Nozomi sat on the bed staring, waiting for her results from the pregnancy test. She was getting anxious and began tapping her foot. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Ichigo and Nozomi had rented a room from a small apartment building in the soul society. "Come in." she said as the door opened, revealing Ichigo and Rukia behind it.
"Hi, honey. Hi, Rukia" she said quickly, looking back down at the pregnancy test as the two sat on either side of her. They noticed the pregnancy test in her hand and they both leaned to get a closer look. They waited and waited, until finally a pink positive showed up.
Everyone went wide-eyed and cheered. Rukia almost screamed and Nozomi and Ichigo hugged and kissed. "I've gotta go tell everyone!" Rukia said running out the door. Nozomi tried to hold back tears in her eyes, which Ichigo noticed.
"What's wrong?" he asked worriedly as the tears ran down her cheeks.
"Nothing, I'm just so happy!" she said, wiping the tears off of her face.
They embraced and kissed as a certain someone stood watching outside the window.
-outside the window-
Shizuno stood in the tree with wide eyes and a dropped jaw, "Dammit. That bastard got her pregnant!" he thought to himself as he began gritting his teeth in anger and headed back to the mountain.
Isane Kotetsu walked down the streets and saw the man standing in the tree at the window. He jumped out of the tree and ran down the street in the direction of the Sereitei forest, "He doesn't look like a soul reaper, he looks suspicious. Maybe I should investigate." she thought to herself as she ran after him.
-back to Ichigo, 2 hours later-
Ichigo and Nozomi walked through the soul society on their way to visit everyone they knew. They recieved congratulations from people around town, "Damn, Rukia knows how to spread the word." Ichigo said after the hundredth 'congrats' they got. Most of these people they didn't even know.
They reached the door to Byakuya's quarters, which appearently ended up as the meeting spot according to Rukia, and opened the door. Renji, Rukia, Byakuya, Shuhei, Izuru, Momo, Rangiku, and Toshiro. They were instantly bombarded by greetings and congrats from everyone there, except for Byakuya, who simply kept his usual calm attitude.
"Congradulations on the pregnancy!" Renji said to his freind. He didn't think that Ichigo would beat him to the punch. "Damn. I owe Shuhei SO much money."
Suddenly Yachiru came out of nowhere, "YAY! Now there's gonna be a little Ichy running around soon!" she cheered, causing everyone to laugh, and even Byakuya to giggle.
"I heard that!" Rukia said pointing at Byakuya.
"Heard what?" he asked in surprisedly
"You know what I heard, you were giggling! You were giggling at Yachiru!" Rukia accused, Byakuya simply stood there and remained silent, "Don't ignore me! Admit it, you DO have a sense of humor!" she continued to accuse.
-In the Sereitei Forest-
Shizuno made it halfway through the forest to get to the mountain. He stopped to take a rest on a tree, "Almost there... Just a little further." he said to himself as he panted. Suddenly a silver-haired woman appeared from the trail he had came from, "Shit, I was followed."
She walked infront of him with her sword drawn, "Who are you and what business do you have with the soul society?" she questioned. She carefully studied the man. "Green hair, yellow eyes, no zanpakuto. He's not a soul reaper, but he's not a normal soul either. Could he be..."
As if reading her mind, Shizuno answered her, "Yeah, that's right. I'm a modsoul." he said as he stood up and slowly began circling Isane.
Her eyes were wide as she was told the facts, "S... So you're a m... modsoul. Well I'm sorry, but as a soul reaper it is my duty to eliminate rogue modsouls." she said sweating lightly. Her words didn't please Shizuno all to well.
His eyes went wide, "Then you're just like all the rest!" he yelled as he lunged at her and punched her in the stomach, sending her flying into a tree, "You say its your job to kill us, but you never give a shit about how we felt as we watched all of our freinds die right in front of our eyes!" he screamed as he slammed her into the tree again, "You think you're getting somewhere by killing us off, or think that you're cleaning up the remains of a failed experiment, we're nothing to you but TRASH!" he yelled as he delivered a final strong knee to her chest, causing her to cough up blood and fall on her side.
She let out small whimpers of pain as Shizuno stood there panting. He saw nothing but red and began kicking her body, delivering sharp blows to her chest and stomach, forcing more blood to spew out of her mouth. Suddenly a woman with short red spiky hair and wearing black leather pants and shirt with red highlights in the collar and sleeves appeared and put him in a full nelson and pulled him back, "Shizuno, stop!" she yelled as Shizuno struggled to keep attacking Isane.
Shizuno finally stopped and settled down. The woman let him go and walked in front of him, "It's okay. We all know how it felt." she said as she hugged him. Tears formed in his eyes and ran down his cheeks as he thought of all of his freinds dying.
Shizuno quickly straightened himself out and hugged her back, "Thanks, Zenas" he said to her. They let go of each other and continued down the path, leaving Isane on the ground.
Isane lied there and thought of what he said, "We watched all of our freinds die right in front of our eyes! You think you're getting somewhere by killing us off. Cleaning up the remains of a failed experiment. We're nothing to you but TRASH!" those words echoed in her head as she thought of the girl and the man.
"What have we done?"
-the next day-
"So where are we going again?" Nozomi asked as Ichigo guided her to their destination with his hand over her eyes.
"I told you, its a surprise." he said as they reached their destination. Ichigo moved his hand and revealed they were on the top of Sogyoku hill. She could see the entire soul society.
"Wow." she said in amazement. She had never had such an amazing view of anything (Save for "that one night")
Suddenly a hand landed on Ichigo's shoulder, "Hello, Ichigo." Kenpachi said, causing Ichigo to jump out of his skin.
"Aaah! Kenpachi, this isn't the best time for a fight!" Ichigo said as he turned around.
"Huh? No, I'm just here to congradulate you on your child. Who knows, maybe when they get older I can fight them." Kenpachi said imagining what Ichigo's kid could look like.
"You are not fighting my child." Ichigo said frowning at Kenpachi.
Suddenly Rukia ran up to Ichigo from behind Kenpachi, "Ichigo! Nozomi! Come quick!" she yelled frantically
"Why? What's wrong?" Nozomi asked worriedly.
"Isane was found in the forest beaten badly. She asked to talk to Nozomi." Rukia answered. Ichigo and Nozomi quickly followed as Rukia ran down the hill.
-Squad 4 Barracks-
Ichigo and Nozomi walked into the room and saw the silver-haired man in the bed covered with bruises and blood, "Oh dear, Isane, are you okay?" Nozomi asked looking down at the bruised woman.
"I'm fine, I'll be okay. But I wanted to ask you something." Isane responded.
"What is it?" Nozomi asked, still looking at the bloodied clothes of the woman.
"I was attacked by a man who claimed to be a modsoul. He said that we soul reapers are all the same, killing off modsouls as if we're cleaning the remains of a failed experiment, an not giving a second thought to how they feel about their friends we've killed. So I ask you, do you think of us in such a way, thinking we don't care about you're lives?" Isane asked in a sad and sorrowful voice.
Nozomi hesitated to answer and hung her head, "I'd be lying if I said I didn't think of you in that way for a time. But Ichigo, Rukia, all of my friends have showed me that soul reapers can care for us and even be willing to die for us. So no, I no longer think of you in such a way." she answered, smiling.
"Thank you, that's all I needed to hear." Isane said as she fell into a peaceful slumber.
-20 minutes later-
Ichigo and Nozomi left the Squad 4 Barracks after Isane's question. Nozomi turned around and looked at Ichigo, "Ichigo. The man that hurt Isane. I think I know who did it." she said.
"What? Really? Who was it?" Ichigo asked excitedly.
"A man that had short green hair and yellow eyes. He said his name was Shizuno." She said quietly.
Suddenly Shizuno, a man with long, purple hair, and a woman with red hair dropped from the nearby rooftops. Nozomi gasped at the sight of Shizuno and backed toward Ichigo.
"Nozomi. You have to come with us." Shizuno said stepping toward them, Ichigo stepped in front of her and drew his zanpakuto.
"Zenas, Ijana, take Nozomi. I'll handle Ichigo." Shizuno said. Ichigo heightened his guard and prepared for the two modsouls.
"You'll have to get past me first." Ichigo said pointing his blade at them.
Shizuno swiped his arm across the air causing Zenas and Ijana vanish and appear behind Ichigo. They grabbed Nozomi and vanished again with her, Ichigo tried to grab them, but it was too late. He turned to Shizuno and dashed at him, "Where have they gone too?" He yelled.
"Izukazi azu!" Shizuno yelled, causing Ichigo to be forced to the ground on his hands and knees.
"Dammit, what the hell is this?" Ichigo yelled as he tried to stand.
"Izukazi azu, similar to kido number one, only stronger." Shizuno said as he walked toward Ichigo and picked up his zanpakuto, "I guess its time to make sure you never use her again." he said as he raised the sword and aimed for Ichigo's neck.
He grinned sadistically and brought the blade down on Ichigo's neck.
Ichigo's blood flowed in the streets and soaked into the dirt.
