Chapter-3: Nice to meet you, I will kill you

-Moments after Ash went to his tent to check on the girl-

Dawn and Zoey watched as Ash went into his tent. He was going to give the unconscious girl the stew that was leftover. As he went in, Dawn came up to Zoey.

"Hey, Zoey, what do you think?" Dawn asked.

"Think about what?" Zoey responded.

"The girl, do you think that she'll actually wake up?"

Zoey smiled slightly, "I think so, Dawn. The only thing we can do is wait until she actually does wake up."

Dawn smiled as she pet Ash's Pikachu. She was about to ask Zoey something when all of a sudden...

"Mow 'em down, Kotomaru!"

Dawn, Zoey and Pikachu turned towards Ash's tent in time to see Ash get thrown out of his tent. He landed on the ground near where the girls were.

"Ash? What happened?" Dawn asked as he slowly got back up.

Meanwhile, the Arrancar Ggio Vega was about 100 yards from where Ash and his friends were. He watched as the boy in the red and black cap slowly got back to his feet.

"Well, this is a surprise!" Ggio said to himself, "Looks like the Soul Reaper is already awake. By the looks of things, she is attacking the boy. The very same boy who rescued her from me."

Ggio watched and smirked as he paid attention to the boy.

"All right, boy. Show me what you can do against a Soul Reaper."

"Ash? Talk to me! What happened?" Dawn asked again.

Ash looked at his tent to see the girl coming out carrying her sword. Ash noticed that her sword was different when she pointed it at him. It now has a long, pole-like, handle and a double-edged blade. It also contains a small ax-like blade on the top, just above the hilt. The girls and Pikachu looked at the girl in complete shock.

"What is she doing with that thing? Is she an assassin?" Dawn asked in fear.

"Maybe, but whatever is going on, we have to stop this before someone gets hurt..." Zoey paused for a second before her eyes narrowed, "...Or worse."

Dawn's eyes widen, realizing what Zoey had just said. She turned to see the girl charge at Ash, she swung at him with Kotomaru, surprisingly Ash was able to jump back, just missed being cut by Kotomaru by a few inches.

"Listen to me!" Ash tried to reason with her again, "I'm not your enemy! I just want to help you!"

The girl glared at him, "Help? You're just saying that to get me to drop my guard!"

"No! I'm serious!"

The girl charged at Ash again. Ash knew this was not working at all. The girl was not listening to reasoning. She still thinks that Ash was working for this 'Aizen' character. Ash knew that he had to do something and fast. Otherwise, he is at the mercy of this girl.

Ggio watched from his hiding spot as the girl charged at Ash again. He was wondering what the girl's opponent would do. He was defenseless, Ggio noticed, but what about his comrades? Ggio looked at Dawn and Zoey; he knew that if they tried to help, it would make the situation much worse. Still, Ggio thought to himself that he could step in at anytime he wants. He smirked a bit. Looks like he will have to step in after all.

Ash dodged the girl's attack again. This was getting nowhere; Ash has to stop this, before the girl gets hurt badly. He turned towards Dawn, Zoey and Pikachu. He had an idea, he knew it was risky, but it maybe the only way. He turned his attention to the girl again, who was quickly coming at him again.

Suddenly, just as Ash was about to say something, he felt a sharp pain to the side of his head. He collapsed onto the ground as Dawn and Zoey called out to him. He looked up at the girl in the black robe and noticed her shocked expression on her face.

Before he lost conscious, he heard another male's voice:

"I'm surprised you survived my attack, Soul Reaper!"

One Hour Later...

Ash slowly opened his eyes. He looked around and noticed that he was in his tent. He wondered how he got here. He remembered that girl, the strange clothes, the black robe, it did not make sense. He also remembered that girl was trying to kill him...

"You won't take me to Aizen alive!"

Those words...she said that as if she despised this Aizen character. As the Pallet Town native rubbed the back of his head, he felt a bump right near the top of his head. He finally remembered that he was struck by something. Then, he remembered something before he lost conscious:

"I'm surprised you survived my attack, Soul Reaper!"

Ash wondered...Could this girl be a 'Soul Reaper?'

His thoughts were soon interrupted as he saw the flap to the tent open, revealing Zoey, Dawn and Pikachu. Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder as Ash petted his friend.

"How are you feeling, Ash?" Dawn asked.

"Feels like I was sucker punched on my head," he replied.

"At least you are alright," Zoey said.

Ash smiled, then noticed something was off, "What happened to the girl?"

Dawn and Zoey looked at each other, then back to Ash.

"Well, after you lost conscious, the girl was attacked by this guy in a strange helmet. He said something that I did not understand. Soon afterwards, the girl was captured by the man's 'buddies,'" Dawn explained as best as she could.

"Did you see where they went?" Ash asked.

"They went further south from here, Ash. Why do you ask?" Zoey looked at Ash, knowing what he was trying to do.

"I'm going to go rescue her!" Ash replied as he clenched his fist, "I don't care if she still thinks of me as an enemy! I will bring her back!"

Chapter-3: END