Karin stepped through the Kurosaki front door, tired and sweaty. The argument with Toushiro had really pissed her off.
"KARIN" Isshin let out a scream of delight and launched himself towards his daughter, only to receive an unceremonious kick in the face for his efforts.
"Karin… you are indeed my daughter… the strength of that kick… no one else could…" Karin halted her father's incessant babbling with a slap and shouted to Yuzu, who was in the kitchen, "Oi! Yuzu! Can I get some miso?"
"Coming right up!" Yuzu replied.
After grabbing her soup and some rice, Karin stomped off to her room. She needed some time alone to think. After all that had happened.
While on her way to her room, Karin passed Ichi-nii's room. The door was half-open. Karin paused, then continued walking. Ichi-nii had been away too long.
Karin sank onto her bed, and picked at her rice moodily. Maybe Toushiro has a point, she thought. I really shouldn't get him involved in this.
But you won't win the championship without him! Argued a little voice in the back of her head.
Even he said it, Karin rebutted. We can win it with those two from the Urahara Shouten!
"Karin-chan?" a small voice from the door interrupted her psychological debate.
"Hmm?" Karin turned around only to see Yuzu timidly standing by the door.
"Can I come in?" she asked.
"Sure," Karin replied, "Just close the door so the old man doesn't come eavesdropping."
Yuzu sank onto the bed once their privacy had been ensured.
"Karin-chan… I heard you have a new member on your soccer team!" Yuzu said excitedly.
"Uh huh," Karin mumbled. Oh shit. I know where this conversation is going.
"Uhh… Toushi… Toushima or something like that," Yuzu screwed up her face trying to remember.
"Toushiro," Karin supplied dully.
"Ah yes!" Yuzu perked up. "The guy with white hair!"
Karin made a non-committal grunt.
"Is he the reason why you're so sad?" Yuzu's attitude took a serious turn. Karin turned to stare at her twin sister. She really was growing up.
Karin thought about it for a while, and sighed. It was alright, she supposed. Yuzu was her sister, after all.
"Yeah," Karin said. Her eyes did not meet Yuzu's. "He wants to quit the team." A white lie.
"That's too bad!" Yuzu said. "What will you do then?"
"I don't know." Karin replied, steadily looking away from Yuzu. She hated being so insincere despite their close kinship.
There was a momentary silence. It was promptly broken by Isshin, who crashed into the twins' room with his elbow. The door flew off its hinges and in rolled a drinking glass. Karin put two and two together.
"YOU WERE EAVESDROPPING ON US, WEREN'T YOU, BOGE!" She yelled, kicking her father in the head numerous times, as though she were afraid to sully her hands with her otou-san.
Despite the torture Karin had submitted him to, Isshin sprung up and struck a cool pose.
"Karin! If you have feelings for the boy, just say it out! Don't be afraid of what people think! Let your hormones take over and –" Isshin said no more, for he had been sent flying by Karin by a specialty kick.
"I DO NOT LIKE HIM, ASSHOLE!" Karin yelled again, pushing Isshin out of the room and slamming the door behind her.
So it's that 10th Captain squirt, Isshin thought, bleeding profusely all over the Kurosaki floor. I must tell Kisuke about this.