I totally forgot to add this in the first chapter! :O OMG! any way here's chapter 2! I DO NOT OWN BLEACH! it belongs to the man who is my equal to a god Tite Kubo! All hail him! the only thing I own about this story is the plot.

It has been three days since our departure. We ride, slowly mind you, in two noble carriages. Nii-sama and my older sister Hisana, Nii-sama's wife, are in the carriages before us. Renji and I sit quietly as the gray sky rolls past and sand blows across the closed window. I am reading a very boring book while Renji snores stretched out on the seat. He wears a black shinigami shihakusho accessorized with a sash around his shoulder, along with his sixth squad lieutenant's badge and out noble crest. This signifies that he is only second in command after Nii-sama. It also means he is my personal body guard and I can boss him around.

Sitting there watching him snore I am tempted to whack him on the head with my book but unfortunately my dress refuses to let me move. It is very beautiful despite being very uncomfortable. Hand woven and light violet from the top but then sinking into a dark blue, cherry blossoms bloom from my feet all the way to my chest. My hair is done up into a loose bun that allows some of my hair to fall gracefully over my face.

I finished my book and pulled another from the pouch in the side of the carriage. It is a guide booklet to Hueco Mundo. Nii-sama had given it to me before we left, telling me to familiarize myself with the culture, traditions, history, laws and terms used there. I open the first page and find a map of the landscaping. In the middle of the grey sand area is a large white circle. The city of Las Nochas. Surrounding the city is another circle, meaning that there are other smaller towns around the city walls. I don't really care and flip through the pages. According to the booklet from Seireitei, our home city, to Las Nochas is roughly three days by carriage. That leaves maybe two more hours to go.

I sigh loudly and indulge myself into the contents of the booklet.

I knew we had arrived when I saw shacks in the moonlight. Apparently it is always nighttime in Hueco Mundo, proving further what a foul place this is. There is only sand on the ground and the tree's that grow here are white and dead. The outer city is very much like the Rukongai in Soul Society. A place surrounding the real city where all the poorer people live. Dirty men and women litter the streets, shopping and selling food on old wooden stands. I don't know where they get the food and I don't care. We parade through the streets towards the large white palace. Even from a distance I can tell that Las Nochas is huge, almost twice the size of Seireitei. According to my booklet Las Nochas is the capital city of Hueco Mundo and home to the palace where the King lives. Inside is the better part of the life here. Las Nochas is a dome constructed by the King to give his people a sence of light and happiness. He even created a sky that changed from day to night.

As we neared the giant doors to the dome, the carriages are stopped briefly. I look at Renji who is now awake, looking out the window.

"Weird," I comment. "What do you think's inside?"

"Hopefully some food. I'm starving." Of course Renji would be thinking with his stomach. As the carriages rode on we passed a guard and I was very surprised. It was a women dressed in white armour with long, flowing turquoise hair. On top her head is a broken skull of what seemed to be a goat. 'Demon' was the only word I could think of. I could hear Renji reaching for his sword, neither of us trusting it. How in the world did the King tame a demon?! Demons are and always will be nothing but evil beasts. I pushed the demon from my mind and focused on the now blue sky and sun.

Unlike the outside, the inside market of Las Nochas is beautiful. Over flowing with fresh scents, beaming with colours, and people were everywhere. Homes and shops lined the streets as the commonwealth walked to and fro. Venders sold fruits and sweets and silk and jewels. I noticed that some of the people wore white uniforms and carried swords at their sides, great more demons. Though I was surprised that none of them were attacking the people or us, I still didn't trust them.

"Rukia look over here." Renji said. I scooted over to the other side of the carriage and looked to where he was pointing. A demon in white armour was talking to one of the venders, both smiling and laughing as if they were friends, as two children ran around giggling. One of the children had a piece of bone on his head.

"They're allowed to breed? What is wrong with this place. Those things should be destroyed." Renji mumbled. I did not understand either. Demons existed to destroy and devour, not something one made friends with. Back home in Soul Society demons are slayed on sight so they could not eat our citizens. The fact that they walked freely amoung other normal people was...an abomination. For this I had to admire King Aizen. His ability to keep these monsters in check is very facinating. Any other shinigami would have killed them all without a second thought.

This, of course, is Hueco Mundo's advantage. Their army was smaller than ours, but in terms of fire power and organization, they outclass us.

and theres chapter 2. i know it is short but i will update soon and hopefully ch.3 will be longer. also to the reviewer who asked about the character thing(you know who u are) Its under Rukia and Ichigo cuz it is mostly a friendship thing between them. I can't really say anymore without giving spoilers so you will just have to wait and see. Bye bye! 3