Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
Orihime was walking down toward the market when a strange red fog came rolling down the street. It was dense and was moving rather slow. As it grew closer to her, Orihime could see it was denser than any fog should be.
"What's this?" Orihime gasped when it swept over her dropping her into a palace where other people were gathered.
"Where am I?" She looked around but didn't see anyone she recognized. 'I don't think this is good.'
…...
Rangiku and the other soul reapers found themselves in another palace, but this time it was a ballroom. The ballroom was decorated for a party but at the base of a platform was a small bassinet then just beyond sat, what she assumed, to be the king and queen. Rangiku blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes at the people: Isshin Kurosaki and Orihime Inoue.
"What are the two of you doing here?" Rangiku asked running up to the pair on the thrones. Isshin was dressed in royal robes with a golden crown balanced on his head. Orihime was dressed in a lovely dark red dress with a similar golden crown on her own head.
"I don't really know." Isshin answered looking around the room. "I was leaving the hospital and I walked into this red fog." Orhime gasped at his answer.
"That's what happened to me! But, I was walking to the market. The weathermen should have reported a fog rolling in during the morning news report." Orihime kindly replied. Isshin and Rangiku blinked at the young girl who obviously didn't know what was going on.
"Can someone please tell me why I am dressed like a king?" Isshin pointed to his crown and then he smiled, "even though I am very much enjoying this attire. I would like to get home and see my little girls and foolish son."
"Funny you should mention him," Rangiku darkly answered but she was interrupted by a messenger.
"Madam, I insist you distance yourself from the king." A man in uniform grabbed her arm and forced her off the platform. Rangiku turned to give him the sharp side of her tongue only to gape at the messenger: Renji Abarai.
"Renji, what are you doing?" Rangiku demanded as he let her arm go in the crowd of guests.
"I haven't the slightest clue, Rangiku." Renji looked around the room, his tattoos were clashing with his uniform and Rangiku was tempted to either demand a wardrobe change or wash those tattoos off of his skin.
"It appears that Ichigo has done it again," Ukitake walked up to the pair calming any argument that would have started.
"Captain Ukitake, what are you doing here?" Renji asked pointing up to the elderly soul reaper who was, also, dressed in royal robes with a small silver crown on his head.
"The other captains and lieutenants were transported here by that red smoke or fog that broke into soul society." Ukitake answered looking around the room, pleased that most everyone was here as well as a few newcomers.
"It came to Soul Society." Renji gasped up to the taller captain. Ukitake nodded his head. "It also appears to have grown, since there were not this many gathered in the previous world we had fallen into." Renji stared at the soul reaper with question marks dancing above his head.
"We'll explain later, Renji." Rangiku stated then she started looking around the room. She looked in between circles of guests (mostly talking of their transportation and confusion in this location) and behind every table, chair and drape.
"Who are you looking for, Rangiku?" Renji asked when she passed by the pair once again.
"My Captain," Rangiku looked under a table hoping to find him around, "he was the first one to be taken by the smoke and Ichigo . . ."
"Hear ye, hear ye," a voice broke above the chattering guests as everyone looked up to a man holding a scroll in his hand with his glasses glinting against the torches.
"We are gathered here to honor the birth of the only child to the king and queen," Uryu Ishida called out to the group.
"Wait a minute!" Isshin stood up in protest pointing to Orihime. "There is no way I'm married to Orihime. Not that you're ugly but I'm a bit too old and I have three dearest children, you know them all . . ." Isshin blubbered, bowing to Orihime to apologize for any insult.
"That's alright Mr. Kurosaki. I don't mind, but I am confused myself." Orihime explained.
"Yes, aren't we all?" Uryu stated in agreement rolling up his parchment to tuck it under his arm. "I may be able to shed some light on this confusing tale."
"Oh, come on," a little girl cried in the hall. Everyone looked but saw no one standing in the hall.
"I don't see anyone there." Renji answered peeking around the door looking up and down. Then another giggle reached his ears. Spinning around in the doorframe he glared all around. Until he felt a little tap on the top of his head, he looked up and tripped over his feet to land on his bottom to the amusement of all gathered. Poor Renji was too shocked to pay attention to their laughing.
"Lieutenant Kusajishi!" Renji stared up at a miniature Yachiru flying on the ceiling with her little wings flitting in the air keeping her in flight.
"Hi there Bandana head. I didn't know you would be here." Yachiru happily chirped. Her voice sounded squeakier due to her being half her size wearing a pink dress and a small handkerchief tied around a ponytail.
"Yachiru, wait up!" Another squeaky voice sounded, this one belonging to Yuzu Kurosaki.
"Renji, what are you doing on the floor?" She flitted down to him in a green dress similar to Yachiru but she was wearing a small head dress with silk flowing down her back, the ends of which drifted in the wind as her wings fluttered as she hovered in the air.
"They're fairies?" Renji questioned looking between Yachiru to Yuzu and back again. Slowly he rose from the floor but he kept on blinking at the smaller girls.
"I thought there were supposed to be three of you." Uryu pointed to the two flitting in the air. Yachiru burst out laughing doing a somersault in the air from her cheer.
"The third doesn't want to come out because she's embarrassed." Yuzu squeaked up to Uryu, the gusts from her little wings tickled his nose.
"AAHH-CHOO!" Uryu sudden sneeze flung poor Yuzu into Yachiru and they both landed on the floor in two painful heaps.
"I apologize, Yuzu." Uryu deeply apologized to the little fairy and she looked up to him with a small grin plastered on her face.
"I know it was an accident, Uryu." She restarted her wings and flew away from Yachiru giving the smallest girl a chance to get up.
"I don't believe we can continue without the third fairy." Uryu pulled a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his nose from the sneeze.
"I'll go get her." Yachiru cheered and zoomed out into the hall. The room heard some squeaky calls, one higher than the other.
"Come on, it's going to be fun." Yachiru called from the hall but she was kicked into the room landing in the middle of the floor at Ukitake's feet.
"Are you alright, Yachiru?" Ukitake kindly asked the little fairy.
"Yeah, I'm alright. I'll go bring her in now." Yachiru stated and dashed back into the hall where she kicked a little blue fairy into the room. The fairy slammed into Renji's chest with a squeaky grunt. The fairy jumped from his chest and fluttered her wings furiously in the air.
"Uh," Renji pointed to the extremely ticked off, enraged, furious, volcanic, blue fairy: Captain Soi Fon.
"Captain Soi Fon?" Rangiku blinked over to the blue fairy that was slightly taller than Yachiru but with an even squeakier voice. She wore a blue gown with blue cup horns on her head and a blue silver scarf connecting the two.
"I will kill anyone who dares to so much as chuckle or point out my appearance." Soi Fon threatened. However the squeaky voice took away from her threat making it even harder for everyone not to laugh.
"What's that?" A little voice asked from Ukitake's feet. Rangiku blinked, and praying that she was wrong, she looked down at a miniature Toushiro Hitsugaya.
"By the heavens, I hope his memory is wiped after this." Rangiku mumbled as she stared down to the little boy.
"Grandpa, who is she?" Toushiro asked pointing up to Rangiku.
"Toushiro, this is Rangiku Matsumoto. Rangiku this is Toushiro." Jushiro introduced each other.
"Are you sure that's Captain Hitsugaya?" Renji whispered into Rangiku's ear and she nearly slapped him. The little boy had Toushiro's snow hair, not as pointy as before, but the same teal eyes stared up at the two adults.
"Yes, I'm sure. Only Captain Hitsugaya has that stare." Rangiku answered.
"Toushiro, you're so small!" The soul reapers nearly had a heart attack when the voice of Yurouichi Shihoin invaded the group.
"I AM NOT!" Little Toushiro protested straightening his back so he stood his full 34 inches and his little chest poked out. Orihime could not stop herself when she jumped from the throne and grabbed Toushrio in a full hug.
"Oh my you are so cute!" Orihime hugged Toushiro, unable to hold her "cute" senses in check. She pinched his cheek and Toushiro did not like the feeling so he kicked out of her hold to land on the floor and dash behind Ukitake's feet.
"Orihime, please come back here." Isshin kindly requested of the girl. He knew Toushiro Hitsugaya hated to be reminded of his short stature but he despised, with a passion, being described as cute the way one describes an infant.
"Okay, Mr. Kurosaki." Orihime complied. She hopped onto the throne now that her "cute" senses had been satisfied.
"Why am I here again?" Toushiro asked glaring up at Orihime. 'Even if she is a queen, that didn't give her any right to pinch my cheek,' little Toushiro rubbed the cheek she pinched leaving a little red spot.
"Toushiro, I already explained it to you. We are here to pay respects to the new baby princess born to King Isshin and Queen Orihime." Ukitake motioned toward the platform where the royals sat.
"Baby," Isshin bolted over to the bassinet and there laid his baby girl, Karin, sucking on her thumb as she slept among the ruckus.
"Oh, it's my Karin." Isshin clasped his hands together with stars shining in his eyes with joy and love for his little girl.
"Ahem," Uryu loudly cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention. "Now that everyone is caught up, I believe these exquisite fairies have gifts to bestow upon the child.
"We do?" Yachiru fluttered in the air with her finger touching her bottom lip.
"Yes, you do. Now come on, the sooner you get this over with the sooner we get out of here." Uryu explained waving his hand toward the fairies.
"I'll go first," Soi Fon squeaked fluttering over to the bassinet. Soi Fon was now 18 inches tall, and by far the tallest of the three fairies, however she wanted to run and hide as soon as possible.
"I give you the gift of . . ." Soi Fon looked up to the ceiling thinking of a gift she could give, "athletics. You shall be the greatest sports princess in all the land." Soi Fon found a wand in her hand and gripped the pathetic twig in her hand before she sprinkled some blue dust over the child. "There, I'm gone." Soi Fon darted from the hall so fast she was only a blur to the guests.
"Okay, so I guess it's my turn." Yachiru flitted up to the little bed peering at the dark haired baby. Yachiru was 12 inches tall being the smallest of the fairies, and not minding one bit (after all she's always been the tiniest no matter where she was).
"Um," Yachiru looked around the room for some idea, "I give you the gift of . . . fighting. You shall be the toughest princess in all the land." Yachiru laughed, sprinkling her pink dust on the baby.
"Yachiru, I don't think fighting is a skill useful to a princess." Uryu quietly stated leaning over to the smallest fairy.
"Oh well, she'll have fun anyway." Yachiru giggled flying off to sit on a suit of armor – the next best thing to Kenpachi's shoulder.
"Oh, I'm the last one to give the gift." Yuzu flew up to the bed and took in a breath of air when the room filled with swirling smoke.
"NOT SO FAST!" Ichigo screamed from the green smoke. The soul reapers and Uryu glared into the smoke, all resenting their current position due to one overly protective brother, in desperate need of medication of some type.
"Ichigo," Uryu growled to the tall young man who was somewhat his friend.
"Uryu, you're here too?" Ichigo blinked at his friend then glared at little Toushiro who only glared back even icier than the substitute soul reaper's.
"Ichigo," a little bird flapped to land on his head, the bird proceeded to peck at his head. It was a shame the helmet he wore hurt the bird more than him.
"Rukia," Ichigo glanced up to the bird on his head before he looked about the room. Looking back to Toushiro, he pointed his long green staff to the little boy.
"You will not go anywhere near the little princess!" He bellowed. As the smoke cleared from the room, the group could see he wore a silver helmet with a large green feather sticking up from the back and he wore a long green wizard's robe speckled with phases of the moon.
"Who said I wanted to?" Little Toushiro yelled up to the tall man. For some reason he couldn't figure out, this man made him very angry.
"You may not want to now, but you will later on and I will make sure that doesn't happen." Ichigo madly grinned to the little boy with his crazy laugh filling the silent ballroom.
"I have a gift for the child as well," Ichigo raised his staff showing the green clouds swirling within a green globe.
"She shall fall into a deep sleep never to awaken when she . . ." Ichigo lowered his staff a bit as he became stumped on the punishment.
"You don't know!" Rukia screeched from the top of his head, she sat as a large raven with her violet eyes and ebony hair framing her bird face.
"Give me a minute," Ichigo tapped his finger to his chin in deep thought.
"Ichigo, why do you never think before you act?" Rukia butted into his musings and pecked on his helmet some more.
"I GOT IT!" Ichigo grinned madly looking from Toushiro to the little cradle, "immediately after she kicks a soccer ball, she will fall into a deep sleep never to awaken!" Ichigo declared laughing madly as he pounded his staff to disappear in another whirl of green smoke.
"He does realize that he just banished his sister into a coma for the rest of her life, right?" Renji pointed to where Ichigo used to stand.
"You know, I don't think he does realize it." Rangiku blinked at the spot before she looked back to the cradle.
"Oh no, my dear Karin," Isshin fell to his knees in tears (overacting as usual). "You shall sleep for the rest of your days, never to go on a date, never to find a young man . . ." Isshin paused blinking as a thought hit him. "You know, this may not be so bad after all. Maybe she can stay this way?"
"ISSHIN! HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER?" Orihime started to tear up believing this entire scene was real.
"Don't worry, my King and Queen," Yuzu fluttered up to the couple with a smile on her gentle face. "I haven't presented my gift and I can help." Yuzu answered, she was a medium 15 inches tall as a fairy but she still had the golden heart of a giant.
"You can?" Orihime dried her tears clasping her hands in front of her with joy. "Really?" Yuzu smiled nodding her small head. She fluttered over to the bassinet and pulled her wand from behind her back.
"Sweet baby Karin, when you do fall into a deep sleep," -because you know it will happen – "you shall awaken with love's first kiss." Yuzu happily dusted her green dust over the small child before she turned back to the king and queen.
"Okay, I'll see you in a few years." Yuzu answered with a small wave disappearing into the hall with Yachiru on her heels.
Everyone in the ballroom blinked their eyes, as the world became swirls and they all were flashed many years into the future when Karin was 11 and Toushiro 14 (the way he looks as a soul reaper).
"TOUSHIRO!" Renji called out for the little prince while he was out riding his horse named Kon. The yellow horse had a brown mane and tail, and he also had this uncanny ability to talk.
"I think we should be heading back now, Toushiro." Kon stated to the prince riding on his back. Toushiro gripped the reins in his hands leading Kon around the woods.
"Not now Kon," Toushiro glanced back toward Renji with an annoyed sigh, "they only want me to go visit the castle of King Isshin and Queen Orihime."
"Why don't you want to go?" Kon asked to which Toushiro glared down to the horse ordering him to be silent.
"She," Toushiro blushed slightly, "doesn't know how a princess should act."
"Why do you say that?" Kon asked the prince.
"Let's see, she's rough, she is stubborn, she does not listen, she makes me fall, and I trip over my own two feet when I'm around her. She doesn't have the slightest respect for me as being older than her." Toushiro answered
"By three years," Kon stated earning a cold glare and kick in the sides for that comment. "Well it's true!"
"Doesn't matter," Toushiro answered pushing Kon harder into the forest.
In the meantime, Karin was running from the castle through the woods. She enjoyed these runs more than she let on. Her father begged her to use a horse but she grew bored of horse riding, and it didn't help that she couldn't keep her balance. So here she was, running through the woods only stopping when she came to a meadow. She would kill anyone who found out her secret: she liked the flowers and dreamed of runing away with a prince. But those facts would ruin her tomboy reputation, and she did a lot to keep up her reputation.
Toushiro was pushing Kon closer to the meadow where Karin was spinning in a small circle. She jumped in surprise when Kon crashed through the woods stopping so suddenly, Toushiro flipped out of the saddle. However, he landed square on his feet due to his surprising agility.
"Well hello there Princess Karin." Kon bowed the best he could as a horse, and nudged Toushiro for him to show her respect.
"Hello princess Karin," Toushiro looked over to her and the dirt on her face and hands. "What brings you out to this meadow, alone?" Toushiro disapproved with his glare down to her appearance.
"I just came out for a calming run. The castle is far too cramped to enjoy the day." Karin answered gesturing to the field.
"Running into the woods without your guard is dangerous and stupid." Toushiro snapped to her but she smiled up to him with a competitive look in her eye.
"Well, I am the best fighter for my age group and I can take anyone down if they mess with me." Karin snapped her fingers in his face just to annoy him.
"KARIN! PRINCESS KARIN!" She heard Renji calling her name and she hid behind Toushiro.
"Toushiro, will you please help me?" He looked down to her in puzzlement. "I don't want to go back to the castle, they'll make me sit in a chair and do my lessons. It's so boring." Karin complained to him. Toushiro had to agree that it sounded very boring, but the guard knew she would be safer in the walls . . . especially with that spell on her. Toushiro knew that she didn't know because she was too small to remember and nobody told her about it.
"Sure," Toushiro stated surprising both Karin and Kon. "Come on," Toushiro helped her up and slid in front of her, grabbing the reigns he urged Kon into the woods again.
"Thanks Toushiro," Karin stated watching his hair float in the small breeze. Being a tomboy and 11 years old, she wasn't supposed to like any boy but somehow she liked him and she hated it.
"You're welcome Karin," Toushiro answered. He secretly took her back home dropping her off just inside the gardens, where she couldn't tell which castle she walked in. He quietly left the gate and waited for Rangiku to find her.
"THERE YOU ARE!" Karin spun around then glared back to the wall where Toushiro had dropped her off. Oh, he would so pay for this. He returned to his castle not bothered that he had tricked her, and she was grounded for the next few weeks.
Karin was walking around in the courtyard, still grounded, but minding her own business and very bored, as usual. Then the unusual occurred when she saw a black and white object bouncing in front of her. It came to rest at her feet and a pale boy with black eyes and white hair came running up to her.
"Hey you wanna play?" His voice sounded dark but Karin was too focused on the soccer ball. She was drawn to it and she wanted to play so badly her body started to twitch as muscle memory began taking over.
"How do you play?" Karin asked walking up to the boy and gently touching the ball.
"Come with me, and I'll show you." The little boy ran off and Karin followed on his heels.
"Hey, what's your name?" Karin asked when he stopped just outside of the castle gates.
"My name is Hichigo." The little boy introduced himself and dropped the ball. "This game is called soccer." Hichigo watched her eyes light up in joy.
"The way you play is you kick the ball around." Hichigo demonstrated with a small kick over to Karin. It was then that Rangiku walked out of the gates and gasped at the scene.
"KARIN!" Rangiku yelled but Karin was far too focused and kicked the ball sending it flying into the forest. She grinned at the ball then she felt light headed, placing a hand on her head she collapsed into a heap falling into a deep sleep.
"No, please wake up." Rangiku shook the girl but the spell had taken over.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha." Maniacal laughter came from Hichigo as green smoke encircled him and he grew to be Ichigo in green wizard garb, staff and all.
"I told you, she won't wake up ever again." Ichigo glared over at Rangiku, "and to make sure she never gets to know Toushiro I'm going to take her away where no one can bother her." Ichigo stepped up to Karin and threw Rangiku to the side as he tapped his staff and the two disappeared in a swirl of green smoke.
"NO!" Rangiku screamed to the sky and Toushiro came running to her side.
A/N: This is a two part story. The second part may not be as funny as the first because the second has a fighting scene. Let me know what you think of this chapter. And if anyone hasn't guessed: the figures in the omakes are - cloaked figure = Raven and cowering figure = Beast Boy from Teen Titans. I don't own this show either, I am just borrowing them to be put into this story.
So, let me know what you think and I'll be getting part two out in the next day or so.