Okay this is my second try and I'm going to use advice from another writer. Moon of Jupiter this one's dedicated to you!!!

Disclaimer: I still don't own bleach, but I do own TV to watch it.


Only One

Chapter 2- Glad to be back

Ichigo left the soul society as soon as possible; he just couldn't wait to get away from it. Sure, he loved his girlfriend, Rukia, he also loved 5th division but he really missed his family. He missed Yuzu, her cooking, and how she was always so kind and pure-hearted. He also, by some horrible irony, missed his father, how he punched and kicked in the morning, that's a void you can't just fill by training.

Lastly he really missed his sporty sister, Karin. She was so much like him they had the same scowl, the same overprotective-ness of Yuzu, and the same tough attitude yet he couldn't help but be as overprotective of her just as much as he is with Yuzu. Besides he supposed he liked Karin best because he didn't have to hide things from her like he did with Yuzu. She already knew everything before he even had a chance to tell her.

As the shinigami captain arrived in the back of the Urahara shoten he became instantly noticed.

"Ichigo, it's been awhile, what's up?" asked Yoruichi, half naked as usual. Somehow Ichigo overcame the "habit" of hers.

"Yo, Yoruichi, just here to give everyone a visit, nothing special" Ichigo said a smile clear on his face. Ichigo walked to the table and sat down, waiting for Urahara.

"Ah Kurosaki-kun, always a pleasure seeing a captain in my humble shop" said Urahara his usual smirk in place as he sat down. Ichigo rolled his eyes.

"Cut the crap, Urahara, I just need a gigai and I'll be on my way" said the Kurosaki. Urahara frowned at knowing his game was over. He got up from his sitting position and left the room to get a gigai for the boy, though he didn't know why when Kon was still available.

Ichigo let his eyes wonder around the shop, it looked exactly the same. Soon Ichigo's eyes fell on the calendar, and his eyes widened then hardened and a deep scowl appeared on his face.

As Urahara returned the taicho's eyes had not left the calendar.

"Here" said Urahara as he tossed him the gigai. Ichigo caught it without looking away from the calendar (A/N his cat-like reflexes). One phrase was uttered before he left the Urahara shoten.

"Damn it all"


As Karin walked home from school alone she couldn't help but still feel hurt. Well she supposed she was being a tad bit selfish but this……. This wasn't for her, it was for mom. She still couldn't get over it but she knew come tomorrow she had to get over it.

Then suddenly she felt a familiar spiritual pressure. Her eyes widened as she recognized it. It……. It was Ichigo. Karin then broke into a run to the only place she knew Ichigo would be, Urahara shoten.

As Karin finally made to Urahara shoten panting, she saw what she was looking for. There he was in a red t-shirt, a black jacket over it with black pants, chains hanging out of the pockets.

"Ichi-nii!!" Karin yelled excitedly as she excitedly ran at him, tackling him to the ground.

"Hey Karin, happy to see me?" said Ichigo sarcastically as he got back to his feet, helping Karin up as well.

"Yeah, I'm happy to see you, it's been so long" said Karin joyfully as the two begin to walk home together.

"Well being a captain is serious and boring work" said ichigo.

"Well at least your home now" said Karin.

"Yeah……. Karin I know that tomorrow is the-" but ichigo was cut off.

"don't start ichi-nii first off dad to busy so he's not going and Yuzu's got work to do so she can't come either" said Karin sadly.

"What?! There to busy for our family tradition?!" ichigo was surprised at that not even there own father would go when he's the made the tradition in the first place. But as he saw Karin's saddened face and his eyes softened.

"So then we'll just go without them, right?" he asked putting an arm around the fifteen-year-old's shoulder.

Karin then smiled, nodding. When they finally got home Karin smiled yet again and said "good to have you back ichi-nii".

"It's good to be back, Karin"


Gotta love brother/sister moments like that. Well that's my second chapter and the third is coming real soon.

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