Ichigo stood silently on the sands of Hueco Mundo as he waited for Yamamoto and his delegation to arrive. Just behind him stood Harribel and Yoruichi, they however chatted quietly with one another. All three had already found and fixed the location of Soi Fon and her squad members and were ready to act at a moment's notice.

When the gates opened up for Yamamoto and his group to come forth Ichigo felt his scowl grow on his face. The old man stepped out flanked not with two Captains like he stated he would, but instead four as well as his old friends. He could feel both women behind him tense up as, Unohana, Hitsugaya, Zaraki, and Shunsui lined up beside Yamamoto and Rukia, Renji, Ishida, Orihime, and Chad took several steps forward.

"I guess that lost arm held all the honor you used to brag about old man," several people tensed at Ichigo's words, "I thought you said you'd only bring two of your Taichous with you for these talks, but I'm counting an extra seven bodies, and that isn't including Soi Fon and her people trying to hide around us."

He noted that they only reaction from Yamamoto came when he mentioned Soi Fon, so for now he would settle that not the entire treachery was on the old man. Out of the Captains only Zaraki didn't flinch and that was probably because he just wanted to fight. His old friends had mixed emotions but regardless none of them met his gaze.

"If you thought I would be fool enough to walk into a potential trap so under prepared then you are still only a brat not worth talking to, as for the young ones, they wished to try and talk you out of anything foolish before you could start it," He turned his eyes to the dunes, "I will discipline the Niban-Taichou another time."

"These are to be considered official talks between the Devil faction and the Shinigami faction over the supposed breach of isolation," Ichigo crossed his arms over his chest and stared the fire wielder down, "The comments of those not here for that shall be kept to themselves else they face retribution for interfering."

"You say that despite having Shihoin Yoruichi and a Hollow at your back?"

The two women turned slightly and revealed their devil wings along with flaring some of their magic power. All present not at least at Captain level dropped to their knees while the likes of Hitsugaya and Soi Fon began to sweat. Zaraki just smiled dangerously.

"They are members of my [Peerage] by willing choice," the young diplomate leaned his head back casually and dodged a 'sneak' attack from Soi Fon, his hand lashed out and grabbed the back of her neck with such force she couldn't even blink through the pain, "You really aren't off to a good start here Yamamoto."

"Release her, she and her squad will leave immediately," internally the Sou-taichou was seething at the foolish move of his subordinate and at the narrowed eyes of the boy felt he may not be able to save her, "What do you want in exchange for her life."

"Good, you finally take something about this serious," he relaxed his grip just enough that the woman could move to which she instantly had her hands on his trying to pry it off, "You'll send the 'young ones' away with her."

"Ichigo-" Rukia was cut off instantly as she tried to protest.

"Very well."

His words were instantly met with Soi Fon's body crashing into the sands in front of him. Idly Yamamoto wondered if he should have brought the rest of his senior Captains instead of Hitsugaya, but it was to late now and probably not a worthy concern. As his insubordinate Captain rose, she didn't meet his eyes out of shame and with a signal her men came to her and grabbed the other children before leaving back to Seireitei.

"You should be careful from here out boy," both Yamamoto and Ichigo strode closer to each other as their guards stayed back, "The illusion of power you have gives you a large head."

Ichigo simply raised an eyebrow at the comment which annoyed the old man greatly. Then everyone felt it, Ichigo slowly stopped suppressing his power. Quickly it climbed to a point that Hitsugaya was on his knees struggling to breath, Zaraki actually lost his smile in surprise for a moment and the other two captains began to sweat ever so slightly. Yamamoto forced himself to not react when the power reached the level they last felt Aizen at before just like the traitorous man it simply disappeared.

"I have no illusion of power; I simply have a decent amount of control over it now."

"You lack the skill to back it up boy," in a moment of poor choice Yamamoto went to draw his blade, "What?"

When he felt his arm not respond to his command he looked down and felt shock as the limb fell severed from his body. All of the captains behind him recoiled in shock while Ichigo and his own simply stared on apathetically.

"I knew you were a hot head, and I knew that at your peak you could probably fight me to a standstill, but the matter at hand is this," Ichigo turned fierce eyes upon the aged leader, "Your pride has robbed you of your peak, and I'm not naive enough to just allow you to prepare yourself anymore."

Unohana made to rush forward but held back when golden iris and black sclera eyes locked onto her. She felt for the second time in her life as though she were about to die, and while something in her snapped back into place, she still felt small enough to not move.

Kenpachi Zaraki had no compulsions to stop and raced forward with sword drawn. In a poetic moment of role reversal his blade stopped as it hit his favorite fighting buddy, completely unable to cut him. A fist impacted his stomach and the mad man felt all of his organs crush as he flung away.

The Captain of the eleventh didn't stay down long, and when he rose his eyepatch and bells had been discarded and he was on the attack again. Ichigo eyed him with disinterest as to him the man moved in slow motion. He watched as the jagged blade was raised, and he watched it's murderous decent. With no effort he caught the blade as a torrent of sand was blown away from the two.

In a rare moment of energy Shunsui went to draw his blades, either to assist Zaraki or avenge his teacher's arm even he didn't know. He wasn't given a chance though when a hand rested on his shoulder. His eyes slowly tracked to an unamused Yoruichi and a bead of sweat trailed down the side of his face. To him she was always fast, but he used to have an indication of her moving, there wasn't anything this time. Beyond that while she clearly exerted zero effort, she was still managing to hurt him. Wisely he lowered his hands and remained passive even as she vanished again.

Toshiro couldn't even contemplate entering the fight. He already had the sword of someone who would have soundly defeated him with out backup arriving at his throat. He remembered Tier Harribel well, she had shrugged off his strongest attack while in her release form, and currently she felt far superior to that in her base state. He could only watch as Ichigo finished brutalizing the current Kenpachi before tossing his defeated body back to the line of Captains. As the body touched down it rose in no condition to fight, and a word from the Sou-taichou kept the brute from trying and had Tier return to her original position.

"Are you ready to take this meeting seriously now old man?" Yamamoto just grit his teeth in slight pain before nodding his head, "Unohana-taichou, please see to him, and when you return, knock him out if you have to and have his other arm restored."

The woman nodded as she rushed forward and began using all of her advanced skills to start reattaching the Captain Commanders arm. She found it fortunate that the cut was perfectly clean but even then, the amount of intricate work put strain on even her reserves. Her eyes snapped once again to Ichigo as she suddenly felt his energy funnel into her, and with another nod she finished her work.

"Now then, let's talk. State your grievances."

"The Devil faction has reincarnated you, a Shinigami as a Devil. This is a breach of agreements long before your time."

"When I was reincarnated, I was not a Shinigami, I in fact had no powers whatsoever."

"You have the blood of a Noble Clan of the Seireitei running through you, in essence you always belonged to us."

"How long have you known this? Because I didn't know of this until yesterday and as Isolationists there was no way that anyone else should be expected to know about this fact."

"I have known since I had my first chance to observe you after Aizen's initial betrayal."

"Again, how was any other faction to know of the fact?"

"I am forced to concede that point."

Silence reigned for a moment as the two put a pause in their battle of words. Yamamoto was forced to realize he would not win the Devil battle. He moved towards other problems dealing with the boy directly.

"I will not pursue issues with the Devil's further, they have taught you the silver tongue well," he ignored the narrowing of eyes on him, "The only thing remaining there is that now you will need to break ties with the Devils and return to us."

"Denied, I don't belong to you."

"Are you saying you choose to neglect your alliance with the Soul Society?"

"I wasn't aware I was in one, every time you called, I helped, and every time I called you brushed me aside," the scowl was back in full force, "That isn't an alliance, that's me being a foolish weapon for you to use as you see fit, and it ended when you ensured all contact I had with Soul Society was severed after I sacrificed everything to stop Aizen."

"Foolish boy, was I supposed to allow my soldiers to waste their time looking after a disabled human."

"Ah, there we are, you considered me human, as such I do not exclusively belong to you or your factions. You meddled in my life and the possibilities I could have had with the Kyoto Yokai faction or with the Shinto faction," again the old man had to grit his teeth as he was played, "I again wonder how you dare call what we had an alliance when there was nothing mutually beneficial about it."

"We allowed you to live!"

"And now I have allowed you to live!"

Silence overtook the area and the Shinigami all felt the tension mounting. Only the Sou-taichou didn't feel any shame at how the conversation had gone. Each of them in their own way had requested for either themselves or their subordinates to be able to go and meet with the young Kurosaki, to give any kind of support.

Yoruichi and Harribel each remained passive, though internally their own anger was mounting. They realized at least that the old man didn't appear to have any support present at the moment so at least an all-out fight wouldn't be necessary though in all honesty it would be one sided even if they were outnumbered. Yoruichi was fast enough to keep the two senior Captains busy for as long as necessary, as she had already proven. Toshiro was no longer a threat to anyone as he simply didn't meet the power requirements present and Harribel could defeat him at her leisure after finishing the diminished Zaraki. With that the two could overpower the other Captains. All of that wouldn't matter if Ichigo decided to just not play with the Sou-taichou.

"What are your intentions towards us?" the old man sounded defeated, his plan to simply strong arm his way lost and now he could only try to minimize any damage, "Will you go to war with us over your treatment?"

"You need to retire if that's what you actually think," Ichigo's face became apathetic as he stared at the man, "I want nothing from you, just don't bother me anymore."

"Kurosaki-san," his eyes snapped to Unohana, "What would it take to rekindle our alliance, or to create a true one where we could rely upon you in times of need?"

"Probably time," Ichigo just gave a shrug and rolled his eyes at the glaring Yamamoto, "I'm young, and I now have a lot longer to live. To me this has been a betrayal and I simply won't let myself be set up for another one. When I see proof that your stagnant society is changing, I'll extend a hand to try again, until then, as I said, leave me alone."

"And what will you do with the Hollows that follow you now?"

"Any Arrancar that chooses to follow me does so under a strict set of rules," Ichigo sighed as he fended off what had to be the old man's last shot, "They are living peacefully in the Yokai controlled parts of Kyoto and have been welcomed there. I have nothing to do with Hollows of lower evolutions."

"Very well, I will allow-"

"You allow nothing, I have already proved that I don't need your permission for anything that I do."

Once more Yamamoto tried to bluster up, but this time it fell short and he suddenly looked every bit his age. He closed his eyes as he thought everything through. With a mighty sigh he regarded the boy, the man in front of him.

"I believe that another war may be coming."

"Then you'll fight it yourself."

"Even if it would involve your human sisters and your father?"

Ichigo froze, he knew that wasn't a threat, rather an actual question. Internally he knew his answer, even if they were to truly forsake him, he would never leave his family to suffer. This was a time where he would keep that to himself though.

"As I said, you'll fight it yourself."

He ignored the shocked faces that were present on all others. He tore open a Garganta and motioned for Yoruichi and Harribel to follow him and they obeyed. As soon as it closed behind him, he whispered the truth to them, and they relaxed slightly. In Hueco Mundo the Shinigami were left in a state of disbelief.

"It seems we really weren't the only ones to spite the actions of Ichigo-kun," Shunsui gave a loud sigh as he activated the device for their own trip out of the desert, "A long road will be ahead of us to regain his trust."

"I fear we won't be around long enough to see it happen."

Yamamoto said no more as he turned and entered their portal. Internally he sighed and berated himself for how he had handled the meeting. To him it was true, all were weapons in defense of balance before they were anything else. He recognized that the young Kurosaki was a powerful weapon, and in his arrogance in thinking he could simply control that weapon he had lost its support all together. None of the remaining Captains said anything instead they simply followed their leader.

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When the three returned to Kyoto both women were surprised when they found themselves picked up and carried away at speeds they had trouble comprehending in their surprise. Tier felt herself land on her feet and then had a moment to regain her bearings. Yoruichi had no such luxury as she found herself firmly pressed against a wall and her mouth invaded by a tongue. A moan soon reverberated from her throat in appreciation.

Tier watched the scene in surprise and subconsciously brought her fingers to her own lips. In a moment her hand was grasped in his and held to the side of her head. A far less intense kiss was planted on her lips, it was slow but filled with just as much passion. It evolved quickly and soon, just like their blades danced when they fought together, their tongues danced in desire. When they broke apart both were panting, and Tier was almost desperate to get back to it.

"I have no complaints right now," Yoruichi stole a few more intense kisses, "But I thought you were against multiple girls?"

"Instincts," he pulled both girls to him hands grabbing at their bodies in want, "Adrenalin," he stole Tier's lips again as she tried to tear his shirt off, "I'll probably," his mouth found Yoruichi's collar bone for a moment, "Feel guilty," Yoruichi's hand was down his pants making him grunt, "Later."

Two hours later found Ichigo laying in his bed between the two dark skinned beauties. While they used his chest as a pillow he was staring at the ceiling, indeed feeling guilty. He had managed to stay true to his morals and kept from going all the way, still wanting to at least go on a date before that happened, but he did now know a few more sweet spots for his purple haired goddess and was now tracking that he and Tier just knew each other's bodies on instinct.

He felt like an ass, but fuck if watching the two scare the shit out of some of the best Seireitei had to offer didn't make him feel hot under the collar. He groaned as the memory had him stiffen again. He would have been embarrassed if either of them had been awake… and Yoruichi was now stroking him.

"What exactly do you keep thinking about," she kissed his neck, "That keeps making you so hard?"

"Two of my [Peerage] scaring the crap out of Captains by doing almost nothing."

"That is a good answer, and it makes me happy to know that we are the ones causing it," she let him go and stretched up to peck him on the lips, "Now stop brooding over things and just accept that you are going to be in a relationship with a lot of women."

"Fine."

"Come on Ichigo, you need to… wait," the woman looked up into his eyes, "Fine? No more arguing?"

"Yoruichi, I told you I love you, and that I trust you. I feel like an ass because I immediately turned around and spat on that trust," Yoruichi felt her jaw tighten at the look of sadness and underlying fear in his eyes, "You asked to protect my heart, and I gave it to you, if you really think that its what's best for me, I'll stand by my words and trust you. Just please," he grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently, "Please don't push it too fast."

"Ichigo," she looked at him with love, "Know that I am so happy you don't take after any of the men in your life when it comes to talking to women. Also know, that if you didn't have that date rule, I'd be rocking your world right now."

"Never change."

"Only for a brief nine-month period when you put a baby in me."

"You only want one?"

"You aren't scared?"

"Terrified, I don't know that I'll be better than my example," that drew a startled look, "Honestly I'm more afraid I'll do something stupid and not even get the chance to try."

"Ichigo…"

"Sorry, forget I said that," he kissed her temple, "You didn't answer my question, how many kids do you want?"

"I think only one," she would let the other issue lay for now, "What about you?"

"I'd never thought about it, but I suppose," he gave her a calculating look, "At least one with every woman you hook me up with that want's a child. I don't want to take that away from anyone. My mom would always tell me that having me and… the twins… was always what she thought her purpose in life was, what her happiest moments were."

"You are going to be a wonderful husband, you know that?" Yoruichi curled into his side as closely as she could, "I'll let the other's figure out kids on their own schedule, and you still have a few years with me. But tell me, would you want ours to be a boy or girl?"

They continued to talk about their future for about an hour before Tier woke up. It was to late to do anything else for the day and none of the three were thrilled at the idea of getting out of bed. Harribel found the solution to their problem as Yoruichi sat up to stretch a little, and the three found themselves repeating their earlier activities all over again.

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Azazel sat in his laboratory, forced to finally do actual paperwork for his Faction instead of work on his Artificial Sacred Gears. He was reading through the reports from his spies in the Devil territories as well as the ones in Seireitei and found himself highly interested for once. If lines were being blurred, he might need to take a chance to find some new interesting toys.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, huh," the man took a sip of his early morning coffee as he pondered, "You should be fun to meet, and what better pretense than as a diplomatic mission."

The Fallen Angel made a small dart of light and tossed it behind him. He stood up and checked his hanging list of subordinates to see where it landed. He smiled as he got a twofer, where this one went her sister always followed.

"Time to try and tempt a Devil," he gave a chuckle, "Ah, it's good to be me."

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Ichigo sat with a small smile in Kunou's room as the young girl giggled happily. Slowly he moved a comb through her hair, short though it was. Amaterasu sat to the side simply enjoying the scene of the big brother and little sister. Yasaka was kept from the sight by an extended council meeting, though the Goddess would show her later. Hopefully with the young man's open college schedule, far more babysitting opportunities would come about.

"Mother," Amaterasu felt her heart skip in joy at the title, "I need your help with something."

"Certainly, my Son, if it within my power I will do anything."

"I, uh, I want to take Yoruichi on a date Saturday," Kunou squirmed until she could look up at Ichigo in wonder, "I've never done this sort of thing before. I don't want to mess it up."

Two tiny fists started beating on the man's chest and when he looked down, he found the young kitsune glaring up at him. From the side Amaterasu almost cooed at the sight, another thing to share with her acolyte. Gently Ichigo caught her hands and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Ichigo-nii-sama doesn't need help," the girl pouted when he just smirked a little at her, "Aren't you always saying you trust your instincts? Don't you know what Yoruichi-sama likes now? You will be fine Nii-sama, just be you, just less scowly."

"Sc-scowly? I'll have you know I've cut back a lot on that. Now let me brush your tails," the girl pouted but complied, his next words made her smile bright enough to light all of Kyoto though, "Thank you Imouto, I'll be sure to come to you for dating advice from now on."

"Ichigo-kun, that's not fair!" Amaterasu had replaced her amused smile for a horrified one, "I'm your Mother, you need to come to me!"

"It's sometimes the bluntest information that gets through to me," the strawberry gave a chuckle as he carefully brushed one of the swishing furry appendages, "You don't get much more blunt than a pouting child, though I guess you tend to act like one."

"Nii-sama!/Ichigo!"

Both females turned on the crocodile tears as the man let out a rich, booming laugh. Kunou was forced to abandon her pout as nimble fingers began tickling her sides and she burst out laughing. When Amaterasu started to chuckle at the sight, the young girl acted as the child she was and rushed to tickle her grandmother figure.

Ichigo watched on fondly until he felt Tier appear on the premises in the company of three unknowns, one of whom was very powerful. His shift in focus was picked up on by the two females and the easy atmosphere diminished. He gave the two an apologetic smile before standing and moving to meet his [Queen] halfway.

"It feels like that Trickster Crow Azazel, he is the leader of the Fallen Angels," Amaterasu didn't sound too concerned so he would go in peace, "You may need to punch him if he tried to harasses one of your women."

"Understood," he glanced back from the doorway and smiled at the two, "Thank you both again, I know exactly what I'll do for Yoruichi."

He left as the two smiled at him. Kunou let her smile dim as she still wanted to spend time with her big brother, also known as hopefully soon father. Amaterasu pulled her into a gentle hug before grabbing the comb and continuing where Ichigo had left off with her tails.

Ichigo made it to the foyer by the time Harribel brought the three to the Palace, and he was positive it was deliberate. He would give her a kiss as a reward later. Soon standing before him was his [Queen] and three unknowns with pitch black wings. He studied the wings for a moment and despite himself internally admitted they were quite beautiful.

The man in the lead instantly had him thinking of Kisuke and a part of him never wanted them to meet, but another part, really, really, really wanted to just fuck with the world for a moment. He wore a lazy expression on his face and Ichigo could just imagine the fan waving as he gave a chuckle behind it.

The two women with him seemed nervous, though for one that was confusing as she basically just wore bits of leather over her body instead of any real clothes. The other was wearing a business suit that seemed much more appropriate for the meeting, even if it was clearly two sizes to small for her chest.

"Kurosaki-sama," he would pay her back for that later, "Allow me to introduce, Azazel-dono, Leader of the Fallen Angel Grigori, and his two subordinates, Raynare-dono and Kalawarner-dono."

"Harribel-chan, thank you," the smile to her was warm, but when it turned to Azazel the man suddenly felt himself sweat, "Would you mind telling me if he made any… inappropriate actions towards any women on his way here?"

"Ah, Kurosaki-kun," just like Kisuke, "I promise I treated all of your ladies with respect."

"Any women, Harribel-chan?"

"Kurosaki-sama, upon his arrival," Azazel suddenly wanted to run as the other man's eyes opened like slits upon him, "He smacked the rear ends of both of his subordinates."

Raynare and Kalawarner wanted to blush in embarrassment at having that treatment brought up. Instead they looked around in surprise when they were suddenly standing next to the blond that had led them to the Yokai Palace. Their eyes widened when they found Ichigo inches from Azazel whispering something to him, and their leader was rapidly nodding his head in agreement while sweating like a pig.

"Thank you for understanding Azazel-dono," Ichigo turned and gave Tier a nod, "Let us go discuss things while the ladies take in the beauty of Kyoto."

"O-of course Kurosaki-kun," the Governor of the Fallen Angels turned robotically to his subordinates, "Ladies, I apologize for my rude behavior this morning, please go enjoy the sights, all expenses will be covered."

The two men walked out of the room leaving one woman to eye her [King] with amusement while the other two watched on in confusion. Tier took out her phone, a marvelous device that allowed her to do many things, and when she learned how to do more than the call and text function, she would do those things. Sending her fellow [Peerage] ladies a message she turned to the two Fallen Angels.

"Shall we go?"

"Wait, what did he say to Azazel-sama?" Kalawarner seemed very confused, "He doesn't apologize for stuff like that, ever, period."

"My [King] most likely told him what his actions would bring in his presence," the blond let out a throaty chuckle, "And the worse things that would happen should the young Hime see him commit such actions, and as a kitsune, it is likely she will claim it just to see the results."

"Screw it Kala-chan! We got a day off and expenses paid!" Raynare was excited to blow the old pervert's money, "Let's go buy something crazy!"

Elsewhere a young bunny girl attendant sat down two bottles of sake and two drinking dishes while feeling slightly awkward. The Hero of Japan was smiling at her kindly, and that was normal as he seemed to care about everyone within Kyoto, or maybe the whole world. His guest was the problem, he was doggedly making sure to not look at her. Oh, her boobs nearly slipped out again, sometimes she wondered if they were too big. She heard the Fallen give a groan and the soon to be Master give a chuckle. He nodded at her kindly and she bowed in his direction, oops she felt a breeze on her bum, she forgot panties, and the Fallen was punching himself. She was going to leave now.

"You did that on purpose," a knowing grin was the answer Azazel got, "I'd hate you if it wasn't also fucking hilarious and a tactic, I'm going to use on some people I know."

"Jokes aside, what can I do for you Azazel-dono?"

"First cut the formal crap, I don't give a shit about it at least," Ichigo simply shrugged and sipped at his sake, "Second, I wanna shake some shit up and with you being a new player in the field I thought I could use you, but you seem a bit too scary in person."

"How exactly did you want to shake things?" Ichigo caught the man off guard with that, "I'm at least willing to listen, I may agree, I may not, and if it's bad enough I may beat you down preemptively."

"And you think you could get away with that last one?"

"Ah, I recall a young woman was in here just now, I recall giving you a warning, and… I recall how everyone views you."

"You, you set me up?" Azazel looked stunned before smiling, "Well played, but how did you know what to do?"

"You remind me of a certain man who is also rather… eccentric," somewhere Kisuke sneezed while looking at one of his 'secret' dirty magazines, "I knew exactly what to do as soon as I laid eyes on you."

"I like you; I like you a lot. Don't make a joke at that," Ichigo just smiled, "Anyway, my ultimate goal is peace-"

"Let's do it."

"Ju-just like that, you won't hear the plan?" the man was confused, "What if I betray you?"

"You cease to exist," the finality of the statement made Azazel swallow hard, "But, like I said, I know someone just like you and," he looked at his wrist as if there was a watch and for some reason Azazel felt annoyed, "It looks like I have time to make two more bold moves with expectations for good results before my naivety window closes and people will want to fight about it, so I may as well spend them on you."

"You aren't even wearing a watch!"

"Yup, the plan?"

"Those two I brought with me, make them part of your [Peerage], lets increase the Devil and Fallen relations."

"That's a tall order, I have rules on who may enter my family," Ichigo stared his counterpart in the eyes searchingly for his next question, "I only take those who truly want to join, they become my family."

"All the more reason to take them," Azazel decided to be the most honest, and the most serious he'd been since he initially brought his Faction together, "Being a Fallen Angel is bullshit. We were basically cast out from our family because we wanted something more than what was considered ok. Did you know that even if you loved someone with all your being, if you had even an ounce of lust for them it still counted as a full Sin in the beginning? Sure, the rules changed a little and its now as long as it's the lust of love your ok, but what about those who fell before then. Many of those who fell from Wrath was because of the anger we felt at the loss of our family…"

Azazel stopped short. He hadn't meant to say all of that. He basically just told the two reasons that he fell. There was something about this kid, and he was old enough to still call him a kid, that just made him want to confess. His eyes flickered up when he noticed his dish being filled and found Kurosaki Ichigo looking at him, not with pity, but with understanding. For a moment fury erupted in his being, but it vanished just as fast.

"So, you have some experience with that as well huh?"

"I tried to please my father, and I feel as though I have been cast out while my siblings have begun to scorn me," Ichigo slowly sipped another saucer, "I feel I much more embody the likeness of the first Devil, but I can understand some of your pain, because I would still die for them."

"Those two girls are like real sisters. Sure, all Angels, fallen or not are technically brother and sister, but they truly act like it," Azazel downed his saucer before just going for the whole bottle, "Kalawarner fell first, Pride in the strength that her sister was reaching in the name of our Father," he spit the term and Ichigo raised his dish in unity, "Raynare anguished for months and begged to meet old Great Beard to beg for His forgiveness for her sister. Michael refused her so she willingly turned to Wrath to join her. Now one hurts because she caused the other to fall, which hurts the other who fell for her, into a circle that could take them to a scary place. I hope that by joining a family, they can be saved from themselves."

"Did you have that planned from the start or was there an element of luck here?"

"Please, this idea didn't exist until I did a little research into you," Azazel gave a small smirk, "When Raynare got pegged to join me it was to keep me… entertained, and where she goes her sister will follow. You say you have an idea of who I am, well I'm fairly positive I know you pretty well too. So, will you accept two more under your protection."

"Only if they agree, you can try and convince them, but you will not coerce them," Ichigo narrowed his eyes, "It has to be willingly, or I'll beat you down right then and there."

"Deal, now," the old crow set his empty bottle down, "What was the other bad thing you were going to get up to with me."

"I'll ignore the phrasing there," he pulled out his phone and pushed his number five speed dial letting it ring twice before it connected, "Kisuke."

'Ah, Kurosaki-kun, what fantastic timing, I've just arrived with your four new housemates."

"Perfect, I'll come greet them soon, but I have someone for you to talk to," that was the moment Amaterasu entered the room with Yasaka and Kunou, "This is your long-lost brother, have fun."

The phone was handed to Azazel who while confused was also amused. Amaterasu watched in horror as almost instantly insanity was being spoken over the phone between the two scientists. She turned to Ichigo in pure fear as Yasaka pulled her confused daughter to her chest while whispering comforting words. The Goddess could only utter five words.

"What have you wrought Ichigo?"

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