A Different Life

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Bleach. Their respective owners do.

Title: Hellos, Paperwork and Personality
Rating: um..somewhere between PG13 and R for smutty thoughts and bad language…I suppose…
FD/Dark Kitsune/ Kitsunes Whore/ect: Hi!! So sorry that this chappy has taken so long to put out, but I ended up moving, and guess what! I had to get the net. That’s right, I had to get the net. That means, I’m on the computer more often then not now. Well, when I’m not doing other shit that is.
Anyways, I have here the third chapter of this oh so wonderful story. Now, I have people to thank for becoming my betas!
First, kellymutt, love ya babe! Thanks so much for putting up with me.
Second, Sam, doll, I worship you, while you worship me. Yes, she’s one of my readers and fans, while I am one of her readers and fan. Wonderful, right? Yes? Good, we agree.
Okay, second, I am SO very sorry that it took so long for me to get this puppy out. I just moved and unfortunately I didn’t have anyway to get to a computer with the net. Yes, I was with friends who had the internet, but they are right now out in bum fucked Egypt. Way the hell out there. So its hard to get to the net. But now I have the internet connect in my home so I am able to this.
Now, the next two chapters are with my wonderful betas!! Yes, two. Love me! Love me I say!!
Anyways, along with this chapter, I have a new chapter for Xanders Many Faces. I hope you enjoy this chapter and can’t wait for the next one. Now mind you, the next chapter isn’t filled with smut, but the one after that one is. Full of Kenpachi/Ichigo smut. There will be a warning, so if you have problems with sex scenes you will know not to read that chappy.
Alright, I’m done for now.

P.O.V.s for this chapter:
Normal: *--------------------------*
Xander: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kenpachis:&&&&&&&&&&
Oz: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Yes, I’ve decided on what is to be whose p.o.v. Remember, this way the story flows smoother without having to tell you the change of p.o.v.s as most of my fans can tell. I have yet to hear a complaint. Yes, you can use my system of p.o.v. changes if you want. I don’t have a monopoly on it.
Anyways, on to the story! I hope you enjoy!

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As Ichigo and I walk towards the school, I am all too aware of the four following us. I can feel their power, even as they hide it. Byakuyas power is like him. Steady, graceful, powerful, but able to scatter to the four winds and with a softness that is reminiscent of sakura petals. Renjis on the other hand has a wild feel to it. Not so much uncontrollable, just wild, like a forest filled with creatures. Kenpachis energy is also just like him. Wild, uncontrollable, but with a hint of gentleness that could throw you off guard if you are not cautious.
Shunsuis power is what irks me, just a bit. It’s like his power is calling to my power, begging it to respond. And I can feel my power, waiting below the surface, waiting to answer the moment it is called forth by Shunsuis power . It makes things feel… a little off for me considering I have never before felt anything like this. I push the thoughts aside for the time being, trying not to worry too much.
‘Note to self: must reread chapters on bonds and soul mates. Also find out if there is a chapter or something about power calling to power and what it can mean,’ I think.
Suddenly I hear a squeal of delight and not two seconds later I have an armful of Orihime. All soft, cuddly and bright hair. Too bad I’m into guys, she would have made a wonderful girlfriend.
"Hey, Orihime-chan. How’s it hanging?" I ask the radiant bundle in my arms. She leans her head back and smiles at me. Granted a small smile, but a smile none the less.
"Xan-xan! Oh how I missed you! Getting updates from Ichigo is nothing like hearing from you. You should have written more," she says, smacking me lightly on the arm. I end up with an armful of crying female. I hear someone snicker behind us and turn my head. I look straight at the red head and cock my eyebrow in his direction. He shuts up quickly and I turn back to the girl in my arms.
"Ah, come on, Hime-chan. You know I tried to write you whenever I had the time. The past year has been hectic, what with Buffy coming around and all," I remind her, gently wiping her tears away. I smile at her, getting a watery one in return. I know that I am forgiven for not writing as often as she felt I should have. "I know. I’m sorry about what happened to Jesse though. That must have been tough having mph…" I place my hand over her mouth to stop her from babbling out what I don’t want anyone besides close friends to know yet. I look behind us, and then back at Orihime, removing my hand knowing she got the message. "Oh, right. Shutting up," she says. I smile at her.
"Lets go, I have to go to Karakura High to get my information for school next week," I say, starting to walk towards the school again. I notice a tall, dark skinned, dark haired male standing next to a shorter, pale, dark haired male, both in the school uniform.
‘Hum, must be Ishida and Sado,’ I think to myself, remembering the letters that Ichigo had written to me. I walk up to them and smile lightly.
"Hi. I’m Harris, Alexander, but please, if you call me by my first name, call me Xander," I say. I see Ishidas eyebrow twitch in annoyance and can’t help but wonder why. Then I remember that he is a Quincy and we are being followed by 4 death gods, who probably at one time or another tried to kill him. I smirk to myself and send him a knowing look. He looks slightly disgruntled about being in their presence.
"Hi. I’m Yasutora Sado. It’s nice to meet you," the tall one says, holding out his hand to me. I smile and shake hands with him, then bow slightly.
"It’s a pleasure, Yasutora-san," I reply. He smiles at me, a rather small one. Ishida walks up to me.
"I am Ishida, Uryuu. It’s a pleasure I’m sure," he says in a tight voice, not really focusing on me, rather he was looking over my shoulder to the four behind us. I snicker as I feel Kenpachis energy spike slightly in response to Ishidas glare. I look over at Ichigo and see him try to hide a smirk. I see that Sado and Orihime are both watching, Sado with an expressionless face and Orihime with her rather vacant smile.
"Well, seeing as you guys have to go to school and I have to pick my stuff up, how about we get going?" I say, breaking the silence. I start again towards the school, watching everyone, making sure no one decided to attack anyone else. A blood bath is something we don’t need right now. I watch as Ishida keeps an eye on the four Shinigami behind us, while Ichigo keeps an eye on him, while Sado watches Orihime who watches a butterfly while playing with her snowflake barrette…wait a minute. That is no ordinary barrette. Not any more anyways.
"Hey, Orihime, what’s with the barrette?" I ask her lightly under my breath. She looks at me then smiles.
"How about I tell you after school?" she replies. I nod and continue on with my Ishida watching. I watch as he narrows his eyes and becomes tenser. I look behind us and towards where Ishida is focusing and see that Kenpachi is watching Ichigo awfully closely. I file that away for examination at a later time. I go back to observing Ishida and see that once again, his eyes are narrowed only this time apparently at Shunsui. I wonder why for a moment. Then I remember that just because he can’t truly access his power, doesn’t mean that he can’t feel it. He probably can feel what Shunsuis power is doing, how it is calling to mine. But I highly doubt that he knows just whose power Shunsuis is calling to. I stop actively watching Ishida and just watch the group in general, again making sure no one was going to kill anyone anytime soon. My thoughts turn to my current problem of missing Sunnydale.
‘Not even two days away and I want to go back,’ I snort quietly to myself as I drop a few paces behind the group. I return to my observations, Kenpachi continues to watch Ichigo, Shunsui continues to look bored, Renji and Byukyua engage in a conversation with Ichigo, Sado watches, Orihime thinks to herself and Ishida glares at the four death gods. I snigger to myself as I notice Sado sneak looks at Ishida and Ishida miss them entirely. It seems too funny to me. The laugh is loud enough that Ichigo notices and turns his head to give me a questioning look. I grin at him, then nod slightly in Sados direction. Ichigo looks at Sado just as he slides a look at Ishida. Ichigos eyebrows rise slightly in surprise, then he figures out what struck me so funny about the situation. Seems while Ishida is a strategic genius and a great fighter, he is hopeless when it comes to someone liking him, or even seeing the signs. I wish Sado the best of luck in pursuing him. I snigger again, drawing Ishidas attention from the glaring match with Byukyua. I just smile, innocently and continue on walking to the school.
I suddenly feel a slight spike in Ichigos power and look at him in confusion. He gives me a tight smile in return.
"I’ll tell you later," is all I’m able to get out of him. While we continue to walk, Orihime chats about this and that, Sado watches Ishida, Shunsuis power continues to call to me, Kenpachi leers at Ichigo, while Ichigo remains oblivious to it, Ishida continues his glaring contest with Byukyua and Renji just watches, smirking every so often. Finally we arrive at the school. Ichigo turns around and glares at the four. "You guys need to stay here until Xander gets back. Don’t go anywhere. Xander will be able to find you four, got it?" he says. He gets a grunt, a yes, a glare and a leer for confirmation. He rolls his eyes and then walks into the school. I follow, only briefly turning around to wave goodbye to them. I follow Ichigo to the office and proceed to do paperwork.

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It goes as it normally does; groans are sounded, pen ink runs out, curses are said and growls voiced until finally everything is completed. Xander leaves the building, just as the bell for the next class sounds and the hallways are flooded with students trying to get to their next class.
Walking towards the gates he notices that only three of the four are standing there. Wondering why Kenpachi is missing, he walks up and asks.
"Where’s Kenpachi-san?" he asks quietly. Renji looks up from where he is leaning against the wall.
"He went after a hollow. He should be meeting us at the clinic," he says, standing up straight. Byukyua hops down from where he was sitting upon the wall, watching as Shunsui watches Xander with interest shining in his eyes. Smirking, he starts to walk, confident that the others would follow.
Xander shrugs his shoulders and follows the man who reminded him of Giles the first time he meet him.
Thinking about Giles, he smiles sadly even as he makes a note to e-mail him, Angel and Oz. Not really paying attention he walks towards the clinic, but also towards the store which is near the clinic. Stopping suddenly, he waits for Kenpachi to join them, even as the others are confused about what is going on. All he does is smiles and waits. Soon enough Kenpachi joins them, showing the other three just how powerful Xander is and how good he is at sensing energy. Xander turns and walks around Kenpachi and Byakuya and towards the store.
Walking up to the front of the store he feels the four Shinigamis’ confusion at what he is doing.
"I need to pick up some stuff. Sorry I forgot to tell you guys earlier. I hope you don’t mind helping me with the stuff," he says, his voice quiet and apologetic. It shocks the four to hear such a tone coming from the young demon hunter. Nodding, they receive the small, true smile that they had seen earlier today. Kenpachi fights with his lust, beating it back down, or at least until he has Ichigo under him, Shunsui starts a mental tally of the smiles that make him feel warm and loved that he sees from Xander, Byakuya is shocked by once again feeling warm and safe, while Renji is just basks in the feeling. Watching Xander turn around and head into the store breaks the four out of their stupor.
Even as they watch Xander grab a cart and head into the aisle with the shampoo and other hygienic products, they can’t seem to think of anything else besides his smile and they way his eyes become warm and comforting in a way that is not, at least to them so far, seen at any other time, except when he smiles. It makes them shiver in need and leaves them wanting to see his true smiles more often.
They quickly follow him as he heads to the fruit isle where he picks up some cherries, apples, oranges and kiwis. After the fruit they head for the various cooking items such as oil, spices and flour.
Watching him shop and in a couple of cases his ass, was enlightening. They can see that he is rather smart and enjoys what he is doing. He also knows what to buy to last for everyone for a few days. They smirk or gently smile as he tries to scowl at a package of rice and ends up looking rather adorable. Shaking his head Renji walks up to Xander and moves the box aside and grabs a different box, the one that he was after. Getting a smile in return, Renji is stunned by the beauty of it up close and personal. Finally they are done shopping after hitting the meats, breads and frozen sections of the shopping mart. Following him out with at least 3 bags for each of them, with the exception of Xander who only has one bag and is protesting, and Kenpachi with nine of the heavier bags, they head to the clinic.
"Stop worrying about it, brat," Kenpachi says gruffly after a while of listening to Xander protest his carrying so much. Xander stops, looking down instantly to the ground, taking on a kicked-puppy-and-trying-to-hide-it aura.
"Sorry," he says in a quiet voice. Kenpachi sighs lightly hearing the tone, knowing just what to say to someone like him.
"Hey, listen. I didn’t mean it to be mean sounding. I’m just saying I can carry it. I’ve carried heavier," he says, his voice soft, caring, understanding. Xander looks up at him from underneath his bangs and eyelashes. Kenpachi cocks an eyebrow and smiles, getting a small smile in return. Kenpachis voice and the words that came out shocked the other three with them, even as the kicked puppy look, then smile from Xander made them want to kill who hurt him and then cuddle him, respectively.
"Okay, I just don’t want it to seem like I’m taking advantage of you or the others," he says, his voice still low, much like silk whispering on skin. It makes everyone shudder in longing.
"Like I said, stop worrying about it. This is nothing. Trust me on it," Kenpachi says, while nudging Xander towards the street and the clinic. Nodding Xander starts back to the clinic, planning dinner and dessert and wondering what they had at the house for lunch that was already open.
Following the young man, with enough prettiness to take down a hollow with just a puppy eyed look in their direction, they each loose themselves in their thoughts.

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I watch the young man in front of us and wonder who hurt him so badly that he would automatically become submissive the moment you expressed any type of displeasure at his words or actions. If it was those girls who he hung out with, I’ll introduce them to my zanpakuto. I feel my zanpakuto purr in agreement, startling me slightly at that. The sword that I fought with, that I was ashamed to say to certain people doesn’t have a name. Hell, I barely know its full power. So when it agreed to hurt those who had hurt this young man in front of me, it was shocking to say the least.
I smile as I watch the ponytail bounce as I start to listen to the conversation that Xander was having with Renji about the various weapons he uses while hunting demons and now, the occasional hollow.
"Also, I have this glaive that was blessed by a goddess. Greek goddess I think. Anyways, it works just like a Shinigamis zanpakuto on a hollow. It doesn’t destroy the soul, it purifies it. Same with demons. Their souls are cleansed to a point and are either sent to hell or given a chance at rebirth to make up for what they did in this life. It’s a great balancer. It’s also really beautiful. Its call the Tear Drop. I don’t remember its full name, but that’s what I call it," he says, even as I notice that we have arrived at the clinic and he is opening the door and dodging the kick from his uncle Issen.
"XANDER! MY DEAR NEPHEW!!" we hear as he flies out the door and into the sidewalk. Getting up, he moves quickly, grabbing Xander and running towards the kitchen, while we follow at a more sedate pace. We walk in, only to see Xander trying to glare at his uncle, while pouting, which by the looks of it, he does quite well.

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As soon as my uncle grabs a hold of me, he drags me to the kitchen and gives me a look that would make me cringe if I wasn't used to it from various people.
"Yes?" is all I say, wondering why my uncle is so damn serious all of a sudden. He sighs and speaks.
"Xander, my nephew, you do realize those four that you are with are Shinigamis, correct?" he asks. I glare at him and answer.
"Yes, I do know. Now, I'm curious as to how you know this, since you a) don't have your powers anymore and b) since they are hiding it very well," I say, cocking an eyebrow towards him, listening to the four we were discussing follow us.
"I'll tell you later," is all he says, making me pout while glaring at him at the same time. That’s what the four walked into, and I have a feeling that they found me some what cute, pouting and glaring as I was.
"Fine," is all I say. "I have to write to Oz and Giles later on," I tell my uncle as I start to unpack the groceries. He nods and starts to walk out of the kitchen. He pauses, as I reach up to place a box of rice on the shelf.
"Oh, and Xander, that guy Oz called. Said to call anytime today. He doesn't care when. Sounded really desperate to talk to you," he says. I look at him and see him leering in my direction. I blush bright red and continue to put away the various groceries. Finishing that, I tell the four to grab a seat while I make the phone call. Dialing his number, I wait for him to answer.
" 'Ello?" is the semi coherent reply from him.
"Oz? Did I wake you up?" I ask, worried that I did.

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"Yeah, but don't worry about it," I say to him. Just hearing his voice makes my wolf lie down and growl in contentment.
"You called earlier?" I hear him say, his voice full of worry. Hopefully worry for me.
"Yeah. Listen, Buffy and Willow are going nuts over here. Willow was somehow able to break the wards on the books and has been trying to figure out how to make you come back and fight for them as their puppet, and Buffy has been slacking off. Oh and her and Angel got down and freaky and now Angelus is back, with his childes Dru and Spike," I say. I hear someone in the back ground say something. From what little Japanese I know, I gather he is asking what is wrong. Xander says something back to him. I wait a few minutes but all I get is silence.
"Xan?" What I get is not what I was expecting.
"Well, shit."

FD/Dark Kitsune/Kitsune Whore: HAHAHAHAHA!! FEAR THE CLIFF HANGER!! FEAR IT I SAY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA –cough, cough, hack, cough- Um…right. Anyways, next chapter on its way! And keep reviewing. Remember, reviews make me want to write and make nice long chappys for you!