Welcome to my InuyashaxBleach crossover! I've been seeing a lot of NarutoxBleach crossovers lately, so I decided to try something different! Hope you like it! And yes, I know the title is totally cheesy. Also, the pairings I have so far are listed below; however, more ideas for couples are always welcome! There's only one requirement: the two have to be from the different shows. So request away! I still need someone to pair InuYasha with…

Title: A Feudal Ghost Tale

Summary: Strange creatures have been showing up lately in the Feudal Era. Stranger things happen when Soul Society sends some select Shinigami to deal with them.

Rating: Teen for language and mild sexual themes

Pairings: Hitsugaya/Sango, Rukia/Miroku, Ichigo/Kagome???/Inuyasha

Warning: May contain spoilers up to current Bleach episodes and/or slight manga spoilers.

Disclaimer: I own neither InuYasha or Bleach, or the respective characters.

"Sankon Tessou!"

Bright glowing claws came down upon the creature, causing the white mask it wore to shatter. The attacker landed swiftly on the ground, panting slightly. He wore a red kimono, with a sword attached at the waist. He flexed his fingers, which had large claws where his fingernails should be; he also had small ears embedded in his long, silver hair. "Damn it, that's the fifth one today!" he said, showing the pair of fangs hidden within his mouth.

"Are you alright, InuYasha?" A girl wearing a green school uniform asked, running over to him. The hanyou nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, Kagome," he replied. The two turned to look at their other friends: Miroku, the perverted monk; Sango, the demon slayer; and Shippo, the small fox demon. Inuyasha sighed. "So many of those weird things have been appearing lately; it's getting annoying."

"Their appearances have been becoming more frequent," Miroku agreed. "We were lucky that was a weak one. The ones we fought earlier were much stronger, and couldn't be defeated as quickly."

"These creatures certainly are fearsome opponents," Sango said, bending down to pet her small feline companion, Kirara. The demon cat's two tails brushed softly against the Taijiya's hands as she mewed softly. "My Hiraikotsu isn't even effective against the stronger ones." She adjusted the giant boomerang on her back for emphasis.

"They're fast as well," Miroku added. "They move so quickly that I can't catch them with my Kazaana." He glanced down at his right hand, where the void was covered and sealed with special beads.

"I just wish we knew where those things were coming from," InuYasha said. The group had decided to take a break from their journey, and was now resting on some rocks next to a river. "They're a lot different from your normal demons. Not to mention they all have those freaky white masks." He sighed. "We don't have time to be fighting those damn things! We need to work on finding the jewel shards; we can't be playing around with monsters that no one else can even see!"

It was true. Every time they happened upon one of the strange creatures, no one else in the immediate area could see it; aside from various monks and priestesses, that is. It seemed as though those with high spiritual energy could see them while ordinary bystanders could not. Not that seeing them did much good; most people that tried to fight them were immediately killed. No, the ordinary sutras and such used to slay demons wouldn't work on the strange beasts.

Demons could see them as well. From time to time, they would come across one of the creatures only to find it already in battle. In most cases, the demons lost, but in some cases the more powerful ones would prevail; that was usually the case when their opponent happened to be one of the weaker ones. The group had yet to figure out why the demons were able to see them, but figured it had something to do with their demonic power, or other force they possessed that humans did not.

Then, there were those like Sango, who weren't demons and didn't possess much, if any, spiritual power. Those who practiced in the art of demon slaying, while very strong against their normal opponents, simply did not possess the necessary energy to see the strange new creatures. Sango, however, coming from the village where the Shikon Jewel had been born and being around the collected shards for so long, had somewhat developed the required abilities. Still, she could only see the very weak ones clearly; most appeared blurry or indistinct, while some, usually the more powerful ones, she could hardly see at all.

Each of her companions, however, already had the necessary powers: Kagome was a priestess; Miroku a monk; and Shippo a full-fledged demon. InuYasha, while being merely a half-demon, still possessed demon blood strong enough to allow him to see even the stronger of the creatures. Thus, Kagome had deemed it their job to rid the world of the creatures. This was much easier said than done, however; no matter how many they defeated, there were many more to take its place. This explained InuYasha's reluctance to fight them.

"But just because people can't see them doesn't mean they can't get hurt," Kagome protested. "Since we can see them, we have to protect everyone! Besides, it's not like we can see one and not fight it." Before InuYasha could reply, he was interrupted by the sound of approaching voices.

"Hey, are you sure it's this way?"

"Of course, you idiot. You can sense their reiatsu, can't you?"

"Shut up! You know I've never been good at that!"

"That's because you're an idiot!"

"Both of you, be quiet!" Whack. Whack.

"Geez, Taichou, you didn't have to hit them."

"They were annoying me."

InuYasha and his friends looked on in bewilderment as the bushes in front of them began to rustle, and out popped four people, all wearing black outfits; there was an even number of men and women, and one member of each sex had a large bump on their head. They were certainly an odd bunch: One of the boys was extremely short and had snow-white hair, while the other had a mop of bright orange on his head. While the girls had relatively normal hair colors (aside from one, who had strawberry-blonde), the taller of the two had extremely large assets, while the final member of the group looked pretty normal with her short, black hair. She was one of the lucky ones to have a bump on her head; her partner in crime was the guy with orange hair.

"Who the hell are you?" InuYasha asked bluntly, placing a hand on the hilt of his Tetsusaiga. He never was good at being patient. The newcomers exchanged glances; well, three of them did. The short one seemed to be very annoyed at everything and wasn't paying that much attention.

"Alright, they can see us. That's a good start," the girl with black hair said. "But their reiatsu isn't very high. It's amazing that they've survived this long. I'm not sure if the guy with the dog ears even has any. I sense something else from him, though. Maybe that's why he can see us."

"Hello? I'm talking to you over here!" InuYasha interrupted, drawing his sword and pointing it at them. The orange-haired boy whistled. "Dang, that's one big-ass sword." InuYasha's eyebrow twitched; he was clearly annoyed with their 'Oh, look, a big sword' reactions.

"Would you all shut up and tell them why we're here before they try to kill us?" The white-haired boy said, speaking for the first time since their arrival. Had anyone been paying attention, they would have noticed the small drop in temperature that occurred while he spoke. Annoyed, he turned to face the group in front of him.

"Ignore them," he began. He looked at InuYasha. "Please put that thing away. We're not here to fight." Grumbling, InuYasha did as he was told, muttered something about 'little brats'. The boy raised an eyebrow, which was twitching uncontrollably. "And I would appreciate it if you wouldn't call me such names. I'll have you know that I've lived a lot longer than any of you." He shot a small glance at the hanyou, who was about to protest. "Yes, even you. Trust me. Now, Matsumoto," he said, looking at the strawberry-blonde behind him, "if you would tell them why we're here…?"

"Sure thing, Taichou," the girl, Matsumoto, said, walking to stand beside him. She cleared her throat, and then began. "Hello, residents of the Sengoku Jidai. We are the Shinigami sent from Soul Society to help with the Hollow problem!" This was greeted buy a bunch of blank stares, all which said 'What the hell is she talking about?'

"Matsumoto, you do realize they have no idea what you're talking about, right?" The white-haired boy said, sighing once again. Matsumoto put a finger to her chin in thought. "I suppose you're right."

"Let me handle this," the black-haired girl said, whipping out some paper and colored pencils. The orange-haired boy slapped his hand to his forehead. "Oh, come on, Rukia! Not the drawings again!"

"Shut up, Ichigo! It worked when I explained things to you, didn't it?" She turned back to her paper and began drawing; when she finished, she held up the sheet. "Alright, so let's start with the basics." She pointed to a large circle on the right side of the paper. "This is Soul Society. It's basically what you humans refer to as Heaven. This," she pointed to a square on the left side of the paper, "is Earth, where you live."

"Why is it a square?" Ichigo asked, causing Rukia to throw a colored pencil at his head.

"Shut up! Now, as I was saying, this is Earth. When a soul dies, we Shinigami send it to Soul Society. However, sometimes they are unable to be purified, and they turn into Hollows, or evil spirits." She pointed to two chibi bunnies, one white and one black. "The Hollows appear as monsters with white masks. Our job is to purify their soul and send them to Soul Society as well."

"You really like bunnies, don't you?" Whack. Another colored pencil was thrown, hitting Ichigo between the eyes.

"So, does anyone have any questions?" Rukia said, smiling brightly. InuYasha blinked a couple of times. "Yeah. What's with the crappy drawings?" Rukia scowled and threw a pencil at his head as well; her aim was surprisingly good, and the flying projectile hit his nose. It took Kagome a few minutes to convince him not to kill anyone.

"I have a question," Miroku said once the hanyou had calmed down. "Earlier, you were talking about something called 'reiatsu'. You said we all have it, but we don't even know what that is."

"Ah, good question!" Rukia said as she began to draw again. "Oh, no you don't!" Ichigo said, attempting to grab the colored pencil out of her hand. Soon the two were wrestling on the ground for possession of the writing utensil. Ichigo looked up at the white-haired boy, saying, "Hey, Toushirou! Tell Rukia to stop drawing her stupid pictures!"

A small vein throbbed on the boy's head. "How many times do I have to tell you, Kurosaki, it's Hitsugaya," he said, knowing full well that it wouldn't do any good. He might as well have been talking to a pole. After sending a quick glare at the two on the ground (who were being poked with a stick by Matsumoto), he turned back to his audience. "Looks like I'm taking over the explanation." He sighed before continuing.

"Reiatsu is how we refer to our spirit energy," he began. "In this time, I believe it's what your monks and priestesses have, correct? This energy is not only what allows normal humans such as yourselves to see the hollows, but fight them as well. I'm sure you've noticed that, while many in this era can see them, most who try to fight are killed. This is because their reiatsu is extremely low, and they can only use it to a certain extent."

"Then why can we fight them?" Kagome asked. "I mean, it's not like we know what we're doing with this reiatsu stuff."

"For unknown reasons, all of you have abnormally high amounts of reiatsu," Hitsugaya replied. "Even though you don't know how to use it, there's still enough for you to fight without running the risk of being killed instantly."

"But that girl, Rukia I believe, was saying how our levels of reiatsu weren't very high," Miroku pointed out.

"Compared to that of a Shinigami, it's not," Rukia said, standing triumphantly on Ichigo's head. "It's a lot higher than more humans', but to us it's not much at all. You're just lucky you haven't run into any really strong ones, or you'd all be dead."

So what the hell have we been fighting? InuYasha wondered. "Ok, so we all have this reiatsu stuff. Why is it that these Hollow things haven't shown up before now?"

The Shinigami exchanged glances. They knew it was most likely because of Aizen Sousuke, the traitorous former Fifth Division captain. They didn't know what purpose it served for his overall goal, but they figured he was sending the Hollows to somehow alter the past. To explain his history and his current objective would take too much time, however, and that was one thing they didn't have.

"We don't know," Hitsugaya said finally. "It might be due to the fact that you're all developing your reiatsu, whether you're aware of it or not. And not just you; there are others with a large amount of reiatsu as well, though not as large as yours. As such, we aren't able to locate them at this time." This explanation was partly true. As Hitsugaya spoke, he quickly analyzed their reiatsu levels: Kagome had a rather large amount; Miroku also had a lot, though not quite as much as her; InuYasha and Shippo, though it wasn't necessarily reiatsu they possessed, each had a fair amount of something else that allowed them to see the Hollows; finally, his eyes settled on Sango.

She has a very low amount of reiatsu, Hitsugaya thought. Maybe as much as that Tatsuki girl back on Earth; while she can see us, I'm sure she had trouble seeing most Hollows. But she has potential…possibly more than her friends. He had to smile. Perhaps coming to Earth wouldn't be as bad as he thought.

As you can probably tell, the main pairing will be Hitsugaya and Sango. Don't worry; the other pairings will get lots of time too! There's just one problem: I still need to pair Matsumoto and InuYasha with someone. I thought about putting them together, but that would just be weird. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated; feel free to request someone who's still in Soul Society, and I'll just bring them in. Also, I would greatly appreciate it if you would review; this is my first crossover and I'd love to know whether I should continue it or not. Thanks for reading!