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To the story...

The Shinigami and the Teenager

"Huh?" he snapped back to reality upon seeing a body, soaked with blood. His eyes widened, "that's...the girl!"

The masked one let out a monstrous growl and lifted its right hand, clenched, ready to crush the midget Shinigami. Without thinking any further, Ichigo rushed towards the monstrous being. With a chair he picked up earlier, he hit its left leg as hard as he could. Letting out another growl, the creature swung its left hand, knocked the teenager several meters away. The fifteen years old teenager groaned in pain due to the strike he had just received. The creature, however, began to fade away along with the darkness of the night.

"Wh-what the? It's running away?" he murmured. "Oh right, the girl..."

He got up and approached the body while occasionally letting out another painful groan. He let out a long sigh as he scrutinized the body carefully, hoping to find any signs of life from the dying body.

"Ugh...I let my guard down..."

A voice, the girlish one, could be heard. It was the midget. She stabbed her katana, used it to support herself. She then lifted her body, trying to get up. Unfortunately, having no energy left to do so, she failed miserably to the ground.

"H-hey, are you ok?" the concerned teenager finally spoke up.

"Of course I'm not, baka!" the violet eyed one snapped, trying to lean her body against the wall. Her reply succeeded in making Ichigo sweatdropped.

'Geez...Is she really dying?' he thought. Snapped back to reality, he began speaking, "by the way, what is that freakin' monster? And what are you? A Shinigami?"

The violet eyes widened upon hearing the word "Shinigami".

"H-how do you know?" she answered in astonishment.

'So...it's right. The dream wasn't all lie after all.' He thought."I'll tell you later. So, what is that monster?"

Releasing a sigh of defeat, the Shinigami answered, "It's called Hollow."

"H-hollow?"

"Indeed. Hollow is a race of creatures which born from Human Souls. Th-"

"Human souls you said? But that's-"

"Shut up, baka! My explanations weren't finished yet," protested the midget.

'For God's sake, is she really dying?' Ichigo sweatdropped, again.

After clearing her throat, she continued her explanation. "They devour the souls of both livind and deceased humans. It's our job, shinigamis, to – watch out!" she suddenly exclaimed.

A hollow, the earlier one, appeared behind Ichigo. It swung its monstrous right hand towards both teenagers, successfully knocked them several meters away.

'This is...impossible. I couldn't feel its presence. This never happens before..." the shinigami thought, shocked.

"...at this rate...your family will also be targeted by that hollow," she said

"What? But why?"

"Your family members, especially your sisters, have vast amount of reiryoku, though theirs are not as much as yours. Hollows' favorite preys are those with high level of reiryoku."

"R-reiryoku?" he murmured in confusion

There was a short moment of pause until the midget one spoke up. "So, do you want...to save your family?" she breathed heavily. It seemed like the last hit damaged her severely.

"Of course, is there a way?" the other teenager asked

"You...must become a Shinigami," answered the midget.

"Wait. It's the dream..." Ichigo murmured

"Thrust this zanpakutou through your heart...and I'll pour my powers into you. I...don't know whether this will work or not, but there isn't any other way," the Shinigami explained. She looked like she was about to collapse any time.

'It really is that damn dream,' his eyes widened in disbelief

"So...what's your decision, human?" She asked. Her consciousness began dispersing. There was another short pause before the amber eyed teenager spoke up.

"...gimme the katana, shinigami."

"I'm not Shinigami," she smiled, "I'm – "

"Kuchiki Rukia, right?"

"H-how did – "

"I'm...Kurosaki Ichigo"

Thus, he stabbed the katana through his heart. Suddenly, the wind gathered around the two teenagers, forming a thick layer of dust. As the layer began to fade, a silhouette of a teenager could be seen. Letting out another monstrous growl, the hollow charged towards the teenager. It lifted its left hand to the air and swung it towards the teenager. The layer of dust dispersed, revealing an orange haired teenager in black hakama blocked the attack with a broadsword-like katana. Smiling, he dodged to the left, swung his katana vertically and successfully cut the hollow's left hand. Ignoring the its growl, he ducked and dashed towards the howling creature. As he landed in front of the hollow, he jumped and did another vertical slash that cut the masked being into two. The hollow let out another growl as it began disintegrating.

Translation:

Baka: Idiot, stupid
Hakama: A traditional Japanese clothing
Reiryoku: Spiritual energy

Phew...
We're done with the opening part, finally xD
The main story begins on the next chapter, so stay tuned!

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Cya