This was revised and edited by Melodi Moon

"Day in day out, it's always the same. This is so boring," Rukia thought to herself as she sat in class looking out the window. "I just wish something exciting would happen."

"Rukia-chan, do you want to eat lunch with us?" her class-mate Orihime asked her while swinging her lunch box back and forth.

"No thank you." Rukia didn't even bother to turn around when Orihime spoke to her; she just kept looking out the window hoping for something to happen.

"I wish I had someone interesting to talk to at least. These guys are all idiots and way too cheerful." Rukia sighed and wondered about the guy that had transferred out of the school right after starting. "I bet he would have been nice to talk to."

It had been two weeks since school started and little did she know, her wish was about to come true with a whole lot of trouble tagging along with it.

It was the end of the day and Rukia was walking through the park looking at the blooming cherry blossom trees. She heard someone mumbling on the other side of some bushes and pushed her way through to investigate.

She stumbled through and found a teenage boy around her age looking up at the sky. She walked towards him and said, "Hello." She was hoping he would be interesting to talk to.

". . . You can see me?" The boy asked her with wide eyes.

"What do you mean 'you can see me'?" Rukia asked him.

"Well, for some reason I can't remember anything and when ever I try to talk to people, they don't reply or . . . they walk right through me. I think I'm a spirit," he said as he got up from the grass. She was instantly drawn to his orange hair and noticed he was much taller than her.

"What's your name?" she asked him.

"I think my name is Ichigo, but that's all I can really remember. Who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Rukia Kuchiki, it's nice to meet you Ichigo." Rukia didn't care that he was probably a spirit, she was just happy to have someone to talk to; someone who could be the dream friend she always wanted.

"Rukia are you okay?" Ichigo asked her as she was still for several moments.

She shook her head briefly and replied, "Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Rukia didn't realize she had stood still for almost five minutes.

All of a sudden a man with large glasses and a small girl in gothic clothes appeared and said, "You Spirit, you're coming with me whether you want to or not. Your powers are too great for us to ignore."

"Wha-What are you talking about?" asked a bewildered Ichigo.

The small girl looked towards the man with glasses and said, "Train, that child does not know what he is. I was just like that when I first met you too."

The man let out a long sigh as Ichigo took several steps towards Rukia. "Spirit, calm down. I'll tell you who you are and what's going on, alright?" There was a brief nod from Ichigo who was now standing protectively in front of Rukia.

Train pointed his finger at them. "You are a battle Spirit who is trying to bring life back into your body. You will fight with other battle Spirits to stay alive." He had an angry look on his face after saying that and you could tell he was slightly pissed off.

"Battle Spirit? What's that?" Rukia was confused on what was going on and Ichigo had a frightened look on his face.

"Ichigo are you okay?" Rukia had no idea what was going on and was worried about her new friend.

"I'm fine but what he said, to bring life back into my body, I don't know what he's talking about." Ichigo grabbed his right arm as though it was suddenly heavy.

"You girl, tell me, have you made the seal of battle with him yet so we can get started?" Train asked.

"Seal? I don't know what you're talking about." Rukia was beginning to lose her patience and thought to herself, "How many times do we have to tell this man that we don't know what's going on."

"Che, I'll show you then." He grabbed the small gothic girl standing next to him and while kissing her forehead called her name, Aura. A bright light engulfed her and flared out just seconds later. She stood there with a hard look on her face.

"What is it Train, can I finally kill our prey?" she asked Train.

"Give them a minute while I explain the rules to them." Train let go of Aura and turned back towards Ichigo and Rukia. "I'll give you 30 seconds before we come to kill you two," Train said with a dark, serious look on his face. "If you want to fight back, then you have to do what we just did to form a battle seal."

"What the hell, I'm not going to fight!" Ichigo yelled. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that Rukia had a strange, almost serene look on her face.

Rukia turned towards Ichigo and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Ichigo, I think it will be alright. Let's perform the seal, I really don't want to die after I just made a new friend." Rukia pulled him down and kissed him on the lips while whispering 'Ichigo'.

A warm, calm wind surrounded Ichigo and lifted him into the air. A blue ring on his finger that he hadn't even noticed he was wearing turned into an icy blue sword right in his hands.

"This one transforms quickly for his first time. Aura, let's kill him before he gets all his powers," Train said. He threw Aura up into the air.

"Sorry, but I would like to live," Aura said as she flew towards Ichigo to attack him.

"Ichigo!" Rukia yelled. She quickly made a barrier around him that exploded when Aura crashed into it.

"What the hell was that?" Aura's face had been torn open to reveal an ugly demon's face underneath. She had burns all over her body. "Train, what was that?" Aura furiously pointed at Rukia.

"Aura, it looks like we lucked out. It appears as though she has the powers of protection and he has the powers of attack." Train glanced over at Ichigo who was landing on the ground with his Icy Blue sword. He now had a red ribbon around his body too.

"Yeah, we definitely had some bad luck tonight. I'm sorry Aura, he's stronger then I imagined he would be as a new spirit, it looks like we stand a chance of losing."

"No way." Aura looked over at the couple and cursed them to hell.

"Ichi-go." Rukia noticed her friend's appearance had changed. His face was emotionless and he was extremely focused.

He turned his head towards her. "Rukia, your orders." Ichigo sounded like a knight waiting for his battle orders.

Rukia hesitated for a minute. She saw Aura's demon face heading towards him with long, claw-like nails extended ready to cut him down. "Destroy her," Rukia whispered to Ichigo. Ichigo rushed towards Aura at a speed that left Train almost dizzy.

"Train, quick, a barrier!" Aura shouted but it was too late, Ichigo had already landed a deadly blow with his Icy Blue sword. Her demon body erupted in flames as it was cut in two.

"Aura, I'm sorry we lost, I'm sorry I could not save you." Train started to weep.

"Big brother, it's okay, I know you tried your best. Farewell." Aura's body disappeared into nothingness.

Ichigo's sword changed back into a blue ring around his finger and the red ribbon floating around his body disappeared. The hard, stoic look left his face as he reverted back to himself and collapsed onto the ground.

"Ichigo!" Rukia rushed over to the fallen boy. "Hey Ichigo, are you alright, Ichigo!" Rukia was shaking him trying to get some kind of response from him.

Train sneered at them, "Damn you, now my sister can't be revived!" He pulled out a knife and was ready to stab Rukia when his body was engulfed in flames.

"Why?" Train yelled as his body disintegrated into nothingness like Aura's had.

A mysterious voice that echoed through the park said, "Now now, don't be a sore loser Train. You knew what the rules were, the defeated spirit loses their chance of revival and their partner dies." A man with red hair wearing a black coat with black bandages around his left eye stepped out of the shadows.

"Hey you, tell me what's going on here, why were we attacked and how am I able to see spirits?" Rukia looked at the man that was far taller then her and quite intimidating.

"I thought you would have realized during the battle that you are his contractor," the man said. A leaf floated into Rukia's face and when she brushed it off the man was gone.

"What the hell's going on here . . .Ichigo, I wish you were awake," Rukia said to herself. She looked down at Ichigo and gasped when he turned into a small ring that said 'Rest Area' on the inside. "Maybe that's what happens when he's exhausted himself. I wish someone would explain to me exactly what a contractor and battle spirit are."

She picked the ring up and slipped it on her finger, noticing that it was a perfect fit. She could hear sirens approaching and looked around at the damaged park. With a heavy sigh she turned towards her home and quickly walked away from the park before anyone could witness her.