Chapter two
Moans lightly Ichigo wakes up on his bed and he looks around expecting the sea of gold to be there but was met with his room and a sword sheathed on the wall.
He noticed that the sword was the same one from yesterday.
'Smaug you there?'
'Mmm What is it Ichigo... I was sleeping...' Smaug groans out tiredly with some irritation.
'Just checking. I will let you sleep since I'm going to school and all.'
'Pffft whatever just leave me in peace... only call if you need me...' Smaug says drifting back to sleep.
Ichigo sighs and gets dressed and when he looked in the mirror he noticed that his body had scales on his shoulders and back then turn to normal skin.
"Weird..."
Ichigo opens his door and dodges his fathers attack and went downstairs to eat.
"Morning Ichigo you came home late last night." Yuzu says while cooking.
"Oh yeah I came home from a walk but I stayed in a cave til the rain passed." Ichigo says half truthfully.
"Ok but make sure to take an umbrella with you next time."
She says giving Ichigo his curry.
Ichigo nods and thanks yuzu as he eats.
After he ate he got his school back and left for school.
————-/school/————-
Ichigo sat at his desk thinking about what happened yesterday and sighs.
As he sighs a small puff of fire came out. He stops and looks to see if anyone saw but no one saw thankfully.
'I need to keep my fire breath under control...'
Then all of his fan girls came and gave him lunch.
Orihime sat at her desk giving Ichigo a longing look before the teacher came in and starts the lesson.
At lunch Ichigo surprisingly ate all of his fan girls lunches he was given which he never did before.
'Hey Smaug what's wrong with me? I never eaten this much before. Normally I would jut eat mine but now my stomach seems like it's huge yet I'm still skinny.'
'It's because dragons eat a lot and remember to always check your surroundings... listen with your hearing feel with the ground and feel the footsteps... remember that.'
Ichigo nods and listens in a mediation pose and feels the ground and hears a heartbeat and smiles at whose heartbeat it was.
Orihime walks up and sat next to Ichigo.
"M-morning Ichigo."
"Mornin Orihime."
"Say, the clouds look pretty today." She says trying to start a conversation scratching the back of her head nervously.
He looks at her then the sky.
" yeah they sure do... sometimes I wish I could fly to them... and feel the clouds with my hands..."
Orihime looks at Ichigo surprised how calm and sensitive he was.
"Yeah me too..."
Then a group of guys walk up to him and the leader with an orange Afro walks up to him and kicks his lunch. Orihime gasps in shock as Ichigo sighs and stood up looking at them.
"Hey kurosaki! When will you dye and cut your hair? You start to look like a woman."
Ichigo lazily looks at the guy but he says with venom on his words.
"It's my hair so if you have a problem with that then I dare you to lay one finger on me. Go on I Dare you..."
The other guys felt fear while the leader gets mad and throws a punch at him and was shocked when Ichigo stops him with one hand and smoke began to pour out his mouth.
"You know something... you really piss me off... if I see you come near me or anyone of my friends... I will burn you to ashes!!!got it!?!"
The guys run in fear and the smoke stops with Orihime looking at him amazed.
"That was amazing Ichigo! How did you have smoke in your mouth?" She asks with a curious look.
'Shit'
"Would you believe I have dragon abilities?"
He asks nervously not knowing how she can take it.
Her eyes widen with a huge smile.
"You do?! Amazing!! Do you breath actual fire? Do you fly? Can you hypnotize people? Can you see through everything?"
Ichigo waves his hand at her.
"Slow down Orihime .
Yes I can breath fire.i haven't flown yet but I know I will one day. I can't do that one and no I can't see through things but I can see farther than before."
Her eyes brimming with excitement.
" can I see?! Please? Can I see you breath fire?"
Ichigo smiles and thinks.
'Well Smaug should we show her?'
'Yes show her our greatness!'
Smaug declares in his inner world
He looks at Orihime and makes a small ball of fire as she squeaks at the sight of the fire.
" Ichigo you really are amazing!"
He scratches his head a bit embarrassed.
"Gee Thanks Orihime. "
'She wants you Ichigo...'
'What do you mean?' He asks
'It's natural for dragons to sense other emotions of others around them. Feel hers... and you will know what I mean.'
Smaug says with advice.
Ichigo looks into her eyes and found her feelings. As he does the wind blows gently and a black butterfly flutters past them unnoticed.
He smiles nervously and sat down thinking of how to ask her a question then looks up at her.
"Hey Orihime do you like me?"
She looks at him with wide eyes. Her heart beating hard in her chest.
'Is this it? Is this where I confess my feelings? I ... I have to or I won't get another chance.'
She closes her eyes with a deep breath and looks at him and squeaks out.
"Y-yes".
Silence broke between them and Orihime closes her eyes waiting.
"Me too.."
Her eyes shot open and looks at him surprised. He looks at her with a real genuine smile.
'He... he's smiling! He is actually smiling!!'
"I have had feelings for you but didn't know how to say it...it got easier now that you feel the same way..."
He turns to her and stands up with his hand held out to her and the wind blows making his hair flow like hers.
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
He asks nervously with a few sweat drops on his head with a Light blush.
She nods with tears in her eyes."Yes I would love to be your girlfriend Ichigo!"
She lunges at him win a huge hug which he returned.
As they embrace each other Smaug smirks in ichigos world.
"She definitely is the greatest treasure he will ever have..."
After school Ichigo walked Orihime home and he sees sees sora. Her brother as a ghost.
After she gets inside with him she goes to make something to eat.
"Hey sora it's been a while."
"Hello Ichigo. Why are you here with Orihime?" Sora asks with a confused look.
"Me and Orihime are dating now. I hope that's ok with you." Ichigo says as he looks at sora.
Sora smiles and looks at him.
"It's ok. She need someone to look after now that I'm dead. I leave her in your hands Ichigo. Treat her well." Sora says as he disappears.
"I will. I promise. I hope you find peace sora."
As sora disappears he nods with a smile with Ichigo returns.
Ichigo sighs and wished him luck and peace as he sits down at the table.
Orihime walks in with her weird meal boy aware of what just happened.
"Here I made this I hope you like it. It's my bean paste soup." She says nervously
"I'm sure it's gonna taste good Orihime."
Ichigo tried it and finds it very delicious despite sounding disgusting.
"It's good Orihime!"
He says while eating.
"Thanks Ichigo!"
She says with a smile and eats with him and they talked for a few hours about random things and having a few laughs.
As they laugh together Ichigo smiles with a familiar feeling he only felt when his mother was alive.
'I guess this is what it's like to be whole again.'
Ichigo looks at the window and sees it raining.
Ichigo sighs and texts his dad saying he was staying at a friends house cuz of the rain.
"Hey Ichigo lets watch a movie together.
Orihime goes to the tv she had and turns it on to a movie called titanic. "I'm gonna get my pajamas on. You can use soras old pajamas if you want."
He nods as he was given a set.
She leaves and comes back in her reindeer looking pajamas as Ichigo wore grey blue pajamas.'He is so handsome in that!' She squeals in her mind.
"You Alright hime?"
Ichigo asks as he sees her daydream.
She shakes out of it.
"N-no I'm fine I-it's nothing."
She sat next to him and found herself cuddling with him wrapped together in a blanket and hearing his strong heart beat as the movie began.
Ichigo smiles and lays his head on hers with his long hair going over hers as they watch the movie covered in a worm blanket.
At the scene where jack and rose were at the front of the ship having a romantic kiss Orihime sighs and mumbles to herself.
"I wish I could have a kiss like that..."
Unknown to her, Ichigo heard her and he quietly agrees with her.
Then later in the movie where jack dies, Orihime was crying and Ichigo holds her to comfort her.
'My god I hate this movie!!'
'Well deal with it! Don't expect me to do anything it's your date!!' Smaug says with sarcasm
Slowly after the movie ended they fell asleeep on the couch in each other's embrace with a smile on their faces.
———-/morning/———-
Morning came and Orihime found herself on ichigos chest and she saw how he slept.
She strokes his cheek and wrapped a lock of his orange hair in her finger and breaths in his scent loving how he smelled.
She lays her head back down and hears his strong heart beat. The feeling of her being this close to him made her feel so safe she forgot about her nervousness .
Ichigo groans and looks at Orihime and smiles.
"Mornin hime"
She smiles at the nickname.
"Morning Ichigo... want some breakfast?"
He nods as they get off the couch and as she began making breakfast he stretched his arms out and looked outside to see the rain still falling.
"Damn it's still raining."
He takes out his phone and sent a text to his dad letting them know where he was.
Orihime was in the kitchen cooking breakfast for her and Ichigo and imagination took hold of her.
She imagined herself with Ichigo and a child with ichigos hair color but with her eyes.
She smiles at the thought as she finishes cooking breakfast for them and brings it to the table where Ichigo sat as he brushed his hair with his fingers.
After she set the food down she hands him a brush from near by.
"Here let me."
She gets behind him and starts brushing his long tangled hair.
"Thanks hime."
"No problem Ichigo."
As she brushes she asks.
"Ichigo why do you keep your hair long?"
He was quiet for a few second then he answers.
"I always thought that if you grew your hair with a promise you will be able to hold that promise... I made a promise to my mom that I will protect those closest to me. That includes you hime." He felt her soft hand on his shoulder and he grasps it with a smile.
She smiles at him and continues brushing his hair.
"Mind if I braid it?"
He shakes his head."no I don't mind."
As she began braiding his hair she noticed a scar on his back near his neck.
"Ichigo... how did you get that scar?"
"An accident... it happened when my mother died."
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have brought it up." She says sadly.
"It's fine. It reminds me why I have to protect what I love."
He feels her finish his braid and he turns to her and holds her face with her blushing.
"I promise you Orihime inoe that I will lay down my life to protect you. If the world was against it I would fight it just to protect you. I swear it on my very soul." He says with determination and love in his voice.
Then he kisses her gently on her lips and the whole world felt like melting away.
As the they kiss Smaug grins happily and a white figure grins widely and spoke to Smaug in an echoing voice.
"He found his queen. He will need you and me to help him protect her. For the orange strawberry courts the goddess for they seek it thus and take to the sky..."
Smaug turns to the white figure and see a white Ichigo with black and yellow eyes.
"So you are awake... zangetsu... what do you want?" He asks as he raises his head.
"Me? Oh well I just wanted to see how king was doing with his new queen. I hope he has fun hahahaha!!" He says with a hollow laugh and disappears leaving Smaug thinking of what zangetsu said.
"We will see zangetsu... but like you I will teach him how be king. And his treasure will be safe. I'll make sure of that."
Ichigo pulls back from the kiss with a smile.
"I think that's our first kiss."
She nods with a light blush.
"Yeah it was a good kiss."
Then after breakfast the two notice the rain stop and Ichigo gets ready to go home.
"I will see you tomorrow hime." He says and gives her a kiss and walks out the door.
"See you Ichigo!" She says waving to him as he walks home with a smile on his face.
As he walks he saw a girl spirit tuning from a tall creature with a hole in its chest and white mask.
'What is that thing?!'
'I will tell you but first kill it before you get killed or her!!'
Smaug says with a low growl.
As Ichigo glares at the hollow his eyes turn into snakelike eyes with a red color with yellow rims on the irises and makes a very low growl.
He pushes the girl out of the way and Smaug shouts to him. "Use your fire and take out this ant!!"
He turns and opens his mouth with a roar and a huge wave of fire shot at the creature turning it to ash not letting it have a chance to scream .
When the creature vanished he turns to the spirit girl and pats her head.
"Thank you mister those thing keep coming!"
He nods and walks."your safe now I'll bring some flowers later."
Unknown to him was a short shinigami with raven colored hair who watched the whole thing with a shocked expression.
'Did that human breath fire at the hollow? What is he?... I need to find out and report back.' She thinks and decides to follow him.
Later at night as Ichigo lay on his bed and thinks about that monster he killed earlier.
'Hey Smaug. You there?'
'Need something?'
'Yeah do you know what that thing was? Something is off about it and it bothers me... it feels empty..'
'that pathetic creature is called a hollow or fallen soul I think...'
'They are basically like rotten apples on the floor by the tree. And normal souls are fresh but will go rotten if not taken care of. That job is done by the shinigami. When I died I was turned into a weapon of the shinigami but none could wield my power except you Ichigo. There is a shinigami coming. Be on your guard Ichigo.' Smaug warms and retreats into ichigos mind.
Ichigo now aware of the shinigami that was near by he grabs the nodachi sword and draws the red blade that reflects in the moonlight and waits.
Then the short shinigami walks through the wall and was met with a blade at her throat.
"Why are you here in my room shinigami?." He asks coldly.
The shinigami widens as she sees him and raises her hands in surrender.
"I am here to search for strange spiritual pressure that has plagued this town and deal with it."
She answers truthfully.
He narrows his eyes
"So That is what it's called... spiritual pressure... interesting. Alright shinigami I can handle it from here you can go home."
As he sheaths his sword and hops outside his window as a howl was heard.
"A hollow here?! But I didn't sense it! "
She follows him and sees the hollow already disappearing with him walking back to her.
"Why are you still here? I told you to leave!" He states a bit loudly.
"I can't til my mission is done!" She says back.
"I will say this once... if I see you or any more shinigami,...
we will be better acquainted.."
He states with a very low growl causing her to stand back.
She draws her sword.
"You don't have the authority to tell me what to do fool!"
Ichigo turns to her with a look that will be forever strike fear in her mind and shoots a wave of flames at her which caught off guard then a red mist shield forms and protects her.
"My my kurosaki-san you need to keep your anger in check." A cheerful voice sounds.
"Urahara... what do you want?" Ichigo asks with a cold glare.
"What no 'hello kisuke How was your day?' I'm hurt!"
Kisuke fake stabs himself in the heart and rukia sweatdrops.
"Wait you know him kisuke?!"
She asks.
"Sure I do ms rukia I have known him since I saved his life."
As kisuke mentions that Ichigo frowns and grabs him by the collar.
"Don't make me burn you..."
Kisuke drops the subject as Ichigo lets go of him and looks at ichigos sword.
"You got a nice zanpaktuo Ichigo. What it's name?"
"His name is Smaug... and we both agree that you are an idiot." Smaug smirks at the answer in ichigos head.
"My my always so mean Ichigo... so your zanpaktuo's name is Smaug. You mean like the Red Fire Drake of the North?" He asks with a high tone.
Ichigo nods and kept his frown.
Rukia looks at him shocked.
"H-how?! He isn't even a soulreaper!! How can he wield one especially that one?!?!"
Ichigo watches as kisuke knocks her out.
"Sorry ms rukia but now is not the time or place for answers.
Don't worry Ichigo. I'll keep her busy. See ya!" He says cheerfully as He turns to leave and carries rukia.
"You better or your shop becomes my new fire place." Ichigo threatens as they disappear in shunpo.
He helped back to his room and lays in bed.
"One day I hope they will do their job right for once and just leave me alone."
"You can't change people or an afterlife by wishing it Ichigo. You have to work for it and either make them fear you or exterminate them. But what ever you decide I'm behind you to the end." Smaug says as Ichigo looks at the sword.
'Thanks Smaug but for now I will just live my life and be human while I can.' He says as he starts falling asleep.
Smaug nods and sleeps in a pile of treasure.
————/mindscape/———
The next morning
Ichigo appears on a pile of gold and Smaug raises his head from the gold.
"What's on your mind Ichigo?" Smaug asks seeing ichigos concerned look.
"Smaug... why do I feel like I'm missing something? It's like something is out of place... I know you are a dragon and all but I feel something else here." He says as he looks around.
Smaug closes his huge eyes and hums a bit.
" your right Ichigo. It's your true power awakening. Come out!! It's time!" Smaug shouts to his left and a black mass forms and sheds away revealing a white Ichigo.
"Yo. You rang?" The white Ichigo smirks at Smaug as Ichigo looks at him.
"Who are you and why do you look like me?" Ichigo asks narrowing his eyes at him.
"Me? Well I am your true power!! I am...
Well that's a wrap for chapter two!
I hope you guys like it and I will make sure that Smaug gives Ichigo some cool moves.
I will try to make things more interesting with zangetsu and Ichigo and won't be making stuff like the classic moves and will make badass moves soon.
Comment below for suggestions.