Full summary: From the dawn of time, our world's had been separated. The land of souls, the soul society, the human world, and Hueco Mundo, the world of the hollows. Souls and hollows cannot be seen by the human eye as they amongst the dead. One day when a hollow attacks his family trying to eat his soul, a young man named Ichigo is granted special abilities and becomes a soul reaper. However, his sudden gift came at a price. The soul Reaper who shared her powers, Rukia Kuchiki, would have to be executed for her crimes. Chasing after her into the soul society, Ichigo and his friends managed to rescue Rukia before it was too late. That was one simple mission in the war to come as the soul reaper's 5th squad captain, Souzen Aizen had betrayed all of them. Though, that is not the only threat the soul reaper's will have to face. When someone from the human world threatens both his own world and the soul society, the soul reaper's must do everything in their power to stop them.


Chapter 1 - Red Moon in the Night Sky

The world of the living, a quaint place filled with humans living their daily lives unknowing of the ghosts and hollows around them. The soul society, home of rescued souls by the hands of the shinigami(soul reapers), as well as their home. For as long as they could remember, the task of the soul reaper is to free lost souls and deliver them to the soul society, and slay the hollows. Monsters who devour and feed on the souls of people who have passed. Now, someone plans to destroy both the world of the living and the soul society as we know it. Our story begins in a small town known as 'Karakura'.

It was the middle of the night as the grey clouds covered the starry sky. The moon however could still be visibly seen as it shone down on the ground below. In a small alley, there were old charred ruins of a building. On the steps, there was a small glass with a white rose and sitting there was a figure in white covered by a brown cloak. The figure was just sitting there groaning and appeared to be hungry. "Man, this sucks. I hate being like this. There is hardly anyone around."

Being tired of waiting, the figure stood up and looked around. Walking across the street was a man drunk and singing. From his clothes, he seemed to be a workman. His face was red and smiling without a care in the world and he could hardly pull himself together as he stumbled to walk with each step. As he continued down the road, he couldn't help but take notice of the rose. "How beautiful…" the man drunkenly said. "I know a pretty lady who would be interested in this." Looking down at the man, he saw this as an opportunity. He then picked up the rose which took the drunk man by surprise. The man could not see the figure as he appeared to be a ghost. In awe. "It's moving?.."

The figure did not hesitate as he dropped him down onto the ground. "What the hell?!" The man said as he couldn't see what hit him. Continuing to kick the man around, the figure seemed to be unsatisfied.

"This living being is not interesting. I was hoping for a lot more." The figure thought out loud. He let the man escape as he man escape as he screamed and yelled, "Help, help!"

Groaning again, the figure thought to himself, "if there isn't anything tasty to eat around here I'll leave and just go somewhere else."

Before the figure could leave, he could suddenly see a strong pressure coming towards him. Though he did not know from where it was coming from at first before he could hear footsteps walking towards him. It was a young woman with black hair and dark blue eyes and was in black and white clothing, a sword on her side and traditional socks and sandals. It seemed to be some kind of uniform. Trying to be calm, he tried to slowly back away. Though that was in vain as he caught her eye and she told him. "Do not move."

Seeming a little confused, the figure asked, "you can see me? who are you?"

"My name is Rukia Kuchiki, she replied, and I am a soul reaper." The woman replied. Rukia then went on to explain, "you cannot remain in this place. Souls who remain in the world of the living tend to wander. I have come to guide you."

"Huh?!" The figure asked confused.

Rukia then pulled out her sword and pointed it at the figure causing him to be shocked in fear and back away. "P-please don't. I don't want to go." The figure pleaded.

"Do not worry." Rukia assured him. "I am not sending you to hell, I am sending you to the soul society?"

"Soul society?"

"Yes. A place for souls to transcend and move on. If you remain here, you will be devoured by a hollow."

Sounding a little deeper and hollow, the voice asked, "what exactly is a hollow?"

Looking at him, Rukia answered, "A hollow is a monster that preys and devours lost souls."

"Ah, I see." The figure said slowly backing away. Removing his clothes and revealing himself, he said, "you mean something like this?" The figure Rukia had been talking to was a hollow itself. His body black and white with long legs and arms. Fangs sharp and he got down on all four legs. "Take this!" The hollow yelled and sending a slashing attack towards his direction.

In defense, Rukia held her sword up and blocked the slash. The speed and air from it making her take a few steps back. Holding her sword out, she demanded to know, "what are you doing in this area?!"

The hollow wasn't in the mood to answer as he simply replied, "wouldn't you like to know. I've been looking for a long while for a good bite to eat. Your smell, your spirit energy. It will be a wonderful meal." He then roared as he began to charge at her.

Holding her sword out, Rukia chanted, "dance." As the hollow got closer, she slashed at it with her sword but the hollow did not back away. She managed to land a hit on it's arm as she slit its wrist and it backed away in pain.

"Ow!" It yelled out. "You're going to pay for that."

Rukia continued swing her zanpakuto at the hollow, however, it was able to quickly move and dodge each attack. Countering, the hollow opened its mouth and shot a powerful blast towards Rukia's direction.

Using her flash step, Rukia was able to dodge the blast at the last second.

The hollow chuckled as he thought he had done damage to the soul reaper, though as the smoke cleared, he was barely scratched or hurt. Shrugging off dust from her shoulder, she said, "is that it?"

"You soul reapers can really be a pain." The hollow replied. Not letting his prey escape, the hollow began another charge.

While Rukia was handling her business that night, on the other side of town, Ichigo Kurosaki and his little sister Karin were walking home. Each holding a bag of groceries. Ichigo groaning and complaining as he stated, "I don't see why he needed us to pick up all this crap this late."

"Well dad said he wanted to prepare mom's favorite dish tonight for dinner." Karin groaned, feeling the same and was even more annoyed. "Why the stupid dope didn't do it himself. It's not like he does anything else. Plus he scrambled the list at the last second , who knows if we even got the right stuff. Sometimes I feel feel like kicking him out."

"Yeah well unfortunately we're stuck with him." Ichigo concluded.

"At least it wasn't a complete waste as we did get more supplies for the clinic." Karin said.

As they continued to walk, Ichigo suddenly stopped as he felt a strong spiritual pressure. It lasted for a good long minute until it disappeared. Once unfrozen, Ichigo took a look around but couldn't quite tell where it was coming from. 'What the hell?' He whispered to himself. Feeling a red aura above him, Ichigo looked up. His eyes suddenly widened in surprise as he saw that the moon had suddenly turned red. "The hell is that?" Ichigo said.

"Hey Ichigo, can you hear me?" Karin said, "Quit spacing out and let's head home already, I'm starving."

Realizing she was calling him, Ichigo turned to Karin and said, "uh yeah, sorry."

"What's up with you?" Karin wondered.

"Do you see that?" Ichigo said, pointing towards the moon.

As she looked up, the moon looked the same as always in her eyes. Raising an eyebrow, Karin turned to Ichigo and told her brother, "um, yes I see the moon is bright tonight. It's not that much of a rare thing."

'She can't see it. Why?' Ichigo wondered. He then told Karin, "nevermind I guess. Let's just keep going."

Before they could get any closer to their destination. Ichigo suddenly got a call. Picking up the phone, he could see that he had an order of a hollow attack. The address was close by and he could make it if he hurried. Putting the phone away, Ichigo handed Karin his bag and told her, "I think I forgot something. Why don't you go home and I'll be right back."

"Okay..?" Karin answered taking the groceries and being slightly confused.

Without another word, Ichigo ran off in the other direction. Karin not having any idea why he was in such a hurry or where he was really going as she watched him dash off.

Back at the fight lower in the town, Rukia was managing to hold his own against the hollow. While able to keep up with the hollows movements, the hollow did not show much sign of weakness and was just persistent. As the hollow jumped up, Rukia followed to match his height, however was caught short as the hollow was much quicker. "I've got you now." The hollow yelled. He then landed a large slash that Rukia was hardly able to block.

As she tried to get back up, the Hollow went on and said, "this game was fun soul Reaper. However, it's time for us to end this little game." Before the hollow could land a finishing blow, the hollow's arm was suddenly caught and slashed. However, it was not Rukia herself but by a different soul Reaper.

Looking at the hollow, he put more force into his blade and pushed the hollow back. Putting his zanpakuto, he slightly looked back and announced, "sorry I'm late, Rukia." It was Ichigo Kurosaki himself wearing his soul Reaper gear.

"Ichigo." Rukia said as his back was turned to her.

Ichigo had his attention focused on the hollow as he tried to remain standing. Both of his arms now bleeding. "Dammit" he grunted. Looking at the soul reapers, he roared and demanded to know, "who the hell do you think you are!?"

"Ichigo Kurosaki, substitute soul Reaper." He replied aiming his zanpakuto towards the hollow.

"Substitute? Whatever, I will not let this meal go wasted."

He then did a loud yell as Ichigo and Rukia covered their ears. Then, within the blink of an eye, more hollows had shown up and surrounded both Ichigo and Rukia. "What the hell?!" Ichigo said looking around at all of them.

Not minding how many there were, Rukia replied, "doesn't matter. Let's just deal with them."

The two then split up and began slashing at each hollow left and right. With flawless movements, Rukia was able to easily defeat half of the hollows. However, Ichigo was having more trouble as he kept trying not to get hit. "Damn pests." Ichigo grunted being annoyed by all of them. Getting a good grip of his sword with both hands. He slashed through both hollows, then turning back to the main one. Slashing his sword at him, he landed a hard slash, however, the hollow dodged only being slightly graced. Choosing to retreat, the hollow told the two of them, "Damn soul reapers, I will remember this."

Letting out a breath, Ichigo then put his zanpakuto back on his holster. "Guess I got here just in time." He said as he turned back to Rukia. Instead of thanking him, she instead punched him in the gut. "Ow!" Ichigo grunted rubbing the spot where she hit. "What kind of thank you is that!?"

"Don't be an idiot, Ichigo." She told him firmly. "I didn't need any help. I had everything under control."

"Yeah, sure you did." Ichigo said in disbelief. "You're all scratched and you're filthy."

"This is nothing." Rukia told him. "I have had much worse."

"Something tells me you have. I'll take a thank you next time I have to come save you." Ichigo said choosing to end the argument. "Anyways, have you seen that?" He then said as he pointed towards the moon.

Rukia could also that the moon had turned red. "Yes, during the fight I did see that."

"What is it?" Ichigo asked.

"I don't know, I've never seen anything like it before." Rukia answered.

Taking a look around, Ichigo saw that a vase with flowers was knocked over by the burnt down building. Walking over to it, he put the flowers in the vase and placed it back where it belonged.

Looking at the ruins, Rukia asked, "what was this place?"

"It was an old orphanage for children. One day a fire broke out and the whole building burnt down. Many of the children and caretakers were able to escape but some were trapped inside and died." Ichigo explained. "Some people believe that this place is haunted and they can hear the souls of the dead victims inside. But others choose to remember the tragedy that happened."

"I see." Rukia said.

"Man you guys are loud." A voice announced.

As Ichigo and Rukia turned to see who it was, the man was Renji Abarai. Soul reaper and vice captain in the 6th squad. Walking over to them, he commented, "I could hear you two shouting from a mile away."

"Renji, what are you doing here?" Rukia wondered.

"There was a sudden disturbance in the human world so the squad commander and captain Buyakuya sent squad 6 and some other soul reapers to investigate it." Renji explained.

"Uh yeah, no kidding." Ichigo said with a raised eyebrow referring to the red moon. "So have you found anything?"

"No not really." Renji replied. "But I did see those hollows that were inside this barrier but you two looked like you had everything under control."

The two of them were shocked and frustrated that he had seen the hollows appearing. "What the hell Renji you mean you were here the entire time BUT DID NOTHING?! What kind of soul reaper do you think you are!?" Ichigo yelled.

"Hey, even if I did what kind of soul reaper are you if you need someone to save your lazy pathetic ass!" Renji retorted.

"At least I'm not with the stupidest looking zanpakuto!"

"Stupid?! How dare you say that about Zabimaru! You're one to talk with your kitchen knife zangetsu!"

"Kitchen knife?! I don't even know what yours look like!"

"Yeah we'll see who has the stupid zanpakuto when I'm done kicking your ass!"

"Oh yeah?! Well bring it on!" Ichigo yelled.

Before the two before the two could fight, Rukia got between the two and knocked both of their blades away from each other with her own. She then hit them both and announced "will you two knock it off!?" She was acting much more mature and responsible as she said, "Renji you have a job to do. And while we're here, Ichigo and I will help look around for anything suspicious."

Groaning, the two agreed with Rukia's command. "Yeah, whatever. I guess you can tag along."

"Not like I don't have anything better to do." Ichigo said. "Fine."

"Good." Rukia said with a small grin on her face. "Now's get going." As the three soul reapers left that small corner, the night went on as a small black butterfly flew by.

On the other side of town, there was a tall man with blonde hair with a red streak, pale skin, and red and black clothing was looking over Karakura town with a frown on his face. He was holding a longsword in his hand as he held it up and felt it whispered to him. "Yes, I understand. I will collect the blood you hunger for." Planning to make his move, he whispered, "soon, Haruka."

He then descended from the sky and walked through the street.