Author's Note: This is my very first fanfic, so please go easy on me! I would love constructive criticism, but not too harsh if you would! ;D But anyways, I don't think anyone will think this, but you know, for reasons and such, I don't own Bleach or any of the characters. Also, this is mainly an IchiRuki, but I might put in mild yaoi later, so probably T for safety, that and some violence and yes, but this is an AU vamp fic, if you don't like it, then don't care, just don't read.

Chapter 1: A Strange Happening

Another day in the lazy little town of Karakura, Ichigo staring out the window of his classroom bored and uninterested in whatever lecture his teacher was mumbling on about. All of the sudden, a wave of pain overcame him, forcing him to fall from his chair. Everyone turned back to look at the pained boy in shock. Chad and Orihime stood up and rushed over to their fallen friend.

"We'll take him to the nurse," Orihime stated with a worried brow.

As they were dragging Ichigo to the nurse, he wearily looked up at the neck of Orihime with an unsettling discovery; he wasn't looking at her but rather the tasty vein popping out of her neck as she helped Chad prop him up. What the….? Ichigo thought. Why would I be thinking…. But his thoughts were cut off by another stab of pain, catching his already worried friends' attention.

"Hold in there Ichigo," the giant stoically said. If the always quiet Chad spoke up, I must look pretty bad…

Once they got to the nurse, the worried pair sat the orange headed teen down and scurried back to class.

"I hope you feel better Kurosaki-kun!" Orihime explained.

The nurse came in with a rather unsurprised but concerned face.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, you're here for the third time this week! Haven't you had you had your dad check you out yet, I mean he runs a clinic for crying out loud!"

Ichigo's face turned hot as he sheepishly answered, "Yeah, but he didn't seem to find anything wrong either."

"Well, take one of these every 3 hours and you should be feeling good as new!"

As Ichigo started to head back to class feeling a little, but not much, better, the nurse called behind him, "And don't forget to tell your dad what happened again today, he needs to document it in case anymore symptoms show up!"

Before he reached his class, he made a quick pit stop at the bathroom, splashed some water into his burning face and stared at a disturbing image in the mirror. Everything looked normal at first glance but upon a closer look, he noticed something wrong with his eyes. His normal brown glowed a harsh gold and the white of his eyes turned a demonic black. Splashing more water on his in an attempt to clear his obviously fuzzy mind, he looked once more into the mirror, revealing his brown eyes once again.

This day gets stranger and stranger…..

After a semi-back to normal day, he walked home with his best friends, Rukia and Renji.

"What happened today Ichigo? You passed out again! Is something seriously wrong or what!?" Rukia looked up at him with big worried lavender eyes.

"Yeah really Ichigo, what's been up with you lately?" Renji raised a tattooed brow. "I promise guys, I guess I've just been tired or something lately, really don't worry about me," Ichigo explained.

Rukia and Renji shot each other a glance but quickly shrugged it off. "Okay Ichigo, see ya tomorrow! Don't forget we're going to the mall!" Rukia yelled at him as he walked off to his house. Instead of responding, Ichigo waved back at them letting them know he heard.

As he walked home, Ichigo wondered about the strange blackouts he'd been having. Was something wrong with him? Was he sick? He didn't feel sick, just the sharp painful headaches and then they disappeared after a few minutes. What was going on?

He didn't have time to finish his thoughts, a foot flew into his face, and he knew the cause.

"ICHIGOOOOOOO!" his man child of a dad exclaimed.

"Damn it dad! Cut that out! I'm not a little kid anymore!" Kurosaki Isshian face turned from crazy and frantic to worried and concern for his son.

"Is something wrong? You're always able to avoid my attacks…."

"Look DAD, I just had a long day at school and I blacked out again, so I was just thinking that's all. I'm going up to my room goat-face, follow me and you die." Ichigo warned his father that he wanted nothing more than to be alone. But the worried look on Isshin's face did not disappear. Deep down he knew what was going on with Ichigo, but he didn't have the heart to tell him just yet.

Damn, Isshin thought, why now, why so soon? I thought we'd have more time before, before this….. Masaki, I need you now more than ever….

Important! Character Info:

Ichigo: As of now, Ichigo is a regular teenager with no shinigami powers, wondering why he is having these strange blackouts… He is stronger than average humans but other than that he seems to be normal as of now…

Orihime: She is as she was before had any powers in the series, although her brother is still dead and lives on her own.

Chad: Also has no powers but the way him and Ichigo met remains the same.

Rukia: She is a normal human adopted by a powerful and wealthy family, the Kuchikis', and her brother Byakuya is very overprotective of her. Does she have any powers? Read more to find out…..

Renji: Like Renji, he is a normal human as well but was still an orphan that grew up with Rukia, but was never adopted. Once he got older, he was able to move out on his own, much like Orihime. He has trouble holding down jobs, so he still gets his money mainly from the state. Much like Byakuya, he is very overprotective of Rukia and loves her as if she was his sister. Although there will be no soul society, he may or may not have powers…

Isshin: Ichigo's father is still pretty much the same as he is in the series, but has a dark secret he is keeping from Ichigo... what is the man child hiding?!