Disclaimer: Guess I should throw this in. I. DO. NOT. OWN. BLEACH!

Author's Note: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! This chapter couldn't have taken any longer to get out. I feel so bad.

This has been written for ages, but I haven't had time to type it. I've been sick, I've had to perform/get ready for concerts, I've had so much homework/school stuff to do, there's been Christmas shopping/decorating, and All County. I'm so sorry this has taken so long.

Luckily, I've gotten into a semi-normal routine, (-crosses fingers-) and I've had time to discuss things with my muse, who gives my ideas whether I want them or not. XD

Christmas Break is coming up too, so I might have time because of that as well.

Chapter 11 is mostly written, if not entirely. I'm going to cross my fingers that it'll be out soon.

Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to my friends Captain Eatsurface and Momo-Sheepy-chan. Thanks for your characters guys! I also want to thank all of my reviewers who both encouraged me, and reminded me to update. Thanks everyone!

Chapter 10: Of Shocking New Roommates

Rukia glanced behind her in the direction she knew that Isshin and Ichigo had headed in. Then she turned to Sora. "Why am I worried about them?" she asked, more to herself than to the Captain.

Sora laughed. "I'm waiting for the crying," she held up a hand, grinning. "Five… four… three… two… one." With each number she lowered one finger. When the last finger was lowered, there was still silence. "Awww… she whined. "I'm off."

Rukia frowned. "You know Kurosaki-taichou very well, don't you?" she asked, blushing at a thought that had occurred to her.

"Of course," Sora answered. "We're very close."

"Mitsukai-taichou… are you and Kurosaki-taichou… a couple...?" she asked, her blush getting darker.

Sora stopped dead in her tracks and turned slowly to face Rukia. Her face adopted a look of absolute disgust. "Eww!!" she exclaimed. "That'd be like incest! Ewww! Eww! Eww!"

Rukia's forehead creased in confusion. "What?" she asked.

"Isshin and I are cousins!" The Captain told her. "Eww! Eww! Eww! He still loves Masaki anyway. Besides, I have a special someone."

Ignoring her surprise at the fact that this woman would be Ichigo's cousin as well, Rukia let her curiosity get the better of her. "Who's your special someone?" she asked.

Sora put a finger to her lips, grinning, and didn't answer. "Ah-hah!" she exclaimed after a minute. "Here's your room!" She stopped in front of room number 203. "This'll be your stop."

The names on the door read Yusaki Akina and-

Rukia's mouth fell open. "A-abarai?!?!?!" she shouted.

Sora grinned. "Didn't you know?" she asked the shell-shocked Rukia. "Tatsuki and Renji have two kids: your roommate Koiyuki and a son, Kageromaru. They're twins."

Rukia's mouth resembled a fish's as she opened and closed it in an attempt to speak words: an attempt that failed in the end.

Sora continued to grin at the shocked girl. "Come on, Rukia-chan. Let's introduce you to your new roommates." She grabbed Rukia's arm and pulled her over to the door, upon which she knocked. "Hello? Anyone in?"

A face appeared in the doorway a moment later. "Sora-san!" the girl on the other side exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" The door opened up fully to reveal a pale purple room, three beds, two of which were occupied, one with a person, another with clothes, a closet, a nightstand beside each bed, and the entirety of the person standing at the door. The girl on the bed had brown hair, and lay there reading what appeared to be a manga. The girl who had opened the door had vibrant, familiar looking red hair. She smiled at the taichou and the girl that Sora had in a death grip. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Hello girls," Sora smiled warmly. "I'm here to introduce your new roommate," she told them. "Girls," she said, "meet Kuchiki Rukia."

There was silence. The girl on the bed lowered her manga just enough so that Rukia could see her eyes entirely. "Hello," she greeted her in a quiet, shy voice.

Rukia bowed a little. "Hello."

The redhead was staring at Rukia. "Kuchiki?" she gasped. "Like Dad's old friend and Kuchiki-taichou?"

"Exactly!" Sora answered. "Rukia, this is Abarai Koiyuki."

"You're related to Abarai Renji?" Rukia asked, wanting to confirm what Sora had told her earlier.

Koiyuki looked surprised that Rukia knew her father. "You know Dad?" she asked.

Rukia mentally slapped herself, for remembering, a beat too late that she made it seem like she knew her old best friend, though they didn't know that, personally. "Uh- only in passing. He was part of the group that came to get Ichigo and I from Karakura in the Living World." She made up the half-truth on the spot.

Koiyuki frowned. "You were part of the reason Mom and Dad had to go to the Living World all of a sudden?" she asked. "You and your friend must be pretty important."

It took all Rukia had to not be upset. She was saddened that Renji hadn't told his daughter about her enough that she would recognize her name. "I'm not sure-"

"Of course Rukia-chan is important! So is Kurosaki-kun!" Sora interrupted.

The girl on the bed sat up straight as soon as Sora finished her comment. "You're the Kuchiki Rukia?" she asked, shocked. "And you're talking about the Kurosaki Ichigo?"

Rukia shrugged, finally getting used to the charade again. "I don't know about "the"," she said. "But my name is Kuchiki Rukia, and he is Kurosaki Ichigo. Why?"

"But you both are supposed to be dead!" the girl exclaimed.

"Akina-san!" Koiyuki said, surprised at the other roommate's bluntness.

Akina fell back onto her pillows with a muttered, "sorry."

Koiyuki gained a pondering look on her face. "Come to think of it, though…Akina-san has a point. I thought you were both killed in the war."

"They were," Sora laughed. "They were. You see, Ichigo and Rukia were reincarnated into… drum roll please… - Ichigo and Rukia!"

Koiyuki looked impressed at the how anticlimactic the taichou's statement was. "Wonderful," she drawled. "How exciting."

Rukia slipped her arm out of Sora's death grip. "Isn't it though?" she asked sarcastically. "Ichigo and I have yet to figure out what everyone is talking about." Inwardly, Rukia was grinning: she had forgotten how much fun it was to act.

"You sound so much like Ichigo," Sora laughed again. She shook her head after a minute. "Rukia and Ichigo don't remember their past lives, so don't be surprised if they haven't a clue what's going on, okay?"

Koiyuki nodded, and Akina was silent.

"I'm going, all right?" Sora asked, turning to face Rukia. "If you need anything ask Koiyuki." She turned to Koiyuki. "If you can't help, contact me somehow, okay?"

"Yeah."

"See ya, Sora-san!" Koiyuki called.

Sora, halfway out the door, turned to wave, and seemed to remember something else. "Oh by the way…. How's the tattoo, Koiyuki?" she asked, grinning.

Rukia turned, shocked, to look at her new roommate. "You have a tattoo too?!?!" she exclaimed.

Koiyuki blushed, but asked, "Too?"

"Uhh…" Rukia was at a brain block. 'Damn,' she thought. "Uhhh… When, uh… Abarai-san came to the Living World his, uh, tattoos were impossible to miss." 'Good, Rukia, good.'

"True," Koiyuki said. "I just got a small one on my arm." She looked at Sora, "Thank Urahara-san for me, by the way."

"All right," Sora smiled. "Have a nice time, girls."

"Who're you?" a black haired, blue-eyed boy asked Ichigo.

"Ichiiiiigoooooooooo," Isshin moaned from the other side of the door that Ichigo leaned against. "Let me innnnnn…"

"No!" Ichigo exclaimed. "Go away!"

"Hey!" another boy said suddenly. "You look my father's archenemy."

Ichigo blinked at him. He had vibrant red hair and a few tattoos on the side of his neck and face. Altogether, he was really, really, really familiar. "Who are you?" Ichigo asked.

"We already asked you that, remember?" the boy growled back.

Ichigo and the other boy began glaring at each other.

There was silence except for the fake crying on the other side of the door.

The black haired boy stood up. "Whoa, whoa, whoa… Kageromaru-kun, Berry-kun, stop glaring at each other… please? Let's let…who is that on the other side, anyway?" he called.

"Kurosaki Isshin!" Isshin called.

"Shit," Ichigo whispered.

The other two boys eyes widened. "Kuorsaki-taichou?!" the black haired one exclaimed. He threw the door open, and bowed. "Sorry for not opening it, taichou!"

Isshin waved him off, and looked at Ichigo, who's head was in his hands, muttering under his breath. "Shit, damn, shit, damn."

Isshin flew at his son, who avoided at the last second. "IIIIIICCCCHHHIIIGOOO!! Why do you hate me so? Why are you so mean to Daddy?" he asked, sobbing.

"Because you're an idiot," Ichigo muttered, shaking his head.

"Kurosaki-taichou!" the redhead exclaimed. "Are you all right?"

Isshin took the hand the boy offered. "Thanks you, Abarai-san. At least someone cares."

Ichigo's mouth had fallen open. "What the hell!?" he shouted. "Abarai?!?!?" he demanded.

A smile lit up on Isshin's face. "Introductions!" he exclaimed. "Ichigo meet Yamanaka Hikaru and Abarai Kageromaru!"

Ichigo continued to stare, utterly shocked. "You're related to RENJI!?!?!" he shouted in shock.

Kageromaru adopted an angered and confused look. "Yeah, he's my dad, why?"

Ichigo almost fell over. "Your…Dad…? Renji's a father…?!?!?! …My whole world just crumbled before my eyes," Ichigo finished his statement in a horrified whisper.

"You know my father?"

Isshin laughed, obviously amused by the new direction of the conversation, or his mortified son, or maybe even both. "They met in Karakura. Your mother and father went to fetch my son and Rukia-chan."

Hikaru's eyes went wide. "Wait a minute. You're Kurosaki Ichigo?! Aren't you supposed to be dead?"

Ichigo glared at him, and Hikaru flinched back. "That's what I've been told," he growled.

Isshin patted his son's head, but pulled his had away before Ichigo could cut it off. "My son and dear Rukia-chan have been reincarnated without their memories, you see," he told the other boys. "You're going to have to be patient with him."

Ichigo turned his glare to his father. "You make it sound like I'm slow," he growled.

Isshin grinned, but didn't respond to that particular point. "Well I'm off. Don't let me return to find that you've killed each other," the eldest Kurosaki grinned to himself and bolted out the door.

Ichigo glared at the door much like he had glared at his father. "Stupid Goat Chin," he muttered.

Isshin met Sora at the corner right before they exited the school.

"Hey, cousin," Sora threw her arm around Isshin's shoulder. "How'd it go?" she asked.

"Same ol' same ol'," he answered. "My son enjoys seeing me injured." He grinned at her. "You?"

"Rukia almost had a premature heart attack when she found out that, not only did Renji have kids, but one was her roommate."

Isshin laughed uproariously. "So did Ichigo," he told her. "Almost fell over."

Sora grinned. "He's got a twin for a roommate too? I should've guessed."

"Where are we off to now?" Isshin asked her. "Our own Divisions?"

"No," Sora grinned at her elder cousin. "We're going to talk to Byakuya."

Isshin grinned. "Hmmm…. That sounds like fun. Can I help?"

"I expected as much. Of course. Let's go have some fun."

END CHAPTER 11: Of Shocking New Roommates

End Author's Note: This sets up for the next chapter. XD

Surprise! All right, did the new roommates surprise anybody? They all came about because I asked my muse for names and she gave me Abarai Koiyuki and Kageromaru. (My muse is a real person, in case you couldn't tell) I hope you like them.

I hope the chapter was all right. Thanks for reading. Please leave a review. I love feedback!

Thanks for reading,

Ambiguous Rose