Hope that the last chapter was to your satisfaction. I am finally into the mode of writing again, and this would have been part of the last chapter, however I thought it would be better to make this its own chapter. That way I could make it longer and more detailed. Orihime has been home 5 days just to give a reference of time. I hope you like the twist.
Chapter 4 – In the Kurosaki Household
When Orihime and Ichigo walked into the house, Ichigo was greeted by his father like normal. Fists flew and feet were flying across the house.
"Ichigo! How dare you stay at your girlfriend's house for five days!" Isshin yelled as he attacked his son, before Ichigo leveled him with a glare that even had him pausing.
"Don't insinuate something like that happened, I'm not some sort of creep who can't be trusted," Ichigo growled, which had Orihime slowly walking forward and wrapping her small hand around his wrist.
"Ichigo… Don't be mad at your dad. It's not right to take your anger out on him," She whispered, before smiling half-heartedly at Isshin. "Mr. Kurosaki… We have a favor to ask you."
Isshin looked at the face of his son then Orihime and knew something was wrong.
"Sure. We can talk, let's go to the office."
Orihime's heart pounded against her ribcage and her breath was panicked. Why had she agreed to this?
The nagging in the back of her head was back.
Princess…? Tch, you deserve what happened to you. Always hiding me in the light. You are so weak it's pathetic. But every light casts a shadow. Everything light must have a dark counterpart, otherwise how would you know it was light. The snicker penetrated her thoughts and she whimpered mentally.
What was going on?
Who are you? Why are you in my mind?
Who am I? I have no name. Yet... I was created when you rejected your innocence, and given even more strength when you allowed them to use you. You think you are so good, always happy, always cheerful. Our precious little Orihime, The voice mocked her. You trick them all. You aren't good. You're evil on the inside, just like one of those hollows. Just like the hollow in Ichigo. Just wait… You'll see what I mean. The time for innocence is over…
The voice faded leaving Orihime stunned, and mechanically following after Ichigo.
The weight of the world seemed to press on her shoulders.
What had she become? Was she really like Ichigo and the other Vizards? What could have made her that way? And could she trust the thing?
Orihime shook her head to remove the thoughts from her mind.
It was only a hallucination brought on by depression and anxiety, surely. Nothing to worry about, nothing to make Ichigo worry about. He had enough on his plate.
The three entered the room, with Orihime at the end, and Isshin motioned for the two teens to sit down.
"So what happened?"
His eyes held a serious light, and that's when Ichigo knew it would be safe to tell his father.
"Orihime was taken by the Espadas and Aizen, so I went to save her. When I got her back, she told me she had been raped." Ichigo managed to state the answer without growling, something which both Orihime and Isshin appreciated.
Isshin looked at him son, and then at Orihime.
"Why didn't you bring her here right off the bat?" The doctor glared at Ichigo before smacking him upside the head, "You should have brought her to me as soon as possible!"
Isshin glowered at Ichigo, and Ichigo scowled back.
"Mr. Kurosaki…It's not his fault. I wouldn't have let you near me…I…" Orihime trailed off for a moment. "I'm still having a hard time being near anyone…"
Her voice quivered and she heard the mental snicker again. Stop acting so innocent, you know you wanted what happened to you. You know it's your fault.
"I don't care. Ichigo should have brought you here immediately. While souls cannot carry Sexually Transmitted Diseases, they can still impregnate females." He scratched his chin, then sighed. "I supposed what's done is done. Let me get a pregnancy test." Isshin stood and began to walk to a cupboard.
"But Mr. Kurosaki…I took a pregnancy test…I wasn't pregnant." Orihime stared blankly at Ichigo's father.
"It's standard procedure that a woman take more than one test in order to be able to tell the accurate verdict. It has been five days, correct? Normally, I wouldn't have you take it until maybe a couple of weeks later, but seeing as how you are here already, I would feel better to simply have you take one now, then another one later."
The clinician smiled kindly at her.
Nodding, she made her way forward and took the test. It felt odd. How could he be so fatherly to her without being related to her in any way?
Isshin watched as the young girl made her way to the bathroom and shut the door, then turned to his son.
"Ichigo, we need to keep a close eye on her." The man sighed, and then sat down in front of his son. "I don't think the truth has truly set in. Maybe bits and pieces, small fragments of memory may seem real, but I'm afraid she might be trying to block it. Which will only cause her more grief."
Ichigo nodded in understanding, "I wasn't going to leave her alone, Dad. She's not going to go through this alone."
"She's going to need more than you can give her son." Isshin patted Ichigo's shoulder, "I think that for the time being, she should stay with us here. I want to keep an eye on her. Especially, since she's going to be my little daughter-in-law soon!"
He sobbed pitifully as Ichigo punched him upside the head.
"Dad! This is not the time for your childishness." The growl slipped through Ichigo's lips before he could stop it.
"Mr. Kurosaki? Are you okay?"
Orihime's timid voice cut through the fight that was about to start.
"Yes, my dear daughter number four!" Isshin chuckled to himself, while Ichigo glowered in his seat. "I am unfortunately used to this abuse from my dear son."
"Orihime? You doing okay?" Ichigo stood and walked toward her. "We have a few things we need to talk to you about."
She nodded and met Isshin's eyes, which once again became serious.
"Orihime, I believe it would be in your best interest if you lived with us for a little while. I think it will be easier on you, not have to depend on yourself, and I would feel more comfortable if you were not living alone."
The man's voice held no room for argument, and it was in that moment Ichigo saw the Captain that his father once was. The man may be childish and annoying, but it was all a façade. It hid how undeniably powerful the man was behind the mask.
"Oh…Um, okay…" Orihime wrung her fingers together and attempted to smile. "Thank you Mr. Kurosaki."
"There is one condition." The man grinned at her.
"What?"
"You have to call me Daddy!"
A/N: Hello everyone. Thanks for reading this. I really love Isshin and his double sided nature. Actually he reminds me of Kain Cross from Vampire Knight… and my own father. -_-; any-whoo. I wrote this at 1 in the morning for you guys. This last week was so crazy. I was planning my birthday party which is the 16th. Woohoo for being 18…not. Yep, I'm only 18, so go easy on me. I haven't the amount of experience as some other authors ^_- Also I apologize for the shortness and the amount of time it took, things have become slightly stressful lately.
Ladycifer: Thanks for the comments. Yea, I can understand where you are coming from about when Orihime was crying one moment and then laughing the next. However, I have found that sometimes even if you are not happy you can laugh. I may have never been in her situation, but I have had some…not so good things happen, and I have laughed soon after bawling my eyes out. Also it is Orihime we are talking about. Since when is she normal? I mean I love the gal, and she is my anime persona, but normal and Orihime shouldn't be in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. ANYWAY, thank you very much for the reviews, and I hope you keep on reading.
Nypsy: Hello again hun. Thank you for being such a faithful reader and reviewer. Honestly, you are a lifesaver at times. I desperately need the motivation occasionally. T-T I wasn't planning on giving her and STD, she's going to have enough to deal with as it is. *evil laugh* haha. As for the support group….I think you will like the way that it turns out. ; )… I laughed at the way you described Ulqui and Aizen. I totally agree. I think that Ulquiorra is too pompous to have 'wasted' the time to have sex with anyone. The only way that I could ever see him taking the time, would be if Aizen ordered him. Hence why I put that in there. ^_^ I hope you liked how Isshin was used…I hope I portrayed him well… :/
Mairitherese: Thank you for the review! I do not mean this in a mean way, but I am happy you cried…it means that I am doing a good job… of course it's not like I enjoy inflicting emotional turmoil upon people….. since that is what I do to characters….oh well… yay! It is an honor to hear that you could see this actually happening. Like I have said before, and probably will say again, I always try to keep the characters….in character. However sometimes they do not like being in a scene, or rebel and I have to rewrite everything in order for them to be happy. It's frustrating, but rewarding. As for the responding to the reviewers, I love reading what everyone has to say, and I enjoy taking the time and effort to reply. I like getting responses, so I figure I can do the service of responding…even if it is a public response instead of a PM.
PS: Everyone please go to my profile and vote on your favorite Bleach Couples. I am going to be doing a series of one shots after this and the couple with the most amount of votes gets their story done first. The series is called 'How I Met Your Mother'. It will be an AU setting in which you will get to read my version on how the couples would meet if they were not in 'Bleach'….if you get what I mean at all….
Anyway, thank you for reading, and the next chapter will be up soon…if I can get my lazy booty into gear and have the inspiration….