Have a Scary Christmas Chapter 1: Halloween, Eh, a bleach fanfic

As you all know, we have various holidays. Each holiday is special and celebrates something different in different forms of festive and fun. Valentine's Day celebrates love, St. Patrick's Day celebrates the Irish, and Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful. Each holiday is fun in it's own special way, but why is it these holidays never mix? Well, come inside and you will see. For this year, the one that will come later is Halloween. Welcome to a special place.

Down in the depths of place that no human has ever been before, just underneath the graves or maybe even your bed, was a very special place. A place that has only one holiday, and that holiday was the essence of this town. A special town for...monsters one and all. This is Halloween

(Chorus)

This is Halloween

Halloween

This is Halloween

Halloween

Welcome to a very special place

Here you'll have fear in your face

Snakes and spiders to make you scream

This stuff makes our smiles gleam

(?)

I'm the monster under your bed

With eyes that glow red

(?)

I'm the clown with the freaky smile

You'll be running for miles

(Chorus)

We lurk in the dark

We ride the wind, but no evil spark

When you come to our place

Fear is always the case

This is Halloween

Halloween

(?)

I'm the wind that whispers in your ear

With the shadow that holds your fear

(?)

I'm the sorcerer of the night

Conjuring what brings you fright

(Chorus)

This is Halloween

Halloween

Gather, one and all

For the most fearful of all

Let it be known

Fear is what he owns

He is the one we look to

But you probably wonder who

In our town is the joy he brings

So gather and welcome the Halloween King

All the monsters gathered around a fountain with green water to see someone rise from it. Out came a man with orange hair wearing a dark suit with a bat-shaped bowtie. As he emerged, he held out his arms like a being that welcomes fear and terror. He is the one that rules this town, the embodiment of all that Halloween has. He is Ichigo, the Halloween King.

(Ichigo)

Welcome to our special town

We've got the finest monsters around

Ghost and goblins and ghouls galore

Vampires, witches, and so much more

Nothing here is fake

Joy and fear is what we take

We have everything that will make you scream

But we are never mean

This is Halloween

(Chorus)

This is Halloween

Halloween

This is Halloween

Halloween

This is Halloween

This whimsical and eerie place is known as Halloween Town. Here at Halloween Town, there are monsters of all kinds all around. They live for fear, thrills, and chills. However, they aren't really mean and evil. Everything around here is just out of sheer Halloween-like fun. It's all suppose to be harmless and playful. You won't find a better place than this for those that love Halloween. The one specter of this place that everyone looks up to and always takes charge of their Halloween fun is Ichigo the Halloween King. He guides all of them to make sure Halloween is at it's best. It's sort of like he's the pseudo-mayor or the most famous celebrity of this place. Almost everyone loves him.

"Well done, everyone! Well done!" Ichigo said. "Be sure to remember that for Halloween...next year." Everyone loved doing whatever they could for some Halloween fun, but that's really the only holiday around here. This is a world designed for that holiday. Too bad it only comes around once a year.

"Ichigo! Nicely done. You come up with the most wonderful ideas for Halloween." The mayor said with the mayor of this place being a vampire.

"Thanks, Uryu. If only we could bust it out much sooner." Ichigo said. "We have to wait Halloween next year to bust out all the fun."

"True, but at least we're ahead of schedule." Uryu said.

"But we can't fit every new idea into just one day." Ichigo said.

"Stop worrying. We have about a whole year to figure it out." Uryu said. He acted like there was nothing to worry about, but Ichigo didn't really feel any better. He felt this sense of disappointment come over him. Uryu just brushed the whole thing aside while Ichigo made his through the place as he felt so...disappointed.

"Ichigo!"

"Hi, Ichigo!" All of the ghouls seem to love him as they gathered around him. There was one particular ghoul that admired him like the others, but she had a different sense for it. She was the walking corpse with long auburn hair that admired Ichigo from afar. He was like the heartthrob of every dead heart.

"Ichigo..." She sighed.

"Orihime." Orihime nearly got a little spooked. She turned around and was met with a mad scientist.

"Kisuke!" Orihime said.

"You're never going to win his heart if you just stand here and let the competition sweep him off his feet." Kisuke teased.

"I... I don't know what you're talking about." Orihime claimed as she tried to act so innocent.

"Really? So, why are you admiring him all the way over here when you can just go and admire him over there with all the other girls?" Kisuke teased. Orihime does wish she could stand by his side, but she doesn't have the courage just yet. Besides, it's not like he'll really see her.

"I... I have to go." Orihime said with her just taking off.

"That girl..." Kisuke sighed. "I suppose even a corpse's dead stomach can catch butterflies." As for Ichigo, he thanked the ghouls for the comments and managed to slip away from them. "Ichigo! That was an excellent number you did there. It catches our town spirit, and will really be a hit on Halloween."

"Yeah. That's what you said last year, and the year before." Ichigo said with boredom and just kept walking. Kisuke did notice that he was heading the same way Orihime went.

...

Orihime

Orihime took refuge within a cemetery to help her relax. Being a walking corpse, a cemetery would make her feel more relaxed. She sat against a tombstone and grabbed a creepy flower, picking away the flowers. It helped her feel relax and make her feel more assured about what Ichigo feels to her. The classic "he loves me, he loves me not" method. The truth of the matter is that Ichigo and Orihime have known each other for many years, and she's always doing what she can for him. At the moment, she just stayed there and gazed at the flower and the moon, but then she heard the gates open. She looked and saw Ichigo coming in.

"Ichigo!" Orihime said in shock. Being too nervous, Orihime took cover behind the grave and just watched him. She noticed how miserable he seemed. As Ichigo made his way up a spiral hill, he stopped at the top and tried to think of what he's going to do. Orihime thought this could be her chance. She tried to get the courage to go talk to him, but she missed her chance.

"Ichigo!" Ichigo turned around and saw another close friend come walking over. A demon with one half of his body coated white with red markings, and the other coated in black and magenta markings. He also had horns growing out of the side of his head and curving frontwards.

"Hey, Chad." Ichigo said.

"I got all the supplies you need for your ideas." Chad said. "Sounds like next Halloween is going to be just as great as the last one."

"Yeah... Just as great..." Ichigo sighed.

"Something wrong?" Chad asked.

"It's just... No one understands." Ichigo said. "It's the same thing, year after year. I'm tired of it. Me?! The Halloween King is tired of Halloween?! It's the same thing all the time. It's become so routine and I'm bored with it. I want something fresh, something new. The thing is that I have wait until next Halloween all the time. Why can't we try something new?!"

"Because Halloween only comes once a year." Chad said.

"But I am sick of it. I want something new. I feel bored doing the same thing all the time." Ichigo said. "I want to try something different. I'm the king of fright. The demon at night. I should live for the fear and the terror that we bring, but our time is so far away. All we do is prepare for something that only comes once a year. It isn't fair. Why should our time only be once a year?"

"I wouldn't worry about it, Ichigo. That's just the way things are." Chad said.

"Oh, forget it. No one would understand because you're all fine with the way things are, but I'm not." Ichigo said. Ichigo made his way down with the hill stretching out so that he could walk on the ground again.

"Where are you going?" Chad said.

"I just need to clear my head. I need something that can make my Halloween spirit come alive again." Ichigo said. He made his way through the field and went into the woods. Chad just let things be and got back to work. As for Orihime, she felt so bad for Ichigo and wished she could help.

"Oh, Ichigo... I know how you feel." Orihime said as she can sympathize with how Ichigo must feel. She too wishes for something different and something new rather than doing the same thing time and time again. Only in her case, she wants things to be different with him. Seeing him so miserable and stressed, she has to try and do something for him.

...

Orihime

Orihime returned to her own little home. She dug around the shelves to try and find something that could make Ichigo smile. If she can do that even for a moment, it will make her happy to see him smile on his face. She searched for potions, formulas, or even treats that might help.

"Orihime!" Kisuke called as he came right in since this was actually his home. "Did you tell Ichigo you loved him yet?"

"Kisuke!" Orihime cried with her getting embarrassed.

"I asked because I knew you two were in the same area together." Kisuke said.

"Well... He didn't even know I was there." Orihime admitted.

"Oh... Orihime..." Kisuke sighed. "I didn't bring you back to life with a mix of life and science so that you can just bashfully go through your living dead life. You really need to come out of your shell and try going out and doing something new and bold."

"I want to, but it's not easy." Orihime said.

"At least not when it comes to him." Kisuke said. "He'll never fall for you if you don't try something to get his attention." Orihime so wishes she could. It's like Ichigo sees her, but he can't see how she feels no matter how long they've known each other. All she can do now is hope that she can help him get out of his lackluster state. However, as Ichigo wanders through the woods, trying to get his mind around what he can do to free himself from this mental cage he feels trapped in, he will find something new. Something he has never seen before. Sometimes doing something new can feel good, and he's got the bravery to explore it.