2215 03 20 Tokyo, Japan eastern territory of the P.C.R.
He did this every morning, every day he'd take the train to work in downtown Shibuya and as always it was an uneventful commute for Ichigo as he stood there reading the recent holo news "Rebel Attack in Akihabara. Area will be closed until further notice!" He sighed "They spent 60 years trying to bring down the Empire and yet they can't seem to stem the tide of rebel activities 'tch' pathetic." As his stop came into view he started to think about his past as he did he put his hand onto his eye patch and cursed those who made him that way.
Somewhere in Downtown Tokyo.
May Xing Wu had been living a comfortable life for the past 20 years the daughter of a General she lived in relative peace. That was until today. As she was preparing for the day her father came rushing into her room as he swung the door open she jumped, but calmed down as soon she realized it was her father "Don't scary me like that." He was in a panic "Sweet heart we need to go now hurry!" She was confused and didn't now what was going on "Look I know you must have lots of questions my sweet May, but there's no time to answer all I can say is I want you to find a man named Iwatani and tell him General Xing Wu sent you. If he still remembers me and the promise he made tell him I asked for him to protect you. So please be safe my little girl." She stood there confused as her father hugged her and sent her down a secret escape tunnel. She made it onto the street and saw soldiers enter her apartment building and began to run. She didn't know were this man was, but one thing was for sure she had to find him.
Around the same time at the P.C.R M.P Headquarters.
Colonel Zhou had planned this operation for months ever since he revealed evidenced General Yao Xing Wu's betrayal against the P.C.R and the operation couldn't have gone more wrong then it was going now. He had expected resistance, but not to the extent he was seeing "Status report?" "Sir we have lost squads 2, 7, and 18 it's seem his residence was designed to handle situations like this." "Damn it why didn't anyone report on this!" Everything was going to hell in a hand basket. He decided on a course of action one he didn't have at the beginning "Corporal do we have any anti-grav units in the area?" "Yes sir they just finished up another assignment and were requesting further orders." "Perfect send them in." "Yes sir." The Col. found this to be the perfect out come as anti grav units just out of a mission were the perfect idea as they didn't need time to climb high enough to attack as they would already be at 100 meters 'finally something goes my way.' He smiles as the next report came in. "Sir the squad made it and have help with the successful capture of gen. Xing Wu." "Capture. No no no our orders are to kill him on the spot." "Yes sir." "Have they captured his daughter?" "No sir according to them she wasn't in the building when they started nor was she seen by them leaving the building." "Tell the anti-grav unit to find her I want both of them dead." "Yes sir."
Office complex downtown Shibuya.
Rise Nijima had lived in Tokyo all her life as a young girl she grew up as the daughter of an Imperial soldier and now she's a grown women of P.C.R, and she was all on her own. As her father had dead during the Okinowa Defensive and her mother was killed during the Fall of Tokyo. Due to that the only two things she looked forward to in her daily life were work and seeing her new co-worker He Mang. Sure he was off putting with his attitude, but generally he wasn't that bad of a guy heck she found the weirder points of him to be attractive from the fact that he wore gloves even when it was warm to his eye patch that covered his right eye. With his hair grown out, but kept tidy as pur uniform code and his one hazel eye made her knees buckle every time she held his eye sight for longer then a minute. In essence she couldn't see him not being there. "Hey Nijima!" As she sat there day dreaming Mang had came up behind her which startled her "Mang don't sneak up on me." "Apologies, but I'm here to ask about your half of the report?" She looked confused "My what?" "Your half of the end of winter report we were in charge of it?" Her eyes widened "Oh shit I completely forgot about." He sighed "You know this is the fifth time you've done this to me, whatever I finished your part anticipating this eventuality though this is the last time you do this Nijima. Next time this happens I will report you got it!" She nodded "No problem Mang I'll try to make it up to you again." "Just do your job." Mang return to his desk as Rise watched she really want to ask him out but didn't have the courage to after all what could she say that wasn't embarrassing.
Ichigo really hated were he ended up working. He had been there for a year and he hated it with a passion he didn't care for his co-worker especially Rise who often didn't do her work and he had to pick up the slack, but he really hated how she was always trying to invite him places. She really couldn't take the hint that he really hated her and it irritated him to no end. Fortunately for him the day was ending and he could leave that hell hole, but the thing he dreaded most was about to happen "Hey Mang me and the girls were thinking about going for some drinks want to come with us?" He narrowed his left eye and asked "Did Nijima tell you to ask me that?" "Was it that obvious?" All he did was sigh and left. He really never understood why Nijima liked him he wasn't anything special he was just another co-worker yet she bothered him everyday like she wanted to ask him out, but she really didn't have the courage so it always fell flat for her. As he headed down to the exit in the elevator someone from another floor came in and looked at his bag "Hey you got to take work home too?" He shock his head "Ah well I guess it's non of my business." As the guy got out he relaxed 'Geez he scared me there thought I had to pull it out.' What he referred to was the item he held on to as if his life depended on it was the last thing he wanted to use being that if he ever used it again there would be no turning back. He got out on to the street and headed to the station as he was he noticed someone hiding in the alley a girl who seemed to be in her twenties and she seemed to be hiding. He instinctively looked around and saw someone one run past most likely missing his train then after that he saw a man in a Military Police uniform with anti-grav gear and he stared at the guy. The MP noticed him "Hey you." Ichigo grabbed a tighter hold of his bag as the MP walked up to him "Excuse me sir have you seen anyone run by here?" "Ya they were heading towards the station." "Thank you." And with that the MP ran off he looked towards the alley and saw that the girl had slinked in deeper 'So that's who he was chasing after.' As he head into Central Sky street he had a thought 'I have a feeling that won't be the last I see of that girl.'