It was a lazy afternoon, warm and comfortable. The sun was slowly drooping to its cradle in the cityscape, the breeze would gently press against the people and trees, making the dry leafs dance and sing in their branches. The raven-haired girl walked at her leisure, as always, through the various streets and alleys. Her lips were pursed as she whistled an old, familiar tune. Dark grey eyes scanned the surrounding area and the whistled tune fell faint and disappeared.

She ran into the candy store and threw the screen door open revealing Kisuke Urahara in his usual attire—striped hat and clogs. There was no whimsical grin, nor the man's customary (and creepy) knowing look.

Just two gray eyes staring without looking, almost as if seeing a ghost.

Karin tried to shake off the strange chill that threatened her spine as Urahara blinked and shuffled slightly. Whatever it was that the man was immersed in, whatever spell he put himself under, seemed to have broken. Karin took a seat across from Urahara and sighed.

"Ah, yes!" Urahara chirped, his demeanor returning to normal. "Today we have a special candy that triggers your Spirit energy and allows it to spread to others, like a strong signal that people can harness, we have the usual rei-bomb* and a whole new line of candy, by Yorouichi's request, known as 'nozomi**' and there are, so far, five types of these."

Karin, trying hard not to punch the shopkeeper, simply shook her head. Urahara fanned his face a few times and the two sat in silence.

"Well?" Karin asked, obviously annoyed.

" 'Well' what?" Urahara repeated. "You don't want anything so why are you here?"

"Idiot! You told me to come ASAP because there was news from Soul Society!" Karin shouted, a fraction of an inch away from punching the shopkeeper. Urahara had stood up swiftly and walked into the next room, his back against Karin. "You scared Yuzu to death with that blood stuff…again." Karin continued, "so what's going on?"

"Karin, Soul Society has gotten word that Ichigo Kurosaki has been meeting with strange people—and that they seem to have an odd power not seen for centuries. They believe that he has been meeting with them in order to regain his powers but…their thoughts have taken a dark turn since the capture of Aizen."

Karin gulped and stuttered, "and…?"

"They're planning on sending someone to take him away and completely wipe him from existence." Urahara said ominously.

"Why the hell would they do that? Ichigo ain't got any powers!" Karin shouted. "And how would they know all of this?"

Urahara turned slightly and tilted his head. "You don't think they would just let Ichigo go, did you?" Urahara paused and Karin shivered at the implications.

"They've been watching him all along."

A/N:Okay! I know I haven't submitted in a while so here's my new story! It's still in progress so here's my teasing prologue ;D haha And YES I will update soon but some problems (and school) have come up so **bows** deepest and Sincerest apologies.

*Rei-bomb: used in my story Identity: it's a bomb with the skull insignia (ex: on Ichigo's badge) and the thicker the reiatsu in the air the thicker the smoke is.

**Nozomi: means "desire" ( :heart: ) This, though not very important for a while, will play a role later on (HINT-HINT!)

Five types:

1. "netsubou" ~~~ Burning Desire

2. "retsujou" ~~~ Carnal Desire

3. "seiyoku" ~~~ Sexual Desire

4. "setsubou" ~~~ Earnest Desire

5. "munmun" ~~~ Woman's desire

So this will go AU when bleach uploads but Im going form what's been happening so far:

Karin keeps meeting with Urahara

Ichigo is training with those wierd people and Chad

Uryuu is in the hospital

Grimm is alive (Just because I want him to be lol)