Author's note: I do not own 'Bleach' all rights go to: Noriaki Kubo aka "Tite Kubo" and Shonen Jump for the anime dialogues. Plot and new characters: Kaien, Hisana Hansuke, and unnamed antagonists are original characters. Hisana's name on the other hand, is Kubo's but I just thought Rukia would name her daughter after her sister and her son Kaien. However, this was before I read the official Manga ending.
***I recently edited this chapter and added more lines to make the story flow better. Sorry for the confusion. Also, I added this fic to A03**
Prologue: Rukia's Twin (3rd pov)
It was a quiet night in Karakura Town. Urahara Kisuke sat on the porch of his shop and breathed in the crisp night air. He glanced up at the cloudless sky. The moon glowed a fair shade of white as it was surrounded by thousands of twinkling little stars. It still amazes me how peaceful this place is, he thought as he let out a depressed sigh.
"What's wrong, Kisuke?" said a deep male voice that made him jump. He looked to his right and saw a black cat walking towards him.
"Yoruichi," He replied in a faint smile. "What brings you here?"
"Oh, just enjoying the peace and a nice evening stroll." Yoruichi scratched her ear and sat down next to him.
"But we all know this peace isn't going to last very long." Kisuke said with grave concern. "Aizen has the HÅgyoku and as we speak, he is creating an Espada army. I know the world of the living and the soul society are in immediate danger, but I fear most for Karakura Town. Aizen knows its special concentrated spiritual pressure is perfect for creating an-"
Kisuke and Yoruichi froze as they felt a Senkaimon opening. A strange spiritual pressure lingered in the air, then vanished.
"An arrancar?" Yoruichi asked as she transforms back in human form and flash stepped inside for a split second and reappeared next to Kisuke clothed.
Kisuke stood up and fixed his green striped hat. "No, I don't think so. They wouldn't hide their spiritual pressures."
"Well, then let's go." Yoruichi said and flash stepped away, following keisuke. Keisuke didn't have trouble keeping up with the goddess of Shunpo. Being a master of the shinigami technique himself, he could see her every step and the world around him in slow motion. He liked that seeing that.
They stopped on a hill near Karasu River.
"This is where I felt the Senkaimon, " Yoruichi said, glancing around the area "and that strange spiritual pressure."
"Yoruichi." Keisuke said and pointed down the bank. A figure emerged from the river dressed in tan cloak, a right arm around the torso as if it was injured. The figure took one staggered step and immediately began to collapse. Yoruichi and Kisuke rapidly flash stepped towards the cloaked person. Yoruichi caught the person in her arms before they hit the water.
"It's a young girl." Yoruichi pulled the cloak from her face and she and keisuke gasped. "This girl...can't be-"
"Rukia?" Keisuke finished.
The girl in Yoruichi arms was younger than Rukia Kuchiki. Unlike their 100+ year old friend, this girl looked about 14 years old. She had long, raven hair with bangs that outlined her face and several strands changing between her eyes- just like Rukia. She even had the same light and fair skin as Rukia, yet something set her apart. It wasn't the fact that her hair was a lot longer than Rukia's, but the several strands hanging between her eyes. They're the same hue of orange like Ichigo's?
Full of confusion and wonder if Aizen was somehow behind this young girl's appearance, Kisuke stared at Yoruichi.
"This girl- ah let's call her 'Rukia's twin' for now." Yoruichi said as she grabbed the girl's legs and hoisted her up to her chest. "She couldn't be the one with the immense spiritual pressure. It was a Captain's level."
Keisuke pulled out his fan and glanced down at the bloodstained area on the young girl's torso. "Let's take her back to my shop."
Tessai Tsukabishi swept the floors all around the shop and heard Jinta yell as Ururu whimpered. Tessai sighed and wondered when that boy was going to grow up and stop hitting that poor girl for unnecessary reasons. Sure, it happens every day but for once he would like some peace and quiet. He gripped his broom in frustration as the yelling and hitting continued. He was about to walk over there and punch Jinta in the head but heard the boy call for him urgently.
Tessai dropped the broom and rushed to the front of the shop.
Kisuke flash stepped inside and said to him, "Tessai, I need you to heal this girl. She has a nasty stab in her stomach."
Yoruichi appeared inside with the girl and tessai points to the left. "Let's place her in that room for now."
Tessai healed the girl's wound instantly. Being once the Kido-Captain for the thirteen court guard squads, healing a minor injury wasn't a problem. After Tessai was finished the girl groaned and creaked open her warm-brown eyes.
She looked around the room in a haze and asked. "Where am I?...What year am I in?"
"You're at Urahara Shop in Karakura Town." Tessai said carefully helping her up, but she fainted.
He, kisuke, and Yoruichi decided to leave the girl to rest and walked into a living room. Jinta and Ururu brought them tea and snacks as they all sat around a round table.
"She looks like Rukia, but by her spiritual pressure doesn't match up. Her spiritual pressure is...how do I say it," Tessai said scratching his head.
"Rough and uncontrollable like Ichigo's?" Yoruichi said. "Strange, isn't it? Also, that question: 'What year am I in?' You don't think she got swept by the cleaner and lived? We should've ask her questions before she fainted."
"Whatever the case may be. Let her rest." Said Keisuke waving his fan. "There'll be a time for that tomorrow."
The next day, the young girl woke up in a frantic. She felt numerous spiritual pressures at once and some faded as if they were sucked out of their very being. One particular pressure seemed to be in the middle of a battle which caused her to panic.
"Dammit, Hansuke! You Idiot!" She screamed popping a soul candy into her mouth, allowing her to transform into a soul reaper. She turned to herself and said to the mod-soul, "If Uncle Keisuke asks anything about me, don't tell him anything!"
"Right!" said the mod-soul in her body, giving her a salute. "Where are you going?"
"To save a moron," She said flashing stepping towards the spiritual pressures. As she ran, she saw numerous dead bodies on the ground scattered at random.
"Wait, a second. I know this." She muttered as she quietly walked around the park. "Bodies, scattered. Soul's being sucked out. It couldn't be."
She stopped in the middle of the park and gasped at the sight of two Arrancars. Out of the sea of dead bodies, only four people were still alive. A girl in a karate uniform whom she knew as Tatsuki. Another girl with orange hair wearing a highschool uniform screamed as a young dark-haired boy wearing a pink shirt was thrown backwards by an arrancar.
She rushed behind a tree and peaked with an eye. "Uncle Chad and Aunt Orihime what are they doing?" She said quietly, "Wait, those two are-"
Based on the stories the young girl has heard since she was very young, she knew exactly who those arrancars were and what they were capable of.
"This is the story of Yammy and Ulquiorra; the first arrancars Aizen sent to the world of the living." The girl blinked. "Uncle Chad gets injured trying to shield Tatsuki. Aunt Orihime is going to heal Chad and fight Yammy. She doesn't win and any second now, Dad is going to come to save her. But something is wrong with this equation. What's taking him so long? Yammy is going to attack any minute now."
"What do you want to do with her Ulquiorra?" Yammy asked as he stared down at the scared Orihime. "Maybe we should take her back to Aizen and show him this weird healing power of hers."
"Wait, Aizen?" Orihime asked in a whimpered tone.
"No, that won't be necessary," Ulquiorra replied nonchalantly and expressionless. "Just kill her, Yammy."
"Gotcha." Yammy replied with a grin. He thrusted a giant hand towards Orihime whose eyes widen in fear.
"Oh, dammit!" The young girl hissed as she found the saw problem as to why her father wasn't going to show up soon enough. Right next to Tatsuki, a soul reaper boy around her age laid unconscious on the ground and bloody. "He broke the rule! Now how am I going to fix that!"
The young girl heard Orihime scream and immediately she took action. She drew her Zanpakuto and flash stepped in front of Orihime. Yammy stopped his hand, and Orihime gasped. They were both shocked at what just happened. There in between them was a young girl, dressed in black kimono and she pointed her sword towards Yammy with power in her eyes.
Orihime only saw the back of her. "Rukia?" Orihime said softly.
The girl turned her head, and Orihime saw that this girl wasn't Rukia at all.
"Orihime, are you alright?" The girl asked.
"Yes, but how do you know my name?"
"Doesn't matter. The point is you're okay. Ichigo will be here soon." Orihime's savior said with a smile. "He will be very sorry for not getting here sooner."
Orihime frowned. "This is all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself, you did your best. Ichigo will understand." The girl said, slowly turning around to face her opponents. "But right now, I need you to step back. I'm going to take care of these two for now."
Orihime saw no choice but to obey the new soul reaper. She ran a few feet back and stared in awe at the young girl who angled her wrist slightly and uttered the word only a few can proclaim: "Bankai."
