Beta'd by SunaT.U

"GOOD MORNIIING ICHIGOOOOOO!" yelled Isshin followed by a loud crash and glass breaking.

"Dammit old man, you broke my window!"

Ichigo Shiba is a seventeen year old teenager, standing at 5'11'' and weighing roughly 66kg. His most notable feature however was his natural bright orange hair that has named him a delinquent.

Today was a special day for Ichigo. Today was the day Ichigo set out for Beacon Academy.

Ichigo knew from a young age that he was meant to hunt Grimm. His instinct demanded it. So he asked his father if he would train him, Isshin had no problem training him until he was old enough to join Signal Academy. And here he was, years later, with battle instinct beat into him as well as reflexes. Ichigo graduated at the top of his class along with another student as being the two of the best battle tacticians to have ever graduated Signal.

Ichigo looked at the clock to see he still had 2 hours before the ship left for Beacon. He sighed and got dressed in black pants and a dark blue singlet and made his way downstairs.

"Good morning Ichigo," chirped Yuzu as she set down a plate for Ichigo.

Ichigo just gave a 'morning' and sat down and ate his food.

"Did the old man fall out the window? I heard it smash," asked Karin as she continued to look at the TV.

"Of course he did. Luckily that will be the last wake up call from him until I finish Beacon," replied Ichigo as Yuzu put more food out for him to eat.

"What about your friends? Are they going with you?" asked Yuzu as she sat down to eat.

"Uyru found a way to somehow force his dad into training him and Chad."

"Didn't Chad get into Beacon?" asked Karin.

"He could have, but he said it would be better being trained directly from a hunter than going to a school for it."

"Then why don't you get trained by him? It'll be better than going so far away," said Karin as Yuzu put more rice in her bowl.

"I would but I don't think I could deal with Uyru's comments," replied Ichigo. "Besides, I'm 'Isshin Shiba's son'," Ichigo said using air quotes on 'Isshin Shiba's son'. "Can't blame him. If I were in his position, I'd say no too."

"He's just upset that I'm a better hunter than him," said Isshin as he appeared out of nowhere. "He was always jealous of me," he then sat to eat the food Yuzu put down.

"I can't see how anyone could be jealous of you. You're an idiot," said Ichigo as he finished his food. "I'm going to get ready."

Ichigo walked up the stairs and into his room. He had packed all his clothes the day before except for what he planned on wearing. He learned after the third training session with Isshin that it's easier to wear form fitting clothes. More than once did Isshin use that to his advantage when Ichigo had a loose jacket on and Isshin grabbed it.

But now Ichigo knew better. His combat clothes now consisted of what he was wearing: dark blue armour plates on his forearms, including the back of his hands, shins which held the emblem that was the cross guard of his sword, and black boots as well as black gloves.

When it came to equipment, Ichigo made the simplest of weapons become as deadly as any modified and changeable weapon. His sword, which he forged with the help of his father, was his main weapon of choice and the only weapon to withstand the use of his semblance since any other sword would just break. The sword was a daito, the blade and the sheath were completely black in colour, the cross guard had four prongs bent out and had a small chain at the end and was attached to his hip by a red sash.

Ichigo spent the next hour checking over all his equipment making sure nothing was out of place and packing it away.

"Ichigo, it's time to go!" yelled Isshin from downstairs.

"Yeah, yeah, don't need to yell," mumbled Ichigo as he walked passed Isshin.

"Please be careful Ichigo," said Yuzu as she gave Ichigo a hug.

"I will Yuzu, don't worry," said Ichigo as he returned the hug.

"Try not to destroy the school while you're there," Karin said as she walked up to him.

"I'll try. But there is no guarantee," replied Ichigo as he patted her head.

Karin just smirked in response.

"Alright, Ichigo lets go," said Isshin as he ushered Ichigo out the front door.

"Oi, watch it old man."

"Goodbye Ichigo, visit when you can," said Yuzu as she waved with Karin.

"I'll try," yelled Ichigo and Isshin pushed him out the door and closed it.

In the car with Isshin and Ichigo

"So, am I gonna get a strange response when people hear my name?" asked Ichigo.

"Haha, of course you will. Everyone knows the Shiba name, and if they haven't, they must have been living under a rock. We Shiba's are renowned for our great skill," replied Isshin in his usual cheery way.

"Yeah and it's that great skill that led us to being the last two Shiba hunters," said Ichigo. It happened long before Ichigo was born that there was a massacre on the Shiba clan that almost wiped them out. Isshin told him about it when one of Ichigo's classmates made fun of the Shiba clan after hearing his name. Ichigo didn't really pay any attention because he made the story dramatic so he walked away, however Yuzu still listened. Whatever is was it must have been bad because Yuzu cried for days. She snapped out of it when Karin threatened Isshin that she and Yuzu would leave if he didn't fix it and he did somehow.

"That only means we were destined to carry on and restore the Shiba clan and you can start by finding a girlfriend at the academy," said Isshin with a goofy grin on his face.

"You're lucky you're driving," said Ichigo as he tightened his fist.

"We're here," said Isshin as they pulled up to the platform that the ship was connected to.

Ichigo took a breath and got out of the car with his bags before Isshin stopped him by putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Remember Ichigo, being a hunter isn't about glory or recognition," said Isshin in a serious tone.

"You make it sound as if I haven't been taught that my entire life," replied Ichigo in a deadpan.

Isshin just grinned, "Just making sure. I don't want to tell your sisters their brother died because he wanted to be a hero."

"Whatever, see ya," muttered Ichigo as he walked towards the ship. Isshin smiled at Ichigo's retreating form and left.

As Ichigo walked towards the ship after putting his bags in the cargo hold, he saw some interest people that would be joining beacon. A few faunus here and there which Ichigo had no doubt would be picked on. As a matter of fact, Ichigo could see a girl being picked on right now. She had long brown hair and rabbit ears on her head which were being pulled by a larger boy in a suit of armour.

"Oi, knock it off," said Ichigo as he made his way over to them.

The boy in armour stopped what he was doing which made Ichigo stand between him and the girl as she took a few steps back behind Ichigo. The boy simply smirked in arrogance thinking he was better than Ichigo.

"And what are you going to do about it, faunus lover?" asked the boy as he reached for his weapon on his back.

"Nothing I will regret later," replied Ichigo in an impassive voice.

"Is that a threat?" the boy snarled as he grabbed his weapon and tightened his grip on it.

"Take it as you want. It will end the same for you," replied Ichigo as he continued to stare the boy in the eyes without wavering. However, the same could not be said for the girl standing behind him as she was shaking and gripping onto his singlet.

"Fine by me," said the boy as he lifted his weapon to strike.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" yelled a man as he ran his way over, causing the two of them to look at him. By what he was wearing, Ichigo recognised him as a guard of some sort. Which makes sense seeing as he and the armoured boy were about to fight before even getting on the ship.

The boy sneered and looked back at Ichigo. "This isn't over," he said and walked off before the guard reached them.

The guard made his way to Ichigo before he could walk away and asked what happened.

"Nothing that won't come back to bite me later," said Ichigo as he walked off with the girl following close behind. What Ichigo didn't see was the amber eyes looking in approval at the scene before boarding the ship.

"T-thank you," said the girl that was following him in a quiet voice that Ichigo barely heard.

Ichigo turned around and looked the girl in the eyes.

"You're welcome but I won't be around forever. You need to start sticking up for yourself. If not, people are going to walk all over you," said Ichigo walking off leaving the small girl standing there.

"There you are Ichigo," a voice called that Ichigo knew, which made him turn around to see the smiling face of Kisuke Urahara, which in turn made Ichigo annoyed as he totally forgot about Kisuke going to Beacon as well.

Ichigo didn't have a problem with his classmate going to Beacon as well, seeing as he did have the skills to graduate at the top of the class with Ichigo, but what Ichigo couldn't deal with, was the boy's attitude and that stupid grin he always had on his face.

Unlike Ichigo's rule of form fitting clothes, Kisuke wore clothes that no normal person would be caught dead wearing. He had a green shirt with green pants a black cloak with white diamond pattens on the bottom and had a green and white stripped hat on with clogs on his feet, which earned him the nickname 'hat n' clogs' from Ichigo.

Strapped on his hip was his sword. Like Ichigo, he liked to stick with simple weapons, although Ichigo didn't doubt he had a few tricks up his sleeve. The hilt was black and it bent at the end with a red tassel hanging off of it. Unlike Ichigo's, Kisuke's guard extended down the blade in a U-shape that also had a red decoration hanging off it.

"I was hoping you would make friends with other people and leave me alone," said Ichigo as Kisuke walked up to him with two other people.

"I did," proclaimed Kisuke as he opened his fan with a snap. "This is Shuhei Hisagi," he said pointing to a dark haired man.

Shuhei Hisagi was about the same size as Ichigo and he wore a black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his shoulder and black pants. His weapons, from what Ichigo could tell, were two black metal poles that were strapped to his back. Ichigo guessed they transformed somehow like a lot of other weapons.

Shuhei nodded at Ichigo and he returned it with one of his own.

"And this is Kensei Muguruma," continued Kisuke and he pointed to a grey haired man.

Kensei Muguruma was half an inch shorter than Ichigo but had more muscle mass than him which made Ichigo suspect he used pure strength against his opponent. He wore a dark purple singlet, had green cargo pants and black combat boots. His entire arms were covered in dark grey bandages and he had two strangle looking blades on either side of his hips. The blades looked like they were made for punching with outward spikes at either end with a slight curve to the blades.

Like with Hisagi, Kensei gave Ichigo and nod and he returned it.

"And this," said Kisuke as he now pointed at Ichigo "is Ichigo Shiba."

At his name being said, Ichigo saw the shocked looks from Kensei and Shuhei. Ichigo just sighed knowing he would get that look a lot when people heard his name. After all, being in a family that was known for being the best hunters in the world is bound to get you some reputation. Some good while others not so much.

"Well, better get on the ship before it leaves. Don't want to have to walk to Beacon, now do we?" said Kisuke as he quickly boarded the ship with much enthusiasm.

"He's right as always, it would be a pain to have to find another way to Beacon or miss it until next year," said Ichigo mumbling 'as always' to himself, and with a nod from Shuhei and a grunt from Kensei, the three of them followed after Kisuke.

Inspired by The Quincy Hunter