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This chapter is basically a setup for the next chapter, that's why it's so short

Disclaimer: Grr… for the last time, I DON'T OWN BLEACH! BACK LAWYERS! BACK! HEEL!


The sun shined brightly upon Soul Society. A large group of around thirty Shinigami Academy graduates were waiting in 3rd Division's training grounds for their captain to show up. The training area was located outside, right next to headquarters. There wasn't much to see, just a giant grass field and a few trees here and there. There was a smaller dueling area by the field that was covered in gravel, probably for better traction when running. The young shinigami group began to get restless and started complaining to one another.

"How long has it been?"

"I dunno, maybe five, ten minutes at the most."

"Damn, our captain is slow."

"Bastard"

"Don't swear, our teacher might be watching us."

"He wouldn't do that… would he?"

"Who is he anyways?"

"I think his name is… Karo… Koro… Kuro…"

"Ichigo Kurosaki?"

"Yeah! That's him!"

"Holy , THE Ichigo Kurosaki?"

"Why, what's so special about him?"

"Are you serious? You've never heard of Ichigo Kurosaki?"

"No, who is he?"

"Where the hell have you been?" He's the most famous ryoka in the Seireitei!"

The group was too busy talking about their captain that they didn't notice a tall orange haired shinigami join them.

"Wait, he's a ryoka? Then how did he become a shinigami?"

"What's wrong with this guy? Ichigo Kurosaki is a ryoka who came to Soul Society to stop Rukia Kuchiki's execution. He manag-"

"Rukia Kuchiki? Isn't she our lieutenant?"

"Yes, she is, now shut up. He managed to defeat four lieutenants, Renji Abarai, Marechiyo Ōmaeda, Isane Kotetsu and Chōjirō Sasakibe. He-"

"Isn't Renji Abarai captain of 5th Division?"

The story-telling shinigami was now twitching with anger. "Yes, he is, but he was a lieutenant back then which you would've heard me tell you if you kept your mouth shut! Now where was I. Oh yeah, back to the story. As I was saying, he beat all those lieutants and he even defeated Captain Zaraki and Captain Kuchiki."

The group was murmuring to each other, clearly impressed.

"He also beat up a whole lot of shinigami grunts like us."

Everyone suddenly shivered with fear.

A random graduate popped up with a statement, "I heard that he was trained by those powerful Soul Society exiles, uh, Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin."

"The Flash Master herself?"

"Really? That's incredible!"

"Who's that Urahara guy?"

"I think he was the old 12th Division captain."

"12th? That demented whackjob of a division? Good god."

"I still thank god every day that I wasn't put in that psycho Kurotsuchi's unit."

"Yeah, that guy's one whacked up little… you get what I mean."

"Hopefully Captain Kuroskai isn't as wacko as he is."

"There's a rumor going on that he's also a Vizard, so maybe he is."

"Those hollow shinigamis?"

"Yeah."

"Enough of what he's done, what's this guy look like? A beast? A freak?" someone asked impatiently.

"I heard he's real handsome and tough looking." Several of the girls giggled.

"I wonder if he'd go out with me?" The girl that said this received many odd stares.

"You know he's a human, right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"So you're probably five times as old as he is."

"Well… I still look young compared to a human!"

"Even though that may be true, my cousin in 13th Division told me that he's hooked up with Lieutnant Kuchiki."

"Awww… too bad, he sounds cute."

The brash young shinigami who started this conversation said, "Are you kidding? He's a total monster! He has the eyes of a demon, and the body of one too, and it's like his entire head is on fire!"

Someone spoke up in an annoyed tone. "That's being a bit harsh, isn't it?"

"No way! That's guy's hideous! If anything, I'm being too nice!"

"He's not like that. You're just being a dimwitted ass."

Pissed that someone was contradicting him, the story-teller said angrily, "Oh yeah? What makes you so sure? How do you know what he's like?"

"Because he's me."

The tall orange haired shinigami took out his captain's haori from inside his robes and put them on. He walked up to the front, facing the stunned group and crossed his arms. With his famous scowl and annoyed expression, he announced, "The name's Ichigo Kurosaki and I'm your captain."


A/N: Short little chappie... sucks... I'll put the next one REAL soon.