Falling through the air wasn't the pleasantest surprise that Ichigo wanted. I mean, no one would want to have to go through that. Not that Ichigo was that surprised after always getting catapulted to the Soul Society.

But I guess somewhat it is somehow my fault, Ichigo thought. I dragged in almost everyone else that was with me.

Ichigo looked back and saw the rest of his friends flying through the air with him. Except it wasn't really air they were flying through, but space. Well, it looked like space, but they weren't suffocating or being squashed in a million pieces. It was more like a time traveling experience.

Ichigo could only hope for the best.


2 Hours Earlier:

"Ichigo! Wake up!"

Ichigo's eyes snapped open and he instantly went to his knees on his bed to prepare for his father's daily morning attack.

This time it was a flying kick, and Ichigo decided not to catch him. He hit his father's legs upwards and grabbed his father's clothes and threw him onto the ground.

CRASH!

"Ow…Ichigo! That isn't the way to treat your father!" Ichigo father sobbed. "But I see you have been improving!"

"What kind of father attacks his only son every morning!" Ichigo yelled at him on the top of his lungs. He waved a stiff hand and pointed at his father dramatically.

Then, like usual, Ichigo's father ran downstairs to be comforted by Yuzu, and scoffed at by Karin. Everything was normal. Or so Ichigo thought.

"Hey Ichigo! Chad said there was some kind of school reunion thing at school today," Yuzu said as soon as Ichigo sat at the table.

Between mouthfuls, Ichigo said, "Whut ish it?"

I wonder what it is, Ichigo thought. It's Saturday.

"I don't know. But they said it had something to do with Urahara-san and Yoruichi-san. Do you know them?" Yuzu asked.

Karin and Ichigo flinched.

"Ah, yes. I should go," Ichigo said as he wiped his mouth quickly with his hand after he finished eating the delicious omelet that Yuzu made.

Ichigo rushed to his room to get his soul reaper badge from his bag, and rushed out the door.

"I'm going out now!" Ichigo yelled as he put on his shoes in a hurry.

"Come back soon!" Yuzu called. "Be careful now!"

"Yeah!" Ichigo said as he closed his house's door and left through the gate.

Running to school, Ichigo met up with Rukia.

Rukia had just finished vanquishing a hollow, and performed the ceremony to send a lost soul to Soul Society.

"Rukia?!" Ichigo exclaimed. "What the heck are you doing here for?"

Rukia turned her head and gaped.

"Oh! Ichigo! Just in time. I was wondering where you were."

Ichigo stopped in his tracks next to the rather short shinigami. He scratched his head.

"Where I was? What are you doing here is my question. Did the Soul Society dispatch you here on a mission?"

Rukia's surprised expression turned into a serious one. Her tone dropped a note.

"The Soul Society has recently picked up an unnatural wave of strength never heard of near your town. They dispatched Renji, Ikakku, Yumichika, Captain Toshiro, Matsumoto and I to investigate," Rukia explained. Then she held up pair of headband bunny ears. "Probably 'cause we're the best at finding weird things around the human world!"

Ichigo rolled his eyes, and tried to hold back his laugh from bursting out. Rukia with a nonchalant expression holding up bunny ears was hilarious.

But he couldn't help it and he bust out laughing.

Rukia dropped a karate chop on his head.

"Come on! I sense the reishi of people gathering at your school growing."

Ichigo stopped rubbing his head. "Yeah. I sense it too."

The two raced of towards the school as fast as they could

Once they got to the school, they saw everyone gathered there. Yoruichi (in her cat form) and Urahara, who were talking to each other, and the ones who invited everyone, were standing by the side of his school. Orihime, Uryu, and Chad were standing with the soul reapers that were dispatched along with Rukia.

"Ichigo!" Orihime said as she saw Ichigo and Rukia run into the school's gate.

Everyone turned their head, but their expressions were serious. The only one that didn't seem to care about the tension around the people gathered at the school was Orihime, who rushed up to Ichigo.

"Hey Ichigo! Something important is going on," Orihime chirped. "Urahara-san sensed something that's heading towards our world. He said it wasn't reishi, but more like a large amount of flames stored in human-like shapes."

"Yes, indeed Inoe-san," Urahar said as he looked towards Ichigo. "It seems like we have a crisis!"

Ichigo blanched.

"A crisis?" He said surprised.

But Ichigo regained his composure.

"Or rather, I shouldn't be surprised," Ichigo said. "These things just end up happening around us."

"Come," Yoruichi said. She stalked off towards the back of the school.

The group was led towards the track field in the back area of their school.

"Something should come here soon. The Captain of the first company told us it should be around here somewhere," Matsumoto said.

"Tch. I hope we didn't come here to battle some weak person," Ikakku said as he spat on the track."

"Hey! Respect our school," Uryu said as he pushed up his glasses.

"What's this? You wanna fight? Heh?" Ikkaku pushed himself in front of a placid Uryu.

"You guys, break it up. You're ruining the beauty of the moment!" Yumichika said. He stepped between the two men and nudged them back a little.

"Yes. Now isn't the time we should be focusing on arguing and talking," Toshiro pointed out. He looked towards the sky. "That is."

That group of people looked up towards where Toshiro was looking. They saw a large purple energy falling from the sky towards them.

"Change into your soul reaper form Ichigo!" Rukia commanded.

"Yeah," Ichigo said.

Ichigo pressed his soul reaper badge onto his chest. He instantly felt the disconnection of his soul wrench from his body. He turned around to see that Urahara had caught his body.

"Thanks," Ichigo said.

"Well then. The thing is that I want you to investigate this. It might pose an eventual threat to our community around here. And I'm sure you don't want anyone to get hurt, right?" Urahara said as he looked at Ichigo.

"Yup," Ichigo said. He didn't like where this was going.

Urahara whipped out a struggling Kon from behind his back.

"I picked this guy up just in case something bad like this would happen. Well, my work here now is done!" Urahara said.

Urahara put Kon behind his back again, and started walking away.

"Wait!" Ichigo called out. "You haven't told me what's happening! What's going on? Who are we facing!"

Urahara did not turn around to give him an answer. A little angry, Ichigo started to run after him. But Chad stopped him.

"Ichigo. Don't. He was only here to inform us, not to help us. It's our duty to do this."

Ichigo looked at the solemn giant.

"Okay. If you say so Chad," Ichigo said sullenly.

The purple flaming object seemed to get bigger and bigger. Everyone tensed, and got ready to jump away.

But before they could even moved, the flame suddenly got brighter and sped and crashed itself into everyone.

Ichigo found himself still intact after he peaked through his closed eyes.

"Huh? Where are we?" Matsumoto exclaimed.

Ichigo saw that he was surrounded by a flaming and crackling landscaped.

Choose your wish.

"What?" Ichigo said.

"Who are you talking to Ichigo?" Rukia said.

Choose your wish now.

"What wish! Are you talking to me?" Ichigo called out again.

"Ichigo! Who is this person you are talking to?" Rukia commanded again.

Ignoring Rukia's question once more, he started walking around the purple landscape of space. He started looking around, confusing the others.

Choose your wish! Do you wish to know?

"Show yourself! Know what?!" Ichigo shouted upwards.

"Ichigo! Calm down. Who are you talking to?" Yoruichi the cat asked.

"Don't you here that voice?" Ichigo said.

The others shook their head. Ichigo sighed in exasperation.

"What voice?" Ikkaku said. "I don't here any damn voice."

"Are you alright?" Toshiro asked.

Choose your wish. Do you wish to know who I am?

"There! There it is again! That voice! It sounds like…a snake. A cross between a snake and a man," Ichigo said. He sheathed his sword.

Rukia touched him soothingly.

"We don't hear anything. Are you sure you hear something?"

"Yes! It asked me whether it wanted to know who I am."

Do you wish know who I am? Do you wish to know where you are?

Ichigo whipped around again.

"What did he say Ichigo?" Chad asked.

Yoruichi squinted her eyes.

"It said if I wished to know who he is, and where we are."

"Hell yeah!" Ikkaku shouted. "Take us outta here!"

That's when everything turned into a mix between black and indigo, and a starry night sky appeared. Everyone started plummeting sideways after hearing Ichigo say that this mysterious voice say "okay".


And this was the position Ichigo was in now. He was stuck falling through time and space possibly, so long that he got bored.

"When is this going to end?" Uryu said to break the silence that had fallen upon them.

"More like where are we going," Toshiro pointed out.

But the answer came quickly to the group, and they fell towards a shining light.

When they entered through to the bright light, they found themselves popped out of a portal in top of various trees. The trees were large, and the fall was long.

"Ahhhhhh!" Matsumoto and Orihime screamed.

"Uh oh," Ichigo muttered.

All sailed through the air towards the dense forest and foliage below. But unfortunately in mid-air, they split up from each other. Not wanting to be split up again like soul society, they started group each other together. But to no avail.

"Ichigo! Grab my hand!" Renji yelled.

Ichigo, who was already grabbing Chad's hand, who was grabbing Rukia's hand, reached for Renji, who was linked with Ikkaku, Orihime, and Uryu. Yoruichi was perched on Toshiro's shoulder, who was already too far to try and reach for anyone elses hand. Matsumoto was tumbling through the air while grabbing onto Yumichika's pant legs.

Ichigo reached for Renji, but a strong force of wind tore them apart. At the last second, Toshiro managed to launch himself towards Matsumoto, and grabbed her waist.

The last thing Ichigo saw of team Toshiro, Matsumoto and Yumichika was Toshiro suffocating in Matsumoto's breasts. The last Ichigo saw of Renji, Ikkaku, Orihime, and Uryu was them trying to all huddle on Orihime's shield to get ready for impact riding.

Gotta focus on landing myself, Ichigo thought.

"Get ready for impact! Watch out for branches!" Rukia called out to the two boys.

"Yeah!" Ichigo and Chad called out back to her.

And the group entered into the vast forest.