This is going to be a different story from my IchiHarem stories, but I will retain some elements from that, such as the "Black Crescent". I'm also using myself as an OC, as well as an OC of my buddy crazyblade89's. If you want to get to know his OC better, then look up his story "Cyborgs & Symbiotes" under Misc. Comics. Now, on with the story.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Zanpakuto/Symbiote"

"Hollow"

Symbios-Issues

On Exanton…

In the area known as Crag City, two heroes are sent to deal with their archenemy Yukon McSleez. These heroes are known as Cloak and the Blur. They have been fighting McSleez's army of deadly cyborgs for months now ever since a mutant incident when they first met. Right now, Blur was rushing through the robots like they were nothing. Cloak, on the other hand, wound up having to use his abilities to actually fight the robots off. He was making progress, though. Once they dealt with 300 of McSleez's cyborgs, they made their way to the evildoer's lair. "Dammit, Blur, couldn't you slow down a bit? I've got super agility, not super-speed!" said Cloak.

"It's not my fault you're only fast in the air. Maybe you should have Pitch give you a ride," said the arrogant bastard known as the Blur. Blur himself is a cyborg, but he fights the good fight, even if it means teaming up with Cloak and Pitch. While they work great together on the job, they have a bit of a rivalry off the job; this is most likely due to the fact that they still don't know each other's civilian identities. They got to the main lobby of 'McSleez, Inc.', the origin of the cyborgs. Before they could go any further, however, McSleez himself came with his latest creations—two giant robots called Megaton X-5.

The heroes didn't bother exchanging words with the megalomaniac. Instead, they went right to work, with Blur running circles around one of them while it kept firing at him. The robot's force field wound up being an issue until it spun around too much for it's circuitry to handle. The robot burst into flame before blowing to pieces. "Ha! Piece of cake!" said Blur.

Cloak was dealing with his the best way he could: using his webbing to block the sensors and getting behind the robot. Since the sight sensors were jammed, the robot couldn't put up a force field, therefore allowing Cloak to slice the metal menace apart using a sword made from his symbiote. Once the battle was done, the heroes turned to McSleez. "It's over, McSleez! Turn yourself in and things won't get ugly!" said Cloak.

"As if I would turn myself in like that!" With that, he pulled a lever and a glass cylinder came down on them. Blur moved out of the way, but Cloak wasn't fast enough. McSleez pushed a button, which revved up a machine that sent Cloak to another dimension.

"Cloak!" Blur yelled.

On Earth…

In St. Louis, an old lady was being held at gunpoint by a mugger (A/N: Classic scenario, I know). "Give me all your money, you old hag!" said the mugger. The elderly woman feared for her life, so she proceeded to hand him the money. They didn't notice the silhouette of the person that landed behind the mugger. It was only when he spoke that the mugger acknowledged him.

"That's no way to treat your elders, buddy!" the figure said. "You forgot to say please!" The mugger recognized the figure as the den-master of the local Assassin's Guild, so he ran off, causing the Assassin to give chase. The Assassin knew the ins and outs of St. Louis, so he was very much well off. Add the Soul Reaper move 'Flash Step' to the mix and you have a trapped crook. The mugger was too scared to realize he reached a dead end, causing him to crash into a wall. The Assassin Flash Stepped behind the crook and unveiled his hidden blade. "I hate to do this since there's no contract on you, but I can't have you mugging old ladies in the night, pal. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you. Tell them Logan Washburn sent you," the Assassin, now identified as Logan Washburn, said before killing the crook. He looted the body and got only the old lady's money from the crook. "Damn it. This guy wasn't with Abstergo."

As it turns out, Logan hated doing the common jobs that the St. Louis Police Department should be doing. He thought back to a history he had with a woman who was still in his heart to this day. This woman was also the very first Soul Reaper he had ever met—Captain Soifon of Squad 2. At the time he had met her, Logan's aunt had passed away. Like a certain orange-haired Substitute, he could see spirits when he was young. He was trying to save his aunt from a hollow, almost getting himself killed in the process. It was Soifon who saved him after he saved his aunt. When Soifon performed the konso ritual on her, she decided to stay with the 14-year-old boy she had instantly grown fond of despite his age. That was due to the fact that he could see spirits alone. The best thing Logan could remember about that night was the kiss they shared, which lasted for 5 minutes. He would never forget that.

After he returned the money to the old lady, the U.S. mentor, Bill Miles called. "Yeah, Bill, what's up?"

"You have a new assignment, courtesy of Soul Society. Apparently, there have been a large number of hollows that the Substitute can't handle, even with the help of his friends. The Seireitei is still recovering from a war, and since the supernatural is your specialty, you're going to have to go to Karakura Town to assist him, understood?"

"Clear as day. I'll pack my things, and head for the airport first thing in the morning." Logan also has an advance version of spiritual awareness called 'pinpoint spirit sense', which is nifty when encountering Soul Reapers he knows about. "At last, we'll finally meet, Ichigo Kurosaki."

Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends were not exactly having the best day right now, even after the 1000-Year Blood War. Right now, they were dealing with 5 strong hollows that usually take two apiece to take down…unless one of them had Ichigo as an opponent. The trouble is he usually gets ganged up on by three hollows and the Quincy Uryu Ishida, whom their friend Orihime Inoue is still not talking to, has to bail him out. Since the Soul Society is still recovering from the war, Karakura Town's ragtag team has to do the dirty work.

Needless to say, Ichigo wasn't too happy about it, but he understood the circumstances. Uryu wasn't in much of a better spot. Due to his role in the war—including his alliance with the Wandenreich—he was allowed very limited contact with Soul Reapers. The only ones he's allowed to make contact with are the Squad 13 Lieutenant Rukia Kuchiki, due to her being Ichigo's friend, Isshin Kurosaki—His parole officer—and Ichigo because of him being half-Quincy. They got done with the job and decided to go home. Uryu, however, decided to stop by the 'Kurosaki Clinic' to tell Isshin and Ichigo something.

"Hey, Uryu! Nice of you to drop by, but your parole meeting's not until next week," said Isshin.

"I know, Mr. Kurosaki, but I need to tell you and Ichigo something." That's when Ichigo came downstairs with his laptop in hand. At this point, he's already moved out of the house and into an abandoned gas station he and Sado Yasutora, AKA Chad, had fixed up. Ichigo called the place the 'Black Crescent' and it had become one of the hangouts for him and his friends, including Rukia and the Squad 6 Lieutenant Renji Abarai.

"What's up, Uryu? What do you need to talk about?" asked Ichigo. He knew from the look on Uryu's face that this wasn't going to be a Quincy-to-Quincy talk.

"I don't think I belong here at this moment. I'm not sure if I could take anymore of being rejected by our friends, especially Orihime. I think I'm going to go to a medical school outside of Japan, which means I won't be helping you on the hollow hunts, Ichigo," said Uryu.

'Oh great, even more bad news,' thought Ichigo. "So what you're saying is that you're trying to leave the team?"

"I'm afraid so. The medical school I'm going to is in Germany, which means that I'm going to have limited contact with a phone once I start." 'Not that Orihime would care, after what I've done' he added mentally. Ichigo just had a smirk on his face.

"You may be leaving the team, pal, but you'll always have a place with us. Don't forget it," he said before extending his hand to Uryu. The said Quincy looked shocked, but then smiled and shook Ichigo's hand. "You might want to keep your cross, though. You'll never know when you might need it."

"I agree. If your Quincy power starts to come through, remember to rely on Zangetsu to help out."

"Gotcha." The next day, everyone except Orihime was present to see their friend off. This didn't surprise anyone, as they knew about her grudge against him. Ichigo was the last to leave the airport because he picked up a strange spiritual pressure. He saw Yoruichi Shihoin holding a sign, so he figured that she was waiting for someone. He didn't know how right he was.

Yoruichi saw who she was waiting for and held up the sign. He wasn't very fluent in Japanese, but he also knew that the Soul Society understood English very well, so he didn't have to strain his brain too much. Yoruichi went to greet him. "Hi there. I'm Yoruichi Shihoin. Welcome to Karakura Town," she said.

"I'm Logan Washburn. It's nice to meet you, Lady Shihoin," said Logan.

"So you're the Assassin I've heard rumors about."

"Rumors are bad for one's ear, Milady." Yoruichi was amused by that comment.

"I hear you're going to help our Substitute Soul Reaper with the Hollow problem he's been having. Any questions before I show you around?" she asked.

"Yes: when do I start?"

CHAPTER 1 END

This took a whole week to get written. I hope it was a good start, because it was pretty tough to get the introductory prologues written just right.