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Wages of Sin
Chapter One
Exactly four days later the back up team leaves Seireitei for the mortal world. Exiting at Urahara Shoten, Hitsugaya and Madarame pick up the gigai they had ordered. Renji enters as well, but he had a long standing agreement to stay there when in the mortal world. The other four wait outside making small talk with Ururu and Jinta. About that time Rukia also shows up to collect her gigai. Helping to get the gigai, Ururu runs to find the boxes they were kept in. Finding two sets of boxes she shouts for Urahara. Taking a cursory glance at the six boxes he grabs two male and one female gigai. With everyone in gigai they head off to where each of them was staying. Rukia heads back to Ichigo's, Hitsugaya and Matsumoto to Orihime's and Madarame and Ayasegawa to Mizuho Asano's. Kira and Hisagi say they'll find their own place.
The Hollow was quiescent at the moment so they had tonight off for now, that could change any time though. Arriving at Mizuho's they knock on the door. When she answers she seems happy to see them, or at least Ikkaku.
Seeing Ayasegawa she asks him if he could find another place to stay that night. "Hey Ayasegawa could you find somewhere else to sleep, I want some private time with Ikkaku."
"Private time? What would that be for?" Yumichika asks.
"Well... it's been about nine years since Ikkaku and I got together so since he's here we can celebrate."
"Yeah yeah...let me call around and then I'll leave." Pulling out his phone he begins to dial the people he knew. A few minutes later he speaks to Mizuho's brother Keigo. Keigo tells him that he can stay there for the night.
Leaving later that night they go out to a fancy dinner. After returning Mizuho notices that Ikkaku's hair had started to grow back in. Smiling she shoos him to the bathing room. Grabbing the razors she kept for her own use she helps him shave his head. This leads to water play between the two of them. "Hmmm nice and smooth now. Are you sure you weren't trying to drive me away again?"
"You know that isn't the case, I just didn't get a chance to see a barber. And anyway you also know you've had fun helping me."
"Yes... yes...now kiss me." With that the two of them begin to kiss passionately. Leaving the bathing room a mess they move from the bathing room to the bedroom as they continue to kiss. Clothing gets strewn between the two rooms. Reaching the bedroom they head for the bed. Removing the last few articles of clothing they fall together onto the still made bed. Hands start going everywhere in movements that were as familiar as their own names. Just because they had been doing this for nearly a decade didn't mean it was any less exciting.
Nuzzling her neck Ikkaku tries to maneuver it so that he was on top but at the last minute Mizuho rolls over and traps him underneath her
"Hahaha, now I have you and you will submit." Mizuho cackles.
"I think not love. Maybe you should be the one to submit... to me..." answers Ikkaku. With that another wrestling match ensues. Moments later Mizuho is gasping as Ikkaku has her facing the pillows while he plays with her most private of places. .When Mizuho seemed ready he enters her from behind. With hands moving still to ensure her pleasure he begins to thrust back and forth. Eventually both of them are soaked in sweat and moaning in pleasure. As Mizuho peaks for the last time Ikkaku goes over the edge as well. Collapsing together they drift off to sleep as they'd done many times over the last several years.
The next morning Ikkaku gets back together with Yumichika and the report to Hitsugaya Taicho. Hitsugaya tells them that they should patrol the south-east area of Karakura for the Hollow. Renji and Matsumoto would patrol the north-east; Rukia and Ichigo the south-west; and Izuru and Shuuhei would patrol the northwest. Hitsugaya himself, would stay put in the center. Parting to the four winds each group begins their patrols for the day.
That day and the next several as well they search fruitlessly for the Hollow they were trying to chase. It would appear in one location and then be gone when they got there, though the spirit phone would say they were right on top of it. Taking the phones to Urahara didn't help either, because when they were checked out they were fine. While everyone continued to patrol Hitsugaya speaks to 12th division to see if they have any information for him. Akon and Kurotsuchi Taicho tell him they may have to track the Hollow using Kido. The only reference they could find was of a Hollow that could project it's reiatsu as far as 750m away.
Using the patterns of where it would show up, Ichigo and the rest plot where to setup people good with Kido to track it. They would set up in three groups to triangulate and find it's true body. Rukia, Hitsugaya Taicho, and Izuru would cast the spell while in pairs the other six would guard the caster then attack the Hollow when they found it. Taking up their positions they begin to cast the spell.
"Heart of the south...Eye of the north..." chants Hitsugaya
"Fingertips of the west... Heel of the east..." chants Rukia
"Gather with the wind. Scatter with the rain..." chants Kira
"Bakudo number Fifty-Eight! KAKUSHI TSUIJYAKU!" they chant in unison.
Glowing numbers scroll before their eyes. Suddenly the random numbers stop, and they are given a pair of coordinates. Ichigo says that it's a lot off the train station and three pairs of fighters converge on that location.
Arriving at the lot they see the masked form they had been chasing for the last two weeks. Unlike most low level Hollow it was fairly small, only about the size of Zaraki Taicho, so it didn't seem that impressive in person. Calling out to release their Zanpakuto the six come at it from every direction so that at least one of them could always see it. By the time the other three show up it's been taken down with only minor injuries. Rather than wasting energy on Kido they all head back to Ichigo's and have his dad patch them up. Completely unsurprised at the group of Shinigami showing up at his clinic he treats them and offers them a place for the night.
Everyone but Rukia declines and they head out. Hitsugaya was only half paying attention though. He rarely ran into Ichigo's sisters so hadn't realized how beautiful his sister Karin had gotten. She had grow from a tom-boy with skinned knees who played soccer in the park to a lithe young woman who still played soccer on her college team. The feelings that start within him startle the young Taicho. He had never felt this way about another Shinigami so why would it have to have been a human.
The next day everyone from Soul Society gathers at Urahara Shoten to return. Before Ikkaku can leave Mizuho surprises him with a chaste kiss as he leaves. Leaving their gigai behind everyone heads through the Senkai Gate back to Seireitei never knowing what was about to happen.
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