Everyone was quiet, they couldn't really believe what they had just seen. It all started with a seemingly normal girl, who just happened to be taking a walk down the street they were on. This...this girl who looked to be about thirteen, wearing a Karakura High School uniform. She had a black duffel bag casually thrown over her shoulder, with brown-gold har that covered her lest eye. The eye that could be seen was a piercing blue. It wasn't unsimilar to the bottomless ocean with icebergs dotting the water. She had a silver, box-chain bracelet around her right wrist, and black band around her left. The girl had four rings, three were silver and the fourth was gold. She had stopped a short distance away, eye wide and shocked at the scene before her.
Uryu was in a crater of cracked cement, Rukia was a little cut-up standing a ways down the street. Renji was on his knees in the center of the road, Byakuya was standing next to him as Ichigo laid in front of them, bleeding out from two holes in his chest. The girl approached slowly and said, "Are you alright? What happened?" in a tentative and deepish voice. When no answer graced the silence, she kneeled next to Uryu, concern showing evidently on her features. Once again she asked, although less tentative and more commanding, "what happened here?" Uryu gave her an incredulous look as she took a first-aid kit out of her duffel bag and tended to his injuries. Rukia just stood there, frozen and scared.
The girl just sighed and, in almost a whisper, asked, "Were you attacked…? By something you could not see?" Taking their continued silence as a yes, she took off her silver bracelet and pressed it into Uryu's palm stating, "If you ever find your own power insufficient… break this chain and recite this…" she whispered something in uryu's ear before striding over to Rukia and proceeding to care for her wounds as she said, "If you find yourself in a bind, and you cannot get away. Twist this thrice around her finger and call out these words…" The girl leaned in and said something in Rukia's ear while giving her her gold ring before leaning back and smiling and walking away.
Calling over her shoulder, "If you desperately need an explanation that you cannot find…, go to Karakura Library Archives and ask for Annabella Sogen," the girl turned and smirked stating, "And I will help to the best of my ability." before she disappeared into the night.
They were all thoroughly confused. Rukia more than anyone else. She seemed to be in a bit of a daze, not quite fully aware of her surroundings. ¨Ru-Rukia?¨ Ichigo called, voice hoarse. He descended into a coughing fit, blood bubbling through his lips. She didn't respond. Renji then walked over and, not so gently, grabbed her shoulder. Rukia twitched before blinking a few times before looking a Renji and then Ichigo. She sighed before saying an a whisper ¨I will go with you willingly, but let Ichigo live.¨ Byakuya, ever so slightly inclined his head before looking at Renji, who took his sword and prepared to open a Senkaimon.
¨HA-AH-HAHAHA-A-HA!¨ a white blur that was laughing like a maniac cannoned into Renji, grabbing his Zanpakuto and jumping on top of a street lamp. ¨Looky looky~¨ it sang as it twirled Zabimaru around it. ¨I. GOT. ZA~BI~¨ and launching itself at Byakuya. He raised his sword and actually looked surprised when he blocked its' strike. ¨I. SEEEE. YOOU.¨ it sang before disappearing and reappearing behind the Captain of the Sixth, sword coming down on his shoulder, drawing blood in a spray of crimson. Before being batted away into a shadow where it disappeared, as it called out, ¨Be glad that Mistress is calling, else you'd be dead~¨ Leaving the night quiet once again. Zabimaru then clattered to the ground, in it's sealed state, in front of Renji. Which brings us back to five spiritually-powered beings shocked beyond words.
Renji quickly grabbed Zabimaru. Looking around quickly, as if afraid someone else would grab his precious Zanpakuto. He then quickly opened a Senkaimon, through which three Black Butterflies came through, and one-by-one they all stepped into the door, with Rukia being the last. Just before the door closed, she looked back and made eye-contact with Ichigo, she opened her mouth to say something, but the doors closed and vanished.