Ch.2

-Previously-

"Ready?"

"I'm about to be born ready."

With a smile, Angel brought his thumb to his middle finger.

*Snap

And just like that, Toshiro Kazehara was reborn as Toshiro Kurosaki.

-Recap End-

"Hey!!!"

Ichigo yelled as he shook Toshiro. Blinking, he turned to the orange-haired teen with a straight face.

"Hmm, did you say something?"

Left eye twitching in annoyance, Ichigo asked again.

"What was the power you used 'that' day?"

"I'm not sure."

'I'm not sure that I should tell you yet.'

Toshiro said, then thought right after.

"I'm just glad mom didn't pay for my mistake."

Ichigo said before looking forward again.

'I can understand where he's coming from.'

Toshiro thought while glancing at his back.

"It's not your fault. Some things are out of our control."

"You sound like you're speaking from experience."

Ichigo said with raised eyebrows while looking over his shoulder.

"I'm the wise older brother."

Toshiro replied cooly while rubbing his nonexistent goatee.

Rolling his eyes, Ichigo turned his head and kept moving leisurely.

Smiling, Toshiro once again let his mind wander

-Flashback (Mc age: 10)-

Along the riverside on a rainy day, Misaki and her two boys. Toshiro and Ichigo were walking after picking them up from martial arts class.

Masaki is a beautiful woman of average height, fair skin, snow-white hair, and turquoise-colored eyes.

Standing to her right is her oldest, Toshiro. Toshiro is a mature boy that helps his mother with everything around the house. His appearance is like his mother's. White hair and turquoise eyes, his cute appearance always gets his face pinched, much to Masaki's amusement and Toshiro's annoyance.

To her left is the younger twin, Ichigo. Ichigo is a playful and happy boy who idolizes his older brother, even if he won't admit it. He was a bit of a crybaby, but he grew out of it. Like his late grandfather on his mother's side, Ichigo has orange hair and brown eyes with fair skin like his mother and brother.

"Mom, look!!"

Ichigo exclaimed while tugging on his mom's raincoat.

Glancing in the direction Ichigo was pointing, Masaki looked on in confusion at the empty spot before her eyes widened in realization.

'A hollow.'

Before she could stop him, Ichigo was already halfway to the river.

Worry clouded her thoughts as she attempted to save her son, but out of the corner of her eye, a white blur shot past her in a mad dash.

'Toshiro? But how?'

Unbeknownst to her, neither did Toshiro.

Adrenaline was pumping through his veins, and his heart raced. As he got within ten feet, his perception slowed, and the environment around him began to freeze.

"Say my name, and I shall help you."

A deep voice spoke, but Toshiro didn't hear it

"Do you want to watch him die?! Say my name to save him!!"

The voice roared

Managing to hear the voice, Toshiro raised his hands and gripped the air, As his eyes began to radiate with power.

"Hyourinmaru!"

As he screamed to the heaves, a sword materialized in his hands, and with a chopping kendo stance, he brought it down with all his might.

Fear, that's what gripped Ichigo's heart as he realized the girl was nothing but a lure. As the monster's claws neared, Ichigo closed his eyes and waited for the end.

"Rooaarr."

"Agghhgghh."

Flenching at the roar, Ichigo opened his eyes in confusion at the pained scream to see the end of a tail made of ice. Following the tail, his eyes widened at the ice dragon with the monster frozen in its jaws as it ascended into the clouds before coming back down, and slamming into the river, freezing it instantly.

"Are you alright!?!"

Masaki asked while examining him

Not hearing his mother's question, Ichigo stared at the river.

"Mom, what happened?"

"Your brother saved you."

Masaki said while smiling over at the sleeping Toshiro.

"Is he alright?"

Ichigo asked worriedly

"Yes, but he's exhausted. He put everything he had into that."

Masaki replied soothingly while rubbing his back.

"Why is it so cold?"

Ichigo asked, but widened at what he was seeing.

"Snow."

Masaki muttered as she caught a snowflake in her hand.

"Oh, my, snow at this time of year."

Said a masculine voice from behind them

Recognizing the voice, Masaki turned and greeted the man with a smile.

"Hello, Kisuke, long time no see."

"Hey, Masaki, glad to see that you and your boys are safe."

Nodding her thanks, Masaki glanced at her oldest son

"It's all thanks to Toshiro."

She said as Kisuke walked to the river and looked down.

"What is it?"

Masaki asked worriedly

Turning, Kisuke gave an amused smile and covered his mouth with a fan.

"Do you think he killed a normal hollow?"

"Yes."

Masaki replied, but she wasn't confident in her answer.

Shaking his head, Kisuke gazed at the sword at Toshiro's side.

"That attack could have hurt a weaker captain and severely injured or killed a lieutenant."

He paused to let that sink in before continuing.

"He killed one of the most wanted hollows, Grand Fisher."

Masaki sat there in shock as Ichigo had a confused look on his face.

-2 hours later-

*Meow

"Hehehe."

The laugh of a child could be heard in a room as four adults were talking outside. Kisuke, Isshin, Masaki, and Tessai.

Hearing the laughing, they stopped talking and quietly slid the door open. Inside was a sleeping white-haired kid that would occasionally giggle as a black cat tickled his neck with its tail."

Smiling, Kisuke brought out a camera from seemingly nowhere and snapped a picture that caught the cat's attention, but it paid dearly for taking its eyes off the boy as he unconsciously grabbed the tail in a death grip.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

Unlike a normal cat, this one didn't screech but screamed with the voice of a man.

Startled by the scream, Toshiro shot up with a cat dangling on his right hand

"Hey, can you let me go?"

Looking down, Toshiro simply nodded and sat the cat down.

"Do you not find a talking cat shocking?"

Kisuke asked with clear amusement.

"I summoned a giant ice dragon, killed a monster, and talked to a voice in my head that Is named Hyorinmaru which is the ice dragon. So, no, a talking cat doesn't shock me."

Toshiro said with a deadpan

Not minding the kid's sarcasm, Kisuke chuckled.

"You changed the weather too."

Kisuke exclaimed loudly like a game show host.

"Yeah, it would be silly to get shocked at a talking cat after all of that."

Toshiro said after chuckling at Kisuke's performance.

In the corner, said talking cat was rubbing circles on the floor with a depressed look.

'Am I not good enough anymore?'

The cat thought to itself.

After socializing for a bit, the Kurosaki's decided to go home and rest.

"Goodbye, everyone"

Masaki waved before grabbing Ichigo's hand.

"Shiro!!"

Kisuke called out while tossing a black box to Toshiro.

Turning, Toshiro grabbed the black box and opened it.

'My necklace.'

Toshiro thought with widened eyes before placing it on his neck.

Smiling, Toshiro thanked him.

"If you want to learn how to use your powers, stop by sometime."

Kisuke offered before waving and walking back into his shop.

-Chapter End-

Yay, Toshiro got his necklace back.

Here is what Angle added to the necklace

1. Allows Toshiro to store his real body inside the necklace when he uses his shinigami form.

2. It's unbreakable, even for something like Hakai.

This was added so he wouldn't worry about his body during a fight.

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this necklace is the object he uses for full bring and soul reaper transformation.