And…

Here's the next chapter… there WILL be certain events out of order...

Scratch that, I think most, if not all of the events will be out of order.

Sorry for the delay folks! College, Girlfriend, and Inglorious Basterds have kept me busy! Great movie by the way! The length does not detract from it either!

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"Please Please Please Please!" Moka begged as she chased an upset Ichigo across the graveyard that was their school walkway.

Ichigo stopped and gave a harsh sigh. He paused for three seconds, then decided to turn around. But he didn't have any time to say anything before Moka leaped at him.

*Chuu!*

"Gah!" Ichigo yelped as he felt himself hit the dirt, a hungry Moka sucking on his blood eagerly.

After she had her fill, she pulled away, an ecstatic look on her face. She walked in circles from the sheer happiness she was feeling. "Ahhhh! Thanks for the treat! Your blood really is the best Ichigo! I think I might get addicted to you!" As if to emphasize, her smile was content and her cheeks were stained a rosy pink hue.

As Ichigo lay on the ground, his left eye twitching, he couldn't help but wonder; would it always be like this?

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"Ichigo!" Kurumu yelled as she embraced Ichigo in a fierce hug. "Today we start going to the club together, right?"

Before Ichigo had a chance, Ichigo's face was shoved into Kurumu's ample cleavage. "I'm just so happy I can be in the same club as you Ichigo!" She said happily and with a blush on her cheeks.

'Huhu, Ichigo is my destined one so just watch me deepen my connection with Ichigo into a lovely relationship… because I'm not going to lose to you, AKASHIYA MOKA!' Kurumu thought as she sent a heated glare to Moka, who sent one back at her.

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"Well then everyone, thanks for joining my club!" Nekonome said enthusiastically. "So let's begin the club activities for the Youkai Academy Newspaper Club!"

Ichigo swiveled his head left, then right, then he looked forward again. 'Are we the only members in this club?'

Deciding to find out, he asked, "Sensei, are we really the only members here?"

At the question, Nekonome's 'ears' wiggled as she said, "Don't be silly!"

"Excuse me!" Came a voice from beyond the classroom door.

"See, here he come the other members!" Nekonome said as she pointed towards the door.

A boy with short brown hair came in, wearing the school's uniform. Besides him was a cute girl with purple hair and soft, aqua blue eyes. A lollipop twirled in her mouth and she seemed to be scooting closer to the boy next to her. The boy raised his hand in greeting as he shyly said, "Hi. I'm Aono Tsukune and this is…"

"Shirayuki Mizore…" The girl finished in a quiet manner. The lollipop in her mouth rolled from one side of her mouth to the other as she spoke.

"Yo, I'm Kurosaki Ichigo." Ichigo said as he nodded towards Tsukune and Mizore.

"Hi! My name is Akashiya Moka." Moka greeted them with a bow. Tsukune in turn bowed back. He smiled as he straightened; finally they found a club that seemed somewhat normal.

"And I'm Kurono Kurumu! You can look, but not touch because Ichigo is my destined one and I won't allow any other man touch me!" Kurumu said as she bounced her breasts in front of Tsukune, who fought back a nosebleed.

Before she realized what had happened, an ice kunai had lodged itself in Kurumu's forehead. "Eh?" Kurumu said before falling backwards. Ichigo himself quickly got into a battle stance, minus the backpack that housed Zangetsu.

Tsukune suddenly waved his arms in frenzy, trying to get everyone's attention. "S-Sorry about that! Mizore just has… issues she still needs to work out. She's a shy girl, right Mizore?" Tsukune said as he stared into Mizore's eyes, which caused Mizore's cheeks to be stained a light pink.

"Y-Yea…" She agreed, but then again, she would agree to almost anything Tsukune would say… not that he was aware of her feelings for him. Then, she looked at the group in front of her and apologized.

Ichigo eased his stance, but was still wary about the strange girl. Nekonome, who had been watching the entire scene, decided to interfere. "Well, let's sit down and start out club activities!" She said, the tail behind her wagging.

They all took a seat in the front row since they were the only ones in the classroom. But all the while, Nekonome was wondering where their last member was. Then, almost as if her question was answered, there was a knock on the door frame, causing everyone to turn around.

"Greetings! I'm the president of this newspaper club, Morioka Ginei." The person said as gave a dazzling smile while holding three bouquets of flowers. "Pleased to meet ya!"

With swiftness, he quickly handed the three flowers to Mizore, Moka, and Kurumu. Kurumu and Moka stared at Ginei blankly while Mizore simply froze the flowers and crushed them into tiny bits. But Ginei didn't pay attention to that. Instead, he focused all his attention on a certain pink haired vampire. "Oooh! The teacher told me about you, what a beautiful new club member you have!" He said as he gave a smile that would make most girls melt. "You can call me 'Gin.' Ahh… red flowers are always suitable for such lovely ladies!"

Ichigo and Tsukune could only stare as Gin flirted shamelessly with the girls, but mainly Moka. Moka in turn, was confused as to why Gin was looking so intently at her.

Then Nekonome decided to introduce Gin properly. "Gin-kun is the only second year club member. Just ask Gin-kun anything you don't know about this club, ok?"

"Heh, you can always count on me!" Gin agreed, showing of his pretty whites in another dazzling smile!

Ichigo felt that something was weird with this guy. Something was off in the way he smiled and acted. But he was brought out of his thoughts when Kurumu wrapped her arms around him and whispered to him, "Ichigo, I'm not very good with this kind of flirty guy!"

"Well, I must be going since I have a staff meeting. Take care of the rest of the club proceedings, Gin-kun!" Nekonome said, already halfway out the door.

"Okay! Leave it to me!" Gin assured.

"Wait!" Ichigo said as he got up from his seat, his tone incredulous. "You're already leaving?"

"Sorry, see you later everyone! Make friends with your sempai ok!" Nekonome said before disappearing behind the door.

Ichigo and Tsukune couldn't help but stare blankly as the door slowly closed behind Nekonome.

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"So, what exactly do we do?" Tsukune asked.

"Hmm… well let's see." Gin began, but not before giving that show-off smile once again. "First I'll give you the explanation of just what kind of club this is."

"The goal of the newspaper club is to publish the school newspaper. Most of your activity will be reporting on all kinds of things within the academy and putting them in the newspaper!" At that his smile turned into a mysterious grin that set off alarms in Ichigo and Tsukune's head. "We'll be put into dangerous situations time after time for the sake of reporting! I'll tell you right now, this ain't gonna be no easy ride! Once you've joined, you should prepare yourself!"

An odd silence filled the air. It was like some unknown tension had been created by the people present in the room. Moka decided to say something since the silence bothered her. "He seems like… someone we can depend on, right?"

No one saw the flicker of a malicious grin cross Gin's features before he switched to his I'm-just-a-kind-and-harmless-person look. "Just messing with ya! Let's have some fun without all the strict talk!" He said disarmingly as he pulled out a poster and held it to the club members, "This is our poster ad, let's put it up on the back wall!

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"Senpai! Is this high enough to stick the posters?" Moka asked. Currently they were at the back of the classroom hanging up posters. Moka and Kurumu were standing on top of chairs, trying to put the posters on the wall while Ichigo was stacking papers. Mizore and Tsukune had gone off to get some supplies for the club.

"No! Just a bit higher!" Their senpai said.

"Huh?!" Kurumu turned and gave a questioning look towards Gin since she was unsure of why the poster needed to be higher.

"What! Even higher?" Moka asked in an apprehensive tone.

"Yea! Much, much higher!" Gin replied, a hint of a blush across his features.

All the while, Ichigo had not taken his eye off of Gin. His attitude bothered Ichigo. Sometimes he was flirty and friendly, and other times he seemed to be deadly serious. His gut feeling was telling him that something was wrong with this guy. Suddenly, Ichigo noticed Gin bend down and he was staring at….?

Ichigo suddenly became alarmed when he realized that Gin was looking at the girls' panties! The man was completely shameless! Not only did he bend over, but he was practically sitting on the floor and enjoying the view! Gin simply watched as the girls struggled to put the poster as high up as they could. Angry, Ichigo decided to stop Gin from staring at Kurumu's yellow panties and at Moka's white ones.

"Oi! What do you think you're doing?" Ichigo yelled as her marched over and pulled Gin up by the tie. Finally, he was grabbing someone else's tie rather than being hoisted up by the tie himself!

With surprising strength, Gin managed to make Ichigo let go of his grip. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Gin asked while feigning innocence.

Ichigo gave the man a scowl as he replied, "Don't pretend! You were looking up their skirts weren't you?"

Gin simply waved him off as he gave Ichigo his patented I'll-get-away-with-anything smile. "Heh, nonsense! There's no way I'm that kind of guy who'd do something so lame."

Before Ichigo could continue to accuse him, the girls came up. They both asked what was going on to which Gin took this as an opportunity to shift the blame to Ichigo. "Oh, well, this dude says he got an eyeful of your panties!"

"What!" Ichigo yelled as a blush spread across his face. "I didn't see your panties! Well, I did but I wasn't actually looking at th—"

SLAP!

The girls left, each one furious at the panty peeper named Ichigo. Said person was too shocked to say anything. Not only had he been outsmarted, but he had been humiliated. Curse the fact that Ichigo had never been good with the wimmenz!

"You really are a moron!" Gin said enthusiastically as he hit Ichigo on the back. "Thanks to you, today's meeting is done for."

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Ichigo sensed something amiss. He jumped down from the tree branch and landed on the ground, Zangetsu in hand. His eyes scanned the area. He caught a shadow at the edge of his peripherals and turned his head to try and see it.

But it was gone.

Not only had it disappeared, but somehow the spiritual pressure of the shadow had vanished as well. Not knowing what else to do, Ichigo decided to head back to the dorm and try to catch as much sleep as he could. Besides, he could always look for it later.

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Morning came and Ichigo yawned rather loudly, causing a few eyes to stare at him. But he stopped caring after a while. Let them stare, it's not like anything would happen if he yawned loudly.

As he trudged on to get to his first class, he spotted Moka. He looked at her. She looked at him, then her head twisted away. Before Ichigo knew it, she had left him in the dust. Ichigo's grip on his backpack tightened, he was going to make Gin pay… And Ichigo was entirely unaware that a malicious grin had spread across his face.

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As he walked down the hall, he was approached by none other than Gin. "Yo Ichi-kun! Today club activities will be held outside! Why don't you come with me?" Gin asked, raising suspicion within Ichigo. But there was nothing he could do since Gin was the club president… he needed hard evidence to bring down Gin. If not, he could simply kick his ass and walk away.

"Fine." Ichigo said. He knew this was a trap of some sort, but he figured he might as well go along with it. Maybe he might get a chance to achieve his revenge.

Once they were outside, Ichigo's suspicions were confirmed. Gin had led him to an alleyway of some sort. The alleyway was at the back of a building, away from the busy flow of people. "Don't you worry, everybody'll be coming soon!" Gin assured him.

"By the way, sorry about yesterday. Moka-san got majorly pissed didn't she?" Gin said with that disarming smile of his. But Ichigo would have none of it.

"Yea, she did. Why the hell did you do that for?" Ichigo demanded.

"We're here!" Gin ignored Ichigo as he stopped walking. "This is the place Ichi-kun!"

Ichigo looked around warily. He saw nothing but wall. "Here?" Ichigo asked.

"Look over there!" Gin said as he pointed towards a small rectangular window. "Why doncha take a peek inside?"

Ichigo was wary, but he decided to go along with it. If it was a trap, he'd spring it. Then he'd kick Gin's ass! As he got up on a barrel and reached for the window, he heard Gin say, "Moka-san is even better than I heard. Y'know… I really like her. She's even got me falling in love with her at first sight."

Ichigo paused and turned to face Gin, who was staring right back at Ichigo with a deadly serious look. "I'm serious. I'm going to make sure Akashiya Moka becomes my woman!"

"Eh?!" Ichigo exclaimed. Suddenly, he started hearing voices from the other side of the window. Slowly, he stretched upwards till he could see inside. What he saw… made him blush profusely. Inside were a bunch of girls changing from their uniforms to their gym clothes.

Ichigo then heard a series of clicks come from Gin's direction. Turning his head, Ichigo saw Gin holding a camera, a dark grin on his features. "Peeping is a crime Ichi-kuuuuun. And the photo evidence has been taken. If Moka-san sees this picture, she's probably going to hate you forever!"

"What! You bastard!" Ichigo yelled as his anger began to rise.

"Kya! Did you just hear a boy's voice outside?" A girl said from inside the changing room.

"You idiot, now they're going to come out and catch you!"

Angry, Ichigo lunged at Gin in hopes of taking the camera from his hands. But with unexpected swiftness, Gin had caught Ichigo by the wrist and was squeezing it with surprising strength. "If you don't want this picture getting out, keep your mouth shut about me, got it?" Gin said with a dangerous edge in his tone.

Gin then shoved Ichigo away and gave him a lazy salute along with that bright smile of his. "I'll stop at nothing to get a woman in the palm of my hand. Later Ichigo!" Ichigo's eyes widened when Gin seemed to simply disappear from few.

'He's fast!' Ichigo thought.

"There he is! There's the peeper!" A girl from behind Ichigo yelled. Ichigo in turn slowly turned his head and noticed an entire mob of angry and seething girls behind him.

"Get him." One girl said and the chase began!

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Moka had been trying to find Ichigo all day. She felt bad for having walked past him without saying good morning. Sure Ichigo looked at her panties, but it's not like it was the end of the world. Now, she simply wanted to apologize to Ichigo and wanted to listen to his side of the story.

She heard a low rumbling and noticed some dust in the distance. As the cloud grew larger, she noticed an orange blob approaching quickly. In a moment, she realized that orange blob was Ichigo's hair. Ichigo, in turn, was running away from what seemed to be a mob of angry girls. Moka could hear yelling, but couldn't make anything out of it until they got a little closer.

"Peeper! Peeper! Let's kill the peeper!" They all chanted as the mob zoomed past Moka. Ichigo had run past her too, entirely unaware of Moka's prescence.

Moka could only stand there as she pieced the pieces together. She put a hand to her chest and walked away slowly.

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Night came and Moka was standing on top of the school's building. She honestly couldn't believe that Ichigo was a peeper… but if he wasn't, then why were all those girls chasing him and calling him a peeper? It had to be the truth! Moka sighed as she leaned against the railing, an inexplicable sadness washing over her.

"Oh! So this is where you've been Moka-san?" A voice came from behind Moka. She turned around to face Gin, who was waving and smiling at her.

"It's night already. Look, it's a beautiful full moon tonight." Gin said as he looked up at the moon, a mysterious grin spreading across his face.

"Gin… Senpai…" Moka said, unsure of what to say. What was Gin doing here?

"D'ya hear about Ichigo? It seems he got peeking and he and is now being hunted down by the girls. Are you waiting for that guy Moka-san?" Gin asked. Moka was completely unaware of Gin's intentions since she could only focus on Ichigo and his crime at the moment.

Her attention was shifted when Gin held out a picture in front of her. "I don't know who took it… but, this picture's been going around."

Moka couldn't believe her eyes as she snatched the picture from Gin's hands. The picture was of Ichigo peeking inside the girls' locker room! An arm wrapped itself around Moka, who turned and faced a grinning Gin. "Well, keep quiet about that picture to Ichi-kun. It's so pathetic. And Moka-san, just forget about a guy like that."

"Umm…" Moka was unsure of what to say. Gin was acting… strangely.

"Tonight… I'll console you." Gin said as he began leaning forward.

"Kya! No let go!" Moka screamed as she tried wriggling out of Gin's embrace.

"What? Am I not holding you tenderly?" Gin said, not letting Moka go.

"No! You just felt me up!" Moka said, feeling violated.

"Well, it is a full moon and I can't help but lose control of myself!" He said as he pointed to the moon. Then he shifted his attention back to Moka… and puckered his lips!

"So just give in to it! When I go wild, my urges just make me go crazy!" Gin said as he struggled to bring Moka closer and zero in for the kiss.

"NO! STOP!" In one supreme effort, Moka managed to break free and push Gin into a wall.

Moka held up the picture and looked at it, tears welling up in her eyes. "I don't believe Ichigo would peep. So I'm waiting for him! Rather than this picture, I want to believe Ichigo!" She exclaimed as she tossed the pictures into the wind.

A strange feeling suddenly overwhelmed Moka as she looked towards Gin's general direction. She heard some chuckling coming from the cloud of dust that was obscuring her vision. "Haha… are you serious? How admirable!" Part of Gin's face was revealed… and it barely resembled the friendly looking expression Gin always wore. Instead, it was almost sadistic and taunting. His eyes gleamed with a predatory look.

"I'm falling harder and harder for you Moka-san…" He got up slowly and deliberately. He brought out his arm slightly in front of him and clenched his fist tightly. "But I told ya… right? That on nights with a full moon, my self control weakens!"

The air around Gin flared and spiraled around him. "S-Sempai?" Moka asked with fright as she saw Gin's hands turn into claws, his body become more bulky as fur began to cover his body.

"I'LL MAKE YOU MY WOMAN BY FORCE AKASHIYA MOKA!" Gin howled as he towered over Moka. His hand reached closer and closer to Moka, who could only cower in fear from the werewolf's fierce aura.

"Get away from her."

The werewolf turned around and snarled as it recognized that face. "WHAT… WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

"Easy, I'm going to kick your ass and make you tell the truth." Ichigo's serious eyes made the werewolf's blood boil. Who did this kid think he was?

Gin could feel his anger, his rage, his wrath swirl within him. It begged for revenge. And so he obliged. "DAMN! HOW DARE YOU GET IN THE WAY OF OUR SPECIAL MOMENT!"

Ichigo noticed a high spike in Gin's reiatsu as the wind began blowing fiercely around them. "BACK OFF!" Gin yelled in rage.

Ichigo already had Zangetsu in hand and was ready to fight. He stared intently at the werewolf, whose whole body surged with great power. Those teeth… they could easily tear the flesh off of Ichigo. There was a moment of silence as two stared at each other. Then in the blink of an eye, Gin was attacking Ichigo from behind.

Ichigo turned around and barely managed to raise his sword in time to block. He was left unbalanced as Gin disappeared again and swept Ichigo's feet from underneath him. He was tossed on his back, but he quickly rolled out of the way from a powerful kick that shattered the concrete where Ichigo had been.

"DON'T EVEN THINK YOU HAVE A CHANCE IDIOT!" Gin taunted as he disappeared and reappeared from view. Now he was standing atop of a small bell tower, looking down on Ichigo.

"ON THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON, A WEREFOWLF IS INVINCIBLE!" Gin's voice resonated with victory as he leapt into the air and dived down towards Ichigo, claws extended and maw snapping.

But he never once came close to Ichigo as he was suddenly blown away by a massive wave of energy. Gin grunted as he landed, and turned vicious eyes towards Ichigo who seemed to be standing there, looking at him as if he were bored.

"So speed is your strong suit?" Ichigo asked, a chilly tone in his voice. "Then I'll fight you with speed."

Ichigo extended Zangetsu forward, blade tip pointing at Gin. He put his left hand over his wrist as he summoned a large amount of reiatsu. Practically glowing, he uttered one word.

"Bankai."

An explosion of blueish white light blinded everyone in the area. Following that, a pressure filled the area. It beared down upon Moka, making her collapse to the floor. She felt like her lungs were being squeezed and she couldn't draw in any air. And Gin, despite his werewolf form, was having trouble breathing as well. But he was still standing… barely.

Suddenly, the pressure and light went away. Form the dust emerged Ichigo, who now held Tensa Zangetsu. It's black luster shined beneath the moonlight. The chain at the end, despite its innocent rattle, somehow struck fear within Gin. Nevertheless, he stood his ground and prepared to face Ichigo again. One again, they were facing each other, both waiting for someone to make the first move.

Gin blinked. By the time his eye opened he was already facing the point of Ichigo's sword. Now Gin was panicking. Even he left a trail of dust, a shadow, something! This new speed… it was incomprehensible.

Gin saw Ichigo smirk and he felt like he was about to shit his pants. "Do you want speed werewolf? I'll show you speed!"

Gin's eyes grew wide as Ichigo disappeared from view, then reappeared along with several copies. Gin snarled, this must be some sort of trick. No being could be that fast! With a growl, he launched at two of the Ichigo's… and was pushed back by both.

"What's the matter?" Ichigo's voice resounded around Gin, making it seem as if Ichigo was talking from every direction. "I thought you wanted a fight?"

Gin finally realized that he was in trouble. This… this power, it was at a completely different level. What kind of monster could Ichigo be? So far, none of the monsters he knew could overpower a vampire or a werewolf so easily. Suddenly, another wave of overwhelming power caused Gin to fall to his knees. Opening his eyes, he could even see the power disturbing the air, causing ripples and arcs of electricity to trace the sky.

"Yo Ichigo!"

"Kenpachi!" Ichigo yelled as he saw the tall figure tower over him, a devil of a grin on his face.

"I didn't know who you were having a sparring match." Kenpachi said as he looked at toward the kneeling werewolf.

When Gin had connected with Kenpachi's eye, a sudden fear resounded within his heart. Everything faded from view except this maniacal man. His grin, his stance, his aura; everything radiated death. Behind him, he could see the man's power. An ill yellow energy that took shape of a skull behind him.

Suddenly, the man was gone. A large shadow loomed over Gin and he slowly turned his head to face the grinning maniac. "You don't mind if I spar with Ichigo do you?"

Gin simply shook his head and the man's grin grew even wider. "Good." He disappeared again and the next thing Gin heard was the clash of swords.

Moka, the entire time, had been worried of Ichigo's sake. But when he had transformed, it had completely baffled her. The amount of raw power he exhumed simply overwhelmed her. No doubt even her vampire side would've had some trouble standing up. She had been relieved that Ichigo would be ok, but when this other man came and challenged Ichigo, her worry rose once again. Now, it seemed Ichigo and this man were dueling it out.

"Come on Ichigo! You can do better than this!" Kenpachi yelled as he brought his sword down as if to slice Ichigo in half. Ichigo dodged to the left… bad idea. Ichigo should've just blocked because now, the entire floor beneath them was collapsing from the sheer force of Kenpachi's blow. When the ground gave way, both fighters leapt high into the air and stood on the coalesced particles of reiatsu.

Then Ichigo realized something… Moka couldn't fly. "Kyaaa!" Ichigo turned his head to see Moka falling through the floor. He was about to turn to try and rescue her before his reflexes blocked a blow from Kenpachi.

"Where are you going?" Kenpachi asked, his grin never fading.

"Let me go! I have to help her!" Ichigo said as he somehow managed to push back the beast in front of him.

"Tch. It looks like she's fine to me." Kenpachi said as he nodded his head towards Moka. Ichigo turned to face Moka and was surprised at seeing Moka lifted into the air by one Kurono Kurumu.

Relieved, Ichigo turned to face Kenpachi with Zangetsu held out in front of him. "Fine Kenpachi, I'll spar with you."

A flare of reiatsu was Kenpachi's response as he lunged at Ichigo with an earnest desire for violence.

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So… there you go!