So I just posted recently but I was too excited about this chapter. I'm very proud of myself. I really hope you enjoy it. I'm glad you liked Uryu and Mayumi's love story and especially liked my take on the Quincies. This had laughs (of course), action, and it may be sad ( I thought it was) =' (. Enjoy!


Ichika finished patrolling the streets of Karakura. She had notified her parents that she was sorry to not see them and her uncle off. Her reasoning that she was simply bored and needed to seek hollows. Unfortunately, for her, there were none. So tonight continued to re-enact in her mind, replaying the same moment with her father's upset expression and Hideyoshi's hurt one. Didn't Hideyoshi need to feel exactly what she was feeling in her heart? Feel it broken to tiny pieces when she left him to cry all night in her room after he made her feel like a woman being loved. Now she just felt like a naive child.

Didn't he understand that she didn't let anyone just touch her? She chose him and all he did was refuse her, 'that it was a mistake.' He deserved to feel pain, anger, and loneliness. Loneliness? That's not what she currently had with having her parents, uncle, and her friends in the human world. She caused his loneliness, now that he deserted Squad 6.

Holding the tears back, not wanting to subject herself to another tirade of tears. She decided to head back before it became too late. Then she felt her friend's spiritual pressure as she paused and turned to find the orange-haired shinigami leaning against the lamppost garbed in his shinigami attire.

"I guess the party's over," she smirked a little, causing her friend to look at her curiously.

"Well, after the little scene with Hideyoshi and your dad. There was more eating and then gift opening before my dad called it quits. Apparently, every Shinigami thought my mother was in need of revealing lingerie and edible body pasties'," he cringed, as the red-head smiled.

"The pasties were from Rangiku, weren't they?" Ichika asked, knowing she was right when she saw her friend blush.

"Didn't sense anything, so I'm guessing no hollows?"

"No!" she sighed as they began to walk side by side. Her eyes began to twitch when she felt his eyes staring at her, " What Kazui?" she yelled.

She stopped to turn her body in his direction as he gave a determined look before answering her a question, "I find it weird that after Hideyoshi spoke with you, that whole issue happened."

O...Okay and?" she lifted her brow at him suspiciously as he crossed his arms at her.

"I'm not an idiot, Ichika! He upset you and now you forced him to leave his Squad?" he confessed as she angrily stared at him wide-eyed.

"Oh! Why do you assume that he pissed me off?" she growled out as Kazui chuckled.

"Are you seriously asking me that? I know you Ichika. It also didn't help that when you were talking to him, your energy flared a bit, others might peg it as your fiery personality. But I knew better, especially what happened afterward," he insisted as he watched his friend shrug her shoulders.

"He may have pissed me off," she began to walk, shrugging the issue off as Kazui looked at her with a stunned expression.

"How bad was it to warrant him to physically leave the only family he's ever known?" he criticized as he watched the red-head glance in his direction with a furious glare.

"It's none of your damn business, Kazui. I'm a damn noble under the Kuchiki household. That means if I choose, I can ask any member to leave Squad 6 if he so much as looks at me the wrong way. Okay?" she knew she was overexaggerating things but she was too upset to care.

"You have to be joking right? Please tell me it wasn't something stupid like that?" he asked with a concerned look.

"Don't look at me like that, Kazui. Are you planning on lecturing me on the importance of friendship?"

Kazui looked hurt by her words, "Why are you acting like this, like such a-"

"Bitch?" she asked as he looked in another direction before he shook his head and sighed.

"You know that's not what I was going to say," he mumbled as she chuckled.

"Of course not, just helping you out though. I mean don't want to tarnish your reputation of being a saint and all," she mocked.

"Seriously! You've been confusing ever since you've gotten here, avoiding me to hang with my sister, then now your flippant attitude?" he asked confused, "Oh, that's right, It's not my business."

She saw him make his way to leave when she grabbed his arm, "I'm sorry, I... I don't know what's wrong with me?" she laughed but her tears began to fall. Kazui turned to hold her close as she wrapped her arms around his tall figure.

"What's wrong, Ichika? You could tell me anything. Remember we're best friends," he consoled her as he caressed her back.

"I love him, Kazui," she whispered the words as she felt his body tense. His hands paused for a second before he continued stroking her back.

Kazui felt the sharp pain of his heart, knowing whom she was talking about as he exhaled. Words failed him as he could only give her what she needed right now, a friend. He continued his ministrations as her energy seemed to settle.

"Does he love you?" he asked her.

She grimaced at the tone of his voice. She didn't want him to find out this way, but it was inevitable. "I'm not sure. He thinks he's betraying my father if he pursues me."

"You have to look at it from his point of view, Ichika. He looks up to your father, he's the man that practically saved his life. Renji also gave him a family that-" he stopped to consider continuing as she looked up at him to look at his hesitant features.

"That he doesn't have now thanks to his daughter? I don't think friends make each other feel shittier," she said through gritted teeth as she rolled her eyes and shrugged away his hold.

"I'm just trying to be honest. Which friends do too. Look Ichika! Not everything revolves around you," he shouted back.

"Now I'm a spoiled bitch too," she laughed mockingly as she could see her friend getting frustrated.

"Wow, Ichika! Look fine you are a spoiled brat at times. But you're a good person. I'm trying to tell you that right now, I'm not sure what happened between you guys. Frankly, I really don't want to know." He felt sick to his stomach just thinking about how far she had gone with the dark-haired Shinigami, "I'm trying to tell you that right now, you're in the wrong."

She glanced at her friend for a while before she chewed on her bottom lip and turned to leave. Kazui made to grab her when he heard her words.

"Supāku (Spark)"

Kazui saw her blade change into Shikai form, a beautiful white blade with jolts of lightning surrounding it. She turned with a furious look as a hint of electricity reflected off her violet eyes. "I've been aching for a fight, Kazui. I suggest you leave me alone. Before I unleash the full force of Raitoninguhebi (lightning snake)," she said with a grin as tears streaked her face. Kazui nodded as he held out his hands in surrender. He knew he was stronger but there was no use fighting someone who was angry. Her Shikai form reverting back to its original state, placing her katana back into her scabbard holding.

"I'm not trying to hurt you, Ichika."

"Oh was that what you were trying not to do? " she chuckled sarcastically as she walked away.

"Things won't always be a game, Ichika. It's better to realize that now before you get hurt," he softly said. She turned around to find that he was gone, probably leaving in his wormhole. His words held so much sorrow and she couldn't help but feel guilty for pushing another friend away.

'I'm a spoiled bitch,' she softly said, whipping away the tears that fell as she hopped along the rooftops, back to the Kurosaki clinic.


The next morning, Kazui closed his eyes and concentrated on the happenings of the household. His sister and Ichika were sleeping soundly in her room. He still wanted to speak to his friend but he knew when to give someone their space. His mother was cooking him breakfast, probably hearing him getting ready to go to classes. He smiled at her warm energy. Then he felt his father in the dining area, he grinned as he opened up a wormhole in his room.

"MORNING DAD!" he yelled from the top of his lungs while exiting the wormhole he opened behind his father. Ichigo spilled coffee all over his shirt as he shouted, "DAMMNIT, KAZUI!"

Orihime rushed with a spatula to the commotion as her husband whipped his white buttoned down shirt of the dark stain. Ichigo glared at his son as Kazui smiled at his father.

"I'm sorry, dad! I didn't know you were there," he sarcastically said as his father made to reach for his son.

Orihime got between her son and her husband as she placed her hands on her husband's shoulders, "Ichigo, why don't you go upstairs and change so I can take care of that shirt for you, okay?" she sweetly said as she covered her mouth to keep the chuckle that accidentally escaped. Ichigo sighed and nodded his head as he kissed his wife. Then stood next to his son and angrily gazed at him, "You're mother won't always be here to bail you out, you know."

"I know! That's why I have Tsubaki!" he referred to his mother's hot-tempered fairy spirit. Ichigo grabbed for his son again when the young shinigami took a slice of toast and ran into his wormhole. "Love you Mom, DAD!"

Ichigo growled as he walked up the stairs removing his shirt, "I'm going to strangle your son, Orihime."

Orihime couldn't help but laugh at her husband's empty threat. Kazui messed with his father because he loved getting a reaction out of him. She secretly believed her husband would miss it once their son was gone and out of the house with a family of his own. She began to tear up at the prospect, she couldn't imagine her baby boy out of the house. She wished he stayed at the Kurosaki Clinic forever, but she knew that wasn't plausible. Karin and Yuzu eventually left to have a family of their own and it was a sad moment but she knew it had to be done. If she was Queen, she would designate a huge household for everyone, big enough for everyone to live together with parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, children, grandchildren, and so on, and so on.

"Mom!" her youngest waved her hand over her face, snapping her out of her daydream.

"Oh, Hey baby!" she kissed her daughter as the younger girl giggled.

"Was it a good dream?" she asked, used to her mother's frequent fantasy adventures while awake. Her mother walked back to the kitchen to bring the plate of breakfast and handed it to her daughter while placing one for herself.

"Yes! Dreaming about a house big enough to house all of my family members so they never have to leave," she smiled at her daughter as her daughter thought about it.

"You don't think we'll kill each other?" Miume asked her mother as she watched her begin to speak.

"Yes we would, starting with your brother," Ichigo yelled from the stairs, interrupting his wife. Straightening up his tie around a clean new shirt.

"He got you with the coffee again, Dad?" her daughter snorted with laughter as she covered her mouth. Her father grumbled as he walked to the kitchen to get his plate and sit at the table. "I'm sorry, Daddy! I'll make sure to annoy Kazui extra today," she whispered to her father, who gave a slight grin. Orihime shook her head, she'd have to make sure those two didn't bother her first born too much.

Orihime held onto the locket that her daughter gave to her as a gift. It was the shape of a cupcake and had a beautiful picture of her and her brother on one side. While the other side, contained a handsome picture of Ichigo smiling at the camera. A rare sight only a few close enough to have the pleasure of seeing, that her daughter was able to capture. Miume looked at her mother and smiled, knowing that her mother didn't like to show favoritism. She didn't like hurting anyone's feelings. Gloating in silence, she smiled knowing her gift was her mother's favorite.

They heard a small beep from a phone as Miume took her pink phone out to glance at it. She gave a disgruntled face as she bit her lip.

"What's wrong?" Ichigo asked as he watched her daughter staring at her phone.

"It's Tatsu! He says he's on his way here," she nervously said.

"So early?" Orihime asked curiously as her husband gave an irritated growl.

They both respectfully ate their meals. The family members noticed the red-headed Shinigami's disappearing energy gone from upstairs a few moments after Kazui left. Miume ran upstairs after she ate to change into her school uniform before Tatsu saw her looking a mess.

There was a ring at the doorbell. Ichigo decided to get the door as his wife washed the dishes. He saw the spiky-haired boy give a huge smile and wave, "Morning, Kurosaki-san. A beautiful day isn't it?"

"Just get in," he said to the boy as he swiftly came into the home before the older man shut the door on him. "Why are you here, so early anyway?"

"Parent's decided to do their morning exercises," he told the older man who looked at him confused.

"Tatsuki always does morning exercises every day?" Orihime walked up to Tatsu to give him a kiss.

"These morning exercises involve a lot of missing clothes and a lot of screaming," he laughed as both adults reddened and decided to drop the subject.

"D...Did you eat something?" Orihime asked still sporting a red hue.

"I managed to grab a banana," he said happily, pulling it out and removing the peel as he ate it. "Didn't have an appetite at home," he said with a mouthful of food. He walked into the kitchen to throw away the peelings as he shoved the rest of the banana to wash his hands. They heard footsteps timidly walk down as Tatsu swallowed the rest of his mouths contents down his throat.

"Good morning, Cutie!" he told her with a smile as he gave her a hug. Miume felt relief from her boyfriend's hug. They hadn't spoken since the party and she was afraid he was still angry with her.

"M...Morning Stud!" she stuttered and blushed.

"If Mr. Stud could have a seat while I make a plate for him?" Orihime pushed Tatsu down to sit at the table.

"Oba-san, that's okay. I already ate."

"Nonsense, a banana was nothing. A growing boy needs a healthy breakfast," she shouted from the kitchen.

"That's right, Tatsu! Bananas only make a small portion of a monkey's diet," he smugly grinned at the boy as his daughter pouted.

"Daddy," she whined as her father continued to chuckle.

"Miume don't interrupt your father. He was just about to tell me the other portion of his diet. Do you conversate with gorillas and wear a loin cloth too?" Tatsu asked the older man before Orihime came back with a plate of food.

"Now you eat up, Tatsu!" she shuffled his spiky-head as she moved to massage her husband's shoulders. "Wow, Ichigo! Why are you so tense?"

"Probably from all that vine swinging," he said under his breath as Miume choked on the juice she was consuming. "Lift your hands up, Miume!"

"I...(cough) know (cough)," she whipped her mouth with a napkin her mother gave to her. "It went through my nose."

"You should really not drink or eat while talking or laughing," Tatsu said with a mouth full of food.

"Oh, shut up, you jerk," she glared at him as she ran to the bathroom holding her nose with a napkin.

"You know clowns tend to annoy people. The wrong joke can get a punch square in the face," Ichigo growled out still annoyed at the jab the young man said.

"Don't remind me! Daichi didn't much care for my jokes," he said eating the rest of his meal as he drank from his cup. Miume walked up to the table to catch the last part of the conversation and was hesitant to sit down.

"That was great, Oba-san!" he made to get up as he dodged the healer, making his way to the kitchen to wash his dish. "You're too slow, Oba-san!"

Orihime chuckled as she followed the silly boy to the kitchen.

Miume looked at Tatsu from the dining area as he looked at her then avoided her stare by concentrating on his dish. When he was done, he gave a kiss to his Aunt and gave his Orange-haired Uncle a hug while he was pushed off. Miume said her good-byes to her parents as she walked out of the house following Tatsu behind.

Tatsu held her hand and remained silent until they were a good distance from the house. Then Miume looked around confused as he made his way to a deserted construction area they usually passed on their way to school. Miume looked around then at her boyfriend curiously. He stopped and turned to glance at her. She swallowed at his serious look on his face.

"Y... You're still mad at me?" she said backing away as she hit her back against the wall. He nodded as he came closer, to lean down to her, whispering into her ear as she tensed.

"Yep!"

She watched him face her with his dark eyes and dark grin as she swallowed and couldn't help how utterly sexy he looked. "I..I'm sorry," she said with a pout.

"You're going to be," he said in a husky tone that sounded utterly sexy. She didn't know what he meant until he pushed his lips onto her mouth and began to kiss her. His tongue rammed into her mouth causing her to moan as he bruised her lips. Their tongues danced as he wrapped his arms around her waist. She deepened the kiss by wrapping her arms around his head and aggressively pulling at his spiky hair. Both breaking from the kiss to gasp for air, her half-lidded eyes and flustered pink skin, causing him to groan. He licked and gave her light kisses, slowly changing to suck her soft neck.

"Tatsu! We better go and stop doing that, you're going to leave hickeys," she laughed as she tried to move so she could get going, only for him to hold her still.

"We're not going right now?" he whispered as he moved her back against the wall. "I've been thinking all last night, about our hidden relationship. I honestly feel like its stupid." He watched his girlfriend's features scowl at him as she tried to move again.

"Would you move, Tatsu! You're like a friggen brick wall," she glared at him as he grinned.

"No!" he asserted, watching her angrily stare at him. "Since you want to continue with this stupid plan. I thought of my own plan." She eyed her boyfriend suspiciously as he began to smell her. "You smell nice. What's that fragrance?"

"It's juice, Tatsu. Would you cut it out."

"Not before I tell you my plan."

"What's your plan," she huffed clearly irritated.

"I'm so glad you asked," he grinned when she stared daggers at him, " Okay! Okay! So impatient! So my plan is since everyone at school thinks we're just 'friends,' we can just stay here together as 'friends' until we're late."

"What if someone sees us coming to school late? They'll start -" she eyed him then saw the mischievous grin on his face.

"Start rumors? Yeah! High School and their fickle misconceptions, am I right?"

"We could just stop this stupid plan and head to school now," she reiterated as he frowned at the idea and kissed her neck.

"Nah!"

"Tatsu!"

"Miume!" he said, mocking her as he sighed, "Look, we could stay here and be late or we could head back now before the bell rings-"

"That's what I just sai-,"

"with the intention of letting others know we're boyfriend and girlfriend. Was that what you were going to say?"

"No, I didn't!"

"Oh, so you just want to stay here then?" he asked while giving her light kisses on her chin as she moaned.

"Is that my only two options?" she whined as she felt his hands slip to her bottom. She quickly swatted his hand. "Behave yourself, Tatsu!"

"Okay!" he chuckled as his hands went back to her waist, "Those are the only two options." She furrowed her brows in thought as she bit her lips while he stared at her. "I really want you to pick that we go to class now, as a couple. Do you really think I want people to find out we're together by thinking we're fooling around?" he laughed as he grabbed his girlfriend's face and leaned close to capture her lips. "I only want to torture myself by dreaming about fooling around with you," he chuckled as Miume began to redden.

"Tatsu," she whispered as she contemplated what to say.

"I just want others to know that your mine, not due to some male ego or jealousy. It's mostly because I can't contain not showing my affection towards you. To show others how much I care and love you. It's driving me crazy, Miume," he kissed her head as she nodded her head in defeat.

"Okay! We can walk to school hand in hand as boyfriend and girlfriend,"

"Yes!" he yelled as he gave her a swarm of kisses that she abruptly stopped after a while.

"Let's go, Tatsu!" she said as he loosened his hold. She smiled at him while grabbing his hand and began running to school.


Kazui felt the spiritual pressure of his friend as he paused his steps and sat at a bench near the park, eating the rest of his toast. She hopped off the roof and stopped when she noticed he was waiting for her. He chewed his food as he glanced at her. She slowly walked up to him with her arms crossed, her whole demeanor guarded.

"I figured you wanted to talk, so I came here instead. Wasn't planning on going to classes today," he stretched his arms out as she sat by his side.

"Won't you get in trouble?" she asked curiously.

"Nah! Just skipping some lectures. I'm practically passing all my classes and then some. Pretty soon the professors would ask me to teach their classes," he chuckled as Ichika laughed with him but it soon subsided.

"I'm sorry," she whispered to him as she looked at him with eyes filled with tears. He held her close to him with her head on his shoulder while he wrapped an arm around her.

"I'm sorry too! There's no need to cry Ichika. We always have arguments," he smiled as he kissed her head.

"This felt different than the other disagreements we've ever had. I hurt you," she softly told him as she felt his chest move to inhale and then exhale.

"Hurt me? I don't even think that's possible. I have a high tolerance of whatever you can dish out to me, Ichika."

"Hey!" she pushed him playfully as she smiled. She looked down at her hands as her shoulders hung low before she began to tell him what was on her mind, "I'm sorry for you having to find out about Hideyoshi like that."

His smile didn't spread all the way like it usually did but he looked at her, "Are you sorry for me finding out about you two or that you don't recuperate my feelings?" he asked her as his eyes looked at her seriously. She began to tear up once more as she kissed his mouth and wrapped her arms around his neck for a hug. Surprising him with her kiss.

"I did love you Kazui in that way. My f...feelings for him were stronger. When I realized that, I ended things with you. But then I became conflicted because I loved you both and I didn't want to lose you both," she held him tighter as he felt the knot in his chest loosen.

"You don't have to choose, Ichika. You can be with him and still have me as your friend. We'll still have our bond. Like I said, I'll always be there for you. You're my best friend," he smiled at her but the tightness in his chest constricted. He pushed his feelings aside, her happiness meant more as he hugged her closer. They stood there for a while. Silently sitting on the park bench, listening to the sway of the leaves, and the squirrels jumping on limps. Ichika stopped her tears as Kazui began to tell her about Yumichika fighting with Rangiku about who's present was more beautiful and many other Shinigami antics she missed. The orange-haired boy talked for hours about the silliest things as the redhead stayed silent, just listening. He was always so good to her, she pondered, feeling guilty for not returning her affections to such a person as him.

"So when you get back to Soul Society, you can make -up with Hideyoshi," she heard him tell her as she glanced at him.

"It's not as simple as that, Kazui!"

"You only say that because you make it difficult. Come On, let's do something to cheer you up. We can head back to the Clinic and bother my father?" he gave her a mischievous smile as she gave in and nodded her head. He opened the wormhole and took her hand as she followed him into the dark dimension. The black abyss was sort of unnerving whenever he conjured it up, probably thinking that it would swallow her up. She looked up at Kazui but watched as his smile disappeared. She glanced at what he was staring at when she saw a man dressed in armor, armor that she only seen in Kazui's history books. Grecian? Spartan? She wasn't sure but the color was gold with turquoise trimming with a flower insignia that looked familiar. Kazui stopped abruptly as he placed his hand in front of her, blocking her path.

"Kazui? Who is that?" she asked him as she saw his eyes furrow.

"I'm not sure, I'm going to distract him and open a wormhole you go through it," he directed to her as he continued to stare at the man in front of him.

"I'm not leaving you," she demanded.

"Ichika! I'm not even sure if he's a friend or foe. Would you please listen," he yelled at her as she angrily bit her lip.

"You have a Death Traveler with you, young one," the other man with black shoulder-length hair said, interrupting their argument. Kazui looked at his normal apparel as then looked to Ichika who was out of her Gigai and wearing Shinigami apparel.

"Is that what you call Shinigami's in your world, Death Travelers?" Kazui asked the man as he thought for a moment as he nodded.

"We've come across them from time to time, while we travel to other worlds. They are called different things but have the same occupation, bringing the dead to their designated resting place," he spoke in a graceful tongue, that Kazui would hear in movies regarding knights.

"Is that what you're doing, traveling to another world?"

"Not quite! We came seeking you by direct orders of our Queen and other's with the same Fae powers, ... and other types," the man looked at Ichika as Kazui was alerted by his comment, 'We?' he quickly stepped aside holding his friend to dodge a flying projectile that scrapped his side. He groaned at the sharpness of the blade and looked to see there was another armored soldier with a familiar golden shield on his arm only smaller. The flying blade came at him as he garbed his fullbringer, summoning his Shinigami apparel as it surrounded him. He held out his sword to dodge the attack. Noticing that it wasn't a flying blade but a small fairy, that disappeared again to come back to the soldier.

"We need to get out of here, their not friends."

"What gave you that idea?" Ichika said sarcastically as she helped to knock the flying projectile that came at them again. Kazui's eyes open wide as Ichika looked at him with concern. "What?"

"Miume!" he thought of his sister. He wasn't sure how many of these guys were here and they were seeking his kind and others like him. His mother was strong and also had his father as well. "Ichika, cause a distraction!" he yelled, enveloping them in a golden shield as he concentrated on his destination.

"Supāku," she summoned her Shikai, jamming her white blade onto the floor. The soldiers were walking closer to the two when they felt a jolt below them. Electricity shaped into slithering snakes wrapping themselves around their legs. Before they could kick them away they felt their body still from the shock of the high voltage the snakes squeezed into them. While they were being electrocuted. Kazui summoned the wormhole as he grabbed Ichika and ran in quickly, shutting the hole behind him.


Yumiko looked at her lab partner who was quiet as he scanned the teacher's notes on the board. Chad had explained to the group that his son was smart but Yumiko was starting to think he was a prodigy. She was glad to see the boy in their classroom, he was older and the test he had taken showed he was smart enough to be in a higher grade. But the school, as well as his father, felt that he still needed to grasp the language and writing. In time, he'll be able to climb a grade once he felt comfortable. Tatsu was upset with the newcomer being able to have honor classes with his girlfriend that he didn't hesitate in shouting out in front of everyone in the school. She was glad her friends were okay and not upset with each other.

"Ishida, I'm having trouble with this word," Jacinto asked, pointing to the kanji letters he wrote on his notebook from the board.

"Sulphur," she stated as the boy shook his head and wrote a Spanish note beside it. She glanced at his tanned complexion and couldn't help but find him captivating. He was a handsome guy and she couldn't help but be a little nervous around him. She found herself making the simplest mistakes as she apologized and told him she wasn't feeling well. Now he was the one making sure they didn't fail as she handed him the liquid filled beakers.

"You've been very patient with me," he whispered as she looked at him curiously, "For helping me read the notes on the board. Thank you!"

She blushed a bit as she looked at her written notes, "Your welcome, but I should be thanking you. I'm the one making the mistakes."

"Oh, well. Let's just say we're helping each other," he smiled as she couldn't help but look at his dark brown eyes. She looked once more at her notes, trying to cover the red tone that was obvious on her pale features. His accent as he spoke to her sounded exotic, while he spoke their language. It didn't help that he was handsome and not a complete idiot like the rest of these guys at school. Was it fate that he was reading the same book she was reading in a different language, she smiled as she looked at the book in question across from her.

"D...Do you enjoy reading?" she decided to ask as he looked at her while she pointed to his book.

"Yeah," he blushed a bit, "I wanted to read more Japanese authors so I was a little excited when I found this one in my language. Although, I should practice reading in Japanese," he chuckled as she chuckled as well. "Do you know of any bookshops with cafes that you could show me?"

Her eyes widen as she looked at him in disbelief. Was he asking her on a date? He watched her surprised expression as he rubbed the back of his hair in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, is that not where you take someone to get to know them or am I being too forward?" he asked her, not sure if he offended her.

"NO! That's okay! I'm just surprised you asked me," she blushed as he looked at her.

"I was a little intimidated with you being so smart and pretty."

"You think I'm pretty?" she covered her mouth from shouting. He looked at her, raising a brow in confusion.

"Yes! I'm sorry, I don't get your question," he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Oh! It's just that I ... I don't usually get those sorts of compliments, mostly about me being smart," she pushed her braid behind her ear as she blushed. He nodded in understanding as he paid attention to the mixtures in the beaker.

"Would you like to show me these bookstores?" he asked her once more as he gazed at her, waiting for her answer. She wasn't able to answer his question when she felt the familiar energy that seemed distressed. Judging by the boy expression beside her, he felt it too.

Suddenly a wormhole opened up in front of the class, scaring most of the students in the classroom. Kazui ran out with Ichika as the dark hole closed abruptly behind him. He didn't have time to catch his breath as he glanced up to find his sister looking at him confused. She ran up to him and saw him nurse his side as she saw the blood in his hands.

"What's going on Kazui?" she looked horrified, glancing at a breathless Ichika. Most of the students only could see her brother as Ichika was still in spirit form. Kazui didn't say anything as he looked around as if searching for an enemy.

"They don't seem to be here?" Ichika asked Kazui.

"P...Pardon me, young man. B...But what that a wormhole to another dimension?" the science teacher asked in amazement. Kazui remained silent as he looked at the corner of the room and held still.

"Everyone! Out of the classroom. NOW!" he yelled as the students too scared to run finally ran at the furious look he gave.

"Kazui, what's going on?" Miume asked her brother as she felt her stomach cringe at the sight of his blood while he grimaced.

Most of the students left the room, only the ones with spiritual pressure remained. They heard the teacher yell and then heard someone running in their direction. Tatsunari looked confused at the small group in the room. He had felt the reiatsu of Kazui and Ichika, then the screams of students filing out of the classroom. He was about to run to the group when Kazui shouted at him.

"NO, Tatsu! Tell all the students to leave the school grounds."

Tatsunari looked at a bewildered Miume as Kazui spoke up again, "Don't worry about my sister, the enemy is already-"

He was cut off when the corner of the room had his attention again, growing a wormhole as one of the soldiers stepped in.

"Go Tatsu, NOW! Kazui hollered as the spiky-haired boy gritted his teeth and did what he was told.

"Thank you, my dear boy, for saving us the trouble of specifically pinpointing your exact location to your world," The soldier with the black shoulder-length hair said, glancing at the group with a placid smile as his eyes fixed on the auburn-haired girl. Kazui pushed his sister behind him, berating himself for being so careless to place her in danger by bringing the enemy to this location. "Not an exact likeness but the features are uncanny to our Queen. Orihime, where is Prince Sora?"

Miume glanced at the solider that seemed to be speaking to her. Sora? Who was this guy and how did they know about her mother and uncle?

"Her name is not Orihime. How do you know of our uncle?"

The soldier glared at the orange-haired boy's tone of indifference. "I have not come here to give you a history lesson but I will teach you respect to the Royal Guard."

Kazui sheath his sword along with Ichika as they both stood in front of the younger three. Kazui paused, bringing out his shield in time to counter the other soldier with the scarred face that opened a wormhole on the right side of him. Holding his shield against the other man's attack fairy, he saw the other dark-haired soldier run at them from his peripheral vision. Ichika shoved her sword at him as he easily blocked and when she spun around to attack him in another way, he raised a shield in front of the leg she was attacking. The black-haired man suddenly sensing something, caused a golden shaped some to shoot out of the glass window.

'They have our shield?' Miume saw that her brother was struggling to push the other soldier so she ran to touch her brother's shoulder. They disappeared and appeared in another location. Kazui glanced at his sister with a heated look, "Miume, stay away."

"NO! I'm helping Dammnit."

Kazui didn't have time to argue when the scarred soldier used his attack fairy to whizz it by the orange-haired boy's face to get his attention.

"That could have killed you, but that is not our orders. Stop resisting," his voice was deep and his tone uncaring, it sent fear up Miume's spine as the man came closer to them. Suddenly a powerful arrow shot in the direction of the soldier as he deflected it. He turned to see a young girl with a short crossbow in hand. The solider didn't have time to reflect on the other child's powers when he was kicked in the chest hard by the orange-haired boy.

The soldier recovered the attack only to flip and head towards Yumiko. She shot a barrage of arrows at an incredible speed as his small shield dodge them until he came close enough to grab her arm. 'How was he this fast?' she thought as she glanced at his maimed face.

"You shouldn't meddle in-" he paused as a hand grabbed his arm that was holding Yumiko's neck.

"Cuchumaquic (Gathered Blood)" the owner of the hand stated in what Yumiko could only decipher as a form of Mayan dialect. The soldier's face began to grimace, feeling pain in his arm as his veins produced a sickly dark color. He quickly healed his arm before his blood could further be infected. He was immortal but their bodies could still feel pain.

"That would have been nasty," he growled out, to glance at the boy wearing what seemed to be a feathered headdress with jaded jewelry that wrapped around the length of his shoulder blades around his neck. When the solider made to attack the tanned man he was halted again by a barrage of arrows.

"Licht Regan," Yumiko shouted as arrows rained down, putting pressure on the man's shield. Yumiko felt pain smash into her kneecap as she looked down to see a fairy wielding a hammer that disappeared. She winced from the pain as her weight favored on the good leg as she limped while shooting arrows.

Kazui appeared in front of the scarred man in an instant with the auburn-haired girl.

"Bankai!"


Ichigo made it to the school grounds in record time when he felt the disturbance from his children. He found the school wrapped in an orange domed shield as he angrily tried to break it. If he used too much of his power, he wasn't sure if he would take half of the school along with it, the children were out of the school but they remained trapped on the grounds with the dome blocking them. They looked around scared and touching some form of an invisible wall to them. He was such in a hurry to get to the children with his wife yelling that she would catch up. The dome felt like Orihime's but lacked warmth. It didn't seem like it was healing or fixing anything, only like it was blocking them.

"We can't damage the dome without harming the children," he heard the familiar tone of his cousin as he glanced at him with a glare.

"Don't you think I know that. You stay here while I get Orihime, she's almost here with her shield," he growled out to the Quincy who looked reserved but Ichigo could feel the same anxiety he was feeling as he felt the energy of their children in distress.

Ichigo retraced his steps as he came upon his wife riding on her shield like a surfer. She paused with a startled expression at her husband as her shield disappeared. Without saying a word, he beckoned for her to hold on to him as she hopped onto his back. He rushed in the direction of the school with Uryu glancing in their direction. Orihime saw the huge shield surrounding the school as she felt fear grip her stomach. She moved closer to the shield as the children glanced at her with a worried expression, she slowly placed her hands inside and found no resistance as it went through. Ichigo saw how her hand easily went through the shield as she looked at him and nodded. He grabbed her arm and pulled her in for a kiss, "Promise me you'll come back with our children."

"Okay, I promise!" she told him. Suddenly they both felt the explosive release of their son's Bankai.

"Go!" Ichigo yelled with a worried expression as he let go of her hand. Seeing her slip through the shield as he gritted his teeth and hit the shield as hard as he could with his katana. He watched his wife calm the children that were crying to leave and asking for her to help them. She finally made it to the school's entrance as she disappeared.


Ichika's snakes gripped the black-haired soldier on his leg as he grunted in pain and smacked the electrical snakes with his shield. He growled finding her presence to be annoying as he tried to help his partner. The orange-haired boy they came for had heightened his energy with his transformation.

"You red demon bitch," he yelled as he grabbed her shoulder and threw her to the wall. She righted herself and glared in his direction.

"Bakudou # 9," she yelled as a red light engulfed her target as he became paralyzed. "That hurt you, fucker," she spat as she moved her arm and went to help her orange-haired friend.

Ichika paused to feel a pinch on her leg, feeling her legs become limp as the rest of her body completely paralyzed. Frozen in fear and literally unable to move, she stared at her enemy in terror. He bent down to grab her chin while he spoke, "I can paralyze too, it just lasts longer."

"Ichika!" Kazui hollered, watching his friend fall limply onto the floor. His Bankai helped in dealing with his opponent. His black blade kept the man at bay, causing him to be on the defense. Kazui lost focus for a moment at the act of his friend still on the ground. He regretted that decision when he felt the slam of a hammer hit his shoulder.

"Grr!" Kazui growled in pain, looking at the scarred man who shook his head.

"You should keep your eyes focused on your enemy, child."

"Metos! This is taking too long help me subdue this one and we'll be able to take the rest."

Kazui watched the man lose focus on Ichika as he made his way towards their direction.

"I agree, Lenez! Someone has entered my Sōten Kisshun. The other powerful presence I felt, can't seem to enter."

Kazui felt his father's reiatsu, along with Uryu. He wasn't sure what was preventing them from coming to help, something these newcomers must have put around the school he theorized. It was the similar technique his mom used at rejecting things but looking around it wasn't healing or fixing things. He could feel his mother's reiatsu coming closer. He watched the dark-haired soldier pause in his walk when he grasped his leg in pain.

"Lenez!" the scarred man, quickly sent his healing shield to the dark haired man who called for him. Metos righted himself, glaring at Jacinto.

The young boy's fist was against the floor and a dark energy was pulsing out his hands towards the solider like dark veins. The soldier dodged the black veins and knocked the tanned boy against the wall.

Yumiko made to shoot an arrow, only for him to quickly stand in her way.

"I think you can sleep now," Metos said to her as she felt a pinch on her chest only for him to hit her hard in the stomach, sending her flying through the window.

"Yumiko!" Miume yelled, her arm grabbed by her brother. She suddenly saw something quickly fly out the window in the direction of the young Quincy.

"Getsugo Tensho!" Kazui yelled sending the two men careening through walls, a distance away from them. "Miume! We don't have much time," he grabbed her shoulders demanding her attention as he opened up a wormhole. "Jacinto! Do you think you're okay to carry Ichika?" he asked the boy who was nursing his arm as he nodded. He made his way to the girl who lied flat on the floor but alert, he carried her over his shoulder.

"Go inside and I will cause it to send you to my home, Miume go with them," Kazui instructed.

Jacinto did as he asked, walking through the black abyss as he waited for the auburn-haired girl who shook her head. "NO!" she asserted. Kazui having enough of her attitude, pushed her into the hole with the others. Miume hit the ground and quickly turned around to see her brother abruptly shut the gateway and then a few seconds later find herself in the Kurosaki Clinic.


After getting the other students to leave the school, Tatsunari ran quickly back to the group to see Yumiko fly out the window. He didn't hesitate as he extended his long dragon wings and flew out the window to catch her. He settled down, placing her limp body onto the floor.

"Yumiko!" he yelled as he could see she only could move her eyes, as a single tear fell down her cheek. "Blink if you can hear me?"

She did as he asked, blinking her eyes, he felt some sort of relief.

"Yumiko!" They both heard the sound of her father as he knelt near them, but was still a few feet away with the barrier still blocking him. Tatsunari looked to the Quincy and saw Ichigo come right behind him with a concerned look.

"Yumiko, blink once if you're not in pain, twice if you are?" Tatsunari asked, she blinked and blinked again as tears started to fall. The younger boy looked to Uryu who felt helpless as he couldn't do anything to help his little girl. Tatsunari felt her stomach as she started to blink rapidly and cry. "She's in pain... the asshole kicked her in the stomach. I need to get back there, Kazui and Miume need my help."

"We'll be right here," Uryu stated as he stared at his daughter who laid on the ground.

"Who are they?" Ichigo asked in a venomous voice.

"I...I don't know, but Kazui can't do this alone, not when he looks like he's hurt himself," he said as his wings reappeared and sped in the direction of the classroom.

"Tatsu! Tatsu! Fuck!" Ichigo growled out, his hollow was scratching at the surface. He wanted this fucking barrier down and he was at the edge of just letting his hollow take free rein.

"Ichigo! Calm down!" Uryu told him as he saw the black in one of his friend's eyes.

"I am calm, don't you see the school is still fucking here?" he yelled with a hint of his voice changing in his hollow tone as he grinned.

Uryu gritted his teeth as he bent down to his daughter again, "I'm right here, Yumiko! Daddy is not leaving you."

Tatsunari came back to find Kazui closing the wormhole with Miume yelling from within. He felt some relief with her out of the way until he saw the orange-haired boy go limp, and fall to the floor. He turned to block a strike that was coming at him as he encased himself in his armor. His dark scales closing around his head in a dragon-shaped helmet. Metos was trying to hit the boy but his hard armor was too strong. He beckoned his shield to hit

Tatsunari hard in the face, causing a break in his armor revealing some skin. It was just enough for Metos to hit him with his paralyzing fairy.

"Lenez, take these two to the Queen. I'll make sure to deal with our other guest." He opened a wormhole for the scarred man as he lifted the two with his strength and entered. It swiftly closed behind him.

Orihime was rushing to get to them, she felt her daughters reiatsu disappear and then quickly reappear at their home. As she came closer to the classroom, she suddenly felt her sons disappear and never return. Her heart dropped but she pushed on as she walked closer to find a man standing there waiting for her.

"Orihime, I presume?" he asked the woman who came in cautiously, glancing around at the ruined classroom. "Your features, like your daughter, are so much like our Queen, whenever we're allowed to gaze on her beauty. You've just aged slightly like the Mortal Fae in our world."

"W...Where's my son?" she angrily asked, the smiling woman gone as her serious eyes glared at him.

"The young orange-haired boy? He did mention Prince Sora being his uncle. The Queen wants to see him and you," he moved quickly, stretching out his hand for her, only grabbing the necklace and ripping it off her neck. She used her shield and called on Tsubaki as he hit him on the leg, causing the man to fall to the ground. Orihime's fairy made to make another hit when it was blocked by his shield and his dome covered his leg to heal himself. Metos growled as he released his Sōten Kisshun around the school to heal himself, from the hit of an angry mother.

A wormhole appeared as he glanced towards her with a smile, "We'll talk again when you're more composed." He entered quickly to close the hole from behind him. Orihime dropped to her knees as she released a breath she was holding as felt the tears fall for her missing boy. She looked around and closed her eyes, sensing the energies of her daughter, Ichika, Yumiko, and even Jacinto. She couldn't feel Tatsunari?

"Where's Kazui?" Ichigo asked her, as he held her shoulders when she opened her eyes to stare at him.

"T...They took him. They took our baby," she cried, holding onto his shoulders, "I... I don't know where Tatsunari is. I can't feel him."

"They must have taken him too, he went to help Kazui a few moments ago," he told her. "We have to speak to Kisuke, he really didn't know anything about these beings that Kazui saw. He may find something in Soul Society. We'll get our son back, Orihime. I promise," he comforted her with his words as he held her close, while they exited the school.

Shinigami populated the area, cleaning up the mess and taking care of the memories of the students one by one. Telling them that school was closed due to a gas leak. They heard the shouts of their friend calling their names as the spiky-haired female champion, rushed out of the car before Keigo could stop the vehicle.

"Orihime! Ichigo! W ... What happened? I rushed out with Keigo as soon as I felt everyone's energy. She came closer to the couple that wore sullen expressions as she stared at the school. "I ... I can't feel my baby," she said as she made her way to the school to be stopped by Ichigo.

"He isn't there, Tatsuki! He was taken by unknown enemies along with Kazui." He watched his friend with a vacant expression as she continued glancing at the school like she didn't hear them.

"No ... he said he was leaving school extra early this morning for an exciting day. He's just joking around."

"Tatsuki!" Keigo walked from behind, having heard everything as he touched her shoulders with a sad expression.

"Our sons just joking, Keigo!" she turned to face him as she fought. He could only hold her tightly as her legs gave out. She wailed out in pain as she roughly held onto her husband's clothes. Fate was playing a cruel joke on her, giving her a child only to have them take him away.


Okay, Please review and tell me what you thought. I know I ended it in a cliffhanger but I do have more written if that makes you less upset. = ] Next chapter will be a flashback on Tatsuki and also the aftermath in the human world. I hope that I did justice to Orihime and Ichigo's character on having their child taken away from them. I can see Ichigo tormented inside but he knows he also has to be strong for Orihime and to get shit done. He knows if he mops around that won't help his son. He's like the father from the movie Taken.

Ichigo: "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. But I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career in being a Substitute Shinigami. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my son go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

Our two male damsels in distress. I love it!