Sorry it took me so long. Please forgive me. So anyway I was wrong this chapter is probably as long as the last. I don't think the next one will be, but you'll never know. I'll admit I was lazy in some parts, so forgive me for those too.

Warning Shiro is a pedophile in this chapter too, but not through the whole story. Yaoi means BoyxBoy

Disclaimer I don;t own Bleach or any of its characters.

Shirosaki looked pleased at the gawking audience as he stepped out of the shadows. He looked around to see if he could pick out his little Ichigo. His eyes finally landed on the orange haired child, frowning because the child didn't seem interested in him.

Ichigo searched everywhere for his mother. He didn't seem to notice Shirosaki glaring at him. Ichigo looked up at his father to see if he noticed the missing presence, but to Ichigo's dismay, he was to giddy with excitement to notice.

Shirosaki opened his mouth taking in a deep breath. "What an interesting audience we have tonight, they make me feel almost normal."

"That's no way to talk to them Shiro."

"So says the prick." Shirosaki yelled crossing his arms. The crowd laughed as the ringmaster had nothing to say. "Ok ya sweet little birdies, who wants to be in my act?" The crowd immediately went into cheers.

Poor little Ichigo didn't care about volunteering; all he cared about was finding his mother. Isshin grabbed his son wanting him to relax for bit raising his son into the air causing Ichigo to let go of his balloon.

Ichigo watched his balloon rise into the air, before his eyes landed on a figure he knew all to well. "MOM!" He yelled struggling to get down. "Dad, mom is up there." Ichigo shouted. "Hmm, what do we have here? Little Ichi are you volunteering?" It wasn't really a question. Before Ichigo knew it he was already in the middle of the stage with Shirosaki holding his hand.

"Now Shiro here has a very interesting gift. Now if you all please direct your attention to the tightrope above." Byakuya raised his hands above his head to reveal Masaki, standing perfectly still on the thin rope.

"Masaki here is my puppet and she won't move unless I tell her to. She won't even listen to her precious son here. Go ahead Ichi call out to her." Shirosaki grinned at the fear that was obvious in Ichigo's eyes.

Ichigo felt his heart throb, as he looked up at Shirosaki's grinning face. "MOM, MOMMY!" Ichigo screamed, tears threatening to fall from his face. "It's alright Ichi, I won't let her fall." Shirosaki squeezed Ichigo's hand.

Shirosaki's hand started to glow as little light strings connected to his mother's form. When his hand moved so did Masaki. She walked along the rope flawlessly like she had been doing this for years. The crowd was impressed, but Ichigo wasn't.

"Don't do that to my mom!" Ichigo cried scared that his mom could fall at any moment. "If you don't distract me nothing bad will come." Shirosaki growled. Ichigo noticed that Shirosaki was sweating a little bit.

Byakuya smirked, as Ichigo's little face turned into a cute little scowl. Shirosaki's ability was very rare indeed. The only problem with it is that he has to connect his soul with his puppet, so if his puppet dies he loses part of his soul. He loses some of those emotions.

Everything was perfect, for awhile. Ichigo ran to his mother's arms, after his mother was safely on ground level. Shirosaki released his hold on her, turning to the crowd in a silly manner.

"Now my dear beautiful audience now you will experience something absolutely amazing. My lovely assistant and her beautiful son will be part of a glorious act." Shirosaki started to stride over before tripping over his own feet. The crowd burst into laughter.

Shirosaki smirked, happy that it also made Ichigo laugh. He picked himself up, brushing the dirt off himself before closing the distance between the mother and child. "Now if you don't mind, I need to borrow Ichi here." Shirosaki said carefully picking Ichigo off the ground.

Masaki shook her head, before holding it. "Oh and about that, it will wear off soon and forgive me for what I'm going to do next." Masaki opened her mouth, but she was knocked out by the little black bunny child known as Rukia.

"She's all ready, should I bring out the tigers?" She said excitedly. Shirosaki nodded as he and Ichigo sat on a large box on the edge of the ring.

"Hey Ichi, how does it feel to watch you mother be used as a puppet?" Shirosaki whispered into the Ichigo's ear. Ichigo growled and tried to push him away, but Shirosaki wrapped both of his arms around his waist, pressing Ichigo's small body against his. "Too bad, I was really hoping ya wouldn't mind. Ya see Ichigo your mommy isn't going to be around for much longer if ya keep that attitude up with me."

Ichigo stopped all of his struggling. He felt like crying. "Why are you doing this?" Ichigo sobbed softly. Shirosaki looked around to see if anybody noticed that Ichigo was crying, but nobody did. "Just cause. You'll see later little Ichi, I always get what I want." Shirosaki chuckled darkly as Rukia bounced around the ring with blood lusting tigers following her every move.

Something special about Shirosaki's power, was that he was able control multiple people at the same time. He could connect the two souls and make them do whatever he wanted. It was simple really. The only way they were to break out of it if one of the puppets were in danger and the other had a close connection to it that puppet would brake free and try to rescue the other. Thus the reason why the tigers were out. Ichigo was going to be danger and Masaki would break free of her trance try to save him and end up in danger, then Shirosaki would save her life and in return he would require payment.

The act before was just a demo, but the real fun was just to begin.

Ichigo watched the tigers with wide brown eyes, trying to hide himself from their wondering gaze. Shirosaki smirked as he leaned over to whisper in Ichigo's ear. "Want to play with the kitties?" Shirosaki whispered wickedly. Ichigo backed away as far as he could as one of the blood lusting cat came toward them. Ichigo fainted from fear, allowing Shirosaki full access to his soul.

"And now ladies and gentleman, Shirosaki here and his two puppets will be wondering through a maze full of tigers. Shirosaki will be sitting on his box, leading his two puppets to safety, blindfolded." Byakuya grinned broadly as the crowd into a roar of cheers except for a small group of people. Ichigo's family. Isshin did not look please at the fact that his family was going through something dangerous.

Rukia jumped out of the ring as a cage began to rise along with a colorful looking maze. Ichigo and Masaki were placed at the start where Shirosaki was blindfolding himself.

Everything was going fine when it all started. Ichigo and Masaki didn't run into any trouble as long Shirosaki knew what he was doing. They didn't run into anything except for a few dead ends here and there, but otherwise they were almost to the end, until they ran into a tiger sleeping in the path.

Shirosaki made a disapproving sound before continuing another away, making it seem like he wasn't trying to put his puppets in danger. He led his puppets into a dead end, and accidently lost control of one his puppets.

Ichigo blinked a few times, trying to refocus his eyesight. He noticed that his mother was right beside him holding his hand, but it seemed like she was still under Shirosaki's control. He let his grip on his mother's hand loosened, taking in his surroundings noticing that they were boxed in and there was only one way out of it.

Even though something clearly in the back of his mind told him not to go that way, he ignored it, hoping that he could get away from this place as soon as possible.

Ichigo left his mother's side saying that he would be right back, even if his mother couldn't hear him. He turned the corner and was greeted by a flash of orange and black. Ichigo screamed as the tiger leapt at him barely missing his shoulder, running back to his mother as fast as he could.

The sound of Masaki's child's scream, broke her out of her trance. She immediately put herself between her son and the tiger, just like any mother would do. Before she knew it the tiger was already on top of her snarling as it tried to get a hold of her flesh. Ichigo watched in horror as he watched the tiger used it giant paw to swipe away Masaki's hands. It finally managed to pin her arms against her body, moving in for the kill as it let out a victorious growl.

It never came. Masaki felt the weight of the giant cat disappear as she was pulled back onto her feet as Shirosaki stood over the beast, with a wide grin on his face.

"Never been so close to death till now, have ya?" Shirosaki teased. Masaki shook her head snatching her child in a quick embrace. "Mommy, mommy I'm so happy you're okay! Please don't leave me again." Ichigo cried not caring if everyone saw him cry. Masaki started just nodded her head, afraid she would burst into tears herself.

Isshin had hopped over the wall, along Karin and Yuzu, screaming at Byakuya, for putting his family in danger. "Now, now sir. Please calm down. I assure you nothing was going to happen to your beloved family." Byakuya stated coolly before turning to the grinning clown. "Shirosaki here had everything under control and Shiro; please refrain from doing anything other then your job. I brought you here, I can take you right out." Shirosaki snorted, crossing his arms, mumbling something under his breath.

Masaki smiled, placing her hand on Shirosaki's shoulder. "I would like to talk to you." Shirosaki grinned already knowing what she was going to say. "I thank you for saving my life and my son's and for that we owe you our lives. Please is there anything that you want?" She asked shifting Ichigo around in her arms. "Nothing yet, or at least not now. I'll come find ya when I need something. I always watch over my puppets when I'm done playing with them, cause ya never know when they're goin to need ya." Shirosaki smirked, patting Ichigo on the head a few times.

Isshin burst into tears as his wife approached him with Ichigo in tow. "My beautiful wife and son. Oh how I missed you so. I thought I was going to die without you by my side!" He yelled making to much of a scene. Ichigo scowled at his father's actions, making a small fist and giving his father good round to his head. "Shut up goat face!" After that Karin and Yuzu both started screaming goat face happily. Isshin just cried even more.

SEVEN YEARS LATER

Ichigo woke up to the sound of birds chirping happily in the autumn morning. He lazily stretched, climbing out of bed grabbing whatever homework he found on the ground. "Big brother are you up? Mom said she was giving us all a ride to school when you're ready." Yuzu said on the other side of his door. "Alright, alright, I'm so happy to go to school at an ungodly hour, its practically radiating off of me." He said sarcastically, throwing on his uniform.

"Alright Captain Sarcasm, I already have your sister Karin complaining, I don't need you to either." It was his mother who was speaking. Ichigo made a disapproving sound before opening his door to the sight of his mother's smiling face. "Good morning Sunshine." She said kissing him on his scowl. "I'm not a kid, and don't call me sunshine. I feel like a girl when you do." He stated waking downstairs. Masaki giggled and followed her son.

Karin watched her father hide behind the couch, waiting for Ichigo to come downstairs. He immediately regretted it after Karin kicked him in the back of the head. "Why did you do that my lovely daughter? Don't you love your father anymore?" He wept trying to give his daughter a hug. "Cause you're stupid and it was irritating just watching you." At this point Yuzu had taken her place by her sister. "Karin be nice."

Ichigo yawned standing by the door waiting for the rest of the family. "I'm ready to go, and those who aren't I'll leave ya beyond." He shouted swinging the door open. He was greeted by an all to familiar sight.

"How ya doing little Ichi?"

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