Prologue
Ichigo was lying in his bed as he thought over all that had happened in the last few days. Sunday night, a guy named Shinji Hirako asked him to join a group called the Visoreds and then willingly produced a hollow mask similar to what Ichigo had done unconsciously. Ichigo wondered who the hell he was and what the hell did he want with him? Of course Ichigo declined his offer, but even as he tried to sleep it was still on his mind. Then Monday morning, Shinji enrolled in his class and once again, asked him again to join the Visoreds, explaining that Ichigo's inner hollow will overwhelm him if he doesn't. Ichigo sighed as he realized that his inner hollow was indeed becoming more than he could control. It's enough to have to battle with an enemy, but having to battle an enemy and his own inner hollow at the same time was becoming a struggle. He hadn't even been home a week and already there were problems developing—it wasn't like he wasn't up to a fight, but sometimes he wondered what it would be like to be a "normal" teenage boy. To hang out, party, date, have a girlfriend….every now and then these thoughts invaded his mind. He would never change anything about his life, but he sometimes wondered if he would ever have what other teenagers had. He wasn't like other Shirigami; he was still a teenager and was becoming curious about other things besides Soul Society.