Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any of its characters. All I own is the plot(though this might not count seeing as I'm kind of using the plot from the 'Beauty and the Beast') and any OCs I think up.

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You know for some reason I have the feeling that I'm gonna get shot for this.

...Anyway...I hope that you enjoy reading this

P.S. Don't worry I'm still working on my other fanfic 'Blood Soaked Love.' It's just that chapter 2 is turning out to be longer then chapter 1.

Prologue

Long ago in a kingdom far away lived a prince. He was handsome with bright orange hair and chocolate colored eyes. In his younger years he was was good and kind, everyone love him. But that all changed when his mother was killed. After the death of his mother the prince became cold. Because he was exposed to the harshness of the adult world he hardened his heart. He was only nice to his remaining family members. As he got older he just got worse. He kept living his life that way, that is till one day.

On one rainy day an old man had wondered to the prince's castle. He knocked on the castle doors, but no one answered. So he kept knocking till the prince himself answered. "What the hell do you want?" The prince had growled out with a scowl after he slammed the door open. "Excuse me sir, I'm so sorry for disturbing you. I lost my way and since it's so cold and dreary outside I need a place to stay." The old man said so very politely. "And you're point is?" The prince asked rudely. "Well sir I was wondering if you would let me stay the night. I don't have much in ways to pay you, but perhaps you could take this rose as payment?" The old man was still as polite as ever as he offered up a rose. The rose was beautiful, it was a stunning shade of blue and seemed to glow in an unnatural light like the moon.

The prince just glared harder at the old man. "Who the hell would accept a rose as payment? Go stay in some cave old man." The prince went to shut the door in the old man's face, but the old man had stopped him before he even could. The prince was surprised by the old man's strength. "I was hoping that the rumors about you being so cold weren't really true. I thought that because you care about your remaining family members that you might still be able to kind to others. It looks like I wrong." As the old man talked he became younger till he resembled someone in their mid twenties. The prince could gap in shock. "Who the hell are you? What the hell are you?" The prince demanded. The old man, now young man couldn't help but smirk at the prince's shock and surprise. "I am Kisuke Urahara an I am a sorcerer." "What would a sorcerer what with me?" "I already told you, I came to see if the rumors about you being cold were true or not." Urahara said with a roll of his eyes before he became serious.

"Since you are ugly on the inside I will also make you ugly on the outside. I curse you Ichigo Kurasaki and those around you, I curse you to look like the beast that you truly are." As soon as the words left Urahara's mouth the prince threw his arms around himself and screamed in pain as he fell to his knees. He could feel his bones cracking re-mending and his flesh go from searing hot to freezing cold. His body changed and he morphed into a monstrous being. He was taller now by about a foot or two and his whole body was bleached white. His hands became clawed along with his feet. His body was covered in some red tribal like markings and there was a hole in his chest. His bright orange hair grew out from the back till it reached past the small of his back. And the upper part of his face was covered in a horned white mask with red tribal like markings on it as well.

As the pain ebbed the prince's senses came back to him. He could sense that something was wrong, his body didn't feel right. He looked at his hands and his eyes widened. They were bone white and his finger nails were sharp like claws. He then felt his face and could feel terror creep into his being at what he felt. "What the hell did you do to me?" The prince yelled both scared and frustrated. His voice was distorted like he was under water. "I cursed you to look like the beast you are along with everyone else in the castle." "WHAT!" The prince couldn't believe what he heard. "Change me and the others back right now." His terror was forgotten as rage over took him. Pity flashed in Urahara's eyes for a moment before they became serious again. "I can't undo what I've done, but you can." "How! How can I undo the curse?" The prince was desperate. Urahara held out the same rose that he offering before as payment to stay in the castle.

"You must find someone who will love you for who you are despite your appearance. You must do that before all the petals on this rose fall off. If you don't find someone to love you for who you are before all of the petals fall off then the curse will be permeant." Urahara explained. The prince hesitated for a moment before he took the rose from Urahara with great care. Once the prince took the rose Urahara backed away. He was then encased by billowing winds. "Remember Ichigo Kurasaki, if you want to break the curse then you must find someone who can love you for who you are before the last petal of that rose falls." Urahara's last words echoed as he disappeared. leaving only the wind in his wake. After watching Urahara's departure the prince held the rose carefully and protectively to his chest. And for the first time since his mother's death he cried and wailed in despair.

In case anyone was wondering this little bout of insanity came about when I came across Nire-chan's gallery on DeviantArt (I like a lot of his stuff. It may be a bit crackish, but I think that's really cute). I found this picture in his scrapes and an idea for doing a Bleach version of the 'Beauty and the Beast' with Ichigo and Chad as the pairing came to mind. Though it was really just a thought, so it never crossed my mind to write it...But lately I've been reading Bleach fanfiction and watching the anime. And before I knew it the idea became an urge and I ended up writing it anyway.

*ahem*

I might as well list off who is going to be who:

The Beast-Ichigo (this should have been obvious from the prologue)
Beauty-Chad (Yes I'm making Chad play the women's role and there is nothing that you can do about it)
Beauty's Father or should I say Grandfather-Chad's grandfather (I forget, did we ever learn the name of Chad's grandfather?)
Gaston-I don't really know, it's toss up between Shunsui Kyōraku and Nnoitra Jiruga (I could use some help on this one, so let's take a vote. Who should play Gaston, Shunsui or Nnoitra?)