Heres chapter Three of Soul Eater's Shinigami!

Please read the Auther notes at the end of the chapter before you review please, it'll holpefully answer some questions you may have after this chapter.

The night surprisingly went by in a flash for Ichigo, no nightmares, no painful memories, just a peaceful night of dreamless sleep. A few hours later, a few beams of the newly risen sun shined through the window and unfortunately landed right on the sleeping shinigami's face. Groaning due to the discomfort of the sudden light Ichigo tried to roll to his side in an attempt to get a few more minutes of sleep, but when he did so he met with a sudden surprise. After laying his head back onto the pillow, out of the sun's reach, Ichigo felt something soft touch his nose. Not caring what it was, Ichigo slowly lifted his arm and attempted to brush his nose. But before his hand could even reach his nose his hand briefly touched something smooth and delicate and before he could even question that he heard a sudden giggle.

That was the final straw, Ichigo's eyes shot open and slowly glanced at his bed. To say that he was surprised would be a complete understatement for how Ichigo was feeling at this moment.

For what he saw was a beautiful raven haired young women in a very form fitting pair of nighty pajamas calmly snuggling herself into his chest. Now normally Ichigo would have already jumped out of the bed and be demanding answers from the girl, but there was one interesting fact that was preventing this.

It was the pair of cat ears on top of her head and the sight of a tail rapping itself around his leg. At the sight of those interesting features, Ichigo slowly turned his head to look around the room, looking for a certain house guest of his. And after seeing not trace of that curious feline, one thought entered Ichigo's already spinning mind.

"Another Yourichi?..." He then noticed the clothes she was wearing, "…At least she's not naked…"

Sighing to himself, Ichigo gently reached over and nudged the sleeping neko . "Blair? Time to get up Blair…"

The kitten's ears only twitched at his request and rapped her arms around the Shinigami, "Five more minutes Ichi…Blair's sleepy."

Sighing to himself, Ichigo gently pulled himself up into a sitting position. Once comfortable, he then gently pried himself out of Blair's surprisingly strong hug, much to her displeasure though. He then looked at his guest with as much displeasure he could currently muster, but due to her overall appearance, it wasn't that much. With her current features displayed in this manner, Ichigo couldn't deny that she looked incredibly cute right now.

A few moments later Blair's eyes finally opened and looked at Ichigo with a little fear.

"Morning Ichigo…" she said, turning away from the young boy.

"Morning Blair would you like to explain something to me?" he replied.

Looking guilty, Blair slowly pulled away from Ichigo and got a twelve inches between them before she said anything, "I'm sorry Ichi, I was just afraid at how would you react to me like this…"

Ichigo put on a smug smile, "Well this was a surprising way to tell me."

Frowning to herself, Blair tried to get up and walk away, but before she could even take a single step Ichigo grabbed her arm and looked at her with a sad frown. "I'm not mad Blair, I'm just surprised, it's not every day you go to sleep with a kitty sleeping at the foot of your bed and wake up with a cute girl against your chest."

Ichigo couldn't help but blush at the end of his sentence. "That so did not come out right…"

Blair didn't say anything but she did blush a little at what Ichigo said. Ichigo did his best to suppress his own blush and motioned Blair to sit back down, which she did after a few seconds of uneasiness. "Now why don't you tell me what's wrong?" Ichigo asked.

Looking into his eyes, Blair mentally prayed for a good outcome to all of this, "A lot of people in this city try to avoid me; some even hate me for what I can do…." She looked into Ichigo's eyes, "I can do magic, and because of that people think I'm a witch! Please don't hate me!"

Ichigo didn't react the way Blair thought he would, his eyes only widened a little at her announcement and that was nowhere near as bad as she thought it would be, she thought he would scream at her and maybe even try to kill her, not this.

"I've been told about Witches Blair, how they are evil, scheming, and monsters who will manipulate anyone to do their bidding despite the pain they'll cause…" Blair turned away, waiting for the inevitable, "and Blair? For what I've seen, you're nothing like that."

That very moment shocked Blair more than anything; there was no screaming, no death threats, no hateful words. There was only this boy who had let her into his home, who she had told her most painful secret and there he was, smiling at her with no ill emotions at all, even, see some affection in his brown eyes.

"But…y-you don't even know me, why do you…how do you…" Blair was almost in tears, the thought of a person that trusted her despite the threat she could bring was nearly overwhelming.

"Blair…" he calmly said, looking her in the eyes, "I've met people who were treated like you before. I was told they were evil creatures, monsters who wouldn't even think before trying to tear me to bits."

Blair could only shiver at the thought of the creatures Ichigo was describing, "And for the most part they were right, there were a few in particular that were monsters to even their own kind."

"But, when I entered their home I met three who were different, I can only describe them as…" Ichigo stopped for a moment when he noticed the terrified look on Blair's face. While normally he would try to calm someone down when they acted like this, Ichigo could only think of her reaction when finished.

"…complete and utter goofballs."

After hearing that Blair nearly fell off the bed in surprise, after all of that, that's how he describes them?

"They loved to play tag, ask stupid questions, and could never take a single thing seriously." Ichigo said with a small smile, remembering those fond memories.

"And they were my friends, despite the reaction the others gave them I trusted them, and they trusted me."

Blair was speechless; she couldn't help but envy the treatment Ichigo's friends received.

"Do you see now, I trust you Blair, and witch or not, I trust you…" And to prove his point, Ichigo gently embraced the stressed girl and gave her a warm hug. "…and I swear I'll never hurt you, I promise."

Blair couldn't take it anymore, years of living by herself, years of people treating her like a witch; all of it was destroyed the moment this boy promised her something she never thought would happen. And in the heat of the moment, Blair returned his hug a hundred fold, nearly snapping the Shinigami in half. But Ichigo didn't mind, he had a lot of experience when it came to inhumanly strong hugs. It took a few moments but soon enough Blair calmed down and loosened her grip on Ichigo. Slowly wiping her tears from her eyes, Blair looked up at Ichigo with a genuine smile on her face.

Seeing this, Ichigo returned the smile (although noticeably smaller), "Better?"

"Yes, thank you Ichigo." Blair replied, still wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Good." Ichigo then slowly pulled himself from the bed and walked towards the door. But before he exited the room he turned back to Blair with his small smile still on his face. "You can go back to sleep if you want, I've got to get ready before I meet Shinigami-sama today."

"Ichigo?"

Ichigo stopped and turned back to see Blair still sitting on his bed, her tail wagging back and forth in a joyful manor, and a smile on her face. "Thank you."

Ichigo didn't say anything; he just turned around and nodded to her, glad that he could protect someone else, even if it was from their own loneliness.

About 25 minutes later:

After a quick shower, getting dressed with a pair of blue jeans, a simple white shirt and a brown jacket (he did that in the bathroom, his bedroom may have not been the best choice at the moment), and got some breakfast. After placing some leftovers in the fridge, Ichigo walked back into his bedroom and grabbed Zangetsu and his badge. But before he made his way out, he noticed Blair sitting in his doorway, back in her cat form.

"Can I come with you, Ichi?" she asked, not surprising Ichigo that she could talk while in kitty form one bit.

"But Blair, you know where I'm going; I thought you didn't like it there?"

Blair didn't say anything; she just made a quick jump and landed on Ichigo's shoulders. She began to hug her head against his check affectionately before replying. "But I'll be fine with you won't I! Please?"

Ichigo suddenly found it very hard to resist the affection of the small kitten, "Curse you Yoruichi and your cat like Antics! I've got resistance to this because of you!"

Less than a few moments later Ichigo couldn't take it anymore and gave into her demands, "Okay, you can come with me." But he then looked at sternly, making her flinch, "But you stay close to me got it? I don't you out of my sight for a moment."

In return Ichigo got an excited nod from the black kitty, which noticeably didn't stop her affectionate snuggling with Ichigo's head. With nothing else to do, Ichigo and Blair together left the apartment and began their long walk towards the Academy. While on their way there, Ichigo did get a much more lively experience of the city's daily life. By the time the Shinigami arrived there, it was passed midday and nearly everyone had already finished with work, but now the streets were bustling with excitement and people who were going about their everyday lives.

And while Ichigo was enjoying the sights, Blair was enjoying the sight of her new friend. But while admiring her new friend, she had time to look at the interesting weapon attached to his back. It was very strange to her, she had seen many interesting blades before but this was just plan strange. But before she could think about it any further the loose cloth that was wrapped around its hilt brushed against her nose. Being a cat had their advantage, that's something Blair couldn't deny, but this sudden need to play with cloth and string was something she wished she was without at this moment.

But before she got too into this, the annoyed sound of Ichigo's voice rang in her ears. "Oi! Don't mess with that, Zangetsu really doesn't like people messing with that."

But that mention of a name brought a question to Blair's mind, "Whose Zangetsu Ichigo? Nya?"

Mentally slapping himself for mentioning his zanpakuto's name, Ichigo just replied with as little details as possible. "He's my sword"

Blair chocked her head in a confused way, "You named your sword? That's silly nya."

Ichigo just chuckled to himself after hearing an annoyed grunt from his Zanpakuto, "It's not as silly as you may think Blair. You should meet some friends of mine; their swords have got much goofy names than Zangetsu."

"Really? Can I meet them Ichi?" Blair asked, getting excited at the idea of meeting some of Ichigo's friends.

"Someday Blair, maybe someday…"

About ten minutes later:

It took a few minutes but soon enough Ichigo and Blair reached the entrance of the School and proceeded inside. Now Ichigo did notice Blair's blatant fear of entering the school, he quickly reassured her that as long as he was around, not a single person would lay even a finger on her without her permission, hell he even told her he would take on Shinigami-sama if he needed to. Finally after a few minutes of walking, the two of them finally made it to the death room's entrance.

When they entered Blair couldn't help but be amazed at the sight of Shinigami-sama's private office. True it was a place she had being in great fear of for most of her life, but with Ichigo next to her, all of those fears and dread just vanished. It was sa very interesting experience for the kitty, at least until she saw him.

The source of her dead, the grim reaper of all magical forces in the free world, Shinigami.

But while she was petrified with fear she didn't notice a hand suddenly start to scratch her behind her ears. It took a lot of effort but Blair was able to look past the pleasure she got from this action and looked towards the source. She saw Ichigo calmly scratching her behind her ears, a smile, no matter how small it was, instantly turned her fears to dust.

"Ah Kurosaki-kun! Good to have you back!" the Shinigami announced before spying the kitty in Ichigo's hands, "…and who's your little friend?"

Ichigo nearly chuckled at the greeting. He had to admit that despite the strange appearance this guy was somehow a lot less creepy than Urahara was…somehow.

/Meanwhile/

"ACHOO!"

Kisuke Urahara suddenly sneezed. Now being sick was something Kisuke never really liked, and being the Captain of the twelfth Division, no matter how short his time was it gave him a lot of resources. He would never admit it to anyone but in his spare time he was able to create a cure to the common cold…ya if anyone ever found out about that (ESPEACILALY Captain Unohana)…it wouldn't be pretty.

But anyway it's simple to say that he very rarely got sick, and so when he sneezed his only thought on the cause of it was simple.

"Ooh, someone's talking about me~ maybe it's a hot lad-'SMACK'."

But before he could even finish his statement, a small sandal struck him across the face, sending him flying across the room into the front doors of his shop.

"Finish that statement baldy and I'll END you…" Hiyori added before turning back to her card game.

"So mean…"

/Back to the plot/

Ichigo nodded at his new employer and continued to make his way towards the center on of the room. Once he reached the center he noticed not only that Shinigami-sama was staring at him but he also saw Spirit randomly glancing at the mirror positioned behind him. But once Ichigo looked back at his host, he was startled to see the Shinigami less than a few feet away from him and was looking directly at Blair. The three of them stood there few a few moments, not a word was shared between them, it was complete silence. And then with the speed unseen by anyone Shinigami-sama plucked Blair from Ichigo's hands within a millisecond. Blair and Ichigo froze at this. Ichigo's hand slowly inched to Zangetsu and Blair's eyes widened in fear, both waiting for his reaction.

But if course, they didn't put into account the randomness of the local Soul Reaper.

"Oh she's so cute! Where did you find her Kurosaki-kun!"

The person who had scared the living daylights' out of Blair for the past few years of her life was twirling her in the air and was making comments about how cute she was…ya didn't see that coming.

Ichigo released a sigh of relief, he was glad nothing happened that would have forced his hand.

"Her name is Blair." Ichigo said, but the Shinigami didn't seem to notice, "…um Shinigami…Hey! You wanted to talk to me about something….Hello?"

After a few moments Ichigo was finally able to draw Shinigami-sama's attention away from the frightened kitty and back to Ichigo. Slightly embarrassed by his actions, the death god handed Blair back to the teenager and was about to get back to the task at hand. But before he could do so he heard a chuckle coming from behind him. Turning his head around, the headmaster glared the source of his anger, his own death scythe was trying to hold back a side splitting chuckle and he was failing epically.

"One second." He grumbled to his guests before turning his eyes to his weapon. "Oh Spirit…what's so funny?"

Ichigo and Blair could only watch in amusement as the annoyed Shinigami approached his weapon, his knuckles cracking with every step he took. Spirit on the other hand had realized his mistake and was already trying to calm the force of head injuries in his life down, but it was no use.

While Shinigami-sama was teaching his friend better 'manners' Ichigo turned his eyes to Blair in concern. "You ok?"

Blair turned her gaze off the comedic scene before them and matched Ichigo gaze, "I thought was going to…" she then smiled at him, "…I just didn't expect him to react that way…it was kind of funny."

This got even Ichigo to crack a smile, "Ya, that was pretty funny."

The two of them shared a quick laugh among them before they noticed Shinigami-sama walking back over to them. They almost busted out laughing when they saw Spirit's mangled form laying a few feet behind the Shinigami but was able to hold it back.

"Ah, now then where were we?" Shinigami asked while dusting off his hands, "Ah yes, we have much to discuss Ichigo." And with that the ancient Shinigami turned his back to hem and head back to the center of his office but not before gesturing them to follow. Shrugging to himself, Ichigo placed Blair in his shoulders and followed. Once again the two Shinigami sat down at the headmaster's randomly appearing table, and to Ichigo and Blair's surprise was once again served tea by Spirit (who somehow was able to recover from Shinigami-sama's savage beating…like it's happened before).

"Now then Ichigo," Shinigami said before taking sip of his tea, "We have much to discuss."

"Such as?" Ichigo replied while avoiding the tea, things was getting kind of weird for his taste.

"Well…I kind of need something from you."

"Like what?" Ichigo asked, something just didn't feel right.

"I need you to Fight."

It was like a flash of lighting. It was so quick that Blair nearly fell off of his shoulders. In a flash Ichigo shot up from his seat and grabbed the approaching figure. Both Blair and Shinigami-sama were shocked at the sight before them. Ichigo and a newly dressed Sid were standing there, with Ichigo gripping Sid's extended arm and Sid calmly trying to free his hand, which was lightly pressing his knife against the boy's neck.

Neither of them said anything, but soon enough Shinigami-sama was the one who broke the silence. "There wasn't that much that Kisuke told me about you Ichigo."

Ichigo, still glaring at Sid momentarily glanced at the older Shinigami while he continued his speech.

"Now while he did say something about your great spiritual power, I feel it is necessary to see some of your abilities in person, and so…" He then made a gestured towards Sid, "...I asked Sid to duel you, weather you wanted to or not."

Ichigo just signed in annoyance at the news, "You could have just asked."

"Ya, we could of but….this was more fun." Sid replied, getting Ichigo to turn his attention back to the knife fighter.

"Speaking of which…" Sid then pointed to Ichigo's grip on his arm with his free hand, "Do you mind?"

With a grunt Ichigo released his grip on the man, leaving a fairly dark burse on Sid's Forearm.

Rubbing the burse on his wrist, Sid chuckled, "Heh, you've got quite a grip on ya kid."

The young Shinigami grumbled something under his breath, turning away from his future opponent. Turning his attention away from Sid, Ichigo then took notice of furry friend on his shoulder. Seeing how Blair had been far too quite during this exchange, Ichigo kindly scratched the kitten under her chin. Blair, being terrified at the previous scene, welcomed the glorious feeling this action and even began purring. After seeing his friend's reaction, Ichigo barley glanced at the Shinigami standing behind him.

"So we going to do this here?" he asked.

"Oh Hell No!" Shinigami-sama exclaimed, "My office cannot take anymore abuse. Look over there for a moment." He then pointed over to the far right side of the room.

Ichigo and Blair briefly looked over to that section of the room. Now while the rest of the death room was made up of a plain dessert-like landscape covered in tombstones, this section was different. Scattered among the ground was a series of slash marks and scars that looked like they belonged to a sharp weapon or two. There were also a few massive craters the size of a SUV littering the ground.

"Last time it was a certain student of mine and Spirit." He said while glancing at his death scythe, "I believe he over reacted when said student badmouthed his daughter."

The duo both had a single eyebrow raise at that statement, but they were totally surprised by the sudden outburst from Spirit.

"That Bastard deserved it! How dare he speak in such a way about my sweet Maka! It's unforgivable!" Spirit continued on his daughter infused rant for about five more minutes until a familiar action happened.

"Shinigami Chop!" The sound of Spirit's head slamming into the ground was a something everyone in this school (aside from Blair and Ichigo) had become accustom to.

"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times Spirit…" The Shinigami shook his head, "…While Maka-chan is a sweet girl, Nobody wants to hear you boast about her." He then turned his attention back to his guests.

"Sid, can you take these two to the training ground?"

Getting a nod from his employee, the Shinigami then turned back to the recovering form of his weapon, "I'll join you all in a minute, I need to teach Sprit here some manners."

The Shinigami, cat and knife meister quickly bowed his respect and left the death room in a moment's notice, but not before hearing a small yelp of fear from the resident death scythe.

A Few Minutes Later, Training Ground:

A few moments of silence and the echoes of Spirits screams of pain later the trio finally arrived at the Academy's training ground. It was a fairly large indoor area, it even reminded somewhat of Urahara's training grounds he had under his shop and the one under the Visard's previous hideout.

After a few minutes of waiting around the three of them were finally joined by a satisfied looking Shinigami-sama.

"Enjoy yourself?" Sid asked with a smirk.

"OH yes! " The Shinigami replied before turning his gaze towards Ichigo and Blair.

"Now then," he then made a gesture towards the kitty on Ichigo's shoulder, "It would be best if Blair-chan would join me over here Ichigo, it'll be much safer."

While Ichigo understood the logic in the Shinigami's words, Blair's sadness in her eyes nearly made him reconsider. So in response to her depressing gaze, he lightly picked her up off his shoulder and gazed into her eyes, holding her only a few inches away from his face.

"I'll be right here, ok?" He didn't even wait for her to reply, "I swear, nothing will happen to you."

Blair just sat there in the young man's arms, staring into his brown eyes. After moments of silence, Blair just nodded unconsciously while still staring into Ichigo's eyes. Satisfied with her answer, Ichigo quickly walked over to where the older Shinigami was standing and gently placed the kitten on the ground. And after giving her a small Pr on the head for good measure, he returned to his position opposite of Sid.

Taking a small glance at the daydreaming kitty, Shinigami-sama couldn't help but notice the goofy look in her eyes, But after putting that aside, the masked man turned his attention back towards the two opponents.

"Prepare yourselves…"

Sid was already in a fighting position, his knife pointed directly at the orange hair in front of him. Ichigo on the other hand was currently searching his pockets, momentarily forgetting where he placed his badge. But unknown to him, the oldest of the three was tired of waiting.

"BEGAN!"

Ichigo instantly looked at the Shinigami with a shocked expression, "Wait, What!"

But before anyone could say anything else Sid was already in Ichigo's face.

Sid was unleashing a series of slashes and cuts with his knife. But sense Ichigo had not yet found his combat badge or even had the time to pull Zangetsu off his back, all he could do was dodge out of the way of every strike, nearly getting his neck sliced open multiple times. Luckily Ichigo has had aot of practice when it came to dodging sudden strikes that came out of nowhere, Sid most likely didn't have to deal with his insane father every morning.

But soon enough Sid's insane amounts of strikes started to leave their mark on Ichigo.

Ichigo's constant backtracking soon led to having his back being against the far wall of the training ground. With Ichigo's back against the wall, Sid couldn't help but smirk. Unleashing a massive kick, Sid nearly smashed Ichigo's head into the concrete wall. But he was shocked to see his target's head slide to the side at the last second.

Taking advantage of this moment, Ichigo grabbed Sid's extended limb and tossed him as far as he could. Unfortunately for him, Sid, being as athletic as he is, merely did a back flip and launched himself back at Ichigo. While it didn't give him nearly as much time to find his combat badge, he was able to pull his Zanpakuto off his back and used it to block Sid's knife. The two of them just stood there, glaring at each other while their weapons grinded against each other.

"Heh , after all of this I thought you'd be better than this kid." Sid boasted, really annoying Ichigo.

'I'm going to beat the shit out of your cocky ass once I find that badge….Where the hell is IT?" Ichigo mentally screamed to himself.

Annoyed with this whole mess, Ichigo nailed Sid with a head butt and kicked him away. But that didn't stall the knife fighter for long since Sid easily brushed it off and continued with his assault. But with Zangetsu in his hands, Ichigo was able to block and even return some his own strikes towards Sid. Sid on the other hand was surprised by how this kid could wield such a large blade so easily and swiftly. But while he was surprised by this, he was also tired of this kid not focusing on the match at hand. With a swift kick to the side of the head Sid sent Ichigo to the ground.

Seeing this as his chance, Sid leaped into the air with his knife in hand. Ichigo was surprised to see his knife transform into a large gravestone in a flash of purple energy.

"Living End!" Sid called out, preparing to smash his tombstone against Ichigo's head as he descended in the air.

Seeing the approaching hazard, Ichigo prepared to defend himself with Zangetsu. But while getting it into position he felt something in his coat pocket. Reaching into his coat, Ichigo grabbed the object moments before he was stuck.

In the distance, Blair and the old Shinigami next to her both witnessed a massive explosion of Soul Energy, climaxing in the shape of a massive purple cross. The reactions of the two observers were very different. Blair was outright horrified with the sight; the very idea of her new friend dying in the massive explosion shook her to the core. Shinigami on the other hand just looked onward, an interested gaze in his eyes.

As the smoke generated from his attack cleared Sid leaned over his weapon in a attempt to get a good view of his handy work. He expected to see the crushed form of the orange haired boy positioned under the tombstone, but he was not expecting what he saw instead. The first thing he saw was the blade of Ichigo's sword in a defensive position against the bottom of the tombstone. But before he could notice the physical appearance of the young shinigami something small hit him upside the head.

Catching the item in his free hand Sid's eyes widened at the sight of it.

Ichigo's Combat badge.

"Found it."

Them without any warning, Sid quickly found himself launched back into the air by a massive ark of blue spiritual energy. Regaining his bearings, Sid quickly transformed his weapon back into a knife and landed safely on the ground. But before he could even think of anything, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him with speed unlike anything the meister had seen before and delivered a devastating slash to his chest.

Ichigo now stood there in his Shihakusho with Zangetsu over his shoulder. What shocked Sid the mast was not his sudden change in appearance or the sudden power radiating off him, but it was the eerie grin on his face.

But despite the voice in the back of his mind that was telling him to run like hell, Sid rushed the shinigami and attacked.

But this time, Ichigo was easily able to mach him blow to blow and even knocked the skilled assassin off his feet. With this easy opening, Ichigo gripped his zanpakuto with both hands and lifted it over his head. Then with one strong swing, Ichigo unleashed a massive ark of blue spirit energy. It was so massive that not only did Sid barley get out of the way of it, but it also created a massive scar in the ground.

While Sid was distracted with the aftermath of a attack that could have torn him to bits, Ichigo suddenly appeared next to him with a flash of Shunpo. Seeing the surprised look, Ichigo grabbed him by the face (1) and slammed him fiercely into the ground. In response to this, Sid kicked the Shinigami off him and quickly transformed his knife back into its tombstone form for a quick attack. But before he could even swing, Ichigo disappeared in another burst of Shunpo and reappeared in the air above them.

And with a single strong swing of his zanpakuto, Ichigo called out, "Getsuga Tenshou!"(2)

Sid's, Blair's and even Shinigami-sama's eyes widened at the destructive display unleashed upon them, and before anyone could say a word the blinding light consumed the entire area.

After a few moments the intense light finally died down and revealed the devastation it caused. The entire ground had been torn to pieces, huge chunks missing and pieces were even lodged in the ceiling. The two spectators of the battle even had to move out of the way of the powerful attack's aftershock. With the use of his jets the old Shinigami was able to dodge the destruction while holding the amazed kitten in his hands.

After everything calmed down, Ichigo reappeared on the field looking sort of surprised by his own attack. But when he noticed a lack of a knife wielding local trying to kill him he became worried that he killed him.

"Sid! You there?...shit...Shit!...SHIT!"

"Ah stop yelling kid," Ichigo stopped his efforts the moment he heard that voice, "Uh…good lord my head…that's gona hurt in the morning."

The source of the voice was revealed when the ground suddenly slit open and a fairly large stone coffin rose up out of nowhere. Much to Ichigo's relief when the lid was removed a very much alive Sid stepped out. But of course he wasn't without his injuries; there were multiple cuts and scratches from his ordeal as well as a nasty gash over his left arm.

"Thank god, I thought I killed your annoying ass." Ichigo muttered, not meaning for anyone to hear him.

"Ah don't worry kid; it'll take a lot more than that to take care of me!" Sid said, patting Ichigo on the back, unknowingly getting an icey glare from the annoyed Shinigami.

"Really? Do you want to test your luck?" Sid's eyes widened as an eerie grin appeared on Ichigo's face.

But before anymore craziness could commence, Shinigami –sama wisely stepped in between the two of them, "Now then, there's no need for more violence Kurosaki-kun, you've easily passed my test despite the fact Sid stood no chance against you in the first place."

"Hey! I was doing fine until he found that badge of his…" Sid defended himself.

"That badge is the only reason why you have any movement in your limbs right now," The Shinigami determinedly cut him off before continuing his rant, "If I had allowed Ichigo to use his true power from the start then not only would you still have lost but you may even be dead right now."

Ichigo's eyes starting twitching, "You did that on Purpose!"

Shinigami-sama only shrugged, "I had to give him a chance didn't I? Besides a lot of the children would be sad to see their 'Favorite' teacher died."

"If I'm their favorite teacher then why are like half of them asleep for most of my class?" Sid grumbled under his breath.

Clapping his big goofy hands together Shinigami-sama dragged Ichigo's attention back to him, "Anyway! That's enough for today Sid, Mira-kun?"

Then, much to Ichigo's surprise, Sid's knife erupted in a flash of purple energy. When the light finally cleared there was no longer a knife strapped to the back of Sid's belt. Instead there was a women standing about a foot away from the meister. She had very light blue eyes and dark skin, her hair was also tired in a series of dreadlocks. How she was dressed was also a major surprise as well, since most of her upper body was dressed in only bandages while the rest of her was dressed in a more military style.

"Yes Shinigami-sama?" he replied, respectful of her superior.

"Could you take Sid-kun to the Nurse's office? I'd like his injuries to be taken care of before school tomorrow."

Nygus nodded, "Of course Shinigami-sama."

Nygus then slowly lead Sid out of the training area. All the while Sid continued to glare daggers at the young shinigami before openly declaring something directly at the boy. "I expect a rematch kid, no holds barred."

Ichigo didn't say anything, all he did was nod. Seemingly satisfied with his answer, Sid finally vanished from view, descending into the hallways of the school with his weapon by his side. With his former opponent gone from his gaze, Ichigo turned his attention back to his host, dumbstruck expression still evident on his face.

"What...the hell…was that?" Ichigo was confused, plain and simple.

Shinigami –sama just looked at him with a innocent expression, "You just agreed to a rematch with Sid-kun, I don't see how that is..."

"Not That! I mean the girl who changed into a friggen knife…or a knife that transformed into a lady…whatever, WHAT THE HELL just happened?" Ichigo interrupted the old man, extremely annoyed by the situation.

Now it was the old shinigami's turn to be confused, "What? I told you about Weapons and Meisters didn't I? I'm almost sure I did…"

"No you did not!"

"Oh..." the shinigami was rather embarrassed by his forgetfulness, or that is at least what he wanted Ichigo to think.

"…well that's a subject that'll take far too long to explain…" And then goes the thinking pose.

And while his host was off in his own little world, Ichigo turned his attention to his little house guest. It turns out that sometime after Ichigo nearly killed Sid, Blair had passed out from the sheer stress of all the recent excitement. Taking the sleeping kitten in his arms, Ichigo noticed the old death god finally come to his senses.

"...Well let's just say that Meisters are humans with large amount soul Wavelength while Weapons are…well humans who can transform into weapons, there's no better way for me to describe it."The Shinigami shrugged.

Noticing the 'Get on with it before I smash your face in' glare aimed at him, he quickly stuck one of hands into the invisible left pocket.

"Anyways….I have something for you, just let me find it…"

The next few minutes were spent watching the old shinigami dig though the endless void that made up his cloak. Hell, before long he even started pulling things out of nowhere that were completely random, things like a rubber ducky, a can of paint, a stop sign, and even a pop corn machine. And all the time he was doing this Ichigo could even hear him mutter things to himself like…

"…nope…that's not t it…I lost that last week…where the hell did that even come from?..."

But soon enough the shinigami's eyes shined with success when he finally pulled the item he was looking for out of his pocket with a, "Found it!"

Tossing the item to the young boy, who caught it with his free hand, shinigami noticed the even more annoyed look on the boy's face.

"Seriously?"

Ichigo was just about three seconds away from smashing this guy's face in with as much force he could muster. It had to be a joke right? In Ichigo's hand was an oversized recreation of Shinigami-sama's mask. Sure it was bigger than the real one and had a cloth tied around the back of it but it was still looked like something a person would buy at a gift shop. Noticing the tick mark pulsating on Ichigo's forehead, Shinigami-sama decided to explain before he had to get a new mask.

"Seeing how you do not have your own weapon like the rest of my students and faculty members here at this school, this device will serve as a replacement."

Seeing that Ichigo seemed less tempted to smash a hole in his face, he continued.

"This will be used to hold the various Kishin eggs you collect during missions I'll be sending you on." Ichigo raised an eyebrow at that. Missions? You have got to be joking.

"You know how I told you about the Kishins right?" Ichigo nodded, "Well for a person to become a Kishin they have to consume a large number of human souls."

Seeing that Ichigo understood, the shinigami continued, "Knowing that, the other teachers and I set up assignments that the students can accept to eliminate such humans before they can truly become Kishins."

Ichigo stopped him right there, "Don't you think that's a little dangerous? What if they can't handle the mission they picked?"

Ichigo didn't miss the shinigami quickly turn away from him and scratch the side of his head, "Well they have to get it approved by the receptionist before they can go on the mission, though some have gotten past that sometimes…" The shinigami muttered, thinking of a certain loud mouthed, blue haired ninja.

But before the orange haired could say anything about his response, the shinigami quickly changed the subject. "Anyway! That's enough for today; you should spend the rest of the day exploring the city! See the sites, go have some fun!"

"Wait a moment! What about my…"

Unfortunately for Ichigo, he and his furry friend were nearly thrown out of the school and had the door locked on them. With his nerves burning with the urge to smash his way back into the school and force the old man to answer his question, Ichigo just sighed to himself and did something he wasn't known for, he let the issue drop. After returning to his body, the young Visard gently laid the sleeping Blair on his shoulder and turned his attention back to the city.

Maybe he could find something interesting in his new home, well that or something very annoying. With Ichigo's luck it was hard to guess what could happen.

Meanwhile back inside the Training Grounds:

"Did you remember to tell him about school tomorrow right?"

The Shinigami slowly turned his gaze from the destroyed remains of the training ground to the newly arrived Spirit. Now sporting a few bandages on his forehead and such, the death sight was pleasantly surprised at the current state of the area. Ok pleasantly surprised is not the best choice of words…totally dumbfounded or stupefied would work so much better.

"What the hell did I miss?" The scythe suddenly blurted out, causing the shinigami to chuckle in response.

"Oh nothing much. Just Sid and Kurosaki-kun having a little sparing match."

Spirit just looked at him with a 'WTF" expression, "Sparing match? It looks more like the time Black Star tried to make a fireworks display with those fifteen crates of TNT…" (3)

"Oh god, don't remind me of that…man it two days to get fires out…" The shinigami moaned at the very memory.

"At least the little brat helped put out the fires…" Spirit whispered but was once again interrupted by the headmaster.

"Put out the fires? That nutcase made them Bigger!"

"True…anyway how the hell did those two do all of this damage during the time I was gone? I was only gone for like…eleven minutes." Spirit said, trying to get off the dreaded Fourth of July TNT explosion subject.

"Believe it or not but it was Ichigo who did most of the damage, hell he nearly sliced Sid in half with a single attack." Now this left Spirit dumbstruck, the very idea of that little kid nearly killing Sid of all people was very hard to take in.

The shinigami calmly walked past the frozen state of his personal weapon, "That boy is much more powerful than you can believe my friend. There is much he has yet to show us both."

"Is he truly that powerful?" Spirit nearly whispered, still unconvinced.

The shinigami suddenly turned around and chuckled, "And you want to know what the funny thing is?"

Spirit didn't reply, still trying to process the information.

"When the boy first unleashed his true power there was something I noticed. There was something strapped to his arm." Noticing that Spirit had yet to connect the dots he continued.

"Just don't annoy him any further Spirit, I don't want to have to mop your remains off the floor." And with that final thought, the old Shinigami left the training grounds, returning to his office on the other side of the school.

But a few moments after being left alone for an unknown amount of time, a forgotten question suddenly returned to Spirit.

"So I take it you forgot to tell the kid about school tomorrow, right?"

And there is chapter 3 for all of you, butbefore I go let me explain two things that may confuse (or piss off) some of your reading this chapter.

To address Blair's sudden OCCness. In the original manga and anime, Blair was always pictured as cheerful, fun loving, and happy. Now seeing how there was a mission at the school saying that she was a witch, than it would imply that others would believe she was a witch and in turn treat her horriably. I like characters who's personality makes sense with how their life has treated them so far, so it would make more sense for Blair's happy goofy personality to be just a mask she wears to hide her pain.

Yes, at the end of the chapter Shinigmai-sama noticed a strange device strapped to Ichigo's shoulder after he activated the combat badge. If any of you can not understand what this is then let me explain. I'm sure that most of you were confused why Ichigo, who still has all of his powers in this fic, didn't completely destroy Sid the moment he used his powers. Well lets just say that device is similar to Zaraki Kenpachi's eyepatch. Now I won't explain the other details right now like how much power it limits, just expect all that info in a few chapters.

[Note]: If you didn't know who Ichigo was a talking about with Blair, it was Nel and the other Arrancar that helped them in Hueco Mundo.

(1) - All credit for this move goes to Hollow Ichigo, all hail the creator of the epic Face Grab of Doom!

(2) - Everyone knows that an attack is more powerful if you call out its name when you preform it, or atleast thats how it workds in most anime/manga...

(3) - I'm still not sure if I'll explain BlackStar's 'incident' more, maybe later...or if he blows something up again...

One more little note for the readers, I want to know who should visit Ichigo first in this fic: Kenpachi, Yourichi, or Hitusgaya and Rangiku? There will be others who visit him in this fic but these are the three who I want to go first, So its your pick just review your choice and the highest of them wil appear in an upcoming chapter.

Anyway, next time Ichigo finds some annoying information in the morninig and meets someone (Guess who!) who will piss him off more than Renji ever did. See you then.