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Chapter 45: Revelations

(Que Story OP – Hello Sleepwalkers "Hyakkiyakou")

A flash of white was all they could see, then burning pain all over their body. With a pain-filled scream, our resident heroes came through the portal. First was the three of the four members of Team RWBY that were hurled by their leader. The trio soared through the white tear in space and skidded across the ground for a few feet. Their bodies were covered in black ash and a bit of smoke came off their bodies, but their Aura made them fine. Following the trio came the orange-haired hero Ichigo Kurosaki, his signature hair black from ash and his body smoking from the passage. Finally, Ruby the new arrancar arrived, her pale skin almost pitch black from the same substance. The only one who seemed mostly fine was Blake given her choice of color.

"Ow, that freaking hurt." Weiss complained, coughing slightly. "And that was not because you threw us, you dolt."

"What is with this black stuff all over us?" Yang said, shaking her hair and in her horror were blonde locks were also dirtied pitch black. "This stuff is in my hair!"

"Hat n' Clogs, why do I feel like I went through a furnace just now?" Ichigo said, leveling a glare at the scientist who was clean.

"In truth, that only happens to first timers." Kisuke answered honestly, gesturing to Ren, Jaune, and Nora who were cleaning themselves up off to the side with help from Senna using her zanpakuto to blow it off.

Ruby narrowed her eyes, her right eye blinking crimson. "Why didn't you tell us?"

"I could've but it was too hilarious not to." Kisuke said.

Killing intent washed over the basement landscape, all directed at Kisuke. Nervous eyes slowly turned to the source to see a livid Yang. Her Aura sparked like flames off her hair and her eyes turned a blood red to match her birth mother. Her breathing was straining, a sign that she was losing her cool.

"So let me get this straight." Yang snarled, the air around her heating up. "It's because of you that my hair has been defiled like this?"

"Well... yes." Kisuke answered meekly.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

Yang launched off like a rocket, her fist cocked back to blast Kisuke's head into a bloody mess. To the normal eye, she was a blur of blazing gold but to the shinigami and hybrids present she was only moving as fast as a seventh seat officer of the Gotei 13. Kisuke did not make any move to dodge. Not because he wasn't worried but rather the wrath of a woman will always be his greatest fear.

The golden haired older sister of Ruby only reached a few meters before a blur even to the shinigami's eyes intersected. There was a bang as Yang's fist connected with something and a dust cloud was kicked up from the force. The new arrivals to Earth expected to see Kisuke on the ground with a large bump. They were not expecting a tall and well endowed woman with chocolate brown skin, purple hair, golden eyes, and a smile only a happy cat could make. That was Yoruichi Shihoin introduced herself, wearing her 'kill me' bright orange jacket, intercepting and blocking Yang's most powerful punch.

"Now as much as I would like to see Kisuke eat his own teeth, let's all just simmer down for now." Yoruichi said sweetly to the gobsmacked Yang. "Besides, I get to meet some new interesting people."

Yang could only stumble back from Yoruichi's grip and sputter out words listlessly. "Wha - How -"

"Aww, don't feel too bad about that." Yoruichi consoled, flashing her a grin. "I am kind of impressed. A punch like that could shake up a lieutenant. Call me Yoruichi, so what's yours, firecracker?"

"Yang Xiao Long." Yang introduced with a bit of flair in her voice.

"You're Ruby's older sis, aren't you?" Yoruichi perked up, getting a nod from the sun-kissed blonde. "I can see where my little Rose-chan gets her fire. Speaking off, where is my cute student?"

"Hi, Yoruichi-sensei." Ruby greeted in a cheery tone and in a burst of shunpo was glomped in a tight hug by the resident purplenette.

"Oh my little Rose-chan, are you okay?" Cooed Yoruichi, whether or not intentionally smothering the arrancar into her bosom. "When I heard that Kisuke sent you away and that you got lost-"

Yoruichi paused in her rambling while her hands roamed over the top of Ruby's head and feeling two extra new appendages. She pulled the poor girl out of her bosom to get a closer examination. As Ruby gasped for breath, Yoruichi could only blink staring at the new pair of red-tipped black wolf ears adorned on her head. Her fingers laced behind the new furry ears, making Ruby freeze on contact. A shit-eating grin threatened to split Yoruichi's face in two as she started scratching the wolf ears and to her delight turn her student into a moaning mess.

"I think I have just a new nickname for you," Yoruichi almost squealed, "Puppy-chan."

Ruby was able to level a stare at Yoruichi and her ears twitch in mild irritation in response to the new nickname. Yang was keeled laughing at the display of being called a puppy, and Blake in the background made sure to cover her ears to save herself from embarrassment.

"I would like it if you stopped harassing Ruby-chan, Yoruichi." Interrupted Ichigo.

"Ooh, only three days and he's calling you 'chan' already." Yoruichi said to Ruby. "You work fast, Pup-chan. I am so proud of you."

It was only then Yoruichi noticed Ichigo and his new addition of a ten-foot long white tail thick with muscle that could easily lift a person up and smash rock. Instead of cooing over the animal appendage, Yoruichi narrowed her eyes in caution. She stretched out her senses and almost stumbled to the ground at his massive spiritual pressure. Not only had his reserves increased to the point he would be considered one of the Royal Guard, his reiatsu felt much more refined. He was still leaking spiritual pressure but it was no longer an unstable mess. She could sense Hollow, shinigami, and even Quincy working in harmony instead of battling for dominance, laced with the mysterious power of his Aura and Semblance granted by Ruby.

"...You have a tail." Yoruichi said, breaking her silence.

Ichigo sighed. "That seems to be the normal reaction."

"Not to be a bother!" Nora interjected. "Where are we anyway? Is this what Earth really looks like? Kind of dreary."

"We're actually in a basement." Ren answered.

"A basement?" Weiss said with a look of clear disbelief.

"Under a candy shop no less." Ren added, and immediately regretted it when Nora started bouncing all over the place at the mention of candy.

"Where's the candy?!" Nora frothed at the mouth. "I heard candy! Give me candy! Momma wants her candy!"

"Nora, calm down!" Ren said, holding Nora by the back of her arms. "There isn't any candy."

Nora pouted. "But I want my candy."

"But you literally can't." Yoruichi said. "Not without a gigai."

"A gi-wha?" Yang wondered.

Ruby glanced to her sister (cousin) and her eyes widened on the blonde's right side, specifically her arm.

"Yang, your arm." Ruby almost shouted, pointing to said limb.

"What about my... arm." Yang's voice trailed off and everyone stared at the limb in shock. Instead of the prosthetic given to her by Atlas, it was indeed a pure flesh limb minus the gauntlet of her Ember Celica. It was as if the arms was never cut off at the fall of Beacon at all.

"Kisuke, explain, now." Ruby demanded.

"I'm glad you asked, Pup-chan." Kisuke said "There's a reason why I called my newest and greatest invention the Physical World Gate. Your world has a rule of sorts much like the Soul Society. Any spirit, be it shinigami, plus, or Hollow, traveling to Remnant will take on a physical body, the direct opposite of the Senkaimon that converts physical bodies into spiritual ones."

"So you're basically telling us that we're ghosts?" Weiss asked.

"In simple terms, yes, Ice Queen." Kisuke answered.

"OH C'MON!" Weiss outraged at the title. Even in a new dimension, she wasn't immune.

"That doesn't that mean we're dead?" Blake wondered, causing Yang to gulp.

"Yes and no." Kisuke answered. "I see that none of you have a chain connected to your chests, so I can only theorize that you are technically alive and mortal, just lacking a body. I can fix up a perfect replica gigai real quick."

"Then please get started on it." Yang said with a bit of a whimper. "I don't know how I feel about being a ghost. Anyone else feeling lifeless?"

"It's okay, Yang." Ruby soothed. "Kisuke is practically the smartest person here. He'll get you all fixed up - OW!"

Ruby's sudden outburst was due to said former captain of the 12th Division using shunpo to get behind her and capture some of her blood through a syringe. He disappeared again, followed by exclaims from Ichigo, Nora, Jaune, Blake, and Weiss as Kisuke took their blood. Next, Kisuke pulled out a large device from his jacket as big as his head and inserted the blood vials. The machine let out a few beeps and displayed a monitor before dropping gigai candies in his palm.

"Here you go." Kisuke said before tossing one 'candy' each to the ones whose blood was taken.

"What the heck is with the candy?" Yang asked Ruby.

The wolf Faunus flashed a grin at the blonde before popping the candy into her mouth. There was a crunch that led to a bright light enveloping Ruby. Once it died down, Ruby looked as normal as any normal civilian of Kuoh wearing slim black jeans with sneakers and a red, long-sleeved top that hugged her curves, and her skin tone was back to what its porcelain look. To her relief, her new Faunus and arrancar features were not present so she wouldn't have to hide them from the public.

Yang actually widened her eyes at the display that could only be described as magic, and at the fact that her not-so little sister was packing in the 'asset' department. Ichigo was next eating the candy and his gigai came to life around him. He was wearing his highschool's dress code of a white buttoned, short-sleeved shirt with jeans and sneakers. Like Ruby, his tail was not present at all since it was considered a part of his soul form. To her joy, she had her red cloak back again, a function that Kisuke added that would allow her to wear it even outside her gigai.

The new Remnanties followed suit of the hybrids and ate their candies. They looked relatively the same, except that Blake was missing her cat ears to her sadness. Yang was wearing a less revealing outfit that reminded Ruby when they went after Torchwick and his robot mech. Brown cargo pants were held to her waist by two belts and she wore a white top underneath a black and white jacket that had some of the buttons opened to peek at her bust. Weiss, to her ire, was wearing casual clothing consisting of a white jacket and pants with high heels. Blake kept her color scheme of a black leather jacket that stopped at her midrift to reveal a grey shirt, short black pants, and boots. A black bow adorned the top of her head. Jaune's gigai was roughly simple, getting rid of the armor and weapons and only replaced his top with a blue shirt. Nora wore a white sweater and black pants.

"Do I have to have my ears hidden?" Blake whined.

"Sorry, Blake, but Faunus don't exist here." Ruby explained, which shocked Blake that they weren't any Faunus on Earth. "If people here found out you had real cat ears, consider the rest of your life inside of a lab to prod and study you."

Blake paled visibly and swore to herself to keep her gigai on at all times. Ruby turned her attention back to Kisuke, who was closely examining the device from earlier.

"Huh, isn't this interesting." Kisuke thought outloud, sparing glances between Ruby and Ichigo. "Take a look at this."

Ichigo and Ruby obliged, but all they saw was a screen with a bunch wavy lines and numbers that they couldn't make any heads or tails of.

"Uh, in case you didn't know, none of us scientists." Yang said.

Kisuke sighed. "To be a genius to a people full of simple ones is truly a blessing and a curse. Well, allow me to explain myself as I do enjoy doing. See, when I was taking Ichigo's blood sample, something very interesting came up. Most of you don't know this, but Ichigo is a very special case being a three-way hybrid of shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy."

Ichigo rolled his eyes. "I get it. I'm a freak to nature sue me. Can you get on with it?"

"I was getting there, Kurosaki-san." Kisuke continued. "The usual hybrids are a cross of shinigami and Hollow, and come in two varieties as you know. Vizards are typically sixty percent shinigami and forty percent Hollow, which explains why their Hollow nature comes in through a mask. Arrancar are the opposite way being sixty percent Hollow and forty percent shinigami, given their still Hollow-like appearance but the addition of their own zanpakuto. Ruby is a bit special in her own way as she is perfectly fifty-fifty between Hollow and shinigami."

"So what makes me special?" Ichigo asked. "Aren't I just, you know, thirty-three percent each?"

"You would think that." Kisuke said. "However, my little friend says something else. Ichigo Kurosaki, you are somehow 300 percent: 100 percent shinigami, 100 percent Hollow, and 100 percent Quincy. You are a pure-blood of all three."

Ichigo wasn't some genius, but even he knew that should be impossible. The rest shared the same thought with Ruby staring at Ichigo with wide eyes and Weiss wiping her lower jaw on the ground.

"Y-You can't be serious, Hat n' Clogs." Ichigo said in shock.

"Deadly so." Kisuke confirmed. "I've already gone through several diagnostics, but this thing is not wrong, Ichigo. You are one weird case Masaki popped out."

"Speaking of," Ichigo muttered with a dangerous edge, "Goat-chin has some explaining to do."

"So you know." Stated Kisuke. "I can't stop you looking for answers. Well, enjoy your day and I welcome you all to Karakura."

With his words said, Kisuke disappeared. Ruby gave a concerned look to the frowning Ichigo as he made his way up the ladder, intent of getting home and figuring this mystery out. The arrancar glanced between her boyfriend and her friends struggling to make a decision of who to go with.

"So, uh," Ruby said, "want me to take you on a tour of the town? We could visit Ichigo's parents, see some friends I made here."

The trio exchanged some looks before Yang smiled at her leader. "We'll go wherever you go."

Ruby was so happy she had such wonderful friends.

"Hey Senna, want to come with us?" Ruby asked her teammate of Team SIRR.

"Nah, you go on ahead." Senna waved off, plopping down on the ground. "I've had enough crazy for a long time. I'll think I'll just rest here."

(Karakura Town)

While Ruby was closely following Ichigo, the trio of WBY were staring at the sights of Karakura Town. It wasn't the new architecture, but the way people carried themselves. Even in the cities the people always had an air of caution that they could be attacked by Grimm at any moment. Yet here the people were just as content with their lives as they could be without any worry whatsoever.

"This is-" Yang started, trying to find the right words.

"Nostalgic." Weiss added.

"Bizarre." Blake said.

"... Peaceful." Yang finished. "Everything here's just perfectly peaceful. Even on Patch, we were always on the lookout for a Grimm attack but here everyone is going on about their daily lives without a care in the world. It's just difficult to wrap my head around it that this is what a world without monsters is like."

"I agree." Weiss said. "But take in the fact that this world isn't completely harmless. Remember when Ruby talked about Hollows?"

"And the fact that normal people can't see them." Blake said her peace. "But still, Yang has a point. What seems everyday life here is paradise to us."

"Hey guys," Yang whispered to prevent Ruby from hearing them, "when, you know, Ruby and Ichigo get more..."

At Yang's reluctance to continue, an impatient tick mark appeared on Weiss' forehead.

"Well spit it out!" Weiss exclaimed.

"I mean, look at them." Yang said, gesturing to the hybrid couple, with Ruby holding Ichigo's left arm to her bosom and resting her head on his shoulder. "I've never seen Ruby this happy before. Not even when Mom was alive. At this point it's inevitable. Next thing you know, they are going on nightly outings alone, then comes the big one where she might move with him here and away from us."

Weiss and Blake started to realize that Yang wasn't in the best of mental states as her words became less coherent and literal tears were gathering in her eyes, making the pair sweatdrop. Her breathing became erratic as she clutched her head going high in her imagination. Blake had enough and grabbed her partner by her shoulders, effectively stopping her tirade as Yang was shedding a few tears.

"Yang, stop it." Blake said sternly. "There's nothing bad about Ruby having a partner in life. We should be happy for her."

"I know but," Yang whimpered, "why did she have to grow up so fast? Three months ago she was my little sister. Now she's a drop dead gorgeous woman with hot rod of a man to love. Does she even need us anymore?"

"It doesn't matter if she needs us or not." Weiss said sagely. "But she will want us. You know her better than anyone, and of course you would know Ruby would never abandon us."

"I guess you're right." Yang sniffled, wiping tears away from her eyes. "Can't believed I cried over that. I should be happy for Ruby. If all goes well, I think I'll have new family members to dote over."

Now it was Blake's turn for her imagination to go wild, except to more perverted thoughts. Her eyes glazed over for a moment as she imagined Ruby and Ichigo doing the 'unmentionable'. Their new looks did not help quell Blake's steamy thoughts and soon a crimson blush took over her cheeks. She turned away to prevent her teammates from finding out, but Yang caught on just in time.

"Did you just imagine my sister and Ichigo doing the sideways tango?" Yang demanded with a dangerous edge and eyes bleeding red.

"Oh for god's sake Blake, of all things?" Weiss reprimanded on the disguised cat Faunus.

"No, I-"

"Hey guys, what'cha doing back there?" Ruby called out from the distance. "We're going to meet Ichigo's family, so hurry up."

"On our way, sis." Yang shouted back before turning back with a glare towards Blake. "We'll talk about this later."

Blake's shoulders slumped and the trio caught up to the hybrid couple who were standing in front of the home of the Kurosakis. Ichigo ascended the steps to the door. He looked under the mat where they put their key and used it to unlock the door and walk into his home. He let a smile cross his face, knowing that just a few days away and he still missed his home with his sisters and father.

"Yuzu, Karin, I'm home." Ichigo called out.

"ONII-CHAN!"

He didn't even make a step into the house before a blur socked him in the gut with enough force to make the hybrid stumble down the stairs yet amazingly stay on his feet. Ichigo took a hold of the offending 'object' that impacted his gut only to have his eyes almost fall out of their sockets once he realized it was Yuzu, a girl barely in her tens with light brown hair and large eyes. At the door stood her twin sister Karin, the difference being black hair and a tomboyish look to her.

"Y-Yuzu, what the heck was that for?!" Exclaimed Ichigo, only to receive an Isshin-style grin from his little sister.

"I missed you so much, onii-chan." Yuzu said. "You leave without telling us for days. It's the least that I could do. That's what Dad said anyway."

"Speaking of, I now have another thing on my list for why I should kick his ass right about now." Ichigo snarled with a twitch in his eye.

"I tried to stop him, Ichigo, I really did." Karin said.

Yuzu looked behind to see Ruby and tackled her head into the hyrbid's stomach. Ruby let out a groan before righting herself as Yuzu trapped the older girl in a hug.

"Welcome, Ruby-onee-chan." Yuzu greeted cutely.

Ruby blushed a little being called 'sister' by one of the Kurosaki twins. Her friends gave her quizzical looks at the unknown words the girl used.

"Onee-chan?" Weiss wondered.

"It means 'sister' here in Japanese." Ruby explained, only to receive disbelieving looks that Ruby actually put time and effort in studying a language. "Don't give me that look. I can study when I want to. I can't just live around here when I can't understand half the people here. I'm just lucky the local school here makes English classes a requirement."

"I can honestly say I'm proud of you." Weiss admitted. "Wow, that felt odd to say that."

"Who are they, Ruby-onee-chan?" Asked Yuzu.

"Yuzu-chan," Ruby introduced Yuzu to her teammates, starting with Weiss, "this is my best friends, Weiss and Blake, and the blonde is my older 'sister' Yang."

"Hello." Yuzu greeted sweetly. "My name is Yuzu Kurosaki. I am Ichigo-onii-chan's sister and Karin is my twin."

"Aww, you are so precious." Cooed Yang, pinching Yuzu's cheeks.

"Don't try it, blondie." Karin warned when Yang turned her sights on her.

Yang pouted. "So cold. You would get along with her, wouldn't ya Weiss?"

"Screw you." Growled Weiss through gritted teeth.

"You wish." Teased Yang.

"Why you-"

"IIICHIIIIGOOOO!" Cried the clone of the Kurosaki family.

Ichigo did not change his expression as he sidestepped a very buff and built man with spiky black hair that launched from the house with a flying kick. While the man was still in midair, Ichigo caught him by this throat and choke slammed him into the ground hard enough to crack it. Surprisingly, enough the man was just fine with a bit bruising as though he had Aura protecting him.

"Well countered, son." Spoke Isshin Kurosaki. "I've trained you well."

In a surprise of strength, Ichigo managed to lift his father up by the collar of his neck, glaring at him at cold brown eyes. "What do you expect when you attack every second of my life, you crazy old man?"

"Uh, Ruby who is that nutcase?" Yang asked.

"That's-"

"Ooh, it is so wonderful to see you again, my third daughter." Greeted Isshin, somehow getting out of Ichigo's hold, flashing a smile full of teeth

Blake quirked an eyebrow. "Third daughter? Ruby, who is this?"

"This is Isshin Kurosaki, Ichigo's father." Ruby answered.

"THIS WEIRDO'S YOUR FATHER, ORANGE-HEAD!?" Exclaimed Yang before falling to the ground in laughter.

"There's no need for that." Isshin said, reaching into his white jacket. "Call me Dad. After all, you and Ichigo are close enough as it is."

Ruby and Ichigo erupted in crimson blushes when Isshin pulled out the photo of the hybrids' first kiss for all to see. Yang started to gush over it while Weiss and Blake were giving certain looks to Ruby and her bold act.

"So," Isshin said, "when can I start expecting grandchildren?"

And just like that the atmosphere turned to the worst way possible. Ruby's facial expression turned a bit murderous before she slammed Isshin to the ground.

"Pervert!" Ruby yelled, continuing to pummel on the incredibly durable man.

"That's enough out of you, old man." Ichigo snarled, joining in with his girlfriend sending kicks.

"Mercy."

"Hold him down right there."

"Not the face! Not the face!"

"This what you get for brainwashing Yuzu!"

"The front of my face! The side of cheek! The back of my back!"

Yang, Blake, and Weiss could only watch in dead silence as the couple beat down on Isshin without mercy then dragging him inside from the public. Once the door was shut, the three all at once turned to Karin for answers, only to meet a blank face.

"Welcome to the Kurosaki house." Karin stated dryly.

(Inside)

"Hey it was - OW - it was just a joke." Isshin begged as he was slammed on top of the table.

"Shut it, Goat-chin." Ichigo growled. "It's what you deserve for keeping secrets."

"What do you are talking about?" Isshin feigned innocence.

"You know perfectly well." Ruby added. "Even I'm not particularly happy."

"You knew about everything." Ichigo almost shouted, slamming his fist on the table. "The Hollows, shinigami, everything about the supernatural. Just... who are you, Dad?"

"Son, I-"

"Did you know Mom was a Quincy?" Ichigo shouted the question.

A dead silence fell on the entire house after Ichigo's shout. Isshin had his eyes wide at the question staring at Ichigo and trying to find out if this was a dream. His facial expression changed instantly to a more serious look. With a sigh, he somehow disappeared out of Ichigo's grip in the all-too familiar technique known as shunpo. The hybrids' widened eyes locked on Isshin who took a seat on the other side of the table.

"This is going to take a while so take a seat." Isshin suggested and the hyrbids.

"Right so, where should I start?" Isshin said with a sad smile.

"How about who the hell are you?" Ichigo demanded.

Isshin sighed. "Okay. My name is Isshin Shiba, former head of the noble house of the Shiba clan, and former captain of the Squad 10 of the Gotei 13."

Ichigo's eyes widened with surprise and Ruby blurted out in shock. "Y-You're a shinigami!?"

"He's related to Kukaku!?" Ruby exclaimed, getting flashbacks of the lively Shiba siblings.

"In the flesh." Isshin said. "Though Soul Society doesn't even know that I'm alive. I was content with having a life as a doctor. It's harder to save lives than it is to take them."

Ichigo put on his 'battle mode' scowl and put a hand in front of Ruby. "If you're a shinigami-"

"Ichigo I'm offended that you would think I would harm Ruby even if she's giving off the presence of a Hollow." Isshin corrected, clearly offended. "What I find surprising is that it feels... pure in a way."

"I still have my heart." Ruby informed.

Isshin shook his head in exasperation. "You two are just full of surprises. The moment you came to the house, Ichigo, I thought a shinigami captain, a Quincy, and a Hollow were at my door at once. But we're getting off topic on my interrogation. What else do you want to know?"

"Mom." Ichigo said. "Was she really a Quincy? How did you two actually meet?"

"Ah, my dear Masaki-chan." Isshin said sweetly, momentarily going down memory lane. "She was indeed a Quincy, but she was still the woman I will forever love, Ichigo. She was breathtaking, nothing like the stories I've heard of Quincies being ruthless and all that. She was kind, cheery, and so understanding it was like we weren't shinigami and Quincy in a blood feud but two people who just met.

"How we met is really not too far from how I told you and the twins. You know, she helped me out then I helped her back. The full story goes and starts on the day when I was on patrol in a city a few of subordinates were getting killed and I was suddenly ambushed by a Hollow. Not just any Hollow, but a Vasto Lorde that knew how to fight like a shinigami. A certain bastard cut my back preventing me from using my Bankai. I was just about to be done with a point-blank cero until your mother made her first appearance. She pinned the Hollow down and took a bite to the shoulder, but it allowed her to blast its head off. We made our introductions and I instantly took a liking to her."

Ruby elbowed Ichigo with a smile. "Your mom sounds awesome."

"Skip forward to the day I snuck back to the human world." Continued Isshin. "I find out that Masaki was dying from Hollowfication because of that Hollow's bite. The only way to save her was to sacrifice my powers to do so. I did it without hesitation. With the help of Kisuke, I made a life here and opened my clinic. The rest is obvious. Got married and had three wonderful children to call my own."

Ruby was almost moved to tears between the wonderful romance, like that Romeo and Juliet she once read of two opposite sides only it came true. However, she was worried when Ichigo had his head bowed and his bangs shadowed his face. Isshin rose from his chair and walked to the pair till he was in front of him.

"Ichigo," Isshin said before dropping on all four limbs in a bow, "forgive me for keeping you in the dark, and lying about the cause of your mother's death. I only wanted what any father would want for his children. A life without danger and the supernatural, but I realize it was going to be inevitable. I'm sorry, my son."

"... Dad, get up." Ichigo murmured.

Isshin sighed as he stood up. "Alright son, bring it on."

Instead of a punch to the face or a kick to the groin, Ichigi enveloped his father in a hug. Isshin was so caught off by the action that all he could do was keep his jaw closed.

"Stupid old man." Ichigo said. "I can't be mad at you about that. All you wanted was to look out for us. Mom was the greatest of us. She wouldn't want us hating each other for stupid reasons."

"Thank you, Ichigo." Isshin said, suddenly pulling Ruby into the hug. "C'mon, you're a part of it as much as the rest of us."

The three shinigami stayed in the hug, uncaring of how much time passed. Reluctantly, it was Isshin who broke the hug.

"Girls, you can come out of your hiding spot." Isshin called.

"Eep!"

Following the outburst was the appearance of the Kurosaki twins. Isshin sighed with a chuckle.

"We've got a lot to talk about." Isshin said, looking outside and seeing the sun set. "Ruby-chan, why don't you head back home? It's getting a bit late."

Ruby glanced Ichigo. "Are you sure you don't need me here?"

Ichigo smiled. "Don't worry, I'll see you tomorrow."

Ruby nodded and walked onky to suddenly turn back to kiss Ichigo on the lips. He was caught completely by by surprise that Ruby used a little tongue action. They didn't know how long they were doing it until Ruby let go for the need to breath. While Ichigo was too dumbfounded Ruby was giving a lecherous and seductive smile.

"Bye I~chi~kun~." Ruby said sweetly before disappearing with her Semblance.

Isshin grinned perversely at his blushing son. "She's a quite the minx. So when is the wedding?"

"Urusai, old man." Ichigo grumbled.

All Ichigo got in return was the roar of his father's laughter.

Preview of the future...

"So now we're hunting Bounts?"

"Freaking vampires!?"

"I am joining the Gotei 13."

"Hello taichou. My name is Kakyoin."

"We're getting those whachmacallits?!"

"Welcome to the my Fracione, Adam Taurus."

"Is that you, Pyrrha?"

"J-Jaune!?"

"What are you doing, scrawny boy?"

"Obliterate, Alfa!"

"H-How can someone be this strong?!"

"All humans deserve is death."

"What is a heart?"

"A heart... is more than just a physical object."

"I'll help you find the heart because I know you're a good person."

"Orihime... you are my sun... my light... my heart."

"I will not let you destroy Orihime's light."

"You are a fool to believe in that human, Ulquiorra."

"I've been a fool for too long. Orihime is proof that they are far more than what you think."

"I never remembered my life before being as a Vasto Lorde... because I was born in the darkness."

"Perhaps you are my equal, Ren."

"The Hogyoku chose me, but why?"

This shit is going to be intense. I am going to work through some of the filler arcs before getting to the Winter War, but it will be worth the wait.

I like to note my opinion where Ichigo's strength stacks in Soul Society. He is definitely one of the most strongest, but I can only rank him as one of the Royal Guard, but definitely not as strong as Yammamoto. As for Ruby in her arrancar state, I put her at mid-tier captain Bankai level, for now at least.

I do plan to give Blake, Jaune, Weiss, Yang, and Nora zanpakutos, and I already have names figured out.

If those that are complaining of characters going God-like... meh I got nothing except it all goes in plan for a sequel after the arc of the Blood War. Involving DxD. Yes, I sometimes think that far ahead.

The reason I had Aizen recruit Salem is because simply he likes manipulating people and using them. He knows that Salem's immortality will be a great weapon in the war and her endless horde of Grimm gives him an advantage of numbers over Soul Society. Cinder, Neo, and Adam are recruited by Saint for her eye of talent that she won't waste them for. That is all I have to say.

Up next is Chapter 46.

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