Chapter 1

As Ichigo got up he tried to recall the dream he just had. He remembered fighting a hollow when suddenly some sort of hole of hole opened up in the air. Like some sort of black hole, the hollow was sucked into the hole before Ichigo could finish it off. What happened to the black hold next, he didn't know because the moment the hollow was completely absorbed into the abyss of the hole Ichigo ran. He could feel the air rushing past as the hole sucked it in like it did to the hollow, he could see as rocks, grass, and the thrash that was on the ground flew past with the wind as it was sucked into the hole.

Ichigo grabbed onto the first tree he could find and held onto as long as he could. Just when the tree was about to give way, the force that was pulling everything into the abyss stopped. Ichigo let go of the tree and turned to the face the black hole. It was gone.

What was that about? thought Ichigo. As he surveyed the damage that was done by the black hole, he noticed his sword was stuck in a nearby tree. He went over to retrieve it and the moment he successfully pulled the sword out of the tree, the black hole appeared again, this time directly behind him. Instantly, his sword was pulled out of his hand and sucked in the black hole.

"No!" yelled Ichigo, but before he could say anything else, he felt himself being pulled in, and then...everything went black.

After recalling what happened, he was suddenly wide awake. He first reached for his sword, but it wasn't there. Dam, so that wasn't just a dream he thought. He looked around him, and saw that he was some forest. He first thought it was the rain forest because the canopy was so dense that very little sunlight reached the ground. He decided that it couldn't be, he had been to the rain forest and the trees were much higher than this. As he looked for his sword, he also took note of his surroundings. The forest was extremely dense and was filled animals and insects that were abnormally big.

Suddenly, something flew past him, cutting his face, and landing in the ground in front of him. Instantly he was on guard, looking around him for movement. When nothing happened after about 30 seconds, he inspected what had cut him.

"What the-a shuriken?" Ichigo said to himself. As he bent down to pick up the weapon that had cut him, a shadow appeared above his, growing fast as whatever it was got closer. Ichigo dived out of way, just in time to avoid the sword of his attacker.

"Hey, pal! What's the big idea?" yelled Ichigo. The man he was facing was wearing what looked like a uniform, blue pants, blue shirt, and a what appeared to be a green vest covered in pouches that contain who-knows-what. Is he a solider? Ichigo thought, but his thoughts were interrupted by the shouting of the man.

"So, it you who was responsible for the attack earlier!" said the man, pointing an accusing finger at Ichigo.

"Wait, what? What are you talking about? What attack?" said Ichigo, seriously confused.

"Don't play dumb with me! I can see right through your deception! Kiling innocent people, you monster!" said the man, his voice growing with passion as he continued to speak. "I will show you that we, of the Hidden Leaf, will never lose to the likes of people like you!"

"Wait, hold on! I don't know-" but Ichigo stopped. Out of the corner of his eye he saw it. His sword! But the other man, following the direction of his eyes, saw it too and grinned.

"Not on your life!" he said and before Ichigo could do anything the man ran to get to the sword first. Thinking fast, Ichigo ran after him, picking up the shuriken as he went. Ichigo taking aim, throw the shuriken, aiming for the back of the man's head. The man saw it and jumped to avoid it, thereby allowing Ichigo to reach the sword first. He grabbed it and instantly took his fighting stance.

"Ok, listen to me! I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know anything about any attack, or whatever it was that happened." Said Ichigo, hoping to calm the man.

"Lies! Now I will show you why we call this the Forest of Death!" said the man and he rushed at Ichigo with his sword. They fought, sword-to-sword for what seemed like forever. They parried and slashed, but they were evenly matched. Eventually, the man slipped up, giving Ichigo the upper-hand, but before Ichigo could take advantage of the situation, the man jumped up into the air and starting moving his hands, making odd signs.

What is he doing? thought Ichigo, but he soon found out when the man suddenly stopped the hand signs and shouted "Firestyle: Fireball Jutsu!" Suddenly, a huge ball of fire erupted from the man's mouth, coming straight towards Ichigo. Ichigo dodged it, but barely, scorching most of his clothes in the process.

"What the fu-" Ichigo started to say, but was stopped by a blow to the back of his head.

"As much as I'd like to kill you right now, I must take you back to the village for interrogation" was the last thing Ichigo heard, before passing out.