Changing Its Course

By: shinigami-no-elie

A/N: Firstly, Thanks to:

-Ochi and Rara for both introducing BLEACH and KH II Playstation 2™ to me so this fic can exist.

-BestFanOfAnime for introducing me to Kingdom Hearts for the first time.

-My sister for supporting me (although she was a bit upset when I made an English version fic. Sorry!).

-My mother so that I can connect to the internet again! Yay!

-And you who review this story !

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own KH or BLEACH! If I do, why should I bother to write this fic?

Chapter II

Preparation…

"Namine…?" Roxas stared at her unbelievably. She already wore the same suit as the other shinigamis. Her black shinigami suit was there neatly. "Is that you? But how can you enter? I mean hell…You became a shinigami?" Roxas said a bit fast, shocked of what he has look. "Still, it's a nice outfit, though…" he thought a moment

"Umm…Roxas…I think we better get to move now. You can talk to Namine later." Nenke interrupted his thought. "And Ren, your mission paper lied on my desk. You can continue your work."

The blue-haired boy wanted to protest but only grumbled so that Nenke couldn't hear him. The raven-haired boy frowned, staring challengingly at Nenke.

"And you too, Kagami. Don't worry; it will be the same hard mission. You'll like it." Nenke grinned at him. The raven-haired shinigami sighed a little and went away. "And Namine, you should go back to Natsume-taichou's room. Maybe you could find some works there."

Namine nodded and walked passed Roxas. Roxas only saw her smile and hearing her whispered, "I'm glad that you are here." With that, she used her shunpou. Roxas just stood there. Her presence has gone and Roxas had no idea how come she did that.

"Right, let's go to face Ukita. She probably could handle your exam." She said dreamily. Roxas, not knowing what she's talking about, gave her a puzzled-look.

"Ukita? Who is he? And what exam should I do!" He asked her again.

"You mean 'who is she'! She is the captain of 3rd division. Usually she handled things about training other shinigamis. She'll be perfect to be the mentor for you." She said as she snapped her finger again, letting the air covering both of them. Roxas kept still in his place. With a snap of a finger, Nenke and Roxas flew again towards 3rd division headquarters.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot that the exam is about how you control your mana, which means magic. It will be so easy! Even Namine passed with 150!" She said reassuringly; she had expected that Roxas will be annoyed hearing about those kind of word like 'test' or 'exam' or others relating to it. Could a boy like him will like any exams!

"Because she's a white witch, that's all what it says." Roxas mused again, not realizing a big danger was approaching towards them.

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3rd division headquarters…

A woman shinigami was sitting behind her desk, signing the assignments from other division. Sometimes, she growled a little, signaling that she was VERY bored. She was still signing her paper when suddenly…

"Ukita-taichou! Nenke-fukutaichou is here! She's just landed and also brought the keyblade wielder!" shouted a young shinigami girl. She has short-black hair and wearing headphone. Her obsidian eyes showed both happiness and worried. The Captain, Ukita, put down her pen and took her sword which lied against her chair.

"I'll be there quickly…"

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"We're on time!" Nenke said as they landed outside the headquarters. Roxas stood for a moment and walked with Nenke. When they just almost passed the entrance, suddenly 5 dusks appeared from nowhere.

"What the heck-" Nenke said a bit annoyed as she dodged one of their attack. Roxas, not knowing how to summon his keyblade (he is wondering himself that does he really have one?), could hardly evade their attack.

"Alright, enough is enough!" Nenke shouted; feeling annoyed with this situation. She summoned her keyblade. "Let's go! Okamiboshi! Howled to the moon! Tear it apart!" She said as she defeat every one of the Dusks with only one smooth move. Roxas remained still, not knowing what to say. Seeing this made his head hurts. "How could a keyblade acted like it have a heart?" Roxas thought again. Then, they heard someone clapping his/her hand. They turned around to see one of captains; Ukita…

Roxas didn't have a clue about how long had Ukita been there, watching them. Ukita approached them.

"Well, I thought it will be the test. But I can't tell the score if the test participator were not well-prepared yet." Ukita said a bit less-curious. Hearing this, something put a trigger on his mind.

"Then YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MAKE THAT AMBUSH RIGHT? IS THIS SOME KINDS OF JOKES? IF IT IS, IT DOESN'T MAKE ME LAUGH!" Roxas screamed to the point of his nerve.

"Wow, wow…easy, easy! It's not like I created the dusk or summoned them or anything! We're forbidden to do that." She said a bit offended by Roxas' words. "So, Nenke-chan! Is it him?" She asked Nenke. Nenke nodded. "Well then, you two should go to my office. Come in!"

Roxas and Nenke came in towards Ukita's office. Not much fancy here; only a wooden wood for work behind a desk which full of assignment papers and some old records.

"Shichi, please finish my work for me. I kinda have an important…matters here." Ukita said happily. The other shinigami, Shichi, looked annoyed. She never thought that she would be the one who finish her captain's work. Grumbling softly, she brought the papers upstairs; to her office. Ukita poured tea onto each of their glass, and then, took a seat. She started again.

"My name is Ukita Maeru, Head of the 3rd division squad and the head of academics. Pleased to meet you!" She introduced herself. "So…you want to become a shinigami, right? Err…"

"Roxas" Roxas continued her words. Ukita snapped happily, "Yeah Roxas! So, are you willing to?"

Roxas stared on his tea blankly. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know all about this world yet. To be questioned such as that made him confused. Nenke knew this was going to happen. She sipped her tea. "Don't worry! I'll be your tutor when you're accepted to the academy!"

"No he's not going to the academy…" Ukita cut her on the middle. Nenke stared at her. As much she could admit, Ukita has the right side, yet it's wrong.

"But he IS eligible, isn't he Ukita-taichou!" Nenke snapped; Looks like her temper was at critical status. Ukita sipped her tea.

"It's not like he's not eligible." She continued her words, slightly not taking Nenke's anger. "However, someone as special as him has to take special tutor. And that would be you." She said and sipped her tea again.

Nenke blinked at her unbelievably, "Are you…serious?" Roxas, feeling unnoticed, now talked.

"What's going on here, Nenke-san?" he said a bit cold. Looks like no noticed his presence. Nenke smiled at him.

"Well, if you want to become a shinigami, which in this case 'you HAVE TO', I'll be your tutor. You don't have to take academic school. You can befriend with other people while training with me. Even Namine took this type of training, you see…" Nenke said. Roxas, not knowing what to react, just stood there; happy but worried. He didn't know where his worries came from. Silence crashed the room. Ukita stood up and break the silence.

"So Roxas! If I were you, I would like to be mentored with her. She's good you know! After all, she is former of keyblade master. Well, it depends on you though…" Ukita said

Roxas had nowhere to go and he wanted a place to live for now, just recalling older days and forgetting bitter past. The problem is, he doesn't know whether to trust Nenke or not. For him, she's just a weird person, a high-tempered person too. But he was forced to choose, and right now, he only has 1 choice: Making Nenke his mentor.

"I only have one choice since both of you gave me only that option. I'll take that as a yes." He said flatly. Ukita sighed in relief. "Well then, I should report this to Yama-jii. He'll be pleased that we have another shinigami candidate."

Nenke stood up. "Well then, time to go. And welcome to the 14th division, Roxas; to the newest division from gotei 14. It was still gotei 13 when Yama-jii realized that we have to make another division for scouting new areas since other worlds began crumbling." She held out her hand. Roxas smiled a bit. He placed his on hers and ready to take off to the 14th headquarters, but suddenly stopped by Ukita.

"Nenke! Tell Shikachi that Natsume is not pleased! He expected her to meet him. Maybe he wants to fight her again!" Ukita shouted below. Nenke nodded. With a snapped of her finger, both of them flew away. Ukita saw them flying to the 14th headquarters.

"I wish them the best luck. Last time I trained Nenke, I wasn't able to make her summoned her zanpakutou. Instead summoning it, she summoned her own keyblade. And please, Hitsugaya-kun. If you want to talk, just talk here. You don't have to hide your presence." She said as she turned back at a shinigami boy shorter than her. "Now, what brings you here?" she said as she approached her desk, trying to finish her work again. Hitsugaya stood in front of her.

"I'm here because of that boy, Roxas." Hitsugaya said sternly. Ukita gave him a plain look.

"And why is that?" She asked him again. Hitsugaya sighed a little.

"Don't you realize that he's the nobody of Sora, the chosen keyblade master? Shouldn't you train him?" he said again.

Ukita smiled bitterly. "After training Nenke, causing us to damage almost every house in Rukongai? No and never." She said, clinging on her pen.

"After all, I believe Nenke could make him even stronger than now…"

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"We're here!" Nenke said as they arrived at the headquarters. Nenke walked in followed by Roxas. She directly went into her office, feeling that maybe Ren is still there. And she's right. Ren was searching the whole office for his assignment paper.

"Oww, where is it?" Ren mumbled to himself. Nenke walked towards him.

"Ren, is something wrong?" She asked the boy. Ren was shocked for a moment and stood rightly after his reaction.

"No ma'am! It's nothing!" He said shakily. Nenke smiled and took a brown map lied on her desk. She opened it and handed some assignments papers to him. "I believe this is what you've been searching for." Nenke smirked. Ren took the papers and examined it carefully. A smile slipped on his lips. He bowed gratefully to Nenke and ran pass Roxas. He said nothing but winked as he passed Roxas. Nenke sat on her chair. She noticed that Roxas was still outside her office. "Come in Roxas. I have something to show you." She said as she opened her blue map and handed the papers to Roxas, as for him to come in.

Roxas read it silently. The papers contained some details of the gotei 14 though he didn't know what it is. "Nenke-san, what is gotei 14?" he asked

"Add the fukutaichou or sensei title behind my name please. From now on, I'm your fukutaichou." She smiled. Roxas was more annoyed by the fact that she's now his mentor.

"O-kay…Nenke-sensei…what is gotei 14?" he asked slowly, stressing every word.

"Gotei 14 is some sort of group which we, shinigamis, were grouped into 14 squads. Each squad usually has their tasks different from others but some of the shinigamis were tasked to work with other shinigamis from other squads. Usually, it is a team mission and only few selected shinigami that receive this kind of mission." She answered him and sipped her tea. "Maybe you will become one of them…after all, you're considered as special here." She added again as she worked on her papers, signing every each of it.

Roxas continued his read. He read the level of shinigami, how to rate it, and also, the legendary shinigami. It was also written the most hunted Hollows to slay and S-class criminal Shinigami. He scanned the paper and stopped at the photo of a shinigami whose smile was so wicked. His hair was silver. He read the man's name.

"Ichimaru Gin…" he mumbled softly as he read the article next to the photo. "Considered to be pursued because of his treachery to the court and for working together with Menos Grandes to overthrown the court."

"That's one of the criminals who are really danger. We heard that he can even summon heartless." Nenke still worked on her papers, mumbling softly.

Roxas only looked at her doing for a while before he asked, "You said it's forbidden for shinigamis to summon heartless and why is that? I mean, he's also a shinigami, right?"

Nenke stopped signing her papers and sighed. "We're forbidden to do it because it will cause us half-heartless. When a shinigami turned into one of it, he or she could summon as many heartless as he or she wants. He or she could also create countless of nobody, either the strong ones or the weak ones. They maybe suffered the same pain as you. The 14th squad realized this and took an immediate action; trying to prevent him making nobodies as much as we can. And well, Shikachi-taichou succeeded in sealing his ability on their last fight…" She turned at Roxas who listened to Nenke's story. "…but great action caused a great side-effect."

Roxas stared at her this time. "What do you mean side-effect…?" He realized that her eyebrows twitched. "…ma'am?" he quickly added her title.

Nenke grinned. "You should adapt with this circumstance quickly." Her grin became a grimace. Her smile almost faded when she wanted to answer his question. "I will tell you…" she said with a bitter smile and continued her words, "…when I'm ready, when the court can accept the fact, and when I can gain your trust fully on me, everybody in this squad, and on court. Sorry Roxas. This is actually top secret. Even only I and Ukita knew this fact." Silence fell on the room. Roxas continued reading the archive papers. Nenke sighed, "When you finished, let me know." She said as she continued signing her assignment.

Sometimes, Roxas eyes caught some photos of the Captains and Lieutenant. After finished, he handed over the papers back to Nenke.

"Well, my suggestion is: learn to adapt to things in here, okay!" She said as she stepped outside the office. "Aoikira!" She shouted. A woman shinigami came out. She had a long black rather curly hair passing her shoulder.

"Calling me, ma'am?" She asked a bit curious; it has been a while since her last mission.

"Please take Roxas to his room. Maybe you can show him around. I can't. Shikachi gave me her assignment papers to deal with." Nenke turned chibi, having a sad-looking face. The other woman, Aoikira, tapped her back. "Don't worry! You can count on me." She said. Nenke turned to Roxas and gave him a signal to step outside. Roxas did as she signaled.

"Roxas, meet your senior, Aoikira. She's on the fourth seat of our squad." Nenke said. Aoikira smiled at him. Her smile was so gentle that Roxas couldn't help blushed a little.

"I'm Aoikira. Nice to meet you, Roxas." She said and shook hand with him.

"Ah…I'm Roxas. Nice to see you too…err…" Roxas saw Nenke signaled her hand, being told to add her title. "…senpai." Aoikira smiled at him. "Well, you should really adapt here. Don't worry. We'll help. As long as you consider us as a family, we'll help."

Roxas never had a family. He's a nobody when he's still alive.

And Nobodies were not born to have a family…

They only made an alliance, or an organization like he did. He never knew what is like to have a family. Family means you share your time and feeling with them, as for nobodies, they never had a heart. They just pretended to have one. They can't feel. They shouldn't feel for someone. There's no emotion. That should be the law.

But here, he felt different. He felt like…a whole person…

He felt like he has a heart. He wasn't sure he has one either…

"Hello Roxas…Something's bothering you?" Aoikira snapped him out from his thoughts. Nenke place a worried face. Roxas recalled again why he was here.

"Oh, nothing. It's not something I want to talk about." He said quickly. Aoikira shrugged. Nenke sighed in relief.

"Well then, I should be back to my work. Take care of him, okay!" Nenke said to Aoikira as she walked back behind her desk and started signing her papers again.

"Right…" It's the only replied that Nenke could hear as Aoikira closed the door. She smiled at Roxas again.

"So Roxas, I shall show you around the court first. Where do you want to go?"

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Namine was running through the 3rd squad headquarter corridor in a hurry; she was late. She's been called by Nenke for her new mission. Not knowing that Ren already brought it, she ran as fast as she can. She ran so fast that she accidentally bump onto a black-haired shinigami boy, leaving them falling.

"Ittai…Ah, Kagami-san!" Namine groaned. She had bumped onto him, leaving him fell down and made his papers fell all over the places. Kagami stood and tried to regain his balance.

"Mattaku. Can you not run through the corridor?" He said a bit annoyed. He picked his papers that had fallen. Namine helped him.

"Gomen Nasai! Aren't you supposed to go to Nenke-fukutaichou's room? Ren said we had assignment to do and…" Namine stopped; being cut by Kagami.

"Namine…" Kagami mumbled softly but still picking the papers. Namine heard him and listened. "…don't trust Ren fully just yet…" He picked the last paper and walked pass her. Namine placed a puzzled look.

"What do you mean?" She asked Kagami. Kagami stooped for a moment.

"Because…he's never on our side, he'll never be on our side…" He said as he turned to Natsume's office, the 3rd squad captain. Namine didn't know what he means. All she knew that Ren is a good friend. She trusts him and so does he…doesn't he? Namine shrugged and continued to run across headquarter. If she had mastered the shunpou, she should be at the 14th squad headquarter by the time.

"I'm late!" With that, she ran off like a mad man.

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The sun had set. It had been a full hour since Roxas' first visit to Seiretei. This entire sudden meet made his head dizzy. He just met new people in different world. Moreover, he never guessed Namine would be here.

Aoikira had taken him to his room. It's on the 2nd floor. There are not many interesting things there. Only a rolled painting hung on the wooden wall, a desk to eat and sorts all kinds of papers, a cupboard containing his new shinigami uniform, and a bed on the corner of the room. His room also, like any other rooms in the court, had a bathroom and a mini-kitchen. Kitchenettes were placed near the tub.

Roxas sighed near the window. He had opened it for fresh hair. Outside, he could see lights from the outskirt of the court and also other shinigamis as well. His eyes caught a person who had fiery-red hair shinigami. He's walking with a blonde shinigami girl. Roxas rubbed his eyes again. "No. It couldn't be possible…" he said to himself. He looked again at the red-haired shinigami again and noticed it quickly. This time, a bit surprised.

Axel!

Ever since he had arrived, he remembered all about himself, about him being the nobody of Sora, about him being the youngest member of Jyuusan Kikan, and about other members…

Roxas opened his room door to step outside but found Nenke stood there. Roxas groaned. When he wanted to find someone, why Nenke always hindered it?

Nenke seemed a bit startled. She hasn't knocked the door yet, Roxas had opened it for her. She smiled at him, "Good evening Roxas! I hope you enjoyed your stay here. I decided that I'm going to have dinner with you instead alone. Do you mind?"

Roxas seemed slightly annoyed. He let her to come into his room. Nenke scanned his room. "Not bad. Well, I guess I should be cooking now. And where are you going, Roxas?" Nenke didn't here a reply because Roxas had already gone downstairs to see Axel.

Roxas walked through the dark pathway. No one's there; he had lost him. Upset, he returned to his room. Nenke had already made her cooking half done. She's making sushi for dinner. Wonder if it tasted great?

His night was only filled with Nenke's babblings about the court, her explanation, and their plan on their training. He decided that it's more than enough to make people stayed awake until 10 p.m. and made her out from his room. His room was quite a mess. The forks and plate were all dirty. He growled at their mess and washed it. He soon changed and brushed his teeth, then climbed onto his bed. He pulled his blanket up to his neck. For a while, he couldn't sleep. Nenke's training added his burden on his shoulder. Honestly, he had a bad feeling about this. His eyes had already tired and so had his brain. He shut his eyes, trying to relax so that he could get some sleep.

Finally, He surrendered to the darkness, letting it enveloped him like his blanket enveloped his body…

Tsuzuku

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A/N: Wheee! I wrote a longer fic! Oh yeah, I took this scene when Roxas has fused with Sora. When he realized, he's already in Seiretei. And for more information, I already kicked Ichimaru and Aizen, and they're still alive. For the substitute:

3rd squad Captain: Maeru Ukita (made-up character)

3rd squad Lieutenant: Himamoto Shichi (borrowed from my dear sister)

5th squad Captain: Hyuuga Natsume (From Gakuen Alice. Really! I didn't mean to put it like this!)

5th squad Lieutenant: Sakura Mikan (From Gakuen Alice)

14th squad Captain: Kawamura Shikachi (borrowed character; from Ochi. Thanks for the help!)

14th squad Lieutenant: Hyuura Nenke (borrowed character; from Rara. Thanks for the help!)

I'm just plain short of character. So, if you have suggestion, you could send me a message or to my e-mail. Your suggestion and reviews will keep this fic updated! Have a nice day you guys! R&R!