Kon – A stuffed animal I almost forgot to introduce. He is a modified soul. If you take the candy-like thing out of him and eat it, it'll force your soul out and he'll take over your body. This can prove very useful when Ichigo needs a substitute when he goes out of school to purify a Hollow.

Renji (Abarai) – He grew up with Rukia and proves to be a good friend to Ichigo. He is also a Shinigami

Ryuuji (Fujitaka) – He is similar to Renji in many ways. He looks similar and acts similar, but there are differences. He loves his grandmother very much. This is not a character from Bleach, but an original character that popped into my head to use as an excuse having Renji in that world, but at the same time, he's not really there.

Grandma – Ryuuji's grandmother. She's a fortuneteller and is able to make her face look like a nightmare.

Bleach Fan Fiction ~ The Glass Portal To Another World

Segment 3: Falling

Kon grabbed onto Inoue and screamed, "We're falling out of the sky!!! Someone, help us!!! We'll do anything for help! We're going to die!!!!"

They went through cloud and cloud until they were soaked, and then progressed further to the ground through the branches of many trees.

"Ichigo, do something!" Kon shrieked. "Cut the branches or something!"

"We can't use our powers," Uryuu stated. "This world doesn't have the same kind of spirit particles. Therefore, we cannot use any of our special abilities. Rukia wouldn't be able to get out of her gigai either."

Somehow, the five of them luckily landed in a large pile of black leaves and didn't have to suffer the pain of breaking a few bones. Once they finally crawled out of the pile, a man with red hair and tattoos, holding a broom groaned, "I was almost finished. Why'd you have to ruin it?" He stomped a ways away from them and exclaimed, "Stupid grandma always makes me do these useless chores when I visit her! I'm using my precious time to visit her! Hah! Well, this is the best thing to make a visitor do! Just great! How disrespectful!"

"Renji?" Ichigo asked. "Is that you?"

The man with the red hair turned around and looked at Ichigo with a confused look. "Do you know me?" he asked. "Well, yeah, that name was pretty close. It's actually Ryuuji. Fujitaka Ryuuji."

"Oh, you're not Renji," Ichigo realized. "Yes, that's right. I see now. Your eyebrows are thicker and you don't have the same tattoos."

"Sure, whatever," Ryuuji said. "I have one question. Did you just fall out of the sky?"

"I… guess you can say that," Ichigo replied, giving him a tense smile.

Ryuuji sighed. "My grandmother predicted this," he stated. "I just didn't believe her. Well, anyway, follow me." He headed towards the house made out of banana tree leaves in the distance.

"Where to?" Uryuu asked.

"To my grandmother," Ryuuji replied. "She probably would want to talk to you guys."

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"I have been anticipating your arrival," the elderly woman said. "You have come here to find your friend. Her location is still moving around though. I also have to tell you that it is an inconvenience for you to try to find her in this world. There are no metal birds here, unlike your world, to use for faster transportation."

"Metal birds?" Inoue asked. "Do you mean airplanes?"

"How do you know all this?" Uryuu asked the woman with a suspicious look.

"I'm a fortuneteller," the elderly woman replied, smiling.

"Grandma, can I come in?" Ryuuji asked. "I've made some tea."

"Yes, dear," the woman called. "You can also call me Grandma, my guests that have fallen out of the sky."

They told her their names and introduced themselves as they cheerfully enjoyed the tea and their company.

"Oh my!" Grandma exclaimed, when the sun began setting and the sunlight pouring into the room became pink. "I still have to show you your rooms. Ryuuji, please do so. Your grandmother here is getting very tired."

They followed Ryuuji silently through the hallway.

"You really love your grandma, don't you, Fujitaka-san?" Inoue asked Ryuuji, interrupting the silence.

"Please, just call me Ryuuji," he said. "And yeah, I do like my grandmother. But she isn't my real grandmother. I don't really remember, but I was an orphan, and I was wandering around in the streets late at night. I just escaped from a really bad orphanage and it was my first time out in the real world. A gang dragged me into a dark alley when I tried to defend a girl they were picking on. They were about to kill me but Grandma came carrying a truckload of groceries. Then she realized the situation I was in and made a messed up face that made the whole gang run and scatter. She found parents for me after that." He paused. "Sorry, I should be showing you to you room… but I guess you guys are too easy to talk to."

The door from Grandma's room slid open and her eyes became red. "What are you guys still doing here?" she growled, crinkling up her face until it looked like a monster.

They scattered.

Ryuuji sat trembling in a corner. "I- I think I'm going to have nightmares after seeing that face this many times in one life," he stuttered.

"Oh no!" Kon exclaimed. "Uryuu died from fright! I saw this soul float away!"

"You're lying!" Ichigo shouted in disbelief.

"Yeah… I am," Kon said. "How'd you know?"