A young boy with black hair and brown eyes ran through the markets of the 79th Rukion District, Kaagemina. The boy appeared to be about six or seven and was lying in wait for the stand man to move. The man moved and the young boy dashed forward. Before the man taking care of the stand could do anything the boy had grabbed two large loafs of bread and dashed off in the other direction. The boy laughed as he came zigzagged through the crowd and alleys till he came to a small hut on the outskirts of the town.
Three other children were waiting there. The oldest one was a girl, around his age, with long blonde hair and green eyes. She was about a year older than the boy and was helping out some of the younger kids. One had dark brown hair spiked, and the other had long red hair tied in pigtails. The red haired one looked up and smiled. "Kyo's back! He's back!" She ran towards him and wrapped her arms around his waist. She was about four, and the youngest member of their family.
"Hey idiot." The older girl smiled. "What, not able to get anything?" She asked looking at his empty hands.
He smiled and quickly pulled a bag out from behind him, which had been loosely tied around his belt in the back. "Who's an idiot?"
The little brown haired, five year old, boy laughed. "You're quick Kyo!"
He smiled and ruffled the boy's hair. "So who wants dinner?"
The girl smiled. "Alright you idiot, let's go eat."
"Maybe I won't share if you keep calling me an idiot." Kyo frowned. "Only the little ones and I will get the bread."
"No way! She could go find her own dinner if she needed to." The brown haired boy laughed. "She's amazing! I want to be just like her when I grow up!"
Kyo watched as the two younger one's fawned over his sister and felt slightly jealous. "Alright, in the house for dinner." She pointed to the hut. The two younger ones rushed inside, laughing. She turned back to Kyo and patted him on the head. "Good job idiot."
Kyo rolled his eyes and headed inside.
Kyo sat on a hill overlooking the Rukion district that he had come to live in. He hated it, but more so he hated the soul reapers that forced him to live there. They did nothing to keep the kids from dying there; in fact they had just lost one of the little boys that had lived with them not even a year ago. He grabbed a twig and tugged at it. "I wish I could beat up those stupid reapers and nobles and live in their homes!" He threw the stick away.
"You could…" A voice said behind Kyo.
Kyo jumped up quickly and spun to see a taller man standing there. He had black hair that was starting to turn silver and dark green eyes. He wore a suit similar to a noble, only more rugged. "Who are you? Are you a soul reaper? Or a noble?!" Kyo growled.
"No." He smiled calmly. "I'm like you… only more powerful." He held out a hand. "My name is Takuro Sakoda. I lived in the 89th Rukion District years ago."
Kyo looked him up and down. "I don't believe you."
Takuro laughed. "I try not to look like a weakling from that poor district. You see two of my friends and I were sick of being stuck so low on the food chain and being so weak…. So we changed that."
"How?" Kyo asked, curious.
"Would you like to find out?" Takuro held out his hand. "All I ask is you leave behind your life and promise to help me defeat the soul society and all those in it."
Kyo smirked. "I'd love to help you take down those jerks." He shook Takuro's hand.
"And your life down there?" Takuro nodded to the town bellow them.
Kyo looked down, thinking about his make shift family. He would miss them, but they would all die eventually…. Takuro would make him strong, and able to live far longer. "I'm tired of this life."
Takuro smirked. "Come with me then… We have to make it look like you died, so others don't come looking for you…"
Kyo nodded and followed Takuro, grinning. "Finally, a chance to be stronger and better than others! No longer will I be at the bottom of the food chain!"
Takuro laughed. "Stick with me kid and you will someday run what is currently the soul society…. One day we will be in charge and the soul society will be dead." He laughed, sounding darker now. Kyo liked it slightly; it made him see Takuro as stronger. And Kyo figured if Takuro was strong, then so could Kyo become strong. He grinned darkly and laughed as well.