Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. (Fortunately.) The OC is mine!

It all started when my dad told us the 'good' news and mom flipped the table over in anger…

I stood in front of the classroom door. The bell had rung more than a minute ago. I couldn't go in. It's been more than 6 years since I've been here. I brushed back my fringed bangs. Okay, come on me. How hard can it be to walk into a classroom full of strangers? I pushed my hand to the handle but it just hovered there. Oh no...

"Hey, do you need help figuring out how to open that door?" A confused male voice asked. I looked up, blushing. A tall, scrawny boy with orange hair and a scowl on his face was staring at me. I raised an eyebrow. Orange hair?

"No, thanks. I can do it myself." He looked even more confused. Oh crap… I should mentally slap myself. I forgot; I'm in Japan now. Where the people speak Japanese. And not English. I sighed and spoke again, in my best Japanese.

"No, it's okay… I'm new here." His eyebrows shot up.

"Here," He leaned over and opened the door for me and slightly shoved me in. People instantly turned to stare. I don't like being stared at or people who stare.

"Mr. Kurosaki! You're late! Again..." The teacher yelled. Well, someone woke up on the wrong side of the futon. I laughed a little at my inside joke. "And you! This is your first day of school and you're late too! Bad examples!" I swear I went pale. "Take a seat next to Mr. Yasutora, miss. Raise your hand Sado-san." I saw an extremely tall, dark-skinned, boy raise his hand lazily. I went slowly to the back corner near the window. I sighed again.

I looked around the classroom from my seat in the back. Pretty weird bunch if you ask me.

A guy with red hair in a ponytail with tribal tattoos, a bald one with a shiny head and a wooden sword, another with a 'Bob' hairdo and weird eyelashes, a short kid with white hair, a chick with huge boobs and strawberry blonde hair, the orange haired punk, a cool looking nerd, tall dude Sado and the shortest girl ever. Is this a class full of misfits? ...I think I might like this school. Might.

"Miss New Student!" I was day-dreaming and sketching food on my notebook while the teacher was finishing up reading the announcements and I completely missed the command. Suddenly a chalkboard eraser hit me right smack in the middle of my forehead. "Are you paying attention Miss New Student?" The teacher asked me, smirking.

"No, I was." I sighed annoyed, rubbing my forehead. Yes, I do sigh a lot. The teacher raised an eyebrow, doubtful.

"Well it doesn't matter. Come up here and introduce yourself." She waved me up. I slowly got up. She handed me a piece of chalk. I glanced back at the teacher, then the classroom, then the door. Huh, I noticed I was the only girl with uniform pants. Now I really feel out of place. I looked back at the class and tried to imagine them all in their underwear. It was hard. I inhaled slowly in and out. I began to scribble out my name.

"My name is Emako Ino-!" Suddenly an auburn-haired girl came crashing clumsily through the door. She smiled apologetically.

"Ah, Ms. Inoue, thank you for gracing us with your presence finally." The teacher muttered teasingly. I was staring at her wide-eyed.

"Inoue? As in Orihime Inoue?" I asked a bit hesitant. She looked up at me a confused then at the board, where the chalk had finished writing the last character for my name. Suddenly her eyes brightened in recognition.

"Emako!" She smiled warmly.

"Orihime!" I replied. Long story short me and Orihime are cousins. Although she has auburn hair and I have black hair, we still have similar features. We both have gray eyes. Mine are lighter though. I'm slightly taller than her, too. We hugged, till the teacher told us to take our seats.

I tried introducing myself again. "My name is Emako Inoue. I was born here but was raised mostly in America. I'm related to Orihime." I pointed at Orihime who was now radiating sunshine and rainbows. I went back to my seat next to Sado. I looked at him and smiled crookedly. I get nervous around some guys. He looks pretty cool though.

"I can't believe you're back!" Orihime exclaimed. She hugged me tightly again. Oh believe me, I can't believe it either. I laughed lightly.

"It was actually a very sudden move."

"You have to tell me about your adventures in America! Are the guys any cute there? What's in fashion over there?" She squealed and hugged me again.

"Yesh Orihime don't tire her out on her first day here." A girl with short spiky hair teased. Everyone laughed.

"Ha ha don't worry. I can handle anything!" A thought finally hit me. "How's Sora?" I asked smiling. Orihime's smile faltered a bit.

"He died a few years ago." Orihime looked down. I felt myself go pale. Sora dead? But... How?

"Orihime, how have you been fighting for yourself all this time?" I asked softly, suddenly angry. She looked up surprised.

"Well sometimes Tatsuki or another friend or one of the neighbors would invite me over for dinner. But I have money left form Sora's college account... and some far distance relatives are helping. So I've been okay!" I cringed at her words. I turned my body towards Orihime's friends.

"Thank you for helping Orihime all this time." I bowed deeply. "Thank you for helping her even though she isn't related to you." I felt ashamed. Tears were threatening to spill. Why didn't our family get notified of her brother's death? Is that why we came back? I stood straight again.

"It was our pleasure." Tatsuki spoke up. Everyone else nodded.

"Yeah, don't worry about Orihime. She's one tough cookie." The short black haired girl told me. "My name is Rukia Kuchiki, by the way."

"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki." The tall orange haired boy scowled.

"I'm Rangiku Matsumoto!" The blonde with the big chest saluted.

"Captain Toshiro Hitsugya." Did the little kid just call himself 'Captain'?

"Just call me Yumichika." The girly looking guy spoke up, silently waiting for baldy to speak up.

"Ikkaku. Do you do Kendo? Or fight at all?" Baldy yelled. I shook my head, a little hesitant and scared.

"Leave her alone Ikkaku. I'm Renji Abarai." The bright red head nodded towards me.

"The name's Keigo Asano! Are you single?" A boy with an excited look asked me.

"Calm down, Mr. Asano. Mizuiro Kojima." Mizuiro pulled on Keigo's ear, smiling.

"Yasutora Sado. Call me Chad." The tall dark skinned man introduced himself. He was actually kinda...handsome. Call me old fashioned. I smiled like a goof at him. The corners of his lips twitched a bit.

"My name is Uryu Ishida. Hm, you have a slight American accent." Damn, nerd man was right. I could taste the American in my Japanese.

"And I'm Tatsuki Arisawa." We stood awkwardly in a circle. Out of nowhere, someone's stomach growled. Everyone looked at Toshiro. He blushed.

"What! You know I need to eat to survive in this body!" He scowled looking away. He tensed. I was confused. Is that not his only body? Someone cleared their throat.

"Then let's go get you something to eat Captain!" Rangiku bounced dragging Toshiro away.

"Matsumoto! I demand that you let me go! Ow!" I heard a slight thump. I smirked a bit. Orihime laughed nervously.

I grinned. My phone started playing my ring tone. I quickly took my phone out of my pocket and answered the phone. Which is weird for me because no one has this number except my parents. I have no friends.

"Sorry, excuse me. Hello?" I answered. I waited but no one said anything, suddenly I heard a loud screech on my phone. I pulled the phone from my ear and threw it at the wall. Before it hit the wall it burst in flames. Did I forget to mention...? I'm a freak of nature. Things sometimes burst on fire when I'm around. Reason Numero Uno on why we moved. I think…?

We all stared at my phone while it burned.

"Um wrong number. And, I don't usually just throw my phone at walls." I explained, rather pathetically. Orihime looked up at me. "Or do they suddenly become Bar-B-Qs."

"Who called you, Emako?" She asked concern on her face. I considered lying. "And don't lie to me. You were never good at lying." She countered my pre-lie.

"I'll tell you later." I felt a heavy pressure. I felt a slight panic. It was the same thing that was in back in the states. No, it feels stronger here. The others were looking at me. I stepped closer to Orihime.

"Ichigo!" Rukia asked.

"It's strong." Toshiro nodded at Ikkaku and Yumichika. They nodded back and walked away. I squeezed my eyes shut. Orihime put her hand on my shoulder. I smelled smoke. I inhaled a little. Smoke calms me down for some odd reason.

"Ow! Hey! What the hell!" I heard Ichigo start to shout. "Hey Chad help!"

"Huh?" Chad asked.

"My shoe is on fire! HELP!" I glance up and sure enough, Ichigo's shoe was on fire. Renji appeared out of nowhere, with a bucket and wet Ichigo's lower body. Renji burst out laughing.

"It looks like you pissed yourself!" He hollered laughing. He was right; it did look like he peed himself. I saw Rukia take out her phone and snapped a picture.

"Shut up you stupid jackass! And HEY! Rukia, did you just take a picture of me?" Ichigo said kicking Renji and shooting a glance at Rukia who had already put away her phone. She pointed at herself and pouted.

"Me?" I heard a loud shriek. Almost like a howl. I shuddered. I felt a strong wave of pressure hit me. I almost faltered. Chad held me up. I stood up taller. I pushed away his hands softly. One last loud eerie painful howl was heard. I'm so weak, it's sick.

"This isn't a good place for her. I don't think she's ever felt spiritual pressure this strong. Take her to the nurse for now." Toshiro looked directly at me. I felt lighter. The pressure was gone. I sighed.

"No, I'm okay. I'm just a bit overwhelmed. Just some stress, I guess. I'm going to go get a drink." I turned to walk away but felt someone's hand grab my arm. It was Tatsuki.

"Wait." She walked with me. I saw someone hiding behind a big tree. Not the greatest hiding place. I decided to ignore him. We walked in silence for a while. We reached the faucets and I turned one on. I splashed my face a little.

"Aw the water feels great right now." I smiled tightly. Tatsuki opened her mouth, and then closed it.

"Look, don't mind them. They're all just a bunch of weirdoes." She grinned sweetly, after thinking for some time. I laughed.

"Really, I couldn't tell." I countered back. She laughed and shook her head. She punched me very lightly on my arm. "Come on let's go back. Orihime will get worried if we don't come back."

We walked back chatting the whole way. Orihime looked up and brighten.

"Oh hey! We should celebrate! You should come over to my house Emako! We'll have a party!" Orihime smiled brightly. "You guys should come, too!" She started smiling, looking around.

"Sure we'll come, Orihime." Uryu confirmed pushing his glasses up his nose. Typical nerd thing. I heard scattered 'yeahs' and sures'.

"It's official. PARTY!" Everyone cheered, except Toshiro, who was messing with his phone.

I was paying attention intensely in history. My favorite subject is history. We were in the middle of writing down some notes when someone threw a crumbled up note at me. Glancing around, I quickly opened the note. It read:

We need to talk. After-school?

-Rukia

I wonder what she wants to talk about. I wrote back a quick message.

Sure, when and where?

-Emako

I threw the note in a perfect arch. It landed right in front of Rukia. Pretty soon it hit me again. In my eye! Chad must have seen what happened because he was snickering softly. I gave him a small smile. He blushed. So did I... I looked down at my desk to search for the note. Where'd it go? I searched for the note under my desk. Oh crap, I lost Rukia's note! I started to write another note when someone tapped me on the shoulder lightly.

"Looking for this?" A soft deep voice asked me. I turned to look to my right, coming face to face with Chad. I blushed. I could feel his breath on my face. He held up his hand. The note was neatly crumbled in his palm.

"HEY! You two in the back! Are you paying attention!" The teacher looked at us. I felt my cheeks burning. Chad shifted back right in his chair.

"Yes ma'am." I replied

"Then look forward in class. And no more talking." She turned around

I sighed quietly. I turned to look at Chad and ask him for the note when the teacher caught me with my mouth opened and body half turned towards Chad. Chad was looking my direction, too.

"Emako! Sado! You both have detention after-school today and the rest of the week." My jaw dropped. Detention! On my first day?

"Why do we have detention? We weren't doing anything." I tried.

"True. You weren't doing anything or taking notes on the given material, you weren't paying attention to the board and you instead were talking in class. Don't forget passing notes." And with that I got detention on my first day of my new school with the tallest guy in existence. Not to mention hot.

A/N: ALRIGHTY! Got that first chapter done. Oh yeah and this story has three parts. This is obviously the first part. Any questions? Review. Don't be shy.(: