Ichigo had just arrived at Urahara's shop with an unexpected visitor in his arms. "Urahara! Open up!" Ichigo screamed as he hammered away at the door with his free hand.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," said a lazy voice from inside the shop.

The lazy shop keeper known as Kisuke Urahara opened the doors to see a spiky haired teen, "Ichigo your body is in the back-" The former Captain of squad 12 looked down to what had Ichigo in such a panic. "Come on in," he said in his serious voice.

"She's conscious, barely" stated Ichigo as he walked into the shop of which Kisuke dealt with his customers, or his only customer known as Rukia Kuchiki.

"Tessai won't like it, but I'll wake him up," said Kisuke walking off to where his assistant's room was located.

"Thanks ,Urahara," Ichigo stated with complete honesty. He exited the shop area, moved to the lounge area of the shop/house, and sat down on their couch with Tier still in his arms to wait for the well respected healer and kido master to arrive.

Not a moment later Tessai Tsukabishi walked in the room with his glasses on and looked curiously at the new guest Ichigo had in his care. Tessai turned and whispered something to his boss, Kisuke.

Urahara replied to the inaudible whisper, "I sure do hope Ichigo knows what he's doing," he said grinning and waving his fan in Ichigo's direction.

Tessai turned back to the direction Ichigo was in and walked over to where the young Captain was located. The kido and hado master had his hair wrapped in plastic hair rollers like an old woman. Tessai knelt down and then attempted to gently take the Espada, but she subconsciously resisted would not let go of the hem of Ichigo's uniform, nor did Ichigo want to give her up. Ichigo even surprised himself to some degree.

Tier slightly looked up at her Soul Reaper rescuer with a glint of joy in her eyes. She was majorly confused as to why she did not resist this Soul Reaper. Why did he not leave me for dead? Why is he being so kind to me? And why the Hell am I still in his arms!? Tier thought, however she still showed no signs of resisting his careful hold on her.

Tessai had begun healing her with his Kido as Urahara watched from a distance.

Ichigo was exhausted. It was about 2:30 A.M. and he was ready for bed. He contemplated going to sleep right there.

"Now Ichigo I have a few questions," said Urahara interrupting Ichigo's attempt to sleep.

Ichigo sleepily nodded in acceptance for the questions.

"Now first... when did my precious Ichigo blossom in to a man and become a Captain of the 13, er excuse me, 14 Court Guard Squads?" Urahara laughed with his rhetorical question waving his fan

Tier was shocked to hear this boy was a Captain. She hadn't even noticed his haori.

Ichigo shot a scowl and then prepared for another question.

"And second why did you interrupt my beauty sleep at such an hour of the night?" said Urahara covering his face with his fan, grinning.

"Shut the hell up Urahara. Everyone knows you stay up until 6 in the morning and then sleep til after noon," retaliated the rather irritated Ichigo, with his signature scowl.

Urahara chuckled and said a more serious statement, "You realize the punishment is death, correct?"

"I was aware when I brought her here. Could you go ahead and start making a gigai? I have a feeling that we might need it," stated Ichigo being completely truthful.

Tier blushed lightly. Why do I feel so drawn to him? She thought.

Ichigo looked down to see that wounds had been healed completely and her breathing sounded normal. She was also blushing a bit. Wow she's beautiful.., he thought.

"I'll be going to bed now if you don't mind, boss," said Tessai leaving the lounge area for his own room.

"Alright, but you realize that I need some of her Spirit Energy to get the gigai to attune to a hollow's spirit pressure as well as getting her actual body shape," comment Urahara snapping Ichigo out of his day dream. "Be back in a minute," said Mr. Hat n' Clogs.

Ichigo sat there with the 3rd Espada in his arms as Kisuke left to retrieve something from his lab. Ichigo then asked an unexpected question, "So umm… what's your name?" Ichigo asked the gorgeous Tier. He could still see her face because the part covering her face was shattered and beyond repair. He could ask Orihime, but he didn't know how she would take the news of helping an Espada especially after what the red head went through not long ago.

Halibel (A/N Harribel or Halibel just depends on personal preference. I may refer to both) was hesitant but answered the unexpected question, "Tier…Tier Harribel."

"Well nice to meet you Tier," He said with a gentle and kind smile on his face.

"Please call me Tia Halibel," responded the 3rd Espada, "Tier is a formal name I was given in the World of the Living when I was alive."

"You remember your time in the World of The Living?" he asked seeming puzzled. Ichigo had always assumed because no one remembered their lives in the Soul Society he thought hollows and arrancars would be no different.

"Most arrancars do. Their memories flow back to them over the time when their mask was initially broken," added Halibel. This was more that she ever spoke to anyone besides her fraccion in Hueco Mundo in a year let alone to a total stranger. However she strangely had no problem opening up to this man…a Soul Reaper.

Urahara walked back in the room silently gazing at the pair on his couch, "Ichigo I hope you realize that because her wounds are healed she can support herself fine, I guess she just likes being in your care," chuckled Kisuke waving his fan in front of his face once more.

The pairs' eyes widened at the sudden realization. Tia and Ichigo scrambled and soon found their seats beside each other on the couch their arms in their laps, both blushing madly.

"Now just compress some of your spirit energy and in this ball and I can get started on your gigai," he said as he threw her a black sphere.

She did as asked and compressed some of her spirit energy , then gave him back the sphere. Urahara then silently left the room.

"Ichigo is it?" asked Tia looking at him, her blush subsiding.

"Ichigo Kurosaki," he said proudly.

"Well uh…Ichigo, do you know where Aizen is?" she asked bluntly, hoping he would have an idea as to where her betrayer was located.

Ichigo was puzzled, "Why do you ask?" he said.

She was hesitant but answered, "Because he betrayed me, and I want him dead," she said plainly.

Ichigo had no idea what to say. He finally answered, "He's dead," looking to the ground.

Tia was stricken with disbelief, "Impossible! Who killed that betraying piece of trash?!" she yelled not believing him.

"I did," he didn't know how else to put it.

How could he defeat one of the most, if not the most, powerful man in the world? Who is this boy? She thought.

Tier did not know how else to deal with the news she just received from this shinigami. The beautiful Espada sat up and then walked to where her sword was located, raised it, and aimed it towards her throat.

"Wait! Please!" Ichigo pleaded running over to her.

"My soul purpose in this world is finished. I have no one to go back to in Hueco Mundo. I should end my miserable excuse for a life and end this," she said blankly. "My Fraccion is gone, and there is nothing here for me," she added.

"No blood on the carpet, please!" said Urahara from the other room.

Ichigo tried to push her Zanpaktō away from her throat without using his real strength as so it would not appear that he would threaten her, but he had no such luck.

Just as she was about to end her life she heard the panicking, confused, Captain say something that penetrated her concentration, "Please don't!" he started, "I barely know who you are. You're an arrancar, my enemy, and I don't know what you're dealing with, but all I know is that you can't throw your life away. We just met but I already consider myself your friend and I'd be damned if I just let myself sit by and let one of my friends kill themselves," he spoke with determination.

Her eyes widened as she lowered her sword. Ichigo took her into a gentle embrace. Her Zanpaktō fell to the floor with a clatter and she wrapped her arms around him. Electricity ran through her body as she instinctively grabbed the back of his uniform and laid her head on his shoulder, crying.

Ichigo comforted the poor sobbing Espada, and held her close caressing her back and patting her gently. However he dared not go below the shoulder blades. The crying was crushing his heart one tear drop at a time.

When she had finally calmed down he sat her down and gave her another hug. She looked agitated when he released her. Ichigo smirked and went to check on the creation of Tia's gigai. Before he arrived he heard Urahara speak, "The body's done now all I need is clothes…"

Ichigo immediately turned around to and proceeded to the living room where he located his seat next to Tia blushing as he recalled what he just heard.

Tia noticed this, still snuffling lightly, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing…nothing at all..," Ichigo responded as he was getting redder and redder as the seconds went by. Thank God I didn't walk in on that or it would be a lot worse, thought Ichigo.

"Well alright," said Tia in confusion and curiosity. He then turned to her and gently put a hand on her face, wiping away the tears. He smiled to her and she smiled back.

"It's finished!" exclaimed Kisuke from the other room, breaking the sentimental moment the two were sharing.

Ichigo smirked and stood offering a hand to the gorgeous blonde. She accepted the gesture and grabbed his surprisingly soft hand and stood up. Ichigo smiled warmly again and Tia blushed. He lowers my defenses so easily.., she thought.

Ichigo walked to where Urahara yelled from, Tia not far behind him. When they arrived in the place where Tia's new gigai was located Urahara spoke again, "Your body is over there, Ichigo." He pointed to a nearby room and Ichigo left to retrieve his body.

Tia felt uncomfortable as soon as her savior left the room. Urahara noticed this and spoke once more, "Looks like someone has a crush," he said jokingly and seriously at the same time.

Tia blushed and quickly rejected this notion.

"What is your aspect of death?" asked Kisuke out of the blue.

Tia hesitantly answered, "Sacrifice."

"Ah...hmm...did you save someone else from a fate that should have bee their's?" he asked as he was making the final adjustment to the gigiai.

"Yes," was all she said as Ichigo reentered the room.

"I miss anything?" he asked looking to Kisuke and then Tia.

"No, nothing at all," Urahara chuckled. "So, Tia, how do you like the new modified gigai?" Urahara asked the arrancar.

Tia inspected her new gigai curiously It was wearing a green and blue shirt with the number 3 on it, khaki skinny jeans, and blue and green sneakers. "I like it," she said bluntly but honestly. Blue and green had always been her favorite colors.

"And here are your school transfer papers as well," said Urahara. He grabbed a stack of papers and handed them to her.

"Wait… school transfer?!" said Ichigo shockingly.

"My my Captain you don't seem to think of anything," laughed Urahara. "You'll have the same classes as my boy Ichigo here and here's the things they have been working on," he handed her more papers and she sat them down on a table next to her.

"How do you know what we're working on you stalking bastard?" Ichigo asked rhetorically.

"A magician never reveals his secrets," Kisuke chuckled. "And Ichigo if you intended for her to fit in with humans then she'd better start out acting like one," he added.

Ichigo accepted the response and motioned for Tia to get into her gigai.

"Oh and one more thing, I gave your gigai a sensor that projects a field that masks your spiritual pressure, and if you are not keen on masking your spirit pressure when you exit your gigai then hollows or other spiritually attuned beings will sense you," Urahara said, "Now, Ichigo, try your hand at being a teacher and help her into her gigai," he chuckled waving his fan again.

"Alright first grab your gigai," Ichigo started out, "Try to get into a mellow feeling and you'll start feeling a tugging sensation," he continued, "then just go with the flow. It was scary at first, but you get used to it," he said trying to reassure her.

Tia did as her "teacher" instructed. She grabbed her gigai and established the mellow feeling he described.

"Remember just go along with the tugging feeling," he repeated to her.

She starting feeling the tugging feeling he told her about and just let herself go with the flow. The next thing she knew she had entered her gigai.

"Try not to move much you will feel disoriented-," Urahara was cut short by Tier immediately standing up and trying to walk too soon. The Espada then fell but was caught by something rather soft but sturdy before hitting the floor.

When her eyesight was not dazed and the numb feeling she had subsided she focused on what had caught her.

Ichigo was standing with Tia's head leaned up against his chest him holding her arms rather firmly. Electricity shot through her once more as she again felt drawn to him. She had no idea why, either.

Ichigo looked down and smiled. She smiled back. This made him feel amazing, but confused unknowingly the same as Tia.

"Excuse me love birds," interrupted Urahara.

Ichigo lifted the beautiful arrancar to her feet and both blushed.

"Now are you going to go home to your eccentric father with a woman, in which he will blow completely out of proportion, or are you going to stay here for tonight?" asked Urahara while chuckling.

Ichigo shuddered at the thought and looked at a nearby clock. It read 3:30 A.M. His father would also be suspicious if he came home at this hour. "Alright we'll stay here for tonight, but we'll leave as soon as we wake up in the morning," answered the Captain of Squad 14.

"Alright, Ichigo show her the guest room. I'm going to get my beauty sleep. Goodnight," and with that he left the room, laughing.

Ichigo left the room and Tia followed like a lost puppy. A moment later they arrived at the guest room. He opened the door and saw that two mats were lain out. Both removed their shoes and laid down on the mats.

Ichigo spoke first interrupting the awkward silence, "You cold? It is kinda chilly in here."

"No I'm fine," answered Tia with a slight shiver in her voice appreciating the kind gesture.

A moment later Ichigo stood up and put his cover on the supposedly cold Halibel. She did not protest as Ichigo laid back down. That confirmed his suspicions, "I've got a sweatshirt on don't worry," he said kindly remembering she probably did not know what a sweatshirt is. He then looked over to see a puzzled look on her gorgeous face. "It's like a jacket I'll be fine," Ichigo added. This solved her confusion problem.

"Thank you, Ichigo," Tia smiled.

"No problem," he said kindly and smiling causing Tia to blush.

There was a pause between them. Tia surprisingly spoke first, "Ichigo may I ask you a question?"

"Shoot," he replied simply.

"Why did you stop me from ending my life?" the air was suddenly stricken with seriousness.

It took Ichigo a minute to respond causing Tia to wonder if this Soul Reaper just intended to get lucky with her in bed.

"Because I care for you" he said banishing those thoughts from her mind. "I don't know how this happened over just a few hours, but I do, and I couldn't live with myself if I just stood by to let it happen," he added reassuring her exponentially.

Joy shot through her as those words left his mouth. No one had ever spoken to like that. With such kindness, and sincerity. She felt like someone. She blushed redder than she ever had.

"That means a great deal to me, Ichigo," she said with a slight smile.

He smiled back, God did I really just say that?

Looks like king has a crush, chuckled Hollow. Those were the last words Ichigo heard before he was taken by the darkness known as sleep.