Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, only the OC's. And I even share those with my friend.

A/N: This is what I call a "separate collaboration ;D" Me and my friend, Sombody Cool worked together on this for a while, but then we continued alone… unwanted… :'( ANYWAY if you wanna read hers, it on her profile… it's pretty much the same, thought mine has a lot less romance. And I hate the title. SHE came up with it. Wow this A/N is getting long… I'll shut up now ;D

Chappie 1! ;D

"Kitty-chan!!"

Sashi jumped on the back of her best friend/catgirl, Keiko Kisuke. Because of her cat-likeness she dubbed her the name Kitty (her half-cat genes also took part in this)

"GAH! SASHIMI GET OFF ME BEFORE I KILL YOU!!"

"Ouchy my ears...You don't have to yell so loud I'm right on your back…"

"WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY I'M YELLING!!!"

"Ohhhhh…."

"GET OFF!!" Keiko flung Sashi off her back. Sashi landed hard on the ground with a loud "oof!"

"Ouchity ouch ouch!" Sashi sat there, rubbing her sore bottom.

"That's what you get for sneaking up on a cat!"

"Sorry… but it was just too good a chance to miss!"

Keiko stuck out her tongue at Sashi.

"Hey!" Came a voice from the nearby offices.

"What do you want, Renji-san?!" Sashi yelled

Renji Abarai came out of Byakuya-san's office. His hair was still red, and his nickname was still red pineapple, although he now looked much older, since he wasn't the young, crazy, Shinigami that had taken the girls in when they had first joined the academy many years before. Keiko had been killed by a hollow, and Sashi had been there for personal reasons, unknown by Renji.

"SQUEE!!!!!! I LOVE YOU, RENJI-SAN!!!!!!!" Keiko immediately ran over to Renji to glomp him in a hug, but Renji moved aside at the last moment. Keiko ran into the wall.

"For the fastest Shinigami in a century, you're pretty slow," said Renji.

"Tch, is that any way to speak to the brand new 3rd seat of the 3rd squad?" said Sashi, frowning.

"Whaaaaat?????" exclaimed Renji. "THIRD SEAT?!?! THAT'S GREAT!!!!!"

"So can I hug you now???" begged Keiko, with sparkling, puppy-dog eyes.

"Hmph… fine," That was all Renji managed to get out before he was suffocated by Keiko's glomp.

"Hmph, no congratulations for the new captain of the 9th squad?" asked Sashi, her eyebrow twitching.

"Yeah, yeah, congratulations, fishgirl…" muttered Renji, who was still being suffocated by Keiko.

"That's CAPTAIN Fishgirl to you, lowly Lieutenant…" said Sashi, eyebrow still twitching.

"Man, you're just like Toshiro. Same white hair, twitching eyebrow, and ice blue eyes… You could be his twin for all I know…"

"Maybe, except for the fact that I'm FIFTY YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM!"

"Ahh, that's right… almost forgot…"

"SQUEEEE!!!! RENJI-SAN SO CUTE WHEN HE ALMOST FORGETS!!!!!!" said Keiko, who had finally released Renji. Renji got up, dusting his clothes.

Right then, Toshiro Hitsugaya walked by and raised an eyebrow at the strange sight.

"SQUEEEE!!!!! SHIRO-KUN!!!!!!!! MUST GLOMP!!!!!" Keiko shot like a bullet, right under Sashi's legs, and glomped on Hitsugaya before he knew what the freak just happened.

Renji caught Sashi before she could fall, just from the sheer force of Keiko's bullet glomp.

"Umm… Renji-san?" Sashi's voice was muffled by Renji's haori.

"Yeah?"

"You can let me go now…"

"Oh. Riiiiiiight…" Renji blushed, remembering how long he had been holding Sashi.

Keiko suddenly stopped squealing. She climbed off of Hitsugaya and cautiously sniffed the air. Her eyes widened as realization hit her.

"Strawberry," she whispered, almost to herself. But Sashi heard. They all heard. Suddenly, there was a bright flash, and they were all blinded. When the light cleared, a man around 20 to 21 years old was standing in front of them. He had spiky orange hair, a really big and wide sword on his back, and light brown eyes. He wore his captain's haori draped over his shoulders instead of wearing it. Although he simply radiated reiatsu, his face was friendly and approachable. This man was Captain-Commander Ichigo Kurosaki.

Sashi, out of pure reflex, bowed low. Keiko grinned, Hitsugaya gave a little grunt, and Renji just said "hey". Ichigo said "hey" back, then gave Hitsugaya a little nod, and ruffled Keiko's hair.

"How's our little kitty-cat?"

"Fine Strawberry-san!!!!"

"Good girl," said Ichigo before turning to Sashi, "There's no need to bow that low, you know. Or that long. I'm not Yamamoto, I can handle a little casualness."

"H-hai! I-I mean, yes sir!" stammered Sashi. Keiko just grinned. Yamamoto had come down hard on her when Sashi had tried to high-five him, and since then Sashi could never be casual with a Captain-Commander.

"Sashimi, you're a captain now. And besides, Strawberry-san doesn't mind being high-fived." The smirk on Keiko's face was getting bigger and bigger.

"Still…" said Sashi, then muttered something indistinct. Keiko wisely chose not to ask her to repeat what she said. Inwardly, however, she was laughing like a maniac. The sight of the usually strong Sashi being so timid was really funny.

Ichigo thought it was funny, too. "Oi, Renji, I thought you were gonna teach Sashi to not be scared by me anymore."

Renji grunted, "Forgot."

Ichigo allowed himself one grin, then turned serious, "Guys, I need to tell you something."

"What?" Said Keiko.

"I was getting to that. Anyway, you guys remember when I killed Aizen, right?" They nodded. "Well, Aizen had a sidekick. Two sidekicks, actually. One, Kaname Tosen, joined us, but the other, Gin Ichimaru, ran away and was never seen again. Until now. Turns out that Gin had a son. We don't know his name, age, or motive, but we know he's just like his dad, and we're marking him as a threat. I want you guys to be careful from now on. Gin was clever and manipulative, and he wasn't afraid to hurt people to achieve his goal. I'm worried about this new threat, so we're gonna put you two-Keiko and Sashi-in a group to defeat him. Okay?"

"OK!" Said Keiko. Sashi just nodded.

"We'll probably put in Yamato and Kai, too. You guys get along great, and work together really well, too."

"Hai!" Said Keiko.

"I should probably get them… you guys have to start planning."

"Plan what?"

"Why, plan how to wreak havoc on little Ichimaru, of course."

"Ohh…"

"Be right back." Ichigo suddenly disappeared in a flash of white light.

"Sooo… what do ya wanna do Sashimi?????"

"I wanna… sleep."

"Ne??? But we're going on a dangerous mission!!"

"Which is why I want to sleep."

"Tch, you're no fun. Fine, you sleep away and I'll play with Yamato and Kai," Keiko blew Sashi a raspberry. Sashi didn't care. Keiko suddenly disappeared, off to find something to do until Yamato and Kai arrived. In fact, she was right in the middle of drawing graffiti on the 11th division wall when Ichigo arrived, with two young boys in tow.

The first boy wore glasses and had chin-length black hair, like his father. However, his eyes were kind, like his mother's. This was Yamato Ishida, one of Keiko and Sashi's best friends. The second boy had spiky brown hair, identical to his father's, except for color. His eyes were a light hazel, like his dad, but the general appearance more resembled his mom. This was Kai Kurosaki, their other best friend.

Finally, they were ready.

End chappie one! ;D

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