Warning: Lemon!

Chapter Seventeen

The next morning…
Urahara Shop; Spare Bedroom

"Zzzzzz…zzzzz….zzzzzz…"

The sun started to shine in Karakura Town. Its sunny rays peeked through the blinds, revealing the orange-haired teenagers still asleep under the cozy futon. Ichigo held Orihime close to him, the girl's head resting on his shoulder and her body pressed up against his. His arm wrapped around her waist, keeping her warm with his body heat.

Thankfully for Ichigo, he was spared another deluge of memories caused by the captains' continued meddling in his head. For the first time since his ordeal with the four Soul Reaper captains began, the boy finally had a decent sleep, snoring softly while holding his friend tight.

"Ngh…"

Opening his eyes, Ichigo at first didn't recognize where he was when he saw that he wasn't looking up at his bedroom ceiling. Blinking his eyes to let his vision come back into clear focus, the Substitute's memory of the day before started to come back to him; the fight that'd happened while the two were out together and the horrific aftermath when Orihime was hit. A stab of guilt hit him before it was soothed by the memory of what followed, Unohana helping him save Orihime's life before the two finally confessed to each other and shared their first kiss. Even now Ichigo could still feel the ghost of Orihime's kiss on his lips.

A blush spread across Ichigo's cheeks which was only intensified when he realized two things. One, Orihime was topless save for the bandages covering her chest. Two, Ichigo was holding onto her very tightly. He gulped as the feeling of two large breasts pressed against his chest. He wanted to let her get some rest but he couldn't move. 'Crap! My arm's gone numb. I can't move without waking her up.' He laid his head back on the pillow and watched the beautiful orangette sleep, his heart beating a little faster in his chest as he stared at her face. 'She's so beautiful. It's like waking up next to an angel.'

"Ichigo. You're a Soul Reaper. You know angels don't exist," interrupted Byakuya, the four having woken up with Ichigo.

The soft expression on Ichigo's face was quickly replaced by his typical scowl. "Yeah, and I also know devils exist. Four of them in fact.' The respect he had for Byakuya and the help the man gave him last night evaporated. 'Because as always, every time I have a moment, you guys just can't resist giving your commentary.'

"Hmph…"

"Mmmh…"

Hazel eyes slowly opened up, Orihime stirring awake. When she saw Ichigo's face so close to hers, she blinked three times in a row before her face turned bright pink. "Oh! Um…uh…m-morning!" Like with Ichigo, Orihime didn't know what to do in this moment. Waking up in bed all alone with Ichigo was a dream come true yet she never really thought about what happened afterwards.

Brushing the hair out of her face, Ichigo gave the girl a smile and slowly leaned down to gently kiss her lips. "Good morning. Are you feeling any better?'

"I bet she's feeling loads better now! Hahahah…"

Ignoring Kenpachi's jab, Ichigo looked down at Orihime's bandages. "Are you okay? I hope I didn't accidentally press on your wound."

"Oh no. I'm perfectly fine!" To prove her point, Orihime sat up, letting the sheets fall down to show Ichigo that she was feeling much better. "I'll probably have to finish healing it myself so that I don't have a scar showing. But other than that you, Captain Unohana and Mister Urahara did a great job in healing me."

What Orihime didn't realize was that the bandages Kisuke and Yoruichi had wrapped her wound with were rather thin and clung to her body, making her large breasts that much more prominent. Even more scandalous, the bandages didn't cover her entire front so the underside of her boobs were showing. Ichigo's heartbeat started getting louder as he struggled to think, his eyes glued to her breasts.

Though he felt like he should keep as quiet as the grave after yesterday's horrific events, Toshiro decided this was getting too awkward and spoke up. "Ichigo, her eyes aren't on her chest and you're making her uncomfortable again."

However, what snapped Ichigo out of his staring was when he noticed something behind Orihime: the black cat sitting at the foot of the futon. "Y-Yoruichi!"

Orihime whirled around and gasped, grabbing the sheets to cover herself. "Yoruichi! How long have you been there?"

The cat swished her tail while looking at the couple with a knowing stare. "Oh, I've been here for about an hour. It was cute watching you two snuggle. Anyway, Tessai should be making pancakes right now. Ichigo, go see if he has a few stacks ready by now and let Orihime rest a little more. I also need to check her injury and that doesn't involve a horny teenager staring at her boobs."

Ichigo felt so embarrassed he couldn't even think of a comeback. It didn't help that he heard the captains snickering in his head. "R-right. Excuse me…"

Getting up, Ichigo headed out of the room, hearing Yoruichi poof back into Human form when he closed the door behind him. Sighing, Ichigo headed for the kitchen where he heard Tessai cooking.

"Well, that could have gone a little better. You need to learn more self-control in Orihime's presence, Ichigo," chastised the voice of Captain Unohana.

"Just be grateful you do not act such disrespectfully in front of Rukia otherwise I would gladly break every building in here, consequences be damned."

"Shut up, Byakuya…" seethed an irate Ichigo.

A minute later Ichigo came back with a tray of food for Orihime. Opening the door, he saw Yoruichi opening the window while Orihime, now dressed in a spare change of clothes loaned to her by the woman, sitting on the futon. "Here you go, Orihime."

"Thanks, Ichigo!" Orihime happily took the tray, digging in to her breakfast.

Turning around, Yoruichi gave the Substitute a stern glare. Her concern for Ichigo, the captains trapped inside him and Orihime only grew after the previous day. "Ichigo, listen to me. Don't fight Hollows anymore." When he turned to look at her, she continued. "Your powers are in a constant flux and the captains distracting you almost cost Orihime her life. Leave the Hollows to me and your friends. Okay?"

"I know. I…told the captains that last night."

"Orihime will be fine. She'll need a little more rest before she can heal herself. You should head on home and let your sisters know you're okay. Unless…" Her eyebrows rose suggestively, "you plan on picking up where you left off this morning?"

To her and the captains' amusement, the two orange-heads blushed. Orihime looked down and started to scarf down her breakfast while trying not to look at Ichigo, knowing what they both had been thinking in that moment.

"O-okay…I'll call you later and see how you're doing, Orihime," softly said Ichigo before he turned and left, wondering what the future held for him and Orihime after last night.

Later that day…

Sitting on his bed, Ichigo looked at the combat pass, debating whether or not to pop into Soul Reaper form and perform Jinzen to talk with the captains. While everything turned out okay, he still hadn't forgiven the captains for what happened.

Before he could finish making up his mind, however, Kenpachi threw in his two cents. "Coward."

"Kenpachi!"

"Don't "Kenpachi!" me, Unohana! Ichigo literally had her half naked in his arms and he still pussyfooted around! Does that boy even have balls?"

Bristling with anger, Ichigo balled his fists and made sure Kon wasn't around to hear him vent. "Shut! Up! Orihime was still hurt and that wasn't the time and place to do her!"

"At this rate, your time and place will be when you've got gray hair and she's got more wrinkles than the old man!"

Huffing, Ichigo crossed his arms and looked out the window. "Could you guys please gag him?"

"We already tried that but he keeps threatening to take off his eyepatch," lamented Toshiro. "Look, Ichigo. I'm really sorry about yesterday. But neither of us can take back what happened. Yoruichi is right. You shouldn't fight anymore unless its absolutely necessary."

"And even then your first duty is to take the fight elsewhere. Had you released Hyorinmaru, you would have turned most of Karakura Town into a barren icy tundra." Unohana's words made Ichigo think about Toshiro's powers more. The only time he'd seen Toshiro fight was when he got curbstomped by Aizen.

"Is it really that powerful?"

"You have never faced Captain Hitsugaya in battle," reminded Byakuya. "Do not doubt his strength because of his youth. His zanpakuto is the strongest ice-and-snow type in all of the Soul Society's history, dwarfing Rukia's. His ability controls even the weather and his zanpakuto's area of effect is quite wide. That was why we were alarmed when you started to release it. Without proper control, you would have frozen most of the town. And that also would have frozen Orihime as well."

Ichigo stiffened as he realized the enormity of Toshiro's power. His mind blurred as he saw a quick glimpse into Toshiro's memories, seeing the boy confront Gin after the man manipulated Momo into attacking him.

"You're going to want to get back, Izuru," warned Gin as Toshiro drew his sword. "You don't want to die, do you?"

"Don't be stupid. Staying back isn't good enough." Toshiro held out his sword while glaring at captain and lieutenant. "Disappear! When you can't see us anymore, keep going! If you're within seven miles…I can't guarantee I won't end up killing you!"

Snapping back into focus, Ichigo blinked when he realized how close he'd come to disaster. "Seven miles?!"

"My power is young. It hasn't fully matured yet and I'm still working on getting more control over it."

The magnitude of Toshiro's power shocked Ichigo but it did raise a question. "Wait, if you haven't fully mastered your own power, then why are you a captain? Isn't that taking too much responsibility?"

Toshiro struggled to answer the question. Even the other three captains had wondered that for a long time as well. "It's…complicated. My captain vanished out of the blue and Rangiku…well, of the two of us, one of us needed to step up to the plate and Rangiku and responsibility don't go well together. Our squad needed a captain and I was the only one with the capability for the job."

"That I can agree with. Rangiku as a captain? That'll be the day…" remarked Ichigo before he got a text from Orihime. "Oh! Orihime is coming over for dinner. I should let Yuzu know she's cooking for five."

"So are you actually going to put the moves on her? Or just let another opportunity walk on by?"

"Kenpachi! Shut the hell up! And I don't want to hear anything about sex from any of you!"

Ichigo realized he'd hit a nerve when Byakuya spoke up. "And just what is that supposed to mean, Ichigo? Do you think that none of us have ever been intimate?"

Getting irritated, Ichigo sat back down and crossed his arms in a huff. "Oh please, when was the last time any of you have ever gotten laid?"

A long period of silence followed and for a brief instant, Ichigo thought he'd won the argument. Inside his head, however, the four captains looked at each other and they collectively decided to shove some humble pie down Ichigo's throat. "Ichigo, perhaps you should watch what you say," warned Unohana.

Ichigo knew he was in trouble.

The four captains put a hand on the window they were looking through and focused their memroies into Ichigo's consciousness. And instantly Ichigo regretted his decision to taunt the captains as he was bombarded by four sets of memories.

Dropped into the middle of a memory, Ichigo went pale as the scene came into focus. The room was dark, a candle dimly lit on a dresser. Byakuya stood on his knees, his kimono untied to show his naked front. In front of him was a woman that for a brief moment Ichigo mistook for Rukia, only to realize it was Byakuya's wife, Hisana.

"L-Lord Byakuya…" panted the long-haired woman, naked as the day she was born and holding onto her husband tightly while he fingered her.

Capturing his wife's lips in a deep kiss, Byakuya laid Hisana on her back. The raven-haired woman gasped when her husband entered her, fucking her hard and fast. "Byakuya! Byakuya!" she continuously moaned

The scene's image blurred and shifted until Ichigo found himself staring at Unohana and Kenpachi. The taller, spiky-haired man had the motherly captain pinned to the wall from behind, his bells jingling every time his hips slammed into the woman's ass.

"W-wait! Isane is next door! She'll hear!" Unohana insisted in between moans. Despite her protests, the look of her face told Ichigo she was enjoying this as much as Kenpachi.

"Heh! You'd like that, wouldn't you? You'd want her to join in so you can watch me fuck your lieutenant!" taunted Kenpachi, hands reaching around the woman's curvy body to cup her breasts.

"You're…incorrigible…"

"You're even worse!"

Just when Ichigo couldn't take any more of it, the scene shifted again. He once again went wide-eyed when he saw the naked Toshiro fucking an equally naked Rangiku from behind, captain bending lieutenant over his desk and pounding away at her pussy.

"Rangiku..." huffed Toshiro, smacking the strawberry blonde's ass. "Why is it…you only do your paperwork…if you're drunk and fucked silly?"

Gripping the edge of the desk, Rangiku turned her head and grinned. "Because I know you can't resist this ass!" Toshiro leaned forward and shut her up with a kiss, hand spanking her ass until it was cherry red with handprints.

The memories ended as soon as they began and Ichigo found himself back in his room, face turning bright red from what he'd just witnessed.

"So tell us, Ichigo, what was that you were saying earlier about how we don't know have a sex life?" asked Unohana in her scary/kind voice.

Minutes later Kon walked into the room, dressed in another frilly dress courtesy of Yuzu. "Huh? Ichigo, you okay?" As much as he disliked Ichigo, even he was concerned by his pale face and the strained, dry look in his eyes, like he hadn't blinked once in an hour.

"…Kon. I'm blind."

To be continued

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