Summary: It's been three years since the end of the war and Kurosaki Ichigo's death. A new reality emerges. Rules are defied and chaos erupts. Who is there to save them this time? Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
This chapter is mostly dialogue. There not really a description in the first part, but I hope you get the main idea.
Chapter 10
"What!?" yelled Ichigo.
"Calm down. It's only to observe what effects the human world is having. Here, in Soul Society, souls that were eaten by hollows or were supposed to be sent to the Sea of Souls are appearing as if they never died," Yoruichi explained. "We'll be going in gigais. There's too much of us to be discreet in shinigami form."
"Wait, how many are coming?" Ichigo asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"You, Rukia, Renji, Hitsugaya, Kisuke, Hinamori, Hanatarou, and me. Basically everyone who's standing in front of you."
"Why so many?"
"Well, we need to scout most of Karakura Town constantly, which means we'll need to have different posts all over at night. We also need officers who can pass as high school students," Urahara said. Ichigo was about to point out Hitsugaya and Hinamori, but Yoruichi cut him off. "They've grown enough to pass as short teenagers who happen to be geniuses."
"Hinamori is a genius?" Ichigo asked incredulously. It's not that she wasn't smart; she just didn't show any prowess.
"Amazingly, she is. Though, that may be the years of learning in the Academy."
"What about you and her?" Ichigo inquired, referring to Urahara and Yoruichi. There was no way they were posing as students. Urahara hid behind his fan. Sometimes, they wanted to destroy it just so he would stop doing that.
"Why, what about us?"
"We'll just stay at the shop, and when need calls, pose as parents," said Yoruichi, actually answering Ichigo's question.
"Of five children?"
"Of course not! Hinamori and Hitsugaya will stay with Orihime; she's already agreed."
"And how is Hinamori staying with Toushirou a good idea?" Ichigo asked, his tone rising. The two in question both blushed, but Hitsugaya actually retorted.
"And what about you and Rukia?" Ichigo, prepared (for once), scoffed.
"What about us? She's been living in the same house with me for over a year. Besides, I actually have three other people in the house. Only Inoue is where you're staying, and she tolerates pretty much everything."
"Just drop it, you two. We have more important things to discuss," Rukia interrupted.
"Okay, but how are they going to explain living with Inoue?" Ichigo asked the two who were apparently in charge, namely Urahara and Yoruichi.
"Hinamori is Inoue's cousin, and Hitsugaya is Hinamori's friend's brother." Ichigo raised an eyebrow.
"You made up that story just to make sure they weren't related?" In fact, they did. The idea was originally Matsumoto's, though. Her first matchmaker attempt would be the two childhood friends, but she was patient (this time), so she would wait and let nature take its course. She was just going to give it a kick in the ass once in a while.
"Just shut up about that, Ichigo," Rukia ordered. Ichigo thought better than to start another fight and pursued another subject.
"You still have to explain three other kids who look nothing alike."
"Not really, as Rukia's staying with your family, and we're saying Renji's adopted. There's no way you're getting out of this." Ichigo sighed in defeat.
"Fine. But please try to act normal."
"Who said we weren't normal?"
"…"
Ichigo and Rukia walked to Ichigo's room, tired. They had a call for a nest of Gillians right in the middle of class. And since nine kids couldn't just get up and make an excuse about the bathroom, and Urahara and Yoruichi were busy, Ichigo had to deal with them by himself. Rukia didn't have it as hard, but since Ichigo was purifying the Gillians, she purified everything else in their area of the town (which was quite large, due to Ichigo's ease with handling hollows) after school.
When they reached Ichigo's room, Ichigo put up a shield with Ametsuchi, much to Rukia's surprise. When questioned, he just shrugged like it was no big deal.
"I've been practicing," he answered simply. Right then, he felt the reiatsu of his sisters listening by the door. Wanting to trick them, and having to do it anyway, he motioned for Rukia to jump out the window in shinigami form so they could attend the meeting that was planned between the spiritual beings, including Uryuu, Orihime, and Chad.
They shunpoed together to their destination, Orihime's house. At least, they did at first. Ichigo got bored of going so slow and used a combination of shunpo and sonido to reach Orihime's house quicker. It ends up that, even thought they were late to begin with, Ichigo was the first there, besides Hitsugaya and Hinamori. When everyone was gathered, Ichigo and Rukia reported possibly some of the most disturbing news in quite a while, along with the knowledge souls weren't reincarnating or dying.
"We think the majority of the humans in Karakura Town have become spiritually aware."
Really short chapter, but it was a triple update! Please review!