YAAAAAAAAY THE NEW CHAPPIE ISH HEEERREEE
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Chapter IV
Begin
Hitsugaya was having a lot of trouble thinking about how would he tell captain-commander that the girl already has a zanpakuto spirit and is trained by Urahara and Yoruichi. He knew that it might cause the seal of her powers, to be instructed by outlaws.
But why worry about that human? Well he was kinda sympathetic toward that girl. She wished to protect her family and friends and to overcome herself and to take this away from her was to sentence her soul to a painful and long death, to deny the same power he once longed for wouldn't let his conscience still.
He was by the road, that same spot of sunset light. Arms folded and eyes closed.
After the Kurosaki passed out, he talked to Urahara about what he should say to Yamamoto.
Even putting Karin's powers on the line, Urahara seemed calm and sure that Hitsugaya should report to captain-commander, he also let him keep the necklace but warned him not to use it near Soul Society or include that in the report. He was confused, he knew the ex-captain was plotting something but still couldn't understand why he wanted Yamamoto to know about the girl.
He frowned and then sighed. He would play along to the man's game. He was curious. He wanted to know about those strange and rare powers that a plain human girl had acquired.
Standing up , he walked into a road that he knew he could not go back from. He would have to go to the bottom of this, he knew that once you are in there was no way out, and it could get dangerous.
First he explained everything about her training to Renji, he was amazed about how far the girl got, without being a shinigami. However Hitsugaya omited the manifestation part and the necklace, he kept his hidden under his hakama.
"Hitsugaya-taicho and Abarai-fukutaicho reporting sir."
"Good, I was starting to become worried about you two" Yamamoto replied. " So, what is the situation?"
"The girl has developed a zanpakuto spirit and is able to perform destruction Kido. I sparred with her and she is strong and skillfull. She also knows Shunpo and how to conceal her reiatsu. "
"And how did she learn all this?"
"Kisuke Urahara and Shihoin Yoruichi are training her for approximately 5 years now."
"I see. Then I've made my decision. You two can come back to Soul Society and I will announce her destiny for all captains and vice captains. You are dismissed."
"Hai." They both said.
On the way out, Renji started.
"Wow, that girl really has the Kurosaki gene, she looks like more trouble than Ichigo.."
"Well, at least she seemed to have her father's abilities. Even being younger than Kurosaki, she has more reiatsu and control over it...different from her brother."
"Yeah, but I want to see if she has the same attitude as her brother."
"On imprudence? I dont think so... but on determination, I have no doubt about it."
"Ha, no one can be as imprudente as that guy...by the way, do you think captain-commander will seal her powers? I know it can be dangerous to let simple human girl with such powers but...ahh..I don't know, it just doesn't look right..."
"Yes, I'm worried about it too."
"You are? really? wow. Now I'm impressed!" He said blinking and the laughing.
"Why are you so surprised about it?" He asked frowning.
"The almighty Hitsugaya-taicho protector of order is worried about an outlaw human girl? You still wonder why I am surprised?" He said tapping on his back.
Hitsugaya glared.
"Ow my body is heavy like a rock!" The raven haired girl
"No wonder, you two got pretty excited on the little spare." Yoruichi said;
"I lost?"
"Yup, but you did pull up a good fight. After all you made a captain release his shinkai to win you! That is something really amazing for any shinigami." She grinned trying to cheer the girl up.
She didn't answer. Just stared blankly at the purple haired woman.
"So what now?" Karin started in a serious tone.
"What are you talking about?"
"What will become of me and my powers? I don't think that he will keep this a secret and I don't expect Soul Society to let a human girl bounce around with a zanpakuto."
Yoruichi became serious. " I'm not sure." She then softened her face on a gentle smile. " But I know that Kisuke won't let anything happen to you, adn neither will I." She placed her hand on the top of the girl's head.
She hated to admit it but she got a soft spot for this girl. Different from Soi Fong who was like a younger sister, Karin has become something close to a daughter for her. She knew that Karin had no one else to talk about those feelings, she could never tell her twin Yuzu, or her father, and Ichigo hardly came to visit, so the flashstep goddess was the only one that she could tell her difficulties in training, her frustations and her victories. She entrusted all this to her in such a trusting way, that Yoruichi would do whatever she could to protect her smile.
"You need rest, what will your father say when he comes home and sees his beloved daughter bleeding from her side" She grinned. "Try to get some sleep, Ururu-chan will bring you some food when you're better!"
"Ha, if get any nicer you will spoil me!" Karin chuckled.
"Oh yeah? Then I'll prepare the most exhaustive training session you've ever had!"
When Karin got back home her father and Yuzu were desperate and worried about her, in their own way, aka, Yuzu crying and Isshin jumping around and hugging her mom's poster.
"Karin-chan! What happened? Why are you hurt?"
"I fell from some stairs." Karin said. Isshin narrowed his eyes. " I'm going to sleep now. Good night!" She said climbing up the stairs.
In her room she looked out of the window, wondering what would become of her. Her thoughts were interrupted when her father came in.
"Karin-chan, I need to talk to you." His face was serious so she didn't had the nerve to make a joke or call him goat-face, she just stood there, quiet.
He sighed.
"I know that you've been aware of your brother's and mine condition. So you also know that I'm not as stupid as I seem."
"What do you mean by that?" She looked away.
"Karin. I can sense some changes in your reiatsu" Her eyes widened, she knew he was a captain but she never REALIZED that he WAS a SHINIGAMI CAPTAIN and obviously knew that she had been training. She lowered her head, ashamed that she didn't tell her father about it, knowing that he understood what the shinigami world involved.
"I also know that everyone must have their own journey, but I want you to know that we are family, and you can always count on us. You will always have a home here, doesn't matter what you become or how far you go."
"Dad, I'm not going anywhere..." She said looking away, and then glancing back at her father, who had a sad smile on his face.
"It's okay. Well, you need a lot of rest, so good night Karin-chaaaaannn!" He said in his usual cheeful way going out of her room.
"That was strange... does he know something I don't, did geta-boshi tell him something, I don't understand, where would I go to..." She lay down on her bed and tossed her arms over her face.
Toushirou and Renji were back, three days after their return Yamamoto calle another meeting.
"Concerning the human girl, Hitsugaya-taicho and Abarai-fukutaicho reported that the girl has been trained for 5 years by Kisuke Urahara and Shihoin Yoruichi. I was informed that she also know Shunpo, and kido."
Most of the presents gasped.
"Bu-but, how she is just a human!" Soi Fong was astonished.
"But I'm afraid that our fears came true. On a spare Hitsugaya-taicho witnessed the girl using her zanpakutou's shinkai." Everyone's eyes widened.
"How is this possible, she is not just human but she is too young! Not even the most gifted Shinigamis learned their Zanpakutou's name after only 5 years of training! She can't achieve shinkai!" Isane said.
"I fought her, and she does have a shinkai, and it was no ordinary zanpakutou, they were twin swords of fire type. And her spirit had the form of crimson Dragon. She was so powerful that if I didn't have realesed Hyorinmaru, I might as well lost."
"So what are we going to do about this girl?" Byakuya said in cold tone.
"She obviously has too much power to control it. She must be sealed immediately" Soi Fong said firmly.
"Oh please Soi Fong- taicho, you are just jealous that you are not Yoruichi-sama's favorite student anymore." Kurotsuchi said in a mocking tone.
"What?" She got up hitting the table with her hand.
"Quiet down. I already decided what will happen to the young Kurosaki." Everyone stood quiet, waiting for the commander to say.
"Due to her unique abilities and rare traits, we cannot afford to lose such promising power as an ally. So she will come to Soul Society and train here, under my eyes. So she can't be used by Urahara, nor put other humans in danger."
"So you will send a human girl to the shinigami academy?" Renji asked.
"No."
"Then who will be responsible for her training?" Byakuya asked.
Karin woke up, she felt like she had slept for days. She quickly changed into her uniform and left.
In school, everyone was saying Karin got in a fight with a bunch of yankees and got hurt real bad, but mostly, people didn't know what to think, the soccer captain always were a mysterious person.
"Kurosakiiii!"
"Ah, what's up Kentarou."
"Everyone is talking about you! What the hell happened this weekend?"
"Er...nothing important really." She said. Kyohei approached.
"Morning everyone..." He noticed Karin was wearing the stone necklace. He stared at it for a few seconds before snapping out.
"What's wrong Kyohei?" Kentarou asked.
"Nothing, yo Kurosaki, can I see this necklace of yours?" He stood out his hand, but as it got closer to Karin she felt something.
She quickly held the stone and backed his hand.
"Wow what was that for Kurosaki?" Kentarou asked.
Their friend talked but the two didn't listened. Karin looked into his eyes, she thought that she saw them strangely black. His eyes were green, never black.
He blinked, they were green again.
"What the heck is this? What is happening to him?"
She was really scared, she avoided him all day.
She didn't know why her hand protected the necklace from what she thinks is a friend.
"Karin. You must be careful. You are too rare to pass unoticed."
"Nichirinmaru? Does this means I can't even trust my friends?"
She got no answer.
She spent the whole day on looking up at the sky while playing with the crimson stone in her fingers. She was by the road looking down at the city, she didn 't remeber but someone once told her it was a good place to think. But she didn't know what to think.
She heard footsteps. She wasn't concentrated and too much confused to pay attention to her surroundings and didn't noticed who was there. So she turned around, hoping it wasn't her "friend".
She didn't know if she was happy or irritated. There wasn's any Kyohei around, just that not-so-midget-shinigami again, with those irritating teal eyes.
"You again?"
"You are coming with me?" He said bluntly coming closer.
"What? To where?" She said as he pulled her.
"To Soul Society."
"WHAT?"
"Stop shouting! Is annoying." He said said as he walked holding her wrist.
"Wait a second! Let me go!" She pulled her wrist from his grip. "Do you think I'm going to hand over my powers that easily! Do you think I don't know what you are up to! That as soon as I let my guard down you are going to seal me away!"
"Be quiet already! You should be thankful to me! Thanks to my report you will be trained in Soul Society!"
Her eyes widened. He once again took her wrist and began to walk, this time she was silent. At first he pulled her, but seeing her expression was different he stopped pulling and just guided her.
They reached the senkaimon. She looked at the endless darkness ahead.
"My family! Yuzu and Dad, I need to tell them."
"Kurosaki-taicho already knows he will explain everything your sister needs to know. Now, we need to go."
She nodded, unsure. He sighed.
"Try to keep can't stay in the senkaimon for long."
She held his hand and they jumped in.
As they passed, he glanced back at her, her grip in his hand tighten. He stared at her, she didn't realized that she was holding his hand tightly. He felt funny, but ignored the feeling.
When they finally got to the other end, she still wouldn't let go of his hand. He glance once more, this time she noticed, and quickly pulled her hand away.
"Er...so..Is this Soul Society?" She asked. He nodded.
"We are inside Sireitei, here live the shinigamis and noble families, beyond the walls is Rukongai."
"Noble Families eh? So you Shinigamis are the high society, while keeping ordinary souls outside your little perfect world." She said placing her hands on her hips.
His eyes narrowed.
"Not everyone here is from noble birth. Not everyone is lucky enough to be born in the golden craddles."
He turned to look at her, waiting for an answer.
She threw her arms to the back of her head.
"Haa, isn't that right. Sometimes, we have urge to fight against a destiny imposed to us by other. Not always a better destiny. Just our own. Built with our own hands, sweat and blood. In that point we are more alike than I thought." She looked back at him and smiled.
He blinked.
"Alike? We?"
-FlashBack-
Hitsugaya was coming back from the meeting. He decided to stop by and see how Hinamori was doing.
"Shiro-chan!" She said
"It's Hitsugaya-taicho."
"Aah gomen gomen! So what happened while I was away?"
"More than I wanted. I finally got Matsumoto to finish the papers before the deadline, but because of that I was sent on a mission in the human world to investigate a girl."
"Why?"
"Believe it or not a human girl developed a zanpakuto spirit." Her eyes widened.
"I didn't know it was possible! She must have a huge reiatsu."
"Well, she is a Kurosaki."
"What? A relative of Kurosaki Ichigo?"
"Yes, she is his younger sister, Karin."
"OOh I know Karin-chan! Yeah she really is something! about two years ago I went to this mission in the human world and I met her, the girl not only could see me, but she even hunted hollows around town!"
"Yeah, tell me about it. She already knows kido and shunpo, and now she learned her zanpakuto's name."
"Wow! In such a short period of time! She is more prodigy than yourself!" She laughed.
"She is a pain, that's what she is! She keeps calling me the midget-shinigami or the elementary-shinigami-dude! Argh it really makes me angry!" Hinamori giggled.
"You two are very much alike you know."
"How can you say that! That girl is imprudent! I'm no where near her kind!"
"You two are very determined. Always try to hide your feelings to protect others, always wanting to become more than what you really are." She smiled looking up at the sky. "She must be as hard to read as you are."
"Well, you will have plenty of time to try to read her, Captain-commander decided she is coming here to train properly."
"Really? That looks pretty cool! Maybe I can become her friend! After all, I'm YOUR friend, so if you two are really similar then I'll be her friend too!"
"Stop saying nonsense is better for you not get involved in those Business."
"But who is going to train her?"
-end of flashback-
he snapped out when they heard other voices.
"Shiroooo-chaaannn! You are finally back!"
"It's Hitsugaya-Taicho, Ukitake-Taicho."
"Naaahh, but we are the whitey duo! Here I brought some candies for you!" He started to take all sorts of candy from his hakama.
"I DON'T WANT THOSE! Why do you still give me sweets when I don't even have a child's size anymore!" *Vein pop*
"Awwn I thought you liked them..." He glanced to his side "Oh! Are you Kurosaki-chan?" He asked excited.
"Y-yes..." Karin answered a little scared of the man's psychotic behaviour.
"Aah nice to meet you! I'm Ukitake Juunshiro, captain of the 13th division, these are my 3rd seats Kiyone Kotetsu and Sentarou Tsubaki."
"Nice to meet you Kurosaki-san." Kiyone said bowing.
"Yeah." The other said.
"Er, nice to meet you too...i think. But why are you here?"
They blinked. And turned to Toushiro.
"Hitsugaya-taicho didn't you tell her about the training?"
"Not everything."
"Oh I see... Then let me clarify things to you Kurosaki-chan. I was put in charge of your training here in Soul Society, you will stay in my division."
"Oh, now I get it. Then I hope we get along well." She smiled sweetly making Sentarou and Kiyone blush a little.
"My my, aren't you adorable! No wonder Shiro-chan wanted to be responsible for your training!"
"What?" She gasped. He blushed.
"Don't say stupid things Ukitake taicho!"
"Now, now, thanks a lot for bringing Kurosaki-chan here, come on, we will take you to ours headquarters." Ukitake said as they walked away pulling Karin along.
"Oh wait a second!" Karin stopped, ans ran back.
"Thank you for helping me..." She bowed to Hitsugaya. He was surprised and a little embarassed. "...But you're still a midget." She quickly said sticking her tongue out. And then smiling.
His face was now a mixture of anger, embarassement and something he could describe as butterflies in his stomach.
"Dear Kami, she will be pain..."
MuahUAHUhauHUAHuha
SO karin's epic journey into SS begins! *dramatic music*
Sorry about any spelling mistakes, i think I messed up Yoruichi's surname ^_^;