Chapter Three: YOU!

Sakura woke up in the middle of a dirt road. It was just before dawn from what she could tell. She looked down at herself, the chain was gone but she was still dressed in her ANBU uniform.

'What happened to me?' she asked herself as she wondered the deserted roads of her unknown location. Eventually, people began to slowly filter into the streets to set up shop for the day.

"Ano, sumimasen?" she asked and old woman selling combs and hairpins.

"Yes, can I help you, honey?" she replied in a grandmotherly tone.

"Could you tell me where I am? I've never seen this place before." She said.

"Why you're in the Soul Society, Dearie," she said. Her tone suggested that she thought Sakura had asked the most stupid question in the world.

Just then it all came crashing back. She remembered everything, her friends, her family, Naruto, how she died. Everything.

"Can you tell me where to find a shinigami?" she asked. That bastard owed her answers and dammit, she was going to get them.

"Oh," she said, surprised," they live in the Seireite. The security there is really tight and they don't just let anyone in. you have to be a shinigami."

"Where is it?"

"It's in the middle of the city."

"Arigatou gozaimasu," she said and turned toward the tallest building she saw. She surveyed the area to make sure no one was watching and started up the side of the building. She quickly found the Seireite, not that it was hard to find. It looked like a labyrinth; full of passageways and dead ends.

When she saw which way she needed to head, she jumped off the roof with an exasperated sigh, and headed off toward the Seireite. She was grumbling something about an arrogant dick and ripping the stick out of his ass and beating him like a piñata.

Meanwhile in the Seireite….

The gate closed behind an orange-haired shinigami. Damn he was pissed. He'd just gotten his ass handed to him by Kenpachi, again.

"Ichigo!" someone called from behind, but he ignored them and kept walking. The next thing he knew, someone's foot was firmly planted into the back of his skull.

"Hello to you, too, Rukia," he said in a bored tone.

"I told you to wait for me," she said angrily.

"Whatever," he said and they continued to wonder through the Rukon District until they came upon something strange, or rather, someone.

The woman had pink hair! PINK! Not that he was one to judge, but even that couldn't be natural. She was wearing black, skin-tight shorts that stopped at her mid-thigh. Her shirt was long-sleeved and was also black and ended just below her rib cage. She wore white painted armor and kept a short sword on her back. On her left shoulder was some kind of swirly tattoo. She had a white porcelain mask on the side of her head; it was painted to look like a jaguar. She wore a blank expression, but was grumbling something under her breath.

"Hey, Rukia, who's that? I've never seen her around before "he asked.

"I don't know, let's ask," she said, and before he could stop her, she was running toward the stranger.

"Um, excuse me," she said and the girl looked up.

"Shinigami," was all she said as Ichigo finally caught up with Rukia.

"We were just wondering who you were, we've never seen you before," asked the little brunette.

The girl with the pink hair looked at them, blinked, and continued silently on her way.

Ichigo grabbed her shoulder," Hey, so I know she's not exactly subtle, but you don't have to be rude," he said.

Her head flipped around on her neck and he caught a glimpse of her expression and froze. He'd never seen someone so cold and calculating, yet, at the same time so full of emotion, even if just for a split second. Her face almost instantly went blank again as she flipped him over her head and planted him on his back.

"WHAT THE…" he started when he finally caught his breath again.

"Sorry," she interrupted," but shinigami tend to piss me off'" she finished coldly and tried to continue on her way.

"HEY!" yelled Rukia as she aimed a round house kick to Sakura's head.

"Rukia," a cold voice that all three of them recognized said.

Sakura flipped her head back and looked straight into the face of that arrogant shinigami she was so mad at.

"You" she said.


"Ano, Sumimasen?" = Um, excuse me?

"Arigatou Gozaimasu" = Thank you very much


Hey, here's chapter three!

A lot of you have been asking me about a pairing for this story and the truth is, I haven't figured that out yet. There are so many possibilities I can't decide, so I'm leaving it up to you to decide. The poll will be open from now until March 17, 2011 on my profile. Or if you want , you can just post your opinions in the reveiws.

~Je Ne,

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