AN: Here's chapter two! YAY!

The New Addition to the Family

Chapter 2:

The Fire

He felt intense pain, even more than he did from his wounds.

His whole body felt like it was on fire, and he screamed as hard as he could. He felt himself thrashing about, but the fire just seemed to spread more and burn more.

He couldn't see anything but black, all around him, and it felt like a weight was crushing him. But there was a coldness creeping up, and while it would give relief from the pain, he somehow knew that giving in to it would mean he would never wake up.

Just as he could struggle no more against the creeping up cold, his memories flashed through his mind.

His younger sisters, smiling at him as he came down for breakfast.

Fighting with his father in the morning, afternoon, and night.

Playing soccer with his sister and his friends.

Orihime's smiles.

Tatsuki's fights.

Keigo's rants.

Mizuru's stories of women.

Chad's support during the toughest battles.

Uryu's bickering.

Rukia's teachings.

Renji's fights.

Hollows.

Ghosts.

Fighting.

School.

The clinic.

The Soul Society.

Hat-and-clog's shop.

Home.

He needed to continue fighting. He couldn't give up now. Not after everything. Not when he didn't even get to say goodbye. Not when he had just barely started a new life here.

He needed to wake up.

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Watching the transformation of the boy interesting, to say the least.

After Carlisle had injected venom with a similar method to what Edward had used on Bella, they all began to clean him up. Carlisle took him a bath, which revealed tanned skin and bright orange hair.

Alice clothed him, revealing a toned, leanly muscled body with more than a few brutal scars. The boy was becoming more and more of a mystery as time went on.

Renesmee took it upon herself to keep the boy company while he, 'slept'. She read him stories, talked about the forest, and explained who everyone was. However whenever he began to shake violently she was taken from the room.

And over the next few days, he became more beautiful, as everyone did during their transformation.

The boy's orange locks became softer, silkier, and more vibrant, if that was even possible. His tanned skin became smoother and unblemished except for the scars which smoothed over and faded, becoming near invisible to the human eye. He became evenly skin toned and diamond-like in the sun. His face went from good-looking to almost godly. Chiseled jaw, high cheek bones, straight nose – the whole nine yards.

And then finally came the day when he woke up.

To say he was a bit bewildered was an understatement.

At first, he had done the usual staring at the ceiling for a few minutes, getting used to his new enhanced senses. Then he seemed to notice the eight other people in the room.

He sat up quickly and jumped off the side of the bed he had laid on, landing on the other side of the room from everyone in the blink of an eye. He had his back pressed to the wall, and was in a defensive stance, his face set in a glare.

"Who are you?" The male asked, his words accented.

"Whoa there, calm down. We're not going to hurt you or anything." Emmett said, holding his hands up. Carlisle shushed him.

"My name is Carlisle, and this is my family." Carlisle introduced, and began pointing at everyone while naming them. "Bella found you wounded in an alley and brought you here." Carlisle explained carefully. "However it was almost too late for you. You had received fatal injuries and there wasn't enough time. So we saved you another way…" He trailed off, letting the guy prepare himself. "We turned you into a vampire."

The male stared at them for a while, as if thinking it over. "Vampire?" He questioned more to himself than the others. "Do you mean Bount?"

"Bount? What's that?" Jasper asked. The male looked at them all before shaking his head.

"Never mind. You can't be Bounts." He paused and continued in a foreign language, "We killed them all."

"What language is that?" Edward questioned. The male stared at him before sighing.

"I forget this is America…I'm from Japan, so that was Japanese I spoke. Pardon if I slip. It's hard switching languages." He said.

"Why aren't you more upset about being a vampire?" Rosalie asked suddenly. He blinked before laughing.

"If I got upset about everything I became, I'd never be happy. I'm not exactly new to the supernatural." The guy explained, making everyone's eyes widen.

"Pardon? Do you mind explaining that statement?" Esmé asked.

"The story is too long for me to tell in one sititng." The male said, his defensive stance finally relaxing into normal posture.

"Oh. Another time then." Esmé said, smiling kindly.

"You know, you still haven't told us your name." Alice spoke up, smiling at the guy. The male seemed surprised by her statement.

"Sorry. I'm Kurosaki Ichigo…er, Ichigo Kurosaki I mean." Ichigo said, bowing.

"It's nice to meet you Ichigo!" Alice chirped happily.

"I wonder if you having any special abilities…" Jasper said quietly. Ichigo tilted his head in question.

"Eh?"

"Oh, like Edward can read minds, I can see the future, Jasper can influence people's moods, Bella has her mind-shield thingy, and Renesmee, who's downstairs, can show people pictures through touch." Alice explained.

"Hm…I don't know. How do I know something like that?" Ichigo asked.

"Well, is there anything you are particularly skilled in or known for, maybe an ability you have no one else does?" Alice questioned.

Ichigo bit his lip and looked away. "Uh…this will sound really dumb, but I could see ghosts." Ichigo said, scratching the back of his head. "But then again most of my friends can. And dad and one of my sisters."

Everyone stared at him, but only Edward seemed to catch the past-tense. "What do you mean you could?" He asked.

Ichigo's face turned sad and he looked at the floor. "Um…I lost that ability a few years ago because of circumstances…" He said quietly. Getting the idea he didn't want to talk about it, Edward dropped the subject.

"Well, Ichigo, I'm sure you're probably thirsty. Would you like to go hunt before we sit down and talk more?" Carlisle asked. Ichigo looked back up at them and frowned. He then reached up and touched his throat before swallowing.

"My throat burns. Is that what you call 'thirst'?" He questioned. Carlisle nodded.

"Yes, it is."

"I won't drink from a human if it harms them." Ichigo said firmly. Everyone but Ichigo grinned.

"Well you're in the right place then. We are some of the very few vampires that do not feed on humans, instead feeding on animals. A sort of…vegetarian life, if you will." Carlisle explained.

"Will that work?" Ichigo asked.

"Well, it'll get you by, but not necessarily satisfy you completely." Carlisle replied, choosing his words carefully.

"Where do I find the animals?"

"In the forest. Some of us will go with you to help you learn to hunt. Also we'll stop you if you attempt to go after a human." Emmett said, rolling his shoulders.

"Okay. Let's go then." Ichigo said, moving to the bed in what he probably thought was a walk, but was actually a blur of movement. He looked down at himself and then looked up at the vampires helplessly.

Bella smiled. "I know, it's a little hard getting used to, huh? Because you're a vampire you move at incredibly fast speeds now. You'll need to learn how to move at a normal human speed." She said, moving her hand in front of her slowly.

"Oh." Ichigo muttered, looking back down at himself. He flexed his fingers slowly, then moved his arm slowly, then moved his other arm, his torso, and then he walked at a human speed backwards, then forwards. "This is hard." He muttered, moving his arms back down.

"Yeah? You're pretty good at it." Alice said, smiling.

"Fast learner…" He murmured, looking at them. He walked around the bed towards them, glancing down at his feet every two seconds. He managed to walk to them at what would be considered a brisk pace for humans.

"Alright. You ready? You're going to go out the window here since there's some people downstairs that might make you lose it." Jasper said, pointing to the left where the window was open.

"I know, I can sense them downstairs. I think it's a little girl and a teenage boy…" He said, before pausing. "Is that normal, or just me?" He asked, back to everyone.

"If you simply smelled or heard them, maybe. But…sensing them?" Edward asked.

"Yeah…it feels like…energy. Pouring off them." Ichigo explained. "Almost like reiatsu…" He muttered quietly.

"Energy, huh? Maybe you do have an ability." Jasper said, smiling. "But that can be experimented with later. First, you hunt."

"I'll go with him. I can probably help a bit better than you since I was turned only two years ago." Bella said, walking over to the window. Emmett moved to stand next to her.

"I needed to feed soon anyways." He said, grinning.

"I'll go too, to make sure you behave." Edward said, giving a pointed look to Emmett.

"All right, let's go." Bella said, turning and jumping out the window.

"We'll watch Renesmee for you, okay Edward?" Rosalie said, watching as both he and Emmett jumped from the window too.

AN: New chapter anyone? Uh…not really getting much support from this story so it's moved down the list of update importance. Which means it'll only get updated every 2-3 weeks. You can fix that by dropping a friendly review! (hinthint)

Let me know what I can do better, how to make people more in character, and things I can use to improve my vocabulary…particularly things to replace the word 'said'. I know, that's something you learn in elementary school but I was usually asleep during English class so…

Ciao!
~Luci-chan