Chapter 1

No POV

It was a rainy day, not too hard, mostly overcast with a gentle drizzle dropping down once and a while, still a crummy day.

"Hmmm…Hmm…Hmmm." A small boy, maybe five or six was sitting outside an arcade, humming softly as the flashing buzzing neon lights inside gradually flicked off, done for the day, but rather than return home he just stood there.

He was wearing dirty ratty clothes that became soaked as the sky opened up into one of the days many spotty showers. As he stood there sitting under an awning in the rain a woman walked passed. She was tall, slender yet somewhat curvy and had dark tan skin. She'd seen this boy a few times before, always siting outside this arcade every day.

"Hello." She approached him for the first time.

"Hmm.…Hi." The boy mumbled.

"Why are you sitting there, shouldn't you be going home?" she asked.

The boy blinked "I…don't have a home."

"You don't?" she asked.

"I think I used to…" he scratched his head "I don't really remember, I can't remember my parents faces either, when I think they just look blurry, but I remember someone yelling a lot, and then I hit my head. Hmm…Hmm~."

"I see." The woman said. "Well, do you have a name."

"I don't remember." He said "All I remember is waking up around here, and going to the arcade, I go every day and play the machines with the change I find on the road. I like the bright lights, and the one game called Street Fighter is my favorite."

"So you're all alone, with no memories." She crouched to look at eye level with the boy.

"I guess…" he shrugged.

"Well you'll catch a cold if you sit out here." She reached a hand out "Why don't you come with me."

The boy blinked a few times before taking the woman's hand she walked down the street with him.

"Well we can't have you with no name, that be silly." She smiled "So what should I call you?"

"I told you I don't have a name." he said holding her hand as they walked "I think I used to though, it began with an H I think."

"An H." she tapped her chin with her free hand "Then I'll call you Hummer."

"Hummer?" he asked.

"Well when I walk by your always humming. "she said "So I think it fits."

"Ok." He nodded "I'll be hummer, who are you Lady?"

She smiled at the boy "My name is Yoruichi."

"Hey Lady?" the boy asked "How come you're the first person to stop and talk with me."

"Because." She frowned "No one else was looking for you…and I told you call me Yoruichi."

Hummer's POV

"You wait here." Yoruichi told me "I'll be back soon."

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Just out for a bit." She smiled sitting out the window "If you get tired just lie in the bed, you don't have to wait up for me."

Suddenly she was gone, like I blinked and missed her. I sat around for a while but ended up laying in the bed, it was a lot softer than the ground. I started to drift off, everything got blurry but I did see some cat jump into the room and sit on the bed with me before I fell asleep.

The Next Morning.

"Hmm?" I woke up and felt warm all around.

I opened my eyes and saw Miss Yoruichi holding me as she slept.

"Good Morning." She smiled when I looked at her "Did you sleep well."

"Umm yeah." I nodded feeling warm hugging her "You're really squishy."

"Hahaha." She let out a small laugh "You really are an innocent little boy."

"Hmm?" I hummed sitting up and looking at the foot of the bed "Where'd the kitty go?"

"Hmm, oh that." She smiled "That was just me?"

"Huh?" I asked.

"Don't worry about it." She patted my head "I'll explain when you're older."

A Few Years Later

"Come on hit it again."

"It's too early for this Mom." I sighed "It's 6 AM!"

"You've got school in two hours." Yoruichi said "We can't train in the middle of the day, so you need to do it in the morning and at night."

"This is the reason my grades are so bad." I hummed.

"Don't blame me for this young man!" she yelled "You're the one who can't manage your time."

"And you're the one who drags me away for Shinigami training every day!" I yelled "How could I possibly do schoolwork when I'm dead tired after training!"

"RAHH!" I punched the stupid training dummy and launched it across the room "There that good enough, can I go sleep now?"

"You used to be such a nice boy." She sighed.

"Come on Mom." I rubbed my head "You've been on edge these last few weeks, what's bugging you?"

"It's nothing Hummer." She rubbed my head "You don't need to worry so much."

"It's a son's job to worry about his mother." I smiled "You saved me…I can't ever repay you."

She smiled "You don't need to."

Later

"Hmm?" I sat up "Haa…HYA!"

I punched the tree leaving a dent.

"Nope, needs more force to break the trunk." I sighed.

I delivered a series of sharp punches to the center of the tree, shattering it to splinters.

"Ichigo and the others huh…I knew something was different about them, ever since a few days ago when all those Hollows showed up."

A Few Days Earlier.

"Where the hell did all these show up from." I looked around and saw Hollows crawling down the street.

Someone called these here…but why.

"YAAA!" one slid around a corner and looked at me.

It charged forward like a staring beast and got within range.

"A Shinigami soul with no sword!" it cheered "this will be easy!"

"My sword?" I waited for it to get close and punched it's skull "Is right here!"

I shattered it's head and killed it.

"Hmph." I fixes my spiked mace fist "My sword is my gloves, I don't need to cut if I'll just crush you to dust with my punches."

Back in the present.

"HMMAA!" I punched the tree and splintered it "Better keep working, I don't want to let Mom down."

So I did what she asked and trained for the whole week, only stopping to sleep, eat or use the bathroom, soon she came back home, still a cat, and told me we were going shopping

No POV

"Are you sure we can rescue Rukia with just the five of us?" Orihime asked.

"Six." Yoruichi corrected "I hope you don't mind but I brought you a little help."

"HMM." A voice hummed an approached dressed in a basic karate like outfit with a black belt.

"That's Shihoin-senpai!" Orihime gasped "He's coming with us."

"Hello." Hummer smiled "I heard you could use some help."

"Who's this guy?" Ichigo asked "I don't like him."

"He's your back up." Yoruichi said "A trained Shinigami that you will need to rely on if you have any chance to rescue Rukia."

"How do you know him?" Orihime asked.

"Simple." The cat smiled "He's my son."