Chapter 1
Ichigo stood at the top of Sogyoku hill with his Bankai being in hand. Lightening and thunder flashed through the sky just at sunset. In front of him was figure that was unrecognizable, but was giving off a large amount of bloodlust. Blood had begun to stain Ichigo's clothes and his consciousness was starting to slip way. That is, until he heard a girl call out to him, her voice filled with sadness, fear, and something else.
"ICHIGO!"
Ichigo jolted up in his bed, now sitting up in his bed covered in sweat from his dream. He placed one hand on his forehead as he loud a long sigh
"Damn. What was that about?" Ichigo muttered.
"Hey, what the heck is a matter with you now, Ichigo?" Kon asked, standing at the foot of his bed.
"I-it was nothing. Just a bad dream." Ichigo answered.
"Figures. You never give me a real answer huh?" Kon said, walking off somewhere in the room.
"Ichigo, come on. Breakfast's ready." Yuzu said, just putting her head through the door.
"Huh? Oh, alright." Ichigo said. She left and he got dressed. Luckily, it was a Saturday, so he didn't have to deal with school. He wore a simple white long sleeved shirt and blue jeans with his pair of sneakers.
"GOOD MORNING, ICHIGO!" Isshin shouted, rushing through his door and attempting to kick Ichigo in the back, just to be met by an elbow to the face. Causing Isshin to fall flat on his back.
"What the hell!? Is that the way you greet your son!?" Ichigo shouted.
"Excellent reflexes, my son." Isshin said. Ichigo let out a small grunt and walked out of his room. He went down stairs and sat down at the table with Karin and Yuzu.
"Here you go Ichigo." Yuzu said, placing a plate of food in front of Ichigo.
"Thanks." Ichigo said before he started eating. Karin was the first to finish her food. And once she did, she grabbed her hat and walked towards the door.
"Alright, I'm going out for a bit." Karin said.
"What!? All by yourself!?" Isshin shouted, finally coming down stairs. Before he could protest anymore or try and do something stupid, Karin kicked him in the face, causing him to slam face first onto the floor.
"I'll be fine. See ya later." Karin said, leaving the house. Ignoring Isshin cry about his little girl, Ichigo finished eating and headed back up stairs. Right as he into his room, his combat pass started going off.
"Hm. Must be a Hollow." Ichigo said.
He picked up his pass and pressed to his chest, pushing his soul out of his body and turning him into a Soul Reaper. He immediately jumped out the window and headed in the direction of the Hollow. After running for a few blocks, he saw a giant lizard like Hollow chasing a small group of spirits. Without much trouble, Ichigo cut the Hollow down the middle.
"Oh, thank you so much!" one of sprits said.
"Yeah, no problem-" Ichigo said, but a loud crash made him stop talking. He turned around and saw another Hollow with a more humanoid body that appeared.
"All of you, run!" Ichigo said. All of the spirits did as he said and ran in the opposite direction of the Hollow. Ichigo once again engaged the Hollow, easily defeating it.
"Damn. That Hollow came out of nowhere." Ichigo said, putting his sword on his shoulder.
"Ichigo!" familiar voices called out him. He looked over his shoulder and saw Rukia and Renji coming towards them in their Soul Reaper forms as well.
"Rukia, Renji. What are you guys doing here?" Ichigo asked.
"What, are you stupid or something!? Hollows are suddenly popping up all over the place!" Rukia exclaimed.
"What!?" Ichigo said.
"They are all small fry, but their numbers keep increasing." Renji explained. Suddenly, another even louder crash was heard. But with this one, a familiar scream was heard. When Ichigo heard it, his face paled.
"That was Karin!" Ichigo exclaimed.
He, Rukia, and Renji all ran in the direction of Karin's scream. When they got close enough to see her, they all could make out two Hollows standing over her as she sat up on the ground, fear etched on her face. One Hollow raised its' arm up while forming a fist, preparing to slam it right down on Karin. Even if they used flash step, they wouldn't make it as the Hollow swung its' arm down.
"Somebody, help me!" Karin said, crossing her arms over her head.
"Karin!" Ichigo shouted.
However, happening faster than anyone could see, someone grabbed Karin by the waist and moved her out od the way, causing the Hollow to miss. Karin had her eyes shut, but after realizing that someone was carrying her under their arm and that she wasn't hurt, she opened her eyes and looked around.
"Who's that!?" Renji asked out loud.
"No idea." Ichigo answered.
"But, look. She saved Karin. That means she must be able to see the Hollows." Rukia said.
"Wh-what the? What just happened?" Karin mumbled.
She could still see the two Hollows that tried to attack, but she was somehow safe. She decided to look up and see who saved her instead of wondering what happened. When Karin looked up, she saw that the person who saved her was girl, around Ichigo's age. She had black wild hair with one simple white streak starting from one of the strands of hair in her eyes all the way down to her hips. She had on a dirty white tank-top which obviously used to be a t-shirt but the sleeves were ripped off, and dark blue mid-thigh length jean shorts with bright blood red combat boots.
"Um, thanks." Karin said.
The girl still holding Karin didn't even say anything, she didn't even look down at Karin. Her eyes appeared to be fixed on the Hollows. After noticing that, Karin also noticed the look her eyes, that were a bright purple color. They almost looked like they had nothing in them. No life, emotions, nothing.
"Who is this girl?" Karin thought. Her thoughts were interrupted when the two Hollows let out loud howls in the girl's direction. Without hesitating, the girl turned on her heel and took off running in the opposite direction of the Hollows, taking Karin with her.
"Hey! Hold on a second!" Karin protested.
Once again, the girl didn't even flinch after hearing Karin. As the girl was running, she ran clear past Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji. The three Soul reapers had to step aside as she ran past, but they all watched her run past. Karin was looking over her shoulder, looking like she just barely saw Ichigo and at the same time, the girl just barely spared Ichigo a glance. even so, the girl kept running, Karin still held against her side.
"She just took off with Karin." Ichigo said, watching their disappearing figures.
"We can see that. Well, let's go-" Renji started to say, but he was cut off when the two Hollows ran past them, heading in the same direction as the girl. Rukia was pushed onto her knee while Renji fell onto his back and Ichigo stayed standing.
"The Hollows ignored us?" Rukia questioned, rising to her feet.
"They must still be after Karin!" Ichigo exclaimed.
"Let's move!" Renji said. All three of them did just that and took off running after the girls and the Hollows. Meanwhile with the girls, they were still running, going nowhere specific.
"Hey, look, I'm thankful for you saving me and everything, but can you put me down?" Karin asked, tired of being held by the waist by a complete stranger. Just as Karin asked that, the girl made a sharp turn, avoiding a monster hand coming out of nowhere.
"What the?!" Karin exclaimed.
Karin looked back, and the arm was gone. But soon, as they were nearing a corner next to a random slope, the girl suddenly grabbed the railing and jumped over it, once again barely avoiding the same giant hand. The girl pulled Karin close as the two of them rolled down the slope, soon stopping on the hard sidewalk below. The girl let go of Karin, having her lay on the ground, as she got up and turned around, now facing three Hollows.
"Oh man! Hey, we gotta run for it!" Karin exclaimed, moving onto her knees, pulling the girl's arm. The girl just remained there like a stone statue.
"Hey, are you even listening!?" Karin shouted, pulling her arm as she got back onto her feet.
The three Hollows were getting closer and closer. Karin could only stand there as they did and was about to say something to the girl one more time, but she stopped herself when she noticed something tied to her hip that she had just noticed. A sword. The girl had a grip on the sheath and slowly moved to grab the hilt of the sword. That was happening just as Ichigo and the others appeared.
"Karin!" Ichigo exclaimed, about to run to her, but was stopped by Rukia grabbing his shoulder.
"Wait Ichigo." Rukia said.
"What, are you insane!? Karin is in danger!" Ichigo argued.
"Just look." Rukia said while pointing, making all three of them see the girl pulling out a simple katana and holding straight out towards the right.
"What is she-" Renji mumbled, but stopped after what happened next.
"Screech, Eko Himei." the girl mumbled.
And with that, everyone who was present, Karin, the Hollows, Ichigo, and the others had to cover their ears from an ear piercing noise. While that was going, the girl lunged forward with fast speeds and before anyone could see what happens, all of the Hollows vanished. When they did and once she sheathed her sword, the sound stopped and everything was normal again.
"That girl...has a Zanpakuto?" Rukia said.
"Just who is she?" Renji asked no one particular.
"Hey, Karin!" Ichigo called, dashing towards said person.
"Ichigo!" Karin said.
(A/N: I don't know if this actually able of happening, but I still hope you guys are ok with it)
"Are you alright?" Ichigo asked, Rukia and Renji soon being behind him.
"Yeah, thanks to her- hey!" Karin said, just noticing the girl beginning to walk off. The girl stopped when she heard Karin.
"Hey, who are you anyway? And how do you have a Zanpakuto?" Ichigo asked, more like demanded. the girl turned around about halfway to look at the small group and gave a short answer.
"My name Yukine. Yukine Lilly. And I merely found Eko Himei." she answered. Obviously, there was more to her than what she was saying or showing.