Notice: Monday, May 16, 2011—So far for today I have uploaded chapter 26. Yesterday I posted Chapters 22 through 25 so if you didn't check in yesterday then you might want to go back.

Watching Karin

By fate they met in Karakura Town. He helped win a soccer match due to her stubbornness. Luck allowed him to save her life. Now Hitsugaya can't get Kurosaki Karin off his mind. So he watches over her, unfortunately he isn't the only one watching.

Disclaimer: Tite Kubo owns Bleach, I don't. I also do not make money from writing fan fiction.

Souta Akiyama is a budding sociopath. Just read and you will see what I mean.

Chapter 26: Detained

Karin, Jinta and Yuzu walked together to school. Well Jinta and Yuzu walked hand in hand Karin trailed behind. She was tired after chores and kidou she went to bed really late, and then she still had faint memories of a bad dream. She couldn't quite remember it, but she preferred not anyway. She'd stopped walking without realizing it. She looked up and the two lovebirds were about a block ahead and not stopping. She tried to hurry as much as her leg would allow her. She was going to be late to school, "What's wrong with me?"

'Nothing is wrong with you,' Shina answered the question.

"Oh you know what I mean! I'm going to miss the second bell!" She grunted with pain.

'You're hurting yourself,' Shina warned.

"I don't care!" She didn't notice that people she passed were staring at her, as she seemed to be babbling to herself. She made it into class just as the bell was ringing. She slid into her seat breathing heavily, and looked at her sister. Yuzu was upset about something. "Hey, Yuzu what's wrong?" Karin spoke in a very soft and caring voice that was only ever used with her sister.

"Oh, Karin the other girls said-they said-," Big tears were rolling down her pink cheeks, "They said that, Souta Akiyama saw you and Jinta kissing…" She was on a full blown crying jag now, "Karin, I-I know it's not true. I know neither of you would do that, but they-they're saying such mean things about you." She was this point blubbering into her sister's shoulder. Karin comforted her baby sister. She was getting angry.

"It's ok, I don't care about what those bitches say." Karin felt a weak sob come from Yuzu. That was the last straw! She was gonna make that jerk pay, dearly. She shot up and bolted from the class room. She was traveling at a surprising speed. She found Souta hanging out in the hallway flirting with some seventh grader. The girl took one look at the enraged Karin and ran to the girl's bathroom. She grabbed Souta's collar and slammed his head into the concrete wall.

"How dare you make Yuzu cry? You BASTARD!" She screamed. She was beating the snot out of him literally. He had snot running out his nose. Strangely he was smiling at her each punch or kick he thought about how sexy she looked.

This all happened in a matter of seconds. She had only gotten her fourth or fifth punch in when the seventh grade teacher restrained her.

He was a little dazed, he slid down the wall still looking on her admiringly. They were both escorted to the principal's office.

"What were you thinking Kurosaki?" the old man said looking down at her defiant face, "You could be expelled for this!"

"No, please sir, It was my fault," Souta had since recovered his senses.

"What are you talking about Akiyama? How is it your fault that Kurosaki beat you up?"

He humbled himself, but Karin saw through his act, "It was only supposed to be a joke. I didn't mean to hurt her feelings."

Karin glanced sideways at him.

"I told a lie, and it was only supposed to be a joke, that I saw Karin Kurosaki kissing her sister's boyfriend, "It-it's not true and I'd feel terrible if she were to get punished for my stupidity." A fake tear rolled down his cheek.

'Nice touch Souta, don't bleed the well dry,' Karin thought unimpressed. Her own eyes were red and puffy. She had not shed any tears for herself, but for Yuzu's little heart she couldn't help herself.

"Is this true Kurosaki?" The principal asked. She looked at him and nodded. He saw the sadness there. He knew that Akiyama was acting, and Karin was not. He had felt pity for the girl, but they still both had to be punished.

You both will get detention. Karin looked out the window nervously. It was getting darker earlier and Urahara was going be pissed if she were late two nights in a row.

'What can you do Karin?' Her zanpakto asked. Karin wisely kept her silence.

Souta seemed quite happy to be in detention that afternoon. They were seated next to each other. Each child was expected to write an essay about their crime. Souta's was, 'Why I should not spread rumors.' Karin's was, 'Why I can't solve my problems with violence.'

Souta was finished in no time. He just sat back and enjoyed watching Karin squirm in her seat. He thought it was because he was staring and her assets, it was really the sense of unease that being out after dark brought. She had trouble concentrating on her paper. Souta kept quietly making noises and leering at her body.

'What a creep.'

'I agree.'

'He is such a bastard!'

'Let's beat the rest of the snot out of him,' Shina Mitsu laughed.

'Shina I'm surprised at you!' Karin caught herself mid chuckle. It had sounded like a hiccough.

Souta grinned at her. He was doing something nasty where the teacher could not see, but she was sure to see. Karin thought she might vomit.

'What a crude, perverted little monster!' Shina sounded dangerously angry.

'Just pretend he's not here! Later let's just kick the shit out of him!'

Karin turned away from the horrible cretin and finished her paper with a shaky hand.

When they both left he was on her heels all the way to the exit, "Leave me alone you pervert!"

"Come on my little plum blossom; you know you want it!" He reached for her.

She most certainly did not want it or him. "The only thing I want is to get the hell away from you, YOU SICKO!" She turned to run.

There standing under a streetlight was Kisuke Urahara, "Is there a problem here?"

"Urahara I'm sorry," She looked ashamed of herself. He looked kindly on her.

"So, who's your friend?" Urahara looked at, or rather through the boy.

"He's no friend of mine," She kind of shuttered at the word friend.

'What the hell, who's this S.O.B? There is no way! He's like old enough to be her father,' Souta thought in his little troll mind of only one thing. If the man is not her father or brother he is a potential lover. The boy put on his fake charming smile, "I'm Souta Akiyama," He held out his hand to greet the stranger.

Urahara made no move to take the boy's hand. Every thought that boy had just had, had played across his face for the man in the hat and clogs to read. He was disgusted. He smiled his fake smile too. His eyes expressed hatred toward the boy. The boy faltered.

"Come on Karen, you're late for kidou practice."

"Kidou practice again?"

"Well how are you supposed to spar on that bum leg of yours?"

Souta was greatly disturbed by that old guy, but his eyes settled in their usual spot on the girl's firm backside. Urahara's head turned instantly in the boy's direction. His eyes were diamond hard. He knew the where the boy was looking and that was all the warning he was going give the human. The boy turned and ran.

"Karin is that boy bothering you?" Karin knew better than to lie, she nodded.

"Are you ok? He hasn't tried anything, has he?" Again she couldn't lie, and she nodded.

"Next time he comes near you beat the shit out of him, ok?" he said in a monotone, but Karin sensed his inner rage at Souta. She was glad because she also felt enraged.

"We had already planned on it," She smiled up at her mentor. He cracked a silly grin, but his eyes were sad.

'There are some sick individuals out there, but I think this is something worse. The dark energy in this town is warping many of these humans. They are weaker to resist doing evil. It's not just you. There are plenty of others falling victim to it, Karin,' Urahara was only theorizing, but the evidence was very strong in favor of the suspicion.