This is a short fic about HitsuKarin. I hope that when its done that it will be around 10,000-15,000 words. Anyways just read it and review! Thanks.

Disclaimer: The owner of Bleach is Tite Kubo, not me :[

"Shiro-chan!" A voice called out.

"Momo?" Toshiro asked.

"No, silly. It's me."

Toshiro's vision slowly appeared and he found himself staring at a girl with short black hair and eyes the color of the night sky. She was looking back at Toshiro, a small smile playing along the corners of her lips.

"Karin," he said.

"Yeah."
"How do you know my nickname?"

"What do you mean? I've always know it!"

"You have?" He thought for a moment. "OK."

She frowned. "Why are you always so serious? It's no fun when you are."

Toshiro blinked, surprised. "I'm sorry…"

"It's OK."

"So, what do you want to do?"

"How about we look at the stars?"

"But it's the middle of the say. You can't see stars in the middle of the day. Did you just want to watch the clouds instead?"

Karin's brow furrowed. "But it's night. Look up!"

Toshiro complied. He was surprised to discover that the sky was now black and star glimmered in it; the little specs throwing light on the ground. So it was night. He could have sworn that just a moment ago it had been bright and sunny with clouds drifting lazily though the bright blue oasis. Maybe he was wrong though.

Karin grabbed his hand and pulled him down to the soft grass where they lay, side by side, just watching the sky.

"This hurts, Toshiro. Why does it hurt?"

Toshiro looked over at Karin, wondering what on Earth she was talking about. He rolled over on his stomach to see her more clearly.

"What hurts, Karin-chan?"

Karin stared straight ahead and Toshiro wasn't even sure if she heard the question. She must have though, because she began talking. But when she did, there was no emotion behind her voice.

"My body hurts."

"It hurts?"

She nodded. "It feels like it's on fire, burning and shriveling up."

Toshiro shuddered at the description. That was disgusting!

"Karin." He was at a loss of what to say.

"But you know what hurts the most?"

"What?" His voice was weak.

"Right here." She rolled over and touched her hand to his heart. "It feels… cold. And heavy. It hurts, Shiro-chan."

"Right here?" Toshiro places his own hand on her heart, but recoiled almost immediately. What he had put his hand on was warm and wet. Blood? He looked down at his hand. Sure enough, a sticky, red liquid was covering it. Tentatively, he put his hand back over her heart. When he did, he realized that what he was touching was her actual heart, live and beating. Repulsed, he went to go draw his hand back once more, but Karin grabbed his arm, stopping him.

"Toshiro."
Her heart began beating wildly, frantically.

"Karin. Karin! KARIN!" Toshiro yelled.

Suddenly, her heart went still.

"Noo! KARIN! KARIIIN!" Toshiro cried, violently shaking her body, desperate to wake her up. But her body stayed as limp as a doll, flailing as he shook her. His body convulsed, knowing that she was never going to rise. He stared into her face, into her cold, lifeless eyes.

"K-Karin."

Arm quivering, he pulled her body close to his own. Unable to stop himself, a tear squeezed out of his eye, rolled down his face, and dripped into Karin's lifeless hand.

"Karin…"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Hitsugaya's eyes slowly opened, but his vision was still blurring.

"Karin?" He murmured.

His eyesight returned to normal and he looked around at his surrounding. He was sitting in his office, slumped over a pile of nearly completed paperwork. He must have just fallen asleep while doing it last night. That means that all he just saw… was a dream. His face hardened. Although he was glad that the scene was just a nightmare, it still shouldn't have happened. He had met Karin in the Real World, and they had become friends, but nothing more. So why was he dreaming of her, a simple, human girl? Why was he constantly seeing her dying? And more importantly, why was he always so devastated when she did? Toshiro did feel different when he first met her, more complete you could say. He had always just assumed it had meant that they had a connection, but could it be something more? Could their souls have been connected by love? No. Hitsugaya pushed this off and attempted to back to his paperwork.

"Taiiichouuu!" Matsumoto sung falling through the office door.

Hitsugaya glared at his subordinate, a vain twitching on his forehead. "Are you drunk?"

"I think I might be," she slurred.

Another vein twitch.

"It's only 10 in the morning."

"Silly Taichou. The middle of the day is the best time to drink!" The tipsy lieutenant giggled. "It's so much more fun!"

Hitsugaya was about to make a snappy retort when Matsumoto fell over. His eyes widened a fraction and he blinked. Peering over his desk, he looked at her. She was lying on the floor, strawberry blonde hair spilled out all around her, eyes closed. Was she… sleeping? Hitsugaya stared at his vice-captain, visibly displeased. He moved to wake her up and force her to start doing her paperwork, when he glanced at the clock. He was going to have to leave for a captains meeting in 5 minutes anyways. Might as well let her sleep until her came back. Sighing, he gently lifted her into his arms and carried her over to the couch. Once he put her down, she curled up, murmuring in her sleep. Hitsugaya smiled. As much as his lieutenant got on his nerves, he still cared about her.

Looking at the clock again, he walked over to the door. It couldn't hurt to leave a few minutes early. He was going to need a couple moments to get over that last dream anyways. He had been having them more frequently and they had been getting increasingly disturbing. Like that last one. He shuddered, and kept walking. Upon arriving at the meeting, he hurried inside and took his place next to Kyoraku. Soon after, Captain Commander began speaking. Hitsugaya tried to pay attention, but he found his mind wandering throughout the whole meeting. Towards the end, Captain Commander addressed him.

"Lastly, Hitsugaya-taichou, there have been some reports of unusual reiatsu near Karakura Town."

Hitsugaya stiffened, all traces of boredom gone. Karakura Town almost always meant trouble, and that's were Karin lives.

"This is most likely nothing serious, but I am going to send you to check it out anyways because as you are aware, Karakura Town has a very high spirit particle concentration."

Hitsugaya nodded.

"So, Toushiro Hitsugaya-taichou, I am going to send you, Rangiku Matsumoto-fukutaichou, 3rd seat Madrame Ikkaku, and 5th seat AyasegawaYumichika to observe Karakura until you find the source of the reiatsu. I will be expecting reports when you make progress. Can you handle this?"

"Hai, Captain Commander Yamato."

"Very well. You are dismissed!"

The captains walked away, Hitsugaya moving especially fast, already sending hell butterflies to the members of his team: Matsumoto, Ikkaku, and Yumichika. He felt a small relief, but he didn't want to admit why to anyone. He knew that he cared about Karin on some deep, unknown level that even he didn't understand. Nothing about Karin made sense to him anymore. Shaking his head, he strode off to his division. When he arrived, he was surprised to find Ikkaku and Yumichika already waiting for him there. Even more surprising, Matsumoto was standing and looking very sober.

"Ooh Taichou! I just can't wait to go shopping in the Real World! The clothes there are so cute!"

Yumichika smiled. I have heard that also. I just hope they appreciate true beauty there."

"I just care if that bastard we're going to fight is tough or not." Ikkaku smirked.

So that's why they all came as fast as they could. How childish could they be? Hitsugaya went to remind them that they were going to the Real World because they had work to do, a mission. But before he could, Matusmoto interrupted him.

"Ne, Taichou. Is that cute Kurosaki girl you were stalking going to be there?"

Yumichika and Ikkaku looked up. Captain Hitsugaya stalking a girl?

"Matsumoto!" Histugaya bellowed, his cheeks flushing a light pink. Why was he blushing?

"I am not stalking anyone." His voice was so hard and his eyes were so angry that Matsumoto didn't tease him. Even she knew her boundaries.

"Hai. I just can't wait to get to the stores!" She flashed everyone bright smiles.

Hitsugaya shut his eyes, still angry with his subordinate. He hadn't been stalking Karin that day, just following her to try and figure out why she made him feel so… whole. But now Ikkaku and Yumichika were going to think that he liked a human girl which he didn't… right? He knew that this wasn't some stupid crush, but what if it was love? Pushing this to the back of his mind, Hitsugaya addressed the group.

"We should go. Yamato has arranged a portal for us."

They all nodded and followed him. Soon, they would arrive in the world of the living.

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