A/N: Hey people of the world who are reading this right now! Thx for dropping by, this is my first fanfic and sorry if it's a bit boring but I promise that the chapters will get more interesting. / P.S. This is an AU (Alternative Universe) Fanfic and it's kind of going to be supernatural. Other than that, enjoy… ICHIRUKI!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN BLEACH SADLY

SONG I'M LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: Sorry, Blame it on me- Akon

The oven-like coal mine was scorching with heat. Slaves in the coal mines had been dehydrated and sick of the hot weather. It bothered them to no end and some of the slaves had to visit local doctors because they had fell unconscious during the heat wave.

Tanaka Rukia was a professional assassin, she was trained by the best but how she got captured was a mystery to all the slaves that were working in the coal mines. Each one of the slaves knew who she was. Rukia was the cold-blooded assassin. People said that she had a pure crystal blade that she used to assassinate emperors. People called her 'Tananka's Pride' because she was trained by the best and soon became the the Tananka's clan best assassin. The slaves tended to stay away from Rukia but she didn't really mind, she wanted to feel isolated.

All the slaves were working including Rukia. Rukia had always felt bad for the children that were stuck in the coal mines. They had never experienced the outside world. To feel the luscious green grass underneath their bare feet, to feel the cool crystal water on their hands and to eat the most delicious foods that they had never experienced.

Rukia let a despairing chuckle. It's not like she had experienced things like that, only in her childhood when her parents had... She didn't want to even think about it.

She had been caught at the age of 17 and her mentor had been killed during the attack. She had mourned for him every day and felt ashamed that she couldn't protect her mentor. Rukia had failed him.

Suddenly there was a loud screech. The assassin turned around and saw a woman that was now crowded by people. "Please help me! My child is sick and she's losing consciousness." The woman cried out, she was in tears.

Rukia walked towards the group and each one of them moved away from the woman when they saw her walk directly towards the child and woman. Finally, it was just her and the child with her mum. The crowd of slaves were surrounding all three of them.

"Oh, plea- please help me! My child is sick and she's rapidly losing consciousness." The mother somehow choked out. Rukia knew how hard it was knowing that you might be losing someone important, so in her softest voice with the utmost sincerity she spoke; "Of course I'll tell the guards to get a doctor as soon as possible."

With that she was off running and speeding through the crowd of people. She saw the guards standing there in their shiny armour, they always had multiple guarding the mines. There were always riots and protests going on in the coal mines to let them be free from the mines to live happy lives.

As soon as the guards saw who it was running they quickly called all the guards to help them. She stopped just before the entrance where all the guards were. There was a pregnant pause before one of the guards had the guts to talk to her. "Wha- What are you trying to do?" The guard spoke with fearful tone. "Must be a new guard" Rukia thought to herself. "One of the children are sick and is slowly losing consciousness, we need a doctor quickly!" She said.

The guards all looked at each other and Rukia wanted to roll her eyes at their stupidity. Well it made sense, they probably didn't believe her because let's be honest who would trust an assassin that would ruthlessly kill innocent people. Touché, Rukia thought to herself. One of the guards broke her out of her thoughts.

"How do we know that you're not lying?" A less fearful guard asked. "Hmmm this one is not as scared as the last one. I remember people cowering in fear because of me." Rukia let out a semi happy sigh. "Hey! How do we know we can trust you?" The same guard said. "Fine you guys can handcuff me and I'll walk you guys to the sick patient." She responded, getting annoyed at their behaviour. She then pushed out her arms, the guards looked at each other and then one of them pulled out handcuffs and locked it on her wrists.

"Okay, since we got that out of the way hurry up and follow me." Rukia said. She started running unaware of how much time she had just wasted. It felt like forever until they made it to the woman and child. "The sick patient is the child that is in that woman's arms." Rukia pointed in the woman's direction. The guards quickly ran and she could see the guards and woman talking. After that they took the child and told the woman to run outside the mines with them. You could see the doctor just standing outside the mines waiting for the patient that he or she had to treat. "They must've informed the other guards to get a doctor." Rukia thought.

The woman then stopped and looked at her. Rukia could see that she had mouthed the words thank you before joining the guards on their race to the entrance of the mines. Rukia let a small smile slip on to her face. She just remembered that the guards hadn't taken off her handcuffs and was about to curse at them before an official announcer came. They were messengers of the emperor. They barely came to shady places like the mines so seeing one peeked Rukia's curiosity.

"I announce that a royal general from the Seireitei empire has come to the coal mine." The messenger spoke with authority in his voice.

"Why would the general come to the mines? What does he want?" Rukia pondered. She had only seen the general once and it was from quite a far distance. The only thing she saw from that distance was spikey light turquoise hair.

She was sitting near a rock thinking and she didn't even know that the general himself was walking towards her. "Rukia you are hereby free from the coal mines of the Kasumiōji empire." The royal said in a gruff and annoyed voice. That sentence was enough to stop Rukia's deep thinking. "Wha-what did you say?" Rukia spoke with disbelief in her voice. Rukia looked up and saw a man with the light turquoise hair. He was about a foot or two taller than her and him standing and her sitting made him even more intimidating.

"You are hereby free from the coal mines and you're getting transferred to the Seireitei empire… Don't ask any questions the Emperor of the Seireitei just wants to see you." He added. "Wait, wait. What's your name?" Rukia asked.

"The names Grimmjow, I'm the leader of the Jaegerjaquez Clan." He said with a smirk pasted on his face.

-XxX-

4 Hours Earlier

The emperor of the Seireitei was walking through the grand glass hallways of the castle. He was walking to his throne room with a scowl placed on his face. He was displeased with the opinions that he got for recruiting the assassin from the Kasumiōji empire mines. Didn't they care that the empire would fall from the threat that they were experiencing? He knew that the assassin Rukia Kuchiki would help the empire in some way, he just had to bait her with the right deal.

He was in front of the large wooden doors of the throne room, he looked at the guards and they opened it. As he walked inside he saw his parents sitting in their respective thrones, they didn't normally come to the throne room they would meet him normally in the gardens or in his bedroom. He was getting worried.

"What's wrong?" He asked. The parents looked at each other with uncertainty written in their eyes. The dad spoke first. "Son we have two things we need to talk about. "First, we think you should be wed to a noble since of the oncoming war that will cause disasters across the empire, we're doing this just to make sure that all of the empire will have a backup plan just in case your reign ends." The emperor's eyes widened. "Secondly, all the spies that we sent to check up on the Sousuke empire haven't come back and it's already been two weeks since we've sent them. Son we have to do something quickly before he makes a move." The emperor's resolution was made. "I have a solution, I've made up my mind and my decision is to take the infamous assassin Rukia from the mines to help me with the war." The emperor's mother's eyes widened. "Are you crazy my son! She's going to try to assassinate you." She spoke with worry. "I have a plan, I just have to bait her with the thing that she really wants. If you consider this than I'll consider getting married to a noble of your choice." He said with certainty in his voice. The parents both looked at each other than they nodded at each other. The father spoke; "Son we agree with your idea only if you marry a noble of our choice." Seireitei's emperor nodded in agreement. "I'm going to tell Grimmjow to go get Rukia from the Kasumiōji mines. With that he left the throne room.

It took him a while to walk to his general's personal office, he arrived and knocked on the door three times. The door opened and there stood the general and the head of the Jaegerjaquez clan. "What do you need my King?" Grimmjow said in a mockful tone. The ruler shook his head and discarded the comment. "Grimm I need you to free Rukia from the mines of the Kasumiōji empire." He said. "Are you crazy she'll try to kill you." The general replied. "She won't, if I get the right bait she'll work with me willingly." Grimmjow couldn't argue back. "Fine it'll take about three hours on horseback and when we do come back where do you want to meet me?" The teal haired man asked. "Meet me in my throne room."

The emperor was just about to walk out of the office until he heard Grimmjow speak in a serious tone. "Just be careful Ichigo she might just want to kill you." Ichigo smirked. "Grimm my middle name is careful." He said. Grimmjow smirked as well. The clan head called for some soldiers and they got on their horses to begin their journey to get the captured assassin.

A/N: If you guys are still here and reading this author notice then I thank you for reading this first chapter. Make sure to Review and tell me how it is. I will post the next chapter in probably a week or so. Thanks for reading once again and I'll hopefully catch you in the next chapter. Peace K2… B)

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