Chapter 1: Dreaming

Summary: My name is Kurosaki Karin. 17 months and some after my brother lost his powers I… died. After training so hard in almost two years to become stronger and protect my family back in Karakura, I needed to leave them after a freaking car accident. But I'm not worried. My life here in Soul Society just began. [HitsuxKarin] Maybe some IchiRuki in the future chapters.

Disclaimer: I don't own Tite Kubo's Bleach, and its characters.

Previously on Hitsugaya Karin…

Karin squinted her eyes and noticed that she's cold. She got up suddenly thinking her promise to Yuzu. Shit! It's already nighttime! Karin picked her bag and run home. At the last corner she needs to run before their street, an ugly screech was heard, crunching tires skidded, a shout pierce through the night.

Yuzu, who went out to look for her twin sister, watched in horror as she saw her sister's body flew from the force of the car's impact. "Kaariiiinnnn!"

For the next few hours, the soul Karin watched as her sister run to her body. Isshin running out of the house and looked at the mess of a body of his daughter, Ichigo following behind him full of remorse in his eyes, maybe thinking that he didn't protect her enough. She watched as Ichigo carry her body to Kurosaki Clinic, crying and begging her not to die. She watched as her father and sister declared her "dead". She watched as the driver of the car, who only bumped his head in the steering wheel, became aware that he accidentally killed someone. She watched as a gate open in the sky and a person in a black robe began chanting something. She was too shocked to realize that the shinigami performed a konso on her. When she woke up next, she's in Rukongai, Soul Society.

Karin woke up and a bright light blinded her for a second. "Ugnh…" she groaned. She looked around and she found herself waking up in an unfamiliar bed. "W-where am I?"

"Oh! You're awake, Miss! Are you feeling alright?" a fuzzy voice asked her.

"Ah-ahm…" Karin starts to sit up but her body won't cooperate, and she slump back to bed.

"Oh, miss, please don't force yourself." The voice said.

"Pl-please don't call me miss, call me… call me Karin. Yeah, I'm Kurosaki Karin. I'm from-" Karin was confused. "I'm from…where?"

"Then Karin-chan, please call me Nanami, Kobayashi Nanami." Nanami sighed. "Don't worry Karin-chan, souls sent in Soul Society loses their memories. Others won't recover them, but those who are lucky does." She smiled.

Karin was startled."S-souls? What do you mean by souls? Am I-Am I dead? A-and what do you mean by lose a memory?"

"Souls that come to Soul Society through konso (soul burial) loses their memory. Those who are lucky, well it depends on the memory, remembers what is their life like. And yes, Karin-chan, you're a soul now." She looked at Karin." Go back to sleep. You need a lot of rest."

Karin nodded at this and closed her eyes. She doesn't really know if she could sleep knowing that she's dead, but a few minutes later, you could hear her steady breathing.

Toshiro was walking to his office when he suddenly felt a familiar reiatsu. A second later, it was gone. He doesn't know if he just imagining it or not.

Maybe you just miss her… A voice in his head popped up.

Shut up, Hyourinmaru.

Toshiro scowled when he heard a (cough) manly giggle in his head.

Why would I feel her reiatsu here? She's not dead, right?

Toshiro arrived at the 10th division. He opened the door and looked to the right to find Rangiku… holding a saké in her hands and slumped at her desk while drooling on a paperwork.

"RANGIKUUU!"

Karin tossed around in her bed. The bed was soaked with her sweat and she's delirious. The bed was suddenly set up on fire and Nanami was freaked out when she saw this.

"Karin-chan! Karin-chan!" Nanami called, but she can't reach Karin because of a very strong spiritual pressure. Seconds later, the fire vanished and so did the pressure. Nanami run to Karin's side fast and was amazed when she saw her unscathed."K-Karin?"

Karin stirred, and she opened her eyes, and saw Nanami looking at her with wonder.

'Uh! My head. I-I…what happened?"

"You tell me. I was preparing dinner when a very heavy pressure makes me collapsed, and when I… When I crawled my way in here, I saw your bed in flames!"

"H-huh? How could that possibly be? Anyway, I have this strange dream. All I can see is the person's eyes and when I asked her her name, she said 'You know my name. Call me Karin, you were ready since you were born. Just call my name.' Then I asked her 'how do you know my name? I'm not going to ask yours if I know it.' Then she chuckled and disappeared and that's when I woke up."

" Karin-chan, I think you need to attend on the next semester of the Shin'O Academy." Nanami said.

"Shin-O Academy? What's that?"

"The pressure I felt awhile ago? It's from you Karin-chan. It's your reiatsu. You need to go to the Academy to learn how to control it, and to become a shinigami."

At the word, Karin whipped her head and face Nanami quickly, " Shinigami. Where did I hear that word before?"

"Karin-chan, m-maybe you're starting to recover your memory? That's why you were dreaming about that someone who asked you to call her name?"

"I doubt it, Nanami. I don't feel anything familiar when I think about her, but when you said shinigami…"

"Okay. Don't worry, I'm coming at your entrance exam for the Academy and cheer for you. Maybe you will find your answer there." Nanami smiled.

"Thank you, 'Nami."

"Okay, I'll call you when dinner is prepared." Nanami got up and walked out of the room.

Karin rolled over her bed and came face to face with hard floor. "Eh? Ehhhhh?!" There are ashes around her and no futon. She sighed before going back to sleep, now in the cold hard floor.

"So, Nanami-san, you mentioned about me going to some school awhile ago, when is that?" Karin asked Nanami as she devours the food in her plate.

Nanami looked at the young girl in front of her. She definitely owns such a high reiatsu. And she have the same last name as the hero of the Winter War. Were they related? "Karin-chan, the next entrance exam is in two weeks. Otherwise, we need to wait for six more months before you'll be able to find out about your dream."

"Is that so?" Karin sighed. "Anyway, Nanami-chan, why do you know so much about these things?"

Nanami smiled. "I live here for a hundreds of years now. I met souls like you who have potentials. And I once wanted to escape Rukongai through the Academy, but alas, I don't have your gift of reiatsu, Karin-san.

"Is that so?"

Yuzu stared in front of her, looking but not seeing. She's been like this since her sister died. Ichigo and Isshin can't do anything about it. The Kurosaki household were known for their crazy antics, the shouts early in the morning, and the happy meal everyone living there share. But now…

"K-Karin… Karin. Karin! Karin…" Yuzu chanted her sister's name, tears began forming in her eyes and soon she's crying out loud and shouting. "Ahhhhhh! Karin! Karin!"

Their neighbors were once annoyed by the noise they create everyday, but somehow, listening to the sad shout of the youngest twin, the people's heart break. They couldn't sleep at night when she starts to cry not because of the noise but the sadness in Yuzu's voice makes them want to cry, too.

Isshin, who's In the clinic, run to his daughter's side, and when he saw her, he hugged her because he can't do anything. He can't tell her that everything will be better because for Yuzu, they will not. He rocked her baby back and forth until she fell asleep on his arms.

Ichigo, on the other hand, was busy. A man named Kugo Ginjo, approached him and asked him to be part of a group called Xcution. The people are Fullbringers who have powers due to their parents' previous encounter with hollows (By previous means they were attacked and they survived). He welcomed the group's presence to dull the ache of Karin's death, especially the training he needs to complete his Fullbring (A/N:He doesn't know that his mother is a Quincy who was bitten by a Hollow yet.).

When Isshin knows that his daughter is now comfortably sleeping on her bed, he went out to meet Uruhara.

"Uruhara! Let me come in." Isshin said as he knocked on the door of Uruhara's shop.

"Oh, Isshin~san, to what do I owe the pleasure of finding you in front of my door?" Uruhara Kisuke asked his friend.

Isshin punched Uruhara straight into the face. "You told me to come here, idiot!"

"Oh, I did?"

"What do you want to tell me?" Isshin went in without Uruhara's invitation, and sat down in front of a low table.

Uruhara closed the door, and sit opposite of Isshin. "I happen to know that Kugo," Isshin snapped attention, " is moving. He already began to train Ichigo, and I happen to know that his group name their powers 'Fullbring'."

"Ichigo. His training Ichigo? Why would he do that?"

"I think that it have to do with Ichigo's reiatsu. Maybe he plans to train Ichigo's Fullbring and steal it from him."

"That… For what purpose?" Isshin asked.

"I don't know. Maybe he wants to get revenge on Soul Society? I'm not really sure. Anyway, I made a sword. The purpose of the sword is to collect reiatsu. I'm planning on a trip to ask the Sou-taichou to help me fill it."

"Wha-what is it for? Are you crazy? Are you even allowed to go there?"

"Of course I'm allowed. And it's for Ichigo. I forged the sword with Ichigo getting his reiatsu back in mind. Although I know that he still have his own enormous reiatsu, it just needs to be awakened. Are you coming?"

"I will, but I need to make sure that Yuzu'll get taken care of." Isshin flips his phone out.

"You're going to call Ichigo?"

"Huh? Who said I'm going to call him? I'm going to ask Ryuken." Isshin and Uruhara grinned.

"Hello? Ryuken could you please look after Yuzu… Of course you need to, you're her only living uncle….Ichigo? Who's Ichigo? I don't know someone by that name. Anyway, I'm going. Bye." Isshin looked at Uruhara. "Let's go!"

Karin starts to dream again, but this time there is no voice that's calling her. She shook her head from side to side. "Ichi-nii, helped him. Please Ichi-nii. Ichi-nii!" Karin woke up panting. She sat down, closed her eyes, and re-count her dream.

"Ah!Idiot! Why are you running away!? It's dangerous by yourself…" Ichi-nii shouted from a running figure of a man.

"…Ichi…!" I shouted.

There was along pause. "Karin…! Wha… What happened to you!? You can barely stand…" And with that, I started to fall forward.

"Karin!"

"Ichigo!" shouted by petite girl that I just noticed. "You should take her home! I will follow him!"

My brother was confused by this."Wha… What are you talking about…? You can't…"

"DON"T COMPLAIN!" said the girl."It's a problem for us if she were left here… since she would distract your mind during the fight!"Ichi-nii looked shocked at the words, but he realized that what the girl said is true."If you understand, then just go! Got it!?"

"…Rukia …you…your powers to fight Hollows still has not returned, has it…?… so don't push…push yourself to hard…!" This is the first time I heard my brother this concern for some girl other than me and Yuzu, and di he just call her by her first name?

Rukia looked at him and smiled smugly. "… You fool, as if I would make the type of mistake to cause you to worry about me. See ya!" And she started running. Well, I think she's running, or maybe I thought she's running because Ichi-nii started running back to our house, too.

"Haah…!" Karin huffed.

"Are you alright Karin!? Snap out of it. This isn't like you!"

"…Ichi… I saw it…" My brother's face looked confused. "The mermories from the child within that parakeet yesterday… I think it was because I'm closest in age to him…that the strongest memory that was left in his heart… … flowed into me… right I nfront of that kid's eyes… He saw his mother murdered right before hi eyes." Ichi-nii looked shock. " … I'm begging you Ichi-nii… that kid… save that kid…! Please…!"

Ichigo looked determined when his siter said that.

Karin opened her eyes. Ichi-nii… I have a brother… I… I need to pass that exam. I need to remember all… Ichi-nii… are you a shingami? And is that, Rukia, his girlfriend? Also, if he is a shinigami then he is here! In Soul Society! I need to become a shinigami fast so I can look for him… but he was in human form…

A/N: I want to thanks the following for adding Hitsugaya Karin in their favorites and for following the story, too: BloodyME, NaLuNaruHinaluvr23, Xingnai, Libiky, Kagome Echizen Fan, henshin7. I'm very happy and because of that, I dedicate this chapter for you!

Please review. I welcome any constructive criticism.

Also, from now on, Karin's Dreams will be on her point of view. Sentences in Italic are zanpakuto's voice (when they're talking to their shinigami), and Underlined Italic is when talking to the zanpakuto.