Chapter 7: The Past

The warm hands of that young woman woke Ichigo up. The room was simple and lonely. As soon as Ichigo's vision was restored he could see red hair, braids and a light brown dress with a turquoise long-sleeved shirt and almond eyes. He was smiling, and what he heard for the first time from that girl was:

-Hi Ichigo, you've grown a lot… since the last time we saw each other - the young woman smiled.

-The last time we saw each other? she asked.

-That's right, you don't remember me do you? It's me. Gaby. She - she still she kept smiling.

"Gaby…" Young Ichigo was shocked.

-Please don't overdo it to remember things. I just want you to be fine for now- Gaby smiled again.

The young man remained in bed, without saying anything, his words escaping from his mouth ... but no matter how much he wanted to say something, I can't and I rest.

Hours later he opened his eyes again, his eyes gave him a beautiful and familiar face, it was Mai's.

- How are you? How you feel? - asked the young woman.

-I… well at least I think I can move. What happened? - He stared at Mai the young Ichigo.

Mai chuckled slightly.

- Silly come to the living room as soon as you can, okay? - Mai smiled again and with that she withdrew.

"Sure…" Ichigo's muffled words faded into the emptiness of the room.

The minutes passed and the young man came to the room. He even he stayed at the door, as three familiar girls which one of them was Mai. The three of them smiled, each one wanted to laugh certainly in her way, but the girl dressed in a purple dress with black almost like she was a catrina, with a purple veil, short hair and purple eyes with black color.

-COME! Don't be afraid Ichigo, or that he was going to bite you or something like that, even the reader knows it right? - said the young woman.

-Come Ichigo, relax just sit down and let the dialogue flow- Mai said.

The young man with slow but sure steps approached the girls, the girls whose faces were very familiar.

- How are you? - Gaby said.

-Well, thanks for ... - I look for the right word- save us- I finish the sentence with some embarrassment and a forced smile.

- You are better? - Mai said.

"Of course all good," Ichigo smiled.

Silence reigned for a few seconds, but after a while Gaby spoke.

-I introduce myself. I am Gabriela, owner and founder of Never Green Garden, the research center of the spirit world. You can tell me Gaby, she is my partner Guada ...- she began to think for a few seconds and resumed the thread of her dialogue Gaby- Glitchy, she helps me with all the needs of this small house- Gaby smiled at the end.

-Ichigo is my pleasure ladies. She is Mai, they already know her for sure hehe. - said the young man.

-Yes, we already talked for certain hours. Are you looking for the spirit world? We are in the process ... - At that Glitchy interrupted.

- Come on Gaby! Let's not get around too much, listen dear. In a week I will guide you to the path to reach the exchange door to enter the world, only here my partner Gaby has not been in a hurry to reduce the magic of that step. - He finished very close to Ichigo.

"Oh sure… sure Miss Glitchy." It is a pleasure to be able to count on you- he smiled

-Glitchy, don't be so… you. Let others breathe. Sorry for her impulsive personality, but that's how she is- said Gaby, adjusting her braids.

-Anyway, all this is entertaining. I always say that the best conversations are better in cafes- And Glitchy, saying this, sat down on the sofa next to Gaby.

-Now let me speak, excuse me again young people. As Glitchy said, we are isolating the accumulation of magic that is on the way to the exchange gate, humans, no matter how much they have an aura or a Nahual, cannot go through the very contained accumulation of magic. That's why I ask you for a week if it's not too much trouble- The young woman made a rather unusual request reference for young people.

"Of course we're not in a hurry, the only reason we want to…" Gaby interrupted.

- Last? I'm not going around this time, Ichigo sure doesn't remember anything. Nothing at all, it is clear that. -He saw Glitchy for a few seconds and she denied something ... that she knew that Gaby wanted to say and changed to something else- It is clear that this matter of your amnesia is clear that it is a very touched topic in the north. But I'll tell you the things I know- Glitchy saw her intensely- Listen Ichigo, in there you can find the truth. The truth of all this, you are looking for your past, and there you can complement it. Mai is to complement it, besides that you are a very sweet duo. Someone ... had to sacrifice some of his life in order to protect the spirit world. You will see many years ago the spiritual world was in what is called "Mexico" in Latin America, and it got along very well with the world, even agreements were reached to advance a lot in technology and discover immense things so that this planet earth would be the only home with greater possibilities of living in peace. However, a war broke out here in Japan, including the spirit world… men thought they could play with the Gods… but not really. The battle was tough, they didn't want any more blood, they were tired of it and they wanted to stop it. What did they come up with? Very simple. The God Quetzalcóatl grabbed this spiritual world and Mexico itself and tried to take it to heaven, however, bad men sealed it to the spiritual world and to Mexico here in Japan to experiment with the world of Mexico ... they called it "The new world" almost everyone countries wanted to take advantage of the wealth of Mexico. The Gods could not see how the poor natives were beaten by foreigners with the taste of blood and revenge and greed. Finally ... the God of everything ... had to seal them and kill more than a million people to be able to completely seal the spiritual world ... so all the following years humans forgot what that country called Mexico was. Did you know that they only tell you the country of corruption? God, even if you go to Mexico right now, everything changes. I don't know if that president changed Mexico and tried to remind Mexicans that there is a forgotten world. Here! A forgotten culture ... the Aztec and Mayan culture. Ichigo ... there you must release everything and you will get your past. Sorry, I got carried away with everything. But remember this ... You are Mexicans, you were witnesses of ... - Glitchy shut Gaby's mouth with a bang.

-Calm down Gaby, she gets carried away a lot. Did they get the message? That's the most important thing- Glitchy laughed slightly, but young Ichigo knew that something was not right, however, with Gaby's face calm, he discarded all suspicions of kept secrets.

-Of course ... if there is something we can help with, we will gladly help you. -

-Thank you very much dear, we will take you into account. You can go now Thank you! In a week I will guide you to the spiritual world- said Glitchy

-Thank you very much miss, it is a pleasure to be with you. With your permission. - so Mai said without saying more and grabbed Ichigo by the hands leaving the room.

So that day the young people decided to look for more answers, they didn't have many books ... not even something on the history of Mexico or a newspaper. The days passed very slowly.

- What was that? - Ichigo asked slowly.

-I don't know, but I'm sure of that. They were missing something… -She saw the door where the two maids were left behind.

-I felt it from the beginning… but we can't do something right? - Ichigo looked on with a defeated smile.

-Quiet lovebird, some things can be said in good time. Let's hope! There is little left- Mai smiled radiantly.

And so day after day she passed for the young, with nothing more to do or say. Glitchy was always pestering Ichigo to distract him from all kinds of suspicions. She succeeded, but now she just had to wait again for the week to be completed.

-My love. It's time to go, you're ready- Gaby said it in one more day in the living room.

-Of course. - Without further ado, Ichigo said.

- We're ready Miss Gaby! - Mai said determined.

-Then we go- said Glitchy

-And me too, I'll guide you to a specific thing- Gaby finished.

And so the 4 left for the spiritual world, the spiritual world where ... anything can happen. The sun burned and the stars disappeared "Can the Gods also sense our presence?" Ichigo thought as he walked the long path that awaited them.