Summary:Seireitei Psychiatric Hospital, a place for those deemed insane and beyond help. Can one determined healer prove them wrong and heal the one she loves?
Genre:Romance/Hurt/Comfort/Angst [possible humor]
Warnings:AU/Sex/Language/Mature Themes
Pairings:Ichigo and Orihime

AUTHORS NOTE:Hello to anyone reading this, I don't really have much to say except that I hope you enjoy it, oh and thanks for reading this.

A Schizophrenics Love

Chapter 10: Isshin Remembers

"URUSAI!"

BANG.

"Good one son, but you're going to need to be faster to- OOMP!"

BANG.

"Idiots."

"Karin-chan, be nice to Daddy and Ichi-nii, they haven't seen each other in a while!"

Orihime had to fight the urge not to immediately call security to help separate Ichigo and Isshin. She'd met Ichigo's father and younger sisters a few times before and she knew now that this fighting was a common occurrence in their family. In some ways, she actually thought it was a good idea, it gave Ichigo some normalcy in his life. Too often she had worked with patients whose family members completely changed around them, as if they were afraid of setting them off. It was nice to see that Ichigo's family treated him exactly the same as before. At the moment, Orihime was seated around a table in one of the visiting rooms with Yuzu and Karin. Isshin and Ichigo was also in the room, but seemed oblivious to the girls as they had gotten into an argument about something that sounded like Ichigo's sex life. She had quickly zoned out of their conversation after that.

"Hey, Orihime-chan?"

Orihime smiled up at Karin, she had immediately taken to both of the twins the second she had met them. It was obvious that they both loved and adored their older brother. It was also painfully obvious how over protective Ichigo was of his two sisters, it may have been subtle, but Orihime was trained to notice things like this. She noticed how he would choose to sit between them, or how he would study their faces whilst talking to them, as if checking for any signs of harm. It was the type of behaviour that Sora used to be bestow upon her as a child.

"Yes Karin-chan, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Not really, I'm just a bit hungry, so I'm gonna go to the cafeteria quickly. You coming Yuzu?"

Yuzu nodded her head and the two girls pushed away from the table. Orihime bit her bottom lip,

"Ano…let me just call Ikkaku or somebody to escort you down there. It's not really safe for you two to go on your-"

Orihime stopped talking as she heard footsteps walking towards her.

"I'll take them," Ichigo said as he walked out the door, without even waiting for an answer from Orihime, or for his sisters to catch up. Before Orihime had a chance to protest this, both girls were out the door calling out,

"Ichi-nii…slow down!"

"Wait!" Orihime jumped up from her chair, sure that it wasn't allowed to let them go off on their own unsupervised.

"They'll be fine Orihime-chan, Ichigo will protect them," Isshin said wisely from the other end of the room. To tell the truth, Orihime had forgotten he was even there after Karin had announced she wanted to get some food. She nodded at Isshin, knowing that he was right and Ichigo wouldn't allow anything to harm his sisters. As she stood there staring at the older man, a light bulb flickered into life in her brain and she realised something important. This was her chance to find out some more information about Ichigo.

"Ah…Isshin-san, would you mind if I asked you a few questions?"

"You look so serious Orihime-chan, everything's okay with Ichigo isn't it?"

Orihime couldn't help but smile at the concern that flickered across Isshin's face at the thought that something was wrong with his son. Although they fought like cat and dog, the love Isshin had for Ichigo was undoubtedly there.

"Everything's fine with him," she reassured him, "I just want some more information about the day you brought him here, I think it might be able to help with his treatment."

"You really think you can help him, don't you?"

"I'm sure of it!"

Isshin smiled at Orihime, he liked her attitude, it was rubbing off on his son.

"Well what do you want to know?"

"Can you tell me what happened exactly on that day?"

Isshin's smile was instantly wiped off his face, and replaced with a pained grimace.

June 17th 2005

"…sh..should…should I get Ichi-nii?" Yuzu whispered to her sister and father. They were standing in the hallway of their house, getting ready to go to that place. Masaki's grave. Isshin opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped by the sound of racing footsteps. They all glanced towards the stairs to find Ichigo staring at them. He looked terrible. His eyes had large bags underneath them his blood shot eyes. His hair was a matted mess, even more than usual, as if he had literally just walked out of bed like that. The jeans he had thrown on were ripped and dirty, as was the t-shirt.

"What?" he mumbled, avoiding eye contact with his family. Yuzu turned away and bit her lip to stop the tears from rolling out, it was killing her to see her Ichi-nii in the state that he was in, and she couldn't even do anything about it. Karin couldn't take her eyes off him, she couldn't believe this was the same boy who took her to play football in the park a month ago. What's happened to him, she thought sadly to herself as she stared at the broken wreck she used to call her brother.

"What?" he asked again, stepping forwards and not noticing the way his sisters flinched away from him, "why are you just standing there? I thought we were going…going to…going…" he swallowed thickly before saying, "I thought we needed to leave now?"

Isshin narrowed his eyes at his son, "we were just about to leave. I don't think it's wise for you to come though."

Ichigo's head snapped up and Isshin found himself recoiling away from the intense glare Ichigo was giving him.

"And why not?" he managed to hiss out through gritted teeth. He was on the verge of snapping, he could feel his self restraint slipping away from him as every second passed.

"Yuzu, Karin, go wait outside," Isshin muttered to his two daughters who were staring at their brother in a state of horror.

"But Da-"

"Outside Karin," Isshin ordered one last time. Karin and Yuzu didn't need to be told another time, they both heard the serious tone of their father's voice. After shooting Ichigo another fearful glance, the two girls hurried out of the house, leaving Isshin and Ichigo staring at each other.

"What are you doing?" Ichigo could feel his hold on reality slipping away, he could feel that other part of him seeping through the cracks and struggling to gain control over him.

"That is what I should be asking you son. What are you doing? What's happened to you?"

"No..nothing! I'm fine, stop asking stupid questions and let's go."

"You are not leaving this house Ichigo, in the state you're in," his voice softened slightly and he took a few steps towards his son, "you're sisters are worried about you…I'm worried about you…your mother,"

Ichigo flinched and glared at his father, this didn't stop Isshin though, he needed to say this, "…your mother wouldn't want this from you Ichigo. I know…I know that you're still blaming yourself for her-"

"Urusai,"

"-for her death, but you need to move on-"

"Urusai,"

"-she wouldn't have wanted you to dwell on the past. It wasn't even your fault Ichigo…how many times to I have to tell you that?"

"URUSAI!"

That last shred of self control that he had was gone. He was gone. He allowed the beast within him to take control, to stop the pain.

"ICHIGO!" Isshin bellowed as Ichigo suddenly lunged out at him, pummelling him in the gut, "calm down Ichigo!" he yelled between blows.

"I told you to shut the fuck up!" he screamed sending a well aimed fist into his father's face. Shocked that his son would actually deliberately try and do damage to him, Isshin looked into Ichigo's eyes. What he saw shocked him, he didn't see his son, he saw hatred, rage and pent up anger swirling in his eyes. That was when Isshin knew it was time to get serious. He managed to use his lower body strength to kick Ichigo squarely in the guts and send him reeling across the room.

"Fuck," Ichigo growled as he spat blood onto the floor, "what the fuck do you think you're doing old man?"

Isshin winced at his language, sure Ichigo was known to swear every now and then, but this was taking it over board. Whilst Ichigo was preoccupied with the blood he was coughing up, Isshin did a mad dash toward his clinic and found what he was looking for.

Half and hour later, Isshin had managed to securely apprehend his son in masses of bandages and even a pair of handcuffs he had kept for more difficult patients. He hadn't accomplished this without injury though. By the time he was finished, Ichigo had given him two black eyes, a broken and bloodied nose, several fracture bones, and had somehow managed to inflict a large gash along his left cheek. Ichigo was still screaming profanities whilst Isshin towed him into the car.

"LET ME GO YOU FUCKING BASTARD! I SWEAR, I'M GONNA ANNIALATE YOU WHEN I GET OUTTA HERE!"

"I..Ic…Ichi-nii?" Yuzu and Karin both stammered as they watched their brother being slammed into the car, "where are you taking Ichi-nii?"

"Your brother needs help," Isshin explained as he tried to drive the car as best he could with broken bones in his hands, "and it's not the type of help that we can provide."

Orihime let out a deep breath she hadn't even realised she'd been holding as Isshin finished his sombre tale.

"To this day, I have no idea what snapped in him that day…what caused him to go crazy like that," Isshin shot Orihime a serious look, "Orihime-chan?"

"Yes Isshin-san?"

"Promise me you'll try your hardest to cure my son. We might not show it very often, but we miss Ichigo. I can't count the number of times Yuzu's gone to bed crying because she hasn't seen him for a week. We miss him."

Orihime nodded, "I promise you Isshin-san, I will do everything in my power to cure your son!"

Isshin smiled at the exuberant doctor, she had this way about her, that made you really believe she was going to do what she set out to do. No more was said on the matter of how Ichigo came to be at the hospital, but Isshin noticed a fiery determination in Orihime's eyes for the rest of the night and he somehow knew that his son had the best doctor for him.

A/N: Some of Ichigo's history for you ^_^ I just thought I'd let you know that this story actually has a real plot, as in something big shall be happening in the next few chapters. MAHAAHAHAA. Review please?