"Oof!" I land on a harsh ground. Great, twice the butt pain. I opened my eyes to see a very familiar surrounding. The Japanese setting before me, the white walls and stone ground. Not to mention, I'm also near a Japanese garden with a building upon the water. Don't tell me, this is Soul Society!

I jump up, instantly fangirling.

"Oh my god, that's the Ugendo Garden! Ukitake Jushiro must be, like, in there or something! I can't believe I really am here, in god-freaking-Soul Society!" This is what every Bleach fangirls dream of!

"Geez, can you stop acting like a girly girl? You're ruining my eardrums," complained someone. I looked around and only saw a sheathe upon the ground. Aoryuu immediately appeared from it.

"You don't understand fangirls, so be quiet," I told him and he just scoffed. Man, this guy pisses me off so much.

"So, I guess 'you're' my zanpakuto," I grumbled.

"Yeah, too bad I have to be stuck with a brat like you," he spat back. Freaking arrogant snob.

"I heard that." Wait, what? You can read my mind? I mentally slapped myself, zanpaktou and their master are connected. Of course, he can read my mind.
"So, let me get this straight. Can anyone see you?" I asked him, sighing.

"What do you think? Apparently, you're my master so you're the only one who can see me in this form. And..." he replied but I interrupt.

"And they can only see you in sword form, I get it. I'm not stupid, you know."

"Sure," he muttered.

I sighed again and turned away. "So, which time arc are we in?"

"Soul Society arc," he promptly answered. Figures. That old man sent us the to the past of Bleach, he would've wanted us to start somewhere before major developments begin.

"Hmph, you really aren't dumb as I thought, brat," he pointed out.

"Shut up, I'm not dumb, you dimwit! And stop calling me a brat, you snob," I yelled.

"As if I wouldn't call a young child like you a brat, so naïve and...girlish." Damn this guy. Why'd Anleiten stick me with him?

I pick Aoryuu up and started walking. So if I'm in the Soul Society arc, that means—.

Boom! Right on cue. The hemispherical shield above was being assaulted by the infamous seki-seki ball Kukakku made. I looked at my clothes, if I was going to help Ichigo and his gang, I need to dress for the occassion. I smiled.

"Well, come on Aoryuu, we've got a whole society to save!"

"Hmph."

I still couldn't believe that I was in Soul Society itself, it was just so unbelievably surreal. I found myself upon a dark alleyway and I could hear several shinigami coming my way. Time to go all badass Orihime on them! I hid in the bushes, waiting for my fellow preys to come. They're going to fall prey to my hand-to-hand combat. I'm going to enjoy this.

As expected, three shinigamis run down my alleyway. All of them are average ones, they shouldn't be hard at all.

I jumped out with precise timing and knocked them all down skilfully. I haven't trained my karate black-belt skills for nothing, a girl's gotta know how to protect herself in a bad, bad world.

"Heh, looks like the brat knows how to handle herself," said Aoryuu. I ignored the sarcastic tone in his voice and responded, "Well, thank you, my fellow companion."

I leaned over the unconscious shinigami, "I'm sorry for doing this, but I made sure you guys weren't too badly hurt."

I tied them all up, dragged them into a small and empty warehouse. I took their clothes to disguise myself. Some of them were baggy and tight, but it's better than nothing. I put upon my shihakusho, grimacing at the tight tabi socks and zori sandles. This wasn't going to be the easiest to run in, but I can't just wear my converse shoes. I sighed, sadly whispering goodbye to my trusty converse shoes. It had seen me through some rough times, don't underestimate my shoes.

I smiled widely, I am a human disguised in shinigami clothes. I'm living the dream, living the fangirl dream!

"Would you stop wasting time with your lame act?" said Aoryuu. Shut up, or I'll gut you. Aoryuu just scoffed in response.

"Look, Aoryuu, I know that you don't like me and honestly, I don't like you too. But, if we're to do this, we need to cooperate. You hear me?" I said.

Aoryuu didn't say anything, but I knew from our telepahetic connection that he agreed. That's pretty convenient to have.

I started to run, watching the four golden arrows separate from the shattered seki-seki ball. I chased the nearest one that fell into a place around the corner. Please, let it be, Ichigo and Ganju!

"Don't freaking be rude to the person who just saved your life!" yelled a familiar voice. Thank God! I skidded around the corner and saw the familiar duo, bickering back and forth. I breathed in and out, time to introduce myself.

"Hey, you two!" I called out. They both quickly turned to me, already suspicious and on their guard. Okay, what now?

"Who are you?" asked Ichigo suspiciously.

"I'm Tatsunari Ryoko and I'm here to help you guys," I answered truthfully, preparing multiple answers to back me up. It wasn't the best cover name, but I had to blurt something out at least.

"How could we possibly trust you, girl?" eyed Ganju.

"Urahara Kisuke sent me here to help you guys," I responded. Except, Urahara doesn't know about it yet. They seemed semi-satisfied with the answer, but before they could say anything else, "And there's no room for suspicion here, I know where Rukia is being held."

That got me a surprised reaction.

"Urahara-san didn't say anything about you being here," countered Ichigo. Fu fu…that counter won't defeat me. I had been dreaming of moments like this so I got more than just one ace up my sleeve.

"Ever wondered if Urahara knows more than he's letting on? He wouldn't simply give you all the spoilers, now would he?" I questioned them. They were thinking pretty hard. Hurry and decide before the two meat-heads come here.

Unfortunately, Ichigo and Ganju were discussing among themselves. I couldn't hear them from here.

Aoryuu, can you hear what they are saying?

"What do you take me for, brat? Of course, I can!" responded Aoryuu.

"Okay, first up is Ganju. He's saying that you clearly cannot be trusted, but Ichigo here is saying that you deserve a chance. He points out that you know where Rukia is. Ganju counters with, 'She might be lying! She's suspicious and you know that! You can't expect me to ally with an unknown shinigami like her!' Ichigo agrees, but still thinks you deserve to prove yourself."

I felt touched, I was being given a wasn't going to be hard as I thought.

A/N: Thank you for reading the third chapter! Arigatou, goshuujin-sama~! Please leave a comment/follow/favourite! It'll help me very much!