Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of its properties as they are the sole products of Tite Kubo. This story is merely my own interpretation of Bleach. This is my first fanfiction, so constructive criticism is welcome. I have made some changes to it to make it more reader friendly. I do appreciate the guidance of the reviewers so far, thank you. Anyway, this is the final product, enjoy.

It all started when one of the buildings suddenly collapsed. Of course, no one paid any mind to this because there was no one to witness this event. This world was completely devoid of any inhabitants what so ever. Well, almost devoid of any inhabitants. There were two beings that happened to reside in this lonely world. One was what looked like a middle-aged man with long hair, a thin moustache, slight beard, dressed entirely in black and was wearing what looked like shades. His companion was an unusual being. His skin was entirely white along with his hair. The only places on his body that differed in color were his eyes and pupils (black and yellow respectively.) He was also dressed in a shihakushō which was, in his case, a white kimono with a hakama. One would assume that he was a soul reaper, but that answer could not be any further from the truth. These two were the sole inhabitants of this lonely world, and of course, they noticed that one of the buildings that they resided on collapsed.

The white being turned to the man and then said,

"Hey, old man Zangetsu, what do ya suppose is going on with that kid, Ichigo?"

The man, addressed as Zangetsu, turned and replied,

"It is because Ichigo has started to finally open up. Normally, he is such a bitter person that kept to himself, and I have been thinking that these buildings represent his distrust of others and have erected them to hide in. Ever since that female soul reaper has entered his life, they have started to collapse."

The strange being looked at Zangetsu, contemplated what was said to him, thought he understood and a look of great displeasure appeared on his face.

"Oh, looks like our "king" is about to find himself a "queen" then! Great, that is what we needed, huh? Just another body for us to bear. I swear, it's hard enough taking care of this brat on his own, now this!"

The creature continued to scowl and leapt to another building, clearly upset. Zangetsu looked at the opposite direction, pondering as to what this meant. As he did, he looked up at the sky and found something interesting. No clouds. Then again, it had not rained for what seemed like an eternity for Zangetsu. Not that he was complaining, he hated the rain.

"What could this mean?" pondered Zangetsu as he saw that yet another building collapse.