Ichigo stared.

"The…Rebellion…?" Akira nodded. She looked around the same age as Ichigo. Of course in the spirit world that didn't mean much. She had deep red eyes and hair, which was a little past her shoulders. She had a slender green tail and short claws. Her horns were small and they pointed backward.

"The rebellion is a group formed to stop Akane, who is currently leading keibatsu. Not by popular demand though," Ichigo nodded. Suddenly he heard a shout behind him.

"Ichigo!" Ichigo turned his head. Rukia ran up next to him, followed closely by Uryu.

"Rukia! You're okay!" Ichigo smiled.

"Yeah, the demons were all weak,"

"I'm fine too, don't worry about me," Uryu said sarcastically as he came up.

"O don't worry I don't," Ichigo said smirking.

"Why you…"

"Ichigo," Rukia interrupted, "Who's this?" She asked, looking at Akira. Who was watching the three with interest. Akira nodded at Rukia's question.

"I'm AkiraShourai." She stated.

"Another demon?" Uryu asked. Ichigo nodded.

"but she's not…uh… I don't know…evil?" Uryu looked at him.

"Forgive me if I find that hard to believe,"

"We are not evil!" Akira said angrily, "Its Kagai's fault we are called such! We have been mislabeled by the Soul Reapers!"

"Sound familiar…Uryu…?" Ichigo asked. Uryu looked at Akira and his eyes softened tremendously.

"Forgive me," He said, bowing his head, "I was rash, I too…know what it's like to be "mislabeled by the Soul Reapers," Akira looked taken back, but she nodded. Rukia looked back at Ichigo.

"You sure, Ichigo?" Ichigo looked up at Akira, her eyes burnt with the same desire his did, the desire to protect something precious to her. In her case, the demons. Ichigo nodded at Rukia.

"She's not bad," Ichigo said. Rukia looked at him for a bit. Then nodded. She turned to Akira.

"Then it's a pleasure to meet you," Rukia smiled. Akira grinned.

"Likewise," She agreed. She looked at them all.

"So…are you all Soul Reapers?"

"I am not a Soul Reaper!" Uryu shouted. Akira blinked.

"Sorry…?" She said. Ichigo sighed.

"He's touchy about that sort of thing, as you can see by his gay-ass outfit, he's not a Soul Reaper,"

"What what that!? Kurosaki! You…." Ichigo ignored his rants and stepped forward.

"These are my friends, This Is Rukia Kuchiki," he pointed to Rukia, who nodded, "She's a fully fledged Soul Reaper. And this Is Uryu Ishida," He nodded toward Uryu, "He's a Quincy," Akira nodded at him and then turned back to Ichigo.

"What's a Quincy?" Uryu fell to the ground. Ichigo burst out laughing and even Rukia giggled a bit. Akira looked at them all.

"Did I say something wrong?" Rukia shook her head.

"No no, It's just…"

"He's always preaching about how Quincy are the best and everything, it's funny to see that most don't even know who they are," Ichigo finished.

"We have you Soul Reapers to thank for that," Uryu said, pushing his glasses up his face.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm not a real Soul Reaper, go complain to someone else," Uryu glared at him and it didn't take long to get Ichigo glaring back. Suddenly a new voice was heard.

"Miss Shourai!" A demon, dressed similarly to Akira appeared beside her.

"Miss Shourai, are you injured?" The demon said. Akira smiled.

"It's nothing serious, Kaede," She said, holding up her arm.

"Hey, sorry about that," Ichigo said, smiling softly. Kaede turned to Ichigo sharply.

"You injured Miss Shourai! I will…!"

"Stand down Kaede," Akira demanded, "He's not an enemy," She turned back to Ichigo.

"And there's nothing to be sorry about, it's my fault for attacking you on first sight, and besides, I got you too remember," Ichigo blinked for a moment , then raised his bleeding arm.

"Oh yeah," Everyone stared at him.

"Oh Yeah!?" They all shouted in disbelief.

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"I swear, you wouldn't notice if you're arm fell off," Rukia said angrily.

"Didn't that happen once?" Uryu asked. Ichigo shrugged.

"I don't remember all my injur-OWWW!" Rukia had tightened the bandages painfully around his wound.

"I'm getting tired of healing you all the time," She said, irritated. Ichigo smiled.

"Really? I'm not," Rukia said nothing but was a little softer when she went back to wrapping up Ichigo's arm.

"Ok, here's the thing," Akira said. She had just come back from speaking with Kaede, "I'm afraid none of us know how to open a gate back to your world. But there might be someone in the rebellion that can. If you want I can take you back to base with us," Ichigo stood up.

"We'd really appreciate that, but if it's not too much trouble…we'd like to stay in keibatsu for a while, and…" Ichigo looked at Akira.

"We'd like to join you," Akira's eyes widened.

"You…want to join us," Ichigo nodded.

"Akane's army is a threat to my world, and Rukia's world. If you guys are going to try and stop them, then we're with you," Akira looked at them all.

"Really?" Ichigo nodded. Akira looked around.

"All of you want to help?" Rukia smiled

"It's the duty of a Soul Reaper to protect innocent Souls, even if they were once enemies," She said, "And besides, someone has to be here to keep him in check," She finished pointing at Ichigo, who had a vein throbbing in his head. Akira looked over at Uryu. He sighed.

"The Soul Reapers put a black mark on the Quincy's, They killed us off because we didn't agree with their ideas and practiced our own." Uryu stood up.

"From what I've gathered here today, the demons are the same. By the pride of the Quincy, I will not let another race be condemned the same way mine was. I'm in," Akira smiled at all of them.

"Thank you, my new friends," Her face turned serious.

"But it will be dangerous," Ichigo smirked.

"Everything we ever do is dangerous," He told her.

"And whose fault is that?" Uryu mumbled. Ichigo glared at him.

"Stuff it Ishida!" Rukia shook her head and smiled at Akira.

"Don't worry, they look like idiots but they're good,"

"Hey!" They both said. Rukia smiled again.

"And this guy," She pointed to Ichigo.

"He's the man who ended the last demon war, by defeating Kagai Hitokagai," Akira's eyes widened.

"You…are the one who defeated Hitokagai?" She asked. Ichigo smiled.

"Believe me…it wasn't easy, in fact to say it was as hard as hell would be an understatement,"

"We all have our reasons, but we all want to help," Uryu said.

"Can we fight with you?" Ichigo asked. Akira said nothing for a second, then smirked.

"Sure, why not?" She said, she held out a hand. Ichigo grasped it and shook. Akira smirked again.

"And let me be the first to say…" She turned around and started to walk away, the remaining demons immediately started following her.

"Welcome to Keibatsu," She said over her shoulder.

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Authors Note- I really like these past two chapters. They were a lot of fun to write, and I really like Akira. Like I said, she's gonna be a big part of the story. So please Review!