A/N: Keep in mind that I have not gotten this far in either the anime or manga so if i got any facts wrong tell me so I can go kill my informent. R&R please =)

Disclaimer: I dont own bleach. If i did, Orihime would have a less annoying personality.

Life after death

Ichigo walked down the street mumbling to himself. It had been 5 years since he defeated Aizen and 5 years since he lost his powers, yet here he was, still in Karakura Town. Still going to school, even if it was college, and still in the same classes with his same group of friends. They still talked but not as much since he lost his powers. It was as if a rift had been created between then, one he could not cross.

Ichigo heaved a great sigh causing him to miss the only early sign of what was to happen next, a small click. Then he heard a bang and there was a sudden burst of pain in his head. As he clumped forward, he heard a voice shout, "I got him!" and then the sound of retreating footsteps. He knew the voice well. It was the voice of the neighborhood punk who hated him because of his orange hair. His last thought as a living human being was, "Well damn.."

He knew the moment when he died. The first sign was, there was no longer pain. The second was he felt stronger, stronger then he had in 5 years. The third sign was he felt the familiar weight of Zangetsu on his back. Appearently, he thought, Losing my soul reaper powers only counted when I was alive... He looked at his body, which was lying beside him with blood steadily pouring out of it's head. He sighed and sat down to wait for the poor soul reaper who would preform konso on him.

~

Renji stared gloomily our over the rooftops of Karakura. Since Ichigo lost his powerd nobody below a 3rd seat could watch over this town.

Though the big trouble had past, there were still alot of spiritually aware people here and that made it a target for hollows. Today was a really slow day and no hollows had shown and nobody had died in 2 weeks. He glanced down at his soul pager again to check for any spirits, hollow or whole.

To his surprise, he got a hit. There was a whole with a shockingly high spirit reading to the right of him. He took off after it. When he arrived he stopped and stared. Sitting there looking as if the past five years had never happend was Ichigo.

When Ichigo looked up he raised his eyebrows and said, "About time you got here"

"But... How?" Renji asked in a shaky voice.

"How do you think.. Im dead."

"D-dead?"

"Noo, my body just has a bleeding hole in it's heas as a new fashion trend- Yes im dead you idiot!"

That knocked Renji back to reality. "So, you managed to get killed. Wow.. I never thought a human would be the one to do it.. You got your powers back as well i see."

"Yup.. wanna test them?" Asked Ichigo challengingly. For a second Renji almost agreed. This was just like old times but then he remembered something.

"Hold on." He said, taking out his soul pager and dialed a number. Ichigo watched curiosly. He had not been expecting Renji to be the one to find him. Renji talked quickly and quietly into the soul pager for a moment, then turned to Ichigo

"Alright," He said, "It's ben decided that once you get to the Soul Society you will attend the Soul Reaper Academy until they agree what aquad to put you in.

"Agree?" Questioned Ichigo imediatly picking up on the word.

"Don't let this go to your head, but currently Kenpachi and Byakuya are fighting over who gets you on their aquad. Shunsui and Joshiro are trying to get each other drunk enough to agree that they should let you on their squad. Rangiku is going behind Toshiro's back and using her 'feminine charm' to get everyone to agree on letting you on her squad and the moment Yamamoto heard your name, he shut himself into his private courters and wont let anyone in..."

"And im supposed to not let this go to my head?" Ichigo said, smirking.

Renji's eyebrow twitched. "Shut up."

Ichigo just continued to smirk.

Renji pulled his sword from its sheath and the bottom of the hilt started to glow. He stamped a still smug Ichigo on the forhead all the while muttering something about damn strawberries that didnt wanna die properly.

"Oh and Ichigo one more thing, you might wanna dye your hair, come up with a fake name, and seal that rediculously large sword of yours or you'll be tackled by fans."

"WHAT!" and with that, the blue circle of light completly engulfed him.

A/N: When I get 30 reviews, i'll post Renji's call. Please review!