Watching Karin

By fate they met in Kakaura Town. He helped win a soccer match due to her stubborness. Luck allowed him to save her life. Now Hitsugaya can't get Kurosaki Karin off his mind. So he watches over her, unfortunatly he isn't the only one watching.

Disclaimer: Tite Kubo owns Bleach, I don't. I also do not make money from writing fan fiction.

This was my very first fan fiction. I thought I had lost it forever when I lost my old hard drive, but thankfully (thanks to Rosetto-chan, who had been translating this story into Spanish) I had the entire story stored online as a sent email! I want to repost it here I had quite a few responses and it had surprisingly a wide range of reviews from acclamations to flames. :) It wasn't anything new just dwelt into the Hitsugaya T. x K. Karin pairing that I had wanted to see happen since early on in the bleach series especially once Captain Hitsugaya (and the rest of the crew) had been assigned to Karakura Town. My content is based mostly on the anime.

Warning there is disturbing, and adult content throughout this story. You're looking at non-graphic child molestation and sexual assault, moderately graphic violence, gore, death, bullying, mental illness, self-harm, overly hormonal pre-teens, etc…not necessarily in that order.

Anyhow thanks much for taking time to check out the revised version of this story it really has a special place in my heart. It helped me realize that I can create something meaningful and something that can be enjoyed by others.

Chapter 1: Watching Karin

That day she cried and was ashamed of herself for it…But her friends were all unhurt, and now Karin knew that her brother was safe. Well relatively safe anyway.

She stayed behind to speak with the two soul-reapers that nobody but she had seen. It was strange seeing two Toshiros; one in the Black kimono and the other sitting on the edge of the huge crater the monster left behind, just staring off into space. She was almost sorry about rubbing his head. He was so sore over that, but it was pretty funny too.

Karin thought that she liked Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto (even if she did look deformed with those huge breasts). She bawled over laughing at her Captain. She was wiping tears from her eyes. A vein popped up in Captain Hitsugaya's forehead. He gritted his teeth and turned his back on her.

Karin waved her friends off when they came over to check on her.

One boy shouted, "Karin are you OK? Did you see the comet?"

"That's meteorite you dummy!" another boy exclaimed.

"None of us saw it." they all agreed.

Now was Karin's turn to lose patience and yell at her subordinates, "You guys are so dumb. You could have been killed! You should all run straight home...And tomorrow we'll be picking up our training. We'll practice for two hours after school." She screamed more than yelled, than added, "In the park since the field has been leveled."

Her teammates quieted down immediately, and bid her goodnight. None of them seemed hurt by her stern words, and they followed her orders to the letter. Hitsugaya was impressed by her display of leadership.

Karin turned her attention back to Toshiru and Rangiku. Karin did not want to apologize but she did want to thank Toshiro, and she wanted to learn more about soul-reapers, and these monsters that they call hollows, "Thank you Toshiro, um I mean Captain Hitsugaya," She bowed in humility being sure to keep a straight face.

"It's nothing." He grunted and looked at her sideways.

"It's not nothing! You saved me, and more importantly my friends…But most important you kicked butt on the soccer field!" she cheered. The small soul-reaper huffed and looked the other direction.

"Karin, I do believe you've made him blush!" Rangiku chimed in, further irritating him.

"Shut up Rangiku!" He warned her, his face red from anger rather than embarrassment.

"Awe Captain," His Lieutenant pouted, "You're no fun."

"Why don't you go back to whatever it was you were doing?" He asked more than ordered.

"Alright I'll leave you two lovebirds alone," She batted her eye lashes for full comic effect.

Karin stifled a chuckle and looked at the ground. His Lieutenant bounded out of sight, but exclaimed clearly, "Be sure to have her back home by ten or her old man might beat the snot out of you."

Hitsugaya rolled his eyes and muttered a curse at his subordinate. Karin was kicking the dirt around with her shoe. When she looked up the soul-reaper was gone and only one Toshiro was there. He was staring at her with a cold interest. She blushed. He looked so stern that she thought he might decide to attack her.

She kept her silence for what seemed like a lifetime, "Captain Hitsugaya?" Karin suddenly feeling shy.

"Mm?" He nodded

"What are these things? There are more and more each day it seems and they are getting stronger, I think." She hated feeling this way.

He was scrutinizing her. "They're hollows. That was more particularly a menos. Very powerful and too dangerous for one such as yourself to take on." He said this in a flat unemotional tone, "You should have run."

This made her angry and she surprised the captain by getting up in his face and telling him off. "What do you mean one like me? Do you mean a human or a weakling?" She didn't back down and stared at him making him feel scrutinized too. She waited.

Hitsugaya exhaled as the shock wore off, "You really are like your brother. I didn't mean to imply that you are weak, or that there is anything wrong with being human, my point is that even a Captain should be wary these days and you should not go picking fights with hollows. For a menos this was a weakling."

Karin relaxed a little remembering the effect of her powerful kick. It was a mere annoyance, a bug bite. He would have squashed her had Toshiro not been there.

"I understand." She sighed, "So Tosh-um Captain Hitsugaya, do you know much about my brother?"

She did not expect to hear much.

"Well he is strong now, but I think he still hasn't tapped into all of his powers. He has a long way to go and great potential, like you." He cleared his throat, "No offense."

"None taken," she smiled, "You jerk."

Hitsugaya lifted his eyebrow. He was starting to think she was messing around with him. He shrugged it off, humans after all are weird. Despite everything he felt intrigued by this elfish little human. He hoped to see more of her, if at the very least for her entertainment value. Plus he decided he really did like the game of soccer.

Neither of them said much. It was starting to get dark. So Karin made her good-byes.

"I should walk you home." He offered coldly, adding, "It will be dark before you get there."

"How would you know how far I am from home?" She smirked again. You haven't been following me or something, have you?"

He blushed, thinking of watching her in the park. She didn't notice, but he answered in a less than committed tone that he had been there to see her brother before. She smiled and waved to him than turned the corner and ran home.

She was happy that night and she didn't know why. She offered to wash the dishes and almost did not break any of them. She was halfway pleasant to her father. She only had to hit him in the face once.

The next day after school she met the guys for practice in the park. When they left the park and went their separate ways she went to that spot, where he had been. Thinking on what he said about the sky. She looked as the sky grew dusky. It really was beautiful.

However, she was disappointed to find that he wasn't there. As she was about to go home she felt a change in the air and there he was texting with a dull look on his face. He was leaning against the guardrail. Looking at the sky.

"What are you doing here?" he queried

"I have as much right to be here as you." She grunted and plopped down next to where he was leaning with her legs sticking through the rail.

He looked down at her legs and replied, "You know what I mean. What do you want with me?"

"The sky is really pretty this evening," Not answering him. She rested her chin on the guardrail and sighed.

It was a sincere sigh. Hitsugaya noted that she wasn't teasing him. He returned his gaze to the sky. They sat there for a good thirty minutes. Her eyes trained on the horizon with a whimsical expression.

He looked down at her and began to study her face. He thought to himself, She looks like her brother, not that she looks like a guy, it's just the same expression they both get, and the eyebrows are the same.

But in the pink light she looked much more feminine than she usually did, and the serene look on her face added to the effect. She looked a little like Momo. He turned from that painful thought.

The Captain thought that she had the potential to be beautiful. He actually reprimanded himself for it, 'What the hell are you thinking of? You idiot!' He shook off the previous thought and opened his mouth to say something, lest he move further out into uncharted waters.

Karin beat him to the punch, "It's getting late." She pulled herself out from under the railing, innocently noting, "Did you know you have a rip in your back pocket?"

Hitsugaya blushed and felt his back pockets. Both were fine, "Why you!" He shouted and lunged for her angrily.

She dogged him laughing, and ran off into the night, "Good night, Captain!"

He admired her agility, but again cursed himself, "Damn that Rangiku for putting the notion into my head."

"What notion?" Rangiku suddenly appeared.

"How long have you been here?" he frowned.

"Long enough," Her lips curled over her teeth in an uncharacteristically evil grin, rivaling Gin Ichimaru's, "Captain you dirty little boy. Were you having some impure thoughts about the Kurosaki girl." She snickered.

"Would you just shut-up!" He stalked off fuming.

"Awe come on Captain," Rangiku following him, "For a human she seems alright. She certainly doesn't compare to me in beauty, but she has some potential." She pointed her finger to the sky and smiled brightly.

'Oh-no,' The young captain pinched the bridge of his nose.

"She is the perfect size, well actually I think she is a few centimeters taller than you, but girls usually are at that age. Ha-ha-ha, you would be too cute together! I really should give her some make-up tips though!" The busty woman was rambling so fast that Toshiro thought his head might fall right off his shoulders.

"What are you talking about?" Toshiro demanded to know.

He knew that look, she was scheming up something, "I know-"

"Lieutenant Matsumoto! I forbid you to go near that human! Now that is an order! Understand?" He glared at her.

Crestfallen, she nodded, "Yes Captain, but you're no fun." She pouted.