Tsukiyomi Ishida was in shock it'd been a really bad day. His whole body hurt. He'd seen a Hollow that had attacked him. He'd tried defending himself but he had no training. He'd had to be saved by the boy he knew to be his half brother. Uryu hadn't even spared him a glance. Tsuki coughed into his hand his body was shaking with every cough. He shivered and pulled a worn and ratty blanket over him. He lived in a run down shack on the outskirts of Karakura Town by himself. He'd only met his father Ryuken Ishida once when he was 5 years old the man hadn't wanted to acknowledge him. He had grown up on the streets. He'd found this abandon shack when he was 10 and had lived here for the last 5 years. He coughed again over and over. He was sure he was sick again but since when did that matter? He heard knocking on the shack door and got up wrapping his blanket around him and went to the door he pulled it open .
The man standing there gave him a dispassionate look. It was Ryuken Ishida .
"What do you want?" Tsuki asked weakly. He covered his mouth and went into another coughing fit. "Well? What are you doing here?"
"This place is disgusting ." Ryuken replied.
"It's all I've got." Tsuki replied, "Now answer my question. I haven't seen you since I was 5 and you're suddenly here and talking to me. You've never showed interest in me before."
"I've never seen you before ." Ryuken frowned.
"Am I really that easy to forget?" Tsuki asked. He went into another coughing fit.
"You are sick." Ryuken said , unnecessarily. "Come I'll take you to my hospital."
Tsuki jerked away from his father and fell on to his butt . He pulled his blanket tighter. He could hear roaring .
"Hollow." He said weakily. " A hollow is coming. "
Ryuken cocked his eyebrow he couldn't sense one. He watched his son pass out. He walked into the shack and grabbed anything he thought the boy would want. Then picked his son up and began walking to his car. He'd just put Tsuki into the back seat when he felt the Hollow.
Tsuki moaned opening his eyes . He couldn't bring himself to panic over not knowing where he was.
"oh. you're awake." He blinked turning his head to see a woman standing there. "I'm your nurse. You're in a hospital ."
Hospital? Hadn't his father said something about a hospital .
"Do you know your name?"
"Tsukiyomi. " He told her . She kept staring at him waiting for another name. "My name is..."
"Tsukiyomi." Ryuken said entering the room . "It's good to see you're finally awake. How are you feeling?" Tsuki turned his head to face the wall. "Tsukiyomi , don't treat me like that." The nurse looked rather uncomfortable. "Tsukiyomi!"
Tsuki sighed was startled not by his father's stern voice but the blue screen in front of his eyes.
"Tsukiyomi, you are being stubborn." Ryuken sighed, "and here I brought you a gift." Tsuki ignored the screen and turned his head back to his father blowing his blue/black hair out of his face. A gift for him? He noted that the nurse was gone. "Now talk to me, Tuskiyomi." Tsuki blinked as his brother Uryu came in shutting the door. " Tsukiyomi, really..."
"I told you to leave me alone." Tsuki cut across Ryuken. " You've never acknowledged me before. "
"I told you I've never met you before." Ryuken sighed.
"I was 5." Tsuki said, noting that he didn't hurt for what seemed like the first time in his life. "I called out for you but you just walked away and took your other son home. "
"I do not recall this." Uryu said, fixing his glasses. "How old are you?"
"15." Tsuki sighed, the blue screen was being rather persistent. "Same age as you but I think you are actually older than me."
"Uryu is the eldest." Uryu was glaring at Ryuken. "Not now, Uryu I will explain to both of you later. Uryu this is your little brother Tsukiyomi .Tsukiyomi your brother Uryu. "
Neither boy said anything at first.
"Nice to meet you." Uryu finally said, " I'm sorry I didn't say anything to you the other day when the Hollow attacked, but I didn't know you could see them..."
"That's fine. " Tsuki replied, wondering how long he'd been in this hospital . "Why'd you'd bring me here?"
"You were sick." Ryuken said, "and you are my son. "
"Then where have you been for the last 15 years?" Tsuki sighed, his head was pounding he was so tired, "I grew up on the streets , took care of myself, ..." he moaned and rubbed his head it was pounding but he was used to it. He often got like this. "Lived on...my...own..."
"I didn't know." Ryuken assured the boy. "I was just contacted about you. I thought they were going to bring you to me so that you could meet Uryu but they said you'd been here the whole time. I swear to you I didn't know. They thought I had you and I thought they had you."
"You keep saying 'they' " Uryu pointed out "Not her. Who is Tsuki's mother?"
Ryuken sighed.
"Tsukiyomi doesn't have a mother. He has two fathers."
"That's no possible. " Uryu said.
"It's sometimes possible for two men of high spiritual power to have a child. " Ryuken sighed, "I really did love your mother, Uryu."
"I know that." Uyru fixed his glasses. "This man who was he?"
"I do believe that would be me." Byakuya Kuchiki entered and looked at the malnourished boy who looked like him and Ryuken. "I am Byakuya Kuchiki."
"You're a Shinigami!" Uryu growled, looking at his little brother. "That means Tsukiyomi is a Hans Kirisuto!"
Tuski didn't say anything but he finally got to push yes on the annoying screen . A compact formed in his hand. He held it tightly. No one seemed to notice.
"Byakuya." Ryuken breathed, all these years later and the man aroused him. "Please allow me to take care of the boy. I told you I didn't know he was here or I would have raised him beside Uryu . I really would have."
"I'm taking Tsukiyomi home with me. " Byakuya said, coming up beside the boy's bed he noted the boy had his hair in the same style. "I will teach him to control his powers."
Tsuki rubbed his head.
"Hey, are you okay?" He blinked at Uryu who was looking at him. "Are you okay?"
"My head hurts." he said, "I'm used to it. It gets like that when I get hungry. It'll go away soon." It would go away when he stole some food to eat and got something in his stomach. "I'll..." he gasped as pain seared through his head.
Ryuken yelled for food to be brought to Tsuki. He then sat the boy's bed up.
Tsuki ate the soup hungrily . His hands were shaking but he'd never tasted anything better in his life. He was so hungry. The pain in his head decreased as he ate the soup and drank the milk he really loved the milk. His parents were arguing softly about who would take him.
"Time passes differently in the Soul Society . " Byakuya said, "I will take Tsukiyomi with me . He'll be able to learn more if he spends time with me." Tsuki held tight to the compact in his hand and ate keeping his eyes on them. "Tsuki could spend years in the Soul Society and it will hardly pass a month here. "
In the end Byakuya won the argument. Tsukiyomi was taken through a portal and in to a place called the Soul Society . He was suddenly dressed in a black outfit . He looked to see Byakuya was wearing one to.
"It's called a shihaksho." Byakuya told him.
Tsuki's Shihaksho was short it hardly covered his manhood. He had short shorts underneath. His Shihaksho was a tank top style. He wore black Tekko on his hands. He had a white obi belt around his waist, and waraji on his feet. He spun in a circle making Byakuya actually chuckle. He noted that he had a sheath on his waist at his back with a small Tanto style sword in it. He secured his compact in the middle of his obi Byakuya didn't seem to notice .
"Very good . "Byakuya puled a red ribbon out of no where and tied Tsuki's hair into a high ponytail like he used to wear when he was young. It was the same style Tsuki even had hair that fell over his left eye."Now I will take you home. " Tsuki didn't respond. "The sword you have is called a Zampakto. It's what Shinigami use to fight. "
Byakuya proceeded to tell Tsuki all about the uniform he was now wearing. He smiled down at his son. He felt bad that the boy had had to grow up without him. He took the boy home to their mansion and introduced him to the staff.
"Master Tsukiyomi!" they all cried, "Master Tsukiyomi is finally home."
"uh...yep..." Tsuki said, arms behind his head. "my head hurts do you have any food?"
"Of course, Master Tsukiyomi!" several rushed away the woman who had spoken smiled at him. "It will be ready shortly. You look very nice."
"Thanks, but I don't like these waraji." he shrugged, he was looking around taking everything in. "I don't think I'll fit in here."
"Oh?" Byakuya asked, noting that his son didn't show emotion just like him. "Why?"
"Well, a lot is going to be expected of me here." Tsuki said, "I can't even read."
He heard some gasps from the help.
"I'm sorry." Tsuki said, looking at them. " But I've never been to school before..."
"I will fetch the tutors." The obviously Head of the Help said, she smiled at Tsuki . "It's no trouble at all. We'll help you be your very best."
"Okay, I guess." Tsuki said, "You can start by telling me what a Hans Kirisuto is."
That earned him giggles.
"Enough." Byakuya said, he set his hand on Tsuki's shoulder. "Do you have some kind of device that you've discovered?" Tsuki nodded and pointed to his compact. "Ah, yes, I see. Lets discuss this over dinner. Come with me."
They were soon sitting on their knees at a table eating.
Quest!
Find out what you are!
Reward: Title! +25xp,
Rep with : Kuchiki Family
Rep with: Byakuya Kuchiki
Rep with : Kuchiki Help
Failure: Back to the World of the living.
Byakuya watched his son cock his head to the side as he stared in front of him chopsticks half way to his mouth. He watched his son press thin air and figured it had to the boy's power.
"What is Han Kirisuto?" Tsuki repeated and ate.
Byakuya nodded and began telling his son what it was. It was a long talk and Tsuki asked a lot of questions.
For asking an Intelligent question +1 wisdom
+1 wisdom
+1 wisdom
Tsuki was shocked that his Wisdom was going up when he didn't even understand what that meant.
"You have five basic stats." Byakuya said answering a question. "Strength , which dictates how strong you are, and how much damage you do in battle , Dexterity , which determines how nimble you are, your dodging, Constitution , which determines you're physical toughness , how much damage you take, Intelligence, The stat representing how smart a character is. Used to show how skilled a person is, how quickly they learn, how many languages they can speak, etc. and most Spirit Energy classes. Wisdom, The stat representing a person's intuition and street-smarts. Used to determine a character's perception, willpower, and decision-making skills. Charisma, The stat representing a person's force of personality. Used to determine how well someone can influence others by speeches, diplomacy, fear, lying, etc."
"That explains a lot." Tsuki said.
"Oh?" Byakuya asked.
"Every time I ask a smart question my Wisdom goes up. " Tsuki replied, "Now can you tell me how I see my stats."
"Your compact." Byakuya said. He watched his son take it in his hand. They were done eating."Open it." Tsuki did. "Now there should be what are called apps. One should be your stat screen, one your equipment screen, power screen , skill screen and inventory."
"Ah, " Tsuki nodded, and looked though all the options, "So , how does this work?"
Byakuya explained how he could allot points to get new powers and skills.
"There is another app." Tsuki said, " Shop. I guess that's where I can buy things. I'll look into that some other time."
Reward: +25xp
New Title: Han Kirisuto!
Tsuki got to sleep in a nice warm futon after a nice hot bath where he got to clean himself and his hair. He was being treated like a prince. When he woke the next morning he got another bath then he dressed. He equipped his new Title as he looked through everything. Then was taken to breakfast.
"Good morning , Tsukiyomi." Byakuya said, when Tsuki sat down. "Did you sleep well?"
"yes." Tsuki said, "It was much better than my old bed and a lot warmer." He began eating he noted some of the staff flinch . He stopped, "Did I do something wrong?"
"It is fine you don't know any better." Byakuya said, rather softly.
"Oh, " Tsuki nodded, "I guess the way I eat would be barbaric to you people but I don't know your fancy manors and I'm not used to getting food when I'm hungry."
"Which is most likely why your power has not unlocked until now." Byakuya told his son. " You will be fed whenever you want it, Tsukiyomi, you may keep snacks in your inventory if you want. You need not scoff down your food."
"..." Tsuki didn't believe him but didn't want his food taken away so he slowed down his eating and enjoyed it. He was given a glass of milk to drink and got a smile from the Head Servant when he sipped at it. "What will I do today?"
"You and your tutor will be coming with me to my office." Byakuya said.
Tsuki walked with his father toward the barracks. He got a level up in Dex, and Con just for doing that. People all over stared.
"Captain. " A red head said, as soon as they entered the barracks. The red head man blinked. "You're in rather early. May I get you some tea..."
"You can get me some." Tsuki said, arms behind his head. People were staring at them. "Come on I'm thirsty. "
"This is my son, " Byakuya said, to everyone. " His name is Tsukiyomi ." They all nodded, " This is my Lt., Tsukiyomi." Byakuya said, motioning to the red haired man, "Renji Abari."
"Hi." Tsuki said, his tutor frowned, "Where's my drink? I'd like some a snack too if you have anything. "
"Please wait and I will have it for you." Renji said , respectfully.
"I'll get it." someone called running off it was a woman.
"Lt. Abari , show Tsukiyomi and his tutor where they can set up ." Byakuya ordered.
"Yes, Capt. " Renji said, "Please follow me."
Tsuki followed his eyes traveling Renji up and down before he looked around at everything. He was seated at a desk when his snack arrived rice balls and milk. This prompted a quest with his tutor on proper manners. Tsuki grumbled he just wanted to eat.
Tsuki had gone through a lot of boring quests learning things though his Wisdom and Int. went up which he supposed was good. He'd was now going outside with his tutor. Byakuya walked over to him and summoned Renji.
"Lt. Abarai will be teaching Tsuki to control his kido and train him in combat." Byakuya told the tutor. "Tsukiyomi..."
"Why him?" Tsuki asked, "Why don't you teach me yourself? " he stood with his arms behind his head. "I mean he's just Lt. and you're a Capt. that means you're stronger than he is, right?" +1 Wisdom , "So doesn't that mean if you can train me better than Lt. Abarai can?"
Persuasion unlocked!
Persuasion success!
"Very good, Tsukiyomi." Byakuya praised, "That was indeed the correct response to this situation. "
Tsuki hid his frown so that had been a test? That was mean. But he'd gotten a new skill and the right answer so he guessed that was a good thing.
"First things first , " Byakuya said, his whole Squad was listening. "You will join in Squad training everyday."
"okay." Tsuki said, "But I'm really weak right now."
Byakuya nodded and began the normal training starting with running laps. He noted his son wasn't the only one lagging behind he would need to push his Squad harder they had the Squad Tournament coming up and he hoped to take down even more of Squad 11 than they had in the last one. His Squad always came in second they'd never beaten Squad 11 . Of course the Capt. hardly ever fought in the normal Squad Tournament they fought once a year and that wasn't for sometime yet. He had plenty of time to train his son. Lt. Abarai was running with the others but sticking close to Tsuki. Byakuya approved because while Tsuki was weak he would need someone to protect him. Slowly Tsuki began running a bit faster everyone could hear the beeping from the compact the boy wore.