Episode 1: Devil Flame

A teenaged boy was sitting on a building, his legs dangling over the side. He was eating an apple, looking up at the sky. The teenager's hair was white, and his eyes were grey. He was wearing a black leather jacket, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and he had a blue long sleeved undershirt, and black gloves. The front of his jacket was open, showing the blue shirt. He was wearing black pants, and he was not wearing shoes.

He dropped the apple to the ground, and he leapt forwards, launching himself off the wall. Blue energy glowed around him, as he flew across the sky.

A minute later, the kid landed on the ground and he saw a rather large demon standing above him.

The demon had scaly green skin, and it was in the shape of a large gorilla. It had a white mask with red lines all over it.

The teenager tightened his fists, and blue energy burnt around his arms, in a flame like pattern. The demon charged at him, and he punched it in the face with his flaming fist.

The demon started glowing, and it shattered into a million pieces, but before hitting the ground it disappeared.

"That takes care of that." The teenager turned to walk away, but then another teenager with spiky orange hair, and he was wearing a black shihakusho, and he had a long sword at his back. He had brown eyes. He had a thick brown belt to hold the large sword at his back.

"Where's the hollow?" The kid with orange hair asked.

A short woman ran up to him. She had black hair, and purple eyes. She was wearing a grey school girl's attire.

The one who defeated the hollow turned to them. He grinned, and waved casually to them.

"Hey, Soul Reaper!" He gave a thumbs up. "I did your job for you!"

"You can see me?" Asked Ichigo.

"Heck yeah, I can."

"Who are you?" Rukia clenched her fists, as if she was getting ready for combat.

"There is no need to fight me. My name is the Devil Flame. Hikaru "Devil Flame" Isao. What about you, Soul Reaper? What's your name?"

"Ichigo Kurosaki..."

"And you?" He pointed to the woman.

"I am not obliged to answer." The girl crossed her arms. "Listen, this city doesn't need two protectors. Ichigo has been here longer than you have. So get lost."

"Sorry. I came here because I knew there was a Substitute Soul Reaper around here. Are you that Substitute?"

Ichigo opened his mouth to speak, but the girl cut him off. "Don't answer that. He doesn't need to know that."

"How did you destroy that hollow without a Zanpakuto?"

"I create Spirit Energy all around my arms and it makes it easy to destroy hollows. That's where I got the nickname Devil Flame."

"Are you a Quincy? Just like Uryu?"

Instantly, Devil Flame frowned. "Quincy. No. My father used to be a Quincy, but then he decided that destroying the hollows wasn't the best idea, so he took the Soul Reaper's advice and he started cleansing the hollow's souls instead of killing them. The other Quincy seriously injured him, crippling him for life. I was only eight. He passed his teachings onto me, but he told me not to use the Quincy bow."

Rukia's eyes dropped. This has to be that man that I heard about in the Soul Society... She thought.

"And if you hadn't noticed, I cleansed the hollow's soul. I did not kill it. Those damned Quincies kill them."

"I'm sorry, maybe we got off on the wrong foot. My name is Rukia Kuchiki. I am a Soul Reaper, and Ichigo is the Substitute."

"Aye, I figured that out. But why aren't you in your soul with the Substitute? And why did you give him your powers in the first place?"

"Well, I was in Ichigo's house trying to find a strong spirit energy that I'd been sensing. I figured out that he could see me, and he talked a little then a hollow attacked. Ichigo attacked it, and to save him I had to take an attack. So I passed my powers on to him. I meant to only give him half, but he took nearly all of it. Now it's my turn to ask questions."

He nodded, the grin returning to his face. "Go on."

"Well, how do you know so much about Soul Reapers?"

"Being as I help cleanse the Souls of hollows, I got the attention of the Soul Society. I got escorted there, and Captàn-" (he pronounced it the Spanish way Cap-E-t-on) "-Yamamoto realized that I wasn't a threat to them so he gave me this!" He pulled out a black flip phone. "It's the hollow tracking device! And they can track me with it. I learned that because I'm a smart guy. Anyway, next question."

"Why did you pronounce Captain-" (the Americano way, Cap-tan) "-like that?" Asked Ichigo.

He shrugged. "It's a cooler way to pronounce it."

"If you're allied with the Soul Society, did they put you in a Squad?"

"They tried to. But I said that I was not joining a Squad, and after a bit of arguing he eventually realized that I wasn't going to back down."

"Don't you go to school?" Asked Rukia.

"Nah. I faked my own death a couple of years ago."

"Well what about your friends? Wouldn't it make them sad that you aren't around any more?"

"I didn't really have any friends. I distanced myself from everyone. At my funeral no one really cried aside from my parents who both knew that it was fake."

"Rukia we better get back to class. We can question him later."

`It was dark now. Hikaru was crouched on a telephone pole, looking around. He suddenly sensed two very strong spirit energies, and he charged after them.

Hikaru landed on the ground, seeing Rukia Kuchiki standing across from two men. The one man had red hair that was tied up behind his head and resembled a pineapple. The other had long black hair, and he didn't look very happy. They were both wearing Soul Reaper attire, but the one was wearing a Captain's uniform.

Hikaru saw that a young man was lying on the ground. He had black hair, and he was wearing blue. He was the Quincy that Ichigo mentioned earlier.

Hikaru let his spirit energy spike, allowing the two Soul Reapers to notice him. He jumped over, and landed between the two and Rukia.

"I don't know who you guys are, but I don't think I agree with what you're doing."

"Get out of the way. This doesn't concern you, human." Growled the man without the Captain Jacket.

"Renji." Said the man with black hair.

"What?"

"This human can see you."

"Yeah, so?" Renji thought for a second. "Oh... I see. Are you the Substitute Soul Reaper?" He growled.

"Me? No way."

"Who the hell are you then?" Renji shouted, and then drew his blade and slashed at him.

Hikaru managed to dodge it, but Renji was fast. Renji gripped his blade and then slashed down at him again. Hikaru gathered spirit energy around his arms, and he blocked the attack. The blade still cut him, much to Hikaru's surprise.

Hikaru then punched Renji in the stomach, knocking him backwards.

Suddenly Hikaru's shoulder was slashed, and blood shot out everywhere. What the hell? He thought. This guy couldn't have cut me... who was it... Hikaru realized that it was the man with black hair. But it was already too late, considering that he was standing right in front of Hikaru, slashing at his head.

Hikaru jumped backwards, but he wasn't fast enough the blade still hit him in the forehead and knocked him backwards. The slash wasn't enough to kill him, at least not right away. He would bleed out if he didn't do anything right away.

"I could have handled him, Captain Kuckiki." Said Renji.

"That human has the strength that's stronger than a Lieutenant. He's about half way between a Lieutenant and a Captain." The Captain calmly explained.

Renji's eyes widened, and suddenly Ichigo dropped down.

"Beware of the Captain, Ichigo..." Hikaru then stumbled over to Uryu. "I'll get help. Don't die, Ichigo..." He lifted Uryu by the front of his shirt, and then teleported away.

"He used the Quincy technique Hirenkyaku. That wasn't flash step." Said the man with black hair. "That human is the Quincy known as Devil Flame."

The young man walked into a shop with a man with a green and white striped at. He then collapsed as soon as he walked in.

Notes: I hope you enjoyed my story. I'm not going to make Hikaru OP, he's going to be strong but he's not the strongest.