Note from the Author

This story is an alternate time line of the anime show BLEACH and is an idea created by the author and is not part of the show or Manga BLEACH. Some names in this story you may recognize if you have seen the shows or have read the Manga's "BLEACH" and Code Geass or played the game Final Fantasy 12: Dirge of Cerberus and credit for those names are give to the creators of BLEACH, Code Geass and Final Fantasy 12: Dirge of Cerberus . All other name are ideas of the author and credit for those name stays with him. Thank You.

PROLOGUE

The year is 1659 in a back street of England and a very wealthy 20 year old man by the name of Vincent Valentine has just been murdered while protecting a 9 year old girl from a group of men. As the men sneak away and the young girl crouches in a corner the mans spirit stands above his broken and bloody body. Stunned, he screams out in terror and runs for help but when he calls out no one hears him. He reaches out to grab a passerby but when he grabs the person they look in his direction but see no one and keep going on their way. When his body is finally found it is to late and the Chain of Fate has broken away from his body.

At his funeral the man's spirit sees his parent, friends, his fiancé, and others gathering in front of his closed casket as the preacher recites versus from the bible. He looks closer at the people gathered and sees near the front of the group the girl he was protecting the day he died.

After the preacher finishes he allows people to come up to say a few words and pay their respects.

His father goes first. "For his age, my son was very smart, kind, dedicated, and protective. When ever he saw someone in trouble or danger, he would step up and help, no matter what the cost."

His father starts to tear up as he tries to speak. "When he was ten years old, he was picked on and beaten up by bullies all the time, and when ever he would call out to people, they would never respond. They would just keep walking along and pretend nothing was going on. When ever he he would get home after some thing like this would happen, he would always promise to himself and me that he would never turn a blind eye to some one in need."

He walks over to his son's casket and place's his hand on the lid as tear's fall off of his nose and chin. "Even though...it took his life. I...I'm proud of him... for keeping that promise. We'll all miss you Vincent. And...I'm proud to call you...my son."

Vincent's spirit places a hand on his father's shoulder and tears fall from his eye's. "Thank you dad, for every thing."

His father moves to the side as his mother walks up to his casket.

When his mother tries to speak, she falls to her knees as tears of grief spill forth. His Father helps her to her seat and sit down while his fiancé steps forth to giver he respect.

And as she is speaking he notices a piece of paper sticking out of her purse with his name on it. He lets his gaze wander as she finishes and walks back to her seat but is surprised to see her smiling under her veil and realizes that the piece of paper in her purse must have been his will, because a few day after their wedding day, he had written in his will that most of his belongings and money was to go to her. his furry at her comes to a boiling point because of the surprise and betrayal that he feels. What surprises him more is the fact that the young girl he had saved steps forwarded.

As she looks down on his casket she says "I didn't even know his name until his identity had been found on that horrible day. But I did know he was an exceptionally kind hearted and strong man. The day he was killed he was protecting me from a group of men that that had taken me from my parents a few minutes before. He was just walking by when he saw the men who had taken me hurry into an alley. But before he left he heard me scream and came to my rescue."

Tears begin to well up in her eyes as she continues. "He looked back at me with a smile on his face and asked me if I was OK before he fell to his knee's and collapsed. Before he lost conciseness, i heard him say "i hope they didn't hurt you. Try and stay safe...", after he said that, i ran to my parent's and had them get help. But it was to late. I hope Vincent has found peace where ever he is."

As she walks back to her seat his anger at his Fiancé evaporates. He looks at the girl and, because of her kind words, decides to protect her, even as a spirit, for as long as he can.

A year after his funeral Vincent is walking behind the young girl, who he now knows as Kallen Galion. She stops at a jewelry store to look at a diamond necklace. Vincent looks at the price and sees that he has enough hidden money to get it for her. But as he was thinking of this, Kallen had already began to cross the street. He sees her and as he catches up to her, he sees a horse and buggy coming full speed at her. He grabs her dress and pulls her back out of harms way. She looks back to see who had saved her but she sees no one. As they continue on their way Vincent feels a terrible pain coming from his chest. When he looks down he sees that what's left of the Chan of Fate on his chest is encroaching closer to its base and he knows that he doesn't have that much time left in the living world. Later that night during dinner, Kallen tells her mother about what had happened with the horse and buggy earlier that day.

Later that night as Kallen sleeps Vincent grabs his hidden stash of money and takes it all to the Jewelery store and finds the necklace that had benn been looking at earlier that day. He grabs it and leaves the money on the counter as he walks through the door and back to Kallen's.

He puts it in a small box along with a note and places the box on her night stand. As the sun rises above the sky line the Chain of Fate begins it's final encroachment. He flies away from Kallen's house as the final link in the chain disappears and the base of the chain vanishes, leaving a hole in his chest. As the pain spreads his body explodes and reforms in to the body of a hollow and as he looks at this body his hollow mask begins to form. He lets out a terrible scream that turns into the roar of a hollow.

Kallen awakes to a loud eerie sound coming from the mountains. She walks over to the window and thinks she sees a shadowy figure flying away from the mountains. As she walks back to her bead she sees a box on her night stand with her name on it. When she opens it up a note falls out of it but still inside is the same diamond necklace that she was looking at the day before, but with ruby and sapphire gem's inlaid in the chain. She picks up the note and drops it again when she sees the name and then runs into her parents room. As she wakes her parents the note hits the floor with the words "Stay safe Kallen. Always protecting you, Vincent Valentine" are written inside.

This is my first fan fic, so if any one has any suggestions, I would love to here them. Either leave them as a reveiw, or send me a message.

And, yes this is kind of a cross over, since Vincent Valentine is the main charecter, byt i couldn't find Final Fantasy 12: Dirge of Cerberus in the games. The only thing i used from Final Fantasy 12: Dirge of Cerberus is his name, and his Chaos form. The rest is from bleach.