Chapter 4: Family Welcoming
After Kisuke left Tia started crying again on Ichigo's shoulder while he held her in a tight hug. After an hour of Tia crying, she had finally fallen asleep in in Ichigo's arms. Once her fraccion noticed this they decided that it would be the best time to find out what Ichigo had planned for them but, more specifically for Tia since Ichigo hasn't let go of her once all night.
"So Kurosaki-san, what can we expect of you from this point on?" Sun-sun asked. This question made Ichigo wonder what she meant.
"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked, not understanding what she was getting at.
"Don't play dumb, you know exactly what we mean." Apacci said in a low yell so she wouldn't wake Tia, while earning a glare from Mila Rose.
"What my friend means to say is where will we live, what will we eat, and how will we sleep; you don't expect us to live on the street do you?" Mila Rose asked with a hopeful smile, she actually thought Ichigo was very attractive since she had first woken up and hoped he said they could stay with him.
Ichigo was at a loss for words, he never took that into consideration up until now. "W-well you see I a um-" Ichigo never finished because Mila Rose decided to add on to her previous question.
"Let me put it to you this way." Mila Rose began with an evil grin. "Four beautiful women living on the streets with a bunch of perverts offering them a home just so they can get in their pants then throw them back on the streets like trash." She said with a sadden look. "Do you really want that to happen to us?" She finished with puppy eyes.
"N-no, not at all." Ichigo said waving his hands in defense. Ichigo thought for a moment before sighing at what he was going to say. "You can stay at my place with me and my family." After Ichigo said this he found his head planted in Mila Roses cleavage.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Mila Rose said, but Ichigo didn't hear anything as he started to feel light headed and frantically waved his arms around trying to get her off. Sun-sun saw this and couldn't help but giggle at her friends antics while Apacci was laughing her ass off at Ichigo's expense.
All this noise was ended when a low groan came from Tia and everyone eyed the former Espada as she stirred awake. Tia awoke and her teal eyes met the brown ones of Ichigo who gave her a smile.
"Hey Tia, feeling better now?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes, just fine thanks." Tia answered with a smile under her collar.
As Tia got up she found herself in Mila Roses arms with a huge smile plastered on her face. Tia raised a brow at this so, Mila Rose answered the unasked question.
"Halibel-sama guess what Ichigo said we can stay with him, isn't that great?" Mila Rose asked with an even bigger smile.
Tia looked at Ichigo with a blush under her collar with only one thought. 'He is letting us live with him, I can't believe it, could he have a crush on me too?' She asked herself but, before she could ponder on it anymore Kisuke walked into the room.
"Okay, your gigai are ready go ahead and try to focus your reishi into them." Kisuke said as they walked into the room he was in and did as instructed. "Also, Kurosaki your body is in the usual room." Kisuke said, Ichigo nodded and went into the room to retrieve his body.
When Ichigo came back he was wearing blue jeans and a white short sleeved shirt with the number fifteen on it. He also saw that Tia and her fraccion were also in their new gigai's but, his eyes nearly bugged out of his head as he saw that they were doing stretches to get used to them and that Tia just so happened to be bent over, giving Ichigo a very good view of her ass.
When Tia raised up Ichigo saw what she was wearing. She now whore green sneakers, blue jeans, and a green shirt with a blue shark on it. Ichigo saw her face for the first time and the only word to describe her was gorgeous.
Ichigo then turned to see Mila Rose wearing. She now whore yellow sneakers, short shorts, and a black shirt that stopped above her stomach with a crowned lion on it.
Then Ichigo saw Apacci. She whore black sneakers, black jeans, and a brown shirt, she also has a belt with a deer skull on on the buckle.
Finally, Ichigo turned to Sun-sun. She was wearing blue heals, and the same blouse Soifon's gigai wares.
"Well, how do we look Ichigo?" Tia asked with a blush, awaiting his answer.
Ichigo had to think on this for a moment so he wouldn't say the wrong thing. "Y-you uh look great, all of you ready to go?" Ichigo asked to which they all nodded.
"Oh, and Kurosaki their registered in your school now and I'll send you their school uniforms tomorrow." Kisuke said, Ichigo nodded and left.
Steet Near Ichigo's House:
The four arrancar were asking questions about every place they past and Ichigo was more then happy to answer them. A few people they past either gave Ichigo an envious look or an angry glare but, they were quickly scared off when Ichigo sent a scowl their way, while the four arrancar women with him laughed at this. What the four arrancar thought of Ichigo before was now changed. At first, they thought Ichigo was going to be like the other men in Hueco Mundo; perverted, sexist, and cruel. However Ichigo was the total opposite of all that, he was kind, caring, and protective. They also thought he was handsome and that he has to be strong if he managed to take on the hole Soul Society.
Tia was a little curious about Ichigo's family and what their like. "So Ichigo, what exactly is your family like?" Tia asked but, noticed he paled a little at the question and raise a brow.
Ichigo turned to Tia after she asked that and just remembered his lunatic of a father. 'I had completely forgotten about the old man, damn he'll never let me live this day down when he see's these four with me.' Ichigo turned his attention back to Tia and saw she was waiting. 'Well, better tell them all now.' Ichigo thought with a little worry.
"Well, I have two younger sisters, Karin and Yuzu. Karin is a lot like me, while Yuzu is the more girlish of the two. Then there's my dad, in a word he's insane." Ichigo said making them all laugh.
"Insane huh?" Apacci wondered/asked "Insane how exactly?" She asked a little worried about living with an insane man even if it is Ichigo's father.
"Trust me, you'll know as soon as you see him." Ichigo said with a tick showing on his head at the thought of how his dad acts all the time.
Sun-sun noticed that Ichigo had left someone out, his mother. She thought about whether or not asked, and decided to find out why he left her out. "Ichigo, what about your mother?" She asked, but instantly regretted it as Ichigo looked saddened at her question.
Ichigo debated if he should tell them the whole story of his mothers death or just half of it for now but, decided to go with the later option until he was ready to tell the rest of it.
"My mom died when I was nine." Ichigo said making all four of them go silent. Sun-sun felt bad for making Ichigo remember such a bad memory and tried to apologize.
"Ichigo, I am sorry for making you remember something as terrible as that." Sun-sun said.
"No, it's okay you didn't know, you had to find out sooner or later since your living at my house." Ichigo said with a forced smile. Unknown to him that Tia saw that he was not telling them everything but, decided not to ask, for now.
Kurosaki House:
They all got to Ichigo's house and they all were more then ready to meet Ichigo's family but, Ichigo stopped them.
"Just stand away from the door for a moment, trust me." Ichigo said. They nodded and did as instructed wondering why he asked them to do this. Ichigo knocked on the door three times and the four arrancar women got their answer as a man wearing grey pants, a yellow shirt, and a doctors coat ace came flying out.
"You're late." Isshin yelled as he aimed his foot for Ichigo's head. Ichigo just ducked under him however and he landed face first in the street. Isshin got up and was about to attack again, but when he turned his head he saw that Ichigo had brought home four women. A big grin grew on his face and he ran to the poster of his deceased wife. "Oh Masaki, our son finally got a woman and not just one but four." Isshin cried making all five of them go crimson.
Ichigo growled and punched his dad in the face sending him flying into the wall. "Shut the hell up dad, it's not like that." Ichigo yelled getting the attention of his sisters. Karin noticed the four mysterious in her house and decided to ask Ichigo.
"Ichigo, just who are these four you?" Karin asked.
"These are some friends of mine from school." Ichigo began with the story he made up on the way home. "Their apartment building burned down and they asked if they could stay with us until it got rebuilt so, their going to be staying with us for a few months." Ichigo finished. Karin nodded in understanding and walked to the nearest one with an extanded hand.
"Hi, I'm Karin Ichigo's younger sister." She said lazily as she shook Apacci's hand.
"Apacci, nice to meet you." She said with a smirk. Then Yuzu walked up to Sun-sun with a raised hand and a smile.
"I'm Yuzu, nice to meet you." She said cheerfully as she shook Sun-sun's hand.
"Sun-sun, it's a pleasure Yuzu." She said returning the smile. Then Isshin ran up to Mila Rose and shook her hand vigreresly.
"And I'm Isshin, nice to meet you." He said with a cheesy grin.
"I-I'm Mila Rose, n-nice to meet you too, I guess." She said a little taken aback by Isshin's energy. Then the three Kurosaki's turned to Tia.
"I'm Tia Halibel, it's nice finally meet you all and I hope you don't mind us staying with you for a few months?" She asked.
"Not at all, you can stay with us for as long you'd like." Isshin said with a smile. "Oh, and Ichigo." Isshin said eyeing his son as Ichigo turned to him with a brow raised. "You'll have to take them shopping tomorrow since they obviously lost all of their clothes in the fire." Isshin said with a grin.
Ichigo went red at the thought of himself going shopping for women clothes but, nodded anyway. "R-right, will do." He stuttered out. "Anyway, how about we eat dinner you must be starving?" No sooner did Ichigo say this, that four stomach growls came from the arrancar and they turned red in the face.
"Well, looks like I'll have to make more food." Yuzu said as they all walked into the kitchen.
After dinner, Ichigo brought Tia and her friends to his room. "Okay, sleeping arrangements." Ichigo said as he got out three bed mats, pillows, and blankets putting them down at the foot of his bed. "The four of you choose who gets to sleep in my bed while the other three sleep in the mats I put down." He said getting nods from them as they talked. After a minute, Tia's fraccion walked to the mats while Tia took the bed but, then thought of something.
"Ichigo, where will you sleep?" Tia asked a little uncomfortable that he might say he'll sleep with her. She thinks she has a crush on him, but she's not ready to sleep with him. Tia then saw Ichigo pull out an extra pillow and blanket then put them on the floor.
"I'll sleep on the floor, it's no trouble either because, I thought you might feel uncomfortable if you and I shared a bed." Ichigo said as he turned out the light and lied down. Tia smiled at his thinking.
"Good night, Ichigo." Tia said loud enough for him to hear.
"Good night, Tia." Ichigo said before drifting off to sleep.