Yay! Chapter 2 is up! Thank you azngenius91, currently my one and only reviewer! Haha, pathetic me! I would also like to that everyone who read [and reviewed my other stories, they were oneshots.

This chapter is extra long, I guess I wanted to squish alot in there.

Diaclaimer: sigh, how annoying this gets, I don't own Bleach, this is for pure fandomness, If I did own Bleach then It would be very different and not as good, so be glad I don't.

Enjoy.

I look at my father, who is giving me a disproving look, as my head starts to come up with punishment he might gave me. I could be locked in my room for 2 weeks strait with no one to talk to… wait, he did that when I spilled tea on the silk carpet in the parlor in front of all 20 guests about 3 years ago, but that was an accident…

"Explain yourself," Father demanded, while I was in the middle of figuring out the possibility of him making me write: "I shall never [insert action here again, and am very sorry for the trouble I had caused" 10,000 times. Well that punishment was when I got bored and tee-pied the walls of the main hallway, the funniest use of toilet paper and eggs, and when I tripped a few years ago knocking down my chaperone and 2 other servants, and we all bumped into a marble statue which fell over, knocking down the row of them, the domino effect, all 10 statues shattered into a million pieces, an accident, I swear! But it was really funny…

"Um…" I look at my feet, putting on an innocent face and trying to think of a suitable excuse…, nope, none, I'm dead.

Okay, I wasn't dead, but it's so boring here I wish I was, hmmm, I wonder what the human world is like… My father declared that I would be on lockdown for the next month, with the hour a week outside taken away, oh, and I wrote "I shall never step outside my given boundaries again, and am sorry for the trouble I caused" 10,000 times. My hand is sore. I'm supposed to be asleep, but I usually never am, well, what they don't know won't hurt me. I gaze outside my window, starring through the thick glass into the night sky. I wish the windows were open, but father always declared that the windows always be closed, for me anyway. I stare at the smooth white of the moon, glow against the deep blue curtain of sky behind it. Some of the stars are flickering, and the moonlight casts a shadow on the sakura tree outside. I look at the manor more intently, the windows in my room all face the tea garden, nothing to look at, but if I looked hard enough one of the walls surrounding the manor could be seen, just a part of it, I would have been able to see more but a big tree was in the way. Beyond that wall was Seireitei, and then it would be Rukongai. One of my sensei's made me study a lot about that, too bad I never went outside the manor. I turn around to face my room, it was neat and tidy, as my mother called it. She had a bunch of silks, satins, and velvet covering it, mostly everything was trimmed artfully and decorated to express that we were nobles. I hated it; I thought it was way too stiff. I glance at the walls of my room, to everyone else it was a luxury, a pleasure, but to my it was a torture, it was my prison. My fluffy, soft, silk covered prison. Facing my window again I look at the outside world, and then I try to do as many flash steps as I can do around the room. 93 flash steps and I was out of breath. I look out the window again. This manor is my prison; the outside world is my escape. Punishment or not I was going to get out of here, no matter what, I want that freedom.

That month passed really slowly, and it was so boring. With no option of the outside I have to practice my flash steps in the hallways and rooms of the mansion, much to the bafflement of my relatives and the servants. By the end of the month I was up to 59 flash steps possible in a minute and 101 flash steps before feeling out of breath. My physical training sensei saw my improvement and convinced my father that when my month of punishment was over I could go to the training grounds outside the mansion. We had training grounds outside the mansion??? That was news to me. I also got a kidō sensei. Kidō was fun, a new challenge for my, and that was great.

2 years passed. I was 59 now, and since I had sucked up to my father and been extremely angelic, staying out of trouble, my father no longer restricted my to the tea garden. I still only got an hour outside, but by using flash steps I was able to explore as much as possible. In one hour I knew the whole manor like the back of my hand. My chaperone, on the other hand, was not pleased by my flash steps, she could never keep up, so my father got me a new chaperone. The new chaperone was a member of the Special Forces, and quite good at flash steps, sadly, that crushed my plan of getting to the other side of the manor wall. The plan is simple, at the west wall of the manor there is a large oak tree, towering above 10ft. If I climb up the tree I will be able to reach the edge of the wall, which is conveniently flat and 3ft. wide. But Father had not yet allows me out of the manor, and a chaperone would surely follow Father's orders.

"Just great," Grumbled my new chaperone, a man probably around 200 years old. (A/N: Remember my age system, so the guy's about 20) "My first assignment and it's to babysit a brat. Flash steps? Don't kid around with me, she's only 59, probably can't even out run a dog!" This annoyed me very much.

"Hey! I heard that you know!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, so? Flash steps, yeah right, don't screw around with me."

Okay, now I was WAY passed annoyed. I'll show him. Taking off I circled around the orchard where we were, and saw his surprised expression. I was just warming up, I'll show him! I push myself to the limit, and everything becomes a blur. I hear a muffled shouting, besides the wind howling in my ear. I go past the orchard, down through the flower garden and up towards the west wall. Not knowing, or caring where that chaperone of mine was I remember my plan. I find the oak tree and start climbing. Pushing my self further and further up through the strong branches. Then I see the wall, I inch closer and closer, until I set my foot on the top of the wall. Yes!

I peer down towards the other side; it's the world I've never seen before! It's amazing! I look down, 10 feet, with a carpet of grass to break my fall. Behind me I hear a distant shout, my chaperone looking for me. With a mischievous grin on my face I jump.

"Damn! That girl out ran me!" Said the chaperone, out of breath.

I'm sitting against the wall, my ankles are hurting really badly, but I'm pretty much too excited to care. So this was Seireitei! I stood up. I was going to explore it, I was going to have fun, and I was going to get the freedom I'd always wanted.

36 years later. For 36 years I had escaped my many chaperones' watchful eyes when ever I could to explore past the manor. I hid in the shadows, so no one would discover me and tell my father. And Father probably thought the chaperones thought I had disappeared because my flash steps were fast, whatever, he hadn't really inquired on that too much because he had other things to worry about and his health was declining. So I was free to explore Seireitei in the shadows. I had spied on shinigami training and stuff, and found that there were a number of restaurants and shops in Seireitei. No one really paid any mind to me if they did saw me because I blended in with my fine kimono. But 36 years was enough for me to get to know Seireitei, all of Seireitei, as well was I came to know the manor. My curiosity was getting the best of me again, as I decided to start exploring Rukongai.

I'm 95 years old now. (A/N: So like 9 and a half) I started to head towards the west gate. Why west? I don't know, I just followed my instinct. I find the wall surrounding Seireitei. Whoa! It was huge, like 50 feet tall! How the heck am I supposed to get past this? Aw well, I like challenges.

Well there was no way I could climb the wall, so I did the most obvious thing. I when up to the enormous wooden door, and knocked. There was a loud thud and boom on the other side, the door open and I saw a giant ape, a gate keeper. Glancing down at me he asks:

"State your business Miss,"

"I wanna explore Rukongai," I say.

"Uh, well Miss I think you should take that up with your parents,"

"They won't let me do anything!" I stated, and quickly whispered, "Also, they don't know I'm out here, I'm not supposed to be."

"Sorry, but letting you out miss is against the rules, but you could try to find one of those hidden ways out."

I sigh and mumble alright. The door closed behind me. I thought it over, find a secretpassage I sounded like another challenge, this was going to be fun!

Yuck! This murky, damp smell I was never gonna get used to, and the dampness was probably going to ruin my silk kimono, that's another lecture from mother for me then. I was down in the sewers. I had quickly discovered the sewer system, which could quickly take you to almost any place in Seireitei, and to Areas one and two in all 4 directions of Rukongai. But once you got to one part of Rukongai you could go to all the other areas with ease.

I explored west Rukongai. Areas one and two were very uninteresting, everything being neat and tidy. As the numbers decreased the areas became less sound and in order. Area 75 of west Rukongai became my favorite. There I discovered friends, and my whole future changed.

I was 97 years old when I stumbled upon Area 75. By then the rest of the Shihōin clan just glance at me with a disapproving look for my constant disappearance. I was excelling in my studies co they couldn't be too mad, and my father's health was rapidly declining so they were worried about that than me. (nothing I worried about, he was going to get better, I think) I was walking around Area 75. I was on Main Street I guess, it was where all the shops were, so far the liveliest place on the whole city. I was looking around when I felt a tug on my kimono. Turning around I saw a large man in coarse brown rags.

"Heheh, lil' gul, you got ya self some fine clothin' dere, might fetcha nize prize, 'un yuh ya selve might be 'un doo. Wha ya say ya come wit me? I'd be veeelh nize, fuh me." (Translation: hey little girl, you've got yourself some fine clothing there, it might fetch a nice price, and you yourself might be a nice prize too. What do you say you come with me? It would be really nice, for me.) The man started to reach out for me, that stupid drunk! I quickly spun around and kicked him where it would hurt the most for a guy, even added some spirit energy into the kick. He quickly crumbled to the ground.

"You #$ !" He shouted at me through the pain. I realized a lot of people had turned to look at the scene. Besides the strong kick I did I realized the spectators were also eyeing my fine kimono, the thing stood out like a sore thumb here, unlike in Seireitei and the areas with smaller numbers. I didn't want to catch attention, but it was my only way out, I did a flash step and was out of Main Street. Oh well, none of them would be able to catch me anyway. But then I heard a sound, two spectators from the scene, I was about to ignore them and go away when I realized something. Both of them had done flash steps as well.

"Hey you!" One of then shouted at me, the one with black hair and tanned skin, though not as dark skin as mine.

"You guys know flash steps too?" I asked, strait to the point.

"Yup!" Said the dark haired one. "Where did you learn yours?"

"I was taught."

"Like at the shinigami academy? Whoa, we are planning on going there later when we are older. I'm Isshin Kurosaki by the way." Continued the dark haired one, now know as Isshin.

"I'm Kisuke Urahara," Said the second boy, who had pale skin and shaggy blond hair. "I heard about flash steps from somewhere, a 6th year shinigami student I think, he was talking about how to do it. I caught on soon and so did Isshin."

"I'm Yoruichi Shihōin," I say. "And I haven't attended the Academy at all; my father has been hiring sensei for me for decades."

"Whoa! A noble!" Said Isshin. "But with you connections you could get into the Academy easily!"

"And I bet you're never hungry like we are. Well, that's what happens when you're poor and have reishi." Said Kisuke.

"Hey, being a noble is not all it's cut out to be. And Shinigami Academy? Please, my father doesn't even let me out of the manor! If he knew I had seen all of Seireitei he would kill me! Don't get me started on Rukongai." Then I started a whole rant about the lack of freedom I had and all the rules I had to obey. I added how I escaped and had been exploring ever since.

"I never thought being a noble was so tedious," said Isshin.

"Uh-huh, but hey, if your so eager to get out of there then escape again and come right back here, we'll show you what we do around here, I bet it's way better than being bored to death at home" Said Kisuke.

"Way ahead of you," I said, and got ready to go.

"Bring some food while you're at it," Said Isshin.