Ok, now first to say a few things. 1, for those of you who don't like the OC; I'm sorry but the story is as much for me as it is for you. 2, thanks to Strykerhl for staying with Substitute in Fairy Tail and helping me out along the way; really thanks man. 3, we will now move back in time to see some of Ichigo's past. Read on to find out just who this Daichi character is, what he is/was to Ichigo, and why is Ichigo so shocked to see him alive.

Disclaimer: Still applies

8 years back; Ichigo at age 12

I walked to school with a barely stifled yawn as the sun began to rise.

'Ugh, why does school have to be so early' I groaned inwardly as the sun reflected off a window and blinded me for a moment.

"HEY! WATCH OUT!" I heard someone shout in front of me. I looked up to see a kid with short black hair come flying down the hill towards me on a skateboard.

My eyes widened "Oh sh-"I began before he slammed into me and we both rolled to the floor. We both groaned as we sat up and he looked at me sheepishly.

"Sorry kid, you okay?" he asked as he stood and offered me his hand. I growled for a moment before taking his hand and using it as leverage to get back up.

"I'm fine"

"Oh shit, my mom's gonna kill me" he said as he looked at the remains of his skateboard which was now in half. I sighed and picked up his skateboard's remnants before looking at him with a scowl on my face.

"I'll fix it for you" I said and he looked at me in surprise.

"Really?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yep, by the way; name's Ichigo Kurosaki"

"Daichi…I don't have a last name"

"Well, nice to meet you Daichi. Anyways, do you go to school around here?"

"Yea I go to Karakura Middle; was just on my way there before I ran into you"

"Really? I go to the same school but, I've never seen you there before"

"That's because I just transferred in today"

"Wow, learning all kinds of new things today. Well I'll see you around I better hurry or I'll be late"

"Guess I better hurry then too"

With that conversation over I put them remnants of his skateboard into my backpack and we rushed off to school. I rushed into class just as the bell rang; panting heavily. Keigo; ever the jokester stood up and patted me on the back before standing up in front of the class with a serious look on his face.

"Safe!" he cried and everyone laughed at his antics while I took my seat.

"Okay, class. Today, we have a new student" the teacher said as she walked in. I nearly fell to the floor as I saw Daichi walk in sheepishly.

"Hey, my name's Daichi. I'm new here so take it easy on me, okay?" he said with a slight grin. Of course, he had some fan girls who sighed as he winked at them, some envious dudes, and a few who just didn't care either way.

"Anything, you'd like to ask our new student class" the teacher said an immediately one of the girls raised her hand.

"Yes, Miwa?"

"Uhm, where were you before you transferred here" she asked nervously.

"Nowhere really, I moved around a lot" he responded.

A few more hands went up after that mostly girls except for maybe two boys.

"How old are you?"

"Almost 13"

"Do you play sports?"

"Mainly basketball and track"

"Do you play video games?"

"Yea, sometimes but mainly I love to skate"

"What's with the scar on your face?"

"It's a long story and I'll be sure to tell you about it sometime"

"Okay class, that's enough questions for today. Daichi, take a seat next to Kurosaki, please"

He nodded and went to sit by me. It was then that our friendship started. We did everything together all the time. They even began to call us the inseparable pair. Then, a year later that fateful rainy day came.

We were walking to my place afterschool in our raincoats when suddenly the ground in front of us exploded. My eyes widened as I saw a beast with a white mask and a hole in its chest. Fear crept into my body as he latched onto my hand; bringing me to my feet, and we dashed off towards home.

The beast cut us off only a few houses away and attacked. He tried to defend me by blocking its clawed hand with his skateboard that shattered on impact. Meanwhile, I was uselessly sent crashing into a brick wall.

My vision blurred at the edges as the monster picked him up. He kicked and screamed and fought back with all his might to get away but, the monster's grip was impenetrable. I stood and watched in fear as he was brought up to the beast's mouth. He screamed one last time.

"Ichigo, help me; please! I don't want to die yet! I don't wanna d-" he begged me with tears salted streaming down his fearful face right before the beast swallowed him whole.

Fear erupted in my system as the monster bit down and blood began to leak from it's mouth before it turned towards me. It's jaw dripping Daichi's blood as its mouth opened hungrily. I turned and ran down the street with barely held in tears as adrenaline kept me from being eaten.

Eventually, I made it to my house and leaned against my closed bedroom door in front of my closed door; crying. Tears that reminded me of Daichi's fearful face as he met his abrupt end, sobs that brought back the bone-chilling pain of my mother's death on a day similar to this one. I kept crying even more as it reminded me of how much I utterly hated myself for being weak and the rain for taking away everything in my life that was precious to me.

Ok, that's how Daichi's related to Ichigo :D BTW, if u get confused he is mad at Ichigo because he believes that Ichigo left him there to die while he saved his own skin. Hope you enjoyed it

-Chaoskeeper