Byakua's secret/Ichigo's soulmate?
Chapter One
Liz Matsumoto climbed out the window of her cubicle sized bedroom. It was one of the few things she could call her own. As she stepped onto the dew laden grass, she knew this Monday would amount to something. Grabbing her school bag and wiping the blood from her nose, Liz began her walk to school.
Halfway to school, blood trickled down and tickled her upper lip. "Damn him!" she muttered. "I need to get out of that damn house. I can't take anymore beatings!" Liz feared her classmates were starting to notice how beaten and bruised she was becoming. She wiped the blood away for the second time and arrived at school.
Before she walked in the front door she felt the eyes of someone on her, but when she looked, no one was looking at her. So she went to the classroom and took her seat at the back of the room. She stared out the window and tried her best to ignore the big monster stomping the streets. This one was just like the other monsters, nobody else would see it. Liz closed her eyes and rubbed her shoulder that was probably dislocated from where she landed after her step father in a rage of drunken fury slammed her on the ground…
…"You're a piece of trash! Damn useless brat!" Ryo Usani, Liz's step father shouted in her face. A half-drunk bottle of liquor in one hand, and Liz's neck in the other. "All you do is go to that damn school, do homework, and waste my money!" His grip tightened, Liz felt her airways collapsing. She kicked the man in the gut with all the strength she could find. He threw her and she collapsed to the ground with a crunching smack as her shoulder hit the hardwood floor. "You damn bitch!" He screamed in her face and then slapped her. Liz's step mother came in the room with their three month old child. That child would be treated normally, with love and respect.
Liz envied the infant, it was a healthy young boy with black hair and brown eyes. She herself was a teenage girl with orange hair and gray eyes. Her step parents always gave her hell because she wasn't normal. Liz glared at the two main problems in her life. The two bastards who only cared about that damn check the government sent to support her. That check was either spent on booze or drugs, not on her. For once in her life, her step mother took her husband out of the room and Liz was left to sulk alone. That just happened to be the nicest thing her step mother has ever done…
Liz sat in her chair at school messaging her shoulder. Her mind lost deep in thought. "Hey, Your nose is bleeding." A male voice said. Liz jumped because she hadn't noticed she wasn't alone anymore. "Oh it's just you Ichigo." He gave Liz a look. "You did hear me right?" Liz nodded. "I heard you, it's just my nose won't stop bleeding." Ichigo sat down backwards in the chair in front of Liz. "I've noticed something. So has a couple of other students. Your parents…" he paused. "They're beating you, aren't they?" Liz looked out the window, the constant "If you tell…" threats that Ryo always screamed at Liz were running through her mind. She closed her eyes, and took a couple of deep breaths. This might be her way out though. "Yes." She said barely above a whisper. "My Step parents hate me because I'm different." Liz wiped her nose again. Ichigo stared at the poor abused woman-child sitting before him. "Liz, I'll help you. You can't continue to take that abuse." Liz almost jumped out of her chair and hugged Ichigo. The only thing stopping her was the teacher walking in and calling order to the class. For the first time in a long time, Liz felt safe.
She stared out the window and the monster that was there was gone. Standing in the sky near the deceased monster was a man dressed in a black robe, with a white overcoat. He wore a white scarf and bore shoulder length black hair with some type of hair accessory in it. Even from this distance, when he turned his face in Liz's direction, she knew his eyes were the same as hers. She blinked in confusion, but when she looked again, the man was gone.