Hey! So I decided to re-upload this story because recently I have been more involved in the fandom again. This story is rated M and has IchiHitsu content. I hope you all enjoy!

Summary: Ichigo Kurosaki Came to Los Angeles in hopes to do something amazing in life but instead has been living a unsuccessful lie. One night a shooting occurs on his street which causes him to meet with the Gotei 13. A hated gang being hunted by every type of law enforcement out there. But what Ichigo learns is that this gang is being framed and their soul purpose is to find the who did this and why. Ichigo experiences what it feels to be on top, to have a life worth living, and someone to protect. When all is threa tened, will Ichigo step up and be the man he has always wanted to be? Or will he crumble and fall to the hands of the leader of the Espadas who is still in question?

Warning:

-This story is being rated M for violence, drug and Alcohol abuse, language, and sexual content.

42 degrees. 42 degrees it was now at 2 in the morning. Oddly warm Ichigo thought as he stuffed his hands in the jacket pockets as he walked down the streets of Los Angeles after a very disappointing day at work. Being 24 and working as a bartender you would think a handsome redhead like himself would make more tips then just 5 dollars. Damn. Cutting back on his hours, making him work till close, geez. He sighed as he saw just a sliver of his breath leak through the air. Ichigo recently moved to this area in hopes to make something of himself. His dream was to be a pro soccer player for the American Team. It was tough to get into a team out in Japan now a days so this was his choice. Now? Now he walks home every night smelling like Jack Daniels and Marlboro 100's. Christ what a great life he has going for him.

He kept walking as he looked up to see the blinking of the street lights. Wish he had a car. That was a dream to have. Getting paid minimum wage and barely any hours made it hard to get any money. It was in his disadvantage because since he was so young, his boss took advantage of that and his only offer was minimum. Ichigo knew better then anyone else it would be hard for him to get another job. Although he didn't enjoy the working life he had going for him, he did enjoy the states. He enjoyed the sights, the stuff they had, the food. He even made a couple of friends out here too but it still doesn't solve his own personal pursuit of failure that was knocking at his door. He has spent the past 2 years here in the area Skid Row, he just wish something would change. Money, power, maybe love? Something. Just something to get him out of this unending circle.

Ichigo turned his corner leading to his apartment that looked to be more of boxes piled up on each other. Hell Ichigo didn't complain. One bedroom with free utilities and 550 a month? He'll gladly take that up. He looked around to see the same people sitting out on the porches smoking a cigarette, drinking a beer, popping a pill here and there. He never associated with anyone in his neighborhood. A shooting occurred every so often as well. He kept to himself in his apartment and left for work or see a friend. Ichigo also looked out for the gangs. Los Angeles. Voted to be in the top of most gang activity. Too bad for Ichigo he didn't realize that till he saw a Gang fight happen at his own front door. He didn't know all of the names of the gangs that were around except for one. The Gotei 13. Or the 13 Court Guard squads. The only reason Ichigo remembered that one in general was because he knew the boss was from Japan just like him. Other then that he paid no attention to what the gangs did. As long as he didn't get dragged into their petty arguments which included guns and knives, his life was a beautiful picnic.

Ichigo dug out his keys from his back pocket before pulling them out and taking out the odd shaped key with a triangular opening on the top. He stuck the key into the hole, juggled it around for a moment and opened the door. He pushed against the door so it wouldn't get stuck in place again. He sighed again when he slammed the door behind and left his jacket against the old beat up couch. He slipped his shoes off and let his sock covered feet feel the comfort of the carpet under him. He slid to the kitchen as he opened the fridge door to find half of a quarter gallon of milk, half opened butter, and left over Chinese food. He took the folded box and closed the fridge door. He went over to the drawer and pulled out a fork and grabbed a blue powerade that was half empty on the counter and went to the couch and sat down with a groan. Grabbing the T.V remote from the table in front of him, Ichigo took out his phone and looked at it while he turned on the Telly. A little green light blinked on his phone, telling him he had a message. He had two messages from his sister Yuzu talking about coming to visit soon once she was done with high school. She went on to say how their dad was doing great and the Clinic was running smoothly. Karin, his other sister, was also doing well. Her grades slipped just slightly because being captain of the soccer team out there was tiring. He clicked the lock button on his phone thinking he'll reply in the morning. That way she won't reply as quickly. He looked at the T.V to see the news was on. It was talking about the strange weather they have been having for a while, a house burnt down on 7th St. because a mother fell asleep with her cigarette in hand and burnt down the house with her and her 1-year-old. A Uncle accused for rape of his nephew. A dog trapped in a landslide that happened two weeks ago was found this morning. God. Ichigo didn't like stories like this. As he went to turn off the machine, a story came on that came to his attention. actually, a person. He turned up the T.V slightly to hear the reporter more clearly.

"Thank you Claire. Here I'm standing in front the L.A Police department as it seems that Gotei 13 has attacked the station. That's right, they accessed the security cameras, shut them off, and hacked into the police scanners. They sent the majority of the police out on wild goose chases only to go in and slaughter the remaining officers that stayed behind. The gang went in and took most of the electronics and money that the police kept in the evidence closet. Still no word on what the chief of police Sosuke Aizen has to say about this but he promised he would have a private interview about the incident. But, police have given me this video that the gang purposely left going to show us their faces and to warn us not to go near them."

Ichigo watched as the dozens of men ran through the station shooting at the police and raiding the closet. He watched all the men and paused the T.V when a figure ran by. Just faint but able to see his face. A boy. No. A teenager it looked. He was looking away from the camera from where he paused it. Although the video was black and white Ichigo could tell his hair was an odd color. So was his eyes. He was slim and fit. Now, Ichigo didn't have a preference of what sexuality he was. He liked both sex's he guessed. If he found someone beautiful he would say it. And this person was definitely a gem. Because he took to long on pause, the T.V started up again making Ichigo flinch back. He watched as the mysterious boy disappeared from his screen.

"As you can see the Gotei 13 has made a new jump on the scale of dangerous. Officials will be discussing this situation and get back to the media as soon as possible. Back to you Claire." Ichigo laid back on his seat.

"Why is someone like you in a mess like that?" He asked. He knew he wasn't getting an answer. He shrugged as he clicked the off switch to the Tele and headed off to his room where he laid in bed only to think about the murder of thousands but with eyes of complete innocence.

Two weeks. Two weeks and still no change. 2:52 A.M. Ichigo walked down the same street. At the same time. Felt like the same damn day. 5.52 in tips this time. Great. He rubbed his eye as he walked to see the same light flickered as he walked home.

"Dammit all." He cursed. He hated this. He hated this circle that continuously repeated. Nothing has changed. The only enlightening thing that has happened is the boy on the television. A Gang banger. A murderer. He was the only thing that was interesting in Ichigo's life right now and he didn't even fucking know him. He ran his fingers through his greasy orange locks as he stopped for a second. 36 degrees tonight. He felt the goosebumps begin to rise. He started to walk again and quickly turned the corner towards his apartment once again. His home was in sight. His safe and warm home waiting for the return of the owner and he was ready to go in, take a shower, and hide underneath his blankets... before he stopped in his place. A gun shot went off. Where? Who did it? He couldn't hear anything. He turned his head slowly to see a man with blue messy hair standing about 20 feet away from him. He stood their with a smoky pistol and a grin on his face. Ichigo stood their confused.

"Did you..." He couldn't finish his sentence as a searing pain flowed through his body. He looked down to see what looked to be a flesh wound on his right side.

"I was shot?" he asked himself. He looked back up to see the blue haired man smirking even wider.

"Geez Renji! Ya gotta let a civilian get shot!" He yelled. Ichigo looked in the direction of where he was talking to, to see a man standing there with a gun pointed at the blue haired man. He had tattoos all around his body. Black designs on his arms, face, neck.

"Fuck Grimmjow! Don't bring other people into this!" He screamed.

"Renji, Grimmjow.." Ichigo thought. His body swayed to the side slightly. He was able to catch his footing. He looked back at his shooter to see he was still pointing the gun was him but was facing the other man.

"What? Its no fun if you don't kill a couple of people!" He yelled. Ichigo took this time to his advantage. Run inside? No they'll follow you. Charge him? No, your too beat up for that. Ichigo's breathing was beginning to falter when he looked back at the read-head. He looked to be holding up a Glock 23 hand gun and had a 45ACP 5"7 double Diam hand gun on his side. Ichigo was actually surprised a Gang banger was carrying simple guns like that around. While they were arguing with each other, Ichigo slowly started to walk over to the red head.

"See? This is why The Gotei 13 is going to fall the the Vasto lordes will rise! You are all too soft! You don't take what you want. You wanna compromise and keep civilians safe. What kind of gang is that!" Grimmjow yelled!
"You don't know what we are planning on doing so mind shutting your trap over there!" Renji screamed back. Grimmjow looked away towards the apartments. A sneer grin formed on his face as if he just saw his next meal and he was more then satisfied with it.

"I wonder what would happen if I had rocket launcher and killed everything within sight. I wonder how many kids live in these buildings." Grimmjow smirked. Renji growled but then felt something beside him. Before he knew it, Ichigo had grabbed the gun that was on his side, cocked it, then soon enough, the bullet when flying towards Grimmjow. Grimm heard the shot but to only see the bullet landing on the top of his shoulder. He gave a sharp yelp before going down on one knee.

"Fucking bastard!" He screamed before aiming his SWAT Mini K at Renji and Ichigo. Ichigo felt a tug as he and Renji were tumbled behind a SUV that was parked on the street. Ichigo looked to see a fit bald man standing their holding his and Renji's shirts.

"What the hell are you doing Renji! You were told to get some stuff not to start a damn war! That's my job." He growled with a smirk.

"Hey don't look at me. This guy over here was the one who shot him." He pointed at Ichigo who leaned against the car breathing heavily.

"Shit. He's in bad shape." The bald man said.

"Grimmjow knows how to time shit that's for sure." The bald man look over the car to see Grimmjow holding onto his shoulder tight and cursing out loud.

"You got him good though." He said.

"It wasn't me Ikkaku. It was this kid." He looked at Ichigo. Ichigo looked at them with half opened eyes.

"Ikkaku..." He repeated in his mind. Ikkaku smiled as he grabbed his sword that was on the floor and put it over his shoulder.

"Hey kid. Looks like your mixed up good with us right now aren't ya? Just be happy its just that guy out there. Now if their was more or someone who didn't like playing with his food, you would probably be dead right now." Ichigo just stared at him. He was too weak to speak anymore. Was he going to die like this? Was he going to die on the side of the road like a stray cat? Yuzu. Karin. Dad. All his friends. They would have never known he would be gone tonight because he made the stupid choice of following his dreams. Now, he is going to die because he didn't check his back twice tonight. He wasn't going to make his dreams come true. He wasn't going to be powerful. He wasn't going to be anything. He was never going to see that boy from the news. He was never going to meet the rare gem. That shouldn't surprise Ichigo. Why would something so beautiful be anywhere near a rat like him. Ichigo's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Grimmjow.

"Ill get you Renji! I'll get you and that kid! Oh you bet you'll be seeing me again! That is for damn sure." He growled as he got up and ran in the opposite direction of where Ichigo and the others were.

Silence filled the air for a moment. Nothing more then the sound of rushing cars a couple miles down. Renji moved to go down on one knee.

"About damn time he left. Geez out of all of them he is the most annoying."
"You said it. Man I wish we could just kill them all already."

"Well we can't do much right now. Its 10's call this time. What ever he says for now we follow and he wants to do it in the shadows."
"Hey its not fair! Not all of us can be as sneaky as he is." Ikkaku whined.

"...10..." Ichigo repeated. Renji and Ikkaku looked at Ichigo who had his head down and his legs straight out.

"...Who is 10...?" He asked quietly. Renji scooted a tad closer to the boy.

"10 is one of our captains. We are part of the Gotei 13." Renji explains. Ichigo smirked and gave a puffed laugh.

"Well shit..." Is what he said before he started going.

"Shit! Hey kid! Dammit stay with me!" Renji yelled but Ichigo could only hear a muffled noise. He looked to see Renji shaking him but he couldn't feel it. He saw his necklace hanging out from his shirt. There hung a of what looked to be a pink cherry blossom. In it was a diamond 6 with a steel black ribbon on it.

"Are you 6?" He thought in his head before he blacked out completely.