Welcome to my new story! This is a rewritten/ extended version of the originally published story Exposed: The Kurosaki-Gate! Which was my most clicked and most sucessfull story of the last decade! I hope you will enjoy and I will look forward for your response.

Unlike the orignial story, this story will only be set in the 'present'. Two years after the Bleach-Epilogue. According to the first chapter beeing published in 2001, the story is set in 2015.

7- years old Kazui Kurosaki opened his eyes after he heared the annoying beeping of his alarm-clock on the table next to his bed. Annoyed and angrilly he tried to switch the clock off but he didn't found the right button immediately. He didn't want to get up. He didn't want to go to school today. And he didn't want to meet his 'friend' Yupa today. As he knew how he would react when he they see each other.

Finally Kazui was able to grab the clock and turn the alarm off, by throwing the clock against the wall. The following silence felt so wonderful, but it was suddenly over when his mother yelled from downstairs.

"KAZUI! GET UP! BREAKFAST IS READY!"

Kazui grabled his pillow and pressed it on his face. Of course there was his mother who would never allow him to ditch school just to avoid Yupa. If she finds out what was going on she would interfere and try to help. But he could not allow that. It was embarrassing. He had to handle this by himself. It was his own problem and not his mothers. Even if it means to break some rules. And even if his parents find out, or the whole plan is a failure... he had to find a solution. And that all by himself... is he even able to...

A loud knock on his door teared him out of his imagination. His father stood in front of his door. „Kazui?!"

"I AM AWAKE!" Kazui yelled annoyed, and throw his pillow on the ground, too.

The door slid open and Ichigo Kurosaki, doctor and owner of the Kurosaki-Clinic, and Substitute Shinigami with Hollow-, Quincy- and Fullbring-Powers, entered the room with an irritated expression on his face.

"Kazui? Is everything alright?" he asked, seeing his son laying in his bed and gazing on his celing.

Kazui moaned. "Yeah!"

"What's going on? Tell me what's wrong!" Ichigo mentioned that Kazui was pretty upset. And of course he saw the pillow on the ground.

"Wha-"

"Kazui... Please, I can see that something is going on." Ichigo said and closed the door to talk to his son alone. „If you don't want your mother to interfere and embarras you, I understand. But bottling up something is no solution. I know what I am talking about. So what is going on? Do you have trouble in School?"

"No!" Kazui answered lethargic.

"Your powers? Do you experience some power outbreaks or else?" Ichigo asked.

Kazui was pretty powerful for his age. Even thier Shinigami-Friends mentioned it. Kazui already developed Shinigami-Powers when he was a toddler. Kazui never needed this dangerous 'procedure' Ichigo had to endure once back in Urahara's basement. Kazui was always able to 'simply transform' So his powers were 'normal' for him. But what was 'normal' in the Kurosaki-Family: A family of Shinigami, Substitute-Shinigami and other spiritual powerful individuals.

"No!" Kazui answered still lethargic but finally lift up and looked down on the floor.

"So tell me what is going on!" Ichigo was really worried. He never saw his son beeing so stressed.

Kazui took a deep breath and finally turned to his father. "Father... Did you... ever... felt that you have to do something that... I don't know how to explain it... You know... I think, I... I am some kind of contagious?"

"Contaigious? What do you mean with that?" Ichigo didn't understand and hold Kazuis forehead to feel the temperature. "Are you sick?"

"No! I don't mean like that! I mean... You said that after you developed your Shinigami-Powers, your friends slowly became able to see ghosts and hollows, too and... than..."

"Oh, I think I know whats going on!" Ichigo said and looked on his son. „It's Yupa, right?"

"Yupa?"

"Yes, Yupa Taramasaki? Your classmate and your best friend since kindergarten... Please don't tell me that he is able to see you!" Ichigo looked really worried. Kazui could see it. But seeing his fathers mad eyes, let Kazui becomming silent immediately.

If he says 'yes', his parents would immediately tell him to forget about and that they would take care about. Than they would call someone in the Urahara-Shop or even directly in the Soul Society to brainwash Yupa. But Kazui would never allow that. Yupa deserved a better treat. He deserved the truth, but his parents always insist him to never tell anyone. This secret... was a huge one...

It was right before the start of the summer-break, when Yupa asked him for the first time, how he was able to jump so high when he wears the black-kimono. Of course Kazui was shocked, but he followed his parents rule and denied everything. But it became worse...

Several days later, Yupa saw a Hollow. And he could see Kazui and his father attacking him. Once again Kazui denied everything and told him that it might have been a bad dream.

The following weeks, Yupas ability to see ghosts and Shinigami became stronger and stronger. Also his ability to feel spiritual pressure increased rapidly. Yupa witnessed Kazui turning into a Shinigami, several times and demanded answers. Answers Kazui was not able to give. Turning Yupa mad, everytime they talked about. Yesterday was the worst fight off all... during lunch-break... in front of the whole class... It was the moment Yupa shouted: "OKAY, SO I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND ANYMORE!"

These words echoed threw Kazuis ears the whole night. The shocked and curious glares of his classmates hunted him. He didn't show his feelings in front of his parents when he came home but as soon as he was alone he cried in his room. The whole night. He really didn't want to loose Yupa as a friend. He was his best friend. For years now. He would trust him with his life. In some way, Yupa always adored Kazui for his strench and his braveness. But he was forced to lie to him. His parents would never understand it. They were to busy to keep sure that nobody knows thier secret. Which was very ridiculous, as they had also many own friends who knew the secret. But maybe this was also the reason why no one of them shows up anymore...

"What if?" Kazui asked, acting like everything was fine.

"Oh,... I understand! Believe me when I tell you that it brings a lot of trouble when someone suddenly gets able to see you in Shinigami-Form. Talk with your friend! And when you are sure that he knows something we will take care of it..." Kazui understood what his father meant with 'take care of it'... He didn't want to imagine. "And now, prepare for breakfast. Your mother is waiting!"

With these words Ichigo lift up and left the room, moaning about the broken alarm-clock on the ground. When Kazui was alone again he looked into the mirror on his wardrobe. Maybe it was the best to stop all this drama before it really starts? Maybe it was the best way to safe thier friendship, before he ruins it just as his father did with his own friends back in High-School? But was he really ready for it? How will Yupa react?

Yupa Taramasaki was a very inquisitive, open-minded, kind person, who always avoid drama and stress to live a peaceful live without conflicts and fights. Knowing this secret would turn his entire life upside down. But Kazui knew that it was overdue. And even if everything wents different... he still had a memory-replacer, Ichika brought him once from the Soul Society. His parents didn't know about it and he decided to only use it in a real emergency. It couldn't become worse than it already was...

The weather-forecast promised sunny weather for today, with high temperatures over average. But instead the day was going to be cloudy and surprisinly cold. Perfectly matching with Kazui's mood.

His mother accompained him to school, on her way to work. Of course she asked why Yupa didn't join them as he always did. Kazui just shrugged everytime and finally got rid of her when they arrived in front of the main gate of his school, by telling his mother that she comes late to work. Immediately he looked for Yupa. Ignoring the curious climpses of the other kids who witnessed Yupa's outburst yesterday. Kazui had to find him. But he was nowhere to find. Maybe he had the same idea to skip school an decided to avoid him today. He could hear his classmates whispering about them. A girl from his class carefully pointed on a parked car at the other end of the school-yard and kept sure that nobody witnessed her. She whispered to him that 'he' was there. Kazui immediately felt that she was right.

He could feel Yupa! He had to be in or near that car. It was the principals car and parked on the yard on it's supposed stand. The students were not allowed to play around it. So it was a perfect hideout for someone who wanted to be alone. And Kazui saw that he was right...

Yupa sat on the ground. He had bags under his eyes. They were red like he cried for days. His school-bag layed between his legs. When Kazui went closer he could see that Yupa could feel him, too. His hands turned into fists and Yupa turned his face away to avoid eye-contact...

"What do you want, Kazui?" Yupa asked mad.

Kazui freezed when he heared that. Yupa didn't even see him comming. How he was able to know that it was him. "Where do you know that it is me?"

"Aww... Please, I can feel it! The air around you is tickling..." Yupa answered still mad and crossed his arms. "You are like a walking air-conditioner! It is like you are loaded with energy. So what do you want? Do you want to tell me more lies?"

Kazui lowered his head. "No! I don't want to tell you lies!" These words turned Yupa curious and so he decided to face Kazui. "But, I also can't tell you the truth!"

Immediatelly Yupa turned away again offended. "Leave me alone! I don't talk to you anymore!"

"Yupa, please... I... Okay... I tell you! I can explain everything. But you won't believe me!"

Yupa faced him again. "How do you want to explain that you can double yourself? Or that you have a sword and that black kimono? And why nobody believes me when I see you. Right around here. On the yard. When you stand here in your costume and nobody sees you. They call me crazy!"

"You are not crazy! You are... gifted!"

"Gifted?" now Yupa was confused.

Yupa lift finally of, put his school-bag on and went closer to Kazui who was totally pale and looked like he was going to puke soon. Kazui looked up and looked on him full of shame and pity.

"My parents strictly prohibited me to tell anyone! So you are not allowed to tell anyone. Noone in school and not even your parents!" Kazui begged.

Yupa looked on his friend curiously and went another step closer. "Why... why you didn't tell me earlier?"

"I... I was not allowed to. And I am still not allowed. So that's why my parents are not allowed to know that I tell you now. I... I don't want to loose you as my friend. You're my best friend, and you deserve the truth." Kazui said ashamed. Yupa looked on him with wide eyes.

"So... you only tell me because..."

"I tell you because you are my friend! And I trust you! And I realized that it was a mistake to don't tell you earlier." Kazui explained and went a step closer, too.

Kazui was going to open his mouth when he realized that everyone around them gazed on them and went closer too to eavesdrop. Kazui became upset and wanted to yell on them right when the bell rang. The others went into the building. But Kazui grabbled Yupa's arm and walked with him to the bushes to talk to him alone.

"We will get trouble?!" Yupa said pointing on the teacher who walked across the yard to keep sure that all students went to thier classes.

"No matter! This is more important!" Kazui said and together they hid in the bushes.

The teachers didn't see the boys sneaking away. The teachers made a final walkaround across the school-yard to keep sure that everyone was inside. When Kazui was sure that everyone was gone he turned to Yupa again who was still visibly mad. The boys hid in the bushes so nobody could see them. "Okay... Yupa... You won't believe me when I tell you... So,... You can see everything, so I can just show you!"

"Show me what?"

Kazui didn't need to use a Substitute-Shinigami-badge or anything else to transform. It was one of his many talents to just 'walk out' of his human body and turn into a Shinigami. Leaving his empty body behind. This time Kazui only keept sure that his body leaned against the wall so he didn't fell into the mud or anything else. So, Kazui left his body and presented himself in his full Shinigami-Attire in front of his best friend who went pale immediately.

"I am... A kind of Shinigami!" Kazui said with a innoncent smile.

Yupa looked like he wanted to scream in fear. His face start to tremble and his skin became white as chalk while his lips turned blue. After a few seconds, Yupa finally start to breath again and remembered that he had to say something.

"Sh... Shinigami?" Yupa stammered surprised. "You mean... Shinigami as in... Shinigami Shinigami?"

"Well,... Kind of Shinigami?"

"Kind of?"

"It is difficult to explain! I am technically a human with Shinigami-Powers, because my grandfather is a Shinigami who came to the world of the living and met my Quincy grandmother and give birth to my father who is a human but inherited powers of a Shinigami, a Hollow, a Quincy and... you know my father has so many powers... even I don't know all. And I inherited my fathers Shinigami-powers so far."

"This is weird!" Yupa said and looked on the 'dead' body behind the Shinigami. "You mean... you... that is a body... and you are not inside... You are a... death... a deathgod?"

"Well... As I said... I am kind of... But unlike my father I don't need help to leave my body." Kazui said still smiling and entered his body again.

"But... But... Shinigami...?" Yupa stammered.

Kazui smiled confused. "I think you will need some time to understand..."

Another person who 'knew' the secret, but didn't understand till today was Keigo Asano... who was in the kitchen of his penthouse-apartment in Minato-shi in the center of Tokyo to prepare drinks for his guests... Shino Midori, his manager and Akira Fukuoka, his 'girlfriend'...

Unlike Kazui, Keigo didn't have a reason to be worried today. He decided to not to allow it. There was no reason to be worried. Now it was time to serve his guests some drinks... It was a nice day. He hadn't go to work to today. The sun was shining and he was happy that he had some guests...

Keigo's penthouse-apartment was in the top floor of a new modern living-complex in Minato-shi in the center of Tokyo. From his spacious roof-terrace he was able to see the Rainbow-Bridge, if the weather was good. The traffic down at the street was so quiet that it felt like living in a village. He could afford it, as a Seiyuu!

"What is that?" Shino asked when he took one of the cups, filled with a creamy red substance Keigo brought outside.

"Try it!" Keigo answered. Hoping that this Internet reciept was worth trying.

Both took a each a sip and liked it.

"Hmm... Interesting!" Akira said. "That's tomato... and what else..."

"Tomato, cucumber, bread, onions, garlic, water, pepper, salt, oil... I got the reciept from the Internet. Spanish Gazpacho!" Keigo told.

"Hmmm... Tastes good!" Shino said and took another sip. Akira liked it, too.

"Shino, I wanted to talk to you about this stupid detergent-commercial... I start to regret it!" Keigo said...

Several weeks ago, Keigo was casted for a commercial. A commercial in which he plays 'the brother of a murderer' who cleans his brother's clouthes to prevent him beeing arrested.

"Keigo, I tell you again to trust me in this. Every big actor start with something like that..."

"But... it's kind of disturbing, isn't it. I mean... a skirt full of blood weared by a murderer... Sounds like that commercial was written for criminals." Keigo wailed. "Or for mentaly ill..."

"Stop wailing... You should be happy about your paycheck." Akira moaned and cut Keigo off. "You get much more money than with the other commercial you wanted to screen."

"But... I think it is a very serious matter!" Keigo said.

Keigo tried to get cast for a commercial for a child-protection-organisation. They looked for celebritys who where willing to work for free to support them. But instead of telling children to seek for help when someone hurts them, he had to tell people to buy overpriced detergent that could possibly discolor thier clouthes.

"Keigo, I know you are sad that you didn't got the commercial you wanted. But instead I organized you a small part in the upcomming 'Crime-Lab-Tokyo'-Special."

"The Special-Episode?" Keigo asked, now a little bit happier. He even almost dropped his own cup with Gazpacho. "You mean, the big season Finale which is screened down in Okinawa. The big special which has to show the producers to continue the series? The special that is supposed to convince the channel to not to cancel the series. The one in which one of the main-characters will die?"

"Excactly! I booked a flight for you next week! Unfortunately you will have to return to Tokyo for your dubbing on one day." Shino said and handed Keigo his booking-confirmation. "Imagine... your name could be among the main-cast in the next season. You would be among the others in the intro-sequence. Think about it!"

After these words Shino prepared to leave and Keigo led him to the door.

"Do you really think that they will promote me into the main cast?" Keigo asked still stunned. "I mean... ME?"

Keigo was fully satisfied with his life as a voice-actor (or Seiyuu, as the called in Japan). Sure it was interesting to play in live-action shows, too. But he never guessed that the people would like him.

"Keigo, you can't hide behind the microphone in the dubbing-studio for the rest of your life. You... are one of the most popular 'recurring-characters' of the show, you know. Some day you have to show the people the live action version of Keigo Asano and not the Anime character he is just borrowing his voice. Really... And with your two little scenes in that movie... Believe me... Especially because you will need the money to pay the rates for your greenhouse here... Really, you have to many plants up here."

Shino left. After Keigo closed the door he watched Akira lifting up from her deck-chair to watch Keigo's jungle, he was very proud off.

"Your agent is right! You have so many plants up here. And there are so many insects." she said disgusted and turned to a big bush of roses. "But I have to admit that these roses are really nice! You have a talent for gardening!"

"Thank you." he said with a smile, remembering when Arisawa told him that he would never be able to care for a plant. That even a cactus whould die of thirst in his hands. And now he had an whole jungle, that was not just healthy but also liked by others. He went outside again and aproached his girlfriend. "Akira... it's good that we are alone now... there is something I want to talk with you about..."

Akira pushed his hands away when he touched her hips and almost poured the soup about his head. "Keigo... I... I'm not in mood..."

When he was close to her she carefully smelled his breath. No smell of alcohol...

"Okay... SO lets just talk... I need to talk to you about our relationship..." Keigo said with his trademark loud voice.

Akira was annoyed. Originally she came here to talk with Keigo about thier relationship, too. But not like he wanted. Indeed, she thought about breaking up with him, for quiet some time now. But after a few minutes, before they even started talking, Shino appeared and Keigo left to mix that soup, that she liked really much, and now Keigo start to talk again with the shrill version of his voice, she thought only dogs should be able to hear. But now she thought that it was not the right moment. Especially because he was so happy now. Maybe he took one of this dammed pills before. She should wait until he is sober.

"Keigo... I think I should go now. I have an apointment with the real estate agent." she lied.

"Ah... yes... You know, the real estate agency that sold me this place here has some real interesting offers in this neigbourhood. You should call them!" Keigo said and pulled a buisiness card out of his pocket to hand it to Akira.

She took it without any emotion and put it into her purse before she left without really saying something. After she was gone, Keigo slowly start to consider about thier relationship, too. Sometimes he felt like back on the roof of his former high-school. When they sat together and the others were always annoyed when he opened his mouth. Akira sometimes had the same behaviour when he talked with her. She looked annoyed. Just like his so called friends. Sure they had an 'relationship' but thier so called 'relationship' felt more and more like it was only one-sided. Keigo laid down on his deck-chair and looked up into the blue sky and than on his plants.

"At least, you never get bugged by my voice!" he said to one of his palms before looking up into the sky again... seeing a Shinigami jumping high over the roofs hunting a little hollow... "Oh, please... when it will ever stop?"

Two years have passed, since he met the Kurosaki's and the rest of the group for the last time. Two years! It was the day of Chad's big fight, they wanted to watch together in TV. It was a huge surprise that they even invited him, to watch it together. Keigo even skipped a really important appointment, just to recieve a slap from Tatsuki every few minutes. He left even before the fight began, just to be sure that neighter Ichigo, nor Renji or Tatsuki break any of his bones...

Oh, he was really jealous on everyone who was not able to see Shinigami...

In Karakura meanwhile, Kazui and Yupa spend more than one hour in the bushes, next to the school-yard, until the janitor found them and forced them inside and to the principals-office... Happy that thier fight was over and that they were friends again, but now worried about how to explain this to the principal, or to thier parents later. Both boys didn't mentioned that they were not alone.

A woman was hiding in the bushes, too. Somehow she managed to remain unmentioned. She was far away enough to not beeing seen by the boys. But close enough to hear them talking about the whole Shinigami-, Hollow-, Ghosts-Stuff. So she turned off her smartphone, she used to record and put her pen back, she used to make some notes. At home she will change them a little bit... But for now it was enough.

Satisfied, she left the school-yard without beeing witnessed and walked across the streets... The sun came out. She felt better. Especially when she used her keys to scratch a detergent-advert on a nearby billboard while passing it... and especially the face of the man who was holding the white shirt that was cleaned from all it's blood-stains: Keigo Asano!

It was time for the next step!

Please review and stay healthy!

I hope you will like it. It might be just a copy, but it is an extended version of the originally published story. With more details and a better and deeper look on the characters. Stay healthy!