Hello and Welcome to my new story A Loving Blade.

A little back story about why I made this is because about a year ago I was currently catching up on Bleach and started reading the manga Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple and started thinking what could happen if the two worlds were the same. Sadly at the time I couldn't write for sh** and couldn't think of a good plot but now as I'm a more experience writer, being able to write five stories at the same time, the ideas just came to me and here it is. So before we begin

"Talking"

'Thinking/talking to inner'

'Hollow'

'Zanpakutō'

Disclaimer: All property is owned by their rightful owners, I only own the story

Edited 9/14/14: I have made slight edits to this chapter to be more enjoyable then it was previously, enjoy

Now then without further ado, Let's begin

Shigure was holding her side, putting pressure on the wound she got from a lucky swordsman when she was out hunting for her father's blades. She was able to run across two towns before the blood lost got to her and slowed down to a stop in this random town. Shigure leaned against a random lamp post and slid down to the floor with ragged breaths

Shigure looked up to the visible night sky with stars twinkling as her eyes softened "So this is. . How I. . Die" Shigure lowered her head with soft sigh "I'm going to die. . In a city. . I don't even know" Shigure said as she gave out a low chuckle before coughing out some blood

"I wonder what. . The others. . Would think if. . They saw me. . Like. . This" Shigure said to herself with a sad smile as she thought of their reactions. Apachai's, Miu's, and Kenichi's distraught and saddened faces while Tochumaro who will probably wait at the gate for my return. Akisame's stoic expression dropping as he cried for her, Kensei openly crying while Sakaki looked away trying to hold back tears. And the Elder, he would mourn her then go seek vengeance against whoever did this.

Shigure smiled as she pictured their faces one last time as she closed her eyes while holding onto her father's sword as she drifted off not noticing someone walking up to her

Ichigo Kurosaki: 24 Years old

Hair color: Orange

Eye color: Brown

Occupation: professional doctor and owner of the Kurosaki Clinic / Part time Shinigami

Past achievements: Ryoka who invaded the Sereitei and stopped an execution, A Substitute Shinigami who charged Hueco Mundo to save his friend, The hero of the winter war who stopped Aizen, A former member of Xcution, and the man considered to be the Soul King's equal and better who ended the 1,000 year blood war against the Quincy

Ever since the war ended life returned to normal, oddly enough too normal. Hollows instead of hungrily attacking Ichigo for his powerful soul that he has were now too fearful of Ichigo's new found reiatsu to the point that they now avoiding him in a 100 mile radius.

Ichigo was both glad and saddened at the thought of being able to finish his schoolwork in peace but he was now bored at the fact he can no longer be matched by anyone in power as no one wanted to face him. . . . Except Kenpachi but he's a special case.

When he entered college to get his doctorate Unohana approached him with an offer to teach him what she knows. When Unohana appeared in front of everyone when the war ended Ichigo and the others were surprised that she was still alive only to be shortly scolded by her when she said "I'm Seireitei's number one medical officer. Do you honestly believe I wouldn't be able to heal myself. I did it once so why couldn't I do it a second time" she then smiled which horrified everyone as she was still dressed in her 'Kenpachi' persona

So during Ichigo's breaks from college Unohana taught him what she knew of the medical world and actually surprised Ichigo that she knew very advance medical procedures of his world. Unohana scolded him saying "I may be a Shinigami but that doesn't mean I can't follow the medical advancements of your world to better the life we have here" she then once again smiled that sent chills down everyone's spines as people openly begged her to put on her regular attire than her 'Kenpachi' attire

Because of her teachings Ichigo got through college faster than anyone else. . except Uryu who was a given as his family owns an actual hospital. Ichigo then inherited the Kurosaki Clinic from his father as he had no need to work if his son was going to take up the title of a doctor. After Karin and Yuzu left to study abroad for college Ichigo stared at his father who was in his kitchen eating his food

Ichigo then preceded to kick his father out of the house and sent him to the Sereitei where he was more useful there than in the world of the living. Though it doesn't mean that he doesn't come time to time to annoy Ichigo and embarrass him in front of his patients. Which then causes him to beat up his father and kick him out of the clinic once more. So far it only happened twenty-seven times. . . . . This year

Ichigo at this moment was walking home from the store with a bag groceries in both hands. As Ichigo entered a crossroad to his home street he stopped and looked at the ground. He then saw a droplet of blood on the ground as his eyes scanned the area where he soon saw a trail of blood ". . . . It's always something with this town" Ichigo said dryly to himself as he looked in the direction of where the blood is leading to and saw in the distance a figure leaning against the lamp post before sliding down onto the ground

Ichigo let out a tired sigh "A doctor's work is never done" Ichigo said sarcastically as he vanished with a trail of green light to those who could see reiatsu. After his time with Xcution Ichigo decided to train his Fullbring to the point that his human body can fight against on equal terms against most captains. . . Except Kenpachi as Ichigo doesn't want his human body to die just yet from the crazed blood lusted captain. The main difference when using his Fullbring now then before is that he got rid of that armor he wore when he activated it as it annoyed him to no end when his friends made jokes about him being a Kamen Rider

Ichigo appeared in front of the figure as he saw it was a woman who had a massive wound that hit near her ribs. Ichigo feared it may have hit her lungs or anything vital. He put his groceries in one hand and gently as possible carried her bridal style before disappearing in a green light once more. Ichigo flickered twice across the streets and appeared in front of his clinic. He opened the door and entered the clinic

Ichigo tossed the groceries aside not caring if anything got damaged as he could go back later to get more. Ichigo entered the clinic part of his home and placed her on the medical table. Ichigo then took her short pink kimono off, slightly wondering who in their right mind would wear such a short kimono or the fact she is wearing chain mail underneath it. Ichigo had to fight off a massive blush that appeared on his face when he noticed the only thing covering her body was bandages. After slapping himself to stay focus he went to work checking the wound.

Ichigo sighed in relief as the woman was lucky that wound actually missed her vital organs and only passed out from blood lost. Ichigo began to clean her wound as bits of her chain mail chipped and was in her wound which he noticed from personal experiences was from a stab wound from a proficient blade. Ichigo decided to ask her about it later and closed up her wound. He then dressed her in some spare clothes he has in her size as he learned from experience when dealing with many patients, always keep spare clean clothing. Ichigo then carried her to the beds in the clinic had and tucked her in

Ichigo walked out of the room while carrying the sword she had, which he noticed was a tsuba-less nodachi with a grip of bandages similar to what he used in Zangetsu's released state back when he was younger. Ichigo walked to the home part of his clinic knowing that if the woman was to wake up she would leave but not without her sword. Ichigo went and picked up the groceries and sighed in relief that nothing was damaged as he put them away before walking to his couch. Ichigo sat down on his couch taking the nodachi out of it's sheathe and looked at it. Ichigo saw that it was a good blade, not as good as Zangetsu, but a good blade in all.

'You can feel how cold it is, don't you' Zangetsu said his voice ringing in Ichigo's mind

Ichigo let out a 'hn' as he agreed with Zangetsu, even if the blade wasn't a Zanpakutō it still felt as if it carried sorrow through the steel. Ichigo wondered what the story was with the blade before sheathing it and placed it on the coffee table in front of him

'So are ya wondering what's going on with the woman, king?' Ichigo heard Shiro's sarcastic voice in his mind

"Not really, whatever is happening is not of my concern" Ichigo said dully to himself as he heard Shiro snickering

'You do realize that the moment you talk to her, it WILL be your problem' Shiro cackled in his mind

"That's not true" Ichigo denied as he heard Zangetsu letting out a tired sigh

'Ichigo, I know you very well. The second you feel she is in any danger you'll do whatever in your power to get involved in whatever scheme that is going on. Face it, it's in your nature to but into people's problems' Zangetsu said as Ichigo's brow twitched in anger as his Zanpakutō told him off while Shiro cackled loudly in his mind

"Okay first off, No I don't. Second would you two leave me alone I want to get some sleep" Ichigo said too tired to argue with his spirits as he could picture in his mind Zangetsu nodding and Shiro still snickering before leaving him alone. Ichigo then lied down on his couch and nodded off

Shigure felt rays of light hit against her face as she slowly opened her eyes to see not the sky but a ceiling. Shigure quickly sprung up before flinching and pressed her hand against her side before noticing she was in clothing slightly too small for her and her wound was tended to. Shigure looked around and noticed she was in a clinic, not like Akisame's that was filled with various medical tools, just a normal clinic

Shigure looked around before noticing her father's blade was nowhere and quickly got out of bed flinching as she did. Shigure walked out of the room and into the hallway as she noticed the clinic was connected to a home. She entered the living area with a kitchen and dining area on the side. Shigure looked around and saw her sword on the table in front of the couch.

Shigure walked up to table before noticing someone was sleeping on the couch. The first thing she noticed was the man's spiky orange hair but didn't question it as Apachai had spiky silver hair. The next thing she notice on him was the his muscular physic that could nearly match Akisame's. Shigure then looked back to her sword and slowly reached for it making sure not wake him up.

Shigure even with her speed and finesse was surprised when she grabbed her sword only for the man who supposedly was asleep grabbed her wrist in a quick blur. Shigure watched as the man opened his eye to reveal warm chocolate irises "Would you mind telling me what you are doing out of bed" the man said sternly as Shigure scowled at the man and was thinking if she could call him a pervert but at the moment he has the advantage when he suddenly stood up his hand still clamped against her wrist.

"I was taking. . My. . Sword back" Shigure said as the man raised a brow probably at the way she talks

"That may be so, but you're injured and need to rest" the man said as he let go of her wrist "Especially when you reopened that wound" the man said pointing to her side as she saw the blood seeping through her shirt. Shigure cursed under her breath and wondered if she could knock him out and just leave.

Shigure decided against it and decided to just leave at night when he's asleep "Fine. . Let's go" Shigure said as she walked back to the clinic part of the home

Ichigo was scratching the back of his head confused at how the woman acted and how she talked 'Are you kidding me, did ya hear her voice. Just imagine what it would sound like when she moans out yo- OW, WHAT THE HELL' Shiro shouted as Ichigo thanked Zangetsu for hitting him

'Anytime but you have to admit there is some charm to the way she talks' Zangetsu said as both him and Shiro went silent

'. . . You've been spending too much time with Shiro' Ichigo thought to them as Zangetsu let out a huff

'Well of course I spend too much time with him, he is me' Zangetsu stated as Shiro snickered in the background 'Besides I actually have to agree the idiot' Zangetsu said as Shiro was too stunned that Zangetsu would actually agree with him then to make a retort.

Ichigo was also stunned when he heard Zangetsu say that 'Hold on, since when have you ever cared about my love life' Ichigo demanded in his mind

'Since I learned that you will pass up every opportunity with any woman in your life because you are too much of a coward to make the first move' Zangetsu said as Ichigo's jaw dropped as he could picture Shiro slamming his fist into the 'Ground' of his inner world while laughing maniacally

'Name one time' Ichigo growled out in his mind

'Rukia Kuchiki' Zangetsu said

'She's just a friend, plus she's dating Renji'

'Which could've been you if you manned up'

'Well I-'

'Orihime Inoue is another'

'I just thought of her as a friend'

'Even when you knew how she felt about you. How could you be so shallow'

'Oy don't make me the bad guy her-

'Tatsuki Arisawa'

'Oh come on! She was just a childhood friend for Pete's sake'

'And could've been more if you weren't so stubborn at the time to even notice her'

'ENOUGH!' Ichigo shouted in his mind silencing Zangetsu while Shiro was still trying his hardest to stop laughing at their argument 'I am a doctor and she is a patient, nothing more, nothing less. Got it' Ichigo said sternly in his mind as he heard Zangetsu sigh while Shiro finally stopped laughing and was currently out of breath

'Alright Ichigo, I'll trust your decision. . . Even if it's wrong' Zangetsu said getting the last say before retreating into Ichigo's mind. Ichigo let out a low growl as he heard Shiro start laughing again but slowly disappearing back into his mind

Ichigo shook his head grumbling curses to his spirits as he walked into the clinic to see the woman wasn't there ". . . . Crap" Ichigo said to himself as he noticed the open window and sighed "Well I guess I can't blame her, I probably do the same in her position when I was younger" Ichigo said dully before vanishing with a trail of green light

'I know I said I'll go at night but he took too long and with the skill he has he was probably an agent of Yami acting as a kind doctor while reinforcements arrive' Shigure guessed as she ran on top of the roofs of multiple buildings as she looked back at the clinic in the distance before looking straight ahead and nearly collided with the person in front of her. Shigure jumped back and was astounded as the man who treated her was standing in front of her with his arms crossed

"You know it's very rude to walk out on people" the man said sternly with a scowl that she sworn was glued to his face. She decided to stay quiet and not say anything as she reached for her sword. The man in front of her saw what she was doing and sighed heavily before vanishing from her line of sight. Before she could look for him her vision went black

Ichigo gave her a neck chop and knocked her unconscious and caught her before her limp body fell to the ground "Ugh, she's going to give me problems I just know it" Ichigo said bitterly to himself while he was impressed that there were actually normal humans that could move like her

'Don't all women give you problems' Shiro joked as Ichigo mentally flipped him off which Shiro laughed at

Ichigo vanished in a instant and reappeared in his clinic and set her down on the same table he used last night. Ichigo took the bloody bandages off and cleaned the wound before wrapping another roll of bandages around her and put new clothes on her as he took the bloody clothes to the wash along with her pink kimono. It wouldn't be for more than a few hours until she woke while he took care the few people coming in for a check up

Shigure woke up with a pain in her neck as she looked up to see the familiar ceiling. She rose up from her bed quickly and flinched as she opened the wound again "Dammit, I just closed that wound" Shigure turned her head to see the man again but this time wearing a doctors coat and clipboard in hand. Before she could say anything he beat her to it "Before you ask anything, let me change those bandages and close up your wound. . . . Again" Shigure could hear the bitterness and the annoyance in the man's voice.

Shigure did as she was told and let him close up the wound again and replaced the bandages. As She put on a new shirt that he gave her she looked at him questioning his motives of why he would actually help her to such a degree "Name" Shigure was thrown off her thoughts when he said that. The man must've noticed the surprise on her face as he rolled his eyes "What's your name seeing as I don't want to keep on calling you woman" the man said sarcastically which made her roll her eyes this time

"Shigure. . .Kosaka" the man nodded

"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, I'm the doctor and owner of this clinic" the man now named Ichigo explained. Shigure looked at him with a blank expression when she thought about his name for a bit

". . . Straw. . Berry" Shigure said as an amusing reaction happened as Ichigo's face turned red in anger and twitched slightly

"It's 'He who protects' not strawberry" Ichigo said as she could tell he's trying his best not to yell at her

Shigure was inwardly amused at his reaction "If you say. . So. . . . . . Straw. .Berry" Shigure said with a small smirk as the man in front of her trying his hardest to control his anger as he literally grabbed his owned wrist as if he was stopping himself from attacking her "How did you. . Catch me so. . Fast" Shigure asked as she wondered how DID he catch when she had a head start.

Shigure watched as Ichigo calmed down and coughed into his fist "Sorry but a person with secrets must never disclose such secrets to those who he just met" Ichigo said with a smirk that annoyed her to no end. Shigure in the end understood that what he said was true and that technique is not to be disclosed as the image of Yomi having such a technique would be frightening.

Shigure shook her head getting those thoughts out of her head "How. . Long" Shigure asked wondering if she could leave soon

"If you are wondering when you can leave. Sorry to say but it'll be about a month before I let you leave" Ichigo said as Shigure frowned at him only for him to raised his hands at her in a placating motion "Hey now, this is only to make sure you get better as I can tell you're a stubborn one and would leave the leave clinic in an instant like you did before" Ichigo said as she gave him a pout "Don't give me that look, I have to work with kids and I have two little sisters. Your pout does nothing to me" Ichigo said with a slight smirk

Shigure relented and let out a soft huff "Fine. . . But that doesn't. . Mean I won't. . Try to leave. . Before the month. . Ends" Shigure said subtly challenging him that she could escape. Shigure watched as he let out smirk and saw in his eyes gleamed in the prospect of being challenged

"I'm alright with that, that is you don't mind having to walk yourself back here every time you run" Ichigo said with a grin that says that accepts her challenge. It was then the two heard the door chime ring for the clinic "Would you mind waiting in the living room as I deal with this" Ichigo said as he turned to the entrance not waiting for her to answer.

Shigure left the clinic wondering to herself 'This is going to be an interesting month'

Well I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of A Loving Blade, the next chapter will be up pretty soon so stay alert. Now then thank you for reading if you please would leave a comment, review, or PM that would be great and I'll see you all later. Have a great day