Title: Shinigami trouble.
Author: Beth Brownell
Summary: A new Shinigami comes to the Urahara Shōten, an accident happens which scares the young Shinigami. Can Kisuke and the others help her?
Rating: PG13 to R (If I allow Kisuke-san to be a pervert or maybe let Renji have sex with his new girlfriend, which might be in the works.)
Pairings: Kisuke/Yoruichi, Renji/OFC.
Spoilers: The Soul Society arch.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Bleach, that right belongs to Kubo Tite, just the original characters. I'll try not to hurt them or make them seem too out of character.
Author's Note: I am writing this story from a dream that I had several nights ago. I'll try not to hurt them.
Shinigami trouble.
It was noon, when Kisuke stepped from his shop to light his pipe that he had in hand, he allowed his employees to have the day off and that he'll tend to the store by himself. He leanded against the side of his shop watching as the smoke from his pipe faded into the air. He smiled to himself under his green and white striped hat as he noticed that a Shinigami was approaching his store, he slipped back into the store with the pipe still smoldering in his hand. He reached behind his counter for some candy that the young Shinigami usually came for. "Afternoon, Tamika. The usual?"
"Not today, Kisuke-san. Just some candy, I'm already stocked on the other stuff." Tamika said, as she told the shop owner what she wanted and paid for them. "I'll probably see you in another couple of days. I'm going on a hun . . ., that's strange I thought I felt something just a moment ago,"
"What did you feel?" he asked, as the familiar grin appeared on his face as he looked at her.
"I'm not sure, it felt like a Hollow and a Shinigami fighting but it is close by. But it's probably nothing. I'm probably nervous about searching for more souls to send to the Soul Society," Tamika replied. "After a hundred ' i soul hunts /i ' I am still nervous about it."
Kisuke just smiled as he bagged the candy up and handed it to her. "Some can be nervous but that makes you more aware of things around you,"
She reached for the bag when the sound of the roof collapsing was heard. Kisuke with the speed of a cat, yanked her over the counter and underneath him as the roof fell into the store, encasing them in a rocky grave.
It took several minutes before Kisuke spoke, his voice soft and gentle. "Tamika, are you alright?"
Tamika cocked her head to one side. "I think so." She tried to move only to cry out in pain. "I think I broke something. My right leg is hurting and I think it is pinned underneath something."
Kisuke smirked as he tried to feel under his belly to feel her body searching for the broken part or where she was pinned at. "We're both pinned. But I really can't tell what you broke."
"Think someone will search for us?" asked Tamika.
"Knowing my employees, they'll be here pulling off the debris as soon as they heard anything about the collapse. They will get us out," he whispered. "But for now, just stay calm and breathe easily. We will be out soon."
"I hope so, Kisuke-san." Tamika whispered, as she felt his hand take hold of hers. She was in pain and knew it. But would he be okay with her closing her eyes for a bit. "I'm going to close my eyes for a bit, Kisuke-san."
Kisuke whispered loudly. "No, if you do you might not wake up again. Stay awake with me, Tamika."
"I feel sleepy, Kisuke-san."
"It's just the shock of the accident that has you sleepy. Just stay awake, we will be out of here," Kisuke pleaded in a loud whisper.
Ichigo and his friends made their way to Urahara's shop only to find them barricaded away from the shop itself. They pushed their way to the front of the crowd and to their shock were two destroyed shops. The fireman nearest to the line was talking with another fireman. "It looks like we may have half a dozen people in the Urahara shop. Being the noon time hour, he was probably busy when the other wall collapsed in on the shop."
Ichigo turned to look at the others and silently nodded as he grabbed the fireman's arm. "Can we help in the rescue? The more people there are removing the debris, the faster we will find survivors?"
The fireman looked at the boy and his friends. "Hold on, let me talk with the supervisor," The fireman walked away from them to another man who was yelling off orders. They spoke for several minutes till the fireman pointed towards them.
"Ichigo, think we will find Kisuke okay?" Tessai asked, as the large man came behind him.
"Tessai! Then, you and the others aren't in there?" asked Rukia, looking relieved and yet still worried.
He shook his head. "Kisuke-san gave us the day off. He's working alone in there."
"What about Yoruichi? Is she in the shop too?" asked Chad.
"I'm not even in the shop today, I was outside sleeping in the sun at the local park." Yoruichi stated, in a huff.
"Sorry, but we're worried about Kisuke. He's trapped in there with who knows how many customers and who knows who the pervert is groping." Ichigo stated.
The others laughed as they turned their attention towards the heavy machines that was coming towards the destroyed building. It was slow going but they got some of the heavier pieces off of the shop so that people could start on the rescue attempt. The fireman came by and asked for volunteers. Ichigo and his friends raised their voices as the fireman allowed them to cross the line and start helping pull debris off of the shop.
They started to work hard on pulling the debris, the heavier debris came down with the help of Tessai. They spent a good half hour before they found part of the counter.
Ichigo yelled out, "I found the counter, if Kisuke was here this will most likely be where he is at! Kisuke! Kisuke, can you hear me it's Ichigo!"
Kisuke was talking with Tamika trying to keep her awake, talking about the Soul Society and what has been happening up there. Tamika tried to stay awake but it was hard, till she heard a voice yell out.
"Kisuke, I think there's people up there!"
Kisuke stopped talking for a moment and to his joy he heard Ichigo's voice yelling out for him. He raised his voice, "Ichigo! Ichigo! We're trapped!"
Ichigo listened and yelled out, "I found them!" He started to pull pieces of the wall off of the area as everyone converged onto that location and started to clear the area. "Kisuke, how many are with you and is anyone hurt?"
Kisuke squeezed Tamika's hand and yelled out, "I have one person and she's pinned underneath me! And get that thought out of your mind, young man! I'm not that perverted!"
Tamika could only laugh at that comment. But she could feel the weight becoming less on her legs. "They're close."
Kisuke nodded as he kept yelling out to them as they started to really clear the area.
Ichigo started to remove one piece of the wall when he found a leg that was badly bruised and bloodied. He reached down and felt the leg and to his shock got a scream of pain coming from below. "It's okay! Hey guys! I found them! And we have injuries! Bad ones from what I can tell. I need at least two splints!"
Kisuke looked at Tamika when suddenly she screamed out in pain and then he heard Ichigo's voice call out about her injuries and then he whispered to Tessai to get Orihime to apply the splints and use her talents. Kisuke gave her hand a squeeze and whispered to her. "Everything is going to be okay. They found us and we're going to be free soon."
"I hope so. Ow! That hurts! Oh it hurts!" she cried out, as she felt the splints being placed on her calves and moved slightly as a different pair of hands holding her legs up as more debris was removed from Kisuke's back. "Kisuke, the pain is gone?"
"That must be Orihime's talent in use. She probably healed your broken bones if you had any." Kisuke replied in a low voice.
More voices were heard as the load of weight came off of Kisuke's back, he slumped against Tamika when that happened as he was using his back to hold some of the debris to keep a good amount of space for air in there.
Kisuke moaned in relief as he felt a hand on his shoulder. He tilted his head up to see the grinning face of Tessai looking down at him as orders were given to put a backbrace on Kisuke's back, along with a neck brace and hauled him out of there. Kisuke complained bitterly about that fact but Tessai whispered, "Let them have their way, Kisuke-san, when they find out you are okay, you will be released from the neckbrace and the backbrace. Now for your friend."
Kisuke was lifted out of the hole and hauled into a waiting ambulance, with Ichigo by his side. Kisuke looked at Ichigo. "Where is Tamika?"
"Tamika?" asked Ichigo.
"Yes, she's the girl that I helped protect from the collapse." Kisuke stated, as he tried to get up from the stretcher. "She's in shock and could pass out at any time. I must stay with her."
The EMT shook his head as both he and Ichigo held him down. The EMT spoke, "The others will keep her from passing out, trust them."
"I did examine her and she might have two broken legs, Kisuke." Ichigo stated.
Kisuke moaned as he closed his eyes. "I was too slow in pulling her over the counter then,"
"But you did save her life, Kisuke. If you didn't and let her remain where she was, she would have surely been crushed to death." Ichigo replied.
Back at the store, Tessai had reached where Kisuke was at as he helped place a neckbrace and a backboard on the young woman. He eased her over onto her back and the EMT who was there helped in hauling her out of the cavern of a counter. After they got her out, the EMT quickly got an IV into her arm which made her cry out in pain. The EMT gave her some mild painkillers to dull the pain before they got her to the clinic where they would give her a bigger dose of painkillers. The EMT placed a heart monitor on her as he watched the line go up and down rapidly, he grew shocked when they went slow as he flipped his attention to the girl to find her passed out. He heard the giant of a man lightly slap her face calling out to her to stay awake but the girl had passed out.
The EMT turned to the man. "Will you accompany us to the clinic, the Kurosaki clinic? You seem to know the girl."
"I don't even know her that well. She's a customer in the store." Tessai stated.
"Anyways, will you come?" the EMT asked.
He nodded. "My boss is at there as well, he was the one we pulled out first."
The EMT yelled to his partner to go as they buckled up for the swift ride to the Kurosaki clinic as they were a Trauma One unit. Tessai watched as the EMT tended to the young girl. He wondered about his boss. How badly hurt was he and how would they repair the shop? The others would not have the shop for at least a month or two maybe even more with them repairing the shop. Kisuke would have to open another shop nearby or have everyone miss out on their ' i candy /i ' that they love to get there.
At the Kurosaki clinic, the doctor ran tests on Kisuke to be sure that there was no injuries hidden or visible. To their amazement, all Kisuke had was minor scratches and a sore back. They wanted to keep him overnight but Kisuke stated that he would rather rest in his own home. The female nurse couldn't resist his soft voice and had Dr. Kurosaki release him as soon as possible. Kisuke walked into the waiting room where Yoruichi nearly knocked him over with her hug. He told them that he got a clean bill of health but he wanted to know about Tamika.
"Ichigo, our strawberry is still with her. Maybe one of the nurses could get him for us?" asked Chad.
Kisuke turned his head as he noticed the door opening up and out come Ichigo. "Well, he can tell us himself. How is she?"
Ichigo walked up to the others and smiled. "How about no broken bones, minor scratches and she can be sent home tomorrow. Dad did not like how she passed out in the ambulance and he wants her to spend the night here."
"I'm staying then," Kisuke stated.
"If you are staying, then I too, will remain." Yoruichi replied.
"I'll take you two to the room she'll be staying in tonight, they might have moved her there already." Ichigo said, as he lead Kisuke and Yoruichi down the hall to a set of rooms, which he entered one to see the red haired Shinigami sleeping soundly in the bed. "I have never seen such a red haired Shinigami before."
"She usually hides her hair in a hood. Tamika is what they called the hooded Shinigami." Yoruichi said, as she looked at Ichigo and then to Tamika.
"I met her several times, Ichigo. This was not her first visit to my shop." Kisuke stated, as he went to the farthest chair and sat down within it to watch Tamika sleep.
"So what special ops team was she in? The 11th or one of the others?" Ichigo asked.
Kisuke remained silent as he watched them stand there. Ichigo shifted on his feet before turning to Yocuichi and telling her he'll get her another chair to sit on before he left the room.
"You know she's just barely out of the academy, Kisuke," Yocuichi whispered.
"Meh," was all he said, before looking at Ichigo who was hauling in another chair.
Yocuichi went and helped him place the chair near to Tamika's side before watching the strawberry haired boy walk out of the room.
The two Shinigami spoke to each other till late that night when Yocuichi curled up in the chair and fell fast asleep. Kisuke smiled softly as he watched them sleep. He rose from the chair and slipped out of the room to see the elder Kurosaki approaching him.
"How do you feel, Kisuke?" He asked in a low whisper. Kisuke only smiled. "No soreness in your back or legs? Now how is she doing?"
Kisuke grinned. "Sleeping."
The elder Kurosaki slipped within the room and checked the monitors before heading out saying good night to the two watchers and closing the door behind him and headed for the waiting room to make sure that the others had gone home which they did. Only then, did he head for his own home and to the bed that awaited him.
It was later that night, Kisuke heard moans as he opened one eye and then another to look in the direction of Yocuichi and then to Tamika who was moaning in her sleep. He sat up and watched as the young Shinigami moaned in her sleep. ' i Nightmare. This could be interesting, /i '
He noticed that Yocuichi had awakened and was standing near to the girl. He wanted to see if she would calm down on her own or would she take to having Yocuichi's help. He didn't have to wait long before she bolted up in bed looking around.
Yocuichi was already trying to soothe her fright with comforting words but the girl didn't hear her or wanted to hear her as she searched around the room before collasping back onto the bed and falling asleep again. "Kisuke, did you see that?"
Kisuke barely nodded his head as he observed them.
"She had a nightmare or was it a waking dream?"
"A waking dream sounds like it," Kisuke whispered softly.
They resumed their watch on her and soon, Yocuichi fell asleep curled up in Kisuke-san's lap as a black cat with him stroking her fur.
The next morning came in the room, to find five people within the room. Dr. Isshin Kurosaki, Ichigo, Kisuke, Yocuichi and Tamika. "Well, as soon as I make the last examination on your legs, Tamika. I'll get the papers and release you. But there is one slight problem."
"And that would be?" asked Tamika.
"You have a minor concussion from the debris and it won't be totally gone for at least couple of days. Do you have family here?"
"No family, I live alone," Tamika replied.
"Well, that will mean you will be staying here for the next two days then,"
Tamika moaned out in despair as she lowered her head.
"What if someone was to stay with her at her place, dad?" asked Ichigo.
"What?" Isshin asked.
"What if she invites some friends over to spend the night with her? Like having a group of her friends who will make sure that nothing goes wrong? I'm sure her friends would do that for her." Ichigo said.
"Smart boy. Tamika, do you have friends who would stay with you for couple of days?" Isshin asked.
She lowered her head after she looked at them. "Sadly, I do not."
Ichigo smiled. "Well, you do now. I'll get my friends to come with me. I'm sure that they'll want to help you." Before a word could be spoken, the young man raced out of the room and down the hallway.
TBC . . .
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