Chapter 1: The Meeting

A dark cloud loomed overhead as she made her way home from school. Her wolf like ears twitched and her black tail stood up when she heard a strange noise come from up ahead. The world of demons could not be entered by just anyone; they had to have a pass and now she smelt a very unfamiliar person inside her home. She sped up and raced to her house. When she got there she doesn't even bother to take off her shoes. She raced inside to find someone standing over her parent's carcasses.

"Welcome home……Princess of Darkness." All of a sudden she was pulled back by chains and pulled into a portal. She was shocked. When she saw her parent's dead bodies staring at her, she froze. Now she was flying through some sort of portal leading to who knows where. She was blacking out. A strange feeling overcame her and memories began to fall away from her. The only thing remaining was her name, her age, and the faces of her dead parents.

When she woke up from her deep sleep of darkness, she found herself lying on a bench. The world around her looked odd. The buildings around her were high and ominous looking at night. The stars attracted her the most. They were bright and beautiful and not what she was expecting……..'What was I expecting?'

She stood and looked around. For some reason, nothing looked as she expected. A searing pain shot through her head. Something was keeping her from remembering what had happened that had brought her here.

"Hey kid you want some help?" A man had come up behind her and was now looking right at her and being creepy………her opinion.

"That'd be nice but-" She turned away and once she did the man grabbed her from behind, blind folded her and dragged her off.

She felt her clothes being pulled off violently. "Scream and you die." The man whispered into her ear and began to fondle her breasts. She felt his lips and teeth move and scratch over her body and cause her to struggle. He pinned her down and pulled off her pants. "Suck." When she didn't respond he forcefully opened her mouth and stuck something into it. She pulled away and grabbed something next to her and hit the man with it. She pulled off the blindfold and grabbed the only thing she could; her jacket. Luckily for her it covered your body down to her knees.

She ran fast and the feeling of what the man's touch felt like still crawled up and down her skin. It had scared her half to death. She wasn't paying attention to where she was running and ran into someone and knocked them over.

"What's the rush k-" The man she had run into stopped his sentence and stared at her. "Who did this to you?" He made her look up at him and saw tears in her eyes.

She turned around to see the man who had hurt her racing toward them. Her body began to shake violently. The blonde haired man who had asked her what was wrong was now looking very scary. An angry expression had appeared on his face.

"Stay here and I'd advise you to close your eyes and maybe even cover your ears." She nodded and turned to cover her eyes and ears. She did this immediately when she heard loud yells and people fighting. It scared her even more. When she felt a hand on her shoulder she jumped and slowly turned to see the kind face of the man who rescued her. He had blonde hair and some of his features were hidden by the shade of a green and white striped hat. He had on a green kimono and a darker green overcoat to match it with black diamonds on the bottom. He also had on wooden sandals.

"It's alright. You're safe now." His voice was kind. She was very relieved to see the man was alright. But when she felt tears begin to form in her eyes, she couldn't help but throw her arms around him and cry into his shoulder. But her sobs were silent and her voice wouldn't come. Her voice was lost because of the trauma she had just went through. The man sighed quietly. "C'mon. You can stay at my place for a while until you've pulled yourself together." She felt the man pick her up and carry her bridal style to wherever he was taking her. "So what's your name?"

……Apparently, he has yet to notice that she will not speak. He gave her a questioning look. He sighed and wiped away her tears with his thumb and smiled at her. "Well, I guess you were really scared if you won't talk anymore. But I don't want to see you cry. Be strong. I promise I won't let anything happen to you while you're with me. Okay? Oh, by the way my name is Kisuke Urahara." He winked at her and she couldn't help but blush.

Her attention was drawn to a jewelry store he was passing. She jerked out of his arms and ran over to it. She looked in the window and smiled. His reflection appeared behind her. She turned and pointed to something. She was pointing to a poster with different jewels on it. One of which was her name.

"Sapphire?" She pointed to herself and Kisuke finally got it. "Oh! Your name is Sapphire. Right?" She nodded her head and smiled once again. "It suits you. And your beautiful smile." Her eyes widened and she turned around and turned a bright red. He was truly enchanting.

He led her to his house and it looked like he was sneaking her in. When the two of them reached his room he pulled out another bed for her to use. "I'm not going to make you feel uncomfortable. I want to help you out. Just let me know what you need and I'll be there for ya! Alright?" She nodded in response and then dove into the bed. She was really tired after all the events of the night.

Kisuke smiled as he watched sleep overcome her and her eyes drift together. He snuck out and bought some clothes for her to wear. The meeting was interesting between the two of them; he wanted to see what mysteries he could uncover about her. He also wanted to know who she was. Little did he really know, that was going to be tougher than he thought.