A Second Chance

[chiharu_tanaka]

A Second Chance
Fandom: Bleach
Timing: AU
Pairing(s): Toushirou/Karin
Genre: Mystery/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Expected Length: 10 - 15 chapters

This is the low down:

• • Karin (10) is the tomboy like in the anime. She becomes friends with Hitsugaya (25) who teaches her to play football, eats ice cream with her. This Hitsugaya is OOC, because he’s a nice guy.
• • Hitsugaya dies while saving her from a car accident right before her eyes. Isshin brings her to his funeral, of which barely anyone attended because he was an orphan.
• • 14 years pass by, and Karin (24) is now a intern doctor at Karakura Hospital, currently in the Paediatrics rotation.
• • She has a patient by the name of Ururu (6) who is supposed to be in kindergarten but is suffering from leukaemia.
• • Karin one day meets Hitsugaya and Rangiku patrolling the area. She chases after him and whatnot, later confronts him and asks him if he remembers her, and he claims he doesn’t.
• • Ururu’s story is that her mother is dead, and made her a doll of which she treasured but was stolen by the class bully (Yachiru). Her father rarely visits her because he has another family now (she got sick post-divorce). So the mysterious dude (Gin) asks her if she’s willing to exchange a human life in order to gain her own life. She agrees, and the school bully is the exchange. The next day she miraculously recovered, considering she was on the bone marrow transplant list. The paediatrician, Unohana-sensei is amazed at this. Karin talks to Ururu, who tells her about the ‘silver-haired onii-chan’ who gave her life and doll back. Karin suspects Hitsugaya.
• • Meanwhile, the school bully is rushed to the hospital for an exacerbation of asthma, or possibly spiking fever with pneumonia. She dies before being saved, and was sent to autopsy. Parents cry, and the doll she brought with her was taken by Gin to give to Ururu.
• • Rukia (28), who is the coroner (think CSI’s Doc Robbins) confirms the autopsy report and it turns out that she died from a rare type of pneumonia. Rukia says it’s a bit strange how she suddenly died when she was previously so healthy. Karin remembers her name, of which Ururu speaks of. Her suspicions grow.
• • Basically the story revolves around the people Karin know (not directly), and how despite circumstances that would usually leave them dead, they live; and someone else who is innocent dies instead. Behind this is Aizen and his crew, and their aim is to create a ring of seven people (the Contractors) who know each other through an intermediate person (the Victims) to exchange deaths for life through the seven deadly sins, allowing some portal to the demon world/Hell to open in Karakura.
• • The role of Hitsugaya and his crew are that they’re Shinigamis (not the Bleach kind), and they’re more modern. If you watch the anime Yami no Matsuei, you’ll understand. Karin just somehow gets involved in all of this.

Here is the cast, in no particular order (because this is a particularly large project):

Karakura Town/Hospital people:

• • Kurosaki Karin (24) - a junior medical officer in Karakura Hospital, currently in the Paediatrics rotation
• • Kurosaki Yuzu (24) - Karin’s younger twin, working as...not sure yet
• • Kurosaki Isshin (50+) - Karin and Yuzu’s father, a GP with his own clinic in their neighbourhood
• • Kurosaki Ichigo (29) - Up to you to determine his character.
• • Kuchiki Rukia (28) - a coroner working in Karakura Hospital. Karin’s senior in university.
• • Ishida Uryuu (29) - The son of the hospital director, and a doctor himself. Probably a specialist or something, not sure which field yet.
• • Inoue Orihime (27) - A nurse (staff nurse?) working in Karakura Hospital. Good friends with Rukia and Karin.
• • Unohana Retsu (40+) - A paediatrician
• • Abarai Renji (28) - Rukia’s childhood friend, and a detective working on the mysterious murders.
• • Kuchiki Byakuya (30+) - Rukia’s elder brother

The Contractors:

• • Ururu (6) - A child with end-stage leukaemia, and the first contractor. She exchanged Yachiru’s life for her own. [Greed]
• • Kenpachi (40+) - exchanged Hanatarou’s life for his own when he was at the brink of death. Knows Yachiru as she was his adopted daughter. [Avarice]
• • Shiba Ganju (30) - exchanged the OC’s life on his murdered brother’s behalf, and for his sister Kuukaku’s life. [Fury]
• • Kira Izuru (28) - exchanged Hinamori’s life for his own [Pride]
• • Nemu (24) - exchanged Mayuri’s life for her own. Hinamori is her senior. [Hate]
• • Ishida Uryuu (29) - Exchanged OC 2’s life for Orihime’s sake. [Lust]
• • Soi Fon (25) - Exchanged Urahara’s life for Yoruichi’s sake. [Envy]

The Victims:

• • Kusajishi Yachiru (6) - The school bully, and the first victim. Died of fever and stuff. Killed for being a meanie.
• • Hanatarou - A medical attendant at Karakura Hosp. Died from poison.
• • OC (yet to be named) - A human version of the fisher Hollow. Had also murdered Kira’s friend, Hiisagi Shuuhei. Murdered by someone else. Killed because he’s a murderer.
• • Hinamori Momo (27) - Rukia, Renji and Kira’s friend. Died by car accident. Killed because she cheated/broke up/disappointed Kira.
• • Mayuri (40/50) - A professor, used to be Ishida’s teacher (of whom he disliked). Died of a heart attack. Killed because he abuses his daughter.
• • OC 2 (yet to be named) - Maybe an OC, maybe Soi Fon’s fukutaichou.
• • Urahara Kisuke (late 30s) - A shopkeeper, Ururu’s uncle. Killed because Yoruichi likes him (of which Soi Fon is jealous of).

The Shinigami:

• • Hitsugaya Toushirou (forever 25) - killed in a car accident. Now captain of the Karakura sect.
• • Matsumoto Rangiku (forever 29) - killed by an accident. Vice-captain of the Karakura sect.
• • Ayasegawa Yumichika (forever 25) - killed by suicide. Member of the Karakura sect.
• • Madarame Ikkaku (forever 27) - killed by a gang fight. Member of the Karakura sect.
• • Ukitake Juushirou (forever 35) - killed by TB. Chief of the (what’s the main island of Japan...Kyushu?) district.
• • Yamamoto Shigekuni Genryusai (forever...60?) - killed by old age. Head of the Shinigami.

The Bad Guys:

• • Aizen Sousuke (forever 30) - killed by...possibly WWII. The leader of this uh...thing.
• • Ichimaru Gin (forever 29) - killed by an accident. The Shinigami who defected and joined Aizen.
• • Tousen Kaname (forever 31) - killed by another war. Aizen’s loyal uh...guy.