Recap

Ichigo nodded, having noted this many times when talking to Grimmjow or observing him when Mayuri and Szayel would talk to him and he was to watch from the sidelines in case Grimmjow showed signs of lapsing or got out of control. It seemed in the short time he has been working with this particular project, Grimmjow seemed to have imprinted on him, refusing to be away from his side more than needed and only acts reasonable tame when Ichigo was around.

'I wonder why... this isn't sitting well with me, these people are a bit too advance even if it's been almost a month since they were introduced to the treatment...' Ichigo noted. 'And so far from all the notes I've taken and read over from the others working on it as well, no one seems to be lapsing or suffering any ill effects. I guess the treatment will really work on Goat Face! But...'

Grimmjow whined as he rests a heavy paw on Ichigo's lap, noting that the orangette had stopped writing down his notes and was frowning quite heavily. But they both jumped up when they saw another panther walk up to them, this one smaller and even though it was black, the sun hitting the fur gave it a dark green color. It whined at them before Grimmjow growled, but it wasn't menacing, it was more encouraging. Ichigo watched the black panther walked around them, nuzzling Grimm as said white panther licked the smaller panther's face and ears before nudging it to lay down. It did, but in front of Ichigo and resting its head on his lap. He smiled and pet its head and got a purr of delight as Grimmjow's own deep purring filled joined in. Soon Ichigo forgot everything but the two laying around him...

Rye: Here we go another chapter to the story! Sorry for the random jumps and shaky format... It's been a bit hectic lately and well I'm not at my best...

Shukaku: Same here ugh..

Grimmjow: When are we getting to the rape damn it? I want to rape Berry!

Ichigo: EEEK!

Shukaku: Calm yer ass down!

Shiro: Yeeeeeeeah... They dun own shit!


-Shiro and the Girls-

"Okay Kurosaki-kun, turn this way, perfect!" Called the photographer as Shiro twisted lazily on the hap-hazard shreds of cloth that were suppose to be a hammock. He glanced off to the side, seeing Yuzu and Orihime sewing together as Karin began antagonizing another model. He smirked evilly and focused back on his job. "Excellent! And that was the last shot! You can get him down now!"

The workers began to carefully lower him to the ground as a team stood under him ready to catch him when he disentangled himself from the hammock. Karin grinned at him, a challenge in her eyes as he walked over to them in his retro gothic outfit.

"Shiro-nii, you look like a chick!" She laughed as he growled at her, he hated being called that, but didn't hit his sister. Instead he grabbed her and tossed her over his shoulder as he snatched a random outfit off the rack and walked into his dressing room. "Put me down! Hey what's that... NOOOOOO!"

There were sounds of screaming, fighting, a few colorful words and the sound of glass breaking before the door opened and Shiro happily plopped Karin down in the frilly yellow dress he had grabbed. Yuzu gushed over how pretty Karin looked. Karin, not having the heart to hurt her twins feelings let her gush and fuss to her heart's content, all the while promising Shiro a very painful death later...

"Thank you for your hard work! See you all in a few days!" Called the photographer as everyone left for the evening. Shiro sighed as he wrapped his arms over his sisters, his usual crowd of fans rushing them instantly. He stood for a few pictures, signed a few body parts, allowed a couple of girls to feel his abs or to even touch his hair before he told them to make way. They split like the red sea and allowed the siblings to leave as security kept them from mobbing them from behind.

"King texted me during break... Said he was gonna be working late. So what do you say we grab Zangetsu and go out to eat? I'm too tired to cook." Shiro yawned.

"I can cook Shiro-nii..." Yuzu offered, but he shook his head.

"No you are not cooking. We'll go out and eat, besides you and King will be making lunch for tomorrow when we see the Old Man."

She looked a little put off, but smiled anyway. She they would be seeing their dad again before Kisuke showed up later that evening to take them home. They were pretty upset that a week passed by so quickly. They spent time with their brothers, mostly at Shiro's job rather than Ichigo's since those people liked to fight a lot. They saw their dad a few times and even visited a bit for thanksgiving, but still time seemed so short to the girls. They didn't want to leave...

Shiro looked at the crestfallen faces and quickly thought up something to cheer them up. "Hey, I'll tell you what, after we get food, we'll pick up mom's favorite cake and watch homemovies... King unearthed the ones when all of us were together! We'll wait till he gets home to watch them, kay?"

That got them to brighten up a bit as he laughed. They got to a street corner and were waiting for the light to change when Shiro felt the hairs on the back of his next standing up. Turning his head, making it look like he was checking for traffic, he tried to spot who was following them, but saw nothing. Actually checking the traffic this time, he nodded to himself as they began to cross when the light changed again. But the feeling didn't leave and Shiro began to growl in annoyance. Karin began sensing the tension as Yuzu worried her lip at the growl, both pressed closer knowing that something wasn't right. Shiro finally stopped and said:

"Ya know, it's annoying to have a shadow tailing ya... get out here so I can re-arrange your face." He said loud and clear as he turned to face a fairly tall silver haired male with a few piercings and dressed in only a sleeveless hoody, a set of military pants and steel toed boots.

"Hn..." the other said, looking the younger male over as Shiro, carefully pushed his sisters behind his back and flicked out his tongue as his usual manic smile spread his face into a demonic grin. "... Your not the one..."

"What was that!" Shiro demanded, frowning as he moved to block his sisters from sight. "Ka, Yu... get ready to run."

"But Nii-"

"Don't argue with me! Just go when I tell ya!" He snapped, tone harsh and forceful. Both the younger twins winced and nodded mutely. "What do ya mean I ain't the one? What're ya following us for, if I ain't what ya want?"

"..." The man said nothing and turned to walk away. Shiro didn't like being ignored so he ran up to the man, grabbing his shoulder and spinning him around before forcing his back into the wall of the building beside them.

"Don't fucking ignore me! Who the hell are you after? You better not touch my sisters or you'll be fucking sorry you sicko!" Shiro roared, his temper nearly blinding him. "Ka, Yu get out of here and wait for me at home!"

He tossed the keys to the girls and they took off as a few more shadows came into light.

"Tch... told you not to follow 'em... never listen do ya, Leopard?" sighed a blonde male as he walked over to them, hood up and hiding his face. "Sorry for my friend here... mistook you for someone else. Heh, you'd be amazed how man people have white hair and skin!"

"Like I fucking believe that pile a crap! Who the hell are you!"

"... we're nobody important... just a bunch of misfits working together like a ill-fated jiggsaw puzzle..." the blonde muttered almost bitterly as he stopped near Shiro's furious form and his friends. "Ya know, it's dangerous at this time of night... something can happen to those girls that just left-"

"SHIT! KARIN, YUZU!" Shiro took off running, his mind in full blown panic as he headed off down the street to catch up with his sisters.

As soon as he was gone, the blonde punched his friend in the gut and growled. "You don't listen do you? Just because one of them was spliced doesn't mean it doesn't affect both! Those two can sense each other and pick up things from one another! Just because the white one's normal doesn't mean he can't sense you like the orange one! Now we'll have to back off even more!" He hissed, a long tail lashing out in frustration before they all disappeared into the night, the silver haired male, snorting at the blonde's obvious displeasure.

"I was testing the waters... how do you expect to collect them if they can pick us up when we're barely five feet from them?" He asked softly, not at all bothered.

"Fucking Leopard..." the blonde hissed.

"Stupid cat." He shot back...

-Shiro-

Shiro rounded the corner of his street and bolted into the building before running up the stairs, the elevator not moving fast enough, to his floor and knocked on the door a bit too hard for his neighbors liking. When they complained, he flipped them off, never liking them anyway and banged on the door again.

"Karin, Yuzu!" he called before the door opened up and both rushed out to hug him.

He sighed, checking them over and moving them into the house so be could examine them better, ignoring the concerns of the neighbors. After making sure that the girls were fine and the girls checking him over, Shiro walked over to the phone and called Kisuke. Telling their godfather what happened, the blonde said he was on his way over and would be spending the night as well. Shiro nodded and told him he was going to be picking up Ichigo with the girls so not freak out if they didn't answer the door. As soon as that was done, he grabbed Zan's leash and said dog walked over, whining worriedly over his pups as Shiro hooked him up and then grabbed his car keys as he ushered the girls out of the house, locked the door and headed down stairs. Their neighbors asking what was going on and Shiro gave them a somewhat bullshit lie about one of his stalker fans surprising them and to not let anyone know where he was at the moment.

"Shiro-nii that's lying."

"Not really, Yuzu... I've been stalked plenty of times and I've seen that guy hanging around the studios a lot recently..." He admitted as they got into the car, the girls holding onto Zangetsu as Shiro climed into the driver's seat. "Buckle up."

As soon as they were all secure he drove out of the garage and onto the street heading to AMSI...

-AMSI-

Ichigo sighed as he typed at his computer, filling in his reports for the day before he went to check on Grimmjow one last time before going home. His nose twitched and he grabbed a tissue. He was starting to come down with a cold. His head had been hurting all day long, his nose started to get runny and he had a nosebleed or two throughout the day. His back was killing him and so was his stomach and to top it all off, he was getting an ear infection as well. Blinking his eyes back into focus, Ichigo kept typing away. He blinked when the phone rang, suddenly very mute in his ears before becoming a mind shattering shriek as he quickly grabbed it, wincing in pain when the person spoke. It sounded as if they were yelling at him.

"Dr. Kurosaki, your siblings are here to pick you up..." said the security guard.

"Thank you... send them up." He stated, hoping he wasn't yelling or talking too low.

He hung up and sighed, he needed to finish this and take some medicine or he'd have Mother-Hen Shiro on his case. He finished just in time because Szayel and Mayuri came in and Szayel frowned at Ichigo's suddenly haggard appearance.

"Kurosaki-kun are you unwell?" He asked, walking over to him and beginning to look him over.

"I just... suddenly started to feel sick... I'm getting a cold, an ear infection and possibly a stomach virus... I feel like I've been run over by a monster truck a few times..." Ichigo sighed, as Szayel looked at Mayuri, an accusing glare in his eyes as the doctor prepared a needle with the same formula Ichigo perfected and passed it to Szayel.

"Here, some penicillin to fight off the infection." Mayuri said as Szayel's glare hardened, but administered the shot anyway. "Give it a few minutes to work before you complete your rounds. I'll have a car take you home-"

"My brother's here to take me home." Ichigo sighed. "In fact I can smell his cologne right now... Yuzu and Karin are here as well..."

Mayuri smiled as Szayel's eyes got wide. But all three snapped to attention when Shiro burst into the door and ran over to his twin. Looking him over he sighed and hugged him close.

"Shi-"

"We were followed home today..." Shiro sighed.

"What?" Ichigo was now checking over the older twin, knowing that Shiro would have gotten into a fight, but to his shock the other wasn't even ruffled in the slightest, getting up he checked the girls, both of which cuddled close and he sighed, purring low in throat as he did so.

"Heh, Ichi-nii sounds like a cat!" Yuzu giggled as the purring just got louder before Ichigo stopped it and coughed.

"Is there something going on?" Mayuri asked, his mustard yellow eyes looking them over almost critically.

"Just one of my stalkers... nothing new... Though this is the first time they've approached me so daringly... most are content to grab my trash from the garbage or have my autograph. This one actually followed us until I confronted him." Shiro sighed, yawning and looking dead tired. "Come on, Berry, let's go-"

"I need to finish my rounds... Besides, I'm sure picking a fight with Grimmjow will make you feel better." Ichigo said, smiling at him.

"Hmm, pissing off the Blueberry? How can I resist! Throw in that lanky freak and we got us a deal!" Shiro said suddenly full energy again. "And King, yer taking a few days offa work! I know you're getting sick you always get this pasty look to yer skin and yer nearly my skin tone!"

"Yes, we were just discussing that. Well then if you'll please allow Kurosaki-kun to do his rounds, and not to worry about a doctor's visit, we gave him some penicillin to fight off the infection. He'll be good as new in a few days." Mayuri stated, giving them a charming smile before he left, Szayel hanging back to walk with the family. Zangetsu fell into step with him and he grew nervous.

"I know you can understand me..." Zangetsu growled out as Shiro pet his head to hush his growling.

Szayel nodded as the dog let his tongue loll as he panted happily. Szayel frowned recalling the last time Zangetsu talked to him. He hadn't realized that he could understand animal's until that point. The look the wolf mix was giving him was a kin to a unholy evil smirk. He snapped back to reality when they stopped before Primera's door. Stark was up and alert, he was already half naked and sitting on the examining bed before Ichigo even walked into the door. Chado, the ever silent shadow for Ichigo was by the door, watching them carefully.

"How are you feeling, pup?" Stark asked, looking Ichigo in the eye.

Ichigo smiled softly as he drew blood and then finished the physical. "A little sick, but not to worry a few days of rest and I'll be good as new!"

Stark said nothing, only glaring heatedly at Szayel, but then he blinked when Zangetsu plopped down beside Ichigo. Stark growled, it was obvious this dog was an alpha male and it was pissing off the wolf hybrid's animal side that he would enter his territory uninvited. Zangetsu snarled sharply making Stark jerk back and duck his head slightly before they both began to murmur to each other. This sight was new to the others, but Ichigo figured Grimmjow was right, animals did speak a universal language. Finally Stark held out a hand and Zangetsu placed his paw in it, both shaking and Zangetsu walked over to Yuzu, giving her puppy eyes as she hugged him and pet his head.

"Pet." Stark smirked as Zangetsu barked at him. "Feel better, pup..."

Ichigo nodded his thanks and left the room and went into Nnoitra's room. The jackal was on top of him before he could get in the door, the long haired male sniffing and frowning as he looked the other over, but a punch from Shiro had Nnoitra coiling back. Chado helped Ichigo to his feet and asked if he was hurt as Szayel looked him over, the girls hanging back as Karin cheered on Shiro.

"Da fuck man!" Nnoi yelled, pinning Shiro down. "Chill, bitch! Just checking what's wrong with the Berry-bitch! Shit, no need to freak out and claw me!" Nnoi growled, dropping the whiter twin and plopping onto the exam bed as Ichigo and Shiro approached. "Now dat's more like it... two bitches, really hot bitches!"

Both male Kurosaki's balled up a fist each and slammed them into his temples, knocking him unconscious before Ichigo did the physical and drawing blood. They had Chad lay Nnoi on his bedding before leaving them. Nel was the next one to check on, the green haired girl was already sitting down, coloring in a book Ichigo gave her to pass the time with. She looked up and smiled, but frowned seeing Szayel. She didn't attack or move, just did as she was suppose to while being examined. Karin and Yuzu approached her with Shiro and Zangetsu as shadows.

"You're very pretty..." Yuzu said. "Why are you here?"

"Because the doctors needed someone to look at!" Nel grinned at them, showing off sharp teeth as Karin snorted.

"Right, it's a sausage fest, so some melons must be nice." Karin drawled and Ichigo gave her a slap to the head and she winced, apologizing and sulking right after.

"Itsygo, you didn't have to reprimand her... she's right." Nel said.

"Nel, don't encourage her... That's Shiro's job." Ichigo said. "We're done... see you didn't freak out about the needle this time."

"That's because Itsygo's super nice and doesn't let it hurt! Time for bed, huh?" she sighed, she wanted to hang out with the new people more.

Ichigo smiled softly and she hugged him before prancing over to her bed and jumping in. As they were leaving, she chucked a pillow at Shiro's head and he turned to glare at her.

"What was that for!"

"For letting 5 pin ya!" she retorted. "Letting the man get away with that is shameful, ya know!"

Shiro grumbled about weirdos as they left the room. Next was Ulquiorra's room, the bat hybrid was standing at the door when it opened scaring everyone. Zangetsu barked and the bat looked down at him, tilting his head before he made a strange sound in the back of his throat as he allowed them passage into his room. Unlike the others that were stark white, his was a dark brown, almost black color. He allowed Ichigo and Szayel to do his exams, his being different from the others considering he was the only one that can fly. Shiro was impressed that the wings growing from the shorter males back were functional and that he could move about the small space with ease. When they were done he climbed up the wall and onto the rafters before digging his toes into the wood and hanging upside down, wrapping his wings over his body, he went to sleep, arms crossed over his chest in a very Dracula like manner.

"Hey Ichi! We should totally have him come to our haunted house next year! Scare the shit out of everyone!" Shiro snickered, Karin agreeing, both going into details with how it would work.

"Ichi-nii, won't he die like that?" Yuzu ask concerned as they left.

"He's got bat DNA, Yuzu. He's fine. I've monitored him before. He prefers sleeping like that, he wakes up less sluggish than sleeping like a normal human being." He assured her.

And now Grimmjow's turn. As soon as the door opened, Shiro dashed in and began messing with the panther, jumping up to catch his tail as Grimmjow hissed and snarled at him to leave him alone. Ichigo let his twin have a few minutes of fun before rescuing the teal panther from his brother. Grimmjow jumped down behind them and loomed over the girls. Shiro was about to freak out before Grimmjow nuzzled both of them, purring all the while and slowly transforming before their eyes as he laid down and let the girls lay on him and check out his 'new' form.

"He- he- he-" Shiro fainted and Chado carefully removed him from the room as Szayel watched silently from the sidelines. Zangetsu plopped down and smirked at the panther.

"Trying to impress my pup?"

"No... just like cubs is all... Nel's one of the ones I took care of before all this happened to me..."

"Yes, well, I suggest you move your ass, Pantera. Someone was stalking my pups home and I don't like that Kurotsuchi-bastard... Dr. Granz I don't mind, he's as much a victim as all of you are... And I'm sure you noticed it... my pup's not like the rest of his litter."

"Yeah I noticed... he's been getting sick as well... what the fuck happened?"

"I don't know, but you can be it was Kurotsuchi that did it..."

As the two conversed, Ichigo did the new exams with Grimmjow in animal form, the panther very adapt and able, though Grimmjow was having a bit of fun, using his sheer body mass to pin Ichigo down and nuzzle him to death. Finally he turned back to a human and let Ichigo finish up and draw blood before he jumped back up onto the rafters and settled down for the night.

"Hey, Zangetsu..." Grimmjow called. "You worry about your pups... I'll worry about the others..."

Zangetsu let out a happy whine before he trotted away with his pups as Szayel glanced between the two. But when Szayel's eyes met with Grimm's, he saw understanding and respect in Grimmjow's eyes. Not sure how to understand this, he gave the panther a small, shy smile before he left the room, locking it and shutting off the lights. A recording for forest sounds soon filled the room and lulled the panther to sleep...

-Next day-

Everyone in the Kurosaki household was up and about early. Kisuke, who had shown up like he said the night before, was making breakfast as Karin and Yuzu packed their bags to head on home. Shiro was in the living room with Soi Fon telling her about his stalker and the little confrontation they had as she filled him in that his paparazzi had sold photos to the local news and that he was going to be in for hell the next few weeks. Ichigo had taken Zangetsu for a walk and was now coming back in, looking haggard and a mess.

"King!"

"I'm fine... just the news folk asking about the attack... ugh, I rather put up with Nnoitra's perverseness and Grimmjow's possessiveness than those fiends..." He whined and flopped on the sofa, head resting on Shiro's lap as Shiro rubbed at his scalp getting purrs from his brother. This was strange, lately Ichigo's been acting kinda strange, purring when content, getting really finicky over the littlest things, hissing or generally being a royal bitch and then there was the whole nesting thing he did the night before where he literally made a den in the living room where he forced all six house members to sleep.

Shiro had to admit it was the best sleep he had in years but it was strange how Ichigo was acting, he guessed he was just trying to understand the hybrids behaviors, though he's thankful Ichigo hasn't tried to sleep upside down yet. Soi Fon said nothing about this and just went back to making sure she had all the details right before she called up the one news company she could rely on to not bend the truth to set up an article and interview. The faster she cleared this up, the quicker Hell Week went by for Shiro and his family.

"Breakfast is ready... come on, eat up so we can visit Isshin early before we have to catch our train back home, girls." Kisuke said. "Shiro, Ichi, my offer still stands for you to come stay with me until this mess blows over, after all Ichigo does have time off and you won't be able to set foot outside of this house without mobs of screaming fans and reporters jumping you like starved animals over a piece of meat..."

"I might take you up, but King you go ahead... I can't even relax until this mess if over... Soi, ya eating wit us?" He asked as she nodded her head, while still talking with Yamamoto's secretary about the article and interview. Once that was done they all settled down to eat...


Rye: And done! How's that!

Shiro: What the frik! I was suppose to mess with Nnoi not the other way around!

Shukaku: Oh calm down, at least he didn't molest your or Ichi... I guess

Rye: Besides they know Ichi's sick now, though some of them now know that Ichi's more like them then a normal human!

Grimm: I wanna rape him damn it!

Ichi: No! You are not raping me!

Rye: It'll happen... eventually. Right Shu-chan?

Shukaku: Within the next few chapters yes. Now stop ranting Grimm before I let someone else dominate ya!