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#AKC#

Rukia never really questioned why she had been assigned to the most spiritually active block when she received her assignment that day. Even if she had, she probably wouldn't have received a real answer.

Be as it may, she didn't question her orders, and found out how spiritually active Karakura town really was first hand.

First of all, it may be a hollow magnet, but the amount of hollows she got to defeat were actually few and most of them were weak. The times she had received orders on her pager to defeat stronger hollows, they would always disappear almost two seconds after.

The residents were also weird, many of them actually glanced her way, while others ignored her existence like usual because they could not see her –if only she knew that was not the full truth.

On her second week, she followed a trail of hollow residue to a calm neighborhood before losing her track in front of a two story house with a clinic attached. She found it easy to walk in through one of the open windows up until she had the surprise of her life.

Big brown eyes were actually starting at her inquisitively.

"What is a Shinigami doing in sacred ground uninvited?" was the first thing the orange-haired teen asked her, making Rukia stop her tracking almost instantly.

"You can see me?" she asked before shaking her head to clear her thoughts "Scratch that, you know what I am?"

The brat had the gall to give her a raised eyebrow in response before he crossed on leg over the other, making the simple office chair look like a throne.

"Of course I do," he scoffed "More like you don't know what we are."

"Humans" she deadpanned."

The orange head laughed out loud in amusement as if she had just said a great joke. Honestly she could not find the humor in her own words.

"Humans?"

Rukia rolled her eyes "Yes human, now I am a Shinigami who needs to do her job so get out of the way, and let me track the hollow."

The human gave a smirk at her words before crossing his arms over his chest "You won't find it. The trace ends here because this is where he stood the last time he breathed."

She obviously understood what that meant, and maybe, just maybe he really wasn't as… human as she had thought he was. She really couldn't feel the hollow's reiatsu, so the logical answer would be that the hollow was dead. And besides herself, only humans dwelled in Karakura… or did they?

Rukia cleared her throat "As you said, I'm a Shinigami." She stood up straight and to attention "Un-seated officer of squad 13 of the Gotei 13. Kuchiki Rukia."

"Hm, you're a Kuchiki." He stated in wonder, looking at her inquisitively like if she were a rare specimen "I've never met a Kuchiki that didn't have a perpetual stick up their ass."

Rukia was floored, even if her mouth didn't feel like a dessert, she still didn't think she'd be able to form words. Her brain took a hell of a long time to kick start back into action too, but once it did, she could only stare incredulously at the orange head. Because sure, the Kuchikis were well known for their mask and composure and perfect posture but humans were not supposed to know that! They shouldn't be able to describe the very core nature of a Noble Clan in a handful of insulting words either.

"U-uh and you are?" she asked unintelligibly –her Ni-sama would be really disappointed.

The orange head leaned in excitably as a smug smile curled the corner of his lips –Rukia found herself wanting to punch his face and wasn't that a first?

"Commander of the Round table of Archangels, acting Chief of planet Earth and 1st Heir in line to the Throne of the Heavens." His smirk widened in amusement as her jaw dropped "But my friends call me Ichigo, it's good to meet you."

Not to be continued…

I just wanted to give Ichigo a long ass title, seems it worked even though it sounds stupid .