Chapter 3: Nanami

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 I'll write stories for another partners, too.

Disclaimer: I don't own Tite Kubo's Bleach, and its characters. Some part from the manga is used so that the story is accurate.

Previously on Hitsugaya Karin…

Karin walked out the door and saw Nanami walking out from the door beside hers. "They already called you, too?"

"Hai, Karin-chan, and I think I might pass this exam." Nanami said confidently.

"And why is that?" Karin asked. The two of them are walking out of the Academy.

"Because I showed them that I have enough reiatsu. My previous entrance exams were failed because I can't even let out even a small amount of spiritual pressure. I want to thank you, Karin-chan. You're my angel."

"That so? Then you're welcome." And Karin grinned. "Are we going home now?"

"Yes." And Nanami starts to walk to the direction of the West Gate.

"Hey! Nanami! We live in the East part, dummy! Why are you going to the West?" Karin asked, pulling the shirt of her friend.

"Because we're living on the 3rd District of the West Rukongai starting today!" Laughed Nanami.

"What? And you didn't even tell me!? I was getting myself ready in walking those miles again." Karin said.

Nanami giggled. "I thought that I don't want to live in that place anymore, and I know that you'll be accepted in the entrance exam. I have a feeling, and I want to be near you even if I don't pass it." Then she looked sad.

"Don't look so negative. You were so sure that you would pass a while ago. Stop making those faces now." Nanami nodded, feeling happy again. "So, where is this new house?"

"All those times that you were going out early in the morning, you were looking for a house?" asked Karin as her vision sweep the entirety of the house. It was modest. The living room is clean with the long sofa and a glass table with a flower vase on the center. A beautiful flower arrangement is on it. There's a big window on the wall behind the sofa, and a flowery curtain hang from a wire. Karin moved in and looked behind the divider, where the television's supposed to, and saw a small dining table with two chairs, she also saw the kitchen in the room but she didn't go near it. "Why didn't you tell me? I could have helped you, you know? And how about your things in the other house?"

"Don't worry about those, all my precious items are already here. Besides, I don't want to live in a house with a hole in the wall and the ceiling, you know?" Nanami teased Karin. Karin blushed, and Nanami laughed. "Come on, I'll show you your room."

The two moved down the only hallway and went in the second room on the right. Nanami opened it, and Karin's eyes blurred with tears. "Thank you." Karin said. She saw a single bed in the middle of the room. The bed is covered with a navy blue comforter, and the pillows are blue, too. There is a side table on both sides with lamps on it. The windows are covered with light blue curtains, and there is a closet on the wall on the right of the bed. "Thank you, Nanami-chan. I'm not going to ask you how you afford it."

"Then don't." Nanami grinned.

Nanami's real reason of moving near the gates is not really because she wants to be near Karin, although she really wants to be near the girl. The real reason is because she always wanted to be near the place where she met her… husband. She doesn't want to run away like a coward from her District, not like what she did before, no more. And she was saving for this day. She just hasn't realized that she have a tag-along with her. She smiled, looking down on the sleeping girl, who is clearly exhausted from her exam.

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."

Nanami sighed. Karin, the truth is I already remember my past life, or to be more specific, my life here in Soul Society before I was reborn in the Living World. I can't remember my Living World experience but I can perfectly remember the time I was once here. I remembered it so clearly that sometimes I act like that person although I'm not her anymore. She's just a part of me, Karin, and I don't want to become like her in this lifetime. I don't want to be like that coward… Kuchiki Hisana. Nanami closed Karin's door when she know that the girl is now deeply asleep. I'll see you soon, my Byakuya.

Byakuya, Ikkaku, Toshiro, Renji, Kenpachi, and Yachiru (she's on Kenpachi's back) stepped out of the senkaimon.

"All of us here gave our reiatsu to that sword! Returning Ichigo's reiatsu to him wasn't a problem!" Renji shouted.

"Renji…! Byakuya…! Toushiro…! Kenpachi! Ikkaku…!" Ichigo looked up the sky.

Kugo's face looked shock and worried. "….!"

"…Ginjo, was it?" Rukia addressed the man. "What you stole was merely a portion of Ichigo's power that has fused to that 'Fullbring', as you called it. The shinigami power Ichigo has wells up from deep inside of him. It is impossible to take that away from him! Ichigo!" Rukia called him and he looked at the petite shinigami standing behind him. "These fools don't understand… that this isn't nearly enough to make you despair! They don't know… the caliber of despair that you have already conquered!"

Ichigo looked at the girl, feeling the pressure of her words. Rukia looked back at him in the eyes, and he felt grateful for the supporting words she always tell him. "Show them, Ichigo! Despair… cannot ever hope to stop you!"

Ichigo looked determined. His voice laced with determination as he speak. "You're right…" Ichigo lift his sword, Kugo is alarmed. Ichigo suddenly swung his sword towards Kugo, sending a bunch of his reiatsu. Kugo looked shocked and he tried to block the attack. The reiatsu overpowered him, and he used his feet to find his balance.

"Hah! Your Getsuga Tensho's power has grown, I'll give you that! But the improvement is miniscule! Your only hope hasn't given you anything! This isn't nearly enough to kill me, Kurosaki!"

Ichigo landed behind Kugo. "…You are an idiot." Kugo was startled. "That… wasn't Getsuga Tensho. That was a practice swing."

Kugo looked back at him, shocked by the reality. Ichigo step closer and sent out a burst of his spiritual pressure. "What… is… What is this…What is this enormous reiatsu!?" Kugo shouted.

"Getsuga Tensho!" Ichigo shouted. His sword strike to punish all sin, clearing half the building behind Kugo off. "… Sorry. I missed. Next time I won't." Ichigo looked at his prey. Kugo stared back in panic.

Kugo jumped up. It's time to retreat …! I'll just come back revamped! A hand stopped Kugo from escaping. "I won't let you run away." Ichigo said in a very serious, cold voice. He threw Kugo back to the ground.

"Gh." What power…He even got physically stronger...! Did the fullbring I gave him…strengthen all his basic skills as well!? "Shit.!" Kugo watched as another enormous Getsuga Tensho comes his way. "Ugh… gh… shit…do-…don't think…that this is enough to kill me…"

Ichigo was contemplating and trying to name the owners of reiatsu he's feeling.

"Did you feel it?" Asked Renji.

Ichigo looked back. "Wasn't it a grave crime…to transfer your powers to human?"

"It can't be helped. It was the captain-commander's order." Renji answered, and he proceeded to tell what happened to their last meeting.

"The power you just receive…is the result you were able to change Soul Society by fighting until now. You should accept it proudly." Toshiro said.

Ichigo looked at him when a powerful reiatsu surged behind him. "What is it!? Wh…"

"… There are two reasons why the captain-commander decided to bring back your reiatsu…the first one is what I just told you… and the second one is him… A very long time before you appeared, a man was given the license of substitute shinigami…however, he gave up his position and disappeared…He was the first shinigami. Kuugo Ginjou." Toshiro said.

(A/N: Please read chapter 462-464 of the manga here on out. It's the battle between the Shinigamis and Xcution . Fullbringers. I'll just write the part of Hitsugaya-taicho here, and Kuchiki-taicho, too, because his 'wife' is the main character of this chapter.)

Toshiro is running away. He was inside of Yukio's world. … I don't get how this works… but it looks like I'm locked up here thanks to that guy's mysterious powers. He looked back and saw something following him (It was missiles). He cut it in half, but it still exploded. He went to slice something in his left side.

"Ahaha! What are you aiming at? Are you looking for me properly? Or do you need some stupid line like 'I'll kill that woman!' so that you can power up with the force of love?" Yukio taunted Toshiro.

"… I guess I got stuck with an annoying one…" Toshiro sighed.

Byakuya is looking at the sky. " What's wrong? Are you sure you have time to admire the moon?" asked Tsukushima.

Byakuya looked at the man. "… I was thinking… that it's fortunate that I'm your opponent."

"Why?"

"… Ichigo Kurosaki is too naïve. Even though he's burning with anger… he probably wouldn't focus all his strength in killing you… from the beginning into the end of the fight. Zaraki Kenpachi is even more out of the question. His only desire is to have a fight to the death. Your power allows you to insert yourself into the enemy's past with just one cut, so you would be at an advantage." Byakuya answered.

"…Hn. So what are you saying… is that you won't let me cut you… even once?" Tsukushima asked, while fading, well it looks like his fading but that's because he started to move fast.

Tsukushima tried to slice Byakuya, but his sword met a group of dancing petals. "… I hate… your fighting style. You don't do anything yourself… you just mock your enemies after stealing their bonds. It's extremely vile. It's a shame deserving death. Come. I'll kill you… before you can even swing your sword."

Karin opened her eyes and noted that she's not in her room. She scanned her surroundings and was shocked to find herself in hell. The whole place is on fire, but the weird part is that she's not on fire. She heard a giggle sound. "Who's there?"

"Karin~chan, you're here! Come on, Karin, call my name." The voice answered.

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Karin looked around her once more, and notice a glowing golden eyes in the midst of fire.

"Oh, you still don't know? Don't worry, Karin-chan, you'll remember someday…." And the voice faded like the owner is walking away.

"W-wait! Hey, Tell me your name."

Karin opened her eyes again, but this time she's in her new room. That place again. She looked around, and sighed. I'm glad I didn't set my bed on fire. She stood up and curled open her curtains. I better start my day. She walked out of her into the new dining/kitchen room, and saw Nanami preparing for breakfast. "Ohayo, Nanami. What can I do?" Nanami looked at her, her face telling her that she doesn't want her new house to explode. Karin winced. " Ah, yeah, I won't help." She turned around to leave.

"Karin-chan, why don't you go out and explore the new district? Just don't get lost, okay?" Nanami called out after her.

"Hai!" answered Karin. She went out of the house and walks to the direction of the gates. It's not in her plan to spend the day trying to figure out what road to take so she can go back home so she walked the path she remembers from yesterday.

The gate is still open today, and she went in Seireitei and looked at the still long line of people trying to enter the Academy. She sat on one of the steps that situated to the Academy, but after a while, she got bored and went to explore the 1st District. No used sitting there like a statue. She walked along the walls that circled Seireitei. Maybe I won't get lost if I follow these walls. She stopped walking when she suddenly reach a place that looks like a grassland, but the thing that made her stop is the weird house she saw in the distance. There is a banner in front of the house, held by two hands (statue's) that said "Kukaku Shiba". Her curiosity peak, she went to stand in front of the house when two giant monsters came out of nowhere. "And you are!?"

Karin was shocked, and tried to laugh. "Ahahaha …" She cleared her throat and start introducing herself. "I am Kurosaki-" Karin didn't get to finish her sentence, she was suddenly up on the shoulder of one of the giants and in to the weird house.

A/N: There you are! A plot twist my mind suddenly made. I was thinking a way on how to make Nanami's existence meaningful I don't want to put an OC character just for the sake of the story, I want them to be a part of the story, too, not just some supporting actors. Anyway, I changed my "Maybe some IchiRuki on the later chapters" into "Maybe I'll write stories for another partners, too." And I want to type all of the battle scenes from the manga but sorry, guys, I don't want to be subjected into copyright issues. After this I won't be using any manga materials anymore, except for Isshin's history. Promise, I'll focus on Karin and Nanami's adventure more. Thank you for reading, and please review!

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