Bleach: A Demonic Encounter
Story Summary: A mysterious boy shows up in Karakura town, and he turns out to be half demon! But will this hybrid creature actually help Ichigo realize his feelings for Orihime and take their relationship further? And what happens when Rukia admits she has feelings for Ichigo as well? Let's see what this demon love therapist has prescribed for these three.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, any of the characters in it or any companies associated with it, the only thing I "own" is the OC used in this story.
Story Genre: Romance, Comedy, Supernatural
Bleach: A Demonic Encounter – Chapter 1
The morning sun pooled onto the quiet city of Karakura Town, signaling the beginning of a school day for a certain orange haired boy. As Ichigo Kurosaki groaned and slowly got out of bed, he walked over and knocked twice on his closet door to wake up his "room mate" Rukia Kuchiki.
"Hey! Rukia, are you awake? It's time for school." Ichigo said, but received nothing in response. He got frustrated and forcefully opened up the door. "Are you deaf! I said it's-" Ichigo was stopped in mid sentence when he got a full force kick to the face from Rukia, due to him "walking in" on her changing into her school uniform.
"What the hell Ichigo! You don't just open a lady's bedroom door without waiting for permission!" Rukia screamed at Ichigo who was struggling to stay conscious.
"Bedroom door my ass! You live in my closet first off, and second I was waiting for permission, you could have at least told me to wait!"
"That doesn't mean you need to suddenly open up my door!" Ichigo sighed and walked out of his room without saying another word, he didn't feel like continuing an argument he had no hopes of winning. As he walked into the kitchen, Karin and Yuzu greeted him with a gentle good morning, and after he dodged a flying kick from his father Isshin and punched him in his gut to temporarily paralyze him, he sat at the table and began eating quickly. Yuzu noticed and looked at her brother with a concerned look.
"Ichi-nii, what's wrong? Did you get into a fight with Rukia again?" Recently Ichigo had told everyone that Rukia had been staying in his closet for the past couple years, and after Isshin got over his over-dramatic thoughts of what the two could have been doing in the past years, they all accepted it.
Ichigo put down his bowl of half-finished breakfast and grabbed his stuff, as he began walking out the door he yelled, "no, just her being territorial again". Rukia ran down the stairs and ran out the door after him.
"You bastard! You forgot me!" Yuzu and Karin heard Rukia yell at Ichigo, all the while trying to keep up with him.
"I didn't forget anything! I was hoping you wouldn't notice me leaving without you." Ichigo called back, while running full speed for his school, attempting to avoid Rukia's headlock she was planning on giving him if she caught him.
Karin sighed, "I swear those two act like an old married couple, or just a couple all-together..." she said, and looked at Yuzu who was now blushing and shaking.
"W-what are you trying to say Karin? Ichi-nii and Rukia aren't dating … are they?"
Karin shrugged, "beats me, to be honest I don't think Rukia is suited for Ichigo, I think Orihime would be a better match for him."
"Why do you think that?" Yuzu looked at Karin with a puzzled look.
"I don't know, they've been friends for a while and have known each other longer than Rukia has been around, and besides, I already know Orihime has feelings for Ichigo."
"Y-you can't be sure about that!" Yuzu was shaking again, she looked like she was ready to cry.
"Well, whatever she feels for him, i'm sure we'll find out soon. Come on, we have to go to school now too." Yuzu nodded as they grabbed their book-bags and headed out the door. Some time later at Karakura High School, homeroom was about to begin for Ichigo and the rest of the gang. The usual day to day occurrences were going on, everything from Keigo trying to make a move on Rukia to Chizuru getting a harsh kick to the stomach from Tatsuki for trying to kiss Orihime.
"Aren't you ever going to learn?" Tatsuki said with an annoyed tone of voice to Chizuru who was now in a fetal position on the floor trying to catch her breath from the kick.
"Tatsuki, I think you were too harsh this time ..." Orihime said worriedly, seeing Chizuru cough up a little blood.
"Hey it's her fault! She won't leave you alone!"
"Well yeah but ..." Orihime frowned and sat down, knowing she couldn't change Tatsuki's overly-defensive nature. The bell rang and the teacher walked in as everyone took their seats, everyone quieted down and attendance was taken.
"Alright class, listen up! As you all know, today is the class field trip to a digging site, however, if you don't have your permission slip signed you can't come and you'll have to wait the four hours in the art room."
Rukia raised her hand, "Excuse me sensei, can you direct me to the art room? I was unable to get my form signed."
"Keigo can show you the way since he didn't get his signed either, he probably forgot." Ichigo said.
"I didn't forget!" Keigo whined out loud, "my mom didn't want to sign it!"
"Probably because she didn't want to torture the rest of us with four hours of your presence," Ichigo remarked, "remind me to thank her later, Mizuiro."
Mizuiro nodded, "will do, it'll give me a chance to thank her as well."
Keigo laughed out loud, "Haha you guys are funny, I know you don't really mean th-"
"Yes we do", Ichigo and Mizuiro both responded in unison, "have fun in the art room."
"You guys are too cruel!" Keigo shouted, before sulking and dragging his way to the art room with Rukia following him.
"Well now that that's been taking care of … everyone please drop your permission slips in this basket on my desk and stand outside together while we wait for the buses."
Everyone put their slips in the basket and headed downstairs, when everyone was outside Ichigo was with his normal group of friends waiting for the buses, and after a while he spoke up. "I don't see where the fun is in digging up a bunch of rocks, it's not like we're gonna find anything useful."
"You didn't have to come, you know. I'm sure we'd have more fun without you're presence anyways." Uryū said while using his finger to adjust the position of his glasses.
"What was that? I just didn't feel like spending an eternity in the art room, and besides, I'm sure everyone would have more fun with you gone than me, four eyes! You probably can't even pick up the shovel 'cuz you're so damn weak!" Ichigo and Uryū were now in each others faces while red waves of hate were radiating from each of them.
"At least I know how to use one! And besides, with your caveman level intelligence, you would probably end up hitting yourself in the face with it."
"Why you-" Ichigo was cut off when Tatsuki punched them both in the back of the head, knocking them both unconscious and to the ground.
"Would you two idiots knock it off, you're both useless in my opinion!"
The teacher walked outside and noticed the two boys laying on the ground with large bumps on their heads, sighing and walking up to the ground she looked at them both then looked at the others with a puzzled look. "Did those two get into another fight? We haven't even gotten to the dig site yet … and it looks like the buses are here, Sado, could you please carry them both to the bus? Just throw them into a random seat."
Chad nodded and picked Uryū and Ichigo up and threw them over his shoulders, after checking in with the bus driver and explaining what happened he set them down into different seats, one behind the other, he didn't want to risk them fighting again when they wake up. Everyone took their seats, most sitting by their friends so they could talk the entire trip. Tatsuki had to sit next to Uryū because Orihime sat next to Ichigo and there were no spare seats.
"Hey … Orihime, are you going to do it? You know, what we talked about?" Tatsuki whispered in Orihime's ear.
"I... I don't know if I can, Tatsuki-chan, i'm nervous ..." Orihime looked at Ichigo who was still passed out, his head resting on the window.
"You may never have another chance like this again, you have to be brave."
Orihime nodded, when they found out about the field trip, Tatsuki told Orihime that it was the perfect time to confess to Ichigo, since everyone had to split into pairs and dig in different areas. However, Orihime was having a tough time gathering up the courage, after all, she didn't want to be rejected and have their friendship get ruined.
"You'll be fine!", Tatsuki said with a smile and placed a hand on Orihime's shoulder, "you just gotta think positive things and don't freak out."
"Thanks, Tatsuki-chan," Orihime smiled and looked back at Ichigo, "today is the day, Kurosaki-kun ..."
~Bleach~
~An Hour Later~
The buses came to a halt as they pulled up to the designated dig site, it was a rocky area that was approximately half a mile long and wide. The students all piled out of the buses and met up with their teacher, who was holding a mega-phone while wearing her digging helmet already.
"Okay everyone! Here we are, after I get done explaining the rules and regulations, you can break up into your pairs and go find an area to dig, remember you can't be near any other pairs. First, you can bring back one item you find after it is deemed safe by our safety and digging supervisor, Jack. Second, if you try to injure anyone with your shovel or digging pick, you will be automatically removed from the dig site and be forced to sit on the bus for the remainder of the trip. You all have one hour to dig, so be careful and have fun!"
As the students grabbed their digging equipment and gear, they broke off into pairs and began heading into the dig site. They heard one last announcement from their teacher over the megaphone.
"Just to bring a little excitement to everyone, Jack just told me that this land used to be involved in various ceremonies and rituals that witch-doctors performed to cast various curses and hexes! So if you see a glowing fragment or moving bones, you might want to run."
"C-c-curses!" Orihime was shivering and ran off, leaving Ichigo behind.
"Hey! Orihime, wait for me!" Ichigo ran off after her, only to find her a minute later calmly digging near some large rocks.
"Don't run off like that again, and why are you so calm all of a sudden?" Ichigo walked up and began digging away at the soil near where Orihime was digging.
"Oh, um, I guess I just got over it! Haha ...guess we better get to work!" Orihime began hurriedly shoveling at the ground to avoid further embarrassment. However, she was shoveling so quick and was too flustered to realize that she was throwing all of the dirt right at Ichigo.
"Are you trying to bury me and leave me here or something?" Ichigo said while a good sized mound of dirt was covering up his head. Orihime looked at him and became even more embarrassed, and started shoveling at the ground even faster, which only caused more dirt to be flung at Ichigo who was too stunned to do anything.
After around half an hour passed, their teacher started walking around the dig-site handing out bottles of water to everyone. When she came across Orihime and Ichigo's dig spot, all she saw was dirt being flung out of a hole at a large dirt pile.
"Well, I see you two are enthusiastic about this whole thing! How are you two- wait, Inoue, where's Kurosaki?" When she looked down into the hole, she only saw Orihime shoveling like a madwoman, and nobody else.
"Kurosaki-kun should be right next to me, digging near this hole." Orihime said, while her teacher just stared at the dirt pile.
"Um no that's just a … wait, do you hear something?" Orihime poked her head out of the hole when her teacher screamed. The pile of dirt was moving slightly and soft moans could be heard from it.
"It's a m-m-monster! A dirt monster! We're all going to be cursed and eaten!" The teacher yelled as she ran away at full speed, dropping the two water bottles she had. Orihime looked at the moving dirt pile, climbed out of the hole and walked up to it.
"Hi there Mr. Dirt Monster! When did you get there?"
"I'm not a dirt monster you idiot!"
"Hey that's strange you sound just like … Kurosaki-kun, is that you?"
Ichigo managed to shake enough dirt off to reveal his face, "of course it's me you moron, you buried me alive when you were digging like a maniac!"
"Ohhh ..." Orihime said with a singing tone of voice, then she turned around and climbed back into the hole. Ichigo sighed and managed to break away from the rest of the dirt pile, after he wiped himself off him walked over to Orihime's hole she was digging in.
"Whoa! Orihime, just how deep did you make this thing?" Ichigo yelled down the hole that was roughly 12 feet deep and 7 feet wide. "She must be really tired … to do all this in that small amount of time is incredible, especially for someone like her."
"I was trying to find something cool!" "and trying to avoid becoming any more embarrassing ..." Orihime thought to herself while blushing.
"Well have you found anything yet?" Ichigo looked around trying to find anything of interest, but only saw dirt and … more dirt.
"Not yet, but i'm sure I will if I keep- hey, what's this thing?" Orihime said, pointing at a grey-ish object sticking partially out of the bottom of the hole. Ichigo climbed down and kicked it, which made Orihime whimper in fear that he would break her only archaeological find.
"Relax, it's a steel box, probably has some mummified remains in it or something. Back up, i'm going to try and pull it out." Orihime nodded and gave Ichigo some room, he put a hand on each side of the box and pulled with all his might, suddenly the box came free from the ground and flew up and out of the hole.
"Ah dammit … come on let's go get it." Ichigo said as he climbed out of the hole, as Orihime was climbing out she heard a loud sound, almost like a laugh. When she looked at where the sound had come from, she noticed Ichigo standing with a huge grin on his face, Chad was standing next to him covering his face with the palm of his hand, they were both standing over a figure laying down on the ground next to the steel box that Ichigo accidentally threw out of the hole.
"Kurosaki-kun! Chad! What happened? Is he okay?" Orihime pulled herself up and looked at the person laying down, only to realize it's Uryū. When Ichigo caused the box to fly out of the hole, it ended up hitting Uryū in the head when Chad and himself were walking over to check up on them. A large bump was protruding from the back of Uryū's head.
"Uryū! Is he going to be okay? Should I heal him?" Orihime said getting ready to use her magical abilities.
"No, don't, if anyone sees you it will become a pain and difficult to explain, and besides ..." Ichigo looked at his unconscious classmate, "he deserves this for calling me a caveman earlier."
"Ichigo ..." Chad spoke up, "I think we should take him to the supervisor."
"Alright fine … Orihime we'll be right back, stay here and try not to hurt anyone else." Ichigo began walking with Chad who had Uryū slung over his right shoulder.
"But you're the one who-!" Orihime started to speak, but they were already too far away to hear her. She sighed and looked at the steel box that had knocked her friend out cold. "Maybe I should see what's inside … after all, I was the one who found it, b-but what if it has mummified parts in it like Kurosaki-kun said? Ohhh I have to know what's in it!" Orihime grabbed the box and examined it, there was no lock, and the box itself looked really old, but then again anything will look old if buried under-ground for a long time. The front of it had a small handle you turned that clicked the box open.
"Well, here goes nothing ..." Orihime turned the small handle to the left while holding the box as far away from her as possible, the top of he box flew open and dust went everywhere, after Orihime was done coughing she cautiously looked at the opened box. "There aren't any mummified parts … there's, a book!" Inside the box was a book about 6 inches in diameter and length, it had a golden wave design on the spine and was layered in purple felt. It was quite small, but big or small it was still treasure to her. The book's design was beautiful, but the one thing that stood out the most was the title, it was in a language that Orihime had never seen before.
"Zennshi Kiel il Arakalada" Orihime managed to mouth out, the language itself was difficult to pronounce and didn't sound like anything she had read before. She picked the book up out of the box and examined it further, it looked brand new, almost as if nobody had even touched it. She opened the book, but noticed there wasn't a single thing on any of the pages.
"Aww … and I was thinking I found something cool!" Orihime whined, not realizing Tatsuki was standing right behind her.
"Found what, exactly?" Tatsuki's sudden words made Orihime jump and almost drop the book.
"Tatsuki-chan, don't scare me like that! You almost made me drop my treasure!" Tatsuki looked at the small purple item Orihime was holding.
"It looks like a regular book … a very dolled up book."
"It isn't just a book! It's valuable, I found it in that steel box that knocked Ishida-kun unconscious."
"I see … are you sure that thing isn't cursed? Remember when the teacher said, it could be a voodoo book." Tatsuki was trying to scare Orihime, but to no avail. Orihime proudly marched away with the book.
"I'm going to go get this approved by Jack so I can take it home!" She called out to Tatsuki who was standing there in confusion as to why Orihime didn't drop the book and run away like she normally would.
"Maybe she's having a good day … wait, don't tell me, she confessed to Ichigo finally! Wait, there's no way … Orihime would be as red as a tomato and she would have told me the moment she did, not running off doing who-knows-what. Orihime, wait up!"
~Bleach~
~Half an hour later~
"Alright everyone! Come back and put away your things, and show Jack anything you've found if you want to take it home." The teacher yelled into the megaphone, as the students began dragging themselves back to the buses. Most of them had found nothing, except Chad who had found a large boulder with some runes inscribed on it, but since it wouldn't fit through the door of the bus, he couldn't take it home.
After everyone got on the bus and settled into their seats, Orihime was swaying back and forth humming a happy tune. Ichigo looked at her with a look of "what the hell are you doing" on his face. Orihime realized he was looking at her and stopped humming, and instead started flipping through the book.
"Hey Orihime, was that inside that steel box you found?" Ichigo said, staring at the small purple book.
"Y-yeah, it's beautiful isn't it? It doesn't have any writing inside though … except for these seven pages marked with one word each and all of the pages are dyed a crimson red, it's almost like they're chapter dividers." Orihime looked at the seven pages, and read in her mind: "Greed, Pride, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy" one of the words was on each of the seven crimson pages, although the words themselves were in a black-ish, purple tint.
"Whoa … Orihime, be careful with that thing, I don't think it's safe. I can sense some weird energy radiating from it," Ichigo said while looking at the book, his head was right next to Orihime's which only made her blush and quickly close the book.
"Don't worry Kurosaki-kun, i'll be fine! I have you to protect me, right?" Orihime gasped when she realized what she just said, and hid her face in her hands. She was afraid to hear Ichigo's response, hoping he wouldn't laugh at her, but instead he said something she wasn't expecting.
"Of course, Orihime, i'll always be here to protect you." Orihime looked up from covering her hands, and noticed Ichigo was smiling slightly at her. She blushed even more and smiled back.
"Hey ..." The two jumped and looked behind them at the person who was glaring at them both, "are you two going to inform me exactly why Kurosaki threw a steel box at me? Chad told me all the details, and I can't help but think it was on purpose." It was Uryū, he had woken up about 5 minutes before they got onto the buses.
"Hey don't go blaming me! You should have ducked." Ichigo scoffed back at him, staring out the window while completely ignoring Uryū's rants.
"Ugh, fine you win, so Orihime what is that thing?" Uryū said while staring at the item enclosed in her hands.
"A book ..." Orihime said bluntly, she didn't really want to explain all of that again, especially to the boy who just ruined her special moment with Ichigo.
"Alright … well let me know if it does anything weird, you can't expect this brick head to defend you against anything." Uryū said while pointing at Ichigo, who didn't even look in his direction. "At least say something!" Uryū shouted.
"Say, Orihime, do you hear anything? It almost sounds like a pesky insect, it should be careful or it's going to get squashed."
"Well, I uh ..." Orihime stuttered in her response, and looked back at Uryū who was radiating waves of hatred towards Ichigo, who continued ignoring him. Tatsuki poked Orihime's shoulder to get her attention.
"So, did you do it?" Tatsuki whispered.
"No ...", Orihime responded, hanging her head in sadness, "I didn't really have a chance."
"Well that's alright! I'm sure you'll be able to do it some day." Tatsuki said while patting Orihime's head.
Uryū and Ichigo looked at Tatsuki with curious looks on their faces, "do what?" they both asked in unison.
"None of your business, now go back to sleep, you two were so much quieter on the way here."
Uryū and Ichigo groaned and remained quiet for the rest of the bus ride back. After they arrived back at the school, it was already time to go home. Although it was only lunch time, the class got special permission before-hand to go home early due to the field trip, plus they all desperately needed to shower and get rid of the layers of dust they were caked in.
Orihime waited at the gate for Ichigo so she could walk home with him, she saw him walking up to her, smiled and waved at him.
"Hey, Orihime," Ichigo called out to her, "sorry but I can't walk home with you today, I have to run a few errands for my family."
"Oh, do you want some help?" Orihime was desperately trying to find a way to spend some time together with Ichigo, although that plan failed as well.
"Nah it's fine, i'll see ya tomorrow, bye Orihime." Ichigo waved as he walked away, leaving Orihime standing at the gate with a fading smile on her face.
"Goodbye … Kurosaki-kun ..."
~Bleach
~Later in the day, nighttime~
Orihime had just gotten out of the shower, she slipped into her pajama pants and button-up top and walked into her room. She put the word-less book on her nightstand next to her bed and laid down. The day went well, but not the way she was hoping, she couldn't help but think of her failure to confess to Ichigo. She felt weak and cowardly, but most of all, sad. She had been through so much with him, everything from the soul society intrusion, to the Bount invasion, to being kidnapped and held captive in Hueco Mundo.
"He has always been there for me, always protected me and kept me safe … but I can't tell him what he means to me." Tears started to flow from her eyes and down her cheeks, she couldn't help but smile while remembering all of the times he has been there to brighten up her day with his gentle smile and warm presence.
"Oh who am I kidding ..." Orihime said out loud, trying to wipe the tears away, "Kurosaki-kun would never fall for a girl like me, i'm just … too useless." More tears came down as Orihime started sobbing, but while she was busy crying her eyes out she didn't notice the book she put on her nightstand was starting to glow slightly.
"If only I could tell him how I feel ..." Orihime buried her face in her pillow, the book began shaking slightly and the title of the book lit up and changed to read, "Demonic Book of Awakening".
"I … " Orihime sat up and smiled slightly, "I wish I had help to tell Kurosaki-kun how I felt about him ..." As Orihime said those words, she realized the small purple book she had placed on the nightstand was shaking violently and suddenly began shining a bright color of purple, bathing the room in the light. Orihime tried to block the light by covering her eyes with her arms, and slowly backed away but ended up falling off the bed.
Suddenly the light dimmed and Orihime opened her eyes, when she was shocked by the light and fell off the bed her shirt caught on the side of the desk on the other side of the bed and ripped it right in half.
"Aww … this was my favorite sleepy-time shirt ..." Orihime whined, but what happened next she didn't expect.
"Yeah well you've got more important things to worry about than your shirt."
Orihime froze, it was a boy's voice she had never heard before, and it was coming from the other side of her bed. She slowly looked over the bed to see a guy standing next to the purple book that was shaking and glowing earlier but was now laying calmly on the nightstand, she looked at him and froze up, she didn't know whether to be shocked or scared speechless.
"Well now that we have my entrance over with, let's get down to- WOW!" The mysterious person suddenly screamed, Orihime looked at the guy who was now floating in mid-air clutching his legs. Even though she was used to seeing people fight while floating in the air due to her connections with soul reapers, she was still scared, but she managed to choke out a few words.
"U-um, are y-you okay?" He looked young, probably her and Ichigo's age.
"10-thousand years will give you such a cramp in the legs! Excuse me a second." The boy took each of his legs and spun them 720 degrees in a circle, making them produce various cracking sounds, that was something Orihime was not used to. She felt sick to her stomach after hearing those sounds being produced from his upper legs. The boy touched back down onto the ground and began walking over to Orihime, who quickly jumped onto the bed and hid under the covers.
"Go away! You can't get me if i'm under my blanket!" Orihime screamed at the strange boy.
"If you're under … oh darn, you're right, your blanket is just too powerful, it's preventing me from- LIKE HELL I CAN'T GET YOU!" Orihime screamed as the boy ripped the blanket away from her and stood there staring at her shiver in fear in a fetal position.
"Oi ..." the boy said calmly, "i'm not gonna hurt you, after all you summoned me here."
Orihime stopped cowering in fear and looked up at the stranger and got a good look at him, he was around six feet tall with long pure white hair. His skin was practically flawless and he had a small fang coming out of the right side of his mouth, she figured it was his canine tooth in an odd deformation.
"I … I did?"
"Yes, you did, don't you remember? You wished for something, so here I am, and no i'm not a genie."
Orihime stuttered for a second, "then … then who are you?"
"My name is … wow."
"Your name is wow …? That's a strange name." Orihime giggled a little, only to receive a slight bonk to the head by the boy. Orihime clutched her head and looked back up at him.
"No my name is not wow, I said wow because-"
"Oh I know!" Orihime cut him off in mid-sentence, "you said wow because you're having another cramp! You know I always heard that doing stretches will help get rid of those." The boy face-palmed and looked at Orihime who was sitting on her bed looking at him intently.
"No you moron, I said wow because for being only 17 you have a huge rack."
" A huge what …?" Orihime blushed when he pointed at her chest, which was completely exposed since her shirt got ripped in two when she fell.
"A huge chest, seriously your boobs look like someone inflated them with an air pump used for bikes, what the hell are they feeding girls nowadays?"
Orihime blushed an intense color of red, and ran over to her dresser to put on a new shirt, after a battle of intelligence with the shirt's head hole (trying to put her head in the correct hole instead of inside the sleeves) Orihime turned around to face the boy again.
"S-sorry about that … so, as you were saying?" Orihime smiled an awkward smile while she was still blushing a little, the stranger sighed.
"As I was saying," the boy bowed and looked up at her with a devil-ish smile on his face,"my name is Kira Shizumi, i'm your demonic guardian and lust fulfillment specialist, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Inoue Orihime."
~TO BE CONTINUED~
~Author's Notes~
Hey everyone! Ecstasy here, my OC i'm using is, as you have probably already guessed, a demon named Kira Shizumi. I've used him in a couple other fanfics, but this is the first time i'm making him a demon. Did you notice a familiar quote somewhere in this chapter? The first person to correctly tell me who or what I was quoting will get a special mentioning in the next chapter! I'll give you a hint: the quote is from a famous Disney movie, but I altered the quote slightly. I wish you all well, and thank you for reading chapter 1 ! Stick around for Chapter 2 ~!
~With Love, Ecstasy~