"One's soul can be tainted, even broken. The strength and power can be found within the heart."

The setting sun colored a place known as Karakura Town. A young man that held the age of fifteen stood at the top of a light post. He wore a black kimono with black hair that reached the bottom of his neck and carried a sword on his side.

"I feel a hollow." Meanwhile, a young girl was staring down a few punks. She was in a school girl's outfit with long burnt orange hair. A strand of it was clipped behind her head in a curve (like Orihime when she was disguised as a soul reaper). She also had an earring on her left ear that dangled.

"Is there something we can do for you, sweetheart." One of the punks said.

"Yeah, just stand still." The girl said. She ran up and kicked one in the face. She ran up to the other two and gave them a punch and a kick to the gut.

"What's your problem?" The girl grabbed him by the collar and got in his face.

"Next time, show some respect. A young boy passed away on this very spot, but you just didn't give a damn." She said as she scowled at him.

"Let's get out of here. This girl is a lunatic." The three of them got up and ran off.

"Yeah, you better run." The girl said. It became night and she was on her way home. 'My name is Kalia Kurosaki. I'm fifteen years old and I live in Karakura Town.' She walked up to the front door and went in as she took off her shoes. "I'm home." She called out and a Siberian husky came to greet her. "Hey there Gado." 'This is Gado. Dog might be man's best friend, but he's women's.'

"Welcome home, Kalia. You're just in time, dinner is about ready." Her mother said as Kalia entered the kitchen.

'That's my Mom, Orihime Kurosaki. She's thirty-nine and is a nurse. Sometimes I think her patients get hurt just to see her.'

"Hi Kalia."

"Mommy, how much longer?" Two children, a boy and a girl, were sitting at the dining table. The girl had Kalia's hair color in a white and pink dress and the boy had the same color in spikes and wore a white sweatshirt jacket and pants with a blue shirt.

'Those two are my younger brother and sister, Kenji and Katie. They're twins and are only five years old. People say they're like my Mom and I'm like my Dad.' Kalia walked by a fireplace and looked at a picture of her when she was younger with her father. 'That's my father, Ichigo Kurosaki. He would be thirty-nine and has been missing for five years.'

"Come sit down, Kalia. We're having your favorite." Orihime said.

"Alright." Kalia said as she came to sit down and eat. After dinner, Kalia went into her room and was lying in bed. Gado was lying next to her and she stroke his back. There were times she thought back about her Dad. "It's so strange Gado. I keep having this strange feeling that something is going to happen. Here's to hoping Dad might come back." She turned to look out her window and at the moon. She stroke her hand through her hair and tapped her earring and caused her to think back.

…..

Flashback

"Happy tenth birthday, Kalia." Ichigo said. Kalia and her family were celebrating her tenth birthday as she blew out her candles.

"Congratulations honey." Orihime said as she tried to bend down with her pregnant stomach and hugged her.

"Time for presents." Ichigo said as he handed her over a small package. She opened it up and it was her earring.

"It looks just like Mommy's hairpin." Kalia said.

"That's right. I saw it and I thought you might like it. It's actually an earring." Ichigo said.

"Aren't there suppose to be two?" Kalia said.

"That's the strangest thing, there was only one." Ichigo said.

"I don't care. I love it." Kalia said as she hugged her father.

End of Flashback

…

Kalia missed her father and wondered every day and every night where he was.

"Where are you Dad?" Kalia asked herself.

…

The Next Day

Kalia was on her way to school. When she looked ahead, she saw a group of people gathering around something. When she was able to get close enough, she saw that part of a building was smashed and broken.

"What happened here?" Kalia said. The next thing she knew, she heard explosions going off. People were running, but she didn't get where it was coming from. "What's going on?" She soon got her answer as she heard a howl. She looked through the smoke and saw a creature with a white mask and a hole in its chest and resembled a mantis. "What is that thing?" She was about to run, but she noticed a young man run past her. He saw that he jumped up and sliced the creature down the middle and it disperse into dust. The boy spotted her and she looked at him and she could feel something coming from him. Before she could ask more questions, he disappeared.

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Kalia's Home

When it became dark out, Kalia went home after school and was resting on her bed. Her Mom was working a night shift so it was just her and her, her dog, and her siblings. However, she could not forget what she saw.

'Who was he and where did those two come from?' Kalia thought. 'More importantly, why was I the only one who really saw them.' Kalia heard something step next to her bed and saw it was the same guy, but he was acting like he wasn't even there. "You again?"

'I can feel it. There's another one, and it's close.' He thought as he stepped forward, ignoring Kalia. The next thing he knew, he got kicked in the back by Kalia.

"Hey! I don't like being ignored. You better start telling me who you are before I get really mad." Kalia said.

"Wait a minute, you can see?"

"You're kind of hard to miss." Kalia said as he stood back up.

"You're that girl I saw earlier today. Strange that you're able to see me."

"How about you start telling me who you are?!" Kalia said and tried to kick him again, but this time he caught her and jumped over her.

"If you must know, I'm a soul reaper."

"A soul reaper, what is that?" Kalia asked. The two of them sat down to talk, but they didn't know was that another hollow was coming their way. "Okay, you're a soul reaper and you come from a place known as the Soul Society." She said trying to clarify what she was told.

"That would be correct. You see, a soul reaper's job is to terminate hollows. You saw one earlier today."

"Do you think I'm a moron?! There's no way this is real." Kalia said.

"How could you not believe me? You saw it yourself."

"For all I know, that could have been a seen for a movie." Kalia said, being stubborn on not believing him. The soul reaper thought of one way to get her to believe.

"Bakudo 1: Sai." He slid two of his fingers and Kalia felt her arms being pulled behind her back and she fell to the ground.

"What did you do?" Kalia said.

"It's called kido. That's just one of many. Let's pick up where we left off. Hollows devour souls. They usually go for the ones of humans that have passed away, but there are times they go after strong spiritual pressure."

"Spiritual pressure?" Kalia asked.

"A force of pressure that is exerted out of a person. The strong their spiritual power is, the more pressure is released."

"This is crazy." Kalia said, but then she felt something. "Wait a minute. What is that? I feel something like a sense."

"What?" The soul reaper said, but they soon heard a howl and it sounded like something was smashed downstairs. The soul reaper went to open the door, but Katei came wobbling in and looked hurt.

"Katie!" Kalia called out.

"Kalia…Kenji, he's…" Katie stuttered and fell on the floor.

"Katie! Hey, you've got to let me go." Kalia demanded.

"It will be safer to stay up here." The soul reaper raced downstairs but Kalia wasn't giving up that easily. She was able to get herself up and went after him. The soul reaper made it downstairs and saw a giant hole in the wall and a hollow with frog like skin on the outside. "How could I not notice it?"

"Hey." Kalia said as she tumbled down the stairs.

"Stay out of the way." Kalia tried to move and saw Kenji and Gado on the floor and both of them were hurt.

"Gao, Kenji!" Kalia said as stood back up and tried to break free from the spell.

"Stop it. You're only end up hurting yourself." The hollow reached for her brother. Kalia focused all her strength and broke free. She raced over and managed to get Kenji out of there and ran outside to put him somewhere safe.

"Kenji, say something." Kalia said. He didn't, but was still alive. "How is this happening?" The soul reaper raced over to her as the hollow was coming after her.

"I think it wants you."

"Me?" Kalia said.

"Yes. You're not like most humans since you're able to see me and hollows. I take it something like this never happened to you before. Something must have been blocking your spirit energy until now."

"So it wants me." Kalia said. If that's true, she had to do something. She got up and ran out to the streets. "If you want me, I'm right here." The hollow took the invitation and went to take a bite out of her. Before it could, the soul reaper blocked it and pushed back with his katana, but ended up getting bitten on the shoulder and was injured.

"You fool. Sacrificing yourself won't do anything. Nothing satisfies a hollow for long."

"There must be something I can do." Kalia said.

"There might be. I'm too injured to fight." He placed himself up against a light post to sit up. "I could give you a little of my powers. You must take my blade and run it through your core, but this could kill you." It was a big risk, but the hollow was coming back so she grabbed on.

"I'll do it. By the way, we never introduced ourselves. I'm Kalia Kurosaki."

"Ryo Kuchiki." With introductions done, they drove the sword through Kalia and somehow her earring created a bright golden flash. When the follow was going to attack, its arm was cut off and Kalia appeared behind it with a large sword and a black kimono. "What happened? She somehow took all of my power."

"You'll suffer greatly for attacking my family." Kalia threatened as she went to attack.

"What kind of human is she? Her spirit energy isn't normal and I've never seen a zanpakuto that large." Ryo told himself. Kalia rose above the hollow and sliced it down the middle as it was turned into nothing. Kalia has now entered the realm of soul reapers.

To Be Continued….