A/N Expect a surprise sometime this chapter

"blah" (non bold) is talking

'blah' (non bold) is thinking (if not already in fist person thought)

Chapter 1: the Death and the Strawberry

Ichigo POV

It was a day like any other, a lost spirit asked me for help to be more at peace, I beat the crap (and scare the shit) out of the jerk faces that made the spirits "life" harder, and I come home only to be glomped by my … eccentric father. But there was something different about today.

Today a Shinigami came into my room.

At first I was in shock that some random girl came through the wall into my room saying "It is near…" all ominously, but then I just got pissed off that she ignored me. So I did what anyone in my family would do, I kicked her while yelling "'It is near' my ass, retard!" I originally thought she was a burgular and she meant the safe was nearby (which it wasn't), but then she asked "Y…you can see me? I mean to say , did you just kick…" I got more confused there. "What the heck are you talking about? Of course I can see…" And then Dad just had to come barging in "Ichigo! Why are you making such a ruckus on the second floor!" I just yelled "You be quiet! How can I not make a ruckus? I mean look at this guy! What the heck is with our security system?"

That's when things got weird.

My dad just looked at me with the 'are you insane?' face and said "What do you mean look? Look at what?"

"-Huh? I'm talking about this girl in a"

"It's no use. Ordinary people cannot see me. I am… a 'Shinigami'"

Third POV

Meanwhile, a horrible screech echoes through the streets of Karakura town

"…close… strong soul….. is close…."

A bleeding blond headed girl falls to the ground, completely devoured.

Ichigo POV

"… I see. So you're a Shinigami… and you came from a place called Soul Society to exterminate an evil spirit. Ok… I'll believe you." "Yeah right, like I could believe that retard!" I was so pissed at this girl that I almost threw my table at her.

That surprised her. "You… can see ghosts but do not believe in the existence of a Shinigami?"

"Of course I don't, I've never seen a Shinigami and I don't believe in things I can't see. Since Dad was unable to see you I acknowledge that you're not human, but cut the Shinigami crap ok kid?"

I think that was when I pissed her off. "You have spewed nonsense… First Restraint! Obstruction!"

Suddenly, my arms came around me on their own accord. "Ow! What the heck did you do?"

"Fufu… You can't move! This is called Demon Form and it is an advanced incantation only Shinigami can use. I may look like this, but I have lived ten times longer than you have. And you dare call me a brat? Normally I would kill you, but Spiritual Law states that one cannot kill a human they have not be ordered to kill. I'll just have to live with just sealing your movements give thanks you little brat. And…"

That's when I got a bit scared. The girl freaking took out her sword and set up for a jab. "Wai-!" but the one she hit was the ghost behind me and with the hilt of her sword. "wha?"

"no… I… don't want to go to hell yet…!"

"Do not fear, the place you are headed to is not hell. It is Soul Society. Unlike hell…" a weird kanji showed up on the ghost's forehead. "It is a peaceful place" then the dude started to glow and a circle of light started to envelope him, and he just disappeared leaving only two black butterflies.

"Wh…what happened to that ghost?"

"I sent him to soul society, it is called Soul Burial. In your language I believe it is called 'going to heaven'. It is one of a Shinigami's duties. I guess I shouldn't ask if you finally believe me or not. I will now kindly explain with illustration so even a brat like you can understand so shut up and listen. In this world there are two types of spirits: one is called 'plus' and is the most common kind of spirit. You can say that the 'ghosts' you usually see are these." The picture she drew was a rabbit with a bunch of hearts around it with the word 'plus' under it and 'good sprit' under that with clouds surrounding it. "the other type is called 'hollows' and they attack the living and dead alike and devour their souls. You would call these 'evil spirits'" This time she drew a bear surrounded by electricity sparks and 'hollow' above 'bad spirit which is inside an explosion cloud. "do you have any questions so far?"

Only one question came to mind. "Can I start by asking why your drawings abnormally suck?" I regretted it when she took my pen to my face and started to draw on it. "Ahh! Hey! Just cause I can't move doesn't mean you can draw on me now!"

"I will continue with the explanation. We Shinigami have two duties: one is to guide 'plus' souls to Soul Society through the Soul Burial as you have just seen and the second is to extinguish 'hollows', this is my current mission."

While she was explaining I was getting her drawing off my face through rubbing the floor, then a thought came to mind "wait a minute. If you came here on your mission does that mean there's a hollow around here?"

"That would be the case."

"Are you stupid? Why are you loitering in a place like this? Hurry up and get rid of it!"

"Well….you see…. I don't know why but for some reason I can't feel its presence anymore."

Now I'm really confused. "wh…What the heck do you mean…" But then an inhuman screech stopped me, heck it scared me to the bone. 'Wha… What was that… just now….?' The 'Shinigami' girl was off mumbling about some great power hindering her senses when I yelled at her. "Hey Shinigami!"

"What?" is she really asking what is wrong after that… that howl just shot threw the room?

"What do mean 'what'? Didn't you hear that huge voice just now!"

"Huge voice? When did…" Then she froze up, I guess she finally heard it. 'I heard it! This is… definitely the voice of a hollow! But it still sounds like an invisible filter is out there… Exactly what is this feeling? No, more than that—this kid— heard the voice before I, a Shinigami, did…?' I wonder why she's looking at me like I'm the one that's dangerous.

But a more important thought came up. "KYAAAAA!"

"That's Yuzu's voice!" The Shinigami was already running towards her. "Hey wait up, where are you going? Was that voice before a hollow's?"

"Yes! I'll get rid of it. You stay here!"

"Yeah right! The one's getting attacked are my family! Release this spell now!"

"What are you saying! Even if you come there's nothing you can do! You'd just increase the number of victims! Leave it to me and stay here quietly!" But for some reason, when she opened the door she froze up. 'Such spiritual force…! How could I have not noticed it until now…? What has happened to me?'

"I…Ichi…You okay?" I couldn't believe what I was seeing

"Karin!" My younger sister couldn't even stand but she dragged herself upstairs just to make sure I was okay. What kind of older sibling was I?

"Good… It hasn't come here…It happened so suddenly… blood started pouring out of Daddy's back and he fell and Yuzu and I were attacked by something huge while we were in shock… and I thought I had to… warn you… I wonder what it was… I could see it a little… It looked like Dad and Yuzu couldn't though… Ichi… before it sees you… Hurry… get… away…" She fell unconscious then; it was also the same time I snapped.

"Don't worry, she's just unconscious her soul is still…" I guess she noticed something was wrong. "Stop it! What are you doing? You can't release an incantation with a human's power!" I wasn't listening. Only yelling and using all of my power, physical and spiritual alike, to break her stupid restrain "If you force it, your soul will…!" I finally broke her stupid restraints. I don't know what she did after that, I only know that I ran for my bat and to my family and left her behind. '—How-… to release demon form with human power…? I've never heard of such a ridiculous thing…!' "WAIT!" '—What exactly is this kid—…!'

'Yuzu! Dad!' I could only hope they were alright or at least not dead as I ran towards to the kitchen. What I found was something I never laid eyes on before. The first things I saw was the counter torn apart, our table destroyed and my father on the ground bleeding; through the hole in our wall I saw a a giant monster with a white mask shapped like a fish's skull. Its body kind of reminded me of a frog or toad's except for the fact that it had a giant hole in his body. The only thought going through my head was 'This is… a Hollow…!' Since that girl said it was an evil spirit I thought it would at least have a human body, but this… this thing is a monster! But what really got me was that I was shaking from fear. 'Damn! I'm not scared! I've seen countless ghosts! Even that thing is just a ghost!' And then I saw what was in its hand: my sister Yuzu. "YUZU!"

"…Ichigo…!"

I snapped. "AAAAAAhhh~!" As I was running I realized it was pretty dumb running right at that thing, but I was on adrenaline and I saw my sister in danger. I ran head first.

Problem was it was bigger and faster than me. The stupid monster threw a punch at me that sent me literally flying. Thankfully I used my bad as a shield. But my bat was gone now, and it was coming for a second shot. But before he hit me, the Shinigami came in and cut off his arm. Thankfully it was the one with Yuzu in it. "Yuzu!" It's a good thing I was able to move, or I wouldn't have been able to catch her before she hit the floor. "Yuzu! Are you ok? Hey! Come on Yuzu!"

"Don't lose focus child! None of your family members has had their souls eaten!"

I couldn't believe it. "None?"

"Yes, even your father lying there."

"Wait! I thought hollows attacked people to eat their souls, then why did it attack my family?"

"Hollows wander around in search of great spritiual power, for that arbitrary humans are sometimes attacked."

I was starting to connect the points, but I had to make sure. "…What do you mean?"

"…I have never seen or heard of a human who can see Shinigamis and defeat demon form on their own… or one with such high spiritual concentration. Most possibly, its target is you."

I hate it when I'm right. "…He came for me…? So all of this is my fault huh? The reason my dad is on the ground almost dead and my sisters are covered in blood… is me."

The hollow saw that the Shinigami's attention was on me. "Wait, I didn't mean…." She didn't get to finish her thought. The hollow swatted her away like a pesky bug.

As I looked at it, I didn't feel any fear this time. Only anger. "That's enough already!"

Rukia POV

Ugh… I can't believe I let my guard down like that. I could almost hear Onii-sama scolding me for my incompetence. But I have other things to worry about. Like the teenager looking right at the hollow saying the most ridiculous words I could hear. "hey… You want my soul right?" Of course he wants your soul! Do you not see that hollow licking its lips just by looking at you? "Then fight me face to face! No one has anything to do with this! Just TRY to killing me and taking my soul!"

I could only think of one action. "Fool!" I knew I couldn't make a good enough hit on the hollow in time to actually save the kid, only one thing left to do. As the hollow came in for his prize, using my sword as a meager shield I put myself before the hollow.

"Shinigami!"

Damn. It hurts a lot. Stupid hollow actually bit into me. But I should make sure the kid knows why. "You… idiot… I already told you that you were powerless against it…! Or did you think that he'll leave once he has your soul? Either way you're a fool."

I guess my lecture worked, if the look of guilt on the kid's face is anything to go by. "…I'm sorry… I just…"

"I'd like to say 'don't worry about it', but now I'm unable to fight the hollow… Now we can only wait to become its food…"

'It's all my fault! Everyone will die because of me!' From the clenched fist I can tell this kid would be willing to do anything to save these people.

Might as well try, not like we have any options. "Do you want to save your family?"

"Is there a way? A way to help them? Please tell me!"

"There is a way… to be more exact there's only ONE way…" I'm probably going to be killed if I do this, but innocent lives are at stake. I lifted my zanpakuto "you must become a Shinigami…"

Ichigo POV

"wha?" I really think she's gone bonkers now. "What are you saying? How can I…"

"You can! Pierce the middle of your chest with this zanpakuto and I'll give you half my Shinigami power. That way, you'll temporarily be a Shinigami and be able to fight the hollow on equal terms."

"Is it really ok to do something like this?"

"I don't know, I made this plan from your high spiritual power. The chance of success isn't high, if it fails… you die. However, there isn't another way! There is no time to deliberate."

I was really scared. I mean I could die if this doesn't work. "Ichigo…" Yuzu! "Where are you… Ichigo?" Yuzu… are you having a scary dream? "Don't come… dangerous… get away… Ichigo…" 'Dammit… Why are they worrying about me when they could die any minute? It makes me whose being scared for myself—look stupid'. I knew what I had to do… I looked at the Shinigami with what I hope is a confident smile "Give me the sword, Shinigami. Let's give your idea a try!"

She's smiling with pride, I guess I got some respect from her. "It's not 'Shinigami' its 'Kuchiki Rukia'"

So I finally got her name. "I see… I'm Ichigo Kurosaki. Let's hope this isn't a final greeting for us."

The hollow seems to have thought it gave us enough time to talk. "The hollows coming… If we don't hurry…"

I grabbed her sword as firmly as I could without cutting myself. "Let's do this."

"Yes…"

The hollow started charging. But that was all I noticed, after that my focus was on the sword going through my body and the pain of the impact.

3rd POV

There was a blinding light surrounding Ichigo and Rukia. The hollow, surprised, hesitated and payed for it dearly. The next thing that happened was the hollows other arm was sliced right off its body. When the hollow turned to see its offender, it sees its prey in Shinigami uniform with the largest zanpakuto it has ever laid eyes on.

Rukia POV

"How… It was only supposed to be half… but all my power was taken." And this feeling… that time… I can't feel its presence anymore… How could I have noticed until now! The great power hindering my senses was that kid! The room was filled with the spiritual force poured out of her, it completely confused my senses!

I've never seen a human that could see Shinigami, nor one that could break Demon form. I have never seen a zanpakuto, which changes form in response to the individual Shinigami's spiritual power, become so large!

The hollows leg was next to come off by that gigantic sword that could easily be the larger than the user.

"Realize the mistake of messing with my family… Fish Face!"

Who is this kid…? The hollow's mask was finally taken and the hollow's spirit left the world.

Ichigo POV

My name is Ichigo Kurosaki. I'm 15 years old. I have pale orange hair, and chocolate brown eyes. And I'm a female high school student/ Shinigami.

This is my story.

How do you like it? So what do you think of a GIRL Ichigo? The first chapter may seem almost exactly like the manga but don't worry. Some changes will be made once we go further in the story. And yes I am following the manga so this… could go on for a while…. But if you like Bleach long enough to read the whole manga (or what's offered at the moment) then this should be a fun read.

PLEASE REVIEW! AND YOU CAN GIVE ME SOME IDEAS TOO! I'll even bring both Ichigos into my Authors Note like some authors do! Or any other character you want. (If it makes sense at least)