Hello, Bleach fan fiction readers! This marks my first Bleach fan fiction, but it's not going to be long. I think I'm only planning on making it about 10 chapters long just like my other OCxCanon fanfic for Soul Eater, Can It Be?. Just like I said in the summary, this is going to be an OCxOrihime fanfic and takes place between the Aizen's defeat and the Fullbring arc, likely a year after the former and six months before the latter. I'm mostly writing this out of fun, so if you plan to leave a review, no flames. Okay? The M rating is for lemons in later chapters, but that won't be until like the last two chapters. Anyway, I hope you guys do enjoy it!
Just above the streets of Karakura Town, a Soul Reaper stood in midair in the night sky. He was a young man with slender, medium-length dark hair wearing the traditional Soul Reaper kimono with the sleeves torn off to give his arms some air; his name was Kiyoshi Fujiwara. He pulled out a phone out of his pocket to check on something.
"No Hollow activity yet." He said to himself before placing the phone back in his pocket. "That idiot HAD to get himself injured. You know, I completely forget who he is and yet the only thing I remember about him is that afro of his. Damn, I'm so bored I'm talking to myself out loud. I finally get sent out for some action and yet nothing's happening."
Kiyoshi's phone went off and he pulled it out of his pocket to see that the spiritual pressure of a Hollow had been picked up.
"I take those last few words back." He said before using Flash Step.
Kiyoshi had come across a medium-sized, boar-like Hollow that was chasing after the ghost of a man in a suit. Kiyoshi quickly drew out his Zanpakutō and pointed it toward the Hollow.
"Hey, Porky!" Kiyoshi called out to the Hollow.
The Hollow turned to face Kiyoshi as the ghost ran away from it. Kiyoshi motioned the Hollow with his hand saying 'bring it on' and the Hollow charged right toward him. He quickly ran past the Hollow with his sword out and slashed it in two pieces, causing the Hollow dematerialized as it was vanquished.
"That was disappointingly easy." He said before turning to the ghost. "Don't worry. I'm here to help you."
Kiyoshi placed the hilt of his Zanpakutō on the ghost's forehead and the ghost was shining a blue light before his soul was sent to the Soul Society. Just as that finished up, his phone went off again to signal another Hollow appearance. He smirked and used Flash Step to head in that other direction again.
As soon as Kiyoshi arrived on the scene, a humanoid Hollow with mantis-like arms was wandering through the streets of Karakura Town.
"This one looks a lot stronger than the last one." He said. "I guess it's time I start getting serious."
He had jumped down to the streets right under the light provided by a lamppost. The Hollow noticed him and was ready to attack. Kiyoshi simply held out his Zanpakutō.
"Purify, Hikarihime!"
Kiyoshi's Zanpakutō had transformed into a golden scythe with a shining blade, a skull on the blade side of the weapon with a sun and moon keychain on the bottom and the entire weapon aside from the blade was encrusted with blue and red orbs.
As the Hollow swung its arms down onto him, Kiyoshi swung his scythe and cut off the Hollow's arms. Kiyoshi swung the scythe through the ground, which wasn't being cut by the blade, and upwardly slashing the Hollow right in the middle of its body. The Hollow split in two halves from the slash and its body was dematerialized.
Kiyoshi then looked at his Zanpakutō. "Hikarihime can cut through Hollows, but it can't cut through anything else. They might feel pain from the strike, but they won't be injured in the slightest… Why am I explaining this to myself when I already know this?"
His phone rang off again and this time the Hollow signature was much bigger than before.
Kiyoshi had arrived on the scene to see a Garganta had opened up and a Menos Grande was now walking through the streets. His Zanpakutō was now in its regular sword form.
"Looks like I'm going to have to pull out the big guns." Kiyoshi said.
As the Menos charged up a Cero in its mouth, Kiyoshi readied his Zanpakutō.
"Encroach, Kagehime!"
His Zanpakutō had transformed into a scythe again, but this time its body was black and the blade was purple.
*My Zanpakutō has two forms.* Kiyoshi thought. *Hikarihime I can only use in the light and Kagehime I can only use in the dark. Hikarihime is more about mercy, but Kagehime is the opposite.*
The shadows around them started to be absorbed by scythe's blade.
*Kagehime absorbs the shadows around it to increase the size of its blade.* Kiyoshi continued thinking. *The more shadows that are around, the larger and sharper the blade gets. So at night, Kagehime is at its most powerful.*
When the blade finished absorbing the shadows around it, it had grown almost four times in size. Kiyoshi had swung the blade across and the head of the Menos slid right off its body. However, the Cero was fully charged and the red beam shot right toward Kiyoshi.
"Oh shit!"
Kiyoshi was struck by the blast and sent flying in another direction. He eventually hit the ground in front of a house and even though he survived, his injuries were severe.
"*cough* *chough*! Damn!" Kiyoshi groaned. "That could've gone better…"
As Kiyoshi started to lose consciousness, he could make out someone opening the door of the house and someone running in his direction. However, he completely lost consciousness before he could see the person's face and hear what they were saying.
When Kiyoshi came to the following morning, he found himself on the floor of some house and moved his head around to get a better idea of where he was. He sat up and felt a surge of pain reverberate through his body, causing him to grab his side and realize that he was covered in bandages.
*Looks like someone gave me first aid while I was out.* Kiyoshi thought as he looked around the room.
He noticed that there were several photographs within the small home.
*I doubt someone from the Soul Society came to my aid.* He continued thinking.
However an unusual sound caught his attention.
*Was that a splash?* He wondered.
Eventually the sound of wet footsteps was coming from another room. He panicked to find his Zanpakutō, which was leaning against the wall of the room, and tried to get up or crawl to it, but the pain his wounds gave him prevented him from getting up at all. A door opened up, Kiyoshi turned his head and saw a cute, orange-haired, buxom beauty standing at the door with a towel wrapped around her body.
"Oh, you're awake!" She said.
Kiyoshi quickly turned his head away from her with his face turning red.
"I'm sorry!" He said. "I didn't realize you were in the bath! … Or that you were a woman." He then realized what he had just said. "Crap! I mean, I didn't know I was saved until just a moment ago! I'm not saying that I don't think of you as a woman! You are very much a woman-Dammit! That doesn't help!"
"It's okay." She said. "I'll go get changed and then I'll tell you everything that happened."
She walked away to another room while Kiyoshi rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed.
*Is that normal for girls in the World of the Living to do?* He thought. *Walk around naked in a towel while they have a male guest in their home? The girls back in the Soul Society NEVER did that… I'm not sure whether to be weirded out or grateful.*
"Okay." She said as she dressed in a grey school uniform. "Sorry to keep you waiting. Anyway, last night I found you injured in front of my house."
"Hold on a minute…" Kiyoshi said. "I just realized something… You can see me."
"Huh? … Oh! That's right! You're a Soul Reaper!"
"You know about Soul Reapers?"
"Mm-hm!" She nodded. "After I found you, I took you back and healed you. But you looked pretty bad, so you might have to stay here for a few days."
"Well, thanks, uh…"
"Orihime."
"Orihime… I know I've heard that name before… I got it! You're that girl who's friends with that Substitute Soul Reaper!"
"Oh, shoot!" She exclaimed as she checked her watch. "I'm going to be late! I promise I'll be back after school!"
Orihime quickly grabbed a bag and ran out the door, leaving Kiyoshi somewhat dumbfounded.
"… She was weird." He said. "… But she WAS cute."
A/N: Before any of you… that is any of you that are bothering to read this part, ask me a certain question, let me answer it here: Yes, Orihime is my Bleach crush, though I do admit I also like Momo Hinamori (I feel so sorry for her, Kubo keeps using her as a stabbing bag) and Riruka (loved her in the recent episode). I've actually had the idea for this fic in my head for a few months now and have only now decided to post anything. I do hope you enjoyed it.