Bleach: Echoes of the Spirit.

Meet Hideki Fujioka, a golden-eyed, street-smart, and survival expert teenager from South Rukongai, District 22. He lives a daily routine of petty theft for food, ducking from enforcers and stealing from minor local nobles. One day, his life takes a drastic turn when a certain soul reaper steps into the picture. The soul reaper, intrigued by Hideki's extraordinary spiritual energy, totally out of place on a scrappy, homeless kid, decides to uproot Hideki from his life of theft and toss him into the Spiritual Arts Academy. A/N: This story takes place a decade before the events of Turn Back The Pendulum Arc, so don't expect us to meet Ichigo and the others for a long, long time. Also, this story will be more of a slow burn than my other fics. I'm trying to write something that could actually be a part of the Bleach Universe, so expect more of a slow burn, I'm not about to rush my way into more interesting plot points. I hope that's alright with you all.