1SSD: Hey, all! I'm here with my Naruto/Bleach crossover! And yes, this is the same one I've made an AMV about.

Sakura: Umm, SSD-san...

SSD: Yes, my soul sister?

Sakura: --0 Why am I in a Sh-

SSD: Hush, hush, everything will come into play. Besides I can't let you spoil the surprise.

Hitsugaya: This is ridiculous. Why am I here? I have paperwork to do and I just KNOW Matsumoto is slacking off again!

Sasuke: Which brings me to the point of why I am here as well. I should be training with Orochimaru-sama. Besides, you don't even like me.

Sakura: Sasuke-kun! You're back! (Glomp)

Sasuke: Get off me!

Hitsugaya: (growls and unsheathes Hyourinmaru a bit) Get you're filthy hands off her.

Sasuke: Just because I like her doesn't mean I like being glomped!

SSD: Sakura-chan, let go of Sasuke-teme.

Sakura: (glare) You said you wouldn't call him that!

SSD: Don't give me any of that, missy. I can call him what I want. That reminds me. (Turns to Sasuke) Just what the hell do you think you're doing here?

Sasuke: (pulls out envelope from his "shirt") Message from Orochimaru-sama.

SSD: (grumble grumble) (takes and reads message) ...

Sakura: What does it say?

SSD: (glares at nothing and tears it up) (turns to Sasuke) You tell Oreo-teme, THERE IS NO CHANCE IN HELL!! I WOULD RATHER KILL MYSELF, ESPECIALLY SINCE TO ME HE DOES NOT CLASSIFY AS A SERPENT!

Sasuke: ...Right, I'll just be on my way then. (Leaves in a poof of smoke)

Hitsugaya: (mumble) Never thought that bastard would leave.

Sakura: What'd you call my Sasuke-kun? (Cracks knuckles)

Hitsugaya: (stares at her blandly) You do realize that at the moment I am very much incorporeal?

Sakura: (smiles) Yet you forget that those who see ghosts can interact with them and that thouse with high enough reiatsu can touch them.

Hitsugaya: ... "Damn, she remembered that."

SSD: Anyway, I think it's about time I got on with story. Here it is, folks, the first chapter of Two Souls, Two Worlds! Enjoy!

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Chapter 1: Survival

I'm scared, Sakura admitted, her green eyes flicked around as she stood bent over, arms clutching her stomach. Why am I so scared? Kakashi-sensei, Naruto, and Sasuke-kun are handling those nuke-nin. I'm just guarding Tazuna-san. I shouldn't be this scared. I'm a kunoichi, I can't afford to be afraid! Her pupils shrunk to pinpricks as the terror within grew. Tazuna looked at her in worry as the pink haired girl began to sweat and shake. Tears trickled from the corners of her eyes and her heart drummed wildly in her ears.

That was when Sakura heard it. The area around her rippled and changed into a bleak blue sky and black horizon line as a bone-chilling, hollow, echoing scream pierced the air. The pink haired girl covered her ears and her trembling increased. She knew that sound, it had haunted her for the past four years. A chill rushed over her skin and she knew IT was there. Sakura closed her eyes and backed away, ignoring Tazuna who was trying to snap her out of it. She heard the empty chuckling and drew into herself more.

"What spirit energy! So much inside one so young...This will be a delicious meal."

"No! Go away! I don't have any power so leave me alone!" Sakura cried, sobs becoming more frequent and her body shook like a lone leaf in a strong wind.

Zabuza and Kakashi stopped fightinig at her sudden outburst. The silver haired jounin's Sharingan spun wildly, detecting the stange, hollow energy. He fell into a defensive stance, mismatched eyes darting about.

"We'll have to put our fight on hold for a while, Zabuza. There's something much more dangerous than you here."

The bandaged swordsman hefted his cleaver over his shoulder. "Is that so? Haku, stop fooling with those brats! This is no time to fight now," he ordered.

The ice mirrors broke apart. Sasuke was passed out on the ground with multiple senbon sticking out of him. Naruto was sitting beside him, obviously the blond was upset and angry. Haku was stoic, as always. The masked boy's face was turned towards his master, head tilted curiously.

Sakura was unaware of it all, her attention focused on blocking out the memories of these monsters had done to her and her family. An almost visible aura of whitish pink light gathered around her. The masked creature that terrified her laughed, the sound echoing in the bleak landscape. It reached out for her, slowly, surely, certain of the fact that this powerful source of reiatsu would be its. More portals opened, giant creatures of its kind exiting them as they were drawn by Sakura's growing aura.

Sakura seized up as as immense wave of energy flared out of her. The cement broke apart around her feet and the power levitated the chunks in the air. The monsters encroached on her even more, before the front line was suddenly cut down. The light pink energy continued to fluctuate in an attempt to intimidate the giant purple things. She was unaware of the raven haired man tearing through the lines, white cloak fluttering in the wind and black haori sleeves billowing. Nor did she notice the wild red haired man beside him, taking care of those missed with his strange, disjointed sword. She did take note of when the chill left her skin to be replaced by warm hands on her shoulders. Hands that were shaking her vigorously.

Thinking it was Naruto, she did the one thing she always did on reflex. She reared back her fist and punched him in the head. Or rather, where his head would be had it actually been her blond teammate. Instead, a red haired man with spiky hair tied in a ponytail doubled over, gasping for breath while a regal man snorted softly in amusement.

"You damn gaki! What the hell was that for? Is that how you treat the guy who just saved your life!"

"YOU saved me? I find that hard to believe since he's," the pink haired girl jabbed a finger at the raven haired man watching the two bicker, "the one with the higher energy level!"

"Why you ungrateful little-!" the man clad in black shoved the left sleeve of his haori up as his fist clenched.

"Renji, that is enough. Erase her memory and be done with it," the other man intervened in a monotone voice.

"Hai, Kuchiki-taichou." Renji was fumbling with the small memory eraser when Sakura pushed past him to stand in front of Kuchiki.

She examined the white cloak he wore with diligence, her eyes gleaming with hope. "You're wearing the same cloak he was, but the kanji was different. Do you know him, the one who rescued me four years ago and brought me to Konoha?"

Byakuya's eyes narrowed unnoticeably as he racked his memory. One stood out among the others.

FLASH BACK

"You're report, taichou?" General Yamato inquired.

"Routine hunt. Grand Fisher had a hostage, presumably a later snack. I managed to rescue her and drop her off in a nearby village. Unfortunately the Hollow escaped." The youngest captain answered.

"I see. Any other details we should be aware of?"

"Hai. The girl had mark on her right hip. A hollow mask."

"You mean to say you let her live even after she marked with a Hollow Scar?" Byakuya asked with a hint incredulity coloring his voice.

"From what I gathered, she had just lost her mother and brother. I couldn't add her death to her family's conscience. The Scar managed to change her somewhat, before the taint was stopped by something."

"I see. Is that everything?"

"Hai."

"Very well, eleventh division, you're report..."

END

"You are the Hollow Scar victim from four years ago," Byakuya stated tonelessly.

"H-Hollow Scar!" Renji stared at Sakura in disbelief. "For four years? That's impossible!"

"What are you–AHHHHH!" Sakura screamed as she clutched her stomach in pain and hunched over.

Captain and Lieutenant shared a glance as malicious reiatsu washed over them from Sakura. She fell to her knees, a soul-piercing scream ripping from the depths of her soul. Dark purple markings spread to exposed areas of skin and a pitch black hole began forming in the center of her chest. White flecks of...something...began to cover her face.

Renji turned to his captain, looking for any sign of an order on what to do. Byakuya acknowledged this.

"We cannot do anything until the change is complete."

"What? But why? And why is it now that the Hollow Scar chose to activate?"

"It activated due to the large amount of reiatsu it was exposed to. Generally, a Hollow Scar will last for roughly a year before the ambient reiatsu of the area will force it into activation. Surely you have noticed the lack of hollows that appear in this area?"

"Yes, I did note that there's practically no trace of Hollow energy."

"This is because the inhabitants here combine their reiatsu with Ki, the energy of life, to create a new power source. Hollows cannot feed on this because the amount of Ki is usually found in greater quantities than reiatsu. A Hollow cannot sense enough reiatsu in these parts to attract it because the abundance of Ki makes it impossible."

"Okay, I get that part. But why can't we do anything til the gaki's Descension is complete?"

"No matter how infinitesimal the chance is, there is always the chance that one can fight of the Descension and become a shinigami."

"What?!"

"It all depends, on if the shinigami in them, wishes for them to continue living. Most, do not survive."

Two pairs of eyes, one violet and one black, gazed at the scene before them. Renji hoped that the "gaki" pulled through this.

The pink haired girl continued to scream as pain lanced through her body. As such, it is reasonable that she'd be surprised when she found herself on the Hokage monument, sitting on Yondaime's head and in no pain whatsoever. The sky was in an eternal sunset, but above her, there was a dark patch of nothingness that was steadily growing. She didn't notice the presence above her on Sandaime's head.

"Wha, where am I?"

"This is your soul," A woman's voice resounded.

"YAAAA!" Sakura screeched in surprise. The girl placed a hand over her wildly beating heart. She glared up at the source of her panic and gasped.

The woman was beautiful, much more than Sakura's birth mother. In fact, her face greatly resembled Sakura had she been in her late twenties. The woman had long pale silver hair that swirled constantly around her ankles. Her eyes were gold with narrow pupils and two large grey dog ears rested atop her head. The woman wore a full body black cloak that blended into the perpetual twilight yet starkly contrasted her complexion. "This is your soul, it resembles the place you are most familiar, and comfortable, with." She gracefully leaped into the air and apparently floated down to land next to Sakura.

"Who...are you?"

The dog-earred woman smiled sadly. "Can't you hear it? The wind whispers my name, Sakura, listen and grasp the power that sleeps within you before it is too late. Listen with your heart...Kurosaki Sakura." The woman vanished in a whirlwind of leaves and the breeze picked up.

Sakura braced her in front of her at the sudden gust. She looked up again and saw a sliver of the moon, delicately hanging in the deep purple sky. A constellation next to it took the form of her namesake, a sakura blossom. The girl frantically tried to piece it all together. She drew no conclusions, but remembered what the woman had said. She settled into a deep meditative trance, similar to when she had first learned to access her chakra. The wind picked up around her and, if she listened hard enough, she just make out the sound of a name.

Ha..ok...mi? No, that doesn't sound right. There has to be more...wait. The contellation...if it's not Sakura, then Hana! Hana is flower and let's see...okmi. Hanaokmi? No, it still doesn't seem to fit! Ah, that woman, she had dog ears. But the wind isn't saying inu, it saying ok...mi. Ookami is wolf! Flower Wolf? Hanookami?

"Hanookami, that's your name, isn't it?" Sakura asked as she came out of her trance. She looked up at the woman once again standing before her, tiny spokes of chocolate swirled in her emerald eyes and her pink hair gained sunset highlights.

Hanookami smiled warmly and swept back her cloak. Cradled in the crook of her arm was a white box. The front of the box swung outward like a door to reveal the hilt of a katana, wrapped in a silver ribbon. "Take a hold of your birth right, Kurosaki Sakura, and save your soul from the abyss."

The sunset haired girl reached out and gently gripped the hilt as her eyes completely bled into pools of liquid brown sugar. "Arigatou, Hanookami, for all your help." She withdrew the katana from its container and a flood over silver-pink energy washed over everything. Sakura slowly dissolved and vanished from her soul-world.

Hanookami lifted her silver head up to the crescent moon above her, an overlay of a wolf's head appearing for the briefest of moments as she talked to the wind. "It's peaceful here, but I doubt that you'll let it stay that way for long."

A darker version of Sakura's voice giggled. "Where would be the fun in that? Though I am mad that you took away my chance to be free. (Sigh) There's always the fight she faces. Heeheeheehee." And the voice faded away.

The soul of Sakura's Zanpakutou sighed wearily. "Sakura, will you be able to survive against the coming struggles? Will keep yourself sane?"

Outside of her soul-world, Sakura's head snapped back and the white mask that had been forming shattered. The changes that had happened to her in the soul-world echoed into the waking as the Hollow Scar's taint was fully removed. Sakura collapsed forward, her arms weakly supporting her weight. The two shinigami stood still in awe, honored to have witnessed the birth of a new shinigami. Sakura strained her neck to raise her head, her blurry vision registering the men who had saved her earlier.

"Help." was all she said before fainting as the stress on her body and spirit finally took its toll.

Renji reacted immediately and cradled the unconscious girl in his arms. "Taichou, what are we going to do with her now?"

Byakuya contemplated his options briefly. "You will stay here and train her in the proper ways of being a shinigami. Since we were the ones to discover her, she will automatically be placed in the sixth division once her training is complete. In the meantime, I shall report this to the council and Yamamoto-taichou."

"Wokarimashita, Kuchiki-taichou."

"And remember, you are to prevent any hollows from attacking her until she is a full-fledged shinigami, understood?"

"Hai."

"If you break this order, I promise to put you through the sparring session from hell."

Renji gulped down his fear. He had no illusions that Byakuya would not go through with that threat. "Wokarimashita."

The Kuchiki heir nodded in satisfaction that his threat was understood and left after quickly opening the portal to Seireitei. Renji sagged in relief and sat down on the pavement even as some of the unconscious civilians began to wake up. He briefly reflected on the battle, if the massacre could really be called that.

Byakuya and he had managed to slay all of the Huge Hollows, but they couldn't save everyone. In fact, the only survivors were an old man with sake breath, a guy with mismatched eyes a kid with cockatoo hair, and another kid with whisker marks that reeked of demon energy. Those that died were a rather unsavory bunch except for that kid that looked like a girl. Poor guy was accidentally killed by Byakuya when he used his Pale Lightning and it pierced through the center of his chest. Got rid of a few hollows in that attack though. The other guy that didn't look like a Yakuza reject was on the receiving end of a smaller Hollow with very sharp claws. Renji winced as he remembered that particular beastie, he had a close encounter with it and now his shoulder hurt like a bitch.

"Sakura-chan!" A loud voice pierced through Renji's thoughts.

"Ah, shit, I forgot to wipe that kid's memory," the wielder of Zabimaru cursed. "Oi, gaki, wake up!" He slapped Sakura's face.

The sunset haired girl's eyes snapped open and she glared at Renji. "What was that for!" Her response after that was a fist to Renji's left cheek.

"Oi, that hurt, you little brat!"

Sakura stuck her tongue out at him and rolled away from him, to have shinobi sandaled feet staring her in the face. She looked up and saw the orange pantlegs. The girl backpedaled and plowed into Renji, much to his displeasure (which he voiced quite loudly).

"Sakura-chan? What happened to you? Who's he and where're those monsters?" the blond shot out questions rapidly.

Renji blinked. "You can see me?"

"Well, yeah, you do stand out." Naruto answered and scratched his head.

Sakura noticed everyone else waking up and stood, her legs trembled slightly beneath her. "I'll tell you later, Naruto. Henge!" In a poof of smoke, the pink hair and green eyes were back. "Where's Sasuke-kun?"

At that moment, a rag tag militia made up of the Wave village men led by Inari charged onto the scene. They looked around in confusion, then horror as they took in the bloodied carcasses of Gatou's men and the crime lord himself. Kakashi sat up and shook his head to clear it.

Did I pass out from chakra exhaustion again? I remember fighting Zabuza, then what? The silver haired jounin looked around. His gaze landed on Haku's still form and his brain kickstarted. That's right, I had Zabuza cornered and had Raikiri ready. That boy intercepted and was killed. Then Gatou showed up. Naruto gave Zabuza a pep talk and he tore through Gatou's thugs. He died of blood loss soon after he killed Gatou. I must have lost consciousness then. Kakashi tugged his hitae-ate down over his Sharingan eye as he mulled over everything. Though, I could have sworn I felt a build up of Kyuubi's chakra.

"Kakashi-sensei! Daijoubu desuka?" Naruto shouted from where he stood by Sakura.

The jounin immediately detected the henge on his only female student, but decided he'd ask her about it later. He stood up slowly and brushed off his pants. "Naruto, Sakura, are you two alright?" he asked as he approached them.

"Sakura nodded. "We're fine, sensei. Naruto was about to tell me where Sasuke-kun is," the illusionary pink haired girl turned expectantly towards the Kyuubi container.

Naruto's eyes darkened in sorrow and turned to where Haku had released the Demon Mirror technique. Sakura and Kakashi followed his gaze, the kunoichi gasping. The Uchiha survivor lay there, not moving an inch, even his chest was still. Renji patted the girl's head and ruffled her hair a bit.

"Don't worry, gaki. He's not dead. Hell, his spirit is still in his body," the redhead reassured.

Sakura mindlessly swatted his hand away and glared at him in irritation. Naruto sagged in relief before snickering softly at the new shinigami's plight. Kakashi watched the interaction in curiosity as the atmosphere shifted from somber to relaxed.

Do they even care about him? The jounin thought in disgust at their obvious lack of concern over their comrade. He walked over to Sasuke's "corpse" and lifted him. He turned to his two other students, disappointment shining in his dark grey eye. "I thought you were better than this, Sakura, Naruto."

"Sasuke-teme's fine, just unconscious. Ne, Sakura-chan?"

The girl nodded. "Hai, the two of us would have been able to tell if he was dead."

Kakashi looked at them in disbelief. Sasuke appeared to choose that moment to groan in pain. You've got to be kidding me. They, I've been disappointed in them for nothing? The silver haired sensei was almost bowled over by the sudden appearance of Naruto and Sakura in front of him.

"Welcome back to the land of the living Sasuke-teme/kun!" They cheered. They shared a look and burst out laughing at the irony of it. Renji rolled his eyes at the pun and folded his arms over his chest.

"Can you get any lamer than that? Bakano."

The two genin ignored him for the most part, Sakura idly kicked her leg back and connected with his shin. The injured shinigami cursed loudly and hopped around nursing his wound.

"What'd I do to deserve this? Was I really that bad in life? You're a devil in disguise, you $#-!"

Sasuke's eyes blearily opened. "Urusai, dobe, you're too loud." He then drifted back to unconsciousness.

Naruto and Sakura shared startled looks while Renji groaned in annoyance. A silent message passed between them, a message that Kakashi was unsure he wanted to find out.

"If you're through looking at each other, perhaps we should head back to Tazuna's and recuperate," Kakashi suggested.

"Hai, that sounds like a great idea. Ne, Sakura-chan?"

"I agree."

"What am I, chopped liver?" Renji shouted at being ignored. Sakura "stretched and punched Renji while trying to look inconspicuous. "You little-do you get off on abusing me? Devil woman! Itai!" Naruto whistled innocently, a kage bunshin vanishing in a puff of smoke.

Kakashi looked at his students like they were crazy before shrugging it off and heading back to Tazuna's home. Naruto and Sakura took turns "abusing" the red haired vice-captain on the way (to which he protested loudly and received a badly thrown shuriken from a disoriented Sasuke). Kakashi was beginning to wonder if all his students had lost it by hitting/throwing things at empty space.

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SSD: Woot! Finally finished the first chapter!

Sakura: Wait a minute, you mean to tell me I'm still a genin?! (looks at newly de-aged self) SSD!

SSD: Its all for the story! Besides, you getting a little too close to Sasuke-teme. (Cuddles Hitsugaya) Poor Shiro-chan must feel so left out!

Hitsugaya: Don't call me Shiro-chan! And let me go, Matsumoto-clone!

SSD: (lets go) (checks boobs) By breasts aren't as big as hers! Hell, I can't even compare to Tsunade!

Renji: And what the hell is up with hitting me all the fuckin' time?

SSD: Comedic relief. Don't worry, it's only for the first chapter.

Renji: It better b-(looks at desktop) WHAT THE HELL? WHY DO YOU? HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT PICTURE?

Sakura: (wolf whistles) Forget Sasuke-kun. (Glomps Renji)

Hitsugaya: (aura flares and glares at Renji)

Sakura: Besides, I thought you like Itachi?

SSD: I do, it's just that this picture was so hot, that I couldn't pass it up. Besides, Itachi knows better than to mess with me when my hormones are in control.

Renji: (fearful) Stay away from me. And damn it, gaki, let me go!

SSD: Hey, Sakura, wanna see a better picture than this one?

Sakura: (curious, let's go of Renji and goes to SSD)

SSD: (shows picture she drew)

Sakura: (passes out from nosebleed)

Renji&Hitsugaya: What is it?

SSD: (hides picture to avoid being killed) just a little sketch I did.

Sakura: (wakes up) Hey, SSD, what did Orochimaru-teme have to say.

SSD: (evil aura) The next time I see that bastard, I will skin his scaly ass! I'M NOT TSUNADE DAMN IT!!

Everyone: Oo()

SSD: Anyway, that's it for this chapter. Please review!