2 Encounter

Later at night Ichigo decided to turn into his soul reaper form to go look for the mysterious soul reaper. He has questions and he wants them answered. Why would a soul reaper appear out of nowhere and why would they send a lieutenant to retrieve her. Are they going to do the same as they tried with Rukia? Or maybe even worse. I need to find her before Renji does. Hours passed by, but still no sign of the girl.

'How hard can it be to find a girl? Unless she's hiding her spiritual pressure.'

The only place he hasn't looked yet is the forest. It could be she's hiding there. He uses flash step to get to the forest as fast as he can. At the forest he looks up at the trees.

'There is definitely someone here, I can sense their presence.'

He walks into the forest.

'HEY, IS ANYBODY THERE?!'

Birds fly out of the trees cause of his hars voice. He keeps walking until he finds himself at a lake. As he gets closer he sees someone dressed in black sitting in front of the lake. There! When he's close enough he stops.

'Did you know blood is 6 times thicker than water?' the girl says, her back facing ichigo.

'Who are you?'

The girl stays quiet, staring at the water.

'Answer me!'

'Determined one, aren't you? Who I am or where I came from is none of your business, boy.'

'I know you ran away from the soul society. What are you here for and why do they want you back?

The girls stands up slowly, turning around to face Ichigo. He notices her eyes are blood red, almost like the eyes of a demon. Her face shows no expression as she observes him.

'Ichigo Kurosaki. So I finally get to meet you. What a pity it has to end like this.'

'WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!'

A grin appears on her face.

'I am the one who is about to kill you.'

She takes her zanpakuto and points it to the sky. In response Ichigo takes Zangetsu, preparing himself to fight.

'If I where you I would have runned by now.'

'I don't run from fights.'

'I can see that. Don't worry, I promise I'll make it quick but painfull. Now rise, KUROBARA!'

The girls sword turnes into its shikai state. A long blade covered with sharp thorns. She takes a stance and runs towards Ichigo swinging the sword to his throat. He quickly blocks it with Zangetsu. What is with this girl.

'Come on, can't you do better then this?'

She keep swinging her sword, hitting Zangetsu, moving Ichigo back until his back is against a tree. With all her might she swings the sword, Ichigo ducks and rolls away so the girl slices the tree in half. She turns back to Ichigo.

'Not bad, but not good enough.'

'What do you want from me?'

'I want nothing from you, nor from anyone else in that matter. You wherstupidid enough to come find me. You should have stayed away.'

'At least tell me who you are.'

The girl sighs irritated.

'Does it matter that much to you who I am?'

'If you don't tell me then I'll force it out of you!'

'Really? Some words for a teenager. You can't handle the truth.

Ichigo grits his teeth listening to the girl mocking him.

'My name is Alex Bay, the rest doesn't matter.

'What are you doing here?'

'What does it look like? I'm about to kill you. Not that I had those intentions when I first came her but meh, it's good as a replacement.'

What is she..? Before he can say anything else the girl attacks again.

'That's enough!'

The girl stops when Renji appears from the dark woods. Ichigo looks at Renji, then at Alex. He can see by the look on ber face she wasn't expecting Renji to show up out of nowhere.

'R-renji...' Alex stares at Renji. She drops her sword and falls to her knees grabbing her head tight, as if it was about to burst. Ichigo senses Alex her spiritual pressure rising, but not long after it decreases and she faints. He runs to her.

'Stop Ichigo.'

'What, why? What did she do that she has to go back to the soul society?!'

'Shut your mouth, it doesn't concern you.'

Renji walks to Alex and picks her up.

'I'm taking her to Urahara shop.'

'Why? Weren't you send to take her back to the soul society?'

'Like I said, it doesn't concern you.'

Renji looks at the unconscious girl in his arms, mumbles something that sounds like she's being a handfull and walks away, leaving Ichigo behind.

'Hey... HEY! You can't just walk away like that!'

'Too bad, cause I just did.'