Note: Alright, so, this is my first Bleach fanfic… And lookie here, it's a Tsubasa crossover. Enjoy, and please review! If you review, I might just get the next chapter up faster. ;D -hinthint-

Summary: BleachxTsubasa crossover. Two dense, hot-tempered males, with the two that love them dearly. But the temperamental ones can't seem understand. It's up to Fai and Ichigo to help one another get the ones they love to see it. IchiHitsu, KuroFai.

Warnings: Somewhat angsty, in certain parts. Yaoi, fluff. Don't like, please don't read. ALSO. Hitsugaya is probably a bit out of character in this story, hopefully only in chapter one. xD; I couldn't help it, I had to make him react like that... Anyways, that's yer warning, thanks to mimic for pointing it out to me~ 8D;

Pairings: IchiHitsu, KuroFai.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Tsubasa.

A zanpakuto hurtled through the air, striking the Hollow on its mask and slicing it clean in half. Said creature gave a wailing howl, before its soul dissipated into the air without a trace. More of the Hollows moved in, surrounding the pair of shinigami. The shorter one had a clearly angered gleam in his teal eyes, his spiked hair swaying slightly as he lunged forward, Hyourinmaru's blade stabbing clean through the chest of an advancing Hollow.

"Careful, Toushirou!" A concerned voice called over the wailing mass, causing a twitch in the other boy's eyebrow.

"It's Hitsugaya-taichou!" He replied automatically, before landing and spinning gracefully to glower at the orange-haired substitute shinigami.

"Calm down, Toushirou – this isn't the best place to get mad." Ichigo shrugged his shoulders briefly, before spinning on his heel and swinging Zangetsu in a horizontal slice, cutting off one of the spider-like Hollow's legs. It gave a loud screech before striking him in the side with a flailing leg, sending him crashing into one of the many trees outlining the Rukongai in Soul Society.

"Watch it, Kurosaki! You need to keep an eye out for the multi-legged Hollows, bakayaro!" Hitsugaya shouted, leaping backwards to avoid the oncoming attack from one of the many bleeding Hollows.

Ichigo stumbled back to his feet, a grimace crossing his face for a few moments as he began to wipe away the blood running from a wound to his forehead, where he had struck the tree.

"Thanks for the warning, Toushirou." He grumbled under his breath. "I love your timing."

"I know you do." Hitsugaya snapped, wincing as a Hollow's sharp claw ripped open a bleeding wound in his stomach, spattering the ground in front of him with the crimson liquid.

Just as Ichigo was about to come back with an angry retort, the sky began to swirl eerily. All beings in the area – which were just Hollows and two shinigamis – turned to stare in shock at the tear-shaped piece of sky that was descending towards the blood-slicked ground. As it touched the ground, without warning, it burst open to reveal four humans and a rabbit-like… Thing.

"Puu~ We've arrived!" The 'Thing' spoke cheerily, causing Ichigo's eyes to bulge out of his head.

"Wai… I wonder where we are now. Don't you, Kuro-daddy?" The blonde stretched his arms and placed his hands behind his head, grinning at the black-haired man. His one azure and one golden eye shimmered in the pale light of the sunrise.

"No, and I don't care." The black-cloaked man responded in a gruff voice, crossing his arms outside of his cloak and glaring daggers at the blonde, his crimson eyes burning with irritation.

"You alright, hime?" The brunette boy smiled briefly, gazing at the final human member of their group, who was facing the two shinigami.

"Of course, Syaoran-k-" The princess began, before her jade-green eyes widened in shock and she let out a shriek.

"A-Ah! What are those things?!" She latched onto Syaoran as Fai and Kurogane spun to face the group of Hollows.

"… I think they're ghosts, Sakura-chan." The blonde murmured, his voice suddenly serious.

"I would be asking why we can see them, but it must have something to do with the area we're in. Or the beings we're around. Or maybe… It's because we all have some sort of magic within us that allows us to see this." The man continued, gaining an annoyed glower from the red-eyed man.

"Yeah yeah, enough with the explanation. All I know is that these things are ugly-looking, and probably need to be destroyed." With a fluent motion, the taller man drew his blade from its sheath and raced forward, swinging it at the nearest Hollow.

"Be careful, Kurogane-san!" Sakura cried out, her green eyes glittering with worry.

"He's going to be fine, Sakura-chan."

"But Fai-san… Syaoran-kun…" The girl frowned slightly, before Ginryuu easily decapitated the Hollow's head.

Kurogane continued to move forward, plowing through the ranks of Hollows with a sort of practiced ease. His blade was not killing them, but leaving them wounded enough not to follow him. Suddenly, however, an Arrancar hurtled through the mass of undead creatures, and struck him in the chest with the hilt of its zanpakuto.

The ninja went flying back, barreling into Ichigo and sending the both of them backwards onto the ground.

"Kurosaki! You alright?" Fai heard the rough, weary voice before locating its owner, and was surprised to see a small boy with white hair dressed in a shihakshou with brown sandals, and a white haori covering his shoulders and back. Hardened teal eyes stared out from their sockets, which were wide at the sight of Ichigo breathing harshly, pulling himself into a sitting position.

"I'm fine, Toushirou!"

"It's Hitsugaya-taichou!" Came the automatic response.

"When will you stop trying to correct me?" The orange-haired boy stared irritably at the white-haired captain, who growled from deep in his throat.

"When you call me by my correct title, bakayaro." Hitsugaya replied coldly, before turning to the Arrancar.

"Are you finished?" It sang, the mask covering half of its face moving with its mouth.

"Yes. And now you are, too." The white-haired boy responded darkly, before raising his zanpakuto slightly.

"Bankai."

The group of foreigners all stared in open astonishment at the power that the small captain was displaying – it was as if they could feel his spiritual power flooding them and pressing them to the ground.

"Daiguren Hyourinmaru." Ice wings had sprouted from Hitsugaya's back, along with a tail. A dragon-like ice hand covered his left limb, and there were three 'flowers' behind him, with four petals each.

Hitsugaya's form flickered momentarily, before vanishing altogether. He reappeared behind the Arrancar, and swiftly stabbed Hyourinmaru through its abdomen.

"The girl may not want to watch." Fai's eyes widened, and he lunged forward, covering Sakura's jade-green eyes with his pale hands… Just in time for the Tenth Division captain to let out a yell and bring the sharpened blade up through the body of the Arrancar, shredding it almost clean in half.

The frightened look was still plastered on each half of the creature's face as it fell, striking the ground with a low thud. A blast of icy reiatsu shot out in every direction, freezing the few remaining Hollows as a petal shattered on the 'Bankai'. The icy captain spun around, slicing Hyourinmaru through the Hollows, cutting them clean in half and watching in satisfaction as their forms vanished slowly.

Fai gently removed his hands from Sakura's eyes, and she let out an involuntary gasp as the white-haired captain's Bankai faded away at command, and Hyourinmaru was strapped once again to his back.

"Oi, Toushirou!" Hitsugaya's teal eyes moved in their sockets to glare balefully at the orange-haired teenager, who had a growing smirk on his face.

"You did pretty good there, for a midget." He chuckled in a clearly delighted tone, before his ochre eyes widened in bewilderment and pain. Hitsugaya's knee had shot up, colliding with a very painful and sensitive area.

A scream ripped its way from his throat, and he fell to the ground before curling up in a fetal position, whimpering as tears sprung to his eyes. Hitsugaya lowered his knee back to the ground, the corner of his lip curling cynically at the boy's pain.

"W-Why… Toushirou?"

"You're an idiot. And it's Hitsugaya-taichou!" The captain barked angrily, kicking the boy in the abdomen.

"You're so worthless sometimes." He added after a moment, narrowing his cerulean eyes before turning his attention to the group that had reunited, and was staring at him blankly.

"W-Who are you? No… What are you? And where are we? And what were those?!" Sakura yelped when she felt the boy's cold gaze fall upon her. It hardened even further at her words, and he crossed his arms over his chest in a clear show of annoyance.

"I should be the one asking questions here – what business do you people have in Soul Society? You're clearly not dead, if you don't know where you are. Therefore, you're still alive, and since you did not arrive through the Senkaimon, you're not Shinigami in a gigai..." The boy muttered, slightly to himself, closing his eyes for a moment. He unwound his arms from their position and rubbed his temples wearily, feeling the beginnings of a headache coming on.

When his eyes reopened, he blinked in shock at the sight of the blonde's face hovering mere centimeters away from his own.

"Do you not know the meaning of personal space?!" Hitsugaya could not help the words that escaped his mouth.

"You're just as bad as Kurosaki!"

"Oi! I resent that!" Said teenager appeared swiftly beside the other shinigami, still flinching somewhat at the pain.

"I'm speaking the truth, bakayaro!"

"You bastard!" Ichigo yelped as Hitsugaya's petite fist buried itself in his abdomen, doubling him over in a coughing fit.

Fai laughed delightedly, clapping his pale hands in front of his chest rapidly.

"You're so cute!"

Hitsugaya stared at him in shocked silence, before his right eye began to twitch.

"I'm… Cute…?"

"Taichou's this way! Come on – there was a lot of Hollows! I felt him unleash his Bankai, which means an Arrancar was probably there!" A strawberry-blonde woman shunpoed towards the sight of the attack, when a blast of the frosty reiatsu met her head-on.

"There must be something unnerving Taichou, for him to be releasing his reiatsu like this! Hurry, Renji, Rukia!" She called back to the two following her – a black-haired girl with determined violet eyes, and a red-haired man with tattoos for eyebrows and a white bandana circling his forehead.

"Hai, Rangiku-san!" Was the joint reply.

"You're so cute!" The three shinigami stopped at the entrance to the small clearing, and the strawberry-blonde's eyes almost bulged out of her head.

Her captain stood staring at the blonde in front of him, fury pasted clearly on his child-like features.

"I'm… Cute…?" His voice was cold and deadly, edged with the ice of which he used to attack the Hollows.

Sakura and Syaoran sweat dropped, their eyes wide with fearful anticipation towards the boy's reaction. Ichigo let loose a couple snickers before he forced himself to quiet down, his brown gaze sweeping over the three humans behind the blonde man.

Finally, the 'calm before the storm' ended.

"… I don't care if you're a foreigner! I wouldn't even care if you were a captain! I am not cute!" Hitsugaya roared, lunging forward, his hands outstretched for Fai's throat. The blonde drew back in surprise, not having expected such a strong reaction. The shinigami's flaring reiatsu was pressing down on him again, slowing his movements to a sluggish pace.

Before Hitsugaya's hands could encircle Fai's neck, however, a pair of tanned arms encircled his waist and pulled him back against a warm chest. The captain struggled futilely, his teal eyes bright with rage and pain as the tanned arms pressed slightly against his bleeding wound.

"Let me go! I'm going to kill him!" Hitsugaya howled, which only caused the arms to tighten around him.

"No, I'm not going to let you go, Toushirou." Ichigo replied sternly, glowering at the back of the boy's head.

"If you would care to sit down, strangers, we have some questions for you."

"Eheh… And I'm sure you would like some answers, too." Ichigo's head snapped around to stare at the three shinigamis – who, at the moment, were finally failing to hold back their bouts of laughter.

"Taichou is cute, Blonde-san, but he'll never let anyone call him that without beating them up!" Matsumoto laughed joyously.

"But see – Kurosaki can handle our little Taichou so well."

"Matsumoto…" A warning voice ground out from between clenched teeth, as Hitsugaya finally went limp in Ichigo's arms.

"Yes, Taichou?" The woman replied in a sweet voice, her smile widening ever-so-slightly.

"… You are doing all of your paperwork. Tonight. No drinking, no breaks. Nothing." Matsumoto's eyes widened, and she let out a sobbing noise.

"No! Taichou, you're so cruel!"

"Good. Now, Kurosaki – as you can see, I'm calm now. So you can let me go." Ichigo glanced down at the boy in his arms, and pondered the thought for a brief moment.

"Hm… No."

"And why not?!"

"Because you seem sad, and angry. And I don't trust you." Came Ichigo's patient response, bringing yet another growl from the smaller shinigami.

"He's just like you, Kuro-sama! He growls!" Fai giggled happily, hearing a mirrored snarl come from behind him.

"Shut up, stupid mage!" Kurogane snapped viciously, his hand flying up and striking Fai in the back of the head. At least, attempting to hit him. The blonde bounced forward, laughter still flowing from his mouth.

"Ah-ah-ah, bad doggy. You're not supposed to hit me." He chided brightly.

"Come now – let us sit, and we will answer your questions." Rukia gasped out, shaking her head and sighing – her laughing fit had ended before the other two shinigami had stopped laughing. Following her own advice, she made her way up beside Ichigo and lowered herself onto the ground, crossing her legs and placing her hands on her knees.

Renji and Matsumoto wiped tears of mirth from their eyes, and followed Rukia's example, seating themselves beside the black-haired shinigami. Ichigo slid into a cross-legged position as well, seating Hitsugaya comfortably in his lap with his arms tightly wound around the taichou's abdomen.

"I demand that you release me this instant, Kurosaki!" Hitsugaya hissed from between clenched teeth as pain erupted once more in his stomach, beginning to struggle again. The group in front of them all took seated positions on the ground as well, and watched the white-haired boy warily.

"Sorry, Toushirou. Gonna have to decline your 'demand'." Ichigo snickered, before his chocolate-coloured gaze rose up to stare at the black-haired man.

"You two got off on the wrong foot!" Fai sang, before raising a hand to his chest.

"I'll introduce myself. My name is Fai D. Fluorite! This is Syaoran-kun, Sakura-chan, Mokona, and Kuro-"

"It's Kurogane, baka!" The crimson-eyed man interrupted angrily, glaring at the magician.

"Uh… Fai-san? Who is 'Mokona'?" Rukia ventured tentatively, blinking her large eyes in confusion.

The white creature in question popped up from behind Fai, flying through the air and landing in an astonished Rukia's lap.

"Hi! I'm Mokona Modoki!" It sang gleefully, waving its stubby paws around.

"It's… It's so weird…" Renji murmured, his eyes wide as he stared at Mokona.

"What is it?"

"Mokona is Mokona! Mokona is everyone's idol!" It pouted, before it was lifted into the air by a pair of hands.

"Wai! It's so cute!" Matsumoto cried out, grinning widely as she held the white creature out in front of her. Her childish cry was echoed by Mokona with glee, which bounced out of her grasp and tackled her neck, clinging tightly to it.

"Ah, we haven't yet introduced ourselves. My name is Kuchiki Rukia. This is Abarai Renji, Matsumoto Rangiku, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Hitsugaya-taichou. You've already heard what Ichigo calls him." Rukia bowed her head politely, as the shinigamis raised their hands when they were introduced.

Well, almost all of the shinigamis raised their hands. Somehow, Ichigo had managed to pin Hitsugaya's arms to his sides, and the white-haired taichou was fuming considerably.

"So… What's a taichou in this place?"

"Where are we?"

"What are you?" The three questions rang out at once, asked by the blonde, the princess, and the boy. Kurogane rolled his eyes, clearly not wishing to take part in this 'interrogation'.

"We'll answer one question at a time, starting with the easiest." Rukia spoke up after a few moments of awkward silence.

"You are in Soul Society. We are 'shinigami'. Also known as 'Soul Reapers'. We have zanpakutos, as you have seen – it is what Hitsugaya-taichou and Ichigo were using to fight the Hollows." At Fai's questioning gaze, Matsumoto took over.

"A Hollow is a soul that, for some reason, was not admitted into Soul Society. They turn into monsters, and turn on their own living family, and afterwards attack people at random, if they have even a speck of spiritual power, also known as reiatsu. They will also attack spirits that haven't passed on yet, and could easily be in danger of going through the process of 'Hollowfication'." The busty woman explained calmly, Mokona perched on her shoulder like a parrot.

"Anyways," Rukia began after clearing her throat. "Our zanpakutos have names. They are able to be released, and you can even achieve something called 'Bankai' after many years. Or a certain training regiment, as with what happened with Ichigo."

"We saw a Bankai – the little cutey over there gained some icy attributes." Fai stated pleasantly, gaining a satisfying snarl from the shinigami in question.

"Yes, that was Hitsugaya-taichou's Bankai of his released zanpakuto. The name of his is Hyourinmaru, an ice dragon." Rukia explained.

"Hitsugaya-taichou is the Juuban tai taichou, in the Gotei 13. There are thirteen squads of shinigami in Soul Society who can travel to the material world to destroy Hollows that threaten anyone or anything. The taichous of those divisions are considered the strongest shinigami in Soul Society. They are able to take on Espada and survive, but that is a conversation for another time."

"Wait." A rough voice intercepted Rukia's upcoming statement, and she turned her gaze onto the black-cloaked ninja.

"So… You're telling me that this shrimp is among the strongest shinigami in this place?" Kurogane scorned, his red eyes focusing cynically on the white-haired boy in Ichigo's grasp, who was getting colder every moment. The orange-haired boy had begun to shiver, unbeknownst to himself.

"That's pretty sad, if you're hiring kids to do a man's job." The temperature around them all dropped to a freezing temperature, and Kurogane's eyes widened.

"I am not a kid, bakayaro!" Hitsugaya shouted. "I'm decades older than you!"

"How can you be older than Kurogane-san, Hitsugaya-kun?" Sakura prodded softly, her jade-green eyes wide with fear. Her body continued to shiver wildly, even though she was wrapped in her warm cloak.

"Because all shinigami are dead. We have been dead for many years – or at least, most of us are." Fai's eyes widened.

"I was wondering! You were saying you all vanquish the evil Hollows, but you seem a lot stronger than normal humans in other worlds."

"I'm actually not dead, though. I'm a 'substitute shinigami', one that was turned into a shinigami to save myself and the other shinigami. Actually, it was Rukia here that ended up transferring her powers over to me-"

"Unintentionally transferring all of them, I might add." Rukia muttered irritably, her eyes darkening.

"And I became a shinigami, with a real body. I can leave my real body either without a soul, or put in a 'mod soul' to make sure I still look alive." Ichigo finished, with a pointed glare in Rukia's direction at her clear interruption.

"Shinigamis and Hollows cannot be seen by normal humans. They can only be seen by people with a high concentration of spiritual power. In order for a shinigami to exist in the material world, seen by all, they will have to gain a 'gigai', a false body with all of the necessary organs and such."

"Why don't you come with us? We're going to go to the material world, there are some Hollow alerts, and a few Arrancars have appeared as well."

"You're coming too, right, Taichou?" Matsumoto glanced down at her still-struggling captain, and the temperature rose a bit.

"No."

"Come on, Toushirou!"

"You're not helping them any, Kurosaki!"

"Taichou, please come with us! If there's an Espada…"

"… Fine. I'll come. But Matsumoto, you're coming back here after a few hours – you have a lot of paperwork to finish." A small smirk curled Hitsugaya's lip in cynicism, causing Matsumoto to blanch considerably.

"B-But Taichou… Be reasonable!" She whined pitifully, but the tendo just shook his head.

"No. There will be no reasoning here. You are going to do your paperwork tonight, whether you want to or not."

Fai couldn't help the small laugh that escaped his lips at the pouting fukutaichou.

"Come on, we'll head back now, and set out for Karakura Town."

"I really want to get back into my body!" Ichigo laughed, but it turned into a gasp as a bony elbow smashed into the flesh in between his rib cage, driving the breath from his lungs in a painful expulsion. His arms released the white-haired boy, who leaped away at the appearance of an exit.

"Baka Kurosaki! You should have just let me go beforehand, and then you wouldn't have a bruised rib!" Hitsugaya crossed his arms over his chest, flinching as crimson liquid pooled beneath him before setting off into the forest.

Renji, Matsumoto and Rukia all jumped to their feet and followed after the raging, injured Juuban tai taichou. Mokona held on even tighter to Matsumoto's shoulder as the woman made her way after the taichou. Ichigo cast the group a helpless glance, before sighing.

"Come on, follow us. You'll need to follow us to get to Seireitei to get through the gate." The orange-haired boy's shoulders slumped and he hurried to catch up with his fellow shinigami.

Kurogane and Fai exchanged uneasy glances, before shrugging their own shoulders and racing after Ichigo, with Sakura and Syaoran trailing right behind them.

These people were certainly odd, compared to the others they had met...

It was going to be an interesting day, they decided unanimously.

A very interesting day indeed.