"Beep...beep..."

Ichigo opened his eyes, rubbed his orange-coloured hair and got out from bed with his body half bare. He opened up his closet, sighing , it was full of shirts, pants but one thing was missing. Rukia. She was away on a mission in soul society and she promised Ichigo that she would come back after a month but it had already been 3 months, still no signs of her. He got his white school uniform ready and rushed down for breakfast. He grabbed his toast, threw it in his mouth and muttered, "I'll be off mom" .he grabbed his heels and took flight towards his school. As he ran, he remembered how it felt like grabbing Rukia's hand and running off to school with her when they were late. In fact, he missed everything about her, like how he got into quarrels with her, how he fought hollows and arrancars with her and even getting his ass kicked by Rukia . It felt like part of his heart was missing without Rukia.

After school, Ichigo, headed to the park to take a stroll before heading home. It was 8 in the night and not many people were there, just a few couples from his school going on a date or some other stuff like that. Ichigo felt odd, many boys there had a girl with them. Except him. He sat at a nearby lake for a rest. Just, then he heard a buzzing sound next to him. A strong breeze blew past him, disrupting the tranquillity of the water in the lake. Ichigo immediately stood up and covered his mouth with his arm. He looked to his left and saw a spiritual gate emerging from the ground, the spiritual gate grew ripples, as if someone was coming out of it...