Chapter 3: 12 Years Later

"Jin Raitou you have been chosen amongst the Captains in filling the empty seat of Squad Three." An old man who had white hair that spiked a little at the front then fell backwards from there. He sat at a desk at the end of the elongated room. Jin was on one knee with his fist on the ground, looking in a daze at the old man. "Jin Raitou, do you accept the responsibility of taking care of Squad Three?"

Jin looked down for a moment; then he looked up very quickly at the old man. "Yes I do."

Nakura sat underneath a tree just outside of the Shack, Two of the boys died in a brawl 6 years back. Andrew left her one day and never returned. She was all alone at the Shack she called home. She stood up, and lit the Shack on fire. She turned and didn't look back.

Jin sat in his new office wearing his Hidori, on his left arm he has a dagger strapped to it to hide the scar, on his right a tribal tattoo of a dragon. Footsteps could be heard coming from outside, "Jin-Taichou, urgent news about the mission you sent me on earlier today."

"Come in, quickly," A Shinigami entered he wore the normal Kimono, and katana strapped to his left hip. He had fair skin and a slight build. He got down onto one knee and placed his fist on the ground. "Well then Zack, what is it?"

"The Shack that you sent me to is burned down, the embers were still warm, and I didn't see any bodies." Zack kept his head down. Jin sat up and placed his hands in front of him elbows on his desk.

"Alright, thank you Zack for doing this for me."

"Of course Taichou." Zack stood up, bowed and left the room.

Nakura stood just outside of the wall that protected the Gotei 13, 'What if I joined also.' She thought to herself. Nakura turned and walked into a building nearby that read Shinto Academy.

Jin was standing where the Shack was looking at the smoldering ashes of his previous home. "Nakura where are you?" Jin looked up at the sky.

Nakura sat in class wearing a blue Kimono, the teacher dragged on about fighting with a sword and how it is important, all of the boys were interested some of the girls also, Nakura just wanted to get to the Kido. "So everyone pick up a sword it's time to practice." Nakura let her head fall down; she slowly got off of the ground and picked a sword. They were all wooden so there would be no 'real' injuries. "Nakura Narumi, you will be sparring against Hari Sunade." The two of them bowed to each other, Hari was a little bigger than Nakura and she was one of the girls that looked like she wanted to be in the class. "Begin," The two dashed forward, and met in the middle. Hari was clearly the stronger of the two and easily overpowered Nakura. Nakura side-stepped the wooden blade, and made to strike a blow against Hari. She jumped over the sword and rolled to land. Hari turned on the spot and lunged forward with the sword, Nakura blocked the blade and rolled her shoulders around and struck Hari on the shoulder. "That's good enough, Hari you can sit down now."

Hari turned to the teacher. "Yes Sensei." She then turned towards Nakura and they bowed to each other.

"Alright Nakura's next opponent will be…"

Nakura was beaten within 15 seconds of the match; she went over to the wall and slumped down next to Hari. "I never was any good with fighting that was Jin's job." Nakura said with her head down.

Hari looked at her with a confused look on her face. "You know Jin-Taichou?"

"His last name isn't Taichou its Raitou."

"I know that. He's a captain now."

Nakura looked at Hari in the eyes, "What?"

Zack was wondering the halls of Shinto academy with a picture of Nakura in his hands. He walked into a classroom where students are sparing. "Excuse me Sensei, I am looking for Nakura Narumi, I was told she would be in this room."

"Nakura you are excused for the day." Nakura stood up and bowed to the teacher.

"See you later Hari." She waved to her new friend and followed Zack into the hallway. "So may I ask what this is about?"

Zack had a smile on his face, "It's you it's really you." He hugged her; Nakura had a confused look on her face.

"I'm sorry do I know you?"

"Oh yes of course," He let go of her and took a step back. Bowing he said, "I am Zack Ararami, Squad Three Seat 5, Jin-Taichou has requested you're presence."

"Jin-Kun wants my presence?"

Zack and Nakura walked through the Gotei 13 till they get to the Squad Three Barracks. They walked in through the big oak doors guarding it. "Jin-Taichou will be very pleased to see you again; all he can talk about is stories from before he became a Shinigami." They stood outside of Jin's office. Zack knocks, "Jin-Taichou I have found Nakura Narumi."

From inside footsteps hurry to the door. Jin opens it and sees the two standing there. "Thank you Zack that's all for the day." Zack bows and leaves. "Nakura it's really you." Nakura punches Jin in the face.

"You leave out of nowhere than you come running back after Twelve years!"

"Nakura, what was that for?" Jin said holding his nose.

"What was that for, that was for leaving me in charge of three kids that are barely younger than me, and this," She kicks him in the shin. "Is for thinking I would just come back at you're call." Nakura stormed into the office.

"I said I was sorry back then, why can't you behave you're age?" Nakura's face got red at this point.

"Why can't I act my age? I'll tell you why I can't act my age, you run away from our family and you left me in charge I was thirteen at the time how would you expect a thirteen year old girl to act if the only people in her life started to leave her?"

Jin looked down, "I sent letters, didn't you get them?"

"Yes I did. Now if you excuse me I have Kido practice at noon." She walked to the door. "Jin, it's good to see you again." She opened the door and left.

Zack looked out his window and saw Nakura leaving her cheeks were red, Zack stood up and hurried out of his office. "Nakura how was your appointment with Jin-Taichou?"

"It was fine thank you. I must get going now, thank you for showing me Jin-Kun again." She bowed and left.

Zack walked into Jin's office, "Ahh Jin-Taichou what happened to your nose?"

"What is there something wrong with it?" Jin said, blood still pouring out of it.

Nakura walked into class and stood in line to practice the Kido they were supposed to do that day. She had no idea what it was that they were supposed to do though. Her head slumped down. Hari came over and joined her in line. "It's Hadō #31, Shakkahō if you were wondering, but I doubt that you don't know it. I see you reading the books all the time."

"Yes of course I know it."

"So how was your visit with Jin-Taichou?"

"Jin-Kun just expects me to go running up into his arms after 12 years, hmph." They stood in their positions; each person had their own target 50 yards away.

"Now like the rest your job is to hit the center of the target, the closer you get the better." Sensei said.

"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! Hadō #31, Shakkahō." They all chorused. A red ball appeared in their hands, and then a beam flew out of the ball. Smoke filled the area around the targets. When the smoke cleared many of the students missed the target, only a few had hit the target at all. Nakura hit the target dead center.

So thats the end of the prolouge this was just for you to kinda get to know the two characters that I'm going tell about. Again I do not own Bleach... unfortunatly. Again please review that would be very appreciated.