Count the Bodies
Ichigo sighed as he laid his head back on his bed looking lazily towards his window to see the clouds slowly moving by in the sky above. There was absolutely nothing to do today and summer vacation just started! All of his friends had plans and couldn't spend time with him. He knew that his sisters were off with their friends and he did not want to hang out with his insane father. On top of that there were no hollows to slay as Aizen had been slain by his hand and he had already gone through the whole Xcution and got his powers back. Now there was absolutely nothing to do!
Ichigo growled in frustration and got up ignoring the shaking drawer that he threw Kon into to shut him up and walked into his bathroom to wash his face.
I wonder what Hat-n'-Clogs and those guys are doing?
Ichigo looked into the mirror for a bit before sighing and walking out the door leaving a note saying that he'd be back later.
Kisuke found himself facing a dilemma that he did not face in a very long time. It had been ages since he had to confront this one great obstacle that he managed to avoid for all these years… until now. He, Kisuke Urahara, didn't remember what he was doing. He drew a blank, the idea he had just disappeared: poof! Gone! Kisuke rubbed his head in bewilderment.
"Well that's troublesome, I had such a good idea too… oh well!" said Kisuke suddenly happy as he poured some random ingredient into the vial filled with an odd pulsing liquid.
The contents suddenly turned from clear to bright neon green. Kisuke looked in excitement at his new invention, but the problem was that he didn't know what it did. Kisuke sighed and decided it was best to get rid of it incase it did something dramatic. Kisuke shook his head and corked the vial.
"Hello Ichigo what brings you here?" came Yoruichi's cat voice.
Kisuke looked up.
"Yo Yoruichi-san I'm just wondering if you happened to sense any hollows in the area," stated Ichigo's voice nonchalantly.
Kisuke smirked as he made his way over to the door.
"Nope, not a hollow in sight, they've really cut down on the attacks since you defeated Aizen," said Yoruichi.
Kisuke heard Ichigo sigh in disappointment. The man smirked and threw open the doors with a mischievous grin plastered on his face. Yoruichi had disappeared into the hallway.
"Hello Kurosaki-kun, what brings you to my humble shop?" asked Kisuke.
Ichigo looked at him with a nonchalant look.
"Nothing much was just asking if you had any hollow activity show up on your sensors," stated the orange haired teen.
Kisuke took out his trademark fan and giggled.
"You do remember that you have your Substitute Badge right?" asked Kisuke.
Ichigo shrugged.
"Might have broke," Ichigo stated simply.
Kisuke giggled again before snapping his fan shut.
"Yare, yare I sense a case of pure boredom, am I correct?" asked Kisuke with a gleeful note.
Ichigo shrugged.
"Ya I'm bored so what?" he asked tiredly.
Kisuke was about to answer when suddenly he felt something slam into his back. Kisuke turned around to catch the person who ran into him from falling backward only to catch a glint of neon green flying off towards Ichigo. Everything went in slow motion. Kisuke could only watch as the vial flew and connected with Ichigo's chest. The delicate glass shattered spilling all of the vial's contents onto the boy. As soon as the liquid came in contact with Ichigo's shirt, it exploded into a green mist leaving the boy coughing. Kisuke suddenly felt intrigued on what would happen next. Everybody watched the green cloud as it settled. Ichigo coughed and whisked the mist away until it disappeared.
"What the hell Hat-n'-Clogs!" growled Ichigo as he still had his eyes shut.
Kisuke sighed in disappointment that nothing of notable difference happened. Oh well back to the drawing board. Suddenly Yoruichi came back in her human form.
"What did I miss?" asked the Goddess of Flash.
"Hat-n'-Clogs tried to blind me with his experiments that's what," growled Ichigo in irritation.
Yoruichi grinned and put a hand on her hip.
"Aw if you were blind then you wouldn't be able to see me transform," she gushed.
Ichigo put down his hand and glared at her… only to stagger around holding his head.
"What the…" he started as he staggered the other way.
Everyone watching blinked in shock when a familiar figure suddenly staggered the opposite way.
"Hell," finished smooth female voice.
Kisuke blinked in stunned silence. Could this be the result of his potion? Suddenly Ichigo fell to the floor seemingly unconscious.
"Ichigo!" said Yoruichi coming out of her stupor.
"What?" asked the same voice.
Yoruichi froze and looked up at the figure still standing now staring back at her with her own golden eyes.
"What?" repeated Yoruichi's doppelganger in annoyance, "You going to leave me hanging Yoruichi-san?"
Yoruichi stared at the other Yoruichi in shock.
"Ichigo?" she asked.
"Yes?" Yoruichi-Ichigo asked in exasperation.
Suddenly Yoruichi-Ichigo stopped as she finally heard the sound of her own voice.
"Why does my voice sound… and my body feels…" suddenly realization hit those golden eyes, which rolled back, and she fell backwards to the floor in a faint. Suddenly Ichigo's body jumped up and he looked around and sighed in relief.
"Wow you would not believe the dream I just had," said Ichigo.
Everyone stared at the unconscious body lying just behind Ichigo. Ichigo looked as well.
"Huh? Why is Yoruichi-san unconscious?" asked Ichigo.
"Ichigo-san… Shihoin-sama is right here…" said Ururu.
Ichigo looked over to see the Shihoin princess next to Kisuke before he promptly held his head again.
"Fucking damn it, it's happening…" Ichigo stated falling backward and rolling towards the unconscious Yoruichi revealing a copy of Kisuke.
"Again," finished Kisuke-Ichigo.
Kisuke-Ichigo got up while Ichigo and Yoruichi-Ichigo remained unconscious. He rubbed his head only for the fedora to fall off in the process.
"What the he-…" Kisuke-Ichigo didn't finish his sentence when he looked at the fedora and looked up at Kisuke before falling unconscious again.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME YOU BASTARD!"
Kisuke was currently trying to calm down an angry Tessia-Ichigo, which as quite awkward to say the least. Yoruichi was watching off to the side with an amused look on her face while trying her best to ignore the fact that a copy of her was lying right next to her. Tessia had fainted a while ago upon seeing his body fall out of Ichigo's.
"Well Kurosaki-kun, I actually have no idea, that potion was an unbalanced substance that I was ready to dispose of when it kind of… slipped my mind…" said Kisuke sheepishly.
Tessia-Ichigo glared at Kisuke in exasperation. Kisuke continued.
"It seems that whenever you make eye contact with somebody of high spiritual pressure, you gain a copy of him or her to control," said the scientist rubbing his chin.
"Yeah, yeah whatever do you have a cure?" asked Tessia-Ichigo.
Kisuke sighed.
"Well that's the thing, since this substance is unknown, I have no way of knowing how to cure it especially since the substance dissolved entirely," said Kisuke.
Tessia-Ichigo's face went blank.
"So you're basically saying that this is permanent," he stated.
"Yup!~" sang Kisuke.
Suddenly Kisuke cowered under the glares of not one but four pairs of eyes. Somehow every one of Ichigo's bodies got up and was now fixing glares at Kisuke.
"GODDAMNIT KISUKE!" they all roared.
Suddenly three of the bodies fell face first and the last one remaining was Yoruichi-Ichigo who sighed and sat back massaging her temples.
"Don't worry Kurosaki-kun," said Kisuke hiding his face behind his fan, "I'm sure you'll be able to continue on with your life… although I'm not sure it would be wise to go to Soul Society any longer."
Ichigo… well Yoruichi-Ichigo nodded in agreement suddenly feeling tired.
"I'm going to get some sleep," said Yoruichi-Ichigo about ready to get up when suddenly the real Yoruichi hopped onto her lap in cat form.
"Hold up, Ichigo, don't you know whose body you're currently controlling?" asked Yoruichi.
Yoruichi-Ichigo blinked before looking down at herself.
"Oh," she said rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly.
"You may use the guest bedroom," said Kisuke, "I'll inform your father."
Yoruichi-Ichigo sighed and nodded before hefting up her original body over her shoulders and making her way to the said room. Jinta, Ururu, and Tessia helped with the other two bodies. Kisuke hummed at this unexpected turn of events.
"This is quite intriguing not only can he create copies of every person with high spiritual pressure, he can also control them all at the same time!" exclaimed the scientist.
He shrank under the glare of Yoruichi.
"You created this mess, Kisuke, find a way to fix it," she growled before she too retired to her quarters leaving the scientist alone.