Hi there this is my first Fanfiction so bear with me; this will be an Ichigo\Tatsuki pairing fic fallowing the canon for the most part with changes here and there that allow for Tatsuki's growth. In this Fic I'm hopeful Tatsuki will come across as a deeper character. This is to improve my writing skills just to warn you. Reviews are welcomed, but please be specific in your criticisms, don't mind flames as long as you back up your opinion. On with the show
[Flashback]
"Hello" thinking
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of its Characters (If I did the final boss would not had been a butterfly man)
It Begins...
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In early May a peaceful night in Karakura city is disturbed by the presence of a creature with an unnatural aura. It was searching the source of that delightful reiatsu it has smelled since it came to the city.
In the second floor of the Kurosaki home an orange hair teenager named Ichigo lays on his bed thinking about that monster he saw earlier today in the shopping district. I never seen one of those before, what was it; interrupting his thoughts he hears a girl's voice say "it's nearby." Looking around for the owner of the voice he see a raven hair girl garb in a black kimono with woven sandals and a sword by her side looking at a cell phone as she stands on his desk.
"Hey, who are how you get in my room?" said Ichigo as he jumps off his bed, but the girl just ignores him as she jumps off his desk to the floor and keeps mumbling "where is it? it just disappeared." Getting frustrated Ichigo grabs her by the shoulders and turns her towards him so thier face to face.
"Oi you're a pathetic thief breaking into this house" he says. Her eyes widen in surprise, "you can see me?"
"Of course I can you baka why wouldn't I be able see you." he replied
"But I'm a Shinigami" she says as she breaks free of his hands. "What's a Shinigami?" Ten minutes later and some horrible drawings Ichigo is still confused and now has a headache. "So you're a shinigami right?" He said as he rubs his forehead to get rid of his headache. "Yes" she replied.
Yeah right he grumbles and I'm the boogey man, just go away you cosplaying spiri-whaa. Ichigo falls to the floor as the entire house shakes and he hears a bestial howl vibrate in the air; then, a scream of terror from downstairs shatters the peace of the night.
"Yuzu, Karin" he shouts as rushes out of his room.
"Ichi-nii run, Dad, Karin…" He looks down and sees Yuzu his younger sister was laying is in the hallway near the top of the stairs. After making sure she okay "don't worry I make sure the old man and Karin okay." As he heads towards the stairs he hears behind "Bakudō 1 Sai" his arms are restrained behind his back and he falls to his knees. "What the hell, what is this?"
"Stay here it's a hollow" said the shinigami. " Don't resist you baka, you'll damage soul if you do"
"Like hell I'll stay here"; the shinigami watches in amazement as he strains against the bonds of kidō that is holding him. Ichigo feels a strange energy flowing through him as the bonds holding him break. Stumbling down the stairs Ichigo is greeted by the sight of the bloody body of his Dad sprawled amidst the rumble of the ruined living room.
As he struggles to stand up he see movement in the street through the hole in the wall. Fear strikes his heart as he sees the thing the shinigami called a hollow. A monstrous being standing over 10ft tall with a bone-white mask covering its head. As he shakes in fear Ichigo see the hollow raise its arm. Hanging limply in its grip is a young girl.
"Karin!" Shock by the sight of his sister Ichigo grabs a chair and rushes the hollow to free his sister.
Wham!
Ichigo is sent backwards into the street from the blow of the hollow. Watching in horror as it brought Karin to its mouth a flash of black and steel blocks his view. In a spray of blood and a cry of outrage the hollow drop Karin as it stumbles back from this new threat.
Ichigo rushes to catch Karin before she could hit the street. As he check her for injuries he keeps asking "Why, Why his family, Why now?"
"It is because hollows are attracted to humans with reiatsu." Looking up Ichigo sees Karin's savior, it was the shinigami girl from before. "What do you mean?" Ichigo asked.
"You have a large amount of reiatsu, never before have I seen or heard of a human that broke a kidō with his reiatsu" she replied "So it's all my fault" Ichigo looks at hands as guilt closed around his heart.
With a roar the hollow returned and backed handed the shinigami away as it finally found the source of it had been looking for. "dammit I forgot about hollow" she said. With a cry of triumph the beast lurch forward towards motionless Ichigo.
"What are you doing?" Looking up Ichigo sees the shinigami holding off the beast with her sword press against its mouth. With a pained cry the hollow backs off and fades away as the shinigami slumps down to her knees holding her bloodied shoulder.
"Ichigo run get out of here.." Karin weakly murmured. Ichigo stands from where he was kneeling by his sister as thoughts raced through his mind "Why are they so concerned with me, why is it that his sisters were able to think of him when they were dying; it was his position to worry and protect them, not theirs. It make the him who wants to run look weak"
Ichigo looks at the wounded shinigami "hey how do I fight that thing?" lifting her eyes to his she replied "There's only one way to save your family; I'm to injured to fight it, you must let me thrust my sword through your heart so I can temporally give you shinigami powers; with your high reiatsu there's a chance of this succeeding" Ichigo grabs her her sword by the blade "Let's do this then, shinigami" "it is not shinigami, it is Kuchiki Rukia" she said tersely to him. "I see, I'm Kurosaki Ichigo let's hope this isn't the last greeting" he said as he lurch forward as she thrust her sword through his heart.
An explosion of light and power teared the night sky as a shadowy figured look on. Rukia was breathing heavily as she watch Ichigo dominate the hollow with a zanpakutou that was a huge katana as long as he was tall and as broad as his hand. "what happened, it was only suppose to be half of my powers but he took them all, what is he?" she thought as Ichigo killed the hollow and then collapsed from exhaustion.
"my my, what a mess you in young Kuchiki-san" said a figure walking from the shadows. "My name is Urahara Kisuke it looks like you'll have need of my services, don't worry we'll have all this cleaned up before dawn" "Hats n' clogs" Rukia thought as she passed out.
Okay here is the Revised chapter 1 &2 of The Protector & Dragon, just fixing some bad grammar and making it easier to read. Sorry for the long wait but my computer died and lost my outline for the story, and then I failed two class at school. So it's been hectic summer for me in correcting my mistakes from spring. Thanks to all those who reviewed and Alert and Fav my story, that brought my interest back to this. It will take me a week to plot out a outline for this, so in a week to 2 weeks I should have Chapter 3 up, when I first started this I didn't realize some of the challenge I faced by changing Tatsuki so early in cannon, but I have so Ideas on how to overcome those hurdles. Really Thanks to those who have shown interest.