Briar: Thank IchixShiroxGrimm for the update because I kinda forgot about the story for a while since I was working on monster. On another note, even though my fanfiction writing looks like shit, I'm gonna be an author (yes, I had an editor who was my very blunt friend and she did a great job for the first 5 chapters and showed me so many of my errors) and I was wondering, would any of you read it? It's yaoi. It won't be out for a few months since it has to get sent to the printers and all but I wanna know how many people would. Of course, I'd have a AN telling anyone when it was out. The name is a secret for now.
Ichigo didn't know how to react when Hyo began to hug him and hold him like he was going away forever; it was shocking. Hyo was much taller than Ichigo, even taller than Grimmjow by a couple inches and the fact that Hyo could take a human form was astounding. Never before had Ichigo thought that his adopted son could shift since he seemed like an ordinary panther. Now, as Ichigo held him he knew it was different but he knew he'd have to go to Shinji to find out how. Managing to pry Hyo off, Ichigo turned to look at Shinji and his brother, Shiro, who was stalking around in his new feline form.
"Me and Gin are gonna have so much fun wit this!" Shiro cheered.
"I don't need to hear about your perverted sex life!" Ichigo shouted back, face beat red from embarrassment. "Now, how is Hyo a human?" Ichigo asked in concern.
Shinji shrugged his shoulders. "You told me you found him in a zoo with no parents so the only explanation I can think of is either one or both of his parents were lycanthropes and they chose to live in the wild as black panthers instead of the human realm. Some creatures do it when human life becomes too stressful. Debt can do that to a person."
Nodding his head, Ichigo turned to Hyo who was grinning like that cat that got the milk and the canary. Everything just seemed so surreal with the way things were working out. However, Ichigo knew things didn't always turn out so good for long. Now that Hyo was human it would bring out questions since he was really the first of his kind that anyone knew of. No one had ever seen this before nor had it be revealed in the news. Hyo could function in everyday life but as it was he was technically a year old maybe even two years old. Hyo had no birth certificate, no birth parents he could remember or even a social insurance number. Surviving in the world would be hard for him now that he was human. Shinji seemed to see the fear in Ichigo's eyes and handed him a business card.
"Call Kuchiki Byuakuya," Shinji offered. "He works for the government bureau and could help with this. He is specifically in the lycanthropes department in Tokyo so it should be easy to ask him about Hyo. He'll work something out within a week and be able to get the papers sent to you in under two if there is anything he can do. It might be released in a newspaper article but either way Hyo can enter our human society by becoming a working class man. Though, they might have to send him to school first; no one hires high school drop outs."
Ichigo nodded his head. "Thanks for helping out with Shiro and unknowingly with Hyo...Do you have any clothes we can borrow?"
"I think we can find something of Nnoi's," Shinji replied with his infamous piano like grin.
Ichigo pushed Hyo after Shinji and watched him stumble a bit before he got the hang of walking on two legs instead of four. Ichigo felt bad but knew that Hyo would be fine with Shinji. Turning to his brother, Ichigo noticed Shiro was still in his tiger form which made Ichigo move towards his brother to help him change back. Rather than be higher than his brother, Ichigo crouched down on his knees to get at eye level with Shiro to help coax him through the change.
"Okay Shi," Ichigo began. "This is gonna be a little hard but you're gonna need to change back now. Breathe in and out to relax yourself. Yeah, just like that. Close your eyes and imagine yourself turning human." Ichigo coaxed Shiro.
Shiro did as Ichigo told him and the transformation began as clawed paws turning into human fingers. White colored fur began to morph into porcelain colored flesh as Shiro began to stand on two legs instead of four. The older twin began to pant as he regained his breathing from the shift and as he stumbled with a few wobbly steps it was Ichigo who caught him.
"Thanks, Aibou, appreciate the catch," Shiro told Ichigo.
"Anytime," Ichigo replied warmly.
Ichigo wrapped his arm around Shiro's waist as he moved towards the direction his brother had thrown his clothes before the shift. It would all become natural as Shiro would think the opposite of when he turned from a tiger to a human. It was a task for Shiro to get dressed so Ichigo assisted his brother as he got his clothes back on like a normal human would.
"Know wha' I don' get?" Shiro asked.
"What?" Ichigo inquired.
"You're a black panther," Shiro stated. "Why aren't you a orange tiger if I'm a white one?"
Ichigo thought about that for a second. Why was he a black panther? If anything, he and Shiro were twins and should have at least had the same animal even if they were different colors. A frown marred Ichigo's face as he tried to decipher what it meant. Lycanthrope was a genetic mutation so if Ichigo was a black panther that meant somewhere along their family line a panther and a tiger may have mated to create both types of felines in their lineage. It was the only explanation since lyncathrope was not passed on like what a sci-fi novel would have werewolves create their other werewolf brethren.
"I don't know," Ichigo finally answered. "It's odd but we are identical twins but fraternal in the same way with our coloring so maybe that's why we are different cat types as well."
"Sounds about right," Shiro agreed. "Now, let's go see Hyo. He's probably dressed by now."
Ichigo nodded his head, following his brother as they entered Shinji's house. The place was large with a basement that had three rooms downstairs as well as a laundry room, the upstairs floor containing two living rooms, a indoor fireplace, a medium sized kitchen with three bathrooms. One bathroom was on the first floor, mainly for guests, the second one resided in the master bedroom and was connected with it, the last one was in the basement since it was like a basement suit. The floors were made of wood rather than tiles with a few bookshelves lining the pale white walls. As Ichigo passed the living room he noticed the beige carpeting and a large bay window that looked cozy to rest on when the run shined through in the summer. Though the area was beautiful, Ichigo continued to move towards the master bedroom that had a connecting bathroom.
When Ichigo entered he noticed that Hyo was wearing a olive green pair of cargo pants that hung loosly on his hips since he had a lean frame with thin hips like Ichigo, and a sky blue tanktop with a black on underneath with the straps loosely hanging around his upper arms. There were two black leather wrist bands adoring Hyo's body with cheap metal chains along it that would no doubt rust with enough moisture around it. To top it off, Hyo wore black and navy blue checkered vans for shoes looking stylish in his own way and a little uke. A bright smile adorned Hyo's features at the sight of Ichigo and without a second's hesitation he ran to his mother to give him a hug, enjoying the fact he could hug Ichigo like any other child could. Though Hyo was much larger than Ichigo the scene was rather cute in it's own way.
"Hey," Ichigo greeted Hyo. "Did you and Shinji have fun?"
"Yup," Hyo agreed and released Ichigo to spin in a circle to reveal his outfit. "Looks pretty good, doesn't it?"
A warm smile spread itself on Ichigo's lips. "Yes, it does."
"He can keep it," Shinji offered. "I never wore those clothes and they were a gift from my grandma. Well, before the family shunned me and my sister tried to turn me into a rug. I swear, if I ever see her I will eat her. Stab her and cook her rotisserie style."
The end of it held Shinji's classic piano like grin making Hyo move closer to Ichigo, not knowing how dark Shinji could be. Ichigo could understand the hatred harbored from being ostracized and abandoned for being different. Though Ichigo never thought anyone would ever ostracize Hyo since he looked adorable for someone of his age.
"We should cut your hair!" Shinji exclaimed. "It looks good long but I bet we could do a good job having it styled like Grimmjow's but have your bangs parted to the left."
"What do you think?" Ichigo asked Hyo.
Hyo shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, it is long and it is kind of a pain in the ass to take care of long hair."
"Then let's get to it!" Shinji shouted in excitement. "Good thing I learned how to cut hair."
"Just don't cut into my skull," Hyo teased lightly.
"I should just to spite you," Shinij retorted in the same tone then waved his hand airily, his demeanor changing. "Let's go to the bathroom."
The four hybrids followed behind Shinji but once they reached the bathroom the door was shut in front of Ichigo and Grimmjow's face. Shinji shouted from behind the door that they would have to wait to see the transformation which slightly irked Ichigo but he let it pass, deciding to head to the living room. Nnoitra was out no doubt running errands or working so in a sense the two had the house to themselves. Though the living room had a large window, it was in the direction of the back yard and no one could see inside it when the curtains were drawn, concealing the room in a dark shadow.
Grimmjow was already on the couch, legs parted and he patted his leg as a silent indication that he wanted Ichigo to take his seat. Shiro was on the lazy boy lost in his own little world as he texted Gin about his new revelation. No doubt the older male was excited to try kinky sex with his lover. Ichigo brushed that thought away and moved towards Grimmjow to sit on his leg, allowing Grimmjow to wrap his arm around his waist. There was a sly smirk on Ichigo's face as he turned around to press his lips to Grimmjow's, surprising the older male at Ichigo being so bold. Shiro was across the room from them but even so, Grimmjow could see that Shiro was too engrossed in his phone and Gin to notice what was going on. Ichigo felt Grimmjow's grin form on his face, enjoying the rough kiss back. The sensual feeling of Grimmjow grabbing his ass and pulling Ichigo against his hardened erection caused Ichigo to gasp in surprise. There was pleasure in it as Ichigo felt Grimmjow have his tongue enter his mouth. Their tongues tangling together as they kissed. Ichigo's hands roamed over Grimmjow's chest, having his nimble fingers move underneath the shirt and felt the expansion of Grimmjow's taunt muscles.
Moving back, Ichigo took in a breath of air before Grimmjow reclaimed his lips in a greedy kiss. Ichigo had no qualms over it as he felt his fingers dig into his lover's flesh as he began to buck into Grimmjow's hips. There was no remorse in what he was doing because there were times Ichigo would walk in and find Shiro and Gin half naked on the bed, the couch, against the wall or even on a counter top in the kitchen. There was no regret and it wasn't like Ichigo would flat out have sex on Shinji's couch with Grimmjow. Ichigo removed his hands from Grimmjow's shirt to grab the back of Grimmjow's head and pressed their lips together more fiercely. Gripping blue hairs, Ichigo smirked at the lust-filled moan coming from Grimmjow's lips. For the most part they were quiet so that Shiro's attention wouldn't be caught.
Ichigo titled his head back and bit back a moan to keep quiet. Grimmjow took advantage of his lover's neck being so openly displayed allowing him to suck on the flesh, creating love marks as he bit, nipped and sucked, enjoying the feeling of Ichigo grinding harder into him. The pleasure was building to the point where the friction of Ichigo rubbing himself against just wasn't enough.
"Er herm," coughed a voice.
Ichigo froze at the sound of a voice in the room. Tilting to the side, Ichigo turned and saw Hyo smiling warming with his new haircut. The haircut suited the black haired panther that made him have the same hairstyle as his father figure and the bangs were down and parted to the left. The twinkling of happiness shined in Hyo's eyes at looking so dashing.
"Now that you're done trying to get in each other's pants, how do I look?" Hyo asked with a warm smile on his face, humor sparkling in his eyes.