And here is the second story up for grabs. It's a Naruto/Bleach fanfic idea (No not the one I put up the poll for a while back). Please remember what I said in the opening chapter about using this story! It's definitely a challenge for writers out there!

For more details see below.

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Ichigo Kurosaki blinked awake, the sound of an alarm clock set to its lowest setting dragging him from his sleep fogged stupor. He'd been trying to sleep for hours with no success, a problem he'd been having with increased frequency of late. Mostly on account of having weird visions that had no place in the dreams of a teenager. Stupid dreams... keeping him from getting any rest again!

"Damn it."

He cursed within the confines of his mind. Was really it morning already? He hadn't slept at all. And what was worse... he had an exam to prep for next week. He couldn't study properly when he was trying not to fall asleep!

"Finally time to go..."

"Huh? What was that?"

At last Ichigo turned his head and noticed, with more than a little confusion, that it was still night time. The sky outside his window was black... the only illumination coming from a bright crescent moon. He frowned and turned his head back the other way to the origin of the whispered words.

"What is he up to?"

Dark eyes narrowing and brows furrowing in consternation... Ichigo watched as a young man slowly slid out of bed and pulled on a rough leather jacket from its place on the headrest. The light from the moon barely touched him as he was further into the room... but Ichigo already knew who it was. The question in his mind however...

"Where is he going?"

The floorboards never made the slightest sound as the tall shadowed figure stalked across the bedroom to the door. A hand, barely visible in the darkness, closed around the door knob and turned it. The door clicked open and the figure stepped through. A moment later it closed again without a sound.

Ichigo heard a muted squeak then... probably from the loose step on the stairs going down to the first floor. He waited another minute before sitting up and slipping over to stare out the window to the street below.

Sure enough the beam of a flashlight was visible outside and getting father away with each passing moment.

"Don't tell me he's sneaking off to see some girl again... No that doesn't make any sense. I saw him with that girl from class 3B just two days ago. He might be a perv like the old man but he's as loyal as I am. So... if he isn't cheating on his girlfriend then where is he going?"

The light started to fade into the distance, almost out of sight but heading in a straight line down the street.

" I would have known if there was a party going on since he would have invited me along. He's obviously not sneaking out to see his friends. We've been in the same group since middle school started. I mean he could be doing something illegal... but why would he keep it from me?"

Ichigo frowned. He always knew there was something odd about his older brother. Something not quite right. Perhaps it had something to do with that fact that they had almost nothing in common... either in interest or appearance. That could be it... but there was something that went beyond that.

About the only things Ichigo had in common with his brother were their height, skin tone, and love of martial arts... although neither of them were as fanatical about fighting as their childhood friend Tatsuki. Indeed he'd stopped taking Karate a long time ago. he still got plenty of practice from his nut of a father, but still...

He had the oddest fiery red hair of any teen in Karakura... so light that it couldn't be mistaken for anything less than bright orange. His brother on the other hand was blond. Very blond. His eyes were a dark brown. His brother's were blue. He had rather sharp feature... made even more severe by his tendency to scowl in public. Naruto on the other hand... A more rounded face, although one devoid of any fat and a smile that could outshine the sun on a summer morning.

Ichigo always wondered why they looked so dissimilar. Their different interests he could well understand. They weren't twins or anything like that, but his older brother looked nothing like him.

Logically he knew the answer... but it never made much sense to him.

Naruto was only his half brother.

That seemed to be an indisputable fact from about the age of six. Blond hair didn't run in the family. It was as simple as that. And neither of his parents had blue eyes. Yet the problem with this explanation was simple. His father refused to mention any other woman.

"Arg... I'm not following him tonight. I'll just ask where he went tomorrow."

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Whaaat?! is Naruto Ichigo's real brother? Is he human? Is he something else? What could he be going out to do?! It's up to whoever wants to adopt this idea for their own! That being said I did have a few ideas for this particular story as it's one I 'may' continue at some point in the indeterminate future (No Promises!)

Additional concepts for this story

Naruto is Ichigo's half brother.

Ichigo's father had a relationship with an Arrancar shortly before meeting Ichigo's mother. A child was conceived and Issin took the child in. Naruto then is half Arrancar half Shinigami. The Arrancar mother is optional but I personally thought it would be cool to have Harribel be his mother. Of course that would mean Naruto's body is just an advanced Gigai made by Kisuke. In his true form he's just a spirit.

Pairing: I thought long and hard about the pairing for this when the idea first came to me. And I had settled on Ichigo/Rukia/Soifon and Naruto/Nel/Isane/Kukaku... That being said the pairings are up in the air! The one adopting this story is more than welcome to change them.

As for anything else... well that's up to you. But questions are always welcome and I'm open to helping someone develop this story into something awesome!

Kyoto out!