Bleach: A Demonic Encounter

Previous Chapter Recap – Kira went and found Rukia to talk to her about his conversation with Renji, which caused her to reflect on her past actions, and her feelings towards Renji. Kira and Pride took Orihime out to dinner at a strange restaurant, which had even stranger food items. In the middle of the meal, Kira went to Soul Society once again, this time to assist in Renji and Rukia coming together as a couple. Afterwords, Pride tells Orihime that they won't always be together, since they disappear after Kira finishes his mission. The three return home, and just before going to sleep, Kira and Pride reminisce about their past client who had met an unfortunate end, and that they are glad they were able to treat Orihime well.

Author's Notes – Congrats to Reiaa Kuran who guessed the trivia question correctly. Well, she got close enough, the strange food that Kira and the others ate are from the anime "Toriko" an anime where the entire human world is centered around food and gourmet etiquette. It's an amazing show, I suggest you all give it a shot when you have the chance, it makes me really hungry whenever I watch it … Anyways, there's going to be TWO references in this chapter instead of a trivia question, so keep your eyes peeled!

Bleach: A Demonic Encounter – Chapter 10

"Nn …" Orihime stirred in her sleep as the morning sun broke into her house, enveloping the room with its warm rays. It was a Tuesday morning, following a very eventful Monday. So much had happened that it's surprising it could all be packed into a single day.

"Ugh, Orihime, you really need to get a quieter alarm ..." Kira said, coming out of the book, bags could be seen clearly under his eyes, indicating lack of sleep.

"That would defeat the point of an alarm clock though … I'm going to go get ready." Orihime moaned, dragging herself to the bathroom. Just then, Greed come out of the book, rubbing his eyes and yawning loudly.

"Good morning, big brother …" Greed said in a sleepy voice, looking up at Kira.

"Hey there Greed, you're up early, something the matter?"

"I was just thinking, you're almost done with big sister's mission, right?"

"Y-Yeah … I am ..."

"I want to spend some time with her before we go." Greed looked down at the floor with sorrow filled eyes, showing his clear sadness for having to soon part with Orihime. Kira just smiled at patted his head.

"Don't worry, you'll get to spend time with her soon enough. For now, however, She and I need to get ready for school." Kira smiled at Greed who nodded and returned to the book. Although the circumstances were depressing, Kira knew that they were going to have to part with Orihime at some point all along, he just didn't foresee becoming so attached to her.

"What's wrong, Lust? You look tired, didn't get much sleep I take it?" Pride said, appearing behind Kira who clenched his teeth and spun around to face her, glaring at her.

"Its … because … of … you! You are the reason I didn't get any sleep, damn it!"

"Aww come on Lust, you know I have certain needs that must be met, and you just so happen to be the most eligible boy to do it." Pride winked at Kira who blushed intensely and looked away.

"W-Whatever … anyways, what should I expect from school? You didn't mess with anybody's mind, right?"

"No of course not, don't worry your precious little silver haired head." Pride giggled and jumped onto Orihime's bed, taking a deep breath and inhaling the multiple scenes that covered the sheets.

"You know … one of these days, I'm going to get used to you having a bed fetish for my clients. When that day comes, I'll most likely die a very painful death."

"Don't joke about that, Lust! I'd be sad if you died … and besides, I see nothing wrong with liking Orihime's bed."

"Ugh, fine, enjoy her bed … I'm going to school." Kira sighed and clicked his fingers. His hair automatically became clean and straightened, his teeth whitened, and then he put on his school uniform. "See you later, Pride." Kira said, leaving the room and heading to the door to wait for Orihime.

"Don't joke about such a thing …" Pride whispered, laying her head on the pillow, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.

Orihime came out of the bathroom and quickly ran into her room, changed into her school uniform, and rushed downstairs to meet Kira. The two walked out the door and began walking to school, both of them staying completely silent the entire time. There was nothing to really talk about, that is, nothing that was positive.

"S-So, Kira … you got Rukia and Renji together?"

"Yep sure did, given I was nosy and intruded on Renji's personal feelings. Oh well, they're happy now, and I'm sure they will be for the rest of their life."

"How can you tell …?"

"I just can, the mutual love between those two is strong, almost as strong as your love for Ichigo." Kira said the last part with a smile, making Orihime blush a bright red and cover her face with her hands. On their way to school, they noticed a small stand on the side of the road, an elderly woman was sitting behind a glass orb.

"Hey Orihime, look at that, we can get our fortune told." Kira said, walking over to the stand.

"B-But what about-"

"We have plenty of time to get to school, and if we're running late I can just teleport us, come on." Kira ushered Orihime over to him, she silently walked over and stood in front of the stand. The lady smiled at both of them, while Kira stared at the psychic woman, his eyes turning purple for a brief moment.

"There's some kind of strange aura coming off of her, I think this lady is a real psychic." Kira whispered in Orihime's mind. She nodded and smiled at the woman.

"H-How much is it?" Orihime asked the Psychic.

"For you two beautiful young children, I'll do it for free." The lady smiled at Orihime and held out her hand. "Take my hand, dear, I'll do yours first." Orihime nodded and held out her hand, the woman took her hand and began humming strange things, before finally becoming silent for a moment, then releasing Orihime's hand and looking at her.

"You have a very bright future, you'll find much happiness, but you'll lose someone very important to you along the way."

"O-Oh no ..." Orihime felt sightly scared, until Kira put a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her.

"Don't worry, Orihime, everything will be fine."

"He's right dear, just stay positive. Now, hold out your hand, young man." Kira nodded and held out his hand, the woman took it in her own hand and began humming the strange things again then became silent for a moment like before, only this time instead of releasing his hand, she suddenly jumped in her seat as if something scared her. The woman released Kira's hand, and her own hands began violently shaking as she looked at him with worried eyes.

"W-What's wrong, ma'am? Are you alri-" Kira was cut off when the woman suddenly gasped.

"The reaper ..."

"The what?"

"The reaper is coming for you! Run, child! Run while you can!" The woman began frantically shaking and chanting something strange, Kira's eyes widened and backed up.

"I see … interesting, come on Orihime, let's go." Kira said, walking away towards the school. Orihime just looked at him with worry in her eyes, then looked at the woman who was still shaking violently from fear. Orihime stayed still for a moment, then ran to catch up with Kira.

"K-Kira! Aren't you worried about that woman's prediction?"

"Not really, I get the same prediction from every single legit psychic I go to. In actuality, I'm already dead, but I'm still alive because of my mission as a sin. I can still die though, but it's not likely that will happen anytime soon."

"Yeah but … what about my prediction then?" Orihime asked.

"Well, let's just hope that the person you lose is someone you won't miss." Kira and Orihime both stayed silent as they approached the school, the psychic's predictions about the two of them was very unsettling, especially Orihime's. Even if she was going to be happy, she didn't want to lose somebody along the way as well. Worrying about the fortune telling the entire way, Orihime arrived at her homeroom class with Kira. The two walked inside, and automatically noticed Ichigo and Uryū talking to each other in front of the front row of seats.

"H-Hi, Ichigo ..." Orihime said, waving at him.

"Hey, Orihime and … it is Kira today, right?" Ichigo asked with a cautious look.

"The one and only! So who here saw what happened with Pride?" Kira asked, looking around the room. Everyone seemed to be acting normally.

"Everyone, including the principal and a couple teachers. Rukia's mind altering device saved you, though. So only a few of us remember what happened."

"Ugh, thank god … so everything is back to normal, right?"

"How am I supposed to know? I don't know what normal is anymore with you around, but she really messed with Chizuru and Tatsuki, look at them." Ichigo pointed to the two girls, who were sitting in their seats, staring at Kira. They looked like a mixture of angry and confused. Suddenly, Chizuru got up and walked over to him, cautiously looking him in the eyes.

"Kira … are you okay in the head?"

"Yeah I'm fine, why do you ask?" Kira looked at the red-haired girl who was fidgeting and glaring at him.

"You're not harassing me or Tatsuki, and yesterday you said you didn't like us. Did you hit your head or something?"

"No, yesterday wasn't me, it was a friend of mine in disguise."

"Oh … so you're still going to annoy-"

"Nah, I've kind of gotten over you two."

"You wha-?"

"I'm kind of seeing someone at the moment, since you two hated me, there was no point in continuing going after you. Now then, I have to go talk to Rukia." Kira waved and walked away, leaving Chizuru completely shocked by his sudden change in attitude.

"I guess even that moron can change for the better. Anyways, is there any news on the Envy problem?" Ichigo asked, looking at Orihime.

"N-Not really, but she hasn't attacked us either." Orihime felt bad about lying, but she didn't want to tell Ichigo about the time with Ariel, and Envy almost trapping them.

"Alright, that's a relief. Let me know if anything happens, okay?"

"I will …" Orihime smiled at Ichigo who waved goodbye to her and walked over to his seat. Meanwhile, Kira approached Rukia who had a large smile plastered on her face.

"You seem to be in a good mood, any special reason?" Kira asked, knowing full well what the reason was.

"You idiot, you should know why I'm happy."

"So harsh, Rukia-chan, but you're welcome."

"I'm not thanking you … I would have ended up with Renji eventually, with or without your help ..." Rukia blushed and looked away.

"Sure you would have, but aren't you glad it happened sooner?"

"I guess … but tell me why you really came over here. I know it wasn't just about Renji."

"Nothing gets past you, huh? I'd like to know if Envy told you anything about herself, like a weakness or a plan of attack. Anything would be very useful for the war to come." Kira sat in a desk in front of Rukia and looked out the window, taking a deep breath of the fresh air rolling in.

"Unfortunately, the only thing she said was that she was attacking within a week, she told me that three days ago. The only thing she ever talked about was how much you angered her." Rukia giggled a little.

"What? Oh come on, I can't anger her that much."

"She said you're always ignoring her to talk with other girls, I always knew you were a jerk but I didn't think you were so cruel to little girls." Rukia gave him a sly smile and turned away.

"S-She isn't a little girl! She's the same age as I am, and we're way older then you think!" Kira furiously rubbed his head in frustration, and slammed his face onto the desk.

"It's not my fault you can't understand a woman."

"Nobody ever will. Girls are stranger than a duck who doesn't know how to swim."

"And you're more oblivious than a deer staring into the headlights of an oncoming car." Rukia smirked.

"Have you seen headlights before? They fuck with your mind … being all bright and shit…" Kira began swaying back and forth, which only creeped Rukia out even more.

"You're disturbing me … are you done talking to me yet? Class is about to start."

"Fine fine, my apologies for disturbing you, your Royal Highass- I mean Highness." Kira laughed and began walking away, while Rukia began fuming up, annoyed at the sheer nerve he shows towards her.

"Ah, and I forgot to ask." Kira said, turning around on heel. "Is it alright if I tell Ichigo about you and Renji?"

"Whatever you want to do, I couldn't care less if he knows."

"Cool, see you later then." Kira grinned and went to his seat.

The bell rang, signaling the beginning of class. The day began as it would any other normal day, barely anybody remembered the incident with Pride, so that took a load off Kira's shoulders. Although everything seemed to be fine, Orihime was still worried about the attack from Envy the other day. Even though nobody was hurt, they may have just gotten lucky, and like Kira had said, she wasn't being serious. Regardless of them winning the battle, she couldn't help but feel like something terrible was going to happen. Eventually, the lunch bell rang, and all the students took out their food and moved next to their friends to eat. Orihime took out her lunch and walked over to Ichigo.

"H-Hi, Ichigo, do you want to eat lunch together again?" Orihime asked with a shy smile on her face.

"Yeah sure, I was going to go to the rooftop to eat."

"O-Okay, I'll go with-"

"I'm coming too!" Kira yelled, walking over to them. Ichigo automatically sulked and got up from his chair.

"Why do you have to be everywhere I am?"

"Because I'm Orihime's guardian." Kira announced, throwing his hand up in the air in a fist pump.

"I can protect her just fine, you don't need to anymore."

"Let's see you protect her against a pissed off demon bent on drinking your blood."

"What the- I hope you mean Envy." Ichigo said with a slight disgusted aura around him.

"Yes, who else? You're not my type, and besides, I need to eat with you and Orihime because I have some important information to discuss with you."

"Ugh … fine, just don't try anything funny." Ichigo sighed and walked out the door, heading towards the stairs. Orihime and Kira followed him while carrying their lunches. They reached the roof of the school and didn't see anybody else up there, they found a spot and began eating, Ichigo keeping his gaze on Kira the whole time.

"So … this is nice, huh?" Orihime said, trying to break the awkward silence.

"I like pie ..." Kira said, taking out a whole pumpkin pie out of his bag, Ichigo and Orihime just stared at it, wondering how any person could like something that much.

"What's with your obsession with pie?" Ichigo asked, looking at the boy who began slicing the pie into pieces.

"It's amazing, almost as amazing as … sex." Ichigo and Orihime began choking on the food they were swallowing when they heard Kira say that, and began coughing violently. Finally, the two teenagers regained their composure and a blush creeped across their face.

"W-What the hell do you think you're doing? Saying disgusting stuff like that!" Ichigo yelled at the calm demon who was blissfully eating a slice of pie.

"What? It's true, pie is pretty amaz-"

"Not that! The … other thing you said."

"Oh, you mean about sex? Yeah sex is alright, but pie definitely beats it, when you're my age and when you've slept with as many girls as I have, It starts losing it's meaning ..." Kira smiled as he shoved the remaining amount of pie into his mouth, and reached for another one. "Either of you have any whipped cream?"

"Why would we have that?" Ichigo yelled in frustration.

"You don't carry around a back-up canister of whipped cream? How horrible! What is the human race coming to these days?" Kira shrugged and began eating another slice of pie, Orihime and Ichigo both took a deep breath and sighed, then went back to eating their lunch.

"S-Say … Kira, just what age are you anyways?" Orihime asked curiously.

"I won't tell you exactly what it is, but I will tell you that it's over nine-thousand."

"You're over nine-thousand years old? You still look like you could be our age." Ichigo said with a slight surprised face.

"That's because my body doesn't change with age, I look the exact same from the day I was killed and sent to hell, and got assigned the role as a sin representative."

"U-Um, if it's not too much to ask … how were you killed?" Orihime asked, hoping it wasn't a touchy subject.

"When we're assigned to be a sin representative, we're given the sin based on how we died, and the reason we got the assignment is because our death was much more … intense than anyone else in that same category, respectively. I was hunted down by the boyfriends of multiple girls I had slept with, and they all took their turns beating me to death. It was quite an interesting experience."

"Why does that not surprise me …?" Ichigo asked, covering his face with his palm.

"Well, back then, cheating was considered a horrible crime, and since there wasn't really a good law system, they just decided to end me. It's okay though, because after I got my demon powers and my first client a year later, I found the guys and really fucked with their minds." Kira laughed and continued eating his lunch.

"I see … that's interesting, I guess … how did the other sins die?" Orihime asked again, Kira's answer piqued her interest.

"Let's see … Greed was killed by a grieving family member after he murdered his parents and changed their will to keep all their money to himself, Envy was a serial killer who took out soon-to-be brides on their wedding day, she was eventually caught and before they could arrest her, she committed suicide. Wrath got the death sentence after killing a village full of people, when one of them laughed at his red skin." Kira paused to take another bite of pie.

"T-That's horrible … I feel so bad for Wrath now." Orihime said, Ichigo just continued eating his lunch in silence, listening intently on the stories, seeming mildly entertained.

"Who's next …? Oh yeah! Pride was shot by a pissed off ex after she boasted to the entire town that she had slept with all of the village's men. Gluttony had a heart attack after consuming eight-hundred thousand calories worth of food at a banquet, and Sloth died of dehydration after he fell onto his house floor and was too lazy to get up to go drink something, he stayed there for days."

"You and Pride seem to have similar morals." Ichigo said with a sigh.

"We do not! It isn't easy being a stud, you know, but it's easy to be a slut." Kira groaned and finished another piece of his pie, there were only three slices left.

"Ugh, it's amazing you can talk about such things so calmly … Anyways, you had some information to discuss with us, right?" Ichigo asked, finishing his lunch and putting it away.

"Ah yes, I have two things I'd like to talk about. First off, Renji and Rukia are officially dating now."

"Seriously? Well, I can't say I'm surprised, Renji has always been right there to save her with her." Ichigo said with a slight smile. Kira smiled briefly then put his piece of pie down, a serious look appearing on his face.

"The other thing I need to talk to you about is … I'm afraid Envy is going to attack us within four days." Ichigo and Orihime looked at Kira, neither of them saying anything for a moment.

"Will we have enough time to prepare and gather enough people to help us fight?" Ichigo asked.

"We should have enough time, and if the Soul Society lends us a few people, we'll be just fine. Most likely, Envy is going to use lesser minions of Hell to fight with her, I don't think the Hollow plan worked out too well for her." Kira shoveled another whole piece of pie into his mouth, then put the remaining two on a napkin and held them in front of Ichigo and Orihime. "Want some?"

"Err, no … I'll pass. Do you know what kind of demons she will use?" Ichigo asked, watching Orihime drag the two pieces of pie over to herself and begin eating them.

"Well, there's a ton of lesser demons, but I know about quite a few. From their weaknesses, to their strengths, I've got info on lots of them." Kira turned to his backpack and pulled out a notebook, but as he did, a small object wrapped in tin-foil fell out.

"What's that, Kira? More lunch?" Orihime asked, looking at the package.

"Not really, it's a chocolate cornet, given to me by my ex-client Konata, I'm saving it for a special occasion." Kira smiled and placed the tin-foil wrapped object back in his backpack, and began scribbling on his notebook.

"Will you be able to give us directions and information about the demons while we're fighting?" Ichigo asked, watching Kira scribble.

"I should be able to use my Demon Voice to project to everybody on the battlefield, it only works on people I consider allies, and you'll hear it inside of your head."

"Alright … I'll trust you on that, do you know where the battle will take place?"

"I assume it will be Karakura Town, but Sloth is going to use an ability to put us into a separate dimension, most likely a false Karakura Town, so we can fight without injuring civilians." Kira turned his notebook around, depicting a long-haired girl with shimmering eyes and two strands of hair that extended from the top of her head like antennae.

"W-Who's that?" Orihime asked, looking at the detailed drawing.

"This is an old friend of mine, she's going to be visiting us soon to discuss reinforcements and battle tactics, frankly speaking, she's going to provide us assistance when the time comes." Kira tucked the notepad back into his backpack and laid down.

"Sounds like you're prepared, maybe you're not so useless after all." Ichigo said, causing Kira to sulk a few feet away from them.

"I'd like to think I did a pretty good job so far ..." Kira whined in a fake tone of voice. Suddenly, the school bell rang and the three teenagers packed up their stuff and headed for their classroom. As they walked, Orihime still couldn't shake off the feeling that something bad was about to happen. She hoped it was just indigestion from lunch, but her stomach felt very knotted. The group arrived at their class, and the day continued on normally. Orihime noticed dark clouds were forming outside, casting a gloomy mood over the school.

"Hey Orihime, I have a question for you." Kira said, whispering into Orihime's mind.

"W-What is it?"

"How skilled are you at using those healing powers of yours?"

"U-Um … well, pretty good I guess, why?"

"No specific reason, although you may be on the medical team during the battle, you'll be an invaluable part of it."

"Okay … I'll try my best."

Orihime smiled slightly, feeling relieved that she could be of use in the battle. She was always used to Ichigo protecting her, and on occasion, using her healing powers after he fought. But, that wasn't really helping in the fight itself, just in the aftermath. Now, however, she will finally be able to use her powers to assist in the winning of a battle, Orihime couldn't feel any happier. All she could think about throughout the day was how important she was going to be in the upcoming war. Before she knew it, the bell rang to signal the end of the school day, everyone packed up their things and began heading home. Orihime headed out the school doors and noticed Kira waiting for her at the gates, talking with Ichigo.

"So I ripped out his spine and used it as a whip to take out the rest of the people." Kira laughed, while Ichigo just looked at him with a disgusted and horrified look.

"That's … horrific, I'm glad you're on our team." Ichigo said, looking like he's ready to puke.

"Oh I've done much worse, like this time I shoved a rusty metal fence post up a woman's- oh hey there, Orihime!" Kira said, smiling at waving at the teenager who was approaching the two guys cautiously.

"H-Hi … um, what were you talking to Ichigo about?"

"Oh just some past fights I've been in, anyways, shall we go?" Kira said, beginning to walk home. Orihime and Ichigo ran after him, and the three walked together as a group, talking and occasionally laughing along the way.

"So, when will you invite me over to your house to hang out, Ichigo?" Kira asked, walking with his friends.

"How about the day after never?"

"Aww come on! Why not? I'm a nice guy, I'll even let you hold my immense sword." Kira winked, making the color drain out of Ichigo's face.

"Please … rephrase that."

"I'll let you hold Frostmourne, better?"

"Yes, but I'm still not letting you come over, I'm worried you'll prey on my little sisters."

"Ichigo, that offends me! Do you honestly think I'm the kind of guy who would make advances on my friend's sis-"

"Yes I do." Ichigo gave Kira a comical glare.

"Well okay yes I would, but they're probably too young for me anyways since they're younger than you."

"Ugh … fine, you can come over, but only this once." Ichigo moaned and stopped as he and Orihime came to the place they walk separate ways. "See you tomorrow, Orihime." Ichigo said, waving goodbye.

"Cya, Orihime, I'll come back later tonight." Kira said, parting ways with Orihime, waving goodbye to her as he walked with Ichigo.

"Goodbye, you two! Have fun." Orihime called out, smiling and waving goodbye to them.

As Kira and Ichigo walked, neither of them said anything. Ichigo was looking at Kira out of the corner of his eye, trying to think of a good reason he had to come to his house. Even though they are allies, he doesn't trust him at all. The entire walk there was very awkward, complete silence was between the two teenagers, and both of them walked with completely emotionless expressions. As they approached the house, Ichigo stopped and turned to Kira, who also stopped and looked at him.

"Let me warn you now, my Dad is a freak, so keep your guard up and don't answer any of his strange questions." Ichigo said then turned around and walked to the door.

"I've had to deal with Pride for two-thousand years, I've seen weird first-hand." Kira grinned and walked to the front door. Ichigo began opening the door, and announced he was back.

"Hey, I'm ba-"

"Welcome home, my son!" Isshin said as he dove at Ichigo feet first, attempting to kick him in the face. Ichigo just ducked as his father flew past him, crashing into the driveway and laying on the ground in a daze.

"Well … your father seems to be happy you're home."

"He's always like this … hey Karin, Yuzu, I'm home!" Ichigo said, walking into the house. He and Kira set their shoes near with the others.

"Welcome back, Ichigo! We're having curry tonight for dinner." Yuzu called out from the kitchen.

"Alright, I brought a friend with me, will there be enough for him?"

"Yep! There will be plenty, who is your friend?" Yuzu called out from the kitchen as Kira and Ichigo approached the living room.

"A pest that you don't know, he kept bugging me to come over."

"Oh, okay! Make sure you ask Dad if he can stay for dinner though." Yuzu called out, Ichigo and Kira walked through the house.

"Hey now, that wasn't nice. I'm not a pest ..." Kira said with a frown.

"Whatever, just don't cause any trouble." Ichigo said, walking upstairs towards his room with Kira following behind him. As they walked down the hallway, Karin came out of her room and accidentally bumped into Kira as he was passing the door.

"H-Hey! Watch where you're-"

"Sorry, I didn't see you coming." Kira said, looking down at Karin who was now blushing slightly, looking up at the stranger.

"It's okay … who are you?"

"I'm Kira Shizumi, Ichigo and Orihime's friend, I assume you're Ichigo's little sister?" Kira asked with a smile, extending a hand out to Karin to help her up.

"Y-Yeah … I'm his younger sister, Karin Kurosaki ..."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Karin-chan." Kira grinned and took one of Karin's hands in his own, and gently kissed her fingertips, causing her to blush slightly. Ichigo grunted and grabbed the back collar of Kira's shirt and pulled him away.

"Stay away from my sister you creep!"

"Oh come on, I was just introducing myself to her, is that so wrong?"

"For you, yes it is." Ichigo said, pulling Kira into his room. Karin just stood in the middle of the hallway, her arm still partially outstretched, shocked and confused about what just happened. Meanwhile, Kira was looking around Ichigo's room examining every detail he could see.

"Being a teenage boy's room, it's actually really clean in here ..." Kira said, scanning the room with his eyes.

"Well I'm sorry I don't live up to your expectations." Ichigo said with a frustrated groan.

"So, where do you keep your porn stash?"

"I don't have anything like that!"

"Oh sure you do! You have to, I mean you're a maturing boy after all. Magazines under your bed? Or is it all saved on your computer?" Kira said, sitting down at Ichigo's computer desk.

"Like I said … I don't have any of that stuff! Would you stop looking around my room? You're lucky I'm even letting you stay here."

"You're letting me stay because I'm a friend. Do you want to see my sword now?" Kira said, beginning to conjure something in his hand.

"Sure … just don't break anything."

"I'll try not to." Kira smirked, casting the summoning spell causing Frostmourne to appear in his hands within seconds. Ichigo looked at the sword, examining it up and down, shivering at how evil it looked.

"That thing looks as messed up as you … why does someone like you have that?"

"Heh, I guess you could say I was born with it, I know I'm pretty lucky, but you're supposed to show off what you have, right?" Kira smirked, and held out the sword towards Ichigo. "Here, hold it."

"You're kidding, right? There's no way, it's probably way too heavy."

"Despite its size, it's actually fairly lightweight and easy to swing, here." Kira said, handing Ichigo the sword who then gently tossed it up in the air, surprised at how light it is.

"I guess you're right … it is pretty light, I was wondering how you carried it around everywhere." Ichigo handed the sword back to Kira.

"It's pretty easy to manage, and fairly easy to move around with." Kira said, slicing upwards in the air with the sword, narrowly missing Ichigo's face.

"Hey! Watch it! You almost hit me in the face with that thing!"

"Oh calm down, It's not even awake, it wouldn't have hurt you."

"Yeah yeah … just put that thing away before my Dad and sisters see it and freak out." Ichigo said, sighing and walking over to his door. Kira put away his sword and walked with him. "Let's go downstairs, I need to ask my idiot Dad if you can stay here for dinner."

"I'm sure I'll be able to stay, who wouldn't want me in their house?" Kira smirked, Ichigo just rolled his eyes and opened his door, causing Isshin and Yuzu to fly backwards from the doors sudden impact, since they were propped up against it to eavesdrop on Ichigo.

"What the hell you two? When are you going to stop doing this?" Ichigo yelled, trying to shove his two family members out of his way.

"Is it true … Shizumi-san?" Isshin asked in a serious tone, slowly standing up.

"Is … what true, exactly?" Kira asked, a single drop of sweat falling down his cheek as Isshin put his hands on Kira's shoulders and looked at him, tears in his eyes.

"Is it really that easy to handle despite its size?" Isshin gave Kira a thumbs up, a slight sparkle visible in his eyes. Kira just glanced over to Ichigo in worry, he didn't think that anyone was listening to them talking about the sword. He's worried what they will think of him now.

"Uh … Dad, it's not what you think, we-"

"It's okay son … I understand, and you have my full support!" Isshin hugged his son, who started trying to pry his father off of him.

"What the- get off of me! What do you mean by I have your support?" Ichigo yelled, looking at Yuzu who was looking up at Kira, blushing slightly.

"Are you and Ichigo close … ?"

"Of course! We're really close, he's important to me."

"H-How important? Will you make sure nothing happens to him?" Yuzu asked, Kira pondered the question.

"She must mean I have to protect him so that Orihime can finish her mission … but how does she know about that? Oh well, it's best to give her a positive answer." Kira said in his mind, looking down at the petite girl and placing a hand on her head. "Of course, I'll make sure nothing happens to him, that would be really bad for me too, you know."

"Shut up already you silver haired freak, I don't need your protection!" Ichigo said, shooting a glare over to Kira.

"That's right! My son doesn't need protection, not from his father nor his lover." Isshin said, puffing out his chest. Kira and Ichigo both turned their heads at him and looked at him with a very disturbed and confused look.

"My … what?" Ichigo choked out.

"I've finally figured it out … why my son, who's bother powerful and popular with the ladies, has never had a girlfriend! Son, you have my full support, and I wish you and Kira a happy life together." Isshin gave the two boys a thumbs up and began tearing up, Yuzu escorted him back downstairs, leaving the two teenagers dumbfounded and frozen where they stood.

"Uh … Ichigo ..." Kira said, slowing turning his head to Ichigo who's eye wouldn't stop twitching.

"Don't say it … this is your fault in the first place, so you are going to clear up this misunderstanding."

"Fine fine, it's disturbing that your family eavesdrops on you like that." Kira sighed and walked downstairs.

"Don't remind me ..." Ichigo said, rolling his eyes and heading back into his room.

"Oi, Ichigo's Dad and little derp of a sister, where did y'all go?" Kira walked into the living room and noticed Karin, sitting on the couch watching a blank television. Suddenly, she turned her head and looked at him, a confused look on her face.

"Hey there … Karin was it? What's up?" Kira asked, as the girl walked up to him and looked into his eyes.

"Shizumi-san … are you and Ichigo really … close?"

"Yeah we're close, but we're not that close, Ichigo and I are just friends … I take it your Dad or sister told you about what they heard?" Karin said nothing, and just nodded, clenching her fists and turning away.

"My Dad is such an idiot … he's always doing that to Ichigo, he never gives him any privacy."

"You really care about your brother, huh?" Kira grinned and put a hand on Karin's head.

"Y-Yeah … so what? He's my family, I'm supposed to care about him." Karin blushed slightly and looked away.

"You know, for being so young, you're actually kind of cute." Kira wrapped his arms around Karin, hugging her from behind, held her for a minute then released her and walked into the kitchen. "I'm going to go explain everything to your Dad and sister."

"What a … bastard ..."

Meanwhile, Kira walked into the kitchen and saw Isshin and Yuzu sitting at the table staring at the wall. When he entered, they slowly turned their heads and looked at him, smiling slightly and pointing to a table across from them.

"Come, sit with us, talk with us." They both said in monotone unison, which creeped even Kira out, as he slowly walked over to them and sat down In the seat across from the two.

"Listen … before you say anything else, what you heard wasn't-"

"It's alright, we understand that you're proud of it. Now, when do you and Ichigo plan on marrying?" Isshin said, again in the monotone voice.

"We're not going to-"

"What about children?"

"Children … ? We're both guys! That's not even physically- … anyways, It isn't what you two think! We were just discussing weapons, not my um … yeah ..." Kira looked down at the table, Isshin and Yuzu's jaws both dropped as they realized what they were thinking this whole time.

"I see … well … this is a strange first meeting." Isshin covered her face with his hand, got up and walked away. "Yuzu, make sure you make an extra portion for Shizumi-san ..."

"Y-Yes, Father … s-sorry about that, Shizumi-san."

"It's alright lil' derp, and now that I get a better look at you … you're actually kind of adorable, like a little kitten." Kira grinned and got up, walked over to Yuzu and patted her head before walking towards the living room. "I'm going to check on Ichigo, cya later."

Kira left the kitchen, leaving Yuzu still blushing about the earlier events. Meanwhile, Ichigo was sitting in his room looking up at the ceiling while laying on his bed. Besides the fact that he is now friends with a demon, he will soon have to deal with a war.

"I'm never going to get to relax for a while, will I?" Ichigo sighed and closed his eyes just as Kira entered his room.

"Probably not. I cleared up the misunderstanding with your sister and Father. They're so friendly and lively, it's hard to believe you're related to them." Kira snickered, Ichigo just sat up and glared at him, before laying back down.

"You're a demon from hell, it's hard to believe you're not a bloodthirsty killer."

"Touche … anyways, what are we going to do for the moment until dinner?" Kira asked as he walked over to Ichigo and leaned against a wall in front of the bed.

"Tell me why you're really here, and don't give me that "I just want to make friends" bullshit." Ichigo said, looking at Kira.

"I promise it's nothing with malicious or evil intent, as for the real reason I'm here, I can't tell you."

"Why the hell not?" Ichigo yelled, suddenly sitting upright

"Calm yourself carrot top, I can't tell you because it's a secret. You'll find out in due time, just be patient." Kira said, Ichigo just groaned and stood up and stayed silent for a minute. The air in the room was quickly becoming tense.

"Alright then ..." Ichigo said, turning around to face Kira again. "Now tell me the real reason you wanted to come over to my house so badly."

"Now that question I can answer, it's mostly to discuss plans on the war." Kira put his hands together, took a deep breath and began casting a spell. "Gular Asj: Ret'til Len (Demon Style: Ability Scan)." Kira spoke the words, and suddenly a large square appeared before him that was mostly purple, with the exception of the screen-like middle which was pure white.

"W-What the hell is that?" Ichigo asked, looking at the summoned object with some caution.

"Whoever touches it automatically has their spiritual pressure read and their abilities displayed on the screen, it allows me to judge what skills a person would have in a certain battle environment. Ichigo, come place your hand on the front of it." Kira said, stepping to the side.

"No way, I don't trust that thing, or you." Ichigo glared at the object, then at Kira.

"I'm on your side, so there's no reason to not trust me. Plus, this is going to be crucial to the war." Kira and Ichigo stared at each other for a moment, until finally Ichigo sighed and walked over to the Ability Scanner and placed his hand cautiously on the front. It let forth a quick beep, before changing colors from purple to green.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, human, shinigami. Sword name: Tensa Zangetsu. Primary ability: Getsuga Tenshou. Primary Strength, high agility. Weakness, inner hollow. Other abilities: hollowfication." The Ability Scanner said with a computerized voice, Ichigo's eyes widened as it announced every strength and weakness of his, without more than a spiritual pressure reading.

"Hmm … well you're definitely going to be on the front lines. Judging by your spiritual pressure, you'll probably be pitted against "it"." Kira said, pausing for a moment in deep thought. That last sentence piqued Ichigo's curiosity and nervousness.

"What do you mean … it?"

"Each Demon has a entity slightly weaker than them that they command, I'm sure you'll be able to dispatch it easily." Kira stroked his chin and messed around with the Ability Scanner, until the image of a large, dark being with glowing yellow eyes, long shadowy hair and a hole in the shape of a heart where it's stomach should be.

"That's Envy's entity, huh? How tough is he?" Ichigo said, looking at the picture of the monster and reading his abilities.

"Its name is Darkside, and to be honest, I'm not sure how tough it is. Envy has never used him for battle, and I've never seen his abilities with my own eyes … though I can promise you that you won't have a difficult time dispatching it." Kira said as he closed the Ability Scanner. Ichigo just looked at him, slightly confused.

"I'll take your word for it … will he show up automatically?"

"No, Envy will most likely only send him out when she realizes she's losing. Until then, you'll help kill the minor creatures."

"And when we defeat the creatures and capture Envy, you'll kill her, right?" Ichigo asked, Kira paused for a moment, staying silent and motionless, before speaking up once again with a slight nervousness in his voice.

"Of course! S-She betrayed us after all, that's the only … punishment possible …" Kira clenched his fists and looked down at the ground, while Ichigo just looked at him, a slight shocked expression coming over his face. As the two stayed silent, they heard a voice call to them from downstairs.

"Ichigo! Shizumi-san! Dinner is ready!" Yuzu called out to the boys.

"Ahh~ finally! I'm freaking starving, let's go, Ichigo." Kira cheered as he marched out of the room, Ichigo watched him leave with a concerned look on his face.

"Just then, Kira … you showed hesitation, didn't you?" Ichigo sighed and walked out of his room, thinking of the inevitable war soon to come.

~One Hour Later~

Orihime was sitting in her room, laying on her bed and hugging her knees while the words of the Psychic from this morning rang through her head over and over.

"But you'll lose someone very important … very important ..." The painful, ominous words repeated in Orihime's head. She worried about who she would lose, although she will find happiness, she will lose somebody important to her in the process.

"I hope the lady is … wrong." Orihime said, burying her face in her arms. Suddenly, Pride appeared out of the bed, and noticed the worried feelings radiating from Orihime.

"Are you alright, Hun?" Pride asked, walking over to the girl and embracing her in a close hug. Orihime sighed and laid her head on Pride's shoulder.

"Kira and I got a psychic reading today … the lady told me I would become happy, but I'll lose somebody important to me."

"Oh don't worry about those silly psychic readings, they're rarely right in the first place. Kira always gets the same reading that he is going to die, but after all these years, he has never even come close." Pride laid down and pulled Orihime into her embrace. "Your future can only be determined by you and you alone." Orihime smiled at Pride's encouraging words, but although they were helping, there was one thing she had a problem with …

"Um, Pride … t-thanks for your words but, the position we're in ..." While Pride was comforting Orihime, they ended up tangled up in each other. Pride's leg was wrapped around Orihime's, with her knee gently pushing into her upper thigh. Their faces were inches apart, and their chests were pushing against each other.

"Mmm, I don't mind it~, you're breasts are as big as mine now, aren't they? Thanks to the Bubble Fruit." Pride purred, and poked Orihime's right breast, causing the flustered girl to let loose a slight cry.

"P-P-Pride … don't do that!" Orihime yelled in embarrassment, her face turning redder than the reddest blood. Pride smiled wickedly and licked her lips, and began stroking and poking Orihime in various soft-core ways, after a few moments Kira teleported into the room, coming back from Ichigo's house.

"Ahh~ man Ichigo's little sister sure knows how to cook, his other little sister is actually pretty cute, I don't usually go after girls so much younger than- … Pride, what in the name of flying fuck ferrets are you doing to my client?" Kira stared at the two girls with a very distraught and disturbed look. Orihime poked her head up, pushed Pride off of her, jumped off the bed and ran to Kira, hiding behind his back.

"S-She … um … how should I put this … ?" Orihime blushed intensely and covered her face with her hands from embarrassment.

"Aww~ come on Hun, I was only showing my love for you." Pride stood up and brushed herself off.

"Pride … you seriously have some issues, I turn my back for one second and you're molesting my client! What in the world were you think- no, you weren't thinking, obviously your hormones have taken over your common sense ..." Kira sighed, turned around and hugged Orihime before turning back to face Pride.

"But she didn't tell me to stop ..." Pride puffed up her cheek and crossed her arms, pouting slightly.

"You sound like someone defending their actions of rape in a courthouse! You're just plain disturbing and … Pride, you're grounded." Kira said, causing Pride to suddenly perk up and shiver.

"N-No! Please don't ground me, I'll behave!" Pride began tearing up, and although Orihime could tell their argument was comical, she could also tell Pride was actually worried about something.

"Too late, you should of behaved sooner, hey Sloth! Get out here!" Kira yelled, and after a few moments, Sloth appeared from the book, awake but looking quite sleepy as usual.

"Why did … you call … me?" Sloth said, yawning in-between words.

"Pride is grounded, you know what to do." Kira said, Pride slowly turned his head and looked at Pride who was still shaking and hugging herself, then looked back at Kira.

"What did … she do … ?"

"She was molesting and violating Orihime."

"I see … come on … Pride … let's go …" Sloth said, looking at the frightened demon.

"I-I don't want to! I'm sorry, I won't do it again! I was just trying to comfort her! Pl~ease Orihime, for the love of your boob size, don't let them take me away!" Pride fell to her knees and began whining in a nasally voice, Orihime just continued hiding behind Kira, not saying a word.

"Gular … Asj: Ulten … Za Ro … Barock (Demon Style: Chains of the Convicted)." Sloth muttered those words, holding his hand towards Pride. Suddenly, large purple chains shot out of his palms and wrapped themselves around Pride who began whining even louder as Sloth dragged her back into the book. Orihime and Kira just stood there for a moment, in slight shock and terror.

"Man … Sloth is really fucking strong, I'm glad we're friends." Kira sighed and walking over to Orihime's bed and threw himself onto it.

"U-Um, Kira … what exactly does "grounded" mean to you guys …?" Orihime asked, in fear that she actually got Pride in some serious trouble.

"When I ground one of the other sins, they are placed in a room where the thing they despise the most surrounds them and they have to deal with such a thing for twenty-four hours. See, I'm the one that can pass judgment on everyone, although Sloth has to approve it, and he can pass judgment on me." Kira smiled and giggled slightly, remembering all the times he has grounded Pride.

"C-Can I ask what Pride's fear is …?"

"Having to sleep with one hundred virgin men, she hates having to teach someone how to have sex, and the men she has to teach usually end up being horrible. The thing she hates the most, is disappointment and feeling unsatisfied." Orihime cringed slightly, not wanting to think of such a thought, it may damage her mental state.

"Then … what's yours?" Orihime asked curiously, cocking her head slightly at Kira who sat up and looked at her with a fearful expression.

"Losing someone I care deeply about … I have only been grounded once, and when I was, I was forced to relive the death of my ex-client over and over again for twenty-four hours … it took me days to recover my sanity."

"O-Oh ..." Orihime felt bad about asking the question now, she didn't think it'd be something so emotionally scarring.

"Well, that's why I try so hard to behave myself, to a certain extent … now then, I'm going to go visit the other sins, I'll catch you later." Kira waved goodbye as he disappeared into the book. Orihime took a deep breath, exhaled, and laid down on her bed. She sort of felt bad that Pride got into trouble, but she really didn't like being violated. Now that she finally has the chance to relax, Orihime can't stop thinking about the war, and how important she will be in it.

"I'm glad I'll finally be able to join the fight … maybe I can finally be of use to Ichigo." Orihime smiled. Suddenly, a large pitch-black portal appeared in the middle of her room, and a tall figure covered in armor slowly stepped out. The portal closed, and Orihime was left frozen in shock, staring at the tall figure.

"Hello, human girl." The figure said, it was definitely a girl's voice, but it sounded rather malicious.

"W-Who are you?" The figure was tall, covered in black armor with a red ribbon like object wrapped around its neck.

"I've been looking for you … Orihime." The figure said, beginning to inch closer to the terrified girl.

~Chapter End!~

~Author's Notes~

Well, this took a while to write … I'm having some bloody horrible writer's block lately. Oh well, the story is quickly approaching the climax! Will everyone be ready for the war? And who is this mysterious figure appearing before Orihime? Also, don't forget to look for the references in this chapter! The first person to point it out in a review will get a mentioning in the next chapter!

First Reference Hint: It's from a popular video game featuring multiple game characters comprised into one game.

Second Reference Hint: A very famous quote, popular among denizens of the internet.