BLEACH: Diamond Dust Rebellion Novel Translation
Note: This is limited to parts when Karin appears or mentioned. There might also be minimal lapses in translation. Enjoy!
The chime signaling 6 pm rang throughout the rain soaked city.
（Man, it's late. I wonder if Yuzu's worried....)
The black haired girl carrying a blue umbrella quickly went on her way home. She is Ichigo's younger sister, Kurosaki Karin. She thought of going home while it was still bright out, but while playing games at a friend's house, it had turned completely dark.
Nearing the Karakura High School road, she faintly felt a familiar presence.
What came to mind was the silver haired boy who once helped them with soccer.
She called as she went off the road, going into the wet forest. Without regard for her favorite sneakers getting dirty, she continued deeper into the forest.
As the presence felt stronger, the temperature was dropping. Her hand holding the umbrella (handle) trembled.
Clutching the beat up mantle the masked man wore, Hitsugaya was there, lying down, buried in the grass. Around was the blood flowing from Hitsugaya, melting, forming a red puddle.
Karin immediately let go of the umbrella, ran up to him and went to shake Hitsugaya's shoulder.
「Toshiro! What happened?!」
She turned Hitsugaya over who was lying face down, and put her hand near his mouth.
(Thank God... He's breathing.)
With a heave-ho, Karin piggy-backed the slightly shorter than her Hitsugaya, and stood up. They went down the muddy slope carefully. Hitsugaya's shihakusho was frozen in many places, and with every step, sounds of ice cracking and breaking can be heard.
As the lights of the Kurosaki Clinic came into sight, Hitsugaya, on her back, stirred.
He whispered, his face contorted in pain.
「...Kusaka? What the hell is that?」
Even with Karin's (repeated) inquiry, Hitsugaya did not speak a word.
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It was a different day when Hitsugaya woke up on the bed in Ichigo's room. He blinked a number of times, clearing his vision.
The ceiling, light, window, desk.
It was a room he's seen before, visiting the human world with the Hitsugaya vanguard troop.
The light is yet to be switched on, with the only light source coming from the light from the corridor, spilling through a slight opening of the door, making the room dim.
Hitsugaya grimaced in pain while in bed, his upper body coming to life. The wound on his abdomen hurt. Checking his abdomen and bodily state, he noticed his captain haori was gone, and his shoulder to chest was covered in bandages.
He raised his head at the voice, and there, Ichigo was standing outside the door.
「You were passed out around here, Karin carried you and brought you in.」 Ichigo said while entering the room, sitting down, and looking at Hitsugaya.
「The mangled mantle you had and your haori, they're folded right here. And your sword, it's right there.」
Hitsugaya's eyes followed to the places Ichigo had pointed out. The mantle and haori on top of the desk, and Hyourinmaru beside it, each in its own place.
Hitsugaya's pale figure due to loss of large amounts of blood, seemed to pale even more in the dark.
「The onmitsukido was searching for you.」
「What do you mean, just "yeah"?!」
He met the pissed off Ichigo's line of sight, and Hitsugaya hung his head down.
He stared at his hands, linked together on his lap.
「.....I have troubled you. I give you my thanks.」
Hitsugaya looked down, and avoids the question.
「Why the hell did you try to go alone? What are you brooding over?」
「What the hell is "Kusaka"?」
Hitsugaya heard it, and in surprise, raised his head.
「Karin told me about it. You were having a nightmare, and mumbled that, she said.」
Karin, who carried Hitsugaya, and went home covered in blood, rain, and mud, tired and on the verge of passing out, called Ichigo and told him it was a word he said.
「What do you mean, "Kusaka"? Is it a person's name? Is it related to the person who stole the Ouin, the one you were chasing after?」
Hitsugaya silently shut his eyes, responding to the rapid succession of questions.
「.....It's the name of someone who was killed.」
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