Hello gracious people who have decided to actually give my story a try. I know that the plot has been used plenty but i just had to try it. Thank you for thinking that it woukd be good enough to at least look at. I am very pleased by your desicion abd hope your opining is still good once you are done. Oh well, enough talk from me. You came to read the story. So have fun and i apologize for anything misspelt or anything that you do not aprove of but i am very, very new at this so I'm hoping for the best!
Sincerely
Kagenoshogo
Ichigo was going to kill them. This was no idle threat either, once he found them, he would KILL them for sure. Why, you may ask, was Ichigo threatening to kill someone? It might have a little something to do with how he had woken up outside the Shino academy with white hair, new clothes (a uniform from whet he could see), and a note that read,
'We are truly sorry about this Kourosaki-kun, but if we had told you our plans, you wouldn't have said yes. So, we decided for you and you are now studying to learn all you can about the laws of Soul Society and master kidou. The reason for this is that you have been selected to be a captain of the Gotei 13 once you have graduated from the academy. Work hard now and good luck!
PS. You can't reveal your true identity so for now you will be using the name Kaito Shirosaki. Your zanpaktou is also in a sealed state so it won't be recognized and is waiting in your room. Do try to keep it sealed and to act as well as progress like a normal student. You will discover the reason soon enough.
Sincerely,
Jushiro Ukitake, Isshin Kourosaki and Urahara Kiskue.
Just looking at it made Ichigo shake in anger. How could they do this to him? He had a life back in the world of the living and the idea of leaving Kon to live it out made him shudder.
What did they mean 'selected to be a captain'? He wasn't even a real shinigami and they wanted him as a captain? Its ludicrous! Hell, the first time he came here he broke in, destroyed lost of buildings, defeated some of their strongest and broke nearly all of their rules. For them to even consider him was insane.
"Um, excuse me?" Came a timid voice from his right. Ichigo jumped in surprise as he turned to face the owner of the voice. It was a small girl, maybe a bit taller than Momo, who had long black hair that flowed down her back to her waist and slightly covered her eyes in a hiding fashion. She looker scrawny and weak but otherwise had a good form to her. "Are you new?" She questioned when he turned around. He nodded reluctantly and slowly rose from his position on the ground. Finally deciding to just go along with it for now.
"If that's the case, then you should head to the principals office. Do you know where that is?" He shook his head and she nodded in acknowledgement. She hesitately motioned for him to follow her as she lead him inside the compound.
The academy grounds were amazing to look at. Cherry blossoms as well as Japanese maples were strategically placed around the edge of the surrounding walls and the small ponds that scattered the grounds. Ichigo could only gape at the beauty it held, for a school, that is. The girl from earlier shuffled across the dirt towards the cluster of white walled and tile covered buildings at the center of all the beauty. They were big and square...that was it. No defining features, no rectangles or cylinders. Only squares and the small walkways that connected them all. It was a sad sight.
By the time Ichigo had finished his examination of the campus they had reached the biggest of the square buildings and were just stepping over the threshold. Ichigo followed her threw a maze of hallways long enough to suspect she was just as lost as he until they reached what looked like a very important door. She knocked and entered once a soft voice bid them welcome.
"Sir," She began, suddenly much more relaxed than before. "I found this new student at the front gate and it seems he is lost. I have a feeling he doesn't have his schedule either so I brought him to you."
Inside the office was a lone desk, placed in front of a pot bellied man in a rather large chair, surrounded by blank walls with only a small window indenting it on the right side. The man looked up at the two with deep blue eyes hidden slightly by the thick glasses he wore, and smiled. "Aaah! So this is the surprise student I was told about. It's a pleasure to finally meet you." The man said rather jubilantly as he pushed away from his desk and stepped around it to shake his hand. "I have been a awaiting your arrival and was beginning to think that you would never show. Now, please, do tell me your name."
The man's grip was strong as Ichigo shook it and his smile was that of a child's. It reminded Ichigo of his father. "My name is Ich...I mean Kaito Shirosaki. Its nice to meet you, I guess. Who are you?" Ichigo asked with his trademark scowl. The man simply removed his hand an laughed lightly. "Yes, I seem to have forgotten my manners. My name is Ashita Katate and I am the principal of the academy. You may call me sir." The girl from earlier suddenly cleared her throat and Katate immediately turned to her.
"I'm so sorry Yowai, I seemed to have forgotten about you. Thank you for bringing Kaito here and you may go as you please." The girl (now named Yowai) nodded and left without a word. The moment she closed the door, Katate did some incantations and put a barrier around the room. Ichigo gave him a wary glance and stepped back a bit but Katate didn't seem to mind. "Now. It really is a pleasure and an honor to meet you Ichigo Kourosaki-dono." Ichigo regarded the man in complete surprise. How did he know? Did the others tell him, but wasn't he supposed to keep his identity a secret? He kind of understood since this man was the principal but still. Why wasn't he allowed to tell people but they just blurt it out to this guy.
"So you know who I am. I guess that also means you know why I'm here." Ichigo asked calmly and Katate nodded. "Does that also mean you know why I can't reveal my identity? Because the idiots didn't explain that part." He gritted threw his teeth. He was still bitter about this whole situation.
Katate nodded again and reached behind his desk to open one if the drawers. His hand returned with a big piece of folded paper and what looked like a comic book. Suddenly Ichigo had a very bad feeling. The piece of paper, when unfolded, revealed a very big picture of him with some tweaks, like the nose was too big and his chin was more square. Beside the image were a few sentences and as Ichigo read them, he cringed. 'Ichigo Kourosaki! The hero of the winter war and savior of all realms!'. It had been nearly a year since he had regained his powers after the war and almost three since the war itself ended. He couldn't believe that people were still talking about it. It was all over so why couldn't they talk about something else?
The comic was even worse. The cover held another picture of him and a title that read 'The adventures of Ichigo Kourosaki'. Then there was the inside. It was the story of how he had met Rukia, with some flaws and imaginary twists added in and it mad Ichigo feel like dying. What the hell was this?! This abomination in his hands should never have come into existence. Who had done this? Who ever it was was going to pay dearly for what they have done. They better not have made more...wait. As soon as the thought passed threw Ichigo's head he flipped back to the front, and there it was. The final arrow in his back. In the bottom right corner was a boldly place number one, which lead him to believe that, there were more.
Ichigo was visibly shaking as his hanger and embarrassment burst threw. Suddenly he snapped and ripped the book in half. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?" He yelled as a blush rose to his cheeks. Katate simply laughed at his reaction and handed him an envelope this time. Ichigo took it reluctantly as he glared at Katate. He opened the envelope and pulled the letter from inside.
Hello again Kourosaki-kun. You have just been showed why you can't reveal your identity unless you wanted to be swarmed by your many, many fans and knowing you, you wouldn't want that. So this way you can avoid being idolized and have an as normal school life as you can and you will be able to make true friends who will back you up because they know the true you and not just because your famous. After the academy, you will go threw squad 5 as an ordinary solder and rise in rank because of your skill and not because of your name. The only time you are allowed to reveal your identity is once you become the captain of squad 5. No one will be chosen as squad 5's captain since we have saved that seat for you. Once again, good luck and don't mess up
PS. We've told the principal about you so you will have someone to talk to and for support. We have also instructed that all of your shinigami friends to not be familiar with you in another's presence.
Sincerely
Jushiro Ukitake, Isshin Kourosaki, Urahara Kisuke
Ichigo was dumbfounded. What had they done to his life?! From what he could tell, it sounded like they wanted him to stay here his whole life! He still had a real body. He was still alive! What about Yuzu and Karin? What about all of his friends?! They would know the difference between him and Kon. They would be angry and sad when they found out. What about Karakoura? If he wasn't there then who would protect everyone from the hollows? He still didn't trust his dad to do it and he defiantly didn't trust the assigned shinigami to handle it. He's so weak that its not even funny.
Ichigo looked up at Katate who was watching him intently. "Your alright with this?" He asked in a hopeful manner. Katate smiled even wider as he nodded and Ichigo groaned. Well, there was nothing he could do about it now. He straitened up his back and gave Katate a determined look. "So" He began. "What do I need?" Katate clapped his hands joyfully at the obvious acceptance and stepped back behind his desk and sat down. He pushed a piece of paper towards Ichigo and explained they it was his schedule. Ichigo took it and looked it over to see what a shinigami academy teaches.
Monday:
Zanjutsu
8:00-10:00
History
10:10-12:00
Lunch
12:00-2:00
Mathematics
2:05-4:00
Meditation
4:10-5:30
Tuesday:
Kidou
8:00-10:00
History
10:10-12:00
Lunch
12:00-2:00
Hoho
2:05-4:00
Meditation
4:10-5:30
Wednesday
Mathematics
8:00-10:00
History
10:10-12:00
Lunch
12:00-2:00
Hakuda
2:05-4:00
Meditation
4:10-5:30
Thursday
Healing kidou
8:00-10:00
History
10:10-12:00
Lunch
12:00-2:00
Science
2:05-4:00
Meditation
4:10-5:30
Friday:
Language
8:00-10:00
History
10:10-12:00
Lunch
12:00-2:00
Reatsu control
2:05-4:00
Meditation
4:10-5:30
Ichigo groaned once he was done reading. Why were the classes two hours long? Its going to be torture to pretend to be a regular student in Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Hoho and Kidou. Thank god Rukia and Uryu had forced him to lean how to control his reatsu. Now he was able to hide it completely, though its harder than most because his reatsu was so big and still growing rapidly. That was the reason that they had sat him down and shoved the knowledge into his brain; because his reatsu was starting to effect the people around him in a bad way.
Ichigo sighed. "Alright, so now I have this." He said, waving the schedule around. "Do I have a room?" Katate quickly stood up and motioned for Ichigo to follow him as he zipped out the door in a way a man his size shouldn't be able to. But then again he was a shinigami so size didn't really matter. Ichigo followed him out of the room, down some halls and plenty of turns until they finally skidded to a halt in front of a room with the number 215. "This will be your room. Its inside the main building so you can come and visit me any time you want. Its also separated from the other students so you won't have to deal with them. There's just one little thing I forgot to mention." Ichigo squinted his eyes at Katate, not wanting any more surprises that he had had today. "The young lady from before, Yowai Kisaki. This is also her room." The moment the words left Karate's mouth Ichigo blushed like a red tomato. "Why the hell am I sharing a room with a girl?! I don't know if you haven't noticed but I'm a guy!" Katate smiled nervously as he brought his hand up to scratch his cheek. "Ah, yes. I have. But I have also noticed that you are one of the strongest people in Sereite, not that that type of power is needed here but it would help." Ichigo slightly huffed at the obvious praise but otherwise stayed silent. "You see, Yowai has been in thus academy for nine years already. The grades only go up to seven so she's been here longer than all the others who joined the same time as her. The real problem is that she has never gotten past the first level this whole time and for that, she us bullied severely. My staff and I try to help her but it just gets worse. So I am requesting that you help her all that you can in school work, emotional support and by keeping the bullies off her as much as you can. Can you do that? Please?" Ichigo looked Katate over as he ran threw the reasons. Finally he kept out a deep sigh. This would be even worse than he had thought. "Fine." He grumbled. "But I can't make any promises since I can't be with her all the time. We're probably in different classes so... You put us in all the same classes didn't you." The slightly smug smile on Karate's face was all the answer he needed. Ichigo rubbed his face with us hands exasperatedly and turned towards the door. He tried to open it but it was liked so her glanced back at Katate to see that he already had the key in his hand and was offering it to him. "This is your key to the room. Yowai has the other one so don't worry about any unexpected visitors." Ichigo snatched the key from him and shoved it into the lock, trying to reach the inside and a bed before he does something he'll regret. The lock was proving more difficult than earlier thought but after a minute or two he was able to wrench the door open.
Once Ichigo was inside, he turned to say bye to Katate so that he could sleep this all away but was interrupted by the other man. "You know, I thought the great Ichigo Kourosaki-dono was going to be this really scary or stuck up person, but your not that at all. In fact, your just like a normal teenager. It really is an honor to meet and assist you Kourosaki-dono." Katate smiled a grateful smile and Ichigo was lead to smile back. "I guess you didn't read the comics didn't you?" Ichigo smirked. Katate couldn't help but chuckle at the joke. He then bowed and left. Ichigo closed the door then turned and fell against it with his back on the door. What has he been dragged into this time. He sighed as he pushed off the door and shuffled towards the empty bed. He was exhausted from all the stupid surprises that were thrust upon him in a little less than two hours. With his eyes drooping shut, he pulled back the sheets and fell in between them and the bed. Not even bothering to remove his uniform and shoes, he quickly drifts of to sleep and dreams about giving the ones who dropped him here a severe beating.