I only own the Oc and her Zanpakto, I even used my English-Japanese dictionary to look up names.
Ichigo Kurosaki sighed as he tapped on the walls of the basement of Aizen's former castle, it was his punishment for not following orders. He was to search the castle from top to bottom, killing all hollows and confiscating anything else. It wasn't as easy as it seemed and it had taken him three years(He had to go to school, sleep and stuff like that you know) but he was almost done, he was on the last floor, checking for hidden doors. He had found a few Hollows on this floor so he had to check. Just then the wall beside him opened and the orange haired soul reaper/vizard peeked in. The sounds of someone crying reached his ears.
He entered further, activating the lights as he went, to find a little girl sitting on the floor crying. Her hair was short and as dark as his shinigami robe, apparently she was wearing one of her own but her's was unique, on the back was a five point star with a smaller four point star in the center. He didn't recognize design but the shade of blue that the thread was he regensed right away. He had seen Uryu Ishida wearing various symbols in the same color many times.
He was knocked out of his thoughts when the girl said, "W-who are you?"
He nearly faltered when he saw that her eyes were the same color as his own, before answering, "Ichigo Kurosaki."
The girl's face lit up before she tackle-hugged him crying, "Daddy!"
Now he was really confused, this kid looked and sounded about six years old.
"Uh...kid, I hate to break it to you but I'm not your dad, I can't be," he said.
The girl blinked, let go of him and said, "I guess you weren't told about me, you just stumbled upon me...My name's Hoshiko,(Little Star) I'm six years old physically, twelve mentily, and technically I'm three...well, three and a half."
Ichigo did the math, according to what the girl had said, she had been conceived-created during the time he was trying to save Rukia.
"Ok, Hoshiko...right, how can you be technically and physically different ages?" asked Ichigo.
"I was created from your blood as well as my mommy's blood while you were trying to save Rukia-san. Aizen took samples from both of you and used them to make me. I was originally supposed to be a weapon but when he realized that you would come after Orihime-san he planed to use me as a bargaining chip but you killed him before he got the chance. He also aged me physically so I would be old enough to walk and talk. But since he didn't know exactly when you would reach him he ordered some of the hollows to take care of me and they have been even though he's dead. Some hollows are just stupid that way, so that's why I'm still alive, oh, and this is my real body," she said.
"And why did you tell me that last bit?" asked Ichigo, even though he already knew the answer.
"It's obvious that you can't leave me here. Even though I was created, not born, I am still your daughter. And if you're going to take me to the living world you need to know whither or not I need a gigai," answered Hoshiko.
Ichigo sighed before taking the girl's hand and as they walked out he asked, "Why were you crying anyways?"
Hoshiko blushed and said, "I'm kinda...afraid of the dark."
Later in the Human World, Urahara Shoten
"Well Ichigo, she was telling you the truth, she is biologically your daughter. And the captain commander said that you were to take care of her," said Kisuke Urahara as he and Ichigo watched Hoshiko play a clapping game with the gigai'd Ririn(She had previously been watching Ichigo's body, the four mod souls took turns).
"And how am I supposed to explain this to my house mates and my family?" asked the carrot-top.
When they had all turned 18, Ichigo, Uryu, Orihime and Chad had pooled their money and bought a fair sized house, with some help. They had plenty of room for her to live with them and still have room to spare. They had plenty of money, so clothes, school supplies and toys weren't a problem either. The ex-soul reaper had dressed the girl in a pair of Jinta's old jeens, a blouse he had bought when he was making gigais for Ririn, Nova and Cloud, a pair of socks, a jacket that was way too big and a pair of slip on shoes that were a bit too big. In her lap was Ririn's plushie body, her Zanpakto, Tenhoshi (Heavenly Star) was in a backpack with a built in space pocket. Ichigo was glad that she would be bundled up out in the winter weather so he didn't need to worry about her catching a cold...He sighed, he had only know Hoshiko for only a few hours and he had already grown attached to the child.
"Ririn, Hoshiko, it's time to go," said Ichigo.
"Ok!" said both girls, Ririn went into another room to switch bodies while Hoshiko tried to button up the jacket quickly.
Once she was done she tried to walk to Ichigo she tripped on the hem of the coat and fell into his arms.
"First thing we need are some clothes for you that fit right," said Ichigo a Ririn reentered the room in her plushie body and hopped into Hoshiko's arms.
After a short shopping trip, Hoshiko was dressed in a pair of midnight blue pants, a dark blue shirt that had a picture of a star on it and had 'Starlight, Star bright' written under it in white kanji, a little white hooded coat that fit her with matching mittens, a pair of white snow boots, and a stuffed white the girl was now hugging like no tomorrow. As they walked home it started to snow, though she was very attached, Ichigo had her put her new toy in her backpack with her sword and Ririn in one of the shopping bags.
He couldn't help but smile when Hoshiko started to grab at the snowflakes only to have them melt in her little hands.
"Where it go?" asked the six year old as she tried to find one of the snowflakes she had caught.
"It melted, snowflakes are frozen water droplets," he told her.
"Oh, so that's why we put Lunar and Ririn in the bags," said the child.
Ichigo nodded and they continued their trek. Once they were at the house, Hoshiko kept as close as possible to Ichigo.
"We're home!" Ichigo called.
"We're home!" Ririn repeated as she climbed out of the bag.
Hoshiko tried to hide herself behind Ichigo's legs as Chad and Nova came out to greet them, but Chad and Nova had spotted her none the less.
"Ichigo," said the gentle Giant, "Who's that child hiding behind you?"
"Her name's Hoshiko, Azien made her using DNA from me and someone else in the group that went to save Rukia. In other words she's my daughter, Hoshiko, don't you wanna say hi to Chad and Nova?" said Ichigo.
"Huh-ah!" said still him.
Ichigo sighed and used a trick that his mother had used when he had been shy...he turned around figuring that she would follow, which she did. Chad then knelt down and patted the little girl's head. That's when she realized that her safe haven wasn't so safe anymore. But she was rather surprised to find that his hand was warm and gentle. She released her father's leg and looked up at Chad and finally told him hello.
Ichigo smiled as Kohsohi shook hands with Chad and Nova, she would fit in here fine.
TBC