A day like no other with sounds unfamiliar but still alluring in a sense. The sound of bustling streets, the sound of loud music, and the blinding of the sun could be heard and seen from miles away. Could this be a dream or could this be a reality gone wrong? In the distance, a Mariachi band plays songs to the bustling streets of Mexico City. How would one end up in Mexico City you would ask? Well Akemi, who was blinking her eyes in dismay, trying to figure out how she would be in Mexico when she could have sworn she was moments ago in Japan. As she roamed the streets of Mexico, Akemi began to cry and worry about how she would find her way back to Japan.
As Akemi kept walking, she accidentally ran into a very tall and dark boy that was handsome beyond belief or at least to Akemi's belief. Akemi bowed and said, "She was sorry." But she then realized that she could only speak Japanese and wondered if the boy would understand her.
The boy replied and said in that deep voice of his, "Do not worry. I am fine. My name is Yasutora Sado. What is your name? And what are you doing in Mexico if you only speak Japanese?"
"Ah!? My name is Akemi. Well actually I am kind of lost. I am not really sure how I got here, but I am pretty sure you would not believe me even if I told you."
"Try me maybe I will believe you!"
"No, I think I will save that for another time. Anyways, how is it that you know so much Japanese? Well then again your name is Japanese. Well tell me what you are doing in Mexico?"
"My parents or at least one of my parents is Japanese. The other is Mexican. I am here with my abuelo, which means grandfather in Spanish. Where do you live I will walk you home?"
"Ummmm. I don't think so. I can get home on my own now that I remembered how I got here," replied Akemi as she began to sprint off in some direction. She turned around and asked, "Can I meet with you again?"
With a surprise look on his face Sado said, "Yes, same time and same place. Do not forget."
Akemi replied with a smile, "It's a promise then. Bye!" She waved goodbye and ran off in the direction she was going.
As Sado looked after the girl that was running off, he was surrounded by boys that did not like him. Even though Sado was a kind person, he was an angry boy at the same time. He was able to defeat the boys that surrounded him, but not without getting a couple of injuries himself.
As Akemi reached a secluded place, she began to chant a spell. When she opened her eyes, she was back in Japan. She ran to her sister's side and told her of the amazing day she had. As she told her story of how she was trying a new incantation of traveling from one spot to the next, getting lost in Mexico, and meeting someone new, her sister interrupted her.
"Akemi, it is dangerous to use magic. You know this. Why would you use magic?" asked Airi.
"I wanted to practice, sister. Please, do not be angry with me."
"Fine, but please promise me you will not use magic as long as we are in the living world?"
Akemi looked at her sister with utter pain at the request she had just asked of Akemi to make. Akemi replied, "No, I promised the boy. I refuse. You cannot make me." Akemi ran off to her room in tears at the request and proclaiming she would never make such a promise.
As Akemi ran off crying, Airi's mother said to Airi, "Let your sister go. A young woman's heart is so fragile and so full of hope. Let her for now use magic to see this mysterious boy she has met."
"Yes, mother. But remember that it is dangerous to use magic or any type of our soul reaper powers especially when we ourselves do not want to be found. I just want my family to be safe," said Airi with a very sad and painful expression.
"Are you sure it is not the fact that you do not want to move again so you can continue to see that boy you are seeing? Hahahahaha I am just kidding. I know you worry about your family, but have faith my daughter everything will work out as it should," said Airi's mother with a kind and hopeful smile.
"Mother, how did you know about the boy that I have been seeing?" asked Airi with a puzzled face.
"I am your mother. I just know!"
The next day, Akemi was back in Mexico at the same time and same place she had seen Sado. Sado was waiting for her to come. As she turned to great Sado, she was surrounded by a bunch of boys. A shock of terror and worry was seen on Sado's face as he rushed to Akemi's side. He defeated the boys that were about to harm Akemi. As Akemi looked up at Sado's face, she realized he was bleeding. She asked him to take her to a secluded place so she could tend to his wounds. He did as he was told.
As Akemi was nursing the injured Sado, she asked, "Why were those boys about to harm me? Have I done something wrong?"
With a sad look, Sado told Akemi, "It was nothing you did wrong. The guys that were about to harm you were doing so because of me. They do not like me, because I was the first one to start a fight. I am much different from the other boys. I am stronger, taller, and different. I am not greatly accepted by many people. Things have happened that I may not be proud of when I get older, but I feel like I need to do them. Are you afraid of me? Do you hate me now?"
With a sad look on Akemi's face, she said, "Of course…..Not. Why would I ever be afraid of you? I know how to defend myself. And I would never hate you. I understand why you have a constant need to do stuff that maybe regretful later on in life but you just got to do them. I am not one to scare off easily."
Sado smiled at the reply the young Akemi gave him. As the days went on, Akemi would visit Sado every day after her school would let out. She would meet him same time and same place every day. Until one day when she arrived at home to find her family slaughtered. She screamed in terror and ran out of the house. She ran and ran until she realized what was about to come next. She ran to the spot where she would chant. She opened her eyes she was in Mexico. She ran into Sado's arms and quickly said that they needed to talk.
"Sado, please listen. I am sorry but please do not ask questions and do not interrupt for what I am about to tell you is difficult," said Akemi as she was sobbing.
Sado replied with a nod of the head to say "Yes, I understand."
"Sado, I come from another world. I was coming here from Japan to Mexico to meet you. I will tell you how later but right now I need to you to do something. Remember, how I told you that I have a sister, three brothers, a mother and father. I just found my family except my sister slaughtered by a blade. I am not sure who it was but they will come for me and my sister now. I will not be able to meet with you anymore. I will have to start from the beginning about whom I am and where I come from. Please do your best to believe me." As Akemi finished this statement, Sado gave another nod, and she continued her story within an hour. Sure enough though, a man in a yukata came to take the little girl home. She told Sado that she was happy these past two years being with Sado and talking about random stuff.
As the man in the yukata told Akemi to say goodbye, Akemi ran and hugged Sado. She whispered, "Please be good and don't forget me. We are friends now and forever. Be good to your abuelo and remember what it was like to be here. Goodbye." As she walked away, Akemi began to cry.
Sado screamed after the girl to wait. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and said, "I will always remember you, and I will find you. I will set you free. Then we can be together always. This isn't goodbye but a see you later. So see you later."
"Yes, you are right. See you later then." Akemi waved at Sado and vanished from sight.
As Chad woke up from taking a nap on the roof top after eating lunch with Ichigo and friends, he thought, Why did I dream about the past? I hope that someday I am able to fulfill my promise. Little did Chad know is that soon his life would change forever and his fate would be intertwined with Ichigo's fate as well.