Amaya opened her eyes, and noticed she wasn't at Ichigo's house anymore. Instead, she was lying on the ground near some small huts filled with many children, and few adults. Many of them were wearing worn out clothes.

"Huh...so this is the soul society?" She asked herself skeptically. "And how is this better than where I was before? Next time I see them, I'm demanding a refund!" She muttered, feeling like an idiot. Amaya looked down and saw she was wearing the same clothing as the others. "What the flip? What the heck am I wearing?" Just then someone walked up to her, a tall boy with brown hair and blue eyes.

"Hey you need help? You look lost." He smiled kindly, and he also tried not to laugh at how funny she looked on the ground. "Hi I'm Kazuki. What you're name?" He asked cheerfully.

"Amaya..?" She made it sound like a question in her confusion."So where am I?"

"You're in the Rukon district. There's mostly kids here, and the adults who are here are very mean. So if I were you, I would stay as far away from them as possible." He said cautiously. Amaya smiled.

"Uh... thanks for the tip. So how old are you?" Amaya asked as she got off the ground.

"16. How about you? You sound older then you look."

"I'm 15" Amaya answered feeling annoyed, even though she knew it wasn't his fault. His eyes almost popped out of his head.

"Oh, I'm sorry." He said quickly.

"No it's Okay. I am pretty short." Amaya laughed at herself.

"Here let me show you where you'll be staying." Kazuki said, towing her by the arm.

"Hey! How do you know where I'm staying?" Amaya asked while tried unsuccessfully to rip her arm away.

"All the kids have to share a hut. So that's where you'll be staying."

'Just what I need...to share a hut with a bunch of kids.' Amaya thought grimly. It started getting dark so they had to hurry. They made it there, and there was at least 30 kids there. 'Oh my God' Amaya thought. Kazuki saw the expression on her face.

"Don't worry their not so bad. Here's my bed" He said towing her to the far corner of the hut. "You can have to one above mine."

"Cool thanks."Amaya said nicely. 'Man I'm tired...'

"Hey Im going to bed..." Amaya said slowly, not sure if he wanted to talk more, or show her around.

"Okay, see you tomorrow I guess." A bit tired himself. "Oh wait!" Kazuki exclaimed, reaching for something under his bed.

"If you ever need to write something, or whatever, you can use this at any time." He handed her a small note book, and a pencil. "It's great for getting your thoughts out." Amaya smiled gently, he was being so kind, and he hardly knew her.

"Thank you." She said earnestly as she climbed to her bed. She was surprised when she found a sheet, cover, and a pillow. She half expected the bed to have nothing at all. She was too tired to question this though. She fell asleep before her head hit the pillow.

Amaya dreamed she was walking around her district, at night. She was lost in thought when she bumped into a man with white hair and brown eyes. Amaya apologized quickly.

"Don't worry about it." He said with a smile, which made you smile as well. "My name is Joshiro Ukitake. What's you're name?"

"Amaya." She said quietly.

"I like that name." He said cheerfully. Just then everything started getting cloudy and Amaya woke up. "Man, what's up with the stupid dreams? Ugh, it's really hot in here!" Amaya said taking her covers off, and silently got out of bed, trying not to wake anyone up. She stepped outside in the cool night air. It felt really nice. Amaya then remembered Kazuki gave her a notebook and a pencil to use whenever she wanted, so she tip toed back in and reached under Kazuki's bed, grabbing the notebook and pencil. She came back out in less then a minute. After a moment of thought, she decided to write a song. Amaya walked over to a tree that was near a small meadow. The perfume of the flowers comforted her, and the words instantly came to her.

'deep in the meadow,under the willow, a bed a grass, a soft green pillow. Lay down you're head, close you're sleepy eyes. And when they open, the sun will rise. Here it's safe and here it's warm, and here the daises guard, you from every harm. And here you're dreams are sweet, and tomorrow brings them true. Here is, the place where I love you.'

Amaya then thought for a while, but couldn't think of anything. So she decided to finish it later. She tucked the notebook under her arm, and got up. The cold was finally getting to her, so she started walking around. Amaya began thinking about how pretty everything looked at night, when she accidentally bumped into someone.

"Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." She said to a tall man with long white hair. His back to her.

"Oh that's okay." He said kindly, turning around to look at her. Amaya gasped.

'He's from my dream! Honestly... I should have seen that coming.'

"Are you okay? You look pale." He said worried.

"Um... I don't know..." Amaya said nervously.

"Well why don't you tell me about it. Oh I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself-" He said before she cut him off.

"You're name is Joshiro Ukitake right?" His eyes widened

"So you heard of me?"

"No, that's the problem." He looked confused. Amaya sighed and decided to tell him about the dream.

"Well you see... I just had a dream that I was walking around at night, and bumped into a man with white hair, brown eyes, abd he said his name was Joshiro Ukitake. Which would be you."

"So you mean you saw this ahead of time?"

"Yeah I guess so. And it's happened more than once." Then you went on to tell him about you're dream about Renji, the hollow, all leading up to him. She fidgeted as she talked, feeling uncomfortable telling a stranger about her past.

"Hm.." He thought for a while. "How would you like to become a soul reaper?"

"What's a soul reaper?" She asked confused, not hearing the word before.

"Well, their like warriors. They fight hollows, and help souls cross over to the soul society." Amaya remembered Ichigo, Renji and Rukia. She loved what they did for her. So after some thought she made up her mind.

"Yes, I want to become a soul reaper. Oh and my name is Amaya." She smiled, making him smile back.

"Then come with me Amaya." Leading her past the huge white wall separating the Seirita from the other districts. And her story begins.