Disclaimer: I do NOT own Bleach or any of its characters and I do not make any money from this fanfiction. Lulu is my creation and I take full credit for her. Please forgive me for any tiny parts I may or may not change to make the flow of my story go better. (Ex: Inoues' stay in captivity will be a little longer because Ichigo will be training harder to rescue her and it helps the flow.)

Warning: This story will contain a lot of cursing, graphic violence, and graphic lemons in later chapters. You have been fairly warned. If any of this offends you I ask that you do not read my story, if none of this does then I hope you enjoy reading it.

Chapter One

Death really wasn't so bad

"Damn it Jeremy!" Lulu Kaneko yelled at her little brother as he ran from the bathroom brandishing her hair brush over his head. Not in the mood for his stupid games this morning Lulu left the bathroom with a heavy sigh and headed for his bedroom where he would undoubtedly be hiding under his bed. To her dismay the little brat had managed to lock his door before she got there. Why had her parents even consented to putting the lock on his door? After taking a deep breath to calm herself she banged loudly on the solid wood barrier keeping her brother out of her reach. "You have two seconds to open your fucking door before I break it down and take my brush from you….painfully." She added leaking pure venom into her words.

"Lulu! Don't curse at your brother!" Her 'mother' yelled up the stairs. Tanya Anderson, the worst woman to put in the role of 'mother' this world had ever seen. She wasn't Lulus' real mother, but her stepmother. It had been four years since her real mother had passed in a car accident because of a stupid drunk teenager. Then one year ago her father got remarried to the high maintenance restaurant heiress.

"Jeremy darling, give Lulu back her brush or you can't go to Ryan's house after school." Tanya called in a loving voice loud enough to be heard through his door. Lulu held back the vomit. Jeremy wasn't her real brother either. He was Tanya's from a previous marriage and he happened to be eleven years younger than Lulu, only six years old and still such a pain in the ass.

The door opened bringing Lulu back to the present. It opened just enough for Jeremy to chuck the brush at the opposite wall and slam it shut clicking the lock into place before Lulu could get ahold of him. With an exasperated sigh she retrieved her brush and marched back to the bathroom to continue getting ready for another day of boring high school.

Safely inside the bathroom Lulu shut and locked the door to keep out any more nuisances. The mirror reflected her image at her and she sighed. She wished she looked more like her mother who was Japanese, but instead she resembled her American father. Her hair was a light brown and it reached straight down to the top of her tail-bone. The features of her face did sort of look like her mothers, well, in the fact that they were small. Blue-grey eyes that slanted ever so slightly, unnoticeable unless you were actually looking for it, and a small nose that was set evenly between her eyes, full lips (also rather small) that usually frowned or scowled made up the components of her face.

Lulu splashed her face with lukewarm water and toweled it dry. Then she pulled her hair up to put it in a tidy high pony tail, it still reached past the middle of her back. A large chunk of her chin length bangs were brushed to the left side of her face. Just before unlocking the door to face the day she pulled a long hair off the shoulder of her black shirt and gave herself one more look over. The shirt for today was short sleeved and black (like usual) and she had on a dark blue pair of jeans. Even without shoes on she was tall, another trait she inherited from her father.

Her father, Jeffery Anderson, who took the heiresses last name after they married, stood at six feet five inches and Lulu was five ten at only seventeen. Not in the mood to be depressed about her messed up family right now Lulu flicked off the light and left the bathroom. Jeremy was already downstairs eating a bowl of Lucky Charms while Tanya was on the phone with her 'daddy' discussing something or other that would end with her getting more money for some new clothes or jewelry probably. Lulu walked by without sparing them a second glance.

It would be cold out today, a typical chilly fall day when you lived high up in the mountains that is. They lived in a rather large house high in the Nevada/ California Mountains not even two miles from Lake Tahoe. It really was a beautiful area and an expensive house, but Tanya would not settle for less. Tanya was loaded since her father owned a classy restaurant in the tourist area that raked in money like it was leaves on your lawn. Jeffery was the top chef in that very same restaurant which is how the two newlyweds met and fell in love.

Speaking of Jeffery he was blocking the door with a serious look on his face. Crap that was never a good sign. "Morning dad." Lulu said looking up at his stern face. "First of all," He started getting right into it, skipping the niceties, "You WILL stop using foul language around your little brother." He ordered and Lulu didn't say anything and raised an eyebrow. He knew full well that she didn't consider that little brat as a sibling; they didn't share even a single drop of blood. Jeffrey continued ignoring the rude gesture. "Secondly, why do you have an F on your report card?" He asked withdrawing an open envelope from his back pocket and holding it out as evidence. "Simple," She said with an amused smirk, "Mrs. Brookes doesn't like the fact that I know more Japanese then her and I often correct her poor grammar." She was smug now, proud of herself. Her father wasn't so amused. "This is your senior year. You aren't going to remain second in the class if you don't bring this up." He said jabbing at the bold F next to her Japanese class.

The doorbell rang then and Lulu couldn't be more relieved. "That has to be Rachel." She said and grabbed her backpack by the door and her hoodie out of the closet as she side-stepped around her father and headed out of the door pulling it shut behind her before he could protest. Rachel Roe, Lulus' one and only friend had a wary look on her face. "That's five you owe me now." She said leading the way to her small Mercedes. Lulu just smiled and climbed into the passenger seat.

Lulu didn't tell Rachel what had happened and Rachel didn't ask. Neither were really talkers and Lulu wasn't much of a people person at all, Rachel would be if she wasn't so shy. "Oh hey, when are you leaving again? My mom wanted to say a proper goodbye." Rachel broke the silence quietly. "Not till after graduation, you should know. I am staying my last two days here at your house, remember?" Lulu asked. Her friend had a terrible memory. "Oh yeah, that's right?" She said looking sheepish. They both laughed and everything fell silent again.

In a little over a month Lulu would be graduating high school and moving to Japan to live with her grandmother and start university there. It was her dream to live in Japan ever since that first summer she was allowed to go and stay with her mother's mother during summer vacation seven years ago. Since then it became a yearly tradition, this time though, she wouldn't be coming back. The thought alone was enough to put a grin on her face.

Lulu was so lost in thought she didn't even notice that they had arrived at school already. "Lulu?" Rachel asked opening her door carefully so she wouldn't hit the car next to her that had parked to close to their line. Opening her own door, Lulu smiled and climbed out without a word. She pulled her hoodie carefully over her pony tail and pulled it through letting it hang over her right shoulder as Rachel came around to join her. They headed for the dull building talking about recent video games they have played or books they have finished reading.

Rachel stopped talking mid-sentence and Lulu looked up from her friend to see what had made her quiet. Of course, should have known. Kelly Runell was strutting her stuff this way. Only a dumb blonde bimbo would wear a mini skirt and heals on a cold slick day like today. Kelly was head cheerleader, never would have guessed right? On top of all that her father owned a very popular ski resort making her top brass in our rich little community. Lulu never really cared about the money her father had or her step mother piled up, it was just a convenience. Head cheerleader on the other hand, loved money. She never wore the same outfit twice and her brand new BMW was never anything less than blindingly bright and shiny.

Lulu knew what Kelly was doing when she walked toward them. It was a favorite ego boost of hers to pick on shy little Rachel. Kelly didn't have the guts to pick on Lulu anymore, so she made due with her best friend. The clicking of the blondes heels came to a stop about a yard away. "Good Morning." She greeted in her fake sweet voice. "Thought I smelled something." Lulu said and grinned devilishly bringing her hand over her nose. The glare thrown at her made her laugh and Rachel stifled a giggle. Kelly ignored the jibe and turned to Rachel, "Don't you look pretty to-" Lulu stepped forward cutting the prep off mid-sentence. "Back off. I'm not in the mood today." She warned her voice powerful. It gave Lulu pleasure to know that she still had to look down to make eye contact with the five foot four cheerleader even in her three inch heels.

Kelly stumbled back, like she had been pushed. Something made it impossible for her to disobey the command. After a long second little miss princess straightened up and stalked away with an agitated hair flip. Rachel looked up, way up, to her best friend and smiled her timid smile, "Thank you." She whispered and the two continued on to class.

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Lulu stretched her long legs after getting out of her tiny English desk. Rachel closed her notebook and sighed, a relieved sound. "It's the weekend now! Four more weeks after today and we will be done with this place." She said happily getting out of her seat and picking up her things. Lulu walked around and put her arm lazily on the shorter girls shoulder and they left the room in the direction of their lockers. "Hey, did you wanna stay over tonight? My mom was gonna order pizza since the boys are going fishing." Rachel asked placing her binder in her messy locker while Lulu easily slid hers into its proper place among the OCD perfection of her locker."Sounds good." The lockers clanked shut and Rachel walked in the direction of the exit. Lulu hesitated a second then followed. Just now she got a really bad feeling, something wasn't right…

It was colder outside than usual and Lulu stopped a moment to take a long look around. Rachel was in the car waiting with it running so she hurried to catch up. Lulu tossed her backpack in the back seat and climbed in front. The ride was quiet, like usual, but for some reason Lulu was geared up, on edge or something. Maybe it was just excitement to get out of her house for the night, or maybe she was just happy school was almost out of the way. Whatever it was she couldn't seem to shake it off.

Everything happened so fast. One second Rachel was following the curve of the narrow mountain road talking about the games they should play tonight when a semi-truck smacked into her side of the car and sent them crashing into the barricade. Windows shattered, metal crunched, tires squealed, and the screaming began. Instinct took over before she knew it and Lulu had ripped her seatbelt off and thrown herself in front of Rachel like a shield. Pain was all that held her mind now. Glass had pierced her arms, back, head, and something sharp had stabbed her straight through the lung, and luckily the object wasn't long enough to reach her stunned friend who didn't seem to actually know what was going on but was screaming at the top of her lungs anyway.

When all the motion stopped the tiny Mercedes was pinned to the barricade by the big rig and Rachel was fading out of consciousness from the shock. Lulu was able to register the fact that Rachel appeared to be, for the most part, unharmed, before she faded away.

Sorry guys! I didn't mean to wait so long to put up another story but a lot of IRL got in the way!!! Again, sorry and thanks for reading my new story! I hope you continue to read on! Next chapter will be up really soon!

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~Lady Toorima