Blooming to Black

Chapter 1: Lonely spirit

Disclaimer: I do not own bleach or any characters. This is just a fan made story for entertainment. This is my first story and chapter, so please critic so I can improve.

Walking out of the school building, with a sigh, Rukia raises her arms above her head to stretch out. Rukia has a very small frame, being roughly 73 pounds and a mere 4'7''. Having midnight black hair, violet eyes, and small frame, she was an average high school girl. She glided down the stairs, but with one misstep she was sent hurdling to the ground. She clenched her jaw and closed her eyes for impact, but did not realize that she was floating in mid-air. A muscular arm was wrapped around her waist, propelling her from the ground. Realizing that she didn't fall on her face, she looked up to her rescuer. He was a tan skinned male with dark brown hair, with part of it covering his honey colored eyes. His frame made her look like a child, standing over six feet tall and 247 pounds, catching her was a simple task.

"Chad!" Rukia said relieved, knowing that it was one of her classmates and childhood friend. "I had to make sure you weren't some pervert trying to kidnap me"

"Do you tell all your rescuers that?" He said with a smile as he stood her up right.

"Thank you Chad, I'll be more careful next time. But I've got to run or I'll be late!" She hit him in the back and ran off; he watched her run off and continued his business.

Rukia ran down the street, weaving through people, making sure she was not late. I hope I make it in time.

At the end of her journey, she made it to a small part of town that was very quiet. A little girl had died recently, and there was a memorial at the spot she had been found at. Rukia stepped closer to the memorial, and placed a white rose on the ground. A hazy fog appeared in front of Rukia, and formed into the spirit of the little girl. She had light brown hair, tied into pigtails, and wore a pink dress. Blood covered the right side of her face, but she still had a smile plastered on her face when she felt Rukia's presence.

"You really came!" the young girl exclaimed with tears in her eyes.

"Of course, I promised you I would come see you before you left" Rukia said, wishing she could touch the little girls face.

"It gets really lonely, so I'm glad you came to visit me"

"You don't need to stay attached here" Rukia said with a worried look on her face. "You need to find peace so nothing else will happen to you."

The little girl looked at the ground, pained. "Why is it you're the only one who can see me?"

Rukia was puzzled by her question; she doesn't even know the answer, but that she has always been able to see the dead.

"I can see you because I help spirits like you find peace, I was born with it." Rukia didn't want to lie to the girl, but she was confident enough that the girl would finally be at rest with those words.

"Ooh" said the little girl with sparkles in her eyes "Then I'm really glad I met you!"

"I'm glad I met you too" She said, placing her hand over her heart.

"Will you come visit me when I die?" Asked the little girl as she began to fade away.

"Of course I will, just don't forget me"

"Don't worry; I can't forget someone like you." And with those words, she gave Rukia a satisfactory nod, and disappeared into the sky.

Rukia stood there looking into the sky for a moment, pondering about her life, wondering if she too, would meet someone that would make her feel at ease, and put her spirit to rest.

Just as she was thinking that, she saw a black flash out of the corner of her eye. She whipped her head to the right and saw a figure jumping building to building, wearing all black and with bright orange hair, and then disappeared. She shook her head back and forth, knowing that she had just imagined it.

I need to get home before I see more bazaar things.