Author: So first I want to say is "Tadaima Minna-sama!" And now, please all ignore my loooooooooooong period of absence and let us start reading!

Of course, welcome all types of wording corrections but please ignore the grammar because when I write I don't re-read to correct grammar. Too lazy to do that, so haha, have fun!

Note: I will have names arranged in ways of how East Asians arrange their names so please take a note on that for those who won't notice – Last name first and first name first.

Translations – I am not going to translate simple words like Hai, or desu, etc…but for readers who don't understand can send me messages for questions or leave reviews with the question and I will answer them.

Also, I create my own timeline within this story so if it doesn't match the one in anime, please also ignore it. So I do NOT want any corrections about my timeline UNLESS I made the mistake within the timeline that I have used.

CHAPTER 1

'Mizuno Ai, this is the name my mother has given me. It has been the same name for…how long?

How many years has it been? How many times has it been? How many lives has it been, since I have been born, died then reborn again without loosing my memory of my past.

Am I just a spirit whom God has given up on? Am I just a mistake been created? Or am I someone whom is an outsider of this universe?'

Mizuno opened her eyes and took a look around her room, it was all white. She got up and walked to her window by side of her desk and looked out. A cleared sky, birds were chirping across the street on a pole, people were gossiping by the entrance of the newly built market and a child in the middle of the park with others around him.

This is the daily happenings of her current period of existence.

Mizuno took out her autumn coat and walked out to the busy yet peaceful street. Every scene that passed her was just a murmur in her ears and a blur in front of her eyes; they are nothing for a girl who had seen too much for all the lives she's been through.

"Look, look! Bleach is finally out!!! I can't wait to see the battle between Soul Society and the Arrankar and Aizen!" A boy with short brown hair ran by pulling his friend behind to a nearby comic store.

'Bleach?' Mizuno paused slightly on her footstep. 'Since when kids excited bout bleach? And Aizen, Soul Society, Arrankar……are they new brands of bleach that just came out? Hmm…maybe I should try those sometimes to rid off the stains on my clothes…"

"Yea, I wonder if Byakuya will smile and Hitsugaya Toushirou will grow taller haha!" another girl ran passed Mizuno with two girls along.

'……' Mizuno decided to turn around to another path way when her phone ran. "Hai, Mizuno desu"

[Mission X. Old Place. 11 tonight.

Click

'X…huh? They have decided I see…'

CHAPTER 2

"Onee-san, wake up…onee-san…Are you alright?" Mizuno felt someone was pushing her side. Slowly opening her eyes, a boy with light brown hair was kneeling beside her with cautiousness in his brown eyes.

Mizuno got up without moving her black hole liked eyes from his. She can feel him tensing readying for an attack, his breath accelerating slightly and his eyes…so cautious and…danger? How could 'danger' exists in eyes of a young child like this one in front of her?

"Don't pretend who you are not."

Slightly surprised by the first comment from this person in front of him, he lowered his shoulder a little unconsciously.

"Where am I?" Mizuno continued to ask him without removing the gaze.

"……This is Soul Society, 75th Alley, one of the most dangerous alleys of the entire 80 Alley for non-Shinigami souls." He replied in a steady voice but Mizuno could hear the faltering sound behind his words.

"Tell me more about this soul society."

'Why can't I remove my gaze from this woman?' with a cold sweat falling from his forehead. 'Either can I move my body; unconsciously I am answering her questions without delay!'

(Due to Author's laziness, we skip the introduction about Soul Society)

Finally Mizuno removed her gaze from the sweat soaked boy; she got up and walked out to see this new world. It was not new to her now that whenever she opens her eyes and see a whole new surrounding. Rather, she felt more uncomfortable to see herself being in a place for too long.

"…Wait…w-wait…WAIT!" She heard a yell behind her and saw the boy who had woken her up awhile ago trying to catch up on her footsteps.

She paused on the spot and waited for him to reach the distance she had made from the spot she woken up on.

After he caught his breath and he stared at her right in her eyes without the fear and cautiousness like before. "Aren't you going to thank me for saving you?"

"…….Thank you."

He choked on his saliva hearing the immediate reply. "That doesn't sound too sincere!" for some reason, he could feel it, this woman is strong and in an area like 75th Alley, strength is everything in order for survival.

"What then?"

"I want to follow you!"

Ha? Did she hear him wrong? "Why?"

Seeing this woman was not even understanding his hidden meaning, he started to play a different face. "Sniff…sniff…onee-san…I have no family…sniff…sniff…I…onee-san…sniff…sniff is…sniff…the first…person…sniff..who…who…did not…sniff…kill me…sniff on the first…sniff sight…so…"

Without waiting for him to finish Mizuno Ai said "I said it already, don't pretend who you are not. Even if you want to, please be a better actor than this. If you want to follow me just say it."

The boy now was slightly scared at the directness; she was the first one so far who did not fall for his tricks. The others will sympathize and accept his pleas or ignore him and start to beat the hell out of him.

Finally after a struggle inside his mind, he looked to the side with a tint of blush on his pale cheeks and said in the most sincere tone he has ever used in soul society. "Please, onee-san, may I follow you."

"Why?"

Taken back again, not by her harshness or her directness because her voice contained either, instead, her voice was stilled and emotionless like whatever is happening around her does not concern herself like……an outsider.

Yes, like an outsider to this world. Nothing will affect her in this world.

For some reason, he felt an immediate panic that this woman is going to disappear. He grabbed her right hand at the moment of that panic then surprised that he actually did it.

Mizuno looked down at the first determined yet scared hand and now shivering lightly.

"Because…I need someone to protect me…and…I…want a family…just like other kids…in other alleys…a family member…"

Mizuno lifted her other free hand and raised the boy's head by the chin. "Then my request is…that I won't interfere with your business however…"

"I won't cross your boundary!" He was smart enough to guess her answer but somewhere deep inside his heart, he wanted her to interfere…why?

"I am not going to protect you." What?! She… "but I will teach you how to protect yourself, strong enough to fight and survive."

How much more can he asks for? He was right! She IS strong!

"Onee-san, what is your name?"

"Mizuno Ai."

"I am not going to call you Mizuno onee-san because you are not my protector so I am going to call you Ai."

"Name is just a code" though this name had followed for so long. "Call me whatever you like but I won't remember or approve of you until you are as strong as me."

"Then I would like you to remember this too Ai, and that is my name. I am going to be strong enough for you to remember my name. My name is Aizen Sousuke."

"………………"

"Huh? What's wrong? What's with that look on your face?"

"……………….."

"What?"

"I didn't know you actually are named after a bleach brand in the real world."

"……………….."