The crossed paths

The butterfly

—Man, what a good day!! Time to relax! —said aloud a girl with long, brown hair.

A soft breeze refreshed her face, as she laid down on a chair outside a simple, red house. She was on vacation, with nothing to do and a brain that never stopped working. While looking at the clear sky, she thought about all the possibilities of what she could do to amuse herself.

—I should draw a little bit. I haven't finished my work for the contest. Maybe... a picture of Bleach? No, Naruto? Or I can make a drawing of Atsuya using the Eternal Blizzard! Haah... It's useless... There's no way that will be considered original.

Lost inside her own mind, she didn't notice the azure blue butterfly that landed on her nose with a slight flapping from its wings. When she opened her eyes, she saw the small insect, but payed no mind to it for a while.

Her urge to talk with someone won over her a few minutes later.

—Hey, hello little friend. What's your name? My name is Dragon. Nice to meet you. What are you doing, wondering around humans like us? It's dangerous.

—Oh, no, it's not dangerous at all for me! And it's nice to meet you too.

—WHAT THE HELL..?!?!

She inevitably fell down from the chair when the butterfly talked back. Her eyes wide open, she turned around to face the small being with awe.

—First of all, insects DO NOT talk! You biologically don't have any ways to even make a human sound! Second, huh, huh! This must be my imagination, and YOU are not real! So back off and disappear!

—Hehehe, you're funny, Dragon. More than what I expected.

—Ok, that definitely wasn't my imagination. How can you talk like a human?! Are you... OH NO ARE YOU AN ALIEN?! Are you... Are you going to eat my brain like a zombie!?

—Nope, I'm just a demon, that's all. I don't think it's the same as being an alien, but for you, humans, who knows...

-D-d-d-d-demon...? Like, seriously...? You came from hell?— Dragon was having a hard time, both processing and believing the information. The butterfly flew around her for a few seconds, until it decided to settle down on a nearby flower.

—Yup, and I need your help. I've been sent here with the mission of bringing you to my world, and-

—No.

—...What? No, no, let me finish first-

—Whatever you saw on me, I bet my life that you are wrong. I'm not going to become a warrior or a cute Magical girl or anything that you had planned for me. I'm a normal human, thank you very much, and I am not going with you to... To wherever you wanted to take me!

—I never said I was going to make you a magical girl in the first place, so forget about having a cute attire and super powers. I have a mission: bringing you to my world. Because we are being attacked by monsters; zombies, Hollows, Titans, and only you humans can save us.

—Oh... That's... Huh.

—We already have some people helping us, and the one who sent me to look for you is considered a super strong fighter. His name is Ichigo. But he can't do it alone, and that's why he told me to come here, to the human world, to look for someone called Dragon. And that Dragon is an otaku, so the only thing that I need to know about you is, are you an Otaku?

—Oh, man... this is too much for me... Hollows, Ichigo, a butterfly that can talk, and now me? What? Am I like, the human factor that will save your whole planet? In that case, I don't know what to say. It's an honour too big for only a girl like me.