Konichiwa, minna! Hello! It is my first time her at and I love it already. I am a huge HitsuKarin fan and I wrote a fanfiction for them. I have never written before but, ^.^ I hope you like it and have a nice day!

Cahter One: Meeting Karin

"I am so happy! Shiro-chan! I got accepted into the Soul Reaper Academy!" Hinamori gushed for the second time that morning. She giggled as she rushed around the room brushing her hair into her signature bun, brushing her teeth AND trying to put on her uniform all at the same time.

"Yeah, yeah." Toshiro said from underneath the blankets.

"I'll be sure to send tons and tons of letters okay? You have to write back too!" Hinamori said, rushing to make her bed and putting on her shoes.

"Hmm? Okay." Toshiro yawned sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Momo finally caught on to his voice.

"Geez, you at least try to sound excited for me." She pouted, but ended smiling all the same. She ruffled Toshiro's hair and went to eat breakfast. Toshiro sighed and got out of bed too.

"Momo-chan! You looked gorgeous!" Baa-chan said as she put down breakfast. Hinamori beamed and hugged her.

"Thank you, Baa-chan!" She said, helping her set the dishes.

"Where's Shiro-chan?" Baa-chan asked worriedly. Momo giggled.

"You know him, trying to cram in as much sleep as he can." Baa-chan relaxed into a smile. Just then, Toshiro came into the room, with his signature frown on.

"Shiro-chan! Good morning." Baa-chan greeted him as he sat down to eat. She smiled at him.

"Morning." He said, with his mouth full. Momo sighed and so did Baa-chan. They knew better than to waste their breath reprimanding him about his manners. As soon as they finished eating, Momo was off.

"Good bye, Baa-chan! Good bye, Shiro-chan!" She said, bowing low.

"Stop calling me that!" Toshiro grumbled but Momo only smiled.

"I'll stop calling you that when you enter the academy." She said, already disappearing into the distance. Toshiro watched her go and sighed.

"Baa-chan? I'm going for a walk."

-Later-

Where am I? Toshiro thought, he had been thinking so hard that he didn't even notice where he was walking. All that surrounded him were rocks and ruins of what used to be huts or houses even.

"Oi, Shorty." He heard someone say. He spun around and saw a girl. She was short, with short black hair and dark gray eyes.

"Are you talking to me?" The girl snorted. She was wearing nothing but an old tattered brown kimono.

"Yeah, who else?" She said. She glared at him. "What're you doing here? It's dangerous for a weakling like you."

"Then what are you doing here?" Toshiro replied with as much venom as he could. The girl's eyes hardened even more.

"I live here, Shorty." She grumbled, pointed to a poorly made hut. Toshiro raised an eyebrow.

"What District is this?" He asked, looking around. The girl stared at him incredulously.

"You are really dumb aren't you?" She said, laughing to herself. Toshiro scowled and glared at her. "This is District 80." She said, stretching her arm out in grandeur. Toshiro gave her a weird look.

"Wasn't it-? Didn't it-?" He stuttered. The girl gave him a look at told him to shut up.

"Yes." She said with bitterness in her voice. "Hollows came and attacked us." Toshiro looked at her but judging from her expression, it was more than hollows.

"What else?" He asked quietly. She looked toward the ruins of her home. A faraway look was in her eyes, like she had lived through so much pain.

"Shinigami." She said. Toshiro gawked at all the damage District 80 has received. There was barely anything left. He was lucky to actually have a home to live in.

"What's your name?" He asked. The girl looked at him suspiciously.

"Karin." She said. "What's your name?" She held out a hand for a handshake.

"Toshiro, Toshiro Hitsugaya." He said, shaking her hand. Karin gave him a tiny smile but then immediately went back to being neutral.

-Some Bit Later-

"Karin?" Toshiro said.

"What?"

"Do you hate the shinigami who did that to your District? I mean, District 80 was a hard place to live in, did you even have comrades?" Karin's eyes narrowed at the first question but then softened at the word 'comrades'.

"District 80 is a hard place to live in but I had all I ever needed." She said with a soft look in her eyes. "Sure people kneeled over everyday but…I had friends, yes." She smiled at her thoughts but as she turned to the other question she darkened. "…I do hate the shinigami but...my mother and father were shinigami, so I really don't hate them. Then again-" She said standing up. "I will not lose someone else to them." She brushed off the dust on her clothes and held out a hand to Toshiro. "Let's go, I'm gonna go find myself a home." Toshiro stood up and brushed off the dirt on his clothes too.

"Where do you plan to go?" He asked, crossing his arms. Karin thought for a while.

"Any place is fine as long as they got some fight it them!" She said laughing as she dragged Toshiro away.