Please Read Author's Note at the end.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of its characters (if I did Tatsuki would be a main character.)
Darkness and emptiness surrounded me, like the darkness of a moonless night it obscured my vision. Many nights I here come to this dark and seemingly empty place. I have always heard within that dark void the sound of breathing, felt the presence of some large creature as it moves in the void exuding an powerful aura of Strength; I'm not afraid but feel completed by the presence of the creature.
Tonight was different though, the creature was restless and agitated; a feel of concern and fear for someone or something radiate from it. Suddenly as the feeling almost becomes too painful to bear an explosion of light and a strong warm power that envelops and throws me away from the creature as it lit and filled the void with its strength. As I awaken leaving that place, I saw a flash of ebony scales and hear a deep rumbling voice "It begins, the Protector's Moon has been awaken."
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!BEE-
On a bright and early morning the sun shines on a mop of dark spiky hair as a arm retracted from turning off the alarm clock. As the person sits up in bed revealing a young slim and lean frame woman with spiky black hair clad in a white nightshirt rubbing the drowsiness from her mocha brown eyes.
Stretching as she got up to get ready for the day Tatsuki was wondering why that dream was different from before. In the almost six years in that dream has been recurring, the first time a week after her 6th birthday it has always been the same. "What has happen that the creature was fearful and worried" she thought as she finished get dressed in her school uniform and walk into downstairs into the kitchen.
"Morning Mom, Dad" she said as she retrieved her lunch from the fridge and prepared some toast for breakfast. She saw her Dad acknowledge her with a nod before turning back to his paper; her mother looked at her with a concern look and said "you okay Tatsuki? I heard you tossing and turning last night." " I'm fine Mom just had a weird dream that's all" she replied as she grab her toast and school bag "see you later I'm off to meet Orihime" she said as she jogged out of the house.
XX-XX
At 10:43am it was the break between third and fourth period. A young woman with long burnt orange hair, sandy brown eyes and a curvaceous figure leaned back in her chair with a glazed look on her face. "hey your mouth is open, you're too young to be zoning out Orihime" the orange hair girl look up to see "Tatsuki-chan!" she exclaimed as her friend sat down across the desk from her.
"mmm... Ichigo sure is late, wondered where hi is?" Tatsuki said as look at the girl across from her. Seeing a light blush on Orihime's face; she grins "you're thinking about Ichigo, weren't you?"
"N... No i wasn't!" Orihime stuttered out. "You know I don't see what you see in him; he cold, has freaky hair, is a brat, short tempered" Tatsuki leaned in "frankly someone with your figured could get anyon..."
"HE's FUNNY" Orihime blurted out; she started to blush in embarrassment as she entered the 'ORIHIME ZONE' "When I imagine that scowling face of his and.. phhttt! it's the Best!""Oh no she shipped off to the ORIHIME ZONE"thought Tatsuki as she leaned back in her chair and enjoyed the parade of expression on Inoue's face.
"He might not come in today, Ichigo that is." a person said as they stop next to where the girls were sitting.
"Kojima-kun" Orihime murmured as she greeted the speaker. Tatsuki look up at the boy standing near them. "what do you mean? Don't you always come to school with Ichigo, Muzuiro"
"Yup, I went by there this morning and there was this huge hole in the side of the house" he replied while gesturing with his arms. "His Dad said a truck ran in to the house last night."
` "A TRUCK!" Tatsuki shouted "is he INJURED! or DEA.." The thud of a bag landing on her head snap her out of her panic. "Sorry to disappoint you but no was injured" a voice said behind her.
"Kurosaki-kun" Orihime whispered.
Twisting around to see behind her, Tatsuki finds Ichigo with his usual scowl in place. Looking at Ichigo as he greeted Orihime and conversed with Muzuiro; something was off. Everything look normal but something felt different about Ichigo.
"I wondered what's changed; he didn't feel like this yesterday."snapping out of her thoughts Tatsuki ask "Are you sure everything is okay? Ichigo, you seem different somehow." Caught off guard by Tatsuki's question Ichigo paused to think what happened this morning.
Flashback
"Where am I?" looking around Ichigo sees nothing and finds himself dressed in the same black kimono that the Shinigami had been wearing. "Ouch it hurts whats going on... Ichigo..." "It... Hurts... Ichi-nii"
Turning around towards the voices Ichigo see the battered and bloody figures of his Dad and Yuzu walk towards him. "Didn't you become a shinigami to save us Ichigo!" his dad shouted "Ichi-nii help me... it hurts so much" Yuzu whimper.
"No! Gooood I saved you Mooor guys this is a Dream Ninng Ichigo! wait isn't this what happens in the morn.." "GYAAAAAA" Ichigo awoke to see his dad's feet from his flying attack just before they were to connect to his face.
Quickly jerking to the side Ichigo avoided them while bringing his arm up so he could grab his dad's face as the rest of Isshin's flying body went by him. "You have some nerve attacking you sleeping son you bastard" Ichigo said as he slammed his Dad's head to the floor.
"guaa... not bad my son.. I have nothing left to teach you" Isshin replied while holding a thumbs up in approval. Looking down at him Ichigo realized he was fine. " Hey why aren't you injured Old Man?"
"Injured? when did I get hurt?" Isshin said looking up at his son. "But last night..."
"Follow me my son" Isshin said as he got free from Ichigo's hold and left the room as if he wasn't just slammed into floor. Standing outside with his family Ichigo could only gaped in confusion at the boarded up hole in the house.
"Where is the blood, the holes in the street are gone, Karin, Yuzu, and Dad are fine, everyone thinks it was a accident. Was this her Doing, I guess she went back to Soul Society"Ichigo thought as Karin bickered with her dad about the truck driver and Yuzu tried to usher everyone inside for breakfast.
End of Flashback
"Yes Tats, and no everything is fine just tired" Ichigo responded as he went to sit in his desk. "You're.. Kurosaki Ichigo?"
"Please to meet you" Ichigo paused and turned towards the oddly sweet voice and stood straight in shock. There in his school's uniform wearing a fake smile was the shinigami from last night.
"Ah this Kuchiki-san the new transfer student, it's weird time to transfer but her family had to move suddenly" Mizuiro spoke as he introduced her to Ichigo. "You.. Why.." Ichigo stammered. "Kurosaki-san I have yet to receive my textbooks, may I see yours?" Ichigo look down at the hand held out to him and read: If you tell anyone I will Kill you! Thinking quickly Ichigo ask her to follow him to his locker and left the classroom.
Watching Ichigo leave with new girl Tatsuki felt funny. First Ichigo felt different and now the new girl Kuchiki had a similar feeling to her. "the Moon walks with the Dancer of the Northern Wind" a voice grumbled discontentedly in the back of her mind, jumping slightly in shock Tatsuki wondered where that voice came from and why did it sound similar to the one in her dream?
and cut.. Chap 2 out
Ok to give a heads up to you readers this Fic. will be done from Tatsuki's pov alot when she is with Ichigo, conversations will be skip to show her thoughts, but not all the time Ichigo is still the Main Character. Tatsuki will not be going to Soul Society. I have something planned that will explain her development in powers, so the Soul Society Arc will be the same as the manga, I will include snapshots of it, Mainly Ichigo's fights and give a glance at the others. Most of the Soul Society arc will probably be from the Gotei 13 pov. I will use the Japanese suffix san, chan, kun and the Japanese words for kido and the attacks, also for anything special like the spirit gate thingy. I will probably not translate them for you, if you want to know look up on a Bleach wika cause that is where I'll be getting them from. Tatsuki will be seeing action after the SS Arc so have patience I just want to use that month gap to reasonably explain how she got her powers and trained them, after all she's not Ichigo.
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