Hi guys! I am SOOOOOO sorry I'm late in uploading the first chapter! Hope you can forgive me! And I would like to thank those who have reviewed: your words made my day! Oh, and one more thing, in this story, Ichigo has mastered his hollow side completely. And there are some SPOILERS!!!! So if you read the manga or watch the anime, there will be spoilers!

Anywho I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

Reunion Part 1: School

"Hi!"

"…Hi…"

"Is it okay if I play with you? I saw you playing by yourself."

"Uh, sure."

"Cool."

Silence.

"What's your name?"

"Oh! That's right! I didn't tell you?"

"No…"

"My name is Naomi. What's yours?"

"My name is –"

In the distance a bell was heard.

xxx-IchiHitsu-xxx

'God, can't this day go any faster?' thought Kurosaki Ichigo as he glanced at the clock for what seemed like the fiftieth time that day. He let out another sigh as he turned toward the board to listen to the teacher. They were learning mathematics (or was it English?). Ichigo couldn't remember.

After he killed Aizen nearly all the hollows disappeared. They barely attacked the wholes too. So because of this Ichigo was VERY bored. Sure he would go to Soul Society now and then to visit his friends, or train with the vizards in very intense fights, or just train or visit with Urahara and Yoruichi. But that was boring when he practically did those things nearly every weekend or day.

'I know I shouldn't think this but I shouldn't have killed that bastard. At least he gave me something to do!' Ichigo thought with fury.

Finally after some time the bell rang. Ichigo could have wept with relief if he was that kind of guy.

While he got up he started to pack his bag. Standing at 5'9" Ichigo was at an average height and had a pretty muscular body. Everyone thought it was due to him training as a kendo trainer or training in karate. But those who knew Ichigo best knew that it wasn't from kendo or karate; it was in fact due to his training as a shinigami.

Ichigo picked his bag up and walked out of the classroom to leave. The moment he left the building the sun shone on his hair, highlighting his already noticeably orange hair. He was just about to leave the college campus when he heard someone call his name.

"Kurosaki-kun!!!"

Ichigo turned around to see Inoue Orihime running towards him, waving. She had orange hair as well but it was a darker shade and had light brown eyes. She was wearing the standard uniform the students of the Karakura College wore: a dark shade of gray skirt and a white button up shirt that looked as if it was going to burst at any moment due to her big bosom.

Ichigo smiled at her as she ran up right in front of him, his chocolate brown eyes filled with laughter and friendliness.

"Hey Orihime. How are you?" he asked her when she caught her breath.

The orange-haired girl smiled. "I'm fine thanks! How about you? How are your classes going?" she asked in her sweet voice.

"Fine actually. I have no idea what we learned today though," he replied as they both started walking. " I have to go to the store though to get some food for dinner tonight."

"Really? So do I. Is it okay if I come too?"

He smiled. "Sure. We can catch up."

At that Orihime smiled too. "Great!"

Ichigo and Orihime talked the whole way to the store. Orihime talked about how her cooking class was going (Ichigo was glad she was taking a cooking class; he like her but she needed to know HOW TO COOK FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!). And it seemed that her and Ishida were still going strong. (They started dating about a year ago).

They entered the store and split up so they could find what they needed and get out of there fast. Ichigo was the first to get done. He waited for her outside of the store. Standing next to a wall, Ichigo started to drift. He wondered how his friends in Soul Society were doing. Last he heard Renji had made taicho and Rukia had made fukutaicho. But who he really wanted to know who was doing well was the tenth division taicho, Hitsugaya Toshiro.

Last time he saw the white-haired tendo was nearly three years ago. He was the only one that was really scarred after the war, since he lost the only family he had. While everyone kept pestering him with questions like 'Are you sure you're okay?' or 'How are you doing?' Ichigo treated Hitsugaya normally.

He called him by his first name (which pissed him off to no end) and kept him annoyed enough so he wouldn't remember why he was so pissed off at everyone in the first place.

Ichigo remembered when Hitsugaya asked him why he even cared enough to do what he did. Ichigo merely shrugged at him and replied softly, ''Cause we're the same.' The orange haired man remembered seeing confusion in his teal eyes then understanding. The tendo taicho merely nodded and replied tersely, 'Fine.'

"Kurosaki-kun! I'm done now!" Orihime screamed in Ichigo's ear.

Ichigo turned his head so fast it felt like he got whiplash.

"Orihime! Don't do that! You scared me into nearly having a heart attack!" Ichigo said as he grasped his shirt where his heart was.

Orihime let out a laugh. "I thought you were able to sense when someone was near Kurosaki-kun."

At that Ichigo let out a snort. "I have to be focused Orihime. I was thinking about something."

Orihime blinked her large eyes. "About what?"

Ichigo shook his head. "Nothing. It's not important. Come on. We better get going."

She nodded. "Hai."

With that they started walking towards their respective homes, unaware of the chaos in Soul Society.

xxx-IchiHitsu-xxx

Tabi clad feet could be heard as they walked briskly towards the first division. Many shinigami who were in the hallway parted so they could all allow the tabi wearer passage.

The shinigami that was passing through was none other than Hitsugaya Toshiro. He had a small scowl on his face, though that was no surprise. As he was walking he joined by fellow taicho, Soifon.

"Soifon-taicho." Hitsugaya said in acknowledgement.

"Hitsugaya-taicho." Soifon replied. She was wearing the Commander-in-Chief uniform of the Onmitsukido under her haori (captain's cloak). She was standing at 4'11", two inches taller than Hitsugaya himself.

"Do you know why we have been summoned for a pointless meeting?" she asked in a tense voice.

"No. I only hope that we get through this quickly," he replied. "I have paperwork to do."

At that Soifon snorted. "That's all you seem to do these days Hitsugaya-taicho. Why don't you make your fukutaicho do it?"

Hitsugaya had to ignore the urge to roll his eyes. He's tried that so many times he lost count. "Because my fukutaicho is lazy and can't get any work done."

Soifon smiled. "Guess you'll have to threaten or bribe her to do it then."

The tenth division taicho was going to reply when they arrived at the first division. At once any talking between the two taichos stopped. When they entered both saw that most of the taichos were already. They quickly went to their spots of their division, waiting for Yamamoto-sotaicho to appear.

Before long the old man appeared. At once all the taichos turned their heads to the front to where the sotaicho stood. He lifted his wooden cane and pounded it on the floor to gain silence.

"Thank you all for coming. We have urgent news to attend to." he spoke in his powerful voice. "I'm sure all of you have heard of the attack on Kurostuchi-taicho?"

Hitsugaya raised a brow. He had heard about it from Matsumoto a few days ago but for the twelfth division taicho to still be out was shocking. In his spot was Kurostuchi-fukutaicho.

"Kurostuchi-fukutaicho has come here to tell us what has happened. After we hear her report, we will take immediate action." At that he nodded to her, signaling her to come forward.

She nodded. "Hai." She walked forward so that she was in the middle, facing all the taichos present.

"Two nights ago, Kurostuchi-taicho and I noticed that the alarm to the main computer in the research facility had gone off. We went in to investigate. When we arrived there was an intruder who was able to get pass the security system. The intruder looked female and was wearing clothing similar to the Onmitsukido." She paused, watching Soifon as she said this. The second division taicho remained silent but was seething with fury. "However, she didn't have the reiatsu of a regular shinigami. Her reiatsu was more like hollow's I suppose."

At that the taichos all looked at each other and started murmuring. Hitsugaya was the only one not to say anything, forming his own theory. Yamamoto-sotaicho banged his staff against the ground, immediately silencing everyone.

"Silence. Let Kurostuchi-fukutaicho finish."

At that she nodded. "Arigato. After a few seconds my taicho ordered me to attack her. I complied. Before I could make a hit she knocked me to the ground and grabbed my taicho. I could not come to the aid of my taicho for she seemed to have paralyzed me. I quickly realized however that she had injected me with a certain poison that I could not identify. I was about to lose consciousness when I heard her ask a question that was no doubt related to her search in the computer. I tried to stay awake long enough to here what she said." Nemu stopped, letting everyone else digest the information she just gave.

"What did she ask?" Soifon asked impatiently.

At that Nemu looked nervous, which was a surprise since she rarely ever showed emotion.

"Nemu-fukutaicho. Please tell us the rest." The sotaicho commended.

"Hai. The intruder asked a question. The question she asked was where the substitute shinigami, Kurosaki Ichigo, was."

At once all the taichos started talking, no doubt why someone would go after the substitute shinigami. The sotaicho once again banged his staff on the floor to gain silence.

"Why would anyone go after Kurosaki-san?" thirteenth division Ukitake-taicho asked.

"It could be because he's the one that killed Aizen." Kyoraku-taicho answered.

"Silence!" boomed Yamamoto-sotaicho. "We must know why this intruder is after Kurosaki-san. It does not matter if he is pursued because he killed Aizen. All that matters is his safety, since he is part of the Gotei 13."

At this all the taichos nodded; Kurosaki was indeed a part of the Gotei 13, even though he was a substitute shinigami. He had been recognized as such after the war.

"We must act quickly." Yamamoto-sotaicho continued. "Hitsugaya-taicho."

The white haired taicho stepped forward. "Hai?"

xxx-IchiHitsu-xxx

Ichigo stepped through his door trying very hard not to fall. Kicking the door shut he proceeded to take his shoes off with the toe of his foot. When that was done he walked towards the kitchen to drop off the groceries.

Setting them down on the counter, Ichigo rubbed his neck. "Well, time to start dinner I suppose."

Ichigo started to put some of the groceries away, except for what he needed to cook. Just as he was putting the potatoes away his cell phone rang. Walking to the counter where he put down he flipped it open to talk.

"Moshi moshi." (Japanese telephone greeting for hello.)

"KUROSAKI-KUN!!!"

Ichigo held the phone at least a foot away when he heard the scream.

"Orihime? What is it?" he asked, not sure if she was scared or excited.

"You never guess who's in town!" she said excitedly into the phone.

"Uh, who?"

"Tatsuki-chan!"

Ichigo's eyes widened when he heard that. His childhood friend Tatsuki had left to America to train at a big karate school and was teaching at a dojo there. She came at least once every few months but she usually called to let everyone know when she was coming.

"Tatsuki's there?! When did she get here?!"

"Ano, she said she just got here. She wanted to make it a surprise. We're going out to dinner and later to a dance club. Wanna come?"

Ichigo looked at the food he got out. He didn't want to cook…

"Sure. Want time you guys comin?" he asked as he started to put the rest of the food away.

"We have to get ready so probably around…. 6 o'clock?"

Ichigo looked at his watch. It read 5:23. That would give him enough time to shower and get ready.

"Sure. Are you guys coming over here or am I going over to your house?"

"We'll come over there. See you then Kurosaki-kun!"

Ichigo let out a chuckle as Orihime hung up the phone. Glancing once more at his watch he walked to the bathroom. 'Guess I better hurry if I want to have time to pick out my outfit…'

Walking out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist, Ichigo dried his hair with another towel. Throwing said towel on the bed Ichigo walked towards his closet. Glancing at the clock and seeing that he only had twenty minutes, he started to pick out his clothes.

'I wonder who else is coming,' Ichigo thought to himself. 'I wonder if Ishida and Chad are coming too…'

Ichigo had decided to wear maroon colored pants with a matching jacket, and a shirt that was a mixture of a teal blue and dark like yellow. (1)

He was just putting his cell, keys and wallet into his pocket when there was a knock on his door. Walking to towards the door he opened it and let a smile grace his features.

"Wow. I think I'm going to be the envy of every guy tonight." He said looking at how Orihime and Tatsuki were dressed. Orihime was wearing a black dress that went to just above her knees and a black jacket. Tatsuki was wearing a red Chinese dress with a gold dragon on it.

At that Orihime blushed a bright red but Tatsuki just smirked.

"Really? How do you know we're not taken?" she asked.

Ichigo snorted. "I already know one of you is taken. But no one else will." His smile grew. "I haven't seen you in a while Tatsuki."

At that Tatsuki smiled. "Yeah." And with that she gave Ichigo a hug. "I miss kicking your ass and making you look bad."

When they pulled apart Ichigo laughed. "Please. I could take you anytime, anywhere."

Tatsuki let out a snort. "We'll see. Anyway lets get going. We're going to be late."

"Hai hai. Just let me get my shoes on."

Walking out he closed his door and locked it. Holding his arms out like a gentlemen, he asked, "Ladies?"

At that both girls giggled and grabbed his arm. As they walked towards the restaurant they were going to Ichigo asked Tatsuki how she was, all the while keeping his guard up as he got the feeling he was being followed.

xxx-IchiHitsu-xxx

"That was delicious." Ichigo stated as he wiped his mouth with napkin. "We'll have to go out more often ne?" he asked everyone.

They had met Chad and Ishida at the restaurant. The moment they sat down they all started talking on how they were doing, how their classes were going, etc.

"You just want to go out more so you don't have to cook Kurosaki." Ishida said, smirking.

Ichigo turned his head away as if insulted. "I don't know what you're talking about."

At that everyone laughed. Ichigo and Ishida were friends now though they still had their 'child spats' has everyone put it. Ichigo glanced at his watch and said, "We better get going if we want to make the show."

Everyone nodded. Pulling money from their wallets or purses everyone paid for their food. Standing up they left the restaurant.

They were walking towards the club, chatting when all of a sudden Ichigo stopped. Turning around he looked behind him at the street. He suddenly felt a surge of reiatsu before it disappeared. 'That reiatsu…it felt like…nah. Why would they be here?' he wondered to himself. He turned around when he heard the others calling to him to hurry up.

Walking towards his friends he felt another spike of reiatsu but it wasn't a shinigami like reiatsu. He turned his head so that he was peering over his shoulder. 'That reiatsu felt like…like a vizard's…' he thought.

When he caught up with his friends they asked him why he stopped.

"Sorry. I thought I passed someone I knew." he lied. He didn't like lying to his friends but he didn't want to worry them with nothing.

Resuming their walk they arrived at the club they usually went to. Walking inside they quickly went to a table. Ichigo, Ishida, and Chad sat down while Orihime and Tatsuki just dropped their coats down in a chair.

"We come here to dance and all you guys do is sit? Are you serious?!" Tatsuki asked.

Ichigo just shrugged. "I don't feel like dancing right now but I will in a little bit. Just give me some time Tatsuki jeez." he said with a roll of his eyes.

Huffing, Tatsuki walked to the dance floor, yelling over her shoulder "You are such a jackass!"

Ichigo just smiled at her sweetly. "That hurts Tatsuki!" he yelled back at her. At that she just smirked.

Orihime had, somehow, gotten Ishida to go on the dance floor with her. Ichigo still found it weird that they were dating. He had no idea what she saw in him, but if Orihime was happy that was all that mattered.

Ichigo watched them as they danced, smiles on their faces. Ichigo let out a chuckle as he saw them, their happiness radiating off of them in waves.

When he turned around to talk to Chad, he was met with an empty chair. Turning his head left and right he couldn't seem to find his friend anywhere. When he looked to his left again he saw that Chad was being dragged to the dance floor by some chick. Ichigo immediately felt bad for his tall friend, since he has issues with people, especially the opposite sex.

He continued watching his friends dance when Tatsuki came over to him.

"Come on Ichigo! Come dance with me!" she shouted as the music blared.

Ichigo rolled his eyes but nodded non-the less. As he got up and followed Tatsuki to the dance floor, he immediately felt a familiar reiatsu. As he turned his head towards the exit, he heard a sound that could be heard over the booming music. At once his eyes widened when he heard that sound.

'That noise…was it…?' he thought to himself. Hearing the sound again he told Tatsuki he had to get some fresh air.

Quickly running out of the club he heard the sound again which sounded like a scream.

Running down the street he thought furiously 'Why are they here? I haven't seen one in a while… Why are they attacking now?!'

Me: Oh my gosh! I wonder who it is?! Stay tuned for further developments!

(Ichigo walks in)

Ichigo: What do you mean stay tuned? It's not a tv show!

Me: Shut up!

1.) The outfit Ichigo is wearing is from the Bleach art book 'All the Colour but Black'. I thought he looked really hot in it so I was like, 'what the hell.' Hope you likey!