Chapter 7: Learning Some More
Ichigo Kurosaki walked up to the door to his daughter's room and before he knocked, he heard faint sobbing. When he opened the door he saw Hoshiko's eyes were red and puffy, so he walked over to her bed, sat down next to her, picked her up, placed her in his lap, and wiped away her tears and asked, "Why are crying, Hoshiko?"
"Because brother gets to learn magic," she choked, fighting back tears.
"Let me ask you this then, have you been seeing ghosts or big monsters with holes in their chests," Ichigo asked.
"Mhmmm...yeah, " Hoshiko nodded, "I tried asking brother about them but he acted like he didn't see them, so he made fun of me."
"That's nothing to be sad about though," Ichigo started, "You can see Hollows and maybe you could even see our soul reaper friends."
"Really, daddy?" Hoshiko said, excited.
"Really," Ichigo replied back, "Now if I remember correctly, I promised to tell more about them. What more do you want to know?"
"Oh yeah," Hoshiko exclaimed, "Let's see. How about more about where they live and why you referred that Rukia person's brother as a captain?"
"Let's see. If you want to know why I called him a captain then I guess I should start at the beginning," Ichigo began, "In the Seireitei, there is the Stealth Force and they're more for assassinations and then there's the Kidou Corps, but they're mostly for keeping the Senkaimon working. Then there is...," but he was interrupted by Hoshiko.
"Wait, what's a Senkaimon?" She asked.
"The Senkaimon is what they use to enter the World of the Living through the Soul Society and vice versa," he explained.
"Oh, continue on then daddy," she replied.
"Now as I was saying, there is also the Thirteen Court Guard Squads and each squad has a captain and a lieutenant. Squad One has Head Captain Genryusai Yamamoto and Lieutenant Sasakibe; then Squad Two Captain Soi Fon and Lieutenant Omaeda; Squad Three is presently without a captain and Lieutenant Izuru Kira; Squad Four Captain Retsu Unohana and Lieutenant Isane Kotetsu; Squad Five is also presently without a captain and Lieutenant Momo Hinamori; Squad Six Captain Byakuya Kuchiki and Lieutenant Renji Abarai...," but he was interrupted yet again.
"Those are the two that attacked you and that Rukia person. Why would a brother attack his own sister?" Hoshiko exclaimed.
"Well, that would take awhile for me to explain unless you want me to stop telling you about the Thirteen Court Guard Squads," he stated.
"No, I'll stop interrupting you then, daddy," she said, looking down.
"Nothing to be sad about. There's nothing wrong about wanting to learn new things," Ichigo said and that seemed to brighten her up again, "Then there's Squad Seven Captain Sajin Komamura and Lieutenant Tetsuzaemon Iba; Squad Eight Captain Shunsui Kyoraku and Lieutenant Nanao Ise; Squad Nine is another without a captain and Lieutenant Shuhei Hisagi; Squad Ten Captain Toushirou Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto; Squad Eleven Captain Kenpachi Zaraki and Lieutenant Yachiru Kusajishi; Squad Twelve Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Lieutenant Nemu Kurotsuchi; and then Squad Thirteen Captain Jushiro Ukitake and currently he has no lieutenant."
"Wow, that's so cool. But why were there three squads without captains and one with no lieutenant?" Hoshiko asked.
"Well , remember when I told that I lost my powers when I defeated one of their own?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah," Hoshiko replied.
"The Captains of Squads Three, Five, and Nine betrayed their fellow soul reapers and their names were Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tosen, and Sosuke Aizen. As for Captain Ukitake not having a lieutenant, his previous one was killed," Ichigo explained.
"Oh I see," Hoshiko said, looking sad.
"Why so sad? It's not like you'll ever know them," Ichigo said trying to comfort her.
"I don't know, daddy. It just makes me sad for some reason," Hoshiko replied, confused.
When she said that he got a very strange feeling that she was in fact very different, even compared to him. After that she asked him more questions until he said, "It's late. You should go to bed now," Ichigo said when he noticed her yawning a bunch.
"Alright, daddy!" Hoshiko exclaimed while getting off her father's lap and getting under her covers.
"Goodnight Hoshiko," Ichigo said while turning off her light and closing the door behind him.
After that he realized he was also tired and decided to go to bed as well.
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