'You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.'

Henry Ford

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"So you think that something might have happened to Ichigo at some point that year?" Toushiro Hitsugaya asked an eerily happy looking Mayuri Kurotsuchi as he stood like an ice sculpture in the middle of the scientist's underground laboratory. Kurotsuchi moved his glittering golden eyes to meet Toushiro's icy aqua ones, glee evident on his face.

"It would seem that way. This 'Kurosaki Ichigo' encountered something he shouldn't have that changed time and stopped him from ever meeting Rukia. It seems the disturbance has come from somewhere in England." The captain of squad twelve explained greasily, his eyes narrowing and grin widening in the joy of knowing something others did not.

Toushiro had told Kurotsuchi everything about what had happed between the time Ichigo had turned up and now and the whole idea had excited the captain enough to keep the insane grin latched on his face. It seemed it had been a while since the old scientist had had the pleasure of working something like this out and he was obviously revelling in the opportunity.

Toushiro himself though was not so pleased. His being able to have a proper conversation with the man had disappeared as soon as the captain had smelled information and it was beginning to grate on the white haired boy's nerves. This coupled with the toxic smell that had started spreading around the room at the increased movement was giving the poor captain a headache and was not in any way helping his mood.

"And what are we supposed to do about it?" he asked, rubbing the bridge of his nose between his thumb and forefinger as he tried to force his words to be civil. Kurotsuchi raised an eyebrow.

"You will have to go back in time." He replied, his eyes sparkling in amusement as Toushiro stared at him sceptically.

"Only me?"

"Yes; only you."

Toushiro scowled. "What makes you so special to cause you think that you can send me?" he asked, his civility slipping slightly as he glared at the man; the entire room becoming two degrees colder. Kurotsuchi's eyebrow's furrowed at the insulting tone.

"Because, young one, only you know how the world should be, so only you can change it back. In future you should like to remember to treat me with more respect; I'm not as selfish as you seem to think me." He replied, his pitch higher than usual in his annoyance and his smile gone. The temperature returned to normal but the scowl of the tenth captain's face did not leave. Then he sighed.

"Fine, but how exactly am I supposed to go back in time?" Toushiro growled through his teeth. The grin came back to Kurotsuchi's face and he let out a short laugh that sent shivers down the young captain's spine.

"I'm glad you asked! I have recently invented a spectacular devise that allows a shinigami to travel through time. In a way it's like the Ōin only it cannot control space making it far less powerful and easier to control." The twelfth squad captain explained; his voice joyful and his eyes twinkling. There was something about the man's explanations that was setting butterflies in Toushiro's stomach. Then Kurotsuchi got out of his chair, his haori flying out around him in the wind created by his movement before walking purposefully into the darkness, his steps balanced but uneasy; as if he hadn't walked in a while.

Toushiro watched him curiously, his nervousness filling the gap where his annoyance had once been. It didn't take long for Kurotsuchi to come back, wandering into view with a small green tray in his gnarled hands and an insane looking grin plastered on his face. This only helped to heighten the young captain's fear.

"Don't look so fearful captain Hitsugaya; it has been tested." Kurotsuchi informed him in amusement, watching his fellow captains wide eyes with a smirk. Toushiro gulped inaudibly.

"On whom exactly?" he asked, struggling to keep his voice calm.

"Why my subordinates of course; who else?" Kurotsuchi replied, a scathing look on his face that caused Toushiro's eyes to narrow, despite his nerves. "Most of them could go only a few days back in time at most but I am sure that with your level of reitsu you will have no problem going back years."

Toushiro looked slightly sceptical as he watched the head of research pull out a small needle, a syringe and a strange small piece of equipment that looked vaguely like a digital watch; buttons all around the sides and a small black screen in the middle. The young captain watched with reproachful eyes as Kurotsuchi began tapping on his computer again, the tray abandoned to the side as his focus changed to the screen; green text pouring down it.

"Nemu!" he yelled, his face never turning from the screen as he continued to type, seemingly entering some sort of data. The lieutenant appeared by the side of her captain causing Toushiro blinked in surprise, having not noticed her move.

"Yes captain?" she asked in her soft but unemotional voice. Only then did Kurotsuchi stop typing and look at her.

"Set up the Chronoresonate liquid for captain Hitsugaya." He instructed before turning his golden eyes back onto the screen, the whites reflecting green in a way that made the man look even less human than he usually did. Toushiro took as step backward as Nemu began filling the syringe with a strange orange liquid from a medium sealed jug that had been sitting on a shelf underneath the desk.

"What is that?" he asked nervously, eyeing the syringe with more than a small amount of fear. Kurotsuchi's mouth widened into a smirk as he turned back to the tenth captain; eyes glinting green.

"Chronoresonate liquid is a liquid like no other and it forms one half of my devise to control time. When injected inside the body of the person wishing to travel through time it resonates with the watch around their wrist thereby transforming their spirit particles into such that they can travel freely through time and dimension for a period of time that differs depending on the amount of spiritual pressure they possess." The scientist informed his newest test subject, a look of exhilaration etched into his features causing the normally cool tenth captain to shake slightly.

Toushiro took another cautious step backwards as Nemu began to attach the needle to the end of the syringe, her dark green eyes emotionless as she turned from the object in her hand and to the white haired captain with no pity at all. She then set the syringe back onto the tray and disappeared back into the shadows. This caused Toushiro's eyes to widen as he glanced around desperately, unable to trace the lieutenant's reitsu. Then his gaze settled back on Kurotsuchi as he stepped away from his computer and picked up the syringe between his bony fingers.

Keeping his eyes down in a menacing way the twelfth captain tested the needle, squirting a small amount of the orange liquid out of the top before beginning to walk slowly towards Toushiro, his eyes glittering as he finally moved them to meet the tenth captains. For every step Kurotsuchi took forwards, Toushiro took one back until he white haired boy was almost back at the door, his eyes wide and his expression fearful. Kurotsuchi sighed slightly.

"Come on captain Hitsugaya; stop being so selfish and let me inject the needle!" he told the boy, growling the last few words in his growing annoyance. Toushiro just took another step back in response before colliding with a soft yet immovable object he knew wasn't the wall or door. Cursing slightly he tried to turn but he was locked in position by a pair of strong arms that proceeded to wrap themselves around his chest and shove the tenth captain towards the now grinning Kurotsuchi.

"Kurotsuchi!" Toushiro snarled as Nemu guided him towards the needle he was sure meant his doom. The captain of twelve chuckled darkly, not helping to increase the boy's willingness to cooperate. When they were close enough Nemu loosened her grip around his right arm just enough that her captain could pull up Toushiro's sleeve but not enough that he could escape. When the sleeve was rolled up and Toushiro's lean upper arm could be seen the captain of squad twelve's grin widened.

"This wont hurt a bit." He told the now terrified captain of tenth before sticking the needle deep into Toushiro's arm.

The white haired boy yelped in pain at the needle's entry before letting out a harsh yell as Kurotsuchi pushed the end of the syringe, forcing out the orange mass inside and injecting it into Toushiro's blood causing the boy immense agony at the uncaring way he did it. When there was no Chronoresonate left in the tube the head of research pulled the needle out and walked away; leaving Toushiro breathing heavily as he was supported on his feet by Nemu. It didn't take long for Toushiro to recover and Nemu to fade back into the darkness from where she had come. Feeling the weight of the young captains glare and noticing the sides of his computer were beginning to freeze, Kurotsuchi turned to look at him from where he had been tinkering with the small watch; connecting a thin cable between it and the computer.

"What's wrong captain Hitsugaya? I thought you were used to that kind of pain." He sassed easily, his voice sounding innocent in a way that revelled in the opposite. Toushiro's eyes narrowed as his glare hardened into pure hate.

"You said it wouldn't hurt." He replied, his breathing heavy as he struggled to recover from the shock of what had just happened and the relief that it was over. Kurotsuchi shrugged.

"It didn't hurt me."

Toushiro's eyes narrowed still further as he struggled to contain the cold reitsu that came with his anger. Deciding it was probably a good time to move the subject on the captain of squad twelve turned back to his computer before typing something in, his golden eyes trailing on the computer screen as he worked. At a small beep from the watch on the side he undid the cable, picked the devise up and strolled towards the white haired captain, pushing the buttons on it as he walked; the buttons themselves making sharp beeps in protest at his pushing them. Toushiro eyed it wearily but didn't move away, finding the watch a lot less menacing than the strange orange liquid inside the syringe had been.

"And that is?" he asked, his voice cool again and containing little emotion. Kurotsuchi smiled slightly, his smile the friendliest Toushiro had ever seen but his eyes sparkling with a menacing joy.

"This is the second half of my devise. When attached you your wrist it will send out a signal that will activate the Chronoresonate liquid inside you and transport you through both time and dimension. I have set it to take you to the day in the year you disappeared in 1992 and you should be transported close to the place in England that I detected a change." He explained, holding out the small black watch for Toushiro to take. He did so, gripping the rough fabric strap easily between his fingers before studying the watch face carefully. To anyone who didn't know otherwise the watch looked like just that, a watch. But it was a digital watch and Toushiro could see that there were way too many buttons on it for it to be just a watch.

Placing the watch on his wrist Toushiro did up the buckle on the strap with only a small amount of difficulty before moving his wrist about to test the watch's comfortableness. He then looked up at Kurotsuchi who was smirking at him slightly.

"So what now?" Toushiro asked coldly, his voice low.

"Now all you need to do is press the large button on the top. It will start the transportation. When you have finished flip the screen up and press the button underneath. It will bring you back to his time period but will not change your position. For example if you are still in England when you press the back button then you will remain in England but in a different time. But remember that this can only be used once back and once forward; you will not be able to go back to that time if you come back and find you haven't completed your mission so make sure your sure." Kurotsuchi warned, his expression serious for the fist time that day. Toushiro nodded before turning to the watch, running his fingers over the smooth rubber surface as he prepared himself mentally for what he was about to do.

"Anything else you want to tell me?" he asked the twelfth captain, moving his aqua eyes up to meet insane yellow ones. Kurotsuchi shook his head.

"I don't believe so, no." he replied, turning away from Toushiro in a way that said he didn't really care anymore. Toushiro narrowed his eyes slightly before sighing. Moving his finger towards the button he braced himself before pressing it and gasping as a buzzing sensation began to spread through him, starting in his wrist and up his arm before it covered his entire body.

He got one last look at Kurotsuchi who was watching him again with an interested smile as the tenth captain's body started to glow and he was swallowed by the light before his vision became dark.

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Ok then, that's chapter three.

Dear reader,

Ok, so this was done at the weekend but will need to be betaed before it can go up. Hopefully it won't take too long. I got a new coat on Saturday, a nice red one that's military style. I've been looking for something like it for ages and finally found it in river island. I had never really thought to look in the men's section before…my sister finally got herself an ipod touch too. She's been saving since two birthdays ago..haha

Animeloveramy

Dear reader,

This has now been beta'd in record time (nothing to do with the way im trying to avoid work-promise) and the beta reader is now killing time by writing you a note on the bottom, as well as seeing how long it will take miss Animelover to notice and to give her plenty of time to think of something nice and evil to write about me at the bottom of her next chapter ^_^ please enjoy and comment, she really does pay attention to comments and I may even give out cookies to the best one J

Animeaiedail

A/N - in case people want to know I, Animeloveramy has indeed noticed this little comment from my beta author and is not as unobservant as he seems to think.