Chapter 1-It Begins Here...
Sparta, TN, USA-2:38 AM; A girl stands on top of a hill. "Some kind of Spiritual power is growing..."

4:30 PM-I'm listening to some Disturbed when I feel a rumble. "What the hell was that?" I walked outside and saw a woman with a chain on her chest. She was running. Then, there was a monster with a white mask shaped like a ram's head behind her and I said, "Dad, what is that?"

"What is what? I don't see anything." It then was coming towards me, so I ran, but no one saw could se anything, so they thought I was crazy. In a few minutes, the monster left. So I came back home.

-Six hours later, a girl wearing a long black coat and a white collared shirt came in. I said, "Hey, what are you doing here?"

She ignores me, and said, "I can't sense anything. What's happen-" I touched her on the shoulder and she punched me. "Damn, what was that for?"

My mom came in and said, "What's going on here?"

"She punched me."

"I don't see anyone here." She closed the door.

The girl said, "Wait, you can see me?"

"Well, yeah. Tell me who you are."

"I am a Soul Reaper sent from the Soul Society to defeat monsters known as Hollows here."

"And you expect me to believe that?"

"Fine then, I'll make you believe. Bakudo #4 Hainawa!" A yellow lightning-type rope tied my hands behind my back.

"Rrr, dammit, what did you do to me?"

"I performed Kido on you. Soul Reapers trained with this. Now sit still." She raised her sword.

"Hey! What are you-"

The bottom of her sword hit that other woman's head. "Will I leave in peace?"

"Yes. In the Soul Society, you will be saved." The woman turned into a black butterfly.

"That is another part of being a Soul Reaper, Konso. I simply let her 'pass on.' Now I must-" She was interrupted by a crash from the moster from earlier. Then we heard a scream from my brother.

"No!" I tried to open the door, but the Kido prevented me. "I gotta get out of this."

The Soul Reaper said, "Let me do it."

"No! HHHWWWAAAAHHHH!"

"Don't! It'll put strain on your soul." But it suddenly got dark and it got undone.

She thought, "How can he undo Kido?"

I ran to the Hollow, but she said, "You don't have the power to defeat a Hollow."

"I'll find a way."

"Do you want to save your brother?"

"Yes."

"Then drive my weapon into your soul. You will become a Substitute Soul Reaper."

"Then give me that sword, Soul Reaper."

"It's not 'Soul Reaper,' it's Kiyone Kotetsu."

"I'm Isaac Harrell."

I stabbed the sword into my chest and became a Substitute Soul Reaper. I wore a long black coat over a lone white coat with a white belt, and had a giant red-and-black Greek sword. She stood there in wonder, thinking, "Is...is this like Ichigo? Big Zanpaku-to, immense Spiritual Pressure. But I still have my powers. Maybe this is temporary."

I said, "Die, Hollow scum!" I slashed it in the head and it disappeared. "How...was that?" Then I fainted.

-I woke up the next day at 5:30, gasping. My dad yelled, "Isaac, come and see this!" I came to the front yard and saw the aftermath: a huge hole in my brother's room, my mom's car totaled, and the driveway ruined. My dad said, "Some crazy guy threw a grenade and your brother didn't get hurt, or even wake up."

"Yeah, it's weird." I then thought about what happened, my powers; the Hollow, and wondering if Kiyone went back to her Soul Society.

So I showered, got dressed, then got on the bus. So I talked about what happened to my friend Nick. He kinda believed me, then we got to school. I went to the cafeteria and saw someone there. It was Kiyone, and she said, "Hello, Isaac."

"Ah, it's you!"

My other friend Rachel was there and said, "This is Kiyone, the new student. Do you know her?"

"Yea-, no. No, I don't. Give me a second. Come with me, Kiyone." I grabbed her arm and took her to the main hall.

"Ok. What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to go to your Soul Society?"

"I could, but I'm here to look after you." We hear beeping. She gets her phone and looks at a message. "Let's go, there's a Hollow nearby."

"Oh no! I'm not getting near that thing again."

"Relax, it's gone. It's just another one." She puts on a red glove with a blue skull. She hit me and I became a Soul Reaper again. She said, "I knew it."

"What?"

"Your powers are permanent. Let's go."

"Fine, place my body at a table." She did then we left.

We went to the elementary school and found a little girl being chased by a Hollow that looked like a giant black dog. I ran towards it, but Kiyone said, "Don't help her."

"What?"

"Why do you want to protect her?"

"Can we do this later? My priorities are to help people. Rah!" I killed the Hollow and performed the Konso. "Kiyone, I want to protect because people always protected me. Now I want to return the favor. That's why."

"Oh, are you ready?"

"For what?"

"The duties of a Soul Reaper."

"Why does it matter? I will protect everyone, and if becoming a Soul Reaper means that I don't, then I won't, and that's final. Now let's go back to school."

When we got back, I got back into my body, then went to US Government. Throughout the day, she was in all my classes, being amazed with what we do. She said on the bus, "I love what you do."

"It's not that amazing." So we talked about what Soul Reapers do until she got home. Then I got home.

I put my stuff away, and relaxed, not wanting to battle again. About 6 hours later, around 10:15, I became a Soul Reaper again. "Oh, come on. I defeated a Hollow today and I don't plan on doing it again."

"It's not that. Come with me."

"What's going on?"

"You're being summoned to the Soul Society."

"Really?"

"Yes. Let's go."