Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or its characters. I'm just borrowing them and swear to return them in a moderately good condition.

Chapter 1

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"Shut up you piece of crap!" an orange haired teenager yelled at his buzzing alarm clock. He reached one tanned arm out from under the covers and grabbed the infuriating object. He sat up in bed and chucked it out the open window with a deep scowl embedded on his features. He stood and stretched then pulled of his shirt, revealing toned muscles with a few scars here and there. His name was Ichigo Kurosaki. 15-year old teen with spiky orange hair and amber coloured eyes and today was to be his first day at his new school, Karakura Martial Arts Academy. A large school built on the outskirts of town that not only taught regular subjects but also specialized in the ancient teachings of the martial arts.

After taking a quick shower and brushing his teeth, Ichigo went back to his room to get dressed. A pair of black jeans, his favourite sneakers, a white collar shirt and a black blazer with the Karakura Martial Arts Academy insignia embroided onto the left side. Ichigo checked himself in the mirror to make sure he at least looked presentable. He didn't want his teacher mistaking him for a hoodlum of some sort which was very likely to happen. Ever since he was little people had been picking on him because of his unique hair colour. At first it was just silly playground fights but when he got older it started getting serious and all sorts of scum would try to teach him a lesson. Thus he'd learned to defend himself from a very early age and had gotten interested in the martial arts. One of the reasons he was going to Karakura Martial Arts Academy.

"Onii-chan! Breakfast is ready!" a small high pitched voice called from downstairs.

"Coming!" Ichigo shouted back, checked himself one more time and went downstairs where his little sisters, Karin and Yuzu, were already seated at the table.

"Onii-chan, I made you scrambled eggs and toast. There's bacon as well if you'd like." Yuzu said with a bright smile.

"You should hurry up and get some before you-know-who catches a whiff of it." Karin commented drily.

"Thanks Yuzu." Ichigo said and sat down. He grabbed a slice of toast and was about to pile some scrambled eggs on top of it when a man jumped through the open window and kicked it out of his hand.

"Aha! You're slow Ichigo! That is why you'll never be able to defeat your old man! But fear not my son I'll still love you and..."

THUD!

Ichigo kicked his father in the face and sent him flying off the table on which he had landed.

"You crazy old goat! What the hell do you think you're doing? What kind of father attacks his own son first thing in the morning and on top of that, didn't anybody ever teach you not to waste food? Now I can't eat that because you kicked it onto the floor!"

Isshin Kurosaki stood up and grinned at his son.

"Nonsense! A little dirt never hurt anybody." he picked up the toast. "Here."

"Like hell I'll eat that! You're the one who made me drop it so you eat it." Ichigo responded heatedly.

"You're the one who dropped so you must eat it." His father grabbed him by the collar and tried to shove the bread into his son's mouth. It earned him a hard punch to the stomach as Ichigo turned the tables and was soon leaning over his father trying to do the very same thing.

"Onii-chan! Tou-san! Stop or you'll be late for school on your first day." Yuzu. Karin just continued to eat her breakfast with an amused smirk.

"Oh hell it's that late already? I've got to go. Bye Yuzu, Karin, crazy old goat face." Ichigo quickly grabbed another slice of toast and held it between his teeth as he grabbed his backpack and ran out the door.

"Oh our son is so cruel to me Masaki!" Isshin cried out, referring to the Kurosaki children's late mother.

"You started it old man."

"Not you too Karin! Oh woe is me! Even my little girls have forsaken me Masaki!"

Karin just rolled her eyes as Yuzu did her best to comfort their father.


Ichigo finished his toast in three large bites as he ran down the street at full speed. In order to get to Karakura Martial Arts Academy he'd have to cross the river by train. The train left at 08:00am sharp and the next one didn't leave until 08:45am. It was a thirty minute ride and school started at 09:00am, which meant that if he missed the train he would indefinitely be late for school. He checked his watch and gritted his teeth as he saw the time, 07:52. As he looked at his watch he didn't notice where he was going and ran straight into a large guy on a skateboard.

"Oh sorry, my bad." Ichigo said as he sat up and rubbed his head. The large guy got up and glared at him, signaling for his two friends who'd been riding behind him.

"What do you think you're doing punk?" the man spat out and shoved Ichigo back down as he stood up.

"Oh seriously I don't have time for this. Look I'm sorry it was nothing personal now if you'll excuse me I'm running late."

Ichigo pushed past the man but was stopped by his two lackeys. With a sigh he narrowed his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "Last chance. Out of my way." The two just grinned, showing off their nearly toothless mouthes.

Their leader was now behind Ichigo and swung a punch at the back of the teen's head. Ichigo's forearm shot up and blocked the blow.

"Only a coward attacks without warning his opponent first." he said with a small smirk.

This only angered the man as he swung again, Ichigo ducked down and rolled out of the way. One of the lackeys tried attack him. Ichigo kicked upwards and caught him on the chin sending him backwards with a few drops of blood coming from his mouth.

Their leader charged again with his large fist raised menacingly, Ichigo kicked his knee up into the man's chest and knocked him down. As he lay gasping for breath, the other lackey rushed at the orange haired fighter with his skateboard raised as a weapon above his head. Ichigo grabbed him before he could strike and, using the man's own momentum against him, he flipped him over and onto the ground face first. He then picked up the skateboard and broke it in half over his knee.

"Next time try to be more polite to people." he said and tossed the broken pieces over his shoulder. Quickly checking his watch, his eyes widened in shock and he took off toward the train station about a block away.


"07:58. Where the hell is Ichigo?" a large young man thought, sitting in his seat on the last compartment of the train. The room was occupied by him and two girls talking to each other, one with short, spiky black hair and the other with long auburn hair and two lower shaped hair clips, both wearing the Karakura Martial Arts Academy uniform. The large Mexican guy was also wearing the uniform though everyone on the train suspected he had it custom tailored since the normal XXL uniform probably wouldn't suit him. The train was packed with students from Karakura Martial Arts Academy as well as the occasional adult.

"So Tatsuki-chan, what do you think the academy will be like? Do you think it will be all gray and bleak like the uniforms or do you think they painted the walls with all sorts of vibrant colours to inspire the students while they're..."

Tatsuki held up her hand before her auburn haired friend could continue.

"I don't think anyone worries about the paint job, Orihime. More importantly are you sure about going to this school. I mean it can get pretty rough in a martial arts academy." Tatsuki said with a concerned expression.

Orihime beamed and nodded her head.

"Of course I am. I won't be in any danger with you and Sado-kun there to protect me. Oh and Kurosaki-kun too. Speaking of which shouldn't he have been here by now?"

"Uh-huh." Chad grunted and checked his watch. 08:00 and still no sign of Ichigo. The train started moving.

"Late on his first day, seriously that guy..." Whatever Tatsuki was going to say was lost to the wind as Ichigo came hurtling full speed onto the platform, sprinting towards the train which was rapidly gaining speed.

"Hey! Wait up damn it! HEY!" the orange haired teen yelled frantically at the train.

Sliding open their compartment door, Chad held onto the door frame and stuck his long muscular arm out, his palm stretched open toward Ichigo. His friend was running along the train tracks and jumped towards the compartment. His hand missed Chad's but the big Mexican caught him quickly around the waist with a sudden forward movement and hauled him onto the train.

Panting heavily, Ichigo mopped the sweat from his brow. As soon as he regained his breath he thanked his friend.

"Ah thanks Chad. Sorry I guess I'm a little late, huh?"

"No problem." Chad replied and sat back down, Ichigo slid in next to him and placed his backpack under the seat.

"Better late than never." Tatsuki said with an amused smile.

"Sorry. I ran into some goons who thought they were tough or something. A fight broke out as usual." Ichigo replied with an agitated sigh. He really didn't like just randomly beating people up.

"Were you hurt, Kurosaki-kun?" Orihime asked in a concerned voice.

Ichigo's eyes darted towards her and he leaned back in his seat.

"Oh Inoue. You're here too?"

"He just noticed her?" Tatsuki and Chad thought incredulously.
"Yup!" Orihime replied cheerfully as always.

The rest of their ride was pretty uneventful except for Ichigo and Chad who nearly emptied their breakfast onto the floor when Orihime described what she had had that morning. Tatsuki had the sense not to listen.

As the train slowed to a stop the four students climbed off and stared open mouthed at the Karakura Martial Arts Academy.

It was huge. As in like a fortress. It did indeed have a very bleak paint job much to Orihime's dismay.

"Well. Let's go in, shall we?" Ichigo said after a while. The others nodded in agreement and, shouldering their backpacks, they made their way into the walls building of Karakura Martial Arts Academy for the first time.

AN: Okay so since this is my first fic I'd really love some feedback and constructive criticism on it. English is my second language so feel free to point out any spelling or grammar mistakes. I did run a spell check but no guarantees. Please leave a review even if it is just to say: "Hi I actually read this." It helps. Also I'm not sure if I want to include the Espada in this fic as well so if you have any suggestions feel free to tell me, otherwise I'm just gonna use the other characters like I planned it.

Anyway see ya and thanks for reading will update soon enough.

PS. Sorry it's a little short but I wanted to know if people like this first.