Negirau Atashinchi (Bleach Fanfic)

Escaping

Karin listened carefully from the small alley way in which she had choosen to hide herself. To her best ability, she hid her reiatsu, She couldn't though, peek around the corner to see what was going on. However, she heard the brown haired female speak up. "If it isn't Kurosaki Ichigo, then that person... we have a person who stole a shingami's powers?"

At that, Karin found herself blinking a couple of times, then glanced at her feet. "What does she mean by me stealing my shingami abilities? Does she mean I stole them from Ichi-nii because I stole his badge? But I didn't take it... I got it from someone else. Plus... Ichi-nii had already lost his powers. This makes no sense at all."

"Now, now, Hinamori, we don't know that for sure. Let's give the person the benefit of the doubt. I don't think they are here anymore." Matsumoto's tone of voice had an almost lecturing tone to it, different from her normal bubbly self that had been present when Karin had first met her.

"It seems like Matsumoto-san is trying to defend you," the voice n Karin's head stated softly.

"I don't know..." Karin closed her eyes for a few second.

The brown haired female then spoke up. "How can you be sure? I think they are hiding their reiatsu. The sooner we finish this, the sooner that we can get back. This whole business with the substitute shingami, he is obsessed with it, when he shouldn't be."

"If anyone was obsessed, then why hasn't anyone come to visit. By he, she must be referring to Toshiro, unless there are more then the four here," Karin thought ot herself.

"Why shouldn't he be?" came a surprising reply by Matsumoto, which caused Karin's eyes to snap open.

"He feels guilty for falling short during the Winter War, for messing up," the brown haired female stated firmly. This made Karin think that this was time to get out of there, and on the way out the back way, her ear picked up Rangiku referring to her small taicho.

"Toshiro messed up on something?" Karin blinked a couple of times as she dodged onto the other side of the building, moving towards where she had left her body. Getting away was important to her. She slid into the alleyway and then went and moved into the alley way. She noticed Kon sitting near her body, then glancing up at her, saying nothing. "What?"

At that, she felt a heavy amount of reiatsu coming from behind her as a presence suddenly came from above, to right behind her. Before she had a chance to yell, she found her mouth covered, and a familiar voice coming to her. "Karin... it's me."

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Hitsugaya found his face twisting up with irritation. He also felt his voice cracking as he yelled at the teenager. "You are a fucking idiot!"

"I know that," Ichigo stated rather simply. "Do you have anything else to say Toshiro?"

"It's captain Hitsugaya!" the preteen snapped, his cheeks heating up. He payed no mind to the fact that Kuchiki Rukia was raising her eyebrows at his behavior.

"How is everybody?" came Kurosaki's question. "It seems you've had a growth spurt..."

"Kurosaki," there was suddenly a clenching of a small fist, not to mention also a small jaw line. "Don't... tease me... about... my height."

At that, Rukia, who had been standing practically calm suddenly let out a stifled laugh.

"Teasing you about your height?" Ichigo blinked a couple of times. "I wasn't. You really have grown since I last saw you."

"I haven't grown since I entered Soul Reaper academy," Toshiro snapped out, his face twisted up in frustration.

"You just don't want to admit that you are going through puberty now." The teenager leaned back, his voice rather nonchalant about the whole thing. However, Hitsugaya's cheeks were turning a bright red."I know it's not a fun thing, but it is seriously part of life Toshiro."