Yukiko: Here we are again with the new story! And the winner for the poll is Under the Sea! I am so looking forward to writing this. I am able to make some sort of plot for this story, but majority of the time I'm just going to wing it! Hahaha… so without further ado, let's get started.

Summary: After being forced to a dare, Toshiro must take a dive in the middle of the ocean by his drunken friends. The most important thing that everyone forgot is that Toshiro does not know how to swim. When he thought he was going to die, a handsome young man with orange hair saved Toshiro. The thing is that instead of legs… he has fins!

Sighing to himself, Toshiro leaned his head against the car window as he watched the scenario change from the small suburbia to the ocean. He took a glance at his cousin at the corner of his eyes and smiled. It has been 4 long college years since he left his hometown of Okinawa to Tokyo. Being a genius, Toshiro was able to get his Masters Degree during his first 4 years of college. He felt quite homesick at his 3rd year and decided to go back home after he earned his degree.

When he called a few weeks ago about his return, his cousin, Momo, went ecstatic and told him that she will pick him up from the terminal. When they first saw each other at the terminal, Toshiro hardly recognized his cousin. The image of a small meek girl with two tiny pig-tails for her hair was stuck in his head for the past 4 years. Now a beautiful woman with her hair tied up into a bun, wearing a light pink floral skirt and a white V-neck stood before him.

"Shiro, we're almost there," Momo said which made Toshiro snap out of his small flashback.

He blinked a couple times and saw his cousin smiling but her eyes were still focused on the road, "You've grown Shiro...ah! I should be calling you Toshiro from now on huh?"

The white haired man just smiled at the thought, "No, you can still call me Shiro... and I can still call you Bed-wetter Momo."

He felt the car swerve slightly and Momo stuttering, "Hey, that's not true anymore! Besides I'm older than you Shiro!"

Chuckling he shook his head, "Whatever you say, Bed-wetter Momo."

After a few more minutes of driving, they reach a large beach house by the sand and ocean. He hasn't seen this house for a long time, it was his home since his parents died when he was just a baby and was raised by his grandmother and cousin Momo. He decided to go to college at Tokyo because he wanted a great profession in business to help support his remaining family.

"Welcome home, Toshiro."

He stepped out of the car and took a look at his surroundings, "Yes, it's good to be back."

Toshiro grabbed his two suitcases from the car's trunk and his medium sized messenger bag before following Momo towards the house.

"Nothing really changed much since you left, other than me opening a café nearby," said Momo while she helped Toshiro with his suitcases.

"Really? You should take me there sometime, Bed-wetter Momo," Toshiro smirked.

Momo nearly dropped the luggage, "Ah, stop calling me that!"

As soon as Toshiro set his foot upon the house's porch, he felt the sudden emotion of homesickness even though he was already home. Placing his messenger bag and his other suitcase down, he slowly reached for the doorknob. He felt Momo's eyes trained onto the back of his neck, but he ignored it. Turning the handle, Toshiro let out a yell when a sudden flash of light blinded his eyes and a loud chorus of,

"Welcome Home Toshiro!"

When his eyes adjusted, he noticed all of his childhood friends and classmates standing there before him.

"R-Renji, Rukia, Kira, R-Rangiku, Kusaka, Shuuhei, Nanao and Isane… you guys…" the words couldn't come out from his lips after that. All he can think about was that all his friends were there to greet him home with smiling faces.

"Welcome home Toshiro," they repeated.

Toshiro couldn't help but crack a large smile, but his eyes widen when an elderly woman stepped out from the group of friends.

"Welcome home my child."

Toshiro had tears in his eyes when he saw his grandmother and rushed forward to hug her, "I'm back, Grandmother."

After Toshiro got all his things into the house and into his bedroom, he joined the festivities downstairs with his friends. His grandmother excused herself to go visit her friends down the road to tell them the good news. For the past few hours, Toshiro and the others did nothing but drink and talk.

"So Toshiro, what was it like in the big city?" asked Rukia as she took a sip from her beer bottle.

"All I can say is that every night it's so bright. The lights from the buildings make it hard to realize that it is night time already," replied Toshiro.

"Were you able to make some new friends there?" asked Kusaka.

Toshiro though about it, "Yeah, I did. I mostly hung out with this guy name Gin Ichimaru."

Rangiku, aka busty woman to Toshiro, took a large gulp from her Sake bottle and Toshiro knew she was drunk, "Washhh ssshe cyuuuute?"

Toshiro twitched at her question. Now don't get mistaken, Toshiro Hitsugaya is homosexual, but he wasn't very open to the fact to anyone except family and his close friends.

"I will say yes," Toshiro cut off Rangiku before she could speak, "But he is not my type. Sorry to disappoint."

Renji opened up another beer bottle and took a long drink from it, "So what will you do now?"

"I thought it would be nice to just relax a whole year here before going back to Tokyo to look for a job."

Momo raised an eyebrow, "You're going back to the city? But why? Why not start a business here?"

Isane thought for a moment, "You'll have to go into town, start a business that people would want to go in to."

Rangiku raised her hand, "A Sake bar!"

The girls and Toshiro yelled, "No!" while the guys yelled out, "Yes!"

"I will not open a damn Sake bar! Besides, I haven't decided on which field I want to be in the business. For now I just want to relax please."

Kira snapped his fingers, "Let's go on Rukia's yacht! We haven't done that in years!"

Rukia's eyes widen as all the other eyes trained on her, "W-We can't! My brother would get really mad if we just took it and then it gets dented or damaged!"

Kusaka shook his hand in a dismissive manner, "You're brother is filthy rich! He can buy a new one!"

Before Rukia could even answer back everyone was already out the door and at the same time dragging Toshiro with them. Shaking her head she smiled, "I love my friends."

It was only 4 in the afternoon and everyone was having a blast on Byakuya's yacht, which was in the middle of the ocean (in 5 minutes).

Everyone was getting drunk except for Momo, Rukia and Toshiro, who decided to be the responsible adults in the party. The two girls disappeared into the yacht to talk about girl stuff and Toshiro didn't want to get involved in that so he stayed at the upper deck with his drunken friends.

"Sho Ish wash likesh, 'Whosh you wooking atsh…'" said Renji in his drunken stupor.

All the other drunkies let out a mad laugh at the incoherent joke. Rolling his eyes, Toshiro sat himself at the driver's seat to gaze at the horizon,

"I really do missed this…"

"Toooooshirooooo!"

Sighing, the white haired man stood up from his spot and leaned over the railing and saw Rangiku waving at him with a drunk smile,

"Lesh pway Twuth er Duur!"

Toshiro again rolled his eyes, "Truth or Dare… I haven't played that is years…" Sighing he walked down the stairs, Might as well entertain them for a bit.

He sat himself down between Rangiku and Kusaka and they began to take turns telling secrets or doing stupid things. Like Renji and Shuuhei were forced into a dare that made them to kiss each other. It ended up being rather funny because in their drunken state they kept missing the other person's lips and it took them a while to actually do it. Toshiro had forgotten when it was the last time he laughed so hard, but he was really glad that he participated in this.

"Ooo, Toshiwo gesh a duur!" squealed Rangiku.

Wiping his tears away, the white haired man smiled, "And what will the dare be?"

Renji hung his arm around Toshiro's shoulders, "Take a dive in the ocean…"

Toshiro noticed that Renji didn't slur with his words even though he was as drunk as Rangiku and the others, but what really bothered him was the dare we was forced to do.

"W-What?" But it was already too late, he was already up in the air; carried by Kira and Kusaka.

"Wait! Wait! You guys this isn't funny! I can't swim!" yelled Toshiro as he thrashed around in fear as they got closer and closer to the edge of the railing.

"Donsh worry! You'll fwoat!"

And just like that the world that Toshiro saw changed from the polished floorboards of the yacht to the dark blue of the ocean. With a scream his head hit the water first and Toshiro began to flail his arms in order to reach the surface. His body was so uncoordinated that he was able to reach the surface only to refill his lungs with air before sinking back down again into the water. He could distinctly hear his friends' drunken laughter from under the water as he sank further and further into the ocean. His lungs screamed in agony for more air but he knew he cannot. Fear crept into his mind as he feared he was going to die over a silly little dare.

I haven't even… lived my life yet… didn't even get a damn boyfriend… some life I got.

Toshiro can feel his body shut down and his vision fading to black. Just when he was going to close his eyes and let death take him, he saw a shimmer or orange swimming towards him at a very fast rate. At first Toshiro thought it was some sort of tropical fish but as it got closer, he noticed it had the form of a human man.

I'm saved…

He couldn't help but think how handsome the guy looked as he was only a few feet away. He had a well built body, strong six pack abs and muscles, vibrant orange hair and soft caring chocolate brown eyes.

The man reached forward and touched Toshiro's cheek before slowly slapping him. Toshiro's eyes began to close and his head lolled forward due to the water pressure. The mysterious man's eyes widen and he came forward and grabbed Toshiro's arms before pulling him up to the surface. Toshiro didn't know what was going on, though he knew he was moving up, and he let his consciousness slip away. Just before he closed his eyes, Toshiro noticed that the man had no legs, but shimmering gold fins!

Yukiko: Well there you have it guys! Chapter 1 for the new HitsuIchi story… now let me just warn you guys, this is the truth, I have NEVER written anything like this before, so I'm sorry if it's too fast, too lame, too whatever other mean words there are. I promise it's going to be better after this chapter but for this one little beginning… BARE WITH ME!

There is a reason why Ichigo's fin is gold… and not orange. I originally wanted it to be orange but I was like LET'S CHANGE IT! Review pwease?

Signing in

~Yukiko Shiroryuu~