DON'T OWN BLEACH (Ai/Ichi)
Chapter 2
"Hey guys, I'm home" says Ichigo when he arrives at his family home.
No one answers, making Ichigo extremely curious and somewhat nervous.
Suddenly he hears someone running towards him; a second later his face is on his crying mother's breast. He can barely breathe so he tries to get Yoruichi to release him. All he can understand from his mom's babble is how she will never give her little baby to some psycho bastard.
Finally Kisuke arrives and after some work he successfully pries poor Ichigo away from his mother.
"You ok there son? You're looking a little pale".
After taking some deep breaths and shaking his head to stop the dizziness Ichigo answers "yeah I'm fine, but what the hell is wrong with mom? Did she finally go psychotic on us?"
"Hehehe. No son she's just … excited, yes that's it. She's just really happy that you are home. Even Shiro came home today. We are having a family dinner and she just can't wait."
Ichigo looks dubiously towards Yoruichi. She's still crying and looking at him talking about psychos, bastards, castration. The whole thing it's disturbing but not that uncommon on their household. So he just lets it go.
Just then Shiro enters the foyer where the family was.
"Hey there baby bro? Wha' up?
"Hey Shiro, you know why mom lost her marbles today?
"Na ma' it's just happy the family it's togethe' again bro'".
That just spikes Ichigo's suspicions even more, he know some weird shit it's going on. But he knows that he will find out about it sooner or later, no point in screwing his mood so early on his Saturday.
It's Sunday and the family had just finish a light lunch and they're drinking some black tea on the backyard terrace. Meanwhile Yoruichi is still in her own crazy world.
One minute she's crying her eyes out while looking at him and murmuring about her little baby girl, the next she's viciously throwing threats at some invisible foe threatening to hunt someone's ass and chop some guy's nuts. The woman has been bipolar all weekend long.
Ichigo's just about to explode when Kisuke clears his throat to get his attention.
"Son I know you must curious about you're mom's mood."
Shiro knows what's coming and tenses for his twin's reaction.
"You see son there's something that you are unaware of."
No shit! Its Ichigo's first thought. He's not stupid he knows that the shit it's about to hit the fan so braces himself.
"You know that even though for your mom and me you are our own children, we are not your birth parents. Your dear mother Masaki was my sister and that your father was Isshin Kurosaki. What you don't know is that you still have family from your father's side." Kisuke pauses for a few seconds while looking at his 'daughter'.
This was new to Ichigo. He always thought that the only family he and Shiro had left was their aunt and uncle since he has never met any other family member.
"At first your parents' marriage was a kind of treaty between the visoreds and shinigamis. But as they got to know each other they actually fell in love and soon after you two were born".
"Wait just a minute. You mean shinigamis as in those guys from Soul Society?"
"Yes Ichigo, in fact your father was Yamamoto's, the leader of Soul Society, only grandson. Before you two were conceive there were fights between the three great yakuza families. The tension was so high that a war was about to happened. The leaders of each 3 families got together to try one last time to stop the fights. Thus your parents' marriage and so peace between Visoreds and Soul Society was achieved. But that still left Hueco Mundo out."
Ichigo was still absorbing all this new information. He never involves himself on the whole family business so this is a little bit too much to process.
"To make to story short, when you two were born and the doctors found out that you, Ichigo, were a bearer an idea came to the minds of Yamamoto and Victor Aizen, the leader of Hueco Mundo."
At this junction Yoruichi started to wail even harder. With this Ichigo knew that the next words coming out of his dad's mouth would change his life.
"Well you see, Aizen had a nine year old son and since you were a bearer they decided right there to make a marriage contract between you and Hueco Mundo's heir."
Ichigo just stared at his dad shocked, his mouth opening like that of a dying fish. Suddenly he starts to laugh hysterically. The rest of the family just looked at him with deep worry in their eyes. Even Yoruichi has tone down her wailing.
Finally Ichigo controls his laughter and his tears of mirth.
"Ok you got me. So this weekend you guys decided to make a 'let's make fun of gullible Ichigo weekend'. Very funny for a moment there I thought guys were actually for real. Me marrying some yakuza guy, very funny guys" says the orangette drying the last of his tears and getting his breathing to normal.
The rest of his family just shares a look, and this time is Shiro who tries to talk to his twin.
"I wish it were all a joke Ichi, but everything dad just told you it's the truth. You are to marry the current leader of Hueco Mundo before your 21st birthday else all hell it's going to break loose between the yakuza families."
Ichigo looks from his twin to each of his parents, and in their eyes he can see that it's not a joke. In fact he was so shocked that he failed to hear the last of Shiro's statement.
Suddenly his face turns all red, he fists his hands and his eyes turn boiling mad; he looks at Kisuke and starts to voice his opinion about the whole marriage arrangement in a very loud way.
"Who the hell gave you guys the right to sell me to some bastards when I was just a baby. What kind of man just pimps someone of his blood just for the sake of business. I will not marry some bastard just so you can play mafia with each other. I'm a free person and it's my right to marry who I want, when I want and if I want. If that was all you had to tell me then I'll be leaving now."
Kisuke can understand Ichigo's reaction but what's done it's done. There is no way the contract to be broken without being follow by very long and bloody war, and so he gets up from his seat.
"Wait a moment there Ichigo I am not finish talking to you young man" says a very stern Kisuke showing exactly his side of a yakuza leader.
Half way to the door Ichigo stops but does not turns around to look at Kisuke, this is the first time that his goofy dad has talked to him in that way. He looks at his mom and brother, but Shiro looks at the ground along with Yoruichi they know that this marriage must happen no matter what.
"Turn around and look at me", Ichigo does so very slowly and what he sees in his dad's eyes scares him, "you will marry Sosuke Aizen as the marriage contract dictates. You will not start a war between the yakuza families. You will uphold the honor of not only Soul Society but that of the Visoreds. Blood will not be spill because you are too immature to see that there is no way out of this agreement. I will not lose my family simply because you are a selfish child who only thinks about himself. On the day of your 21st birthday you will marry Aizen even if I have to get you to the altar hog-tied, you will not shame me Ichigo. I swear to every god that if you do I'll make sure that your husband never lets you go back to school to finish your degree; you will never see the outside of Aizen's mansion, you will never see any of your friends or even your family ever again. Do I make myself clear young man?"
Through everything Ichigo just stood there looking like a lost child. He started to tremble and silent tears started to fall down his face. He was all alone under his father's stern and cold eyes.
A minute after Kisuke finished speaking, Ichigo just turns around enters the house and runs up the stairs towards to his room.
After Ichigo leaves Kisuke drops heavily on his seat. It broke his heart to speak like that to his youngest child. But it had to be done, he just hope that one day Ichigo can forgive him. A tear escapes his right eye; he turns his head to look at his wife who's crying uncontrollably on Shiro's arms. He hopes his whole family can forgive him, but he cannot let hundreds of people die if it can be prevented by a simple marriage.
He stands up and Shiro looks at him. The look they share says it all he leaves his mom to his dad and goes after Ichigo.
When he arrives at the closed door of Ichigo's room he can hear his twin's sobs. With a heavy heart he enters and finds the other laying on the bed crying like a little kid with his face buried on a pillow. He closes the door and sits on the bed's edge and sighs.
"Ichi am sorry bout this."
Ichigo then unburies his face and sits on the bed and without looking asks, "did you know about this?"
"No aibou, dad tol' me a few days ago.
Ichigo finally looks at him with eyes full of sadness and betrayal.
"Why does this have to happen to me Shi? I never wanted to be part of the yakuza thing. Does dad really hates me that much?" he asked the last part very softly.
"He's no' to blame for this Ichi. Do you really think dad really wants ya ta marry to some strange fucker? But this marriage shit was no made by him. He found ou' after it had happen. Now stop this depressin' shit and tell me wha' does your name means?
Ichigo looks at his brother with understanding and answers "one who protects".
"Exactly aibou, you're the one who will protect everyone by marrying this fucker. Only you are strong enough to do this shit. Dad tried to give ya everything he could of a normal life before all this crap. He wants ya to be happy Ichi, this shit it's breakin' the old mans heart along with moms you're their little baby. You understan' now?"
Ichigo looks down and stares a few minutes at his deep blue duvet. Then cleans the last of his tears with his hands, looks up and hugs his brother.
"Thanks Shiro, you may be insane most of the time, but sometimes you are the only one that can help me understand what's before me."
"Hey, wha' the fuck? Did you just called me crazy ya little bastar'?
Ichigo just starts to laugh at his brothers antics. He pushes Shiro away from him and says "let's go downstairs so mom can calm down. Now I understand her whole crazy weekend monologue."
With that they walk out of the room.
Once downstairs they found their parents where they had left them, though with how loud Yoruichi was berating poor Kisuke about how he could be so unfeeling towards her 'poor little baby girl', they could had found them even if they hadn't been there.
When Shiro and Ichigo make their presence known Yoruichi jumps poor Ichigo screaming about how she would protect her dear baby from all those mean bastards.
If not for Shiro he would had fallen on his ass with a mad woman on top.
He tries to hush his mom and looks towards his brother with eyes screaming for help. Shiro understanding pries his mom from his twin.
Ichigo, finally free from his mom's clutches, looks at Kisuke who's looking with great interest at the ground. Without a word Ichigo goes to his dad and hugs him.
Kisuke is stunt, to say the least, by his youngest son reaction. Here he was expecting to be hated at least for some time and the boy just hugs him. Out of his daze he returns Ichigo's hugs.
From the sidelines Shiro and Yoruichi just look at the pair with huge smiles.
Finally Ichigo and Kisuke end their hug.
"Ichigo I'm sorry about before but …"
But he's interrupted by Ichigo.
"No dad I'm the one who's sorry, I know that you are nobody's pimp you are not into that stuff. I should have waited for you to explain everything before I jumped the gun. Crazy Shiro explained everything to me. I may not be happy doing this but I won't be responsible for countless deaths. So I'm ready to do my duty as part of this family" says Ichigo with eyes full of determination.
Kisuke just looks at his son and with eyes shining with pride finally speaks.
"I'm so proud of you my boy. I know this is not what you wanted for your future but I know that a person with such much courage, determination and with a heart as big as yours you will find happiness no matter what."
With that they hug again for a short moment. Afterwards they sit down on the patio furniture and start to discuss Ichigo's upcoming nuptials.
"Dad, do you know this Aizen guy that I have to marry?"
"Well I don't know him all that well. I have seen him just a couple of times. He seems polite and soft spoken; he charms the people that tend to gravitate around him. To tell you the truth you were suppose to marry the guy when you turned 18 but his father, Victor , died that same year so the wedding was postpone till now. Apparently he was reorganizing Hueco Mundo. Last week I received a missive from Yamamoto telling me that the marriage was to happen next month on your birthday. I imagine that now he has complete control of his family and deem everything ready for the fulfillment of the contract."
"Wow, ahh…, well I don't want to sound superficial but, how does he look like?-asked a very shy Ichigo.
This time Yoruichi can't hold back her laughter, which just makes poor Ichigo blush a cherry red and Kisuke and Shiro hide their chuckles behind their hands.
When Yoruichi finally calms down she looks at her baby girl with fond eyes.
"Don't worry dear when I heard about this marriage I went to find out how the guy looks like. Let me tell you if I weren't too married, too old and too into your dad I would definitely tap that. That is one fine piece of ass that you're marrying my dear. The guy is so freaking gorgeous it should be illegal. A man like that should not marry he should be worshiped and idolized. I'm telling you baby you will not be disappointed in that department."
While Ichigo listens to everything his mom is saying completely riveted, Shiro and Kisuke are looking with wide eyes at Yoruichi. They cannot believe their ears, one moment she wanted to kill the guy for stealing her dear baby girl the next she sounds like a freaking fan girl about to open a fan club for Sosuke Aizen. They only thing they are sure of it's that a woman's mind is the greatest mystery of world.
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Next chapter: Ichigo meets his friends to inform them of the wedding. Aizen and Ichigo will finally meet, and what the hell I'll probably throw the beginning of their wedding at least.