Please note before reading that this is my first fanfiction! I've had this idea for about a year now but haven't had the motivation to actually write it out

I'm only gonna state this once, but obviously I don't own bleach, just my character *sighs*

'thinking'

"talking"

"talking"

Chapter One: Discoveries

A girl, approximately just under 5 feet tall, stood with a thoughtful look in her eyes. Her waist length black hair was held in two low messy pigtails, resting on her shoulders. Her choppy cut bangs cascading diagonally down her face hiding her left eye completely.

She was extremely pale, her body hiding behind a black top with sleeves covering her hands, and deep purple bottoms that almost matched her eyes, all held together bye a pure white sash.

She was standing under a fully bloomed cherry blossom tree that overlooked the entire seiretei. She found herself always coming here when her mind was clouded or she needed a peaceful place to think. Right now she was going over everything she just discovered.

Flashback

She walked out of the first division barracks, having just finished tea with the old man. Her father and the first captain had a close friendship, so when her dad died the captain of squad one took her in and helped train/raise her. He considered her his granddaughter even though not by blood. He predicted that given a couple hundred centuries, she would surpass him. When that happened he planned on asking if she wanted to take his spot, but knowing her she would decline.

They were catching up with each other, both to busy to talk on a regular basis. Him with being the leader of the 13 court gaurd squads, and her going on solo missions in the human world. As per usual, the captain had hinted at her taking up the seat of squad captain and she would swiftly decline each futile attempt.

You see, she has very special abilitys. The most prominent one being able to talk to and interact with any zanpakto. She has the power to go in to someone's mindscape with out them noticing and sometimes even herself.

Passing by the fifth division barracks, she slowly came to stop and immediately had her guard up. Whenever she walks near this district she always feels uneasy, like something bad is about to happen. Usually she can ignore it but tonight it was almost unbearable.

Closing her eyes, she focused in on her surroundings trying to pinpoint something, anything that was even the slightest bit out of place.

Listening closer she heard something she hasn't heard in a while, Curiosity flashed through her eyes as she couldn't quite pinpoint what it was she was hearing until it hit her. That was the sound of a zanpakto in distress.

Ever since she unlocked the ability to communicate with zanpakto, she has formed a sort of soft spot for them, almost like they are all family even if she hasn't met them yet.

Taking a step to walk into the barracks, she hesitated.

She knew that the rules state she wasn't aloud to enter any of the living quarters without someone from that division or direct orders from a captain, but as per usual, her emotions got the better of her.

Glancing around quickly to make sure no ones there, she turned into the complex. "At least When the old man try's to kill me I can blame the ryoka" was her last thought as she went on a self sent mission to help that poor zanpakto.

As she drew closer to the sound, she could feel her heart stopping. Realization slammed into her as she finally noticed it wasn't a call of distress but the sound of a zanpakto that's lost all hope. It was a sound she never wants to hear, it was such a sad melody. Loosing all sense of mind, she ran towards the sound only stopping when she reached the captains door. "captain Aizen?" she thought.

Ever since she released her shikai and been able to reach out to zanpakto she has been weary of aizen. She could never talk to or see his zanpakto spirit, it was almost like he didn't have one. It also didn't help that his reiatsu had this certain edge to it. Almost like an evil twist, she never thought much of it because of his kind and friendly appearance.

Trembling fingers reached out for the door. Before she opened it she took a deep breath, closed her eyes and focused on the fifth captains reiatsu. Once she was finally convinced he was sleeping, she reached for the screen that separates her and the captains room. Sighing, she slowly slide open the door only hesitating for a second. 'no going back now. If I'm caught now I'm screwed for life. The old man would definitely have my head.'

Just thinking about what to old man would do to her she was caught sent chills up her spine.

Being small definitely has its advantages in situations like this. entering the room, her feet not making any sound, she slowly walked up to the sleeping form in front of her. Guess years of brutal training, borderline torture had paid offf. Stopping, her eyes looked up and scanned the room. "it's to empty in here". She was getting suspicious, it looked like he was getting ready to leave somewhere. Almost as if he was just here for a visit and his trip was coming to an end. The only contents in the room were a desk, rug, lamp and a bedroll.

Taking a quick glance for the crying zanpakto, she spotted her standing in front of the window wiping her tears with the sleeve of her emerald green kimono. She stood there unable to move, almost as if her body was under a complete hypnosis.

The only things she could process was the zanpakto's beauty, She was truly breathtaking even in her current state. Her cream colored skin, her long slender figure, the silk of the fabric looking like it was painted on her body. Her midnight black hair flowing freely with the slight wind coming from the window. The moonlight seeping in the room made the scene look so surreal. From her dark red lips to her deep green eyes that seemed to match her kimono.

Finally remembering why she was here in the first place, she reached out to the devastated zanpakto standing infront of her.

"What's your name" she spoke to the zanpakto in a whispered tone making the beautiful spirit flinch slightly. No response. "I promise I wont hurt you, I swear, I'm just here to help" she tried again. Apparently that's all it took because before she could process what happened, the land around her morphed as the spirit brought her into her outer mindscape and started wailing, hugging her so tight she was sure she would choke to death.

The land around them had changed from an nearly empty room to an plant covered feild that stretched farther than her eyes could see. The only thing disrupting the the land, was a small pond in the middle and a tall curved tree overlooking the peaceful water. Despite the beautiful view, the sky was pitch black.

In all honestly, the scene looked quite funny, a tall beautiful women crying while smothering what from far looked like a child in her huge breasts. After a few minutes the zanpakto's wailing decreased to slight sniffling and her grip let up a little, finally letting color seep back into the shorter ones face. "Kyoka Suigetsu" she randomly stated startling the shorter girl.

"mirror flower, water moon. What a beautiful name. can you tell me what's got you so down?" she asked the spirit in an almost motherly voice. Kyoka looked in her eyes to see nothing but compassion and curiosity. Deciding on telling her everything, Kyoka took a deep breath.

All of a sudden the land around them started to deteriorate into a scene from a horror movie as Kyoka took her deeper into the mindscape. A zanpakto has two levels in their masters mindscape. The fist level shows their masters state of mind, where as the second level shows the zanpaktos. It is very rare that a zanpakto takes there master into the second level, most soul reapers don't even know about it.

She gasped as she took in what looked like a once beautiful pond. The water, resembling black pen ink, was surrounded my wilted trees. Above them was a deteriorating sky. If she payed more attention she would have noticed the faint smell of kerosene in the air.

"As you can see, im slowly dying. Aizen has been possessed by the power of the hyogyocue and soon he will no longer have use for my perfect hypnosis, making me disappear forever."

"what does she mean disappear forever? I thought zanpakto die with their master. And what the hell is a hyogyoku?! gah, either way this does not sound good"

"I can tell from the look in your eyes that you are getting confused and overwhelmed. Here, I'll explain from the beginning but you have to promise me something first."

Flashback end

Snapping out of her daze abruptly, she shook her head and suddenly disappeared from her spot beside the tree. The only evidence of her visit being falling cherry blossoms.