The bell rang signaling the end of school. Ichigo waved good-bye to the rest of his friends and set of with Chad and Rukia. Chad's house was in the same direction as Ichigo's and Rukia was staying with Ichigo since her brother Byakuya was on a business trip.

"Man that Math assignment is so fucking long!" Ichigo said.

"That's just because you suck at math." Rukia answered.

Chad nodded in agreement. Ichigo scowled and was about to reply when they heard a cry of pain from an ally ahead of them. The small group ran into the ally to see three men beating someone on the ground. Ichigo ran forward and grabbed one of the larger men off their victim; the man stumbled back in surprise giving Ichigo a chance to give him a hard kick in the stomach. The man doubled over in pain.

Ichigo turn to see his friends take down the other two men. He turned back to the guy they had been beating up.

"Are you oka-" A fist slammed into his jaw making him see stars and fall to the ground.

"Ichigo!" he heard Rukia cry out. He felt Chad grab his arm and lift him back up. He tasted blood and shook his head to clear the stars away. The inside of his cheek burned where he had bitten it. Ichigo looked at the guy who had punched him.

He was strange looking. His spiky hair and skin were completely white but the strangest part was his eyes. Gold irises surrounded by black, not white like they should have been. He looked about sixteen. He was dressed in a dirty gray T-shirt and a ripped up pair of blue jeans. He stood up and dusted himself off.

"Why the hell did you punch me?!" Ichigo asked angrily.

"Because I could've won if you hadn't gotten in my way!" the strange boy answered back frustratedly.

Two of the guys they had pulled off the boy had gotten up and were helping the third one up. Chad and Rukia turned to them, Rukia giving them a dangerous look. The three guys quickly hurried out of the ally. When they were at a safe distance one of them flipped them the bird and yelled "Shiro you basterd! We'll get you for this!"

They walked away then turned a corner out of site.

"And don't come back assholes!" the boy named Shiro yelled after them. He shot an angry look at Ichigo and his friends before sauntering out of the ally. It didn't hide the fact that he was limping.

"That was rude! We save him and he yells at us!" Rukia said angrily.

Ichigo watched him turn a corner and disappear. "Jerk." He muttered.

They walked out of the ally and continued on their way silently. Ichigo was glad that they weren't talking since his jaw still hurt from where that weird looking kid had clocked him.

They waved good-bye to Chad as he turned down a corner to his own house. They walked a few more blocks to Ichigo's house. They stepped inside and kicked off their shoes. Yuzu looked at them through the doorway of the kitchen and smiled.

"I'm starting to make supper and it should be ready in an hour." She noticed the red mark growing on the side of Ichigo's chin. "Who did you get into a fight with now?"

"Some jerk I tried to help punched me." He scowled.

Yuzu sighed and went back into the kitchen. Karin came out of the living room.

"Hey Rukia, can you help me with my homework?" she asked.

"Sure." The two went into the living room. Ichigo climbed the stairs to his room and dropped his bag by his desk and sat down.

Great, Math. He thought, pulling out his homework and began working on it.

*About an hour later*

Ichigo sighed and dropped his pencil on his desk, happy that his homework was done. Wonderful smells from down stairs made his stomach rumble hungrily, it made him wonder what Yuzu was cooking.

Suddenly he heard a scream from down stairs. It was Yuzu. Ichigo jumped up ran out of his room and was at the top of the stairs when he heard Rukia's voice.

"Yuzu what's wron-" her worried voice turned into a scream.

Terrible ideas ran though his head as he ran down the stairs. Panicked, his socked feet almost slipped on the stairs. Running into the kitchen he saw Yuzu and Rukia huddled in the corner, eyes wide with fear.

"What's the matter? What's wrong?" Ichigo asked in a panicked hurry.

Yuzu pointed a trembling finger at the wall above the sink. On the wall was a huge black spider. Ichigo's face went blank. They made him run all the way down here in a panic forThat?!

He walked over to the sink and quickly used the heel of his palm to squish the spider. He turned back to the two girls.

"Seriously!?" he pointed a finger at Yuzu "You I can understand" he moved his finger to point at Rukia, "but you! I've seen you take down guys twice your size!"

She crossed her arms, "Well the guys I fought didn't have eight hairy legs!"

Before Ichigo could continue to argue his dad ran in from the clinic.

"I heard screaming!" he said worriedly.

"Yuzu saw a spider." Ishin jumped and looked around franticly saying "Where! Where!"

"Ichigo squished it." Yuzu said.

Ishin made a sad face. "Oh the poor thing! My son is so cruel to hurt a defenseless creature!"

Karin walked in from the living room.

"I don't want to know do I?" she asked Ichigo.

"No, no you don't"

A timer went off. Yuzu turned off the stove were two pans sat steaming.

"Dinner is ready." she said.

"Finally, I'm starving!" Rukia made a plate and sat down to eat. Everyone immediately fallowed her lead and ate.