Title: Life, Death, and Secrets
Anime: Bleach
Pairings: Shikyo/Tosen, Ukiyo/Gin, Ichigo/Aizen
Warnings: slash, violence, swearing, mentions of rape, implied twincest
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I don't even own the two OC's names. The names I got from my brother and he wants to kill me for making him gay.
Summary: Two of Ichigo's childhood friends move back to Karakura Town and Ichigo realizes he isn't the only one who's changed. Little do his friends know that they just stepped in the middle of a war.
Chapter 1
It was before class and people were socializing. As usual Ichigo's group was the largest and the loudest in the room. It didn't help that Ikkaku was making a fuss because Rangiku had called him bald. Ichigo wasn't really paying much attention to the third seats' yelling. He was lost in his own thoughts and trying to pin point the strange new riatsu that he had been feeling for the past month.
The door to the classroom opened and a hush quickly fell over the room. Even Ikkaku had stopped yelling. He knew it wasn't the teacher because she normally yells at them to sit down when she enters. His golden eyes flew wide when he saw the two people standing side by side at the front of the class room. Ichigo guessed that the stunned silence of the classroom had to do with their appearances and blatant refusal to wear the school uniform.
They looked exactly alike but yet different at the same time. Their heights and faces were the same, but that's where the similarities seemed to stop. The one on the left had short, spiky black hair with chin length bangs that spiked up the first one-two inches. His hair and high cheekbones made his blue-grey eyes stand out. He was wearing black jeans that clung to his thighs, but started flaring out at his knees. He had white sneakers on that looked worn and about ready to fall apart. His shirt was a black long sleeved shirt that clung to him and showed off his tone body. He wore a baggy dark blue jacket that was zipped up only to the middle of his chest and hid what his shirt showed. He had two small silver hoops in the cartilage of his right ear, a titanium rod in his left, and silver skull studs in his ears.
The one on the right looked like a girl. He had long white hair tied in one braid to his mid-thighs. His bangs were cut short and two strands in the middle stuck right up similar to the black haired boys. His high cheek bones made his pale grey eyes stand out. His black pants were faded to grey at the thighs and hung low on his hips even with the belt he was wearing. His jeans were tucked into his mid-calf black boots with buckles up the outside sides. His shirt was a red and white Chinese style shirt that both strangely clashed and matched his pants. His faded grey jacket was too big, went to his mid-thighs, and was zipped up to his mid stomach. He had on multiple different silver necklaces and the same earring placements as his brothers. Instead of a rod in his left ear it was two more rings and the skull studs were a dangling crescent moon and star.
Keigo rushed forward and right at the two twins. He was saying something about his dreams coming true or something like that. Ichigo wasn't really paying much attention to his perverted friend. The twins turned as one so their backs were to each other. They both leaned back and kicked out at Keigo, the white haired twin hitting him in the chest while the black haired twin hit him in the stomach. Keigo went flying backwards and hit the floor hard. No one had even tried to catch or help him.
"We're both men," they said at the same time.
"Shiko? Ukiyo? Is that you?" Ichigo asked confused surprised. They both looked at the orange haired boy as one.
"Ichigo?" they questioned.
Ichigo grinned widely and the two boys strode back to the orange haired teen. The three boys hugged and didn't seem to notice the surprised and confused stares of Ichigo's friends. They pulled back and looked at each other.
"Hey I haven't seen you guys in years. How are you? How was America? Why'd you guys move back?" Ichigo asked curiously.
"We're fine," the white haired boy said.
"America was alright but it was really dirty and no one was polite. It made us actually miss Karakura," the black haired twin said.
"Mom got transferred back here last month. It took that amount of time for our record's to get transferred here," the white haired boy answered Ichigo's third question.
"Kurosaki-kun who are they?" Orihime asked curiously.
"Oh these are Shikyo and Ukiyo. They're my two childhood friends. I knew them before I even knew Tatsuki. They moved to America when we were nine. I met Tatsuki a month latter," Ichigo explained.
"Yeah I remember them. You would talk about them sometimes and when you did I couldn't get you to shut up," Tatsuki said.
"Hello I'm Inoue Orihime. It's nice to meet you," Orihime said politely with a smile.
"Hn I'm Ishida Uryuu," Ishida said, pushing his glasses up.
"Everyone calls me Chad," Chad said.
"I'm Tatsuki. The boy you kicked is Keigo and this is Mizuiro," Tatsuki said.
"I'm Rangiku Matsumoto and these are Ikkaku Madarame, Yumichika, Kuchiki Rukia, Abarai Renji, and Hitsugaya Toushirou," Rangiku introduced.
"I'm Ukiyo," the white haired twin said.
"And I'm Shikyo," the black haired twin said.
"They're lying," Ichigo told his friends. "Shikyo is the white haired one and Ukyo is the black haired one. They pull that trick all the time."
"Why must you ruin-"
"-All of our fun Ichigo?" Shikyo and Ukiyo asked.
"Because I'm the serious kill joy and you two are the goofy manipulative ones," Ichigo answered simply. The twins chuckled and that's when the teacher walked in.
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Almost a month passed and Ukiyo and Shikyo got to know the group, but only Ichigo knew anything personal about them. They knew about hollows and soul reapers but didn't sound very interested about it. One day they were on the roof eating lunch. Ikkaku had snuck some alcohol into school somehow.
"You can't have that in school," Orihime said nervously.
"Do you want any?" Ikkaku asked her.
"We can't have any; we're only fifteen," Orihime said.
"What about you two?" asked Ikkaku, looking at Ukiyo and Shikyo.
"No thanks," they said as one.
"We drank once at a party in America," Ukiyo said.
"We will never do that again," Shikyo added.
"Why did you two get sick from drinking too much?" Rangiku asked them.
"No," they answered as one again.
"Here's a little tip," Ukiyo started.
"Never get drunk at a high school party when the hottest guy there is your brother," Shikyo finished in a drawl.
"You kissed your twin brother?!" Renji asked shocked.
"No we did more than that," Shikyo said.
"Much more than that," Ukiyo said.
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That night the twins were walking home with Ichigo. Their house was down the street from Ichigo's and they normally did homework together. A few blocks from Ichigo's house they were suddenly attacked by two arrancar and an Espada.
The three teens were captured and taken to Hueco Muendo in Las Noches. Zangetsu was taken from Ichigo and they were placed in separate rooms. They were being tended to by Ulquiorra, but neither Shikyo or Ukiyo said a word in the time they were there.
Ichigo had spoken to Aizen several times and he couldn't help but think about what the brunette ex-Shinigami said. Ichigo tried to deny it but he started finding himself doubting the Soul Society. He refused to wear the espada clothes that Aizen had given him despite his growing doubts. He didn't know what had happened to Ukiyo and Shikyo and Ulquiorra wouldn't tell him anything.
One day Ichigo dully heard a commotion outside his room before the door opened. The orange haired teen stood up quickly when he saw who it was. Standing in the doorway was Ukiyo and Shikyo still dressed in their human clothes.
"How did you guys get out?" Ichigo asked confused.
"Later Ichigo," Shikyo said. He never did say much unless he really wanted to.
"Right now we need to get out of here," Ukiyo told Ichigo. "Call Zangetsu with your mind and it'll come to you. At least that's what I understood from Urahara's description of what to do if your sword somehow got taken."
Ichigo blinked but did as Ukiyo said. Shikyo yelped and dropped to the ground right before Zangetsu flew through the door. Ichigo caught the handle of his giant zanpakto and put it on his back. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as Shikyo climbed back to his feet.
"It's alright Ichigo," Shikyo said before Ichigo could say anything. "You didn't know it would do that. None of us did."
They hurried out of the room and through the halls of Hueco Muendo. Somehow they managed to avoid any arrancar or Espada that may have been in the halls. They also somehow found the exit to Hueco Muendo and into Las Noches. They were running through the dessert trying to get as far away from Hueco Muendo as possible.
Ichigo knew they were being followed. He may not be good at sensing reiatsu, but he knew when a large group was following him. He knew that Shikyo and Ukiyo most likely felt the riatsu as well. For the riatsu to be as dense as it was it had to be a large group of arrancar or several Espada.
Shikyo suddenly stopped and then ran to the right. Ichigo and Ukiyo followed after when they noticed. The other two boys were confused of why the white haired teen had suddenly changed direction. As they got closer to whatever it was Ichigo saw several hollows gathered around something. Shikyo was also running right at them.
Ichigo reached out and grabbed Ukiyo's arm, stopping him. The black haired teen looked at him and Ichigo knew he was trying not to glare. "Ukiyo you and Shikyo can't go near the hollows. They're too dangerous. You have to stay here and let me stop Shikyo," Ichigo said.
"I'm sorry Ichigo, but I can't do that," Ukiyo said. Ichigo was caught off guard by Ukiyo's swift punch to his gut. He released Ukiyo's arm, doubling over holing his stomach. He felt a weight leave his back and saw Ukiyo running after Shikyo, Zangetsu clutched in his hand.
A/N: This is the first Bleach fic I've ever written. I'll try and update every weekend, but with school and Christmas it may take me a bit. I'm working on writing it down on paper so it should go faster than the rest of my other stories, but I will try and update my other stories as well.