A/N: This is my first FF. Pairings will be Yoru/OC, Ichi/Hime, Matsu/Hitsu, Ruki/Renji. Hope you enjoy it! No flames please! Constructive criticism is welcome. Includes several songs in this story by varying artists. If you really hate them, keep it to yourself or tell me WITHOUT flaming. And I don't own Bleach and probably never will.


Absolute boredom. Nothing was happening. Aizen hadn't made a move for months and the air was relaxing little by little. But Yoruichi was smarter than that. She knew that was just what Aizen wanted. But she didn't have as much influence in Gotei 13 anymore. Several shinigami were slacking off once again and security slowly got more lenient. Even annoying Ichigo had gotten repetitive since she had little else to tease him with besides her body or his fighting.


A tall, dirty-blonde man stood on top of the hill overlooking Karakura Town. 'Hope this is the last time I have to move for a long time,' he thought to himself. His loose, sweat-matted hair stuck to his face as he gazed up into the sky. It felt good. He smiled slightly. The times he felt this good were rare. Such is the life of a man who's lost everything. He checked the time on his watch. 5:00 a.m. He hoped that the landlord was awake now. He needed somewhere to stay while he lived in Karakura. He managed to convince the dean of the school that he was a foreign exchange student from Norway. He had to lie about his name too. How many times had he gone by another alias? He lost count. He could barely remember his original name. His name this time was Sven Steinsson. He actually wasn't Japanese at all. He had forgotten his origins long ago, not that it mattered. He intended his stay here to be a long one. He grunted slightly as he got back on his motorcycle and sped down the hill towards Karakura Town.


"Hey Ichigo-kun!" greeted Orihime as she ran towards him.

"Huh? Oh, hey Orihime." Ichigo said as he kept on looking at the sky, as if he wanted Aizen to make his move.

"Have you heard about the new kid coming from Europe?" Orihime inquired innocently.

"Oh, yeah. I've heard about him. What was his name anyway?" Ichigo asked interestedly.

"I think it was Sven Steinsson." Orihime answered.

"St-Steinsson? What kind of a name is that?"

Before Orihime could answer, Ishida and Chad ran up to them. "Ichigo! Orihime! The new guy's here! And the school bullies are all ganging up on him! I don't think he can take them all!"

"Well lets go then." Ichigo said, glad that there was finally some action. The foursome ran down the stairs and out to the front of the school where they saw a group of people arranged in a circle. With a smaller circle of about ten bullies all around a lone student. When Ichigo and his friends got to the front, they saw that one had been punched in the nose and was on the ground bleeding. The tall blonde student looked extraordinarily tough, with his soul patch and a network of tattoos peeking out from the collar of his shirt and his sleeves. He cracked his knuckles and waited for the next person to make his move. A thug ran from behind him trying to hit him in the back but was instead thrown using his own momentum by Sven into three others in front of him. The ruffians, infuriated all attacked at once, expecting to hit him. But to no avail, as Sven simply ducked and rolled out of the way, causing the bullies to collide with a painful crack. He then walked over to his things that he had to leave nearby due to the encounter and walked inside, the crowd that accumulated parting to let him through.


The fight was the topic of all the talk around the school the next day. Sven had become the object of many high school girl's desires. Over the next few days, he had developed a close circle of friends, mostly random nobodies that wouldn't be missed should anything happen to them. When the teachers had asked him to introduce himself, all he said was "Hey. Name's Sven." and sat down. He ignored nearly all questions that didn't ask for a "yes" or a "no". All he did was roll his eyes and stare out the window.


"I'm rather surprised that he had managed to take those thugs all at once," Uryu said.

"Me too." Orihime agreed.

"Same here." Ichigo said. "That fighting was pretty unique too. Never seen anything quite like it."

"Have you guys been noticing the spikes in reiatsu around here lately? I find it rather strange that they only started appearing after this Sven guy showed up. Don't you think?" Ishida mentioned thoughtfully.

"Now that you think about it, that's true." Ichigo started. "It is strange. Do you think he's responsible?"

"I don't know." sighed Uryu exasperatedly. "I think we should keep an eye on him, just to know who he is, and see if he has any connection with Aizen."

"But who's going to watch him?" Orihime asked thoughtfully.

Interrupting their conversation, Keigo ran up to them. "Hey guys!" He was waving his hands in the air, "Have you heard!? The school is hosting a talent show this Friday night! And I think that Sven guy is gonna enter!" He took a deep breath, "Spread the word!" he said and ran off.

"Well, I guess we don't have to watch him tomorrow then."

"What do you think his talent is?" asked Orihime.

"Beats me but if it's something retarded, that would ruin his whole mysterious image he's built up." Ichigo remarked with disdain.

"I don't think so. He doesn't seem like the type of person to do something extraordinarily stupid, at least from what I can tell." Uryu said, reassured.

"Well, I guess we'll all see tomorrow."

"See what tomorrow?" a sultry voice asked.

"RAN-CHAN!" screamed Orihime, causing Ichigo, Uryu and Chad to grip their ears in the pain caused by the sensory overload.

"HIME-CHAN!" Rangiku screamed with delight in reply.

"Can you stop screaming!?" hollered Uryu angrily. "Your giving me a headache!" Everyone stared at him briefly at his sudden outburst and quieted down. "Thank you. I'm assuming your captain is here as well?"

Right when Uryu said that, Histugaya stepped out from behind Rangiku smirking.

"So what are you guys doing here?" Orihime questioned. She noticed Hitsugaya stealing glances towards Rangiku. She smiled a little at that.

"Well, Old Man Yamamoto was curious about the spikes of reiatsu and wanted us to go investigate." Rangiku recently had felt

"Why did he send a captain and his vice-captain? Doesn't that seem a bit much for such a simple mission as finding the source of the reiatsu spikes?"

"I think Yamamoto is wary of what it might be so he wants to minimize the risk of losing soldiers. So he sent us so if there was a problem, then we'd take care of it."

"We think we know the cause of the reiatsu spikes." Ichigo began. "This new kid at school, Sven. Ever since he appeared, the reiatsu has been going haywire."

"Well obviously we have to take him out!" Hitsugaya said angrily.

"We would have, if we knew whether he was our enemy or not." Ichigo said calmly. "And we haven't been able to get a hold of him, since he leaves right after school."

"Where does he have lunch? If we know where he eats, then we can talk to him and see if he's hostile or not." proposed Uryu. "And judging by his behavior, its somewhere out of the way. So if we have to fight him, then few people will get hurt."

"Nice idea, Uryu. But where does he eat?"

"I might know." mentioned Orihime.

"Where do you think he eats?"

"My guess is at the back of the school. Because think about it, where does a loner like him eat? At the back of the school." Orihime finished proudly.

"Wow, Orihime actually made an intelligent point." Hitsugaya whispered to Rangiku, making her giggle a little.

"Well, captain, I never thought you would make a comment like that." she whispered back, "Being a bit mean aren't we?" Hitsugaya's face reddened a little.

"What is that supposed to mean!?" He murmured irritably at Rangiku. His expression was set in a scowl.

"Uh, you guys?" Uryu cut in, "We're kind of in the middle of something here." he said, causing both of them to both to turn away from each other, each with slightly flushed faces. Uryu made no note of it. He stood up and said, "Well lets go see this guy then." With that, everyone, besides Uryu, Rangiku, and Hitsugaya, stood up and they walked down the stairs.


Well that's it! I hope you liked the chapter! Please review! This is my first fan fiction so I really need some constructive criticism.