"Wake up Ichigo!" Yelled Yoruichi.

Ichigo groaned. These early morning wake up calls were killing him. He had travelled to the Seireitei in order to be trained to cast Kido spells. Sunrise was the best time for practice, as they could use the Academy training grounds meant for Kido Academy students before they were under control of the academy. Ichigo did NOT like this idea. Since Yoruichi was the best known living Kido user, she was personally training Ichigo.

Yoruichi kicked Ichigo's Hammock, sending him flying out onto the floor.

"Owww!" Ichigo complained.

"Get used to it," said Yoruichi. "Unless you'd like to get YOURSELF up."

Ichigo slowly got up. Yoruichi left, as Ichigo told her and her mischievous behavior to stay away from when he was changing as much as possible. Ichigo slipped off the shirt he had brought with him from the world of the living. As he put on his soulreaper clothing, he experienced a massive Headache. Then an immense spiritual pressure seemed to enter the surrounding area. And just as it had appeared, it was gone.

Ichigo was cautious heading out to the training grounds, after what had happened in his sleeping quarters.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Yoruichi as he stepped out onto the platform.

Just then, the Emergency alarm rang through the Seireitei.

"Intruder in the Seireitei! Intruder! All Guardsmen to battle stations!" wailed the voice.

"Who would invade the Seireitei?" Asked Yoruichi. "Other than us of course."

"Well I guess we're about to find out." Ichigo said, making a quick Shunpo leap.

Ichigo had finally caught up to the intruder. He was fast, but Ichigo was confident with his new Kido abilities. The figure wore a robe much like that of a soul reaper, but it was hooded and bore a dragon's skull on the back. Brown hair rapped in ribbons flew from the hood, and similar ribbons rapped his hands swaying behind him as he ran. Oddly enough, Ichigo thought, the intruder carried no weapon or defensive measure.

Ichigo drew his Zanpaku-to Zangetsu.

"I don't know who you are, or where you came from, but you're mine!" Ichigo cried at the intruder. He went for jump attack on the closing enemy.

"Arcae 43!" yelled the stranger. "Fire jumper!"

And just as Ichigo's Zangetsu crashed down where the stranger was not a moment before, The Stranger shot off the ground like a rocket, leaving a crisp Blackburn in his wake.

"Damn!" Ichigo cursed.

"Ichigo!" Yelled Yoruichi catching up to him. "He's headed for the execution grounds, I'll grab the company captains, you go after him!" and with that she whipped down a dark alleyway.

Ichigo caught up to the hooded figure just as he arrived at the Execution grounds. The Stranger stood there looking around.

"Tell me Kurosaki." said the odd figure. "Where has the Sokyoku gone?"

"It was destroyed obviously." replied Ichigo questioning the Stranger odd motives. The Stranger just laughed.

"You cannot destroy the Sokyoku." the strange young man's voice said.

And with that, he pointed his hand up to the sky, millions of tiny glowing particles forming together above it. Eventually forming into the blade of the Sokyoku. And then, in a burst of white light, the
Sokyoku exploded into the form of a Zanpaku-to. The Zanpaku-to dropped into the stranger's hand.

"Who are you?" asked Ichigo.

"Me?" said the stranger. "I'm just another Demon…"