Chapter 1

By: Tomatopiranha

Writers Note: Hey guys :D my first fan fic, hope u all like it. Yeah, and sorry about having parts where it has to say weather they are talking in English or Japanese, but it makes it a little more realistic cause you don't really have to know Japanese all that well if you go to Japan for vacation or something. So yeah, thx for reading :) hope you like it and comment :D

It was an average morning. Ighigo's dad trying to tackle him. His little sister telling them both to stop and to come eat breakfast, and Rukia and his other little sister just watching.

"Ichigo, we need to get to school" said Rukia cooly. "We have an English test today and I need to study on the way there".

"Oh yeah, coming Rukia" Ichigo said while pushing his dad away with his foot.

Before they knew it they were out the door heading off to school. It was a normal day, but while they studying something unexpected happened.

"Rukia, do you feel that reiatsu?" said Ichigo in a somewhat panicked voice.

"Yeah, I feel it. It's huge, i can't tell what it is, but it doesn't feel like a hollow or an allancar. Actually, I've never felt anything like it!"

"Lets go check it out".

"Yeah, and fast. We can't be late for school."

The two of them ran towards the unknown spirit force (reiatsu) to see what it was. As they got closer, the spirit force got bigger and bigger.

"Rukia, this thing must be huge, its spirit force is bigger than anything I've ever felt!"

"Yeah, we are almost there though, so be ready to go back to shinigami form."

"Sure thing, you too."

As they approached the source of the spirit force, they were mildly surprised. It was a girl, around the same age as them. She was tall and skinny, obviously not dangerous looking at all. She was a foreigner; obviously, she did not look Japanese in the least. She had long black hair (noticeably dyed) and she had blonde bangs, completely covering one of her eyes.

"Rukia..."

"Yeah, lets go ask her who she is"

The two of them walked up to the girl, obviously she was not trying to hide her spirit force (though she did not know how to). As they approached her, she was playing a zombie game on what looked like an iphone. She did not notice the two until they directly approached her.

"Who are you?" asked Ichigo bluntly (speaking in Japanese).

"Watashi? (me)" she said pointing to herself.

"Yeah" relied Ichigo.

"Rebecca desu" she replied, trying to use her best Japanese.

"I mean what are you doing here" Ichigo said.

"Etto... sumimasen, wakarimasen (sorry, i do not understand)" she replied. She knew some Japanese, but not enough to have a normal conversation.

"Ichigo, i don't think she really knows Japanese", Rukia said.

"Well then what the hell does she speak? We can't just ignore her because she can't understand us!"

"Well from how she appears, she is probably American".

"Great, well we were just studying English, so lets just talk to her that way. Although you know more than i do right? You were just bragging about it earlier so why don't you talk to her".

"Good idea, I'll try it."

"Hello, how are you?" asked Rukia, now speaking in English.

"Umm, good. What's up?" replied Rebecca"

"Well, you see, you have a very large spirit force, and we were just wondering why that was.

"Spirit force? What's that? Does it have anything to do with how i can see dead souls and weird monsters like that?"

"Ichigo, she can see hollows and such" Rukia said speaking back in Japanese.

"Yeah, I heard her. Why don't we take her to Urahara's shop and try talking to her there?"

"Sure, sounds like a good idea" Rukia said.

"Etto, nani? (umm, what)" Rebecca said still trying her best to speak in Japanese.

"Do you want to know why you are seeing weird things?" asked Rukia speaking back in English.

"Yeah! Course I do!"

"Then if you are not doing anything important, will you please come with us?" asked Rukia in a soft voice making sure not to freak out the girl.

"Sure, i got nuttin better to do right now"

So the three of them were off to Uahara's store. Rukia and Ichigo were both leading while Rebecca was calmly walking behind.

"She seems to be fine with the idea of coming with two strange kids who she has never met before to a random place that she has never heard of"

"Yeah, but its not like she isn't a little strange herself" Ichigo says while looking back at Rebecca. She was playing another zombie game on her iphone, and walking at the same time. "Though she seems to be deeply involved in that game of hers. I wonder how she can walk and do that at the same time? She seems sort of an airhead so it must be pretty difficult".

"Well, everyone has their tastes Ichigo, like chappy the rabbit!" Rukia said pointing to her cell phone chain.

"You know Rukia, you are just as weird as she is, although your tastes are completly different" ichigo said while chuckling.

"Ehh, what ever Ichigo, we are almost at the store. Oh, and i guess we can't make it to school today because of this, we will have to take our test tomorrow after school so don't have any plans."

"Ugh, alright well were here" Ichigo said sighing.

"Here?" said Rebecca in Japanese.

"Yep, this is the place" Ichigo replied. "Let's go inside and see if anyone is here".

So the three of them went in the store. Lucky for them Urahara was there. He was sitting on the ledge inside of the store.

"Oh, what are you guys doing here?" he asked.

"Well..." Ichigo explained the whole situation to him.

"Hmm, very interesting indeed. I did feel an extremely huge spirit force when you can in, and i didn't think it was either of yours. Well then miss, please come take a seat in this room over here."

"Etto..." Rebecca said since she did not understand most of what he just said.

"She barely speaks Japanese, just to let you know".

"Ohh, what does she speak?"

"English" Rukia replied.

"Great! i know a good amount myself because i took a trip to America once." Urahara said.

"Please, come take a seat in the room over here." he said speaking very good English.

"Oh, sure thing" she replied.

So the four of them sat down at a little table in a room, and a very large man brought them tea.

"Oh, I'm sorry we have not properly met yet, my name is Urahara, and those two over there are Rukia and Ichigo. Would you please tell us your name?"

"I'm Rebecca Smith, and I'm 17 years old".

"Oh, so it seems. And where are you from Rebecca?

"I'm from America, came here for college, but I'm not startin' till next year."

"Oh, I see. And so can you see things like spirits and hollows?"

"If hollows are those weird creatures then yes I can"

"Interesting, do they sometimes try to come after you?"

"Yes, sometimes. Also there are more here in Japan there are in America, i only saw two my whole time there."

"Really, well what did you do when you saw them?"

"Well, it's weird. Ya see whenever I see one and it is threatening me, i suddenly pass out. Although, it is for less than a split second, suddenly after i wake up, the monster is dead. I even had to do it to a weird person who was wearing one of their masks. He seemed to be floating, and attacked me, but the same thing happened. Once i woke up, he was dead."

Suddenly Uahara's eyes widened and he looked like he was frozen in place.

"Urahara, what's wrong?" asked Ichigo. "Urahara. . . Urahara?"

Suddenly he awoke from his dazed look.

"Urahara, what's the matter?" asked Rukia

"Ichigo, Rukia, may i speak to you in private please?"

The three of them left the room, leaving Rebecca inside.

"What's wrong with you Urahara? You were acting really weird in there."

"That's because, I have heard legends of a shinigami that had a similar power as hers, but that was hundreds of years ago."

"Wait, so what IS she then?" asked Ichigo.

"Well, it is extremely hard to say. Especially since the shinigami in the ledged had no name for the power"

"Wait, so what exactly is this power?" asked Rukia

"Well, some would say that it is teleporting, but that is not true. It is said that it is 50 times faster than shunpo, and that their powers somewhat awaken while they are still alive"

"But, that just doesn't make sense, why would their powers somewhat awaken on earth? And what about the whole thing with her passing out?" asked Ichigo

"Well, it seems that she can act while not conscious here in the living world. But, if she goes to say, soul society, her powers could fully awaken, and she would not pass out"

"Well, are you saying that even though she eliminated those hollow in less than a second, that's not even all of her power?"

"Yes, that exactly. Also, this is her power, without even touching a zombaktou.

"So your saying, she would be more twice as fast in soul society, and if she obtained a sword, then even more power?" asked Ichigo

"Yes, she would be most likely instantly able to get the rank of a captain, without even training"

"WHAT? That is amazing! Would that mean that she is, well, more powerful than me?" asked Ichigo

"Yes, she has the potential for anything."

"That, that is amazing! She could help out soul society so much!" exclaimed Rukia.

"Yes, that's true, though she is not aware of her power. I would have to talk to her. Also, it would have to be up to her weather she wants to leave her life here on earth and come to soul society. This will probably be a big shock to her, so i will tell her."

"So, if she does choose to go to soul society, are you going to ask them if she could fill in for one of the missing captains or something?" asked Rukia

"Yes, but first i would have to train her, not for long, but until she becomes a shinigami and at least gets a zombaktou. Also, she must find a bankia. Because of her humongous spirit force though and depending on how determined she is, it might even only take two weeks"

"Wow, that is amazing! She's like a prodigy" said Ichigo

"Yes, well we should probably get back to the room before she gets bored"

"Yeah, lets go

So the three of them went back in the room to see Yoruichi playing Rebecca's iphone. She was playing a racing game, so she was tilting the device, while not noticing that she herself was tilting back and forth.

"Oh, your back" said Rebecca in Japanese.

"Hey guys" said Yoruichi. "Your friend here is pretty cool, though i cant understand what she says, apparently she has a translator on this awesome device of hers, so we can communicate" she said while still leaning back and fourth. (Yoruichi never learned English)

"Yoruichi" said Ichigo. "What are you doing here?"

"Well you see, I felt this huge spirit force coming from the shop and it didn't feel like any of yours, so i came to see if everyone was okay"

"Yeah, we all are fine. Rukia and I actually found her on the way to school"

"Ehh, really? Well its good that you guys are all right, but who is she?"

"I'll tell you later" said Urahara

"Alright, and by the way, where is she from?"

"America"

"Really? Cool, guess i should have tried learning English in school, oh well. She still has this awesome device we can talk through" Yoruichi said while now playing a different game and shaking the iphone up an down.

"You really look ridiculous doing that Yoruichi" Ichigo said while snickering.

"Hey, I've never done a game like this so it is super fun!"

"Okay okay, just make sure to give it back to Rebecca once your done. You know you can't keep that"

"I know that Ichigo! Now shh, I'm trying to defeat this level"