Chapter 3

Niadaifu

Disclaimer Blah: I don't own bleach, although if I did Renji and Ichigo would kiss every episode.

Rating Blah: M *So that fragile little minds don't read yoai, sex, swearing, violence, and all that good stuff

Authors notes: this series has seriously taken on a life of its own. It was originally a romance story, but as you'll soon find out its not about just Renji and Ichigo anymore. Although romance is still at the heart of the story, I've added a lot of new elements that I can play and have fun with. Heehee. So don't read if you don't like yoai cuz it's in here. NO FLAMES or I kill you with my zanpaktu I made in sculpture class (I seriously did. It's called Midnight Twins.) Please Review.

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It was morning and Rukia yawned loudly in her Chappy Bunny PJs. She rapped on Ichigo's bedroom door before walking in.

"Hey Ichigo breakfast is…" She stopped when she saw the two men asleep beneath the covers. She smiled to herself before gently closing the door and heading down to the warm smell of pancakes. At least that crisis was over.

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He woke to the feel of two warm tattooed arms wrapped around him protectively. It hadn't been a dream. He sighed and kiss Renji's still sleeping form.

At breakfast, he insisted Renji come through the front door to introduce himself. Isshin, Yuzu, and Karin accepted Renji enthusiastically. They were just happy Ichigo was back to his old self. Isshin practically hugged Renji before weeping to his wife's portrait that their family was whole again.

"So how long have you two known each other," asked Isshin, after composing himself.

"About a year," answered Renji honestly. Ichigo gave him a little knowing glance over his toast. What an interesting year that had been.

"Whatever," retorted Karin, "As long as Ichigo's not like a living ghost anymore. I see enough of those around without having to live with one." Her elder brother winced at the comment. Had he really been that bad?

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It was the middle of class. He lazily doodled a hollow on the edge of his notes, scowling. When the hell was a shinigami substitute ever going to need algebra? He glanced out the window to see Renji leaning against a telephone pole. He was in his gigai, posing a formidable foe. Ichigo grinned as he watched a girl trip and Renji reach out to catch her. The girl was obviously flustered by this toned man who had stopped her fall. She thanked him with a quick bow and shrunk back to the protection of her friends.

That was his Renji.

They had been a couple for three best weeks of Ichigo's whole life. Renji and Ichigo still argued and bickered. They hung with their friends, fought hollows. But at night when it was just the two of them, it was bliss. They were the only people in existence. Ichigo had found a reason to live.

Rukia's phone vibrated, bolting the orange haired boy out of his day dreams. Rukia looked over at Ichigo with a shocked look on her face. His eyes opened wide, this wasn't a routine hollow attack. Rukia suddenly went limp, her body falling towards Ichigo. He caught her, in time to see her wink.

"Oh, Rukia fainted. Must be the heat. I'll take her to the nurse." Before their teacher could protest he had carried Rukia out of the classroom and down the hall. He put her down, and exited their bodies. It was a moment before Orihime, Chad, and Uryu caught up with them. Rukia put her mod soul in charge of Ichigo's body, before the five of them dashed off campus.

"What is it Rukia?" asked Ichigo, already feeling the strong strange rietsu.

"It's a Niadaifu or what you might call a zombie. It's a hollow that possesses the body of a person they kill. They're extremely rare. It can only happen when a powerful hollow finds a human with a certain high spiritual power." She sped up when they heard a scream. A young girl was staring wide-eyed behind Renji. The woman before them moved closer, a huge gash in her stomach exposing her guts and spilling blood.

Orihime rushed forward and grabbed the girl throwing up a wall of protection. "Get her out of here Orihime," ordered Renji, not taking his eyes off his opponent. The red-head nodded and cradling the terrified six-year-old, ran from the impending fight. They surrounded the woman. Her eyes were pitch black with red irises. She met each of their gazes before cackling crazily.

"You think you can defeat us," said the hollow within the dead body.

'Us?' thought Ichigo.

"Today is the day the hollow rises to move about the living. We will destroy the world that so cruelly rejected us," it laughed again. At these words Rukia and Renji's cell phones starting beeping. Rukia looked down at the screen and gasped.

"There's hundreds of them…that's impossible! What did you do?" demanded Rukia lifting her blade at the woman before her.

"Only what the greet Aizen-sama commanded."

A scream was heard from the direction Orihime had gone. As the possessed body laughed again they heard a loud roar rip through the city. Ichigo took off without a moment's hesitation. The woman's giggling stopped instantly as her head was sliced in two. He looked down angrily at the monstrosity before shunpoing towards Orihime's rietsu.

The girl had fainted within a wall of protection. Orihime had already laid waste to ten of the naidaifu, but more were approaching fast. Ichigo quickly dealt fatal blows.

"You alright," he asked Orihime.

"Yeah," she said beads of sweat already appearing on her brow. "I'll get her to safety." Ichigo nodded before heading into the sky. He surveyed the city. The living could see the reanimated bodies of the dead and were panicing. Already, screaming was starting. He headed for his home.

The hollows were attacked to the three powerful humans, hoping to turn them into dead puppets. Karin had her soccer ball, and used it to pelt a hollow into oblivion. Yuzu had grabbed a large kitchen knife, and was doing her best to defend herself. Isshin had discarded his gigai and Kon had taken it over. Both were holding off the majority of the assailants.

"Ichigo!" yelled Isshin, as the boy rushed over to help his family. "Getsuga Tenshou," cried out Ichigo. A blast of energy burned through three of the hollows and wounded two. They turned their heads to the more powerful opponent.

"Dad?" Ichigo stared at his goofy father turned shinigami.

"Ichigo watch out!" yelled Isshin as a tall figure shunpoed behind his son. Ichigo was barely able to raise Zangetsu in time to stop from being decapitated. Hatred flared at the sight of the man before him. It was Grimmjaw.

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Oh shit, it seems as though our heroes are in a predicament. Told you there was a twist. Please Review. I need to know if I'm writing crap or not.

Note: Naidaifu = Dead Father (go Japanese translators)