Chapter Six
As Karin reached the 10th division quarters she decided to go see if Tōshirō was in his office so she could show him her new uniform and of course as usual he was working late. She knocked on the door and heard his voice call "Come in".
He looked up to see who had knocked as Karin walked in. She looked different. She wore black trousers which were more like the male shinigami trousers rather than the ones like Soi Fong wore with a slit at the side, but they suited her. They hung on her hips and were held there by white cloth tied round the top of them with two pieces which fell down in front. On the top she wore a black long sleeved jacket with a zip on the front. It had a massive hood which covered her face and when she ran a hand though her hair it fell back revealing a white silk like material inside. The sleeves got wider at the bottom so that they covered her hands except for her finger tips. He was awe struck.
She walked up the table and said "Hi, how are you?"
"I'm fine" just paper work as usual
"Do you have a lot?" she asked
"Yeah, but nothing I can't take a break from" he replied as her walked around the desk to her then carried on "So what happened to you?"
"Rangiku dragged me to the womens association meeting and they decide that I needed to change the uniform to meet my personality, do you like it?"
"Yeah" he replied as he lifted her on to his desk so she was sitting in front of him.
"What do you think of the top" she asked as she took off the jacket to reveal a top like Soi fongs. "Soifong suggested one like this cause if I'm going to master shunkō then there is no point of having material at the back or on my shoulders".
Tōshirō couldn't say anything so he leaned in and caught her lips and between kisses she said
"So I take it you like it?"
"Huh, huh"
"By the way what if someone one walks in"
"They'll knock"
"Oh ok" Karin said as she wrapped her arms round his shoulders and her legs round his body. He knew he had changed a lot at least when she was around Karin, in front of everyone else he was still the cold, hard, icy captain but while she was with him he was different, "Must be her bad influence" he thought to himself. Before meeting her he would have never broken soul society rules or even have had a make out secession in his office with a girl, suddenly she appeared in his life again and he
felt as if he was prepared to break all the rules then again even seven years ago he was prepared to break the rules and tell her about hollows and shinigami.
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Momo walked out of the Womens association building looking at her watch, it was late and Tōshirō would probably still be working. She decided that she would visit him and give him a break, sometimes he worked too hard. When she arrived at the 10th division office she decided that there would be no point knocking as he would just be doing paper work. As she walked in she saw he wasn't doing paperwork but something very different.
Karin and Tōshirō both looked up at the same time when they heard someone gasp and saw Momo standing at the door with a shocked expression.
"Shiro-chan?" Momo said puzzled
"Momo" Tōshirō said as she ran out the door and he followed her leaving Karin sitting on the desk not quite sure what to do.
"Who was that, his friend or girlfriend? Should I follow them, should I wait here?" she didn't know what to do or think. All she could do was walk back to her room and lie on her bed while listening to her ipod. Only time would tell, she would find out tomorrow and if she was his girlfriend and he was cheating on her she would kill him.
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Tōshirō finally caught up with Momo, grabbed her arm so she couldn't get away and said "Momo, why are you running off, are you that annoyed that I didn't tell you. Momo you know how taboo it is for a soul reaper to date a human, if not illegal. I couldn't tell you"
"I know, I just need to think. I'll talk to you tomorrow" then she ran off
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Tōshirō knocked on Karins' door but there was no answer so he went in. Karin hadn't heard him knocking on the door but she saw him coming in so she sat up and took the earphones out of her ears.
"Hi how are you" he asked
"I'm ok, who was the girl, you know from earlier on"
"That was Hinamori Momo"
"The girl you grew up with, Aizens' lieutenant?"
"My best friend, I usually tell her everything. I think she's just upset that I didn't tell her about you but she'll get over it?"
"That's good" said Karin as she let out a sigh.
"What do you mean" Tōshirō said confused
"Well for a while there I thought she might be your girlfriend" Karin said laughing
"Nice to see you think so highly of me" Tōshirō said in a sarcastic voice
"Sorry"
"Don't worry bout' it just know that I would never hurt you, ok"
"Ok"
"Well anyway, it's late and you got an early morning tomorrow so I'll let you get some sleep."
"Not yet" said Karin pulling him in for a kiss which left him stunned.
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When Momo got home she collapsed on her bed not even turning on the lights, she felt two strong arms puling her towards a warm body.
"Kira" she said
"Yeah"
"Can I tell you something?"
"Of course you can tell me anything" Kira and Momo had been together for six years and they now lived together
"You can't tell anyone, ok"
"Sure" At his answer Momo snuggled closer to his body and he held her tighter
"Well Shiro-chan is seeing Ichigos sister, Karin. I walked into his office without knocking and caught them making out. The thing is I'm really angry at her and I don't know why. I don't even know her and I have no reason to be upset I should be happy for him."
"I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that you grew up with him and you are really close to him and then maybe you feel that she has taken your place somehow."
"But he is close to Rangiku and I don't hate her"
"Yeah, but when he was getting close to Rangiku, you were there as well whereas when he was getting close to Karin he was in the human world while you were here. So suddenly he turns up with this new person in his life who you have never met and the fact he didn't even tell you even though he may have had a reason makes you feel pushed out. So you are angry at her for taking your place. But you know you have memories together of growing up and no-one will be able to take your place for him."
"Yeah, that sounds bout' right. Kira you know me so well, I can talk to you about anything and you always know the right thing to say that's why I love you"
"I love you too"
"You got me through the whole Aizen ting and helped me see him for what he really is, you stayed my friend even though others turned their backs"
"I was manipulated too remember Gin had me fooled as well so you weren't the only one, they fooled everyone. What about Hitsugaya-tachio he helped you too."
"Yeah, he did"
They leaned together sharing in each other's presence and warmth, she kissed him on the forehead and then on the cheek the moved on to his mouth. They shared a kiss as they fell asleep in each other's arms.
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That night Karin dreams where filled of events of the past, everything moved in slow motion and instead of her experiences when she was not a shinigami instead of taking a persons' present view point it was if she was herself watching from the side lines. She could not intervene only watch as Momo discovered the body of Aizen and as Kiras' and Momos' blades where only stopped by Tōshirō. Finally she saw as Tōshirō and Rangiku followed Kira up the steps and Aizen thrust his blade into Momo. Karin sat up suddenly with a cold sweat. "It had been a while" she thought "But at least, I don't have a fever."
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Today was Karin's first training session with Tōshirō, of course he was teaching her in the skill of wielding a zanpakutō. Tōshirō came charging at her with his zanpakutō as she tried to dodge and attack with her own blade.
"You know, Kenpachi offered to train you"
"You mean fight me and with the very high chance of killing me"
"Yeah exactly"
Tōshirō came charging at her again as she attempted to block only to fail miserably, "This really isn't your strength."
"Yeah not right now, but it could be"
"Doubt it since at the moment you're not even mastering the basics you know it's kind of pathetic" if he was trying to piss Karin of he was succeeding. Through gritted teeth she replied "Would you say I'm skilled at kidō"
"Yeah you are I will admit that"
"How long would you say it takes the average student to learn Kidō spell number one, approximately two weeks"
"Something like that."
"It took me six months; however once I got started there was no stopping me, something just clicked in my head who's to say it won't happen for this as well."
Tōshirō charged at Karin again but only this time she blocked successfully only to be caught from the other side and fall to the ground with Tōshirō blade at her neck
"We'll see" Tōshirō replied with a smirk on his face.
The day was over and the sun was starting to set and even though Tōshirō was a good teacher but she had made no improvement, it was frustrating but she told herself "It will suddenly click then I will get it, then I'll beat the smug grin off Tōshirōs' face.
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Rangiku had left had left for the human world after the Womans Association meeting, she had received a message from Gin that they had to meet up again and she was excited to see him. However this time she had even less time with him than the previous. She returned back to soul society and went straight to the first division. Karin and Tōshirō were already in the room waiting for her with Yamamoto- sōtaichō.
"Matsumoto- fukutaicho" Yamamoto said "What new information do you have for us?"
Yet again Rangiku had received a CD from Gin which she proceeded to put on to the player and press play. She returned to her position as the voices rang out.
Ulquiorra: "I have returned Aizen"
Aizen: "What information do you have to report?"
Ulquiorra: "The girls name is Karin Kurosaki, she is not a full shinigami but a substitute shinigami, a human who has achieved shinigami powers. She has two siblings, Ichigo and Yuzu Kurosaki. They are the children of Ishiin Kurosakihowever I do not know any information about their mother. She spends
a lot of her time at Urahara Shop therefore it is fair to assume that is where she trains. There is one more thing however it is more suitable to be shown rather than told.
Aizen: "Then show us". After a brief cause Aizen spoke again"It seems the young tachio has gone and got himself a girl, this is mildly entertaining and slightly unexpected, I didn't know he had it in him. So there must be something beneath his arrogant and unpleasant exterior".
Karin and Tōshirō froze, not even daring to take a breath or look at Yamamoto, they had been discovered.
Aizen: "Is that all?"
Ulquiorra: "No, it appears that Karin Kurosaki along with Hitsugaya-tachio and Matsumoto-fukutaicho have left for soul society."
Aizen: "Thank you Ulquiorra you are dismissed". "Ishiin Kurosaki, now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time. It is quite unexpected."
Gin: "What is your course of action, Aizen-tachio?"
Aizen: "Karin Kurosaki has a high potential to become a problem like her brother, however after learning who their father is it is possible that Ichigo could become more powerful and his sister could become more powerful than I initially perceived. She must be dealt with before she attains her full powers."
Kaname: "If she is in soul society, we will not be able to reach her"
Aizen: "This is not necessarily true, I ensured when we left I still had resources in soul society"
Gin: "Does this mean you have a spy in soul society captain?"
Aizen: "Yes Gin, in fact it does someone who is willing to carry out my orders"
"We have a traitor within soul society, this must be dealt with immediately." Yamamoto said with urgency "We must assemble a meeting with the captains, this information is to be kept top secret, Hitsugaya-tachio you are in charge of Karin Kurosaki's safety"
All Karin to could think of at this point was "I'm dead, It doesn't even matter if Aizen is trying to kill me because now soul society are going to do it for him."
"Matsumoto- fukutaicho, take Karin back to the 10th squad and stay with her until Hitsugaya-tachio arrives back from the captains meeting. Hitsugaya-tachio, Karin Kurosaki is there is indeed a relationship; I see no problem with it. You are dismissed" and that was all that was said.
Karin even though she found out that her life was still in dangerand she wasn't even safe in soul society, she was extremely happy, they didn't need to hide it any more. It didn't matter if she was in danger or not, as long as she was with Tōshirō. As Karin and Rangiku left the 1st division, the other captains began to appear and walk into the room.
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I'll explain the nightmare thing, in the first arc of the anime it shows Kains' being able to see the parrot boy's memories, basically as a shinigami she still retains that power however it has developed that instead of seeing the memories it is like she is there herself as a spectator however she can't intervene.
A bit of Kira X Momo as well I like this couple even though it's not popular but I think their personalities are similar and they would be cool together plus they have history going to the academy together and stuff.
In the last chapter I thought I had decribed what she was wearing but I must have forgot to put it in and I would like to thank ShikallllTema for pointing it out :), so can you tell me in this chapterwhat you think of her new shinigami uniform.
So please review and tell me what you think :)
