Rest and recovery part 1
Feeling his eyes slowly flutter open at the comfy surface he currently lay upon, the feeling of a rough tongue against his right cheek made him chuckle softly, allowing his mind to note the fact he had Shadow laying beside his being.
Scanning the ceiling with a blurred vision, his eyes soon focused as his right arm reached and settled upon Shadow's head, gaining a loud purr from the Panther before he sat up slowly, noticing the exhaustion in his muscles, he looked around the room to see none other then Yoruichi sleeping against the wall beside the door. Smiling at the woman who helped him stand on his own feet, Ichigo stood up with a low groan as his muscles and bones creaked from the sudden use, reaching for his Cane, it manifested from nowhere.
Moving to Yoruichi he knelt down and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, making her hum in her sleep as she stirred awake. Blinking as her mind registered his shape, she looked up slowly to see the smiling face of Ichigo mere inches from her own.
"Hey, how's life treating you?" what came next was a stunning sight.
Yoruichi stood up quickly, keeping her eyes on his own she pulled him into a soft embrace, allowing her to inhale his familiar scent, she gave a sigh of relief.
"Next time you're heavily injured, don't go Bankai until you're fully healed" holding her close while also enjoying her hairs scent, the growl of Shadow made them turn to the window where yelling was heard, making them frown before the door opened to show Rukia rushing in after Griffin who landed on ichigo's head, leaning down for eye contact.
"ICHIGO, you're awake, not sleepwalking at all, you're alive. walking with both eyes open, can you remember what happened, what we went through the fucking shit storm that followed you giving the prick a reminder, SAY SOMETHING!" staring at the Bird as it leaned up to hop onto Yoruichi's shoulder, Ichigo spoke.
"What happened after I fell unconscious?" seeing Yoruichi and Rukia laugh sheepishly at his question, Griffin chose to open his beak.
"A lot of pussy wanted a piece of that ass" seeing the two girls blush suddenly as they slowly turned to Griffin atop of Yoruichi's shoulder, he realised his mistake immediately.
Leaving Ichigo to rub his eyes.
"How bad is it?" seeing the two women share a look, Yoruichi spoke with a smile.
"I don't exactly know, all I know is that they're a lot of girls trying to see the hero of the Seireitei…" the serious face she gave next worried Ichigo.
"Including the Head captain after seeing both you're Bankai along with my Zanpakutō, it was almost like he recognised them from his time of youth" blinking at the revelation, Ichigo turned to Rukia who was currently toying with her robes.
"How are you doing Rukia, no one giving you trouble?" seeing the girl perk up, she gave a small smile.
"I've been fine, that giant construct however has been following me like a guard dog for some reason" seeing Ichigo blink, they jumped suddenly as the window was shattered by the demon Nightmare itself, it's lone eye scanning the room before it landed on Ichigo who stared at the sight with amusement.
Turning to Yoruichi who held a hand to her face, she looked to Ichigo with a soft smile before the door opened once more by Suì-Fēng.
"Lady Yoruichi I heard- what the?" stopping as the occupants of the room looked at her, the petite suddenly held Shadow protectively from Nightmare, showing the demon cat possessing a confused look, turning to an amused Ichigo the panther gave a confused growl.
"Not my fault you look like an oversized kitten" getting a warning growl from both Shadow AND Suì-Fēng, Ichigo, Yoruichi and Rukia shared a quick laugh, making the captain blush deeply as Yoruichi wrapped her arms around Ichigo's neck to kiss him.
"Wait, Lady Yoruichi, this is the man you spoke of as you're lover?" seeing the petite captain blush as the medical gown clung to ichigo's form, the captain cleared her throat before bowing to Ichigo, stunning him as she spoke.
"Thank you… for healing Yoruichi's heart" watching the woman stand up with another bow, she smiled thankfully towards Ichigo who smiled in return.
"It was my genuine pleasure" flicking his right hand, he covered his smile with his red book… like a certain shop owner.
Making Suì-Fēng give him a deadpan.
Which prompted Ichigo to lower the book.
"Too much?"
"Yeah… too much of Kisuke"
Walking through the Seireitei now without the need to fight constantly, Ichigo and shadow were enjoying the peace as they explored the sights, Rukia beside him with a book of the Seireitei's history, searching for any indication of Ichigo's bankai along with Yoruichi's the lady was having no luck.
Which she showed by growling while trying to rip apart the very thick book in hand.
Sighing as they stopped, Ichigo smiled in amusement, looking to Shadow who gave a rumble which made him snort in amusement.
"What's so funny?" turning to the little Shinigami, Ichigo took note to her white robes fading to black slowly.
"Nothing, he just thinks you look like an angry cub when angry" hearing this Rukia turned to Shadow who gave a soft growl of acknowledgement. Making her blush at being called adorable.
She stood stock straight however as the shadow of Nightmare loomed over her protectively.
Looking up to hear the low soft rumbled of Nightmare, ichigo raised an eyebrow as the rumbling finally registered as… purrs?
"Uh, why is it purring" moving to answer, Griffin appeared on Ichigo's shoulders, looking to Nightmare with it's own eyes widening.
"Whoa, it's actually, calm. It's at peace. Hey short stuff what attribute does you're Zanpakutō have?" jumping up to smack the bird, Griffin flapped his wings to avoid the angry midget who scowled at his bird face.
"Get down here you chicken!"
"NEVER!" flying away with a hysterical laugh, Ichigo sighed while rubbing his face.
"Anyway, to answer the question. My Zanpakutō, Sode no Shirayuki is an ice type. And I will admit she is a calm person… so I guess that would explain why this thing follows me" looking up to Nightmare's lone eye as it focused solely on her, it sank into the ground with a soft rumble, returning most of Ichigo's tattoo's, causing Rukia to perk up.
"That reminds me, when did you get tattoo's. are you trying to copy Renji?"
Smiling sheepishly while backing away, Shadow returned to his tattoo's causing Rukia's eyebrows to widen.
"Wait, is that where those animals come from?"
Seeing hope of avoiding a beating form his lovable friend, ichigo spoke.
"Yeah, though they also come out of the Cane" to emphasize his point, he summoned Shadow who landed with a roar, strutting around them with it's mouth open with a rumble in it's throat, Shadow approached Rukia for pets…
AND PETS IT RECEIVED!.
AND CUDDLES!
Never forget the cuddles.
