Lost Without You Chapter 10: Lost 10, a bleach fanfic

Lost Without You

A/N: Well here is the start of the action the fight next chapter!

Warning: Everything you know about the Bount has changed, Ishida is not a badass, and an abundance of Oc canon fodder.

"Thanks for everything." Ichigo smiled as he waved behind him towards the shop, where Tessai and Urahara were standing in the door. It had only been a day spent at the shop but it had felt much longer. He was glad to be able to go home. Even if as soon as he got there he would be leaving for Ishida's flat. He wasn't against spending more time with the Quincy. Though he was loathe to admit it to anyone besides maybe Kon. Only because the stuffed doll had no qualms about telling him what he thought about everything if he wasn't told the truth. He was going to have to take him with him, and likely gag him so he didn't say anything unnecessary and untrue while at Ishida's.

"I'm sure I'll be seeing you again soon." Urahara laughed much more lightheartedly than he felt. He would have to trust Ichigo once more with more responsibility than was duly his to bear.

"Let's hope not too soon." Ishida whispered to himself while starting slowly towards his house, taking the long way. He was all about taking the long way today, it passed by a quiet and almost serene park with only a swing set and small slide. He had never seen very many children there and since it was still before noon he was sure he wouldn't see any today. For which he would be grateful as the quiet scenery gave him peace and a little bit of relaxing. Sometimes when the park was deserted he would go there to sew in peace.

"So how far do you live form here?" Orihime looked questioningly at Ichigo as they passed a small convenience store not but two blocks from the shop. She hadn't been able to stop herself from eying some of the candy in the window. Though she had been able to refrain from asking how Ichigo knew where Ishida lived to begin with. He had also known where she lived when she thought about it, because of her brother being turned into a hollow. Maybe it was something like that.

"Well I don't live to much further in this direction." Ichigo answered noncommittally, he had noticed Ishida was taking the long way home but he hadn't said anything. He wasn't supposed to know where the Quincy lived too specifically as it was, no he had never spied on him to find out. It was just something he was aware of and had been for awhile after he was learning to read spiritual pressure and the like. If anything it was Ishida's fault for suggesting he work on it.

"I see." Orihime felt like he had avoided the question a bit but ignored that in favor of watching Chad, who was being unusually quiet. Of course he was always quiet, but the quality of quiet was unnerving her. It meant he was thinking about something rather heavily. She wasn't sure how to broach the subject but she was going to try. It took her another block of silence, as all the guys kept to themselves and their thoughts, before she addressed him. "So Chad..."

"..." Chad looked over at Orihime slightly surprised she had addressed him. He had been lost in thought about Ichigo's little sister and how best to teach her the subject material. His thoughts had nothing to do with how cute she was when acted tough, nope not in the least. Or so he tried to convince himself because there was no way Ichigo would approve of such thoughts until she was much older. He also wasn't willing to give such thoughts the time of day until she was much older either, they were too far apart in age. He was fifteen turning sixteen and she was eleven turning twelve that was just too far of a gap, he would make due for now. After all things could change when she reached seventeen and he was twenty-one. He may not even feel this way about her then, not to say his feelings were anything but innocent right now. He hadn't thought that much about it just that he was definitely not looking at her as just a friend's little sister.

"What's got you so closed up? Anything you want to talk about?" Orihime was sure to keep her voice down, she liked to think that anyone could talk to her when they needed to. Not that she was good at advice but she was a fairly decent listener. Granted it didn't involve violence, because that usually lead her brain down a path of no return. Where wrestler's were gods and humans mere mortals that couldn't compete with that level of strength.

"..." Chad looked over at Ichigo and Ishida who were for once quietly walking side by side looking completely harmless. He was stunned by this but he figured it was more the tension was hiding under the surface and since they were walking at least a few feet ahead it made it harder to tell. To him they looked like any other pair of friends talking and walking down the street, though that could be his optimistic side showing through. Then he looked back at Orihime, could he tell her? Would she be weird-ed out? Could she understand? "I..." He looked at Ichigo again to make sure that he wasn't listening but it looked like he and Ishida were now talking softly about something, from what he could make out it was about where Ichigo would stay in Ishida's flat. "I was thinking about Karin Kurosaki." He decided honesty was easier he wouldn't need to tell her exactly what he had been thinking beyond what Ichigo already knew. He might tell her later but for now he would worry about the issue at hand.

"Oh? Ichigo's little sister?" Orihime frowned she knew Ichigo had sisters but she had never met them she wondered if they were cute. She hadn't actually heard much about them either. Before she could ask anything else she felt Ichigo's eyes on her curiously.

"What about my sister?" Ichigo growled lowly, he was quite the protective brother and he was already tired of arguing with Ishida on where he would stay. Not that Ishida had agreed to him staying yet. Ichigo had suggested an extra futon in Ishida's room anyway. And without denying the need Ishida had insisted upon the couch if Ichigo were to stay. Not that the substitute shinigami minded either as he wasn't really sure what Ishida's place looked like. He just wanted to be able to be there in order to protect him fully.

"I told Karin I would tutor her in Math tonight." Chad answered instead of allowing Orihime to do so. He didn't want Ichigo knowing how much thought he put into it. Ichigo already felt bad having Chad tutor her to begin with. And he hadn't been able to explain it to Orihime yet anyway she could have taken his words out of context. Not that she would have been wrong, he just didn't want anyone to know that yet.

"That's tonight?" Ichigo frowned as they kept walking he had totally forgotten about that. Of course it had lingered in the back of his mind like all things do that need to be done. Worrying about Ishida's welfare had distracted him from those things though. He also had to make sure that his own homework was done for tomorrow. He had been planning to finish it last night.

"Yeah...Maybe we can stay for dinner when we pick up your stuff." Chad suggested lowly not really wanting to say too much more. He had said enough to get his point across that was all that was needed.

"That sounds like a good idea. Do you want to come for dinner?" Ichigo looked between Ishida and Orihime waiting for their answers as he kept walking he knew they were just a few blocks from Ishida's by now. If he weren't mistaken there was a little park up the way. Though something was nagging him when he thought about the park.

"I'd love to." Orihime smiled widely glad to have gotten her wish.

"I..." Ishida was about to answer when the park came into view and he knew something was wrong. There was a little boy at the swing set his feet kicking freely from the swing he sat on, though it wasn't moving. Above him on the bar sat a little boy with cat ears and a tail, his eyes glowing green as he looked at him. He couldn't sense spiritual pressure anymore but he didn't need it to know that the bount had found them once more.

A/N: Well that's all for now. Please review! With the following if you don't mind as I would like constructive feedback!