The Power to Change the Future

by BPES

Ichigo's a full time shinigami, Karin has developed powers and things aren't as peaceful as they should be. Can the Kurosakis stop the threat with a little help from the Shinigami? No Pairings. Rated T to be safe Violence, and Rangiku mostly

2. Chapter 2

BP: All right you two, Disclaimer time.
Karin: Who the heck are you?
BP: As far as you're concerned, God.
Ichigo: No, That's Kubo Tite, because BPES doesn't own Bleach.
Karin: And don't make the cleaning product joke, everyone does.
BP: T.T
Ichigo & Karin: On with the Chapter!
BP: … Slave drivers.

Chapter 2

To say Ichigo wasn't a morning person was a lie, he loved mornings, they were what allowed him to get up and get going for the day ahead. But in Kurosaki Ichigo's mind, this was not morning, this was night. Now standing at 5:30AM, Ichigo looked around for his younger sister who kept darting around the room trying to get ready for her first day of training. Ichigo couldn't tell whether she was excited or nervous, probably both but even then he wished she wouldn't make such a ruckus so early in the morning. As Karin finally came to a stop she looked at Ichigo expectantly.
"C'mon Ichi-nii, you said you'd show me around before training." Karin said as Ichigo nodded vaguely remembering saying something like that during Karin's freak out the previous night.
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"NO WAY!" Karin screamed at the revelation of the eleventh division's nature. Ichigo wasn't sure whether to comfort his sister or laugh at her current demeanour. She was 15 now, the same age he was when he fist stepped foot in soul society to save Rukia. So maybe Karin didn't have quite as noble a goal, but it didn't matter. Deciding to be a good brother he put a hand on her shoulder and smirked.
"Don't worry, I'll show you around tomorrow." He said reassuringly calming Karin. Then his smirk grew. "That way you'll know all the best routes to run from Kenpachi."
"Grr! Ichi-nii!"

The night had been filled with laughter after that point until Hinamori Momo, the Fukutaicho had come to quieten them down. Still, a promise was a promise and so Ichigo slapped himself lightly to wake himself up.
"All right, let's get going." Ichigo said as he walked to the door.
"ICHI-NI!" A girly voice screamed. Ichigo turned to Karin not entirely awake.
"What?" He asked groggily. Karin shot him an equally confused look.
"I didn't say anything?" She said. Ichigo heard the cry again and opened the door only for a flying ball of pink and black to tackle Karin across the room.
"What the!?" Ichigo questioned as Yachiru started bouncing up and down around Karin. "Yachiru!?"

"Heya Ichi-chan, is Ichi-ni ready to go now?" Yachiru spoke happily. Ichigo tried to work out what she was saying until it dawned on him. Ni was two. Face palming at the simplicity of Karin's new nickname he went over to help his sister up.
"We were just about to go look around first." Ichigo said trying to keep the eager eleventh Fukutaicho from jumping on Karin again.
"Wonderful, then perhaps we can help." A new, but familiar voice spoke up from the doorway. Ichigo looked up grinning.

"Rukia? Renji?" He asked pleased to see them. Walking over he saw several other people standing behind them. "Eh? Kira? Rangiku-san? Hisagi?"
"Hello Kurosaki." Kira Izuru, the Third Division Fukutaicho said with a small smile.
"It's been a while Kurosaki." Hisagi Shuuhei, Fukutaicho of the ninth division said with a grin.
"Hi Ichigo. Where's Karin-Chan?" Masumoto Rangiku, Fukutaicho of the Tenth division said as she barged in followed by the other shinigami.
"What are you all doing here?" Ichigo asked confused but not opposed. Renji answered him.
"Well we never got a chance to celebrate adding you into the ranks officially last night so we figured we'd get an early start today." Renji said shrugging. Ichigo was glad that Renji wasn't flaunting his captain's position over him. "Besides. I've been meaning to boss you about a bit since you got here."
"Why you!" Ichigo immediately turned hostile to the red head before both were slapped upside the head by Rukia's drawing book.
"Enough both of you, this is Karin's first day. Be more polite." Rukia reprimanded them while they glared at one another. Turning his attention back to Karin, Ichigo was shocked to see her more or less being smothered by Masumoto's assets.
"Oi Rangiku-san, let her breathe!" Ichigo screamed in a panic. Masumoto released Karin who began sucking in much needed air.
"Oh, Sorry Karin-Chan, it's just been a while. Taicho practically jumped for joy when he heard you were coming." Masumoto said grinning. Renji snickered.
"Actually, he complained the entire time since you asked for her to be tested because Rangiku-san wouldn't shut up about it." Renji revealed causing Ichigo to snicker as well. Both got a swift kick to the shins courtesy of Rukia.
"It's all right. Though I really would like to look around a bit before training." Karin said. With a twinkle in his eyes, Hisagi struck a pose.
"Don't worry; I can give you the greatest tour of Soul society around! And maybe afterwards you could give an interview for the newspaper I run?" Hisagi Asked with a bright smile. Kira gave a deadpan look behind him.
"Hisagi-san, it doesn't seem polite to make an offer like that. Weren't we going to give her a tour anyway?" Kira said sighing at his friends antics. Karin blinked at the people around her not sure what to think. They were very friendly, acting like she had been there all her life. Smiling she decided to go with the flow.
"Not a chance, I'm not Naïve enough to given away an interview for a tour I was going to get anyway." She said smugly. Hisagi turned to Kira quickly.
"This is your fault y'know!" Hisagi said whilst Kira decided to try and look innocent. "C'mon, I could really use a good story. And what better then the new and rising star Kurosaki Karin?"
"Hmm, I'll think about it. Now let's get touring before my time is all eaten up." Karin said brightly while Masumoto pretty much squealed in delight.
"I can show you all the best shops. It'll be great." She said happily. As the group walked out Ichigo found himself having to deal with an excitable Yachiru on his shoulder.
"Hey Ichi-chan, Do you think Neko-chan'll make her strong?" Yachiru asked.
"Neko-chan?" Ichigo found himself asking.
"Neko-chan, Neko-chan. Ichi-ni's trainer." Yachiru said happily.
"Oh, Kodora? I dunno, I don't really know much about him." Ichigo said. Kira looked to him.
"That's not surprising, Kodora-san until recently had a habit of taking extremely long missions anywhere from half a year to a full one. He left just before the Ryoka invasion and came back in the late stages of the war." Kira revealed.
"Oh yeah, he was complaining about it for weeks after the war ended and got into a fight with Madarame. Zaraki-Taicho had to break it up." Hisagi added.
"Neko-chan and Baldy are big idiots." Yachiru said before laughing.
"Hmm, if you want to know more about Kodora, ask Kurei-chan! They're old friends." Masumoto said happily. Ichigo blinked.
"Kurei-chan?" he asked. He would have to get used to the fact that he didn't know absolutely everyone in soul society.
"She's Nii-sama's new Fukutaicho." Rukia said. "She's very capable and is a very pleasant person."
"Yeah Right. Karyuudo's a nightmare." Renji said. Rukia smirked.
"Only because you got on her bad side; honestly Renji, you're a real moron at times." Rukia teased.

"Shut up Rukia!" Renji shot back hotly. Everyone laughed bar Renji who was still fuming. Captain or not, he was still the same old Renji. Ichigo noticed them heading towards the sixth division barracks and realised that Hisagi had been leading them there since this Kurei person got brought up.
"Should we really be bugging her like this?" Ichigo asked as the group walked in. They didn't even get two steps when Byakuya stepped in front of them.
"Can I help you with anything?" He asked in his usual calm tone.
"We just wanted to talk to Karyuudo-Fukutaicho Nii-sama." Rukia said politely. Byakuya looked at her and then to the others present. Seeing Karin he understood and nodded.
"Very well, she's ahead of her work load anyway. But try to be quick; I would like to keep this level of punctuality." Byakuya said before leading into the Barracks.
"Oh, there she is. KUREI-CHAN!!!" Masumoto yelled over to the woman. When Ichigo caught sight of her, only one thought entered his mind.
'What is it with Byakuya and bright haired Fukutaicho?' he thought as the Magenta haired woman came towards them. She had blue eyes and her long hair was in a high ponytail.
"Rangiku-Chan? What's the occasion?" Kurei said before noting her captain and bowing politely. "I won't be long captain."
"Very well, see to it quickly then." Byakuya said before walking off. Kurei bowed again as he did so.
"Kuchiki-taicho is great, you sure had it lucky Abarai-taicho." Kurei said smiling whilst Renji scoffed earning an elbow in the side from Rukia. "So, what brings you all here? OH! You're Kurosaki Ichigo aren't you? It's a Pleasure, I'm Karyuudo Kurei."
"Uh yeah, Hi there. Just Ichigo is fine y'know." Ichigo said not sure how to react to this person. She smiled at him.
"Nah, If I called you anything but Kurosaki, it'd be kind of weird. Maybe after a while?" She said brightly. Ichigo just nodded.
"See, I told you she was nice." Rukia said smugly whilst Renji shook his head in annoyance.
"Anyways, is there anything I can do for you Kuchiki-Fukutaicho?" Kurei asked causing Ichigo to look to his short friend.
"You're a Fukutaicho? Since when?" Ichigo asked. Rukia waved him off.
"Ignore the oaf, we came to ask you about Kodora-san, seeing as he'll be teaching Karin here." Rukia said pushing the girl forward. Kurei bowed and repeated her introduction. Though had no qualms about calling Karin by her given name. As they began moving to Kurei's office, Yachiru hung from her hair swinging from side to side while Kurei carefully tried to remove her. Settling down Hisagi got his notepad and a pen much to everyone's annoyance.
"What, it's a story isn't it?" He defended himself. Kira put a hand on his shoulder.
"Next Time, Hisagi-san. Put it away." He said. Hisagi reluctantly complied.
"Now then Kurei-Chan, go right ahead." Masumoto said brightly.
"Well… Kodora is… Well… Kodora I guess." Kurei said. Everyone sweat dropped at the lack of information.
"A little more detail please Kurei-Chan." Masumoto tried again. Kurei tilted her head in thought.
"Well… Kodora's really strong, even back in the academy no one could touch him in Zanjutsu practice after only a few weeks. He even took down his entire class single handed." Kurei said earning some interested looks. "But then again, neither me or Hada were in his class at the time so that's not saying much I guess."
"Hada?" Karin asked. Kurei nodded.
"He was out third for the grouping. He was really strong until his accident, but we're hear to talk about Kodora right?" Kurei asked. Karin wanted to pry into the other person but decided it could wait. "Also, Kodora is actually quite kind. I probably would've flunked the academy if it weren't for him. But that doesn't stop him being a complete moron."
"Neko-Chan's a moron." Yachiru Sung before swinging from Kurei's hair again.
"Please stop that Kusaji-Fukutaicho." Kurei whimpered. After Rukia and Ichigo pried Yachiru off of Kurei she continued. "There's not much left to say except he gained his rank of fourth seat without releasing his Zanpakto."
"He doesn't know his Shikai?" Ichigo asked surprised.
"Well… something like that." Kurei said looking away. Before Ichigo could ask if she knew anything on the subject, Byakuya entered again.
"If you're quite done, I'd like for you all to leave. Karyuudo-Fukutaicho has some work to do." He said and the group left. Soon afterwards each began heading to their different divisions to begin working, all but Ichigo and Rukia who were waking Karin to the Eleventh division.
"Don't worry Karin. You'll do just fine." Rukia said reassuringly. She pointed a thumb at Ichigo. "You're a hundred times smarter then that dummy so you should excel at this."
"HEY!" Ichigo yelled at the mild insult. "Shut it Midget."
"Make me Oaf!"
"Maybe I will tiny!"
"Bring it on Fool!"
"Shut it both of you. If you're gonna fight then get to it." Entered Kenpachi's voice from nearby as they had arrived at the eleventh and caused a mild scene with their argument.
"Kenpachi? Oh Hi there, sorry about that." Ichigo said nervously. Kenpachi grinned at him.
"So you're not busy fighting Kuchiki then?" He said reaching for his sword.
"Wait, yes I am, but not here, somewhere else, far away. C'mon Rukia lets go fight… Um… Bye Karin, have fun." Ichigo said dragging Rukia along as she tried to say a goodbye and good luck to Karin. Now standing there alone in front of a man who scared her brother, Karin wondered what she should do.
"Welcome to the eleventh division short stop." Kenpachi said before putting a hand on her shoulder and shoving her towards the training grounds. "I'm expecting you to get strong real quick like your brother. That way we can have a real battle hahaha."
"I dunno, I'm kind of bad at this, it might take a while." Karin said now understanding her brother's concern. Just standing next to this guy was practically choking her, and she had been told he held back all the time.
"Well I guess I can wait a while." Kenpachi said giving Karin a feral grin. Karin paled at the thought and paid no attention to her surroundings until she walked into someone.
"Oof, Sorry."\She said quickly as she looked upon a pretty man with strange feather things on his right eye.
"That's quite all right. You must be the cute Kurosaki Karin then? My name is Ayasegawa Yumichika, fifth seat of this division." Yumichika said airily
"Tch, so you're Ichigo's little sister. Tough break getting stuck with Kodora, but he'll whip into shape real good I guess." Said a Bald man walking up from behind Yumichika. "My name's Madarame Ikkaku, third seat of the Eleventh division."
"Oh, Hi there. I'm Kurosaki Karin, like you guessed." Karin said taking a step forward to try and get away from Kenpachi.
"Ichi-Ni, Hurry up and train with Neko-chan so you can get real strong real quick; then you and Ken-Chan can fight lots and lots." Yachiru piped up suddenly from Zaraki's shoulder. Karin couldn't help but wonder how quick that girl was because she hadn't seen her earlier. As the group of high ranking officers and Karin walked to the training ground Karin witnessed Kajumaru beating the living heck out of a bunch of Shinigami with his bare hands while they all had swords drawn.
"Damn you guys are all pathetic. Even Oto and Kurosaki made me draw my sword first time and that was a one on one situation." Kajumaru groaned. Nearby a man whose face was covered by red bandages shook his head and walked off.
"Who was that?" Karin asked. Yumichika looked over to where she was pointing and sighed.
"Oh, that was Oto Kokoro. He's the current sixth seat thanks to Ikkaku and Kodora's training. His face was horribly scarred by a hollow, that's why he wears the bandages." Yumichika explained. Karin nodded with a frown.
"I feel sorry for him." Karin said.
"Don't, the guy's tough but he relies on Kido; it even shows in his Zanpakto. That's a coward's way to fight." Ikkaku said sternly. Karin wasn't sure what he meant but decided not to pry. After being called over and joining the ranks, Karin found the training that was set up to be somewhat fun, mostly because she got to beat up a bunch of idiots who thought they could take her as well as having practically the entire top ranking shinigami of the division cheering for her.
"Too slow." Karin boasted as she ducked under a punch thrown by her opponent. Sidestepping the kick that followed she launched a kick of her own and it connected with her opponents gut. As he went rolling back another person stepped in to fight her and tried to hit her from behind. Karin caught his hand before it hit her though, remembering a few lessons she had with Tatsuki, Ichigo's friend, some years back, she flipped the man into another attacker that had come at her.
"Gah, this girl's a monster." One of the new recruits said despairingly.
"Yeah, this is a nightmare." Another one agreed.
"Don't be like that. I'm not that bad." Karin said from behind them, they looked fearful before she smacked their heads together. She laughed a little as they rolled on the ground holding their heads in pain. It was their fault for thinking about ganging up on her. All the new recruits had, and all of them were now lying on the ground groaning. Beaming she looked over to her supposed instructor to see what he thought but the only expression he was showing was disappointment. "Was that bad?" Karin found herself asking. Kajumaru blinked before giving a smirk.
"No, you did great Kurosaki. It's these idiots I'm angry with. Honestly, Kurosaki hasn't even had the Academy training and she still whooped you. What kind of weaklings are you?" Kajumaru reprimanded. Sitting over with Ikkaku and Yumichika whiles Kajumaru ranted Karin decided to get their opinions.
"So, how did I do?" She asked happily.
"Well, you won, but I'd hardly sing praises about it. Those guys were weak." Ikkaku said honestly sending Karin's spirits down some.
"Well, all I can say is that you should try and make it a little more beautiful." Yumichika said smiling. "Other than that I think it was fine."
"Except that they were weak." Karin muttered.
"Everyone has to start somewhere." Yumichika commented wisely. Karin smiled.
"Yeah I guess. But those guys had better get real good real fast or I won't be learning anything." Karin said with a giggle. Both Yumichika and Ikkaku looked at each other before laughing themselves.
"Hey Karin, you'd fit in great here. If you ever get tired of the Human world like your brother, come join the Eleventh." Ikkaku offered.
"I'll think about it." Karin responded happily.
"Kurosaki, Get over here." Kajumaru yelled. Karin got up from her seat and ran over to the group of weary shinigami.
"What is it?" She asked once she joined the group.
"Tomorrow we'll all be heading out to Karakura to hunt some hollows. I'm expecting you all to on guard because this is the real deal." Kajumaru said.
"What, so soon? How come?" One shinigami spoke up. Kajumaru sighed.
"I know it's sudden but deal with it. That's how things are." Kajumaru said again. Karin however was excited by the news, as this meant she got to go home a day early. She couldn't wait to tell Yuzu how well things had been going so far.
"So when are we leaving?" Karin asked excitedly. Kajumaru shrugged.
"Noon tomorrow. Until then you're all dismissed." He said but Grabbed Karin before she could run off. "Not you. We have some practice to get in."
"What why?" Karin asked sourly. Hadn't the training before been enough?
"Because my captain and many others all want you well trained and fast. So we are going to train. AH, OTO! Bring those training swords over." Kajumaru said as the man in red complied. Now both holding wooden training swords Kajumaru turned to Karin. "Take your stance."
"Huh? Oh right… There." She said taking her sword stance.
"That's bad."
"It is?"
"Yeah, you're too stiff. Loosen up?"
"Like this?"
"No that's too much."
"How about now?"
"A little better. Get a wider stance."
"Uh-huh."
"TOO WIDE!"
"SORRY!"
"Why are you such an idiot?"
"Why are you so eager? Pervert maybe?
"Who'd want you flat chest."
"What'd you call me Neanderthal?"
"What? Can't hear me over the screams of everyone whose had to look at your face?"
"WHY YOU!" Karin finally snapped and lashed out at Kajumaru who smirked and blocked.
"I'd say you hit like a girl but that'd be an offense to your gender. Assuming someone as Androgynous as you has a gender." Kajumaru taunted further as Karin kept swinging. After several clashes they broke off and Karin held her sword firm as she glared at Kajumaru. "There we go."
"Huh?" She said suddenly unsure of what he meant.
"That stance is much better now that you're in the swing of things." Kajumaru said pointing it out. "It's still not the greatest but it'll do for now. Remember that stance."
"You… You… YOU!" Karin started fuming. Kajumaru smirked.
"Oh and by the way, the name calling wasn't necessary, but it sure as heck was fun, eh Flat chest?" Kajumaru said chuckling.
"DAMN YOU!"