Chapter 2! Here we go now, Ichigo arrives in Death Cityand meets a good many characters, lets start.
"I hate flying."
It's true; Ichigo hated flying right about now. It's been a long time sense he bordered the plane to North America and he was beginning to get very fidgety. Along he didn't have much to do onboard the plane; he did have plenty to think about. The words spoken by Kisuke Urahara still spun and whorled around in his mind like a never ending train track.
/Flashback/
"Tell me Kurosaki-kun, what do you know about a place called Shibusen?"
Ichigo was confused by this question, yes he did know about a school named Shibusen, although he didn't know that much about it. All Ichigo did know was that it was a very successful school in Nevada, a state in the United States of America. But other than that, Ichigo had nothing on the mysterious school.
Seeing the confused expression, Kisuke chuckled to himself before continuing to explain, "I'm sure you're confused Kurosaki-kun, well then let me tell you its not the most normal school around."
"Really? I hadn't noticed." Ichigo deadpanned.
"No seriously Kurosaki-kun, it's very special!" Kisuke said with enough enthusiasm to make Ichigo gag.
"Ya ya, everything's special in your eyes." Having enough of this crap, Ichigo turned his back to his friend and started to walk away. But before he reached the edge of the house's roof Kisuke shouted something.
"The Headmaster is a Shinigami!"
That stopped Ichigo in this tracks, by the time he turned to face Kisuke he had the world's largest grin planted on his face…much to Ichigo's displeasure.
"He's actually a very good friend of mine, I'm sure I could…."
"Wait a moment, how is a Shinigami in control of a school? And how do you know hi-"
But before Ichigo could finish he got a face full of fan via the world's most annoying shop keeper (well in Ichigo's opinion anyway). "Nope that's not for me to tell Kurosaki-kun! You'll have to ask him yourself when you get there, you leave in two days!" Kisuke said grinning.
"Wait what?" Ichigo exclaimed.
"Don't worry! You're having plenty of time to say goodbye!" Kisuke eagerly said before handing Ichigo two tickets, "Here are your tickets, come to my store in two days! See you then Kurosaki-kun!"
And before Ichigo could react Kisuke disappeared in a burst of shumpo, leaving Ichigo alone on his roof. Sighing to himself, Ichigo could only look down at the plane tickets in his hands.
"Two days…"
/Flashback End/
And an interesting two days it was.
During the first day all Ichigo did was gathering up everything he was taking with him and locking up the house. Ichigo had to accept the fact that he just couldn't stay in his home town anymore. After hunting down Urahara again (and beating the crap out of him for ditching him last time), Ichigo was able to finally force some useful information out of the crazy shop keeper.
After breaking nearly everything in the shop and smashing Kisuke's stupid hat over his head, he finally told Ichigo the truth. It turns out that Head Captain Yammamoto was able to convince the Central Forty-Six that if Ichigo was to have no more contact with the Soul Society from now on and leave the highly spiritual area that is Karakura town, they would not try to execute him.
It's easy to say that Ichigo didn't believe a word of it and tried to knock his host out again for lying to his face…again. It was only the fortunate arrival of Yoruichi that saved Kisuke from the beating of his afterlife. After explaining basically everything Kisuke had said earlier, although in a much more believable fashion (and with less bullshit when Ichigo was concerned), Ichigo couldn't help but agree with them. Whatever Kisuke's plan was and whatever it had to do with Shibusen was his best bet, not that he had a choice anyway.
The rest of his day went by pretty quick. His night was less than pleasant though. The nightmares would never stop, plaguing every moment he had his eyes closed, even for a single moment.
Goodbyes were one of those things that Ichigo could never really take, maybe it was because he never got to say goodbye to his mother. Either way he just couldn't stand them.
The next day or his final day as Ichigo put it was something that ached in his heart. All of his friends had different reactions to his news and each said their goodbyes as well. Ishida and Chad just nodded at him with a hint of sadness and their respect for the young Shinigami. Tatsuki just hugged her childhood friend and promised him that if he didn't write to her she would walk over the seas themselves just to beat the crap out of him.
Orihime's however was not as simple; she was so devastated that she broke down and embraced Ichigo in a hug that could have broken his spine. Nearly begging, she asked if she could go with him but she knew that he would refuse, Ichigo would let never someone to just give up everything just for him.
After the final-tear filled goodbye Ichigo made his way to the Urahara Shōten with a duffel bag in hand. It took a few minutes but when he arrived he was treated with the sight of a smug grinning Kisuke Urahara standing at the front door, resisting the urge to slug him in the face Ichigo followed him inside. After sitting down for some tea (Urahara insisted), Urahara started to explain the simple details of Ichigo's trip, plane number, take-off time, and other things. After their discussion was over Ichigo made his way to the door and grabbed his bag, but before he made his way out the door he felt an odd weight in his duffle bag.
Opening it up, he saw a small black cat nestled in-between a few of his shirts and pants. Putting on a sad smile he placed the bag on the floor and gently picked the cat up. Looking into the sad yellow eyes, Ichigo gently hugged the cat, feeling a few wet tears fall onto his shirt. After letting the hug go on for a few moments, Ichigo slowly walked over to Kisuke and handed him the saddened Yoruichi. Taking one last look into the store, Ichigo waved goodbye and headed to the airport, never to set foot in his home town ever again.
But that was what lead us to his current situation, flying somewhere above the clouds miles outside his home town.
"Attention passengers, we will be arriving in Death City, Nevada in fifteen minutes. Please fasten your seat belts."
This sudden interruption snapped Ichigo free of his thoughts. Sighing to himself, Ichigo grabbed his seatbelt and buckled it tight, glad to be off this flying hunk of metal soon enough.
-20 minutes later-
Death City, Nevada. To say Ichigo was massively surprised would have been the understatement of the century. Being so used to the large cluster of the buildings that is Karakura town, Ichigo was utterly in awe at the Oasis that was Death city. The gloomy style of the buildings, the towering landscape that continued to flow upward into the sky, and mysterious building at the top of it all, it was amazing. But what shocked the young Shinigami was the sun….ya that was different.
Walking through the main streets of the city, Ichigo noticed a few other things. For one everyone seemed normal, nothing random, nothing strange, even after everything Ichigo has seen and been through everything seemed normal…despite the fact the sun was still creepy. The buildings had a gothic feel to them and were kind of strange seeing what year it was, but other than that it was normal. Hell, Ichigo didn't even get any glances or stares because of his hair color, much to his relief.
Glancing down the street, Ichigo could see the where the current street was headed towards, the massive building decorated with skulls and candles, the place where Kisuke directed him to, Shibusen. Sighing to himself, Ichigo continued down the street until he heard a tiny noise that caught his attention.
"Meow?"
Turning around, Ichigo saw a particular sight. He saw a small black cat wearing a fairly large witch's hat perched atop a mail box. It had a long curly tail, huge yellow eyes, and around its neck was a small collar that looked similar to a Jack-o lantern. It was staring at him with a certain glean in its eyes, something that made Ichigo nervous for some odd reason.
The two of them had a sort of stare off for a minute or two, with Ichigo scowling at the fuzzy creature and the cat just smiling cutely at the young Shinigami. After about three and a half minutes of looking at each other Ichigo had enough and simply turned his back to the feline and started walking off towards Shibusen once again. But before he could get even three feet away he found that same cat sitting in front of him, its tail swinging in the air and a small smile on its face. Eye twitching, Ichigo attempted to walk over the cat but that also met with limited success. The moment he turned around to check if the cat was still there, he saw the fuzzy creature wasn't on the ground behind him anymore, but it was perched on top of Zangestu's hilt, carelessly crewing on the loose fabric that was wrapped around it.
"You're not going to leave are you?" he asked the curious cat, to which it only replied with a shake of its head.
Sighing to himself, Ichigo just scratched the cat behind the ears, "Well if you want…"
Realizing that he didn't know the cat's name Ichigo took a look at its collar. Seeing only the pumpkin face on the front he turned it around to see a small name engraved in it.
"…Blair, just don't unravel that cloth, Zangestu won't like that."
It was at times like this he really wanted to bash Kisuke in the head for what he did to his body, despite the bonuses it had this new badge of his was a pain at some times.
Flashback: 20 minutes before leaving Karakura town.
"Kurosaki-kun, wait a second. I have something for you." Kisuke asked the young shinigami.
"What is it?" Ichigo replied.
It was about twenty minutes until Ichigo had to be at the airport. Waiting patiently in main room of the Urahara shop, Ichigo was slightly annoyed, he really didn't want to miss his flight, and he was sure Urahara didn't want another beating himself. Seeing the shop keeper coming out of one of the numerous back rooms that made up the shop, Ichigo noticed the old man holding something behind his back.
"Ta-Da!" Kisuke announced, holding out a familiar sight to Ichigo, his combat badge, the one he got when his friends and him left the Soul Society the first time.
"Oh, thanks Kisuke, I almost forgot about this." Ichigo thanked him and reached out for his badge.
"Nope, this is not the same badge Ichigo! I've made some interesting changes to it!" Kisuke replied while pulling the badge out of Ichigo's reach.
Now normally Ichigo would be curious at something like this but seeing how this is THE Kisuke Urahara, he had reason to fear whatever this madman had done. "What did you do?"
Kisuke took on a fake hurt expression, "Why Kurosaki-kun what could be wrong, I've only made a few adjustments to you combat bad-ack!"
He never got too finished when Ichigo grabbed him by the throat and lifted him about a foot off the ground, "What DID you DO?"
Quickly waving his hands in frightened manor, Kisuke was relieved to be released by the annoyed teenager. Gathering his breath that had been strangled out of him, Kisuke began to explain the changes he had made to Ichigo's badge.
"Well then Ichigo 'cough' I've made two distinct changes to your combat badge. The first thing I did was add this to the back of it." Kisuke explained, pointing the small device on placed on the back of the badge.
"This is my newest invention; I call it the body storage kit!" Kisuke announced with renewed vigor, much to Ichigo's annoyance, something that Kisuke noticed.
"Ok Ichigo, despite its name this new feature will basically activate every time you use your badge."
"No shit"
Kisuke was embarrassed by that one, it was obvious, "Anytime you use your badge, this device will store your body inside it, making your need for mod soul nonexistent."
Ichigo was surprised by this, at first he thought it would some useless add on like making his badge play mp3s or something stupid like that. But his would be very useful whenever he had to fight hollows, with this he wouldn't need to explain to anyone about his seemingly dead body.
"Now about the other feature I went ahead and installed for you."
Ichigo froze, "What?"
"I've also added a feature that whenever you have the badge on your person, your Zanpakuto will materialize."
Ichigo didn't say anything, still thinking about the concept itself, "Here, catch." Taking Ichigo by surprise, Kisuke tossed the badge to his friend, who barley was able to catch it
The moment Ichigo had the badge in his hands; he noticed a familiar weight appear on his back. Turning his head slowly, Ichigo saw the familiar sight of his Zanpakuto, Zangestu in its shikai form resting on his back.
It turns out that Kisuke wasn't really truthful about these upgrades he made to Ichigo's combat badge. It seems that even when Ichigo didn't have the badge on his person, like when he had it in his duffle bag or just near by the effect were still active. He first noticed it when he arrived at the airport; he nearly missed his plane because of the annoying situation he had to settle with the airport security. Kisuke was just lucky enough Ichigo was nowhere near him now, or else he would be dead fifty times over by now.
Flashback end.
Sighing to himself, Ichigo made sure Blair was safely attached to his shoulder (she stopped chewing on Zangestu's hilt a moment ago) and started off down the road again, towards massive school at the highest point of the city.
Five minutes later, the front steps leading to Shibusen.
After about five minutes of walking, which Ichigo mostly spent scratching Blair under her chin (by the name and how it acted, Ichigo could tell she was a girl by now). Finally getting to the top of the steps, Ichigo could finally see the school in its full glory. Ichigo could honestly say it was the most bazaar place he had ever seen, the massive flaming candles, the giant red towers, the skulls that made up the front doors, and the three orbs floating above the school….yea its weird . But before he started walking towards the front doors, Ichigo felt Blair jump off his shoulder. Looking behind him, Ichigo saw the cat standing her ground, a scared look on her normal cute face.
"What's a matter?" he asked, and then something clicked in his mind. Taking a glance at the school, he turned back to the frightened kitten. "Are you scared of this place?"
Blair nodded her head furiously at his question, confirming his suspicion. Sighing to himself, Ichigo walked to the frightened cat and knelled down to her level. Ichigo then did something Blair didn't expect at all; he hugged her small feline form.
This surprised Blair (and causing her to blush unconsciously), she expected this boy to call her stupid or something for being afraid of this school, not hug her! But while her mind was racing at this sudden action, she didn't notice Ichigo pick her up and carry her over to one of the nearby guard rails. Once close enough to one of them he gently put her down and released her from his grasp (much to her disappointment).
"If you really don't want to go in there, then just wait right here, I won't be too long."
Ichigo waited a few seconds for her respond but once he saw her nod he smiled, although a small one. Satisfied with her decision Ichigo turned and made his started to walk towards the academy's front doors again, but this time he was stopped by the sound of Blair again. Turning around, he noticed she was simply pointing to her collar, the flipside with her name on it to be precise with a curious look on her furry face. Despite being really dense when it came to a lot of things, it took Ichigo only a few moments to understand what she was asking.
"My names Ichigo Kurosaki."
With that Ichigo walked towards the entrance of the academy and went inside, uninterrupted this time. Unfortunately for him, he did not notice the sly expression on the cats face. Then without any notice a small cloud of purple smoke erupted around the small cat. A few seconds later the smoke cleared, and in the place of the small black cat known as Blair was a young woman. She had long violet hair and that same witch's hat on the top of her head. With a glorious figure, she was wearing a black-blue dress that showed off her shoulders and wrapped around her neck, long sleeves that reveal her hands and shoulders, a short skirt with a white frill and long high-heeled boots that curl upwards at the toes.
Swinging her legs back and forth, Blair just smiled as she watched her new friend enter the famous academy, "Your interesting Ichi, please hurry up. I want to have some fun, Nya!"
Inside Shibusen:
Ichigo could at least admit that the inside of the school was sort of normal despite its bizarre outer appearance. After roaming the halls for a few minutes Ichigo became almost hopelessly lost in the familiar and constant halls of this school. Starting to get annoyed, he just started opening class rooms, hoping to find a faculty member who could give him directions. After an annoyingly long amount of time, Ichigo opened a local classroom with a crescent moon sign hanging outside of it and noticed someone inside it. It was a muscular, dark-skinned man with braided hair and black Japanese tattoos on both his arms; he was wearing a pair of sneakers, some blue jeans and a dark green muscle shirt as well.
The moment Ichigo opened the door the man turned to him and glared at him, "Who are you? You're not a student here, I know every student here personally, that's the kind of man I am."
Ichigo nearly sweat dropped at the seriousness this guy was radiating, "'Sigh' my name is Ichigo Kurosaki, Kisuke Urahara told me to come here." he then pulled out the note Urahara gave him before leaving his shop, "Here this should explain something."
The man took the note from Ichigo and read it quickly, earning an annoyed glare from Ichigo when he started to chuckle at this whole situation.
"Sorry about that, can't be too careful, the names Sid, Sid Barret." Sid replied, tossing his arm around Ichigo's shoulder who luckily wasn't too annoyed at the moment.
"Follow me, I'll show you to the Death Room." Sid said before he walked out of the room with a confused Ichigo following behind him.
"Um…Death Room?" Ichigo asked.
"It's what we call Shinigami-sama's office."
"Why the hell would you call his office the 'Death Room" Ichigo asked, again.
Sid actually chuckled at that, "You'll see kid, it'll be explained when we get there I swear, that's the kind of man I am."
It took them a few minutes but soon Sid and Ichigo arrived a huge set of double doors. The two of them entered the room and were greeted by the second most bizarre sight Ichigo had seen that day (that freaky sun is still the number one weirdest thing Ichigo had ever seen Period). The first thing they saw was a pathway decorated with guillotines, something that not only freaked out Ichigo but also nearly made Sid burst out laughing when he saw Ichigo's face. The next thing the young Shinigami noticed was the enormous amount of gravestones that surrounded the desert like area that made up most of the room itself. And finally in the very Center of the room was a tall black figure.
"Ah Sid, I see you brought our guest! Very Good! Now come on guys, times a wasting!" The figure announced despite not even looking at the two of them.
Sid nudged Ichigo forward, "Come on kid, it's not wise to keep the boss waiting."
Despite the bad feeling burning in his stomach (yea the giant guillotines had nothing to do with it), Ichigo made his way down the path, with Sid following him with his hands in his pockets and a smug grin on his face. It took a few moments to reach the room's center (it's a long path), but once he did Ichigo got a clear view of this 'Shinigami-sama'. He seems to wear a black robe with many jagged edges which appears to house his arms and covers his entire body; his face is being covered by a cartoonish skull mask as well.
"Ah bout time you guys got here, I nearly fell asleep while waiting for you two." Shinigami-sama said in a goofy voice. "Now then, we might as well get down to business Kurosaki-kun!"
'Good lord, not again' "Ya…wait how do you know my name?" Ichigo asked.
"Ah! Kisuke told me all about you, such a tragedy my boy, I'm dearly sorry for your loss." Shinigami-sama said in a much more sincere voice.
Ichigo flinched at this, what did Urahara tell this guy…or what didn't he tell him. When Urahara was concerned, it could be either one. "Ya…me too." Ichigo replied with a more monotone voice.
"Ah let's not think about that right? I'm sure you've got plenty of questions for me right?" Shinigami-sama quickly said, clapping his giant cartoony hands together.
"Ya, for one thing…how in the hell are you a shinigami? I've seen some weird looking Shinigami before but you take the cake!" Ichigo exclaimed, pointing directly at Shinigami-sama's mask.
"Oh Yes, that issue can be clean up easily! You see I'm very different from other shinigami such as yourself, unlike you I have my…" Shinigami started to explain but was so rudely interrupted by Sid, who looked downright dumbstruck by both of Ichigo's and Shinigami's claims.
"Um, you're a shinigami?" he asked, pointing to Ichigo.
"A Substitute but yes, so?"
"It's just that…you look nothing like Shinigami-sama, with that in mind it's kind of hard to believe you're a shinigami…" Sid said, looking slightly unconvinced.
Ichigo just sent Sid and annoyed glance. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a strange looking glove."Do you mind?" He asked the strange Shinigami while putting on the glove. He really had to thank Rukia for letting him keep this stupid thing.(1)
Shinigami-sama took a look at the strange glove Ichigo had and then at Sid, he continued going back and forth between the two for a few moments until he stopped and looked at Ichigo with an amused look on his mask. "As long as nothings permanent."
"Wait, what?" Sid said, now completely confused.
But before he could react in the slightest, Ichigo walked over to Sid and flicked him in the forehead with his gloved hand. For a few seconds it appeared like nothing had happened, but out of nowhere Sid's eyes lost all of their life and he suddenly collapsed to the ground. But even though his body was currently laying on the ground, Everyone could see that Sid was still standing, but he was not only separate from his body but he also had a long chain attached to his chest. Sid's face could be described as a mess of two emotions, confused and scared shitless. Ichigo was just standing there enjoying the sight; he always wondered why Rukia had that smug smile every time she used that glove on him, well now he knew why.
"The HELL?" Sid screamed, much to the pain of Ichigo's ears.
Ichigo sighed for about the fiftieth time today, this was getting annoying, "This glove allows me to separate a person's soul from his body without killing them. As long as that chain in intact, you're safe." Ichigo explained, directly pointing to the chain attached to Sid's chest.
"What…the…hell." Sid replied, his voice as strained with both furious anger and nervousness…much to his embarrassment.
"Well then, now that that's out of the way!" Shinigami-sama suddenly interrupted, trying to break to tension between his two guests. "I'll explain everything over some tea!"
Suddenly Three chairs and a table appeared in the center of the room. Shinigami himself just took a seat with a amused look on his mask, Ichigo just shrugged and did the same while Sid was still trying to get back inside his own body. After a few minutes, which Ichigo and shinigami spent just talking about random things (basically what Ichigo thought of the city and such) and Sid finally got back into his body (although he keeps saying something doesn't feel right), someone entered the Death Room with some tea in his hands and an bored look on his face.
"I've got the Tea, now where the…who's the kid?" The man said, eyeing Ichigo suspiciously.
"Ah Spirit! This is the young Shinigami Kisuke told us about!"
"My name is Ichigo, Ichigo Kurosaki." Ichigo added.
Spirit continued to look at Ichigo suspiciously even when he passed out tea to everyone (expect Sid, who did want to be anywhere near Ichigo), "You serious? This kid doesn't look like a Shinigami at all…"
Sid instantly froze up at that question, Shinigami merely sighed at his friend's foolishness, and Ichigo had a tick mark pulsating on his head. Without any warning, Ichigo shot up from his seat, slowly walked towards Spirit, who had no idea what the hell was going on, and socked him in the chin (with his gloved hand), sending his newly disembodied soul flying across the room and into one of the local gravestones headfirst.
Shinigami took a sip of his tea, not at all phased by this situation, "Nice shot."
Ichigo himself just sat down on one of the local chairs and finally took off the strange glove, much to Sid's relief, "Thanks, I've had a lot of practice." Picking up his own tea cup, Ichigo tuned to face his host, "Now, as you were saying…"
"Ah yes, now as I was saying, unlike you and other shinigami from the Soul Society, my Zanpakuto is constantly in its full release, and I don't mean shikai like your massive cleaver, I mean Bankai."
Ichigo look vaguely interested, "You mean all of that…" Ichigo was inferring to Shinigami-sama's appearance, "…is your Bankai?"
"Oh yes! While I didn't always look like this, I had to alter my appearance when I opened this school…I kind of scared the children away at first." Shinigami explained, sort of embarrassed at the end of his sentence.
"Anyway, about this school…" Ichigo said, trying to get off their current subject, he was more interested in the place he would be working for.
"Ah course! Many years ago I founded this school for a single reason, to protect the world of the living from the threat of the Kishin!" Shinigami exclaimed with much enthusiasm, despite the confused look on Ichigo face.
"A Kishin? What's a Kishin?" Ichigo questioned.
"A Kishin is a human with great spiritual pressure or 'Soul wavelength', which is what we call it around here, which has taken up eating human souls to gain power." Shinigami explained while making hand gestures for some odd reason.
"They sound a lot like hollows…"
"Well yes and no, Hollows eat human souls to try and fill the void in their hearts that were made after they died. But evil humans do it just for the raw power they can bring, which is why I've made a few changes around the world!" Shinigami replied, somehow giving Ichigo a very bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
"Um...changes?" he asked, still not sure he'd want to hear the answer.
Clapping his gigantic cartoonish hands together Shinigami stood up from his chair and walked over to his mirror. Once he got close enough, Shinigami simply touched the mirror with his index finger to the surface of glass. A few seconds later a clear image of the school itself appeared. He then pointed to the top of the school.
"Do you see those three orbs floating there?" Ichigo nodded in response.
"These orbs amplify a single wavelength throughout the world, although it doesn't affect areas that have high spiritual activity however like Katakura town for example." Shinigami explained before gesturing if Ichigo was following him or not.
Ichigo just nodded in response, wanting to know more about whatever the old man was talking about.
"This wavelength makes sure that everyone in its radiance has their souls directly to the Soul Society while leaving behind the spiritual power that all Kishins crave. "
It took a few moments but then it clicked, "basically…"
"Basically as long as they are within the wavelength signal, no human soul will ever have to live through the experience of being devoured by a Hollow again."
Ichigo was at awe at this, he could only imagine the repercussions this had to cause. Even if the souls didn't remember the event once they came to the Soul Society, the fact that they had to once experience being eaten alive by a hollow is something no being, alive or dead should ever have to feel. But with this…all of that was in the past, if only it could have been around when…
"How long has it been active?" Ichigo asked.
"Since I founded this school about a hundred years ago, I would have had it up sooner but…"
"The Central 46 denied it? I'm not surprised." Ichigo interrupted, he knew of the Soul Society's government when it came to new ideas, they were never accustom to change.
"Ah yes, they never change no matter who they are. " The two Shinigami just sat there in silence before the older of the two put his goofy persona back on, "Well then Kurosaki-kun, tell me about yourself."
This took Ichigo by surprise, "Didn't Kisuke already tell you about me?"
The old headmaster simple rested against his chair and had his head in his hands, "He did somewhat, all he told me was why you came here and what you are. Other than that….nothing." he said with a shrug.
Whatever old Hat a' Clogs didn't tell this old man was undoubtedly important. So it was easy to say Ichigo was nervous at the thought of telling anyone about his past, especially when it came to a certain white skinned subject. But the moment the old Shinigami noticed the nervousness that his guest he came out and said it.
"Ichigo," The young Shinigami looked into the face of the masked man, "No matter what you say to me, I will listen. I won't say a single word until you're finished, I swear it."
And with that bode of trust Ichigo started his story, everything. He began at the start, just a little bit about his childhood while staying way from a few touché subjects. His tale truly started when he described the night he gained his powers in the first place, to protect his family. He went through everything, his time being a substitute with Rukia, rushing through the Soul Society itself to free her, and even protecting his town from Arrancar. By the time he was done an hour had passed, Sid left about halfway through to get the school ready for the next school, but Spirit and Shinigami-sama were still waiting patiently for him to finish.
Standing up from his seat, Shinigami-sama stretched out his arms, "Well that was quite a story Kurosaki-kun," he then turned to the clock on the far left wall (one that appeared out of nowhere if you asked Ichigo and Spirit), " Well then, it's gotten pretty late now…"
"Wait a moment, so you don't care about my…?" Ichigo interrupted, concerned about his future at this school.
The Shinigami just shook his head at the young boy,"Ichigo, what could of headmaster would I be if I was to treat you badly for something that you could not control?"
Ichigo just sat there in silence, "You're not the only one who has been blamed for something they have no control of here. As long as you are not a threat to my school and its students, you'll be welcome here."
"Thank you Shinigami-sama."
The Shinigami just waved it off, "You don't need to thank me Ichigo. Now then, its late now, it's about time we all turn in for the night."
Now that's a thought that he did not consider where would he stay for the night? Could stay with this old Shinigami? 'Hell No!' How about ask his friend Spirit? 'Am I Insane!' He could go find Sid and ask him, 'No…could give the guy a heart attack'. But before he could think of anymore options, he was thrown a set of keys by the mask wearing Shinigami.
"These are for a fairly nice apartment, I hope you enjoy it. "
Taking a glance at the keys (and noticing the skull keychain attached to it) Ichigo did something none would ever think he would do, he did a quite bow to the Shinigami and quickly said, "Thank you Shinigami-sama."
Once again the Shinigami simply waved it off, "No big deal, no you better get going now. You don't to be keeping that little kitty waiting do you?"
It took a few moments to sink in, but when the sudden realization set in Ichigo suddenly cursed, "Shit! I've got to go, See you tomorrow Shinigami-sama!" And with that Ichigo shot out of the Death Room in speeds that could only be matched by a bankai infused hollowfied Visard.
With a slack jaw, Spirit could only stand in awe at the incredible speed this young boy possessed. Slowly locking his jaw back into place Spirit took a glance at his surpiorer and couldn't stop his jaw from nearly dropping to the floor again. For the almighty Shinigami of death was rolling of the floor laughing his head off. Sighing to himself, Spirit walked over to the table and picked up the tea set and began to exit the Death Room himself, but before he did so he muttered one thing to his boss.
"You're going to make his life a living hell while here aren't you?"
The Shinigami finally stopped laughing ad turned to look at his weapon. Wiping his tears from his mask, the masked guardian nearly whispered something, "I have no idea what you're talking about Spirit"
"Not at all."
Back with Ichigo.
It took a few moments but soon enough Ichigo found himself once again outside of the schools front entrance. Imminently he took notice of the lack of light outside he quickly took note that it was late in the evening. Taking a quick glance at his surroundings Ichigo could help but notice the fantastic view. And even with that crazy looking moon (which nearly gave Ichigo a heart attack the moment he saw it, it was defiantly creepier than that grinning sun from earlier) Ichigo had to admit that the city had a glorious beauty to it even at night.
But realizing that he was getting side tracked, Ichigo turned his head to the guard railing from earlier. His eyes softened at the sight of the sleeping form of Blair (who was in her cat form again).
Sighing to himself he quietly walked over to the napping feline and scoped her into his arms before beginning his long walk back into the city.
Ichigo's new Apartment: Five Minutes later.
It took a few minutes but soon enough Ichigo arrived at his new home. It was a decent sized apartment building with a few different colored pieces in odd place. After finding an elevator and finding his way to his room, Ichigo was almost shocked at the size of the place. It had a decent sized living area that also had a small kitchen area built into it. After he also noticed two rooms that seemed to be a pair of bedrooms, and along with the bathroom he decided it was actually a nice place to live.
But before exploring even further into his new place he quickly snatched a soft pillow and laid it on the table. Calmly placing the sleeping kitten onto the soft surface, Ichigo then spent the next few minutes unpacking his belongings from his duffle bag.
After getting everything unpacked and sorted into the appropriate places he glanced at the clock. Noticing that it was a little bit after one in the morning Ichigo decided to head for bed for the time being. Grabbing a change of clothes he then turned off the lights and headed to his bedroom, all while unnoticing Blair's eyes slowly following him throughout the apartment. Quietly jumping down from the table Blair slowly made her way into Ichigo's bedroom, being as quiet as her kitty form allowed her.
Poking her head slowing into the doorframe, Blair was surprised by the sight of Ichigo changing into a new set of clothes for the rest of the night. With a slight blush appearing on her checks, Blair's mind went into overdrive at the shear fantasies she imagined with Ichigo. But while these thoughts rushed throughout her head, she didn't notice Ichigo finish getting dressed and climb into bed. The only thing that finally broke her from her mental fantasies was the moment Ichigo turned the lights off.
Sighing to herself, Blair slowly turned around and headed back to her makeshift bed on the kitchen table. But before she could take more than a few steps she was halted by the feeling of two hands picking her up.
"Hey…you lonely?" Ichigo's tired voiced asked her.
Slowly turning her head around, Ichigo calmly carried the small black cat back towards his bead. After climbing back in, he gently placed her at the foot of his bed. Seeing his furry friend comfortable Ichigo calmly drifted off into a nice restful sleep.
But Blair on the other hand couldn't believe what had happened. This random stranger had appeared out of nowhere and befriended her. He let into his home and even offered her a nice place to sleep, one she might add was located right next to him! Silently giggling to herself, Blair slowly and gently tiptoed over to Ichigo's slumbering form and curled up right next to him. Snuggling up next to her new friend Blair gladly drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
"Night Ichigo…"
There we go, Chapter 2 done!
[Note]:I hope you accept the explanation for the lack of Hollow's and Pulses (Bleach's human souls) in the Soul Eater universe. I really needed a reason for the changes in the world, and seeing that there was never a reason given for the those orbs floating above the school I used them.
[Note]:If you want to think about Ichigo's apartment, think of it as basically a copy of Moka's and Soul's very own but more barren since he just moved in.
1).If you're not aware of Ichigo's glove then you didn't watch the first few episodes of Bleach. It's the same glove that Rukia used on Ichigo before they made contact with Kon. The same one that she smacked Ichigo in the head with when he needed to kill a hollow. Called the 'Gokon Tekkō'
2).Ichigo was refering to the cheerful attitude that Urahara always displayed around him, much like Shinigami-sama does.
Well, Next time on Soul Eater's Shinigami, Ichigo learns and interesting secret and goes into battle!