I DO NOT HAVE ANY COPYRIGHT TO BLEACH ALL THE AMAZINGNESS THAT IS BLEACH BELONGS TO TITE KUBO
A/U This is my first story, well that I've had the guts to post…. I hope you enjoy! Any pointers are gladly welcomed as well, Ill be working on back stories for any OC I introduce as well :) Thanks for reading.
Mitsurugi Idakasa… The original Captain of the 9th division and one of the few originals, walked down the corridor of his division his Zanpakuto Yoshigetsu slung over his shoulder, He wasn't allowed to release it anyways. He only had it with him so the old man didn't yell at him.
"What a bother." He sighed as he stretched and ran his fingers through his slicked back hair; he walked to the gates of the 9th division and requested they be opened.
"I was thoroughly enjoying my nap too" He grumbled as the gates opened. He walked past the Shinigami manning the gates, a little taller than them he looked over his shoulder and motioned them to close the gates.
"Well must be something big if Old man Yamamoto wanted me to come out and play" he stated as he tried to come up with an excuse to put any forth any effort.
It was then that he noticed something… A sense he couldn't drop. Something that perked his interest in the whole matter almost instantly, "Have you finally come home?"
He couldn't believe his senses, she may have thought she was sneaky but no matter what she looked like or how deeply she suppressed her reitsu he could always sense her. She was the one thing in life he could be without… His black cat companion, his lady, his love, she disappeared years ago into the human world without even a simple goodbye, he had never told her how much he loved her, in his mind she would've thought he was joking, but he thought he at least thought he meant enough for a goodbye.
Now here she was, back in Seireitei and he needed answers. He needed to confess his feelings he locked up for so long. And so he followed the black cat as silently as he could. She may have been gone forever but by no means does that make her rusty.
Through the city maze he tracked her, streets, then alleys, the woods, until… She was gone. "How" He cursed inwardly. "I was following her so closely! There's no..." His thoughts were cut short as he felt the wind of a kick whizz past his face as he narrowly dodged,
He looked towards the attack only to have to dodge a fist from behind, this assault continued only seconds before Mitsurugi caught what he believed to be a poorly timed strike for the Flash Goddess,
"Yoruichi stop." He calmly yet firmly stated. Looking into beautiful golden eyes, only to quickly catch her other fist and subdue her by wrapping her up against his chest.
"I'm not here to arrest you Yoruichi!" He hissed as he struggled to hold her
"I'm going to let you go, please don't run." He calmly let out
"And why shouldn't I?" Yoruichi sarcastically replied
"Because I love you" Mitsurugi sincerely stated, hoping to catch her attention, which he seemed to do since she was no longer struggling, but trying her hardest to look at him from over her shoulder. As he let her go she whipped around to stare the Captain in the eyes. Her eyes filled with anger, confusion, sadness, and strangely happiness.
"You… What?" She spat. Watching as her tone seemed to defeat the man in front of her, which shocked her.
"Yoruichi Shihoin, I love you." Mitsurugi spoke hanging his head, wondering if he had made the right decision or not… He didn't look up to see her, but the flash goddess was taken aback
"You… You're serious?" She hissed. "He LOVES… ME?" Yoruichi had a hard time wrapping her head around it, in her head, her most trusted friend, the mysterious Captain that she wasn't afraid to tell anything too. The one who always had her back, the one she ran to for help or advice… Loved her?
"But you…" She finally said after what seemed an eternity to Mitsurugi
Of course she loved him! She spent endless nights thinking about him, hell she spent endless nights WITH him, talking, laughing. Even falling asleep on his shoulder once or twice, Sui Feng would have to talk her out of going to visit him on numerous occasions. But she never in a million years thought the feelings mutual! She felt extremely dumb.
"Mitsurugi" Is all she said before falling into his arms. Kissing him passionately and melting way in the moment. She felt a tear fall from her cheek… The Flash Goddess had the one thing she could never be without, her love.
"I have always loved you" She blurted out as they both regained their breath
"Then why, why did you leave without a word?" He insisted on knowing the answer. But he quickly gave up after seeing her break into tears
"I never knew you loved me Mitsurugi, I thought you only saw me as a friend, entertainment, I always thought you had been worried about your pure Idakasa bloodline and." She was abruptly halted by her rant by another passionate kiss by Mitsurugi.
"I could care less about my bloodline. And as entertaining as our times were, you were never just entertainment. You were my friend, but also so much more. Sui Feng used to come to me and warn me to never hurt your feelings. I always told her never to worry because I was adamant that you didn't love me back… She would always respond with "sure" and then leave."
The two laughed about how idiotic and how blind they had both been regarding the whole matter but it was then reality had to come into play.
"Mitsurugi, These Ryoka are not bad People." Yoruichi tried explaining
"Shhh, I know… you wouldn't be with them if they were." Mitsurugi confirmed
"You know the execution is wrong Mitsu." She testified, using the childhood nickname she gave him.
"I know, but what can I do Yoruichi?" Mitsurugi solemnly stated.
"Can't you talk any sense into the old man?" she fought back
"I've tried, he is set. She is to be executed by the Sokyoku"
"Isn't that a bit excessive?" Yoruichi stated taken aback once again
"Also what I said." Mitsurugi shrugged back
"Fight with us Mitsu… Please" She begged
"I… Yoruichi." He tried explaining
"Mitsu with your help we can win."
"You know I can't" He deadpanned back
"I wasn't talking about that Sweetheart." She waved the thought away. "Please Mitsu"
"I'll do whatever I can my kitten." Mitsurugi smiled
"That was cheesy and you know it" Yoruichi sniped back unamused
"You know you loved it." He laughed back
The two spent a second after that simply looking at each other in silence, neither cared either. That is until Mitsurugi broke the silence. Flush red and again feeling idiotic that he didn't notice.
"You're naked" He sheepishly spoke towards the ground.
Yoruichi almost fell over laughing, she had completely forgot, she spent such a long time in cat form she almost did away with her entire wardrobe, and she was too caught up in the moment to realize she was bare naked.
"Better?" She laughed from her cat form at her man's bright red face.
"Come with me!" He cheerfully replied, choosing not to answer, picking up Yoruichi and placing her on his shoulder.
"Where are we going?" She wondered as they walked back to Seireitei
"My place of course" Was his reply. And she was completely content with that, she had been yearning for the old days with him.
"Besides I have someone I want you to meet" He added on causing her to wonder who exactly.
As they walked through the 9th Divisions corridors Yoruichi scanned the area.
"Not much has changed since I left, not even him… He's still lazy as ever it seems" She thought to herself quickly letting her thoughts wander, it was then she was snapped out of thought by a sudden conversation between Mitsurugi and his lieutenant.
"Tosen please file a report for Commander Yamamoto. The Ryoka are presumably apprehended." The last part gave Yoruichi a bit of a shock, seeing Mitsurugi lie through his teeth wasn't something she had seen before… Though she could tell it definitely wasn't new for him
"And I'll be resting for the rest of the day, use the day as you wish Tosen. You deserve it" Mitsurugi finished as Yoruichi came back into the conversation.
"Hai Captain" Was all the mysterious lieutenant replied. Then he was off.
"Tosen is still your scapegoat I see." Yoruichi snickered under her breath
"Well until the day he fights against it I won't change it" Mitsurugi chuckled back
As they left the 9th Division they came upon the noble Idakasa house, one of the top Noble houses, Yoruichi knew the place just as well as she knew the Shihoin house… It was then they entered however that something very unfamiliar appeared in front of Yoruichi.
"Father! Welcome home!" The young beauty greeted cheerfully
"Father!?" Yoruichi silently ran through all the thoughts fighting in her head.
"What an adorable little cat!" Snapped Yoruichi out of thought as the girl reached out for her, Yoruichi slowly backed away.
"Yoruichi, this is my daughter Ibaki, She's with us." Mitsurugi laughed and assured the cat that she was able to reveal herself
"You have a daughter?" was all she could say
"You have a talking cat?" Was the response she received from the girl
"Ibaki, will you please give us a moment and meet us in my office, I'll explain more about our little secret." Mitsurugi dismissed himself walking towards his office
"You have a daughter!?" Was still the only thing on the forefront of her mind
"She is adopted Yoruichi, I saved her from the streets of Rukongai. She was dying in an orphanage, constantly mistreated and abused by her acquaintances." He reassured her, chuckling as he felt the tension of the situation drop significantly.
From the black cats point of view it was one of the biggest reliefs she's ever had. It was then they entered his office, Mitsurugi set the cat on his couch hanging his Captains Haori on a coat rack before disappearing into the closet and emerging with some spare clothes that use to belong to Yoruichi.
"Here, these were from ages ago when you fell into my koi pond. I washed them but you must've forgotten about them" He snickered remembering the moment
"Mitsu, there is no way I can fit into those, My butt has gotten 10 times bigger since then" She taunted her lover turning back into a human and putting a hand on her bottom, snickering as blood flowed from his nose.
"Well my daughter may not approve if this is how you first meet!" Mitsurugi argued back
"It'll just give her something to work for." Yoruichi shot back, enjoying her victory in the conversation.
Mitsurugi simply handed her the clothes and turned as she slipped into them.
"You really don't have to turn away you know," Yoruichi blushed placing her hand on his shoulder and spinning him around.
"Well… I… Uhh" Was all Mitsurugi could muster before a knock came from the door.
"Father, may I come in?"
"Um, yes dear come in." Mitsurugi recovered from his fantasies.
Mitsurugi couldn't have paid for a better reaction from his daughter, as she slid the door open her jaw almost literally hit the floor as she eyed the beautiful dark skinned woman in front of her, finding no words coming to her mouth she simply looked at her father with a "Who is this" look.
"Ibaki, I would like to introduce you to Yoruichi Shihoin." That had done it, Ibaki almost fell backwards learning that not only was the cat a woman, but a noble one…
"It's, um, yeah… Um, it's a pleasure to meet you Lady Shihoin" She finally sputtered out
Yoruichi gave a huge smirk while pulling on her collar, she had forgotten how constricting clothes were, she took a step towards the young girl who had her head bowed
"Oh my, she is adorable Mitsu, but my dear I haven't been a Noble in ages. Simply call me Yoruichi." She then brought the girl to a standing position, smiling at her as she did.
The young girl simply sat silent for a while after hearing about how her father and Yoruichi knew each other, why she was here, and what they needed to do. It wasn't until her father asked her something did she break her silence.
"So… Will you help us Ibaki?" He stared with questioning eyes
"Of course I will father." She replied with no hesitation whatsoever, which caught Yoruichi a little off guard
"What do you expect me to do against the likes of the rest of the Gotei 13 however?" She grimly questioned, looking at her hands
"I wouldn't stand a chance against any of them… All I would be is cannon fodder." Her sincere tone struck a chord with Yoruichi. And Mitsurugi saw it, keeping his mouth shut… He wanted to see how the Flash Goddess would handle this.
"Are you not an Idakasa?" She quickly questioned the girl, catching her off guard.
"Idakasa's never quit, never surrender, never lose." She put emphasis on the last part.
"I…. Yes but I'm no real Idakasa." The girls words broke her father's heart. Now he had to intervene
"Who told you this?" He questioned irked. Sensing this Yoruichi backed off.
"Nobody Father, It's the truth however…" The girl replied with her head down
"I could have Kurotsuchi inject my DNA into you and it would make no difference." The man argued catching the girls attention as she raised her head
"You are MY daughter; you are a true Idakasa in Heart Mind and Soul." He then stood and walked over to the girl as tears formed in each of their eyes
"No matter what, you are my family, my baby girl, my pride and joy. You are more of an Idakasa then anyone here." He concluded holding his daughter tightly.
"I'm sorry father."
Yoruichi felt a tear rolling down her check but wiped it away. She then stood looking out the window.
"It's getting dark. I should go before they start to worry."
"Miss Yoruichi you are welcome to stay here." Ibaki protested
"Oh you are too much like your father" Yoruichi laughed
"Unfortunately I'm the veteran of this Ryoka ragtime." She sighed letting her shoulders drop.
She then gave the girl a hug and walked to Mitsurugi giving him a hug and a kiss goodbye surprising Ibaki
"Umm… I believe there's something you left out." Ibaki chimed in causing the two too laugh.
"You can handle this one Mitsu!" Yoruichi turned and waved as she turned back into a cat and left the duo.
"Well you see…" Mitsurugi started slightly blushing and scratching the back of his head as he explained to his daughter.
"Well I approve" Ibaki said with a huge smile before walking over to her father and kissing his cheek
"Goodnight daddy" She hugged him and turned out the door towards her room.
"Goodnight baby girl." Mitsurugi smiled back, sitting down at his desk. Putting his hands on his head he leaned back thinking upon the events of today.