First Date

by

Unmei Hime

First Chapter: Ichigo

---

Kurosaki Ichigo wasn't an ordinary kid. His family wasn't ordinary either.

For starters, he had a mentally and emotionally challenged oyaji for a father. Most of the time, his father acted like a retarded as though he had escaped from a mental institution and no one could blame him if he ended up giving him a piece of his mind or his fist (or feet) for that matter, which happened almost every single day.

Second, he could see and feel spirits. Sounded creepy but true. Maybe his sixth sense, third eye or whatever paranormal abilities had been activated the minute he cried wahh out into this mortal world. Not that it was a big deal. As long as the ghost didn't harm anyone of his family he didn't really care. Besides, he got used to it a long time ago.

Third and the rarest of all, (actually he just acquired it recently) he could change into a Shinigami. And he had Zangetsu, his prized soul slayer. His life had never been the same again after that. Zangetsu was pretty cool but with it came the price of warding off a number of hollows and other strong and weird opponents from this world and the other, with whom he had a hard time dealing with. He had suffered major body pain, cuts, bruises, not to mention too much bloodshed he thought he had little left blood inside his body. But with all that, alas, he was still able to survive.

Nevertheless, he, Kurosaki Ichigo was a true blue warrior ---err whatever (he couldn't think of a more appropriate word)--- who never cringe or falter. Not even with the strongest or ugliest hollow that might appear before him. Fear was just something not written in his vocabulary.

Life was good...Or so he thought.

His image of toughness and fearlessness...The image he had worked so hard to maintain for years cracked and broke into pieces.

Damn her.

He never once imagined that he would go this low for something so...so silly if not crazy. Seriously crazy.

Damn her.

He was human after all. And a stupid one at that.

---

"Oi Rukia. I'll be going to Urahara's. He said he wanted to talk to me about some recent development on Aizen's..." Ichigo's sentence was cut short when he noticed that the girl wasn't actually listening to a word he was saying.

Their final class for the day just got dismissed and she was busy putting her things inside her bag with such hurry she didn't even notice he was already standing in front of her.

"Oi, Rukia!"

"What?" Came her annoyed answer. "I'm in a rush Ichigo. Go to Urahara's if you must." She retorted with a 'do-not-argue-with-me-or-else-suffer-the-consequences' look of hers.

Ichigo paused. "Where are you going?" He eyed her suspiciously. She's up to something not good. Something akin to bad vibes told him that he'd regret it later if he wouldn't stop her.

She gave him her mischievous grin and walked past him toward the door. "I've got a date."

Ichigo almost choked.

"You've got a what?" He quickly caught her arm and tugged it with such force she almost fell backwards. The next thing he knew, her other hand flew swiftly and hit him squarely on the jaw.

"Rukia...you idiotic fool---" He said slowly, he was beginning to see red.

The little devil shot him a notorious glare. "Don't mess with me now Ichigo," she spoke with icy calmness.

And to his utter disgust, his hand betrayed him and let the vicious incarnate go without anymore difficulty. Rukia went and disappeared from his view while he was left inside the classroom now burning with rage.

"Oi Ichigo! I heard Rukia is going on a date with---"

Kojima Mizuiro wasn't able to finish. The poor fellow did not know what hit him when he found his shirt collar tightly grabbed by his orange-headed classmate in one quick movement.

"Who?" Ichigo asked in a deadly serious voice.

Kojima shivered. Bloodshot eyes were piercing his face. "K-keigo."

Ichigo's jaw tightened. "He'll be sorry he's alive."

---

a/n: Hi there! This is my first time to write a Bleach fanfiction. I just hope I didn't get this way overboard and the characters are still well themselves. I'm into the Ichigo-Rukia ship whatever's the development in the anime or manga. I just thought they are perfect for each other. Initially, I've wanted this to be a one-shot but I figured it would be way too long. So there, to anyone who read this stuff, hope you like it. Your thoughts would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Disclaimer: Bleach belongs to its rightful owner, Kubo Tite. Please buy the manga and watch the anime. It's definitely worth it.