CHAPTER 21

Telling about a journey!

Ichigo noticed that no one moved and put Kuzu down on the ground. He waited for a bit till they did something but his patience soon run out and he left with a yipping, happily wagging Kuzu right behind him. Ichigo wondered why Kuzu was so happy but let it be as one of his moods.

"That was a dog right?" Kenpachi asked a bit dumb.

"No I do not think that you could have called that creature a dog. I have never seen such a being before in my life" said a curious looking Ukitake. Mayuri started to smile and answered:

"You have never seen it before because it doesn't exist in this world. I hope that I can experiment on him. It would be thrilling to learn everything about that creature." He said smile already bigger than his face. Everyone, even Kenpachi felt a need to step away from him till Yamamoto said:

"Kurotsuchi, you are forbidden to do any experience to that creature without Kurosaki's permission. Have I made myself clear?" He asked opening his eyes and looking straight at Mayuri. Mayuri nodded, having already lost his smile and grumbled something about 'a good specimen before him and he couldn't experiment on him'.

Ichigo already stood before the academy. The gates were wide open as always and the students were running around, trying to go to their classes. Ichigo looked around trying to spot his friends but they didn't seem to be there. He turned and was about to go away again when something grabbed his pants and didn't seem to let go. He looked down and saw silver hair and a little horn pocking out between it. He took the crying girl into his arms and started to rock her. She calmed down after a while and stopped crying.

"Sorry Yukina that I was gone for this long. I brought you a friend as apologize. He will be living with us from now on." Yukina's eyes widened when she looked at the wagging creature. She gave a happy squeal and started to try and reach out to him with her arms. She was too small to reach him and when Ichigo noticed that she was close to tears he sat her down and she started to pet Kuzu who gave a content purr. Ichigo noticed that she seemed to have fallen in love with Kuzu because she didn't want Ichigo to take her up again. He looked up when he noticed someone approaching him fast. He looked up and noticed that it were his friends who were running toward him and Yukina.

Ren was the first one that stopped next to him and tried to catch his breath again. While doing so he wheezed out:
"I am sorry sir but could you give that girl back to us? We are taking care of her till our friend is back." Ichigo almost laughed at that. Had he changed?

Daiki, Arisa and Daisuke had arrived as well and they all were staring confused and suspicious at Ichigo. Arisa seemed more confused than the others and suddenly asked:

"Is that you Riku?" She asked. The others just stared shocked at her and then at Ichigo when he nodded and said:

"It's me! I don't think that I have changed so much, so why didn't you recognize me?" Ichigo said a bit irritated that his friends hadn't been able to recognize him. They looked guilty at the floor but Daisuke said, rubbing his head a bit sheepishly:

"We aren't the only ones at fault here. You just disappear like that and when you return after two months you look totally different." He looked closely at Ichigo.

"What does look different?" Ichigo asked a bit worried. He hated to change after what had happened with changing into a god.

"Your hair is way longer and has an orange color. Your eyes have become a golden color, the brown color somehow still there. Your wings aren't there anymore and last and least: We can't see your face because of your hair that already reaches the ground." Ichigo hadn't noticed or cared about his hair since he had been in the other world. He hadn't noticed that it had grown so long. He wanted, no he needed to cut it any way possible. He didn't want his hair to always wipe the ground. He needed to find a solution for at least that. Maybe he should ask Urahara.

Ichigo had stayed with his friends and had talked about everything that he had experienced. They had made big eyes. Ichigo had told them the truth about whom he is and where he had been. He wasn't able to lie anymore anyway. The rumor that Ichigo Kurosaki had become a god soon spread around the whole soul society through unknown means but Ichigo never regretted telling his friends the truth. He had felt bad about lying to them and now he had finally been able to tell them what most of his well kept secrets were.

It was about noon when a message of a captain meeting reached him and he was to attend. He took his friends with him, not caring if they were allowed to or not and went toward the first division.

Ichigo looked right into the eyes of the sou-taicho, while his friends tried to avert them from the sou-taicho's gaze.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, I would like to know what has happened." The sou-taicho said and Ichigo noticed the demanding tone.

"What do you want to know, about my grown hair or my adventure to another world?" It was asked a bit sarcastic but it didn't seem to bother Yamamoto at all.

"We would all like what happened on your journey." He said with a calm voice and Ichigo sighed. He really didn't want to tell them the story again, but it was fair enough.

"After I had been transported there, by means unknown, the crystal sharps had disappeared and I had found myself on a field surrounded by monsters…." Ichigo started to tell them about his adventure and somehow had a feeling that he would earn millions if he would sell this as a story. He also already knew the perfect title: "My new life as a god!" It would surely be a bestseller.

When he had finished he really wished for a bit of water. He remembered that he was able to create his own and so he did, not caring if the others saw him or not. The others could only stare as Ichigo suddenly created water in his hands and started to drink. Yamamoto didn't really care about it at the moment. He was much more interested that Ichigo seemed to be able to create his own dimensions.

Mayuri was almost jealous about Ichigo's adventure. There had been so many specimen that he could have experienced on and even now there still was one but under the watchful eyes of the sou-taicho and Kurosaki he wasn't able to take it.

They all had different thought about that whole matter when a light appeared hovering over the table. Ichigo didn't do anything expect saying:

"So you came to hear as well."

The light seemed to smile and a voice coming from the light said: "It seemed that you have finally decided what you what to be! I really haven't misjudged you. Now that you are able to control your flow of power you may as well go home!" Everyone's eyes widened and time seemed to freeze.

Liked it?

Was a bit short but I needed to learn for history.