Today could not be any worse. He lost his Soul Reaper Badge somewhere at home and now Rukia was going to kill him. But the best part about today was that there were no hollow outbreaks, none that he knew off...

"Damn it..." he mumbled to himself while walking down the sidewalk. He had just gotten done with school and now to top it all off he had a load of paperwork and an essay to do. "Can this day get any horrible?! Maybe I should have Rukia just come and see what really happen and kill me. Death seems like the better option."

He accidentally kicked a pop can and hit a light post, making a tiny human squeak come from it. Ichigo stopped to see it was a tiny human soul kid, bending over and crying into their knees. He felt a little bad for the kid, not knowing what was going on and unable to do anything about it.

Ichigo set his bad down and came up to you, bending down on his knees to match your height. "Hey, what's wrong?"

You jumped and slowly opened your eyes, ghost tears sliding down your face. "A-All I remember was lights... and then a car... I-I was just... getting my ball when it happened... a-am I dead? I talk to p-people but they i-ignore me..."

Ichigo sighed sadly and ruffled your head. "I'm sorry but it's true." He noticed the flowers near the light post with the card that had the name '(y/n)' on it. "Your parents must have brought it for you."

You nodded and looked down at it with pure sadness. "They put it here an hour ago... I didn't believe I was really dead... I didn't want to believe it."

He wiped away the tears before they could fall down your face. "Don't worry about it. I'm going to send you to the soul society, it's a place like Heaven."

He natural reached for his pocket for his badge, but froze when he didn't feel it. "Oh right... I don't have it on me right now..."

"Oh..." You looked down in sadness.

"Hey wait, let me take you to my house. I left it somewhere under all my books crap. Just hold onto my hand and I'll take you there."

Looking at it, you were a bit nervous but grabbed onto his hand. This was pretty fun and joyful, now someone noticed you. The way home was short as he opened up the door, dodging his funny father, and took you up to his room.

His desk was filled with papers and other stuff that was school related. Ichigo sighed and threw his backpack on his bed. "I'll find it... in three years under all this crap."

"YAY! A BED!" You yelled and started jumping on the bed.

Ichigo snapped at you and tried to catch you. "Quit it! You'll fall over and get hurt!"

"No I'm not! I'm already dead!

From all the bouncing something came out of the bed, it was his badge. Ichigo almost screamed in happiness and he picked it up. "Oh thank God! I'm saved from Rukia killing me!"

You looked at the badge, giving it a weird look. "That thing will take me to the Soul Society?"

He shook his head and focused himself to release his soul from his body. You yelped when his body fell on the bed, but his real self was sitting on the edge of the bed with the end of his hilt pointed at you. "When I give you this mark you'll be sent to the Soul Society."

"Oh..." Quickly you hugged him. "Thank you so much mister! P-Please make sure to visit me when you can!"

Ichigo gave you a heartwarming smile as he stamped the mark on your forehead, watching you disappeared into a ball of light. "I promise, (y/n). Rest in peace."