Disclaimer: Kubo Tito is the owner of Bleach, I only have the responsibility over my own character Machidiel and some events in this piece of story.

You can see a translation of every japanese words in the story's beginning.

The characters may be OOC once in a while, even if I tried to make them in character.

Please excuse any mistakes, and of course the low set on details. I'm working on making it better, but it's hard when your english isn't as good as you want to. Anyway, have a nice reading.

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The story starts when Renji and Byakuya wants to arrest Rukia for being in the Human world for too long, and Ishida is the one to interfere.

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The Guardian Angel

First chapter

Zanpakutô – Soul Slayer

Reiatsu – Someone's spiritual energy

Futon – A pad of cotton / a mattress

Shunpo – Flash step

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Ishida was lying on the ground. He had really thought he could kill that guy, but he had failed. The red-haired guy was too strong. Now he was lying in his own blood, unable to stand up.

The red-haired guy; Renji, was standing over him. He had a wide smirk on his face. He was preparing for the final strike. He raised his zanpakutô. "Okay, then… guess I'll finish the job."

"Before you die, remember this well… Abarai Renji… it's the name of the man who killed you."

"Wait!" Rukia shouted.

"Pleased to meet ya!" Renji shouted, while lowering his zanpakutô, fast.

Suddenly a light blue ball hit his zanpakutô with an unbelievable force; the sword was hit out of his hand and flew several meters away from him.

Before Renji (or anyone else) had time to think; a figure had appeared among them. It was a girl. She was all dressed in black; she had a black and white dress, black tights and black shoes. Her hair was blond; it almost looked a bit silvery in the moonlight. At her left side, she had a small-shaped sword. Even if she had appeared out of nowhere, the most incredible with this girl was the sight of her back; she had wings.

"Long time no see, Little Byakuya." She spoke.

Byakuyas eyes were wide in shock. He had not seen this girl in over 60 years. She had made a prediction to never come back, yet she was here now. He didn't like her appearance at all. He hadn't felt her approaching them, her "blue ball", also known as magic ball he knew, had been a total surprise. And then she had appeared among them before anyone had time to react. She was fast. He did not like it.

He watched her from top to toe. His eyes stopped at her face. She was smiling. His body stiffened in response. She had not yet demonstrated which side she was on, most likely she was just toying with them, but if she was going to attack, he better had to be prepared.

He heard Renji shout; "Who are you?", but even if Renji was just standing a few meters away from him, his voice sounded distant. He was completely focusing on her. He saw that she nodded her head towards Renji and said "Is that your lieutenant?" Her smile changed to an evil smirk.

She disappeared from his sight. Byakuya reached for his zanpakutô in an instant, but he had only got it halfway out of its sheath when her sword made contact with his. The force behind her sword almost threw him to the ground. He hated it. It reminded him on the first time he had seen her. The first thing she did back then was to challenge him into a fight; and they had fought. But in that time they had both been kids, and it had been more a play than anything else. Even so, she had won easily.

He hated the thought of it, but he knew, if she was now serious, they would be in a lot of trouble, although, he would never step back.

She smirked at the look of hatred in his eyes. She was standing so there was a small gap between them, in case he wanted to surrender and admit his defeat. When he didn't, she closed the gap between them and warily bend forward; so her mouth would be close to his ear. "Have you missed me, Little Byakuya," she whispered. He stiffened.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to harm you, I just wanted to say hi."

Once she had said that, she used her sword to push Byakuya away from her. The force behind her sword was bigger now than before, and threw Byakuya several meters away from her. She smiled at his surprised look; he hadn't been prepared for that one.

Renji, Rukia and Ishida had all watched in silence. They were stunned. Who was this girl? How could she be that strong?

When the girl pushed Byakuya away and was free; Renji saw his chance. He attacked immediately. His plan was to cut her by her neck and down, with all the force he'd got. 'That will certainly kill her.' He thought. He put all his strength behind his zanpakutô and attacked.

When he was only a few millimeters away from her neck, a blue light covered her body, and his zanpakutô stopped dead. Renji's eyes widened; all the strength he had put behind the attack was stopped… by what?

Renji recovered from the shock quickly, and started to hit her frenetically. He thought that he could eventually break her shield if he attacked it many times. There was just no way a little girl – younger than him! – could beat his strength. So he attacked her, again and again, and again, completely convinced that he would break the shield in his next attack.

"Byakuya, if you don't get your lieutenant off me, I will become your enemy," the girl finally said.

Byakuyas eyes widened.

"Like if my Captain will tell me to stop! Everyone can see I'm almost through your shield!" Renji shouted, while hitting her frenetically. He was about to say more, but a voice cut him off.

"Renji."

Renji froze. He turned slowly towards his Captain, ready to protest, but he stopped when he saw his Captains expression; a mix with fear and hatred.

The girl spoke again.

"Thanks Byakuya! Your lieutenant was getting really annoying, and it would be a shame if I were to attack you guys." She smiled happily.

"Oh, by the way, I don't want you this close to me" the girl said, raising one of her hands towards Renji.

What happened next, no one, except that girl really knew, but Renji was thrown several meters away from her.

'What was that? She threw Renji away with what? What did hit Renji??!' Rukia was panicking. She was watching Renji who was lying on the ground, he was conscious, but didn't move.

The mysterious girl was also watching Renji, but not for very long. She turned to Byakuya once more and said "As you can see, I have improved my skills. I'm much stronger now than the last time you saw me. Are you impressed by me, Little Byakuya?" She smiled.

He didn't answer. In fact, he was too stunned for it. The last time he had seen her, she had almost killed one of the Captains in Gotei 13, Zaraki Kenpachi. Zaraki Kenpachi himself hadn't been able to even make a scratch on her. She had been too powerful back then, and now she had improved her skills. He didn't want to think about what level she was on now.

Ishida broke the silence, "If you're that strong then kill those bastards and help us get away with-…"

"Nah. This is for the better." The girl said while watching Ishida. "I will leave the girl to these… what was it you said… bastards? It was nice to meet you. I will be going now," she said and started to walk away.

When she was next to Byakuya she stopped, turned her head towards him and said "See you soon, Little Byakuya." And then she walked past him and into the darkness.

Renji, who was now on his feet again, watched the mysterious girl's back, until it disappeared from his sight. Renji had completely recovered from his "air show" before and now turned his attention towards Rukia and Ishida.

"Well, it looks like our interference is gone, should we continue where we stopped?" he asked in a sarcastic tone.

He slowly walked over to were Ishida was lying. "This time you will die!" he said, raising his zanpakutô once again.

Suddenly a blue blast appeared, and behind it stood a boy, Kurosaki Ichigo. A fight between Renji and Ichigo started.

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The mysterious girl quietly walked away from the ruckus behind her. She had no reason to help that girl; also she knew that Ichigo wasn't far behind her. He would certainly help her, or at least try to. Machidiel, which the name of the mysterious girl was, knew he couldn't beat both Renji and Byakuya at his current state. But it would be a good challenge for him. He would gain much power from it.

Machidiel kept walking towards her final destination; The Urahara Shop. She had a feeling Urahara Kisuke himself would not be there, but she didn't mind to wait a few hours.

She reached her destination after 20 minutes, and simply walked into the shop without knocking. When she was inside, she saw the light from a room and walked towards it. She quietly stopped at the door and slid it open. Inside the room two youngsters, a girl and a boy, met her gaze. Their eyes started to stare when they saw her wings.

"Hello. Is Urahara Kisuke here? I need to talk to him." Machidiel asked, knowing the answer.

"Um… Kisuke-san is out at the moment." the girl said.

"Alright, then I will wait for him," Machidiel said, walking into the room. She sat down at the floor and asked "You have any tea?"

"Y-yes…, of course! Just wait and I will get if for you!" The boy stuttered before he left. The girl stayed in the room, she was watching the floor; trying the hardest to avoid staring at the girl on the opposite side of her.

Machidiel had her eyes closed. She didn't care about the girl's uneasiness; she thought it was fascinated when people reacted this way. They were always so afraid to be around an abnormal person. And they didn't dare to meet her eyes. It was fascinating.

Machidiel broke the silence; "What's your name?"

"Um… My name is Tsumugiya Ururu, and Hanakari Jinta is my friend's name."

"I see."

There was a small silence before Ururu asked; "Um… how do you know Kisuke-san?"

"I've met him when he was a Captain in Soul Society. We became friends." Machidiel simply answered.

Ururu smiled. "If you're Kisuke-sans friend, then you are our friend too."

Machidiel responded her smile.

They continued to have a small talk when Jinta came in with the tea. He stared at them both for a second before putting down the tea on the table, and then he continued to stare; at Machidiel and her wings.

He stood like that for 1-2 minutes before leaving the room without a word. Ururu was puzzled over his behavior, but she didn't say anything; she just watched the door and awaited his appearance.

When Jinta came back after a few minutes, he had a piece of paper and a pencil in his hands. He walked into the room and sat down next to Ururu. He burst out; "Ok, who are you? Are you some kind of weird death god? What's the wings for? Give me every detail!"

Machidiel didn't say anything at first though; she just sipped her tea with her eyes closed.

This was freakin' Jinta out. He wanted to know what she was immediately. She couldn't be a human, he was sure of that. Humans didn't have any wings. Could she be a weird looking death god? But he didn't sense any reiatsu... And death gods didn't have wings either. What was left? A… hollow? But she didn't have any mask. Could she be an unknown enemy? But why hadn't she attacked them already by then? It was at least 10 minutes since her appearance.

The girl on the opposite side of him opened her mouth and said "I'm an angel, that should explain the wings."

Both Jinta and Ururu sat with their mouth slightly open. None of them said anything for a long time. When Jinta finally opened his mouth to say something and break the silence, Machidiel cut him off; "And I am 5000 years old."

The silence was heavy, but it didn't last as long this time. Jinta broke the silence, "Y-you are f-five thousand years old?! But… you don't look like you're that old!" He gasped.

"Ah, angels doesn't show their aging. It doesn't matter how old we are, we will still look young and pretty." She smiled towards them. "I hope you don't mind".

"N-no… of course not!" Jinta said with a stupid look on his face. 'An angel? Five thousand years? How could it be possible? I wonder what else there is about her…' Jinta considered what he'd just heard.

"Ehm, how strong are?" Jinta asked.

"Way stronger than you think is possible," she answered simply.

Jinta fell into silence by those words; trying to think of how exactly strong she was.

Machidiel ignored the environment; she was more interested in drinking her tea than talking to Jinta and Ururu. She lifted the cup to her mouth, but noticed that there was nothing left. She sighed and put the empty cup on the table, while looking around in the room. When she didn't find anything interesting, she once again focused her attention on Jinta and Ururu.

"Do you mind if I borrow a futon and relax for a bit?" she asked.

Jinta snapped out of his thoughts, but before he had any chance to answer, Ururu cut him off.

"Not at all! Please, I will show you a room you can rest in." She got up on her feet and left the room with Machidiel right behind her.

"Here, you can rest here," said Ururu after she had showed Machidiel an empty room.

"Thank you," Machidiel answered.

"Um… what is your name?" Ururu asked carefully.

"It's Machidiel," she said and walked into the room.

"Alright Machidiel-sama, good night!"

"Good night, Ururu," Machidiel replied friendly.

Machidiel closed the door after Ururu had left. She glanced at the room; there was nothing particular interesting in it. Not even a painting on the walls. The only thing in the room was the futon which lay in the middle of the room.

Machidiel walked into the room and sat down next to the futon. Her thoughts wandered off to Byakuya. He had seen so taken aback by her appearance. She smiled. This night he had behaved exactly like the first time they've met.

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[Flash-back]

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It was a beautiful day, the cherry tree had just begun blossom and the weather was warm and sunny. This day was just perfect for air crossing.

She was flying through some clouds when she suddenly noticed a boy on the ground. It had looked like he was training fighting techniques. And of course, she had been very curious in that time and had flown down to the ground, without him noticing her. She had hidden herself behind a large bush, spying on his training.

Eventually, she was about to break by curiosity, so she had sneaked up on him when he had his back up against her.

When she had been just a couple of meters away from him, she had stopped. She had quietly brought out her sword out of the sheath and had pointed it against him before she shouted; "Hey you!"

The boy had swiveled around fast; he was completely perplexed that someone had managed to sneak into the Kuchiki Manor without anyone notice.

When he saw her wings, his eyes had widened. He had never seen a creature like that before.

Although, his shock didn't last long and soon he showed anger.

"Who are you?" he shouted, "and how did you manage to enter the Kuchiki Manor?" He was breathing heavenly in anger.

She giggled; the boy stiffened. 'What an insolent, stupid girl!' he thought.

"What's so funny? Answer me or I will…" the rest of his say was cut off.

"I've been standing here quite a while now and observed your training. It's not my fault that you're too brain-dead to notice me. But I have to admit, you are interesting." She raised her sword, so the tip pointed directly at his heart. "I challenge you," she said.

The boy stared at her for quite a bit, before breaking out in a smile and said, "Prepare for your defeat." He raised his zanpakutô and prepared for the attack.

The girl on the opposite side smiled. She lowered her sword slowly, and the boy saw his chance and attacked. 'Silly girl, you just gave me an opening,' he thought. But he had to admit, she was indeed a very interesting girl. Just the fact that she had showed up from nowhere, in the Kuchiki Manor – the most guarded place among the noble houses, without anyone noticing her, that was just… impossible.

But here she was, in the middle of the Kuchiki Garden's, challenging him, because she thought he was interesting.

He had no idea of what kind of creature she was, but he was absolutely sure that she was not a death god. He couldn't feel even the slightest bit of reiatsu from her. She was indeed very interesting.

He approached her fast; he held his zanpakutô to the left of his body, ready to cut her in her right side. When there was only a short distance left, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong. He felt a heavy pressure hit his zanpakutô; the force behind the hit was so rough that he lost his balance and was thrown to the ground.

He was lying on the ground, dumbfounded. She had attacked him, but he hadn't seen it. Impossible.

He felt something wet on his left side; blood. He must have cut himself in the attack.

He checked his wound; it wasn't deep, but wide and it was bleeding much. He muttered something and looked up at her.

She was standing with the tip of her sword on the ground. Her hands were resting at the hilt of the sword. He noticed that she was watching him.

"Is that all you got?" She said with a smile.

The boy's anger returned immediately. His grip around his sword's hilt tightened, and then he attacked her.

She blocked his attack fast, and then she used her wings to create more distance between them; she jumped up in the air and flew back a couple of meters.

And then she waited for his attack; which came directly. He was so pissed.

The boy used his shunpo to confuse her; there was no way that she could see his attack.

He raised his zanpakutô and wielded it with all his strength, just to notice that it never made contact with anything; it just went right through the air. The girl had disappeared.

When he stood there, perplexed over her disappearing, he saw a movement in the corner of his eye. He turned towards the movement; and there she stood.

"You having fun? I thought you would be much stronger…, guess I was wrong," she said and stifled a yawn.

This made the boy furious. He wasn't as bad that she had to yawn! But before he attacked again, he asked, "How did you do it? How did you block my attack?"

"You must be kidding. You were so slow; I could see you without any problem."

The boy's eyes widened. She had seen him? But he had used shunpo!

"And I wanted to show you real speed," the girl continued, "You couldn't see me, could you?" The boy shook his head. "I just used my wings to block your attack; I simply flew away." The girl smiled. "Maybe we should call this off?"

The boy was stunned; she had blocked all three of his attacks. But even so, he still had the courage to fight her. He was getting really irritated at this mysterious girl. She was insulting him, him the great Kuchiki Byakuya. He would never forgive her for that.

He attacked her again.

However, the attack was abruptly cut off. In the middle of his attack, he felt an incredible pain in his stomach. He was thrown back where he came from, and landed on his back.

He groaned and held a hand over his stomach; trying to ease the pain.

She had kicked him! He had seen the attack, but had been unable to stop. He glowered at her.

The girl sighed and smiled. She loved that move of hers; her favorite close combat move. She had just placed both of her hands on the ground, and swung her both legs directly at his stomach. She had hit him with her whole weight. It was so funny.

She sighted again when she watched the boy over. He was still lying on the ground. How pathetic.

"What's your name, boy?" She asked.

"It's Kuchiki Byakuya!" He shouted at her. His eyes were wild in anger.

"Alright, Little Byakuya." Byakuya made an angry growl at his nickname. The girl ignored him however, and continued, "Here is the deal; you are way too weak for me. There's no need to continue, if you don't stop being silly. You can't defeat me, deal with it. You are just what you look like: a boy. An arrogant boy."

Byakuya had of course attacked again, and again, and again. All times with the same outcome; he had been thrown to the ground.

Eventually he gave up; he sat down on the ground, breathing heavily. 'I can't win. She is too strong.' Those words were in the centre of his mind. 'I can't win.'

The girl had put her sword in the sheath again and just stood and observed him.

"Well this was fun," the girl started to say. "I might actually come back another time."

Byakuya stared at her with a mix between surprise and curiosity. 'Come back? Is she really serious?' he thought.

She turned around and prepared to leave, but paused and turned towards Byakuya once again.

"See you later, Little Byakuya."

Byakuya growled, but didn't say anything. Instead he watched her when she stretched out both her wings and took air. He continued to watch her until she was just a black spot in the sky.

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[End Flash-back]

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That had been their very first meeting, and there had been lots of more

This night, Byakuya had had the very same eyes; filled with astonishment, fear and anger. Machidiel smiled, he was so cute. She liked him.

She lay down on the futon without getting undress. She just intended to sleep for a few hours; waiting for Urahara Kisuke's return. Her last thought was a wonder if Ichigo was alright. And then she fell asleep.

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[If you had come this far then thank you for reading.]