Sorry for the late update. I got side tracked. Hope you enjoy this chapter. The rest of the story might come a bit slower as I have no idea of how I want the story to go.

That morning I left with my sisters. Since I wouldn't be going back to the house we decided to go to the nearest beach. The waves were decent, but it was to cold to swim and it looked like a storm was going to hit soon. We walked on the pier and talked. My sisters wanted to know I had a place to live and food to eat. I decided to camp out in the woods a few minutes walk from school. We walked to the camping store and bought a nice sized tent, a personal heater (that ran on battery), a sleeping bag with extra blankets, a few outside cooking tools and a water purifier. They helped me set up and make dinner before going home.

Around 7:00 the next night I heard some people talking. The voices sounded familiar, but it wasn't anyone related to the soul society. I peeked out the tent and saw Kyo, Yuuki, and Touru walking down the gravel path. It looked like Kyo was about to pick a fight with Yuuki when he spotted me.

"Ichigo," Kyo asked puzzled?

Yuuki and Touru turned to look at me.

"Why are you living in a tent," Yuuki asked?

"I got kicked out of my Uncle's house, so I'm staying here till I can afford a place of my own".

"What did you do, bug him to death," Kyo taunted.

"Watch it, Cat" I said giving him a hint that I knew about them.

The three of them stared at me blankly.

"How'd you know he was a cat," Yuuki asked?

"Zangetsu and I'm guessing Urahara knows too".

"Who"?

"The two that taught me how to fight."

"They know about us?"

I nodded my head wondering why it was such an astonishing thing.

"Why don't you come to out house for awhile," Yuuki asked?

I followed them to an old Japanese style house. There was a man with black hear wearing a blue kimono.

"Who is this beautiful young lady," he asked?

My eye twitched at his words.

"I'm Ichigo Kurasaki".

"So where'd the find you," he asked like it was an everyday occurrence.

"I began living in the woods yesterday," I told him nonchalantly.

Surprisingly he burst into laughter after he said "I see" like he thought he was cool.

I was really starting to dislike him.

"You know you really shouldn't live out there. Why don't you stay with us; we have an extra room upstairs," he said.

"Would you let me stay here" I blinked in shock?

"Of course. By the way you can call me Shigure."

We walked back to the tent and packed up all my belongings. On out way back my soul pager started beeping. I took it out and saw that there were about five hallows surrounding the area near the park.

"Oh shit. Um, Yuuki, Kyo I have to get to work, like now. Do you think you can meet me at the house"?

"Of course" Yuuki answered.

"You forgot you worked? You have a lot of nerve don't you," Kyo exclaimed, probably trying to get back at me for beating him at the school.

I rushed out of their sight before changing into my soul form. Dragging my body out of sight in a hurry; I shun-po'd to the park. They were just weaklings and were easily sliced in two. I waited for an hour making sure my spiritual pressure hadn't lured any hallows. When I went back to find my body I noticed drag marks. Someone took my body and dragged it toward the Sohma's house. Quickly, I ran into the house ad found my body in the living room. I crept into my body. My shoulders were stiff.

"You alive" Yuuki said as he walked in.

"How did you find my body"?

"Your body? We followed you, and saw you go out of your body."

"Great" I said with heavy sarcasm.

"Yea, so what kind of job required you to come out of you body," Kyo interrupted. "And how do you get out?"

I sighed and told them about how I became a soul reaper and what we do, how much were paid, and how I ended up I this city; only leaving out small details like how many people died and how long the battle lasted, and my personal loss. They stared at me, Yuuki with a look of pity, and Kyo with a look that tells me he wanted to fight. I sighed and asked if I could return to my room.

"Not yet" Shagure said. "You can stay here, but I need to know if this will endanger the Sohma's and if I can tell Akito about you. I'm going to have to tell Akito and he might want to meet with you."

"Fine by me. I don't care. As long as I can stay here I have to do something in return anyway. Also I was wondering if you would mind me going back to Karkura town on Saturdays".

"Sure. Touru is making dinner. It should be done in a half hour."

With that I left to settle into my new room.