Beta'd by SunaT.U

Ichigo woke up the next morning feeling new and refreshed. 'That was a good sleep. One thing that I like about being at Urahara's is that dad doesn't wake me up or here I suppose then again, anywhere dad isn't is good.' Just as Ichigo had that thought, a certain nuisance he disliked entered the room with the infamous almighty war cry.

"GOOOOD MOOORNING ICHIGOO—" but was cut off when Ichigo's foot connected with his face and he was sent flying into the wall and through it.

"DAMMIT, GIVE IT A REST ALREADY!" Ichigo roared alerting the shop that he was awake.

"I h-have taught you well m-my son." Then Isshin proceeded to pass out on the floor in a heap.

Kisuke now decided that now would be a good time to come in. "Well Ichigo, now that that is sorted, how about you come on out and have some breakfast and we will discuss what you are going to do until I can solve this problem with soul society?" Kisuke said as he entered the room.

"Well now that you mention it, I am a bit hungry," Ichigo stated as his stomach started to growl.

"It seems your stomach agrees Ichigo. Okay, food time," Kisuke said hiding his grin behind his fan.

After they ate breakfast, Isshin awaking from the floor and joining half way through, Kisuke decided to explain what Ichigo was going to do during his stay at Yokai Academy.

"So what your saying is, I'm pretty much going to have the same life there as I did here only there are monsters and I can't leave, correct?" Ichigo finished after hearing what Kisuke had told him about what he was going to do in this Yokai Academy.

"Well in short, yes but don't be surprised when some of them turn into monsters. It is an academy for them, remember?" Kisuke said in his usual cheery voice.

"Yeah, yeah I remember. Geez, it's like you think I'm stupid or something," Ichigo said in an annoyed voice. Kisuke gave him a look. "Don't say it," Ichigo voiced threateningly.

"Ichigo, why would you think that? I thought you knew me better, I'm hurt," Kisuke said with mock hurt in his voice.

"Whatever, is there anything else you need to tell me and when am I going to this school of yours?" Ichigo asked.

"Well that's all I'm going to tell you, but once you get there you will have to go and see the headmaster and he will sort you out with all the preparations, got it?" Kisuke asked.

"Yeah, I got it but you didn't answer my question. When do I le—" Ichigo was about to ask but was interrupted by Kisuke.

"Good, now let me show you your gigai. It's my best work, might I add. Nothing average for you, my protégé, since you are very special." Kisuke then beckoned Ichigo to follow him into the next room, which he did.

'I wish he would answer the damn question,' Ichigo thought, irritated at being ignored.

He followed Kisuke into the next room where he found his gigai lying on the floor wearing a white shirt with two vertical lines going down the left side of the shirt, dark, navy track pants with a white cross on the side of the right leg as well as a dark, navy zip-up jacket with a hood on it and red and black sneakers.

"This is your new gigai. Once you enter, it will work just like if you were in soul form, only now people can see you. As for your zanpakuto, as I said yesterday, I'm sure Zangetsu will help you with that once you get to the school."

"It's Tensa Zangetsu. Ichigo tell him it's Tensa Zangetsu now." Tensa spoke in Ichigo's head, Ichigo sighed.

"It's Tensa."

Kisuke looked at him, thinking only one word, "What?"

"He told me to tell you that his name is Tensa Zangetsu."

Realisation hit Kisuke and he regained his composure. "Oh, I'm sorry, now I know how hard it is for you. Tensa Zangetsu then. Anyway, if you would be so kind as to enter your body, I would much appreciate it, thank you very much," Kisuke continued.

Ichigo then entered his gigai and found it slightly hard to move in as he was struggling to stand.

"Yeah, it will be hard to move in at first because your soul is used to your body instead, so try not to do anything too physical. Also try and avoid fights for now until you get used to the gigai since at the moment your strength in your gigai is fluctuating," Kisuke explained as Ichigo was walking around the room testing out and getting used the gigai.

"What do you mean the strength is fluctuating? I don't feel anything," Ichigo asked.

"What I mean Ichigo is that the physical strength of your gigai for example, one moment you can have your full strength as a transcendent and the next you can be as harmless as a fly, but at least you can't be as annoying as them," Kisuke said as he was trying to swat a fly away.

"So you're saying I can be killed when I'm in this gigai?" Ichigo asked dreading the answer.

"No, I doubt you can die but if that does happen, the gigai will automatically ejected your soul so you should be fine. However if that does happen, I'm giving you this so that we can keep in touch with each other." Kisuke then handed Ichigo a black flip phone that had a small screen on it for caller IDs.

Ichigo turned to his father who had a grin on his face. "Is there something you wanted, old man?" Ichigo said hoping he wasn't going to do something bad.

"Nope, I just came to wish you luck and give you that," Isshin said, pointing at a duffel bag which Ichigo supposed held his clothes and essentials. "Also…" Isshin continued in an unusual deadly serious voice. "…you will…GET YOURSELF A GIRLFRIEND AND BECOME A MAN!" Isshin shouted at the top of his lungs so the whole neighbourhood could hear him only to end with Ichigo kicking him in the face.

"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Ichigo roared thinking that his dad could be serious about this.

"Why does he always treat me like this my beautiful wife, Masaki?" Isshin cried now lying on the floor banging his fist on the ground.

"Urahara," Ichigo said gaining the attention of said shop keeper.

"Hmm?"

"When do I leave for this school?" he asked, facing him with a serious expression on his face.

"Why Ichigo, you leave in about twenty minutes, so better get ready," Kisuke said behind his infamous fan.

"WHAT?! I have to leave now? Why didn't you tell me that yesterday? Dammit, Kisuke how am I supposed to get there?!" Ichigo yelled.

"Don't worry, there will be a bus to pick you up within that time so get ready to go to the bus stop. Remember, if there are any problems call me and I will help you to the best of my ability," Kisuke said with a grin on his face. He then shut his fan and pointed in a dramatic pose. "Now go my protégé and begin your new life as a monster of Yokai Academy."

Ichigo just looked at him with a sweat drop expression. "Umm… how about you tell me where the bus stop is first and then I'll go."

Ichigo now found himself sitting at a bus stop waiting for his bus after Kisuke told him where to go. "Man this is going to be a pain, I just know it," Ichigo said to himself.

"Do not worry Ichigo, everything will be fine, you must trust Kisuke Urahara. I'm sure nothing bad will happen," Tensa said, getting his say in.

"Yeah, do you know how long it will take for my soul to adjust?" Ichigo asked hoping it wouldn't take long.

"If I work non-stop from now on, it should be fine by tomorrow at the very latest," Tensa answered, much to the relief of Ichigo meaning he didn't have to wait long.

"Good, I don't like being vulnerable like this." Next second, the bus for his new life showed up. "Well, here goes nothing I guess."

As the doors opened up, Ichigo was introduced to an interesting and creepy sight. There, in the driver's seat, was a man with a uniform on with a hat and a cigar in his mouth and a small mustache. But that wasn't the creepy part, the creepy part was that his eyes were glowing and he also had a grin on his face Ichigo didn't like.

'Too much like Kisuke,' Ichigo thought as he looked the man over.

"Another one, huh? This is going to be an interesting year," the bus driver said.

"Is that so? I'm glad I can make your day," Ichigo replied in an emotionless voice but the secret message behind it was 'I don't care', and so Ichigo got onto the bus to take a seat and then he noticed he wasn't alone on the bus. There was a teenage boy around his age, black hair and brown eyes. He also wore the Yokai Academy uniform. The boy noticed Ichigo looking at him and wave awkwardly.

"H-hi there."

Ichigo was still staring at the boy. 'I don't sense anything different. Is this all the are yokai? They feel like normal humans,' Ichigo thought as he was inspecting the human boy but snapped out of it when he spoke again.

"U-um, are y-you okay?" the boy felt awkward at being started at.

"Sorry, I was thinking. My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, nice to meet you," Ichigo said in a firm voice.

"Oh, that's okay. I'm Tsukune Aono, it's nice to meet you as well Ichigo," the now named Tsukune replied. Ichigo just nodded at the boy and took the seat in front of him.

"So is this your first year?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah, I'm a little nervous about it. How about you, is it your first year?" Tsukune replied and asked a question of his own which Ichigo replied to with a simple answer.

"Yeah." Tsukune sweat dropped at Ichigo's simple answer.

"I hope you boys are ready for this place, it can be a terrifying experience and you might not come back alive," the bus driver grinned even more when a got a scared reaction out of Tsukune but Ichigo's only reply was to stare blankly at the bus driver.

"I'm shaking in my shoes right now." The bus driver let out a chuckle at Ichigo's response, then the bus stopped suddenly.

"We're here," the bus driver called. Ichigo and Tsukune took their cue and left the bus. "Good luck."

With that said, the bus driver closed the doors, chucked made a U-turn and disappear into the tunnel from where they had come from.

Ichigo just stared blankly at the scene in front of him there was what looked like a scare crow with a pumpkin as a head with a cape and a sign on the body saying 'private school yokai academy' and behind it was a red ocean also behind him was a forest of dead trees and beyond that forest Ichigo could just see the academy from where he was.

"Well Tsukune, I guess we should start walking. Don't want to keep school waiting, now do we?" Ichigo said.

"No, I suppose not but doesn't what that bus driver said startle you at all?" Tsukune asked.

"Nope, now let's get going," Ichigo said as he started to walk towards the school without looking back.

Tsukune now realizing that Ichigo left without him, started to chase after him.

"H-hey, wait up!"

Both were now walking through what looked like a cemetery.

"Ichigo," Tensa slightly startled Ichigo when he said that.

'What is it Tensa?'

"The reishi in the surrounding area is different than back home," Tensa explained to Ichigo.

'Is that going to be a problem?' asked Ichigo, hoping it wouldn't delay his recovery.

"No, this works to our advantage. The reishi in this area is richer and more concentrated," explained Tensa.

'Okay good, you work on that and I'll pass through the day without any fights,' Ichigo said, now paying attention to the young boy beside him.

"This is creepy, what kind of school has a cemetery?" said Tsukune shaking a little.

"Well Tsukune, obviously this one does," replied Ichigo, wondering how this kid wasn't dead from fright alone.

"LOOK OUT!" yelled what sounded like a girl to Ichigo as a bike came into his view on the left. Ichigo pushed Tsukune out of the way so that he wouldn't get hurt but when he tried to stop the bike, he got trampled over onto the ground with the bike and whoever was on it.

Ichigo opened his eyes to look at the position he was in and when he tried to get up he found an unfamiliar weight on his chest and as he looked down, all he saw was pink. Upon close inspection, he noticed it was a girl with her face buried in his chest. As he shifted to get up, the girl snuggled into his chest even more refusing to move. She then looked up and he saw big, green eyes. She then widened them as she saw the situation they were in.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen, I just get dizzy from my anaemia," she said in an angelic voice.

"That's okay, I'm fine," Ichigo responded as he sat up.

"Oh no, blood. Let me help you with that," the girl said frantically. She then reached and pulled out a handkerchief a dabbed the blood away from Ichigo's cheek.

'Must be now when the gigai is weak,' Ichigo thought, recalling Kisuke's words from before as the girl finished wiping the blood away. She then became flustered and fell back onto Ichigo's chest, only he didn't fall down this time.

"I lose control when I smell that scent," the girl spoke.

"What the hell?" Ichigo said in disbelief as she was now looking Ichigo in the eyes.

"I-I'm sorry… but it's just 'cause… I'm a vampire." Just as she said that, she went to bite down on Ichigo's neck, however he was much faster and pushed her away by her shoulders.

"Get a hold of yourself, you can't want to bite me that badly!" Ichigo exclaimed. Despite him saying that, she was still fighting him by gripping ahold of his jacket and pulling him closer to her, which surprised the strawberry with her strength. Eventually his arms gave out and they came crashing into each other but unfortunately for the young girl, she ran straight into Ichigo's head with her own giving both of them a big headache.

"Owwie… I-I'm sorry, I wasn't controlling myself. My name is Moka Akashiya and I'm a vampire," the now named Moka said, bowing her head in apology.

"That's okay, just try not to let that happen again, I'm Ichigo Kurosaki," Ichigo said as he introduced himself and pointed over to Tsukune who was watching the whole affair from afar. "And that's Tsukune."

Moka looked over and waved. "Hi there."

Tsukune however could only say, "D-did you say…vampire?"

Moka replied with, "Yes… wait, you guys don't hate vampires, do you?" Moka asked frantically hoping they didn't.

Ichigo's simple reply was, "Nope."

Tsukune's reply was slightly different, "No, I wouldn't say that. I mean, vampires are pretty unique." He was panicking, Ichigo could see it.

Ichigo just sweat dropped. 'That guy is so weird.'

"Well, it was nice to meet you and I'm glad you don't hate vampires, so please be my friend," Moka said in a cheery tone of voice.

"Yeah, sure," was Ichigo's reply in a non-caring voice.

"Uh… sure, why not," said Tsukune.

"Great, we should talk more after the opening ceremony, bye." With that said, Moka sped off towards the school on her bike.

"What a strange girl," stated Tsukune. Ichigo's only reply was to hum at him.

Once they arrived at the school, Ichigo and Tsukune parted ways as Tsukune went to the opening ceremony and Ichigo went to talk with the headmaster.

'Alright, let's see what this person has to say.' With that, Ichigo set off to the headmaster's office.