Soul Society is now functioning as normal.
The 13 court guard squads take care of their normal duties, no emergencies for them to take care of except for the occasional spike of hollow activity. The winter war long since over. There were many casualties, but in the end the soul society got through it, and defeated Aizen. Largely due to the contributions, bravery, and fighting skill of a certain orange-haired substitute shinigami, but we'll check on him later. For now, let's focus on the beginning of the story, and the characters who this tale focuses on..
Hueco Mundo
A man, lying unconscious on the endless desert floor of Hueco Mundo, is approached by two strange figures. One a tall man, standing around 7'3", The other a shorter 5"8'. The tall man's fire-red hair flowing down the length of his entire body, the short man's brown shaggy hair hanging over his face and down to his shoulders. The tall man leaned closer to the body on the ground, his tan brown face showing obvious worry.
"Whaddya think happened?" the tall man asked, raising his eyebrow and kicking the unconscious man's foot.
"Hell if I know." the short man grunted, his pale skin showing strain as he picks up the body and opens a garganta, "We should probably dump it though. No use keeping it around here, and if the boss finds it, he'll ask questions that we don't know the answers to." he blinks quickly, throwing the body into the garganta.
"Let's see how the human world treats him" the tall man chuckles, turning and walking away with the short man as the garganta closes
Human World
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" a driver yelled at the girl who had just absentmindedly walked in front of his car.
"Sorry! Sorry! Didn't see where I was going.. So sorry again!" the girl sheepishly called after the driver, sighing and shaking her head. "I really need to get my head out of the clouds" she thought, walking down the sidewalk towards her house. "After a long, LONG day of schoolwork, I really need to just relax for a bit." she said to herself, "If I don't, I might accidentally blow my cover... if that happens, Captain Kuchiki will be extremely mad at me..."
She suddenly stopped as she heard a thunderclap above her, "That's strange, there's not a cloud in the sky..." she said aloud to distract the nearby civilians, narrowing her eyes as she knows full well what that sound really was. Her guess was right as the garganta opens up in the sky, but instead of someone stepping out, or any figures appearing inside it, a figure dropped out, literally DROPPED out of the garganta, and it was plummeting quickly towards solid earth. The girl opens her eyes wide and dashes off into the alley, exiting her gigai and stashing it behind the dumpster, pulling a tube of lipstick from her gigai's purse and smearing an "X" on the side of the dumpster so she could find it later. She returned the lipstick to the purse and ran off in the direction of the falling figure.
"I don't think I'm going to make it in time!" she thinks nervously to herself, flash stepping profusely to try and get there as fast as possible, she grimaces and dashes forward one last time before opening her eyes wide in shock and horror as the falling figure hits the ground, an explosion of asphalt, dirt, and metal following his trail back into the sky before raining down on the crash site.
"Oh no!" the girl thought worriedly, flash stepping the last mile or so to reach the crater the figure had left. When she arrived, her mouth gaped and her eyes started blinking rapidly in surprise and disbelief. There, in the center of the crater, was a boy, looked to be around maybe 15, maybe older, she couldn't really tell. The boy had silvery-white, wavy hair that flowed down to his shoulders, and strands of it curled over his face and rested on his forehead and cheeks. His skin was a tan-white, not brown but not pale either. He looked to be close to 5'11" she'd guess. The weirdest thing was, he wasn't crushed, nothing looked broken, and aside from a couple of bruises, he was completely ok. She walked into the crater, mystified by the sight in front of her.
"This boy fell ALL that way... and he isn't even scratched?" she inquires to herself, walking closer and kneeling down next to the boy, holding his head up with her left hand and checking for a pulse with the other. She almost leaped back in shock because of the fact that when she felt his wrists for a pulse, it was not only still there, but going at a normal rate. Her body started shaking out of shock, if nothing else.
"This... how could this be possible?" she asked to herself, trembling slightly when she heard a grumble and a bit of a grunt from the boy, making her jump a little in surprise.
"Um, wake up! Sir, kid, whatever. Please, wake up!" the girl pleaded, shaking the boy's head slightly.
The boy opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw almost made him pass out again. He saw a girl, looking to be around his age, with long, flowing, black hair and fair white skin, she looked to be about his height, too.. He smiled slightly and looked into her deep blue eyes, wondering why she's giving him such an odd look.
"What..." the boy starts, coughing a bit, "...What happened?" He blinks in confusion, looking around before sitting up, looking into the girl's eyes, "Where am I?"
The girl almost didn't answer, his almost lightning-struck silver eyes hypnotizing her in a way that she didn't even think the strongest of Kido could do. Answering the boy's question by saying
"You fell, a LONG ways. Now, I don't know what you're doing here, or where you came from, but this is the World of the Living. It's where the humans are." she blinks, "How much... do you... remember?" she inquires, albeit a bit forcefully.
The boy scratches his head, "I really don't remember anything except for two names. Mine, and her's". he nods firmly, patting the hilt of the katana attached to his belt.
The girl almost falls over from shock at hearing this, "Are... are you saying that's a zanpakuto?" she blinks questioningly.
The boy nods, "Yeah, so? Doesn't everyone have them?" he blinks a couple times, looking around, obviously confused.
The girl sighs, "This will have to be dealt with and discussed later..." she thinks to herself, smiling at the boy, "Let's start with the basics, what is YOUR name."
The boy smiles, extending a hand to shake, "My name is Sonam Ynar, and you?" he smiles.
The girl smiles slightly, shaking the boy's hand, "I'm Nadimar Vole, pleased to meet you."
The two smile and finish shaking hands before walking off to talk more about Sonam's past, and future.
Little did they know, that future was going to be at risk very soon...
