DISCLAIMER: I don't own Bleach. All that's mine are my OCs and this

"Tori, can you go get some milk for me?" Sachiko asked her daughter.

"Whyyy? I'm almost done with this level! Just ten more metalheads to go!" she whined.

"If you want milk in the morning, then you have to get it yourself. Now, put up the game and get going. The convenience store closes in ten minutes."

Tori sighed in defeat. "Fine, I'll go." She slipped on her black converse and red jacket.

-

She shivered as a chilly breeze whipped her hair in her face. She wished she had a heavier coat. "Thanks a lot, wind. You just raped my hair," she said quietly. As she walked and attempted to fix her part, she got the feeling that there was something behind her. Tori turned around. Nothing there.

'This is like one of those horror movies when the victim is being followed by something, and they can't tell where it is until they're attacked,' she thought.

The ground trembled a little, and she felt this force she couldn't describe. Tori turned around again. A huge monster with a weird mask and a hole in its chest circled her like a buzzard. Its calloused skin was green, and it looked sort of like a pterodactyl with purple wings. She tried to scream, but nothing came out of her throat. Her feet were glued to the ground.

'For Christ's sake, move! C'mon, Tori MOVE!' she said to herself. The monster dived at her just when she was finally able to run. Tori ran as fast as she could down the street, stumbling over a few manholes along her way. The monster was catching up fast, and she couldn't run for much longer. She moved away from the street and into a park. Then she lost her footing as she stepped in a hole in the ground and fell to the ground. Tori scrambled to her feet, and as she tried to run again sharp pains shot through her ankle. She could only limp so fast. She fell to the ground again, the monster close behind. Tori was waiting for it to attack her, but nothing happened. She looked behind her to see what had happened. From where she was sitting, she could only see a dark figure fending off the monster with a sword. Whoever it was pushed the monster away, jumped up, and instantly cut it in two. The monster evaporated in thin air. The person walked toward Tori.

"Are you ok?" It was a boy's voice. He bent down to her eye level. "You're not hurt or anything are you?" She got a better look at the boy and saw a concerned look on his face. He had orange hair, a black kimono, and a sword on his back.

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking," she said. He held a hand out to her, and she took it. The boy pulled her up. "Thanks- aaaaah!" She felt a splitting pain in her ankle and heard a bone crack.

"What's wrong?! Did I do something? I'm sorry!" he panicked.

"No, my ankle!"

"Oh, let me help! Here, get on my back," the boy said. He bent down, and Tori did as she was told. He started to run down the street.

"Why are you running so fast? There's no need to rush!" she said nervously. He stopped at a park bench and sat her down on it.

"I'll be back in a minute. Just stay there," he said as he ran off into the park. When he came back he was wearing regular clothes. Then the boy pulled out this weird thing with a duck on the top of it and held it in front of her. She looked at it curiously as a flash came from it.

"Pretty birdies..." she slurred. Tori looked at him like she was in a drug-induced haze. "Who are you, mister?"

"Ichigo Kurosaki. I saw you collapse in the middle of the road. Seems that you tripped over a bottle and hit your head. Now, let's get you home. Which way is your house?"

The effects of the flash began to wear off, and Tori spoke more clearly, "Uh... go two blocks north of here, and turn left. My house is the third one on the left." Tori got on his back again and he started walking where he was instructed to.

"Tori Arisawa." They were almost there when she remembered what she went out for. "Crap! The milk!"

"Huh?"

"It's not important. You can go right in," she said. He walked up the steps to the door and opened the door.

"Tori!!! You're home! I was getting wor-" Sachiko stopped in the middle of her sentence when she saw Ichigo with Tori on his back. He set her down on a nearby chair. "Who's the boy? And what happened to you?" She gestured at the scrapes on her arms.

"This is Ichigo Kurosaki. I tripped over a pop bottle or something and he helped me home," she said.

"She twisted her ankle. You might want to have that checked out," Ichigo said.

"Explains the milk! You didn't bring home any milk!" Sachiko pointed a shaky finger at her.

"I come home hurt and all you care about is the milk?!"

"Is it even possible to get hurt over a pop bottle?!"

"Uhh, I think I'll go now. Bye, Tori!" Ichigo called as he quickly escaped out the front door.

"Thanks Mom, thanks a lot. You scared the poor guy away."

0o0o0

Tori saw herself in the way of Vin Diesel. He slowly made his way toward her and embraced her in his strong arms, smiling at her lovingly. She felt her face heat up. She couldn't think of anything more than the essence of his smell, the feel of his toned chest against hers, and their lips as they neared...

"TORI, WAKE UP!" Sachiko shouted from downstairs. Tori flinched at her mother's surprise wake up call.

"Coming," she grumbled. She slowly got out of bed and got dressed in her school uniform. Tori limped down the stairs, still half asleep.

"You always have to ruin the best part, Mom..."

"Hurry up and get ready. Today's your first day at your new school! Aren't you excited?!" the slim brunette said with a wide grin.

"Whatever..." She ate her breakfast and quickly finished getting ready. Her long, black hair was pulled out of her face with a clip, leaving her bangs on her forehead. She said bye to her mom and left the house.

Her ankle ached from the night before as she walked to school. She couldn't help but think about her weird memories of last night. She could've sworn there was more to the story than just tripping over a pop bottle.

Tori entered the doors to her new school and walked to her homeroom. She watched the students talk amongst themselves for awhile. Then the bell rang, and the students all scrambled to their seats. The teacher looked at Tori when she came in.

"Oh! You must be the new student," she said. Then she turned to the class. "Class, I'd like you all to meet the new student we've been waiting for so anxiously. Now if you don't mind introducing yourself?"

"I'm Tori Arisawa. It's nice to meet all of you," she said.

"Ok, Tori. Now if you'd take that seat next to the window." She pointed toward a seat near the back.

"Yes ma'am." Tori took her book bag and sat in her assigned seat. She looked at her surroundings. The girl in front of her was scribbling down notes while the boy sitting next to her was sleeping. She thought she might do him a favor and wake him up. She shook his shoulder.

"Hey! Wake up! Class already started!" she whispered. The boy stirred. He looked awfully familiar to her.

"It's you!" they both said.

"Well you better pay attention. Class started about five minutes ago." Ichigo took out his notes and started writing down what was on the board.

0o0o0

When lunch came, Tori was quickly surrounded by a small crowd of students. The first to reach her was a brown-haired boy a little taller than her.

"Hi! I'm Keigo Asano! Welcome to Karakura High! I'll show you around sometime." Keigo clung to Tori's arm like there was no tomorrow.

"Thanks but I'll pass," she said while trying to pry the boy off of her. Tatsuki pushed through the crowd.

"Back off! Give the poor girl some space, would you? She just got here!" she said.

"Thanks Tatsuki," Tori said with relief.

"You know her, Tatsuki?" a girl with long orange hair and rather large breasts said.

"We're cousins," Tatsuki said nonchalantly.

"Cousins?! You never said you had a cousin!" the girl said. Tori remembered Tatsuki describing a girl like her.

'Oh, what's her name again? Ori...Ori... Oh screw it. Ori-what's-her-name can tell me herself,' she thought. "So Tatsuki, why don't you introduce me to your friends here?"

"You've already met Keigo," she pointed to the cheery brown-haired boy she met earlier. "I've told you about Orihime."

'Aha!'

"Chizuru is the red head trying to harass Orihime, Mizuiro is the player," she pointed to a black-haired boy standing near them, "and over there we have Ichigo," Tatsuki gestured at the desk next to Tori's where Ichigo was sitting and eating his lunch.

"You can eat lunch with us, Tori!" Orihime said.

"Uh.. sure," she said. The poor girl had no idea what she was getting herself into.

"You wanna try the desert I made?" Orihime said with a bright smile.

"Why not? What is it?" she said.

"Brownie surprise! They're brownies with a surprise filling in the middle!"

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt... Give me one."

"No, Tori-" Tatsuki started. But she had already taken a big bite out of the brownie. Then the filling hit her.

"Is this relish?" she said weakly.

"Probably. It's called brownie surprise for a reason," Orihime laughed.

'This girl is trying to kill me!' Tori thought. "I'm gonna go get a soda. Be back in a minute." She slowly stood up but not without stumbling a bit.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Tatsuki said.

"I'm alright. I think it's just a sprain," Tori said nonchalantly.

"Come with me." She grabbed a hold of her arm and dragged her to the girl's bathroom.

"What are we-"

"You've been limping all day. Let me see your ankle," Orihime said. She bent down and unwrapped the bandages on it. Sure enough it was swollen. "Just give me a minute or two. I can fix this." Tori looked at her confusedly. "Souten kishun, I reject!" A small orange shield appeared over her ankle.

"What are you-"

"I'm healing your ankle. This is an ability I've had for a couple years now, but we'll talk about that some other time." In a couple of minutes later Tori's ankle was completely healed. The swelling and everything was gone.

"Thanks a lot Orihime," she said.

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Thanks for the reviews, so far! =) This first chapter has undergone some major (well, between major and minor) edits. Tori is currently going through a character rewrite. The second and third chapters are going to be edited before I post the fourth.

Happy reading,

~Kai