Last Time:

''Kurosaki-kun, why didn't you tell us?'''Orihime asked disappointed.

''Sorry'' Ichigo said.

Now:

They scolded Ichigo for not informing them sooner.

''Kurosaki, where were those hollow attacks? And did you see someone there?'' Hitsugaya asked. Ichigo turned to him.

''Most of the time they were at the west of Karakura Town and one time a saw somebody. But his rieatsu felt strange'' Ichigo said and the others processed the information. They didn't discus further because the bell rang and they had to get to class.

After school they all went to Urahara to talk to him, but he himself didn't know much about it.

''All I know is what Kurosaki-kun told me, when he asked about his badge'' was Urahara's reply. They discussed it a bit more and decided to send somebody to investigate.

~West of Karakura Town~

While Matsumoto, Ikkaku, Renji and Yumichika were searching in their shinigami forms, Rukia and Ichigo weren't and Orihime, Chad and Ishida were helping too. They were searching for an hour, when they came across a three story building.

''Was it here before?'' Rukia asked and looked around.

''No it's new'' Ichigo answered and started to look around too. Thankfully Orihime found a sing that said: Fiore High.

''Guys, I found out what it is! It's the new school, that Misato-sensei was talking about'' she yelled and everybody saw three figures leaving the building. Two were male and one female.

The fist one had onix eyes and pink, spiky hair. He wore a gray pair of pants and a white shirt, with a dark blue tie and a white scarf.

''Is that hair natural?'' Ichigo asked himself.

The second one had raven colored hair and dark blue eyes. He wore the same outfit as the pink haired boy but the only thing that was different is that he had a jacket tied around his waist and didn't have a scarf. A few seconds later he began striping, but as he started the girl yelled at him.

''Gray! Don't strip here!'' the raven-haired boy stopped and froze in fear. The girl wore a gray skirt, white, short sleeved shirt, a red vest and a light blue tie.

''Sorry, Lucy. You know I can't control it'' Gray said and scratched the back of his head.

''Keep your habits to yourself, ice princess'' said the pink haired teen.

''What did you say, flame brain?! '' Gray said, irritated.

''You heard me, stripper!''

''You want to go, fire breath?!''

''I could beat you any time''

''Guys! Stop this at once or I'm calling Erza!'' Lucy shouted at them and in a second they were hugging each other. And then Lucy saw Ichigo and his group(Rukia, Orihime, Chad, Ishida). She went up to them and smiled.

''Hello, I'm Lucy Heartphilia. I'm very sorry for the scene these two caused'' she bowed apologetically.

''No need to apologize. It's alright. I'm Rukia Kuchiki, by the way'' Rukia said to Lucy.

''That's Gray and Natsu'' Lucy said pointing at Gray and Natsu, who were stariting another fight. Lucy turned to the others and asked ''Who are you?''

''Ichigo Kurosaki''

''Uryuu Ishida''

''.''

''I'm Orihime Inoe'' she was the only one that smiled.

While everyone introduced themselves Natsu and Gray were already in a full out fight. But it didn't last that long because a certain voice snapped them out of it and they started hugging each other.

''NATSU! GRAY!'' and everybody turned to see a scarlet haired woman with brown eyes. She wore the same thing as Lucy but instead of the vest, she wore a jacket. She was glaring at Natsu and Gray who were hugging each other for their dear life.

''Erza, great timing. I wanted you to meet some teens from the other school'' and so everybody now knows each other. They were chatting for some time but not to long because a hollow appeared few streets from where they were. Ichigo and Rukia instantly detected it.

''Sorry, we got to go'' Ichigo said and ran of to change into a shinigami. The others excused them selves too and ran off after Ichigo. But didn't notice that their new found friends tensed up, when the hollow appeared.

''So they're the shinigami, who are looking after this town'' Lucy thought.

~Back to Ichigo and company~

They killed the hollow and headed home, but they didn't notice a figure that was watching them fight. As they left the area, the figure jumped off the roof and ran away from the scene.

''They didn't notice. Better tell this to gramps (Makarov)'' the figure whispered and ran throe (I think I spelled that wrong) the crowded streets of Karakura town.

A/N: hope you like the new chapter and sorry if the characters seem a bit OOC. See you next time! :)