Bleach: The Black Cat
Chapter 1
The New Tennant
"Damn these hollows!" says Ichigo angrily as he cleaves yet another hollow in half. There had been a sudden surge in hollow appearances. It seemed like every 5 minutes he was killing another one. Rukia had recently been stationed in Karakura town to help him. It had gotten so bad that she had to send a report to the soul society saying that if things didn't get better, even she would need backup.
Ichigo's house (his room)
Rukia is laying on his bed, reading. "Hey, Ichigo, do you mind picking up some more soul candy for me? I've used almost all of it fighting all of these hollows lately."
"Go get it yourself!"
"I'm busy."
"Doing What?!"
"Studying."
"WHA-STUDYING?!? SINCE WHEN DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GRADES?!?"
She looks annoyed. "If I'm going to be posing as a student, I might as well pose as a good student, right?"
"wha- gyh- bu- rrrrgh!!! FINE!" He snatches the container out of her hand and marches out the door.
Outside Urahara's Shop
As Ichigo approaches Urahara's shop, he notices a girl standing outside.
She is not that tall, about 4'9". She has long black hair with purple on the edge of her bangs. She also has purple eyes.
She is staring at Urahara's shop with a faraway look in her eyes.
"Hey! Who are you?" Ichigo asks blatantly.
"Wha-who me?" she spins around, and looks rather surprised.
"Yeah, you. What are you doing here?"
"Huh? OH! I-I thought this was a book store! You see, I'm new in town, and I really wanted to find this rare manga…uh…never mind. I guess I'm in the wrong part of town. 'bye!" she jabbers hurriedly, a large sweatdrop behind her head. Before even waiting for a response, she dashes off.
"…that… was weird" Ichigo says to himself. There was something strange about her. He couldn't put his finger on what, exactly, but…
As he is walking back home to give Rukia her package, he unexpectedly runs into the Captain and Lieutenant of Squad 10.
"Toshiro? Rangiku? What are you two doing here?" he asks casually.
"It's Captain Hitsugaya, not Toshiro. Anyways, we're responding to a report that there has been an abnormal amount of hollow activity here lately." responds Toshiro.
"Oh. So you guys will be here awhile, huh?"
"Yes, that is correct."
"Wait, where will you be staying?"
"I've found an apartment that will serve me well enough."
"And I'm staying with Orihime again." adds Rangiku matter-of-factly.
Later, back in Ichigo's room
"Hey, Rukia, are there any other soul reapers here besides us, Rangiku, and Toshiro?"
"I don't know. Why?"
"Well, I met this girl earlier…she was in front of Urahara's shop…I thought she might be a soul reaper. There was definitely something strange about her, that's for sure."
"Did you sense any spiritual pressure from her?"
"Well... no, but... Look, you know I'm not good at that kind of thing!"
Suddenly there is a commotion downstairs.
"Sounds like they're bringing in another patient…" Ichigo wanders downstairs to see what's up…
The girl he met earlier is in the stretcher. Yuzu looks distraught. "She…doesn't have a pulse…Dad…I think we're too late…"
"Hmm…I don't think so… You girls go to bed, I'll take things from here." he wheels her into the recovery room and closes the door.
Whatever suspicions Ichigo had about that girl multiplied ten times when the supposed "dead girl" was eating breakfast with them.
"My name is Kyoko Naka. I'm… from out of town."
"So, where areyou from?" asks Ichigo.
"…" She only looks down at her plate guiltily.
"Do you have any family in town?"
"…no…"
"Where are you staying?"
"Uh…well, I hadn't really found a place yet…"
"WELL, THAT SETTLES IT!!!" said Ichigo's dad. "YOU'RE STAYING HERE!"
"Hey, dad, in case you haven't noticed, we already have Rukia staying here. Now you want two strange girls here?" asks Karin.
"Of course! The more, the merrier!"
"Dad, people get arrested for stuff like this." she states blandly.
"Oh, Karin, how can you accuse your own father of such immoral things!! I only want to help this poor girl!"
"Whatever."
"Thank you for your hospitality." says Kyoko calmly. "It's very gracious of you to let me stay in your home like this. I'll try not to be too much of a bother to you all."
The End?
Well, there's chapter 1. It's not much, really, it's just an introduction to the story.
I do not own Bleach or any of these characters, except for Kyoko. Everyone else belongs to Tite Kubo.
-If you happen to find any errors (grammatical, spelling, missing sentence, etc.) please let me know!
--unfortunately, when I upload chapters, the website will mess up the spacing and such, so I might miss a few mistakes.