"Those who don't hold forms, we fear. Those with unnatural abilities, we fear. Those we fear, we stay away. Also, those we stay away from, we end up rejecting."

In a city known as Kyoto, Japan, a mysterious figured stood at the top of telephone pole. He wore a black shihakusho with a sword carried around his waist. He had black spikey hair that looked like it was going backwards with his face framed. He also stared out into the open city.

"I sense evil spirits."

…

Downtown

A few punks was beaten to the ground. One guy tried attacking, but someone ended up driving his foot into his face. The guy that was beating them down was about fifteen years old with black spikey hair of his own, but it was shorter and a little wilder.

"Scram!" The guy screamed and it scared them all off. "Bunch of punks. They should know better to never try and pick a fight with me." He grabbed his school bag and started walking.

'My name is Hiro Hashiru. I live here in Kyoto, Japan. Some people might think I'm a delinquent because I get into fights. It's only because some guys want to mess with me.' Hiro walked up to an apartment building and entered the one that was his.

"I'm home." Hiro called out to a woman in the kitchen that had light brown hair tied into a ponytail that went down her spine and wore a lavender shirt with jeans.

"Hi, Hiro. How was your day? You didn't get into any fights, did you?"

"Any fights I get into is the other guy's fault for trying to pick one." Hiro said.

"Yet, you're never the bigger man and just walk away."

'The woman in the kitchen is my mother, Julia. It's just me and her. She knows I get into fights and she seems okay with it, but she always wishes I would stop. Don't ask me about my father because I don't know who the hell he is.' Hiro went into his room and just stared out the window. 'I also have this special gift.' He stared out the window and saw kid running through the streets, but he had a chain on his chest and could go through solid objects. 'I have the ability to see ghosts. I had that for as long as I can remember, but because of that, people think I'm some sort of freak. That's why I get into some fights. Though, I do wonder that if there are really ghosts, what is out there.'

"Hiro, dinner is just about done." Julia called out.

"Okay." Hiro said.

'Oh well. As long as they don't cause me or others problems, I don't really give a care.'

…

The Next Day

Hiro dressed into school clothes with him being in a grey blazer and wore beige pants. He was on his way to school when he heard some sort of howling sound.

"What was that?" Hiro asked. He looked around for the strange sound, but he saw nothing. The next thing he knew, it sounded like something exploded. He looked right ahead of him and saw a smokescreen. He felt something was strange and felt like something was looking right back at him. He saw through the smoke and saw a turtle-like creature with a white face and had a hole running through it. "What is that thing?" The creature made the howling sound he heard earlier and it went to attack him.

"Back, hollow!" Hiro was surprised when a strange guy in black clothes and holding a sword came down in front of him. He pulled out a sword and stabbed it through the beast's head. He slashed it through the beast and it seemed like it disintegrated.

"The hell?" Hiro whispered. Just as he was about to ask the stranger what just happened, he just vanished and left Hiro to wonder about this himself.

…..

Hiro's Apartment

After school, Hiro went straight home. He couldn't stop thinking about what he saw earlier. He wanted to know what that monster was, who the guy was that saved him, and why did it seem like he was the only one that could see them.

'What the hell was all that about? Who was that guy and how did he just disappear?' Hiro thought. That was when he noticed a dark hole formed in his wall and the man from before appeared in front of him. "It's you!"

"It's near." He was sensing something and reached for the sword in its sheath, but he was surprised getting kicked in the back by Hiro.

"Hey! Who the hell are you?" Hiro said. "I want some answers. Especially since you just broke into my apartment."

"Did you just kick me?" The guy said as he seemed confused.

"Yeah and you're about to get a lot worse if you don't tell me who you are." Hiro said.

"Hang on." He got back on his feet and stood to face Hiro. "You're the boy I saw earlier. Interesting that you're able to see me."

"Enough of the confusion. Who are you?!" Hiro said as he was about to hit him again, but the mystery man easily dodged his fist.

"First, my name is Daijo Kurogo. I'm a soul reaper."

"A what?" Hiro said.

"Better get yourself comfortable. This is a long story." Daijo said.

…

Julia

Julia was on her way home after doing some shopping. She was about to pull up the street to her apartment, but she wasn't aware that something she couldn't really see was following her.

…

Hiro

Hiro and Daijo were on the floor in his bedroom. Daijo just told him everything that has happened.

"Let me see if I have this right." Hiro said for he wanted to get the facts straight. You come from a parallel world known as the Soul Society. You're part of something like a government facility known as the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. You're purpose is to protect my world from monsters, like the one earlier today, known as hollows."

"That pretty much sums it up." Daijo said.

"You expect me to really believe me that load of garbage." Hiro said.

"What?! How could you not after what you saw?" Daijo said. "After all, you were the only one earlier who could see what was going on."

"Oh yeah. How come?" Hiro asked.

"One would have to have a strong sense of spiritual awareness which is interesting to see in a human." Daijo said.

"Whatever. So how about you take your sword and get out." Hiro said.

"What? You're just going to toss me aside after what you just heard?" Daijo said.

"As long as I has nothing to do with me, I don't really care." Hiro said. Daijo was getting annoyed by this, but before they could say anything, they heard some sort of crash sound. "What was that?" Both of them ran out of the apartment and looked down to the streets and saw a car crashed. "That looks like my Mom's car!" Hiro ran down to help her.

"Wait!" Daijo said as he went after him. Hiro made it to the car and pulled open the car.

"Mom!" Hiro called out, but Julia was unconscious. Hiro undid the belt and was able to pull her out. "Mom, can you hear me?" Hiro heard some sort of howling and he looked ahead to see another hollow with reptilian features.

"A hollow? I was so distracted with that boy that I didn't even notice." Daijo said. The hollow was going to attack, but Daijo stepped in and slashed it against the chest to keep it back.

"What's the deal? Why did that thing attack my mother?" Hiro said.

"Hollows usually go after souls of the departed, but they will sometimes attack living humans." Daijo said. "They're quite drawn to spiritual energy. Now that I think about it, you seem to have a lot of spiritual energy inside. You had so much that it must have blocked my senses from sensing this hollow."

"Say what? Are you saying that thing is really after me?" Hiro said. Hiro saw he was involved now and he's going to do what he always does. Hiro stepped up and pushed Daijo out of the way.

"What are you doing?" Daijo said.

"Come on, ugly bastard. You want me? I'm right here." Hiro said and the hollow unleashed its teeth at Hiro. Daijo stepped in the way and tried to block the attack. Daijo got bit in the shoulder, but Daijo stabbed it in the neck and pushed it back.

"You fool." Daijo said as he dropped to his knees. "Did you think if you sacrifice yourself, others would be spared? One soul is never enough for them." Daijo crawled to the wall and leaned against it.

"There must be something I can do." Hiro said as the hollow was getting ready to attack again.

"There's only one thing you can do. Not that it matters, but if this doesn't' work, we're all dead." Daijo said as he held out his sword. "You must take my sword and drive it into your being. By doing that, I can transfer some of my power to you and you can become a soul reaper."

"Fine." Hiro said as he grabbed the sword. "By the way, I'm….Hiro Hashiru." He drove the sword into him and unleashed tons of spiritual power and pushed the hollow back. When the light was fading away, it showed Hiro as a soul reaper and pulled out his sword. Meanwhile, Daijo was changed into a white clothes.

"What? I only meant to give him a fraction of my power. Somehow he's nearly taken all of it." Daijo said. The hollow went to attack again, but Hiro met the attack as he cut off the hollow's hand. "Aim for the white mask!"

"You're done for." Hiro said. Hiro jumped up and slashed down through the hollow's head and had him disintegrated. Daijo was amazed at what he saw.

"I've heard tales of another human like this, but I never thought I actually see something like this." Daijo said. "What kind of human is here?" Hiro stood tall of his victory for he has new powers and new ways to fight.

To Be Continued…