Chapter 1

"Ichi-nee wait up!" screamed Yuzu at her older brother. He turned around and rolled his brown eyes at her.

"Come on or we'll be late!" he said in an annoyed voice. Yuzu finally caught up with her brother and grabbed his hand.

"Will you stop being a baby?" asked Karin as she walked.

"I'M NOT BEING A BABY!" pouted Yuzu. She stuck out her tongue at her sister.

They continued walking downtown looking at all the stores. Yuzu stuck her face in one of the windows and beckoned Ichigo and Karin to come see.

"What're they doing in there?" she asked as she watched. Karin took a look trough the window and sighed.

"They're just making different types of candy. That's all." Yuzu's eyes widen as she looked up at her brother.

"Ichi-nee, will you buy me some candy?"

"I think that's a fine idea Ichigo." said a voice from behind. The three Kurosaki's turned around only to see Rukia Kuchiki. Ichigo flipped out and pointed at her accusingly.

"Wh- what're YOU doing HERE?" Rukia's back stiffened and she pulled out a handkerchief. Mysteriously a spot light fell on her and the background darkened.

"Why Ichigo, how could you be so cruel to your friend?" she wiped away at her fake tears. Yuzu grabbed Rukia's unused hand and squeezed.

"Ichi-nee, how could you do that to her. She's your friend!!" Karin and Ichigo's faces became dumbstruck as they watched the act in font of them.

"I-I...I just came downtown all alone to see the stores. I wanted to buy Ichigo a really nice gift." she wiped again. Yuzu's eyes filled with tears as she looked at Rukia, but when she looked over at Ichigo her eyes became inflamed.

Ichigo turned on his heel and continued down the street. He ignored all the stares he was getting because of the color of his hair. After all, he was used to it after all those years.

No one else had the same colored hair as him in his family. Karin and his father both had black, and his mother and Yuzu both had brown. Why was he stuck with such a strange natural hair color?

He glanced back at his sisters and Rukia, they followed him like stray puppies. Rukia seemed to be back to 'normal' from her little episode. Ichigo looked at Karin and saw horror spread across her face.

"ICHI-NEE WATCH OUT!" she screamed as she saw the car almost collide with her only brother,

After that all Ichigo saw was blurs and stars. He didn't feel the collision at all, he only felt his body smack to the concrete. After his head stopped spinning he saw his sister's crying at his side. He wasn't dead?

He sat up and saw that somebody pushed him out of the way. There was a female form sprawled in the middle of the street. He stumbled up to get a better look at it. The only thing he could notice besides it was female was her flaming orange hair.

He walked closer to her and she turned over. Her brown eyes stared into his. He heard her whisper something.

"...Kaien?" she then drifted unconscious.

Ichigo looked over at Rukia and his sisters. Rukia was holding Yuzu and Karin's hands as she looked over the unconscious woman. She let go and walked closer to her. She squatted down beside her and stared at her face. Then back at Ichigo, then back at the woman.

"Would you please move Miss Kuchiki, Ms. Kurosaki needs to be taken to the clinic." She turned around and saw Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Tsukabishi.

"Kurosaki?" asked Ichigo

"I guess it's time for you kids to meet your Aunt Rei." Tessai lifted up Rei and slung her over his shoulder. He looked back at Ichigo and started to speak.

"We're taking her to your house. You should follow us." Ichigo looked up at Tessai and became confused.

"W-wait, how do you know her?" Kisuke walked past sighed, he turned around and stared at Ichigo. "Let's just say we're old friends."

A/N: Um this is my first Bleach fanfic. I normally write Resident Evil ones. But I'm gonna take writing classes so I've expanded on what I'm goin to write. I wrote this for but I wanted to post it here too. I hope you guys like it!