Bowser Blanchette and Final Destination Studios Presents:

An Ichigo/Kiyone Fanfic

The Lost Isle

Starring: Ichigo Kurosaki and Kiyone Kotetsu

All characters (except the OCs) belong to their respective owners

Chapter 1: Calm Before the Storm

It was a beautiful day. A nice, peaceful day. The ocean was calm, the breeze felt good. The cruise ship was sailing smoothly towards Japan, which was three days from port. The passengers were buzzing around, talking and having fun. Two people among them were near the poolside.

Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki and the Third Seat of Squad 13 Kiyone Kotetsu watched as the people around them were relaxing in the sun. The two Soul Reapers were 'vacationing' as well, but in reality, they were asked by Head Captain Yamamoto to go on this mission.

For some time, there was some kind of Spiritual Distortion that was affecting the surrounding area of the Pacific Ocean, a few hundred miles east of Japan. Many cruise ships that passed the affected area had seen reports of an island that did not appear on the map. The passengers claimed that they heard something on that island. However, no one believed them, for the island did not exist to them.

One month after the supposed island was mentioned, the Soul Society sent some Soul Reapers to investigate the island. However, no one came back; they were never heard from again.

Soon after, Head Captain Yamamoto decided to try again. This time he sent Ichigo and Kiyone to find this island. Rukia and Renji were on a mission elsewhere and were not available at the time. Despite all that, Yamamoto wanted Ichigo 'to get to know' Kiyone more, even though she and Rukia were in the same Squad.

Ichigo watched as Kiyone tightened her swimsuit. He looked at her curvy body. She was just as sexy as Rukia. Though she was a little bit taller than she was, she was pretty cute and sexy.

Ichigo quickly shook the sexy thoughts out of his head and turned towards the ocean again. He had been watching to see if an island would pop up. That would be nearly impossible for Ichigo. An island would not just pop up and invite anyone. They would have to be some kind phenomenon for it to appear.

Ichigo wondered if the island would even appear.

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Ichigo went into the pool and leaned back as he felt his body shiver from the cold water. He looked around to see Kiyone swimming around. As she was doing laps, Ichigo heard some crewmembers behind him.

"How far until we reach Japan?"

"Three days tops."

"Well, the Captain wants to continue this course. We don't want to veer off course for any reason."

"Especially..."

"Yes. It's a risk we are willing to take."

The crewmembers' voices soon faded away by the laughter of the passengers that Ichigo could no longer hear them. Kiyone swam over to him as he continued to watch the crew members disappear.

"What is it, Ichigo?" Kiyone asked.

"The crew was talking about things, but they implied that if we stay this course, we may encounter this supposed island," Ichigo replied.

Kiyone nodded, "If that's the case... We should be able to see it."

Ichigo nodded as he got out of the pool.

"Where are you going?" Kiyone asked.

"I want to ask them where the actually saw this island," he replied.

"Even if you did, how are we going to get off without alerting the crew themselves?" Kiyone asked.

Ichigo scratched his head, "I don't know."

Unbeknownst to them, quite a distance away from them, a storm cloud was slowly building up and was slowly headed towards the path of the ship.

Chapter 1: END Read and Review!