Linedwell Rainrix [v2.2]

After dying Li couldn't remember anything from his past life, he wandered, alone and confused, struggling to survive in Rukongai. With time he learned that one of the only ways to survive in that district, besides working for gangs or becoming submissive as most, really was standing alone as he was instead creating bounds and having to worry.

He became a thief and after some years Li had complete trust in his skills, either to sneak in places like gang headquarters or to escape from trouble while making people lose his track. That until getting caught by a shinigami in the alley. Blocking the way, he calmly asked him if that was what really wanted to do during the rest of all his life or if he wanted to do something that had a reason, instead been arrested and end up in a cell.

His name was Auriga, 14th seated officer from the 10th division and differently from others he didn't run or moved to Li, he just stood there, blocking the way while waiting for an answer. It was the first time in years that Li had felt something like that, doubt, fear, anger, confusion, he couldn't think right as he knew that in matter of minutes or maybe seconds he would probably be surrounded and finished for good.

Still confused, he accepted the offer from the shinigami, who told him to stand still and used a strange chant making Li invisible just in time as the rest of the patrol reached to the local. Impressed by the shinigami skills he immediately decided to try and train hard to join the shinigami in order to learn more about that abilities, becoming friends with the shinigami.

Soul Society

During the first years he almost quit when realizing he wasn't fit for what he desired to learn the most, Hadõ, seeming to have some kind of problem whenever using most of the basic elements, but pure energy. In the end, advised by Auriga, he decided to go on as he was one of the most skilled students at HoHõ and found interesting the classes about Zanjutsu, but really standing out at Hakuda.

Even after having materialized his zanpakuto Li keep training with Auriga, trying not his use it the most he could and fighting him bare handed. He could easily fight at same level as him without having to unsheathe his zanpakuto. After graduating he was picked to work and train under the 2nd division and the Onmitsukidō.

Due his duties within the division, and as time went by, he slowly stopped seeing his friend, devoting his self totally to his work and pride. Decades of training, sharpening his skills with duels and challenges, made him stand out among the anonymity and in a matter of time achieve high ranks inside the division.

The after all

He was carrying out a mission, along with other two officers and some skilled regulars, to find and exterminate a group of shinigami that seemed to had turn their backs to the soul society and were hiding within a forest of some district far north of rukongai.

Everything was going just as planned, when he noticed that one of the targets was none less than his old friend and froze completely. Li knew he could end been severely punished, maybe even locked in the Onmitsukidō detention center, if he disobeyed orders because of personal matters like that. Time slowly passed, but as he saw some of his partners ready to attack, those doubts and worries about what could happen instantly disappeared from his mind and he blocked their attack before it could reach the target, unfortunately making everybody there notice them.

A great chaos took place as both groups clashed against each other and Li just lost sight of Auriga while fighting against both sides as he was caught in the middle of them, trying to hold back when fighting against his partners. In the end, after spotting his friend bloody and torn uniform flying low near the ground, it was like something inside him was broken making a rage overcome him and killing everyone around, not caring about who it really was. Covered with blood and shaking, as he never had let such strong emotions take control of him or of his decisions, he walked away disappearing through the woods.

It already did weeks since he had left the Seiretei and he was exhausted from moving trying not to leave tracks, even having trust in his skills he knew that it would be just one against many if and when the Onmitsukidō found him. It was when a strange man carrying a zanpakuto approached him, telling that he knew of safe place for people like him. He continued explaining about it and said that first he had to agree with doing a small test if he would really fit in the group.

Tired and noticing that the man, besides not been part of the Onmitsukidō, seemed to have said at least some of truth and as he would probably be running out of options sooner or later, Li decided to agreed with him.

After almost failing to control his inner hollow, with the help of the vizard maker and with not many other choices left, he felt it wouldn't be the best of the ideas to break his compromise with that man about joining the group of people he mentioned, and joined the group of vizard hiding at the Mt fuji.