The Forgotten

Chapter 1

I opened my eyes slightly as I sat up. The only memory that I had wasn't much, just my name, Kagome but nothing more. I used a tree to help me get to my feet, quickly dusting myself off. I looked up and screamed.

There was a strange creature with a bone white mask, looking directly at me. It shot towards me so I took off running. Thanks to luck, I tripped and twisted my ankle. I stared wide-eyed at the creature as it came closer. I closed my eyes tight expecting death.

I heard shrieks of agony but no pain. When nothing happened, I opened my eyes to find an unexpected sight. A man with black hair wearing white and black stood between me and the creature. But in less time it took you to blink, the creature was dead.

I reached out and grabbed a part of his black kimono. He looked down at me in surprise as I marveled over his beautiful features. He had black-gray eyes and pale skin, with no emotion on his face. His black hair was held back by metal brats to keep it out of his face, coming down to his shoulders. I smiled as my gaze went back to his eyes, trying not to blush but failing horribly.

"Thank you for helping me, I'm Kagome. I'm lost and don't know where to go." I told him and he bent down beside me.

"Follow the same path that brought you here." He told me, I looked down at my hands then back. "What's wrong?'

"I don't know how I got here; I just woke up here with no memory except my name. On top of that when I fell I twisted my ankle so I couldn't even if I did remember." I explained. "By the way, who are you?"

"Byakuya Kuchiki." He seemed to struggle against himself before he made his decision. "Come."

In seconds, I was in his arms with my arms around his neck. He took one step and we were in a field of flowers. He lifted his sword and acted like it was a key, to my surprise; a door appeared in front of us.

He stepped threw and without noticing it, I tightened my hold on his neck, if not for the scarf, I would have strangled him. He didn't even flinch so I couldn't be holding on that tightly. I closed my eyes tightly not knowing what to expect. For a moment, I didn't feel anything, no wind or anything. But after about two minutes I felt the wind brush against my skin once more.

"We're here; you can stop trying to strangle me." Byakuya said, I heard a slight teasing note to his voice. When I opened my eyes I found him smirking at me.

I decided to ignore his teasing to look around. "Where are we, Byakuya?"

"The Soul Society, if I recall right you said your name was Kagome. We're going to my manor till your ankle heals then we'll find your family." He said, only getting a nod from me. He took a step forward and we were in front of a wooden house with cherry blossom trees in the yard that were in full bloom.

He carried me into a dining room would be my best guess. Byakuya set me down before going up to a woman and they talked for a moment before she left. Byakuya turned back to me before coming back to my side, sitting down beside me.

A man with red, unruly hair and tattoos ran into the room, yelling, "Captain Kuchiki, you're back. Is there anything you need me to do?" he bowed before looking at me. "Who is the girl, Captain?"

"No, Renji and the girl is called Kagome." The Man next to me said non-chatty.

"Hello." I said, with a smile on my face. "It is a pleasure to meet you Renji." I held my hand out to him and he looked at it funny so I let it fall back to my side.

"The pleasure is all mine, Kagome." Renji said with a big grin and I had to laugh at him.

"I have quite a few questions for you Byakuya. Like, what was that thing that you saved me from? What are you and why did you act so strangely when I grabbed your kimono? You acted as if that wasn't suppose to happen." I said my eyes going to the quiet male.

"It's called a hallow, evil spirits that live off of other souls. I'm a soul reaper and it is my job to deal with souls, both good and bad. Normally humans can't see us, the hallows or the wholes, or the souls that have not become hallows. They are sent here threw a method called 'Konso' but hallows have to be purified by a zampakuto so they may pass on to the next life." Byakuya said with my attention fully on him.

I nodded my head in understanding; I sent a smile his way. "Byakuya, why did you save me? Then you brought me here and…"

He surprised me when he pulled out some bandages and started wrapping me ankle." "You ask a lot of questions Kagome but it is a good that you know. Why I did what I did doesn't matter. The only thing that dose matter is that I did and that you're here now."

"Your right, Byakuya." I said with a smile. His skin was smooth as silk as he wrapped my twisted ankle. "Thank you, I'll repay you for your kindness, somehow."

Please tell me how it did for the first chapter!