Brand spakin new story folks. I have had this chapter done for a while when I suddenly wanted to read Bleach/Fruits Basket crossovers and got an idea for my own story. I got the specific idea from reading Anna Mae 2243's story Orange so there might be a few similarities but not many. My brain took an idea I had while reading Orange and ran off with it at full speed.

I will say this now, THIS WILL BE SLASH so if you don't like that kind of stuff don't bother reading. I hate flamers most of all and I put it in the summary so you know what you're getting into. This will be Ichigo/Kyo because of the simple reason that I CAN. My story, my pairings.

This story will hopefully be written along the Fruits Basket time line, though it's been years since I read Fruits Basket and I might need to go back and recap. I might jump around the story line and skim over certain events to make the time pass better. I'm going to go over every single little event in the manga because it's tedious and I don't have to. And like you can see in the first paragraph this is set after the Fullbringer arc in the Bleach timeline, so none of the new stuff.

Since this will be Ichigo/Kyo there will be no Kyo/Tohru except for maybe some friendship, and Ichigo/Tohru friendship as well.

I plan on keeping mostly to the regular storyline until I hit a certain point, during which I'll start making changes and you'll understand where the title comes from. Not giving out any spoilers yet, though you can PM me or review if you think you know what I have planned.

Let's get this started then, I don't own Bleach or Fruits Basket! Heck I didn't find Fruits Basket till I was in 6th grade so there's no way that could happen and I found Bleach several years after that.

Enjoy!

Ichigo sighed as he stood from unpacking the last box in his new room. He looked around his bedroom with a tired sigh, liking the new arrangement of dark stained furniture on the freshly painted black and red walls.

Isshin had decided to move their family after the Fullbringer incident, saying it was too dangerous in Karakura and he didn't want his daughters exposed to so much danger. So they moved to a town many miles away and Isshin enrolled his three children in the local high and junior high schools. They had moved in on a Friday, causing the Kurosaki children to miss school, so that they could have enough time to unpack and get their bearings before the next week would begin. Isshin got a job at the local hospital, which he complained was too far away, even if it was only a half hour or so by car.

Ichigo had been officially assigned as the resident shinigami at the new town, called District 56, by the Soutaicho but told that they would be in contact if there were any more problems like Aizen. He had been told that there had been reports of humans with odd energy signatures, not reiatsu, but some other force, centered in a housing compound in a reserved area of town. He had strongly refused when Kurotsuchi requested for him bringing one of these individuals to Sereitei for him to 'study', and was supported by the majority of the captains. He was looking forward to being in the new town because of its much lower reishi environment, which meant less Hollows. Apparently the ones in the area were less dangerous so he would be able to get away with leaving them alone until he had a break at school.

He didn't like leaving his home of sixteen years and all his friends, but couldn't deny his father's argument. Karakura really was too dangerous for Karin and Yuzu and he didn't want them in harm's way, there had been too many close calls before. He was sure this town was going to be better.

He left his room and closed the door behind him, freshly painted red 15 in a pentagon shaped like his substitute-shinigami badge on it. He dodged his father's kick aimed at his head and looked around the kitchen, ignoring his father's cries to the wall size poster of Ichigo's mother (he hadn't wasted any time putting that up). It wasn't that different than their old kitchen, slightly larger, which Yuzu loved, and had more floor and counter space. The appliances were very clean, if not brand new, and higher quality than those at their old house. Isshin might have bought the house just because of Yuzu, or, since there was a large grassy backyard, for Karin. Ichigo didn't care, he liked their new home, he never needed very much space but appreciated his larger room. The town was nice, the people were friendly, and there were fewer guys that had issues with his hair color which was appreciated.

He grabbed his wallet and cell phone as he pocketed his set of keys with his shinigami badge attached and headed out. He walked around the town for a few hours, getting a feeling for the place, making notes of where the good stores and restaurants were and where places he could spend time were. He rather liked the town; it was not as busy as Karakura, more laid back. It was also more heavily wooded, which he loved, since he liked animals. He decided to explore the forest at some point soon to see if there were any good places for him to train, since this town didn't have a semi-crazy ex-captain with a huge underground space for him to use.

He spent a while walking around his new school, which was only a five or ten minute walk from his new house. It was a nice school, nicer than his old one and larger, though not so much that he wouldn't be able to find his way around.

When the sun started to set he headed home, hearing the sound of a ball being kicked as he approached his house. He smiled to himself; Karin hadn't wasted any time in getting her soccer ball out and was kicking it at the goal in their backyard.

"Yo, Karin," He greeted as he closed the gate to the backyard.

"Hey Ichi-nii," His tough little sister greeted back. Her brother had been gone for a few hours but she hadn't seen him since lunch since they had all been busy unpacking and making the new house feel like home.

"You wanna check out the park after dinner? I saw it has a full sized soccer field, some kids your age were playing a game earlier, you might join them sometime." He grinned as she sighed in mock resignation, he knew she was looking forward to playing the sport with more than just herself or him.

"I guess. Though I bet no one'll be as good as I am," Ichigo knew she wasn't being cocky; his sister was seriously good at soccer.

Her older brother chuckled as he heard Yuzu call them in for dinner, "Good, I'm pretty sure they go to your school. You can meet some other players tomorrow."

She elbowed him in the hip as she passed him into the back door, "As long as you don't get into any fights at school I don't see me having any problems."

Ichigo just huffed, "You know I never started any of those! They weren't my fault!"

Yuzu stopped their bickering by setting dinner on the table as they sat. The whole family dug in happily until Isshin started teasing Ichigo about fighting, which just started the one-sided yelling match again, making the youngest Kurosaki sigh in defeat, nothing could change their family, not even a move.

Ichigo smiled a bit at his reflection in the floor length mirror in his room. He liked this new school's uniform, long sleeved dark grey collared shirt, grey slacks, and a white tie. He had the tie as loose as possible while still being tied, and the first few buttons of his shirt undone. The uniform fit well, cut close to his body without restricting his movement. Grabbing his school bag, he made his way downstairs to eat before he headed off to school.

Yuzu chirped a merry, "Morning Ichi-nii!" when she saw him, making him nod and smile back. He had gotten up early so that he would have plenty of time to eat and get to school on time. He gave his youngest sister the compliment she wanted when she did a twirl, showing off her new uniform. She smiled brightly at him as he stood to leave, shoving his phone, wallet, and keys into his bag before heading for school.

The weather was nice out, not too cold and not too warm. He enjoyed his walk to school, though he did pause near the school gates to watch an orange haired boy yelling at a grey haired boy about something while a long brown haired girl looked frantically between them before the orange one's shoulders slumped and the group of them made their way inside.

He ignored the looks he was getting from the other students and just made his way to the Principal's office to get his schedule. It didn't take long before he had his new schedule in hand and his new homeroom teacher was leading him towards the classroom. He waited outside while the teacher quieted the class and introduced him to them, writing his name on the board while he walked up to the desk, "Class we have a new student joining us. This is Kurosaki Ichigo from Karakura Town. He's just moved to the area so help him if he needs it."

Ichigo swept over the class with his eyes, noting that more than a few girls and even some guys were looking at him with hearts in their eyes, he wasn't really expecting that. "Yo, I'm Kurosaki Ichigo like Sensei said. I just moved here a couple of days ago. Hope we get along well." His usual scowl didn't leave his face once as he stared out at them, which strangely enough, seemed to make the students staring at him even more excited.

The teacher pointed a seat out to him in the back row and he made his way there, enjoying the fact that it was next to the window. He ignored the whispers as he passed his new classmates;

"Damn look at the muscle on him!"

"So hot!"

"Is his hair dyed?"

"No way that's his natural hair color."

"He looks like he wants to punch someone, is he a delinquent?"

"His hair is orange, I hear class 3's got a new student with orange hair, I wonder if they're related…?"

He dropped into his seat with a sigh, setting his bag down and staring out the window immediately. Should have known I wouldn't be able to go to school quietly. Having orange hair does that to you.

Luckily his classmates left him alone for the most part during class, lunch was a whole other matter.

He was swarmed with students once the lunch bell rang, making him reel back in surprise at the sudden-ness of it.

"Is that your natural hair color?"

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Where did you go before here?"

"When's your birthday?"

"Are you a delinquent?"

"Are you related to Sohma Kyo? Your hair color is the same."

His scowl deepened without conscious thought as he tried to process all the different questions being thrown at him. "Yes this is my natural hair color. No I do not have a girlfriend, nor am I interested in getting one. I lived in Karakura Town before moving here. My birthday is none of your business. No I am not a delinquent, people just tend to pick fights with me. I'm not related to anyone named Sohma, I don't even know who that is."

He was saved from further questions when his classmates spotted someone running out of the school. The person was most likely from their year and had hair a few shades darker than Ichigo.

Well he seems frantic. Wonder what that's about. Not one to look a gifted horse in the mouth Ichigo took advantage of his classmates' attention being diverted and fled to eat his lunch elsewhere.

Ichigo was enjoying his lunch, seated in a tall tree, when he heard loud voices. Peering down through the branches he saw the three students he'd seen arguing earlier and recognized the orange haired one as the boy who'd fled during the beginning of lunch. He couldn't quite hear what was being said and was about to turn back to his lunch when he saw the girl fall into the orange haired boy, just for him to disappear in a puff of smoke.

Well alright then, Ichigo thought staring down at the angry orange cat sitting where the boy had been, that's new. He continued watching and sent out his spirit senses, noticing that both boys, or one boy and one cat as the case was now, had unusual spirit presences. They weren't spiritually aware per-se, but it was not the presence of a normal human. Something's different about them. He smirked to himself as the cat-boy turned back human and stomped off, once he had pulled his clothing on that is.

Ichigo had to restrain his snickers until the trio was out of sight and dropped from the tree. He leant back against the tree as support as he pulled himself together, which was difficult thanks to the look on the cat-boy's face when he stormed off in a huff, he's practically been pouting.

He sauntered back to his class with a small smirk on his lips, ignoring the looks on the faces of his fellow students as he passed them. He'd managed to find two of the sources of the unusual readings on his first day at the job; this was going to be interesting.

And there we have the first chapter. What'cha think? Good? Bad? Needs work?

Tell me what you thought (not you flamers. I will just ignore any hate reviews so don't waste your time) and I'll try to update soon. I have a bit of the next chapter done from a few weeks ago when I first started writing but I'll try to work on it some more.

Review please! I like them! Especially suggestions! And they motivate me to write more quickly!