Here it finally is, Return to Karakura Town part 1! I know it isn't much, but i'm trying to ease myself back in to the story and writing while having to work ;-;

I hope you enjoy it!

Ichigo P.O.V

When I first started to place my footprints in Karakura Town, it felt as if I was walking on fractured feet, each step I took seem more difficult then the last.
Hell, the only reason I had even made it to the town in the first place would be the fact that Yoruichi's hand was tightly around mine.
Each time my footsteps started to falter slightly, her hand would give mine the softest squeeze, to reassure me and comfort me.
As I walked over the cracked pavements of the town I once called home, my brain was telling me all the different routes I could take to
get the hell out of there as quickly as possible, but I wasn't doing this for myself, I was doing this for Yoruichi.

The train journey back had been pretty uneventful, It was essentially a couple of hours of Yoruichi trying her best to tease and embarrass me
in front of Tatsuki & Orihime.
Once we had got out of station at Karakura Town, Tatsuki and Orihime had gone straight back to their apartment, since I had made it clear that I didn't want anyone to know I was coming back, and that I just wanted to get Yoruichi's things then leave, we decided to make our way to Urahara's Place.
"Huh, look, she did bring the Strawberry back after all." A voice called behind us as we got to the store, I turned around to see a tall, slim, red headed male teenager, whose face had looked like He'd been in his fair share of fights.
"Excuse me? I have no idea who the hell you a-" My reply was cut short as i saw the slender, dark haired girl, whose bangs split into to between her eyes.
No, no fuckin' way. Theres no way it could be those two. Yoruichi clearly reading my train of thought just nodded at me then looked at the two.
"Hey kids, Kisuke home?" "Hey! Stop calling us kids!" the guy ranted, "He's inside" The girl smiled at us. "Thanks Ururu!" Yoruichi replied
"And Jinta, you'll always gonna be kids to me." She said to him as she pulled me inside the store, Jinta mumbling and cursing to her reply.
"Hell, when did they grow up?, i've only been gone 3 years." I said, wonder where the time had gone.
The store hadn't changed at all, it could have done with a dust to be honest, the paint on the wall was full of cracks, I wondered how urahara still had any customers.
"Well, Well, Well, if it isn't the Strawberry, long time no see, Ichigo" I couldn't help but wonder if Yoruichi had send a memo telling everyone to call me Strawberry.
I bit my tongue and held back an annoyed retort and simply replied "Long time no see, Urahaha".

We made chit chat while Yoruichi grabbed her things, she soon rejoined us as we all had some tea, prepared by Ururu. I was still shocked at how much both
her and Jinta had grown, Ururu had become a rather elegant, beautiful young lady while I had been gone her skin pale, frame slender but still with the same hairstyle she always had. Jinta on the other hand, it was as if he had grown up into a member of the Sex Pistols. His jeans were covered in rips and safety pins, He shirt had the sleves cut off, his hair was disheveled and his frame was skinny yet athletic.
As we made small talk, Urahaha's face had suddenly dropped it's friendly expression, as he turned serious and melancholic. "Now Ichigo, I'm sorry for this, I really am."
"For what?" I asked, extremely worried, Kisuke was hardly ever serious, so what had happend? "I had to, Ichigo...i'm sorry.." He said slowly
"Had to what? Stop messing around, Urahara!" And was when I heard a sound that would always, and I mean always make my blood run cold.

"MAAAASKAII! OUR SON HAS RETURN HOME TO HIS FATHER!" Fuck was the first thought to enter my mind. The door to the store flew wide open, as my body instinctively went into a defence pose I've used against my dad far too many times a son should, a blur of purple flashed passed my eyes, as the next thing I knew, Yoruichi had knocked my dad onto the floor, her foot on his throat."Now Isshin, you're never going to touch even a hair on my strawberrys head again, otherwise I shall tear you apart, understand?" Yoruichi slowly said, her words both making me feel proud and sending a fearful shiver down my spine. "Yes mam" My father choked out, or something close to that.
He instantly jumped up as if nothing had happened, wrapping his arms around both my and yoruichi's necks, grinning annoyingly.
"Look at the two love birds! How are you two going? Am I getting grandchildren yet? WHY NOT, ICHIGO?! WHY AM I NOT A GRANDPAPPA YET? WH-" Yoruichi decided to cut him off with a stiff punch to the jaw.

After a while, I tried to make our excuses to leave, but my father was having none of it, doing his best to get us to stay "C'mon stay with us, it's been too long? PAPA WILL BE HEARTBROKEN"
It wasn't working until he went low "Your sisters haven't seen you in a while, it would break Yuzus heart to find out you came back and didn't visit.."
Safe to say that work, which led me to rather begrudgingly going back to the family home. Yuzu immediately welcomed me and Yoruichi with a hug, Karin, nonchalantly as ever just adknowledge me with a simple headnod.
That was, however, until she noticed Yoruichi's hand being entwined in mine. "Well, well, well, what do we have here, Ichigo?" She said, grinning. Before i could even reply, Yuzu noticed too, quickly put 2 and 2 together.
With stars in her eyes she quickly rushed through several sentences "You guys are together?! Finally! Since when?! Where?! How?!" It seems that mentally she was becoming more like our father day by day, which worried me greatly.
As we finally sat down i explained it all to them, Karin just punched my arm which a "Congrats", Yuzu was over the moon, seemingly planning a wedding in her head.
As she had grown up, Yuzu was starting to look more and more like our mother, which was somewhat heartwarming. Karin, had grown rather tall, holding her hair into a ponytail, her sporting activties giving her a slim, athletic build.
Yuzu filled me in on all that they had been up to recently, including the fact that Karin had become rather close to Jinta, during which Karin to her shush. Well, i guess there will a conversation between me and jinta soon.
After talking for a while, We said our goodnights and Yoruichi and I went up to my room.

While Yoruichi had a shower, I immediately collapased onto my bed, stretching out. the return so far hadn't been awful, but there will still alot of people I had yet to see, doubting I would be able to avoid it, my mind started to focus worrying about what they would say, what questions they would ask. I still wasn't sure if i was ready for it all. "Ichigo.." Yoruichi's soft call cut through my downcasted thoughts, pulling my attention to the woman standing at my door.
My eyes widened as my mouth started to feel dry, she was standing there in only a towel, I could feel the blood pumping through my veins that much quicker. We locked eyes as she gracefully stepped across my bedroom floor.
As she came onto the bed, she crawled up to me, without a word said we our lips collided, and for once I didn't argue.