Bleach: New Generation

Act 1, Chapter 1: Unexpected Meeting

Kazui's POV:

Waking up from my bed, I stretched my arms out and yawned out loud. I was still sleepy even though I took a good seven hours of sleep last night. I don't know why that is, but whatever. I'd just have to get by.

Picking out the clothes from my closet, I placed on my grey school uniform. The fabric surprisingly tugged tightly against my body. And another concerning thing was that the sleeves looked smaller than I remember.

I'll have to ask my parents to buy me new school uniform, I thought, Puberty really hit me hard, huh?

I examined myself in the mirror in my room.  To be honest, I didn't want to leave a bad impression of untidiness to my classmates in my third year back. That's why I need to look my best, or else my reputation might plummet.

I yawned once again. Jeez, a few weeks of not being at school really made me lazy. I just wanna pass out on my bed.

Looking to the mirror one final time, I sighed. 

"Let's go"

"About time you got ready, I thought it would be the end of the world by the time you stopped staring at yourself in the mirror", snorted a small voice coming from the closet.

A small lion plush hopped out of the closet and crossed his arms. I looked back at him with a neutral expression. It seemed my so-called "guardian" had also awoken.

"Shut up Kon, I was only checking to see if anything was wrong", I grumbled.

"Ha, yeah right. If it were me, I would've already gone out and try to find some girls...but sadly I cannot shame Ichigo anymore because he has a wife now...."

"You really are a disgusting pervert, huh?", I coughed.

"HEY, I AM NOT- "

Before Kon could finish his sentence, he was stepped on by a woman with blonde hair. 

"Hey Kazu-kun! Is everything okay?", asked the woman frantically.

She started to pinch my cheeks and examined my body, looking to see if everything was alright with me. I didn't find it that annoying, though it was irritating at times. Especially considering that I wasn't in any danger. My aunt was a bit too overprotective in my opinion.

"Yeah, it is, Aunt Yuzu. I was just fussing over looks"

"Don't worry, you look exactly like Ichi-nii, right? Yuzu-chan?" said Karin, standing by the doorway.

She was a decently tall black-haired woman, entering with a grin as she saw me. Aunt Karin pat my shoulder before making her way toward her sister.

"Of course, he looks like Nii-san when he was 17!"

"Then there's no reason to worry. Our brother was bound to have Kazui inherit his looks. It's obvious that there's no way Kazui wouldn't not care about them", Karin teased, "Though, that doesn't mean that you should fuss over them"

"Aww, you're so mean!"

While they were busy talking about how I looked like my dad (which I don't mind, I thank him for that), I swiftly walked downstairs to the dining room.

"Finally! You're gonna be late for school! Here, take this piece of toast. I already packed your lunch and your bag", said a lovely woman with reddish brown hair.

My mother, Orihime Kurosaki is a beautiful woman. She wore a simple purple shirt, beige pants, and an apron. She had the perfect looks, and she is extremely kind and innocent too. 

I can see why my dad married her. She and my dad make the perfect pair, and perfect genetics to make me. Anyway....

"Thanks, mom", I say as I took the piece of toast, and then my bag from the table.

She kissed me on the forehead and waved goodbye as I dashed out of the door and sprinted my way to school. 

"Crap, I'm gonna be late. Why did I have to wake up at this time?" I mumbled to myself as I kept running.

It was a long walk to school, and it didn't help that class was going to start soon. If I didn't hurry it up, then I'd totally make a fool of myself in front of anyone.

Then an idea popped up in my head. I could do that thing that my dad taught me how to do back in training. It was some sort move that made me faster. What'd he call it again? Flash something?

It was gonna be risky though. Dad said to never use my abilities or skills in public unless it's to defend myself. But maybe in this circumstance....... 

No, I'd rather not get beat by my dad.

Sweat soaked my head as I kept on running, turning corners, and hopping over fences to get to school faster. From my knowledge, it wasn't illegal to do this. As long as you don't get caught, then it was like you didn't even trespass and use their backyard as a shortcut!

As I sprinted down the street, I didn't see a figure that was crossing over and walking. It was one with bright red hair flowing down from a nice ponytail. She looked to be around my age too, and with the grey uniform, she was also in my school. 

With each step that I took, I unintentionally went up close and personal. And one closer look caused me to recognise a familiar face. One that I hadn't seen in a long time.

She stared at me surprised and exclaimed, "KAZUI???"

In equal surprise, I yelped, "ICHIKA???"