Jasmine felt as light rested against her skin, her world slowly coming into view. Her mind quickly came into focus as she remembered the events of the previous night. She quickly sat up the blanket covering her falling off, she still wore her slave clothes but she no longer wore the chains on her wrist. She stood up slowly, looking around the tent to see any signs of her rescuer, yet she saw nothing.

She was pulled out of her musing when more light flooded the tent. She turned and saw someone walk into the tent. She was shorted the Jasmine and had dark black hair that was cut short, she wore a dark black kimono, with a sword on her waist.

The girl smiled at Jasmine, "Good your awake." She stated in a calm tone, "I am happy you are ok."

Jasmine just nodded, not trusting the girl, "Where am I?" she asked guarded.

"You are in our camp," the girl replied not moving from her spot. "Ichigo saved you last night from a Hollow that attacked your caravan. We brought you back for medical attention."

Jasmine nodded, "So what now?" she asked.

"We will guide you and the remaining survivors to their destinations." The girl replied and walked out of the tent motioning for Jasmine to follow. She led her to another tent which had a change of clothes. She found her blue top and pants, happy to see they were still intact and changed. The girl waited at the entrance to the tent and motioned Jasmine to follow her once again.

Jasmine followed out and into the desert air, she found herself standing in a circle of tents, many of the slaves went about, unchained and be attended by others wearing the same clothes as the girl she was just talking to.

"Rukia!" a voice stated drawing Jasmine attention, she saw a man that was tall with red hair tied in the back, making it flame out like a pineapple. "Is this the last one?"

The black hair girl nodded, "Yes," she replied as she walked over to the man. "With her awake we can get these people to their homes. Have you seen Ichigo, Renji?"

Renji just shook his head. "That idiot is out on patrol so he could be anywhere."

Rukia just nodded, "let me know when he gets back, but for now let us gather everyone and eat."
-

Jasmine sat in the middle of the camp with the rest of the people from the caravan. They had eaten and they have conjugated to their respective groups

The one named Rukia was the one in charge of them and it seemed they were waiting on someone. She let out a sigh as she stood up and walked out of towards the edge of the tents. No one made a move to stop her, which made her feel a bit better about the situation she was currently in. She looked out onto the desert sand her mind drifting to Argabah and her father. She wondered what he was up to and how the city was doing. At first, she wanted to be out of the castle but now, after experiencing many things, she saw how protected she was really was.

Suddenly she felt a flash of wind and a shadow cover her, she looked up and saw a person standing before her. He towered over her, his clothes the same as Rukia's, on his shoulder was a large sword shaped like a cleaver and a small one was at his side. The most striking things about him were the scowl that was on his face and the bright orange hair that he had.

Jasmine fell back at his sudden appearance and as he looked down at her, she couldn't help but scream in surprise. The man jumped back in surprise his hand reaching for his blade, when he got kicked in the face by Rukia, sending him flying back into the sand.

The man stood up and looked at Rukia in annoyance. "What the hell Rukia!" he shouted

Rukia glared at him, "You scared the girl Ichigo!"

Ichigo glared at Rukia, then he disappeared, much to Jasmine surprise and reappeared in front of Rukia. He then quickly flicked her in the forehead. "It was an accident midget." He replied as Rukia held her forehead in pain.

Jasmine watched as Ichigo walked over to her and offered her his hand. "Sorry for startling you." He said in a sincere tone.

Jasmine took his hand as he pulled her to her feet. "It's fine." She said looking up at him. He nodded and headed into the camp with Ichigo at her side.

She glanced at him again, trying to gain any information about the man who save her from a horrible fate. He was much taller than she was, with the same bright orange hair that she seen before. His eyes were a dark brown, and a very handsome and rugged face.

She glanced at him again, when he said, "What is it?"

Jasmine twitched slightly at this and looked up at him. "Yes." She replied.

"Do you need something?" he asked as he looked down at her.

Jasmine shook her head as she looked away from him. "Nothing," she replied as she walked away from him and joined the other freed slaves. She had wanted to thank him for saving her but she couldn't find the words. He just scowled a bit more and nodded, moving away from Jasmine and heading towards the command tent, leaving Jasmine.

Several hours later Jasmine sat with the other slaves as they gathered around their rescuers, as Rukia addressed the gathered group. "We will be giving escorts to get you to your homes." She stated in a simple tone. "I will call the name of the city and the name of the person you are going to be traveling with please join them in their respective areas."

Everyone nodded and she pulled out a scroll that had a list of cities on it. While she was doing this, many of the Reapers separated forming areas for the groups to form. Rukia started to call names of the cities and one by one the freed people moved to their respective group leader till only three people remained including Jasmine.

"the city of Hu'na, you will be with Renji." She stated and the two-people standing next to Jasmine walked over to Renji who had his hand up in the air to show who he was.

Rukia looked at Jasmine and walked over to her, "What city do you come from?" she asked

"I am from Agrabah," Jasmine replied.

Rukia nodded, "Well then I will be happy to take you back there." She stated warmly. "I just need to let our Captain know I will be the one taking you."

Jasmine nodded and she followed Rukia walking into the central command tent. The tent was wide, with a few pillows and rugs scattered around. A man wearing more colorful clothes sat there, with a few papers in his hand, while he scratched a black cat sitting in his lap. On his head sat a buck like hat that was the same white and green colors as his clothes.

"Captain Urahara," Rukia said getting the man attention, a slight annoyed tone in her voice. "This is one of the people we recused, and she lives in Argabah, I will be taking her back to her home."

Urahara looked at them and then focused his attention on Jasmine, "What is your name my dear?" he asked her, as he seemed to ignore Rukia's question.

Jasmine looked at Urahara, "My name is Jasmine."

The man smiled, "Well Jasmine," he replied a knowing vibe in his voice as he looked her over. "You are a long way from home, we do not see many from Agrabah come out this way, at least by choice at least."

Jasmine just nodded, "I don't even know where here is." She replied, her anger slowly bubbling up.

Urahara just smiled, "I understand your frustration, really I do." He stated scratched the cat behind it ears, making her purr. "We will be getting you home with as soon as we can. We also have some business with your father as well."

Jasmine looked at Urahara with a hint of surprise. "You know who I am?"

Urahara just laughed a bit, "Yes my dear Princess Jasmine, I make it a point to know all the powerful people in the land are. After all we have to keep the Hollow Seal current."

"Hollow Seals?" Jasmine asked confused.

"I see you father has not told you about them yet." He said, with a hint of disappointment in his voice. "These things are very important for the future rulers such as yourself need to know. Hollow Seals are what we place in the cities to protect the living from Hollow Attacks."

"Hollows, Seals? I don't understand?" Jasmine replied a bit more frustrated.

Rukia jumped in front of her with a note pad in her hands. "I can explain this for you!" she stated excitedly. She flipped the first page and Jasmine saw a very crude drawing of what looked to be a bunny. "Everyone person has a soul, and that soul is called a whole."

Jasmine just nodded as she listened intently, surprised they were talking about the Soul. Her father had only taught her what he thought would be best for her to be a princess, and told her he would teach her more once she was married. She also was slightly disturbed by the Rukia's drawings.

"Now when a person dies, they soul separates from their body." Rukia continued as she flipped to the next page, showing the rabbit with it body on the ground and an outline of the bunny came out of the body. "The soul with no regrets is a whole soul, and heads to the Soul Society once they die and meet with a Soul Reaper. With me so far?"

Jasmine nodded once again, getting the basics but she still had questions. "Yes."

Soon another page was flipped and she saw a drawing of the outline of a soul with a hole in the middle of it chest. "When souls lose their hearts, they become Hollows." Rukia said somberly, as she flipped another page, where the soul became a monster that had very distinct masks on their faces. "They become monsters that only instinct is to hunt and eat the souls of others."

Jasmine gasped as she heard this, never in her life hearing of such things. Yet she knew what they were saying were true, having been attacked by these monsters. "Then how do you stop them?"

"That is what we are for." Urahara stated as he entered the conversation. "We are Soul Reapers, tasked with the protection of the dead and the living from Hollows."

"Are these creatures all around?" Jasmine asked.

"They come and go." Rukia replied simply, "This desert is especially dangerous for the high amount of Spiritual Energies that inhabit the area. Many of the cities were attack constantly in the past. We gave the cities Hollow Seals to protect their cities. I know it a lot to take in Jasmine but it good for you to know what is going on."

Jasmine nodded, "It a lot to take in." she said rubbing her arm. "I did not know such dangers lurked in our lands."

"Well that is life." Urahara stated with a shrug of his shoulder, in a nonchalant manner. "All you can do is live the best you can, and live as best you can." He then smiled and clapped his hands together, "Now enough of this doom and gloom, I know what can cheer anyone up. Let's pet Yoruichi!" he brought up the black cat he was petting and held it towards Jasmine, Yoruichi's large eyes focused on her, she tilted her head to the side cutely.

Jasmine stood frozen for a moment before she took the cat from Urahara's hand and started to stroke her fur. A low purr came from the black cat, as she snuggled closer into Jasmine. She smiled as she focused on the cat, scratching behind her ear like she did with Raja.

Urahara walked toward the entrance and motioned for Rukia to follow after him. "We will leave you to enjoy your cat time. I will have the Reaper who will be taking you home come get you shortly." Jasmine just nodded, taking a seat in the pillows in the corner of the tent, with Yoruichi.

-With Ichigo –

Ichigo let out a tired yawn as he headed his tent. It had been a while since he had been off duty and wanted nothing more than to rest and get a shower. He past couple of days had been eventful, with clearing out the Hollows and saving the caravan that was attacked. It was a simple attack from low level Hollows, he felt somewhat sorry for the people who were captured by the slavers, but felt not pity for the slaver themselves. Honestly if he was the one to find them before the Hollows he might have killed them for what they were doing.

"Ichigo!" a familiar voice called out to him as he was about to enter his tent. He turned and scowled as Rukia walked over to him.

"What do you want Midget." He stated, folding his arms at his chest.

"Just wanting to see if you would escort group of survivors back to their homes?" she asked him. "We originally had someone from Squad 11 going but they got into a fight with Renji and is now in the medical tent."

Ichigo let out a tired sigh, "I will do it." he replied slightly annoyed. "Just let me know which group I am taking."

Rukia nodded, "Thanks Strawberry." She stated with a grin, dodging a punch from him.

"Don't call me that midget!" he replied in anger as Rukia danced away from him. He let out another growl walked into his tent, wanting nothing more than to sleep.

Four hours later Ichigo felt light hit his face, a deep frown adorning his face. He turned quickly from the light. "Oh, Ichigo my boy!" said an exuberant voice, that Ichigo knew very well.

"Go away Hat and Clogs." He growled throwing the nearest thing he could grab, which turned out to be a rock that was on the floor of the tent. He heard a satisfying girlish scream, someone falling and the tent flap closed. "Ah quiet."

He was then greeted by both tent flaps flying open and light flooding his room. "Ichigo it time to work," Urahara stated as he stood there, Ichigo clearing picturing the sly smile on his face.

He got up and glared at Urahara, "Go to hell Hat and Clogs," he replied picking up his sword. "I not in the mood for your crap."

Urahara just laughed. "You always crake me up," he stated as he motioned from Ichigo to follow. "Now come on I need to introduce you to the person you are escorting home."

"I thought I was escorting a group." He replied as he followed after Urahara.

Urahara just chuckled, "It was originally a group, yes." He said in a business-like tone as they headed towards the command tent. "This person is a bit more important and we need the best we have to get her home, aka, you."

Ichigo nodded, "Ok, and who is this person."

Urahara just smiled and walked into the tent. "Glad you asked." He replied a knowing undertone. Ichigo followed in behind and saw the girl he has rescued the night before.

"Oh Princess, can you come here for a moment." Urahara said.

Ichigo looked at the girl in shock. "PRINCESS!" he nearly shouted, making the girl jump a little.

Urahara chuckle, "Yes Princess." He stated, soon the Princess had joined them. "Princess Jasmine, I like you to meet Ichigo Kurosaki, he will be the one taking you home."

Ichigo looked at Princess Jasmine, his signature scowl on his face, while she looked at him with some curiosity but also apprehension. Urahara just let a sneaky smile cross his face as he watches the two size each other up.

Chapter two, yes, I continued this because it was a good Idea and it was something to help me write. Now it will not be update regularly and I will write when I can and update when I can, as with all my stories. I not the best at keeping on a schedule so I can't promise you constant updates but I will do my best. Please tell me what you think and I look forward to seeing where Jasmine's and Ichigo's relationship ends up, will they be friends or end up hating each other, or even become something more?