I'm very very very…(100x) very sorry for not updating DMF for about… six months… (T_T)

In these six months, I worked on my drawing course's last assignments and prepared to write thesis for my English course. Moreover, I'm a high school student now, so I got extra courses on Science subjects (OTL). Plus, I joined club in Saturdays.

Thank you very much for the reviews. I will never able to continue this crossover without them. Yes, I'd like to find a beta for this story, but since I'm busy during school days, I doubt I update frequently (OTL).

Thus, I made this chapter as long as possible, with some other Bleach characters' appearance in here. I hope you like it!

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Disclaimer: I would a lot of money to buy Bleach and KHR! from Kubo Tite and Amano Akira respectively…

Death, Memories, Mafia

Chapter 4: Missing, Meeting, Expectation

---Soul Society, when Tsuna and friends found Hitsugaya in Namimori---

"WHAT?!!! Hitsugaya-taichou's missing?!!!" Rukia exclaimed.

"Shh!!! Don't shout like that!!" Renji whispered. "It's a secret for now, Rukia; only captains and vice-captains who know about this to avoid more chaos…"

"I'm sorry, Renji… It's just hard to believe that news…" Rukia sighed. The raven haired girl was about to visit her brother in sixth division that morning—She wanted to ask permission to go to the living world, after she heard that Chappy dolls will be released in two days—until she ran to Renji. Realized her friend's solemn face, Rukia decided to ask what was going on with him. And then… Rukia found out that Hitsugaya Toushirou, the famous prodigy, was missing.

Now, she remembered what Renji told her a few days ago…

"Hey, Rukia, do you know that Hitsugaya-taichou's going to the living world?"

Rukia widened her eyes. "The living world? The entire captains are supposed to stay in Soul Society after the winter war, aren't they?"

"Yeah, they're supposed to… I don't know much about it either," Renji replied. "There are lots of things to do here—from repairing the damages the winter war caused, mountains of paperwork left, capture all the Arrancar left, and so on. Of course we need the captains to keep Soul Society and Seireitei safe, but…"

Renji paused for a while. "Renji, but what?" Rukia insisted to know.

The red-haired guy sighed. "No, nothing…"

"Renji…"

"Huff… Okay, okay… If that's what you want," Renji gave up. "According to what Kuchiki-taichou said, looks like Hitsugaya-taichou will do a certain mission in the living world for a while."

Rukia widened his eyes. "WHA-" Renji quickly shut Rukia's mouth.

"Shhh?!!! Don't shout that loud, Rukia," Renji warned under his breathe. "The strange thing is, The captains who know about this mission are only Ukitake-taichou, Kyouraku-taichou, and Kuchiki-taichou… The other thinks he is going to hunt for high-leveled hollows."

Rukia pulled Renji's hand from his mouth and interrupted Renji. "So how long will he stay in the living world?"

"Kuchiki-taichou did not tell me about that," Renji replied.

"I see…"

Rukia took a deep breathe. "How is Hinamori and Matsumoto-fukutaichou?"

Renji scratched his head. "About their condition, err… not so good either… I'm worried about Hinamori…"

"You're right… After what happened to her captain…" Rukia muttered. "Anyway, do Ichigo and the others in the living world know about this?"

"I bet they don't. The commander decided to cut all the communication and close all the gate to the human world after Hitsugaya-taichou was reported missing," Renji said.

"Great, can't we come to the living world?" Rukia sighed.

Renji shrugged. "I'm afraid we can't. Besides, Soi Fong-taichou has sent the search team to the living world and Kuchiki-taichou will hardly give any permission for you to leave."

Both of them paused in silence.

"What should we do now?"

---Back to Namimori, after the incident on the roof---

Everything was white. I looked at my right. It was white. I looked at my left. It was white, again. My skin felt like it was being scratched with tiny, sharp things. I rubbed my eyes and blinked them several times. Now I know where I was.

There was a snow storm. A very strong one. And I quickly found out that I was not alone in the snow storm. I could not see clearly in this weather, but I was sure enough to tell there was a dark shady figure of a huge creature in front of me. Moreover, it was approaching me.

Everything happened so fast. I the figure raised its wings–I think. With a single wing, it blew a way the snow, revealing itself. It was a huge blue ice dragon.

Strange, my mouth moves itself. "What the hell are you?!!" I shouted.

"Little boy, you have…!!!"

"What are you saying?!" I shouted again while protecting myself from the blow of snow. "I can't hear you…"

"My name… is…"

As I felt an excruciating pain in my head, everything was black again.

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Hitsugaya slowly opened his eyes. The boy slowly raised his hand and put it on his forehead. The pain was still, even though it was not as painful as before. 'Is that… another flashback? My memory?' he thought to himself.

"Damn… It really hurts…" Hitsugaya cursed.

Hitsugaya sat up and looked around his surroundings. Instead of Namimori Junior High's roof, he was in the middle of an ice plain. Everywhere he saw was ice and snow. The ground was covered with snow with frozen rocks scattered around. There are some ice pillars near him, soared up to the dark sky, which was covered with dark cloud. Hitsugaya realized some tiny snow fell from the sky. "Where the hell am I and how the hell I get here?"

The last thing Hitsugaya could remember was the fight with Gokudera. That (crazy) boy cornered him with lots of dynamites and he sprained his leg, and then… he froze Gokudera with the mysterious glove he got before he passed out. Hitsugaya looked at the glove he wore on his right hand.

"How did I do that?" Hitsugaya muttered to himself.

"You've just released your shikai, Toushirou." A deep, growling voice said.

Hitsugaya stunned and observed his surroundings, expecting that something, or someone, was near. "Who... Who's that?! Show yourself!!" He exclaimed.

The voice sighed. "I'm here, Toushirou. Can't you see me clearly? Huh, I'm big enough to be seen."

Hitsugaya blinked. The voice seemed trying to hold back its laugh. 'Well, I'm sure I didn't see anything around him for sure, except…'

The white-haired boy slowly looked to the sky. His eyes widened. 'The sky…'

He found a huge ice dragon was hovering above him. Its long body was covered with sharped ices, shaping its scales. The dragon's sharp fangs reminded Hitsugaya of the ice spikes he saw in Tsuna's house. The shining, ruby-like eyes were glaring at him and adding a threatening look on the dragon.

"Wha… What the hell ARE you?!!!" Hitsugaya shouted at the eyes dragon. The boy can feel his body was trembling and his bottom touched the snowy ground.

"Toushirou, this isn't like you. You usually find me easily, and you never forget your own shikai. Moreover, you've forgotten me," The dragon growled calmly. "Did that suspicious merchant's tool cause this?"

However, seeing scared Hitsugaya, the dragon took a deep breathe. "Looks like it's hard to talk with you like this, huh?"

The dragon curled its body and covered itself with its wings, becoming a large ice ball. The ice ball slowly descended to the ground. As it touched the ground, the ice ball shattered, revealed a figure of a man.

Hitsugaya stared at the man in front of him. The man had a long, light blue hair and a bit spiky on the head. He wore grayish blue kimono, yet an ice blue colored scar could be seen on his forehead. "Looks like I have to thank Muramasa to give me this form," the man muttered to himself, ignoring Hitsugaya who let his jaw dropped in awe. He turned to Hitsugaya. "At least you're not afraid of me in this form, aren't you?"

Hitsugaya simply nodded in confuse. "Wha… Who are you…?" he asked.

The man glared at first, but his lips gradually showed a smirk. "It has been a long time since the last time you saw me in this form, Toushirou. Now you're the one who forgot me," he stated.

"Do you know about me?"

The man ignored Toushirou. Instead, he looked up to the dark sky. "Our time is running out, Toushirou. You have to go soon."

Hitsugaya became more confused. The man's word did not make any sense to him. "What are you talking about?"

"Listen to me, Toushirou. You HAVE to remember all of it as soon as possible. You're not completely safe in Namimori. 'They' are still lurking somewhere, waiting the right time to come," the man said in hurry.

"What do you mean by 'They'?" Hitsugaya asked back.

As Hitsugaya finished his question, another blizzard brewed. With a blurred vision, Hitsugaya tried to look at the man again, but he had gone to nowhere. "Tell me, who are you?!!! And who was I??!" Hitsugaya shouted as the blizzard carried him away to the darkness.

"Don't worry, Toushirou. You'll remember for sure. Until that time comes, I will lend you my power," The man's voice echoed in the blizzard. It was the last thing Hitsugaya heard before he closed his eyes again.

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"Dr. Shamal, how is Gokudera-kun and Hitsugaya-kun's condition?" Tsuna asked anxiously.

Dr. Shamal scratched his head. He had enough bad luck and pain in the neck that day. In the morning, he failed to peek into the girl's locker room (He got his nose broken as a girl threw a pail at him). Then, he tried to seduce Bianchi, who came to school to look for Reborn. Instead of a nice kiss, he almost died because of Bianchi's poisonous dango. In the afternoon, after all the 'bad luck' he got, the Vongola Decimo and the baseball boy came to the school clinic; carrying freezing Gokudera and an unconscious white-haired boy (Shamal expected that he is the mysterious boy he heard before). He was in a very bad mood.

"That dynamite boy needs rest and hot water. He'll survive his frostbite," Shamal unwillingly replied as he pointed at Gokudera, who was sleeping on the clinic's bed.

"That's not a really good question, but thank goodness his fine," Tsuna relieved. "How about Hitsugaya-kun?"

"About him, well…" Shamal checked the other boy on the bed beside Gokudera's. "He's been rough times, I think?"

Tsuna widened his eyes. "What do you mean?!"

Shamal sighed. He was too lazy to explain more. "If you can bring nice-looking girls for me, I'll consider that question."

"WHAT?!!!" Tsuna exclaimed. "But…"

"Tsuna, let me handle this," Reborn interrupted suddenly.

"Re… Reborn!" Tsuna never expected that Reborn would willingly handle things for him.

"Don't expect more from me, Tsuna. I'm just curious about Hitsugaya," Reborn stated.

Tsuna felt his heart plunged to the bottom. 'HHHHIIIIIIEEE!!!! He never changes!!!'

"Shamal, you'd better tell me more about Hitsugaya Toushirou," Reborn demanded at the pervert doctor.

"What if I don't?" Shamal asked.

Reborn smirked, "You-know-what."

Reborn and Shamal kept staring for a long time. Tsuna could feel the tension between the mafias, only Yamamoto who seemed to be unaffected by the tension. The silence and tension kept surrounding them. Until Shamal sighed and sat on the doctor's chair.

"Fine, you win, Reborn," Shamal gave up. "I don't want to make trouble with you. I'll tell you everything I know about him based on my observation."

Reborn showed a winning smile on his baby face. "Thank you, Shamal. I appreciate it."

Shamal opened the file cabinet on his desk and took a file labeled 'Hitsugaya Toushirou' from it. He took several pieces of paper and showed it to Reborn.

"When I did a check up on him," Shamal began to explain, "I found out that he had severed fatal wounds…"

"Well, he did when we found him few weeks ago," Tsuna commented.

"Tsuna, listen to his explanation carefully. It's important to know about your family member more," Reborn warned.

"He's not my family member! He's my friend!" Tsuna retorted back.

Ignoring Tsuna, Shamal continued his explanation, "I found some trace of closing wounds on his chest. Moreover, I'm sure that his internal organ had severed the same. The wounds aren't normal for a juniour high student. It is more like cut, a deep cut. Besides, for a kid around your age, he seems to be well-trained in fights, you see…" Shamal pointed a sentence on the report. "My analysis says his body is well-built by battles, like that Hibari Kyouya's."

"It can't be!! He… He's just a normal boy like me!" Tsuna demanded. "He doesn't seem to be a dangerous agent or…"

"He is, for now. How about before we met him, Tsuna?" Reborn solemnly replied.

"That's…" Tsuna did not know what to answer. Reborn was right. Tsuna did not know what kind of person Hitsugaya actually was before he lost his memories. He can be a normal boy, or maybe a member of a mafia family, the worst.

"Is there anything you can tell me about him, besides that?" Reborn asked Shamal.

Shamal thought again for a while and looked at Reborn with serious stare. "This is just my expectation, but I think he isn't really alive…"

Reborn raised his eyebrow. "Isn't alive? What do you mean?"

"Hmm, well his body..." Shamal paused and took a deep breathe. "His body seems to be an artificial body…"

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The telephone rang again. This time, Urahara himself answered the phone call. "Yes, Urahara Shop here," the tricky merchant greeted.

"Kisuke, it's me," Yoruichi said.

"Aaah, Yoruichi-san! You've just called me a few hours ago, haven't you?" Urahara cheerfully asked.

"Looks like your 'Materializer' works at all, Kisuke," Yoruichi said. "Hitsugaya managed to draw Hyourinmaru's power out with that glove you invented."

"Really?" Urahara smiled. "That's good, Yoruichi-san! Now let's see how it'll work in the future…"

Yoruichi sighed, "Kisuke, don't try to experimenting in a situation like this. It works like what you told me. 'It will help to draw out a shinigami's power even if the shinigami is wearing gigai' after all. However, I doubt he can remember with that tool."

"Yoruichi-san, we can only bet in that small chance," Urahara replied with serious tone in his voice. Suddenly, Tessai came to Urahara. The merchant took down the phone for a while.

"Manager, he has come," Tessai reminded.

"Oh, I see," Urahara muttered. "Yoruichi-san, my special customer is waiting for me. I'll call you later!"

The call ended.

Meanwhile, in Namimori junior high, Yoruichi blinked her eyes in surprise. 'Customer? That Kisuke never had a special customer before…'

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A cunning smile can be seen on Urahara's face. He turned to his 'special customer'.

"So, what do you want to talk about, Kurosaki-san?"

And that's the end of the chapter. I'm bad at writing cliffhanger... and grammar (OTL). I'm sorry if there is any mistake in the chapter and OOC characters. I haven't write much fanfic for a long time.

And here is the poll results (Only the top 5)!

1. Ichigo (He will have a big role in the upcoming arc)

2. Rangiku (She will appear, but I haven't decided when will she appear)

3. Urahara (He has already appeared ^^;)

4. Rukia (She'll have more appearance in the later chapters)

5. Hinamori (Like Rangiku, I haven't decided when will she appear)

I hope you enjoy this chapter

-RingoNeko 201