul King himself. He stood in front of Reo and got on one knee. "Reo, will you take my place as the new Soul King?" He asked holding up his crown. "WHAT!" Renji said and fell over. "It would be an honor." Reo said and took the crown. That's when Aizen and Gin came in and started passing out Reo merchandise. "All hail King Reo!" Aizen said as everyone started partying. "Hey, Renji!" Rukia said as she walked up. "Rukia! Oh finally s- wait why are you wearing a wedding dress?" Renji asked. Rukia grinned and spun around. "Isn't it great, Reo asked me to be his Queen!" She said as Reo came up and rapped his arms around her. "Pardon me Monsieur Renji, but you missed a spot." He said and led Rukia away as they both laughed. "What did you ever see in that pineapple reject?" Reo asked Rukia. "I don't know, he's such a loser!" Rukia answered as she and Reo danced. Just then a hollow randomly ran up and swallowed Renji whole.

(End Renji's Imagination ...)

At Gin's house the squad 3 captain and Ginene were talking. "I hope Shin's ok." Ginene said as she poured some tea. "Oh don't worry about it Ginene, Byakuya may not have a sense of humor but he's still a good guy." Gin assured her. Just then there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" Gin said as he stood up and walked over to the door. "Who is it?" He asked. "Lieutenant Abarai!" Came the voice of the pineapple haired man.

Renji glared as he stood in front of the door when Gin opened it. "Can I help you?" The fox asked. "Yeah, Captain Kuchiki needs Reo." Renji said restraining his anger. "Oh but of course, I'll go get him." Gin said and went up stairs. "So just what kind of person is this Reo?" Renji asked. "Huh? Excuse me?" Ginene asked in confusion. That's when Gin came back down the stairs holding a stuffed lion. "Here you go!" He said and handed the toy to Renji. "This is Reo!?" The lieutenant asked. "Yes. Were you expecting a person?" Ginene said. "Well... I... But... Oh forget it!" Renji said and left. "Guess Byakuya didn't tell him, Reo is a toy that he gave to Shin for his 4th birthday." Ginene guessed. "I take back what I said! Byakuya does have a sense of humor after all!" Gin said laughing.

Renji returned to the Kuchiki manner with his face bright red. "Here..." He said in embarrassment. "You jumped to conclusions again, didn't you?" Byakuya asked. "N-no..." The lieutenant answered. "Now if you'll excuse me Captain, I'm going home to get some sleep." And with that, Renji turned and left. "That boy is an idiot." Byakuya commented as he watched the pineapple flee. He then went inside and gave Reo to Shin and allowed the boy to sit with him as he finished up some paperwork.

When he was done he looked at Shin who was asleep so he picked him up and carried him to his room.


In squad 7, Shin learned about loyalty and honor.

"Alright Shin, try to come at me." Komamura said. "Ok..." Shin said as he held his little sword out in front of him. He had already been in squad 7 for almost 2 days and was now in a field next to a pond and surrounded by trees. Shin ran forward and tried to tag the captain with his sword but Komamura moved aside and Shin slid into the nearby pond. "Shin!" Komamura panicked and ran over to the pond. He looked around but couldn't see the child anywhere. Just then Shin's head popped up out of the water. "That was fun!" The boy said happily. "I wanna do that again!" He giggled. Komamura sighed and smiled. "I think that's enough for today." He said as he looked at the setting sun. "Ok!" Shin said and got out of the water with his sword.

Later that night Shin woke up feeling thirsty so he went to get a glass of water. As he was walking he saw a huge shadow around a corner and when he looked to see what it was he saw a huge dog like man standing in front of Captain Komamura's office. "H-hello?..." He said a little fearful. The dog panicked and tried to hide but there was nowhere big enough to hide him. For some reason Shin didn't feel scared of this creature but instead felt like he new him. "Who are you?" The toddler asked as he took a step closer. "It's alright young one, it's only me." Komamura said turning to theboy. "Captain Komora?" Shin asked in curiosity. Komamura nodded. "You realy look like a big doggy?" The 5 year old asked and the captain nodded. "That's so cool!" Shin said happily. Komamura blinked. "Wait you're not scared or anything?" He asked. Shin shook his head. "I like doggies!" The toddler said with his dark blue eyes sparkling. "Thank you, but I can't let anyone else know." Komamura said bending down on one knee so he was almost at eye level with Shin. "Why not?" The boy asked. "Because, I don't know how they'll take it." The captain answered. "Oh, Ok then! This is jus between us!" Shin said and pretended to zip his lip, lock it and then throw away the pretend key. Komamura smiled. "Alright, now what do you say we get to bed?" He said and Shin nodded. "But fers, I'm thersy." The boy said with a smile. "Ok." The dog-man said and helped Shin get a glass of water then took him back to his room.

Once Shin was tucked in the boy wrapped his arms around his stuffed lion and fell fast asleep. Komamura sat there and watched as the boy slept and that's when he saw the medallion. "Well now, that explains it. The only other person who had that was the only other man other than Kaname to not mind my appearance." He thought remembering a young man with light brown hair and dark blue eyes.


In squad 8 Shin learned what a married couple looks like.

Kyoraku stood there as Shin walked in with his suitcase and stuffed toy. When he saw the boy's necklace. "Well, I'll be..." He mumbled. "What Captain?" A soul reaper asked. Kyoraku looked at the guy. "Oh nothing!" He answered cheerfully. "He couldn't be his kid, that guy died years ago..." The 8th captain thought to himself. "Hello!" Kyoraku said as Shin walked over to him. "Hiya!" The tot said happily. "This way please! After we take your stuff to your room I'll show you around. " The captain said and Shin nodded then followed.

3 Days Later...

Shin was sitting down drawing because he was taking a break from his lessons when he heard yelling. That's when 8th squad lieutenant, Nanao Ise came in with an angry look, she was being followed by her Caption, Shunsui Kyoraku. "Aw c'mon little Nanao! Please?" The captain begged. Nanao turned to him and glared. "No way! I have already done all your paperwork for the last 3 months. I will not do it this time." She said while glaring at him. "I'll buy you a pony!" Kyoraku said trying to bribe her. "Do I look like a little girl to you!?" Nanao said angrily as the captain tried to give her a puppy-dog put. "Ok, how about I take you out to dinner instead." The captain offered. Nanao hit him on the head with her book then stormed off as the man fell. When she was gone Kyoraku sat up and looked at Shin who had been watching. "Oh boy, what am I going to do about her Shin?" He asked rubbing his head. "I donno..." The toddler said with a shrug. Just then a lightbulb appeared above Kyoraku's head and he grinned. "Hey Shin, could you do me a little favor?" He asked and Shin blinked.

1 hour latter...

Nanao was sitting in her office when there was a nock at the door. "Who is it!?" She asked angrily. "Uh... It's me, Shin..." The sandy blonde boy said nervously. Nanao stood up then walked over to the door and opened it. "Sorry..." She said when she saw the small boy standing there. "It's ok. I jus wanna sing you a song I lernd!" Shin said happily. "Ok, go ahead." The lieutenant said. Shin smiled and took a deep breath.

"You're my honeybunch, sugar plum

Pumpy-umpy-umpkin

You're my sweetie pie

You're my cuppycake, gumdrop

Snoogums, boogums, you're

The apple of my eye

And I wove you so

And I want you to know

That I'll always be right here

And I wove to sing

Sweet songs to you

Because you are so dear!..." The boy sang and when he finished he got on one knee and held up a bright red rose. Nanao smiled as she took the rose then bent down to Shin. "Captain Kyoraku put you up to this, didn't he?" She asked and Shin just grinned. "He gave me 5 yen and candy!" The young child answered happily. Nanao just shook her head. "Real nice Captain." Nanao said to Kyoraku, who was hiding around the corner. "Damn she's good..." The captain mumbled before leaving.


In Squad 9 Shin learned how to avoid violence.

Shin was sitting under a tree when something wet and slimy had stuck itself in his ear. "EEEEWWWWW! EWEWEWEWEW! EEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWW!" Shin cried wiping his ear then he turned to see Gien and Sanji rolling on the ground laughing their heads off. "Gien, that's not funny!" The tot yelled but then blinked. "Wait... What are you guys doing here?" He asked. "We came to visit!" Gien said happily. "We wanted to come 3 weeks ago but, you know my girls brother." Sanji said trying to sound like an adult. "Mche." Gien snorted. The blind boy moved his head in the direction of the silver haired boy. "What!?" Sanji snapped. "What's so funny!?" He asked glaring at the Jr fox face. "The fact that you think you and Rukia are boyfriend and girlfriend." Gien said while laughing. Sanji was about to respond when Jack and his brothers walked up. With them were 2 other boys. One had white hair, a stone-hard looking face, purple eyes and a muscular upper body build. The other boy even though he was a kid he had gray hair, pale skin, zits all over his face, purple eyes and he looked as if he was malnourished on the fact that he was practically skin and bones. "Oh great. It's the butt bros." Gien said with a glare. "Hey, Shut it!" Jack said and matched Gien's glare. "Hi Jack, who are your friends?" Shin said trying to be nice. Jack glared at him. "None of your beeswax!" The boy said crossing his arms. "This is Geyb, he's 11 years old." Dom said pointing at the boy with white hair. "And this is Hol, he's 10 years old. They're our brothers too." He said pointing at the other boy. "Hi." Hol said with a bored tone. "Dom they don't need to know our ages." Geyb said with a glare. "Idiot." Simart muttered.

"This is the kid I told you about." Jack said pointing at Shin. Geyb looked at Shin then back at Jack. "He's not even tall enough to reach the top of a counter." Geyb said looking at Jack with disappointment. "But it's true!" Jack said. "That kid is strong!" Geyb rolled his eyes. "Jack, you're an imbecile." Hol said smacking Jack upside the head. "But it's true I tell ya!" Jack wined.

"I'm astronger then the big cheese!" Shin said happily. "The what?" Simart asked. "You know the Head Captain." Sanji clarified. "Ha! Yeah right." Kezz said with a laugh. "Are you callin my cousin a liar?!" Gien snapped. "So what if he is?" Fatte asked smugly. "Yeah, what if I am?" Kezz said with a grin and flicked Gien on the forehead. "That's it!" Gien said and tackled Kezz. "Get off me you little freak!" Kezz yelled. "Don't call him a freak!" Sanji yelled and tried to tackle Kezz as well but Fatte got in his way so Sanji just started trying to punch him instead. "Hey stop hitting me!" Fatte said trying to block Sanji's attacks. Jack and Simart tried to get Gien off of Kezz while Geyb and Hol tried to pry Sanji from Fatte because he had dug his nails into the fat kid's skin. "Aah, Help! Get him off me!" Fatte yelled.

"Guys, please stop!" Shin said then Jack looked at the 5 year old and grinned. "I gotta bone to pick with you kid." He said and started walking towards the small boy. Shin backed up. "Um... What did I do?..." He asked timidly. Jack didn't answer and just continued to advance toward the 5 year old. Shin quickly turned and ran away. "Somebody help!" He said as he ran around a corner and Jack ran after him. Before he knew it, Shin had ran strait into someone and fell backwards. "Get back here you little ba-... Uh, Captain Tousan." Jack said as he ran around the corner to see squad 9 captain, Kaname Tousan standing there. Immediately Shin stood up and ran behind the captain. "May I ask what the problem is?" Tousan asked Jack who was just standing there like an idiot. "W-well uh... HE STARTED IT!" Jack said pointing at Shin who was still hiding. "Young Mr. Azz, I don't need eyesight to know you're lying to me." The Captain said calmly. "But, but, ah for get it! You're gonna tell my dad ain't ya?" Jack asked giving in. "What do you think?" Tousan asked. "Yeah I'm dead..." Jack moaned and followed the captain back to the other kids who were still fighting. "ATTENHUT!" Tousan yelled getting their attention and just like that all of them lined up in front of him in a military-like manner. "All of you who were fighting will come with me so I can call your parents." Kaname ordered. "Aw! But they started it!" Gien said. "Yeah!" Sanji added. "That doesn't matter you were still fighting and violence is 1 thing I will not have in my squad. Now come." Tousan said and started walking to his office. All the boys moaned but followed him, well not Dom and Shin because they weren't fighting. "So... Wanna play tag?" Shin said looking at Dom once they left. "Ok!" Dom said and they started playing.

Latter that evening Shin was getting ready for bed when Tousan walked in. "You did well today, young one." He said to the boy. Shin smiled. "Thank you!" He said with a bow then put Reo on his bed. "Shin there's something I want you to remember." The captain said. "Ok, what?" Shin asked as he climbed into his bed. "It takes strength to fight but even more strength to walk away from a fight." Tousan said. "Can you remember that?" He asked. Shin nodded. "Good, now get some sleep." Kaname said then left the room.

As Shin drifted off to sleep he repeated Tousan's words. "It takes stringf to fight but more stringf to walk away from a fight..." The tot mumbled before falling asleep.

Later that night...

Tousan was standing in an alleyway in an abandoned part of the Seireitei when a man walked up but stayed in the shadows. "Are you sure it's him?" He asked. "Yes, he has the medallion." The other man said. "But didn't you say Gin gave it to him and that it might be a trinket from the world of the living." Tousan asked. The man stepped out of the shadows revealing himself to be none other then Aizen. "Yes, but I know who the boy is because of his spiritual pressure. It may be a little distorted but I can still tell his spirit ribbon is similar to 'his'." The 5th captain explained. "So now what?" Tousan asked. "Nothing, now we just continue on as if nothings going on and monitor the child. He might even be more useful the the boy from the world of the living." Aizen answered. Tousan nodded. "Then I shall await your orders until the time comes." The blind man said and disappeared. Aizen smirked and did the same.


In Squad 10 Shin got to learn about Responsibility.

Toshiro Hitsugaya was sitting in his office talking to Captain Unohana. "You're sure?" He asked. "Yes the Dr said. " I'm certain that the necklace young Ichimaru is wearing is in fact the same medallion that belonged to the former Captain of squad 11." She clarified. Toshiro was about to respond when someone came in. "Forgive me Captain, but Captain Ichimaru's son is here." The man said. "Good tell the Lieutenant." Toshiro said. "Unfortunately Sir, we can't find the Lieutenant." The man said and Toshiro groaned. "Fine! I'll go find her. Thank you." The young captain said and the man bowed. "Of course Sir." He said and left. "We'll have to finish this later." Toshiro said to Unohana. "Very well then." She said with a smile and left as well.

A few minutes latter, Toshiro was walking along the halls of his squad barracks looking for his lieutenant, Rangiku. "She better not still be asleep." He muttered to himself as he got to the door to her quarters. "Rangiku! Are you up yet?" He asked knocking on the door. "..." There was no answer. "Rangiku?" He asked again. "..." Again no answer. "Rangiku!" Toshiro said getting annoyed. "What!?" Rangiku said as she walked up. "What the?" Toshiro said turning to her. "Wait, you're awake?" He asked confused. "Well yeah, I had to be so I could give little Shin here, a tour of the squad." The strawberry blonde replied then led Shin away. "Bye Captain! See you later!" Toshiro just stood there in confusion. "Ok... Wait what!?" He said watching them leave.

Later that day Rangiku and Shin were looking for Toshiro. When they found him he was being followed by Shelby, Elizabeth and Rosa. Elizabeth was just walking next to the captain looking up at him with a dazed look in her eyes, Shelby was walking on his other side asking him all sorts of questions and Rosa was just following behind him with her nose in a book. "Why is your hair white? Why are you so short? How old are you? How long have you been a captain?" Shelby continued to ask.

"I was born with it. I'm not. No comment. Long enough." Toshiro answered all of her questions then he saw Shin and his lieutenant. "Oh thank the soul king..." He thought as he walked over to them. "Captain, i'm surprised at you." Rangiku said as Toshiro walked up to them. "What do you mean? The captain asked. Rangiku gave him a disappointed look. "What! Toshiro asked. "Why are you here with your fanclub instead of training Shin?" The busty lieutenant asked. Toshiro gave her an angry look. "How can I train him if he's been with you all day." He said calmly and annoyed. "Well he's right here, so take him." Rangiku said then she looked at Shin. "Be good and try not to give the captain to much trouble, ok?" She asked. "Ok!" Shin said happily and stood next to Hitsugaya. "Thank you now, get ba-" Toshiro was about to order Rangiku to get back to work but when he looked in her direction the busty lieutenant was gone. "Dammit..." He thought then looked at Shin. "For your first lesson, you will learn about responsibility and the first part of that lesson is, Rangiku is a bad example of it." The young captain said then started walking. "Ok." Shin said and followed him.


In squad 11 Shin learned that he does not like fighting.

Toshiro had taken Shin to the 11th squad barracks the following week. "Ok here we are." He said as they walked in. Immediately Shin became worried because most of the buildings looked ready to collapse and there was no one in sight. "What happened here? Did a Halow do this?" He asked staying close to Toshiro.

"Oh don't worry, it always looks like this!" Said a cheerful voice right behind him. "AAAAHH!" Shin jumped and fell backwards in fear. "Are you ok?" Said a little girl looking down at him. She had light pink hair, red eyes and was wearing the standard Soul Reapers uniform. She looked at Shin with a big smile on her face. "Yeah I'm ok... But you scared me." Shin said as he stood up and dusted himself off. The girl just smiled. "Shin, this is Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi." Toshiro said looking at the 2 children. "Oh! Hi I'm Shin Ichimaru! It's nice to meet you!" Shin said happily with a bow. Yachiru then gave the boy a big hug. "Yay! A new friend I gotta tell Kenny!" She said and dragged Shin away as fast as she could.

"Good luck..." Toshiro mumbled as he watched Yachiro's dust cloud dissipate.

Yachiru took Shin to a training ground where Zaraki was training the squad members. "Kenny! Look who's here!" She said as she ran up with Shin who was still being dragged. "Well, good to see you're here." Zaraki said when Shin fell in front of him. "Oooh... I think my tummy needs time to cach up..." The sandy-blonde moaned. "Nah, you'll get over it." Zaraki said as he pulled the boy up but then noticed the medallion that Gin had given to Shin. "That looks familiar some how..." The captain thought.

"Uh... Escuse me sir, but I'm getting dizzy..." Shin said getting Zaraki's attention. The battle loving captain had picked Shin up by his leg and was now holding him upside down. "Huh? Oh." Zaraki said and put Shin back down.

Over the next week Shin had been told to watch and learn how the 11th squad fights. He had seen them use moves on one another that scared him and on the night before his last day there, Shin had been having more nightmares and had woken up several times. "I wanna go home..." He pouted after the 5th nightmare he had that night.

The next morning Zaraki and the other squad members were looking for Shin. "Hey kid where'd ya go!" Ikkaku said as he and Yumichika looked around the squad members living quarters for the little tyke.

"Where're ya hiding, ya little creampuff?" Zaraki asked as he ran along the tops of the buildings. The squad had been looking for Shin for almost 2 hours now but still couldn't find him. The spiky haired captain checked the rooms, the mess hall witch was a mes, the fighting dojo and all of Yachiru's favorite hiding places. But with no luck.

In a hollow tree right outside the 11th squad barracks, Shin was curled up, tightly hugging Reo. "Oh please don't find me..." Shin thought to himself. He had stayed up After the 20th nightmare he had the night before and had went for a walk when he found this tree and had decided to hide in it until it was time to go to Squad 12.

"Oh here you are!" Came the cheerful voice of Yachiru. Shin quickly looked up with tears in his eyes. "Please don't let them know I'm here?" He begged. Yachiru tilted her head. "Why not?" She asked. "Because, I don't wanna see them hert echother anymor!" Shin cried and hugged Reo even tighter. Yachiru just looked at him sadly. "Wow poor kid... Kenny said he was strong and thought having him watch us fight each other would be good for him but all it's done is scare him. I really don't mind it but he's not like me, even I can see that." She thought as Shin continued to sob.

"Hey Yachiru, did ya find him?" Zaraki asked as he flash stepped to their location. Shin hid deeper into the tree witch wasn't very much. Yachiru looked at Shin then at Zaraki. "Hey Kenny, can Shin not watch the others fight today?" She asked. Zaraki looked confused. "Why?" He asked looking at her. Yachiru thought for a moment until something came to her. "Because he's been doing that all week and I wanna play!" She said looking at him. "You wanna play huh?" He asked. Yachiru nodded. "Well... Ok." Zaraki said and turned to leave. "But, just make sure he doesn't disappear again. I don't wanna have to deal with his fox faced father... Then again, his aunt is way worse. " He said looking at the 2 kids. "That bitch can get crazy!" Zaraki thought to himself then left.

After Zaraki was gone Shin crawled out of the tree and looked at Yachiru. "Why'd you do that?" He asked. The pink haired lieutenant just smiled. "Because, I wanna play!" She said and grabbed Shin's hand and ran off to play tag.


In squad 12 Shin learned about science.

"H-hello?..." Shin asked as he walked into the 12th squad barracks. He looked around but didn't see anyone. "Why, hello there." Came a voice. Shin turned to see who had spoke and saw that it was 12th squad lieutenant, Nemu Kurotsuchi. "Hello." Shin said and bowed politely. Nemu smiled. "Master Mayuri is busy at the moment, but if you'll follow me, I'll show you to your room." She said looking at him. "Ok." Shin said and followed her.

Later that day Shin was in his room drawing in a notepad that Gin had given him along with some colors that he had gotten from the world of the living. "There! Look Reo, It looks just like you if you were humin!" Shin said and showed his drawing to the stuffed toy.

It was a picture of a man with long, big red hair with a circle for a head and a teal triangle for a body with 2 more triangles for arms. One of the arms was holding a long yellow stick with a teal circle at the top of it.

After He was done showing Reo the picture Shin smiled and looked at it again. "I saw you like this in a dream I had las nite." He said and started to draw another picture when there was a knock at his door and Nemu walked in. "Shin, master Mayuri's ready now." She said with a smile. "Ok!" The small boy said happily as he stood up and followed her to where Mayuri was.

When they got there they saw that there were other kids there as well.

There was a girl with long blueish black hair with satire blue eyes, a boy with honey-golden brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Shin even saw Walker there. "Woker!" Shin said and ran into the room. "Hey!" Walker said and high-fived the tiny tot. Then Shin looked at the other two kids. "Hi! My name is Shin Ichimaru, I'm 5 yeers old and this is Woker, he's 9 yeers old!" He said happily."Walker Santana." Walker clarified. "Hi! I'm Namine Fantumhyve, I'm 6 years old and this is Adam Stark, he's 8 years old!" The girl said with a smile. "Hello, it's nice to meet you." Adam said with a polite bow. Walker and Shin both bowed as well. "It's nice to meet you too." They said in unison. That's when Mayuri came in with a huge box and as soon as he put it down Namine freaked out. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" She screamed and hid behind Adam then started crying. "Hey, stop crying!" Mayuri said walking over to her but the girl continued to cry. "Come on I'm not that scary..." The captain said trying to get he to calm down but still, Namine cried. "Um Sir, I don't think you're helping..." Walker said as he stepped between them. Mayuri just looked at him. "Well, why is she crying anyway!?" He said annoyed. "Because you're hideous!" Namine cried. Mayuri, to say the least was not amused. "Let's jus get to work..." He muttered angrily.

Later that day after a lot of traumatizing lessons Shin, Walker, Adam and a distraught Namine were sitting under a tree. "Nami, calm down! It's all over!" Adam said trying to comfort her. "Yeah but now I'm gonna have nightmares about him!" Namine cried. Adam didn't know what to say now. "Well, Woker said that thay are jus dreems and thay can't hert you..." Shin said trying to make her feel better. Namine just looked at him. "Adam, will you read me 10 stories tonight?" She asked and Adam nodded. "But what I wanna know is what was that on his face?" Shin asked. "I think that was his face!" Walker said looking at them. "Either that or a mask..." He thought to himself. "That was his face!?" Adam said in shock. "See Nami, my mom was right! Bad things DO happen when you don't eat your vegables!" He said looking at the girl. "I'm going to look like that if I don't eat my greens!" Namine started crying again. "Oh god! I didn't want make you cry!" Adam started to freak so thinking quickly Walker tapped Namine on the forehead. "Tag! You're it!" He said and ran off. Namine immediately stopped crying and blinked. "But, I don't want to be it!" She said and tapped Shin on the shoulder. "Tag!" The girl said and ran off. "Hey!" Shin said happily then looked at Adam. "Oh no!" The other boy said and ran off as Shin started chasing them.


In squad 13 Shin got to relax.

"Ah! Welcome young Shin!" Jushiro Ukitake said as the boy walked into the squad 13 barracks. "Hello." Shin said stopping in front of the captain. "I have work to do but I'll have someone show you to your room." Ukitake said as 3rd seats Kiyone Kotetsu and Sentaro Kotsubaki came over with a young girl around the age of 3. She had red hair and green eyes with glasses. "Shin, these are my 3rd seats Sentaro Kotsubaki and Kiyone Kotetsu, they will get you settled." The captain said then saw the girl. "And this is Arayli Washu, she's also training with us." Shin looked at the girl. "Hi!" He said holding out his hand to her for a handshake. "Hi!" Arayli said and tried to shake Shin's hand but tripped and almost fell but something caught her.

"Huh?" Arayli wondered and looked up to see Shin with his arm under her armpit and using the hand he had held out for a handshake he had grabbed her other hand to keep her from falling. "Are you ok?" Shin asked. Blushing Arayli nodded and stood up. "Ya, I ok…" She said still blushing. "That's good!" Shin said happily with a smile causing Arayli to smile as well.

"Oh my gosh! That was so CUTE!" Came a voice and everyone looked to see Rukia Kuchiki standing there. "Ah Rukia, I'm glad your here." Ukitake said and went to step forward but fell to one new. "Oh no, Captain!" Sentaro and Kiyone freaked. "Are you alright?" Rukia asked walking over to him. "Yes I'm fine, don't worry about me..." Jushiro said as he stood up but then saw Shin's medallion. "Interesting... could that be the same one?..." Ukitake thought but just shrugged. He then looked at Rukia. "Alright then, Rukia this is Captain Ichimaru's son, Shin and I want you to help me train him this week." The captain said. Rukia just stood there and stared at the 5 year old for a second and thought about the fox-faced captain.

"Wait! Are you serious!? This kid looks nothing like cap- ok wait he adopted him... That's right." She said then looked at Ukitake. " of course." Rukia said with a bow.

Later that day after a 30 minute sparing match with Ukitake, Shin, Arayli, Rukia and the captain were sitting by a lake. "So how come I only hafta train for 30 minits a day?" Shin asked looking up at Ukitake. "Well, tell me Shin, have you done a lot of sparing in the other squads?" The captain asked. "Yes..." Shin answered. "Well then, there you go." Ukitake said with a smile. "Huh?" Shin looked up at him in confusion. "I think, that it is just as important to relax as it is to train." Jushiro explained. Shin still looked confused. "Think about it like dis; if a pirson spens awl deir time twaning den day will be sweepy wen de fite hapons!" Arayli said happily. "What?" Shin asked because he didn't understand what she said. "I think she said 'if a person spends all their time training they will be to tired when the fight comes' right?" Rukia asked looking at Arayli who nodded.. "Oh! Ok." Shin said happily.


When Shin's 13 weeks of training where done the little tot couldn't wait to tell his cousin and friend all about everything he learned.

Shin walked up to the door of his home with Gin, who had gone to pick him up from squad 13. "Ok Shin, we're home." Gin said to the boy who was holding his fathers hand. "Does that mean I can take this blindfold off now?..." Shin asked. Gin smiled. "Not yet." He said as he opened the door and they walked in.

Once they where inside Gin closed the door and stepped back away from Shin. "Ok Shin, you can take the blindfold off now." He said and Shin nodded but when he took it off he saw that it was pitch black in the room. "Daddy?..." Shin asked in fear and took a few steps forward. Just then the lights came on and Gin, Rangiku, Izuru, Kana, Sanji, Gien and Ginene all popped out of their hiding places. "SURPRISE!" They all yelled in unison. "Ah!" Shin said in shock but smiled when he realized what was going on. "Is this for me!?" He asked happily. "Yep!" Gin said and picked the boy up and carried him to the dining room where there was a welcome home dinner waiting for him and once they were all at the table Shin started telling them all about his training.


A/N: Well, there it is! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please R&R!... Oh I would also like to know which squad situation was your favorite. Please let me know in a review. I promise I won't pull a "Dora the Explore" on you!

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