OK, so not much to say I tried to make this chapter longer than the last one so I hope you all enjoy it. So far, the poll is doing alright but there is still like 4 to 5 more chapters before it ends, I'm not going to say what's winning but it's almost what I expected.

Also, sorry for not updating for a while I had started a new story and wanted to get that off the ground first, but now it looks like it'll be doing fine so here we are and I hope you all enjoy.

Bleach: Lion's Soul

"Here you go, sir! Let me know if you need anything else!" a blonde waitress said with a smile as she gave Kiba his food.

"Thank you." Kiba said as he looked at his Chicken Yakitori being given three skewers on his plate. The waitress smiled with a blush before walking over to a table across the café, Kiba sighed before he picked up a skewer and took a bite out of the meat on it. This was how he spends the first day on his so called 'vacation', after doing literally nothing till noon, he decided to get something to eat, luckily there was a small café close to the area he was in so decided to just go there, since he was in his gigai he was wearing casual clothes. He wore a long sleeve black t-shirt with a short-sleeve black and yellow plaid shirt over it and left the plaid shirt unbuttoned. He also wore a pair of blue jeans with a black belt and chain along with a pair of black and white sneakers, on his right hand he wore a black ring with silver edges on his middle fingers with bold letters that spelled 'LEO'.

Unfortunately, just as he suspected he was bored out of his mind and this was just the first day he had no idea what he'd do for the rest of the month. He was starting to think he should have fought harder on this but then he remembered how Captain Unohana would have just made this all worse if he did causing him to shudder at the thought and simply going back to eating his meal however as he was about to bite down he heard shouting from across the café.

"What'd you say about my hair asshole!"

"I said you look like a damn fruit!"

Looking over, Kiba sees a group of what looks six like High schoolers gathered around a booth, but one of them with orange hair was in a shouting match with who looked like a stereotypical delinquent. You know, black school uniform, chains, maybe a piercing, bad haircut… you get it.

The delinquent had his own little group of 3 behind him but they basically looked and acted like gang henchmen. You know the guys that support everything their boss says and are always shouting in the background, geez I feel like I'm in an anime or something. Anyway, it looked like they were going to start brawling any second but the orange haired kid's friends kept trying to calm him down.

"Ichigo calm down! this is one of the few cafés you haven't gotten us thrown out of yet!" said a scrawny brown-haired kid that looked like he was hysterically crying.

'so, the orange haired one is Ichigo… who names their orange haired son strawberry?' Kiba had a feeling this kid wasn't very popular growing up.

"Seriously, do you have to punch every person you see this is why me and Orihime never hang out with you guys." Said a tom boyish girl with short black hair, she seemed to be more frustrated with this Ichigo then the thug.

"Hmm, I wonder what kind of fruit he thinks you are Ichigo, maybe it's a pineapple." Said a girl with long orange hair who seemed genuinely curious about the topic, though her words only aggravated this Ichigo more. She was more feminine than the black haired one though there was one thing that drew Kiba's eyes.

'Rangiku would have fun with this one.' Kiba thought when he noticed her chest, now note that Kiba is Not a pervert… he just gives credit where it's due… and damn is it due.

There are two others with them, one was fairly tall and tan making Kiba assume he was a foreigner or at least not all Japanese and the other was shorter then the rest and had black hair but he was just on his phone during all this like he didn't care. They both were quiet during all this but he could tell the tan one was ready to burst into action if a fight broke out, however, Kiba noticed something that seemed off. These 6 high school kids… they have an abnormal amount of spirit energy while the majority are just slightly higher then most humans, this Ichigo was certainly noticeable and to a lesser extent that orange hair girl who I assume is Orihime and the tan one is higher as well not by a lot but enough to be picked out of the common raffle.

Kiba then rolls his eyes and turns away. 'it's not like it matters, I doubt they could do anything more than see spirits it's not that uncommon like all the new recruits believe.'contrary to popular belief spiritually gifted humans have always existed, their just rare nowadays so now most new recruits think it shouldn't be possible. Besides, if these kids spirit energy was anything significant then he would've found at the very least one hollow by now and he hasn't... which was another reason for his boredom.

Kiba then realizes he better eat before his meal gets cold and lifts the skewer to take a bite, but as he did, he missed Ichigo pick up a cup filled with water and try to hit the thug with it but the thug slaps it out of his hand causing it to fly through the air. Kiba too focused on the fact he hasn't eaten all day was oblivious to the cup of water in the air so…

SPLASH

He was drenched before he could take a bite…

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Ichigo and his group stared at Kiba, Ichigo wincing because he didn't intend to cause trouble for someone else, the browned hair one was freaking out because he saw the scar on Kiba's eye and thought he looked like some kind of thug, and the black-haired girl just facepalmed and shook her head because of how things just got worse.

*Sigh* "Guess we're doing this." Kiba said standing up as the waitress from before came to him with a towel.

"S-sir please let me hel-." The waitress said while attempting to dry Kiba off but he cut her off by handing her a wad of bills.

"This is for my meal and any damages that are about to happen within the next five minutes. Anything left can be considered as your tip understood." Kiba said in a kind and calm voice that soothed and unnerved the waitress.

"B-but si-."

"Don't worry, I've been hoping for some entertainment." Kiba interrupted her and began walking towards the group with his skewer in hand.

As he approached, they all gauged him. the thugs all thought they would just knock him down if he tried anything while Ichigo's group just hoped he wouldn't be a problem. But when he neared them, Ichigo and the thug got a little nervous because excluding the tall one he was a fair bit taller than all of them, and the way his blue eyes looked at them were… unnerving, like a predator staring at his prey.

Stopping in front of them, he looked at Ichigo and the thug. "How about… you two get over yourselves and go about your day, or we could escalate this further and I can put one of you two through that wall." Kiba said as he finally got to bite into the meet on the skewer, while he was stoic on the outside, he had angels singing in his head because of how good it tasted and how he finally got to eat something.

The two groups reacted differently to Kiba's words, Ichigo being adult enough to own up to his mistakes saw that he was the reason Kiba was mad so he decided to back off.

"All right whatever," Ichigo said scratching the back of his head. "All this made me lose my appetite anyway, might as well go."

Seeing that Ichigo had calmed down made his group smile a relief and the tan guy relaxed a little and Kiba sent an appreciated nod in his direction. However, the thugs reacted a bit differently than them.

CATCH

Moving faster then anyone can see Kiba caught the lead thugs' fist with his free hand. "Why did I not think it would be that easy?" Kiba said with a disappointed look on his face as he turned toward the thug.

The thug was shocked that he saw the punch calming, he growled trying to rip out of Kiba's grip before the wind was knocked out of him. Kiba had yanked him down with his arm driving his knee into his stomach, the thug collapsed on the ground coughing before turning to his group.

"G-get him." He commanded.

This caused the 3 thugs to rush him but they didn't really last long, the first one tried to punch him but Kiba just grabbed his forearm and twisted it behind his back hard. While was doing that the second one had picked up a chair and tried to hit Kiba, but he just threw the guy he was holding into the hit and breaking the chair while knocking them both over before eating the second piece of chicken of the skewer. The third thug then tried to tackle Kiba down but he just stepped to the side before driving his elbow into the thug's spine causing him to drop to the ground in pain.

Ichigo and his group were staring at the newcomer with wide eyes, the brown haired kid Keigo, saw that Kiba knew how to fight and was getting nervous that they seemed to piss him off, the black haired girl Tatsuki, being a fighter herself was impressed seeing he knew how to handle himself, Ichigo was more concerned with all this being blamed on him since his group was at the center of it all, as for Orihime.

"Wooow! Tatsuki this is just like the entrance of a shounen protagonist! You know, when the protagonist reveals himself to beat up the mean thugs that are bullying innocent girls. I mean sure Ichigo and the others I here too but I saw him looking at me earlier so I'm sure it still counts." Orihime had stars in her eyes as she pointed at Kiba and tugged Tatsuki's arm.

"Orihime we aren't in some anime or manga, and what the hell do you mean he was staring at you!?" Tatsuki ripped her arm out of Orihime's grasp before realizing what she said.

Back with Kiba, he was rolling his shoulder before raising the skewer to eat the last piece of meat. However, behind him, the lead thug ran up to him with a knife in hand hoping to catch him by surprise, but again Kiba just steps to the side before kicking in the thug's knee and tearing off the last piece of meat on the skewer. The thug then dropped to his knees before Kiba twirled the skewer into a reverse grip and then stabbed the thug in the shoulder.

"GAAA!" the leader cried out in pain as everyone winced at the sight.

Kiba then picked the leader up by his arm and then thrust his palm into his chest sending him crashing into Kiba's table breaking it and causing everything on it to crash into the floor. The thug stayed down this time but was groaning in pain, Kiba seeing as his meal was ruined just sighs and gets ready to leave in frustration but Ichigo's voice stops him.

"Hey, uh listen."

Kiba turned to see Ichigo and his friends walking up to him though, Ichigo looks reluctant to continue so Tatsuki nudges his side making him continue what he was saying. "L-listen I'm sorry, it's my fault you got involved." Ichigo said while scratching the back of his head looking a bit apologetic.

"Don't worry about, you were big enough to let it be in the end so it doesn't matter." Kiba said not really blaming the orange haired kid.

Ichigo smiled seeing that it all turned out well in the end, but Tatsuki nudged his side again but harder making him wince and continue. "W-we noticed that your lunch got ruined, we know this burger joint around here maybe you'd like to join us, it would be Keigo's treat." Ichigo finished before pointing to the squeamish brown-haired kid.

"W-what, no w-." Keigo tries to object before Tatsuki jumps in.

"It'll be OUR treat, it's the least we can do." Tatsuki says making Keigo sigh in relief, there was no way he could pay for everyone.

Kiba looks at all of them and doesn't see a reason to decline, and while Captain Ukitake did give him the finances required to be able to live here and relax for a month, with the amount he just gave the waitress and what he'll need for the hotel room he'd rather not have to spend any more cash today. Plus, these people seem nice enough though this Keigo seems to be scared of him and the tan one's silence is kind of unnerving but he's not one to talk when it comes to that, he also couldn't figure out why this Orihime looked like she was about to explode.

Sighing he decides to agree. "Alright, I don't see the harm in it." He agrees and not a second later Orihime is next to him tugging him forward by his arm.

"That's great! I love getting to know new people, we can talk when we get there now let's go!" she says as she keeps pulling him along.

"H-hang on!" Kiba says as he tries to get his footing.

"Orihime! What did I tell you about overwhelming people you just met!" Tatsuki says as she and the others try to catch up to the two.

-Burger Shack-

"Wow! These are great!" Kiba says as he was stuffing his face with his second Cheeseburger.

"You know it, best burgers in town." Tatsuki says with a grin before popping a fry in her mouth.

After getting here and ordering, they all just sat down with Tatsuki initiating a conversation and over all, it wasn't so bad. They told him they all went to the same High school and decided to hang out this Saturday since they had all been busy for a while of thought it would be great to get together. But those thugs from before had ruined that idea, but they seemed to be just fine with hanging out here instead of at that café. Kiba had told him that his job had told him he needed to have a vacation so he chose to come here.

"I'm still shocked you're already done with school, you don't look any more than two years older than us." Orihime said with astonishment.

"I guess I just excelled in the curriculum." Kiba said while rubbing his neck. That wasn't really a lie, he did excel in the academy.

The conversation has mostly been between him and these two girls but the guys would jump in every now and then. This Keigo had finally stopped being scared of him or at least to the point that he didn't actively avoid eye contact with him.

"Oh! You probably heard us refer to each other already but just to be sure let us introduce ourselves." Tatsuki said before gesturing to herself. "My name's Tatsuki Arisawa."

The other girl raised her hand high. "I'm Orihime Inoue!"

The guys, however, didn't feel like introducing themselves but when they felt Tatsuki's glare they relented the brown haired one starting first. "I-I'm Keigo Asano." He stuttered.

The tan one was next though he was quiet. "Yasutaro Sado… just call me Chad."

Then there was Mr. Strawberry. "Ichigo Kurasaki." He said dully.

Seeing the boys being no help in the conversation Tatsuki tries to drag one of them. "Ichigo's family owns a clinic in town."

"Why bring that up." Ichigo says with frustration.

"Because you need to talk more." Tatsuki says in an irritated tone.

"Is one of your parents big in the medical field?" Kiba asks curiously, raising his burger for another bite

Ichigo sighs now that he's caught in the conversation before answering. "No, it's just a small clinic, but if you asked my dad, he'd just throw his hand up and say, it's the empire of the mighty Isshin Kurasaki!" all of a sudden Kiba froze.

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Isshin…

Tatsuki saw him freeze when he was just about to take a bite. "Hey, you ok?" She asked in concern.

Snapping out of his stupor Kiba replied. "O-oh yeah, I'm fine." He then turned towards Ichigo. "Hey, did your dad perhaps… take your mother's last name when they got married?"

Confused Ichigo replied. "Yeah… he did."

"What was his surname? If you don't mind me asking." Kiba didn't know if it was true but he had to be sure.

Ichigo thought for a bit. "I think it was… Shiba."

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"Shiba?" Kiba asked in clarification.

"Yeah."

"Could you spell that?"

"S-H-I-B-A."

"Say it again."

"Shiba."

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"Mighty Soul King I have seen your wisdom and my faith has been renewed." Kiba Mutters with a hidden grin.

"What was that?" Ichigo asked in confusion

"So! Isshin has a son?" Kiba said as he stretched a bit.

"You know my dad?" Ichigo asked in surprise.

"Your father knew my parents, he would often come to my house and give me a check up every now and then while he and my father talked business." Kiba lied through his teeth with a smile.

"Oh, he never mentioned anything like that." Ichigo said in thought.

"Well, they haven't spoken in years so it's understandable that he might have forgotten," Kiba said with a fake chuckle. "Hey, can you do me a favor and not tell your dad I'm in town? I'd like to surprise him."

Ichigo not really seeing an issue with it replied. "Uh, sure thing I won't."

Kiba deciding that he stayed long enough got up. "Well, I think I took up enough of your time so I'll be going now."

Orihime looked sadden they couldn't talk more but still stood up and took a hold of his hand. "It was really nice meeting you! Maybe we'll see you around before you have to leave."

Chuckling Kiba replied. "Who knows, maybe."

After saying his goodbyes to everyone Kiba had left the restaurant and started walking down the street. "Hehe, well shame on me." He closed his eyes as he chuckled.

"And here I thought this vacation would be boring." Kiba said before he opened his eyes revealing that his blue eyes had turned gold and the pupils had become slits and a low beast like growl came from his throat.

Well, that's it, for now, sorry I haven't updated for a bit I've been swamped and I was working on another story but now I'm going to focus more on this one… however, I am thinking on starting a Teen Titans story with an OC that I'm shocked no one has written yet or at least a similar one, but I'll still be focusing on this one as my prime project I've left this alone for way too long.

Anyway, you guys know what to do any comments, questions, or suggestions please leave or review or pm aaaaand maybe click the favorite/follow button while you're at it but hey, that's just a suggestion from me don't have to listen… but it would be appreciated, cya next time. ~