Sora
I left my apartment and walked to my friend's house, which was on the way to school. I liked this guy but was able to hide it from everyone. I stopped in front of his house and heard loud yelling and there was a big hole in the wall. It didn't look good so I went to the door. I knocked on the door but it swung open and I hit my orange haired friend in the face. "! Ichigo! Sorry!" He held his face but looked at me. "Sora, hey. It's no problem." Then his dad appeared. "Hello Sora-chan! How are you doing today?" "I'm fine, Mr. Kurosaki." "Hey now, call me dad! You're like my daughter!" I sweat dropped but smiled. "Mr. Kurosaki is fine." "Let's go, Sora." "Alright. Bye, Mr. Kurosaki." Then we left for school. While we were walking, Ichigo turned to me. "Hey, Sora." "? Yeah. What's up Ichigo?" "Don't call me crazy, but what do you think about shinigami's?" That caught me by surprise. "Why would you ask that?" "Ah...it's nothing really. I was just wondering." "Oh…well, I don't know. Do you think they exist?" "..No, not really. But you never know." "Yeah." I knew something happened last night. That big energy I felt wasn't normal. Ichigo must've encountered a shinigami...but there was also that hollow. If I was correct, he fought it...and that means he got shinigami powers from someone. "Ichigo."
Ichigo
"Ichigo." "Hmm?" "One day...we'll all disappear from everyone's lives. We may even completely forget them. We'll only know them a blurs in our past. But…that won't mean that we'll never see them again. Even if that person dies, they'll return as someone else who'll end up a part of your life. You just have to be patient...and wait. Wait for them to return to us." "...what are you talking about?" She laughed. "Nothing. Just thinking out loud." she was weird, but I was used to it. What she said just now sounded like a phrase meant for a later time. "...man. You're a strange one. Don't just suddenly talk nonsense like that." She smiled and we continued on our way.
Sora
We got to school and there was a new girl. Her name was Kuchiki Rukia. Kuchiki...that name...she must be...the shinigami that gave Ichigo powers. I acted like she was any other girl and quickly became friends with her.
3 months passed and I found that Uryuu Ishida was a Quincy, who found me out too, but he promised not to say a word to anyone since I was a good friend of his, Yasutora Chad had special powers and so did Orihime Inoue. It was dark out and I was walking home from Urahara's shop. As I walked, I felt 2 enormous spiritual pressures a little far off from Ichigo's house. I recognized the spiritual powers. If he's here, this must not be good. I felt uneasy about his so i went towards them. I got close enough to see them but I hid my spiritual pressure so they couldn't sense me. A red haired boy was attacking Rukia while the other, Byakuya Kuchiki, stayed back and watched. Then Uryuu came and tried to help, but he was beaten by the boy. He was about to kill Uryuu when Ichigo came and stopped him. "Huh? Who the hell?!" The boy backed away as he said that. "Kurosaki Ichigo! The one who will defeat you! Remember it well!" "...A shinigami? Who are you? Whose orders are you following? What the...that!" Even I was shocked. His sword is so big! How is that possible!? He's not a real shinigami! They began to fight and Ichigo was cut severely. He was about to get killed when Rukia stopped the boy. She was pushed away and Ichigo was up. Then all of a sudden, his spiritual power began to increase greatly. What then? How can he have so much spiritual power? A human shouldn't have this kind of power... He knocked him down but before he could end it he was cut down by Bya-kun. Then they left with Rukia back to the Soul Society leaving Ichigo to die. As soon as the gate disappeared, I ran to Ichigo. "Ichigo! Hang on!" Then it began to rain. "Ichigo! I won't let you die! Ichigo!" I was shaking at the blood but I ignored it.
Ichigo
It hurts...it's cold...my body is heavy...it wouldn't stop...the bleeding...I heard someone calling me...calling my name…but I couldn't tell who it was...then...it felt like the rain had stopped..
Sora
"Ichigo!" just then I felt the rain stop but I could still see it, I looked up and it was Urahara holding an umbrella over us. "Urahara-chan..." "We'll talk later...let's make sure he's safe first." I nodded.
We got Ichigo back to the shop and he was resting. Urahara sat across from me at the table. "I could've helped him...he would've been fine if I had helped him..." "Don't beat yourself up. If they recognized who you were you would've been killed at the soul society also." "Urahara-chan, knowing Ichigo, he'll want to go rescue her." "Yes...that's why I'm going to awaken his own spiritual powers. Then I'll retrain him." "..If he's gonna go save Rukia...then I'm going too. Since he'll be with you training." "..Are you sure? There will be a lot of bloodshed if you go..." "...I can't not help Ichigo. He's my friend. I'll just endure it." "..Alright..."
Many days passed and Ichigo finally got his spiritual powers back. He went on with summer vacation as normal and so did I. We were to all meeting up during the day because Keigo wanted to go to the festival tonight with everyone. When I got there everyone was already there. "Ah! Sora-san!" "Hey. I'm I late?" "Nope. Tatsuki, Orihime and Chad just got here too." I looked at them. "What happened to you?" I asked Tatsuki. She had a cast on her arm. I was hit by a car soon after getting into the best 8 of the competition. So I became the runner up." I see. That's too bad." "Yeah. But if you entered you would've won even if my arm was fine." I guess...but I'd rather do other things with my time than enter a contest. It would be so boring." "Haha. That's just like you, Sora." That night everyone went home after the fireworks and I walked with Ichigo and his family. Ichigo was carrying his sisters. "Dad...I…will be leaving for another week. I may not even come back until the end of summer vacation." "That's good. Will Sora-chan be going somewhere too?" I smiled. "Yeah. I'm gonna go to a place I used to live in. I'll probably be gone a long time too." "That's good. 2 kids traveling..." then soon I left them to go home.
A week passed and Urahara said he'll be contacting everyone at 1 in the morning so I told him I would stay over at his place. Soon Ichigo came with Orihime and Chad was here waiting. Then Uryuu came and Urahara arrived. I was hiding inside. "You're here! Let's go inside and I'll tell you how to get to the Soul Society. Listen carefully, or you might die before getting there." I went downstairs and waited behind a rock when they came down. Urahara made the gate appear and explained the rules. He knocked Ichigo out of his body and he was a shinigami. The others were amazed. Kon was there for no reason. Urahara continued his explanation. When he finished, Yoruichi came. "Okay! Now all six of you will go into the gate!" "Huh? What do you mean six?" I jumped on top of the rock behind them and bent over. "Did you really think you guys would go without me?" They all looked at me surprised. "Sora-san!" "Sora! What the hell are you doing here!?" "I'm here to help, of course." "How the hell can you help? Do you have some special powers or something?" "You're incorrect, Kurosaki." Uryuu said. "Huh? What? You know why she's here Ishida?" "Ichigo! Just watch." I made my sword appear. "Wha..." "What the hell!? A sword…you're a shinigami too!?" "Close! Now let's go!" The gate was about to be open. I attached my sword to my lower back. I hope I'm not making a mistake…going back there... "The moment it opens, dash in there. Are you ready?" "Got it. Kon! Take care of my family." Then we entered the dangai, heading to Soul Society.