So new story and shit. This is a Urahara x Ichigo story with Ichigo as the uke.

Not much to say here other than I hope you enjoy it. If not I'm sorry.

Warning if you like Orihime don't read this story! I don't like her personally so I cant really ever write good things about her, I'm so sorry!

I don't own Bleach or any of the characters. This is my story line however.

Chapter 1: Setting sail

News all over the networks of explorers and scientists were buzzing.

Why you may ask?

An island had been found. A remote island with no clear signs of people living for a matter of ages, all that was there of any note for the news was the hulking temple that peaked over the canopy of trees; no one knew what was in the temple.

A skilled team of different scientist and explorers were gathered.

Urahara, Mayuri and Szayel were the three lead scientists as they were highly regarded in their fields.

Each scientist was a specialist in his own field. Urahara was an explorer scientist while Mayuri was just a normal regular scientist who was curious about the possible mechanics of the temple. Szayel was an operational scientist more interested in the land around the temple for new plants to be used in medicine.

Each scientist brought their own team along with a medical group.

In this group were two doctors along with their sons and a few other medical personal such as paramedics and so forth in case someone got hurt. They also had a group of people who here rather dangerous for protection. Leading this group was Aizen Sosuke. Owner of the mercenary group as well as close friend to Urahara, hence how he got such a high paying job.

In his team was Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Nnoitra Gilga, Tier Harribel, Coyote Starrk, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck and Yammy Llargo.

At the moment Ichigo son of Isshin Kurosaki one of the doctors coming along was packing his bags. He lived alone in a small yet fancy apartment. There was a knock on the door making said male straighten up as he was about to zip up his bag.

He moved towards his front door. He looked into the peep hole and mentally groaned. On the other side of the door was his fellow university student as well as soon to be intern if he remembered right. Only problem was the girl highly annoyed him with her over bubbly attitude.

Yet he couldn't be mean to the girl. He did however know that it might have given the woman the wrong signals. What was worse was that another member of the medical team was in love with the red head woman. Signing Ichigo opened the door and turned around without saying a word. He didn't have the energy to deal with the bubbly Orihime Inoue.

"Hello Ichigo! All done packing?" She asked as she slumped her bags onto the ground without a care. That annoyed the man somewhat. This was his home she was invading sp rudely and now she probably made a nasty scuff mark on his wooden floor.

The woman walked into his kitchen and filled his kettle with water, Ichigo left to go back to his room. He did hear her opening cupboards till she found the right one and putting down mugs. The clank of teaspoons meeting different surfaces before the sound of his fridge being opened and closed, all he could do to calm himself down was count to ten inside his head and hope that the other members of their group showed up soon.

Seeing his bags as an excuse to avoid talking to the woman Ichigo opened his bag and made sure he had everything needed. For the fourth time.

There was another knock along with Orihime chiming that she would get it. Ichigo ignored the rest as he took his recheck seriously. He had enough clothes, enough socks and other undergarments, had three pairs of shoes made for hiking and such. He had his medical gear in their own bag with enough pain reliever, stitching gear and other necessities. Nodding to himself he looked up when there was a knock on his doorframe. Looking up Ichigo gave a smirk when he saw his father standing there with a grin of his own.

"Making sure I see." He commented and handed Ichigo the coffee Orihime no doubt made for him. Signing in slight annoyance he took the coffee. He took a sip but his face scrunched up in disgust when the too sweet coffee assaulted his poor tongue. He handed the coffee cup back to his father before vaulting for his bathroom where he spat out the sweet mixture of water, coffee granules, milk and what felt like forty grams of sugar.

"God how much of my sugar did she thrown in there?" Ichigo gasped looking into the mirror back at his father who took a sip himself. His father had a stronger sweet tooth so he could at least swallow it but he too made a face. "Well I am guessing more than the two teaspoons you normally drink." His father quipped.

His father knew that he was gay long before and it didn't bother him. Ichigo had witnessed his mother's murder after all and went through a lot of hardships. He just wanted his son to be happy, besides his two daughters could give him grandchildren.

Isshin Kurosaki was contacted by a Scientist named Urahara Kisuke, he wanted to know if it was possible to get a medical team together to go exploring and keep them healthy. His son having heard the whole thing made such an excited look, that there was no way that the elder Kurosaki couldn't possibly not agree to partake the exploration as the medical team captain. Ichigo demanded to be able to come along. Knowing that Ichigo wanted to become a trauma doctor he agreed knowing it would help his son immensely. He then contacted Ishida senior asking the silver haired man if he would join or knew of someone who could help. Senior Ishida agreed to come along seeing it as a very good opportunity to get out and apparently bond with his son who would be joining as well.

Uryuu had invited Orihime who was also a med student planning on becoming a nurse with a little more experience than most as it was her last year before she would switch to nursing. Ichigo had invited his pal Chad who was on his way to becoming a paramedic.

A few other medical members were tagged along.

Ichigo used his mouthwash to take the taste of vile over sweet coffee out of his mouth. Once he was done he poured the coffee down the drain without remorse. It was vile coffee, and he didn't owe the girl anything. He didn't even really know her.

Signing Ichigo flopped onto his bed and zipped up his bag. There was another knock and an overly chirpy Orihime. There was silence meaning Orihime probably didn't know who the person on the other side was. Ichigo stood and walked to the front door to see his tall Hispanic friend looking down at the girl in confusion. "Hey Chad." Ichigo said and moved to the door. Orihime had to quickly get out of the way lest she wanted to be in the way. She saw Ichigo smile up at the larger male in a friendly fashion.

She just couldn't do anything it seemed to get Ichigo to smile at her. She remembered when she saw the man for the first time. It was the briefing room for all the doctors and medical staff going along with the explorers.

Ichigo was leaning against the back wall standing next to his father and the Hispanic man now joining their group. Ichigo didn't look around him, he only listened to the blue haired man scientist came to get them up to date with the plans and dates of the day of flight where they would fly to the nearest airport then by sea they would go forth to the island that has never been seen before.

Now it was D-day.

Only two more people had to show up. The reason why they all gather at his apartment was due to the fact it was closest to the airport and the company the scientists worked for would send transport to only one address as they had to stop at other locations along the way.

A few minutes later after Ichigo had dragged his two bags to the living room to sit down next his best friend and also to avoid talking to Orihime. On the dot ten in the morning there was a rap on the door. Isshin opened the door this time greeting his fellow co-worker and his son. Uryuu's eyes lit up when he saw Orihime in her light yellow sundress. Ichigo scoffed wondering how the woman failed to notice the love in her friend's eyes.

Uryuu misread the scoff for an act of arrogance.

With all needed members at the ready the men and woman gathered their things. Ichigo walked out last arming his alarm and locking his door.

They all made their way down stairs to the waiting cars.

Urahara was already at the dock, on the large ship waiting to take them over the vast blue sea to the small island he founded by chance. He was so excited he was practically vibrating where he stood next to his friend and co explorer.

Yoruichi couldn't help but giggle at her friend. The man loved to find and discover new things and places. She sometimes wished that he could use that enthusiasm to find someone to settle down with but alas nobody had yet to catch the blonde man's eye.

Urahara was one of the youngest ever scientist known to mankind. He was just twenty six. He came from a family of smart people so it was obvious that the blonde would have an early start, his father was an explorer as himself while his mother worked in a lab finding cures for illnesses.

Now he was leading his very first expedition. He had funding and the help of other smart minded people. The scientific team and brawn team were already onboard; they were now waiting for half of the medical team to arrive. The group took longer due to them being from farther away and their need to get their medical supplies at the hospital, clearance at the airports and such.

"So Kisuke…" the mocha skinned woman beside him drawled. He groaned knowing where the conversation was going. His childhood best friend was worried about him, told it so to his face on more than one occasion. She had good intentions he supposed but it wasn't his fault that no one caught his eye.

"I know I know Yor, but I just want someone with that spark I suppose." He said and looked to the purple haired woman to his side. She was about to speak but that was the same time that two SUV vehicles, one with a trailer attached to the end rolled into the docking bay. The two people were soon joined by the rest of the people on board.

"So the medical team is here?" Starkk of the mercenaries sniper spoke lazily as he hung his arms over the railing while resting his chin on the wooden top. "Finally!" Nnoitra nearly roared from where he stood between Yammi and Grimmjow.

The blue haired man watched with interest as the doctors climbed out of the cars. First to climb out was a woman with long orange hair and big grey eyes, she wore a yellow summer dress that enhanced her already large bosom.

Her breasts were nowhere near as big as Harribel's but still big. Next was a stiff looking young man with blue black hair and blue eyes, he wore a white shirt with a large blue cross over it, his pants where neat slacks and dress shoes he also had a pair of dark blue square glasses. After that a man with silvery white hair and blue eyes and a silver pair of square glasses similar to the younger man stepped out. He was similarly dressed only his shirt had no blue cross over it. They were riding in the front car that didn't have the trailer.

The car behind it stopped closer to the ship so that the trailer could be unhooked and emptied into the ship's cargo hold. The first person to step out of the SUV was a tall Hispanic man that didn't really suit the look of a doctor so they all guessed that he was a paramedic, he was wearing a tight red three quarter shirt and brown pants with brown running shoes. The next person to step out was a dark haired male with slight stubble and a loud Hawaiian shirt. The last person to step out got a few raised eyebrows.

"That guy should be a model not a doc." Grimmjow said with big eyes as he watched the man climb out the SUV. The woman before had orange hair was well but this man's hair was a more shocking shade that coloured the shoulder length tresses, he was lightly tanned with what looked like rather big brown eyes that were slightly angular. The man was frowning as if he was annoyed.

The dark haired man with the Hawaiian shirt made his way over to the orange haired man and threw an arm around his shoulder. It was then when the similarities between the two showed. The taller man was waving his arm wildly while it looked like he was talking rather excitedly with the red head. Said red head just arched a brow. The other three members made their way over to their group.

There was a very static vibe amongst the two younger men, the raven haired man pushed up his glasses as he spoke. He clearly said the wrong thing as the red head launched himself at the raven haired man. The sheer quickness the man showed impressed them all. The Hispania had quickly grabbed hold of the red head but he didn't account for the reach of the red head's arms as one hand shot out and grabbed the raven by the shirt.

The orange haired man pulled the wide eyed male closer. Whatever he must have said clearly shocked those around them as the silver haired man couldn't seem to move while the dark haired man who they all assumed to be the father of the red head smiled smugly almost proudly. The red head shoved the raven haired man away and walked away with the Hispanic man and father in tow. They all helped the ship crew carry bags and crates inside.

The other three just made their way up the ramp. The woman looked uncomfortable to say the least. Once they were on board they all watched as the rest of the medical group walk up as well. The red head was last to climb off the ramp.

He was wearing a simple pair of jeans. Black shirt and black all stars. He was looking all around him not really taking in the people he would be sharing the ship with for three days. Yoruichi turned to talk to Urahara but paused when she saw something she had never before seen.

Urahara was staring, yes staring at the red head with a look of pure fascination. This fascination was what she had always wanted to see on the blonde's face. He was interested in the red head. She walked over to the group of six, these where the last but most important members of the medical team as the paramedics of the nearby hospital where here before and were already inside.

"Hello glad you could make it." She said with a friendly smile.

The dark haired older male walked forward. "Hello I'm Isshin Kurosaki, lead doctor of the medical team. This is my son Ichigo who is a trauma doctor in training and his friend Chad Yasutora a paramedic in training." The man gestured towards Ichigo who was staring off into the distance not seemingly paying attention while Chad just nodded.

However the moment the group walked closer his eyes snapped in their direction. The silvery haired man sighed and pushed up his glasses. "My name is Ryūken Ishida, this is my son Uryuu and our helping hand Orihime Inoue."

Orihime gave a bubbly wave, her innocent aura made most wonder if she would be able to handle the ship ride as well as the large mass of male testosterone. Luckily there was Harribel and Nel.

The captain of the ship came them claiming that the ship was about to leave the harbour. Kisuke gave the captain the go-ahead to proceed. Then the blonde looked at the medical group, his eyes kept giving the red head glances. Said red head was looking at him as well. It was then when he and the rest noticed the man was frowning, it wasn't a nasty frown neither was it an annoyed frown. It looked like the man was just frowning for the hell of it.

"My name is Kisuke Urahara and I am the head scientist. This is Szayel Granz and Mayuri Kurotsuchi my fellow scientists. This lovely woman beside me is Yoruichi Shihōin" the blonde had gained Ichigo's attention almost instantaneously. The blonde had a goofy almost playful aura about him as if he was excited which in their situation would make sense as he was apparently the lead scientist.

He was wearing what looked like a pair of grey green slacks with dress shoes and a white dress shirt. It was obvious that the man came straight from a meeting of some sort. The other two men where white lab coats obscuring what they wore underneath besides the lower part of their legs and feet which wore normal clothes, Yoruichi wore some slim fitting track pants with a black strap top. The woman was sexy.

The next group came closer. Ichigo brown eyes drifted away from the blonde as the more colourful group introduced themselves. Aizen stepped forward and placed his right hand over his chest with a charming smile he introduced himself.

"Greetings my name is Aizen Sosuke, owner of the Espada mercenary group. " Sharp brown eyes saw that Chad and Ichigo looked at each other impressed. Well seemed two of the group knew of them. Starkk moved forward in his lazy fashion. "Name's Starkk Coyote and I am going to take a nap." He said and stalked off. Ichigo just raised a brow looking half amused.

Harribel and Nel introduced themselves in their own unique manner, Harribel to the point bluntness and Nel bubbly but not as annoying as Orihime. A man with shocking blue hair gave a wide grin showing off sharp teeth. "Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez." The tallest man Ichigo had ever seen gave a piano grin that made him think of his one friend Shinji.

"Nnoitra Gilga." They all went into the ship's mess hall afterwards for something to drink. The ship was one of the smaller ships but big enough for most facilities to be big and spacious.

The medical team stuck together getting duties and such under way and so made a good plan with roles for everyone. Once done Ichigo and Chad left the room going back up to go watch what was happening on top of the upper deck.

They stayed there for a while but come down later because it got chilly. The two where bunking with Kurosaki senior. The Ishida males got their own room while Orihime bunked with Harribel and Nel.

When dinner time arrived the all made way to the mess hall once more. This time they sat where they wanted to. Kurosaki senior and Ishida senior were discussing patients quietly in the one corner. Ichigo and Chad were chatting idly in the middle of one of the two long tables. Orihime zoned in on the other red head and walked over skipping a little bit nearly spilling her drink. She sat herself down next to Ichigo who scooted away the moment she sat down, the woman didn't seem to notice. Before the woman could speak Grimmjow took the chance to get to know the interesting red head better. He sat down on the other side of the red head. He also noticed that the man didn't scoot away from him.

That was probably because he did know what personal space was.

"So Ichigo was it?" his gruff voice drifted through the air. Ichigo's brown eyes met his cobalt blue hues. Grimmjow liked the look in the male's eyes. There was defiance in there, a will that spoke of someone who didn't give up.

"Yeah, Grimmjow right?" Ichigo's tenor suited his face Grimmjow decided. Ichigo had sharp features but not as sharp as his. Ichigo's nose had a softer tip and his face was thinner and had a sharp chin where he had a more wide jaw. Ichigo's eyes were almond in shape but upturned when they reached the outer part of them giving him angular eyes whereas Grimmjow's cat-like eyes.

The blue haired man nodded and started to munch on his food still eying the red head as he also ate. Orihime tried to get the man into a conversation but it seemed that the red head had no interest in the other red head.

"Trauma doctor, that the doctors that work on you when you get in an accident?" Grimmjow asked getting tired of Orihime's sickly sweet voice. Uryuu came then and sat down across Orihime. He pushed up his glasses. "Yes that's the only doctor Ichigo could possibly be." The man gave a snarky remark.

Grimmjow wasn't prepared for the red head to once again grab the man's shirt using his taller body to easily grab a hold of Uryuu's shirt. Ichigo's eyes were ablaze with anger and annoyance.

"Listen here you little shit. Say one more thing about my choice of roles to pursue and I won't resist making your eyes mach your hair. Trauma doctors work just as hard as any other doctor. They work with people who are on death's door. Hold you fucking opinion to yourself next time because I never recalled anyone ever asking you for yours mister cardio surgeon wannabe." Ichigo hissed and sat down again eating as if he didn't just threatened to give the man slightly across him two black eyes he was fully capable of giving.

The whole room was deathly quiet. Orihime shifted as she looked from Uryuu to Ichigo. The red head had calmed down easily having said his say. Uryuu knew better than to run his tongue.

The one thing Ichigo always had been touchy about was his choice in doctor roles he chose. It seemed that Ichigo's patience was growing thin with him and his constant jabbing at his pride. He just couldn't help it. He wanted to sully the man's standing in Orihime's eyes. He knew Ichigo wasn't interested in Orihime, why he didn't know.

But Orihime only seemed to have eyes for Ichigo who didn't even glance her way as he spoke with the blue haired man. Chad had gotten into the chat as well giving one word mumbles most of the times while sometimes giving a full sentence.

Once dinner was over Ichigo walked with his empty tray to the kitchen window and gave the chef nearby his tray and a warm thank you. He left the room without looking back. Grimmjow glanced at Chad seeing the man slowly eating his food not worried about Ichigo leaving making the blue haired man think that Ichigo must have told the taller man where he'd be off to.

Ichigo was walking down the hallway, the rooms where all bare as far as he could see by the lack of light coming from the doors. One door however was open and streamed light into the hallway. Pocking his head in he saw it was Urahara's room and said man was sitting looking over maps. Ichigo tapped the metal frame making the blonde look up in surprise.

With a wave of the hand Urahara beckoned Ichigo inside. Seeing as he was given permission Ichigo came over and looked at the map of the world where there was a small red cross in the middle of a large mass of blue. "Is that where the island is?" Ichigo asked and leaned closer to look at the pretty map. However to do so he had to lean near Urahara's shoulder, the blonde haired man subtly inhaled the red head's smell.

He smelled… heavenly.

A mix of something spicy and musky.

Ichigo looked to Urahara. "Do you know where we are now?" he asked with a little excitement shining through in his brown eyes that looked like chocolate and caramel melted together.

He cleared his throat and looked down at the map; he pointed a long finger at a small area just a little away from the big chunk that was a piece of America. "So not that far yet? Well we did set sail late afternoon so I guess we'll make up for it tomorrow?" Ichigo asked looking back at Urahara as he rose to his full height of five foot eleven maybe six foot Urahara wasn't sure.

"Yes the ship will continue sailing throughout the night and into the next day. We won't stop to refuel or such as the ship has enough for a two way journey." Urahara said and watched as Ichigo started to sniffled through his photographs he had taken of the temple when he discovered the island.

"Oh, how did you even discover this place?" Ichigo asked as he looked though the photos of the forest and odd looking plants.

Urahara's eyes lit up in happiness as well as excitement. "Ah I was travelling with my father who does the same as I do, we were actually looking for underwater structures and such. Anything really, it's a fun pass time for my father and I. while sailing we just… came upon the island I suppose. I checked the maps to see if it was on them but there was nothing." Urahara watched Ichigo as he told his tale. The longer he told the less Ichigo looked at the photos.

By the end Ichigo was looking at him. A smile found its way on Ichigo's face. "Sounds like fun." Ichigo said looking down at the photos once again, the last few photos where close ups of the temple. The moment Ichigo saw these he frowned. "Something wrong?" Urahara asked looking a little concerned.

Ichigo's eyes looked up from the photos.

"I get an odd feeling from these." Ichigo said and handed the photos back.

"Oh?" Urahara inquired looking at the photos of the temple. The temple had an Aztec feeling with Norse like carvings. No longer decipherable at all, they were chipped and faded. There was vine like plants growing all over and the entryway was blocked by large rocks that explosives at the right places could easily get rid of.

"Yeah I feel… I guess I'd say… I feel like I want to go there no… more like I need to go there." Ichigo sounded confused by his own words but shrugged it off. "Ha I'm probably just being a curious cat again." Ichigo laughed with Urahara joining in.

The two men chatted more about the temple and island.

"So what was the island like?" Ichigo asked now sitting on the blonde's bed after asking him of course. He had removed his shoes and was now hugging his knees with his chin resting on the one knee. Brown eyes were looking at grey ones.

Urahara sat back in his chair looking up in thought.

"Well it was rather tropical, odd plants I have never seen before were everywhere. The trees were old and formed a canopy shielding most light but they have light leaves so it's still bright. It smelled clean as one would expect from somewhere nowhere near the pollution of our everyday world.

Ichigo was listening closely as he explained all the plants he saw the smells he smelt and as much detail as he could. Ichigo didn't look bored one moment. When he was done Ichigo leaned back onto the bed and sighed.

"I can't wait to see it for myself." Ichigo said looking up at the ceiling. Urahara hummed as he watched the red head stretch much like a cat arching its back. Ichigo rolled onto his side looked back at Urahara, a comfortable silence settled upon them.

Urahara remembered what Isshin said about his son.

"Trauma doctor in training? How old are you f I may ask?" Urahara asked and watched as Ichigo's eyes roll back to him from where he laid.

"I'm twenty two in a few months. My old man said that because I already chose which direction I want to go in. I'm still a student." Ichigo said and rolled onto his stomach, his shirt twisted with him leaving his stomach and lower back exposed.

Urahara glanced at the smooth looking skin before looking back to Ichigo's brown eyes that looked on the droopy side. "This is my fourth year. I started uni after high school. My father had gotten me medical books since I showed interest in pursuing a medical career. Probably the happiest day of his life when I asked him to buy me a book on illnesses and such, I think I was thirteen when I asked that. Never turned back or got bored with it." Ichigo said as he rose slowly allowing his black shirt to fall back down as gravity lent its hand.

"My mom was a nurse as well so I was always surrounded by the medical life. My twin baby sisters are now staying with my aunt, one of them want to follow in our mother's footsteps and become a nurse even though she loves cooking. My other one wants to become a soccer player or police woman." Ichigo's face softened when he spoke of his family.

Urahara did notice the 'was' when he spoke about his mother. "Your mother?" He asked hoping he wasn't crossing the line.

Ichigo just gave a sad smile.

"She died when I was nine, she was shot in a robbery gone bad." Ichigo's manner of speaking made Urahara wonder if it was a long time ago, enough time for the male to come to terms with what had happened, and if so he done so remarkably well.

"That is rather horrible." He commented.

Ichigo shrugged. Before anyone could speak Isshin poked his head in the room seeing his son on the bed while Urahara was behind his desk. There was no weird vibe in the room, merely a friendly one. Ichigo grinned at his father.

"Yo goat face." He greeted making Isshin grin back. "Just wanted to see where you are." The man said and stepped into the room. Urahara saw the easy going attitude the two Kurosaki's had with one another. It warmed his heart that there were still families who took tragedy as a way of growing stronger not falling apart.

These would be three interesting days indeed.

Okay so thanks for reading and everything. I hope it wasn't boring, if you have questions please ask and I'll get back to you.

I will update as soon as possible!

Also I don't know if I will be able to get Urahara's signature hate and other do dads un here... hope that's okay... XC