AN: There will probably be inconsistencies with the actual Blood War plot, so...Meh. I'll try to match it up when more of it gets released.
*Takes place after his last year in high school. He kills Juha or Yhwach...whatever he's called. Ichiruki. First person, Ichigo's perspective.
Continuation of summary
However...when he returns home, everyone calls him a war hero, and some people know who and what he truly is. Can Ichigo keep himself sane, living normally after all that?
Pairings Ichiruki OCxHime KisukexYoruichi
"You're serious, aren't you…?"
"We cannot have an uneducated captain, especially if he is having his own squad!"
I was recruited into squad thirteen about a week ago, and there is already talk of making me a captain, but the thing is, not of the thirteen squads, they want to make me captain of squad fourteen, a new division that was formed a day ago. They still haven't told me what the specialty is.
"But…Why does she have to come?" I'm referring to Rukia. Sure, I love having her around, she's my girlfriend…but. She does get annoying from time to time. And her being lieutenant of the squad I'm in, gives her the rights to torment me.
"She wants to go too." Shunsui is the new head captain, the old man was cut down by some guy named Yhwach, or whatever. Which I tore a new ass, might I add, and Uryuu was killed by Kenpachi. I can't believe he was on their side. No matter, the others think he was relocated to America and arrested, his one call was to me, but someone stole the phone from him.
"And which university do I need to go to…and does it have to be four years!? Can't I do two years?"
"Your lieutenant, is an interesting new recruit, send her in!" Damn, pirate…always changing the…what the hell? Ururu?
"Hello."
"What is she doing here!?"
"She…was killed and when she arrived here, we recognized her from surveillance of Kisuke Urahara and I had him and Kurostuchi return her memories, you don't need details. She will take care of your squad until you return, now the Senkaimon will be opened for you, Rukia is already at your new house, Kisuke will provide all the details, go see him when you get there." What in the fuck is happening?
I swear his brain must be malfunctioning. College…for four years with Rukia…is living with me again? I'm fine with just seeing her every day, professionally for most of the day at least.
"Fine…but, can I at least have a way to leave my body if the situation calls for it?"
"Here ya go!" He smirks and throws me a piece of wood. Not again.
"Another one? The other one was destroyed by that Quincy." Hashwalk or whatever the hell he said his name was, hit it with something, and it shattered.
"Yeah, this is a new one, and all it does is release your soul from body."
"That's what you told me last time…"
"Alright, alright, it keeps you at a level that won't erase humans. As long as you are within a hundred feet of it, you won't destroy humans, your little trip with squad zero turned your power to something just below our maximum perception. Ah whatever, off you go!" he snapped his fingers and a few guards escorted me out.
"I can walk myself out! I'm not a war criminal anymore! Thank you very much!" a few people here still consider me a war criminal because of me being a Quincy, even though I can only use that…Blut Vene? Whatever, I manage to shake those stupid guards off. I can feel this stupid badge eating away at me.
"Oi! Ichigo!" That voice is Shinji's, I turn to him.
"What, Shinji, I need to go."
"I know! College!" He doubles over clutching his sides.
"Shut up! I don't get it! Why do I have to go for four years anyway? I'll be fine with two!" I don't wait for his response before storming off, and avoiding the constant slew of Shinigami who want to 'be friends with god' which is what someone said in an interview with that damn magazine. I manage to flash my way there with little interruption.
"We've been expecting you! Third seat Kurosaki, please allow us to place th-" the guard was interrupted by Shunsui appearing in front of them.
"That won't be necessary, you see the badge he is holding, it acts the same as the seal, keeping him in check, and I personally can grant the removal of the seal, so carry on Ichigo, go through!" he doesn't even let me say anything, just pushes me through the damn gate. The hell man?
…
"Good to be back…and he's asleep."
I go over to Urahara, being the lazy bastard he is, asleep on the front of his store.
"Wake up!" I kick him in the face and he rolls away before getting up rubbing his nose.
"Oh, if it isn't my favorite customer, what can I do for you, Ichigo?"
"You know why I'm here…"
"Ah yes, here you go! And don't be mean to my little Ururu when you go back."
"Go back? I'm here for four years."
"Ah, he didn't tell you that. You get to go back every two months or so for a day or two."
"Huh, that's good. And I've only seen her today, I guess I'll talk with her when I get a chance to go back. Well, I should be going…wait, I need my body, or a gigai."
"All taken care of, go. Rukia is waiting for you, she must be lonely, with her savior and lover not there."
"Would you give that a rest!?" I throw a punch at him, only for him to duck with a goofy grin.
"Oh, and you have another who lives with you, they are attending the same university, hope you don't mind?"
"Another roommate? Who?"
"Some girl by the name of Yoru Hoin." He waves his little fan at me, that damn thing. "Or I think that's what she said…I hear she's nice, go." He hands me a little paper with an address and about a thousand dollars in cash.
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"Huh…not much to look at." I mumble to myself, looking at the old run down house, maybe has three, four bedrooms, two floors. The grass and walls around the gate are completely dead, and off to the side was a car that looks like it hadn't moved in years. Black cat on the lawn. Black cat with gold eyes…no. Well, never mind, it meowed and ran away behind the house. I walk up and open the front door, to be tackled by Rukia, she drug me to the ground and kissed my cheek.
"Damn midget, let me get up!" I stand up and put an arm around her. "Now where's my gigai?"
"Come in first, it's in your room!" she pulls me in to the house, I can see that the inside has been cleaned a bit, probably what she was doing here.
"Oh yeah…where's our roommate? Urahara said there was a girl named Yoru Hoin."
"She's out getting her hair done." She leads me up the stairs into a hall to the left, three doors, and the hall to the right has two doors.
"Oh, what does she look like?"
"Don't know, she left a note…this is your room!" she opens the door to reveal a really clean room with my body in the bed.
"Did…you clean my room?"
"Yeah! I cleaned…your room, mine, the kitchen…and I am currently working on the bathroom."
"Wow, you'd make a good wife someday." I rub her head before getting in my body, that badge in my hand, wait…it can me within a hundred feet of me…I open a drawer and throw it in.
"Oh wouldn't you like that!?" She crosses her arms and smirked, I flick her forehead and walk past into the hall.
"Maybe I would. So, does that car run?"
"It has no gas, we'll get some for it tomorrow, and we start on Monday, it's Friday now…so tomorrow we'll get gas and food, Sunday we relax."
"I'M BACK!" That voice! Yoru Hoin… Yoruichi Shihoin…are you fucking kidding me…
"You have to be kidding." Me and Rukia said the same thing as we left my room and went into the hall, looking down the staircase. Purple hair…dark skin…my nightmares have been realized.
"So Rukia, did you know about this?" I turn to her and smirk before walking down the stairs. "And you! What the hell!?" I point to the demon cat lady in front of me.
"I'm going to college with you! I never went to one before. I had Kisuke give me my memories about six decades ago, so…turns out, I dropped out of high school." I would punch you in the face if you were a guy.
"Whatever…why did you run away when I saw you earlier?"
"I didn't…oh! You saw the cat! That is a stray that happens to look like me…see! There it is!" she points out the window at the cat on the lawn sleeping.
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"So, Inoue, and chad, they going to this university too?"
"I went by her house, she wasn't home, and her door was locked so maybe she's on vacation before school starts. And Chad is going to one in Tokyo."
"Is that so…whatever, there's the gas station…I have about a thousand that Urahara gave me, so let's get enough gas."
"HE GAVE YOU THAT MUCH!?"
Yesterday was slow, helping to clean with Rukia while Yoruichi played with the stray. That lazy bitch. Today me and Rukia are walking to the gas station to get some gas. Then we'll get food.
"How much did he give you?"
"Only a hundred!"
"Well maybe it's my bonus for ending another one of your wars." I lean in and kiss her forehead before speeding off, her chasing behind me.
Urahara must have done something to my body because I outran her and already had two full cans of gas before she caught up.
"You…ass…hole…wait…next…time…" Rukia is out of breath…is she out of shape? It wasn't even a warm up for me…
"Would you like me to bring the car to get you, I bought you some water. Here." I throw her the bottle and she happily accepts it. no words, I guess I'm bringing the car.
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"Get in, midget, you can rest while I drive, I'll go slow."
She shoots me a death glare.
"You know you look cute when you silently threaten me."
…
"Okay, this should be good for a week."
"Yeah, if Yoruichi doesn't shovel it down."
Me and Rukia were leaving the store and packing the car. I notice something out of the corner of my eye. There's a tall boy with black hair covering his left eye. His shirt and pants are both black. His mouth and neck are covered in bandages. And he is just staring at me.
"Hey…Rukia…have you seen this guy before?" I turn to Rukia and then point to where that guy was. "Huh…strange…he's gone."
"Did you huff gas fumes?"
"Shut up!"
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"Who is that?" Rukia asked, pointing to the gate in front of our house.
"I…don't know, I'll go ask her."
There was a woman with long black hair in a blue sun dress standing in front of the gate, looking at the two cats in the yard. I approach her holding my keys to the house.
"Excuse me miss, do you need something, I'm the owner."
"OH KUROSAKI-SAN!" she grabs my hand and jumps up and down.
"Uhh…do I know you?"
"Oh forgive me! My name is Katherine Yuni! I'm your English teacher at Karakura University!"
"Uh, great…how do you know me and where I live?" I ask the woman as I free my hand from her.
"Again, forgive me! I just wanted to see the three war heroes that are in my class! I heard that you, Yoruichi Shihoin, and Rukia Kuchiki are war heroes that fought overseas and destroyed a terrorist group! But you were the main one, you fought with the head of the group with an old sword and you killed him after he cut down your captain! Is it true!?" Urahara…what have you got me into.
"Eh…yeah. I'm not allowed to reveal details to civilians…so please inform the rest of your students to leave me be about it." what the hell…why am I playing his games. "Yo, Rukia! Get over here! I'll get that stuff, come greet the…English teacher!" I go unlock the door and go for the food, Rukia is talking with the teacher, indulging in this twisted fantasy.
A few minutes go by and I finish unloading the car, shoo those 'cats' away and rejoin Rukia.
"Okay, well…is it Ms. Or Mrs.?"
"Ms. I'm not married." She is a bit bubbly and open to be a teacher…
"Okay, Ms. Yuni, Yoruichi is sleeping, she said she'll greet you at the university, me and Rukia have to finish cleaning this house."
"It was a pleasure to see our war heroes! I'll see you three on Monday!" She starts running down the street and I feel Rukia pull my arm, dragging me to the house.
"She's such a child…can't believe she's a university teacher."
"You know…that sounds an awful lot like half of the Shinigami who see me. Can't believe this kid is that war hero."
"Oh shut up, you know what I mean."
"But…really, he had to go say that I killed a terrorist group head!? With a sword!?"
"It's a stupid story, I know!" Yoruichi was sprawled out on the couch, not a cat this time.
"Oh whatever, Hey, Yoruichi, while you were out, did you happen to see some guy with long hair and bandages from his nose down?"
"Eh…no. Why?"
"I don't know, I saw someone like that and when I looked away for a second he was gone…never mind, I'm going to sleep, I'll see you two in a hour or two."
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"GET UP YOU FOOL!" Rukia…..not now.
"No."
"You dunce! School starts in an hour!" WHAT IN THE GRAND FUCK!?
"What!?" I jump out of bed, looking at Rukia, already in her uniform. White long sleeve undershirt with a black vest and a knee length black and white skirt. I jump to my closet and pull a similar outfit out. Except instead of a vest and skirt, it is long black pants and a black jacket.
"YOU LET ME SLEEP FOR A DAY!?"
"I tried waking you for dinner but you kept on sleeping. Me and Yoruichi will be waiting in the car, hurry and eat." She ran out the door and I heard the front door slam a minute later. Damn. I run down the stairs to find a plate of what I hope is eggs. Down that, a glass of juice, grab the keys, and my bag, and run out the door.
"You're sloooooow."
"Shut up, cat. Get in." Yoruichi was sitting on the roof of the car, she jumped down and got in the back. I get in and we pull away.
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"You must have not heard me, I said an hour, not ten minutes. We still have more than half that hour!" Rukia, being critical of everything I do.
"Oh shut up…English is the first class, you said that…right?"
"Yeah…room 221."
"You two go ahead, I want to look around." Yoruichi waved us off as she went a different direction.
"I guess we should go make some friends…wait, what about Keigo, Tatsuki…Mizuiro…Chizuru…and anyone else I'm forgetting?"
"Tokyo with Chad. Wait, this is the room."
We were walking down halls, I, as usual, was getting looks of fear from those who haven't heard that story Urahara spun up, and looks of 'I wanna kick his ass to look cool.' I'm used to it, and I'm pretty sure…I'll be king by my second year.
"Yo! It's two of the soldiers!" One of the guys in the back called, prompting the entire class…to look at us. There is one…it's him. Glaring at me for a second before returning his eyes to the window. Whatever.
"Yeah…I guess you all already know who we are, so introductions are useless. Good." I walk into the room and me and Rukia take two seats next to each other, she was then swarmed by the guys.
"Hey, Rukia-chan, would you like to do something later?"
"Can I have your number?"
"Sorry I'm taken." Rukia said with a small smile.
"Damn, by who!? If I kick his ass, would you go out with me?"
"I think that is fair, he's behind you." Every one of them turned slowly to see me scowling at them, they quickly slinked away. "Geez, do you have to look so violent?"
"I have an image to uphold."
"Yo, Kurosaki, you seem cool enough." Some random guy came up to my desk and put a hand on it.
"Eh…?"
"Oh right, you can call me Arrow. My real name is Aron Aroneto" I look up and he has short brown hair combed to the left, green eyes.
"Alright…Arrow. This is Rukia. And that is Yoruichi." I point to the purple haired demon that walks through the door, with a smug look on her face. "The third soldier." When they heard me say that, all the guys flocked her. this is going to be the longest four years of my life.
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"Would you all stop harassing them." The voice behind me calls. I turn to see a girl with short red hair and a blue eye, her right eye. Her left eye is under an eye patch and she has a small scar on her chin. She smiles and closes her book.
"My name is Minine Homura. Nice to meet you, Kurosaki-san, Kuchiki-san, Shihoin-san."
"Like wise…hey, thanks…they all seem to be afraid of you?" I notice that the entire group around me quickly scatter to their seats.
"Well, that's what happens when rumors beat common sense. The class is about to start, the teacher will walk in…in fourteen seconds." Hmm? I turn to the clock to watch it. exactly fourteen seconds go by and the teacher runs in, out of breath.
"Sorry I'm late everyone! My name is Katherine Yuni!"
"Wow you're good." I whisper to the girl behind me and then turn to the teacher.
"Kurosaki-san. Is Shihoin-san here?"
"I'm right here!" Yoruichi calls from the other side of the class. She's sitting behind that guy with the bandages who keeps looking out the window.
"Ah Shihoin-san! Kurosaki-san and Kuchiki-san told me about you, but I didn't expect you to look…excuse me for being so frank…old. You look at least thirty."
"I get that a lot…I'm actually only 18 and those two idiots are only 17. Shouldn't you know our ages from our files? Or did they classify that too?"
"Everything was marked out! Only names and physical features were mentioned, along with what each of you did overseas…so young, yet so…experienced!"
"Don't go there." I mumble to myself, Rukia chuckled at it.
"Well, I would say Ichigo is the most…experienced of us three. But enough about us, start your lesson, or whatever you have planned for us." Yoruichi, I guess she's trying to make a hard ass image of herself. Which reminds me, I need to kick the shit out of the toughest student, establish dominance like at Karakura High.
"Oh, well…there is no lesson…I maybe have forgotten my lesson plan at home!" She laughs and scratches the back of her head. She can't possibly be a teacher…
"Ah, sorry I'm late!" That voice… "My name is Orihime Inoue. And I…Kurosaki-kun!?"
"Inoue? What are you doing here?"
"You might as well continue on with your conversations from earlier, since we don't have anything to do." Ms. Yuni sat in her chair and looked out the window, Orihime ran over and took a desk in front of me.
"I was visiting Tatsuki-chan in Tokyo, and I overslept this morning…" she gives a little chuckle.
"Oh, that's fine, Ms. Yuni forgot her books so we aren't doing anything."
"Oh…is that so? Well, anyway! What are you two doing here? I thought you were…eh?" before she could finish her sentence she was swarmed by the guys, seriously?
"Disperse." Is all I have to say for them to do just that. It seems that I'm already king of this class.
"Yeah, but they're making me attend this college for four years…with Rukia and Yoruichi."
"I didn't even see Yoruich…oh that's why." She turned to see Yoruichi acting like a queen surrounded by guys, and a few girls.
"Yeah…she is loving the attention. She and Rukia are living with me."
"So…Orihime, how is everything?"
"I got a job at a bakery about ten days ago!"
"Great! I'll be sure to drag Ichigo to come visit!" Do I have to…? What the hell!? Rukia hit me! Did I say that out loud!?
"Sure! Sounds like fun!" What hath Hell wrought.
"Hey, Kurosaki, are you going to introduce me to your friend?"
"Oh…Inoue, this is Aron Aroneto…he said to call him Arrow."
"Arrow, at your service." He does this…exaggerated bow. Making Rukia and Orihime laugh.
"I'm Orihime Inoue."
"I heard you were in the army with them, but you were the field medic they had, did you have to deal with missing limbs?" Damn it you stupid hatter. Leave her out of your next lie.
"You could say that! But I don't like talking about it…so if you could please not speak of it…"
"Oh, I'm sorry! I heard about it, and was just curious?"
"It's alright, so Kurosaki-kun, you said you and Rukia live together with Yoruichi? Where?"
"WAIT! You are already living with your girlfriend?" Arrow shouts, causing the entire class…including Ms. Yuni, to look at me shocked.
"What's so wrong about it, she lived with me since high school."
"So you and her are…" Oh shit…I forgot. She loves me. I just don't have those feelings for her, she told me how she felt and then I had to go run off to fight someone. She never found out.
"Sorry, Inoue, I just don't hold those feelings for you, you are too much like a sister to me." It's good for her to hear it now.
"Oh, okay! As long as you are happy with her, I'll be happy!"
"You're quite the ladies man, eh, Kurosaki-san?"
"Ms. Yuni!?"
The teacher came over and sat on my desk. The hell?
"What, I want to be friends with you."
"That is unprofessional." I turn around to see that guy staring at her, with angry eyes, his reiatsu feels…different, oh well. His Reiatsu!? Its high enough for me to notice it!
"Rukia…do you…"
"Yeah. After."
"I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name." Ms. Yuni walks over to his desk and looks him in the eye.
"Because I didn't tell you it."
"Then tell me it."
"Muramasa Kurosaki. Now you know, go back to getting yourself fired."
"Kurosaki? Are you two related?"
"Who knows."
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"That was weird…that guy, do you think he actually is related to you?"
"I don't know…I know that Kurosaki was my mother's name…maybe he's related to her. I'll ask my dad. So…next class is…?"
"You and me have the same classes, Yoruichi just happened to have English with us. Our next class is…" she pulls a paper out of her bag and unfolds it. "Math…oh just kill me now."
"Rukia, you're already dead. Welcome to college."
Rukia has a deep hate of math for some reason.
"Oh well, I'm sure you'll help your poor little girlfriend? Eh, war hero?"
"Please don't go supporting the geyser of crap flowing from Urahara…here's our class." We walk in and it is a repeat of English.
"Soldiers are here!" A guy in the back shouts.
"Shut up." Rukia says as she walks past, findnign an empty seat, I take the one behind her.
"Now who's looking violent."
"Shut up! I hate math, I hate being around it. when we get home, you're going to…Can I help you?"
Rukia is acting odd…
"Oh, sorry! I…don't have many friends…I'm from Naruki and everyone here knows each other, do you think maybe the three of us could be friends?" I turn to the girl who was staring at us; she has long black hair and blue eyes. Probably about the height of Rukia.
"Oh, okay, what's your name, excuse Rukia…my girlfriend is a bit…agitated by this subject."
"Shinzu Maka! Ow! Kei-chan…why did you do that?" I look up at the boy who smacked the back of her head.
"Hey, Kurosaki, Kuchiki, you've met my sister Shinzu, my name is Keita."
"Oh, hey Keita. So are you older or younger?" I ask, remembering her call him –chan.
"I'm actually a year younger, but mentally twenty years older. You see, she's always been a closed shell, keeping to herself, and her childish ways."
"Kei-chan…be quiet…"
"Oh, well, if you will, allow us to be your friends. Rukia can be a bit…mean in math, so just give her time."
"Okay, so all that stuff they said you did…with the sword? Was that true?"
Here we go…
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History.
"It's the soldiers! They're in our class!"
Honestly…
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Psychology.
"Soldiers! Everyone look!"
God damn it!
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"Yoruichi! Get in the car." Me and Rukia are already in the car, engine running. Yoruichi is talking with a group of guys. I honk the horn and she starts running over.
"Guys, I gotta go, he keeps a short leash on me!" I'll kill her.
"Just get in."
"Fine! So we doing anything fun?"
Just get…in…the car…thank you! She finally gets in and I pull away.
"We're going to ask my dad about Muramasa Kurosaki."
"Ew, boring. Drop me off at home."
Me and Rukia are talking about the people we met. Shinzu and Keita seem nice.
"That Shinzu girl, she didn't seem so shy considering she spoke to you." Rukia said poking me in the side. Lucky we aren't moving, waiting for an old man to cross the road.
"Well, It's because I was being the 'not violent' one this time."
"Hey! It's not my fault I hate math with a passion!"
"Oh would you two love birds wait for me to get out before you start arguing like an old married couple?" Yoruichi is passed out on the back seat, but still conscious.
"Rough day, huh?"
"Establishing myself as the queen isn't easy."
"Well, that is what I am it seems." Rukia spoke up.
"Well, Rukia it would make sense, they think I'm their king. Just because of a lie that Yoruichi's perverted lover came up with."
"Hey! He isn't my…okay."
We get to our house and let her out. She runs inside and I drive away.
"So, Ichigo. Are you going to tell your dad about us? Seeing as we've only been together for maybe two weeks."
She has point, my dad doesn't know, nobody except Renji, Shunsui, Urahara and Orihime know.
"Yeah, and I will bet that he will want…four grandchildren."
"You're on! I bet he wants three. Twenty dollars."
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"Hey, Yuzu, Karin, Dad, we're home!" I call out as I open the door, surprisingly my dad isn't. never mind. He comes flying down the stairs for a kick and I flip his foot back over his head, flipping him back to the floor. "Honestly? How many wars do I have to win for you to stop attacking me?"
"Six more!" He gets up and a second later Yuzu and Karin run in.
"Well, whatever, hey you two!" I walk over to my sisters and pull them into a big hug.
"What about me?" Rukia pushes me away and hugs them.
"So, what brings my son and third daughter around for a visit? Do you need money?"
"Not really, I just have some questions about someone we ran into earlier."
He motions for us to go into the kitchen, the three of us sat at the table.
"Okay, do you know anyone by the name of Muramasa Kurosaki?"
"Oh, how do you know about him?"
"He is in my English class." Rukia speaks up.
"He's your cousin, he is Masaki's sister's son. And yes, he is a Quincy. I would just ignore him, he isn't anything you couldn't handle if he is hostile."
"I've never heard of him before, why?"
"You never asked."
"I swear…sometimes you're so annoying, and…" I turn to Rukia and she nods. "Dad. Me and Rukia are dating now."
"MASAKI OUR SON IS A MAN NOW, HE IS A WAR HERO AND A LADIES MAN!" He sprints over to the oversized poster of mom and hugs it.
"Eh…"
"I expect five grandchildren!"
"We both were wrong." Rukia mumbles to me.
"What was that?" Dad, stop being nosy.
"Nothing, nothing. Well. We got what we came for, so we'll come by on Saturday to visit longer with everyone."
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"Rukia! Come on down! I said I would make dinner for you! It's ready!" Rukia asked me to make her dinner since she was still doing her math work, she really doesn't like it. Yoruichi was out playing with that stray again.
"Oh, how sweet and romantic. What flavor?" I can hear the sweet sarcasm.
"Chicken."
I made her some Ramen, just about all I can manage.
"I could get used to you cooking for me." She starts eating the poorly made noodles, and I start making a sandwich.
"And I could get used to you cleaning for me. Hey Rukia, does Yoruichi eat cat food?"
"Yeah, I grabbed some while we were at the store, when you were changing I put it out."
"Oh that's good...who could that be?" I hear a knock at the door and I stop making my food and go to it.
"Don't know, only the teacher knows where we live."
"Oh…Shinzu…What are you doing here?"
"I…don't have anywhere to go…Keita disappeared with my parents, and the house is empty…"
"Hey, Rukia, come here!" I shout, letting Shinzu inside. She looks like she was just crying and she is still in her school uniform.
"Oh, Shinzu…what brings you here?"
"It sounds like her parents and Keita moved without her."
"Oh that's horrible! We have a spare room if you want to stay with us."
"Th-thank you! I just met you two today, and you already treat me like this…I'm so happy!" She starts tearing up and tackles Rukia into a hug. Yoruichi appears behind her, with a mother like expression. Weird.
"Well, we're your friends…come in, I'll show you the room." I take her bag from her and pull her up the stairs. We turn left, towards mine and Rukia's room, hers is next to mine. I open the door and let her in. "I'll make you some dinner, I think Rukia is the same size as you, I'll have her bring you some clothes so we can wash your uniform." I leave her door open so if she said anything we could hear it. I go down the stairs and make her a sandwich like mine.
"Umm…Kurosaki-san!"
"Call me Ichigo, what do you need?" I ask her, she came down stairs and is behind me.
"I don't have any money…are you sure you're okay with me staying here."
"Yeah that's fine, I get enough money to support four." I smile at her and give her the turkey and ham sandwich.
"Okay…and that cat outside, it doesn't come inside, does it?"
"No…one of them is a stray, and another is o-"
"It's Yoruichi-san. I can't explain it but one of those cats feels exactly like her. And like…being around you is like a blanket, but cold."
"Oh…well yeah, Rukia! Get down here! You explain it to her, I'm eating!" I shout up the staircase as I shove a bite into my mouth.
…
"Okay. Makes sense."
"That's it? No calling us crazy?"
"I've seen those hollows and one of the…Shinigami, with an afro. He's a bit stupid, isn't he?"
"Oh wow, he's still alive. So, please promise me that you won't tell anybody about this, only one or two other people know about it, other than those in this house, so please stick with this stupid army lie."
"Got it! so…do you mind taking me clothes shopping, this is kind of the only pair of clothes I have."
"Uh, sure…Rukia, do you want to come?" I grab my keys from the table and shout up the stairs.
"No! I have stuff to do!"
"Come on, Zu-chan."
"I like that name…!" She smiles as she follows me out in to the car. But she stops a few feet from the car, shaking.
"Hollow! Hollow!" That badge starts squawking for hollows, but I don't feel anyt…never mind, I see a garganta open in the distance.
I thought those two died…