AUTHOR'S NOTE!:
After some late researching i decided to change Karin's zanpakuto name. It will make more sense in future chapters
Sorry for making u read this chapter again (even if partially...)
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which will be probably VERY soon...
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On with the story…
Chapter III
Manifestation
Down in the basement Karin sat down, took a deep breath and entered her inner world.
Frustration, Shinigamis, Blind Dates, the day was horrible. She still couldn't prove to others that she didn't need anybody else to take care of her.
"I'm still just a girl in their eyes…if only I could prove them wrong…"
Tudum
Tudum
Karin…
Tudum
Tudum
That same voice once again called her, as faint as the other time, like a whisper, but steady as her heart beat.
"Where are you?"
Tudum
Tudum
Hear me Karin
"Can't find you…"
I'm always with you…
Tudum tudum tudum tudum
Those red eyes came again, staring at her without blinking
Don' keep anything
Throw it all away
"It's burning"
Listen to me
She started to feel the fire in her skin, the pain was acute
"IT BURNS! I CAN'T DO IT!"
If you don't take it all out it will consume you
"It hurts!"
KARIN!
Throw it all away!
The flames came with voices, from everyone, they judged her, compared her, measured her…and it burned her heart.
"MAKE IT STOP!"
CALL MY NAME! CONTROL MY FLAMES!
KARIN!
"AAAAARGHHHHHH!" Karin shouted , her red reiatsu burst out of her destroying everything around her, even the rocks were on flames. Karin saw clear orange skies and in front of her a huge red dragon. It had black horns coming out of his forhead and jaws, lining up trough his spine until his tail which swung from side to side like a snake.
Karin…
This time the voice was gentler. Warm and low.
You found me at last
"Who are you?"
You know my name, it was written in your heart the day you were born.
She looked into those fiery red eyes. She knew him so well, he had always been with her. Her lips moved saying something.
The dragon smiled.
My power is yours, I'll be your strength, and your fire will never extinguish
Karin felt dizzy and blacked out.
"Mochi mochiiiiiiiiiiiii Kurosaki-chaaann?" Karin slowly opened her eyes, and saw Urahara, Jinta and Ururu staring at her.
"Ouch my head…what happened…?" She said trying to get up.
"Jinta-kun went down to the basement and saw you lying unconscious in the ground, he brought you up here…"
"Yeah Karin! What happened down there, everything was on fire!" Jinta said with a confused look.
"Nothing I was just training and something hit my head…" She said looking away.
"Well, Jinta-kun Ururu-chan, why don't you go home already, I want to talk with Kurosaki-chan a little."
"Okay…Take care Karin." They said leaving the store.
"Tch…You Kurosakis always manage to destroy my house." His face got serious. "Now Kurosaki-chan, what REALLY happened there?"
Renji and Hitsugaya reported back to Yamamoto .
"We talked to Kisuke Urahara and he said he was taking care of her training so that her reiatsu wouldn't become destructive. We also discovered Kurosaki Karin knows shunpo, but we don't know what others techniques she might have learnt. Until now she hadn't show any signs of having a zanpakuto manifesting sir." Hitsugaya said.
"I see…for now just keep an eye on her and on Urahara, he might be planning something, dismissed." Yamamoto said.
"Hai." They both said.
In that moment the white haired shingami felt something, the same felling from the night before he got this mission. But it was slightly different.
It was faster than I thought…He heard Hyorinmaru saying.
"What do you mean?"
The dragon didn't answer.
The sun set and Hitsugaya was feeling confused, what were those subtle feelings that Hyorinmaru seemed to understand, but still refused to talk about it. He went out for a walk…maybe it would do him some good . He walked randomly through the streets until he found himself in a familiar place. He was on a hill, near the road; he could see the whole city down in his feet.
"I remember this place…wasn't here that I met that girl?" He smiled at the memory, he enjoyed those days, playing like a normal kid. He heard something, better yet someone, grunting.
"Argh not you!" Said Kurosaki was facing him. She was in the same clothes from before: A black tank top, a pair of dark blue jeans, only that this time it was a bit torned. He wondered what happened. "You are not stalking me are you?" She asked with a suspicious look.
He frowned.
"Of course not. I was here first so the stalking one would be you!"
"WHAT? THIS is MY way home! And Why on earth would I stalk some midget!" She called sticking her tongue out. Hitsugaya boiled in anger as a vein popped out of his forehead. He stomped over next to her, inches apart; Karin was now facing his chest.
" As you can see Kurosaki, I am not the midget this time." He bent down face to face to her.
Karin spaced out for a while "…does he work out?…what the heck! Get a grip Karin!" and snapped out blushing a bit.
"Yeah… I can see that… now you are a huge freak!" His eyes twitched. He noticed the stone she was using was shining.
"Hey your necklace, it's glowing…"
"What?" She said looking down. He backed away and the stone stopped glowing.
"It stopped…strange." She said. Suspecting something Hitsugaya took one step forward. The stone began to glow once again, and the closer he got the stronger it would glow and if he looked too long at it he would get a feeling similar to those he had previously.
"That's weird…" He said as they both realized that.
"Maybe it can detect shinigami…?" He guessed.
"I don't think so…geta-boshi gave me this saying it would help in my training…"
"Hmm…" "Hyorinmaru…does she have something to do with those weird sensations I've been having?"
Maybe you should go ask Urahara, and watch one of those training sessions of her to understand what's happening, after all Yamamoto ordered you to keep an eye on her…
"Maybe you're right…"
I'm ALWAYS right . He could imagine the dragon smirking, he ignored the comment.
"Well, besides this being VEEEEEERRRYYY interesting…I gotta go, Yuzu is waiting for me at home…" She said walking away.
"Wait!" He said grabbing her wrist, the moment their skins touched both felt a an electric spark, he let her go right away.
"Wh-what?" She said retreating her hand next to her body.
"Forget it…" He said going back to his cool pose, hands in pockets. "Just go home now…little girls like you should be sleeping by now…" He said walking away. She stuck her tongue out. She looked at her left, the sun setting imposing it's golden light to the small city. "What was THAT?"She wondered and walked away in the opposite direction Hitsugaya went.
Next morning she woke up early, excited for training. She put on a pair of black leggings and a red tank top, grabbed her bag, her sword and went down stairs.
"Morning Yuzu!" She said smiling
"Good morning Karin-chan!" She greeted her sister kindly. "Here I made pancakes!"
"Hmmm they smell delicious!" She stood next to her sister in front of the oven. Yuzu put some on a plate.
"Here you go, there is juice in the fridge."
"Okie dokie…" She said grabbing a cup. They both sat down at the table and started to eat.
A few minutes in silence and Yuzu finally spoke up.
"Are you okay Karin? I mean, do you feel better after all that happened?"
"Don't worry Yuzu, I went training so that made me clear my mind, everything is fine now!" She said grinning reassuring her sister.
"Im glad." Yuzu said smiling.
"Well I gotta go now! See ya later then!"
"Okay, have fun Karin!" Karin went straightly to Urahara's shop. Ururu was out leaving only Jinta cleaning the entrance.
"Oi Jinta!" She said greeting the red head.
"Hey Karin, feeling better?"
"Yup!"
"Good 'cause I can't take more cleaning work here!" She grinned.
"Then let's go down stairs so I can show you who is the real karakura red!"
"HA! You can try Fake Red!" They went to the basement and found Urahara there talking to someone.
His eyes were teal and his hair was white.
"Oh no…not him again…." Karin sighed.
"What is Hitsugaya-taicho doing down here?" Jinta asked.
"I don't wanna know…" Soon enough Urahara spotted them.
"Kurosaki-chan! We were waiting for you!"
They walked up to the men duo.
"What is HE doing here?" She said frowning.
"Hitsugaya-taicho came to inquire me about your necklace Kurosaki-chan. So now that you are here, I intended to make a live demonstration. Is that okay?"
"I don't know…We still didn't try manifestation yet, and is it really okay to do it in front of HIM?" She glared, he frowned.
"Don't worry kurosaki-chan, I was ready for his visit so I made another necklace, similar to yours, so Hitsugaya-taicho himself will test it with you."
"I am?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes you are captain." Urahara said standing his hand that hold a silver chain with a blue stone pendant. "Unless you would back away from this lady's challenge." Karin smirked. He was teasing the teal eyed shinigami. And it worked.
"Fine." He said grabbing the necklace and putting it around his neck. "How do I test this thing?"
"Just release your shinkai. And Kurosaki-chan... remember to wait."
"Hai!"
Karin and Hitsugaya stood facing each other.
"We better back off Jinta-kun this will be a hot battle." Urahara said taking some distance.
Karin unsheathed her sword, and whispered.
"Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws."
Hitsugaya's eyes widened. "Damn she knows kido!"
"Hadō #33.Sōkatsui!" Karin shouted as a huge burst of blue energy emerged from the tip of her fingers and fired at him. He jumped in time but she shunpoed behind him and slashed her sword.
Once again he managed to escape.
He tried to fight her without using his shinkai, he would mostly avoid her attacks by blocking or evading.
"DAMN YOU MIDGET! FIGHT!" She said pushing him harder until, with a powerful slash striking down over his head, she managed to cut his left cheek.
He didn't know if he was pissed because of the cut or because of she called him midget again.
"You want me to fight! So be it! I'll end this now!" He said landing on the ground.
"Sit upon frozen heavens! Hyorinmaru!" However something different happened, the blue stone glowed stronger and his sword took it's released form but from the sword the ice dragon itself emerged roaring. Hitsugaya was surprised "How can it be?"However as soon as he called Hyorinmaru out Karin shouted.
"Set the skies on fire! Nichirinmaru!" His eyes widened. Her stone glowed just like his and from her sword emerged a huge red dragon. Urahara smirked under his hat.
Both dragons roared furiously at each other. Hitsugaya was too amazed to react.
We finally meet again…brother. They heard Hyorinmaru's voice echoed.
"Brother? What the heck does he mean by that?" She asked confused.
"Whatever! C'mon lets finish this Nichirinmaru!" Karin said as she jumped up swinging her swords. Her zanpakuto's released state were two large arched blades with a small curved handle that was attached by two black chains. In the egde of each chain was another handle she used to swing her swords to cover a bigger area and hit distant targets. The blades had blood red carvings.
"Nenshou Shippo!" She shouted. The dragon roared and the blades got on fire as Karin swung them in Hitsugaya's direction. He snapped out of his trance and attacked.
"Hyōryū Senbi" He shouted as he swung his sword in a linear direction creating overflowing ice from his blade in the form of a crescent. When both attacks collided it caused a great explosion with a blinding lighr, the impact sent both of them flying. Both dragons disappeared after the collision, however, only Hitsugaya's shinkai remained. Karin's sword went back into its sealed state.
Hitsugaya landed on his feet and had a slight cut in his chest, but Karin fell and her side was bleeding a lot.
"Karin!" Jinta yelled worried. He ran up to her. " Are you okay?" Urahara approached.
"Damn you Shinigami! If I knew a midget could do this much damage I would have been more careful!" She said smirking trying not to wince in pain. Hitsugaya smiled sympathetically. "What a headache I'll have when I report back to captain-commander".
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Now some vocabulary to enlighten the situationnn:
Geta-boshi : Urahara's nickaname = Mr. hat and clogs
Hadō #33. Sōkatsui : Way of destruction 33 , Blue Fire, Crash Down
Nichirinmaru: the sun circle
Nenshou Shippo: Burning Tail
Hyōryū Senbi: Ice Dragon Swirling Tail
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