Title: Starless Nights in Karakura Town
Characters: Nana Komatsu & Ichigo Kurosaki
Disclaimer: All rights to Nana and Bleach belong to Ai Yazawa and Tite Kubo, unfortunately, not me.

Hmm, I wonder why Uncle Isshin called on such short notice...

Nana Komatsu had just arrived in Karakura town by train. It's her first time here since Masaki's funeral. She's one of Ichigo's distant cousins from the country side but is currently living in Tokyo. Nana had always been in touch with her distant family, no matter where she went. Whether she was shopping in Paris, sightseeing in London or on tour with her husband in the U.S., she always wrote to the Kurosaki family.

"Hey there, jet setter!" a familiar voice called out to the young girl.

"Uncle Isshin!" she exclaimed, running towards the man, hugging him tightly.

"Haha, it's been so long! How are you? You have to see the girls! And Ichigo" he said excitedly while taking her Louis Vuitton luggage from her and carrying it towards the parking lot.

"I'm alright," she said smilingly. "Can't wait to see them and how much they've grown up!"

They conversed all the way to the parking lot, talking about her voyages around the world, her child, and her new life.

"I'm sorry about the car, haha" Isshin chuckled, "it's the only one we've got, nothing compared to your Mercedes though!" he said as he unlocked the doors to his CR-V.

As Isshin drove towards his house, he noticed Nana had bruises around her wrist.

"Mind telling me about your wrist?" he said, concerned.

"Oh, it's nothing. Sometimes, Takumi gets real mad and-"

"You know that it's not good that he does that, right?" he said, "you need to speak up when he's hurting you"

"I know, uncle. But I can handle this, I really can" she smiled.

"So, why did you call me over?" she said quickly, thinking off her feet to change the subject.

"Well, see, I have this conference in China about some new equipment for the clinic. Business as usual"

"Ooh, how fun! China's a great place this time of year" she said, smiling. "I was just there a few months ago"

"Yeah, I heard about that" he chuckled.

At the Kurosaki residence...

"Hey everyone! Look who I found!" Isshin belted out through the entire house as footsteps pattered his way.

"Nana-chan!" Yuzu exclaimed, hugging Nana tightly, "I've missed you so much! Thank you for all the presents, by the way."

"Yeah, it's pretty neat to have a cousin who bathes in money" Karin chuckled.

"Oh my, look how grown up you two are!" Nana said excitingly, "I have presents for you guys, it's in that bag" she said, pointing to a large, trolley Louis Vuitton bag.

"Hey, Nana. Got anything for me?" exclaimed a teenage boy with bright orange hair.

"Ichigo!~" Nana hurried towards the young boy and hugged him tightly.

"I heard you were going to be baby sitting us while dad goes off to his conference" he smiled.

"That's right!" she replied, "and I promise, we'll have tons of fun"

"Now, you go get settled in, Nana" Isshin said, "I got the guest room prepared for you"

"Alright, Uncle!" Nana smiled, "Say, Yuzu, Karin, wanna help me unpack?"

"Sure, Nana-chan!" they said simultaneously.

As they went off, Isshin signaled for Ichigo to have a chat with him outside.

"So, how do you feel about Nana staying with you guys for two weeks?" Isshin asked.

"Well, I don't really think I need a babysitter but I guess it'd be cool to catch up with Nana" Ichigo replied.

"Okay, well, I don't want you bringing this up to Nana but I brought her here so that she could get her mind off that bastard husband of hers," he explained. "He's hurting her, emotionally and physically and I just want her safe, do you understand?"

"Got it, dad" he replied. "But, hypothetically, what if Takumi decides to come here? I mean, they are married and he probably knows that she's spending the next two weeks here"

"You fend him off, don't let him anywhere near her" he said firmly, "I'm trying to get her to stay here until Takumi gets to his senses"

"Right, dad" he nodded.

"Hey, you two! Nana's cooking sukiyaki for us!" Yuzu said, "so get in here! It's so cold outside, anyway"

"Alright, Yuzu, we'll be there in a minute" Isshin smiled then turned back to Ichigo, "and don't mention a thing to Yuzu and Karin. I don't want them to worry about Nana"

Later that night...

"Thanks for dinner, Nana!" Isshin said with gratitude, "I'll be going to bed now, early flight"

"Okay, goodnight, Uncle! Thanks for everything" she smiled.

"No problem, now you go get some rest yourself" he chuckled, "those three can be a handful in the morning"

She smiled in response and went off to her room to get into her pajamas and get ready for bed. Karin and Yuzu were already sound asleep by that time and Ichigo was sulking in his room over what Isshin had just told him.

Why would Nana be in that kind of relationship? he wondered, she doesn't deserve to put up with that kind of shit.

He couldn't sleep with the thought of someone hurting Nana, the woman he looked up to ever since he could remember. She was his favorite cousin, next to Kaien, of course. Ichigo then decided to check up on Nana, to see if she was doing alright on her first night.

He prepared two cups of tea, anticipating a long night of catching up with his cousin.

"It's only been a few hours-I miss you too" he heard her talking on the phone from outside the door. "It's great here I-It's late, you better go to sleep-I'll call you in the morning"

Shit. She's talking to that bastard...

OKAY so these are my two dear favorite animes and my first crossover! I guess it'll be a full length story, ha.
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