And the seventh chapter is here! Sorry for the wait.

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Toushiro's POV

It was a Saturday and I had no paperwork to do, so I had decided to sleep late. Unfortunately, a certain Substitute Shinigami was not going to let me sleep.

"Captain! I think you should get up", Matsumoto yelled from the door, opening it. I sat up and checked my watch. It was 09.34.

"Why should I?" I asked and leaned back to the bed. Matsumoto came in and pulled my blanket away.

"Hey, don't take that! I want to sleep!" I exclaimed angrily and reached for the blanket. She took a few steps away from me and I fell from the bed.

"I really think you should get up before he comes", she said before exiting the room with my blanket. I groaned and started to search for some clothes. Who he? I wondered.

After I had put on a light blue t-shirt and jeans and gone to get some breakfast I found out. As I sipped my tea, something big came through the window. Or rather someone. A very angry someone.

"Hitsugaya Toushiro", Ichigo growled in his Shinigami outfit, pointing Zangetsu at me. "Prepare to die! Bankai!" he yelled and charged towards me. I quickly jumped out of the way and he only destroyed the kitchen table. And my breakfast.

"Kurosaki! What is wrong with you?!" I yelled and popped a soul candy to my mouth. The soul in my gigai realized the situation immediately and hid somewhere.

I checked around the room and noticed that Matsumoto had disappeared. I didn't recall seeing her since she exited my room with my blanket. Why does she have to go shopping when a crazy Kurosaki attacks!?And where is my blanket?

Maybe because a crazy Kurosaki is a dangerous thing. And you really need to forget that blanket for a moment, Hyorinmaru said. Still, she just abandoned her captain! I complained to him. She has faith in you and believes you won't lose? Hyorinmaru suggested. More like she doesn't want to get involved and lose shopping time.

I jumped out of the broken window and headed towards Urahara's place. There it wouldn't be such a big thing is Ichigo destroyed things before I would manage to calm him and get an answer from him.

"Don't you run away, you little brat!" he roared and ran after me. He called his mask out and shot a Getsuga Tenshou at me. What have I ever done to him? Maybe you should ask that. You make it sound so easy. He's going ballistic!

I quickly dodged his attack and drew Hyorinmaru out, just in case I'd have to use him.

"Kurosaki, stop! I haven't done anything to make you attack!" I yelled at Ichigo, holding Hyorinmaru ready to dodge his attacks.

"Then would you like to explain why I found your haori from our washing machine?" he yelled back and I swallowed loudly. He found the haori. But why is he so angry about it. His sister just washed some guy's clothes… which were bloody… on the day his sister got hurt… Okay, maybe he has a reason to attack me, or he thinks he has.

"It's quite a coincidence that you had blood on your haori on the same day Karin fell down some stairs. I'm starting to doubt she didn't fall any stairs!" Ichigo yelled and charged at me. I blocked Zangetsu with Hyorinmaru and tried to trip him using my legs but he jumped and avoided my legs.

I would have doubted it from the beginning! I mean is he stupid? Well, at least he isn't the sharpest pen in the box.

"Maybe she didn't fall any stairs, but why are you attacking me? If she didn't fall any stairs then does it mean I did something?" I yelled back and blocked a few other swings from Zangetsu. It was getting pretty hard, considering he was using bankai and I still wasn't using even shikai.

"Reign over the Frozen Heavens, Hyorinmaru!" I yelled and sent the ice dragon towards Ichigo, who blew it away with a Getsuga Tenshou.

"How else there would be blood on your haori?" he asked and shunpoed behind me. I swirled around and blocked his sword just in time.

"Kurosaki, stop this now! I didn't do anything to your sister! Why do you think I would hurt Karin?" I yelled and wrapped Hyorinmaru's chain around his arm, which began to freeze immediately. He moved away and broke the ice (A.N. And now I have Break the Ice by Britney Spears stuck in my head -.-).

"Yes, Ichigo stop this now", I heard a familiar voice yell. Both I and Kurosaki turned to look at Rukia, who was staring at Ichigo looking pretty angry. Ichigo is so going to get some frost bites. And I'm not sure whether it will be me or Kuchiki giving them. I don't want to bite his ass, sorry, so it'll have to be Kuchiki.

Thanks for the image, I shuddered. The dragon laughed in my head. Which can really cause a headache on a bad day. Like today.

"Listen to Rukia Ichi-nii! You're just being stupid. And over-protective. So take the mask of NOW!" Karin growled from behind Rukia. I noticed that Rukia was holding her piggyback style. Probably 'cause she can't stand in the air like you three can. Good point.

"Karin? What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked stopping and removing his Hollow mask, staying in bankai though.

"What do you think? I'm here to stop you from being more stupid than you already are", Karin growled angrily and Ichigo backed away. He's wiser than he looks. He understands that when a woman is angered, you better back away, Hyorinmaru chuckled.

"Captain Hitsugaya, could you come here please", Rukia asked without looking at me, holding Karin tightly in her back. It was a good thing, since Karin looked like she was ready to attack Ichigo, not caring that he was thirty meters away from her and she was about fifty meters above ground.

I moved closer to Rukia, who finally turned to look at me. Her eyes were almost flaming with anger. I started to sweat a little. Is it safe to be this close to her? She's not gonna attack, is she? I think you're safe. Can't say the same about Ichigo though.

"Take Karin. I need to do something", Rukia said and turned her back (and Karin) towards me. I was caught completely off-guard.

"What? Why?" I asked without thinking. That doesn't happen often. Rukia looked me like I was stupid.

"Someone needs to hold her when we're this high. And I don't have the patience to take her down, so you can do it", she said and I decided to do as she said. I reached my arms and gently lifted Karin to my arms from Rukia's back.

"You have changed your haori", she noted to me as soon as she was in my arms. I smirked at her.

"Well of course, remembering you have my other haori. Which brings us to the question, wasn't your brother supposed to avoid washing clothes?" I told her and she blushed a bit, smiling sheepishly.

"Yeah, well I kinda forgot to take the laundry out of the machine and he must have decided to help me when he noticed them this morning. And so he found the haori. And as you can see, he didn't like it", she said still smiling. I sighed and smiled a bit too.

"What a day for him to decide to do that", I smiled and Karin nodded. Suddenly we both felt a cool breeze and turned to look at Rukia and Ichigo. Rukia was holding Sode no Shirayuki in her hand and looked like she was ready to attack Ichigo.

"Ichigo are you seriously an idiot?" she asked smiling very dangerously. Ichigo shook his head. Rukia took a step closer.

"Then why can't you listen to your own sister before jumping into conclusions? Very unlikely conclusions, to be exact", she said sounding way too calm. Ichigo shrugged.

"The brother instinct, you know. I need to protect my sisters", he said. That is a good reason, but it's a bit too used in his case.

"Then could you let your sister live her own life from now on? At least a bit? And if you can't, could you maybe not wake me up in the morning because of a misunderstanding", she asked growling in the end and Ichigo seemed to notice that he was in danger.

"Sorry, I should have kept my voice down", he tried to calm Rukia down, to no affair though.

"You know how tired I'm in the mornings when you keep me up so late at night, don't you?" Rukia's voice was way too calm again. She lifted the zanpakutou and made four punctures to the ground.

"Tsugi no Mae, Hakuren!" she yelled and a white wave shot towards Ichigo, who had not prepared himself for the attack and ended up being frozen.

"Outs, that can't be pleasant", Karin said and I chuckled a little.

"Ichigo must have learned his lesson. Never make a woman angry, especially if she owns a sword", I said and Karin started to laugh.

"Let's leave those two love birds alone. It's never a good idea to go between quarreling lovers", Karin said and I nodded.

"I can take you home, since it looks like you weren't planning on going out this early. You're still in your pajamas", I noted causing Karin to look at herself. She made a *eep* sound when she noticed I was right and blushed deep red.

"What are you embarrassed about? It's normal for a fifteen-year old girl to wear teddy bear pajamas", I laughed and Karin slapped my arm.

"Sorry, if I just quickly decided to come and save your sorry ass", she mumbled and I chuckled. I shot a final glance at Ichigo and Rukia (Rukia was just cutting Ichigo out of the ice to probably continue yelling at him) and shunpoed away.


After running for a while I finally decided to break the silence with a question that had been in my mind since yesterday.

"So, are Kuchiki and your brother really dating? It has been only rumored about in Soul Society, and rumors can't always be trusted, though this time it seems like it's true", I said and Karin looked at me a bit surprised.

"Of course they are! When I first met Rukia before the Winter war, I noticed right away from the looks she gave Ichi-nii, that they were more than friends. And I also noticed how Ichi-nii always stared at Rukia when she didn't notice it", Karin said and smiled at her memories.

"They have been doing a good job hiding it in Soul Society, because no one have been able to confirm the rumor", I said and couldn't help but once again wonder how all women seemed to notice these things. She may look a bit tomboyish, but she certainly has her woman instincts.

"Renji seemed to know about their relationship. I mean I met him only yesterday, and I can't really forget the way we met, but I mean, he knew what Ichi-nii was really talking about when he explained the Rukia-lives-in-my-closet thingy", Karin said. Why can't she forget her meeting with Renji? Hyorinmaru asked me. That's something I'd like to know too.

"Renji and Rukia practically grew up together and he seems to be really close with your brother so no wonder if he knows about it. But what did you mean by the 'can't forget' –part?" I asked.

"I met him right after he had taken a shower. Are all Shinigami, or at least male Shinigami, that muscular?" she asked looking straight into my eyes. I just stared at her, eyes wide. Is she honestly expecting me to answer that? And what on earth was he wearing to show her his muscles? I didn't just think about that! Yes, you did, and I think he might have been wearing absolutely nothing. I DON'T NEED THAT IMAGE, THANK YOU!

Karin was still staring at me. I sighed and looked away regaining my composure. Then I looked at her again and sighed.

"Why would I know? Don't answer that!" I quickly added as she opened her mouth. "See, I don't really look at other male Shinigami to check how muscular they are", I said closing my eyes in annoyance.

"Well, are the female Shinigami muscular, or are they more cat like?" she asked causing me to stare at her wide eyed for the second time during our way to Kurosaki clinic.

"I-I-I" I tried to say something, but my brain seemed to stop working completely. Even Hyorinmaru was silent, probably too shocked to say anything. She sure is straight-forward, isn't she? Okay, forget everything about too shocked. Nothing can shock that dragon. There are many things that can shock me. You just don't know me. Oh, shut it!

"Toushiro, you're blushing!" Karin laughed and I realized that my cheeks tingled which probably meant I was redder than I had ever been.

"And by the way, you just shunpoed past our clinic", she said looking over my shoulder. I followed her gaze and realized that she was right. I quickly turned around and with only few seconds, I was in front of the front door.

"You can come in Toushiro. I still have your haori, and judging by those tea stains on that haori I'd guess Ichi-nii interrupted your breakfast. Yuzu is a great cook as you probably have noticed!" Karin said as set her feet in the ground, still keeping my arm around her shoulder for some reason. She didn't seem to mind.

"I left my gigai at Orihime's place, so Yuzu can't see me", I reminded her, though Yuzu's food was extremely good and I still wanted to spend more time with Karin.

"I can bring food to my room. Yuzu won't mind, she knows I like to do other stuff while eating, so it's not unusual for me to take my food with me", she said smiling and walking towards the door. When she walked farther from me I had to take my arm from off from her shoulders, but when I did, she moved her hand towards mine and grabbed it to drag me inside.

I hadn't been in any other part of the house than Ichigo's and Karin's rooms so I looked around a bit curiously. One thing that caught my eyes was a big poster on one of the walls. She looks a bit like Karin and Yuzu. And Ichigo. She must be their mother! But why is her poster on the wall, I wondered.

Karin turned to look at me and noticed my stare. She followed my eyes and chuckled a bit when she noticed what I was staring at.

"If you hadn't already realized, our family is a bit unique. Our dad is probably the weirdest person; he's the one who put that poster there. He goes to cry against it every time he is sad or happy." I raised my eyebrow. "Don't ask", Karin laughed.

I let my gaze travel across the room. It seemed to be otherwise regular house. At least the feeling I got from it was calming, cozy.

"Hey! What do you want to eat?" Karin called from the kitchen. I followed her voice and saw her peeking around the fridge's door.

"What do you have?" I asked and jumped a bit to sit on the kitchen counter. I noticed a note next to me. I'm gone to the grocery store, we're out of butter. –Yuzu

"We have some scrambled eggs here, and some soup, maybe fish, and then –" Karin started to list everything she found.

"Scrambled eggs sounds good", I said. I didn't want to be too much of a bother. Karin took a plate and a bottle of milk from the fridge and smiled.

"Scrambled eggs it is! Do you drink milk?" she asked and I nodded. She turned her back to me and opened a couple of cupboards and took two smaller plates, forks and knives and two glasses from them.

"Now to my room. And by the way, would you like me to wash that haori for you, or will you wash it by yourself this time?" Karin asked pointing towards the stains. I chuckled a bit.

"Maybe it's better if I'll handle this one by myself", I said and Karin laughed too.

We climbed the stairs and went to eat in Karin's room. She sat on the bed and I just leaned on the wall.

"Oh, here is your haori!" she exclaimed as she sat down and picked the neatly folded clean haori from her bed. "But maybe you want to eat first", she smiled and put the haori down.

For a moment the only sound in the room came from our eating, but soon I decided to break the silence.

"I've been wondering this for a while. Can you fight against Hollows? I mean I remember that your brother mentioned something when you talked with him outside the class and one of the Hollows yesterday had a crack in its mask", I said and Karin lifted her head to look at me.

"Yup, I have been fighting low-level Hollows since before Winter war and after it Urahara and Yoruichi trained me to fight even better. Yoruichi did most of the training, since I don't have a sword to train with. Urahara suggested I could become a Shinigami, but I think I can live without a Hollow in my head", she smirked and I had to agree she had a good point.

"You've had a pretty great training then. Urahara and Yoruichi are both ex-captains, so they know their stuff", I noted and Karin smiled widely.

"I know. They told me about their time in Soul Society. I think I would like to go there sometime to visit", she said looking a bit dreamy. I looked at her a bit oddly.

"What? It sounds cool and I know I could go there without having to die, since I know Ishida, Chad and Orihime were there and none of them is a Shinigami or dead", she said rolling her eyes.

"You have a point there. I was just surprised you'd want to go there. I mean there isn't much there", I told. I at least thought the real world was much more interesting, and I know most of the Shinigami share my opinion.

"I want to meet all of the captains! I think you're the first true captain I have met, I mean since Urahara and Yoruichi are both ex-captains. And I'd like to meet all of the vise-captains too! Which reminds me that I don't think I've met your vice-captain", she said turning to look at me and I realized that she in fact hadn't met her.

That's odd. You'd think Matsumoto would be so eager to meet Karin. Your vice-captain is full of surprises. Full of surprises, I don't know about that, but she has few surprising ways to act.

"You will meet her, trust me, she would never want to miss meeting you", I said with a mental sigh.

"That sounds good! Hey, could you pass me the medicine from the table there", she said pointing at the small bottle. I picked it up and glanced at it. Why is there a skull on a medicine bottle? Is it really safe for her to eat these? They're from Urahara. If that's supposed to be calming, it really fails.

"Catch!" I said and tossed the bottle to her. She caught it with no trouble at all. "Are you feeling better yet? I mean do the wounds still hurt much?" I asked a bit worriedly. Is it good for her to try and tame a crazy brother in her condition?

"Don't worry, this medicine Urahara gave me is really good. Every pill like blows the pain away! I'm soon as good as new", she said smiling. The skull still worries me a bit…

Suddenly we both felt Ichigo's reiatsu getting closer, not too fast though, so either he didn't notice me or Rukia had really calmed him down. I assumed it was the first, since that man seemed to be a bit hardheaded.

"I think I'd better leave now. See you Monday at school?" I said putting the plate down on the desk. Karin stood up from the bed and put her plate next to mine and gave my haori to me.

"Yeah, see you then. Have fun with your vice-captain, and tell her I'd like to meet her sometime!" she said and I jumped out off her window after waving my hand at her.


Karin's POV

I watched Toushiro's back until he disappeared from my sight. After I wasn't able to see him anymore, I sighed and picked the plates up to take them to kitchen. Just as I was about to open the door, it was opened from the other side.

"Hi Ichi-nii. Would you mind moving a bit, I need to take these downstairs", I said and tried to move around him. He stopped me.

"Just put those down for a moment. I need to talk with you", he said and I turned sighing and put the plates back to the desk as Ichigo sat on my bed.

"I assume that the subject will be Toushiro", I said and sat down next to Ichigo. He nodded.

"How close are you with him? And since when have you known him?" Ichigo asked staring at me. I wasn't sure whether to get annoyed or bored with his questioning already.

"He's the new student in our class, so I met him only yesterday. But he's a nice person and I like his company, so I guess you could say that we might be friends", I explained. Ichigo raised his eyebrows.

"The ice-boy? How can you like a company of someone who is like made of ice?" he asked seriously surprised.

"HE ISN'T LIKE THAT!" I said angrily. Sure, I had noticed how Toushiro acted with other people, but it seemed to be a mask to show the world and guard the real him. From the first time we met and I managed to lure the real him out I had been trying to do that more often. In my opinion people should be like they are.

"Well then what's he like?" Ichigo asked and it was my turn to be surprised. It's like I'm talking with him about the boy I like! Since when has Ichi-nii been like that? I glanced at him.

"Kon, is that you?" I asked suspiciously. Ichigo smiled sheepishly, which told me that it really was Kon.

"Why are you in Ichi-nii's body? Did he tell you to talk with me?" I asked smiling dangerously. Kon chuckled nervously.

"He's being himself, you see. He just wanted to know what you think about that Hitsugaya dude", Kon said backing away from me.

"And why couldn't he do it himself?" I asked raising an eyebrow. Kon looked like he wanted to jump out of the window any second now.

"He thought he'd lose his nerve and you wouldn't tell him anything then", Kon said, sweating really badly.

"Oh really?" I said and stood up. Kon had been moving closer to the window inch by inch but I stopped him.

"You're coming with me!" I said to him and grabbed the neckline of his shirt and dragged him after me. I stopped at Ichigo's door, drew in a breath and stormed in.

And immediately regretted not knocking.

Ichigo had only the pants of his Shinigami outfit on and he was lying on his bed, lips locked with Rukia's. I wasn't as if I wouldn't have ever seen Ichigo kissing Rukia. I just had never walked in on a make-out session between the two of them and not especially on one which seemed to be the beginning of something much more.

The two of them didn't even notice me and Kon standing at the doorway, staring at them.

Kon opened his mouth to say something (probably yell something about nee-san) but I quickly threw my hand on his mouth and dragged him out of the room.

"Hey! I thought you were angry at Ichigo!" Kon exclaimed annoyed when we were safely in the hallway.

"Yes I was and still am, but I think that we'd better let those two have their time and I can be angry at him later", I told the mod soul. He pouted a little, but still didn't go back to Ichigo's room. You owe me one Ichi-nii!


Toushiro's POV, few weeks later.

The past few weeks have been nicer than I would have ever expected. I have become really close with the Kurosaki twins, especially with Karin.

At school we can easily chat during the classes because of our seats are in the back and Miss Ochi doesn't mind it really that much, most likely because we're the best of our class.

I always ate the lunch at the roof with Karin (and sometimes with Yuzu too, though she likes to eat outside with her friends too). It's quiet at the roof, because for some odd reason none of the girls in out class ever followed us there (I guess they're afraid of Karin) not that I mind it though. Our lunched were always made by Yuzu, and I just started to love her food. I don't think I've ever eaten anything so good!

When Yuzu was around we talk about school and soccer and about all things usual for kids our age. When it was only the two of us, we talked about stuff we can't talk when someone hears us. I told her stories about my time in Soul Society (both before and after I became a Shinigami) and she told me about her childhood.

Occasionally Hyorinmaru changed a few words with her (of course I have to be the middleman because it's not a good idea for a huge ice dragon to form in the roof of a school, even if most of the students couldn't see him). Karin always loved these little chats with the dragon and one time I asked why.

"Isn't it obvious? I just love dragons! I mean they're the most majestic creatures I can think of!" she answered me eyes shining. That was one huge ego boost for Hyorinmaru, and he really started to literally adore Karin.

After school I always walked with the twins to Kurosaki clinic, and if Ichigo wasn't at home I even had a snack with them. Yuzu noticed after few days that I always stayed when Ichigo wasn't around, which caused her to look at Karin and me knowingly more often than before.

If Ichigo was at home, I went to Orihime's place to drop my gigai and, after beating some Hollows, went back to the Kurosaki clinic, entering trough Karin's window. We continued our chatting and sometimes Karin helped taught me things about the real world. One example was the day she taught me to use computer.

Those machines are crazy! I mean you can found anything from Internet. Karin taught me for a couple of hours and as a result I can now use the computer at least for basic things. I think we should get computers to Soul Society too, they would really be a great help in doing paperwork. At least I wouldn't pour tea on the paperwork anymore.

If Karin had a soccer practice, I always walked her to the field and sat on top of a building watching the practice. Of course, sometimes I had to leave to beat up a Hollow or two, but I always returned to the field. Sometimes Matsumoto joined me, though first times she claimed I was a stalker.

After one practice which Matsumoto had come to see, she and Karin finally met. When the rest of Karin's team had left the field (Karin always was the last so that no one would be able to see me jumping from the roof) she surprised Karin by landing in front of her.

"You must be the Karin I've heard so much about! It's so nice to finally meet you!" she exclaimed happily and pulled Karin into a tight hug. She must have some trouble breathing, I thought. It was experience which told me that. Maybe you should help her! I don't want my best friend to be suffocated by your vice-captains breasts! Hyorinmaru said panicking. Hey! Since when has she been your best friend? Aren't I supposed to be the closest person to you? Help her already! Fine…

"Matsumoto, let her go, you're suffocating her", I said sounding maybe a bit bored. She looked at me and then at the girl she was hugging and let her go.

"Sorry, I do that often, I just tend to forget how my boobs get in the way", she said smiling. Karin looked at her totally flabbergasted.

"I'm Matsumoto Rangiku! You can always call me just Rangiku", she said and offered her hand to Karin.

"Kurosaki Karin", Karin managed to mumble, still staring at Matsumoto like she had just fallen from Mars.

"Is something wrong? You seem to be a little… how do you say… not on this planet?" Matsumoto asked waving her hand in front of Karin's face. She snapped out of her trance and even closed her mouth (which had been hanging open whole time).

"Sorry, I was just surprised. You're pretty different than I had imagined from what I had heard from Toushiro", Karin said and smiled her usual smile. Matsumoto shot a quick glance at me, noticing I didn't mind the fact Karin used my first name.

"So Captain Hitsugaya has told you about me! That's so nice to hear", Matsumoto exclaimed happily, and I hid my smile.

"You seem to be a fun person to be around. I'm sure he's glad you're his vice-captain", Karin said and shot a knowing glance at me, which (thank God) Matsumoto missed. Still she started to smile even wider.

"Aww, you're so nice Karin! You're just adorable", Matsumoto exclaimed and tried to hug Karin again, which she gracefully avoided.

"Thanks, but let's leave the hug out this time", she chuckled and Matsumoto started laughing too.

"I really like you, kid", she said and ruffled Karin's hair. Karin seems to be popular among Shinigami, I thought. Last time I had visited Urahara's he had asked me how Karin was doing, causing Renji, who had been training there, to start to tell something how he thought that Karin was like a female mini-version of Ichigo, only with more brain. It was a really odd and funny way to describe her, but at the same time it was really accurate.

After the first meeting between Karin and Matsumoto they grew really close. Matsumoto came more often with me to watch her practice and sometimes after school Karin came to Orihime's place to hang out with me, Matsumoto and Renji. It was funny to look at Renji and Karin arguing about stuff, mostly because Renji's face was priceless every time he realized that Karin had outsmarted him.

Sometimes after the soccer practice, I played with Karin the same way we had when we made the bet. We are at a pretty same level, so the games were always pretty tiring, sometimes she won and sometimes I.

A few times we met Hollows when we were together somewhere and no matter what I said, Karin always attacked a Hollow or two, sometimes managing to beat them before I was able to help her. Every time I told her to take cover and stand back and every time she didn't listen. Even though I had to admit she's a pretty good fighter, I got an uneasy feeling every time I saw her run towards a Hollow.

Mostly our lives were normal, we had school and homework (sometimes we did homework together to get them done faster) until came that day. The day when my life in real world practically was ruined.


It was a normal school day. We had only few weeks to the vacation and because we had a spring festival in our school, we didn't get as much homework and at school everyone was always getting ready for the festival.

"We have a problem", Miss Ochi said first thing that day. Everyone was silent and listened to her.

"As you know, our class was going to do the band performance for the festival, but the singer, Usaka Kazuya is not going to be able to sing", she told and few people gasped.

"Relax everyone, it's nothing serious. He fell down some stairs and broke his foot, so he won't be able to perform. Now, if we don't find another singer, I don't know what to do", Miss Ochi sighed. The whole class began to talk and fuss.

"That's no problem!" Karin exclaimed happily causing everyone to shut up and turn to stare at her. I raised my eyebrow quizzically and she smirked evilly at me. I have a feeling that this won't be a good thing.

"Toushiro can sing!" Karin announced everyone. My jaw probably hit the desk. I wouldn't have noticed if it did. I was just way too shocked. What? Why? What? Is she crazy?! Ooo, that's a nice idea! You have great voice, Hyorinmaru chuckled.

"Toushiro can sing instead of Kazuya! Right Toushiro?" she asked turning to look at me with a smirk, which I can only describe as pure evil, on her face. Remember the bet, she mouthed to me.

I'm dead. I'm so dead. Yes you are, otherwise you wouldn't be from Soul Society. You had to take it so literally? Of course! I was able feel the dragon smirk innocently.

"Yes, I can sing at the festival", I hissed trough gritted teeth. Karin smiled smugly as everyone started to cheer and some girls started to discuss about my outfit for the show.

"Karin, you're really evil", I hissed at her once everyone's attention was turned away from me. She turned to look at me with puppy dog eyes.

"But we had the bet. And you lost. And I needed to come up with an idea for what you should do. Don't worry, there are only two things left after this", she smiled and I glared at her.

"You don't even know if I can sing", I hissed angrily. She smirked. Help me, someone!

"Oh, yes I know that you can sing! Rangiku told me one day I was at Orihime's place. By the way, Orihime seems to never be there. She seems to practically live at Ishida's."

Damn, Matsumoto must have told her about the karaoke contest Momo persuaded me to take part in! Hey, maybe Matsumoto could film the show! I know everyone in the Soul Society would love to see it! Thank God no one else can hear that idea.

"Hey Toushiro, maybe Rangiku could film the show! It would be so great!" Karin exclaimed happily. Hey, we think the same way! Unfortunately.

I sighed deeply. This was going to be torture!


Woot! This is the longest chappie I've written! And sorry that the update was so slow. I had a total block! I just had no idea how to continue, but then it just clicked!

And any ideas about the song Toushiro should sing are more than welcome!

And if the Britney Spears comment offended any one in any way, I don't mean that I don't like her songs, it's just annoying when you have a song stuck in your head.

Please Review, it's like chocolate to my brain. And my brain is a choco-holic!

Thanks for reading and bye-bye :)