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CHAPTER ONE ISH HEEERREEEE!
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Facing Destiny
Chapter I
Awakening
"Damn, I had to wake up late TODAY of all days!" A sixteen year old Karin cursed as she ran down the stairs while putting her left sock, shoe hanging in her mouth.
She grabbed her backpack and locked the door.
"That damned geta-boshi* If he didn't extended yesterday's training till 4 am I would be in school already!" She looked around. The street was empty. "How strange, usually there are some people walking by…well, if there isn't anyone here I guess no one will be able to see me."
She smirked and shunpoed away. It has become one of her favorite techniques Yoruichi taught her, well, she liked most of the stuff the flash-step goddess taught her.
And soon enough she was at the school gates, bell-ringing. She rushed through the hallways until she reached her class, 2-A.
"Karin! You came, sorry I didn't wake you up, I thought you wanted to skip school today."
"Hehe, no problem Yuzu! I woke up in time" she said grinning at her sister. The teacher entered the room, and everybody sat down.
Karin saw a little note being put on her desk, she opened it. Happy 17 nee-chan was written on the paper, she looked up to Yuzu who mouthed a happy b-day, Karin whispered "you too" smiling.
The class went by slowly and boring, Karin wasn't paying attention, instead she was looking out of the window.
Four years ago, Ichigo left saying he was going to college. "Yeah right…" he was probably at Soul Society with Rukia, and Goat-face knew it all, and was pretty supportive about their relationship. Ichigo would come with Rukia a few times a year to visit. He still pretended he didn't know Karin was aware of shinigami. Her father was pretty busy with the clinic and everything was tediously peaceful.
The bell rang. Lunch Break.
Everyone started to talk, Karin sat on her desk table, and then two figures came by. Two boys, one had brown spiky hair and average height, the other one was taller, he was clearly the athletic type. His skin was tanned and his hair was dyed light blonde.
"HEY Yuzu-chan, happy birthday" The first said.
Karin got a message in her cell phone. Hey fake red; let's beat up some birthday hollows after your soccer practice today!
She chuckled. That didn't go unnoticed by the three.
"Who was that Karin?" Yuzu asked curious.
"I bet it was her boooyyyfrienddd" the taller boy said.
"Knock it off Kyohei." She answered.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me…Kurosaki-taicho, I found this letter in my locker today, a note said to give it to you."
"Hoho, getting another love confession Kurosaki-chan." The taller said grinning
"Shut up Kyohei! Or I'm gonna beat up that smile out of your face myself! "
"You know what Kurosaki, you should be considering those confessions, after all, the boys may get fed up with your attitude and won't care about you anymore…" He said putting his arm around her shoulders.
"Yeah, I bet Kyohei-kun would be so pleased." The other one said smirking, Yuzu giggled and Kyohei turned bright red, due to anger or embarrassment, and Karin wasn't paying much attention and started eating her melonpan.
"SHUT THE HELL UP KENTAROU! How could I ever like someone as manly as her!" She still wasn't listening…
"Well, it's not like she is a flat tomboy, she has more volume in here than most girls in our age." Kentarou said gesturing his hand a circular movement in his chest.
"COUGH COUGH COUGH!" Karin choked. Yuzu's eyes widened and Kyohei blushed.
"YOU 2 ARE SO DEAD IN PRATICE TODAY!"
"Hey! I didn't say anything!" Kyohei objected.
"And I only speak the truth!" After that Kentarou saw a fist. And blacked out.
"Poor Kentarou-kun." Yuzu said.
"I really don't understand how you can get so many love confessions being like that."
Every single boy in school, and some girls, knew that the Karakura High Soccer team captain had developed some parts of her body that took away her tomboy appearance. She would often receive cards and letters expressing admiration and affection for the captain. Today was no different, better yet, was even worse due to her birthday.
During soccer practice she nearly killed her team with exhausting training.
"Taichoooo why are you so mean to us! We already got in the regionals!" They whined.
"That's because coach is sick, and he put me in charge to make you people ready for the tournament... consider this your birthday present to me." She said smirking.
"So you do enjoy our suffering!" Kyohei said.
"They are just a bonus, the one I want to suffer is you Kyohei!"
"Oh, that clarifies everything …"
She looked around and saw Jinta watching the training. He has grown a lot, now he had a small and low ponytail in his fiery red hair, and was about Ichigo's height, he was no longer skinny boy, but was still as annoying as ever.
When he saw her he waved grinning like a mad man.
"Okay guys, we'll call it a day see ya all tomorrow here!" She said grabbing her stuff and running uphill to meet Jinta.
"Heeey! Ready to smash some b-day hollows?" He asked grinning.
"You bet I am!"
As they were walking searching for some Hollow, Ururu, who didn't change much, only her bra size, ran up to them.
"Aw! Karin-chan, Jinta-kun, Urahara-sama asked me to get you. He said he has a surprise for you." They went to the shop and found Urahara, Tessai and Yoruichi waiting by the door.
"Welcome Kurosaki-chan! I hope you are having a nice birthday… 'Cause today I've got a surprise for you."
"Yeah Ururu-chan told me you had. I wonder what…probably more training if I know…"
"Well let us say you are partially right…" Karin tensed up a bit…
"But first… A CAKE!" Urahara said suddenly , as Tessai pulled out a big pink cake out nowhere.
They ate the cake, drank tea and had a good time having fun. Suddenly Urahara got serious.
"But now Kurosaki-chan, I have something for you…"
He said taking a long wrapped package from God knows where.
"Where was he hiding it?" Jinta asked with a comical face.
He threw the object at Karin. She caught the package, it was pretty heavy…
"A sword? What is this all about geta-boshi ?"
"I think you are ready for a physical manifestation of your soul´s fighting spirit".
"You mean…?"
"Yup, we can finally try materialization this time!"
Her eyes brighten up and Jinta's jaw dropped.
"Finally!" She thought.
Tessai left, but Ururu, Jinta and Yoruichi decided to stay and see what would happen.
They went to the basement training grounds.
"Well Kurosaki-chan, since we already taught you swordsmanship, we can go to the difficult part."
Karin didn't answered, every muscle in her body tensed up.
"You need to hear your fighting spirit…only then we can bring it forth."
All those years Urahara had been researching a new type of zanpakutou, one that didn't needed a shinigami to be manifested, and one that could materialized just like another shinigami. Karin always had a strong spirit, one that wanted to grow more than the limits imposed by her human nature, so she was chosen.
Karin and Urahara sat down facing each other.
"Now Kurosaki-chan, I want you to close your eyes and look into the dephs of your soul."
She obeyed him and closed her eyes.
"What do you see…?"
"I..I see..people…Yuzu, Goat-face… my friends…and… Ichi-nii…"
"How do you feel about them?"
"I feel…I want to protect….protect everyone…"
"Do you feel the same thing with all of them?"
"Ye…no…Ichi-nii…is different …I want to be like him…as strong…as brave…no…I want…more…I want to be more than him…"
"What do you feel?"
"Happiness…frustration…anger…hope and …warm…"
"Good…now dig deeper, mix those feelings and let your mind drown in them…don't hold anything back…"
Her reiatsu started to stir up, slowly coming out of her like smoke, the amount was growing but it still was controlled.
"You must feel your all that in your blood stream…rushing through your veins, pumping in your heart…" As she breathed slowly the red glow around her would go lightly up and down, following her beats.
"Now, empty your mind…from everything. And listen…"
She didn't understand what he meant by listening…bur she did as she was told. She could hear her body fading… her lungs…her muscles…her heart…until she couldn't hear anything at all.
But then, within her soundless interior she heard a faint sound…lower then a whisper…like the voice of the deep ocean…calling…
"…Karin…"
She looked around…nothing…only darkness…surrounding everything.
TuDum
"Karin…"
Like a faint flame beating like a heart…waking up…
Tudum
"Karin.."
She concentrated on the voice…suddenly a pair of red flaming eyes perched into her soul! A glare so furious her heart skipped a beat and she opened her eyes…
"Damn I was almost reaching…"
"Don't worry Kurosaki-chan you did well today… you must be tired so why don't you go home enjoy your birthday! We will continue this tomorrow."
Frustrated she got up.
"Hey! Don't forget your gift Kurosaki-chan!" He said tossing the sword.
"Yeah…thanks a lot geta-boshi" She said smiling and leaving Yoruichi and Urahara alone.
"Did you feel all that reiatsu pumping…I guess we should keep Ururu and Jinta away from this part of her training" Yoruichi said.
"She's almost there…It will be scary when she learns its name…" Urahara chuckled "Those Kurosakis never stop to surprise me".
"Will she notice the stone?"
"If she doesn't then she is not ready yet…"
Karin and Jinta were walking down the streets in a comfortable silence, although it was clear how disappointed on herself she was.
"Hey you got a pretty nice sword there!"
"Yeah, Its heavier than the other I trained with…"
"Really it seems really light…" Karin put the sword on Jinta's back and he lost his balance almost falling.
"Wooow! What was that for! You got me unprepared!"
"Never let your guard down when you're near me. I thought you already learned this lesson…fake red!" She said smirking
"Oh yeah!You're the fake one! You..you…you FAKE!" Karin laughed seeing how cute he has become after he started dating Yuzu.
"I wonder if Yuzu is back home…some girls wanted to go out with her today…"
"Talking about going out Karin…what's up with that Kyohei dude?"
"What?"
"Well Yuzu said that looks like hes totally into you…but you're a little dense for that kind of thing…"
"Oh please…Kyohei hates me to his guts cause I took the captain title from him…He could never like me at all…he just wants to piss me off…" Karin said throwing her arms behind her head.
"Well…he really stared a lot at you during practices…erm…I don't know…it looked different from a glare…Yuzu asked me to tell you this cause she said you would listen to me…"
"Haha! Me listening to you?"
"I told her…"
They laughed soon enough they reached Karin's house.
"Bye Jinta…take care!"
"Yeah you too!" They parted. Karin found in the kitchen a small package from a backery from Yuzu.
"She must be sleeping already…" She smiled opening the box and taking a bite form the cake inside.
She went to her room and took a shower…after that she changed into her Pjs and placed the sword in her bed and unsheathed it. The blade looked pretty normal except from something red and gold shining from the blade near the handle. She noticed it was attached and removable. Making little effort she managed to take the tone from the blade. It was a necklace. The chain was golden and had as a pendant a bright red stone in the shape of a capsule. Karin stared at the rock, it seemed something was moving in there, she couldn't describe the sensation, was like holding the universe constricted into that tiny space, almost suffocating.
She took the chain and put it around her neck and looked over her table watch . 11 pm. She was born at 11:11 and Yuzu at 11:13. She fell asleep as she rested her head on her pillow.
11:05
TuDum
"Karin…"
11:07
TuDum TuDum
"Karin…"
"Karin…"
Something was stirring up inside her, like the surface of a lake being distorced from the first drops of storm.
11:10
TuDum TuDum
"Karin…"
It started to get more agitated…
11:11
"LISTEN TO ME!" those red eyes once again roaring into her soul.
She woke up scared of what she tought it was just a dream.
Toushirou opened up his eyes as if he had heard a scream…better yet a roar.
His heart was beating accelerated and he gasped for breath.
"What the hell was that…Did you feel that Hyorinmaru?"
"Yes master… I finally felt it…"
"What are you talking about? You know what that was?"
The dragon did not reply. So the captain decided to sleep it off…it probably didn't matter…
The next morning he couldn't help but feel strange…something within him was different, "maybe Hyorinmaru had something to do with it…"
"What did you say taicho?" Matsumoto asked.
"Nothing…Where is your paperwork from last week Matsumoto?" He heard his Lieutenant whine about something, he stared out at the window.
"It has begun…" he heard Hyorinmaru say.
Karin woke up. It was Saturday. She looked up at the sky, and heard Yuzu called.
"Karin! Wait up!"
"C'mon Yuzu, the zoo will be crowded with people in about an hour!"
"Don't worry I asked Jinta-kun to buy the tickets" She stared at Karin for a while. "Why didn't you put that blue dress! The weather is perfect for dresses and you go so well with blue!"
"First off…I hate dresses, they can be really messy for running, second, why would I want to look pretty for YOUR date?"
"Its not my date, I have a surprise for you!"
"Fine…lets go."
When the twins reached the zoo Karin saw Jinta alright…but she also saw something "blondly" familiar.
Yuzu giggled as she saw Karin reaction.
"OH no you didn't"
"I guess I did Karin. Jinta-kun! Kyohei-kun, over here!" She said waving at the two boys.
Oh yeah…she should have suspected that conversation about the tanned soccer player with Jinta, they set her up to a double date! Her! Kurosaki Karin! Captain of the most feared soccer team in the region! On a DATE with nonetheless her ex captain Takeda KYOHEI! HER WORST ENEMY!"
"This will be hell…"
Tah daaaaaah
Pretty long one don't ya think! Tehehehe Yeah you will eventually come to love Kyohei, too bad hes not the protagonist MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Leave a review before you go and etc etc etc (lol sorry was watching "the king and I" =w=)
JaNe~~