HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOO! Sorry for umm, not updating sooner, but I kind of got ummm, pre-occupied with things. Anyways, thank you VERY MUCH TO KaRiSa and hmjane for reviewing; now I have three. Oh yeah, I also drew a picture of how Atsuikumo's sword looks like if anyone was wondering, I was gonna draw a picture of how she looks like, but I'm still trying to do that. ANYWAYS, enough jabbering, onto the update!

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Reborn Love

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Chapter 3 – Past to Explore

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Suzuyo had recently finished telling Mizuki about her adventure to retrieve her sword and how she got to meet Kira and all when a sudden thought just got into her head. "Hey Mizuki, what's you're zanpakuto called?"

"My zanpakuto? Oh well, it's called Mizugin."

"Wow, pretty name! That means it stands for Silver water right? Ooo that means that you're zanpakuto is water type, ohhhh, COOL!"

"Haha, yeah, it's pretty cool."

"Ya have to show me it someday, oh I know, you can show it to me tomorrow after you're lessons!"

"You know, you have lessons tomorrow too."

"Oh yeah... that sucks, but you can show me after right, right?!"

"Yep, but we should sleep, shouldn't we?"

"Uh… oh right, I suppose we should."

"Haha, okay, oyasumi (good night) Suzuyo."

"Okay, oyasumi!"

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The next day, the tired twosome got dressed and got ready for their classes. First up for Suzuyo was kidou class. Since there were so many new recruits; many of them were also on the first day.

"Today in class we will be learning what kidou is and how we do the incantation as well as memorize the basic ones." The teacher announced. Suzuyo was nervous; she was afraid of messing up and then getting laughed at. She didn't have a very good past before her 'grandmother' had picked her up.

Several Years Ago In Rukongai

The little girl had just arrived at Rukongai after her death. "Where…where am I?" She wondered. When the shinigami had told her about Rukongai; she was eager to be able to rest at peace there. But when she reached there, the place was so unfamiliar that she didn't know where she was for a moment. "Oh yeah…I'm in Rukongai! Let's explore!" She exclaimed; her childish voice echoing in the emptiness.

However, her exploration was stopped since a gang of 7 people had stopped her when she was walking around a bridge. "Hello little child." The leader snarled.

"Huh…oh…uhh, hi?" She stammered; quickly frightened.

"What is such a little child doing out here?"

"I…I was just exploring sir."

"Shouldn't a little girl explore with someone older?"

"Yes…but I just arrived here…."

"So how old are you little child?"

"I was 4 when I was alive."

"That's a good age to gain some money."

"What….?" She didn't finish as the gang had then attacked her.

From that she was forced to beg on the streets for money so the gang could gamble. If she didn't get more that 10yen, she was beaten so the next day people would pity her more and gives her more money. If she didn't get any yen, then she was whipped, and beaten 3 times more that usual. There would always be one gang member (they switched between the men) who would watch over her so she wouldn't run away.

One day when she was 6, she was with the gang members at a gambling room when a young woman came in. Seeing the child bruised and cut everywhere and having sorrow-filled eyes; she gambled for the girl to save her. The young woman had been very lucky (even though she used up pretty much all her yen) that she did save the girl. The young woman had told her that she wasn't going to treat her the same way and that she gambled to save her. "What's you're name little girl?" She asked.

"I don't remember."

"What do you mean you don't remember?"

"My master always just called me 'slave' for the past 8 years; and so I forgot."

"That's horrible! Those vile creatures! Well then, do you want me to name you or do you want to make your own name from now on?"

"You can name me."

"Then you shall be called Atsuikumo Suzuyo."

"What's you're name madam?"

"My name is Hinamori Momo. I'll take you to a kind woman who can take care of you."

After that; Suzuyo had lived with an old woman who she called 'grandmother' because she was old (no offence to older people). Suzuyo lived so happily with her grandmother for such a long time that she completely forgot that it was Hinamori was the one who saved her and thought it was the grandmother for the rest of her life.

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Soon after all the lessons, Mizuki and Suzuyo went to check out how her zanpakuto worked; and also to teach Suzuyo how to use the zanpakuto. "Okay Suzuyo; since everyone's zanpakuto is different it'll be hard for me to explain how you'll work it; but I'll try!"

"Thanks Mizuki!"

"Your welcome. Anyways, we'll start off on where you want to put it so it'll be easy for you to take out."

"I wanna put it behind my back."

"Will it be convenient for you?"

"Yep!"

"Alright then, I put my zanpakuto on my hip since I find that it's easier for me. Anyways; your zanpakuto has a bracelet for you to wear when using it so it won't fly off your hands. Now since you have the bracelet it'll be harder for you to unsheathe your sword and put on your bracelet on at the same time." She explained.

After some time and a lot of sheathing and unsheathing, Suzuyo got faster at doing both at the same time. "Alright, now to do protective stances and such." Mizuki said.

For the rest of the day, they spent their time practicing; and Suzuyo even got to see Mizuki's zanpakuto. It had a silver blade, pale blue guard and hilt. At the bottom of the hilt were light sky blue strings coming out from all 4 corners.

At the end of the day, they both sat down on the wooden floors and talked about the recent events. "So I heard there was a shinigami that had pasted away the other day." Suzuyo mentioned.

"Oh yes, her name was Hinamori Momo, she was the fifth division vice captain."

"Hinamori Momo…she sounds very familiar."

"If you were in Rukongai; you might have heard the news of her being promoted as vice captain or about the betrayal left by Aizen."

"No, it's not that but I mean I feel like I know her."

"Hmm, I'm not sure when she entered to become a shinigami. I think it was a few years before I entered."

"I see…well who knows." Suzuyo whispered.But she did know; just didn't remember.

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Sorry so much for updating this story so late; but at least I did try to make it longer in a failed attempt. But thanks so much for reading and being patient; please tell me what you thought of it, thanks!