Chapter 1:

This is the story of two boys with incredible power. Join Toshiro Hitsugaya and Ash Kita as they face challenges, happiness and possible romance. Mostly AU.

FYI: This Hitsugaya is loosely based off the one from Change one Side, Change the Story except the power scaling is a little different.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo.

-One hundred and thirty years before Aizen's betrayal-

In the forest of the Rukongai, just a hundred yards away from the village of Junrinan, a young white haired child, about nine or ten in age, about four foot in height stood under a tree with his head down as if in shame. He was standing a few yards away from his home for he lived alone, which was a normal looking Japanese house. It only being lit by the full moon and the millions of stars above. Though the child had an emotionless expression, the look in his eye made it clear he hated being alone.

He began looking around suspiciously, as if someone was watching him. When he convinced himself that no one was around, he simply closed his eyes and tilted his head down.

As he breathed in the warm summer air he opened his eyes and gazed at the clear sky, when he let his breath out, it was in a visible puff. But instead of drifting upwards, like a normal breath would, it drifted downwards a froze the ground on contact. The grass under his feet turned ridged and cold. The white haired child just sighed and froze the ground further.

"Toshiro….." a voice spoke in his mind as he stopped paying attention to his surroundings.

But he was snapped back to reality when he heard a sound coming from his house. He turned sharply towards the sound and narrowed his eyes further than they already were. What he saw was a child around his age with black hair and deep ruby eyes that seemed to reflect light, sitting in the corner with a blank expression on his face. But as the boy noticed Toshiro staring at him he seemed to get more nervous.

A few moments later after they just stared at each other the boy walked up to Toshiro and said " Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't realize anyone lived here."

'He isn't afraid of me?' Toshiro thought.

"Well anyway my name is Ash Kita." The boy said with a light smile.

"Toshiro Hitsugaya." He said after a brief moment of thought. "Why are you here?" . 'He really isn't scared of me.'

"Oh yeah….. I was looking for a place to hide."

Toshiro noticed the boys immediate change in demeanor. His eyes widened slightly from hearing that. "….. you were looking for a place to hide? From what?"

"….the villagers." Toshiro looked at the boy with sympathy in his eyes. 'So it doesn't only happen to me.' He thought with a sad frown.

"Wait a minute. You're hiding from them. Why?"

The boy then stood up and became eye level with Toshiro. Toshiro felt a chill go up his spine from the boys intense gave and vice versa. They said nothing, just stared at each other until Ash sighed sadly and whispered. "My eyes." Those two words shocked Toshiro somewhat but his face remained expressionless.

"That's it?" The boy nodded. " Well that's stupid." "I know. That's why when you got bullied I was always next." .Once again Toshiro's eyes widened. 'How did he know?'. "Why do you looked so surprised? We're known as village freaks."

Nobody said anything else for a long while. They just sort of sat there and quietly brooded. Not that either boy really cared that they were hated, but now it just felt slightly better to know that someone in the world has it just as bad as you. " You can stay if you like." Toshiro said with a whispered tone that suit his expression.

The boy's face brightened and he nodded his thanks. Then they heard a knock on the door, only it didn't seem as a knock, more like furious banging. "TOSHIRO!" a voice yelled. To which the boy looked at aforementioned boy to see him with slightly wide eyes and a scared expression on his face. "OPEN THE DOOR!". Having seeing Toshiro wouldn't move the boy took it upon himself to walk to the door.

He was about to open it but he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see the teal-eyed boy shaking his head quickly. He was about to question why not, but the door flew open and knocked the two boys across the room and into a nearby wall.

They turned to see a tall, well-built man, with short brown hair and dull brown eyes glaring angrily at the white-haired boy. "What the hell?! Where is the bread I told you to get?!" the man demanded. Both Toshiro and Ash we're glaring at the man but now Ash took a confused expression.

"Bread? I though you lived alone." The boy simply responded with a look that basically said that he does. "Huh?! Where is it? You know what never mind I don't know why I even believed that you could be anything else but useless." The man said with a disgusted tone of voice and an equally disgusted expression.

" Go away Marshall! You have no business here." The white haired boy demanded angrily. Ash noticed that since the man named Marshall arrived, the room had gotten a lot colder. " And who the hell are you calling useless?! You piece of sh-". But Toshiro was cut off by a sudden punch in the face. He fell flat on his back with his eyes closed tightly and with a now bloody nose.

"Toshiro!" Ash yelled in concern. But as he was going to his first and only friend he suddenly got kicked in the stomach. He turned to see Marshall glaring at him as if he we're an annoying ant. "Why are you here demon?!" But before Ash could respond he was punched in the face just as his friend was. " Both of you are a couple of freaks!"

Toshiro then got up and jumped at Marshall with impressive speed and kicked him in the face. The room's temperature had gotten drastically colder but just as Toshiro's kick landed Marshall grabbed the boys ankle threw him into another wall. But just as the teal-eyed boy was about to hit he was caught by a sudden figure.

The figure was about six foot one and wore all black and a white coat. " Hey! Are you really fighting kids?! What kind of man are you?" the figure demanded. The room had rose in temperature and it appeared the man holding Toshiro was glowing. " Leave now before I lose my patience."

Marshall may have been angry but he was not stupid, so he took the man's warning and ran out of the house.

A few moments later, the man decided to heal the boys wounds and sit on the porch of the house. ' Shinigami.' Both Ash and Toshiro thought at the same time.