This is the first chapter of a story I am thinking about, if so then it will be my first story that I have ever written; anyway if this chapter goes over well, then I will begin working on chapter 2, after a quick revision of this chapter, anyway I will leave this chapter up for about a month, in order to hopefully let at least few people review it and give me some helpful advice (or perhaps compare my writing skills to that of a pre schooled) whatever works.

REVIEWS

Aletheya : Yea, I just bought I new computer and it is already messing me up. I can be typing at the bottom of a paragraph and all of a sudden be typing the in the middle of it ,so I went back and corrected a few of my mistakes in this revision. As for the sentence's I will just have to work on it ,I have already tried many different times but yet to no avail. Also any advice is welcome besides it's very difficult to insult me.

Chuela7795 : Glad you liked it ,i'll try and not disapoint you.

Now on to the story.

BOLD = Demon Ichigo/ hollow talking (This will not include Arrancar)

ITALICIZE = Inner Thoughts (This will include everyone)

"QUOTIONS" = Speech, People Talking. (This will include Arrancar)

Ichigo was walking home from his high school in Karakura town; it had been over a month since Ichigo had lost his Soul reaper powers after fighting Aizen in the Winter War. It was hard to believe that nearly a year ago this is just the life he would have wanted, a nice, normal life with no spirits bothering him; however, in the last year his opinions on many things including his powers had changed ;with it all starting when he had first received his Soul Reaper powers from a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki. After all, in the last year he had made many friends, protected the weak, and had felt like he was actually making a real difference in the world. He had even saved the entire world and the Soul Society from Aizen and his Arrancar armies. He did all these things thanks to his powers ,his friends ,and his determination ;however, here he was now one year later back to being powerless while his friends Urryu ,Chad ,and Inoue had taken up his former job of fighting hollows and saving the lives of the dearly departed. He was more glad than jealous though considering how much Uryū had been telling him about how many more hollows seem to be appearing each day, and that the Soul Society had to send 5 Soul Reapers to help the one they already sent just to keep the hollows at bay. He missed many things about losing his powers though like all of the friends he had made in the Soul Society, like Hanataro, Ganju, and of course Rukia ,he defiantly missed Rukia . He also missed that he could no longer speak or even visit any of them back in the Soul Society. Sure, he guessed that they could come in a gigai or something, but he doubted that old man Yamamoto would just let anyone go to the human world anytime they wanted to ,that is unless they had a good enough reason to justify it; though, if he had to be honest about it he would be satisfied if only one person in particular could pay him a visit every so often and that ;of course, was Rukia even though they had only known each other for a year, they had gone through so much together that he felt like he had known her his entire life. In fact, if he was forced to choose which moment had been the hardest about losing his powers, then it would not be the pain though it was extremely painful. No, that moment would easily have to be the moment when he was forced to say his goodbye to Rukia , when it became harder, and harder to see her until finally he ceased to be able to see or even hear her, that moment when he felt as if he had lost one of his best friend's and that had to easily be the worst thing about losing his powers; though, he would never admit that to anyone, he did still have his pride after all.

"I need to clear my head" Ichigo muttered to himself as he decided to go the long way home ,as Ichigo walked he couldn't help ,but to continue thinking about what Rukia is doing ,and why she hasn't been visiting him since he had lost his powers.

I wonder what Rukia's been doing all this time, probably fighting hollows or perhaps she finally managed to get some time off ,and is planning to come visit me soon ;though, even if she did I wouldn't be able to see her ,but she could always borrow a gigai from Urahara. No, that still wouldn't work because old man Yamamoto wouldn't allow anyone to go to the Human world without a good reason to justify it. Heck, if that's the only reason then I wouldn't even mind if she had to bring Renji or even Byakuya with her in order to somehow justify coming over here to that old geezer.

Stopping dead in his tracks a look of pure horror spread across Ichigo's face. Holy crap did I just say that wouldn't mind seeing Renji or even Byakuya again as long as Rukia was with them? That's the last straw I have to get a job, a hobby, or something to get my mind off Rukia, and the whole Soul Society in general. Sighing, Ichigo allowed his thought to wander freely as he continued to silently walk home.

Entering his home Ichigo's instincts kicked in as he automatically ducked down, immediately after he did his father's foot came out of nowhere narrowly missing the top of Ichigo's forehead. Ichigo, who wasn't in any mood for his father's games, wasted no time in standing back up and planting a fist right in the middle of his father's face; causing his father to fall straight onto his back with a giant red fist mark visible on his face.

"You idiot, what kind of father attacks his own son right when he is just getting home from a long day at school?" Ichigo yelled angrily at his father, who was just now starting to stand back up.

"There is no mercy for those who would destroy the harmony of this household" Isshin yelled as he finally stood up completely, and got in Ichigo's face before continuing.

"School ended over 3 hours ago yet here you are just now arriving ;tell me what exactly have you been doing all this time?" Isshin yelled at his son, until a sly grin suddenly came across his face, a grin which made Ichigo wish he still had his powers so he could flash step himself straight to his room.

"Or perhaps I should ask with whom have you been doing things with all this time, you know Ichigo have I ever told you how much I would love to be a Granp" Unfortunately for Isshin that is all he managed to say before Ichigo's fist made its way back onto his father's face sending him back to the ground with another fist mark on his face, right next to the one he had just received.

"I just went walking to clear my head about things and your trying to make me sound like I was out messing around; you could stand to be a little more understanding you know, after all I did just recently lose my powers" Ichigo yelled back at his father, who was once again starting to get back up off the ground.

"You really miss your powers don't you Ichigo?" Isshin said with a surprising amount of seriousness, as he placed his hand on Ichigo's shoulder.

Taken aback by his father's sudden change in nature Ichigo finally said "I miss Rukia ,and the rest of the soul reapers ,I miss being able to help spirits find their way to peace ,I miss fighting hollows ,and most of all I miss not being able to make a difference ;I feel so powerless right now ,if a hollow showed up right now and attacked us you would be able to kill it easily ,but what if you aren't around when it arrives? What could I possibly do to stop it from harming Yuzu, Karin or even myself; it's this feeling of powerlessness that makes this whole thing so difficult to bear."

Isshin just stood there listening as Ichigo finished his speech ,then waited a few moments longer to try and string together the right words before he finally responded to his son "Ichigo ,do you remember what I said to you at the graveyard ,you know during our last visit to your mother's grave?"

Realization hit Ichigo's face as he said "Yea, you said something about going bald right?"

"No you idiot!" Isshin yelled as he hit Ichigo on top of the head with his fist. "I said that sometimes bad things happen, but you have to be strong, I said you had to shake off all of your gloom and depression, and finally I said that you were too young to carry around any kind of burden; it was true back then at the graveyard and it still holds true today"

"But" Ichigo began but was quickly cut off

"No But's" Isshin yelled at the top of his lungs "So you lost your powers so what, do you want to hear about all the good friends I lost during my time as a captain of the Soul Society? Do you want to hear about how many of them died in my arms, or died because I had to give them a mission that I knew was suicidal but still had to be done? Do you want to hear all of my sad stories, because lit me tell you, there are far worse things in this world than just losing your powers." Isshin stood still for a moment catching his breath and allowing is words to sink in before continuing in a calmer more relaxing tone.

"Now I want you to listen very carefully to what I am about to tell you. Sometimes fate has a nasty way of knocking people down, sometimes it knocks some people down harder than others, and there is only one way to get back up. That one way is to stand up and be strong, even in the worse cases where you feel like your world is falling apart there is always a silver lining ,sometimes it is hard to see but it is always their; so you no longer have any soul reaper powers, I didn't have mine for over a decade but they finally came back who's to say your powers won't come back as well? Besides, just because you can no longer help the souls of the deceased doesn't mean you can't help the souls of the living you can do countless things to help the living people, and as for our protection the Soul Society has kept the hollows here in check before even my grandfather's grandfather was born; and I doubt they would slack up on the hollows after all this time so stop worrying for nothing." Isshin stood quietly letting his words sink in, while Ichigo stood wide eyed taking in everything he was just told before he finally responded.

"Thanks dad, I don't really understand all of what you are saying, but I think I get the point. So really all I need to do is just suck it up and it will all play out in the end, and just because I can't see Rukia doesn't mean we can't still be friends."

And besides maybe just maybe I will get my powers back soon, and if not I guess I could always do something in order to help the living. Rukia will visit and even if she doesn't I know that we will always be friends, and when it is my time to go then we will see each other again so maybe things aren't as bad as I thought ;though, I still hate that I can't see her now.

"Thanks again for the speech dad, I guess I'll head up to my room now" Ichigo said as he made his way to the stairs.

"Ichigo wait!" Hearing his father's yell Ichigo turned around just a moment too late to see Isshin's foot racing towards his face, unable to react in time Isshin's foot found its mark in the center of Ichigo's face, the force of the kick knocked Ichigo back unto the stairs.

"You idiot, what was that for" Ichigo yelled angrily, holding his face with one hand and pulling himself back up with the other.

"Now ,Now Ichigo I can't have you getting soft on me now ,especially when I expect to be seeing quite a few grandkids in the next couple of years or so ,and we all know how chicks dig strong, fearless guys and not those soft emotional types ,who just sit around crying all day" Isshin said in a lecturing voice with his eyes shut and arms crossed .

"Whatever" Ichigo muttered to his dad, as he once again started to continuing back up the stairs to his room.

Isshin stood watching Ichigo as he went up to his room and shut his door ,Isshin stood for a second longer before shaking his head and walking away ,while silently laughing to himself.

Ha, ha, funny how he says he's depressed about being powerless ,yet after my little speech all he can think of is that Rukia girl ;and I don't even remember mentioning her in my little speech at all. Ha, ha who knows, perhaps I will have grandkids soon after all"

Shaking his head Isshin put on his jacket and left Yuzu and Karin a note saying that a call came in for him and he would be back in a while, then his face became one of seriousness" I can't allow myself to think about things like that right now, especially if what Urahara's contacts are reporting about the happenings in the Soul Society is true, if so then it won't be long before I won't be able to afford letting my guard down by thinking about things like that.

As Isshin walked out the front door, his thoughts slowly began to drift off to his days as one of the captains in the Soul Society, then events that had led to him coming to human world, then the events that led to his son Ichigo discovering his own powers ,and how his son had lost them in order to save the world from Aizen, and finally to how he was about to change his own son's future because of the action he is about to take ;however, he knew in his heart what he had to do ,he had been feeling something inside Ichigo for a few days now ,something he wished he did not feel but he had to be sure of. He wished he could ignore it ,he knew that if he did this then there would be no hope of staying out of the upcoming war ,if Urahara is correct then he himself may already be a target ,and he knew that this would likely make Ichigo one as well ;however, he knew his son was an adult now and could handle any trouble that came his way ,no the reason he was going where he was going was for selfish reasons. He had to know if this was truly what he thinks it is, or if it merely was just a side effect from when his son lost his powers. He knew of only one person outside the Soul Society that was good enough in science to verify what he thought he had felt within his son, and the only shinigami he trusted to ask advice from in precaution he knew of so that he will not be spotted by humans, hollows and soul reapers alike; he did all of this so he could pay a visit to a onetime friend of his, a friend by the name of Kisuke Urahara.

END OF CHAPTER 1

Author's notes:

So how did you like my first Chapter of my story? Remember to feel free to make any kind of suggestions that you feel may help my story (Especially if they include how to better make moments and conversations better, like the one between Ichigo and Isshin), and I will defiantly take all of them into consideration; however, all I ask is that you just remember that I am a slow learner and that it may take a while for some improvements to take place. That is assuming they ever do. Also I would like to point out (though I doubt I need to) that Ichigo does see Renji as a friend; however, he also sees him as a nuisance (at least when it comes to him being in the human world). After all let's not forget the whole police officer /detective thing Renji did that one time.

P.S. I hope the Revision is better than the original.