Becoming a Shinigami

Hey guys this is my second story I'm doing hope it will be alright as you will see I change it ever so slightly all rights to the original characters go to Tite Kubo.

Of course the OC is mine ;)

Hope you Enjoy!

"Ichigo open up I brought you breakfast" said a soft feminine voice. Ichigo cracked open his chocolate brown eyes, sat up and stretched before getting out from underneath the warm covers of his bed as he walked towards his bedroom door he quickly glanced into the mirror to check his appearance revealing his wild, sunset orange hair and tanned skin. He had a strong jaw and high cheek bones with his permanent scowl dressing his masculine face.

He opened the door to reveal a girl his age with long, midnight black hair which was partially tied up in a bun with longer hair trailing down her front resting at about waist length. He looked into her golden eyes and gave her a small smile "You didn't have to bring it to me Kanari but thanks anyway" He yawned gently taking the plate of delicious smelling food from her. Kanari giggled politely replying "I wanted to save you from your morning fight with Isshin". Ichigo rolled his eyes and left the door open so she could follow him in.

It was Kanari's turn to look at herself in the mirror she sighed at her pearly white skin and put a delicately manicured hand to rest on the black emblem tattooed on her cheek she sighed again heavily which caused Ichigo to look up and ask "What's the matter?" though it sounded a little muffled since he was currently stuffing his face. She turned to look at him and with a reassuring smile sang "Nothing~ now hurry up or you will be late for school" and then walked out the door shutting it quietly behind her.

Ichigo scowled not only did she refused to confide in him but Kanari had also rubbed it in his face that it was her day off from her work! Ichigo then grew worried he had known Kanari for a long time since they were both six and when she was 13 she had come to live with him and his family due to some unfortunate circumstances that had been 2 years ago. They were now both 15 and known each other for 9 years and normally told each other everything. This is why Ichigo was currently brooding over the fact Kanari was keeping a secret from him.

Ichigo sighed and stretched "Oh well time for school" he muttered.

~After School~

Ichigo had just walked in from a stressful day with his friends from school and departing a dearly beloved ghost… Oh wait he hadn't told you that yet, well Kanari and himself could also see ghosts although they seemed to follow him round more than her… "Why is that" he thought.

BAM!

Suddenly there was a foot in his face "Your Late" an older man's gruff voice growled at him. Ichigo looked up at none other than his own Dad and shouted back "It's only 6:00pm!" "And dinner as 6:00pm sharp at this house!" his father countered as the two started wrestling on the floor "Stop it you two dinner is ready" Kanari's soft voice chided them, Ichigo looked up to see his two non-identical twin sisters looking at him one with worry (Yuzu) and the other annoyance at interrupting the meal (Karin).

Kanari looked at them both expectantly as she set the plates down for dinner "and Isshin" she commented to his father "It is only 6:00pm so technically Ichi isn't late yet" Kanari scolded him lightly. Ichigo smiled triumphantly as his dad mumbled an apology and sat down quietly to eat.

~An hour later~

Ichigo and Kanari sat in Ichigo's bedroom doing his homework when suddenly a girl with dark blue hair and equally blue eyes appeared out of nowhere and said "It's close…"

Ichigo's reaction was to kick the girl in the back and shout "What's close the safe! Burglar!" while Kanari sighed and gently mumbled "KO" while walking over to the girl who on closer inspection seemed to be wearing some sort of kimono. "Are you all right?" she smiled politely while extending a hand to help the girl up.

The girl in question looked shocked and stuttered "y-y-you can see me a-and you k-kicked me" pointing at Ichigo. Kanari tilted her head gently answering "yes we can see you and touch you… see?" leaning forward and tugging her to her feet smiling gently while the girl still looked stunned. "Nari, why are being so nice to the thief!" Ichigo shouted. SLAM! "Be quiet brats!" Isshin shouted at the two of them "Why should I when I'm getting rid of intruders!" Ichigo shouted back at him "huh, where?" Isshin asked confused "you idiot right there!" Ichigo scowled pointing at the girl, Isshin still looked confused.

Kanari who had watching the situation from where she was standing sighed and gently patted Ichigo's shoulder saying "Ok Ichi time to drop the act now you are too old for imaginary friends" giving him a sympathetic smile, Ichigo frowned at her "what are you talking about Nari you can-" he was cut off by Isshin's boisterous laughter "You still have a pretend friend" he wheezed Ichigo turned bright red "Shut up Goat-Face" he screamed kicking Isshin out of his room and slammed the door in his face.

Turning to face Kanari he frowned embarrassedly "why did you do that" he whined at her. She just giggled, "Normal humans can't see me" the girl in a kimono stated "because I'm a Shinigami". Both Kanari and Ichigo looked at her and in unison said "riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight" "what!" she snapped at both of them "you see ghosts yet you do not believe in Shinigami!" Kanari looked at her "It's not that we don't believe in them, It's just we've never encountered before so how do we know you're not just making this up?" she questioned, while Ichigo said "exactly, so go play Shinigami somewhere else kid" while pushing her out the room. "First binding spell…Sai!" the girl said and suddenly Ichigo dropped to the floor "What?" he said while Kanari immediately went to his side to see if he was alright. "That was kido" the Shinigami stated "a spell that only shinigami's can use!" "Even though I look like this I have live 10 of your lives already and you dare treat me like a kid!" she raged. Kanari ignored her examining Ichigo's body while deducing that it was in a similar state as rigamortis. At the moment the Shinigami seemed to be drawing some sort of diagram…

~30 minutes Later~

Kanari sighed "so let me get this straight good souls are called wholes and these are the ones that follow Ichi and me around. Bad souls are called hollows and they eat good souls. You're job as a Shinigami is to send these wholes to the "Soul Society" and to eradicate the hollows… Am I correct?" The female Shinigami nodded her head in agreement saying "good you learn quickly unlike that idiot over there" jerking her head at Ichigo "It's not my fault your drawings sucked" he scowled earning himself a ink moustache on his face. Kanari giggled at two of them then paused "wait a minute doesn't that mean there is a hollow in the vicinity?" the Shinigami nodded again "What then what are you still doing here go look for the bloody thing!" Ichigo shouted clearly annoyed "I would but I haven't been able to sense it for a while now" she frowned looking slightly troubled by the fact.

Just then there was a blood curdling howl which made Kanari and Ichigo jolt "did you hear that?" Ichigo questioned Kanari answered with a small "yes" while her whole body tensed and went on alert "here what?" the Shinigami asked then it howled for the second time "I heard it that time it's definitely a hollow" the Shinigami said drawing the sword at her side "but why did those two here it before me? And how?" she thought staring at the two of them when suddenly they heard two girls scream.

"Yuzu! Karin!" Ichigo and Kanari yelled in unison. Kanari was already out the door with lightning speed while Ichigo tugged against his invisible bonds snapping them and running after Kanari "what are those two that girl moved so fast I couldn't see her and the boy just broke through kido!" she wondered in awe, she then gasped and went after them.

Ichigo froze at what he saw it was a monster "that's the hollow" he whispered to Kanari who nodded whilst surveying the damage done, Isshin's back looked badly burnt and was bleeding heavily, Karin had also collapsed but with minor head injuries, and Yuzu she looked around and her eyes the settled on Yuzu who was in the hollow's hand "Yuzu!" she shouted suddenly panicked at the sight, Ichigo also saw this and paled.

He then picked up a baseball bat and charged wildly at the hollow being blown back by its massive arm. "Damn" he swore under his breath looking at the remains of the bat in his hand and throwing it down. "Ichi look out!" Kanari said as she watched the hollow charge at Ichigo as she moved to intercept it.

Then the Shinigami appeared slicing through the hollow's arm with her sword. "Are you alright?" she questioned both of them, both nodding to show they were unharmed as Kanari pulled Ichigo to his feet whilst also catching Yuzu in her other arm. "It hasn't taken your family's souls yet" she informed them. "Why?" Kanari said immediately "I thought you said hollow's came after human souls" The Shinigami then stated "I have never heard of humans with such high levels of spirit energy most likely the hollow came after you two"… "So, this is our fault" Ichigo whispered. The Shinigami was crashed into the wall after being hit by the hollow, "Shinigami" Kanari shouted worriedly. Ichigo however shouted at the hollow "It's me you want take me then!" and closed his eyes ready for it to end… CRUNCH! "Huh?"

Ichigo opened his eyes to see that the Shinigami had shielded him from the killing strike "Fool you really think you dying would save them, the hollow would of just ate them after you" she said coughing up blood. Kanari was immediately at their side saying "are you alright" to the Shinigami "I'm afraid I can no longer fight and that there is only one way to win this battle now" in unison they both asked the Shinigami "How?" determination fierce in their eyes.

"For both of you to become Shinigami" she stated "What?" Ichigo shouted "Is that even possible?" Kanari asked. "Yes but you must be stabbed with my Zanpaktou over the heart for it to take effect, it will only be temporary" she said slightly weaker this time. Ichigo and Kanari looked around at the damage and their fallen family and said in unison "alright let's do this Shinigami"

The Shinigami smiled and said "Not Shinigami my name is Rukia Kuchiki"

"Ichigo Kurosaki nice to meet you"

"Kanari Hoji and I'll pray this won't be our last meeting" giving a small smile

"Ready?" she asked "Yes" they both answered. Two quick stabs was all it took

BOOM!

The hollow lost both its arms in a instant.

Ichigo stood there in the same attire as Rukia but with a Zanpaktou as tall as himself.

Kanari stood there her sword was long and slender with a deep red hilt her uniform was very different from the standard attire the kimono had very long slits down the sides exposing her long legs, the kimono was black but had white leaf patterns covering it with long black boots to finish it off.

Rukia lay there on the floor her powers completely gone "that's why I could not hear the hollow early their spirit pressure was completely overwhelming the room" she looked at Ichigo "I've never seen such a large Zanpaktou" she then looked over at Kanari "and her uniform it so different from the normal Shinigami uniform"

The two of them then finished off the hollow with two powerful strikes effectively slicing the hollow into four pieces. "That was for our family" Ichigo said "Damn Straight" Kanari added as the two walked towards Rukia

"What are those two" Rukia thought.

~The End~