Hello everyone! Well, this my first fanfic EVER, and I'm very nervous about it. I know that there are some mechanical errors, but I don't have a beta reader. So, just stick with me.

This story may take a while for me to finish, but I will try my best to finish it. I hope you all enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Naruto. All affiliations to these two published works belong to Tite Kubo and Masashi Kishimoto.

Chapter 1

She didn't know how this hell came to be. Well, she did know, but what she didn't know was why she was in it. It had been days since she was taken. How many days? She had lost count. She sat in a cold, dark room, in an unknown world, trying to figure out how the hell this all happened. She thought back to the events that led up to her current situation. Just thinking about it made her shed more tears than she had shed her whole life…

Tatsuki Arisawa has lived a normal life. She has normal parents, attends a normal school, and has a normal hobby: Karate. If you exclude the fact that her best friend, since she was four, can see ghost and fight monsters, and that her other best friend has hair accessories that can talk, she still considers herself fairly normal.

Oh, and don't forget that, she too, can see ghost.

She started to notice their presence after the night she and Orihime were attacked by Orihime's hollowfied brother, Sora. At first, the images were just blurs. She could make out the general shape of them, but that was about it. Soon afterwards, the images became very clear. Not only was she able to see the ghost clearly, but they started to annoy the hell out of her as well.

Tatsuki, however, wished that ghost were the only thing she could see.

She could deal with ghost that wanted to talk to her, annoy her, or make-out in-front of her; but she couldn't deal with the hollows.

Well, the arrancars to be more exact.

They were more powerful, meaner, and all around more intimidating. The first time she encountered those monsters, she almost didn't live to see another day. The messed up part: they didn't even lay a finger on her. Their reiatsu alone almost crushed her entire being to an unimaginable state. Till this day, the very thought of being anywhere near those creatures scared her to death.

"Oi! Tatsuki! Wait up!" Tatsuki stopped and turned to be greeted by one of her best friends, Ichigo Kurosaki.

"Oh. Hey Ichigo. Good morning" she said with a smile.

"Yo. Ready for that math test today? I tried to study some more last night, but Kon decided to be a pain in the ass."

The relationship between Kon and Ichigo always amused Tatsuki. Even though when she first met Kon, she wanted nothing more than to kill him.

"Ehehe, I'm sort of ready for it. I went over to Hime's house for some study help, but all we ended up doing was watch movies and eat junk food all night" said Tatsuki with a depressed tone.

Ichigo, on the other hand, sighed after hearing this. "Don't cry when you fail this test, Tatsuki. I did offer to help you study, but no. You insisted that Inoue help you instead." A tick mark began to form on Tatsuki's head.

"Don't jinx me, dumbass! And who said I was gonna fail? You watch, Ichigo Kurosaki, I'm gonna pass this test with flying colors!" After her declaration, she softened her tone. "And Besides, I insisted that Orihime be the one to help me study because I know how busy you are. You can't work at your job, go to school, study, hunt hollows, perform Konso's, and help me study. You've got too much on your plate already." To anyone else, this little speech would have sound very sappy coming from the tough, no-nonsense, Tatsuki Arisawa. But Ichigo knew differently. He'd known the girl since they were both four years old. He had always considered her to be a younger sister. So to hear her say those words, he knew she was being considerate of him.

"Yeah, yeah. Just try to do your best, ok? It's sad that, even with my hectic schedule, I still have better grades than you" he said with a smirk. He knew that it would just tick her off more.

"I hate you sometimes, you know that? Come on, or we'll be late for school. Smartass." That last part was said under her breath, but Ichigo still heard it.

When they arrived in the classroom, all of their friends were already present. They all turned and faced the duo as soon as the doors were opened.

"Good morning Tatsuki-Chan! Kurosaki-Kun! How are you?" That friendly greeting came from none other than Orihime Inoue. Tatsuki gave her best friend a warm greeting as well before taking her seat.

"Good morning Hime! All Ready for the test?"

"Hai! I woke up early this morning to get in some extra study time, and now I feel PUMPED!" As Orihime continued to do the fist pump, Tatsuki began to take out all of her belongings. Since her seat was next to the window, she was able to look outside at the nice, calming scenery. However, that calm feeling hadn't lasted long.

A few days ago, she began to feel like someone, or something, out there was watching her. For some reason, she didn't believe that whoever was watching her was human. She wasn't sure if it was just paranoia on her part, so she decided not to tell anyone about it. Not even Orihime and Ichigo. She figured that they had enough problems, and didn't need this added to their pile of worries. So, she kept it to herself, and hoped that whatever it was would loose interest and simply go away.

"Alright class, get into your seats. Today is, someone drum roll for me…. TEST DAY! Aren't you guys excited?" The class just stared at her. Even the crickets decided to keep silent. "Alright, not everyone jump for joy at once. Please take out your scrap paper and pencils. You may begin as soon as I give you your test paper."

Tatsuki did as she was told and tried to give herself a mental pep talk. Come on, girl. You got this. You can do this with no problem at all. With the pep talk done, Tatsuki overturned her paper and began her exam.

I hope you enjoyed it! The next chapter will feature the Itachi Uchiha! *o*