Day One of My Miraculous Recovery

Wake up.

Get assaulted by boys.

Talk about things.

They freak out.

Get my battle wounds checked over.

Kick boys out of room.

Deal with a guilty Rangiku.

Go to sleep.

Day Two of My Fantastic Recovery

Wake up.

Get assaulted by boys.

Manage to eat breakfast.

Throw it up later.

Get checked over.

Go to see a therapist.

Tells me to write my thoughts in a diary.

Throw said diary out a window.

Eat dinner with Toshiro.

Throw it up later.

Go to sleep.

Day Three of My Difficult Recovery

Wake up

Don't get assaulted by boys…?

Drink breakfast smoothie thing.

Didn't throw it up!

Just kidding.

Go to see therapist.

Give me another diary.

Throw it out the window again.

Pretend to eat under the boys watchful eye.

Go back to sleep.

Day Four of My Serious Recovery

Wake up.

Boys interrogate me about things.

I punch them in the face.

They leave.

I cry.

Toshiro force feeds me lunch.

Didn't throw up.

Therapist lectures me on the price of paper.

Given another diary.

Stitches tear.

Knocked unconscious so they can fix them.

Stay unconscious.

Day Five of I'm Running Out of Ideas Recovery

Wake up.

Eat.

Toshiro kindly informs me that we leave in a few days for something.

Doesn't tell me what that something is.

Proceed to throw diary at his face.

He freezes it.

Pout for the rest of the day.

Day Six of My Recovery

Wake up.

Write in diary.

Feel surprisingly better.

Eat breakfast by myself.

Wonder what the boys are doing.

See therapist.

Get a lecture on Soul Society, Reiatsu, and other unimportant shinigami mumbo jumbo.

Toshiro goes over mission.

Eat dinner.

Have a panic attack.

Sedated.

Fall asleep.

Day Seven of My Recovery

Wake up.

Informed we leave the next day.

Eat breakfast.

Have another panic attack.

Am not sedated.

Eat lunch.

Do nothing.

Eat dinner.

Write in diary.

Go to sleep.

I sighed as I threw the journal/diary/book at the end of my bed, collapsing against the mountain of pillows behind me. My empty tray (not that it had been very full to begin with) was on the bed next to me, a subtle reminder that I might have to go throw it up soon. But I had been doing… decently.

Psh. Yeah right.

Sliding down under my covers, I pull the comforter up to my neck. Tomorrow was the day we leave for the human world. Well, that's what Toshiro called it. I guess the bad guys kept going there for some reason or another, so a group of good guys were being stationed at Karakura to try and stop them from whatever it was they were doing. The only people I knew on a day to day basis that were going were Toshiro and Rangiku. And, of course, the boys. But I was mad at them.

Why was I mad at them? Oh, I don't know, maybe cause they actually kinda looked forward to some big ass battle? Seriously! It made no sense to me. Here I am, getting sliced up like thanksgiving ham, and they want to go to battle! Battle! Against superpowered dead people!

So yes. I was having a bit of a temper tantrum. Was it so much that I just wanted to go home to my Grandma? Hell, she was probably having a stroke right about now, worried sick about me. My Dad would be going ballistic! I mean, he was gone a lot, but that didn't mean he didn't care about me. He was still my Dad. I wanted the comfort of my room, and my friends, and my blankets, and Yuzu telling me to watch my language, and… and…

I sniffled into my sleeve. No, I wasn't crying. Rolling over onto my side, I let my eyes drift shut. No point in worrying about that now. With my luck, I wouldn't even get home.

"Bitch, you better give me back my muffin!"

"No way."

"God, just give it back to her!"

"No! It's mine!"

"Don't you dare make me get out of this bed, or so help me-" My threat was interrupted by a doughy substance to the face. I blinked at Tensa, who was staring at me in exasperation.

"Just take mine." He went back to his own tray of food, picking the cantaloupe squares. "You heard Toshiro. We only have two hours before we leave." Ah yes. I frowned, suddenly not hungry. Sure. They had two hours. I had a couple of minutes. But they didn't know that. Hichigo, the thief of my muffin, looked at me, his eyebrows creased and lines in his forehead.

He sighed. "Look, going there is better than staying here, right?" His gaze encompassed us all. "And 'sides, we get to see our friends again."

Ichigo, who was laying down next to me in my bed, reading a book, glanced at his twin. "You forget, they aren't our friends. It's an alternate reality, or whatever it is. They probably don't even know us." Toshiro and Ichigo had been having a lot of talks recently, and they had been bringing him down for some reason. Despite my pressing, he refused to tell me what they were about.

His twin glowered. "Yeah, alternate reality, dumbass, not an alternate universe." I blinked. Was there a difference? "That means they should still know us!" He smacked a fist into his palm, face suddenly surprised. I could almost see the light bulb flickering over his head. "Hell, I bet ya we could find our alternate selfs!" When none of us seemed to care, he gave a crude sneer. "I bet ya'll that I'm the kendo champ!"

Tensa snorted. "Yeah, and pigs can fly."

"He's right, you know." I said thoughtfully, putting a finger to my chin. "And who can tell, maybe pigs do fly there."

A sudden bark of laughter made us all jump. Rangiku stood at the door, arms crossed under her boobs. When Hichigo's nose began to bleed, I may or may not have smacked him hard. In his already bleeding face. The lieutenant leaned against the wall, grinning. "You guys have some interesting conversations."

I nodded. "Yes. They are almost as fascinating as watching boys faces when you run."

My boys began to splutter and turn red. Yes, they had all been guilty of watching Rangiku when she sparred. Or when she walked. Actually, they just watched her do almost everything. It was really funny, actually, when I wasn't being a jealous ho. Rangiku gave another laugh.

"Well, sorry boys, but I gotta steal Kaede from you for a bit."

The change was instantaneous. "What for?" Ichigo asked, tone suspicious. Rolling my eyes I rolled out of bed. I had gotten a new sweater after I bled all over my other one, a sweater which Ichigo latched onto so I couldn't move.

I heaved a sigh and began to untangle myself from him. "Geeze, guys, calm yo tits. It's just Rangiku." Here to pick me up so we could go on ahead to the human world. They wanted me to go first in case I had any weird reactions to the alternateness. There was most likely another reason, but I wasn't privy to that information. "I'll be back in a few." He reluctantly let me go, and I walked on bare feet out the door.

Things had changed between the three of us. For example, I had been made aware that I was a freak science experiment, so I knew that chances of me existing in this reality were slim. The Ichigo and Hichigo of that world might still have a mother. Hell, Tensa might not even live in Karakura town for all I know. Meanwhile, Ichigo was probably being given the down low on something, considering he had been more depressed than a dog who forgot where he buried his bone. With me and Ichigo out of wack, the entire system that our quartet had developed was slowly crumpling into dust.

So yes.

Awkward.

Rangiku patted me on the back, drawing me out of my trance. "Don't worry," She said quietly. "It will be fine."

I snorted. "Yeah, that's what everyone says, and then the bad guy swoops in and kills everybody."

She laughed, something that she often did. "You say the funniest things!" She chortled.

Rolling my eyes, I followed her as we left the division and walked off to God knows where. Despite being here for over a month, I still had no idea where anything was. Most of my time was spent in Division four. Rangiku took us down a long path made of circular stones. To amuse myself, I hopped from one to the other as though the surrounding grass was lava. When the path ended I found myself in a giant field. It was kinda like Division Tens training field, but… not.

Four people I didn't recognize stood in a rectangle, swords hanging limply at their sides. When we were close enough, Rangiku must have given them some kind of signal, because all at once they put up their swords, shouted mumbo jumbo, and I shit you not, a giant ass rice paper door appeared.

Rangiku seemed unphased, and she dragged me along to the door. "Um, is this safe?" I gasped, pulling at the hand trapping my wrist. She just looked at me with amused eyes.

"Kaede, with all the crap you've been through, are you seriously afraid of a door?"

… okay. She had a point. I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes as she slid it open. Good thing too, cause I would have been blinded with the sudden light. Rangiku hummed as she walked, and I wanted to slap her. This was serious! I could die! I might already be dead! Oh my god, Im dead. This is all a dream. I'm going to wake up any minute now at home with Hichigo putting my fingers in warm water and Tensa organizing my manga collection. I will get up and scream at them, then my grandma will come in and tell me to shut up. Yup! Just a dream!

"We're here."

Not a dream. Fuck.

I open my eyes and sigh in relief. Yup, not dead. That part is good, at least. We were standing on a street that was vaguely familiar to me as one from home. I looked around, trying not to cry at the familiar sight. Feeling particularly dramatic, I knelt onto the cement sidewalk and kissed it, murmuring praises all the while.

"Um... Are you alright?"

I blinked and looked up. In front of me was Kiego, a bag full of groceries in his arms. My eyes widened to the size of saucers. It was Kiego! A person! Friend! Friend! Unthinking, I launched myself at him, wrapping my arms around his waist. "Oh my god, I missed you so much!" I pulled away and began patting him, checking to make sure he was real. "Why did you call me miss? You are never that polite! I-"

Kiego interrupted me with a shove. I yelped and fell hard on my backside. "What was that for?!" I shouted, cradling my scraped hands. They weren't bleeding, but the blood was steadily rising to the flayed flesh.

He just shook his head and ran the opposite direction. "You- you're crazy!"

I blinked at him stupidly as he turned the corner. He had acted like I was an escaped convict. Which I wasn't. Wh... Why didn't he recognize me? There wasn't the faintest… not the slightest hint of recognition.

Rangiku, who had been watching with cool indifference, lifted me off the ground like a toddler. "I'm sorry," she said quietly. Putting me on my feet, she gripped my shoulders and looked me in the eye. "We warned you about this."

Yeah, but I didn't really believe you! I thought, trying not to cry. Because this was just... The last hope I had that they could all be wrong. It was too far fetched. Me, just a stupid girl from Japan, turning out to be a weapon of god knows how much destruction. Someone must hate me. Like... Really, really hate me.

Rangiku patted my head, sighing. "It's alright," she said. "But we have places to be. Come on." And then I was being pulled down the road, her fingers warm around my wrist.

People didn't seem to notice Rangiku, let alone her real apparel. Must be because she's dead, I thought sourly. We passed by people that I had grown up with, and not a single one seemed to recognize me. It was... Like I had never existed.

She led us to a small shop that wasn't too far from where my house was. I stared down the street that would lead me to my grandma. Maybe I could just… visit! She was my grandma, she had to recognize me. I tried not to think that she… that… well. I tried not to think about it. As I debated running off, Rangiku knocked on the door of the little shop. That peculiarity made me frown. Why knock on the door of a shop?

A red-haired boy opened the door viciously, flowering at the pair of us. Wait, the both of us? He must be able to see her, I thought. Rangiku bent down to whisper something in his ear. Realization dawned on his expression and he turned.

"Hey, Urahara! You got reapers here for you!"

I jumped. "Urahara?" The name was whispered. No way. He-?

"Oh, really?" A familiar voice sang. The clip of sandals reached me through the roar in my ears. My heart stopped as a familiar blonde head stuck out in the crack of the door. "Here for the gigai's I-" he stopped. Grey eyes met my own and his cheerful expression vanished.

We stared at each other. Finally, I managed to force a word out.

"Dad?"

This is a bit shorter, and I'm sorry for that. I'll be honest - this story is hard haha. There are a lot of details I want to fit in, and there is a lot of stuff to do, and a SHIT TON of characters, and I am complaining so I shall stop.

Either way, CLIFFHANGER AT THE END. There were subtle hints throughout the story as to who he was, and now you know c: Expect Kaede to explode in his face.

Chapter Question: Now that Kaede's father has been revealed, what do you think will happen next?

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