The changes don't actually start till Rukia and Ichigo meet Ayame so if you wish you make skip to that part.
Not the last of his kind
Two loud wails were heard in the night.
"I can take care of those hollows myself, Ichigo, you stay here and watch over Rukia. She was cut pretty badly," Uryu yelled.
"But—" Rukia coughed out, yet Uryu had already run off towards the other hollows.
~For some reason, lots of these monsters seem to be gathering close by,~ Uryu thought as he ran down the street.
He stepped into the street lamp and tried again to sense the creatures; that's when he heard it. A soft noise was gliding through the air, and the volume was rising ever so slowly. Uryu focused and he was able to make out some words.
"Give us life again, cause we just wanna be whole,
Lock the doors
Cause I like to capture this voice.
It came to me tonight
So everyone will have a choice"
Uryu heard these words as they rose over the roads straight to him and to the hollows that he had sensed. He looked around and saw the hollows following the voice; they were drawn to it. Uryu pushed out a confused sigh and followed the hollows and the song.
As he got closer, the words became clearer.
"And under red lights
I'll show myself.
It wasn't forged,
We're at war;
We live like this
Keep me safe inside,
Your arms like towers
Tower over me
Cause we are broken"
Uryu stopped dead as he finally came into view of the person singing these words. It was a young girl, and she was wearing a white kimono that cut off at her thighs with red ballet shoes. (think of Vampire princess Miyu's gown without the big bow, if you don't know who this is, go do a Google image search, I know you will find it) She had long black hair that hung down her back and glistened in the moon, and for a second, Uryu seemed drawn to her as well.
Uryu stayed behind and listened to the end of the song.
"What must we do to restore
Our innocence,
And oh, the promise we adored.
Give us life again cause, we just wanna be whole.
Tower over me
Tower over me"
(Paramore, "We are Broken" I don't own this song)
As the girl's voice became softer, he watched her mouth curl into a grin as many hollows closed in on her. All of a sudden, silence rang, and then the girl reached behind her back and quickly pulled out two curved swords (like Zuko's from Avatar when he's the blue spirit, you can search that too) out of one sheath, then she jumped in the air with a wide grin and sliced all the hollows in half .
She landed on the ground with grace as the hollows' bodies disintegrated. She slid her swords back into the sheath, but then she heard a small snap.
Uryu stepped back fast as he saw that the girl had heard him step on a twig. The girl whipped around and raised her arms in the archer stance. An electric blue bow and arrow materialized in her hands, and she swung it around her surroundings. She saw nothing; she heaved a big sigh, and as she lowered her arms, the bow disappeared. Then then girl ran off in the direction of the two soul reapers she sensed.
~ That was a Quincy's bow,~ Uryu thought as he watched her run off, ~ Who are you?~
Ichigo sliced down the last hollow and sensed that Uryu's prey were gone as well. He walked over to Rukia and helped her up, draping her arm across his shoulders, and they started to walk back to his house, his arm around her waist.
"Uh, hey Rukia, who's that girl running towards us?" Ichigo asked as they stopped walking.
Rukia looked up slightly and saw a white outline approaching them swiftly.
"I'm not sure," she coughed in pain.
"Hello!" the girl called as she stopped in front of the shinigami, "I see your wounded" the girl said gesturing towards Rukia.
"Um who are you?" Rukia asked quietly.
"O I'm sorry, my name is Ayame Suzamai. I am a soul reaper like two of you." the girl stated, happily."Ooooo, are you the substitute soul reaper I've heard about?" she asked and locked her eyes with Ichigo's.
"Yeah," Rukia started.
She stopped leaning on Ichigo as her pain slowly subsided.
"Your wound—" Ichigo said, concerned.
"I'm fine, with a little rest I should be ok in the morning " Rukia said with a smile. "My Name is Rukia Kuchiki and this is Ichigo Kurosaki. Its nice to meet you Ayame"
Ichigo and Rukia shook hands with the girl, but a look of confusion hung on their faces .
"We have never met before in the soul society" Ichigo said, trying to make sense of the situation.
"O I don't really spend that much time in open, I train a lot. Not many soul reapers know of me. O and please call me Aya."
"Right," Ichigo said simply and caught Rukia as she started to feel pain again.
"You should go get some rest. I'll see you both soon. It was nice meeting you, Rukia and .." Aya broke into a giggle. "You to Strawberry," She finished, then ran off again.
"Did she just call me a berry?" Ichigo asked, slightly annoyed.
Rukia giggled a little, wincing, and then they continued on their way.