Bleach © Tite Kubo
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
A/N: Hello there! This is the first time I ever tried to write anything concerning Bleach so I'm sorry if the canon characters are, well, off character. I really tried! I'm just starting out in this fandom. Anyways I noticed Kisuke doesn't get a lot of fanfics so I decided to post this one that I just started writing. I don't know if there will be a sequel, because this story can certainly have a sequel, but… we'll see. I hope I can write more. It'll just depend how my schedule is. I already wrote 18 chapters and if I continue I'll add the sequel here. This is from my 100 challenge and its #6, new love. This isn't exactly~ new love… maybe if I finish the sequel it'll be 'new love', but… whatever. It's just a prompt anyways XD
This starts long before the Turn Back the Pendulum arc, though it's not too far off. I keep the ages vague just because I really~ don't know everything in the storyline, yet, and I'm a stickler for accuracy so I'd rather keep things vague. I made up some things and I have a few OCs, but except for the main character the rest are mostly just filler, a name I can put somewhere for the effect. As I said again I just started reading through this manga/watching the anime and I'm really getting into it! Just the concept of shinigamis and hollows fascinates me. I love that supernatural stuff. I tried getting into Naruto, but… meh I wish I saw Bleach before I tried to watch Naruto for my friend's sake. I just couldn't get into the fandom. Anyways I doubt you want me to bore you. So I'll just finish by saying I do try to write humor, mushy, action, and even sexy scenes. I just have fun with everything as I'm writing! I tend to go overboard with the mush so I apologize for that. Also the storyline did go by a bit quickly so if you got confused with something you can ask me. Other than that… yep I think that's it! ENJOY THE STORY! AND COMMENT IF YOU LIKE THIS!
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"Shaolin-chan! Wait up!" you cried out, chasing after the black haired girl while she giggled, hiding behind a tree and you reached out your hand to grab her clothes. "Shaolin!"
"Yuzuki you need to be faster!" the girl told you, moving back and forth behind the tree while you tried to tag her. Huffing you stepped back, an idea coming to you while you began to walk away. The girl turned her head as she saw you leaving, blinking a few times before snorting and leaning lazily against the tree. "Hah! You give up? That means I win! –"
"Hiyah!" you yelled as you swiftly jumped, your foot hitting her shoulder as you fell on your back and pointed at finger at her dumbfounded face. "Got you!"
"Cheater!"
"I did not cheat! –"
"Shaolin! Yuzuki! Come inside," you both heard a voice calling to the two of you, your vibrant and unusual lilac purple eyes looking over as you stood to your feet and brushed the dirt off of your clothing.
"… I'll admit defeat and say you win," you smirked, your hands on your hips as you walked away and the other girl practically screamed at you.
"No! –"
"Well what is it? Did I win or did you? –"
"You did! –"
"That's what I thought!" you grinned happily at her defeat and she growled, but huffed and turned her head, deciding to let the argument go, for now. "… Sensei," you bowed once you left your sandals outside and walked into the house, the woman giving the two of you a kind hearted smile and smirking at how angry Shaolin seemed to be. "Is it dinner time yet?"
"In fact it is. Can you help Lee with the table? There's something I need to talk about with my daughter."
"Ah huh," you nodded, quickly walking away, knowing full well certain family matters had to be kept, well, secret.
When you died at the age of five you were welcomed into the family of the Feng. You were a playmate to their youngest, Shaolin, but you were a year older then her. While you loved being accepted by this new family, having the privileges of living within the Seireitei interior, you still felt… lonely. You were starting your training into becoming a formable warrior to the shinigami organization, but you wish you could find someone you knew from your past life, preferably your brother. While he was younger then you and actually reminded you of Shaolin sometimes, you knew he was here somewhere since you both died at the same time. You were mature enough to understand things happen and a cold stormy night led to your downfall. You felt at fault. It was your fault he died and you wanted to protect him. Who knows what trouble he could be in at the Soul Society? Plus where could he be? He's probably in the exterior somewhere and it's so vast you wouldn't be able to truly search every crevice of the place. You weren't even allowed outside of this estate unless you were accompanying Shaolin. You found it funny that you were the one to accompany her even though you had died in the worst shame possible… at least that's how you felt. Here you were being taught that you must put your life on the line for your master, to never give up even if it means your end. You must complete the mission, always. Never surrender to defeat.
Luckily you weren't the only orphan at the household. You were like one of those worker bees that helped the hive function. Yet you were still lonely here… and once nighttime had fallen you could finally have time to yourself. So you sat outside, underneath the shade of the roof, looking at the koi fish swim in their little pond, watching the water trickle around and never stop flowing under the pale moonlight. "… Yuzuki can I talk to you?" you heard a familiar voice and you smiled, looking up at the black haired girl with gray eyes as she sat down beside you, looking out over the wall and into the horizon. "So… I was told something and I need some advice."
"What's the problem?" you asked softly, though your eyes weren't on her and rather at your feet and the water below.
"Tousan and Kaasan sat me down and told me my life's mission is to serve the Shihoin family the rest of my days, but… I-I'm not sure if I want to," she sighed deeply and you smirked to yourself and put your pale forehead against the wood post in front of you.
"… From my own personal experience, one must push back their thoughts and emotions for others. I am haunted over the fact that I failed my family and I couldn't complete what I was set out in the world to do," you spoke solemnly and the girl looked over at you with a confused look on her face.
"What's that?"
"Well… The Torayasu family, when I was human, is supposed to protect a noble family, whose name shall not be uttered," you told her and she nodded her head, a content smile coming to your face and you let out a sigh. "I had just started my training and my brother wanted to go outside, even though it was dark, a-and I said yes and… we died."
"I'm so sorry –"
"I failed in protecting that family, protecting my brother," you huffed before turning to her and smiling vaguely, "which is why I am grateful this family accepted me. I am a failure and yet you guys let me live… I shouldn't be here. I failed."
"It was probably an accident –"
"Sure, but I did fail. As concerning you I still think loyalty is key. Where does your heart lie: with your own family and the shame you could bring upon them or the family you wish to serve whole heartedly even if it hurts?... Well… I think I should say goodnight Shaolin-chan. I'm sorry if my story upsets you –"
"It's alright. We never asked about your past anyways," she smiled and you smiled back, giving one last glance at the fish before standing up, sighing deeply to yourself, and walking back to the bedroom they kindly gave to you to use.
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"So I have to call you Sui from now on?" you asked innocently and the girl nodded her head. "… And you plan on leaving? –"
"Yes, yes, and yes. Are you done Yuzuki? –"
"N-no! What am I supposed to do now?! Shaolin-chan you're my best friend! H-how can you abandon me?"
"I'm not abandoning you –"
"You are! –"
"No… I was going to ask if you want to come with me," she told you, your eyes widening in shock before the shock faded away to be replaced with a content smile.
"Oh… I'm sorry for my sudden outburst –"
"That's alright." The two of you exchanged nervous chuckles, eventually sighing in defeat as you began to walk away, the girl following you curiously while you reached up and plucked a peach off of one of the many trees that lined the garden.
"… If you're going to change your name, then I want to also!" you giggled as she gave you a curious look as you munched on the plump fruit.
"Y-you don't have to do that –"
"Sure I do! Besides I used to go by the name Zuki," you smiled innocently, pushing back your black hairs as you did so, "a-and I've been too afraid to say it."
"Oh… well," she smirked. "Then yeah! Zuki and Sui will be the best officers ever!"
"You said it!" you clapped your hands and giggled happily, glad Shaolin, now Sui you supposed, wasn't going to leave you behind. You already lost your family and you certainly didn't to lose anyone else, if you could help it.
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"Hiiiayah!" you yelled as you spun your leg in a roundhouse kick, but Sui easily grabbed your ankle and sent you into the ground. You huffed, quickly scrambling to your feet, swiping your foot at her leg, but she jumped up, just as your hand came down and was caught by her own. "Damn it!" you cursed as you pushed her away, huffy pants leaving your breath while the girl smirked happily with her new victory.
"Tired Zuki~?"
"Not… yet… I just got too greedy," you snorted, standing to your feet and brushing some sweat off of your brow before a smirk formed on your lips and she gave you a curious look. "You just want to impress the elders, don't you?"
"Well this is my family name on the line," she huffed and you smirked while you put your body into a defensive position.
"So is mine, but at least I'm 'thinking outside of the box'."
"Where does that lead you anyways? –"
"Best to find out," you grinned deviously and she snorted, rushing at you while you took a solid stance, your lilac gaze glowing through your long banged black hairs. She went for a hit to your shoulder, but you easily pushed away the attack and aimed your own fist towards her chest. You hit her shoulder and she jumped back, letting out a yell and you narrowed your eyes. In a flash she seemed to have disappeared, but your senses were quicker and you felt her presence behind you as she aimed to elbow you between the shoulder blades. You spun, grabbing her elbow with your palm, and she snarled while you smirked, jabbing her in the ribs before jumping back. "Geeze you're faster than I thought. How in the world did you get better?"
"Training, duh! Plus I'm trying really hard," she responded with a look on her face you've seen in yourself many times, a sigh leaving your lips and you completely let your body loosen.
"Let's take a break," you smiled, walking away without a second thought while she sighed and followed you. You sat down at a small table that already had some tea prepared, filling up two cups and setting one aside for Sui to grab, drinking the other one down as quickly as possible to quench your thirst and refilled your cup. "… So how is everything?"
"Fine," she snorted to herself. "… What about you?"
"Tiresome," you chuckled, sitting down on the steps as she did the same, "and training with the guys is boring. They can't even throw a good punch! When they do it's like they forget what they had learned that day. It gets a tad annoying when that happens since my foe is weaker then I am."
"Hmm…"
"… Did you see that Shihoin yet?" you asked curiously and Sui shook her head.
"No, not yet. I think it will be soon… if I work harder."
"You're fine Sui-chan," you smirked to yourself and sipped your tea. "I'll confess you're probably better than I am."
"I doubt that –"
"You need more confidence in yourself," you snorted. "You're always pushing yourself down."
"… How can you sense me so easily?" she huffed and you gave her a curious look. "I was working on that technique for so long!"
"I've had… a natural sense of my surroundings," you shrugged. "Plus… I-I don't know," you chuckled lightly, "but the more I look for my zanpakuto the more… I feel weird," you pouted.
"Weird?" Sui blinked. "How?"
"Ah… I-I don't know. I just feel like I'm staring off into a different space and time, so dark and hot, filled with a frightening feeling that scares me. Yet it's comforting. It's strange. And the more I look deep into myself," you continued with a smile on your face, "the more my senses seem to open up like a flower in bloom."
"Huh… how odd."
"What about you?"
"Me?! Ah… I haven't really looked," she answered truthfully and you smirked and looked away.
"That's probably why you're better with those fighting techniques then I am," you snickered and stood up to set your cup back down. "Now are you up for one more round or should we prepare ourselves for that important meeting or whatever?"
"… I'm up for one more round," she smirked and you grinned happily, watching her put her cup down while you walked to the other side of the courtyard to get ready for the practice brawl.
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"I can't believe this," you grumbled under your breath, looking down at your new attire in disgust as you walked through the hallway, feeling awfully short. You were forced into a red outfit, dressed up like a student, and you continued to grumble and complain to yourself just because Sui wasn't here to be with you. You felt out of place. Even when you were human you never took 'classes' and simply trained your mind and body. Now you are here, enrolled at the Shin'o Academy, and you didn't understand why. Did the Feng household feel the need to disown you? Did you not serve them well?... Since you are still living with them you figured that wasn't the case, but you still wondered why you were here instead of with Sui like you should be.
A few years had gone by since you first came here. Now you looked to be about eight, perhaps nine, but you felt short next to the teenager looking students or even the grownups. While Sui was employed into the Onmitsukido you were stuck here, training with shinigamis that may in fact be lower in natural skills then you are. Your fighting skills have been polished and while you still cannot fully hear the zanpakuto you knew was there… Maybe that's why you were sent here? You've been having troubles for a year now and nothing in your abilities has improved. You felt like Sui has been leaving you behind just because your senses felt… hindered somehow.
Yet as the day wore on you felt… happy, gleeful in fact. Even though you excelled there were places you needed work on, and the entire first day you were wiping the floor with your peers. Hakuda was easy enough. It was the training you were hounded on with the Fengs. Hoho was a little harder, but compared to your own peers you were better at it than them. You knew Sui beat you when it comes to moving quicker then lightning, but you could sense those attacks better then she could so at least you had that under your obi. Zanjutsu was another technique you easily excelled at. The art of fighting either with or without a weapon was trained into your blood and marrow ever since you could walk, so holding a sword was easy. Also another training technique you've been working on. Yet the last and final basic fighting style, kido, was something you had trouble with. Kido was spiritual reiryoku used to create spells and other sorts of magical properties. One second you wouldn't use enough and the next you would use too much. Your reiryoku was all over the place and you couldn't understand why!
By the end of the day you kind of felt accomplished, but realized you'll have to work on your reiryoku control if you're ever going to master, or at least know, the art of kido. Maybe this was why you are sent here, to realize what skills you need to work on and other skills you excel at. Like the head strong overachiever that you are you wanted to master kido, even if it takes you all six years to do so. While you were nervous over what was to come you were certainly excited to start learning things you could only imagine understanding.
You let out a content sigh once you reached the 2nd division's gates, realizing that you'd have to walk the length of four divisions just to get home. You'll have to polish those hoho techniques so you can get home faster! "Hello!" you called up to the guards at the top. "Torayasu Zuki of the Feng household, requesting entrance!"
"Ah Zuki! What's up?!"
"How was the academy?!" you heard the two guards ask and you smirked, their friendliness certainly a change to the stiff air that had been floating over your head.
"Great! I'm horrible at kido!"
"Hah! You have seven years to get better at that!"
"Good luck!"
"Thanks guys!" you grinned, sighing happily once the door finally opened and you were let inside. While rushing your way home you came to an abrupt stop, noticing Sui practicing with her zanpakuto… and who was that weird purple haired woman beside her? "… Sui! Hey!" you yelled, waving at her. You watched as she turned to you and dropped her weapon to the ground in shock, causing the woman beside her to laugh before waving you over to approach. "Hello ma'am," you bowed your head and the woman could only smirk.
"Are you Zuki?" she asked and you looked up at her, completely shocked she knew your name.
"Ah… y-yes –"
"Hah! I knew it! Sui-Feng this is your little friend isn't it?!"
"Y-yes Yoruichi-sama –"
"You're Shihoin Yoruichi?! Oh! I'm sorry for my disrespect!" you bowed your head again, this time lower, but this made the purple haired woman laugh and she rustled up your hair, a yelp leaving your lips and you jumped backward, trying to straighten out your hair.
"You're an amusing girl."
"T-thank you," you blushed and she smirked as your eyes drifted to Sui, noticing how uncomfortable she is.
"You're going to the academy?"
"Just started today," you chuckled, scratching the back of your head. "I feel bad. I should know you by now, but I've never seen you –"
"No reason to apologize! Say, how about we head home for dinner and we talk about your classes?" the Shihoin woman stated and you thought for a quick moment, wondering if you should decline, but heck this is the head of the Shihoin family so how could you refuse?!
"Sure Shihoin-sempai! If you're sure –"
"Not at all! Call me Yoruichi. I prefer that name."
"Then call Zuki," you told her with a smile, the woman grinning happily as you shook her hand and Sui quickly picked up her zanpakuto, giving you a slight glare and you shrugged your shoulders, quietly asking her what you did wrong.
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Yoruichi was laughing heartedly, slamming her hand on the table while you sat across from Sui and Sui seemed to be scooting further away from Yoruichi so she wouldn't get hit by a flying hand or a pair of chopsticks. "Y-yeah I need to work on my kido," you innocently finished and you watched her put down the cup in her hand to lean over the table.
"It's just your first day. You'll get better Zuki."
"Y-yeah, but it's still frustrating that I'm having trouble mastering it!"
"Just like Sui-Feng!" she snickered and grabbed for a full bowl of noodles, which she practically inhaled and set the bowl down on a pile next to her. "Mastering an art takes time. Trust me!"
"I know Yoruichi," you smiled, the woman grinning that you called her 'Yoruichi' instead of using some formal term and you set the cup of tasty tea you were drinking with a content sigh. Boy, the woman may be your superior but she was rather loud and rambunctious. You had no problems with that! Just… you weren't used to this sort of treatment. "… So how are you doing? How's the Onmitsukido, if you don't mind me asking?" you chuckled nervously, but the purple haired woman let out a huff and she set her newly finished bowl down.
"Let's see~… Had a little problem in Rukongai this morning, but it's been worked out," Yoruichi shrugged and your nodded your head. "… What's with that thoughtful~ look on your face?"
"I-I was just thinking!" you smiled weakly and she gave you a smirk.
"Trying to pry information out of me, hmm~? –"
"Not at all! I was just wondering what you guys do. I-I have been training to join the Onmitsukido, you see," you told her and she gave you a curious look. "While the Gotei 13 wouldn't be too bad just the Onmitsukido reminds me of my life back in the human world."
"Oh? How so?" the woman asked with an intrigued look on her face and you noticed Sui's unsure face, either because you mentioned your past or because she knew this was a touchy subject for you, but since you weren't in a mad mood you decided to explain.
"Well I was brought up with the mentality of protecting a household, following a master. I-it was just the way I was brought up… and when I do think about it," you continued solemnly, "it was kind of nice for me because it gave me a reason to push forward and never give up on myself. I knew deep down if I did give up I'd be letting those I care about down. I had to be strong no matter what and push whatever feelings on the matter aside… So living here with the Feng family made me realize how much I regret leaving my life so soon and I wish I could go back. That's why I would like to join Onmitsukido, but also because I owe a debt to the Fengs for letting me stay with them," you smiled in conclusion, your eyes on Sui, and she blushed at your last comment and looked away at a nearby wall.
"Hmm… you remind me of a friend of mine," she stated before grinning and patting you on the head, causing you to look at her in surprise and shock. "Good for you! You know the Gotei 13 do have captains and lieutenants you follow."
"Sure, but it's just not the same," you sighed and she shook her head.
"At least you have a resolve. Now who wants ice cream?! I'm craving some ice cream right now!"
"I-ice cream? Sure! Why not?!" you giggled and Sui sighed, but noticing Sui's unsure looks, while Yoruichi's back was turned, you threw a chopstick at Sui's face and she snapped her head at you, completely startled and red in the face. You grinned deviously and you heard Yoruichi laughing at something, but you couldn't figure out if it was at you or the conversation she was having with one of the bodyguards standing behind her.
