The Lost Shinigami

by makoto x chelia

Takumi Urahara, believing himself to be a human who could see spirits yet with no real powers within the crazy world of Shinigami's, and Hollows, went through life trying his best with what little he had to work with, but that changed when he met a certain Shinigami, the same for Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki, and their adventure began, digging into his past, to fight for the future.

2. Siblings tears part one

Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

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Clarent excalibur; Yeah, I've had thoughts about it before, and decided to do it now~ Thanks very much for the votes! Those are some cool choices for the harem, and yeah, I could see that between Toshiro and Momo, I thought that they could be sibling like, or lover like, I'm surprised nothing really came of it in canon in either way. I could totally see Byakuya doing something like that, he wouldn't allow it to happen without a test that dramatic. That would be funny, and I could totally see Nemu doing something like that. Rukia kicking her like that would be funny. Yeah, that would be quite nice.

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HUNTER with bad grammar; Thanks very much! Yeah, I hope that you do~ They would be nice, and I like Soi Fon as well.

Miraculous Psychic Hero 100; Nice new user name~ Thanks very much! He's going to try at least~ Thanks very much! She doesn't no, since he's got Orihime's attention. It's going to get pretty deep as we get into his backstory. It isn't Yoruichi, and she doesn't really see him as a son or anything, she's protective over him, but nothing like that. I'd say she's quite fond of him. Thanks for the votes! Yeah, Nemu does suffer a lot, and it's kind of sad what happens to her at the end of the series. Older Nel would be cool. Hanataro is a character that's going to become important during the Soul Society arc, more so than in the manga/anime and maybe beyond, I'm thinking of having Hanataro either be a little brother like figure to Takumi, as Hanataro just seems to be the type, or having Hanataro be a girl and be someone that falls for Takumi during that arc, either one of those, I haven't decided yet. No worries, and thanks!

Crenin; They would be pretty cool, and yeah, a thunderstorm would be awesome. Thanks for the votes, and yeah, could be~

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ShadowUzumaki55; He's quite a unique character, he's got some weird quirks, he can be serious when he needs to be. He has yeah, Orihime and Takumi's relationship will be expanded upon more here, and give an idea why Orihime's attached to him. It is yeah~ Thanks for the votes! He has met Shinigami's before, a certain group he might know of as well. Yeah, it's quite hard huh~?

Empyrean Asura; Not really, each have different things that set them apart. It wasn't his lack of power that made him insecure, it's more reasons than that. Thanks for the votes!

Guest 1; Thanks very much, and thanks for the votes! I wont spoil it, but Takumi and Mayuri are going to have a very interesting relationship between the two of them. Yeah, I could see Mayuri doing something like that. Nemu would do something like that, since she takes things literally.

Guest 2; I'm glad you're happy! Yeah, there's gonna be some beauties in it~

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Silver crow; No worries about it, it is a good series, and yeah, I hope that it does! I'm glad that you do! Thanks for the votes! Yeah, he only has control over fire, though I do like one of his Bankai moves, with the flaming skeletons. Takumi's quite cunning so he could use such a thing like that. In his own right he would be yeah. By the end of the series he would be yeah. Yeah, it would be like that!

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Anonymous; Hey! Thanks, and I am~ He is yeah, he's Takumi's Dad, and is quite concerned for him. They have quite the cute relationship with one another. No she didn't, so Karin was probably right about the reason! He does know one, Uryu, and he might have met one of the Sternritters before. Yeah, it would be quite cool huh~? Thanks for the votes! Thanks for the suggestions! That last one caught me by surprise.

Kamen Rider W; Zangetsu is a sword I like in Bleach, the designs are always pretty bad ass. Thanks very much!

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Guest 6; Thank you very much! Thanks for the votes! Those are some cool choices~

Guest 7; Yeah, that would be justice for her Mother, and what happened to her. And that would be badass for Yuzu.

Skull Flame; He is yeah, and I'm happy about that~ We'll find out more about the Mother in the future. It seems so, what that is shall be discussed more in the future. It seems that he can survive it at least~ She surely will, Chizuru. I'm glad, and yeah, she will have an inner Hollow. Thanks very much! Yeah, he would be able to do something like that.

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Guest 9; That would be pretty funny, thanks for the suggestion!

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Guest 11; Thanks for the votes, that would be a pretty interesting idea.

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Guest 14; We'll get a decent sized one yeah~ Eventually he'll be getting up their in the higher tiers yeah.

Guest 15; That sounds pretty awesome, thanks for the suggestion! That would be pretty cool, I could see that happening~

Guest 16; Maybe in the future, I'm still catching up with Black Clover. I quite like it, so there are chances I'd do a story about it in the future. They would be quite dangerous together.

Guest 17; Soi Fon, yeah she might be~

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Guest 22; Thanks for the votes! Yeah, Senna did. I don't see why he couldn't do something like that. Yeah, I'd probably put them in, that timeline would probably be the best way to go about it. Yeah, that would be quite the beautiful way to end the story with how it began, just roles reversed.

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Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter! Also please check out the bottom for important information for this story going forward.

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Sibling tears part one

Three years ago...

"Alright everyone. We have a new student within our class today."

The teacher spoke up to the middle schoolers before them. Out of them, one was Orihime with her long hair shining. Her eyes looked over the new student, seeing him to look quite exhausted, a sleepy expression on his face, and he released a yawn.

The teacher turned towards Takumi, who looked back up towards her.

"Would you like to introduce yourself?"

Takumi glanced at the class, before looking towards the window, to see Kisuke, but only Takumi could see Kisuke, Kisuke himself was giving the thumbs up towards him, causing Takumi's eyebrows to twitch.

Then he looked back at the class once more, and his face lifted up into a smile.

"Nice to meet you everyone, my name is Takumi Urahara! Lets get along!"

Orihime cocked her head, while watching Takumi looking out of the window, and then back to the others.

Some people in the class spoke words such as "Weirdo." and "Haha, he looks freaky~" along with "He looks insane!" but Orihime thought that was really rude, since they didn't even know Takumi at all.

"I-I see..." The teachers words were of nervousness, seeing the sleepy eyes of Takumi on her form despite the smile on his face. "A-Anyway, please go and sit down~ Your seat is next to Orihime Inoue-san. Inoue-san, raise your hand so Urahara-san knows where to go."

Takumi glanced at Orihime who raised her hand.

He slowly moved closer to Orihime, and sat down beside her.

"It's nice to meet you. My names Orihime Inoue, Urahara-san!"

"Nice to meet you Inoue-san! I'm sure we'll be good friends!"

Orihime loved his energy, yet she didn't get why he looked half asleep.

Takumi brought his bag onto the table, and dumped a few items onto the desk. Intrigue came over her, seeing that he dumped even a stuffed teddy on the table, but something seemed off about it.

"That's so cute~"

Orihime sang out, Takumi glanced towards her, and smiled lightly.

"It can dance, I made it myself."

Orihime was intrigued, as Takumi clicked his fingers, the toy rose up, and it began to do the macarena, Orihime looked super intrigued.

"That's so cool Urahara-san, you made that?"

Takumi scratched the back of his head.

"Yup, I made it~ My Dad can do more amazing things, but I like making things that bring joy to people."

Orihime stared at the toy that continued dancing, it was amazing to see it move so well.

Then the class began, and the teacher spoke about the lesson, the math's lesson at that, though Orihime watched Takumi more, interested in seeing what he was building. He even had out a screwdriver, and a weird cone shaped device, she didn't know what it was, but it seemed important to Takumi.

Equations came onto the board, and it was a question about how many people would be on a train if some people got off, then some got on, then some got off, it was quite complicated, something that most of the students all sighed out about as the teacher asked people to solve it, Orihime's eyes swirled.

"I don't get it..."

"The answer is seventeen Inoue-san."

Orihime was surprised by the voice from beside her.

She looked to see Takumi glancing in her direction.

"Is it?"

Takumi nodded, concentrating on his devices more than anything.

Orihime furrowed her eyebrows, while the teacher asked "Can anyone give me the answer? Anyone at all?" so Orihime looked towards Takumi once more, seeing that he wasn't going to say anything as he was seemingly busy with technology he was working on, so she raised her hand.

"Yes Inoue-san?"

"The answer...is seventeen...yes?"

The teacher looked surprised that she got it so fast.

Even the class said things like "Wow, Orihime-san." and "She's quite smart." though some that didn't like Orihime said horrible stuff about her, but Orihime looked towards Takumi who looked down at his table, tinkering away with some device that he had.

"W-Whoa, that was fast Inoue-san."

Orihime scratched the back of her head.

"Actually, it was Urahara-san that got it first. I was just telling his answer to you all."

Orihime, being as kind as she was, wasn't going to take credit for Takumi's answer. She could of, but she wouldn't of felt right to say the answer was hers.

The class looked towards Takumi with amazement and also annoyance, and jealousy that he managed to get it so fast.

It had taken less than a minute for him to get the answer, even Orihime was very impressed, but then she heard other people speaking like "Show off." and "Know it all." among other hurtful things, she herself knew what it was like for people to bully her, so she could understand that it must of hurt for Takumi to be called these names, she found it quite unfair since he actually didn't say anything to the teacher, and only said it to her.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault that they're saying those things to you."

Takumi glanced at Orihime, and shook his head.

"Don't worry, it's fine, it doesn't bother me. Life's too short to allow negative comments to affect you."

Orihime watched carefully as Takumi turned back to his desk, and couldn't help but be intrigued by him, especially by the fact that he didn't let their negative words affect him, like she did get affected by others words and what they did to her, and had to admire that fact about him.

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Present...

"Damn this is pretty cool~ Well done Tessai-san~"

Kisuke smiled out as he, Takumi, Rukia, Yoruichi in cat form, Jinta and Ururu, began eating the feast before them. Tessai's eyes went across each and everyone of them, Rukia looked bewildered while seeing Jinta grab a plateful of food, and picked it off other different plates.

Rukia glanced at Takumi who smiled down towards her.

"In this house, you have to act fast, or you'll not get much."

Rukia looked even more baffled, seeing Jinta place more and more food onto his plate, Ururu gathered a modest sized plate, while Kisuke waved his fan in front of his face, somehow his plate had been filled with food.

She glanced at Takumi once more, seeing his plate filled, and the food laid out before them was nearly empty.

"H-Huuuuh?! T-That was so fast!"

Rukia let that out in surprise, and then saw a single piece of food left, so she went to grab it, when Jinta grabbed it instead, Rukia's eyes blazed.

"Sorry, you snooze you lose."

"Oh come on! I'm a guest!"

Rukia argued with Jinta while Takumi gave her a bemused smile.

"Yeah, but you don't do anything around here."

"This is my first day being here...well, second I guess...even then! I was helping Takumi, I don't know, not die!"

Jinta stuck out his tongue towards Rukia who frowned as a result.

Takumi then heard her stomach rumble, so he grabbed her plate, and shoved half of his food onto her own plate.

"There, you can have some of mine."

"Thank you." Her eyes went to Jinta in an antagonistic way. "You're so nice Takumi."

Jinta breathed hard out of his nose, while Takumi waved his hand.

"Of course, don't worry about it. You are a guest here after all."

Rukia brushed her face gently, and began to eat the food, while Kisuke looked towards her. Rukia looked right back towards him, and as if they were having a conversation with their eyes, Takumi sensed some tension between the two of them.

But that soon ended when Rukia's phone pinged.

"Oh damn...alright then. Takumi, we've got a live one."

"Right, lets go."

Takumi placed his food down along with Rukia, and they went to leave when Kisuke raised his hand.

"Wait, wait. Takumi, you've only just woke up today. Don't you want to take it easy?"

"But there's a Hollow, and no active Shinigami around."

Kisuke chuckled nervously, while Rukia gave him a blank stare.

"Y-Yeah, you're right. Then, let me take care of it, and you can get some rest~"

"But, don't I need practice to deal with these Hollows?"

Takumi countered, while Rukia continued looking towards Kisuke.

"Even then..."

"Come on Takumi." Rukia pulled him along, then her eyes shot for Kisuke. "Unless there's something you want to discuss Urahara?"

Kisuke's eyes slitted slightly, but then his face turned cheerful.

"Of course not. Be careful my boy, good luck~"

"Thanks! Come on Rukia-chan, lets do this!"

"Right."

Takumi and Rukia ran out of the room, while Kisuke inhaled slowly.

Yoruichi watched from her position, then her eyes went to Kisuke who turned his head to the side. It seemed like he was thinking about something deeply.

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The next day, Takumi appeared before Kisuke, and had questions about what had happened that night.

"So...gonna tell me what that light was?"

Takumi's demand didn't come as a shock to Kisuke.

He was an inquisitive person, but he was surprised that Rukia wasn't alongside him asking these kind of questions.

"Well, the thing is Takumi….hahaha, does it matter…?"

Kisuke for once was unsure of how to respond.

Takumi was sharp minded.

If he lied, Takumi would know, it would be the same if Takumi had lied about anything. They could suss the other out, so lying to Takumi was hard to even someone like Kisuke.

"Well, it does matter since I was nearly destroyed because of it."

He remained calm, getting angry wouldn't of done anything to help the situation.

"Yeah, it's just...because of the transfer of Shinigami powers, that's all Takumi~"

Kisuke waved a fan in front of his face, only for Takumi to grab the fan and tapped Kisuke's head with it so hard that Kisuke bit his tongue, letting out a small cry.

"We both know that's not true. Even Rukia-chan was baffled by it. What aren't you telling me?"

"Takumi, the thing is...do you really need to be a Shinigami?"

"Well...since Rukia-chan gave up her powers to me so we could stop the Hollow, I'd say yes."

Kisuke gave a sheepish smile.

"But, do you really have to? I could do it for you. I'd kill Hollow's for you so you didn't have to put yourself in danger. Let me do it, I'll get Yoruichi-san to play with you~"

Takumi knew that there was something more to it than what he was saying. Kisuke didn't say random stuff for nothing, so Takumi killing Hollow's must be something he wanted to avoid, but he didn't know why that was.

"I'm only going to do it until Rukia-chan gets her powers back. With the Gigai I made, she will get her powers back in no time! Nothing can stop science mwhahahahahaha!"

"Hahahaha! The scientist laugh is amazing!" Kisuke cheered, only to pause when he remembered what he was thinking about, and placed his fingers together. "But yeah, killing Hollow's isn't that fun."

"It isn't about fun, it's about protecting humans and spirits alike. Isn't it? Didn't you always tell me that keeping the balance is better than allowing it to be tipped?" Kisuke didn't say anything, but he mentally agreed. "That's what I'm going to be doing, keeping the balance, and making sure that Hollows, don't try and hurt people, and make sure their spirits go to the Soul Society...speaking of, now that I am a Shinigami, I'm going to be seeing a certain spirit later on actually."

Kisuke tipped his hat up.

"Oh? Who is that?"

"Sora Inoue-san." Takumi revealed, while brushing a bang of blonde hair out of his face. "He's been hanging around Orihime-chan since his death, so I thought I'd be able to send him off to the Soul Society so he doesn't have to worry about Orihime-chan anymore."

"That would be nice...either way, why don't you..."

Takumi lazily looked towards the clock within the room, and saw the time.

"Holy shit, it's 11.30 already. Where did the time go?"

Kisuke shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know, I only just woke up~"

"Well, half the days gone, I guess I should go to school, and catch the rest of the day." A small smile appeared on Takumi's face, rubbing his hands together. "And I get to see my Orihime-chan~"

"Your wife huh~?"

Takumi gave him a strange look.

"Yeah right, she wouldn't want to go out with someone like me." Takumi yawned, stretching and walked towards the door. "Yoruichi-chan, you coming today with me?" His eyes shot for the door, seeing a bewildered cat staring at him. "Didn't think I noticed you? I saw you watching the conversation. Anyway, I've got to go, coming Yoruichi-chan?"

"You've got Rukia Kuchiki now. Why would you need me? You seem to have taken to the small Shinigami quite well, I saw you last night, eating with one another, when that used to be our things."

Yoruichi said with a pout, Takumi's eyes began to water, rushing Yoruichi, hugging her tightly.

"Don't say that! You're always my number one kitten! I'll keep you with me forever and ever!"

Yoruichi wore a happy smile.

"Damn straight, don't you forget it either."

Takumi chuckled, and left, dropping Yoruichi to the ground.

He looked towards Kisuke who smiled back towards him.

It was unspoken, but Kisuke knew he'd have to explain eventually.

Once he was gone, her eyes shot for Kisuke who became serious.

"There's nothing you could have done Kisuke."

Kisuke yawned.

"Yeah, I suppose so."

"Guilt, is that what I'm sensing from you?"

Kisuke's eyebrows dipped.

"...Yes. He's right, but telling him the truth now would only cause more problems. How could I tell him the truth now?"

"Either way, you might have to prepare him for the future. We can't change the fact that he is a Shinigami now, and if you tried to interfere with that again, it might cause problems, and might end badly. But you'd know that more than me."

Kisuke stroked his chin in thought, while Yoruichi let out a small yawn from her mouth.

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Rukia sat by herself within the classroom, surrounded by classmates. They went along their daily business, and she glanced at the empty seat she was told that was Takumi's.

"Geez, I should of just waited for him to come with me...I don't know what to do with these humans..."

Rukia sighed at her thoughts, while Chizuru, a young girl with red hair, and glasses locked her eyes onto the lone Rukia.

Her fingertips felt like they were buzzing, her body heated up from the sight of Rukia, love hearts in her eyes.

Smacking her lips together, Chizuru stood up, and walked towards the unsuspecting Rukia.

Then Rukia felt a hand being placed on her shoulder, freezing her entire body.

She dared to look, and her eyes met Chizuru's eyes.

"A-Ah...hello fellow classmate..."

"Hello, beautiful."

Rukia blinked at the name she was given.

"B-Beautiful?"

Rukia felt fear running through her, Chizuru's eyes displayed lust.

"That's right cutie~ You are just so delectable~"

Rukia's bottom lip trembled.

"I-I..."

Rukia was lost for words which was a rarity for the young woman, Chizuru however leaned closer.

"You aren't my Hime, but your beauty can't be denied Kuchiki-chan. Maybe we could become...closer."

The way she said 'closer' caused Rukia to feel real fear.

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"Orihime, what are you eating today?"

Tatsuki questioned Orihime as they walked through the hallways of the school. Since it had been days now since she had seen Takumi, she was naturally getting worried about her, and what it meant that he hadn't come to school yet.

"Oh, I'm eating fish with curry sauce, and onions on top of them~"

Orihime smiled out, Tatsuki imagined what that would be like and she felt sick to her stomach. The thought of eating something like that didn't sound good to her, in fact she was sure that she was going to be sick from eating such a thing.

As they walked along together, towards their classroom as they had gotten something to eat together, walking across from the other side, rounding a corner at the same time, was Takumi who was yawning slightly, and Orihime bumped into him.

However, Takumi turned, and grabbed her hand just before she could fall down to the ground.

"Ooh my, Orihime-chan. You are here~ I'm so happy~"

Orihime's face became overwhelmed with happiness, jumping into Takumi's arms, while Tatsuki watched on with a tipped eyebrow.

"Taku-chan! I was so worried, I came by, and your Dad said that you had been hit by a car!"

"Hit by a car..." Takumi sweat dropped when imagining Kisuke saying such things. "...ahahaha, it was my fault really, I was helping a young girl cross the street at night, and this car came out of nowhere!" Takumi raised his fist to the heavens, and then held out his fingers in front of him, looking like a ninja ready to perform ninjutsu. "But I used my awesome powers of ninjutsu, I leaped over that incoming car! But then, an ancient race of ninjas that opposed my clan, came after me, and then a huge fight broke out!"

"Ooh my! An ancient ninja clan! Fighting against Taku-chan huh?! I see, I understand! Protecting the world by the moonlight, and attending school by the sunlight! Yes, Taku-chan is the earths defender while everyone else doesn't even know! But we know, don't we Tatsuki-chan?!"

Tatsuki's sweat fell down her face, she wasn't able to even comprehend what was being said at this point.

"S-So...you where attacked by people?"

Takumi's face lowered, and his hand went to his forehead dramatically.

"I was, assaulted by people that were trying to harm a few girls. So, I stepped in and took them out, but I was also injured. I was knocked out for two days, and then I was awoken by the gentle voice of my Orihime-chan who cried out to me "Come back my adorable Taku-chan, I've got snacks for you~" and when hearing the call, I had to immediately shoot out of bed, to eat my Orihime-chan's delicious snacks before anyone else gets the chance!"

Tatsuki continued to sweat drop at the sight of Takumi's dramatic nature, but Orihime was drinking it up more and more.

"Ooh Taku-chan! I am so glad I could wake you up again from your slumber from your ninja fight!"

Tatsuki didn't even want to get into it anymore, so she sighed, and began walking back towards the class once more.

"Are you going to your boyfriend Ishida-chan?"

Tatsuki's eyebrows twitched wildly, shooting her eyes for Takumi...but he was already walking by with Orihime with a passive expression on his face, Tatsuki's hand tightened, and she let out a war cry, swinging her fist for his head, but he ducked out of the way, and slipped into the classroom nearby.

Upon entering, he saw that Rukia was sat there at her desk, and he thought he'd see Karin and Yuzu, but he couldn't see them so he presumed that they were either getting drinks, or were in the school.

Rukia herself looked as if life had lost her, Chizuru behind her was practically massaging her shoulders at this point.

When Rukia saw Takumi, she mouthed "Help me." Takumi sighed and walked over.

"Okay pervert, time to leave the new girl alone."

Chizuru's eyes snapped upon Takumi.

"My enemy! It isn't enough you steal Hime, now you want to steal this girl from me!?"

"I'm not stealing her, I'm making sure you don't harass them pervert!"

Chizuru exhaled harshly out of her nose, while Rukia stood up, and walked behind Takumi, putting distance between her, and Chizuru who was looking betrayed.

"Oh my, you've come Takumi-kun~ Thanks for helping me out~"

Rukia put on a tone that didn't sound like her at all, Orihime's face fell slightly when seeing Rukia greet Takumi casually.

"I'm glad you're okay Rukia-chan~"

"Taku-chan, you know her?"

There was a hint of something within Orihime's voice, but Takumi didn't get what that thing was. But Tatsuki who entered, could tell that Orihime was showing signs of something that she usually didn't show, and it looked like she was serious.

"Yeah, she's...she's someone I've known since...hmmm, remember I said about helping a girl?" Orihime nods, making the connection. "I helped this girl out. To my surprise, she's within our class, hehehehe~ And she's got food..." Takumi's eyebrows furrowed. "Oh crap, I forgot food..." Takumi casually walked closer to Rukia, and gave her a childlike smile, Rukia offered one back, both clearly faking it. "So, my friend...no, partner I should say. Wanna share lunch?"

Orihime noticed the word 'partner' and couldn't help but wonder the relationship between Takumi and Rukia, taking it in a different way than the way that Takumi was actually using the word 'partner'.

Rukia's innocent facade dropped.

"No, I had to make this while dodging bat swings from that red headed boy."

Takumi showed a sly smile.

"Yeah, he can be such a little brat sometimes."

Rukia placed a hand on her face while saying "Ain't that the truth." letting out a sigh, before Takumi sat down nearby with Rukia sitting down near him, pulling her chair to his desk, away from Chizuru who winked towards her, freaking her out.

"Anyway, Takumi-kun, maybe you could give me a tour of the city later~ Since I'm new to this city~"

"Haha, sure Rukia-chan~"

Orihime watched as Rukia glanced at Takumi, and he did the same, and she felt something bubbling up within her, and what it is...she didn't like what it was inside of her, seeing the pair giving each other some weird looks.

Orihime then walked forward, and placed herself near Takumi.

"Taku-chan, want some of my food?"

Takumi's face lit up like a sun, and he hugged onto her, while Chizuru's eyes blazed at seeing that.

"You truly are an Angel Orihime-chan! I can't wait for your food, it is the best!"

Orihime showed a wide smile, while Rukia watched on casually.

Tatsuki saw the way that Rukia was looking towards the pair, and then she moved closer.

"Yo, Kuchiki-san. Welcome to the school, if you need anything, let me know."

Rukia's eyes went towards Tatsuki questioningly, and slightly aggressively, remembering Chizuru.

"Who are you…?"

"She's our classmate Tatsuki Arisawa-chan, Rukia-chan. Be friendly."

Takumi replied while hugging Orihime, Chizuru's face reddened with her rage.

"Ooh yes, how could I forget? Thank you very much~ I wouldn't want to be a burden~" Rukia shined out brightly like a school girl being peppy. "I mean, I've only just come, and if I burden everyone here, then it wouldn't be good. I'll just burden Takumi-kun, he's fine with it."

"Yeah, Takumi's fine with it."

Takumi rolled his eyes sarcastically.

Rukia's eyes shot for him, causing him to flinch.

She then smiled happily, and Takumi turned to Orihime.

"Orihime-chan, Marching on the Zombies, part three has been announced for next year!"

"I know, we'll order our tickets when we can hehehe~"

While Orihime giggled to herself, she felt a nagging thing inside of her, while seeing Rukia and Takumi exchanging glances with one another, wondering what it was between them that they had going on.

But then Rukia's phone began buzzing, so she looked at it, then towards Takumi.

"Hey Takumi-kun. Come with me, I've got to show you something~"

"...You're going to show me you're into hardcore S and M?"

Tatsuki did a spit take while Rukia gave him a strange look.

"What the hell is that?"

"Nothing. So, what do you want?"

Rukia let out a breath, and grabbed her phone, showing it to him. Knowing what she wanted, he waved to Orihime "Gotta show her around the school so she doesn't get lost~" and then ran out of the classroom together with Rukia.

Orihime watched Takumi go with Rukia, while Tatsuki noticed Orihime's face was falling slightly.

"Orihime. Is something wrong?"

"Oh, nothing at all~" She giggled out, while a boy with glasses raised his head slightly. "I was just thinking about those two~ It seems that they are quite close, huh..."

Orihime started off happy, but her face continued to fall when seeing Takumi and Rukia being together.

"Those two?" Orihime showed a sheepish smile. "Probably not, he's probably just helping her out. Don't worry Orihime, he's totally into you. He has been for like years now. Ever since I met you both."

Orihime's cheeks turned slightly red, twiddling with her fingers, and looked down at her table, thinking about a certain incident that happened...

---

Three years ago...

It had been a few weeks since Takumi first joined her in middle school, and as lunch rolled by, Orihime who had her hair cut down dramatically, was enamored with the amount of things he could create. What caught her eye more than anything was a stuffed teddy that he had made. It looked quite cute with the pink fur, and what not. But what happened next surprised her, when he said "Activate teddy." and from that voice command, the teddy's eyes opened, and it looked towards Takumi.

"Takumi Urahara, hello."

Orihime was blown away with that alone, and budged closer.

"Amazing..."

"Heh, it isn't that amazing." Takumi replied with a chuckle. "It's just a stuffed toy."

"But still, it said your name, and it's moving on its own."

Takumi rubbed the back of his head with a yawn.

"It's the power of science, I've spent weeks on this, perfecting its programs and what not."

Orihime inspected the teddy who bowed its head towards her, making her eyes shine.

"The power of science, it's made something beautiful."

Takumi glanced at Orihime, who seemed to be looking at the teddy adorably.

He shrugged his shoulders, and passed it on towards her.

"You can have this."

"R-Really!? But you said you've spent weeks on this...d-don't you want it?"

"I can make another, it seems like you want it. Keep it, it's one of the reasons I invent, so others can benefit from my work."

Orihime's face lifted upwards...

But then it lowered when three boys came over to them.

Their eyes went towards Orihime's hair, and towards Takumi.

"Look who it is, the Zombie and the girl with ridiculous hair."

"Zombie...me?"

Takumi pointed to himself, the leader of the boys nodded his head.

"That's right Zombie."

"Is this because I look tired most of the time...?"

Takumi wondered while Orihime's face fell downwards.

"Of course! You're like dead man walking!"

"Is that an insult or something?" Takumi countered, to the bafflement of the others. "I'm like this because I stay up most of the night, working on my inventions, and come to class during the day."

The leader scoffed, and looked at the stuffed toy with a menacing grin.

"Awww, isn't it cute? You play with teddy's~"

"So? That teddy's special."

That confused the boys even more, and they went to grab it, when Orihime pulled it away.

"No...don't break it, Urahara-san worked hard on it..."

"So what! Give it me now!"

The leader tried to grab it, when Takumi grabbed his wrist, tightening his grip.

"Don't do that." Takumi pushed the boy away who hit the back of a table. "Did you just try and attack a girl?"

"Hmph, it doesn't even matter, especially with that hair."

Takumi glanced at her hair, and then towards them.

"You cut her hair, didn't you?" Orihime's eyes went downwards. "I thought so. Bullying a girl over the colour of her hair, you should be ashamed of yourselves." Takumi cracked his neck, and casually picked up his phone. "How about I teach you a lesson?"

"A l-lesson?"

Takumi grinned happily, and quickly sent a message.

"Give it a minute."

The boys seemed confused while Orihime tossed her head to Takumi curiously.

About a minute later, the door violently opened, causing the boys to scream "Aaaaah!" and coming through the door, was a girl in a red tracksuit, and blonde hair tied into short twin tails, and a grin on her face, the girls name was Hiyori Sarugaki.

"Yo Baldy! You serious? I scare these loser kids, and I get a free upgrade on my phone and you'll make me something to bug Shinji?" Takumi merely nodded his head. "Alright then Baldy, time to get these idiots frightened!" The girl walked towards the blackboard, and ran her nails across it, the screeching sound, made the boys cry out, Takumi covered Orihime's ears so she wasn't affected. "Mixing together my two favourite things, scaring people, and free stuff hahahaha!"

"W-What the hell is that?!"

The leader asked with slight fear, unable to see the girl.

"I told you, I'd teach you a lesson~"

Takumi sang out, the three boys turned fearfully towards Takumi who grinned even more.

They pulled back slightly, as Takumi spoke up "One two, Hiyori-chan's coming for you~" while Hiyori ran her hands down their backs, sending shivers down their spines.

"W-Who's Hiyori?!"

"W-What touched me?!"

One of the boys yelled, Takumi chuckled even more as he said "Three four, better slam that door~" and sure enough, she slammed the door shut with her foot, causing the banging sound to surround them, the leader screamed, and dropped to his knees.

"What the hell is going on?!"

"I'm scared!"

The smaller one cried tears while Orihime's face lifted up.

"Now, time for the amazing stuff~"

Hiyori smiled out, and Takumi spoke "Five six, throw some sticks~" and Hiyori complied, flash stepped outside, and threw some sticks through the opened windows, hitting the boys while Orihime held a hand to her mouth, trying not to giggle.

Hiyori then came back into the classroom, and Takumi spoke "Seven eight, its too late~" as Hiyori pushed the desks to the wall, all while walking closer to the boys.

The boys let out a collective scream, and ran to the back of the classroom, Hiyori gave chase with the desks moving, because they couldn't see her and only could see the desks moving faster and faster, that made it all the more frightening.

"Nine ten..." The boys looked at Takumi who moved forward towards them. He got before them as the lights flickered on and off, the blinds opened and closed. "Don't be bullies again~"

They began to cry heavy tears while Hiyori burst out laughing at the sight.

"Hahahahaha! Scared boys!?"

Takumi smiled towards them with a tilted head.

"Next time you wanna bully someone, remember this experience." The three boys inhaled and exhaled deeply, while Takumi sat on the desk. "Now, leave that girl alone, don't bother her again. If you don't..." Takumi leaned forward, and his grin became scary. "...I'll come for you."

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! SORRY!]

They dashed out pf the classroom, Takumi let out a little laugh while Orihime's face curled upwards, Hiyori was on the ground in stitches.

"They should leave you alone now Inoue-san."

Takumi gave her a gentle smile, Orihime was in a state of bewilderment.

"Urahara-san...I don't get what happened, but thank you very much!"

Takumi waved his hand.

"Don't worry about it, it's fine. I don't like people like that anyway, so scaring them is fun. Good thing I had a few friends outside, throwing sticks in, and tied rope to the desks so they could be pulled to look like a ghost coming for them, and someone at the door to shut it violently, and even having people mess with the lights, and the blinds. Wasn't it super convincing?"

Orihime giggled while Hiyori laid on the floor, while muttering "That was fun." as Orihime moved closer to Takumi.

"Urahara-san...thank you."

Takumi gave her a smile, and looked at the teddy.

"He doesn't have a name. Care to give him one?"

Orihime looked at the teddy in her arms, and then towards Takumi.

"A name...yes, he needs a name...his name...erm...how about...Enraku."

"Enraku...sounds great to me."

Takumi and Orihime gave one another a soft smile, feeling their friendship growing.

---

Present...

Takumi and Rukia were running down the corridor while dodging the students, heading for the stairs.

"So, what's with the school girl routine?"

"Wasn't it obvious?" Rukia went back to her normal sounding tone. "I had to come here just in case a Hollow showed up so we could go together, and I couldn't act too out of the normal for these humans. For a few days study, I think I put on a believable act."

"Besides the fact that you said "Who are you…?" to a classmate in an aggressive voice."

Rukia sweat dropped while running down the nearby stairs.

"Well, either way, it doesn't matter. It worked enough."

Takumi couldn't deny that, as they made it down the stairs, Karin and Yuzu happened to be walking by, and saw Rukia and Takumi. Karin's finger outstretched to Takumi and Rukia while Yuzu placed her hands together shyly.

"T-Takumi-kun. I'm so glad that you're okay!"

Takumi paused, seeing the pissed off expression on Karin's face, and the kind face of Yuzu.

"Thanks Yuzu-chan. I'm alright, I ain't afraid of no ghost~"

Rukia glanced at Takumi curiously, who waved his hand at her, and turned.

"Wait a second, where are you going? After another ghost? Demon? Beast?"

Rukia's eyes went towards Karin, and gave a soft smile.

"Don't worry now, Takumi and I are on the case."

"Yeah, and having just him on the case is what I'm worried about. Idiots don't know how to handle things like this."

Takumi looked offended, while Yuzu placed a hand on Karin's shoulder.

"Don't be mean Karin."

Karin showed a sly smile.

"I'm not, I'm just..."

"Sorry, got to go." Rukia grabbed Takumi's arm, surprising Yuzu, and Karin, and turned away from them. "Lets go Takumi."

"Yeah, lets go."

Takumi and Rukia ran away from the area together, Karin's hands threw themselves up into the air.

"Wait a second! I still have questions! Get back here!"

Karin pumped her feet up and down, and ran after them at top speeds.

Yuzu, worried yelled "Karin!" and chased after her.

---

Takumi and Rukia ran towards a park with Karin hot on their trails.

"Geez, this girl can run fast."

"Well, there's no stopping Karin-chan when she's put her mind to it."

Takumi smiled out, and came to a stop when Rukia did. Standing outside of the park, Takumi looked up towards the park, and saw a spirit of a young boy, with a chain attached to his chest, Rukia's expression darkened slightly.

"As a Shinigami Takumi, you will have to begin saving spirits like this. Helping them pass onto the next life. If left unchecked, then the spirits will become Hollows. Though I'm sure you already were aware of that."

"Exactly, I understand that Hollows are former humans. That's why, I'd like to perform Konso on a certain spirit I know later on if you're up to it."

"Who is it you want to see?"

Rukia cocked her head, as Karin came speeding in, her feet skidding across the floor.

"A-About time..."

She panted, putting her hands on her knees, and bent over slightly.

Takumi gave her a calm smile while whispering "I'll tell you later." Rukia didn't have a reason to say anything else.

"Karin-chan, shouldn't you be in school right now?"

"That's...I-I should be saying that to you! I mean, that Demon thing comes along, and you're knocked out with weird energy coming out of you, your Dad tried to Men in Black me with that mind wipe thing, before I kicked him in the leg, and all he said was "Ask Takumi, he'll tell you." and ran away from me! So, tell me what the hell is going on!"

Takumi furrowed his eyebrows, and went to answer, when Rukia cracked her neck.

"Young girl." Rukia began. "This world is very dangerous. It would be better if you forgot about the experiences that you had the other night."

"As if I could forget." Karin shot back, while Yuzu ran up towards them, and panted heavily. "That night...I saw things, I didn't think I would. I saw you nearly dying Takumi, and you Kuchiki-san, you also nearly died, and now, you're walking around as if you've just had a bump on the head. And that Demon thing..."

"Karin-chan, are you..."

Takumi noticed a turn within Karin and tried to question it, but Karin turned her neck to the side.

"That was a monster. And now, you're going out so fast...are you really going to be fighting more of them? Are there more of them?"

Yuzu saw the pained expression on Karin's face, and pulled closer.

"Takumi-kun, I don't quite get it. But Karin said that you saved her that weird night, with the bad ghost."

"That's right, I managed to help her out."

Yuzu bowed her head.

"Thank you Takumi-kun, you managed to help us out that night, and saved our lives."

Takumi waved his hand.

"No, no. Don't worry about it."

Rukia looked at her phone, and then towards Takumi.

"Either way, it's about to get dangerous around here girls. You better get out of here. Takumi's got work to do."

"Work...you mean kill those Demon's?"

"They aren't Demon's, per-say." Rukia surmised for Karin and Yuzu. "They are just beings called Hollows. They are beings driven by instincts to devour souls, and harm people with high spiritual power like the pair of you. That's why the Hollow from the other day, attacked the pair of you along with Takumi here. That's why it would be better if you left here right now."

"Yeah right, I have to stay in case one of those things...Hollows, comes back. Last time-"

"That Hollow was unusually strong." Rukia revealed. "Hollows, usually are dangerous yes, but they aren't usually that strong without being Gillian level."

Takumi stretched his arm, while Rukia turned towards him.

"Anyway Rukia-chan, when's the Hollow supposed to be coming?"

"According to information I've received, it's supposed to be coming here any minute now. We got the order at school, so it shouldn't be long before it comes towards us."

Takumi nodded, as she pulled out her glove. She then pushed against Takumi's body, revealing his soul form, with his Zanpakuto, he unsheathed it, while Yuzu rushed towards Takumi's Gigai, crying out towards him.

"Takumi-kun?! W-What did she do to you?!"

"I..."

Rukia went to explain, when Yuzu pointed at her.

"Y-You've hurt Takumi-kun! Please don't hurt him again!"

"I haven't..."

"Then w-why is he unconscious? Did you drug Takumi-kun?!"

"Drugs?! I didn't do any drugs with Takumi!"

Rukia roared while Karin slyly said "This is out of a soap opera." while Takumi swayed his sword to the side, jumping up and down happily, feeling more free within his soul form like this, it felt good being like this.

"Hehehe, it seems like you're bullying me Rukia-chan~ How cruel~"

Takumi gave Rukia a pat on the head, as the four, even Yuzu, heard a howling sound.

Turning towards the park, they saw the kid spirit being chased down by a large Hollow that had a body of a spider like creature, Takumi went to move forward when Karin pushed forward, her eyes narrowing.

"That thing is going to kill that...wait, can a spirit die?"

"It can be devoured, that's a form of death I suppose."

Karin glanced at Rukia, as Takumi went forward.

He sprinted so fast that Karin was bewildered by his speed.

"You have nothing to worry about. Takumi's going to be just fine, he can't be beaten by that Hollow. I could take it down as well easily. It has low power."

Rukia expressed to Karin who folded her arms.

"I am not concerned for him. I'm concerned for the boy, that's all."

Yuzu was at a loss to what was actually going on, and glanced at Karin who kept her eyes on the park.

Then, appearing before the Hollow, Takumi swung his katana towards the left, slicing through three legs of the Hollow, allowing Takumi to grab the spirit boy, and used his speed, to put the spirit boy towards the others.

"Watch him."

Takumi went towards the Hollow once more, with impressive speeds. The Hollow whips out its remaining legs, the ends pointed to be like sharp blades. Rukia watched calmly, seeing him block one of them slicing towards him, and then he leaps upwards, and spins around like a top, his blade stretched outwards, and cleaved through the Hollows face, drawing a lot of blood out of the Hollows head.

"Geez, so bloody."

"That's the nature of slaying Hollows like this. It has to be bloody."

Rukia answered Karin who stared at Takumi, who landed on the back of the neck of the Hollow, and stabbed downwards, piercing deeply into the neck of the Hollow, Takumi twisted the blade, and sliced right, cleaving off the head of the Hollow, dropping it to the ground, and the Hollow disappeared into the ether.

"Okay, so he took that one out...so, is this his job now? And why aren't you doing it?"

"What's he doing Karin?"

Yuzu asked, while Karin noticed something.

Yuzu was holding onto the shell body of Takumi, but her hands were across his chest, it looked like she was feeling his chest, and going towards his abs, maybe even lower, Karin gave a sly expression on her face.

"Oh, so now that he's unconscious, you're taking advantage~"

Yuzu's face heated up exponentially, latching onto Karin's cheek, and yanked it hard.

"Kariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! D-Don't say something like that! I was only making sure his heart was still beating!"

"I thought you were seeing if something else was alive, and throbbing. Or, was I wrong?"

Karin smirked, Yuzu looked super embarrassed, while Rukia gave them strange looks.

But then Takumi walked over, and bent towards the spirit boy.

The boy let out a cry and went to pull away, when Takumi showed a kind smile.

"It's alright, you're not in danger anymore. But, if you stay here in this world, maybe more bad monsters would come here for you. So, how about passing onto the next world?"

His tone surprised Karin.

It wasn't joking, it wasn't anything negative.

It was kindness, and gentle.

The young boy shuffled on his feet.

"I-I'm scared..."

"You don't have to be scared now, it's alright. You'll go to a safer place now."

"R-Really?"

Takumi smiled lightly.

"That's right, you'll be safe there, and you wont have to worry about those naughty Hollows over there. Are you ready to go now?" The boy nodded his head. Takumi took out his sword, and used the butt of his sword, tapping the boy on the forehead, and a white light spread around him, and he disappeared. "There, done."

"What the hell was that?"

Karin demanded from Takumi.

"Konso."

Takumi replied, re-entering his body, and cracked his neck, Yuzu looking relieved that he was moving again.

"Konso...and you sent him to Heaven?"

"The Soul Society, to be more specific." Rukia brought up, then her eyes cast to Takumi. "Anyway, you did it Takumi. And now you'll have to commit yourself to all spirits, and risk your lives for them, even if it means costing your own."

"Like you did." Takumi brought up. "The other day, you jumped into danger without thinking, and I'll do the same if it means keeping others safe, then I'll do the same." Takumi looked down at his phone, and saw the time. "Guess we should be getting back to school before we get into trouble."

"Wait, I still have questions..."

"I'll answer them later on Karin-chan, and Yuzu-chan. Since you both could be potential targets for the future, you might as well know what the heck has been going on."

Karin sighed, but Yuzu found this to be good as she was going to be spending more time with Takumi,

"Then, come over to our house! We could meet in my bedroom!"

Once more, Karin gave a grin.

"Heeeh, so Takumi gets a free pass into your bedroom, does he? He might even see you in your unmentionables. All according to plan, right Yuzu? Maybe, Kuchiki-san and I could make ourselves scarce so you and the idiot can be alone together."

"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarin! Please don't say anything like thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!"

Yuzu thrusted her arms up and down and puffed out her cheeks, while Rukia gave them odd looks, she didn't quite get it since she wasn't used to it, but Takumi found it adorable to see that they were playing together as sisters.

---

After school, Takumi and Rukia walked towards Karin and Yuzu's house, the Kurosaki clinic.

Karin looked passive about what was happening, while Yuzu looked to be a nervous wreck.

"Geez Yuzu, calm down."

Karin whispered while Takumi and Rukia spoke to one another.

"I-I am calm though Karin...t-this is just so nerve wrecking..."

"I suppose that it is since you have that crush on him. I don't get it, but whatever you want."

Yuzu's cheeks turned slightly red when looking back to see Takumi waving towards her.

Then they made it to the clinic, and walked into the clinic with Yuzu's permission. Taking off their shoes, they found the stairs at the back, so they went up them, and walked into Yuzu's bedroom, Yuzu herself looked to be quite nervous on what was happening.

Walking inside, Takumi noticed the cross that was on her bedsheets, it looked a little bit like a Quincy cross in his eyes, while Rukia noticed that around the room, there were many stuffed animals, her face lit up happily.

"Oh my God..."

"What?"

Takumi questioned the smaller Shinigami, who's face lifted up into a slightly creepy smile.

"Look at all those stuff toys...they look so adorable...Takumi, they are adorable..."

"Alright, calm down."

Takumi petted her head, Karin gave Rukia a curious look.

"You slay Demon...Hollows, and you're taken aback by stuff toys?"

Rukia inhaled swiftly, brushing her hair, and began acting more dignified, but Takumi noticed that Rukia's fingers still twitched with her happiness.

Yuzu saw that on her table, there was a certain pad written on it was 'Takumi x Yuzu' written in glitter, so she quickly stashed that into her desk draw, and giggled nervously towards the others in her room, Karin gave a sly smile, folding her arms.

"So, what was that Yuzu?"

"N-Nothing!" Yuzu deflected. "S-So, please sit anywhere that you want-"

"Yuzuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Kariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!"

Takumi and Rukia both were taken by surprise by the yell, and coming through the window, was their Father, Isshin Kurosaki, Karin's eyes slitted with annoyance, punching her Father in the stomach, who coughed up bile.

"Don't be your usual self Dad."

"Aah, Karin, your punches are as strong as ever." Isshin grimaced, while placing a hand on his stomach. "Yuzu, Daddy just got punched, I need a hug!"

"Don't start with that crap Dad! Now get out, we have guests!"

Karin snapped, Isshin's eyebrows went upwards in confusion.

Then his eyes went to Rukia, and Takumi.

Staring at Takumi for a few moments, he then grinned.

"Yuzu, did you finally make him your boyfriend?"

""Pft! B-Boyfriend!?""

Takumi and Rukia spat out, while Yuzu looked mortified.

Karin however slapped her Father on the back of the head.

"Idiot! Why say it like that?!"

"But, that's what she wants, right!?"

"Shut up! You're embarrassing Yuzu! She looks like she's about to cry! Do you want her to cry you idiot!?"

Karin berated her Father while Rukia leaned closer to Takumi, seeing that Yuzu looked as if she was going to cry.

"Is this normal for humans?"

"Erm..." Takumi watched as Karin dragged Isshin out of the room. "Well, it's normal for them anyway."

Rukia nodded "I see." and sat down on a nearby chair, Takumi did the same thing, Yuzu looked on with tears.

Takumi, unable to take it, decided to lie.

"What did your Father say then? I couldn't hear him over Karin-chan's punches."

Yuzu's face turned to relief, waving a hand in front of her face.

"N-No, nothing at all. He's just weird, don't worry about it."

Takumi inclined his neck, as Karin came back into the room.

"Sorry about him, he's a complete jackass who listens in on his daughters conversations!" A whining could be heard coming from the door, and then the sound of fleeting footsteps. "Now, it's time to tell us what's going on."

Takumi nodded, and began explaining the basics about Hollows being the enemies, and tracking down people like her, and Yuzu who had spirit energy, along with the basics of Shinigami's, and what their job was, and what Takumi was now.

While explaining, Takumi noticed Rukia casually held onto a stuffed animal, and looked to be in peace and tranquility so he didn't say anything.

Once he had finished, Karin and Yuzu were taken back by what had been said.

It was quite overwhelming, but Karin had a few questions.

"So, if you've given your powers over to Takumi here, does that mean you're not a Shinigami anymore?"

Rukia brushed a bang out of her hair, and continued.

"Well, I am a Shinigami, I just don't have my powers right now. Takumi here is taking over for me while my powers recover."

Karin bobbed her head along, while Yuzu cupped her hands together.

"I think that's really nice Takumi-kun. You're doing this to help out Kuchiki-san."

Takumi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Nah, she saved me, I'm just repaying the favour for what she did. Besides, I don't mind doing this. Secretly, I've wanted to do something for years now, so fighting against the Hollows for me is good, so I can save people from those things."

Yuzu became more enamored by Takumi while Karin folded her arms.

"Isn't that dangerous? I know you said that the abnormal Hollow we fought the other day was just that, abnormal. But these things, from what you said, are endless. Isn't it like fighting a losing war or something?"

Rukia furrowed her eyebrows, but Takumi surprised her when he shook his head.

"It isn't really about a losing battle, it's more like fighting to keep the peace. Hollows are driven by instincts, and mostly, they just want destruction. That's not to say that there can't be Hollows that can't do good. It just depends."

Rukia caught what he said, and had some questions about that.

"Are you saying there's good Hollows?"

Karin's question was met with a smile.

"Well, you never know, there's good and bad things out there, we might very well meet a good Hollow one day."

Yuzu pulled closer to Takumi.

"I hope that's true. It would be better if we could get along with them."

"That's right Yuzu-chan! Lets all become friends!"

Yuzu and Takumi smiled at one another, Karin however cracked her shoulder.

"Can you do it? I mean, this Hollow hunting business, alone?"

"If I have to, but I've got Rukia-chan here. We're partners, we can do this together."

Rukia nodded her head.

"If you're worried about us, then don't be. Takumi and I have a good working relationship. True, we have only beaten a few Hollows together, but we can work pretty well together, and he's pretty smart, and with my experience, we can deal with most threats that come by."

Karin wasn't so sure about that, Yuzu however lowered her eyebrows.

"I wish I could do something to help...I don't want anyone to suffer by these Hollows..."

"Don't worry Yuzu-chan, I'll do my best to make sure everyone is safe."

"But..."

Takumi petted Yuzu's head, causing her to blush slightly.

"Don't worry about me, I've got Rukia-chan, we can do this together."

Yuzu continued to blush while Karin tightened her hands.

"Sorry, can't just leave it to you two."

"E-Eh?"

Rukia was surprised by Karin's words.

"I said, I can't just stand around and do nothing at all. Seeing what I've seen...even if it is only a little bit, I have to do something. Truthfully, before all this, I wanted to deny the existence of ghosts, and they got on my nerves, especially when seeing them making out."

"I can attest to that, it is pretty weird seeing ghosts making out."

Takumi added to the bemusement of Yuzu.

"She's right, I can't do nothing either. I would like to help out if I can please."

Yuzu added into the conversation, Takumi was surprised...no, he was worried that she wanted to help out, since he didn't want her to be harmed.

Karin nodded, showcasing a strong resolve.

"But...if you're doing this weird mission to beat Hollows, then count me in."

"It isn't as simple as that." Rukia countered. "It's all well and good to say that, but up against a Hollow, I'm sorry but you don't have the power Takumi has, nor the knowledge I have either. If you went along with us on Hollow missions, then you could put yourself in danger."

Karin and Rukia locked eyes with one another, Takumi closed his eyes for a few moments, before releasing a breath.

"She's right Karin-chan."

"Don't agree with her like that!"

Takumi blinked at a rapid response.

"But she is. If you went there without anything to defend yourself, then you could become harmed. If there are more Hollows there than I could deal with all at once, then it could come and hurt you, or you Yuzu-chan."

"But..."

Karin squinted her eyes.

Takumi also understood something about her.

The desire to not be useless.

He could understand a few things about that.

He himself also felt like that when he didn't have any powers.

He also saw Yuzu's sadness about unable to see spirits, and unable to help out either.

"If you want to help out, then I'll make you something to defend yourselves."

Karin and Yuzu's faces lifted up, Rukia gave a confused look to Takumi.

"You want to endanger them? I'm not sure about that Takumi."

"No, of course I don't want to endanger them. That's the last thing that I want. However, I can understand their feelings of being unable to do anything. But, I can make them things that can at least help them drive back Hollows, until I can finish them off, or if they're targeted, then they could get away. They're going to be targets either way due to their growing powers, so it would be better if they can at least defend themselves."

Rukia knitted her brows together.

"Yes...you're right about that at least. They will be targets, so having something for them to use to defend themselves would be good. But still taking them with us, I don't know about that..."

"Well, we're going so there."

Rukia's eye twitched as Karin dismissed Rukia's concerns. Takumi chuckled awkwardly, seeing the pair glaring at one another, Yuzu looked on with the same nervousness.

Takumi then broke the glaring with petting their heads, only for Karin to sock him in the face.

"Don't pet my head!"

"Karin! He was only being nice and breaking tension!"

Yuzu bent down to Takumi who twitched on the floor with the punch, Rukia shook her head at Karin who snarled at her.

But, like that, it seemed that a small team was beginning to form with Takumi, Rukia, Karin and Yuzu.

---

That night, Takumi in his Shinigami form, and Rukia walked through the streets, towards Orihime's apartment building. Rukia was listening to what Takumi was saying about Sora Inoue, and why he wanted to go and do this.

"I see, so you want to perform Konso on him."

"That's right, he's been declining for the last year or so. I didn't really have the power to send him to the Soul Society back then, so I'd converse with him so he'd know that Orihime-chan would be alright. But he wouldn't really believe me. Even then, we had some conversations."

"I see...so, how did he die?"

Takumi was surprised by her forward question, but he answered anyway.

"He was hit by a car, about three years ago now."

"Hit by a car huh..."

"That's right. That day, Orihime-chan and her brother had a fight. It was a silly fight between siblings really. Nothing that would be life changing...but, then that day, he died. I remember that, because it was the day Orihime-chan and I became truly close."

"God...so, who does she live with?"

"She gets money from a distant aunt. She gets to stay here as long as she keeps up her grades."

At his answer, Rukia folded her arms.

"That's quite sad."

"Yeah. After he died, Orihime-chan cried a lot, that's when I vowed that I'd make her life full of happiness, so she wouldn't cry anymore. Just seeing her cry, the bubbly cheerful Orihime-chan made my heart ache for her."

Rukia adopted a sly smile.

"Someone's got a crush~"

Takumi's face turned slightly red, lightly tapping Rukia on top of her head, making her whine.

"D-Don't say such things!"

"Why?" Rukia counted. "Tell me about why you like her."

"Who said I liked her!?"

Rukia gave a dirty smile.

"Your face tells me everything."

Takumi turned his face towards the left hand side.

"It's not like that...I mean, Orihime-chan was my first friend when I went to school."

"Is that so?"

Takumi inclined his neck.

"Yeah. She was so different to everyone else, she was really weird, like me. I remember when I was young, my Father said to me "Don't worry about what anyone else thinks, just be true to who you are." which was kinda deep for him. But, I carried that mentality with me, and was who I was, eccentric, like my Father, and my hobbies weren't really anything that others could get into, but Orihime-chan, she was always intrigued, and we spoke often. But when her brother died...that's when we became truly close."

Rukia listened intently as Takumi recounted a tale to her.

---

Three years ago...

Sometime had passed since he and Orihime had begun a little friendship between them.

They talked, and ate together.

But on that day, Takumi had heard that someone had a car crash, he didn't expect Orihime would be involved.

The streets were quiet, except for a single siren that came from an ambulance. Takumi heard the sound, and looked down the street to see Orihime sat on the roadside, tears falling from her eyes, crying out for her brother as she was sat near a clinic. The ambulance was nearby, and looked ready to go.

Takumi felt something stir within him, so he walked closer towards her, continuing to see her crying her eyes out.

He inhaled slowly, then murmured "Inoue-san..." Orihime stiffened, looking to the voice, and saw that it was Takumi who was looking towards her. Orihime's tears continued to fall, almost breaking Takumi's heart from seeing such sadness.

"What...happened Inoue-san?"

Orihime continued to cry, so he sat down beside her. Before he could do anything, her head fell against his shoulder, and she began to cry even more.

Takumi wasn't sure what to do at first.

He didn't know how to comfort someone like this.

But seeing her like she was, he didn't think it suited her to cry, so he placed a hand on top of her head, and gently petted her head.

After a small time had passed, Orihime dried her tears the best that she could.

"Urahara-san...why did he have to die…? I don't know what I'm going to do...it's only ever been me and my big brother...we had a silly fight today...over hairpins...I thought they were too childish...and now, I'm never going to see him again..."

Takumi went to speak...when he saw out of the corner of his eye...in the sky, was Sora Inoue.

He was looking down at his younger sister, worried for her.

Takumi inhaled slowly, then he leaned closer to her.

"You're never alone."

"H-Huh?"

Takumi looked upwards, at Sora, then back to Orihime.

"He's watching you, Inoue-san. I'm sure that he doesn't blame you for anything. If it was only a silly fight...then it can't be your fault. Don't blame yourself. I'm sure he doesn't blame you."

Orihime brushed under her eyes, shedding a few tears still.

"R-Really…?"

Takumi's face turned upwards into a smile, and despite the situation...it was what she needed.

"Really. I'm sure that he's looking down at you right now, and wishing for you to be happy."

Orihime looked over his face, his smile.

That smile...made her feel more at ease than she did when alone.

"I really like your smile."

Takumi could feel his cheeks turn slightly red at her admission, he didn't expect her to do that.

"...T-Thanks Inoue-san."

As he stuttered that out, a paramedic came by and spoke to Orihime.

Orihime listened to what he said, and then looked back to Takumi shyly, unsure if she should even ask, but right now, Takumi was pretty much her only friend even if they had only known one another for a little while.

"Urahara-san...I know this is a lot to ask, and might be selfish but...c-could you stay with me? I... I don't have friends...or real family here...I don't have anyone...I know that we don't know one another that well...but, you're my only friend...so..."

Takumi allowed a soft smile to appear on his face, seeing her struggles, he couldn't allow her to suffer anymore today, already knowing the pain of loss.

"I can stay as long as you need, and help you out anyway that I can. I'll call my Dad, he can help you out with the stuff about your brother."

"Thank you Urahara-san."

Her whisper drew him to her, as she pulled backwards.

Soon enough, her head laid itself on his shoulder once more, and she shed tears over her brothers death.

Seeing her sadness…

He didn't like it.

Her kindness touched him. Even when she was sad, she still wanted to make sure others were okay, even him.

Because of that, Takumi already had resolved to smile more, so she didn't have to cry. A promise to her, and her brother.

---

Present day…

"So, after that, we became very close, and I promised myself that I'd keep smiling...since she liked my smile, and in turn, she'd smile since I liked hers. Tatsuki-chan came into our lives after her brother died, and they became friends. Tatsuki-chan and I are friends as well, but they became like best friends, and I think that Orihime-chan needed a friend like Tatsuki-chan. But Orihime-chan and I...yeah, she was my first human friend. She's the kindest person I've ever met, so open and free, I really was drawn to that kindness of hers. She just saw me as me, not some weirdo that played with gadgets, that sometimes exploded."

Rukia sweat dropped at the end with the exploding gadgets.

Having listened to the little story, Rukia was surprised. She didn't expect Takumi to be introverted when he was out spoken and didn't seem to care what others thought about him now, he was quite weird, and he had weird habits. But from what she had heard, he was quite different back then, and she wondered why that was.

"You have quite the friendship."

Takumi scratched his cheek, chuckling slightly.

When he didn't say anything, Rukia pursed her lips.

"What is it with humans and not just admitting that there is something between you? If I found someone I would want, I'd probably just tell them how I felt."

"Do you have anyone like that? In the Soul Society maybe?"

Rukia shook her head.

"No. But..."

"But…?"

Takumi followed up, as they rounded a corner.

Rukia parted her lips.

"I used to have this friend that I talked to...but, after something happened, we don't talk anymore. It's been a long time since we've had a real conversation. And then there's my...well, it doesn't matter anyway."

Takumi leaned closer to Rukia, who in turn looked back up towards him.

"Don't worry Rukia-chan, we can be friends. You can talk to me about anything you want. That's what friends do, right?"

Rukia's face lifted lightly.

"I...yes, I wouldn't mind that."

Takumi placed his hands behind his neck as they walked.

"Oh yeah, Rukia-chan. Teach me about Kido, alright?"

Rukia paused.

"You...want me to teach you about Kido?"

She held surprise within her voice.

She didn't think he'd actually say something like that.

"Yeah. I thought that it could be pretty cool. Shooting lightning out of my fingers, or binding my enemies. I saw you the other night, you were pretty proficient in Kido. I know the basic principle behind it, but since I've got a live Shinigami here, I thought I could learn directly from you."

Rukia's mouth curled upwards.

"...Alright, I'll teach you some Kido if you do something for me."

"Sure, what?"

Rukia's face brightened.

"Make me Chappy stuff."

"Chappy?"

Rukia almost was floored with feelings flooding into her, about Chappy.

"Chappy, is amazing. He is life Takumi, and you've an inventor, I saw all that crazy stuff back at the house, you can invent me Chappy stuff. Like, I don't know, Chappy phone maybe, Chappy gun, Chappy backpack! Chappy teddies! Chappy snacks! Chappy keychains! Chappy love hearts! Chappyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!"

Takumi backed away while Rukia's face beamed with happiness for Chappy.

Takumi then began laughing to himself "You are adorably weird.", as they came by Orihime's apartment.

Sure enough, Sora Inoue was in the sky, watching Orihime from the window.

Takumi looked up at the spirit, and jumped up, hopping in the air by gathering Reishi below his feet, Rukia jumped onto his back before he left. So he made it up in the air, standing beside the spirit, who looked surprised.

"You're...wearing something different."

Sora spoke to Takumi who gave a gentle smile.

"Yeah, I've gone through a transformation Sora-san. But, I've come to speak to you about, going to the Soul Society." Sora pulled away, looking like he was resisting it. "Sora-san, I know you don't want Orihime-chan to be alone, but she wont be alone. I know of the promise you made to her to stay with her, but you can go now. You can leave myself, and Tatsuki-chan to be with Orihime-chan now."

Rukia looked towards Sora, and saw that he didn't look happy at all.

"...She has forgotten me, hasn't she?"

"No, it's not like that Sora-san."

Takumi tried to connect, but Sora turned his head to the side, Rukia noticing that pain was within Sora.

"It is, she doesn't even pray to me anymore...if she doesn't then she has forgotten..."

"Orihime-chan's just trying to show you that she's moved on with her life so you can also move on. I can even have Orihime-chan attest to that."

Sora's eyes went back towards him.

"How…?"

Takumi casually went into Rukia's bag, who yelled out "Hey!" but he didn't pay any heed, and he pulled out glasses, and hearing aids. Sora looked on curiously while Takumi gave a smile.

"These. I invented them so Orihime-chan could speak and hear you one last time. I know that you can't get closure so easily. But from her mouth, would it do any better than me just saying these things?"

At that, Sora's face curled upwards.

"I could talk to her again?"

Takumi's own face lifted, while Rukia watched on with curiosity within her.

"That's right, you could speak to her again. I'm sure she'd love to speak to you. She has missed you Sora-san, she truly has. I know my words aren't enough, but from Orihime-chan….she'd tell you the exact same. She loves you, but she wants you to know that she's okay now, and you can go."

Sora's face turned upwards even more, and he began crying.

Rukia was surprised that he was crying all of a sudden, but then her eyes went to Takumi, and saw that he was giving a comforting smile, and she realized that he probably could just perform Konso at that moment...but, he wanted to give Sora, and Orihime a final goodbye, before he went to the Soul Society. That alone made her think that he was quite kind to try and do something like this for Orihime and Sora.

"Thank you, Takumi-kun."

Takumi smiled...but then his face dropped, Rukia's phone went off.

"Takumi, a Hollow! It's here!"

"Yeah, got it! Sora-san, stay back!"

Takumi turned around to see a Hollow coming out of a portal. It flew right at Takumi, who dashed in the air, speeding so fast that his blade cleaved right through the Hollows mask, and sliced through the Hollows body, cutting it down and it disappeared into nothingness.

"Good Takumi..." Once again, her phone went off again and again. "There's more coming here...why are they gathering here…?"

Takumi noticed around them, more portals had began opening, or they were simply appearing, it didn't matter to Takumi. But he was being surrounded by a few Hollows, four Hollows at that, and all were flying types, with them looking like birds, and all opened their mouths, releasing small bullets towards them, energy blasts.

Rukia cringed at the sight, but Takumi held out his blade, and swung it left, hitting its attack with just enough force that it changed course, and hit the one that was towards the right, causing it to explode, hiding Takumi in the smoke.

Tactically speaking, Rukia thought it was good to have the cover of smoke.

The other two blasts that went for Takumi, simply went through the smoke, as if he wasn't there at all.

The Hollows let out howls, and looked for Takumi, not realizing that a thin wire was wrapping around the back of the Hollows heads, and once being put into position, Takumi from up above pulled the wire forcing all four Hollows together, banging their masks together, which allowed Takumi to swing downwards, and because they were all together, his sword sliced through all four of their heads at once, destroying them from this earth.

"Hmmm, it's refreshing to be with someone that isn't an idiot."

"Surrounded by muscle heads Rukia-chan?"

Rukia tilted her hand as Takumi landed on the ground with her on his back.

"Some people, some people are quite intelligent...though those tend to be in the mad genius category, or plain insane."

"The Soul Society sounds so much fun."

Rukia didn't quite get that.

But from the corner of her eye, she saw something.

She looked towards it, seeing a hole being opened behind Sora.

"Takumi!"

Takumi's eyes went towards Sora, who widened his eyes.

"Sora-san! Move away!"

Takumi leaped into the air at high speeds. Rukia grabbed him so tightly since he was moving very fast. The wind brushed their hair around, while a hand came out of the portal behind Sora, and grabbed him, despite him trying to run away.

"No! Help! Takumi-kun! Help me!"

Sora tried to fight the hand off, but it was simply too strong, and dragged him backwards.

"Sora-saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

Takumi reached the hand that was holding onto Sora, and went to swing his sword downwards, when a shot of red energy came out of the hole, so Takumi used his blade to block, and pushed him back a little bit, as a barrage of energy bullets came at him like hailstones.

Takumi growled, and used his sword to cut through the attacks, one got through and hit his torso, Rukia winced at the sight, but Takumi didn't care and moved forward.

"You let him go right now!"

Takumi gritted his teeth, and shot for the hole as fast as he could, seeing Sora being pulled into the darkness, Takumi managed to get there, and grab Sora's hand.

"Takumi-kun..."

"Do-Don't worry, I've got you!" Takumi pulled out his Zanpakuto, and stabbed it into the portal, wedging it open with his Zanpakuto, and grabbed Sora's hand. "I wont give up Sora-san! Hold on, I've got you!"

"Takumi-kun...if I go now..."

"Don't speak like that! You've got to see Orihime-chan, right!?"

Takumi yelled, yanking Sora as hard as he could, but he could see Hollows eyes within the portal, all staring back at him.

"If I go...please stay with Orihime always. I've watched you...you care for her so much...I can trust you to take care of her for me..."

"Sora-san..."

Takumi whispered as Rukia managed to get towards them, and grabbed Sora.

"Come on now, we're not losing you!"

"Rukia-chan..."

Takumi was surprised that Rukia was helping...

But he smiled, and yanked Sora towards them, the Hollows grip weakening on him.

"Yes, it's working Rukia-chan! Lets keep going!"

"Right!"

Together, they pulled Sora as hard as they could, pulling Sora half way out of the hole in the sky, struggling with the Hollow on the other side.

"Take this bastard!"

Takumi raised his foot, and kicked the Hollow in the face, breaking some of its mask, releasing its grip on Sora, who was pulled through and stayed within Takumi's grasp, Rukia went to fall, when Takumi grabbed the girl, who stayed within his arms, and grabbed his Zanpakuto before it fell through the hole to the other side.

Takumi and Rukia panted, as Sora looked appreciative towards Takumi.

"Takumi-kun...thank you."

Takumi shook his head, but from the hole still in the sky, a blast of energy came shooting out of it, so Takumi used his speed to return to the ground, the energy blast however, began heading towards Orihime who was sat at the window, blissfully unaware of what was going on.

"Orihime-chan!"

Using his speed, he flashed towards the incoming blast, raising his Zanpakuto, and took the energy attack point blank range, forcing his body backwards, and his hand bled a little from the strength of the attack, but he managed to keep Orihime safe.

While that happened two chains made of fur came from the hole, and shot for Rukia and Sora.

Rukia panicked, and jumped to the side, avoiding her fur chain, but Sora couldn't, and was taken captive once more.

"Takumi!"

Rukia called, running for the hole, but since she was in a Gigai, she couldn't get there in time.

Takumi, shrugging off the attack he received, and rushed towards Sora.

"Sora-san!"

"Takumi-kun...keep Orihime safe for me..."

Sora thought that it was the end...

But Takumi managed to get a grip of his hand, and wouldn't let him go.

"Sora-san, I'll always keep her safe, but she needs to see you..."

"Takumi Urahara..."

A creepy voice came from the darkness of the hole.

Looking inside, he saw a set of creepy eyes staring at him.

"How do you know my name...?"

"Hahaha, someone's got their eyes on you Takumi Urahara, sorry I can't let you keep this soul!"

From the hole, a large amount of fur came out in the shape of spikes, threatening to stab Takumi.

But he didn't let Sora go.

Sora even saw that Takumi wasn't willing to let go, even as he batted away the spike like fur away with his Zanpakuto, slicing through them, and changed their direction with timed sword swings, calculating at a good level on how to force them to the sides, force them against other spikes, Rukia was impressed by how he managed to do that.

"Just let me go, don't die for me!"

"As if! I wont let some giant furball stop me!"

Takumi spun his sword, and thrusted it into the portal, behind Sora, and pierced what was dragging him back, just as Rukia came upwards, and threw some exploding balls towards the hole, landing against the Hollow, causing it to erupt with blood, from the stab and the exploding balls, and it howled out angrily.

"You bastard! That's it, die!"

Takumi watched as a mass of sharp fur came out towards him.

But he kept his hand on Sora's, holding onto it.

Sora knew that he could become more injured doing that, so he let go of Takumi's hand, pulling his hand away from his grasp, and thrusted his hand against Takumi's chest, pushing him back slightly, while the sharp fur came towards him and Rukia.

"Sora-san!"

"Protect Orihime for me!"

Sora snapped, as the fur came for Rukia and Takumi.

Takumi tried to move forward, but the fur was too spiky, and Sora had disappeared into the shadows, being dragged into them, so Takumi grabbed Rukia, just before she could be stabbed, and flashed towards the ground, avoiding being stabbed, but the portal hole disappeared, a disgusting laugh came from the near closed portal in the sky.

"Sorry Takumi, maybe next time!"

Takumi growled, while Rukia gave the disappeared hole a suspicious look.

"Did he just call your name? As if it knows you?"

Takumi couldn't answer her, and only thought about Sora.

"Damn it...Sora-san, I'm so sorry..."

Rukia saw that Takumi had regret along with anger on his face, and she could understand why that was, seeing him return to the ground.

But, there was something boiling inside of her mind.

"Takumi, don't you find it strange?"

"Strange...you mean about the Hollows being here right now? And the fact that it knew my name?"

Rukia inclined her neck.

"That's right. It was...something that I didn't expect. It was a planned attack for sure."

"But, why go after Sora-san? He doesn't have a particularly high energy or anything."

Rukia folded her arms.

"Unless...they were after people like you, which would make sense since it said your name. But they went after him when seeing that they couldn't get you. Or, they are after him for another reason. What that reason is...I couldn't even tell you."

"Well...I don't know what they could want him for, unless they want to use him for something."

Takumi turned around and began walking away.

Rukia's face fell slightly, moving closer, walking beside him.

"If it's any consolation, I thought what you were going to do was quite beautiful. I can't remember another Shinigami trying to do that for someone. Usually, we just go to spirits, and lead them to the Soul Society...I guess we don't consider that they might want to say goodbye to loved ones. But, we did our best, that's all anyone can ask."

Takumi adopted a slight smile, but still had some pain on it.

"Thanks. I guess that I'll just have to keep Orihime-chan safe now. I'll promise that to her brother as he asked me to do that."

"That sounds good to me. Now, we should go home, and take care of your wounds."

Takumi went to agree, when he stopped, and walked towards Orihime's apartment building.

Rukia curiously followed him, seeing that he pulled something out of her bag.

---

He jumped up towards the window of Orihime's apartment building and saw her through the window, swaying and dancing to a song.

He smiled at the sight of her doing that, and lightly opened the window from the crack that was already there. He didn't want to disturb Orihime, so he quickly placed what appeared to be a teddy bear right by the window, not to draw suspicion, and went to leave...when Orihime called out.

"Taku-chan?"

He paused…

Had she seen him?

His fearful eyes went towards Orihime, seeing that she was looking towards him.

He couldn't tell if she could see him or not.

But her eyes were in his general direction.

She then began moving forward, so he pulled backwards.

"Taku-chan..."

"Orihime-chan...y-you can't see me, can you?"

No response.

When she didn't reply, Takumi was even more in the dark about why she was saying his name.

But intrigue came over him, seeing that he got close, and bowed her head.

"Taku-chan...it feels like Taku-chan is here...but that's impossible~ Taku-chan couldn't be here right now~ Hehehe, I'm just imagining things~"

"I guess she didn't see me after all...but, she felt like I was here...maybe she could sense me...if she could, maybe she has hidden power."

Takumi thought, and went to leave through the window, when he saw Orihime turn around.

Watching the young girl, she went towards a table, and leaned down on it.

"Don't worry Orihime-chan, I'll keep you safe."

Orihime's ears perked, looking towards Takumi once more.

Takumi furrowed his eyebrows while Orihime gently smiled to herself.

"Taku-chan..."

Takumi saw the line of her sight, and witnessed her looking towards a picture of her, him, and Tatsuki having just graduated from middle school together. He remembered that being taken, and he couldn't help but smile, as he left.

Orihime then looked towards a pink teddy that was about the size of a five year old child, and she smiled.

"Enraku-kun! Activate!"

Enraku's eyes lit up, looking towards Orihime.

"Good evening, Orihime-san. Can I prepare drinks or snacks for you?"

"Thank you very much Enraku-kun! I'd like warm milk please!"

Orihime smiled at the toy that moved to the kitchen and brought her warm milk, setting it on the table, and then sat down beside Orihime.

Orihime smiled at Enraku, and began speaking to Enraku about her day, and it answered her back with normal questions like "What did you learn?" and "What did you eat for lunch?" among other normal things like that.

Enraku had some upgrades since three years ago and could do some more things than back then, and Takumi thought that Enraku could keep her company if he or Tatsuki wasn't there, which Orihime truly appreciated.

---

Jumping down to Rukia, her eyebrows knitted together while Takumi stretched his arms.

"So, what did you do?"

"I made sure that if a Hollow were to attack, I'd detect it, and it would place a barrier around the area, so she wouldn't be harmed long enough for me to come and save her." His reply stirred something within Rukia. "Anyway, come on Rukia-chan. Your turn to cook to tonight."

Rukia's eyebrow twitched.

"What?

Takumi wore a sly smile.

"Didn't you know? If you live at the Urahara residence, you have to lend assistance, so you can cook tonight~"

Takumi began running down the street, Rukia, pissed, began chasing after him.

"And what will you be doing!?"

"Inventing Chappy stuff!"

Rukia placed a finger to her chin, then smirked.

"Alright then, I expect many Chappy stuff! Ooh, add Chappy watch! That talks to me in the voice of Chappy!"

"Hahahaha! Sure!"

Rukia allowed a small laugh to escape her lips, and chased after Takumi.

Despite smiling, Takumi thought about Sora, and hated that he couldn't save him in the end, wishing that he had more power, which he was going to strive for by learning more about being a Shinigami, learn Kido, among other things.

Takumi wished he could of helped Sora have one more conversation with Orihime.

He didn't realize that he would soon get that chance as Sora would be coming back, but this time wouldn't be an ally, he'd be an enemy.

---

End chapter!

So, we got more on the relationship between Takumi and Orihime, with how they met, with Orihime seeing how weird and eccentric Takumi is, along with not caring about how others viewed him, even asking Hiyori to help him scare people, and how Takumi was there for her when her brother died. Rukia and Takumi have an interesting dynamic, with fun back and forth's though Rukia, and Kisuke seem to be at odds a little bit, more on that later on. Karin and Yuzu learned more about the Shinigami, and other things of that nature, and have decided to join Takumi and Rukia in their Hollow fighting missions! We'll see their progression through this arc, as they come into their powers, and what not, and while trying their best, Takumi and Rukia couldn't save Sora from...we'll find out in the future! Though it seems to know Takumi's name so it's gonna be fun finding out their connection.

Anyway, to get onto the votes, Zanpakuto and Harem, and Karin.

First of all, thank you everyone for voting on these three things. It seems that mostly, people ship Takumi and Karin, so they'll be together. Their dynamic is going to be fun to explore. The Harem suggestions will be displayed down below, and you can keep suggesting them as well.

As for the Zanpakuto, thank you everyone for voting for it! I got some good votes, but it came down between the Lightning based Zanpakuto, and the Vibration Zanpakuto. I got some ideas about having a duel element type Zanpakuto, but that's never really happened before in the canon of the series.

But, there is a way for Takumi to have two elements without that happening, and that's from learning Shunko from Yoruichi, as that adds an element, so if he had a Lightning type Zanpakuto, he could use Shunko and have it be water based to control, and use both to create thunderstorms with rain and lightning in Bankai and since water conducts electricity, that would only empower the lightning even more, the same could be used for the Vibrations, a water Shunko, plus Vibration sword could be quite devastating like creating a vortex of earth shattering energy around the opponent which drowns them at the same time, crushing them to death and since Yoruichi is right there, he could learn it from her.

So I'll give it one more chapter because Lightning and Vibration came out pretty much evenly with reviews, and Pm's, so I'll leave it to those two for one more vote, keeping in mind about the Shunko's that he could potentially learn. So, yeah, I guess it either comes down to violent thunderstorms raining down lightning and water destruction, or vortex of water, with earth shattering energy added to crush opponents, other techniques would be shown as well with either of those options, and I'm okay with either, since I've got ideas for both sides.

The others got some good votes, so thanks for voting for them, though these two pretty much dominated the top, but water was the next highest, so I thought a water Shunko would be cool since Lightning, Fire and Wind has been shown so something different for Takumi, and I thought water would work very well with either Lightning or Vibration energy.

Here's a question about Takumi's future. For those who don't remember, and or didn't read the original, I was going to have that character become a Captain, and Takumi's no exception, but what Captain squad he'd be, is up to you, as I could go a few ways depending.

So yeah, the candidates would be, Captain of Squad Twelve, replacing Mayuri who'd join Aizen for various reasons that would be spoilers, with Nemu as his Lieutenant, Captain of Squad Five after Aizen, with Momo as his Lieutenant, Shinji would stay back in the human world at that case, Captain of Squad Three with Izuru as his Lieutenant, Rose would stay back in the human world, or Captain of Squad Nine with Shuhei as his Lieutenant, with Kensei staying in the human world. And finally, Captain of either Squad five, three, or nine, with the original Lieutenants for those squads and having Nemu join that squad having a co Lieutenant status with either Momo, Izuru, or Shuhei which has happened with Shunsui having two Lieutenants in the manga, and Akon becoming Mayuri's Lieutenant instead.

For those wondering/worrying about it, say if he becomes Captain of Squad Five, Shinji would still do stuff in the story, he just wouldn't become the Captain again, the same for the others, and whoever didn't become a Captain, that person would be with the other Vizard's.

Why I'm asking now will change things within the Soul Society and beyond arcs, so I thought that it would be best to get the answer here now so I can map out what will happen, as I have scenarios for all of those outcomes.

So yeah, please vote for those, and until next time, where we finish off this little arc with Sora, and Orihime.

Takumi; Orihime, Rukia, Yuzu, Karin, Nemu, Giselle, Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Hiyori.