A Cousins Plea: Seeing Double

A/N: Finally! I get to start the sequel to the only story I actually made WELL. :D

But anyway, I am starting this one from the Bount arch, and will end at the end of it, and I'll do the rest for the rest of the sequels, and so on/ so forth.

Let's Start!

I wake up the next morning.

It feels good to be in my body again. Sure, after a while it feels like that your being restrained by it, but it feels more comfortable at the same time. Strange, right?

Anyway, I went down to the kitchen to get some breakfast before school started. Yup, the whole summer break was BLOWN on the Seretei. Whatever, it was pretty cool though.

And guess what? With the whole 'trip', I didn't tell Ichigo that I was skipping to his grade. MAN, is he going to be shocked. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees me in HIS class.

And true enough….

"WHAT THE HELL?"

"Pretty much, yeah, I'm in your class."

"Why didn't you warn me?"

"There wasn't any time; you were busy, remember?" I reminded him about our little quarrel without giving all the details to the surrounding classmates and friends.

"Oh, right…"

"But hey," Tatsuki said, standing behind me. "now you two can hang around more often and help each other with homework!"

Ichigo's head hit the desk. Then the teacher came in.

"Good morning everyone! Take your seats. Oh, and also, say hello to the new student of the class, Yoru Kurosaki!"

Everyone's eyes went to Ichigo. He went a little red, keeping his head down.

"WHERE ARE YOU HIDING! COME ON OUT HERE!" That sounded familiar. Oh, no…

"ICHIGO KUROSAKI! YOUR UP THERE, AND DON'T PRETEND YOUR NOT!"

"Whaaat?" Ichigo said, looking out the window, along with half the class. I took a quick glance over his shoulder, and sure enough, Renji in what looked like a fishing outfit from my viewpoint, was standing on the ground. Great…

"Ichigo, you know that guy? He's all…hippie-d out.."

Well, that works too.

"Uh, RELATIVE!" Ichigo was running out of the classroom. The teacher glanced at me.

"Um, he's one of the semi-mental ones on my aunts side." I thought of quick.

"Well, that explains it."

And after some more rambling from the teacher, I see a Hollow. A small fry, slightly brown tinted one approaching the school. Attack? No, Ichigo has to get it, I'll seem strange and disoriented on my FIRST DAY. That wouldn't be good. And sure enough, h pretty much owned it. And now, I got more math to listen to. What fun.

School is out. I'm pretty much just hanging around in a tree like I usually do. The badge that one guy gave me, the red one that I always wore on my belt for my school uniform, it was strange… Why the ominous color? To keep the two more identifiable? Most likely. It's been rather boring after leaving the Soul Society…

I went to bed right after dinner. I've been thinking about my inner self, the Sokyoku most importantly. I practically took it prisoner. I guess it may be resenting me… If only I could make it up to it, because I feel pretty bad about it. Oh well, I guess I'll just sleep.

I close my eyes, open them to an Arabian kind of place. What is this? A dream? No…

It's my inner self… What happened?

"I'll tell you what happened." An eerie voice said. I knew who it was…ME.

"Where are you?"

"Over here. Duh. What's wrong with you?" I turn around, and see an albino inverted version of myself. White skin and clothes, where I had flames on my clothes, he did, but they were blue. His eyes were green, his blade was black, hair was white. Other than that, he looked like me.

"Where is Shikoku No Kaen?"

"What are you talking about? Right here, in front of you! I simply dominated your soul. I was a part of her. The purge greatly weakened her, so I could take control with ease. In other words, I AM Shikoku No Kaen."

"So, you changed my inner world..?"

"No, that was the work of the purge. It is one of the side effects, changes your inner world after bonding to your old Zanpakutō to unlock a new power." He started to fade into shapes…were they bats? "Come on, let me show you…"

He let off an evil laugh as the bats or whatever they may have been enshrouded me in darkness.

When I could see again, I was no longer in my inner world, but on a street, downtown from the house. I took a look behind me, and all I could see was, well, a cluster of Hollow carcasses, mangled and now disintegrating, a car on fire, and a building with part of its corner missing. I also saw the mask from when I was part Hollow before, laying on the ground. It was probably about midnight or so. Maybe next time I should have the door locked…