Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
DocSlendy; Hehe, you're right there~ Much insanity ensuing~ Well, he doesn't have to protect Karin, it can be anyone really. It could be Keigo or someone else.
Hellspam; Aah, I am sorry you had a headache, hope it didn't last long. Hehe, I am glad that you liked it~ Yeah, Hiyori went mad when that happened, huh~? Yeah, she's pretty much the only one that's gonna call him that, besides the occasional from someone else like Urahara. Thanks for the vote!
Harem Master123; Thanks! Yeah, it took me sometime, had things going on so I didn't have much of a chance to work on it, but here it is now. It seems like it, she at least wants it, and when you're that OP, then there's not much that can stop you. He surely is, isn't he? Here's the next one, and it is indeed the twins! Awesome suggestions!
Naroku; Yeah, perhaps you're right there. And cool suggestions!
ShadowUzumaki55; Yup, it had been a while, hopefully it won't be like that in the future! Here's another chapter though hehe! Those two and their weird love, let's see where it goes, shall we? I'm glad that you liked the fight, and yeah, only Hiyori can make Fusa go like that so easily. Certainly, a better look indeed. Really, that was the best scene huh? Then, I am glad that you liked it~ Star crossed lovers indeed~
Guest 1; That seems to be a popular thing, so I guess I can do it~ And yeah, Fusa would probably be able to do something like that.
Guest 2; Thanks, I am happy that you did like it! And yeah, that probably is a thing now. It seems that Karin and Yuzu's arc won out, so here it is~ Yeah, Hiyori will show back up sooner or later, we'll have to see~
Guest 3; Yeah, he does seem to fit quite well. He is quite intelligent, and does have the skills to do it. He might be lazy, but if needed, he can take charge and do what he needs to do to make sure that everything is okay. He's got the leadership skills, he just hasn't shown them fully yet. True enough, Nemu would be an awesome Fuku-taichou for Fusanosuke.
Absolute Mirage; Thank you! He's pretty smart, so has ways to overcome his own weaknesses and turn them into strengths, and his skills in Kido are going to be a good thing for the future. Yeah, he's got some unresolved issues alright, and more will be shown as the story goes, which is shown in this chapter. Those girls interacting were fun to write, especially Giselle and Hiyori, they are always fun to write. It was a good thing that I added it in then, since it does show how close they are becoming. Cool! Thanks for the vote! And yeah, you're right about them being the most interest. She does seem to have a talent for it, something I planned from the moment I added her into the harem. And their powers are gonna be pretty interesting as well~
Skull Flame; Yeah, I've been quite busy lately~ Something which couldn't be helped, but with Christmas rolling around, it frees some of my time up to write. Zombie Chizuru has decided many things for the future~ She's got a whole world opened up to her. You're right about that. She might be rude, but that's Hiyori for you! Thanks, I try my best to make them interesting. Giselle is kinda out there, but she's a lovable weirdo. He's very desperate, but you're right there, she is as you said, a nympho on a mission with God like powers. She might just end up with him. Yeah, more and more of his past is gonna be revealed as time goes. He does feel abandoned, and that will be explained as more happens. Well, here's the Karin and Yuzu arc, I hope you enjoy it. And I guess so, I didn't have time to write it, maybe next year. And thanks!
Pedro52; Thanks!
LL; I'm glad that you liked it. I didn't think it was that bad. Maybe so, Kisuke is a smart dude after all. Well, she kinda already knows about it, and when the turn back arc happens, it will be shown of their hundred year plus friendship and romantic connections as well. Yeah, he was friends with Lisa as well, he at least knows her enough to be friends with her. You never know, she might even try something like that anyway~ Yeah, those two are quite cute, aren't they? They're good together, and yup, Yuzu is surely up to something alright~ Aizen's secret daughter huh, I'd guess that would be Giselle if she wasn't a Quincy with the things she can do.
Neonlight01; Hehe, I'm glad that you found it funny~ Hehe, you never know, they might just do. Chizuru is, gonna have to make decisions in the future. True enough, but she can't deny proof, can she? Seeing him fight, she can't say that he's at least skilled in fighting. Yeah, that's right, Fusa probably is going to be the Captain of Squad 12 eventually. I don't see why she wouldn't. She might like working under Fusa (she'd probably be calling the shot's most of the time considering it is Hiyori) so yeah, she could work together with Nemu, as Squad Nine has two Lieutenants, why can't Squad 12? She knew some of what it could do, but that was one hundred years ago, and as Fusa said, things change during that. You're right about that, everyday they get closer and closer~
Lightwave; Well, I don't see it like that, honestly. He already does have respect for Ichigo, he just doesn't show it openly. He calls him Ichigo to other people, just not to the man himself. Though in the future probably will do. We surely did got to see what he can do, and his past is being revealed bit by bit. Well, it will be shown in due time what truly happened.
AlphaOmega; They are together, in love, and actually want one another, unlike Kisuke who's being forced to do things with Chizuru. Yeah, he's showing more of what he can do, and with his Kido abilities as well, which he is something of a good user in. Well, she isn't going to be a full Shinigami, but she's gonna be able to use Kido. Karin is gonna be the full Shinigami. They are quite good together, aren't they? Orihime and Fusanosuke, are cute together anyway. Cool, thanks for the vote!
Guest 4; Yeah, she surely did mention that. And it could be the first time she saw spirits and awoke her Quincy powers. A female version of the two of them, that's what they are, huh. You're right about that, she will have her powers from the get go, but she won't be able to use them straight away, of course, I mean at least at full power. Fusa will guide her, and Yuzu, in how to use their developing powers. Giselle is gonna teach her how to use her Quincy abilities, she'd do it for Fusanosuke anyway.
Guest 5; That would actually be a pretty fun teaser to do in the future, it certainly would be fun to do.
Guest 6; That sounds like a pretty cool idea, and yeah Sword Art Online is something that I am into, so I don't see why not. Having her in Sword Art Online? Why not, I mean it would be pretty cool if that happened.
Guest 7; Hehe, that's actually a pretty cool set up with the teams and all. And even the little ideas you put next to the teams, I quite liked them! Thanks for suggesting!
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!
Karin, the Shinigami, and Yuzu, the Quincy part one
"Please…come back…"
In a deserted area, sat a young girl that couldn't be older than ten years old. No, she was even younger than that. She had raven coloured hair, and despite the fact that it was raining, her tears could be seen running down her face.
She was depressed…no.
That would be a very weak word to use right now.
She was shedding tears like the rain fell down from the heavens. It was even heavier than the rain that was above them, it was too frightened for any parent to see a girl this age crying as much as she was.
She tried to stop…
She tried desperately to stop and be strong…
But she couldn't.
This girl went through something very traumatic and she wasn't sure if she was going to ever be able to get through it again. She wasn't sure if she was going to ever be okay again. All she knew was that she lost her support.
She lost someone that took care of her and her family.
She lost someone so important to her that she wasn't sure on how she was able to recover…
She wasn't going to be able to recover.
She felt like she wasn't going to be able to recover her strength, her heart breaking piece by piece. She felt like she was going to crumble down and no one was around to witness her pain, there was no one around…except…
"Well, what a thing. Such strong power at a young age? Who is this?"
The girl suddenly heard a voice in the rain, her wet eyes casting up to meet someone who held a long sword in their hands. Their bodies had a Shihakusho on their body, and a worn cloak as well, having many rips in them.
Once seeing the eyes of this person, she flinched…she could tell, this person was bad.
Even with a single glance, she could tell this person was bad.
Though the rain made it hard to see him, she could tell that this person wasn't a good one. It was a bad one and she needed to get away from this person. No, she needed to run away from this person and get away so fast.
But when she tried to move, a pale flame erupted from his hands, and stopped her from moving. It smashed through the left hand sides stones, that were used when burying people. Headstones.
Since she was in a graveyard, she naturally assumed people would leave her alone but now…she was seeing things that she shouldn't be.
People firing blue flames out of their hands, how is that possible? She questioned herself this, and more things, watching carefully as the man walked closer, and she then saw his disgusting features. Scars across his face, and other marks on his face.
"W-What do you want?"
The girl wasn't going to have any funny business happen to her, she wasn't going to allow it.
But the man had a manic grin spread across his scarred face, a face that made the girl feel fear.
"Well, what a shock. As I was running away, I happen to come across this little lamb with such strong Reiatsu? What a thing. You're quite cute as well, I can certainly have some uses for you, absorb your power and then do other things as well. Wouldn't that be okay?"
The girl didn't want it and tried to move the other way, fearing for her life.
But the man didn't allow it. He shot off a red sphere blast, blasting before her and knocked her back with a cry. She fell backwards, her head colliding with the floor, but since the floor was dirt, mud almost at this point, she didn't get hurt.
Though she still felt afraid right now.
So much so that she started shivering profusely.
She could feel it through her bones.
She felt the water enter her system, her eyes stained with fear. And when the man withdrew his blade, it made her feel even more afraid. She couldn't move left, she couldn't move right either. She was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
No, she was stuck between a sword and fire.
She'd either get burned or stabbed.
The rain wasn't washing away the fire, and it didn't relieve her of any pain either…she felt like she was going to die.
It was the most obvious conclusion that she was coming too right now.
She could see that she was going to die right now. She felt like she was going to have her end come to her now, and there was nothing she could do.
She cursed her own powerlessness.
She cursed how she wasn't able to do anything. She wasn't able to even see straight now. She felt an overwhelming power that forced her to the floor, causing pain to erupt from her body. She had never felt this crushing feeling before.
She had never felt like this before, and she didn't know if she was going to survive…she was sure she was going to die.
The man raised his sword against her, raising it above his head, and he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do about it. He felt like he was going to be broken down bit by bit right now, and there was no way he was going to be able to recover.
"Don't worry, I won't allow you to feel much pain when I take your life. Stay calm, and I will drain you of your Reiatsu."
The girl cried and closed her eyes, not wanting what was going to happen to come.
She was sure she was about to die…
"Bakudo 39: Enkosen!"
Suddenly, as the sword user was about to swing down their bladed weapon, a shield of condensed Reiatsu appeared in front of the girl, a orange coloured barrier that was in the form of a circle, and blocked the sword, stopping the swords advances.
"W-What!?"
He panicked, looking towards where the voice came from.
The girl opened her eyes as well, and noticed someone there…
She couldn't see the persons face, but she could see the kind eyes that the person displayed. She wasn't sure why, but she felt safe now. She couldn't even contemplate why this was, but she felt like she was able to be safe now.
"You, who is trying to harm that girl, come with me right now, or face the consequences of death. Soutaichou has said that your death is allowed, though taking you into custardy is better, and this time, I won't be holding back. All of those crimes you have committed, you don't even deserve to be imprisoned in my opinion but you've been ordered to do as much from Soutaichou, and now trying to harm a young girl, you're not allowed to do that."
The voice made itself known, stepping forward more and more.
The man retracted his feet, making fear on his face known.
"S-Stay away from me!" The man cried, and put his hands out, gathering blue flames there. "Hado 33: Sokatsui!"
From his hand, a blast of pure blue flames erupted forth, heading for the other person who appeared. It was a hard dense flames that erupted, and it looked like it could even melt the flesh from the intensity of them, the girl feeling hotter from seeing them and being near them.
The other person didn't even pat an eyelid, placing out a single hand.
"Hado 31: Shakkaho!"
Responding to the enemy's attack, the other person stuck out their hand and a red ball of energy appeared. Though being a lower levelled spell, the person fired it regardless, and it surprised the girl what happened next.
It cleaved through the blue flames, cutting them in half, surprising the man. He leaned back and tried to move, but suddenly, with a "Bakudo 1: Sai!" coming from his opponent, the mans hands were forced behind his back, being restrained with the lowest level Kido.
"Ooh shit!"
He tried to move, but the ball of red energy was too much and landed squarely in the mans chest, blowing him upwards. From the impact, the mans Zanpakuto fell out of his hands, his body going up into the air, rain dancing on his wound.
Without a care in the world, the other person stuck out their fingers, yellow light appearing. The person opened their palm, a yellow light gathering their now, and then closed the hand, receiting a spell.
"Bakudo 63: Sajo Sabaku."
From his enclosed hand, very thick ropes of yellow light came forth. They headed for the enemy, and before he could do anything, they wrapped around his upper body, binding his arms to his torso so he couldn't move, the man falling to the ground, capturing the target easily.
Once he was bound, the capturer walked forward, the girls eyes looking towards the person, and couldn't see their face. But she could see the eyes that where protective and comforting. Some reason she didn't know, it was something that she liked.
Moving past her, the person went towards the man who tried to move, but couldn't. He struggled against the ropes, but the man couldn't break free, wasn't able to move at all. He screamed and such, but there was nothing that he could do.
"Inemuri."
Placing the hand in front of the man, the other person induced slumber.
The mans pupils dilated several times and the man fell unconscious, a released breath alerted the girl that something was happening.
"Hmmm, seems like I've captured my target, now time to deliver this person back to the Soul Society…"
As the person trailed off, the girl with raven coloured hair took to her wobbly feet, but fell down onto the ground.
Hearing the thudding despite the rain, the retriever turned their face and saw the girl on the ground, smiling softly.
"Seems like you've been caught up in something like this, haven't you sweetheart?"
The young girl curled back, unsure.
"W-Who are you?"
The girls question left the person stunned.
"So you can see me, can you? What a thing. Hehe, don't worry about it." They began, moving towards the girl, and got close, the darkness of the day hiding their face from the girl. "Don't worry about it now." They assured, placing a hand on her forehead, rubbing softly. "It's over now, you're in no danger."
"B-But…w-who are you…?"
The person chuckled, continuing to ruffle the girls hair as they bent down.
As they bent, the girl could make out the Shihakusho that they wore, stained with rain. A single lock of blonde flashed into her eyes, being quite long to her eyes. She saw a strong chin of a man and that accompanied a small smile. The smile made her heart beat a little faster than usual, heart palpations happening.
"Ooh, my name is…"
"Nyaaaa…" Karin rolled around in her bed, her dreaming coming to an end. Her eyes cracked open, rolling her eyes as she slowly lifted her body off the bed, sitting up. "Ooh, that dream again…why do I…"
Karin couldn't make heads or tails of what she was feeling right now.
She had the same dream again…
She's had that dream for a while now, ever since she had first came into contact with a certain Shinigami.
She shook her head of the thoughts, and slowly looked towards Yuzu's bed…and became shocked when she saw Fusanosuke laying right there, Yuzu not being in her bed, the boy flashing her a cheeky wink.
It was hard for her to suss out what was happening for a few seconds, and then adopted a darkened glare towards him.
"Why are you in that bed?"
It was a clear darkened expression that accompanied by the dark voice.
Fusa backed away with a whine, winking at the girl.
"Because I came in here to wake you up, you know? Yuzu-san asked me to wake you up, but it looked like you were having a good dream, so I allowed you to sleep. By the way, what were you dreaming of anyway?"
Karin's face turned upwards for a slight second, remembering the dream, but then it fell down and she sighed.
"I don't really remember. Just a run of the mill average dream I suppose. So, why are you here spirit guy?"
She shifted topic, not really wanting to discuss her dream with Fusanosuke, as it was private, and he could see that, respecting her wishes silent and turned his attention to the question she presented him with.
"My name is Fusanosuke, you know? Not spirit guy."
Fusa spoke clearly, but Karin didn't care, her eyes laced with exhaustion.
"Whatever you say." She spoke with a rude voice, but then her face turned upwards when seeing his lower. "By the way, can I ask you something, and no tricks?"
She added at the end, seeing his face turning mischievous, but returned to the usual face that he had on, nodding his head.
"Sure, what do you want to know?"
He questioned, lifting his body upwards, and sat facing her. Unlike her, who was still dressed in her pyjama's, he was dressed in the usual school uniform, and he wasn't under the covers either, sitting with his legs folded perfectly.
Karin cleared her throat, and went to ask the question…but she pulled back, and wasn't sure if she should ask. She didn't want it to be weird, the way that she asked it. She wanted it to be a normal thing, and not something that was embarrassing, but she wasn't sure if she would be able to pull it off normally.
"You know…Senpai, I have to ask…hmmm, yesterday with that fight and all…"
"Cool or what?"
His voice was self-flattered, something Fusa did to play up the antics with Karin, knowing how embarrassed she gets regularly.
Karin had to admit that he was cool, but she wasn't going to reveal that to him, wanting to appear aloof with Fusanosuke.
"I suppose. I was just thinking about what you said…you said that we were developing, special abilities, and those things are…erm, I'm trying to say, was you really being truthful. Am I, developing powers?"
That was a question that was on her mind…but it wasn't the main question she wanted to ask.
She wanted to question the dream she had, but wasn't sure how to approach the subject.
Fusa put a finger to his chin, and stroked ingenuity.
"Well, if you want me to be truthful, then yes you are." He revealed, giving her a shock, but a good one. "However Karin-san. I have to say, your potential is like that of your Onii-sama." Another revelation came to Karin, the girl didn't know what to say about it. "Yes, you heard me right. Karin-san, you've got a very high spiritual power, you're quite talented. It is literally radiating from you, very much like Ginger's does. Yours might not be as potentially large like his, but it is very dense, more dense than a humans should be. Truthfully, you have the power to become like me."
"A-A Shinigami, right?"
He nodded, showing a handsome guys smile.
"That's right. Like your Onii-sama…I've told you before, right?" She nodded, recalling the time Fusa told her that her brother was now a Shinigami, at least a substitute one. "Yes, like your Onii-sama, you have the potential to become one, I believe. From what I can tell, you've got the power to become one naturally."
"But how's that possible? I mean, can all humans have that kind of potential?"
It was a good question from Karin, which Fusa had to praise her for, and coolly he replied, giving the girl the thumbs up.
"It's because you've got a strong power. not everyone in the world can do it, nor would you necessarily be able to achieve it either. You've got the potential, but on your own, it is difficult to say if you'll ever reach that kind of state."
"On my own…" Karin contemplated, then she caught the meaning behind his words. "Fusa-senpai, on my own, I wouldn't be able to do it…but knowing you, you've probably already thought of this, and have the answer I'm looking for, so do I even have to ask the question."
Fusa liked the way Karin held herself, and gave her a thumbs up, which she found to be cheesy, yet she found everything he did quite cheesy.
"What a bright girl you are. No, you're not wrong when saying that. there is a way for me to do it, to push your powers to the point where they would awaken. Actually, it seems like your powers are manifesting right now. I can feel them growing, that's partly because of your Onii-sama, so thanks Ginger, you've done it again."
"A-Are you saying, because of Ichi-nii, I am developing powers to become…a Shinigami like you?"
Fusa nodded seriously, and pointed at her.
"Karin-san, you've got the potential to become a very strong Shinigami…however, there's a choice you'll have to make." Never having heard him sound so serious, she inclined her head for him to continue. "Becoming a Shinigami isn't something you just do and then forget later on. It isn't like the latest craze. Once you open that door, you can never change it, you will always be one from that point forward, and others will know it as well, if they come across you, and not all Shinigami are as kind as I am. I'm saying it to be kind, Karin-san. Of course, it is your choice in the end, if you ever want me to do it. But if you really don't want to do it, I can suppress your growing powers so you never develop powers, that isn't an issue. It's up to you."
Karin could only nod that she understood what he said.
From his words, it sounded like her life could change.
Did she want it to change? Did she want it to stay the same?
She honestly didn't know.
She knew that her brother was fighting the Hollows. She knew that Fusa fought the Hollows as well. She knew that her life could be in danger if she said no, but she could have added responsibilities if she said yes.
What did she want? She truly didn't know what she wanted now.
She wanted power to protect, but she didn't want to give her life for this cause. She didn't have such a bad life, yet she couldn't ignore the feelings of protecting that came to her body, that wanted to take her over and have her be the one that protected her family for a change, and not be useless.
That was a big thing for Karin. She didn't want to be useless, she didn't want to be the one that sat behind while the others did what they did and protected people from Hollows, something she didn't want to learn about, but at the same time glad that she did know so she wasn't caught by surprise.
As she was thinking, Fusa crossed the distance and sat down on the bed, patting her head, alerting her to his presence.
"Whoa! Too close!"
Karin growled, throwing her hands up defensively.
Fusa released a titter, and calmly patted her head.
"Calm down, I just want to tell you something." Karin inhaled a breath, nodding for him to continue. "Whether you choose to be one or not is your choice. But if you're worried about being consumed by this, then it isn't like that. Your Onii-chan is one, and his life is relatively the same, all he has to do is be more careful, and like most Shounen Protagonists, he's one of those bleeding hearts where he has to say "I will protect my friends no matter what!" and I have a sneak suspicion that you're of a similar breed."
Fusa ended while giving a kind smile towards her, Karin's eyes widening then looking at him with half lidded eyes.
"This isn't a manga." Fusa's light snickering caused Karin to sweatdrop, and follow up with a query. "Say, Senpai…if I may ask, did you want to become a Shinigami? I presume you have a choice if you do or not…I guess it is like a job or something…"
Fusa nodded his head, giving her a dazzling smile.
"It is like a job, you're right." He revealed, smiling softly. "You see Karin-san, in the Soul Society, there are only so many things you can do. People like me, who have spiritual power, wish to use that to become a Shinigami. Not everyone can become a Shinigami there, it depends if you have strong power or not. But to me, my being a Shinigami was more of a…I guess you could say necessity than anything else."
He explained to her, Karin unsure if she heard right, questioning it.
"…A necessity?"
"Yup. I became one to…well, to make sure someone really bad gets what they deserved."
His town became a little lowered than usual, Karin noting that it was the same when he talked to Urahara.
"Senpai…yesterday, that crying guy, that hat and clogs guy, what was he to you?"
It had been on Karin's mind since the previous day, but she didn't know if it would be appropriate to ask. But right now, she threw that out of the window and tried to see what was going on with the man and see why he didn't like him so much.
"Hmmm, he is someone from my past, that should've died a long time ago." He revealed, giving a kind smile. "He's…someone from my past that should've…he was very horrible to me, and people that I care about. He…hmmm, this is a little dark, but he tortured me and people very close to me for many years. His death, would give me some kind of closure, but not really…I mean, he's still out there and all, so I guess even if I tried my best to make him suffer and all, all that will happen is I will end up being the one who suffers in the end. Even though my head knows this, my heart owes it to my friends that I make him disappear from this world. He, hurt children, that were very young and innocent so, I owe it to them to make the people responsible to suffer. Then again, people have told me to listen and see why he did what he did to me. Well, I guess that sometimes, you can't go swinging a sword and hope for the best."
Listening to part of the tale, Karin couldn't help the new light she saw her Senpai in.
She could hear in his voice that he had suffered. She didn't know what she would do if she was him. But from what she heard, he didn't lie to her. He didn't reveal the full truth, yet she could tell what he said wasn't a lie either.
"Hey Senpai, if you were me, would you become a Shinigami?"
Asking that straight out, Fusa smiled at the girl, patting her head.
"If it was me…I would see if it was worth it. I'm not you, so I can't tell you which direction in life to go in, but I can say that whatever you do choose, I will support you. I do care about you after all, Karin-san."
Her cheeks reddened at the simple words.
Even if they were simple, they were very effective. He couldn't be more sweet to her right now. She knew this was the limit he would be able to do right now.
"I see…well, I will have to think about it. I just, don't know what to choose."
Fusanosuke smiled gently, showing a happy face towards her to relief her of her worries.
"Well, I will leave you with your thoughts. I know it must be difficult for you Karin-san, being thrusted into a world where you didn't even ask for it. But you've been born with a very special power, and that kind of power is very…dangerous, to bad people. But no worries Karin-san, I am going to be by your side now. But don't worry, I know you can do anything you put your mind too, because I believe in you."
"Believing in me…that's quite the far stretch…I mean, I'm just not the type to do something like that…"
Karin wasn't sure, but Fusanosuke crossed the distance and petted her head.
"Karin-san, you and your twin are very talented, smart, and beautiful people. I don't usually give people good talking's because, I'm just not that good at it. But Karin-san, remember this. Nothing is impossible if you try. If you try with your soul, and do your best, miracles can occur. If it is you, and Yuzu-san, then I have no worries. I believe in both you and Yuzu-san. Believe in yourselves."
With a kind smile, Fusanosuke left Karin alone in her to contemplate everything that she needed.
She was unaware that outside, someone was watching, their eyes narrowing at the departed Fusanosuke, and the girl named Karin as well.
The man outside was a man that had a scarred face, and looked very pissed, his eyes solely on the boy named Fusanosuke, and his expression darkened, enraged by the boys appearance, his eyes narrowed with hate and anger.
"To think that you can live a normal life now…you broke my life…you locked me away…and if it wasn't for Aizen-sama now…then I would still be there…but I've gained the power to do it now, to take your life."
The man slowly scowled as he recalled a time where the man was told about Fusa coming to the human world by Aizen…
"Hello again, my test subject."
Aizen greeted as he walked inside of a certain area.
It was a barren world, nothing really being around, besides a cage set up to detain people. It was made from the strongest of powers of Kido, all made by Aizen at that, and right now, the man seemed to be very happy.
The person inside of the cage…could barely be called a person.
They have a Hollow's mask on their face, and an equally disturbing look in their eyes. Their cold yellow eyes were darkly set upon Aizen, the man himself seemingly having a normal day right now, compared to the locked up individual.
"Aizen…"
He muttered at Aizen, the man himself smiling softly.
"It seems the experiences have worked. You've been able to keep your mask on for twenty minutes now. That's good, my subject."
The mans mask broke apart as he said that, to reveal a scarred face, many scars being there. His cloudy eyes hovered across the room, and scanned Aizen's form, not really sure why the man was there right now.
"Aizen…Fusanosuke…where…"
"He's going to the human world soon." Aizen revealed, a manic grin on his usual calm face. "If everything goes to plan, then Fusanosuke is going to go to the world of the living, and that's where you'll be able to kill him, take his life."
Aizen goaded the man, who fell for the trap easily, wanting to take Fusanosuke out.
"I'll…be able to kill him…"
The man mumbled with an intense hate and disgust, Aizen merely looking on with sharpened eyes.
"That's right, you'll be able to kill him. You came to me for power, and I granted you power. though it isn't like that of the previous subjects I used it on, you've still gained Hollow abilities, and it should be more than enough to deal with Fusanosuke. That's what you want, isn't it? You tried to kill Soutaichou, and he repelled you, and then Fusanosuke detained you, sent you to a very low level of prison where you were subjected to pain and torture. That's when I released you, isn't it? You wanted me, and I came for you, gave you power. Now, I want you to use that power, and kill Fusanosuke."
Aizen's eyes clouded, the mans eyes brightening up, and once again, a Hollow mask was donned. Red eyes appeared where the mans eyes should be, indicating that he was being controlled by the Hollow inside, but he didn't care, all he cared about was killing Fusanosuke for taking away his prospects of killing Yamamoto.
"Yes…kill him…and then Yamamoto…kill them all…"
Aizen allowed a small smile to grace his face and turned away, then a distorted grin allowed itself onto his face, Aizen's plans coming to fruition.
Once he finished recalling the memory, a wild grin spread across his face, and his fist tightened, his golden eyes burning with hate and desire for the boys death, knowing that he was going to kill Fusanosuke one way or another, for imprisoning him.
With a glare, the man disappeared with Flash Step, but reappeared where he could spy on Fusanosuke, somewhere he could make sure that he could enact his revenge on the boy that took away his freedom, for very good reasons.
Inside of the house, down the stairs, Fusa went all the way to Isshin's room, bypassing Yuzu with a wave of his hand, something Yuzu smiled at, and caught sight of the man sitting there, and had a calm smile on his face, a stark contrast to how he usually is.
Without words, Fusanosuke entered the room, closed it and focused his eyes on Isshin's body.
"Sup, Isshin-san. You seem to be very alert this morning."
Fusa greeted, Isshin giving the boy a hard smile.
"Been flirting with my daughter have you?"
He wore a shit eating grin, Fusanosuke rolling his eyes.
"Don't be stupid. I'm merely looking out for her, is all." He spoke with a smile, then his eyes lowered. "Also, you know…I just had a discussion with Karin-san, and told her, that her powers were manifesting."
He came clean, knowing that Isshin would wonder what they were doing together, already guessing that Isshin was aware of how he interacted with Karin and Yuzu, being the former Taichou of Squad Ten, he was sure Isshin was aware of what was happening more than he was before.
"Yes…it seems like that's the case."
Isshin agreed, Fusa sitting down in front of him, folding his arms with a heavy heart.
"When I came here, I wasn't thinking I would be put into this kind of dilemma. You know, she has massive amounts of potential, exactly like your son, Ichigo." Isshin didn't say anything, contemplating what he said. "Because you're a full bred Shinigami, they all have that kind of power inside of them. And honestly, I have to say, it would be a waste if they didn't realize that power."
"Hah, it's something that you'd say, as well as certain people I know. But I'm a Tou-chan first now, and I don't really want to put them into that kind of situation."
Fusanosuke could understand on some level. While he was a Father himself, he knew of difficult choices for his loved ones, having had to make the same choice a long time ago, and something he sometimes regrets as well.
"I gave her a choice."
Fusanosuke revealed, Isshin's ears perking.
"A choice…"
He murmured, his eyes wondering everywhere other than Fusa's body, something Fusa expected.
"Yes, I thought that would be the best. She's a bright girl Isshin-san, she's very head strong, and she's got high potential. But she's got a choice with what happens to her life now. I said that I would support her regardless, and it is true. If she doesn't want to become a Shinigami, then I will suppress her power."
"I'm sure you've already made sure that it wouldn't have any adverse effects on her being, right?"
Fusanosuke nodded his head in acknowledgement.
"You're right about that. Isshin-san, you know of what happened in my past, and how I was never able to choose what happened to my life. I don't want Karin-san to be in the same boat as me. Ichigo didn't really have a choice, he had no choice but to accept the power and become one to protect his family. Karin-san on the other hand does have a choice, and I want her to make up her mind. I've done everything I can to show her the good and bad sides of her choices, and whatever she chooses, I hope that it will be okay with you."
Wanting the opinion of the Father of Karin, the man furrowed his brow and collected his thoughts, expressing them with a sigh.
"It seems that even if you didn't come, she would've had a life where her powers manifested. It is hard, being in a life where you have to have life and death battles. But you know of that all too well, don't you?"
Asking that straight out, Fusa raised a hand to his head, releasing a deep sigh.
"I can't say you're wrong. But I won't allow her to die, don't you worry about that. I've grown to…care about Karin-san, and Yuzu-san, who is also developing powers, but I think she's going the route of the Quincy's, with her powers. Though yesterday, I did witness that her fingers glowed when she chanted a Kido I used, so maybe she has a talent for Kido. But for sure, I know that Karin-sans powers are going the Shinigami route. I can just, feel it."
"Takes after her Kaa-sama in more than just looks, it seems. And yeah, I think you're right about Karin, it just makes more sense."
Isshin hollowly laughed, finding it amusing in a dramatic sense.
"Seems like it, doesn't it?" Fusa agreed, Isshin nodding. Fusa cleared his throat, and squarely faced the elder man with a sharp smile. "I don't know if this is going to bring you any comfort, but I would like to say that Karin-san and Yuzu-san are stronger than you think they are. I know they are your youngest, but they are, very strong. Karin-san is mentally strong, and Yuzu-san is well…you can see for yourself. She's very mature for her age, and I can see it, happening you know? The twins of the Kurosaki family, doing things together, fighting Hollows, something you'd probably not want to hear from someone like me, huh."
Isshin's face lowered into a small frown, but not with what Fusanosuke said, with what was happening.
"My little girls…fighting Hollows…"
"Once upon a time, you did the same." Fusa interjected, attempting to be kind. "Maybe, your children can take up the torch now, as it where. And, I will do my best to protect them. As I've always said, I never truly promise things, because you don't know if you can keep them. But, I always say that I will try my best for anything I say I am going to do. So, with me, your daughters can learn to become strong, and the next generation, so to speak. Ichigo is already receiving training from Rukia-chan, but I help out every now and again, I think I've given him some useful pieces of information in the past, even if he doesn't like me that much hehehehehe~"
He laughed awkwardly at the end, not sure what he should be saying, only saying what he thought to be true.
Isshin couldn't deny what Fusanosuke was saying, putting a hand on a sake cup and handing it over to the blonde.
"Well, I can trust you. If Karin chooses to become a Shinigami, I can't think of anyone better to train her, besides myself of course, in the ways of that world, the same as Yuzu. Though of course, I would prefer they didn't, their powers are growing and they were meant to have them…sometimes, destiny sucks."
Isshin sighed, recalling the passing of his wife, it still affecting him from time to time.
Fusanosuke took the cup and drank from it, feeling good as the alcohol entered his system.
"It might only be like 8 in the morning, but damn have I missed drinking in the morning."
"You're almost as bad as Rangiku when she's on her sake binge."
Isshin muttered with a dazzling smile, Fusa returning it.
"I'm not that bad, really~ You know, when in Squad Five, Momo-chan would totally be on my butt about drinking at this time in the morning…and then Rangiku-san would encourage it. Aaah, you know how it is after all~"
The pair of them shared a laugh together, like true friends would. However, Fusanosuke then noted something outside with his Reiatsu sensing, Isshin picking up on his shift in demeanour.
"Something the matter?"
Fusa tossed his eyes to the window, and didn't see anything, but he felt the lingering Reiatsu in the air, releasing an exhausted sigh.
"There's a naughty person just come into town, and is spying on either me, your son, or one or both of your daughters."
He revealed to the amazement of Isshin, the man frowning at the thought someone being after one of his children.
"I see, with the Gotei 13?"
To his puzzlement, Fusanosuke's head twisted in rejection.
"I don't believe so. If they were, they wouldn't be stalking like this. I've felt it for a number of days now, and wasn't sure, until now. It seems that they were slipping too much and revealed their presense to me. Either a stupid, or very smart idea." Fusa released a sigh, then saw the worried look on Isshin's face, and attempted to break that face and replace it with a normal face that he has. "Don't worry, I won't let either your daughters or your son to be hurt, I assure you."
Hearing that made Isshin feel relieved, knowing he can leave it to Fusanosuke.
As that was happening, Karin entered the kitchen to see Yuzu smiling to herself, a creepy type of smile at that, making Karin look on in wonder.
"Alright, what's with the face."
Karin couldn't take the weird face her twin was making, and had to question it.
Yuzu lightly smiled, and winked at her twin.
"Wasn't Senpai so awesome yesterday?"
Yuzu's face turned a little red, Karin resisting the urge to face palm.
"Ugh, I guess he was."
She responded with a sigh, knowing that she wouldn't be able to escape this right now.
Yuzu's eyes lit up ever so slightly, and showed that she was very happy right now, scaring Karin a little bit.
"So, what's wrong Yuzu…you seem to be really…I don't know the word, I guess it could be…scary or something."
Karin sweatdropped when she saw that Yuzu was too happy right now, it was a very scary type of happy as well, and she wasn't sure what to make of it honestly. She was even frightened that there was something happening to her twin right now.
"Hey Karin-chan, would it be okay if I asked Senpai out?"
"Pft!" Karin did a spit take straight away, her head moving left and right in rejection. "W-What do you mean by that!? Asking him out!? He's a freaking spirit guy! A-And why would I care if you do something like that anyway!?"
Karin wasn't showing it, but she was annoyed that Yuzu wanted to go out with Fusanosuke.
Yuzu tilted her head to the side.
"I mean, I thought that since Karin-chan liked Fusa-senpai, you might want to go out with him instead?"
"N-No I don't!"
Karin yelled, her eyes turning away with annoyance on the girls face, Yuzu missing that however.
"Then, is it okay if I ask him out Karin-chan?"
"I-I don't care what you do…but why him anyway?"
Karin showed a slight jealous face, Yuzu missed it though and placed her hands together.
"He's really nice Karin-chan."
"There's plenty of nice guys out there, who aren't insane like he is."
She added at the end, unknowingly trying to deter Yuzu from going after Fusanosuke.
Yuzu smiled even more, her hands placed together sweetly.
"It isn't just like that Karin-chan. I mean, Senpai's so new, different. He reminds me of Onii-chan, so safe and secure. He's really handsome, and blonde as well."
"What does being blonde have to do with anything?"
Karin asked a very weird question in Yuzu's eyes.
"Because it matters! Blondes in my eyes are cute! And have you seen him naked!?"
"No!" Karin yelled, shaking her head with pink dusting her cheeks. "Have you!?"
Her twin yelled right at her, but Yuzu's face turned a cute pink colour, nodding her head shyly, Karin's eyes bulging.
"I-It was late l-last week! A-At the s-schools showers…I-I went into th-the boys locker r-room by mistake a-and t-then I-I saw everything!"
Revealing that to her twin, Karin's eyes widened in shock, appal, and also wonder as well.
"Y-You happened to went into the same room that he was showering and you happened to see everything!?"
Karin was amazed, and horrified at the same time, seeing that Yuzu didn't even have a sense of shame.
"Y-Yes, that's right…I-I didn't mean too, a-and it was an h-honest mistake. B-But he was v-very understanding…h-he didn't say anything w-weird, and he was big…w-wait! I didn't mean big as in…ugh, I meant that he was…eeh, Karin-chan stop asking!"
"You brought it up!" Karin argued, a flush on her face. "Y-You didn't have to do anything like tell me! You could've lied about it!"
"W-Well, I didn't mean too…I-I am…erm, I don't know why…b-but Fusa-senpai is…I-I am going to ask him out!"
She declared, Karin's mind wasn't sure on how to take it.
She was bothered…yet she wasn't sure why that was. Why was she bothered? She didn't know it at all. She was conflicted, and wasn't sure why she felt like it. It shouldn't bother her, that Yuzu was going to ask out Fusanosuke, yet she was anyway…and why was she bothered, she wasn't sure at all…
"Oh? Who are you asking out?"
Fusanosuke came into the kitchen, a grin on his face, sake in his hand.
Immediately, Yuzu blushed, and Karin just sent him a little glare.
"Geez Karin-san, what's with the eyes?"
Fusanosuke noted, Karin continuing to glare, recalling that Yuzu had seen Fusanosuke naked, and because she couldn't be angry at her sister, she decided to turn her anger on Fusanosuke but he wasn't any the wiser why that was.
"You know what you did, idiot!"
Karin huffed and stormed off, Fusanosuke's body twitching with unsureness.
"God, what have I done now? It seems I piss people off by walking into a room. It's the same in the Soul Society, I can't make anyone happy."
The boy sighed, Yuzu blushing even more while thinking "You can make me happy." while her eyes displayed affection.
Yuzu walked closer, and shrugged her shoulders.
"Hehe, seems like Karin-chan has gone a little mental this morning." She said sweetly, and crossed the distance, standing in front of her Senpai with embarrassment on her face, never having done this before. "S-So Senpai…e-erm, Senpai…c-can I ask you something?"
With a shy expression on her face, Yuzu questioned her Senpai.
Fusa tilted his head to the side, nodding.
"Sure, what can I help you with Yuzu-san? Want to know something about with the Soul Society or something?"
The girl blandly shook her head, and moved even closer. Her smaller body was practically pressing against his own. Though innocent in action, Fusa briefly caught the sight of her breasts between her slightly unbuttoned shirt, and though smaller in bust to Karin, she was bigger than Rukia, and natural male instincts took over and he looked down for a few seconds, cursing himself as his eyes went towards her face, a small pink on his cheeks.
Yuzu saw the pink on his cheeks, and matched his face, her expression going even shyer.
"S-Senpai…erm, a-a-are you d-doing a-anything F-Friday?"
Asking it with a shy face, Fusa was blown back and remembered a certain girl that he used to know, briefly believing that Yuzu was that girl, but then shook his head, Yuzu's face taking that as a rejection to her idea, and began to walk away.
"W-Where are you going Yuzu-san?"
His question reached her ears, her eyes beginning to bubble up with tears.
"Y-You don't want to go out with me…"
"What…? I didn't say anything…" He mused aloud, then recalled his head shaking, so denied her worries. "O-Oh! You thought that because…aah, I see! N-No, Yuzu-san, sweetie. Wait a second." Using his speed, he appeared in front of her, giving her a fright. "I wasn't saying no. I was just thinking of something, but that's neither here nor there. A-Ah you asked me out huh…y-yeah, of course! W-Why don't we go…to the…I dunno, amusement park on Friday! Yeah, we could go there sweetie!"
"Yay! Thanks Senpai! You're awesome!"
Yuzu immediately brightened up, latching onto her Senpai tightly, her head rubbing against his chest affectionately. Her smallish breasts pushed onto his stomach, and Fusa swore he could feel them erecting themselves, peaking out from her bra, and even her school shirt as well.
He smiled awkwardly with a blush spreading across his face, rubbing the back of her head, just as Ichigo entered the kitchen, seeing the display and his face fell downwards into rage.
"W-What is going on!? Yuzu! W-Why are you hugging him like that!?"
Yuzu's head lifted from Fusanosuke's chest, and winked at her elder brother cheekily.
"None of your business~ That's between me and your friend, my Senpai~"
It wasn't exactly something Ichigo wanted to hear, it was something Ichigo scowled at more than he usually did.
"Yuzu you can't…"
Yuzu giggled, held Fusanosuke even tighter, the boy just shrugging his shoulders, petting the back of Yuzu's head. From seeing that, Ichigo seethed with rage, concerned for his younger sister, having a pretty good idea on what was going on right now.
Meanwhile, in Urahara's shop, the man himself was laying down in his futon in his room, and his 'girlfriend' Zombie Chizuru was laying next to him, and had on the same lifeless eyes that she usually wore in her gaze.
She snarled when Urahara moved around in the futon, the girl giving Kisuke a pat to the face.
Her cold fingers racked themselves across his face, almost clawing at him. Her fingernails dragged across his cheek, slightly cutting the skin. Seeing a small trickle of blood, Zombie Chizuru moved her head forward and licked the blood, licking her lips at the same time, smearing her lips with his blood.
That made Kisuke stir and his eyes opened with a groan.
When he met the gaze of Zombie Chizuru, he moved backwards, his eyes bulging at the clouded gaze the Zombie that stared back at him, freaked by the eyes that the Zombie girl had, and it made him feel weird inside of his chest.
"Ugh…everyday I wake up to your lifeless eyes and it haunts my nightmares…" He growled at her, discontent in his voice for the Zombie who hissed at him, crying at the hiss. "W-Why do you have such eyes when waking up…why don't you stop being a Zombie!?"
He yelled at her, but that was replaced with a cry as she kissed him on the lips, a cry coming from him. Feeling her lips was the equivalent of feeling death, he didn't want it to happen. But she was too powerful, he couldn't stop her at all.
"Zombie Chizuru isn't pleased…right now…Kisuke…"
"Shit…" He panicked, fear setting into his heart. "…please don't hurt me anymore, ZC, I am seriously past the point that I can stay with everyone in the world. I mean, could you…have you tried not being a Zombie?" Chizuru's lifeless eyes fell on him, the man backing away with fear. "I-I mean, you are terrifying me right now."
Zombie Chizuru growled again, and he knew that she wasn't pleased, and he didn't want to piss off the Zombie girl. That was the last thing that he wanted to do right now. He didn't want to be hurt by the Zombie chick.
"Zombie Chizuru wants…to have a family…"
"No please! I don't want a family with you! Please don't make me have a family with you! I don't want it! You can have one with Ichigo or whoever you want but not me! I'm too old for you ZC! Find someone else please! I'm begging you ZC, please don't hurt me anymore!"
Kisuke didn't want to have a family with the girl, knowing that she'd force it somehow. he wasn't sure how that would be, however, it was a very frightening thing to even think about, it being something too frightening to think about.
However, Chizuru didn't finish, and did so while snarling.
"She wants…a family outing." Kisuke's eyes narrowed in perplexity, the Zombie clarifying. "Zombie Chizuru wishes for a…good night with…her boyfriend Kisuke…she wants to have some fun with Kisuke…and she wants to…have a good time with…Kisuke, her boyfriend."
Kisuke shuddered, wishing that she didn't say that, and wanted to escape but couldn't…she was OP.
He couldn't fight against her.
She was a very frightening force to him, and that was something that he didn't even want to think about because it was too much for him to even think about.
"Z-ZC…"
"Zombie Chizuru wishes to have her parents over, and have fun with Kisuke…a family meal."
Kisuke's face dropped…he didn't want to meet the people that conceived this Zombie. He knew she wasn't a Zombie before, but her amazing power had to come from somewhere, and he didn't care to meet that, especially if they were as mental as she was.
"Ooh shit…" He cried, the Zombie girl snarling dangerously at him. "I-I mean, w-we can't…I-I am much older t-than you, a-and less powerful…d-do your p-parents even k-know of y-your Zombie status?"
"Nooooooooo…Kisuke…"
That answer frightened Kisuke, not sure how they would take Chizuru 'dating' him, it being a very frightening thing.
"O-Okay ZC…S-So, w-we can't h-have your parents o-over…right?"
He hoped that was the case, not wanting to piss off this woman who was very frightening to him.
"Yes…boyfriend is right…"
She murmured with a snarl, Kisuke's eyes staining with fear.
"Uugh…we aren't dating Zombie Chizuru…"
Her cold eyes turned frozen, and she looked ready to murder someone, anyone that was going to oppose her, even if it was Kisuke.
"Zombie Chizuru doesn't accept this, and isn't happy right now."
Kisuke cried and looked down at the ground, knowing that pissing her off would only cause him more pain. Tears rolled down his face, fear entering his heart. Right now, he felt like he was going to pass out with the look he was receiving from the Zombie girl, not wanting to be on the receiving end of the death glare that she could muster easily.
"Hahahahahahahaha! Wow, you miss a little, you miss a lot in this school!"
"I know, right? She just mounted him and tried to do things with him. She kissed him, defended him, knocked Ichigo on his ass as well as jumping out of a two-story window, along with the fact that she was able to leave me powerless when I met her before. She is a very scary woman if you want me to be honest."
"I can't believe it…well, actually. Yes, I can actually believe it. She's very OP, isn't she?"
"You aren't wrong, she's very scary. Is she even human?"
"I don't know what she is Rukia-chan. I have no idea at all. she's a very scary person and that type of person is the type that you don't even want to think about. She's very OP and that isn't a good thing for us. What I can feel, I wouldn't be shocked if she was as strong as a Taichou level opponent."
Rukia wore a disbelieving face as she shifted on the table she sat on, showing Fusa the video she recorded of Chizuru yesterday.
"That can't be right…but then again, she did seem to be the very definition of OP…OP means overpowered, right?"
Asking for confirmation, Fusa replied with a smile, adjusting his seat so he'd be closer to Rukia.
"You're right, it does. And she is the very definition of that. Actually, it is kind of funny, seeing such a thing in this world. And she wants the mod soul huh…say, what happened to that anyway?"
He wasn't sure on the details.
He knew that they didn't get rid of it, which he was glad for, mostly, he didn't like the perverted way it came onto Orihime and all. But, he didn't know what they did to it, Rukia not having explained it for him, which she did now.
"Well, it was a little hectic. From my understanding, the mod soul was crying with Ichigo, tried to fight him, these bullies, I guess, were saying that killing things off is easy, as in a game. The mod soul, named Kon, by Ichigo, 'sacrificed' himself to kick a Hollow. Ichigo slayed the Hollow, and then Urahara showed up…" She paused, watching his reactions at the name, but when seeing he didn't have any, she continued. "…Ichigo and Urahara had a discussion about the mod soul, and I said that I would be the one to take it, since I paid for it and all. Ichigo seemed to accept that and so did Urahara. Is that surprising?"
Rukia cautiousness wasn't needed with Fusanosuke merely shrugged his shoulders.
"Is it surprising that Urahara kept to his word, I guess so. Though he's never had a problem with wrecking peoples lives. He's certainly had a hand in destroying mine."
He muttered to himself, Rukia's eyes furrowing in questioning.
"You really dislike Urahara, and you've never really told me what he did…"
She was very curious about it. All she knew was the fact that Kisuke had done things to him before, and she wasn't even sure what those things were really. All she could recall were facts that she wasn't even sure she knew about correctly.
"Trust me, you'd not want to know what he did to me." Fusa got out quickly, his eyes showing his discontent with the whole Urahara incident. "Yeah, you'd probably not want to know about it. I mean, why bring up the past now? It isn't going to change."
Rukia wasn't really pleased with the answer, seeing that he still had unresolved feelings.
"You're going to kill Urahara, aren't you?"
The gravity of the situation weighed on Rukia's mind, Fusa saw it and tried to ease her.
"What I do with Urahara, is nothing you have to worry about. If you want me to be truthful, then yes. One day, I am going to end his life, yeah. I mean, I don't want you to feel like I am doing it because I am obsessed. Because…well, I kind of am. Truthfully, I have been obsessed with his death before I even met you."
He revealed, Rukia furrowing her brows.
"Because of…what he did to you?"
Rukia didn't know how else to word it. She didn't even want to bring up hard feelings, but she was determined to know, even if he said that it was something that she didn't want to know about, knowing that he won't tell her, because even with the stuff she knew about him, he was still a private guy in all senses of the word.
A sombre nod made itself known to Rukia from Fusanosuke.
"I don't expect you to understand my reasoning's. Urahara is someone you see as a mysterious guy. You've never seen the real Urahara before, he's not as he seems. He's very cruel, he can be very cunning and was someone that you don't need to really worry about. Allow me to worry about him now."
He said with a caring face, showing that he didn't want Rukia to have to worry about him right now, knowing that he wouldn't be able to keep Rukia from being worried though, he tried his best however, only wanting to keep her safe.
Rukia was sure that she wasn't going to get the answers she wanted from him.
At that moment, Ichigo came into the classroom, and walked all the way over to Fusanosuke, and Rukia, staring at the male, and showed him a picture of Chizuru, to his everlasting confusion when dealing with Ichigo.
"Erm…why are you showing me a picture of her?"
Confusion laced the eyes of both Rukia and Fusanosuke, the latter being the one to actually ask Ichigo the question on both of their minds.
Ichigo's eyes sharpened, a scowl on his lips, Fusa wondering what he did this time to upset the young man, knowing he didn't do anything too strange, he thought so anyway.
"What is she?"
It was Ichigo's one and only question after everything had happened.
At the question, Fusanosuke's eyes lit up with bafflement.
"You're asking me, a Shinigami, what she is, when you've known her longer than I have? And where did you get the picture?"
He found it suspicious that he just happened to have a picture with him, his over excited mind believing that he saw a flash of jealousy enter Ichigo's eyes, but the truth was, that fear was going across his eyes right now.
"I-It was beside my bed this morning." Exclaimed Ichigo with worry in his orbs, the blonde smiling, seeing Ichigo getting worked up. "I-I don't know how it got their b-but…please, Fusa. Tell me, why is she so…I don't know, highly sexual with males now? She was supposed to be a lesbian, right?"
Ichigo hoped that Fusa would be able to fix it.
He was the person Ichigo could say knew many things. He was more seasoned than Rukia, and despite his playful attitude, Fusanosuke was very trustworthy, and had answers that Ichigo needed most of the time.
Fusanosuke raised a finger to his lips, and hummed deeply.
"Well, I can't really answer that, but I can say that, and we all can agree that, she's very OP. We can agree that, can't we?" Both Rukia and Ichigo couldn't rebuke what he said, agreeing with their heads. "I mean, she's very peculiar, and seems to have an infatuation with you. From what I heard from Rukia-chan, it seemed your body and her were going at it just yesterday. It seemed to me that they were having a good time."
Ichigo tightened his hand, Fusa seeing the anger building in his eyes.
"That damn Kon, he did this to me. He made out with her, and keeps talking about her. Just last night, he wouldn't shut up about his red haired beauty…w-well, at least they seem to be hitting it off, I wish it wasn't in my body though."
Ichigo admitted, not revealing that he was slightly happy for the mod soul, but still was pissed by the fact that it was in his body that he kissed Chizuru, and he swore to himself that he could still taste the taste of death on his lips from the Zombie girl.
"Well, that's always a good thing." Fusa beamed, winking. "He's just a very big perverted creature, isn't he? I mean, the girl with red hair is a very…well, as you said, sexuality active I suppose, and he's very…perverted. Perhaps they are good for one another, who knows by now."
"You're not kidding." Ichigo retorted, shivering at the thought of Chizuru entering the classroom. "Well, either way, seems like everything has been quiet today, no Hollows and all."
Both Rukia and Fusanosuke couldn't refute the words of Ichigo, the boy of the pair leaning forward.
"That's right, Ginger. We've got to get those Hollows as they come after all." He smiled, and saw that Ichigo looked a little frazzled about something. "Say, Ginger, is there something wrong? For the past few days, I've noticed that you aren't the usual you."
"Yeah, I've noticed the same thing. Is there something wrong Ichigo?"
Rukia asked with concern, but Ichigo wasn't really in the mood to talk about it, waving his hand at them.
"No, there's nothing to worry about."
Fusa and Rukia shared a look, knowing that he was lying, but couldn't figure out why.
"Are you sure…is there something you'd want to discuss with either me or Rukia-chan. We might not seem it, but we are wise people besides Rukia-chan that is."
"Yeah…" Rukia agreed, then processed what he said and slapped his arm. "Hey! Don't say something like that!" She hissed, but he didn't care, preferring to smile, something that bugged her. "D-Don't suddenly smile like that!"
"Mehehehe, I'm sorry Rukia-chan~ You're highly intelligent~"
Rukia shot her glare at him, but he didn't say anything.
Scowling, she looked towards Ichigo, who flinched.
"So, something bothering you?"
"N-No, not at all."
He hummed out his response, wanting Rukia to drop it.
Since Fusa could see there was something going on, Fusanosuke patted Rukia on the forehead, her turning towards him, and saw that he was shaking his head, looking towards Ichigo's glum face, and seeing that, she decided to drop it as well.
Giselle soon entered the classroom with Orihime and Tatsuki. Orihime and Tatsuki were talking together, Giselle merely giving a small smile towards Fusanosuke, moving swiftly towards him and hugged him tightly.
"Hey Hubby!" Giselle greeted with a wide smile, smiling too sweetly at Rukia. "So my sweet Hubby, what are you doing this morning?"
Fusa smiled weakly, trying to pry the girl off, but Giselle kept a tight hold on his body, not letting go.
"Eeh, I'm just doing school work, is all. Where did you disappear too this morning?"
His suspicious eye didn't matter to Giselle who thought it was romantic, giving him a hug.
"Awww, Hubby was concerned about me~ That's very sweet~ I was only dealing with a naughty Hollow that came into this town~"
She sang out, Fusa buying her story instantly.
"So, that was you, who I felt, was it?"
Giselle nodded her head very widely, something Ichigo found to be weird, because of the fact that she had a weird face on and a goofy face that he found to be surprisingly intimidating.
"Yup, that was me~ I thought that you'd like it."
"Well yeah it is a good thing, Giselle-san."
Giselle became happy, and didn't know what else to think about it.
She only wanted to impress him, since she was deeply in love with him, even if others thought that it was an insane type of love, Giselle was happy enough with being in an insane type of love with Fusanosuke.
At that time, Chizuru entered the classroom, and she wasn't alone…
On her arm, was Kon's stuffed body…
Kisuke was also with her, crying his eyes out as he was dragged into the classroom, not wanting to be near the Zombie girl.
Ichigo's and the others attention was set upon the gaze of Chizuru.
Fusanosuke's eyes sharpened when seeing Urahara, Rukia noticing and wondering what was going to happen.
Orihime noticed them coming in and went to Fusanosuke's side, and hugged onto his arm, the boy unlinking the arm to the shock of Orihime. He then wrapped his arm around her and brought her closer, and with that single gesture, she blushed and snuggled against his chest, Rukia glaring at the sight.
Tatsuki watched the actions between Orihime and Fusanosuke, and was glad that the pair of them were getting closer. She liked the fact that Orihime was able to be happy with Fusanosuke and was glad that he returned the affections as well, at least in her eyes it seemed to be the case.
Ichigo noticed Kon under her arm, and his mouth widened.
"S-She stole that fr-from my room!"
He roared, Rukia's eyes focusing in on him.
"She must've been in your room, and stole it."
She snickered, Ichigo's eyes turning to fear.
"N-No, I can't even think about it…s-she can't do something like this…s-she left the picture in my room…"
Ichigo looked afraid, but not as much as Kisuke.
He was forced to sit down on her seat, and his eyes went towards Fusanosuke, Chizuru mounting him and rested her head on his chest, Kon being between her breasts. Fusanosuke saw that the lion looked to be in ecstasy, rubbing his head against her breasts which she seemed to be okay with.
Slowly raising from his seat, he walked towards Urahara.
"Fusa, wait…"
Rukia called, but he ignored her, having bemused in his eyes for Urahara's situation.
"Hey, Urahara. Got yourself a little girlfriend, have you?"
Urahara's eyes looked at Fusanosuke, and he looked like he was going to die at any moment now. He looked devoid of life, living being too difficult for him and he looked ready to call it quits, not wanting to be afraid anymore.
"Fusa…help me…"
His voice was beaten. It was afraid. He looked like he was about to die or something.
He snickered, shaking his head.
"Nope, not gonna happen. I am not helping you out of this. Enjoy your girlfriend…you know, this feels like justice right now."
"Oh…it does, does it?"
Urahara cried out, knowing that Fusanosuke was loving the situation he was in right now.
"Yes, that's right. You and your woman, who is very…scary."
"Y-Yes…Fusa, please save me from this nightmare. I can't handle it anymore…s-she's very OP and she's scaring me…s-she keeps telling me weird things…a-and she w-wants to m-marry me or something…i-if you care about me at all then you'd help me…"
Fusa snorted, and slapped Urahara upside the head. Rukia and Orihime cringed as Tatsuki, Giselle and Ichigo laughed, seeing the pained face of Kisuke right now, the man looking like he was about to die.
"But I don't care about you."
He said with a wide smile on his face, showing that he truly didn't care at all about him.
It unnerved Urahara to see that Fusa truly didn't care about him, and wished he did, if only to save him from Zombie Chizuru. He was frightened of the red haired girl, and was troubled if he was going to die by the hands of the Zombie girl.
Later on that day, more specifically at the end of the day, Fusanosuke was heading out of school alone. Since Orihime was busy with some club, he thought the handicrafts club, and Tatsuki was busy with her karate club, along with Giselle disappearing somewhere, he suspected that she was spying on him from afar.
Karin, he believed that she was at some soccer club with Yuzu tagging along there and as for Ichigo…he was with Rukia, going after a Hollow. Since he wasn't needed, he was going to go and work on something that he might need for the future.
However, he didn't have much time to get far, as he came face to face with Kisuke Urahara, who was waiting outside of the school gates for him.
Seeing Urahara filled him with rage, a rage like no other.
With a heavy sigh, Fusanosuke moved forward, sharpening his eyes as the candy shop owner coughed into his hand, showing a small smile towards Fusanosuke who didn't want to be associated with him.
"Alright, what do you want now?"
Fusa glared out his question, Kisuke grimacing at the tone.
"Can we talk?"
It was a single question Kisuke had wanted to do for a while now, but he didn't know how to do it. So, he came out with it. He found that was the best thing to do for this type of movement, wanting to get to know Fusanosuke…and he wasn't exactly receptive to the idea.
"I've got nothing to say to you."
Fusa dismissed him and pushed past Urahara.
Urahara furrowed his eyebrows, and moved in front of Fusanosuke, intercepting his movements, something the blonde didn't like.
"Get out of my way Urahara. I've been nice to you until now, but seeing your face brings many memories back for me, so either leave me alone or I will just have to force you to leave me alone, won't I?"
Kisuke didn't back down from the threat Fusa gave him, making his lips curl upwards in bemusement.
"Please, I wish to converse with you."
"Tch, funny. You never gave me a chance to speak before, why should I give you one now?"
Scowling, Fusanosuke once again attempted to move past Urahara, but once again, Urahara moved his body so he was positioned in front of Fusa, wanting to speak with the boy, wanting to tell him something.
"I know…please, I want to talk with you…about something important."
Fusa threw his head back with a groan, displeased with Urahara.
"Five minutes. After that, I'm walking."
He warned, Urahara agreeing instantly.
"Then allow me to buy you a drink."
Fusanosuke had no choice but to accept it (secretly wanting to have a drink, even if it was by Urahara's expense), and left with Urahara.
They found themselves sat in a local sake shop. Since Fusa looked teenage, he merely used Kido to make them more agreeable about serving a 'minor' alcohol, Kisuke sat in front of him and having a sake cup in his hand as well.
"It's nice here, don't you think?"
Urahara tried to connect, but it was met with a darkened glare.
"That's four minutes and fifty five seconds left. Speak fast."
His dry reply made Kisuke cringe, the man watching the younger take a sip of sake, the green liquid sliding down his throat, and made him feel warm inside, Kisuke noticing that Fusanosuke looked to be happy right now, and was glad about that, even if he held discontent for the man.
"Always to the point huh…well, okay. I guess it can't be helped, after all." Kisuke cleared his mind and collected his thoughts. "Fusanosuke…eeh, Fusa I suppose. You know…the thought of you hating me, tears me apart inside."
"Good, I hope it does."
The darkened response allowed Kisuke to see the anger inside of the young Shinigami's heart. It was immense, and Kisuke couldn't blame him. He couldn't blame the anger that the boy held for Kisuke, looking on with a frown on his face.
"Yeah…I thought you'd say something like that. In all honesty, I never thought I would see you again. But, I am glad that I did."
"Sure you are." Fusa scoffed, coughing into his hand. "If you've got something to say, then say it quickly, I've got people I would rather be with other than you."
"Haha, I see. Yes, that would probably be something you'd rather do. Aah, I also have to tell you something's, like with the Kurosaki twins…"
"Yes, I already know, they are gaining powers. I'm sure you noticed it today as well."
Fusanosuke cut to the chase, not wanting to discuss anything with Kisuke.
"I have, and I suppose you've already discussed it with Isshin-san?" Fusa inclined his head, not wanting to reveal much more with him. "I see. Well, I am sure that you will do amazing things with them. They have great potential-"
"I won't let you near them." Fusa growled, his eyes focusing in on the man before him. "I know how you see potential and what you do with it. Just like what you did with me."
"Fusanosuke…" Kisuke sombrely spoke, his eyes clouded with guilt. "I…I can't ever apologize enough to you…what I did, my actions are unforgivable, and I can't ever be told otherwise with that. My actions, were very appalling. I can't say how sorry-"
"You know, I know what you're doing, and you better stop it right now before I get truly pissed off."
Fusanosuke cut him off, giving him a no nonsense glare which burrowed into Kisuke's soul, the hardened glare that was set before him.
"W-What do you mean?"
Kisuke's eyes looked everywhere other than at Fusanosuke. It was as if he was trying to search for something…but both of them knew what the true truth really was, and it was difficult in even mentioning it, from Kisuke's side, from Fusanosuke's however…he wasn't going to let it go.
He couldn't look at him, Fusanosuke seeing the guilt in his eyes.
"You, think if you can get me to be okay with you, you don't have to feel the guilt of what you did. But sorry sunshine, you don't get to get out of your guilt so easily." Fusa inched closer, and saw a knife on the table, his hand moving towards it. "Your guilt, will be you forever and ever. What you did, to children. How you look at yourself, makes me wonder, it truly does. I can't even think about it, what you truly think about it all. You, and the rest of them are guilty, Urahara Kisuke. Think of me what you want, but you're always going to be a, murderer, and a coward."
Those words hit Kisuke like a truck. It was a surprise that he wasn't blown off his seat, with the powerful emotions that he felt. Kisuke couldn't refute what Fusanosuke said either, his eyes lowering.
"You're right…I am a coward. And you could call me a murderer, if you want."
Kisuke tried to speak with a calm voice, but it failed instantly. It fell down to the lower depths, he couldn't keep his voice steady. He felt like he was going to die under the eyes of the boy who's life he did ruin.
"It's not a question of if I can or can't, it is my right to call you that, because that's what you are, isn't it?" Fusa questioned, his hand grabbing the knife and with a swift motion, he held it to Kisuke's throat, Kisuke's breath hitching. "Do you know how long I've dreamed about it, slitting your throat? Killing you for what you did. For those precious boys and girls that looked towards me for help? Everyday, every night, I see their faces. My nightmares are haunted by the disaster that you caused, and the end of that Project Hope…do you remember what happened that day?"
Kisuke didn't say anything, he couldn't say anything.
When seeing he didn't say anything, Fusa held the knife closer to the mans throat, pressing the blade against his skin. It didn't cut, but Kisuke could feel the cold steel against his throat, and he was sure that Fusanosuke could end his life there and then.
"Don't you remember, how you terminated all of us like nothing? You put us all down like dogs, and left us there to die? Remember the children screaming, crying for salvation? Do you remember their bodies shaking, breaking down and even vomiting blood from their stomachs because they couldn't contain it any longer?"
"S-Stop…"
Kisuke pleaded, his eyes producing tears.
He couldn't hear it. It was breaking his heart hearing the sorrowful words of the boy before him.
Fusa sharpened his eyes dangerously and leaned closer to Urahara.
"Don't worry, I know how it must feel, being this close to death. I was at my limit most days. Remember when I begged you to stop, my body hurting so much that I couldn't take it anymore, and I felt like I was going to die? Then, what did you do? You whispered "Shhh, it will be over soon." in that damn disgusting voice that you have, almost sounding like a Devil. But it never was over, was it? You never stopped, you sacrificed us, sent us out to a war that wasn't even anything to do with us. You made us die one by one, while all of us cried, and what did you do? Nothing, because you liked it. You loved it, seeing us children fight your battles, and then ending our lives like we were nothing."
Kisuke tried to turn his face away from Fusanosuke, but he didn't allow him too, keeping the knife pressed against his throat. Kisuke felt Fusanosuke's hand tremble with the knife trembling on his skin.
"Fusa…"
"Tch, and you know what? The biggest thing I hate you for is…well, take a guess. Because you've kept me captive for over 20 years and more than that actually, you've killed people like family to me…and you even murdered my own Kaa-chan in front of me, and threw her deceased body onto the ground, then you took me away and did unspeakable things to me. You're a monster of the highest degree Urahara, and you should suffer every day for what you did to us, what you did to my Kaa-chan, and me as well. I honestly don't know how you live with yourself."
Fusa dropped the knife from Kisuke's neck, allowing the man to take a reprieve.
Kisuke became confused, he didn't know what was happening. He was sure that Fusanosuke was going to take his life, even if it was in front of humans. He was sure, and after everything that had happened
"Fusanosuke…"
"Killing you now would be stupid of me. I want to beat you in a fight, I want to show you that I can overcome the monster that detained me for so many years. Don't worry Urahara, I won't be giving you an easy death. We'll be fighting until the end. You're on borrowed time however. Enjoy it. Because I will end your life, you know? And now…" He briefly paused and felt something in the air, taking in a breath. "It seems like Karin-san and Yuzu-san are being targeted by Hollows, I better get over to them quickly."
With those hard words, Fusanosuke took from his seat, and left Kisuke alone, the man lowering his eyes sadly.
"Fusanosuke…Yuuki, for my actions…I can never apologize to you."
Truly regretting his actions, Kisuke couldn't lift his head up, shame etched into his eyes right now.
At the same time that the event between Kisuke and Fusanosuke occurred, Karin and Yuzu were playing soccer…or more like, Karin was doing it. Yuzu was watching on, her eyes where on her twin sister.
"Go Karin-chan!"
She cheered, wishing her sister the best.
Karin smiled, and tossed her foot to the side, kicking the ball rapidly.
But as she did it, she couldn't get out of her mind what happened this morning, and her dream.
She couldn't forget it all day, she couldn't get it out of her mind. She could see it in her head, and how it was to her. Then, the offer from Fusanosuke. To have powers. To be like Ichigo, and use the powers she has to defeat Hollows…
But could she do it?
Did she want to have the responsibility of slaying Hollows from now on?
She truly wasn't sure.
She didn't know if having cool powers were worth it. She knew that Fusanosuke would agree with whatever she wanted and if she chose to just ignore it and leave it as it was, she was content to know that he'd do the Hollow stuff with her own elder brother…but could she just forget about it, and live her life as usual? Was it as simple as to give up life like nothing was happening at all?
"Karin! Kick it here!"
In the midst of her using her mind to contemplate what she was going to do, she missed the fact that she was playing soccer, and missed her teammates running towards her.
Fixing her stance, she kicked the ball towards her male teammate, and bowed her head, attempting to think about anything else. Anything other than what Fusanosuke had said, what she had been shown before, and what she would be able to do now. She truly, wished that she'd be able to forget about it but…she couldn't.
It was at that time when she felt something…
A pulse.
She felt a pulse deep within her head, and the feeling of being crushed.
At first, she wasn't sure what the feeling was.
She didn't understand why she was feeling like this…
Until it became clear when she saw it…
She saw the Hollow.
She saw a large Hollow walking towards them. It must've been the size of a house from what she could tell. She could see the red eyes of the Hollow and the damaging gaze that it gave. The large arms of the Hollow looked buff to the max.
Large hands accompanied the large arms, and its feet tore the ground apart…
But no one else could see it.
No one else could see the Hollow. Even Yuzu didn't seem to notice much difference from where Karin stood.
"No…if it comes here then…" She growled out, and went to her pocket, producing her phone. She searched for Fusanosuke's number and found it within ten seconds, pressing the dial button to phone him up. "Come on, answer…answer…"
She murmured again and again…but he didn't answer.
She looked to see the problem, and saw that her phone didn't have a signal.
"Damn it, with no signal that means…even if…no, what am I supposed to do…" She tightened her fist, and regarded the creature with strong eyes. "There's no one else now. There's no one else that can do anything…I will have to do it, I will face the creature."
Making a resolve in her heart, Karin ran across the field as fast as she could, catching the attention of Yuzu.
"Karin-chan! W-Where are you going!?"
She yelled after her twin, not seeing the Hollow…
"Hollow!"
Was all Karin replied, before she jumped up high and stuck out her leg into a kick.
Yuzu gasped, and placed on the glasses that Fusa made her, and she looked towards Karin, to see that she was trying to kick a Hollow. Because she didn't want her sister to be hurt, she naturally took to her feet and rushed forward.
"Haaaaah!"
She growled out to the confusion of the other people playing soccer. They didn't see what she was doing, and were perplexed about the very idea that Karin was suddenly jumping up and trying to hit something.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
The Hollow roared out, and swung its arm at her, the air bending around the outstretched arm, and headed straight for the airborne Karin.
"Ack!"
She cried out as the arm hit her, sending her skidding across the ground. She felt pain erupt through her body as her body skidded across the ground. The ground turned up slightly with the amount of times she hit it, blood coming from the cut she received to her head, but she didn't feel it right now, only concerned about stopping.
She came to a halt a few paces away from the Hollow, the Hollow standing intimidatingly above her, Yuzu panicking and grabbed the charm that Fusanosuke had given her when they first met, always keeping it with her.
"Karin-chan!"
Cried Yuzu, as she made it to Karin, and held out the charm.
The Hollow roared, and tried to punch her…but it was stopped.
A forcefield erected around the pair of them, strong enough to protect them from the Hollow that came out, stopping the large fists advancements. The Hollows hand hitting the barrier caused Karin to wince, and curse her own powerlessness at the fact that she was saved by Yuzu, when she always credited herself with the protection of her twin.
"Karin-chan, are you alright!?" Yuzu checked on her sibling, seeing if she was okay. "Karin-chan, it is alright, I am here now."
She soothed, Karin's eyes heading towards Yuzu.
Yuzu looked at her twin, and saw the eyes of sadness there, the Hollow raising its fist and sending it towards the barrier. It held, keeping the creature at bay…but the humans were getting curious and began walking closer.
"Yuzu, have you tried…Senpai…try Fusanosuke-senpai…"
Yuzu looked towards her phone, grabbing it from her pocket and like Karin, she saw that she didn't have any signal.
"I-I don't have a signal."
She complained, Karin's eyes sharpening at the creature.
"We've got to do something about that Hollow."
"B-But we can't fight…w-we don't have any powers…w-we aren't like Onii-chan, Fusa-senpai or even Giselle-senpai. W-We can't do anything amazing like they can…w-we aren't strong like they are Karin-chan…w-what are we going to do?"
Even Karin wasn't sure what they were going to do…
They needed help.
She didn't have the power to do anything, and she wasn't sure what she can do now.
There wasn't anything that she can do now.
She wanted to do something…anything…but she couldn't.
She cursed herself again and again, Yuzu doing the same thing.
Yuzu felt useless right now, and she wanted to help…but what could she do?
She was in the same boat as Karin.
Neither of them had powers, and couldn't do anything.
They couldn't do anything at all, they were stuck and could only watch helplessly as the Hollow kept smashing his hands against the barrier. But for once, Karin was glad that Fusanosuke wasn't human, as the barrier was holding around them.
It was protecting them…but others were getting closer.
"Hey Karin, Yuzu-san. What are you doing?"
One of the people who played soccer with Karin wondered, getting closer.
"Karin! We're supposed to be doing something here!"
"Are you playing or not?"
"Yeah, we've got a game going here. Come on. Let's do it."
More and more of their shared friends moved closer towards both Karin and Yuzu, not moving backwards, something neither twin wanted to happen, knowing that there could be bad consequences for the people that couldn't see the massive Hollow.
Karin's eyes widened, turning towards them.
"G-Get away from here now! Get away!"
She pleaded, seeing the Hollows eyes turning towards the humans, but nothing was happening.
They kept moving towards them.
They didn't heed her words…and the Hollow turned its hands towards them, moving closer towards them.
"Shit…Yuzu, we've got to do something…" Karin scowled out, not sure what they were supposed to do here. But then she recalled something, when looking at her twin. "Yuzu…you did…you did that…spell, the other day, didn't you…?"
"Hmmm?" Yuzu hummed, not sure what she was talking about. "What do you mean?"
Since Yuzu didn't see it for herself, she wasn't sure what she was talking about.
Karin sighed, and explained quickly, watching nervously while the Hollow howled into the air, the deafening cries of the Hollow breaking down the strengths that Karin and Yuzu held within their hearts right now.
"Remember when Senpai was doing that spell…that Kido stuff…what was it again…Bakudo or something like that?"
"Aah, yes! I remember!" Yuzu cheered. "Bakudo 4: Hainawa! That's it, right Karin-chan?"
As she said that, Karin couldn't help but notice the fingers of Yuzu's lighting up.
"Yuzu, you can do it…you can use that spell stuff." Yuzu wasn't convinced so Karin placed her fingers out towards the Hollow. "B-Bakudo 4: Hainawa!"
Karin tried her best to make it work…
But nothing happened.
A small light appeared, but beside that, nothing happened.
No rope came out, nothing happened, and she felt deep regret.
She tightened her fists tightly, trying to come to terms with the failure she just received.
Yuzu was astonished by the development.
"I tried myself, but I can't seem to make it work, but you can do it…m-maybe we can…I don't know, but it's the best that we have right now…try Yuzu?"
"I-I can do it?" Karin nodded, uncertainly in her eyes. "I-If you think I can. Then, here it is. Bakudo 4: Hainawa!"
Yuzu wasn't sure, but did the spell anyway.
She was too afraid to look, so Karin pointed at her finger which had a lingering light.
Yuzu worked up the courage to have a look and saw the light, and was astonished. The light continued for a few seconds, but then disappeared, Yuzu unsure of how she was able to do it.
"See? You can do it. You can use that spell, make those yellow rope things and bind that creature."
"B-But, I can't do it alone…I mean, I can make that light appear, and that's only because I wished to emulate Senpai. I-I don't know if I can do something like that."
Yuzu wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea of doing it herself. It seemed like a big thing, and she didn't know what she would be able to do. She didn't want to even think about going up against that creature.
Karin placed hands on her twins shoulders, and smiled.
"We can do it together." Karin began, and smiled when she thought of Fusanosuke. "Senpai told me that nothing is impossible if you try. As long as you do your best, miracles can occur. Senpai believes in us, let us believe in ourselves."
"Karin-chan…I-I've never heard you sound so passionate…c-could Senpai really have affected you so much?"
Karin adopted a red face, and scratched her cheek.
"I just…he just kinda has this way of making things…good. I guess he's a cool guy…and he's done things for us…maybe he just makes me believe anything is possible."
Hearing the words of her twin, Yuzu had no choice but to nod her head, and stand tall.
Karin followed suit and grabbed her twins hand, and walked forward together with Yuzu.
"We've got to do our best, Yuzu."
"Y-Yes! Let's think of Senpai and how he did it! That's how I did it."
"Me too."
Karin confessed and walked towards the Hollow with Yuzu.
Having faith in themselves, Karin and Yuzu concentrated. They believed in themselves, they envisioned themselves doing what Fusanosuke had done beforehand. They wished and dreamed for it to happen as well. They wanted it, they needed to summon the power that was held within their powers. They wished for it to come forward, to spring forward, and release itself upon the enemy Hollow that was dangerously close towards the other humans, who had no idea that the Hollow was there, coming for them.
Just then, as they were concentrating, Fusanosuke arrived in his Shinigami form.
He was about to take out the Hollow, but saw the power building around Karin and Yuzu, a smile on his face.
"These girls are naturals. I didn't expect it, but their summoning their inner powers, and don't even know it. Yuzu-san, Karin-san…you girls, and Ichigo are very interesting. Believing in your hearts, you're able to swell your powers around you. I've seen Ichigo do it before, I didn't expect Karin-san and Yuzu-san to do it either…well, this is surprising. Let's just see what happens, and if they can't do it, I will step in…but something tells me they are going to pull it off."
With those thoughts in his mind, Fusanosuke watched with keen eyes, watching yellow energy wrapping around their joint hands.
As it did, Giselle appeared next to Fusanosuke, and saw the same thing that he did, giving him a smile.
"Seems like things are getting interesting, aren't they Hubby? Do you feel, the hidden power in them? Shinigami in Karin-chan, and Quincy in Yuzu-chan?"
Fusanosuke turned to her, surprised she knew that.
"How did you know…?"
He was baffled by her, but she just winked towards him, smacking her lips together in a sexual lust for him.
"Pretty much the same way as you~" Giselle sang, stealing a kiss from him, the boy scowling at her as she winked. "Ooh Hubby, don't show such a face, you're cute, don't scowl with that cuteness that you have."
Giselle smiled out with that goofy grin that she had, Fusanosuke retracting away from her slightly, though her grabbing his hand with a swiftness he had to wonder how she got so fast all of a sudden, questioned how he was going to get away from her.
"D-Don't kiss me like that without permission."
Fusa stuttered, Giselle finding it adorable and clung to him.
"Awwwww, you're so cute when trying to pretend you didn't enjoy it~ Don't worry my sexy Hubby, we'll do many things together later on~"
She snickered, and swiftly kissed him again before he could even blink. She caressed his lips with her own for only but a moment. But that moment was more than enough for her, she loved the feeling of his lips, and wouldn't ever stop kissing him.
Fortunately for Fusa, he had the mind to move away from her head, looking with interest at the twins, Giselle doing the same, though she kept staring at Fusanosuke's body, undressing him with her eyes.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
The Hollow screamed and raised its hands, startling Yuzu and Karin. They saw that it was ready, and the humans weren't any the wiser. In fact, they were calling for the twins, their eyes laced with concern when seeing Karin's cut.
"K-Karin-chan!"
Yuzu called, Karin responding by sticking out her hand.
"Yes! Let's do it!"
Nodding at Karin, Yuzu did the same thing and both concentrated.
The Hollows hand went to swing down on the humans, to crush them.
""Bakudo 4: Hainawa!""
Doing all they could, they threw their joint hands forward, and from there…a miracle occurred.
From their connected hands, a light came forth. It shone bright, a yellow colour. It was beautiful to Karin and Yuzu, who watched as their efforts paid off. They witnessed the yellow rope coming out together, twisting and turning in the sky.
The sun shined down on the yellow rope, creating a mesmerizing display. The yellow rope went all the way to the Hollows neck, and twisted and bended around it, wrapping around its neck, and caught it, straggling it.
"W-We did it!"
Yuzu yelled, very happy with her accomplishment.
Karin smiled as well, happy that she was able to do something, and now believed Fusa that she did have some kind of power. Whatever it was, she wasn't sure. But she couldn't deny this now, that she had a power in her hand and in her body.
"Come on Yuzu! Pull!"
Karin ordered, the twin nodding.
"Y-Yes!"
Following Karin's order, Yuzu pulled as hard as she could the same for Karin.
Because of their pull, the Hollows body was moved slightly. Because they were still human, they weren't able to pull the giant Hollow far, but it was enough to catch the attention of the Hollow, and turn it to their direction.
Ideally, they didn't want to face the Hollow as they were, but they didn't have a choice right now. They did what they needed to do, and that was get the Hollow away from their friends, not wanting them to get hurt.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
It howled into the blue sky, its red eyes on the girls.
"W-Well, we got its attention."
Yuzu giggled nervously, Karin sharing that same nervousness.
"W-We certainly did…n-now what do we…do?"
Karin finished, and didn't know what to do, as the Kido was dispelled by itself.
Both Yuzu and Karin felt their energies draining, but not enough to knock them down off their feet, which was expected from Karin, but surprising from Yuzu, at least in Fusanosuke's eyes, his eyes displaying joy for the pair.
"Well, seems like they need some help."
"Ooh! Me too Hubby!"
Giselle interjected, summoning her bow.
Together, they went forward.
"Haaah!"
Giselle took two arrows that had skulls on the end, and shot them forward, piercing the enemies limbs, at the weakest part. Because the Hollow was weak, it cut right through, cutting the arms right off the Hollow, them falling to the ground and disappearing.
"Dispatched."
Fusa calmly came above the Hollow, and swung his Zanpakuto downwards, cleaving the Hollow in half as Karin and Yuzu watch on with curious eyes.
Fusanosuke's sword went through the entire Hollow, and made it disappear, cleansing it with his sword. Fusa raised his blade, the light reflecting off the blade, Giselle returning to his side, and smiled at the girls.
"Well done Karin-san, Yuzu-san. You two did great."
He greeted with a kind smile, placing his sword away.
"Senpai!"
Yuzu cried and went forward. She hugged onto his body, not letting him go.
Karin moved forward, appreciation in her eyes.
"Thanks, Senpai. You saved our bacon."
He chuckled, and shook his head.
"You saved yourselves, I just did the cleanup work." He beamed out, then saw Karin's head, frowning. "You got hurt, huh." He mused, and placed a hand to her forehead, using healing Kido to heal the cut. "I don't know much of this stuff, but I know enough to heal this type of cut."
As the cooling aura washed over her forehead, Karin's face turned red.
She watched him hug Yuzu with one arm, and use the other hand on her forehead, and she made up her mind…
"Senpai has power…Onii-chan has power…and I have power. I couldn't do anything on my own, I had to have help from Yuzu…but no. I don't want to be a burden and rely on others anymore…I want to fight on my own…I want to have the power to protect, and not be protected anymore. I want, to become a Shinigami."
With a resolute heart, Karin was set in her path, and wanted the power, unaware that a certain someone was staring right at her, wanting to have her power for themselves, the same person that came after her years ago.
End chapter!
So yeah, after some awesome reviews and such, it seems that the Karin and Yuzu arc is the one that was chosen, and that means their powers are going to becoming very, very soon, possibly even in the next chapter! So look forward to that! A little more backstory for Fusa was also revealed as well!
Harem; Momo, Soi Fon, Nemu, Giselle, Bambietta, Rukia, Karin, Yuzu, Nanao, Hiyori, Orihime, Tatsuki.