Chapter 4: More pets? Great.

After their run-in with Yoruichi, Ichigo continued on to the pet shop with Rukia and Byakuya following him. To say that the Kuchiki head was very upset was an understatement.

"When I get my paws on that were-cat, I'll make her regret ever laughing at our situation again." Byakuya spoke more to himself than anything.

Rukia heard him since she was still on his back while they were walking. She actually cracked a smile at hearing how frustrated her brother was, since it was the first time she has ever heard him like this. It was odd to her yet to funny at the same time.

It didn't take long for them to reach the pet shop again and buy more collars and food for the other four. Luckily for Ichigo, he had a pretty decent amount of money to spend, so long as it was the non expensive stuff. The three walked on back to the house with Ichigo holding the three bags of food while Byakuya had the small bag in his mouth. The collar he wore was teal with a light pink design of cherry blossoms all around it. A little on the nose for Byakuya's taste, but Ichigo genuinely found this appropriate and nice on the dog. Rukia was still on Byakuya's back as they entered the house but quickly leapt off once she smelled more food. Ichigo looked confused as he heard a few more barks than usual.

"The hell?" He started as he took his shoes off and went into the living room to see two more dogs and two cats with them.

One dog was big and had a deep black fur that was slightly spiky. His right eyes looked glazed, probably blind, while the other was a brown color. He was licking Yuzu's face right now while she petted him and he was definitely enjoying this.

The other dog was a lightly dark puppy with bright blue eyes that seemed shy. He wasn't as small as the white puppy and was mainly staying close to the ebony feline of the house.

The two new cats in the room, one was a dark haired cat with a patch of yellow on her back. Her gray eyes looked around as she saw how the others were reacting. She would've been scowling from the looks of her if she wasn't being rubbed on the top of her head by Karin right now. She looked like she didn't want to, but she purred either way.

The last cat was a tall yet slender silver haired cat with brownish eyes. She looked like she was playing with Rangiku at the moment as the two were tumbling around for some reason. The ebony cat seemed to be chuckling at this for some reason.

Ichigo just looked at the scene in front of him as he had no clue how to react to any of this. "This is geetin' a little ridiculous." He said to himself as he walked over to his sisters. "So, where did they come from?" Both Yuzu and Karin looked up to see their brother just as the four new guest saw him as well.

"Ichigo." Yuzu started as she continued to pet the big, spiky dog. Said dog continued to lick her in thanks. "These adorable little guys were outside a little after you left the house. Aren't they so cute?"

"Yeah Ichigo." Karin started again as she played around with the dark cat, noticing that she was starting to be okay with it. "I think you might have just gotten a big family when you found that first set of pets."

Ichigo sighed as he kneeled down to the timid looking pup next to the ebony cat. He smiled as he went over to Ichigo and hopped up in his arms. "I guess so." Ichigo said as he pet the little guy on the head, completely oblivious as to who he was petting.

Later on that night, after the Kurosaki family had went to bed, the pets of the house began to converse.

"So let me get this straight," the big, spiky dog spoke first. "We're all cats and dogs now, right?"

"Right." Unohana answered as the pup sat next to her. "Tell us Kenpachi, what exactly do you remember from before?"

"Hmph." He started. "All I remember was mindin' my own business when this beam shot out into the sky, rainin' down somethin' on us."

"Hmm, it seems we all remember the events the same." Soi-Fon, the dark cat with a patch of yellow on its back, spoke up from her position on the arm of the couch. "I bet you it has something to do with that fool Kurotsuchi."

"That wouldn't surprise me." Byakuya spoke up as he sat next to Rangiku and Isane, the silver cat. "Whatever it is he did will be dealt with once we are changed back."

"Captain." Renji spoke up, laying on the adjacent couch with Rukia next to him and Toshiro on one of the arms.

"Yes Renji."

"Didn't you say you ran into Yoruichi earlier?" He asked his captain.

Byakuya growled at that woman's name. "Unfortunately, her sense of humor outweighed her logic at the time."

"Alright then. We just need her to explain the situation to Ichigo and get him to help up get back to the soul society." Toshiro spoke up.

"The only problem with that is we don't know if the same thing will happen to him once he sets foot within the Seireitei." Unohana spoke in a semi-serious tone.

"Then what should we do captain?" Isane asked her captain with concern in her eyes.

"I honestly don't know yet Isane." Unohana answered.

There was a silence for a moment before Kenpachi yawned rather loudly, getting everyones attention. "Well, if nobodies got any ideas, I'm goin to bed." He stood up and started walking away to the stairs.

"It's probably best if we all get some sleep." Unohana started. "We'll figure things out in the morning. Alright?"

Everyone agreed to this and headed off in different directions to sleep. Toshiro along with Soi-Fon stayed where they were as they were comfortable already. Kenpachi along with Renji and surprisingly enough Byakuya went to the girls room, as they enjoyed the attention. Byakuya wouldn't admit it, but he does deep down. Rukia, Rangiku and Isane went to Ichigo's room. After what Rukia told them about how Ichigo wakes up, the two decided to hopefully get a peak in. Unohana and Hanataro stayed near the couches. Hanataro snuggled into Unohana as he slept, causing the woman turned feline to smile softly.

No one knew what tomorrow would hold, but hopefully they would at least be able to figure something out. Maybe even get Yoruichi's help for real this time.

Probably not.

I know, short and almost a year since I last updated. My bad. No excuses. Hope ya'll still keep reading this. Next one will be a bit longer.

Stay awesome and as always,

PEACE!