The Strawberry Ninja
Naruto and all related characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Bleach and all related characters belong to Tite Kubo
Author's Note: This is a story I've been wanting to do for a while. Now there isn't any alternate dimensions, time travel, reincarnation, or anything like that going on, because there are far to many Naruto/Bleach crossovers with those kind of cliches(No offense to the authors of those stories intended). Basically Ichigo is a ninja from a destroyed village that comes to Konoha with his sisters. The Naruto characters are their Shippuden ages but this isn't really set in any time frame from the series. I'm toying with the idea of an IchigoxAnko pairing but you guys can tell me if you like the sound of that, if not I have a few others in mind.
Chapter 1: The Reaper Arrives
It was a warm summer day. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining and three travelers were walking down the road to Konoha. It was an orange haired 16 year old boy who wore a black tattered coat, black pants, black ninja shoes, and had a large sword wrapped in white bandages on his back, with a red strap across his chest. The other 2 were girls that looked about 10, one with blonde hair and one with black hair.
"Ichigo! How much further is it?" The blond girl asked the orange haired teen walking beside her. He sighed and replied,
"Like I said 15 minutes ago, a couple more miles Yuzu." the other girl groaned and said,
"You don't have a clue where it is do you?" Ichigo sighed again and replied,
"Yes Karin. For the 45th time, I know where we're going." Karin looked at Ichigo skeptically but decided not to say anything more, at least for the moment. The three travelers soon saw 4 ninja headed up the road. As they got closer Karin asked them,
"Hey. How much farther to Konoha?" The man with the big bushy eye brows and green spandex outfit replied,
"Just another hour if you keep heading the way your going. LET THE FLAMES OF YOUTH GUIDE YOU TO YOUR DESTINATION!" Then one of their group, who could pass for a clone of the older man, said,
"YES! LISTEN TO GAI SENSEI!" The rest of his team face palmed and dragged him off, apologizing for his stupidity. After disregarding the green clad lunatics Ichigo, Karin, and Yuzu continued. Sure enough the green nut job was right and they reached the gates of Konoha in an hour. Ichigo went to the check in station and said,
"Hey I'm here to see the Hokage." After explaining his intentions they told him the way to the Hokage Tower. After waiting for about 6 minutes they entered the Hokage's office.
"So you want to move to into the village Mr. Kurosaki?" Ichigo nodded and said,
"Yeah. Me and my little sisters are from Karakura. It got destroyed by a rouge ninja named Aizen." Tsunade thought for a moment and then said,
"From the looks of you, I'd say you're a ninja so I assume you'll want to join the Leaf's ranks? If you do I'll need to know what level you are." Ichigo replied,
"Yes I do and I'm a chunin." Tsunade pulled out a form and handed it to him to fill out. After he filled it out, Tsunade asked,
"What about you're sisters? Do they want to join the Academy?" Yuzu shook her head no, while Karin shook hers yes. After writing up the paperwork the Kurosaki's were Konoha citizens.
"Alright Ichigo I've got a team that's short someone, so I'm assigning you to Team 7. I'll arrange for you to meet your teammates tomorrow but in the mean time here's the address of an apartment that will suit your needs. Just tell the landlord I sent you and he'll let you stay the first month free of charge." Ichigo took the slip of paper and exited with his sisters. They walked down the streets until they reached the place. After getting the keys to the apartment they headed up the stairs inspect it. It was a fairly small place but big enough for them. Ichigo thought that if they managed their money right they could move into something a little bigger in a few months.
"Well you guys unpack, I'm gonna go get dinner." Ichigo said as he exited the apartment. He walked down the streets looking for the cheapest restaurant he could find. He soon came across a ramen place.
'Ramen huh? Well that should be pretty cheap.' He thought as he entered the establishment. Placed his order and sat down to wait. Soon an orange streak went past him and hid under the counter. Ichigo looked and saw a boy about his age with spiky blonde hair that was wearing an orange and black jumpsuit.
"Don't let her know I'm here." He whispered. Ichigo gave a confused looked and was about to say something but a voice yelled,
"NARUTO!" Ichigo looked and saw a pink haired girl stomping down the street. She entered and grabbed the boy who Ichigo assumed to be Naruto from under the counter. She dragged him out into the street and began shaking him yelling at him. Ichigo knew he shouldn't get involved, but he couldn't help but step in. He walked up to the pair and asked,
"Okay what did he do?" The pink haired girl turned and said,
"I just got out of the shower and this jerk just barged into my house without knocking and saw me without my shirt on!" the blond boy struggled to get free as he said,
"Come on Sakura! It was an accident!" She growled and continued to shake him until Ichigo gabbed her arm and said,
"Sounds like an innocent accident to me. I think you might be over reacting." Sakura growled and let Naruto go and threw a punch at Ichigo causing a loud boom. When the dust cleared Ichigo was unharmed and holding her fist in his hand. Sakura was shocked to say the least. She had never met anyone who could take one of her punches, let alone catch it and come out unscathed.
"Sir, your orders are ready!" The owner of the ramen stand called out. Ichigo let go of Sakura's fist and got the 3 bowls of ramen and headed home. Naruto and Sakura stood in shock unable to say anything.
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