Lost Without You Chapter 12: Lost 12, a bleach fanfic

Lost Without You

A/N: Well you wanted to see the shinigami here he is! Sorry for the wait for such a short chapter I'm still working out some kinks and fighting off writer's block. Next chapter should be much longer!

Warning: Everything you know about the Bount has changed, Ishida is not a badass, and an abundance of Oc canon fodder.

"I wish the circumstances were better but it is nice to see you." Hanataro smiled even while tending to Orihime, he would see to her first since her power was keeping Chad alive. He overlooked his healing and nodded his approval. He hazarded a glance at Ishida and shook his head. Orihime was worse off.

"I do too." Ichigo nodded with a frown. He still didn't know the name of this mysterious blond shinigami who shouldn't be touching Ishida if he wasn't healing him. Yet there he was laying a hand on his uninjured shoulder and asking if he was alright or needed help sitting up. It was just a friendly gesture but something about it angered him. Pushing that aside he asked what he needed to know. "How is she?"

Orihime herself was remaining quiet, despite being awake she was certainly in shock. There wasn't much she could say, Ichigo had still managed to save her but they hadn't won. They might have won in the end but as it stood they had been on the loosing end and it scared her. There was nothing she could do while she was this weak. They needed Ishida's eyes and her own just weren't good enough because she only had one attack. She hadn't realized how much Ishida's powers had come in handy.

"She'll be fine in a few days, or after Chad is done healing after a bit of healing power of her own." Hanataro smiled softly rubbing an ointment into the wounds talking soothingly to her. He was glad the wounds weren't as deep as he had feared. He continued his work vaguely paying attention to what was being said around him.

"So what's your name?" Ichigo frowned at the blond shinigami with his clear green eyes. He wasn't sure he trusted him just yet, he had saved them before but somehow it all seemed too convenient. He wasn't the assigned shinigami as far as he knew, and what reason would they have for changing them out without knowing about the bount to begin with? Of course he wouldn't put much past Soul Society since they did things ass-backwards.

"My name is Dakota." The blonde shinigami smiled his eyes crinkling up at the edges in good humor sensing the attitude being directed at him. He could easily see the anger forming in Ichigo's scowl, something he had been warned about before he had been sent here. As the new shinigami he was destined to meet the substitute shinigami and much to his excitement the Quincy and other two humans. "I know who you are of course Ichigo Kurosaki but I would be delighted to learn the rest of your names." He looked down at the Quincy he was helping hopefully, he was very happy to be staring into deep blue eyes. They seemed to swallow him whole with their depths and he was glad he had decided to help him not that he could sit up quite yet. Hanataro would have to heal him where he lay.

Ichigo was about to say something else not so nicely when Orihime spoke up. She was smiling sweetly despite the obvious pain she was in while Hanataro fixed her up. She was already feeling slightly drowsy from healing Chad who was now starting to come around under her healing shield, which she still hadn't quite worked out how to operate on herself. She would try it later when she got back home and away from anyone who might see if she failed. "I'm Orihime. I'm a friend of Ichigo's!" She looked over her shoulder at Chad and figured that introducing him wouldn't hurt since he seemed more disoriented than usual. "And that's Chad." She motioned with her head so she wouldn't disrupt Hanataro.

"I'm Ishida..." Ishida frowned as he looked over his shoulder, Ichigo had laid him down on his stomach and moving wasn't quite an option yet with the deep gashes in his back. He would have killed for a way to heal as quickly as Orihime would have usually been able to administer. Since that was no longer an option he would just have to wait until Hanataro was done with her and see what could be done. If it were as bad as it looked he might even go back to Urahara and use that healing item again. Not that the excruciating pain of using it was worth it, if he had his powers it wouldn't hurt. He once more couldn't help wishing the price hadn't been quite so steep. He couldn't bring himself to regret the decision he had made however.

"It's nice to meet all of you. I'm the new resident shinigami." Dakota's smile was dazzling and full of sincerity as he fingered his camera. He couldn't wait to get pictures. It was one of his favorite hobbies.

A/N: Well that's all for now. Please review! With the following if you don't mind as I would like constructive feedback!