Greetings, if you've clicked on this fanfic and are currently reading this note, please know that I'm writing this fanfic for me and my friends so this story is going to contain oc characters and a little bit, to very ooc main cast, because I haven't watched the anime nor read the manga in awhile. Now, if you've made it this far ahead then know that the story starts after the first appearance of Yammy and Ulquiorra in Karakura town. I'm adding my oc here and in future chapters, other oc will appear as well. P.S. My articulation and grammar will not be all that great, so please do bear with it.

OC- Own Character

OOC- Out Of Character

POV -Point Of View

I do not own Bleach.

Ch-1

(Ichigo's POV)

It's been a few days since the attack. Urahara-san hasn't told me much about it so I feel like there's something else he's hiding. Not that I can help it, after all, he was the one who saved us from those two. Orihime. Chad. I hope that those two are alright.

(Next day. One day earlier than the main part of story where Rukia and the rest show up.)

It's been awhile since I've gone to visit him. I wonder how Yoshi(oc) is. I wonder what he has to say about me getting this beat up again. He always was a wise crack that guy.

"Excuse me. I'd like to meet Yoshi nurse. Oh, it's you Ai-san," I say to her as she looks up at me with a grim face.

"What's the matter Ai-san. Yoshi been bothering you again?" I ask her with a smile.

"Kurosaki-san, I'm sorry." She replied.

"Sorry for what Ai-san?" I reply, having a faint idea about what she's going to say.

"It's Yoshi-kun.. Well.." She says as I wait for her to continue. "Yoshi-Kun passed away a few days ago. I'm really sorry to tell you this."

(Nurses POV)

I was hoping that I wouldn't be the one that needed to inform him of this. I knew that they were good friends. I too, had known and taken care of Yoshi for a few years now. He's actually the one who got me the job here after talking to his parents who ran the place. I owed him a lot. I knew what it felt like to have lost someone close to you.

"He's pulse stopped all of a sudden. It. We. We don't know what happened. He. He. I." I, couldn't muster up another word before Kurosaki-san dashed off to who knows where. He looked pretty battered up too. I wish I could have done something to help. Tsuyoshi gave me his favourite ring a day prior. Maybe he knew something? Did he want me to give it to him? I'll give it to him when he comes again, if he ever back comes here again.

(Ichigo's POV)

"Damn it, damn it all!" I shout as I ran. I must have looked like a crazed person, but I didn't care. All the stress from the recent event had been piling and now this? It was too much to handle, I needed to relieve it. So I ran, and ran and ran and kept on running until I could no more.

"Damn it." I say one more time before looking around. "Where am I?"

This was a familiar place. I looked around a bit and saw the remains of the Sukari Building. It was where I first met Yoshi. 'Did my instinct bring me here?' I think as I see a figure appearing slowly in front of me.

"No, it can't be. Can it?" Fate seemed to have played a small favour for me this time around.

"Yoshi?" I say aloud, doubt in my voice.

"Hey Ichigo," He says with a grin on his face. "Looks like it's I died eh? Man I died young."

"Yoshi. I'm sorry." I say feeling remorseful about not being there or doing anything.

"Hah? Ichigo, it's not like you could have done anything. Stop saying you're sorry all the time." He says in an annoyed tone. "Besides, it was inevitable. It was an incurable disease after all. Being the first one to contract it actually makes me feel like I've helped people in the future from suffering from it."

I sigh and take a look at him for a brief moment, "You don't really mean that, do you? Yoshi."

"Nah, not really. Who'd want to die at such a young age? Certainly not me, I mean, heck I still haven't a clue as to what the lost treasure of two pieces is, and that's just the scratch of what I'll be missing," he says before smirking. "I wonder why I'm still here though, it's not like I have any regrets that are all that serious even with my loss of two pieces, so I don't know why I'm a Whole or whatever you call those spirits. I mean, I woke up here with a broken chain and I don't want to turn into those big monstrous hollow things. So... Hurry hurry shinigami-kyun, or else I may turn into one and gobble ya up first. Heh."

I forget that he has a big mouth. I'm going to miss that. "Man I regret telling you about them, well, you were able to see them before I said anything so I guess this is ok."

"Heh. Course it is, and, well, will I remember anything Ichigo?" He says, his voice slowly turning serious.

"Yeah, of course you will." I say with a smile. "I'll come find you when I can. Try to take care of yourself over there and make sure that you don't get into trouble."

"Well, if that's that. Then why don't we chat for awhile longer before you do the whole Konso thing on me? I'd like a few tips on how I can make it big over there." He says while smirking like one of those old anime geezers that would do anything for money. "Also, update me on two pieces whenever you come over aite?"

"Sure. Well, then. I'll tell you what I know about that place then." I say while smiling. I really wanted to talk to someone and he had time left, I couldn't see why not.

An hour, maybe longer had passes by. They talked about what came to mind and Yoshi managed to get Ichigo to cheer up a bit somewhat. But, in the end he didn't tell him what happened to Chad and Inoue in order for him to pass peacefully, they were friends too after all.

We talked for quite awhile, it would have been nice if it lasted but he went and said something unexpected all of a sudden.

"I guess that I should leave now Ichigo," He says with a somewhat forced smile. "Man, it sucks being dead. There's a lot I wanted to do too."

"Tsuyoshi." I say as I swallow Kon's soul candy.

"Oy! Now you decide to show your face! What's up with.." Kon says using my body before he came to an abrupt stop. "Yoshi."

"Hey Kon. Looks like I get to see you before departing after all." Yoshi says. Kon didn't reply He just stood there in silence.

"Ok then, anytime. I'm ready." Yoshi says as I tap his head with the hilt of Zangetsu. As he floats into the air he looks at me and says, "Well, see ya."

It would have ended right then and there had something unexpected not happen. Yoshi's soul chain broke as he was dissipating and he suddenly looked like he was in pain. I tried to grab onto him as a sudden reflex, but he vanished into thin air.

"Ichigo! That was not normal." Kon said suddenly.

"I know. What just happened? That's never happened before." I replied.

"We have to go to Urahara." Kon said. I nodded in reply. It was weird having to agree with him without any complaints in a moment like this.

(Urahara's POV)

My, oh my, Ichigo and Kon came here with such a weird situation. A soul who had konso performed on him, yet. The result ended up with a broken chain? That soul was Yoshi no less. What a loss, I'd been eying him for awhile. He was like Orihime and Sado too after all. More than that, he's been friends with Ichigo since his youth so I'm sure that he must be in pain deep down inside. Such a strong boy, I'm sure he's been preparing for this day to come.

"Ichigo-kun, I'll tell you what. There'll be a surprise tomorrow so cheer up. I'm sure that I'll find something about him so I'll inform his situation to you when I can." It was the least I could do.

"Thanks Urahara-san, I'll leave it to you. I'll be going back home now, I'm sure that he'd laugh at me if he sees me sulking." Oh, he was aware about it after all.

"Ok, ok. Do visit again. Bring some sweets next time." I said while waving, watching him as he ran. Kon, not that further behind him.

"Tessai-san, you heard him right? We need to get Kukaku's group on it." It was a simple thing really, for us anyway.

"Yes, store manager." Tessai said as he opened up the door to the shops entrance. "It seems like thing are going to be a bit more troublesome with the gigai's too."

"Yes, there's that too. I'll handle that matter though, limiters aren't really that troublesome to handle." I say as he goes opens up the door to another room.

"You still haven't filled you quota by the way manager." Tessai says with a gleam in his eyes.

"Eh, heh." I say in reply.

(Ichigo's POV the next day)

"R-Renji! Ikkaku! Yumichika! Rangiku-san! Toushiro!" I shout, what were they doing here?

"It's Captain Hitsugaya to you!" Toushiro says.

I'll just ask them directly. "Why are you guys here?"

"Orders from above," Renji says. "We're preparing for the coming battle with the arrancar by entering the real world and joining forces with shinigami representative, or so we were told."

"Arran... Who?" Does he mean those guys?

"Mhah? What's up with you? You were fighting without knowing who your enemy was?" Renji says as Yumichika facepalms.

"Idiot!" A familiar voice says. "The guys who tore you up the other day!"

I turned back to said familiar voice. "Rukia!"

"It's been a while hasn't it, Ichigo?"

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That's it, le end of chapter. You know what happens next. Thanks for reading. There may be a new chapter soon, or not. Who knows? My friends will be the deciding factors. Take care. Thanks for reading again.