First I would like to address the disaster in Japan that started with an earthquake that had a magnitude of 8.9 on March 11, 2011. I pray for the nation's safety and my heart goes out to all the survivors.

Okay for those of you who read my previous chapters and are confused due to a few changes allow me to clarify: The bookmark that Hisekcho has is something she made herself not her stepfather, on it has a family picture of her, her mother, her step grandmother, and stepfather. The dahlia that that boy gave her when she was eight and back in Mexico is red with white at the end of the petals. In the first chapter Hanreiki wore a small bandage around her neck but later wore a black choker with a deep sky blue cross and in the middle is a blue gem, one of two important key elements that will guide Hanreiki to her hidden powers and her secret past (oh no I'm giving you hints, try to figure out the rest on your own) don't worry, all will be revealed in due time. (;

Story13: Those Who Protected Me

Before anyone came into my life, it was just me and mother. She had me at an awfully young age. She ran away from her cruel family only to end up with her abusive boyfriend. It was terrible but she had no choice, there was nowhere else for us to go. As soon as she turned eighteen, she ran away to Mexico so we could forget our past and live a better life. But not all was good; at school I used to get picked on just because of my love for reading. It got so bad that one time I got lost after running away from the kids who used to bully me. I was lost for hours and I could do nothing but cry. Then…

Soushi: Hey what's a little girl like you doing out so late?

…I looked up and there he was.

Soushi: Come on I'll take you home.

Ever since then, Soushi and I became real close. Just like me, he had a great love for reading. We discussed different types of books and all kinds of literature. Even my mom grew a liking to him so much that they got married when I was ten. It was great, everyone was so happy…until two years ago.

I was in my third year of junior high …I couldn't hark back to that awful memory because it all happened so rapidly…all I could recall is something grabbing my neck, its hand felt like it was going through my throat, like it yearned for something inside me so when it grasped whatever it was, it would rip me apart then…I woke up to the smell of blood and there he lay, Soushi…father, friend, mentor, confidant…dead, slashed across, dead in his own pool of blood. I screamed, I cried, I denied his death hoping that it was a joke that he would come back so we all could be happy again…but he didn't.

Not only did I blame myself for his death but also the unhappiness I caused in my family. Mom was never the same. All she ever did was mope around depressed. I did my best to cheer her up but I couldn't repair the reopened wounds in her heart.

One day she was sitting at the table, sulking. That's when I made the mistake.

"Mom, do you hate for what I did?"

She looked at me benevolent expressed in her eyes then she said…

"Hisekcho you did nothing. What happened wasn't your fault. Please don't hate yourself. You're my daughter and I love you."

I felt somewhat at ease when she said that. But the next day after I came home from school she was gone. All she left was a note "Be safe." I was infuriated. How can she leave her 13 year old daughter by herself without a word, without telling anyone where she went…until I find her, all I could do is keep her promise to be safe.

But then strange things started happening I after moved here. I started having strange dreams involving Rukia and Ichigo then I would remember this strange woman standing over me. Once I told Hanreiki about it and she said that she had the exact same dream. Lately I've been wearing father's glasses so he could what I see…

Going back a bit to when Hanreiki was fighting the Hollow and Hisekcho was on the ground unconscious.

But instead I think he's helping me see more.

While regaining conciseness, Hisekcho opened her eyes. When she was knocked away, her glasses fell off her face and landed right in front of her. What she witnessed was startling. Through the glasses she could see the hollow, but without them, she could not see it.

Back to the fight now

As the hollow hurled sharp quill-like projectiles toward Hisekcho, she flinched in fear of getting inflicted. Almost immediately, she created a shield made of paper blocking the attack. The hollow stepped back in surprise.

Hisekcho: (What was what? Did I cause it? The bookmark!)

End Story13