Alright people this is my first story so cut me some slack. Having said that I would love to hear from you guys. Tell me what you think, like, love, hate about it but anyone flaming will be promptly laughed at. I am going to try not to have really long authors notes so if there is one please read it. This is going to be kind of boring and short for a first chapter but it needs to be done. I promise it will get better. I intend to finish this and I won't drop it so without further ado, my horrendous writing
"Thoughts"
"Talking"
"Shouting"
'Zanpakuto'
'Hollow'
Chapter 1
Birthday wishes
"Happy birthday Ichigo" Masaki cooed to her now five year old son. "What do you want for your special day?".
"I…I want to protect you! And Karin and Yuzu and…" Ichigo declares before starting to lose confidence and glancing away. "Well I don't think that daddy really needs to be protected…"
"ha ha" Masaki giggles before turning to Isshin and giving a small nod then looking back to Ichigo who was looking at the ground with determination and shuffling his feet. "Alright."
"Really?!" Ichigo shouted and then promptly fell on his butt.
Isshin went over to the dining room table from his spot in the kitchen and set down a cake frosted with blue butter cream and read 'Number one guardian'. He gave it a look and went over to where his wife and first born was in the living room and looked into his son's eyes and answered him "Yes, but if you really want to protect your sisters and your mother then you will have to learn to protect yourself first. Can you do that?"
The little Ichigo tilted his head up to his unusually serious father and wondered "you mean like marshal arts?"
Masaki and Isshin shared a look before she replied "Well not exactly. You see Ichigo this relates to why you can see souls. You, my little Ichigo, are a perfect mix of all of the most powerful creatures and you could learn to protect us with powers that are only in your wildest dreams."
At this Ichigo looked at his small hands in wonder as if he could see the power he now knew was inside him.
"But" Isshin interrupted his five year old fantasies "If we train you to become strong then you have to use that power to protect everyone you can. That means both the living and the dead. You must never use your power for yourself. If you can do this then you will be the number one guardian you were named for."
As Ichigo's little mind started to realize how much responsibility this would be he started to get really nervous. "I want to protect mom and my sisters but can I really protect everyone like my dad says that I have to? I am only a little boy and what does mom mean about me being a powerful mix of creatures? What am I? But dad did say they would teach me to be strong so maybe I can do this. Wait I wonder if any of this has to do with those big monsters I see, those things are so scary but I don't want anyone else to have to face those things! I don't know how well I can do but I will try to make them proud!"
Masaki had started to wonder if it was too early to set their son on the path of death when she saw all of the fear on his face but her uncertainty ended when she saw his face morph into a determined scowl that in later years would send chills down his enemies.
"I don't really understand everything but if I can become strong enough than I will protect everything!" Ichigo's declaration reflected in the reiatsu he had and made it flare around him briefly. It was not much compared to what both parents had but it was still a lot for an untrained little boy.
Isshin gazed down at his son with eyes full of pride, "It all begins now. He will be so strong it will be scary!"
"Well my little one shall we start now?"
"Right now!?" Ichigo was looking nervous again.
"This is what you said you wanted for your birthday, so why don't we have your father go get your little sisters and then we can head over to where you will be learning most of the time" Masaki beamed at her son making all of his worries disappear.
Isshin went up stairs to get the one year old twins, Karin and Yuzu, so that they could head out. Karin had black hair of Isshin while Yuzu had a lighter shade of Masaki's sunset colored locks. Ichigo on the other hand had very intense orange hair; witch was just another thing that proves he would be different from all others before him. When Isshin returned with the two girls sleeping in his arms they headed out.