Ok this is my first attempt at writing fanfiction so I would appreciate some constructive criticism will be a kinda short chapter because its more of an introduction than anything. Now the highschool in this story will be run the same way mine is, which will probably be different to most because i'm in Australia, the same goes for my grammar and spelling
Chapter 1 - A New Home
Ichigo groaned as he felt the truck stop. His family was moving to a new town called karakura so his dad, Isshin, could open up his own medical clinic. Of course Ichigo had been forced to ride in the back with the furniture and almost crushed by the couch at least 3 times.
He got out of the truck and stretched out his muscles, which felt exceptionally good after being cooped in the truck how ever many hours. Ichigo was about to start unloading the truck when he heard the ever annoying voice of his father saying 'the house was beautiful'.
After a couple of hours they had set up their new home and Yuzu was preparing dinner. Yuzu Kurosaki is one of two girls in the kurosaki family, the other being Karin who was a lot calmer and indifferent than Yuzu, much like Ichigo.
While dinner was being prepared Ichigo was lying on his bed while listing to some hip-hop on his ipod. He was mentally preparing himself for the hell that went by the name of school. Ichigo was enrolled in Karakura high school and would be starting on Monday, which gave him all of tomorrow to enjoy in his new home.
Usually he would go out with his friends, but since he was yet to make any in this new town he was stuck at home with his sisters and dad. It was at this moment Ichigo felt a slight breeze enter his room.
"I'm pretty sure that window wasn't open before", he mumbled to himself.
Ichigo froze when he realised what this meant, "dad? Where are you?"
"YOU LEFT YOURSELF OPEN MY S-", Isshin was quickly cut off by Ichigo's foot connecting with his face.
"AHH GOOD ONE SON, I'VE RAISED YOU WELL!" Isshin exclaimed while rubbing his cheek.
"Do you really need to shout?" Ichigo asked, feeling very tempted to hit his dad a few more times.
"Oh sorry about that, I got a bit excited" Ichigo's dad said while sporting a sheepish grin
After eating dinner, Ichigo was sitting on his computer browsing through facebook and chatting with his old friends. There was one friend in particular that he missed, a girl named Senna. Ichigo had always had a crush on Senna but could never find the courage to tell her. Even when she had come to see him off before he left, her eyes had teared up a bit but even then all Ichigo could do was hug her and say they would see each other soon.
After around an hour of talking to his friends via facebook, Ichigo logged off and headed to bed. It was only about 8pm but he was surprisingly tired because of all the heavy lifting he had to do while moving into the house. Ichigo drifted off to sleep after sighing and wondering if he should have a look around town tomorrow.
Rukia hated Sundays, not only did she have to run errands for her brother Byakuya, but she wasn't allowed to see her friends because her brother insisted on them spending quality time together once a week.
Rukia was a part of the renowned Kuchiki family, one of the richest and most powerful families in Japan. Rukia was adopted into the family after her sister and only family was killed in a car crash. Byakuya adopted her because he had been dating Rukia's sister for just under a year.
Byakuya was a strict but fair guardian; he gave Rukia her space and freedom but would rein her in just as easily if he thought he had to.
Rukia spent most of her day running errands for Byakuya but manage to make time so she could drop into her favourite clothes shop and get a new out fit. By the time She got home it was late afternoon, so she was sure Byakuya would be mad, but to her surprise she found a note stuck to the fridge saying he had been called out for a business meeting and wouldn't be home till late.
Ichigo sighed for the umpteenth time today. He was dying of boredom and felt like the clock was purposely going slow just to annoy him.
"Maybe there's a gym nearby" he thought to himself and smiled at the prospect of a workout. Ichigo was a known exercise freak and was a regular at his old gym.
It didn't take very long for Ichigo to find the local gym since it was just around the corner from his house, and when he got there he couldn't help but smile, and that's saying something since barley anyone outside his family have seen him do this. Exercising was one of the few things he enjoyed, when he got into his zone he was able to forget about his problems. It was for this reason that he actually started exercising often, after his mother died from cancer, Ichigo turned to exercise. He was able to forget about the world and everything happening when he lifted weights or ran on the treadmill etc.
Ichigo quickly made his way inside and bought a 12 month membership. When he found the change room he noticed one other person in there with him, whose hair was even weirder than ichigo's. It was red and tied up in a sort of ponytail that pointed upwards, the person also had what looked like tribal tattoos in varies places on his body.
Ichigo dropped his gym bag at his feet which made a louder bang than he had intended. The noise caught the attention of the tattoo guy on the other side of the room who gave Ichigo a once over, smirked then put his arm up in a half wave.
"Hey, I'm Renji, and I'm assuming your new around here because you don't have a locker. You can buy one for the duration of your membership at the front desk" he said while changing into a light singlet.
"Thanks for the advice, I'm Ichigo by the way" he replied while filing that information away for later.
"Well I'm here by myself today, want a partner?" Renji asked
"Sure, sounds good"
Ichigo and Renji spent about two and a half hours together at the gym. Renji was the stronger of the two, but Ichigo had more stamina and was the stronger runner. They were turning everything into competitions and to anyone else it would look like they had known each other for years not less than three hours.
They argued like a married couple and were as stubborn as each other, each refusing to giving in even when they new they were wrong.
Eventually they parted ways but not before they exchanged numbers, Ichigo headed home to his family while Renji returned to an empty house.
By the time Ichigo got home the rest of his family had already eaten and Yuzu was loading the dishwasher.
"Oh hello Ichigo, sorry but we went ahead and ate because we didn't know when you would be home. Why are you so sweaty?" she asked
"That's fine Yuzu and I went to the gym" Ichigo replied while putting his dinner in the microwave
Ichigo set the time on the microwave and watched as the machine heated up his food. When the timer went off he took it out and set it at the dinner table. When he was done Ichigo made his way up to his room and turned on his computer.
Having nothing better to do, Ichigo logged onto facebook once again, and allowed a slight smirk when he saw a friend request from one Renji Abarai. Ichigo quickly accepted but couldn't find anything else to do so he turned off the computer and found an old book to read.
Despite what people thought, Ichigo wasn't as dumb as he looked. Most people see him as the stereotypical rebel who cut class all the time and struggled with his grades, which was not entirely true. Sure he cut class every now and then but who didn't? And he had always been in the top 10 students of his year when it came to grades. Ichigo was also quite the athlete, being the exercise freak that he was is meant that his body is always in great shape. He was vice captain and starting point guard of his old high school basketball team. Ichigo helped lead his old team to the semi finals of the inter high school cup but they couldn't go any further. He was planning on trying out for the Karakura high team.
Ichigo checked his clock and gasped when he saw it was 11pm, when had all that time passed? Ichigo realised that he was still in his gym clothes so he had a quick shower then headed off to bed. He fell asleep within minutes.
Ok that's the first chapter done but like i said that was my attempt at an introduction. Pairings are undecided so if you have a preference on things like that then leave them in a review or something. I will use the amount of positive and negative reviews i get as a guide on whether i should give up on this story and start a new one or if i should continue it sooo the balls in your court people.