This is a rough draft introduction to an IchiRuki fanfic.

I do not own Bleach or anything to do with it.

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Kurosaki Ichigo opened his eyes and winced. The gym lights shown bright over head.

"What the hell happened?"

He noticed a short girl with black hair staring down at him with a fierce frown apon her doll face and small hands clasped at her hips. Ichigo could here murmurs of his classmates around him; Stifled laughs and a bit of taunting from the other guys.

He sat up and rubbed his forehead, which was aching like a bitch. He let out a groan.

"The new girl pummled Kurosaki!"

"She kicked him in the face?"

"Yeah, apparently he said something to tick her off."

The gym room was buzzing with chatter.

Ichigo looked back up at the girl. She locked her gaze with his and he remembered.

She had been walking on the side of the volley ball nets when a ball went flying inches from her face. The raven haired girl glanced back to see a tall male with odd orange hair.

"Watch what you're doing, you fool." She called to him, with not much meaning, while she continued her walk. She stopped, though, when she heard him say something along the lines of "little snot" to his team mate.

"The forehead?! You've got to be kidding me!"

Ichigo's frown deepened as he continued to stare at the petite girl.

"You little..."

"Little what? Is there something you'd like to say?" She said in a calm voice, only edged a bit with anger.

Before he could respond, the teacher had broken up the group and sent Ichigo to the office for an ice pack.

Ichigo sat on the bench in the office with the pack to his head and gazed at the ceiling.

"Something about her..."