I slowly opened my eyes, to find my self in a small forest, surrounded by a field of flowers. I started walking around aimlessly, until a heard a voice call out to me.
"Amaya! Hey Amaya over here!" I looked over to see a girl with long black hair, green eyes, wearing a white kimono with a red rose, and black rose vine pattern. She was sitting on a branch of a small maple tree.
"Hey..." I said, never knowing what to call her, since she refuses to tell me her name. "I'm sorry, what's your name?" 'I know she never tells me, but what's one more try?' She looked at me for a moment, and smiled kindly.
"My name is-" But just when she was going to tell me her name, I woke up. I looked around my dark room, to make sure I was really there. 'I'm back in my room...great.' I thought frustrated. 'Why do my dreams always end like that? Just when something good is about to happen, I wake up.' I scowled in the dark, and crossed my arms over my ribs. I looked over at my clock next to my bed, it was 3:30 in the morning. I sighed and closed my eyes, and fell sleep dreamless.
When I woke up again, it was 9:00 am. I put my usual black kimono, and headed off to squad 10. I reached the captains office and knocked. No answer. I waited a few more seconds, and then just let myself in. "captain?" I called out, no one was there. I walked over to his desk and saw a note.
Lieutenant Hanshou, training is canceled for the day. We'll reschedule for tomorrow. - Captain Hitsuguya.

I sighed and walked out, wondering what to do for the day. I settled on going to the world of the living to visit my old friends. I took out my sword, and put it in the air, then I turned it left and opened the portal to the next world. I stepped inside. The dark purple walls always creeped my out, so I looked straight ahead, and walked through as quickly as possible. Soon I saw a light and ran towards it, relieved to get out. I leaped out of the portal, and landed in a park. It was around sun set, and from the looks of it, I was in Karakura town. 'Hm...' a devious smile spread across my face, 'let's go pay a visit to Ichigo.' I thought while walking down the street. Butterflies of anticipation were in my stomach. 'Hm... there doesn't seem to be very many people out.' noticed while looking around. Finally I found Ichigo's house, 'now should I go through the window or...?' I wasn't sure what to do. I scowled to myself, 'am I allowed to do that? What the heck.' I shrugged my shoulders, and peeked inside to make sure he was there. And sure enough, he was. So is that other girl I met. 'What's her name again? ...Oh yeah, Rukia. I think...' They seem to be arguing about something, because they were yelling at each other.

"Why do you always make fun of my drawings?" Rukia yelled at ichigo, throwing her arms in the air frustrated.

"Because they suck! Why do you always have to draw out everything? I'm not an idiot!" He yelled back, his hands were clenched into fists.

"I wouldn't be to sure about that." She mumbled under her breath.

"What?"

'Oh jeez.' I thought, an anime sweat drop falling behind my head. 'They must really be into it if they haven't noticed me yet.' I took a deep breath, and knocked on the window. They both turned around, and stared at me with wide eyes. Ichigo's reaction was to die for. He started flipping out, and pointed at me. Although I have no idea what he's saying, Then Rukia punched him in the head, momentarly knocking him out. Rukia looked at him for a moment, then turned back to me. She walked over to the window, and opened it.

"Rukia!" I yelled, throwing my arms around her shoulders in a tight hug.

"Amaya?" She said surprised. "What are you doing here?" I let go of her and sat the ledge of the window.

"I have the day off today, so I decided to come and visit." I replied, smiling from cheek to cheek. 'She doesn't look that excited to see me. Is it a bad time, or does she really not want to see me?' I thought to myself worried.

"Is something wrong?" Rukia asked, worried when she saw my hurt expression.

"No nothings wrong." I said, trying to conceal my sadness, without much success. Just then Ichigo woke up, and got off the floor.

"What the heck Rukia!" He yelled. "And what is she doing here?" Ichigo pointed a finger at me. I considered biting it. He was pissing me off. 'Gee, glad to know I've been missed so much.' I thought bitterly.

"Glad to know you missed me so much." I said, speaking my thoughts aloud, while leaning against the window frame with my arms crossed.

"I barely know you!" Ichigo yelled.

"Whatever," I looked down, not knowing what else to say.

"So, your a soul reaper now?" Rukia asked, breaking me out of my sadness. I smiled at her.

"Not just any soul reaper." I stated, they both gave me a funny look, waiting for me to go on. I sighed and told them. "I'm the new lieutenant of squad 13!" I laughed at their expressions. Well... mostly Ichigo's. His mouth was hanging open, and once again, he was pointing a finger at me. I glared at him. 'If he does that one more time, I swear I will bite him.' But his reaction was so funny, I fell on his bed laughing, trying to calm myself.

"How did you become a lieutenant of squad 13?" Rukia asked, still shocked.

"Eh, the old man said my abilities are useful."

"Abilities?"

"Yeah, I can see into the future."

"That's amazing!" Rukia said excited. " when did you start seeing things?" She asked.

"The night before my sisters birthday." I said sadly, remembering the hollow that killed me. 'I still need my revenge. One day, one day I will kill that.. that.. thing!' I thought angrly.

"Do you remember what your vision was about?"

I smiled a dark smile, and laughed to myself. "Yeah," I looked over to Ichigo, and he was listening. " Well, I woke up in a strange place, filled with plants and posters. And then Renji came to my barracks, and started yelling at me for falling asleep..." I got lost in thought. 'How can he be in my office yelling at me, if I'm not even in his squad? Something's not right..' I thought, hoping nothing bad is going to happen to me. All of a sudden, I hear Ichigo laughing. I looked at him like he was crazy.

"That explains so much." He said, then Rukia started laughing as well. "Now I get why you treat him so coldly!" He said, laughing even harder. I screwed my mouth up, not in an angry way, but in an awkward way.

"Hey," Rukia started. "That means your in my squad." She said happily. My eyes widened.

"Awesome!" I said, smiling again. Then all of a sudden I stared off into space. I saw a hollow near a park.

"Amaya?" Ichigo called to me. I snapped out of it instantly.

"Be back!" I said, flash stepping to the park.

Ichigo's POV

Amaya started off into space, so I tried to get her attention. "Amaya?" she snapped out of it right away.

"Be back!" She said, flash stepping away. I quickly took my badge and changed into a soul reaper.

"I don't think she need our help Ichigo." Rukia said, leaning against the closet. "She's a lieutenant."

"It's better than nothing." I said, jumping out the window with Rukia right beind me. I followed Amaya's spiritual pressure to the park. When we got there, the hollow was evaporating. Only Amaya didn't defeat it.

Amaya's POV

I made it to the park, thankful no one was in the area at the moment. Just then I saw another soul reaper finish it off. It was a familiar soul reaper with red hair. The one person that drives me crazy. 'Renji' I thought grimly. The hollow disintegrated, and Renji put away his sword. I didn't say anything. I just glared at him.

"Hey Renji!" Ichigo called out, Renji turned towards Ichigo and rukia, not noticing me.

"What are you guys doign here?" He asked surprised.

"well.. we did come to help Amaya, but it semms like you got here first." Rukia answered.

"Amaya?" Renji looked around, until he spotted me under a maple tree. He blushed a deep red, that made me smile. But he still acted casual. Or at least tried to. "Hey Amaya. How you been? I heard that your the new lieutenant of squad 13, congratulations."

'He's talking out of nervousness? That's not a good thing.' I thought, not knowing where to begin. "hey," I waved once, and walked over to him. "I've been well, thanks." I said smiling.

"Renji still likes her?" Rukia whispered to Ichigo.

"Yeah, he's gotten soft." Ichigo said snickering.

"What did you say?" Renji yelled, turning on Ichigo.

"I said you were soft!"

"Why do you always do that?"

"SHUT UP!" Rukia yelled, punching them both in the head. "Your both idiot's!" They rubbed the back of their heads in pain.

"Come on, we need to go to Uraharas." Rukia said, calming down.

"What for?" Ichigo asked.

"Because we need to talk." That's all she said. And I didn't question it. Rukia walked over to Ichigo and whispered something. He nodded his head, and told us to come on. I walked along, not knowing where I'm going. We walked to a small store in a deserted area. Rukia pushed open the door, and a cool breeze rushed out, giving me goose bumps.

"Rukia! Ichigo! How you guys been?" A man said, wearing an odd green and white striped hat, that casted a shadow over his eyes. "Hey there moocher." 'Don't ask.' I thought to myself. "Who is this?" The man asked, looking over at me.

"This is Amaya." Rukia explained. "She's the new lieutenant of squad 13."

"Nice to meet you Amaya." He said. "My name is Urahara Kisuke."

"nice to meet you..." I reluctantly held out my hand. He lightly shook my hand, sensing that I was uncomfortable.

"So what can I do for you guys?" Urahara asked, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Just came to talk." Rukia replied, crossing her arms casually.

"Okay then." He said smiling. "Let me go make some tea." Everyone followed to the back, but I didn't feel like talking, so I stopped Rukia before she left the room.

"Hey Rukia, I think I'm gonna sit on the roof for awhile." I said, looking away awkwardly.

"You sure?" She asked, worrying about me.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." I said, giving an encouraging smile.

"Okay." Rukia replied, giving a small smile before she left. I walked outside, and jumped up onto the roof. It was twilight out, and the sun set was peaceful. I started singing quietly, a song from my favorite band. 'What hurts the most' by Cascada. I listened to her the day I died. So I sang with a lot of emotion. The one thing I didn't expect, was having Renji listen to me.

"Your pretty good." Renji said, appearing next to me. I jumped back and scowled.

"Renji, you shouldn't sneak up on people like that." I was angry, I don't like people sneaking up on me, especially when I'm singing.

"Sorry," he apologized. "I didn't mean to scare you." I looked down, feeling awkward. The silence lasted what seemed like forever. Finally Renji spoke up. "Why did you sound so sad?" I looked up at him surprised, then looked back down.

"It brings back a lot of bad memories." I said, looking into his eyes. That was a bad move. 'Do I feel... nervous?' The pang that came after wards confirmed what I thought. I looked at the sunset, and began to tell him my story. But right in the middle of my story, the parts before I first met him, I noticed him moving closer, laying his hand behind my waist. I looked into his eyes, and got lost in them. He slowly started leaning in, and I felt myself doing the same; my stomach was full of butterflies. Then our lips touched, and I felt a volt of lighting shoot through my body, stunning me for a moment. After a few seconds, we pulled away, Renji was smiling, pleased with himself. I looked out into the sky, shocked. I smiled a small smile.

"Renji...," I started, not knowing what to say. "I don't think we can be together." I peeked at his expression, and he looked hurt. "I Just think," I said in a rush. "that our height difference would get in the way." But that wasn't the whole truth. A certain white haired captain popped into my head, and I remembered how much I like him. "I have to think." I said, still looking ahead. "Hey tell everyone I have to go. And that I'm sorry I couldn't say bye."

"Wait! Wait, you don't have to go..." He said.

"I can't stay, I have so much paper work to do..." 'speaking of papers.' I thought, thinking of the mountains I have. I sweat dropped. "I'm sorry, I'll talk to you later." I smiled. And with that, I opened the portal, and went home.