Hello! And welcome to my story! This will be my own version of Bleach which I am attempting. I would love to see feedback on what I should improve on, since I never wrote a Bleach story. Thank you and enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
Chapter One: A new Beginning
A sixteen year old orange spikey hair teen is walking back from Karakura High school, back to his home which is also known as the Kurosaki clinic. Walking down the street, passing by the houses, the sun was setting, giving the sky and orange look that could rival the tall teen's hair. Said teen is wearing a standard Karakura school uniform, it consisted of a white long sleeve dress shirt, a yellow sweater vest with two "K's" that are backwards of each other, a slim tight pair of khakis and brown dress shoes. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he continued on his journey back home.
He came to a stop, when he heard a distress call for help. Turning his head down the street, he was three thugs disgracing a memorial for a fallen loved one. Scowling instantly, he glared down at the three thugs with his brown eyes. Turning down the street where the memorial is, he waltz right up to them.
"What do you think you guys are doing?!" The orange haired teen shouted at the three thugs, scowling at them.
The three thugs looked over to the voice, and instantly smirked at the teen. "I'm sorry, this doesn't concern you, strawberry." The one in the middle, who had a blue Mohawk and a leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders, black baggy cargo pants and combat boots. Said thug, had beady black eyes, a big nose and a rather obese body.
A tick mark appeared on the teen's head, "I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, and I want you to fix what you did." Ichigo said, glaring at the three.
The large teen laughed, "What are you going to do about it? Fight me?"
Ichigo clicked his tongue in annoyance, "Well I guess I have to now, won't I?" He smirked, while the two smaller thugs laughed thinking Ichigo is a push over.
"Heh, we will see about that!" The large teen ran towards Ichigo, which only made him smirk. As he got right in front of Ichigo, he lifted his leg up and kick that large teen in the face making him fall on to his back. The larger teen began to grunt each time Ichigo stomped on his head and kicked him in the side.
"Now." Ichigo started, "I want you to apologize." Glaring at the other two who are watching Ichigo stomp on their bigger friend repeatedly.
The two smaller began to stutter nonsense, until one of them gain their voice back. "Erm, why are we sorry?"
A tick mark formed on his head, obviously annoyed with the pea brained thugs, "For disgracing this memorial!" Ichigo yelled, balling his fist and scowling even more at the two.
The two bowed, as they shouted their apologies and then ran off. Following the other two's examples the bigger thug finally got up and bowed apologetically, while apologizing for disgracing the memorial before Ichigo kicked him down the street.
"Don't let me catch you doing it again!" He yelled at the retreating figures. Ichigo heaved a sigh, kneeling down and setting the up the glass bottle back up that was knocked over earlier, and then set the three tulips back in it. "There we are."
"Thank you, mister." A voice said in front of him.
Ichigo looked up and replaced his scowl with small smile. There before the teen was floating of a little girl, she was wearing a yellow shirt with jean overalls over top. What was different from any other girl, this one was transparent, but to Ichigo, he can see her clearly. Ever since he was a child, he could see spirits, well ever since his mother died when he was nine.
"Hey there, did those guys scare you?" Ichigo asked, his eyes dropping the glare, as he tried to appear less mean.
"Y-Yes, but you drove them away! I must thank you!" She said, grinning ear to ear.
Ichigo gave a light chuckle, "It's no problem, I can't stand people like that. I'm glad that I could help you." Smiling at the girl, he ruffled her hair. "You might want to pass on over though, it will be much safer. You will be able to see your family."
The girl gave an excited nod, "Yes that would be great! By the way mister, what's your name?"
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, and what about yours?"
"I am Ryuu, well I must pass over now. I hope to see you soon, Ichigo!" The girl gave a wave, as she began to disappear in a light blue light.
Ichigo gave a wave back till she fully disappeared, when Ryuu is gone, the teen continued his journey back home.
Upon arriving home it was already dark out, walking through the door, Ichigo called out to his family. "I'm ho-" The teen never got to finish his sentence as he was kicked in the head by his father, Isshin Kurosaki.
"Ha! You are still lacking my son! You can never beat old dad!" Isshin said smirking as he believed he won.
"What the hell?!" Ichigo shouted getting to his feet, engaging his father in a fight, yelling out insults at each other.
Karin one of Ichigo's younger sisters glanced at the two men from the table and sighed, "Well we know Ichigo is home." Groaning at the rowdy men, "Why do these always fight?"
Yuzu, Ichigo's other younger sister stood from the kitchen doorway, and giggled at her brother and father. "I think it's funny! It is considered bonding for them, since they have one thing in common and its rough housing!"
With a finial punch, Ichigo sent his father across the living room. "I win again!"
"Why must my son disrespect me!" Isshin began crawling to the giant poster of his mom, Masaki. He began kneeling before the poster and lean his face on it. "Where have I gone wrong my beautiful, Matsaki!" The older man began to cry humorously.
"Get a grip dad, it's not like it's the first time." Ichigo muttered and he kicked off his shoes and sat at the table adjacent of Karin.
After the usual 'ask how the younger siblings doing' ritual, Yuzu prepared Ichigo's favorite: Curry. The Kurosaki household had what a peaceful dinner the Kurosaki's could possibly do. Even during dinner Ichigo and his father had multiple fights and beat downs which Ichigo always came triumphed as champion.
"Are you done now, dad?" Ichigo asked, having a vein start to bulge from his temple from the constant annoying fights his dad causes.
"For now, I am my son! Don't let your guard down! I will become victor!" Isshin said laughing, making the younger male to sweat drop at his father.
"What am I going to do with you…" He mumbled as he began to put the dishes away.
Ichigo glanced at the clock, and it was already passed 10:00 pm, which meant Yuzu and Karin are already in bed. The teen was about head up the steps, when he was stopped by his father.
"Ichigo." Isshin said, seriously which was very rare of him to do.
Ichigo turned to his dad, and he had a serious look on his face that made him feel uneasy. "What is it, dad?"
"We need to have a little chat."
"What is it about?"
"You know how you can see spirits so easily?"
Ichigo nodded, not knowing where this conversation is going to lead.
"We better sit down and talk, this may go on for a while. Maybe longer." Isshin gesture to the couch, the two men sat down and the older male began to tell Ichigo all of the information he needs to know about a Soul Reaper, the life of a Soul Reaper, the Soul Society, Isshin's past of being a Soul Reaper, about Hollows, about reiatsu, and how being a Soul Reaper is importance.
"So let me get this straight." Ichigo started, "You are a Soul Reaper, who cleanses these Hollows that are going after innocent souls, turning them into hollows." Isshin nodded, showing he is completely right. "And you are a Soul Reaper, which you lost your powers, but they are coming back." Another nod from the elder man, "My reiatsu is incredibly strong, which is going to attract Hollows soon, and you want me to unlock these powers by going to this guy's shop—Kisuke Urahara. Once I do, I will obtain a sword—which is called a Zanpakuto, which is a spirit inside me, and will give me a sword to purify Hollows. After the process I will obtain a shihakusho. "Another nod from his father, "I get to go to the Soul Society after I get proper training from Kisuke Urahara. But, there are traitors among the Soul Society, particular in the Seireitei with some of the captains of the Gotei 13. And you and this Head Captain Yamamoto believe I will have the power and strength to assist the Gotei 13 of defeating these traitors."
"Yeah that sums it about up." Isshin said, smiling sheepishly at his son.
"Well, where do I sign up? I want to protect you, and my sisters. If these gives me the power I need, I will do it." Ichigo said, with determined eyes.
"I must warn you, it is a dangerous process, there will be a slight chance that you will turn into a Hollow. You have be strong, Ichigo."
Ichigo gave a nod, "Don't worry old man, I got this!" he smirked.
Isshin sighed, "Well we better get to Kisuke's shop now. We shouldn't waste any more time." The older man stood up and headed to the door, with Ichigo in pursuit. Both of them slipping their shoes on, they left the Kurosaki household and began their journey through the darken streets of Karakura, towards where Kisuke's shop is located.
The walk through the streets was peaceful, the two males didn't exchange much conversation. Ichigo was excited yet nervous about obtaining his Soul Reaper powers from this Kisuke. His mind wandered to the training, and if he will live through obtaining his powers. He gritted he teeth as they walked, approaching the shop. 'I will protect those who keep the rain from falling.'
Isshin opened the sliding door, stepping inside with Ichigo right behind. Glancing around the room, it looked like an ordinary convenience store, with shelves of knickknacks and on the go food.
"Ah, it is about time you came." A new voice said, in front of the two Kurosaki men.
Ichigo looked passed his father, to see a tall light-blonde haired man who was clad in green, he also had a light stubble on his chin. This man was wearing a black coat, which sports a diamond pattern along its bottom half, with a dark green shirt and pants underneath. Keeping his shoulder length hair, is a bucket hat which had a stripe design of white and green.
"I take it that you're Kisuke?" Ichigo asked, observing the man fanning his face.
Kisuke shut his fan and grinned at Ichigo, "That's right! I suppose you are here to unlock your Soul Reaper powers, I assume?"
The teen nodded, "I'm ready for anything."
"Good, it will be a long and painful process."
A large man standing over six feet, opened a door behind Kisuke and walked out. "Kisuke I finished Dinner- oh! We have visitors, I must apologize I didn't make enough."
Isshin gave a wave, "No need Tessai, we are here to unlock my little boys Soul Reaper powers!" The elder Kurosaki began to cry, earning a punch over the head. "My son…. Disrespected me once again."
"Where are my manners? I am Tessai Tsukabishi, it is a pleasure to meet you, Ichigo."
"Yeah, nice to meet you."
"Alright Tessai, can you open the latch to the training grounds?" Kisuke asked, giving the built man a quick glance.
"Of course." Tessai said, turning around and bending over. He clutched a handle that was hidden, and began to pull up, which revealed a latter, which led down to the training ground Kisuke was speaking of.
Once the four men were on the solid ground of the training ground, Ichigo's jaw dropped. This place was huge! Not to mention it was under a small shop, which didn't make much sense.
"You like it? It's my own invention! It's day here all the time from the light, this place is a perfect place to train when you obtain your powers." Kisuke said, smiling pulling out his fan and began fanning his face.
"You make it sound like you know I'm going to get my Soul Reaper powers." Ichigo said, turning to the green clad ex-Soul Reaper.
"You can say I planned this out already." Kisuke said, having a humorous tone to his voice.
'I can't tell if he is messing with me or not.' Scowling at the man in the hat, "My life is on the line! I don't want to die for nothing!"
"Relax, I know what I'm doing."
Ichigo gave a sigh, "So what's first?"
"First. We do this." Kisuke pointed his cane at Ichigo, at the bottom of the cane there was a symbol of a white skull with a blue fire around it. Before Ichigo could say anything, Kisuke jab the teen with the cane knocking his soul out of his body.
"What the?" He looked down as his body fell to the floor, picking up his hands to his face. "So this is—erm Soul form?" Ichigo guessed, fingering the chain that's attached to his chest, remembering his father telling him if this chain is completely gone the person will turn into a hollow. Ichigo shuddered, he does not want that to happen to him.
Kisuke nodded, "Precisely! In a few moments, you will find it difficult to breathe."
Just like Mr. Hat-and-Clogs said, Ichigo began to breathe in rapid breaths trying to get the feel of his Soul form. "Wow, this is really something."
Isshin and Tessai sat off to the side, waiting for Ichigo to get his training over with. The two men are playing chess, Ichigo doesn't want to know where the chess board came from.
"For the first part of this training! You will fight Ururu! Come on out Ururu!" Kisuke called out.
"Alright, this will be so easy." Ichigo stretched his arms, and turned around as a little girl came into view. "Hey! I am not fighting a little girl!"
"Oh little Ichigo, you know nothing do you. Ururu here is trained to kill Hollows. She may look small, but she is a mean-girl-fighting machine! I would take caution as you fight her, it begins. Now!"
The small girl had black hair, and purple eyes. Ururu had pig-tails held by pink bows. She is wearing a white shirt with the Urahara Shop logo on it, with a knee high pink skirt with white dots. Going along with her attire, Ururu was wearing boxing gloves, and head gear. "Here I come." She said timidly.
Ururu took off with blinding speed, she drew back her arm and the boxing glove connected to his face. Which sent the teen flying across the training field, skidding across the ground Ichigo got up.
'He wasn't kidding, she does pack a punch.' He glanced up and saw the girl coming again. 'Well shit, here she comes again.' Getting up, he began to run from the girl, never thinking he would ever run from a tiny girl like here. 'Alright, I'm getting use to this. I finally can run at my full speed, which means I could possibly fight her!'
Ichigo turned around, bringing up his fists and took a stance. Ururu was now right in front of her, she sent a wave of punches at the teen. Ichigo began to block them, but felt the power behind those punches. Grunting, he glanced at the girl, the teen's eyes widen slightly.
'There's my chance!' Ichigo thought, as he side stepped to the side of the girl. Smirking at his victory, which turned sour real fast.
Something in the girl's eyes that went blank, all the sudden Ichigo felt burning pain in his gut as he was sent flying towards a boulder. But thankfully he was caught by Tessai, who took the blow instead of Ichigo.
"Well that was a close one." Tessai said, as he put Ichigo on the ground.
"Thank you, Tessai." The orange hair teen said, getting a nod from the built man.
"Well, well Ichigo good job." Kisuke said as he waltz up to Ichigo.
"Good job? I lost I couldn't get a hit in."
"But there you are wrong, no one can actually hit Ururu, her combat is so advance that no one, not even I can land a hit on her. The point of this lesson, was to learn how to evade an attack from someone who is much faster and powerful than you."
"Well you could have said that from the beginning!"
"Oops, sorry I must have forgot!" He laughed, as Ichigo scowled at the cheery man. Soon the laughing died down. "Now, this is the part where you either become a hollow or a Soul Reaper."
Ichigo eyes widen, when all a sudden Tessai severs his Chain of Fate from him. "What the?!" Before he could processed what is happening, Ichigo and Tessai fell through a hole as a red head kid came out of nowhere with a shovel.
Ichigo hit the ground hard, as he sat up, and looked up. "Now that is a deep hole."
"Bakudo #99 Seal!" Tessai shouted, as he pointed his palm at Ichigo. All a sudden, Ichigo's hands a bound behind him from an invisible force.
"What the hell? Release me!" Ichigo demanded, scowling at Tessai.
"I apologize Ichigo, but I can't. It is just in case if you become a hollow. It will be easier to kill you if you do." Tessai said from behind his rectangle framed sun glasses.
Ichigo gritted his teeth, looking back up he could hear Kisuke calling down to him. "Ichigo! You have to climb out of the hole in order to get your powers!"
"What really?"
"That's right!"
Ichigo tried to stand up, and tried to run up the wall, but every time he would fail and land on his back.
"Oh by the way." Kisuke said from the top of the hole, "The chains will corrode, once there are nothing left, you will begin to transform into a hollow."
Ichigo's eyes widen, looking back up. "How long do I have?"
"Three days. You better unlock those powers fast!"
Grunted, Ichigo made numerous attempts to run up the wall and failing every time. After what seemed the hundredth time, he took a break. Glancing down at the chain, part of the chain grew teeth and began to eats itself. Ichigo screaming in pain and fear, as he watched the chain eats itself till the first link is gone.
'I have to do something!'
'Ichigo.' A voice was heard inside his head. It was deep, it seemed old and wise.
'Who's there?'
'You finally heard me now. We have a lot to discuss about before your chain is completely corroded.'
a/n: I intend to pair Ichigo with either Rukia or Soi-Fon. In other words, I am not sure how this turned up. Any pointers are welcomed. Until next time!