Hello all. Well this will be my first attempted Bleach fic so please go easy on me.

This part is so that you know where this fic takes place. It starts as soon as Ichigo and company come back from Soul Society after defeating Kariya. So yes for me the Bounto arc is cannon (no flames for this please). Also I would like to point out that I'm not very good at writing in character with the main character's because I don't know how they act I can't think that deeply. So I'm going to try and not use them that much. I'll only use Ichigo until I switch to Kiego and Arisawa which should be in the first three chapters. And lastly I'm not going to use any honorifics (I think that is what they are called) simply because I don't know how to use them correctly (God I hate not being able to speak that language) I might use one or two when I'm absolutley sure but other wise I won't. Hmmmmm I think that's all I need to explain if more comes up I'll try to explain in story well lets begin.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of the characters they all belong to their respective owners.

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"Ichigo wake up." An annoyed looking Rukia stood over a deep sleeping Ichigo and she wasn't getting any happier. "ICHIGO I SAID WAKE UP DAMMIT!"

The next thing Ichigo knew was that he had something hard and heavy land on his stomach waking him instantly. "What the hell Rukia! You could have killed me. Why didn't you just wake me up like a normal person! Why'd you have to jump on me!"

"Shut up! I tried and you wouldn't get up! Now get dressed we're gonna be late for school."

"School! I just got back yesterday I still need to recover! Fighting Kariya wasn't easy ya know"

"So! You still need to study and graduate high school. Being a Shinigami is no excuse so GET READY!."

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An hour later Ichigo and Rukia were headed towards the school. At the gate they met up with the rest of the "gang".

"Oi Chad, Ishida, Inoue!"

The friends exchanged hello's and then headed inside. Looking around Ichigo couldn't find his normal human friends. He was starting to get a little worried that maybe some of the Bitto had survived and kept attacking while he was in Soul Society. That's when Ichigo saw his other friends turn the corner of the hallway and started walking towards him. Getting ready for anything Ichigo walked up to the other three teens.

"Oh hey Ichigo when did you get back from your trip?" Mizuiro politely asked.

"Yea Ichigo when did you get back? Orihime better have not gotten injured this time." was Arisawa's remark.

"My flight got in this morning. And no Inoue's fine." Ichigo decided to try and rile up his lazy friend, "So Kiego did you finally defect and get and A on a test for once?"

"Huh? Oh no I'm still a solid B- student." He said with a kind grin. "So we better get to class or we're gonna be late huh Mizuiro?"

"Yea let's go Arisawa."

"OK."

Ok what the hell is going on here? Why are they acting so distant? Ichigo thought. Finally the school bell rang signaling the start of first period. The day went by as a slow blur for Ichigo. His mind wondered over all the strange possibilities as to why his friends we're acting that way. Maybe the Bitto's bites did more than I thought. Maybe the spirit transfusion did something Urahara didn't think about. I gotta go see that cursed shop owner after school and make sure Kiego will be okay. Arisawa and Mizuiro seemed ok enough.

The final bell seemed to take forever, but as soon as it rang Ichigo found himself walking towards Urahara's at a brisk pace. As soon as he walked in he shouted.

"Where's Urahara?

"Oh Kurosaki-san I didn't expect to see you back so soon after your little trip." Urahara's voice rang from the back.

"Well I didn't want to do to much today, but Rukia insisted. Anyways that's not the reason I came by so that you could make smart ass remarks. I want to know if anything has happened while I was gone? Or if that spirit transfusion you did between me and Kiego would have any side effects?"

Urahara's hand went to his chin and his head tilted up as he thought. "Well as for Asano-san nothing too major maybe just a heightened sense of spiritual awareness but that's about all. I knew he was spiritually aware already that's why I didn't think it would jar him to much to begin with. As for the rest of your friends I can't really think of anything that has happened to them recently. Why do you ask? Kurosaki-san."

"Hmph I can't really say. Kiego just didn't seem to be acting like himself today. In fact all my normal friends were kinda given me the cold shoulder today. It kinda freaked me out. I was just making sure nothing bad had happened to the,. Well then If you don't think anything has gone wrong I guess I'm just being a bit paranoid. Sometimes I forgot that not every problem is caused by hollows and Aizen. Well I'm gonna go home." Ichigo said as he got up to to leave.

"Ah Kurosaki-san I have a question for you as well. Kuromade-san has been mentioning problem more and more in our brief conversations. Do you think you could take a look at it for me?"

"Kuro who?" Ichigo asked.

"Zennosuke Kuromade the Shinigami that replaced Rukia when she was sentenced to death. I think people have been calling him Afro-san lately. Recently he has been complaining about some human that hides spirits from him. It's strange since he says he can still sense them they just seem to be actively hiding from him. This could be a problem. If Kurokuro village starts to fill with undeparted souls, hollows will swarm here. Can I ask you to find this person."

"Sure, but why can't the Afro guy take care of it?"

"Unfortunetly Kuromade-san isn't a very skilled Shinigami."

"Whatever where can I find this Afro guy?"

"He can usually be found standing on the tops of tall buildings posing for people who aren't really there. What a sad life"

"SHUT UP YOU WISH YOU COULD DO THAT TOO! THE WAY YOU ALWAYS ACT!"

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Ichigo easily found Kuromade standing on a building posing just like Urahara said. "Hey! Are you Kuromade?"

"So Seireitei has finally recognized the weirdness that's been going on around here and has sent me some back up finally. Powerful hollows, regular humans that can see me, and even you a "Substitute" shinigami this town is really weird.

"Shut up I'm not here for that." was Ichigo's only reply. At this Kuromade faceplants.

"If your not here for that then why are you here?"

"Urahara wants me to find out who's hiding the undeparted souls. Do you know anything besides what you've already told Urahara?"

"Well ya it seems that whoever is hiding them seems to only hide children's souls. I've been able to find most adult souls, but I havn't sent any children souls to Soul Society since that weird insect soul sucking incident happened a week ago. I've never caught the person, but they don't seem to want to do anything evil with them. They just hide until I leave. The latest ones are in the park next to the old elementary school."

"Alright I'll go check it out." As Ichigo placed his foot on the railing of the building to jump Kuromade stopped him.

"Oi what are you going to do to the guy who's doing this?"

With a wry smile Ichigo replied. "What else? I'm gonna ask them why they're doing it."

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At least that's what Ichigo had planned. And after two hours of searching he was seriously running out of patiance. Wait that Afro guy said that this person was hiding kids souls. So maybe if I try to do a konsou on one I'll get them to come out.

Again Ichigo's plan while logically sound didn't mean he would find a child's soul very quickly. It wasn't until an hour later that he sensed one near the park the Kuromade had mentioned. Wait there is more than one. I can sense maybe a dozen or more! This is bad how can they have not been eaten or sent to Soul Society already! If something doesn't happen soon this entire area will be swarming with hollows or SHIT! Maybe even a Gillian!

Jumping from his spot on top of a nearby building he landed close to the edge of the park. I've got to see what this guy looks like first before I make a move just in case I loose 'em. Looking around he saw several spirits of children. Most of them seemed to be running drills as if they were in the middle of PE or something. The rest were sitting in front of a park bench intently listening to the person on it. That's when Ichigo noticed that the person on the bench wasn't a spirit. Suddenly one of the spirit children raised their hands. She was larger than the other children but maybe only ten or eleven and had bright orange hair like Ichigo only it was smooth and silky not at all spiky.

"Sensei but what if hiding doesn't work? I mean they have to be able to sense us some other way otherwise they would never find us."

"Ahh very good Nami. In that case what we do is we RUN!" At this the mystery person got up and started chasing after the spirit children. His arms raised like Frankensteins monster while he made a scary face. The children laughed and started running away. When the person turned towards where Ichigo was hiding he clearly saw his face. It was Kiego.

Suddenly another person came flying into view and delivered a flying kick to Kiego's chest. It was Arisawa!

"Kiego stop teasing them already! People already think we're crazy enough because we look like we are talking and playing by ourselves we don't need you adding to that! Plus their noise could attract a hollow!"

"Awwww come on Tatsuki Sensei! The children need to run, play, and be free like all little children should be. Pwease Tatsuki Sensei!" By now all the spirit children even the ones that were running drills seemed to be begging her to let them play.

"Oh alright but Kiego you stay quite or people are gonna call the cops. And we only have half an hour before we have to go back home you here me!" The last part she had to yell because the children were carrying Kiego off to play a game. Which worried Arisawa because if anyone saw right now it would look like Kiego was floating a good two feet off the ground.

Ichigo was totally stupified. What the hell is going on here!

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DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN! Well here is the first chapter it's not to great but I'll work on it some more. Hopefully this isn't going to suck as much as I fear it will.

Please review cause I like them.