Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Thank you so much! I very much wanted Kon to be in it. For a time, I had no idea how to put him in the story. So, I figured to make him an A.I. and he isn't a synthetic being capable of generating Aura. I do wonder though, should I include Lirin, Kurodo, and Nova in the future?

SifTheGreat: Yes, I do have plans for some of the Espada characters, including Grimmjow. You'll have to wait and see~.

RHatch89: Thank You :)

razmire: ^^

Disclaimer: Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo while RWBY belongs to Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth

Chapter 11: First Impressions

"Please, Ichigo... Please let me go with you guys to the training grounds!" Kon begged as Ichigo rummaged through his locker for his combat gear. "I was so bored today! You wouldn't let me go with you to that coffee shop, so I had to sneak out! You wouldn't believe what I had to go through! So please, please let me come with you guys! Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease-!"

"Agh! Fine. You can come over." Ichigo reluctantly agreed, fed up with the whining. "But, if you do anything perverted like you did to Blondie earlier, I'll duct tape you to the back of a toilet in the mens' room and leave you there for the rest of the week. Crystal?"

"Sir, yes sir!" Kon said with a salute before scurrying over to a bench to sit.

"Ichigo, you don't really have to give in to his demands." Rukia pointed out.

"I'd rather have him stay close than to wonder off and get into trouble." Ichigo said, checking Tensa's ammunition.

"Come on, Uryuu. Aren't you gonna tell us how you know the heiress to the SDC?" Keigo asked desperately as he follows the Quincy to his locker. "Was she a friend of yours or something? No, wait, fiancee? Ex-Girlfriend? Lover-OW!" Keigo shut up when Uryuu swung his locker door open hard enough to hit the skater in the face.

"Whoops." Uryuu said, not really caring, as he gathered his things and closes his locker and walked off to change.

"Should of seen that coming..." He said nasally, holding his bruised nose before going to his own locker.

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The training grounds were not far from the dormitories, so the freshman teams had no difficulty finding it and made it in time after getting their gear, their assigned mentors (and Kon) waiting for them. "I see that everyone is here. Are you guys ready?" Tatsuki asked.

Yang pumped her fists together. "Oh, hell yeah!"

"Locked and loaded!" Nora shouts. "Right, Jaune?" She give the boy a playful, but hard, punch on his shoulder. He stumbled a little before getting back his balance.

"Uh, y-yeah. Let's do this! Ha-ha, ha..."

"Before we begin, does anyone have any questions?" Ichigo asked. Ruby wasted no time to raise her hand, waving it with much excitement. "Yes..." Ichigo looks around, pretending the others were raising hands too, before returning to the youngest member. "...Ruby."

"What's the name of your sword?" She asked, pointing at Ichigo's blade wrapped in its dark amber cloth.

"My sword?"

"Yeah!" Ruby exclaimed. "What's it's name? What's it classification? What's it made of? What's its second form? Does it have a second form?" She could of continued if Yang hadn't stopped her by pulling her hood over her head and covering her face.

"Down, Ruby." Yang demand jokingly. "Sorry about that. She's a bit of a weapons fanatic."

"A bit?" Renji questioned.

"Nah, it's fine." Ichigo said with a wave a hand and a smile. "And to answer your questions: It's name is Zangetsu..." He moves his coat to reveal his smaller blade. "...And this is Tensa. Together, they are Dual Action Chain Swords. They are made of black steel. Very useful against Grimm with corrosive abilities." Jaune's face turned green at the thought of corrosive Grimm. "As for their other forms, Tensa can turn into a pistol and Zangetsu can turn into a katana."

"Really? That big thing?" Yang asked.

Ichigo let out a laugh. "Oh, believe it. I know someone who's main weapon is a handbag that becomes a gatling gun."

"Oooooooh..." Ruby says in awe, her eyes shining like stars.

Tatsuki starts to chuckle. "Okay. Anymore questions? No? Then Team JNPR, follow me and my team to the other side so we can start. You girls have fun with IURR!"

"Good luck, Jaune!" Ruby cheered. Jaune gives her a meek thumbs up.

"Okay," Ichigo started as soon as TAIM and JNPR were far enough away. ", here's what we're gonna do: Each of you is gonna face one of us in a one-on-one fight. Feel free to use your Semblance and weapon. First up, Yang Xiao Long."

"Booya!" Yang declares, pumping her fist up, obviously excited. "Ready to go toe-to-toe , Berry-Boy?"

"Actually, that honor is gonna go to Ishida here." Ichigo stated, gesturing to his partner, who remained standing by his side with his arms crossed. The Quincy looks at Ichigo silently before closing his eyes.

"If I must." He said simply. He uncrosses his arms and started walking towards a spot on the training ground. Yang follow suit, not before giving her sister a mock salute.

Ichigo turns to Blake. "As for you. You're going up against Renji."

"'Sup." Renji greeted.

"Hey." Blake greeted back. The two walked silently to their own spot some ways away from Yang and Uryuu. The two then faced each other and readied their weapons. "So, how do you want to do this?"

"I guess until I've seen enough."

Blake nodded at that before dashing forward, her Gambol Shroud at the ready. Renji pulls back his own sword before swinging it forward as it extends. Before the blade it, Blake left behind one of her Shadows as leaps into the air. In midair, she makes shots at the redhead, who blocks it with his shield. Blake lands back gracefully on the other side of Renji. He smirks. This is gonna be fun.

Meanwhile...

"So, Angelface. Wanna make this a bit more interesting?" Yang proposed.

Uryuu raised a brow. "How so?"

"You know, make bets?"

"I'd rather not."

Yang shrugged. "Oh, well." She cocks her gauntlets ready and resumes into a stance, as did Uryuu except, "Aren't you gonna use your weapon?"

"I don't need it right now." was Uryuu simple answer. Yang shrugs again.

"Your loss." The battle commences as the two start to circle around, finding any openings to attack. Yang seems to think she found it and charges forward. What happened next felt like a split second. As Yang go in to uppercut, Uryuu swiftly ducks and does a low reverse roundhouse kick at Yang's legs, causing her to fall on her rear. It took a moment for Yang to process what just happened because of how quick it was. She quickly got up to her feet, ready for another round. She charges again, letting out a shout. She goes to punch him in the face, but Uryuu able to block it with his gloved hand and swiped at her legs, sending her to the ground again. Yang punched the ground, frustrated.

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"How does Yang know Uryuu?" Weiss asked.

"He was our neighbor for a few years up until he attended Beacon." Ruby revealed.

"So, you know him too?" Weiss questioned.

"Not really. He was kinda standoffish when I first met him and-wait a minute. Why are you asking me? How do you know him?" Given how Weiss was acting earlier, it was very clear that the heiress had some kind of connection with the Quincy male.

Weiss crossed her arms. "That's none of your concern."

"Well that hardly seems fair." Ichigo pointed out.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Weiss asked.

"Look at you. Here you are interrogating Ruby, your leader, about how she knows Ishida and when she turned the question on to you, her teammate, you refuse to comply. I don't see that as being fair."

"This has nothing to do with you."

"Considering my team and I are in charge of Team RWBY, yeah it kinda does."

Rukia places a hand on her leader's shoulder. "Ichigo, take it easy..." she says, trying to calm him down.

"Weiss, let's just take a deep breath and-" Ruby tried to calm down Weiss as well.

"You stay out of this!" Weiss ordered before she stumped off. Ruby moved to go after her, but stopped, unsure of how much help she could be.

"I'll go talk to her." Rukia told Ichigo before going to find the heiress.

"As for you." Ichigo started, his attention at Ruby now, but his tone was less harsh. "You need to be a little more assertive."

"Assertive?" Ruby repeated.

"He's right." Blake said as she and Renji returned, demeaning their battle over when Renji manage to have the tip of Zabimaru half an inch near Blake's neck. Renji saw it for a split second, unbridled terror in her eyes. But it was not towards him or his sword. "As a leader, you need to be strong in mind and committed. Like what you did back in the Emerald Forest." She remembers how Yang looked at her younger sister with admiration when Ruby led the group. She does have the makings of a leader. She just needs to grasp it better.

"You'd also need to be resilient. From the look of things, she'll be having that attitude for awhile. Trust me, I'd know." Ichigo said. Ruby looked unsure, but nodded. He then felt someone staring at him. He looks back to see Renji giving him a weird look. "What?"

"Nothing. Just weird to hear you talk like that or something." Renji admitted.

"Fuck you." Ichigo said.

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"I don't think all of that was really necessary." Rukia said after she had found the heiress some ways away behind a tree.

Weiss wanted to say the same thing she said to Ruby, but remembered Rukia's status and bit the inside of her check to stop herself. "I-I'm sorry."

"It...shouldn't be me as the target for your apology." Rukia points out. And Weiss knew who she was talking about. Ruby Rose. Yes, she did well near the end of the initiation, but look what happened this morning. It was like nothing had changed with her.

"How is someone like her given the position anyway?" Weiss questioned.

Rukia softly chuckled. "To tell you the truth, I had thought that too about Ichigo, but he managed to pull through. Just give Ruby a chance."

"Rukia, did you...did you know about Uryuu and me?" Weiss asked.

"In all honesty, it was only recently that I learned that he had a history with you." Rukia revealed.

"Recently?" Weiss questioned.

"It was during your concert before you came here. None of us knew until then." Rukia said. "We had a mission in the outskirts of Atlas and we figured we'd go to it before we had to leave." Rukia's lips lifted into a soft smile. "I've never seen Uryuu so excited before. I had to pry the information out of him. During the after-party, I saw you with your father and brother and told Uryuu to go see you. He looked happy at first, but..." Her smile dropped sadly. "He didn't say anything. He just turned around to the exit." She makes eye contact with Weiss. "I'm not sure what was going through his head at the time, I didn't press him about it. When it comes to deeper matters, he's pretty tight-lipped. I think it be best for you to ask him yourself." A silence fell between the two. "Come on, the others are waiting for us."

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Ichigo sat on his heels as he (along with Ruby, Blake, and Renji) watch Uryuu to continuously drop Yang to her butt for the umpteenth time. It was kind of amusing at actually as it reminded Ichigo of his first year training with Rukia in the way of proper kenjustu and beating his butt in the process until he got better. Just like him at the time, there is room for improvement. Yang's major weakness are opponents with kick-based techniques, which is why he pinned her up against Ishida in the first place. He kind of likes Yang. She reminds him of Tatsuki, if not a little more hot-blooded like himself. Blake is a welcoming silence, reading her book and speaking when spoken too. He does have a question about her though: Why is she covering her Faunus ears with her bow? He saw the bow twitch every now and again and he knew it wasn't the wind. If Blake Belladonna is trying fool people that she's Human, then she's doing a terrible job. Whatever, he'll humor her for now.

Tatsuki wasn't joking when she said Ruby reminded her of Ichigo back when they were kids. She is idealistic, sweet, and thoughtful. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being any of those things, it's just...They live in a cruel, unforgiving world where there is danger around every corner. Ichigo very much hopes that Ruby would learn this in time. Hopefully in more safer way. Then, there is Weiss Schnee. Just from watching her skills on the initiation vids, he could see she has potential. The only problem she has is that holier than thou attitude she's rocking.

She very much reminds Ichigo of someone he knows well. A certain partner of his.

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Ruby sat the ground, picking at the grass as she went through her thoughts. The initial excitement of not only attending one of Remnant's most incredible Huntsman Academies, but also being appointed as team leader, has died down considerably. Special thanks to a certain heiress. The only ones okay with her being the leader is Yang (that's a given) and Blake.

She hadn't really knew Uryuu well. She remembers back when he have first arrived in Patch four years ago in a small house not too far from the Xiao Long-Rose residence. After he finished moving in, the family of three (plus one Zwei), went over to visit. While Uryuu was being curteous to them, he kept his distance. Even when Taiyang, Yang and Ruby's father, tried to be friends with him, he never truly opened up. Seeing Uryuu now and more close up, he doesn't seem all that different at first glance. He didn't seem...tense this time. He's more mellow and relaxed compared to before.

She had vague memories of hearing the name Kuchiki, but Rukia seemed nice enough. Much nicer than Weiss. She hadn't seen much of Renji yet, but he seems pretty cool. Especially with his awesome sword/shield combo that puts Jaune's to shame...She's going to have to apologize to Jaune for that.

Ichigo was an interesting one. He seems really laidback and that near-permanent scowl failed to hide a good heart, given how he freely explained the inner workings of his weapons with no trace of annoyance. While a little harsh, his words from earlier were true. Despite still being one year away from graduating Beacon, he already has the commitment of a true Huntsman. She could see in his eyes. In fact, all of Team IURR seems to possess those eyes.

They were eyes of people who have experience many, many things. Many great and many awful things. Thinking about that reminded Ruby of the mention of the Bount Case.

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Yang flopped heavily onto the ground again, yet another failed attempt to get a good hit on the Quincy. Uryuu looms over the blonde as he offered her his hand. "Finished?" he asked. Yang accepts the assist and gets up.

"For now." Yang said as dust herself off.

Rukia and Weiss had just came back after their talk when Ichigo decided to call it quits. "I think that would be enough for today. We'll continue where we left off tomorrow after school hours."

"Hey, Ichigo?" Ruby asked. "Where's Kon?"

"Kon? He's right-?" Ichigo looks to where the plush should be, only to see that he wasn't there. He pans around to find him with no luck. He had disappeared. "Godammit!"

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With the use of her Semblance, Glynda Goodwitch repairs the damaged left by the training sessions that occurred. More damage than usual at this time of year. Perhaps it's due to the newest addition to the school's system. There are times when the stoic professor thinks that her flippant superior do these sort of things just to get under her skin. But, somebody has to do it.

Unbeknownst to her, she is being watched.

Not too far from the Combat instructor, a certain lion plushie within some bushes behind the professor. He had watched her repair the damages left by the students for about 10 minutes now. And they were glorious! Sneaking away from Ichigo as he lectured team RWBY was a damn good idea despite repercussions for it. The way Goodwitch commands the debri to their respective locations. The way her slender body sway with every swing of her riding crop. The way the Sun causes her sweat to glisten on her face, neck, and...cleavage...

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Repercussions. Be. DAMNED. Kon leaps out of the bushes like a madman, his face red and steam practically coming out of his nostrils, and fly towards the blonde woman.

Without even looking, Goodwitch pointed her riding crop towards the amorous plush, using her telekinesis to stop him in midair. Kon started sweat nervously, unsure of what the woman is gonna do next. The toy flinched with piercing green eyes behind a pair of glasses gives him a sideways glance. With no words and a flick of her wrist, she send the plush doll flying to the air, Kon screaming in distance. Goodwitch merely pushed up her glasses with a hmph before returning to her repairing duty.

I'm currently writing a new Bleach crossover story, as well as a Naruto fic. I'm not sure how often I'll update them, but I've been having this in my head for a while. We'll see at the end of this Volume (got ten chapters to go after this).

Next Chapter: New School, New Problems (March 9)