A/N I am back, once again was acting up =/ So i dont know my hits for last saturday, and I dont think it sent out alerts, so i sent them manually, hope all my dedicated readers got them :3
Anyways short A/N If i get the amount of reviews i got this week I may update early next week if my schedule allows c:
After the talk with Yume's father, Ichigo followed him back inside, but took another look at the city before disappearing inside the confusingly massive building. He looked around curiously at all the doors around him "Whats in all these rooms?" He asked curiously.
Axel looked over his shoulder at him "Storage rooms and such, not many of the rooms are actually lived in as you might notice." He said quietly as they headed back to the dining room. "I will depart here, I have urgent business to attend to, so tomorrow morning, Yume will take you to your Trainer." He said with small smile.
Ichigo nodded "Alright Mr Arah, Thank you for dinner." He said bowing, it would be best to be too polite with him then impolite, ~But isn't that how it is with all dads?~ He thought as he tried to relax, but that was nearly impossible by Axel. As Axel left out of a side door and felt his spiritual pressure get some distance., Ichigo finally let out the breath he was holding in. "Damn hes scary.." He said under his breath, and nearly jumped as he felt a pair of arms go around behind him around his waist.
"Sometimes, but hes a good dad, hope he didn't scare you too bad though." Ichigo heard Yume say from behind him, her face buried between his shoulders, her ears twitching and tickling his neck lightly.
Ichigo squirmed for a second "Heh, hey that tickles." He said and relaxed against her as she laughed as well. "Its a beautiful city." He said quietly as he turned around so he could embrace her in return. He brushed the hair out of her face as she looked up at him with her beautiful sapphire eyes.
"Yah, Let me show you something! Follow me!" She said with a grin, tugging on his hand to pull him along back outside.
He laughed and followed along "What is it?" He asked happily. His eyes were drawn to her tail as he swayed when she walked along with him, which only served to make her rear look even better to his eyes as her Kimono hugged it slightly. He blushed a bit and looked elsewhere, but not before Yume followed his eyes, but didn't say anything, and only giggled quietly as she continued along.
"You'll see! now hurry!" She said as she pushed open the door, hoping she would be in time for the event. She smiled as she saw she wasn't too late, and the show was beginning. She led Ichigo around the side of the building away from the entrance, and to a quiet flower garden that was mostly concealed, inside of it was a small raised hill with a view of the entire city except for the parts the hedges around of the garden covered.
Ichigo smiled as he looked over the large city, which as he looked closely he saw it was full of moving Kitsune, moving around with both grace, and a calm peaceful stride. He also saw in the center of the town, there was a small lake with a large spire in the middle that he didn't notice when he looked at the town from the building entrance. ~Its..Its just like my inner world..~ He thought quietly.
Yume plopped her rump down on the grassy hillside and laid back, patting the area next to her for Ichigo to relax on. As he sat down next to her, she carefully closed the gap by leaning over a bit to lay against his chest, half way in his lap. "Its about to start." She said happily.
"What is?" he asked curiously as he relaxed with her, feeling alot better since the talk with her dad now that he had her snuggled up against him, her scent embedding itself into his brain on his favorite things. ~I could stay like this forever..~ He thought with a sigh, feeling calm for once, despite all the craziness going on around him, he had his moment of calm and peace.
In a small flash the spire in the town lit up like a candle, bright blue and white, and sent up a swirling beam into the sky, which after a distance seemed to burst in all directions, spreading out like a liquid, dripping around the town in a semi transparent dome shape. "That is the Kakuheki (barrier wall), we activate it once a day to reinforce the barrier around the city, its kept us safe for as long as I can remember." She said happy to inform him of the curiosity's of her realm.
Ichigo nodded "So its just like a barrier making device?" He asked curiously as he watched the spire send out pulses through the beam. As Ichigo looked into the distance he saw more of them, just mostly specks in the distance, at least a couple dozen from what he could see from his spot. "Theres more?" He asked.
"Yah, theres one in every city, it keeps everything relatively peaceful around here I guess. They also serve another purpose." She said as she rested her head back against his chest, pressing her ear against him to listen to the steady beating of his heart. "Each one acts as a pillar support this realm, it keeps the realm stable, if we didn't have them...things would have fallen apart long ago." She said sadly.
Ichigo frowned "What do you mean fallen apart? I didn't see anything like this in the Soul Society." He said as he closed his eyes, inhaling her scent lightly while relaxing in the sweet grass.
"Well this dimention wasn't made naturally, like the Soul Society, it was created, like if you blow a bubble in gum, it expands at a certain point, we use those pillars to keep it from closing in on itself." She explained. "But this realm has been around for a couple thousand years, I dont think its going anywhere." She said with a small yawn. She looked up at him with a mischivious smile.
Ichigo smiled back down at her, catching the drift from their bond as her eyes locked onto his. He slowly started to lower his face closer to hers, he couldn't resist the cute perk of her lips any longer.
Yume closed her eyes a bit, but suddenly looked over to the hedge, where standing a bit around the corner, she saw her mom, and the twins, holding signs that said Guts in Japanese for encouragement it seemed. At least her mother didn't disapprove of Ichigo... "Moooom! Get outta here!" She yelled, pushing up her cheeks cutely at her mom's snooping.
Ichigo sighed a bit as her mom and her sisters ran off, her mom having a pleased expression on her face.
"Sorry about that...She gets nosey sometimes.." She said while folding her ears and looking back over at Ichigo, who got a bit closer as they sat up.
"Its fine, at least it wasn't your dad." He suggested, and very gently leaned in to kiss her lips, Both of them settled into the kiss, laying down a bit, with Yume resting on top of Ichigo as they continued to kiss deeply, both their faces flushed as tongues fought for dominance. But after a couple minutes, they both broke away, getting some air.
"I think..I need to go help mom with something..She also told me when you and Dad were talking she wants you to sleep in the infirmity for another night...Night Ichi." She said with a smile, giving him another peck on the lips before walking off a bit light headed.
Ichigo slowly caught his breath "Ok, Goodnight love." He said with a shy smile, He was slightly glad she choose the moment to depart for the evening, he didn't know how much longer he would have been able to hold back...her scent was just intoxicating to him...He looked up into the twilight sky to relax himself, and make what he wanted less obvious before heading back into the building. "Well..guess i should go to bed.." He said quietly to himself after resting for about five minutes. He headed back into the building, following the maze of paths to the infirmity.
Ichigo poked his head into the dimly lit room and saw no one in the room. He closed the door behind him and took a deep breath, he was starting to worry a bit about what he would have to learn in the days ahead. ~Looks like escaped school just to have to learn new things anyway..~ He thought with a sigh.
He looked at the door as he heard a small knock at the door "Its Nana." He heard Yume's mother say. He walked over to the door and slid it open. She held another sleeping Yukata, and his new robes which she must have been washing. "You should wear this tomorrow when you go out, and heres a fresh Yukata. If you want to take a bath as well the washroom is down the hall about 4 doors down." She stated with her pleasant smile.
Ichigo nodded "Thank you..Umm..about what you saw.." he said quietly, a bit embarrassed after she caught them making out.
She smiled a bit and shoke her head "Do not worry, I wont tell her father, and I do not mind, its good to see Yume so happy." She said with a wink. "Now get some rest, you have a big day tomorrow." She said, handing him the clothes before walking back out through the hallway.
Ichigo set his new fighting robes by his Futon, and headed out the door with his fresh Yukata. ~A bath might take my mind off things...What a nice lady.~ He thought happily as slipped into the bathroom. The bathroom consisted of mainly a large steaming tub of water, which looked more like a pool, but with a shallow bottom, made for sitting in and soaking pleasantly, with room for a good amount of people, but it was empty.
Ichigo set his clothes over on a bench and undressed for the tub, climbing in and relaxing, letting the water help him think. ~This is all so complicated...Its all happened so fast also...~ He thought with a sigh.
After washing for a small while, Ichigo headed to bed, mentally preparing himself for the next days events, he had to admit he was excited about seeing the city and learning about it, school wasn't nearly as interesting.
Yume poked her head quietly into Ichigo's infirmiry room, and smiled as she saw Ichigo was bundled up inside of the futon, and looked to be having a rather pleasant dream. She carefully made her way over to him, and knelt down beside him, To watch him for a second ~So cute..~ She thought with a smile. "Yume.." He said quietly in his sleep, at first Yume thought she had woken him, but noticed his slightly open thought waves, she seemed to be the star in his dream, which she just took as a compliment. "Ichiigoo..." She said quietly into his ear before lightly pecking his lips to try and wake him up as gently as possible. He started to stir a bit in his sleep.
Ichigo slowly opened his eyes and looked up at her, a nice first view when waking up. He blushed lightly as the way she was kneeling he had a good view of cleavage in her kimono, but his face was already a bit red from sleep and his dream, "Morning dear..I think its morning.." He said quietly, letting out a cute yawn.
Yume smiled at him "Morning to you to sleepy, yah its hard to tell, but you get used to it i guess, we have clocks in certain places." She said as she stood up, "We have to get you ready for your first day of your training." She said as she brought over his fighting robes. "So you know, we call these Guardian Robes, since only our top fighters have them, and it fits with your name." She said with a smile.
Ichigo nodded "Alright.." He said and looked at the clothes, he didn't think it would be approriate yet to be changing infront of her, and Yume seemed to catch on that thought,
"I have to go prepare a couple things, I'll be back in a minute." She said waving as she skipped out the door, a bit disappointed, but decency couldn't be helped, she was the heir and had to behave as such.
Ichigo finished dressing in his Guardian Robes and stretched out a bit in them, grabbing his Soul Edge by the door and placing it into the sash of the robes. Yume slipped back into the room and seemed to walk around him, examining him over.
"Mmm..nice, they suit you well. Lets get going, a good jog will get you awake." She said with a grin as she started to lightly jog through the house, the dense wooden floors hardly making a noise.
Ichigo noted the thick floors, and wondered if the walls were the same as that..but quickly shook out any inappropriate thoughts from his mind. "So where are we headed?" he asked her curiously, easily keeping pace with her.
Yume opened the main door of the building, and took a deep breath of the fresh air, and looked down the long path of stairs down the mountainside. "He said he would be at the bottom of these stairs, I can take you down there, but then your in his care.." She said as she started to go down the stairs two at a time.
Ichigo nodded "Alright, I wonder just what hes going to teach me.." He said quietly as he followed after her, nearly falling as his eyes caught her rear once again. "I wish you could just teach me about things here.." He said with a sigh, catching up with her.
Yume nodded "Theres quite a bit you have to learn, and don't worry, I'll see you at dinner time." She said with a grin. "Mom invited you again, it looks like shes taken a liking to you, and if you are diligant in learning..dad..may tolerate you, dont worry am sure he'll come around." She said with a smile as they almost reached the bottom.
Ichigo gave a small grin back at her "Ok, I guess I'll be see you later?" He asked worridly, he was pretty nervous about going into town like this with a stranger, he was definetly the black sheep, with no ears or a tail.
Yume nodded "Mhm! I may even come watch if i can. I kinda want to watch your sparing heh, fight against some people who actually stand a chance." She teased.
Ichigo laughed a bit "I hope so,...I hope this guy isn't a hard ass like teachers at school.." He grumbled, making Yume smirk a bit. "Hes actually pretty cool, you met him before atleast somewhat." She said.
Ichigo's questions he was about to ask were answered as he saw a brown haired Kitsune man leaning against a post at the bottom of the stairs fiddling with a piece of paper. His head snapped up as he looked at Yume and Ichigo. "Your laaaate." He said as he threw something.
Ichigo blinked and took a stepback as a paper air plane got him in the forehead. "What was th-" he started to say, but the kitsune was partly in the air infront of him now, and his foot hit the side of Ichigo's head, sending him into a sturdy tree.
Yume sighed as she saw Ichigo twitching, and then he got up ~I Hope this ends well...~ She thought worriedly.
Ichigo looked at the kitsune "What the hell was that?" he asked stomping back over towards the kitsune.
"That, was punishment for being late, as your teacher i must teach you discipline! And respect!" He said looking proud of himself, until Yume's fist made a small lump on the side of his head. "Ow.." He said quietly as he remained unmoved from his dignified pose. "Annnways, The Emperor asked me to teach you our ways.. By the way, my name is Battou Kathis." He said with a grin, he appeared to be a intresting person at least.
Sorry this chapter isn't as long as the others, was late and i wasn't feeling it as much tonight, I might make a bonus chapter during the week of a small side story i want to do to show off the two adorable twins =D
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