CHAPTER 3

After Aizen finished running his 30th lap around the 75th Alley, he paused and to find Mizuno was lying at the top of their house's roof.

For the past four months Mizuno had been teaching him fighting skills strong enough to protect himself, and himself alone.

Aizen narrowed his eyes at the forest green hair girl who had the darkest black eyes he had ever seen. Those eyes showed no feeling. Who was she before she had died and got sent to this world, and his world?

She was not the prettiest woman he had seen, rather, you would not find her to be pretty at the first sight. However, the more you look at her the more you'd be drawn as if your eyes belong to the position of staring at her face.

Aizen frowned at himself to wonder, what was the reason that her face drawn his eyes so much. Could it be just his imagination that he is perfecting her portrait in his own eyes? No, because he was not the only one but also other men.

Speaking of those men…Aizen wondered if Mizuno noticed that…

Aizen shook his head and continued his 'chore'. Ever since that day, he had been training within the schedule Mizuno made him and outside for the sake of himself.

What was it that is driving him to the edge and even over to train so far? Was it because of the obsessions to gain more power? Was it because his unwillingness to be weak? Was it because that this world is not fair even after life? Was it because he wants to prove to others that he can change fate?

Yes! He is obsessed to gain power because he needs it to survive along side with her. He is unwilling to be weak because he wants to fight along side with her. This world is unfair therefore he needs to show others how to stand up for themselves in front of her. Yes! He wants to prove to others that he can change fate but what's more is that he wants to prove it to her!

Why is all those answers relate back to her!? What kind of woman is she to affect him like that!? Aizen ran faster on his steps frustrating with all those answers, yet unknown to his self that he is running his 50th lap.

"Aizen." Mizuno held Aizen by the shoulder.

Snapped back to reality, Aizen looked up and realized that he was already sweating wet while people were shaking to the ground affected by his reiatsu. Leaving only him and Mizuno standing without being affected.

(Reiatsu – "spirit pressure" )

"Gomen, I've over done it." Aizen immediately apologized. He knew they have to move soon because this is an area where people who have reiatsu love to challenge others with reiatsu. It was a problem for him and Ai.

"Let's go." Without another word Mizuno moved on to pack her things to go.

'How long has it been?' Mizuno thought at the back of her head. The world she had landed on this time was called the 'Soul Society' – a world of Shinigami and Konpaku while on the other side of the scale is the world of Hollow who are the 'enemies' of Soul Society.

(Shinigami – death god. Konpaku – normal human soul. Hollow – creatures evolved from Konpaku.)

She remembered that the first moment she fought this kid with hand to hand combat; she felt a pressure liked power surrounded him. But he did not know how to control it.

She was surprised by the rate of improvement when she taught him the skills to control and restrain his reiatsu. At the same time, it allowed her to realize that she too, has that power.

As far as she could remember before she 'died' and entered this world, she was an assassin. Top ranked in the committee and hardest person to control. That was the reason why they had given her that mission.

It was a suicide mission while at the same time, the mission's impact was so large that it could create genocide. She was not a kind hearted person who will sacrifice herself to save the world that crap. She just wanted an excuse to rid off herself of that world for she knew, she would reborn again in another with no doubt.

Foolish old ones, thinking they got rid of her because of their plans and skills but they will never know that she willingly gave up her life was because she was sick of that world.

Aizen…the first child she met in this world. The first touch of her hand at the boy's chin, she saw images flashed by.

That was her power – to see the future. She knew well what's going to happen later on when this boy has grown up and she would not interfere. However, she's not going to stand by his side but to go on her own path. In other people's eyes, she's just a girl of 17. But her strength as a fighter was not someone who's 17 could be.

Mizuno smirked a little at the corner of her mouth. 'Aizen…ka?'

How ironic. His name is Aizen – pun for 'before love' – this boy eh? I anticipate for your future; show me what you can do, to prove to this world about your believe. You think this world is unfair?

Every world is unfair. Don't you see: 'Betrayal exists since the beginning', so don't think world can be fair.