Strawberry Vanilla Swirl
Chapter 1: Blast to the Past

A.N.: This is a request by BlueShard20.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
Warning: OC!

Soul Society
Squad 12

Kisuke was busy typing away at a computer screen, scratching his goatee as he finished putting in the last of the calculations. It was nothing short of a miracle that Mayuri had allowed him access to his old labs, the mad scientist having toned down his insanity by a few notches while he was raising the newest Nemu Kurotsuchi. In the middle of the room was a massive contraption, looking like a bizarre gyroscope.

Looking around, he scowled as he took off his old bucket hat. "Where is she?" he wondered as he looked at the clock. "I told her noon. Not noon-ish." Running a hand through his sandy blonde hair he sighed exasperated. "Like father, like daughter…."

But his prayers were answered when the door behind him opened and the person he was waiting for walked in. Giggling in anticipation, the young woman, who looked about 17 in terms of human age, had a beautiful face and violet eyes, with a head of black hair. However, the one flaw to her otherwise perfect look was the orange roots at the top of her head. "Hi, Uncle Kisuke! Here I am!" she announced, sauntering into the room, her zanpakuto bouncing on her back. "I'm ready!"

Flipping his fan, Kisuke narrowed his eyes at his godchild. "Hikaru, I don't think you understand the seriousness. One mistake and who knows what could happen," he warned, handing the girl a list. "This is the chain of events you HAVE to ensure happens. If you don't, the consequences towards you could be dire."

"Okay, okay!" the young woman said, crossing her arms. "I get it! Don't screw up, make sure that everything goes according to plan and then head back here. I get it! Can I go now?"

Sighing at the girl's impatience, Kisuke put his hat back on and nodded. Turning back to the computer, he took a deep breath and hit some keys. "Alright. Everything's ready and we're good to go. Step onto the machine and I'll set the coordinates."

Nodding, Hikaru braced herself and steeled her shaky nerves. "C'mon, Hikaru, get it together…." Despite her happy-go-lucky attitude, she was scared. This wasn't like fighting hollows. This was much different. And if she screwed up in the slightest…she could cease to exist forever.

What can possibly go wrong?

Hitting the power button, Kisuke put on some safety goggles and pulled a lever. The floor beneath Hikaru lit up as her spirit energy was tapped as its power source, her blue energy filtering from her body into the machine's power cells. Tapping some keys, Kisuke activated the machine's main sequence. The round arms of the gyroscope slowly started to spin around the girl, obscuring her from Kisuke's view as it spun faster and faster. Lighting crackled across the room as the machine opened a tear in the space-time continuum. Hikaru was wrapped in a sphere of blue energy, the electric currents wrapping around the sphere and then exploding. The machine came to a grinding halt as its power source disappeared. Checking his calculations, Kisuke concluded that the operation was a success.

"It's up to you now, Hikaru." He said as he put his hat back on, having it blown off from the explosion. "Hmmm…maybe I should've told her that the paper and her zanpakuto were the only materials that could survive the experiment intact..." He shrugged his shoulders.

"Nah. I'm sure she'll be fine."

Years ago….
Soul Society: 12:35 AM

The air in the Soul Society was calm and cool, the spring air thick with the incoming morning fog. Throughout the Seireitei, all was quiet.

For approximately ten seconds.

In an open space, an eruption of blue energy erupted; a girl sent crashing through the portal her godfather had made her. Next to her landed her zanpakuto and the list that Kisuke gave her. As she sat up on her knees, rubbing her sore head, she soon realized that she was missing something critical:

Clothes.

"GAHHHHH!" the girl screamed when she realized she was naked. "Uncle Kisuke! What the fuck?!" She covered herself and stood up, looking around. Everything looked the same as before, though she didn't see that massive monument over by the Sokyoku Hill. Grabbing her zanpakuto and her list, she took off down the street, she hurriedto find shelter. "Gotta find clothes! Gotta find clothes!"

Rounding a corner she saw that there was a group of Soul Reapers standing nearby. "Dammit!" she cursed, looking around. "Gotta find somewhere to hide!" She vaguely remembered where she was. "This looks like Mom's old division. Which means that…THERE!" she spotted an old supply shed and dashed inside. "I used to sneak in here where I was little. Glad they always leave the doors unlocked."

As quickly as she could, she locked the door and started to sift through boxes, finding a shihakusho in her size. "Whew! Much better," she said as she slipped it on. "Remind me to punch Uncle Kisuke in the face when I get back." Slipping her zanpakuto onto her sash, she looked at her list and saw the first item on it. "Hmmm…that's gonna be tricky. How am I supposed to get them to the same place without it appearing suspicious?"

Poking her head out of the shed to make sure nobody was around, Hikaru put on the Squad 13 badge and stepped out onto the street. "I don't even know where Mama and Papa are…."

But her confusion ended when she heard a voice that sounded…familiar. "You three, search the west side. The R&D department picked up an anomaly in this area. We have to find the source."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Hiding back in the shed, Hikaru waited for the men to pass her by before coming out again. "That sounded just like…." She walked toward the direction the men came from and rounded a corner and gasped when she saw a familiar face standing in the middle of the darkened street. 'Mama!'

Standing before her was the lieutenant of Squad 13, Rukia Kuchiki. Hikaru stared at the small woman as she stood there, giving orders to her men, her lieutenant's badge shining in the lamplight. 'Wow! Mama looks cute with short hair. So this is what she was like when she younger. She's so pretty!'

Hikaru hesitantly walked up to Rukia, hoping that the girl didn't realize that she was a stranger. "Um…Lieutenant Kuchiki?" she asked, looking around. 'Wait…if she's here. Then where's Papa?'

Rukia turned to look at the newcomer. "You're a new recruit?" she asked, judging so by the fact that she seemed nervous and scared. "You should stay put. We don't know what cause that energy pulse. Only seated officers have been deployed to investigate." Rukia gave the girl a kind smile, making the black/orange haired girl blush. "It'll be alright. You should head back to the barracks and get some rest."

"Oh, okay." Hikaru was about to go do as Rukia said when a voice shot out from around the corner. "Hey, Rukia! What's with all the racket?"

Hikaru turned around and saw that the person rounding the corner was the other person on her objective list: Ichigo Kurosaki. Her face turned cherry red when she got a good look at the young man.

'I do not think my Dad is hot! I do not think my Dad is hot! I DO NOT THINK MY DAD IS HOT!'

"There's been a disturbance. With the last few times it's happened I think it's fair to say that everyone gets on edge." Rukia was interrupted when a Hell Butterfly appeared. Listening to the message, Rukia nodded. "We found the spot where the energy disturbance came from. There's no sign of what caused it but the Squad 12 eggheads have taken over the investigation. Let's go back to bed. Um…" she turned to Hikaru. "What'd you say your name was?"

'Oh crap!' Hikaru thought as her brain failed to come up with something. 'C'mon, Hikaru! Think!' "Um…Karin…Utogawa. It's Karin Edogawa."

"Edogawa?" Ichigo asked. "That's a weird name."

'Yeah ,well let's see what you come up with under pressure, Pops!'

"Ichigo! Don't belittle the girl." Rukia took hold of Hikaru's hand. "C'mon. I'll take you back to the barracks. I think we all need to go back to sleep."

Nodding, Hikaru walked in between Rukia and Ichigo back to the barracks.

Neither one of them would never have dreamed they were walking with their daughter from the future….

To be continued.