This chapter is going to be pretty short, sorry.
I need to set things up for the next chapter which will seem, after this, extremely long and antagonizing.
Anyway, along with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.

*~Frozen Harmony~*

"Matsumoto, remind me again. Why are we going to the fourth division?" It was well past sun rise, most of the seireitei having received absolutely none of the desired sleep thanks to last nights hollow fiasco.

"We're going there because a girl was found and apparently she has very strong reiatsu," Matsumoto said, energetically as ever.

"There are plenty of girls with strong reiatsu in seireitei already, what's so special about this one?" I asked; dubious. I stopped walking and got ready to turn around and leave should I feel the need to.

'Which should be very soon…' Hyourinmaru added with a light chuckle.

"She's pretty much your height," is what Matsumoto finally responded with.

My only response was to shoot a glare that could turn any normal subordinate's bones into ice. But of course this wasn't the case with Matsumoto, since she's... well; Matsumoto. All she did was scratch the back of her head and grin sheepishly while shifting her weight from foot to foot. Not too long after, she finally shunpo'd away.

'Pretty much my height, what was that supposed to mean anyway? Shorter than me, taller than me? What if she's an enemy? No...Yamamoto soutaicho wouldn't have allowed that. What if she has always been a spirit, Hyourinmaru? Then would the legend be true? Could the spirit be embodied in a human and just dormant once that host becomes a spirit? Great, now I have this unnamed girl on my mind!'

'Sleep Toshiro, those legends surely aren't true,' but for some reason I felt like Hyourinmaru was lying to me. Some unnamed force, much like the girl, told me that this girl would prove to be special.

Hyourinmaru's voice made the feeling disappear though, and I concentrated on him once more, 'this lack of sleep is making you paranoid. Rest, and believe me, you need it quite desperately,' he suggested.

I grunted in agreement before returning to my division's barracks for some well deserved sleep.

*~Graceful Melody~*

I awoke to find myself laying on a gurney in what looked like a doctors office or hospital room. As I attempted to sit up, a woman with purple eyes, but I couldn't be certain, and hair in braids that came around her chin and down the front of her body; walked up to me.

"Please rest, your own reiatsu combined with Kenpachi's both put too much pressure on you so suddenly. It nearly put you in a coma. Thankfully he brought you back here and for now the area is sealed off so no spiritual energy can get through while you're recovering," the woman said with a sweet smile and caring tone. A wave of nostalgia hit me like a ton of bricks; this woman reminds me of my mother.

After a minute of trying to to process what she said, as well as suppressing any old memories, I realized none of the words, or people mentioned, were familiar.

"What is reiatsu, who is Kenpachi and most importantly; where am I?" I finally responded with. I probably gave off the impression that I'm a little slow, but that was the least of my worries right now.

"You're in seireitei, and don't worry, all will be explained when you fully recover. So please, rest."

"A-alright." I stuttered as I laid my head back down. I was more tired than I originally believed. So as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out in a matter of seconds.

'Graciela,' again with the voice! 'Graciela, open your mind.' I heard a voice call again.

'Open my mind… how?'

'Just relax and focus on my voice.' The voice answered my thoughts.

'Okay…'

The voice began to hum a little tune to help me focus. As much as I thought it would be a hopeless cause, eventually a picture began to emerge as if I was opening my eyes.

I glanced at my surroundings to find that I was floating around a sea of stars. Off to my right was the typical sandy island with a palm tree you would find drawn on a kindergartener's sketch of the sea. But this was no simple palm tree, it was an elaborately giant weeping willow on a small patch of grassy soil; the roots falling out from the bottom and extending down as far as my eyes could reach. To my left was what looked to be a black hole, it was spinning, but was not taking in any stars or consuming any planets. I found it strange how it's gravity didn't hold any effect, but the awe of it all immediately canceled it all out. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined such a place, so it led me to believe that everything happening to me; really isn't a dream.

In my awe, I completely neglected that fact that a mysterious voice called me here.

'Boo!' I screamed and jumped when the voice appeared right next to my ear.

'Gotcha!' The seemingly immature person sang back.

'Wait… person? Why is there another person here?'

'I can answer that pretty easily. I am Jūryoku, your zanpakuto.'

'My zanpaku- what?' I said quickly.

'You'll find out later,' she immediately dismissed, 'now that I know we can connect; rest. I'll heal you and once that is finished we can get to know each other before I start to teach you. The others would have my head if I didn't let you heal first!"

'Others? What others?' I questioned, starting to feel like a schizophrenic.

'You will be informed in due time. Now close your mind, and ultimately this connection, so I can heal you. It could cause you more physical pain if I had to break this off myself. Now goodbye!'

'Bye?' I pitched the end of the word a little higher making it sound like a question, but closed the connection right away. The same unnamed force that has ben following me around my whole life told me that the quicker I closed the connection, the faster my questions will be answered.