Hey there guys, This is NinjaFox here again, and i am finally going to do one story that's out of the usual one's i do, I've finally decided to do one for Bleach and take a small break off of TOA and Naruto, I noticed that i was beginning to make a little bit too much stories based off of either Naruto or Tales of the Abyss or Vesperia, and i wanted to do something a little different, however i've decided to make a different ichigo in this story, I kinda got the inspiration from another author, forgot his name though, however i never really thought of a different ichigo for the story, after doing a bit of thinking, i kinda came to the conclusion that things would be a lot different if Ichigo was a great contrast to what he was.
If he was a lot more calm, i pretty sure he would have outsmarted most of his enemies besides Aizen, but he would give the bastard a run for his money, simply due to the fact that Aizen has the big flaw of getting way too cocky when everything goes his way, and probably will lose it if one thing is out of place, Ichigo is more humble and therefore more accepting of his failures.
That is a story i was really interested in seeing, and i have seen some of them, however he still played into Aizen's hands at most times. I want to make one where Aizen has to adapt a lot to plat changes and i do mean a lot, much to where he will probably get a bit sloppy and lose his cool when something goes wrong, and i have the perfect way of doing that, Not only will Aizen not know about everything Ichigo does to gain power and unaware of the boy's full intelligence, he will and i mean WILL have a hard time handling ichigo later on in the story.
Anyway that's all for now, i hope you all will enjoy what i have in store for this story as much a i will.
Now...on with the story!XD, God i'm happy today. XD
Bleach The Soul Dragon
Chapter 1
A Different Ichigo
One 16 year old boy with spiky orange hair sat indian style on his bed, his eye closed, his breath steady as he meditated, he could hear the chirping of the birds as they come out for the day, he enjoyed the sound of Nature in his ears, the morning breeze soothed him, he felt at total peace with himself.
The peace was disturbed however as a loud shout of a man was heard as he appeared just outside the door.
''GOOD MORNINNNNNG ICHIGOOOOO!'' The man yelled as he launch into a flying kick towards the boy.
Fortunately for the now named Ichigo Kurosaki, he had heightened senses from his years of meditation. The boy simply leaned back as the man flew passed him completely, causing him to fly out the open window, a second later there was a large sounding thump as the crazed man hit the unforgiving concrete.
Ichigo opened his eye's with a bored and blank expression on his face, he looked out the window to see the man's body twitching every second as he groaned in pain, the boy sighed as he shook his head.
''Seriously Dad, must you do this every single morning?, it's really getting old.'' He said slightly annoyed, that his meditation session was interrupted.
Deciding that there was no point in continuing, he got up from bed and prepared himself for the day.
20 minutes later, Ichigo came down stair to see his father and two sisters at the dining room table waiting for him.
''Morning Karin, Yuzu.'' He said was great affection, of all the people he loved, his sisters were the closest to his heart, he loved them dearly and would sacrifice his life to protect them if necessary, those two filled the whole in his heart that was left when his mother died 8 years boy always blamed himself for his mother's death.
Flash Back:
During one day, he was being picked up from Karate class, just as they reached the halfway point, Ichigo saw a young girl who looked like she was in desperate need of help, he quickly sprung into action and ran towards the girl, however once he got there, the girl suddenly vanished, confusion filled the boys head until he heard a loud crunch and a yell of pain from his mother. Ichigo turned and saw something that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
His mother was on the ground, a huge chunk from her shoulder to her neck was missing as though something took a huge bite out of her, she was bleeding profusely, barely hanging on to life.
''MOM!'' Ichigo yelled as he ran to his mother as fast as he leg to take him, when he reached her, she had a small smile on her face, despite being in pain.
''Ichigo...My sweet child.'' She whispered.
''Mom!, i'm sorry, i shouldn't have ran off like that!'' Ichigo said tears welling up in his eye's.
''Please...Don't blame yourself, you did what you thought was right… never lose the bravery and courage you showed...Please look after Karin and Yuzu for me from now on okay sweety?'' The woman said smiling.
Mom...Please don't die…!'' Ichigo said as he started sobbing.
''Don't cry...Ichigo...You have to be strong...for them...Good bye...my son...'' She said as she took her last breath.
''MOM!'' Ichigo yelled, he cried uncontrollably over his mother's body, it went on for a few minutes until he passed out from exhaustion, he was later found by his father Isshin Kurosaki.
The aftermath had quite an affect on everyone, of course Isshin was pained for his loss, but he had to stay strong for his family, Karin and Yuzu took it pretty hard themselves as the constant crying from them could attest, however no one took it as hard as Ichigo himself.
After he had woken up, he wouldn't stop blaming himself for his mothers death, he felt he had been far too reckless with his actions, and she paid the price for it, he was so deeply scared by this that he had begged his father to take him out of Karate classes and put him into something that teached him to be more calm and disciplined.
Isshin knew the perfect place for him to learn, and if possible give the boy the will to move on and find some peace.
When he was younger, Isshin traveled most of the world, he visited china many years ago and viewed the teachings of the shaolin monks, He had learned the basics of chi and spiritual power, and learned to harness it to a certain level. (That mixed with reiatsu might be why he can heal from dropping from a high place).
Isshin told the school that Ichigo was going to visit some relatives out of the country and took him off the shaolin monastery in China.
Isshin and Ichigo was immediately greeted by the monk who showed the man around the place and became a quickly close friend to the former Soul Reaper, the mans name was Lu Wong.
''Ah Isshin!, How are you my old friend!'' Lu Greeted with a smile, his smile lessened a little when he saw the man's pained face.
''Hey Lu.'' Isshin greeted as he smile weakly. Lu instantly looked worried for his friends, he even gotten more worried when he saw the dead look in the childs eye's.
Isshin noticed and sighed, ''As you can see...we're not doing so good.'' He said.
''My friend, please tell me what has happened.'' Lu said, he had a sinking feeling that wasn't going to like what he was going to here.
Isshin explained what has happened recently, true to his instincts Lu was extremely saddened by the loss of a friend, he remembered meeting Masaki when Isshin visited the temple again just shortly after they got married.
''And what of the child?.. don't tell me that-'' Lu said until Isshin finished for him.
''Yes, he witnessed everything that has happened.'' Isshin said sadly looking at his son and then turning away as he couldn't stand seeing the look loss in his eye's, a few tears streamed down his face for his son.
''He blames himself for her death, he saw a small girl in danger and went to help, only for the girl to disappear and the next moment Masaki was attacked.''
Lu didn't have to ask to see what needed to be done, he figured that the boy wanted to learn in order to protect what was left of his family, and to never be reckless with them or their lives.
''So when are you coming back for him?'' Lu asked as he turned serious.
Isshin looked a little surprised and then smiled remember how sharp Lu was, the man could always piece things together even with little information.
''At least 8 years at the most, the boy needs some serious healing, and i don't think i can do it.'' Isshin answered sadly.
Lu nodded. ''Alright Isshin, don't worry, we'll take care of him, who knows, the abbot may grow on him, he's like a grandfather to everyone here, i know he can heal the boys soul.''
Isshin nodded and knelt down to ichigo's level, ''Alright son, you take care of yourself here okay?, make some friends and learn as much as you can, i'll be back for you in 8 years, use that time to become strong, strong enough to make sure what happen doesn't happen again.
Ichigo's eyes brightened as he heard the words of his father, Isshin smiled as he saw a flicker of determination in his son's eye's, it was faint, but he could see the same flames he had in his eye's when he was a Soul Reaper.
Isshin got up and walked towards the car smiling the whole way. ''Ichigo…I know you'll do me proud…grow strong.' He thought as he walked down the long stairs of the monastery.
Flashback End:
Ichigo thought back on his time at the monastery, It took a little time, but due to the atmosphere of the place, Ichigo quickly calmed down, there were many other student his age, and they quickly wanted to get to know him, although he was a bit reluctant, he soon opened up to the others, they quickly became like brothers to him, and he was never seen alone with out them, they were one of the factors of Ichigo's healing.
Lu was also a great factor in his recuperation, the man was kind and a little laid back, but strict when he needed to be, the man taught him discipline, and instructed him in the art of Kung Fu, Tai Chi being the main style before he learned the others. The boy didn't have to worry about school as he was home schooled by Lu and the other older student's of the monastery, he still wondered why the place actually allowed technology in side since others usually didn't allow it, he was told that not all technology is bad, if used correctly, he just left it at that. Lu became a bigger brother to the boy.
The biggest factor in Ichigo's recovery was the main Abbot of the Monastery, Master Chi hao Long. The man was by far the most kind and caring man he had ever met, he found that Lu wasn't kidding when he told him that the Abbot act like a grandfather figure to all, everyone loved him, Master Chi was saddened by the loss of a friend as he had also met Masaki years ago, and could feel that her life essence slipped away that day she died.( Just so you know, The Abbot and the other monks will know of the Shinigami and of the Hallows in this story.)
The Abbot instructed him on the point of power and Chi and how to harness it, Ichigo took the lessons like a fish to water, it was found that the boy had a very high intelligence and learning discipline, he became very calm and collected despite any situation he may find himself in.
Abbot Chi was so impressed that he dubbed the boy the second sleeping dragon, succeeding the legendary strategist Zhuge Liang of the three kingdoms era.
Ichigo liked the name, but didn't let it go to his head, he still worked hard and stayed humble.
After 8 years, Ichigo became a strong young teenager, one that Isshin would be proud of, when the man came to pick him up, the man was surprised and quite happy of the boy's transformation. The boy's muscles were toned and lean, all of the baby fat he used to have was now gone, his hair was a bit more spikier and had a long pony tail that went down to the small of his back.
Gone was the broken little boy, now stood a new and strong young man. Once they got home, Ichigo quickly bonded with his little sisters, after a whole year, Karin and Yuzu were the two that finally fill what was left of the small void left in his heart.
It was also during that time that Ichigo took up the art of Kendo in order to expand his weapons skills, along with the mastery of the Wudang sword style, he began to make a unique sword style that made it very hard to predict his movements.
Ichigo finished his breakfast and began walking to school, along the way he came across a few of his friends, Keigo Asano, the guy was pretty annoying by most people's standards, and he tended to be quite overdramatic most of the time, but Ichigo found it quite amusing to him so he pretty much didn't mind his friends usual antics. Mizuiro Kojima was another friend of his, Mizuiro was the more calm and collected one of the group, rivaling even Ichigo's calmness, the guy was pretty soft spoken, but quite bold as he was what people called a Cougar chaser, Kojima had interest in older women and at time could womanize some of the more beautiful female teachers of the school.
Ichigo wasn't really disturbed by it at all, as he never judged people, and he believed that people could find love with whomever they find it with.
''Hey There Ichigo!, how it goin?!'' Keigo greeted with his usual hyper attitude. Ichigo smiled.
''Hey Keigo, Mizuiro, I'm doing fine, how are you guys?'' Ichigo answered, with a kind smile.
''Oh nothing much.'' Mizuiro answered, just happy it's friday, don't really know how i'm going to enjoy the weekend though, how about you?''
''I really don't know myself.'' Ichigo said thoughtfully, i guess i could always start a Tai Chi session.''
Mizuiro and Keigo looked pretty interested, they knew of their friends martial arts mastery, he greatly surpassed Tatsuki Arisawa whom is another friend of theirs, the girl was a childhood friend to Ichigo going as far back as elementary school, Tasuki was the reason why Ichigo got into Karate in the first place before he left, over the years the girl quickly became a master of the art and was the toughest of the school, until Ichigo came back.
She didn't recognize him at first but after a little bit it finally clicked and was glad her old friend came back, she heard about what happened to his mother and cried for her friends loss, for she had known Masaki for quite a while as well, after spending the whole day catching up, she challenged him to a spar, Tatsuki was soundly defeated, she had never faced anyone that could slip into her defences so easily, she couldn't land a hit on him due to his swift movements, after a while the girl tired herself out and couldn't go on.
After that Tatsuki although disappointed by her loss, was glad Ichigo had toughened up and was actually will to take lessons from him in Tai Chi and other forms of Kung Fu.
The boy reached the school and went to class waiting for their instructor to show up, all the while the student all interacted with each other, Tatsuki came in and started talking to another friend of her's Orihime Inoue, Orihime was probably the most innocent and soft spoken girl in class, she also became a good friend to Ichigo and the others, right from the start Ichigo noticed that the girl instantly developed a crush on him, which he didn't mind, however she didn't know that he didn't have much of an interest in girls, not wanting to hurt her, he told her of his attraction to guys, this had a typical effect as Orihime was a little disappointed and Tatsuki greatly surprised, however they accepted it pretty easily, in fact the second reaction surprised him a bit, the two had small trails of blood dripping out of their noses, and like that the first two yaoi fan girls were formed.
The day went by just as usual, Ichigo spent time with his long time friends and talked with Orihime for a good while, when the final bell rang everyone celebrated their start of the weekend. The group stay together for a little while making small talk before they parted ways, Tatsuki, Keigo and Mizuiro asked if they could join him in the Tai Chi session if he decided to start it up, which Ichigo accepted happily.
While on his way home he decided to visit a small place he tends to visit frequently, he came upon something that made his mood sour, the small designer glass of water he had placed on the sidewalk was knocked over, he turned his attention to a few school students that were from a different school, one that he knew was a school that most of the delinquents went to.
Despite his anger for their respect for the dead, he kept his cool. ''Excuse me guys.'' He said in a blank tone.
The two student turned around and spotted ichigo. ''Eh?, what the hell do you want?'' One of the students asked rudely.
''Do you have any idea as to what this spot of the street is exactly?'' Ichigo asked. The student looked confused.
''What are you talking about?'' One of them asked.
''This spot is where a young girl had died when she was hit by a car a few months ago, hence this.'' Ichigo answered as he showed the small glass container filled with water and a small flower.
The two looked even more confused, Ichigo continued. ''Now… I suggest that you apologize for desecrating this place.'' He said.
He was rewarded with the laughter of the two students. ''Oh man, what the hell are you crazy, it's just a damn glass jar filled with water and a damn flower!'' The teen said as he continued laughing.
Ichigo narrowed his eye's. ''I'll ask again, please apologize.'' He said.
The two were quickly get tired of the red head. They walked towards the boy and got in his face.
''What the hell is your problem?, It's just a damn jar with some water in it, i'm not apologizing for nothing.'' The student said.
''Didn't you hear me before?, This site holds the spirit of the girl who died here months ago, this water and jar is a way of showing respect to the one who died.'' Ichigo said.
''Sorry, but i don't believe in Bull shit.'' The other student said harshly grabbing the red head by the collar of his shirt.
Ichigo sighed, ''I warned you.'' He said. Ichigo quickly grabbed the other students hand and twisted the wrist forcing the delinquent to let go of the his shirt and flip him in the air all in one, the student landed on his back in a daze.
The other Delinquent acted quickly and tried to punch the red head, however Ichigo redirected the punch and grabbed the boys wrist in the same manner as the other one and flipped him through the air making the teen land on his friend with a grunt, both were knocked out instantly.
Ichigo sighed and walked back to the same spot he picked up the jar and spoke. '' Sorry you had to see that, i hope you weren't scared.'' He said.
A moment later a little girl came into view, the girl look to be at least 10 years of age, she wore a dress and had some sort of chain coming from her chest.''
It's okay, i know you're just protecting me.'' The girl said with a smile.
Ichigo smiled, ''So...Are you ready?'' He asked. The girl nodded a smile still on her face.
''Yes...I'm finally ready, my parent came to the site today, they prayed for me, i can finally move on, now i know they'll be alright..'' She answered.
Ichigo smiled at the girls answer, he clapped his hands together and began to channel chi into his hand, a pure white aura began to glow around his right hand. Ichigo began to chant.
''Oh ye innocent child, who has passed before her time, may the gods grant you passage into heaven, may you find eternal happiness in the next life.''
Ichigo touched the girls head with his hand as he finished chanting, The girl closed her eyes feeling a nice warmth she haven't felt since her death, the girls body began to dissipate into white particles.
''Thank you Ichigo'' The girl said just before she disappeared completely, all there was left was a White ethereal butterfly that flew towards the sky before it too disappeared.
Ichigo smiled. ''You're welcome.'' He said as he began to trek home, unbenounced to him that someone had witnessed the whole scene.
Not long after Ichigo departed, A short young woman with jet black hair appeared in the same place where the spirit had disappeared, she was trying to register what had happened.
She had never seen a human being ever perform a konso before, it should be impossible for people other Shinigami, and this one seemed to be different from the regular Konso, for some reason she found the boy interesting, however she couldn't dwell in the situation for long when she felt a strong presence of a Hollow, and from what she felt, it seemed like it was headed towards the young man she saw not too long ago, she quickly flashed stepped toward the hollow in order to prevent the attack.
At Ichigo's house:
Ichigo sat on his as he meditated, he had already had a nice dinner with his family and decided to meditate before turning in for the night, however for some reason he was getting restless, he had felt a strong presence following him from far off, his didn't know it sensed him or not, but he knew he was being tracked, so he sat in meditation waiting for whoever it was tailing him to appear.
He didn't have to wait long as he suddenly heard a loud crash and the screams of his sisters, Ichigo immediately sprung from his bed and ran down stairs in a blur.
The young woman appeared at the destination and found that she was a bit too late as the hollow already tore a huge hole in the house and was attacking the residents there.
''Damn.'' She swore, she unsheathed her sword about to strike, however she was surprise when she suddenly saw the hollow fly right out of the house and onto the ground.
She turned her attention to the hole in the house and found the same boy she had saw performing Konso on the girl spirit earlier.
'D-Did he do that?' She thought in awe. 'To be able to knock a hollow back that size.'
Her thoughts were cut short when the hollow got back up and roared in anger, she watched as the red head boy pull out a Chinese straight sword and began attacking the hollow, with swift and precise strikes.
The girl could help but watch as the boy weaved through the monsters attacks with grace and fluidity, and then attack different parts of the Hollows limbs, however much to the boys ire, the hollow quickly healed itself and continued attacking.
Ichigo was beginning to get irritated, he couldn't take down the hollow no matter how much he tried, he used his chi with his attacks, and it had quite an effect, however he found himself lacking the strength to truly kill the monster, the red head was beginning to feel fatigued, apparently the monster saw this also and attacked with more vigor, eventually he managed to land a hit on Ichigo knocking him into a wall on the house.
Ichigo found it hard to get up after being hit, he felt like he got hit by a truck, sure he may have had pain tolerance training during his time at the monastery, but this knocked him for quite a loop, the boys vision constantly blurred and spun as he tried to reorient himself, the hollow moved closer in order to finish the job, however he felt a stinging pain on his back.
The Hollow turn around and found the girl behind him her sword unsheathed, the Hollow roars as it ran towards her, she quickly began to fight off the Hollow as Ichigo try to regain his senses.
Ichigo did finally get the cobwebs out of his head and saw the SoulReaper fighting off the Hollow, he noticed the girls style was graceful and strong, but it looked a bit too rigid, he went for his sword and prepared to fight the beast once more, but as he was beginning to run towards the beast, the SoulReaper was hit by the hollows hand, causing her to fly towards the building gravely injured.
Ichigo saw this and attacked the Hollow that was stalking towards the downed SoulReaper, a swift strike to the beasts face caused it to roar in pain and back off his target.
''Are you okay?'' Ichigo asked concerned, as he reached the wounded Soul Reaper.
The girl coughed up a little bit of blood before speaking.
''Who ever you are, listen to me, in order to save us both, you must take my sword and plunge it into your chest.'' She said.
Ichigo looked at the Soul Reaper like she was crazy, the girl knew that this would happened and quickly explained, as she saw the Hollow recovering.
''I don't have much time to explain, it won't kill you, just do it.!'' She said.
Ichigo took the sword. '' Just in case this doesn't work, my name is Ichigo Kurosaki, what's your name SoulReaper?'' He asked.
The girl looked surprised to hear that Ichigo knew that he was a Soul Reaper, but then smiled.
''Rukia Kuchiki'' She answered. Ichigo nodded and plunged the sword into his chest, the next second he was engulfed in a bright light that blinded the Hollow as it was stalking towards them, it was suddenly hit by an abnormally strong spiritual pressure that began to bare down on the beast, the light faded and showed something that even Rukia didn't expect.
Ichigo's clothing was completely different from the regular Soul Reaper uniform, The Shirt he wore looked like a mix between and Male Kimono shirt and and Chinese Chang shan, the pants he wore were designed out of Hakuna Samurai pants,however the length went further and covered most of his feet, there were designs of golden dragons and a yin yang symbol decorating it, the only thing covering his feet were foot wraps, and he finally finished the outfit with a black mask that covered half his face. ( Think of his ultimate form, the clothing is just different, and his hair doesn't turn black.)
But what truly surprised her was that Ichigo had not one weapon, but four weapons, Two dao type broad sword swords were strapped to his lower back, One Katana was strapped to his left waist , and finally one Kwan Dao pole Arm was strapped to his upper back.
Rukia could only stare in surprise and awe of the raw power she felt from him, and having four Zanpakuto's was very unheard of, the most was a least two, but four…?
'What are you...Ichigo Kurosaki...' she thought as she finally went unconscious.
Ichigo turned towards the hollow, slightly angered, but was still concerned for Rukia's health.
''I'm going to have to finish this quick'' He said to himself, he saw the Hollow regain it's barings and rushed towards him.
Ichigo unsheathed the broad swords and went to work on the hollow, the redhead couldn't explain it, for some reason he felt more powerful,more faster and precise, he had never felt himself move so fast in his life, to anyone who watched, the boy was nothing more than a blur, tearing the hollow to pieces.
in just under a minute the hollow took extensive damage and finally ran out of strength, the beast felt to the ground hurt but still alive.
From what he was told by his master, both Shinigami and the Monks could purify the soul of a hollow and send the soul to the next life, which is why he was taught, after he came home he took the job of purifying souls and sending them to the next life, he could to the same to hollows if need be.
Raising his sword, he cut the mask of the hollow in two, revealing the face of a once human being, the rest of the hollow's body began dissipating revealing the rest of the man's spiritual body. the man looked at Ichigo and smiled.
''Thank you for freeing me'' He said. Ichigo smiled back, his hand turned white as he channeled white chi.
''You're not exactly free yet'' He said has he touched the man's head, the man closed his eye's finally feeling peace.
''May this unfortunate soul reach the afterlife, where his soul may rest forever more.'' He chanted.
The man's body began to turn into white particles and started dissipating, once it was done, only a white butterfly remained, the butterfly flew away and disappeared into a bright light.
Ichigo smiled once the job was done and turned his attention back to rukia who to his surprise woke back up and saw her stare at him with disbelief.
''The...the.. It can't be...'' She murmured.
Ichigo sighed knowing he had been caught and answered. '' Yes...It's the Shaolin Wu Hang purification palm'' He said as he made his way to her.
''But…that's impossible, i had heard they had been destroyed by hollows a long time ago, some said it was an organized attack on the temple.'' Rukia said.
''There were some survivors that went into hiding and managed to lay low, i was trained in a hidden temple that no one knows about.'' Ichigo replied. ''I'm surprised you know about them, i thought they were forgotten by you Soul Reapers.'' He finished. as he used more chi to heal Rukia.
Rukia's eye's widened again as she heard this. she didn't think the boy would know about Soul Reapers as well, but figured that the Monk's probably told him about them.
''Actually no, quite the contrary, The monk's were put into our history books as the warriors who were equal in strength to us and our closest ally, hell some of the oldest Soul Reapers still remember and mourn their lost allies.'' She finished.
Ichigo was quite surprised by this, and smiled. 'Maybe i should tell Abbot about this, this may be the chance for them to shine in the light once again.''
Once he finished healing Rukia, the worked together to find a way to cover up the incident, Fortunately due to their quick thinking, they simply blamed the incident on a truck crashing into the house and then suddenly driving off, Rukia had managed to wipe the memory of Isshin, Karin and Yuzu, so no one remembers the night except he and rukia.
However not all things were good, for some reason Rukia's powers did not return to her as she had first hoped, she instantly knew that the power stayed with in Ichigo's body, she had to find a way to get it back and soon otherwise she'd be in a lot of trouble.
The Next Day
Ichigo was dressed in a White Chang shan as he walked towards the park along with his friends, Tatsuki decided to come along since this gave her a chance to learn more in mastering her skill as a martial artist.
''Your sure you want to come Tatsuki?, you should know, Tai Chi isn't like Karate, Kung Fu is more of an internal style than external, it relies on calmness, and redirection instead of power.'' He said.
''I know, it's just that, i want to learn more than just what i have now, and besides, i think i could do without bashing someone's face in, i guess i just need to find a way to calm down.'' She answered.
Ichigo smiled, he knew Tasuki despite her temper was rather mature and level headed when she was calm, he knew she could really go much further physically and mentally with his lessons.
They reached the Park and Ichigo began the lessons, It didn't take long for the other civilians to take notice, a few of them came and decided to be part of it as well, before long the park was filled with over 50 people practicing Tai Chi with Ichigo, all the while all of this was being watched by Rukia when she finally tracked him down,
Once an hour had passed, the group were finishing up their practice, however it seemed while their practice invited some welcome attention, it invited some unwelcomed ones as well.
Three High School student came into the park and saw what was going on, being part of the Karate Club from their School, apparently they were insulted by the fact that the people didn't practice their native style of Martial arts, and so they decided to do something about it.
''Alright everyone, lesson's are done for today, i will be here again next Sunday, you all can come again anytime.'' He said to them as he finished up.
''I highly doubt you'll be here again after were done with you.'' A Boy said. Ichigo turned around and found three young high schoolers he didn't recognize.
''And you are?'' He asked in an uninterested tone.
Tatsuki beat the student to the punch and answered.
''The Karate Trio, Hiro, Yatoshi, and Outsu. What the hell do you want now, i thought you would stop with your stupid bullying after i kick your asses all over Karakura town.'' She hissed.
This seemed to anger the trio. ''You know you got lucky, there's no way in hell i got beat by a girl in Karate.
Tatsuki was about to retort but Ichigo held her back. ''Remember, self control.'' He said. Tatsuki nodded and stood down.
Turning his attention back to the boy's he spoke. ''Alright Gentlemen, i don't know why you're here, but i would like it if you stopped bugging us, we don't have time to deal with your egos.'' He said.''
One student got angry. '' Like hell we are, we say your with that sissified style of whatever the hell you call it.
''It called Tai Chi, it's a form of Kung Fu.'' Ichigo said.
''Bahh, same difference, it could never match up to Karate, and we don't appreciate you teaching people that shit instead of our own.
Ichigo Kept calm despite the disrespect, ''Are you finished with your egotistical boasting, because if you are, then i suggest you go some place else, i'm not here to go on about which martial art is the best, because there is no point in it, so please buzz off.'' He said calmly.
This only seemed to piss of the students even more. ''Oh so this pansy think's he's better than us huh?, Let's teach him a lesson boys.!'' The supposed leader said.
Tatsuki stepped forward in order to protect her friend, but ichigo kept her back.
''I'll take care of it.'' He said, He simply stood still with his hands behind his back, while one student took his stance.
One student charged hoping to end it in one strike, however Ichigo easily dodged the strike and simply danced around the student, trying to tire him out.
''Hold still you little punk!'' The attacker yelled as he constantly tried to land a hit on the red head.
''What's wrong having some trouble?'' Ichigo asked with a smirk. ''And here i thought you had some skill.''
This made the student even angrier, he went into a rage trying to hit Ichigo, not knowing his moves were getting sloppy because of it.
The leader saw this and order the other to attack, the other student ran in to help his comrade, fortunately Ichigo sensed this, as the student punch came in, he used his hand and deflected the punch and redirected it and sent it to the other students face as he came in to attack from behind.
The first student stopped and saw what he did, his comrade layed there knocked out from his punch.
''My my, i know your skills are pathetic, but you team work seems to be even worse, ever hear of loyalty to your comrades?'' Ichigo mocked still standing with his hands behind his back.
This send the first student over the top and he roared as he attacked like a man possessed, however Ichigo still had control over the fight, he effortlessly grobbed the boys fist and twisted it, causing him to get flipped through the air, the student's head met the ground and was knocked out instantly.
The leader of the group was beginning to feel a bit nervous as he saw his two comrades get taken out so easily, he didn't think the redhead would be so powerful, he steeled himself ready to attack at any moment. Ichigo turned his attention to the leader and spoke.
''Well...that was boring, so you are the last one, you know i should really pay you back for disrespecting me and my friends and my style of fighting, i usually don't go on pride since it does people more damage than good but...now i feel as though that you need a lesson in humility, so i'll give this a little bit of effort, you should prepare yourself.'' He said as he walked forward calmly.
every step Ichigo took the Student leader got more and more nervous, in actuality he felt as though he was getting stalked by a predator.
'There's no way someone could be that good...dammit i can't be acting like a coward, i've been taught by the best, and i will be the best'. The Student took his stance and prepared to attack.
Once Ichigo got within striking distance, the student attacked first, he attacked with a barrage of punches and kicks hoping to hit the red head.
Ichigo easily blocked and deflected the attacks as he read the boy movements.
'Hmm, just like the other two, moves are wasted, too tense and rigid, hell most of his moves don't even have any true power behind it, this is just a shame.' He thought. getting tired of this, he decided to end it.
The student went for one final punch, Ichigo rose his hand and stopped the boy's punch with his finger. The attacker eye's went wide, as well everyone else who watched.
''I grow tired of this.'' Ichigo said with a sigh, then faster than anyone could register, Ichigo punched the student in the stomach that sent the boy back flying, before he hit the ground knocked out.
Everyone stared as they just saw the redhead take out three famed katare geniuses and take them out like they were nothing. Tatsuki looked in awe as she saw part of her friends feat's.
''Wow'' she whispered.
Ichigo turned around and sighed. ''Sorry for that, i had hope you didn't have to see that.'' He said.
The crowd was amazed by Ichigo's humbleness despite having such power, they quickly forgave him and told him that they would come again, which made him extremely happy, shortly afterward everyone parted ways and went home. Rukia who was greatly impressed by the redhead followed.
Ichigo's house:
Ichigo entered the house and once again dodged his fathers flying kick, sending the man outside and on to the pavement, the boy sighed and greeted his two sisters.
''Hey Karin, Yuzu.'' He smiled.
The two smiled back at him. ''Hey Ichigo, how did it go today?'' Yuzu asked while she cooked.
''It was great.!'' Ichigo answered happily, ''I actually got a good amount of people to join in, but a little trouble came our way by the end of it.''
''Who were they?'' Karin asked.
''The Karate Trio'' Ichigo answered, which caused her to gasp, she had heard about those three as being Karate prodigies, they even gave Tatsuki trouble a few times before, although she would always win in the end.
''Don't worry.'' Ichigo said trying to calm them down. ''I already dealt with them, their not as strong as you may think.''
This surprised them even more, their brother just beat the trio, like they were class novices. 'Just how strong are you brother?' They both thought.
After talking with his sisters for a while, Ichigo went to his room and was surprised to find Rukia sitting on his bed waiting for him.
''Uh...What are you doing in my room, i don't remember inviting you in.'' He said calmly but a little annoyed.
Rukia's face looked serious, which told him this was a serious matter. ''We have a bit of a problem.'' She answered.
Ichigo rose his eyebrow. ''What kind of problem?'' He asked.
You are still holding on to my powers.'' She answered.
''What?'' Ichigo asked surprised.
''Your body is still harboring my power, i noticed it this morning when i couldn't even feel my energy returning, by now i should have at least more than half of them back, but i think you body took damn near all of it, making it take much longer for me to regain my Soul Reaper powers.'' She explained.
Ichigo took a rather thoughtful expression for a second, before he came up with an idea.
Judging by your being here on earth, you were ordered to keep the amount of hollows down in Karakura if they were to ever show up right.
rukia was once again surprised, by the red head's deduction, before she answered. ''Yes i was, you're very perceptive.''
''Thanks.'' Ichigo said. ''The Monks told me plenty about the job of a Soul Reaper. Anyway, with your power gone, you have no way of doing that, so why not let me take you place for the time being until your power do comeback.
rukia gave it some thought, she had to admit that Ichigo had a good point, she couldn't do anything as long as her power was gone, and the Soul Society would eventually take notice if she let too many souls get devoured by the hollows.
'Looks like i'll have to take his offer for now.' She thought.
''Alright she said,'' ''From here on you will be a temporary SoulReaper, charged with protecting the souls that have still yet to pass on and any Human being that may come into danger.
And Done.
Well I think that went well, it's kinda the first time i tried putting more detail into a battle scene, i'm still debating if i did well or not, but i kinda feel good about it.
Please tell me how did this go and tell me of any changes and suggestion you may have, i'm still going over the pairings, i've decided to do have a mixture of regular, Yaoi and possibly yuri pairings for this story, i'll warn you now, some may flame me about the pairings, but i usually ignore them, i've already decided to have Ichigo having a Yaoi pairing because, well i'm kind of tired of the usual stuff, especially since someone decided to do a harem of him and it kinda screwed it up for me, the others however decided to let you all choose, so everyone besides Ichigo is up for Pairing vote.
One pairing i have for Ichigo is him and Hanataro, if you want to know why, is because there is not enough of them, and well it kinda fit's into the kind of attitude Ichigo will have in this story, but i am open for your suggestions if your think someone is more worthy for him.
Anyway i'm short on time, please sent your votes to my PM on my account. i will look at them and start putting up the tallies, also there will be lemons in this one same as the Tales of the abyss Wild Nature or beast within, why by the way i am finally starting the second chapter of, just give me some time.
Well i gotta go, this is Ninj4Fox Signing off, until then Ja Ne!