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Chapter 1

Massacre in Alena

Footsteps could be heard on the stone pavement of the cobbled street as a woman gingerly run for her precious life. With her is a baby clothed in white blanket of lightest of blue, in it is a small insignia of an arrow symbol decorated by lions and olives inside a circle…

"Quick she must have run in there!"

A soldier wearing black and red shouted. Upon his shout, his fellow soldiers headed to the direction he pointed out. The woman held the baby tighter upon hearing the shout. She have to hurry if they want to survive…

"She must be close, split yourselves into two groups. Find her!"

Captain Enjouji Tatsufusa, a square jawed man that has kind eyes. His face is perplexed and tense, wanting to find the woman. If one would look closely, the captain doesn't want to do the orders he was told by the Prime Minister, but he has no choice over the matter. As the hunt continues, a man wearing a hood came up to him.

"Captain, you must find that woman immediately, we must not leave any of survivors behind… is that clear?" said Ichimaru Gin, eyes narrowing through the Captain's hesitating form.

Ichimaru Gin is the prime minister's servant and right hand man. His form is considered smaller compared to the Captain's. His face looks like a laughing maniac with those small sharp eyes and creepy smile. If one would at him from the back, he would be mistaken as an angel, but everyone who thought that immediately changes their mind when they look at him in front, he looks like a sly pretty faced demon.

"Is that what prime minister Aizen Sousuke ordered?" said the captain, his form straightened, refusing to believe that somebody, whom is respected in the kingdom will be that cruel.

"You've heard me don't you captain?" the servant paused, "now get your lazy butt over there and find that woman and kill her before she escapes!", he then went in for his carriage, before leaving, he looked the captain in the eye, "I will be waiting for the good news captain." With that he went off.

It began to rain that night and the woman was continues to run in the cold of the night. Her name is Ise Nanao. She, with some luck, has escaped the town and is now running for her dear life. Now however, she is not carrying any bundle as she has earlier. She has left the said bundle in one of the houses in the far and hidden part of the town. She left it to one of her friends with only a letter to explain the things that had happened to her. As the rain becomes heavier by the minute, the woman known as the faithful servant of the late Count of Alena ran until she reached the forest. She continued to run until she heard hooves of horses coming from where she left.

'They're near!'

That is the only thing that the servant could only think of, she can't think straight with her condition. She ran for her dear life through the trees and bushes, never caring if her skin took the casualty at the moment. She got some cuts that stung her during her flight, she don't mind getting injured at the time for the only thing in her mind right now is escape. She heard hooves of horses nearing,

'At last!'

She saw a light at the end of the path and thought of a clearing at the other side. She ran to it thinking that she might be saved from those who chase her. With the last spurt of energy, she willed herself to run, only to find out that clearing she thought is heading towards one of the cliffs in the forest.

"Oh no!" is the only thing that she could sat at that moment, she know her doom is near. She cannot go back now. The soldiers are too close. Ise starts to contemplate her options for escaping but it seems that it already to late for the soldiers are nearer than what she have anticipated. They quickly caught up with her and are get off their horses, swords drawn from their sheaths and ready to attack at every moment.

"Surrender now woman! There is no place for you to go!" shouted captain Enjouji, he came near her, sword tightly held in his hand.

"What do you mean surrender! I'm sure that you'll only kill me if ever I do that! Don't lie to me" she shouted back.

However, the captain froze in his position for he knows that what she just shouted is the truth. He knows that he has gotten orders from the prime minister to kill whoever is the survivor in the massacre at the Count of Alena's abode, but his conscience cannot permit to slay the woman in front of him. Guilt starts to run in his blood because of the merciless order he have gotten from his superiors.

"What are you waiting for captain?! I told you that the order of his grace is to kill everyone in that vicinity, Including that wench!"

A voice rang in the middle of the raging rain. All of them look at the source of the voice, Ichimaru Gin. He got out of the carriage, wearing a raincoat over him and his eyes gleaming with malice.

"Are you deaf captain, or are you hesitating to follow orders?" said Ichimaru, his raincoat starts to get wet as the rain keeps getting heavy.

"Ichimaru…" Ise noted the newcomer. She is now starting to be afraid of the man as he came towards her, sword out of its sheath. She instinctively stepped backwards facing Ichimaru leaving her back facing the cliff.

"You're too slow in killing this wench, maybe I should get the honor of killing her since you look too chicken for this tiny job!" Ichimaru said maniacally as he start to run towards Ise's direction, sword in hand and is ready to thrust to the count's faithful servant.

"Your eminence… NO!" the captain shouted but at the time, he didn't have any time to save the woman. Ichimaru is much closer to her.

At that moment, just before the sword touches Ise's skin, she slipped on the muddy surface of the cliff… She fell on the depths of the cliff, a ravine could be found underneath.

"That's lucky" said Ichimaru as he oversee Ise's body limply fall down towards the ravine, "Now we don't have to be busy taking care of her body, the fishes in the river will take care of it for us" he said coldly then turn around to look at the captain.

"Captain Enjouji", he started, "I am disappointed on how you've acted with this occurrence; however your exploits in the count's home and the search for this particular survivor is excellent, I will tell the prime minister about this performance". Then he left with his carriage, leaving the captain and his soldiers bewildered upon what have had just happened as it continued to rain.

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Meanwhile, in town, just before the rain started, a woman is sitting inside her small house sipping a cup of tea. Her name is Unohana Retsu, a doctor training in that town. Her long black locks flows freely at her back and has a peaceful expression on her face. The clinic that she worked on has just closed and is now enjoying her peaceful time alone when she heard three hurried knocks on her door.

"Now who could that be?" she mused, wondering who in the world would be knocking at that late time of the night. As she opened the door, she saw something white or a light shade of blue blanket in her front step. She was startled when she saw that the bundle started to move. She looked first at her surroundings, seeing that no one is around, she hurriedly pick it up and take it in the house.

Once inside, she carefully put the bundle on the table and opened the light blue bundle. She gasped. Inside, she saw a sleeping baby peering at her. It produced a small smile when it saw her making the older woman's heart melt. After that she noticed a letter that was carried by the baby. She opened it almost immediately it said…

My dearest friend Retsu,

I know that it is very rude of me to not talk to you personally about this and I am very sorry, but there is little time and the soldiers of Aizen is probably after us. I need to get to the newly born heir of the Count of Alena to safety and I know that he will be safe in your caring hands. As you read this letter, now I maybe running out of town to let the soldiers think that I do not have anyone with me. I will never let my loyalty waver to the Count of Alena. I am just pleased with the knowledge that the Count already thought to hide the knowledge about the Countess having the baby at the earliest possible time. Because of what he did, he ensured the safety of his son and the next Count of Alena.

Please take good care of the young Count. I know you will know the best course of action regarding this matter for I have faith in you… With him is a necklace that contains the symbol of Alena, this is the ultimate proof that he is the count's one and only son, his father named him Uryuu, Ishida Uryuu of Alena.

- Ise Nanao -

After she finished reading the letter, she looked disbelievingly at the baby in front of her, "This is the Count's son! What just happened to all of them!" in inspecting the baby, sure enough the necklace of Alena dropped on the floor.

At daybreak, she awoke seeing the baby safely tucked at her sides. When she started to clean the grounds for the day, she heard the awful news of the massacre of the Count, his wife and his servants. She trembled in the realization about the baby's and her friend's predicament. Upon hearing the news she turned around, she start to think of a plan that will probably concern both their future…

Author's Notes: hi everybody! Is this story good? Bad? I just want to know what you think… Alright people; the truth of the matter is that this is my very first fanfiction, more like my first ever story. Although I love reading fanfics I often wonder what it would be like to write stories that always go on in my mind… Review and if you want, please give comments to me for me to improve my writing style, and if you don't like to review about that, then just tell me what you think about it anyway.