"I'm out of here," stated Uryu walking out of the shop door heading to his father's hospital.
"That's why I didn't recommend him coming," Urahara said chuckling and walking over to where Starrk was located.
"Nel…pl-please let go," Ichigo said struggling for air. The hug from the large breasted arrancar might have been pleasant to an extent, but it was starting to strain Ichigo's air reserves. The spiky haired teen collapsed while sitting upright and scooted himself up to the giant table, but Neliel was still holding firm and almost the entirety of her body except her head, shoulders, and arms were now located under the table. Ichigo scooted back a bit and picked her up so that she was now sitting in his lap with her arms around his neck.
"Kurosaki, I'm ready to even up the score. Let's go to that training room and get down to business," said Grimmjow standing with an ever growing manic grin on his face.
Ichigo was about to respond, but he noticed Nel's grip on him was loosening. He looked down to the ex-tercera sobbing into his shihaksho. "Nel, what's wrong?" the Captain asked pulling his head back so that he looked her in the eyes.
"I-I missed you. I thought you weren't coming back," Neliel cried into his uniform. Ichigo put Zangetsu down from his place on his back and set his partner next to him. God I'm an idiot…
Tia and her fraccion had moved to the back of Urahara's shop for some "private" talking. "What do you mean you're living with a soul reaper!?" Apacci yelled to her mistress. During the past few days, Halibel had been growing soft being with Ichigo; however the tercera still needed to assert her dominance over her three fraccion. They might have been friends, but they were still subordinates.
"What I do is not of your concern, Apacci," Tier said with authority prevalent in her voice.
Apacci was taken aback, but not a moment later the numero realized her place.
"You love him, don't you?" asked the perceptive Sung- Sun. "I saw how you eyed him when you entered the room." The snake added.
Tia sighed and leaned against the wall and simply nodded to her fraccion.
"Are you an idiot, Sun-Sun?! It's clear that he brain washed her!" Mila-Rose yelled to her fellow numero.
"No Mila-Rose, I am not brainwashed. I even…I even kissed him this morning," Tia said turning away as her face turned red. She was rather uncomfortable talking about this. The tercera would have much rather have been with Ichigo right then.
Sung-Sun's, Mila-Rose', and Apacci's jaws all dropped as Tia left the room.
Ichigo sighed as soon as he came to the realization that Nel had fallen asleep in his lap with her arms circled around his waist. Yoruichi walked up behind him, sat down and nuzzled up to him. My, my, Ichigo's getting quite popular with us ladies, Yoruichi thought getting even closer to her love.
Not a second later Tia came in the room and sat down next to Ichigo. The blonde noticed the sleeping ex-espada and sighed all while cuddling up to Ichigo.
"Now if I can get everyone's attention then we can get started," Urahara said standing up in front of everyone. Jinta, Ururu, and Tessai went out some while ago.
"Hey, Urahara, I take it you know him?" Ichigo said gesturing to Starrk. The Primera was nodding off as Urahara started talking again.
"Ah yes. Starrk here was my lab assistant when I was creating the Hogyoku. He was the first successful arrancar as well. He might have been created accidentally, but he was successful. He was caught in the blast and sent to Hueco Mundo," Hat n' Clogs said as he waved his hand in front of his face. The shopkeeper then started to cry fake tears. "I'm so proud that he became the Primera. They grow up so fast." He "sobbed."
"Shut it, Kisuke," Starrk said lazily picking something out of his teeth. "Plus I saved your life in the explosion, too. So I guess you owe me," the brown haired Espada added regaining full consciousness.
"I guess I do," Urahara chuckled. The humble shopkeeper was more interested in the teen that was having unbelievably gorgeous women surrounding him. Kisuke was actually happy for Yoruichi, though. The hand-to-hand expert would take up and leave periodically without warning, but to have her stay in one place for an extended amount of time? That was something alien to Kisuke. The flash goddess must have seriously been interested in pursuing something with the teen. And a teen? She must have loved him from the start.
"Yo, Kisuke, how's Lilyette doing?" Starrk asked. As soon as the Primera had finished settling down Grimmjow when the group arrived by threatening to remove his K-9's, Urahara had bandaged everyone up and put Lilyette in a room for some rest, and ever since the tercera had shown up the shopkeeper had installed a reiatsu blocking sensor the same as in Tier's gigai. The field, however, was much larger and covered 200 feet in every direction.
"She's stable, but her spirit energy has been fluctuating a good bit," Urahara said grimacing the fact that Starrk might lose one of his only true companions.
"Alright," Starrk said sitting back lazily. The Primera was actually hurting inside.
"Orihime?" said Urahara wondering where the red head had wondered off to.
"Yes?" she responded coming around the corner with Chad right behind her. The pair had just put Ichigo's body in the lounge, but was still very much aware of the group of arrancars.
"May you please heal our guests?" Urahara asked, however much like Starrk, if she refused then he would not ask again.
Orihime hesitated, but she answered, "Alright," the red head nodded.
"Wait," Chad started putting a giant hand on her shoulder, "Are you sure?" he asked worriedly.
Orihime nodded quickly and proceeded to walk over to the brown haired Primera.
"Hey, Grimmjow," Starrk said, "Where's Neliel's fraccion? Since you came back with her I expect you know?" Coyote finished as he was encased in a gold light.
"They got killed by about a dozen or so adjuchas," Grimmjow spat. "Neliel was a stinkin' little brat, so she couldn't do shit," he added. "After Nnoitora almost decapitated me I went out to the dunes, but it took me a good two weeks, too, 'cause I kept passin' out cause of the blood loss and kept gettin' lost. When I got out there she was being surrounded right after the adjuchas killed her fraccion. Not a minute later and she turned into a woman and murdered 'em all. That was funny shit right there," the sexta finished.
Ichigo was fuming at the sexta espada. The Captain held Nel tighter as he heard the news.
"But I gotta admit that those fraccion fought tooth and nail to try and save her. She gave 'em burials so I guess she came to reality with it, but I wouldn't mention it," Grimmjow added with his "softer" side showing.
"Thanks," Starrk said standing up and stretching. Coyote then pull Orihime within whispering distance. "Sorry about taking you from your friends back in Hueco Mundo," Starrk apologized.
"It's fine," the red head smiled to the Primera. Orihime had never seen a hollow with such emotions, but an apology? Some of these "hollows" were more human than the living ones.
"Hey, woman," Grimmjow said, "Come heal me," he said with disrespect in his voice.
"Grimmjow, her name is Orihime, so I suggest you call her by her name," Ichigo said glaring at the sexta.
"What are you gonna do about it, strawberry? Make me?" Grimmjow responded with a manic grin on his face. The blue haired espada had been awaiting a rematch with the strawberry since the new Captain's arrival.
Ichigo grew a scowl on his face at the nickname. However the anger was diminished with the act of Yoruichi and Tia grabbing his hands under the table.
"Orihime, Chad, put out as much spirit energy as you can, but not enough to draw attention from the Soul Society," Ichigo said exhaling slowly.
Urahara quickly caught on to what Ichigo was planning. "No need. There's a field around the shop. Expel as much as you need to." The genius said preparing for Ichigo's action.
"What the Hell are you babbling about, Kurosaki? And why can't I feel your spiritual pressure?" Grimmjow said as Chad and Orihime spiked their spirit energies.
Tia and Yoruichi were just as puzzled as the others, but the two rose theirs as well.
The transcendent exhaled again and lowered his spiritual pressure to just below transcendent heights.
The Primera was snapped fully awake at the sudden burst of spirit energy. Coyote's forehead soon began to sweat even when he was exerting the fullness of his immense spiritual energy. He was quickly forced to the ground in an immobile state.
Chad and Orihime's spirit energies couldn't even be felt and were almost suffocating. Urahara noticed this and walked over to exert some of his though he was struggling immensely.
Tier's and Yoruichi's combined spirit energies were enough to make a semi-comfortable environment, but the goddesses were both breathing heavily.
Tia's fraccion were quickly subdued and put to the floor. Tia noticed, but she did not mind. The tercera was not heartless (no pun intended), but the three needed to handle themselves. I won't be around to help them forever, she thought.
Nel simply shifted positions in Ichigo's lap being in a semi-conscious state with her lengthy arms still wrapped around his neck.
During the ordeal, Ichigo's main target was Grimmjow. The strawberry was focused mostly on the sexta, but the others were getting the after effects.
The blue haired espada found it difficult to move and difficult to breathe. Grimmjow tried to exert some of his spiritual pressure to make it more comfortable, but his was quickly extinguished under the sheer might of Ichigo's. Soon the air in his lungs was forced from him. This is worse than Aizen's, Grimmjow thought breathing erratically.
Not a moment later Ichigo let go of his restraints and it skyrocketed to transcendence.
"W-When the Hell did you get so strong?" Grimmjow stammered as he got on his hands and knees catching his breath.
"Ichigo-o?" Nel said wiping the sleep from her big beautiful hazel eyes.
Ichigo didn't respond directly, but smiled briefly to the ex-tercera. "If I wasn't that strong then how'd you expect me being able to defeat Aizen?" Ichigo said. Those words echoed through everyone's minds that didn't already know about it.
"Y-you…you killed Aizen?" Apacci stuttered as she also caught her breath getting up from the floor. Mila-Rose and Sung-Sun also repositioned the oxygen in their lungs as they stood. The numeros were very wide eyed.
Nel merely smiled at her Ichigo. Though the green haired ex-espada was thinking that Ichigo was already taken by Tier and the dark skinned woman, it appeared that they were sharing him. If that was the case then so could she.
"How'd you do it?" Grimmjow asked. The sexta was still on the floor catching his breath.
Ichigo didn't answer, but just shook his head. The orange haired shinigami wiggled free from the hands of Tia, Yoruichi, and the grip of Neliel and stood. The Captain walked to where Grimmjow was located. Ichigo exerted his power moments ago to show that you don't disrespect his friends, not to show that he was a tyrant telling everyone what to do. The teen offered a hand to the espada, but not before receiving many puzzling looks from everyone else in the room except the three women who had claimed him. Those three just smiled.
"What the Hell are you doing?" Grimmjow spat. He wouldn't except help from anyone. The sexta didn't do it in Hueco Mundo and he certainly wouldn't do it now.
"I'm offering a hand. You looked like you needed help so that's what I'm doing," Ichigo said sternly keeping his hand there.
Grimmjow's last option was to accept the hand, however the spiritual pressure the teen exerted took a lot out of the blue haired espada.
A quite "tch" escaped Grimmjow's mouth as he grabbed the Captain's hand. Ichigo pulled up and the sexta's body followed.
Ichigo nodded to Grimmjow, but the espada just rolled his eyes. Where Ichigo found respect, Grimmjow found something he had never had during his living life or during his Hollow life. He had found someone he could possibly call a friend. The alien feeling would soon evolve from friends to more along the lines of brothers. (ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKING YAOI. I HATE IT WITH A BURNING PASSION. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ENTITLED TO WHAT THEY LIKE BUT I JUST DO NOT LIKE YAOI. The rant is now over.)
"Orihime, can you please heal him?" Ichigo asked reclaiming his spot with the three gorgeous ladies. Tier's fraccion had also reclaimed their places at the table.
"So how'd you do it, Soul Reaper?" Mila-Rose asked. She didn't like the fact that her mistress was so close to the shinigami. The Amazon assumed he was either keeping her as a trophy or was controlling her. Blackmail? Mind control? She wasn't sure.
Ichigo sat down while Nel reclaimed her spot in his lap as the two dark skinned goddesses grabbed his hands tightly. The ex-espada put her arms around his neck and nuzzled up to him as Tia and Yoruichi did the same.
"No need for an explanation! I have a video of it! Just thank your local scientist in the Soul Society for that," Urahara said as he waved his fan and a projector lowered at the far end of the room. The lights instantly dimmed and the video of Aizen's and Ichigo's battle started.
After it was done Urahara cut it off as the Final Getsuga Tensho ended. He purposely did not want the other arrancars finding out of the Hogyoku's new master.
Ichigo looked around at the group. Most mouths were opened and eyes were wide. Grimmjow was standing propped up against a wall. The sexta had his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.
About half way through the video Ichigo noticed that Tia and Yoruichi were gripping his hands tightly and Nel had her head buried in his shoulder. She wasn't asleep, but was holding him tightly as well. It wasn't in a suffocating manner, but almost like she was afraid to lose him. It was comforting almost as if she loved him and didn't want to let go…Nel? Ichigo thought. Tia and Yoruichi smiled knowing that their Ichigo was so caring that he would sacrifice his own powers so that he could save everyone. They snuggled with him even closer.
"Orihime?" Ichigo called snapping everyone out of their shock and awes.
"Yes?" the red head responded shaking her head lightly.
"Can you heal Nel's mask, please?" the teen asked. No one questioned the request. Nel, however, hadn't thought of it and was quite happy. She smiled to Ichigo. If she and Ichigo were to ever start officially start dating then it would get quite awkward dating a four-year-old.
"Alright," Orihime responded walking the where Nel was located. Ichigo tilted his head back as a smaller version of Orihime's healing power covered Nel's mask. She was now able to manipulate the size of her Soten Kisshun, though she couldn't get any wider than about four or five yards.
"Ugh…my head," a feminine voice said from the other room.
"Who's that?" Ichigo asked. Please don't let it be another arrancar, please don't let It be another arrancar, Ichigo thought mentally begging that he didn't get anymore punishment added if he got caught.
"I don't know, but it's coming from Lilyette's room," Starrk said standing.
Damnit to Hell! Ichigo thought with his scowl appearing on his face.
Starrk was about to open the door, but it seemed to pen itself. The action revealed a very petite, very naked, young woman. She had blonde hair, pink eyes, and a her mask looked like Starrk's except it was smaller.
Ichigo's face went crimson as Yoruichi, Tia, and Neliel all covered his eyes. The three giggled at how fast Ichigo could change demeanors. One second he was a hero with a heart of gold and next he was a bubbly, shy, teen.
Tia was not the usual laughing type, the smiling type, or the happy type, or the type that showed any emotion besides seriousness. Ichigo brought all of these alien feelings out of her. And she like them. It made her have the feeling of butterflies in her stomach and have a giddy feeling. She like these feelings because they were caused by the one she loved. And that one was Ichigo.
Yoruichi was facing a similar "issue". She was not the one to cry, or the one to be heartbroken easily, or the one to feel butterflies often, but she also felt the same as Tia. She was glad the one causing all of these feelings was Ichigo. The one she had loved for a very long time.
"Lilyette?!" What happened to you?!" Starrk said tossing a blanket to her.
"What was that for and what do you…HOLY FUCK I'M GROWN!" she said looking down at herself.
"I believe I can explain that for you," Urahara said from across the room waving his fan. Beside him were many black orbs so that he could make gigais for the arrancars. "Earlier I said that Lilyette's spirit energy was fluctuating, correct?"
Starrk nodded, but he was tired and needed a nap. Please don't let this explanation be long, he thought. Wait, any explanation with Kisuke is long…Damnit.
"I believe when Ichigo here lowered his spiritual pressure he stabilized hers and allowed her to age, but here's something else I thought of," Urahara said with a grin on his face. He knew Starrk always hated his lectures when the Primera was his lab assistant.
Damnit, Coyote thought.
"You also said that Lilyette allows you to enter your released form, yes?" Urahara asked. It was more or less a statement than a question because the genius already knew the answer.
"Yeah, what of it?" Starrk asked. He was truly intrigued as to what his former mentor would say.
"Perhaps the higher her spiritual pressure the stronger you become when you combine. Right now she has average Captain level reiatsu. So my guess is that she could perform ressureccion all by herself. You probably could, too. And together you could make something even greater," Urahara finished waving his fan. He was truly a genius.
"A Segunda Etapa…" Ichigo said removing the pairs of hands from his eyes. Those two words would always follow him until he died as a soul.
"Segunda what?" Grimmjow said breaking his silence he had maintained ever since Orihime had healed him.
Ichigo sighed. "Segunda Etapa was a second release that only one Espada could use. He didn't even show it to Aizen. Everyone else had zero knowledge on it," Ichigo said. Orihime's eyes widened at what he was about to say.
"So who had it?" Lilyette asked sitting next to Starrk with the blanket covering her.
"Put some clothes on, please," Ichigo said looking away with a blush on his face. Nel, Tia, and Yoruichi giggled.
"I'll tell you when you get back," Starrk whispered to her. The fraccion then left mumbling something and proceeded to put on some clothes that Urahara had left out for her. They would have been too big, but now that she had grown they fit her perfectly.
"Ulquiorra had the Segunda Etapa," Ichigo said as Lilyette left and he uncovered his eyes. "He said that he could have easily taken the sengunda rank, but he wasn't sure about taking you on, Starrk. You're the only one he wasn't sure about."
"Then how'd you beat him?" Grimmjow asked intrigued by the conversation. If he could attain more power, then he was all in.
"Well technically I didn't beat him," Ichigo said cryptically. The teen then looked to Orihime over his shoulder. He gaze was fixed on him and it showed nothing but sadness. 'I'm sorry' he mouthed to her.
"My inner hollow beat-" Ichigo started but was cut off by two more entities entering the room.
"He didn't, I did!" Hollow said materializing himself, beside him Zangetsu.
"What the Hell is that!?" Apacci said pointing to the white Ichigo.
"I could say the same for you, Unicorn!" Hollow laughed as Ichigo buried his hands in his face for the second time that day.
"Big boy, Kingy, over here died and I had to save his sorry ass," Hollow laughed as Apacci scowled. Zangetsu rolled his eyes while Starrk, Nel, and Tier's fraccion looked dumbfounded. Grimmjow smirked.
"So you're the thing behind Kurosaki's mask?" Grimmjow said with his grin ever present on his face.
"Hey, Kitty over there got one right!" Hollow laughed slapping his knee.
Grimmjow basically snarled at the colorless Ichigo losing his smirk and replacing it with a death glare.
"Hey, Kingy! Show 'em where you took a cero through and through!" Hollow said, however strangely Ichigo wanted to show them. He wanted to show them the price for protecting the ones they loved. The entire road to that path was imprinted on his body. And he wouldn't have changed roads for anything.
Ichigo motioned for Nel to move off of his lap. She complied as he stood and folded his haori. He handed the white cloth to the ex-tercera. He then untied his sash that held his shihaksho in place and parted the clothing. It fell to his sides and every female gasped, Grimmjow smirked, and Chad's eyes widened. Urahara's demeanor didn't change. He had clearly seen worse. Zangetsu showed no emotion because he was there throughout every single cut, stab, bite, and point blank energy shots that pierced his partner's body. Hollow just looked upon his king with a smirk present on his face.
On the teen's chest and arms were scars. Many scars. A clear one was a large circle present on his upper chest. It looked as if it had entered one way and exited the other. There were multiple cut scars on his chest and biceps. Stab wounds were also very prevalent on his body. There was one that was on his right shoulder that resembled a gun wound. That wound was courtesy of Byakuya Kuchiki. Ichigo turned his head to Yoruichi, Tia, and Nel. All were ogling his well shaped muscles, and how defined they were. He looked like a god in the lighting. Hell, he probably was one.
Ichigo eyed the purple haired goddess. He golden orbs had a cute shine to them. He wanted to hold her again and never let go. Ichigo felt a fire burn within his heart just looking at her.
The Captain then locked eyes with the blonde haired goddess. She was staring at him with light green eyes that held a love unrivaled…except for Neliel and Yoruichi of course. Ichigo felt the fire burn again in his chest.
The teen the locked eyes with the green haired goddess. She had tears in her big, gorgeous, hazel eyes. He mask was now healed and her scar was also gone. There was that fire again. It burned for Nel, too. Why? He had no idea, but those fires felt good. They felt comforting. One could say only love could offer something so comforting.
"Alright, pretty boy, put your shirt back on before you make red head over there pass out," Hollow Ichigo said gesturing towards Orihime. Her face was the deepest red anyone could ever have. Zangetsu rolled his eyes while he put a hand on the now dressed shinigami's shoulder.
"Long story short is, I died, my inner Hollow took over, he kicked ass and killed Ulquiorra. Now get back in my head, Damnit!" Ichigo said snapping his fingers. Hollow dematerialized and entered his king's inner world. The teen nodded to his mentor and partner before the old man dematerialized and entered the orange haired soul reaper's inner world.
"Well let's get Ulquiorra revived, then! I wanna learn this Segunda Etapa!" Grimmjow exclaimed with bloodlust and eagerness in his voice.
Lilyette had come back in the room as soon as the white Ichigo dissipated along with the cloaked man. Urahara was behind her with Starrk's satchel coincidentally
"So, Ichigo, what'd ya say? The more the merrier," Urahara chuckled darkly. He knew damn right what the consequences were for harboring the enemy.
"You know what I say?" Ichigo said sitting down with his haori on. Nel wrapped her arms around his chest from behind while Tia and Yoruichi grabbed his hands tightly. "I say why the Hell not?"
After about fifteen minutes of convincing Orihime to revive the prince of despair she accepted, but she actually slightly wanted to do it. Urahara was busy conjuring up gigais for all of the numeros and espada so she couldn't ask his advice.
Ichigo and his goddesses were circled around the supposed god-like red head. Starrk, Lilyette, Grimmjow, and Tia's fraccion were there, too. The Primera reached into his satchel and picked out Ulquiorra's mask fragment. It was part of the clad-like armor on the back of his head. He gingerly handed her the fragment. It was fragile, but it wasn't brittle.
All eyes were on Orihime as she surrounded the fragment in a bright orange light. Not a moment later the body started forming from the mask fragment. After five minutes the body was complete, but the aspect of despair's eyes hadn't opened. No sixty seconds later the prince's eyes opened.
Orihime canceled the barrier and wiped the sweat off of her forehead.
"Why did you revive me? Are we still in Las Noches?" were the first words Ulquiorra said as he sat up and blinked his large eyes three times.
"Because we'd like to know how you achieved that 'Segunda Etapa,' and no we're not," Starrk answered. He was propped up against the wall with the grown Lilyette at his side. Three things struck the prince of despair as odd were that she was a lot older than he remembered, she was wearing human attire, and her mask had also changed.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Ulquiorra said standing up.
A loud huff could be heard from Grimmjow at the statement. "Don't play games, Ulquiorra. We know about your second release," the sexta said. Ichigo had stepped out of the room with his three female companions. When Grimmjow would get something that hinted about the prince's second release he was supposed to knock on the door three times to signal the Captain to enter.
"Well if I did have such a power, then how did you acquire such information?" Ulquiorra asked putting his pale hands in his jacket pockets.
Grimmjow smirked and knocked on the door to the room three times. The sexta then moved to the side.
"Because I told them," Ichigo said stepping in the room with the three goddesses behind him. Tier's fraccion were currently getting fitted for their gigais.
"Ichigo Kurosaki? Why am I not surprised to see you here, and where is Lord Aizen?" Ulquiorra asked with his usual emotionless voice, though it perfectly hid a pang of worry.
"He's dead. I killed him," Ichigo said returning the emotionless voice to Ulquiorra. Ichigo, on the inside, was hurting. He never liked to kill anyone, if they deserved it or not.
The Prince's eyes widened, but then became normal again. "Then my debt is paid," Ulquiorra said. "I will return to Hueco Mundo," he added about to walk out.
"I wouldn't do that if were you," Urahara's voice rang out as he entered the other door to the room. Tia's fraccion were still getting used to their gigais. "If Starrk's report is correct, then it would be better for you to stay here."
"Wait, what about Starrk's 'report'?" Ichigo asked holding up two fingers on each hand for quotation marks.
"Ah don't worry about it, Ichigo. You need to get the mentality of war out of you mind. Rest, relax, have fun, hang out with these girlfriends of yours," Urahara said as he was then punched hard in the shoulder by Yoruichi. He was then hit in the head by Ichigo.
"They're not my girlfriends, damnit!" Ichigo said keeping his fist raised as the shop keeper as he was blushing. Tia, Nel, and Yoruichi all giggled.
Ulquiorra inwardly raised an eyebrow to the tercera. He had never seen her smile, show emotion, or let alone giggle. Just what have you done, Ichigo Kurosaki?
"I will stay," Ulquiorra said. The quarto then looked to the red head. "I give you my thanks," he said bowing lightly. The grey skinned arrancar then smiled the lightest of smiles to Orihime. No one saw, except her as the prince of despair intended.
Orihime's eyes widened briefly, but she returned his show of kindness with a smile.
"So are you gonna teach us that Segunda thing or what?" the impatient Grimmjow said smirking.
"Eventually," Ulquiorra replied turning to the sexta.
Another "tch" could be heard from the sexta while they all exited save for Urahara and Ichigo. Urahara had recovered from the ground. "Ichigo, you probably know that I can't hold all of these arrancar here, right?" Kisuke said waving his fan.
"Yeah, I kinda figured," the new Captain replied.
"And Neliel will inevitably want to go home with you, so I believe it's time for you to get a place of your own," Kisuke said waving his trademark fan with a grin on his face.
"Would be nice having a place to call my own," Ichigo said contemplating the decision.
"How about the old Bount mansion?" Hat n' Clogs said the grin still on his face. He then snapped his fan shut.
"Wait, you expect me to live in a destroyed mansion? There's no way I'm moving in there!" Ichigo said crossing his arms.
"Oh please, Ichigo. The mansion's rebuilt and I have the deed. You have no idea how easy it is to forge a will and make a fake dead body nowadays. And every few weeks me, Tessai, Jinta, and Ururu, go down and spruce the place up a little. I didn't go today, obviously because of the company we had. It's got twelve bedrooms, six bathrooms, and indoor spa, we still got the foyer with the big staircase and all, big kitchen, doning area, home theatre, giant living room with an eighty inch flat screen, and then there's still rooms that are empty. Game room, gym, storage, maybe? It'd be your choice, you'd be the owner," Urahara breathed deeply realizing he had said all of that in one breath. "Oh and it's fully furnished by the way," he added with a light sparkle in his eyes. It seemed to show a bit of pride.
"So how much would this cost, Hat n' Clogs? And how would I get to school on time?" Ichigo said. The teen was very interested and he more than likely had the money.
Urahara paused for a moment appearing deep in thought, "I just crunched the numbers in my head and you'd be able to make it to your school in about twenty five minutes even under the heaviest of traffic, but you'd obviously need a car. And the price I would be selling at would be about four or five…"
The teen nodded, Time to do some car shopping, Ichigo thought, but then he recalled the last words of the shopkeeper. "Four or five hundred!? I'll take it!" Ichigo said enthusiastically.
"Well, you got it partially right. More along the lines of four of five hundred thousand," Urahara chuckled. "I wouldn't be a very good salesman if I gave away my thing for free, now would I?" the blonde shopkeeper added.
Ichigo's right eye twitched slightly at the hearing of the huge price. "I'll be right back," the teen mumbled as he stomped out of the room.
The entire group of arrancars was in the large dining area socializing, and they were all in their respective gigais, except Ulquiorra. Tier was their teacher and she did a very good job. Ichigo had to pass such area. He passed by with a slouched head and drooped shoulders.
"What's up with him?" Grimmjow asked raising an eyebrow.
"He looks like he either sold his soul or bought something really expensive," Starrk hypothesized.
A moment later Ichigo came back the same way with his wallet in hand.
"Yep, he bought something expensive," Starrk chuckled. "You owe me five bucks, now."
"Alright, here ya go, Hat 'n Clogs. Take as much as you need to off of it," Ichigo said handing the shopkeeper the piece of plastic unenthusiastically.
The shopkeeper grinned inwardly as he swiped the teen's card through a machine he retrieved while the teen was off getting his wallet.
"And your remaining balance is," Urahara said picturing a drum roll, "three million, one hundred seventeen thousand, three hundred and sixty seven dollars."
Ichigo's eye twitched again. Just the other day he had one million. Now he had three million? Soul Society pays their Captains well. It was either that or the price difference from there to here. Or it could be bonuses from Aizen's defeat. Ichigo couldn't tell. "How much did you take out?" Ichigo asked being the "great" banker he is.
"I took out four hundred thousand for the house and another hundred thousand for cars that you'll inevitably need, and I forgot to mention that the mansion ahs a training area twice the size of mine downstairs. I believe that it actually meets up with mine at some point," Urahara said waving his infamous fan again.
"Good, now I don't have to do any car shopping," Ichigo sighed in relief. "Well I'm gonna be heading back home, Kisuke. See you by the end of the week, alright?" Ichigo said putting the piece of plastic in his black leather wallet.
"You're going to love the cars I have in mind. I'm already thinking of two," Urahara said with a grin on his goofy face.
Ichigo rolled his eyes and exited the room, and he went back to the area where the arrancar were located. For hollows they sure were civilized…mostly.
Grimmjow was currently giving Lilyette a noogie while Starrk was sleeping in a bean bag chair that was in the far corner.
"Tia, Yoruichi, you guys ready to go?" Ichigo asked propping himself up against the doorway to the area.
Both nodded with smiles on their faces and joy in their hearts.
"What about me, Ichigo?" Nel said running up to him and putting him in another hug, though this one was around the waist so he could still see her instead of being trapped between her well endowed chest. She was now in a gigai and sported a light green jacket, white shirt, blue jeans, and green sneakers. Ichigo hadn't noticed it before, but her crimson mark across her face was gone as well. She looked stunning the way her hair flowed and how elegant it was.
The teen sighed and agreed. The ex-espada became ecstatic that she would get to share a home with her Ichigo, though she knew Tia and Yoruichi loved him just by their actions. If she had to share then so be it. Sharing or otherwise she would be able to have a place in his heart.
"Can we come, too!?" Tia's fraccion said at once.
"No," Ichigo responded blatantly. He had already made a rule with himself. No one past Nel would be able to stay at his home until he moved into the mansion.
"Can we, please?!" the fraccion pressed.
"Not gonna happen," Ichigo responded.
"Is their even a chance?!" the numeros continued to press.
"Nope," the Captain sighed.
"Anything?!" Sung-Sun, Mila-Rose, and Apacci continued.
"Nada, zip, zero, so stop freaking asking!" Ichigo yelled with knot appearing on his head.
The numeros backed away in defeat and sat at the table once more.
"Urahara, come here a minute," Ichigo said picking up Zangetsu and flash stepping to retrieve his body.
"Yes, my child?" the shopkeeper said sarcastically.
Ichigo came back in his body, said nothing and just hit him in the face. "That's for giving them a vest size too small, asshole!" Ichigo roared with his fist still raised.
"So you did notice that," the blonde chuckled rubbing his nose.
"Whatever, see you, old man," Ichigo said exiting the shop with his female goddesses right behind him.
"Goodbye, my child protégé!" Urahara waved. The blonde shopkeeper said nothing as he walked silently past the group of arrancars and into his lab.
The ex-captain pressed a button on the wall and a platform rose from the ground thus revealing the Hogyoku in a clear box. Urahara had been noticing that it had been fluctuating the past few days. He figured it had been beckoning for it's master, but he knew there was something else behind it.
Just what do you want, Hogyoku?
A/N Sorry about not posting for a week and a half! There were many thing plaguing me. 1 was writer's block. Damn you! 2 was school. The bane of my existence. 3 was…you guessed it the release of Assassin's Creed 3. Gah I can't get enough of that game! Anyways REVIEW.
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