Blind Shadows

by Sakiru Yume

Some diseases kill. But sometimes, those that do not hurt the most, because then you have to face living with them. What do you do when that becomes too much? What do you do when strength inflicts more wounds on you than weakness does? IchigoxOC

1. The Mysterious Newcomer

A mysterious Shinigami appears. What are her motives? OcxIchigo My first fanfic that I'm posting. NO FLAMING!!! Please.

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I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us - don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know!

How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
-Emily Dickinson

Ichigo is running towards the location of a hollow. He arrives and a half-second later a girl appears through flash steps. Dodging the hollow's attacks, she draws her sword, attacking Ichigo.

"What the hell are you doing?! I'm a Shinigami representative!" Ichigo shouts at the girl.

"I'm a Shinigami. So what?" She calls back, "Enkou, Hebi no Hinote! (Flame, Serpent's Fire)" Her katana turns into a large black dragon attached to a slightly larger hilt. A wisp of smoke rises out of its open mouth. She shifts her hand (with the sword) slightly and the dragon shoots at Ichigo. He jumps out of the way to dodge the dragon, but a flame lashes out and strikes Ichigo on the back. Ichigo uses flash steps to teleport all around the girl, but every burst of fire from the dragon hits him. The fight for a few more minutes like that, until Kuro slices his chest open.

"Bastard! Bankai!" Ichigo shouts, but before he can move, the dragon smashes him on the back, sending him flying down to the ground. As his eyes are closing, he sees her looking down at him.

"You underestimate girls so you took too long after you did your bankai." Then she reaches down and, with surprisingly gentle fingers, closes his eyes. Under her breath, she murmurs, "Don't worry." The girl then stands up and walked over to the hollow, who had been trying to attack them the entire time. A single line of fire shoots out of the dragon's mouth, slicing through the hollow's arm. It screams in pain and flies at her. She jumps up and slashes at the hollow. The dragon cuts right through the hollow's head and it disintegrates.

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She sighs and walks over to Ichigo. After picking up Ichigo, she uses a few flash steps to get to Urahara's shop. She knocks on the door. A moment later the door opens and Urahara comes out.

"Can you take care of Ichigo?" The girl asks.

"Who are you?"

"Can you take care of Ichigo?" The girl repeated.

"What happened?"

"Can you ta-." She falls to her knees for a second, sweating. Then she straightens out again. "Can you please take care of Ichigo?" She sounded a little desperate.

"Yes, but-."The girl sets Ichigo down on the ground and disappeared.

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I know it was short. Please rate. Tell what I am doing wrong so I can make it better. I will try to respond.