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.

3. Siblings tears part two

Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

Clarent excalibur; Thanks for the votes! Yeah, him vs Tier would be an interesting fight. That would be funny between him and Nemu. Sure, I could see it happening during that arc. I wont spoil it, but Kisuke very well could be involved with awakening Karin's powers. Yeah, it could've been Masaki's cross that Yuzu gains. Yeah, that would be pretty cool, thanks for the suggestion! That could be cool, Takumi and Nemu doing such things. That would be funny, I've got some fun moments for the Women's Association and Takumi.

Miraculous Psychic Hero 100; Thanks very much! Yeah, he's got some unique dynamics with them huh~? Yeah it would be, and thanks for the vote! Zanpakuto spirits, yeah maybe~

Alpha-san; Thank you very much for the votes!

Dark King Marcel; Thanks very much! Thanks for the vote, and that would be pretty cool. Yeah, it would be the strongest lightning type, like Toshiro has the strongest ice, and Yamamoto has the strongest fire. And thank you!

BloodRaven46; Thanks very much! Yeah, it could be like that. Thanks for the vote. In canon maybe not, in this, I have a few ideas why he would. Takumi and Mayuri, no matter what squad Takumi gets, will have a very interesting relationship, due to their shared scientific nature, though Takumi isn't into killing people or dissecting. I think Nemu would recover eventually, like Momo did from Aizen's betrayal.

Derek 23; Thank you!

ShadowUzumaki55; They have yeah, they've known one another for a long while. It's going to be fun exploring more of their powers in the future. Thanks for the votes!

Guest 1; Thanks for the vote!

Guest 2; Thank you for the vote!

Silver crow; I'm glad you liked it. Yeah, it was fun for me too when I did, I forgot how good the series could be when it was at its high points, even low points had something's making it fun. Yup, it surely is. Takumi could do that regardless yeah. Realistically, there's a way Takumi could have a sword like that, it would have to be he had someone else's Zanpakuto incorporated into his sword, like, Rose maybe since he has a sound/vibration sword, added with lightning or something. They both kinda do yeah~ Thanks for the votes! That would be pretty funny actually, thanks for the suggestion! It's another kind of light, I can't reveal what it is yet though. She will be a female spirit yeah. Well you never know. Karin will have an inner Hollow as that's tied to her Shinigami powers. We don't know who Takumi's Mom is, or what his past is yet, so he could be a number of things, he could be a Fullbringer, who some had pretty interesting powers, his Mom could of been a Quincy, or a normal soul or something else entirely, I wont spoil it right now. His Mom is important to Takumi's story, and we'll find out more about her in the future. I could see Hiyori doing such things. I wont spoil it, Takumi vs Kenpachi is going to be quite the fight. I could see that happening between them, polar opposites becoming friends. I've got a fun scene planned out for when Yama and Takumi meet one another. He couldn't do that as he would be an enemy of the soul society at that point. Takumi and Mayuri definitely will have an odd relationship. Yeah maybe~ Yeah if it is necessary to the plot. Mayuri wouldn't respect Takumi, if anything he'd probably see him as a rival in the scientific field, like Kisuke. Hehe, he can make cute things yeah~ Sure, by that time he'd be pretty strong, Kenpachi took down a few Sternritter's easily, so Takumi probably could too. Yeah perhaps~ Cool suggestions! Yeah, that never really went anywhere in canon anyway, it was just kinda mentioned, and then it didn't change anything about her so she's just a Zombie girl here. Sure, he'll be learning various things from them~ Well, I can't spoil if he does or doesn't. Yeah, but the only way that could happen is if Takumi received that kind of power from someone else. There are other ways to introduce elements than Zanpakuto after all, and Takumi's a genius so we might see him tinker with his sword in the future.

Guest 3; Yeah, he does do crazy stuff already, it makes me wonder why he wasn't punished for what he did to his own squad, killing them by using them as live bombs, or anything else he's done.

Guest 4; Thanks for the vote, and yeah, I guess Nemu could be there~

Guest 5; He is pretty smart yeah. He very well might make an appearance in the future~ It was sad that he didn't in the series, when they went to the Soul Society, that could've been something to build on Orihime's character more.

Guest 6; Thanks very much for the vote! Yeah, they kinda do, with Momo in canon being out of commission for a little while. That would be pretty cool, Takumi helping Momo overcome such a trauma. That would be an awesome Bankai for Momo. That could be pretty cool to see Nemu doing such things.

Guest 7; That would be quite funny, I could totally see Soi Fon doing such things.

Guest 8; Thanks for the vote!

Crenin; If I was, I'd give her Fullbring yeah. It's Mayuri you're thinking of, he's quite the unhinged Captain. I could see that getting Mayuri's interest. And thanks very much!

Kamen Rider W; Thanks for the vote! Do you mean the Quincy Zangetsu and stuff? Well, since Yuzu is the Quincy and Karin isn't, she probably wont have Quincy Zangetsu, and just have Shinigami/Hollow Zangetsu.

Guest007; Thanks very much! Yeah, they have quite the cute relationship, huh~? Yeah, we'll be seeing those in the coming chapters. I'll probably do that arc eventually yeah. A spirit for Takumi's, it's going to be a female like his Father's is. Thanks for the suggestions!

Guest 9; Both Yuzu and Karin will be the focal point of that. That would be pretty cool, I like the sound of that~

Guest 10; Thanks very much for the vote! Yeah, it could be called that, I don't see why not. Takumi vs Mayuri, would be a very cool fight, a fight of intelligence, and who can outwit the other. Karin and Yuzu tag teaming Yammy would be awesome.

Guest 11; Thanks very much! I'm glad that you liked the series! And thanks for the votes! Yeah, for that arc, Karin and Yuzu could team up together, and take on some Shinigami's. Unohana huh, yeah they could be found by her.

Guest 12; Thank you for the votes!

Guest 13; Yeah, right now Rukia doesn't really have romantic feelings for Takumi, but slowly and surely, she'll grow to fall in love with him as the beginning of the series happens here. I could see that being an emotional moment between them. Thanks for the votes!

Excaliburn; I could see that happening, that would be a nice thing from Byakuya who does care for Rukia, though doesn't show it until later on, it could be an early indicator that he does care for her feelings. That would be an awesome moment to see~

Guest 14; Yeah, she'll probably wear something like that. Yuzu gaining an ability like that, perhaps so, it was shown that some of the Sternritter already had their abilities from birth, like the Yourself twins, so Yuzu developing one isn't impossible, I wouldn't know what kind of ability though.

Guest 15; Momo does need love and support after everything she goes through. Yeah, I could see that happening, and yeah, making them not living bombs anymore, would show a distinct between Mayuri, and Takumi. And yeah, Nemu could gain a weapon Takumi makes for her.

maxbrevan; Thanks very much! Thanks for the vote, and yeah, you're not wrong really, Rose is the least developed and used within the series, even his Bankai kinda did nothing, I liked his Bankai but it amounted to nothing really in the end. Yeah, it's going to be fun when he does release it. Yeah, we'll learn more about his Mother in the future. And thanks for the suggestions!

Guest 16; She will have a Hollow since that's tied to the Shinigami power, so her inner spirit will be basically inner Karin. That could be pretty interesting to see. Yeah maybe~

Guest 17; Yachiru and Takumi will have some fun interactions. Yeah, he very well could do, thanks for the suggestion!

Guest 18; He could of met Momo before, it's certainly possible. That does sound pretty cool to me. I always felt for Momo since mostly, she gets stabbed in the chest, when she could've had some interesting development.

Guest 19; Thanks for the votes! Sure, they could've met that way. That would be pretty awesome, thanks for the suggestion!

Skull Flame; They have banter of course, but yeah, they can come together to work against a common foe. It seems so yeah~ That's Rukia for you~ Well, he could be, you never know what's going to happen~ Yup, he'll be appearing this chapter. It could be him yeah~ Thanks for the vote!

Sir guest; It would be yeah, but there's only a few ways it could happen, as if Takumi came into contact with someone who merged their Zanpakuto with his, or he found a deceased Shinigami and modified his Zanpakuto with their own or something like that. Mayuri would go with Aizen for a few reasons, to see this perfection for himself, along with the prospects on Arrancar modifications and other things like that. Takumi vs Mayuri would be a pretty kick ass fight.

Guest 20; Yeah, I don't see why not. That could be pretty cool. Yeah, that sounds good to me~

Guest 21; That would be a pretty cool idea, and those Pokemon seem awesome to me~

Anonymous; Thanks very much! Basically yeah~ Yeah, it shows their friendship, and their growing affections for one another. It seems so yeah~ I'm glad that you liked it! They do yeah. She will have Zangetsu. That would be an interesting idea, thanks for the suggestion! And thank you very much!

Guest 22; Yeah, he very well could do that~ Sure, I could see Unohana doing something like that. She does yeah.

Guest 23; Ooh, she'll be showing up alright. Soi Fon vs Giselle huh, that would be quite the fun fight to see. And yeah, that would be something that Giselle would say.

Guest 24; Thanks very much for the votes! And I'm glad I got you back into it!

Sakuya izayoi; Lightning is awesome yeah. The Bankai would be pretty fun. There would be a logical reason behind it, one would be scientific curiosity, the hokyoku maybe, and then there's a hidden one I wont spoil right now.

Guest 25; Well, maybe he does. If he does, why does he?

Guest 26; That would be quite nice for the name. And yeah, that for his Bankai's name could be cool. And thanks for the vote!

Requiem; Thank you very much! Yeah, they could reunite, it would be cool to see more development there. He could do yeah, and he and her would be nice together. Thanks for the votes! Yeah, he could of met her before. That could be cool, Takumi could help her during that arc to see she is her own person and can make decisions for herself or something.

Guest 27; You're not wrong, she is the first Kenpachi so yeah haha~

Guest 28; Thanks for the vote, and yeah, that sounds like a kickass way to use that kind of power.

Guest 29; I've thought about it before. It was a shame she was just kinda dropped off the story and forgotten about. That sounds pretty cool, thanks for the suggestions!

Nemu best Girl; Yeah, I don't see why not, Yoruichi would have...methods on getting those things. That would be a fun moment to see Byakuya do something like that. I could totally see Nemu doing things of that nature, it would make sense. Thanks for the suggestions!

Insert my name; That would be pretty funny. I could totally see Yoruichi doing such things, she is quite flirty. Nemu's the type to do such things, so I could totally see that happening. That would be a fun running gag. Sure, they could of met in the past, I like the sound of that. Yup, they will show up in the future, and yeah, that could happen~

Guest 30; Yeah, he was anime only anyway so it could be anyone really. That would be so Nemu to do such things. Thanks for the suggestions!

Guest 31; That sounds pretty cool, and yeah, I'm sure Yushiro would be alright with it for Yoruichi's sake. Funny thing was, for a while I thought Yushiro was a girl, then it was revealed he was a boy, but yeah, I'd be fine with that, I'll think about it~

Guest 32; The only way for that to happen is if he gains another persons Zanpakuto power, Takumi's pretty smart so he could modify his Zanpakuto to do that, or he could be gifted that by someone.

Amatayomi; Thanks for the votes! Yeah, either would be alright for Takumi, I could see a few cool scenarios with them. Sure, I could see Yoruichi pulling something like that, and it would be fun to see the reactions of the other girls. Thanks for the suggestions!

Andrew123456; Thanks very much for the vote! And thanks for the harem votes!

Well with those lovely reviews out of the way, please read the bottom to see the results and some important notes about the story, it's time to start the chapter!

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Siblings tears part two

Just over two days had passed since Takumi and Rukia had lost Sora to the Hollow's. Takumi, though he didn't openly state it, was pissed off that he couldn't help him out in the end, but he didn't allow himself to be deterred. He wasn't going to allow anything to deter him from what he had set out to do.

So he had invented many different things for Karin, Yuzu, and Rukia. Since he had been tasked (though he loved it anyway) to do such things, he had made a few things for the trio of girls that he was quite proud of.

Standing outside of the Urahara shop, Takumi looked between the three girls. Each wore their school uniform, and he himself also wore his own.

"You look like you haven't slept in a few days."

Karin noticed, seeing the bags under his eyes.

"53 hours, and 22 minutes to be exact."

Takumi replied while stretching his arms.

"B-But, shouldn't you be unconscious by now?!"

Yuzu was worried, Takumi shook his head, and took out a pill. He swallowed the pill, and almost as if he had been rejuvenated, his eyes displayed happiness, his body twitched around happily, looking as if he had just woken up from an eight hour nap.

"Not really. Using these awakening pills, allows me to stay awake for a lot longer by increasing-"

"Yeah, I don't need to know the medical science behind it."

Takumi pouted at Karin who gave a defiant stare.

"Fine, whatever, it was interesting. It involves stimulating the brain."

"Still don't care."

Takumi rolled his eyes, and went towards Rukia.

"First of all Rukia-chan. Here. The watch you wanted."

He brought out a pink watch, with Chappy's face on the front, displaying the time.

Rukia's face lifted up, placing it on her wrist, Takumi lightly tapped the face of Chappy, and it's eyes opened.

"Hello Rukia Kuchiki-chan~ Can I do anything for you~?"

Chappy watch said with a peppy voice, befitting Chappy Rukia thought in her opinion.

Rukia looked like as if she had hit the jackpot, she never thought this day would come.

"OH MY GOD! CHAPPY! I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING! CAN YOU BE MY BEST FRIEND PLEASE!?"

"Of course Rukia-chan! Lets be best friends!"

"EEEEEEP! YEAH CHAPPY!"

Rukia freaked out, while Takumi chuckled, Karin murmured "Geez, she's going crazy." while Yuzu thought that it was quite endearing.

"I thought that rather than a phone, I had decided to put in a few things into the watch. Of course, it tells time, and it also can do what your soul phone does, alerting you to Hollow's among other things, and it can also ring people too. I've put in a few peoples numbers for you that you need, and there's a few more features I thought you might need. Here's a list of what it can do, and what you need to say to activate certain commands."

Takumi handed Rukia the list, she overlooked it and was surprised, but very pleased.

"My God Takumi, you could give Captain Kurotsuchi a run for his money with this. It's quite amazing."

Takumi waved his hand, and then brought out a Chappy shaped gun.

Rukia's face lifted up happily, holding the gun in her hands, and Takumi continued to explain.

"Now this, has the ability to shoot out Chappy face blasts at people. It has different settings, like rapid fire mode which makes it weaker, but it allows more shots to be fired with quick succession, and normal mode which shoots out good levels of power shots, and deals good damage. How it replenishes its power is by gathering Reishi from the area. From my study on Quincy's and Shinigami's, and how they manipulate Reishi, I was able to mimic that kind of activity here, to recharge the gun itself. Also, you can store the gun within the watch with some compression technology I made, that took a long time, but finally perfected it last year, though it can only store one item within a space like that."

"Wow Takumi...thank you for this."

"No worries~"

Rukia was enamoured, she didn't even think about the Quincy thing for the moment.

Then Takumi turned to Yuzu, and brought out some glasses, and earrings.

"Here you go Yuzu-chan. Tired of not seeing ghosts? Put them on, and you'll be able to see, and hear ghosts as if you had the same spiritual powers as your sister, and myself. I changed it from hearing aids to earrings, for easier use. They're clip-on's so you don't have to actually pierce your ears with them."

Yuzu looked amazed, placing on the glasses, and the earrings that had a cat design on them, looking around and from the side, see a ghost casually flying on by. She dipped the glasses and couldn't see it without them, so she knew that they worked.

"Amazing Takumi-kun. You really made me like Karin!"

"Yup, that's right Yuzu-chan. Also, I've got a cute watch for you as well~" Takumi brought out a watch Yuzu would quite like, a cat themed watch, and placed it on her wrist. "Now yours is similar to Rukia-chan's, does what hers can do. I also stored a bow inside that fires off energy arrows. I remember that you're also in the archery club so I thought that would be great for you."

Yuzu took the devices and looked amazed by them all.

"Thank you Takumi-kun, you've done all of this for me. I have really been blessed for you to give us this, and you've spent so much time doing this for us. I feel a little guilty about it."

Takumi waved his hand.

"Don't worry. I've spent like two days in my own lab, it's a holiday for me~ Now, I'll show you a new feature I put in it." Takumi brought the bow out, which had changed into a cat themed type bow. Yuzu noticed on the side, there was a switch. "Now, you've got standard mode, firing normal arrows, and then you have exploding mode."

"E-Exploding mode?"

Takumi went to the side, pulled out a device, and threw it into the air, and it hovered in the sky.

Then he flipped a switch on the side, and pulled the arrow back, but appearing at the head of the arrow, was one of Takumi's exploding spheres.

"Fire!"

Takumi shot the arrow, and it hit the device, and let off an explosion so strong that air rushed around them, Yuzu's eyes lighting up.

"Wow! Takumi-kun! That's amazing!"

Takumi rubbed under his nose.

"Isn't science awesome? Combined with the speed of the arrow, and the exploding nature of the spheres, it will deal a good level of damage. Though there is a limit of spheres within the bow itself. But they aren't hard to replicate so I can make more for you."

"This is amazing Takumi-kun, thank you!"

Yuzu lightly smiled, as Takumi turned to Karin.

Karin looked excited to see what was going to happen next.

"Now Karin-chan, I know that you're quite wild in fighting, so I've made something of a weapon for you."

"Yes, come on, give it to me. I wanna see it Takumi." Takumi smiled at the girls enthusiasm, and pulled out a watch, Karin's face dropping. "What's this crap? It isn't going to be a bow and arrow, is it?"

Takumi chuckled, and casually pressed a button on the side, revealing a kick ass looking sword, about the size of a katana, with a slightly curved blade.

Karin's eyes lit up, as Takumi took the blade, and handed it to Karin.

"You wanna cut things, right?"

"Exactly...ooh God, this looks beautiful..."

Takumi gave a light smile.

"Right. The sword itself is as sharp as a normal sword and can cut through a weak Hollow easily, and it can be stored within your watch. The watch is the same as the others with what they can do. In sword form, this uses your spiritual power, and converts it into energy blasts. Since you have strong spirit power-"

"Wait, I have strong spirit power?"

Karin seemed dumbfounded, but Takumi nodded.

"That's right, you do. You see this button here." He pointed to the side of the blast, Karin gave it a weird look. "Push that it, and it will absorb your spirit power, and run it along side the blade. The longer you hold it, the more it absorbs. Then, you swing the blade outwards, and it will unleash your spirit power in an energy wave."

Karin decided to try it, and took the blade, swinging it downwards as she pressed the button, the shape of the blade came out as energy, which cut into a nearby wall, and crumbled it down to the ground, Karin's eyes fluttered at the feeling.

"H-Holy crap..."

Karin was impressed, seeing the stone wall crumble downwards.

Takumi rubbed under his nose with a smile on his face.

"See, isn't it effective?" Karin only could nod her head. "It's thanks to you really Karin-chan, your power is pretty good. It isn't a sub for a Zanpakuto or anything, as that can be used to do different things, but it can be used to help you fire off blasts of energy. Be warned though, the more you hold the button down, the more you feel it draining you. You'll know your limit."

"Okay, I'm on board now."

Takumi grinned wildly.

Karin had to admit that right now, Takumi was showing a cool side to him.

Karin admired the sword that she had, while Takumi placed his hands behind his back.

"This isn't a replacement for Zanpakuto's or Kido or natural power as that can grow, this has a set limit, and if I had a little more time then I would be able to do more, though since I've squeezed this in between taking down Hollow's and other duties, I think that they aren't so bad~ But with these, they can at least keep yourselves safe, and sound for the time being."

Karin made the sword come out again, and swung it outwards, intrigued by many things.

Rukia was examining her own stuff as was Yuzu, they all seemed happy so that was enough for Takumi right now.

So Takumi sat down on a nearby chair, and watched as the girls seemed to be quite pleased with what they had received.

Kisuke watched from a small distance, seeing each of them admiring their items, and then his eyes went towards Karin.

"While she doesn't have the power of a Shinigami...she does have strong energy, Kisuke. Especially just shooting out that blast."

Yoruichi spoke, sitting down near him.

"Yes...well, being their child, of course she would. She might reach that state on her own."

"You mean become a Shinigami?"

"Well, when the time comes, I'll give her a choice if she wants to become one or not."

Yoruichi raised her eyebrows.

"You have the means to do it?"

"She's practically there anyway, all she needs is a final push. I thought that this might happen, Isshin spoke to me about it, seeing his daughters power, and now with Takumi as a Shinigami...yeah, he'll need all the help he can get with what's about to come, and with someone with high power like Karin Kurosaki-san, she'd definitely be a great asset. Her own choice of course if she chooses this path or not."

The pair watched as Karin played with the sword, Yuzu firing off arrows into the air, Rukia speaking with Chappy, and Takumi casually mixing some chemicals, making Kisuke smile lightly.

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Later on, Takumi, Orihime, Rukia, Yuzu, Karin, and Tatsuki sat together outside, eating lunch under a tree. Takumi was sharing lunch with Orihime, Yuzu looked slightly jealous seeing Orihime sometimes feed Takumi, it was something that lovers usually did when they wanted to be close, so seeing those two do it was a clear sign of their affection for one another, their unspoken affection for one another.

Rukia brushed under her mouth, and noticed something.

"So, do you not have any boyfriends Takumi?"

Karin and Tatsuki both did spit takes, while Yuzu's face turned bright red, imagining Takumi embracing another man briefly naked, before letting out a happy cry, and falling backwards, Rukia gave her a strange look, Orihime's cheeks burned slightly red, while Takumi just didn't seem to care about the way Rukia said that, knowing what she was like, so he knew what she was talking about.

""WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT!?""

Karin and Tatsuki yelled at Rukia who was taken aback by their voices.

"W-What? Did I say something wrong?"

"T-The way you framed your question! A-Are you asking if he's homosexual, or asking if he has any male friends?!"

Karin snapped at Rukia who looked troubled.

"I was just asking if he had any male friends."

"Well, don't call them boyfriends then! Yuzu will get too excited!"

Yuzu was blushing on the ground, Rukia cocked her head.

"Oh, is that a hum-"

Takumi covered her mouth, chuckling awkwardly.

"Anyway, it is quite a nice day, the suns shining, I'm with my girlfriends~"

"We are not your girlfriends!"

Karin snapped at him, while Takumi let out a slightly teasing laugh.

"My, is your face going red Karin-chan~?"

"S-Shut it you weirdo!"

The others began to laugh while Karin showed a slightly embarrassed face.

Tatsuki noticed how Rukia and Takumi seemed to be close, and how Orihime seemed to be slightly disheartened about that.

"So, Kuchiki-san. You and Takumi there..."

"What about us?"

Rukia replied and asked.

Tatsuki went to ask, when she saw Orihime shaking her head again and again.

Not wanting to betray her friend at all, Tatsuki allowed a small laugh to escape her mouth.

"Nothing! It's just, he seems to be awake at this time when he's usually asleep! Don't you agree?"

"Well, Takumi-kun stays up, quite late...early, whatever. Suffice to say, he stays up into the early hours in the morning working on those weird little gadgets of his."

"Ooh, I really like Taku-chan's gadgets though. Because secretly, I believe Taku-chan might be involved with the government, and is currently working in the technology department, and is developing weapons against the ancient ninja clan that have been showing up in Karakura for a while now. Then, when the time is right, Taku-chan is going to reveal that he also has talks with the President of the World, and he's able to produce cuddly toys~"

The others just stared at Orihime, all thinking "What?" with immense confusion besides Takumi who placed a dramatic hand to his forehead.

"You caught me Orihime-chan. Now that I've been caught, I wont be able to stay in Karakura now, I might be taken away and dissected or something by aliens for the knowledge that I have inside of my head..."

"N-Noooooooo! I mean! I didn't know anything about Taku-chan being an agent of the World! So Taku-chan has to stay!"

Orihime hugged onto Takumi's body, while Chizuru, who watched from afar, narrowed her eyes considerably.

Tatsuki however was thinking about what Rukia said about Takumi staying up late, as if she had insiders knowledge about that.

"Wait...how would you know that? About him staying up late."

Tatsuki wondered, Orihime also had to wonder that.

Takumi closed his eyes briefly, before beaming out.

"She's currently residing at the Urahara shop!" Orihime was stunned by that, while Karin and Yuzu already knew that fact so they didn't say anything. "Because our families apparently knew one another, I was surprised when she showed up the other day. My Dad told me she'd be staying with us for a little while."

Tatsuki and Orihime seemed to buy that explanation and they continued eating.

But that soon ended when Takumi, Rukia, Karin and Yuzu were alerted to a Hollow via sensing and their devices.

Karin looked around as Yuzu placed on her glasses and earrings to see and hear what was going on.

Rukia remained calm, as she silently slipped on her glove.

Takumi nodded at Rukia, who giggled surprisingly.

"Takumi-kun! High five, you're it!"

Rukia and Takumi high fived one another, allowing Takumi out of his body, and into his soul form.

"T-Taku-chan, you okay?"

Orihime wondered with worry, Takumi glanced at her and since she couldn't see him, he couldn't say anything, so Rukia did instead.

"He's fine, he's just tired. Sleep now Takumi-kun."

Unknowingly worrying Orihime, Rukia placed Takumi's head on her lap.

She didn't see a problem with it.

But people like Tatsuki and Karin thought that it was quite shocking.

Yuzu and Orihime both seemed to be depressed about seeing that, as Takumi looked up into the air, and saw a portal in the sky.

"Hey Rukia-chan, a Hollow is coming here. Keep the others safe, I'll go and fight it."

Rukia didn't say anything, merely nodding her head, and began speaking to the others.

He then jumped into the air, using the Reishi has a platform to head for the Hollow. The Hollow that came out was quite large. It was two or three times the size of Takumi at least. The long tail, the brown and red body that it had, the white mask that it wore, its eyes shining down towards Takumi, and its eyes went towards the girls.

A howling sound came from the Hollow as it yelled "PROTECT HER!", bypassing Takumi, who withdrew his blade, and went for them.

"Hey! I'm the Shinigami here! And who do you want to protect!?"

Takumi yelled out, and pushed off the air, shooting downwards like an arrow.

The Hollow's eyes only had a single target though, and it was one of the girls.

Takumi believed he wouldn't make it in time, so he took out his blade, and took aim towards the Hollow. Aiming for the back of the Hollow's head, he aimed true, and launched it forward, piercing the Hollows neck from behind, causing it to howl out from the pain, Karin let out a small smile at seeing that.

"Hah!"

Using fancy foot working, Takumi spun around, and slammed his foot right into the Hollow's body and launched him away from the girls, Takumi pushed off the air, and gave chase towards it. Rukia watched out of the corner of her eye, while Yuzu looked up to the sky, seeing Takumi moving away from the others.

"Is he..."

"Don't worry, Takumi-kun will be fine~"

Rukia smiled out, to the confusion of Orihime and Tatsuki.

Rukia hoped that was true as well, hoping Takumi would be able to handle it.

Takumi continued moving forward at a good speed, appearing before the Hollow, but its mouth opened, and from its mouth, spit came forward, so he moved upwards, avoiding the spit, which hit down near the trees on the ground, and began melting it, Takumi winced at the sight.

"So, it's acid spit this time. Alright then Hollow, I guess that I will-"

"...Pro….Pro..."

"Pro…? Pro what? Protect...do you want to protect someone?"

Takumi asked the Hollow, the voice sounding familiar to him.

But because it was so distorted, it was difficult to pin it exactly to who it was.

The Hollow howled into the sky, and charged for Takumi with its hulking body. Since his Zanpakuto was currently embedded into the Hollow, he had to rely on hand to hand combat, which he was somewhat adept it, since he lived with Yoruichi.

"Time to fight I guess!"

The Hollow raised its large fist for Takumi, and came crashing towards him.

Takumi, using a move like Yoruichi, placed his hands together, cupping them above his head, and then announced "Raioken!" and his fists slammed against the fists of the Hollow, an intense wind pressure gathered around them, blowing the leaves off a nearby tree, the Hollows hand cracked at the fist strike, Takumi looked at his own hands that throbbed slightly, but he didn't care, using his speed to flash closer to the Hollows chest, delivering a series of precise punches towards the Hollows upper body, each punch damaging the Hollow slightly, so more and more punches delivered more injuries to the Hollow, eventually allowing Takumi to draw blood from the Hollow alone with his fists.

Takumi then flashed above the Hollow, appearing at the base of its neck, withdrawing his Zanpakuto, seeing its hands trying to grab him, so he yelled "Have this!" and stomped downwards forcefully, right on the wound that his Zanpakuto had created for him, forcing the Hollow to come crashing down to the ground, causing it to shake slightly, leaving the shape of the Hollow embedded into the ground.

Takumi wore surprise on his face.

"I'm stronger than I thought I was...guess it was Yoruichi-chan's training...maybe it's because I'm in soul form...hmph, requires more study."

Takumi shot off to the ground, taking his sword into both of his hands, ready to strike down towards the Hollow, when a new portal opened beside Takumi, with the same hair that came out from before, but Takumi didn't stop, and announced "Reverse grip slice!" which as the name implied, gripped his sword in a reverse type grip, and sliced upwards, slicing right through the hair of whatever was attacking him.

"That's very good Takumi."

"Who are you!?"

Takumi demanded from the Hollow, but a laugh escaped the hole.

"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. For now, would you really strike that Hollow when knowing who it is?"

"Who it is..."

Takumi looked down at the Hollow, seeing it going through a hole.

Realizing the distraction, Takumi knew he wouldn't make it in time to the Hollow, so he pulled out his Zanpakuto, and threw it like an arrow towards it, but the Hollow managed to dodge it for the most part, only receiving a deep gash in the tail with blood gushing out, while it yelled out "PROTECT HER!" causing Takumi to furrow his eyebrows, as it disappeared.

Takumi jumped down to the ground, and examined the area that the Hollow was, and had to wonder what that was about.

However, he didn't have long to contemplate as Rukia came running up.

"Did you get it?"

"No, our friend, furball came back."

Rukia tightened her eyes.

"That thing again. It seems to want something from us. And that Hollow..."

"This is going to sound weird Rukia-chan...but, I think that the Hollow wasn't after me or you."

"Then who?"

Takumi looked back towards the school, seeing Chizuru creeping up towards Rukia.

"If I had to guess...it said protect her...that voice also implied I wouldn't attack it if I knew who it was...I'd have to say that it might be Orihime-chan...but, I'd have to confirm it before anything."

"Inoue? Why her?"

Takumi folded his arms.

"It's just a feeling that I have, the way that it came down towards the group, the way it seemed to ignore me. And also, how it kept saying protect her...it wanted to protect her, along with what that furball said. And the only person I can think of that would want to protect her is..."

"Sora."

Rukia finished off, Takumi nodded slowly.

"Yes, that's what I believe to be true. But we have to confirm that."

"Right now, we will have to wait until they come out again. We can't track them while they aren't here-"

"Hello Rukia-chan!" Rukia froze at the voice, then she felt arms wrapping around her body. "You are looking particularly cute today Rukia-chan. Why are you out here talking to yourself?"

"I-I erm..."

Rukia tried to speak, but her voice failed her.

Takumi murmured "Maybe I should give you alone time." but Rukia grabbed his hand and wouldn't let go of it.

"No please don't leave me..."

"I never will Rukia-chan!" Chizuru let out her voice happily, making Rukia almost cry, her body shaking heavily. "Don't worry, I've got you! I can take care of you forever, and ever! I'll make sure that you will be safe and sound with me!"

"No, leave me alone!"

Rukia pushed Chizuru away from her, and hid behind Takumi.

But because Chizuru couldn't see Takumi, she tried to grab Rukia, when her hands grabbed Takumi's body instead. Takumi let out a surprised gasp, and pulled back away from Chizuru along with Rukia herself.

"...Suddenly, I feel depressed, as if I've just touched a man, even though ones not here."

Takumi sweat dropped at Chizuru's depressed attitude while Rukia looked as if she had stared into the darkness that is Chizuru's advancements.

Takumi then pulled Rukia away from Chizuru who had fallen to the floor, and ran her finger through the dirt sadly.

---

After that, Takumi went alone towards a familiar place.

At first, it was a place that Kisuke didn't really want Takumi to go, due to how some of the nature of the people inside are, but Takumi had found out about them, and had to see what was going on with them, and now that he did, he was friends with them.

He walked towards the building that was basically a warehouse, a rundown warehouse at that.

As he went to get closer, the door was blown open with a blonde haired man came crashing outwards, skidding across the ground, and stopping besides Takumi.

"H-Hey Takumi, what's going on?"

"You piss off Hiyori-chan again?"

"Haha, there's no pleasing that girl."

Takumi let out a soft chuckle, and went into the area.

Stepping inside, he saw a few people around, like a girl with glasses, and a school girl uniform called Lisa, a girl with green hair, called Mashiro, and also saw Kensei, a man with white hair, twirling a blade around in his hand.

He also saw Hiyori scowling towards Shinji, but then turned towards Takumi.

"Oh you, what do you want?"

"Hello to you as well, Hiyori-chan. I've come to ask if anyone is free to help me out?"

"Doing what?"

Lisa asked, looking over her erotic magazines.

"Well, I'll be learning from a friend of mine this afternoon, but I believe that there's a Hollow after my other friend, so could one of you watch over her?" They began to whistle innocently. "Oh come on you lazy people! You don't do anything all day anyway!" They continued to whistle, Takumi shook his head, and looked to Hiyori. "Hiyori-chan~ Come on, be a friend and help me out."

"I'm busy Baldy, get someone else to do it."

Takumi went to respond, when an idea came to his head.

"Maybe you're right, I should get someone who has superior skills to do it. It could be difficult, maybe you couldn't handle it after all."

Hiyori's eyebrows twitched, jumping Takumi, grabbing his robes since he was in Shinigami form.

"You what?! Who are you going to get!?"

Takumi adopted a sly smile.

"I was thinking Shinji-chan."

Hiyori flew into a rage like no other, Lisa adopted a small smirk on her face at the sight.

"SHINJI!? I'M WAY BETTER THAN SHINJI! HOW DARE YOU SAY SHINJI IS ABOVE ME!?"

Takumi threw up his hands in a weighing type movement.

"Well, if you want to prove me wrong, then I guess you could do it..."

Hiyori adopted a superior smirk.

"Fine, since I am better than Shinji, I'll do it."

"Oh, thanks Hiyori-chan, you're a star!"

Hiyori casually threw her shoe at Takumi, but he ducked and it slammed the incoming Shinji in the face.

"Don't call me a star! Just give me the damn info idiot!"

"Alright then~" Takumi wrote down some information about Orihime, and where she'd be, and gave it to Hiyori. "Thanks again Hiyori-chan, gotta get to class now, see you later!"

Takumi waved his hand and began running out of the room.

Hiyori smirked at Shinji as Takumi left.

"See that? He thinks I'm better than you are, and he's right too."

Shinji didn't touch that, he wouldn't touch that, and just merely walked away so he wasn't hit again.

---

After school, having returned to the Urahara shop, he was currently sat with Rukia who was going over Kido lessons, Yoruichi was casually laying on his crotch, snuggling against the place that she quite liked, Takumi having bribed a certain Vizard to go and watch over Orihime while he learned about a few things from Rukia.

"Yes, about Kido. Now listen to me..."

Rukia then continued speaking about Kido, while Takumi listened intently.

Once she was done, she then pointed towards a nearby stack of plates.

"Okay, so the basic Kido should be within your grasp. Channeling your spiritual energy to form different kinds of effects, for example. Sho, is the ability to push your target away from you. If you can achieve this, then we'll be able to get onto higher level Kido. But pretty much everyone starts with Sho and Sai, for pushing and binding respectably. Like when we met, I used Sai to restrain your arms. That was just Bakudo 1, so the higher up, the harder it is to use and master these aspects. Even I find it difficult to use higher ranked spells."

Takumi genuinely was interested in what she was saying, and it sounded good to him.

So he allowed his finger to point towards the plates that she had stacked up before.

"Hado 1: Sho!"

Takumi announced…

But nothing happened.

Nothing came out of his finger.

Takumi furrowed his eyebrows while Rukia walked over, taking his hand.

"You can't just say the words, you have to allow your spiritual power to flow out of you. Channel it through your fingertips, feeling the power dancing between your skin and the air." Rukia's slender fingers slowly slid up and down Takumi's own, surprised by how gentle her touch was. "To feel it coming to the surface and..." Rukia paused when she recalled something. "..."

She didn't say anything, but her eyes went towards Takumi's own.

"Is something wrong?"

"N-No, of course not." Rukia pulled backwards, turning her head to the side. "I just remembered when I first used Kido."

"Oh right. You would've had to have gone to school to learn this stuff, correct?"

"Yes, that's right. I went to school quite a long time ago in human standards. I remember that a video was playing of the boy who used Kido. He was quite young and a prodigy. In the video, he did that with someone else, showcasing Kido."

"Who was he? Did he become a Captain or anything? You seemed to be happy about speaking about him so..."

"He was...unique I guess."

"Unique?"

Rukia allowed a slight laugh to escape her lips.

"That's right, he was quite unique. He had this thing about him….I can't really explain it that well, he just had a way of making things seem not so bad. That's all. An-Anyway, we should continue on." Rukia budged closer, and allowed herself to be a little more relaxed. "So, as I said, just allow the power to come to the surface, the words give the power form. Having an incantation helps mould the power. But with Sho, it shouldn't be necessary...actually, close your eyes for me."

"Are you going to kiss me?"

WHACK!

"Close your eyes."

Takumi nodded with a cry and a welt on his forehead.

"C-Closed."

"Now, imagine your spiritual power coming to the surface, allow it to escape, and come from your fingers. Then the words will naturally flow out of your mouth. Then it should work. I'm sure you can do this Takumi. So, go ahead, and do it."

"Right..."

Takumi did what Rukia asked, and imagined his spiritual power to come to the surface. Allowing it to flow between his fingertips, and the air itself.

Rukia noticed that his spirit energy was taking form around him, and it allowed her to smile to herself.

It was warm, bright.

It made her feel tingly inside.

She couldn't describe it well, but she knew that it was soothing all the same.

Her hand lightly touched Takumi's own, and the sensation of sparks passed between the two of them.

"Takumi..."

Takumi's eyes shot open, and his finger went forward.

"Hado 1: Sho!"

Allowing his spiritual power to come out, it flowed around him, and then from his finger, a small blast of energy came out, heading for the plates, but it sailed above the plates, seeing it head for the door, which opened to reveal Jinta.

"Holy shit!"

Jinta ducked out of the way, the blast went above his head, and hit the ground outside, a small dust cloud appeared behind him, making him cringe at the sight, Takumi chuckled awkwardly.

"What are you doing Jinta?"

Jina's eyes turned towards him angrily.

"Seriously!? You almost killed me with that!"

"It wouldn't of killed you, it would of just pushed you back!"

"But still, you could of hit me! What's wrong with you!?"

Rukia rolled her eyes at the sight of him, she didn't seem to care all that much.

"We're trying to do Kido lessons here. If you want to become involved, then please do. Otherwise, could you allow us to continue?"

Jinta huffed, and walked away.

Takumi raised his hand to the sky.

"Anyway! See that! Damn straight, I just performed Kido!"

"Haha, next you have to work on aim, or you could hurt a comrade."

Takumi chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of his head.

"I guess that you're right. But still. You're a great teacher Rukia-chan, or should I say Rukia-sensei~?"

Rukia allowed a small smile to come to her lips.

It reminded her of a time when she was being taught about Kido, and the art of being a Shinigami.

But then she saw that her hand was still touching Takumi's own.

Rather than make a big deal of it, she just casually pulled her hand away without saying anything.

"A-Anyway, we should continue. If you can use Sho, then Sai should be within your grasp. But Hado and Bakudo spells can be useful even if they only cause a small distraction. People usually use Kido as a main distraction rather than an all out assault. I myself like mixing in Kido with my Shikai."

"Speaking of, what is your Shikai?"

Rukia gained a proud smile, putting her hands to her hips.

"My Shikai is Sode no Shirayuki. My command to activate it is Dance."

"I see, so its..." Takumi stood up, grabbed his Zapankuto, and swung it around. "Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!" His sword sliced through the air, and for a moment, Rukia felt a pulsing sensation erupt from her being. "It would be pretty cool if I could do something like that."

"Well, you have a Zanpakuto, so you could manifest your Shikai if you tried hard enough."

Rukia explained to the happiness of Takumi.

"Oh yeah, that would be awesome. I would like to see my Shikai in action~"

"I'm sure you'd have quite the Shikai, knowing you, you'd probably come up with some weird ways to use your Shikai."

Takumi looked at his Zanpakuto and then towards Rukia.

"Yeah...I guess that I could try and learn it. So, how do you do that?"

Rukia's lips raised slightly.

"Oh, so something you don't know about and I do."

"I don't know everything about Shinigami and Hollows and what not. I had to work hard just to find out what I do know, as my Dad would always keep things out of my reach, he wouldn't allow me to learn about these things. I know what Zanpakuto's are, I could probably modify a Zanpakuto if I saw one, but I don't know the method of communication with it."

Rukia furrowed her eyebrows at that.

"Well, I could teach you how to try and converse with your Zanpakuto. It might take a little while to do it though. Since you've recently became a Shinigami, connecting to your sword could prove a challenge. But, for someone like you. I'm sure you'd love the challenge."

"You know me too well hahaha~"

Rukia adopted a slight smile, as she taught him more about Kido, and what not.

Kisuke watched on from a distance, seeing Takumi genuinely happy to know more about these things, and seeing how Rukia was teaching him, it was something that made him happy to see, but also worried for the future.

---

The next day, Takumi and Rukia were walking out on the streets together, having gone towards a shop to get a few materials that they both might need. Rukia herself was astonished by the amount of things that Takumi had going on, with the Hollows, and the inventions he made, among other things.

"So, this is what you humans do when you're off from school?"

Takumi shrugged.

"People go out together, or go hang out at the mall, or whatever they want. Some use it to study, and some just hang out with friends. It all depends on who you are. I myself love finding some cool materials so I can build a few more things than ever before~"

Rukia gave him a bemused look.

"You're quite weird you know that?"

Takumi shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't mind being weird. It's fine for someone like me. Anyway, what do you like doing with your days off? You must have them at the Soul Society, right?"

"Erm...actually, I don't know. I have a few hobbies, but they're kind of embarrassing."

"It's Chappy, isn't it?"

Rukia shyly nodded.

It was rare to see Rukia shy like that.

But Takumi found her quite cute.

As they walked together however, Orihime happened to see them walking together, laughing together, and how happy they seemed to be.

A small bit of jealousy spiked within her…

But she stopped herself.

She wouldn't allow herself to be like that.

She wasn't going to be someone who was going to display jealousy just because Takumi was around another girl. As far as she could tell, they only seemed to be walking and talking, it didn't seem like they were on a date or anything.

"Date…"

Orihime second guessed herself for a moment.

But for a moment, she couldn't deny the expressions between the two of them seemed to be quite happy, and close…

But then Takumi saw Orihime walking across the street, so he waved.

"Orihime-chan!"

Orihime's face lifted upwards.

"Taku-chan, hello!"

Orihime became a little excited, and moved forward towards her.

But, a speeding car came shooting around the corner, and straight for Orihime despite the lights being red. Her eyes widened when seeing that, so Takumi dropped all of his bags, and rushed towards her, while calling "Orihime-chan!" and then from the sky, both Rukia and Takumi noticed a Hollow coming out of a portal.

Its wild eyes went towards Orihime, and charged.

"Takumi!"

"Yeah, I saw it!"

Takumi rushed as hard as he could, as Rukia took out her Chappy gun, aiming it at the Hollow and took a shot for it. From the head of the gun, a Chappy head came out, as an energy blast, and slammed against the Hollow, causing it to leave a devastating wound on the Hollow's upper body, and a crack within the mask, blood gushing out, Rukia smiling "Wow." and then saw the Hollow still bleeding, trying to get to Orihime, so Takumi jumped upwards, since it was near, and kicked it in the face while running to Orihime, and with the wound Rukia delivered it, part of the mask shattered, revealing the man behind the mask.

Both Rukia and Takumi definitely knew who it was now, as Rukia aimed her gun towards the Hollow once more.

"Don't attack, or I will shoot again."

"ORIHIME!"

The Hollow yelled, and because of the wounds it received, it didn't have a choice but to back off, flying into the sky just as Takumi made it to Orihime, tackling her to the ground, him landing on his back, with Orihime on top of him, as the car sped past them.

Rukia looked up at the Hollow who looked like a giant snake, red and brown in colour, with a hole in its chest, and used a portal to get out of the area.

"Ow..."

Orihime winced, but then noticed that Takumi was under her.

Her boobs pressed against his chest, her long hair falling towards his face.

Their eyes met with one another's, and their cheeks turned slightly red at the sight. But they both seemed to be oddly comfortable with the position that they were in.

"A-Ah, Orihime-chan, are you okay…?"

"Taku-chan...yes, I'm sorry, I froze and..."

"No, don't worry about it. I'm glad you're-"

"You're in the middle of the road, you might want to move out of the way."

Takumi and Orihime giggled awkwardly, and stood up on the advice of Rukia.

A small graze appeared on Takumi's arm, and it bled a little bit, Orihime looked on with concern, as they walked to the side walk.

"Wow, that car came out of nowhere, huh~?"

"Right, but I used the ancient ninja skills passed on from the days of old to rescue my adorable Princess!"

Takumi rejoiced, while Rukia glanced between them curiously, slightly amused by their energy despite having nearly just been hit by a car.

"But Taku-chan, you're hurt. Are you going to be okay?"

Takumi blinked, and then looked at his arm, smiling slightly at the sight.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. Question is, are you alright Orihime-chan?"

Orihime looked over herself, then saluted Takumi.

"Yup, I'm fine! I was saved by Taku-chan so I'm okay!"

"I'm glad that you're safe. Anyway, do you want me to walk you home Orihime-chan?"

Orihime glanced towards Rukia, who raised her eyebrow.

Then her eyes went towards Takumi, shaking her head.

"Oh no no, it's fine~ Don't worry Taku-chan~"

"Are you sure? It isn't an issue."

"No, no!" Orihime bonked herself on the head. "I'm okay, there's nothing wrong with me at all~"

"I-I see...but still, I wouldn't want you to get into another accident or anything."

Orihime stuck out her tongue, and pulled away from the pair. Rukia noticed that Orihime's eyes lingered on her more than Takumi, and drew conclusions.

"Y-You're not like that Chizuru girl are you?"

"H-Huh?"

Orihime looked innocently towards Rukia, who grimaced, putting her hands up.

"I-I'm flattered, but I'm not really into girls...s-so yeah..."

Orihime still looked lost, while Takumi slapped himself in the forehead.

"She's not a lesbian."

Rukia's face dropped.

"Oh...s-sorry, never mind then."

Orihime gave Rukia more confused looks, she didn't quite get what she was trying to say.

"Anyway! See you later Taku-chan! Have fun with Kuchiki-san!"

Orihime waved, and ran away at top speeds.

Takumi and Rukia watched the young girl go, then Rukia furrowed her eyebrows.

"I don't think she likes me."

"You thought she was a lesbian a second ago in lust with you or something."

Takumi deadpanned, Rukia turned her worried eyes to Takumi.

"T-That's because of Chizuru! You know how she scares me!" Takumi resisted the urge to laugh. "Anyway, it's just...I don't know, how she looked at me, it seemed like she was a little sad..."

"You're overthinking it. Orihime-chan doesn't have a mean bone in her body. I sometimes wonder if she's even capable of hating anyone, even an enemy. So she wouldn't hate a kind girl like you Rukia-chan. But we've got bigger things to talk about."

"That Hollow again."

Takumi inclined his neck.

"Yes. Like at school yesterday. It seems that it is going towards Orihime-chan, and we both know who it is now for definite."

"Yeah...We'll have to be on our guard. Perhaps we should make an excuse to go towards hers tonight. That Hollow was wounded, and when wounded, they became more desperate."

"We could go over for dinner, make an excuse we were worried about her if you think it's for the best."

Rukia nodded.

"I do."

"Then, I guess we should go and buy some ingredients, so we can make an excuse to go over towards her home."

"Yes, lets do this."

"Good...because we have to make sure that Sora-san is stopped from turning on Orihime-chan."

Rukia nodded her head, but there was also something else that she needed to say.

"So, that's what the Hollow wanted after all. A Hollow you knew in life so it would be hard for you to attack it now that it is a Hollow. But Takumi, you have to understand-"

"This is a chance."

Rukia furrowed her eyebrows.

"A chance? A chance for what?"

"A chance for the siblings to say goodbye."

Rukia didn't like the sound of that.

"You do realize he's a Hollow, right?"

"Yes...but, did you notice, that the Hollow, as it was coming down...I sensed little killing intent, if any at all. I just felt like it was trying to reach her, rather than kill her. I know Sora-san, he was turned into a Hollow against his will. He's fighting...he's fighting to stay with Orihime-chan, the Hollow is trying to break his control, and trying to attack his loved one. But, he's strong, I know that he is. He can break through to say goodbye."

Rukia wasn't so sure.

But she had to admit that she was rather intrigued to say the least.

"...Alright, but if there's no choice Takumi. If he can't...I want you to slay the Hollow."

Takumi understood her stance on it.

He had to think about how he was going to do this, but he wouldn't give up so easily on Orihime's brother Sora.

"I know...if it comes down to it, then I will. But first, I need to contact a certain someone."

"Who?"

"Don't worry Rukia-chan, you'll soon see hehe~"

Rukia cocked her head in wonder, and had to think what he was planning to do.

Rukia and Takumi turned around and began walking away together, to make sure that Orihime was okay.

---

That night, Orihime sat within her small apartment, conversing with Tatsuki on the phone.

[Seriously? They were even walking together.]

"Don't jump to conclusions Tatsuki-chan! I was just saying that they seemed to be quite close..."

[Ugggh! Kuchiki-san is going to ruin it! You have to make a move girl! You like him, he likes you! Just ask him out! Even if I think you are a weird pairing! Just do it! Go and ask him out! I can tell you he'd say yes to you! I know that he will!]

Orihime's cheeks began to burn red, contemplating on how she was going to actually do that.

She didn't think she'd be able to confess her feelings for Takumi.

She didn't even know how she would go about doing that.

"Tatsuki-chan that's..." Before she could continue, there was a knock at the door. "Oh, someone's here. I have to go Tatsuki-chan. Speak later."

[Alright. Remember what I said Orihime.]

"Y-Yes...I will think about it Tatsuki-chan."

Orihime hung up the phone, and went to the door.

She opened the door, to reveal Takumi stood there with Rukia and showed grins on their faces.

"A-Ah, Taku-chan, Kuchiki-san! W-What are you doing here?"

"We're here because we wanted to see how you are Orihime-chan! And also to eat dinner with you!"

Takumi cheered out, swaying side to side.

Orihime's face curled upwards, while glancing towards Rukia.

"O-Okay Taku-chan! Kuchiki-san! Lets eat together!"

"Great, then I'll cook Orihime-chan! You can relax~"

Takumi and Rukia were allowed inside of her apartment, Orihime shut the door.

Then Takumi went into the kitchen and began making food, while Orihime and Rukia sat down together.

"Oh, Kuchiki-san. Taku-chan's food is...it is an acquired taste, so I'm told. So you might not like it."

Rukia grimaced, wondering what the food was going to be like.

"I-I see...that makes sense."

Rukia chuckled awkwardly, while Orihime glanced towards Takumi in the kitchen, happily cutting some vegetables, before putting them into some curry.

"B-By the way, Kuchiki-san...erm. A-Are you and Taku-chan...n-no, it doesn't matter..."

Rukia looked between Orihime and Takumi.

She furrowed her eyebrows, seeing how Orihime was looking at Takumi, and how he was smiling towards her.

Then it clicked in her head.

"Takumi adores you, Inoue."

"Waaaaaaah!" Orihime let out her voice in a cry. "W-W-What a-are you saying Kuchiki-san!?"

Takumi looked towards Rukia, who waved her hand.

He slitted his eyes towards them both, before turning back to the cooking at hand.

Rukia then turned to Orihime and whispered so Takumi didn't hear.

"He talks about you a lot, he even told me about how you both met, and from the way he spoke, it sounded like he truly cherished you."

Orihime's face softened slightly.

"Really...? Taku-chan..."

"Yes, he definitely does cherish you. He cares a lot for you, and while you don't know it, he's truly going above and beyond for you, to make you smile. He's gone to great lengths to make sure you get a happy resolution, you'll soon find out what that means Inoue."

Orihime was caught by surprise that she said something like that.

To make her smile...

She wondered what he was doing for her.

Rukia didn't reveal it, but Orihime understood that

"So, what are you two talking about?"

Takumi wondered, walking into the area.

Orihime's face gained a nervous disposition, shaking side to side.

"Nothing at all! Kuchiki-san and I were just speaking about girly things, that's all~"

"I...see. Well, I'm glad you're becoming friends!"

"Y-Yes, me too."

Orihime smiled out, and together, the trio began eating together, laughing together, and enjoying one another's company. Orihime's feelings of slight jealousy began melting away when seeing that Rukia and Takumi were just friends, and it made her question how deep her own feelings ran for Takumi if she felt such things to begin with.

---

Though that came to an end when a sudden cry came from outside, Rukia and Takumi noticing the barrier going up. The one that Takumi had placed with his device the other day to make sure that she was safe, and it seemed to have worked as well.

"Rukia-chan..."

"Yeah, seems to be here." Takumi walked to Rukia who placed on her glove, and high fived Takumi, releasing his body from its Gigai. "Go, I'll make sure Inoue knows what's going on."

"Right, leave it to me!"

Takumi withdrew his sword, as Orihime bent to the Gigai of Takumi's.

"T-Taku-chan!? What's wrong!?"

"There's nothing wrong with him Inoue." Rukia spoke up, and pulled out some glasses, and earrings. "Put these on quickly."

"But, what's going on…? Why is Taku-chan like this…? What happened to him?"

"He's alright. But there's something that he wants you to see, and you have to wear these. Follow me after putting them on, it will begin making sense."

Orihime didn't get what was going on, but it seemed like Rukia was being strong right now, so she put on the glasses, and the earrings, and then followed Rukia outside of the room, out of the apartment, and saw Takumi outside, and looked back into the apartment to see Takumi on the floor.

"Wait...what's going on?"

Orihime didn't get it, but Rukia folded her arms.

"The short version is that Takumi right now, is facing off against a beast called a Hollow. But it isn't an ordinary Hollow. Just watch what is going to happen, then it will begin to make more sense than it does right now."

Orihime didn't get it, but she watched Takumi pull out his blade, and faced off against Sora as a Hollow.

"Sora-san! It's me, Takumi!"

He called to the Hollow, which turned towards Takumi. It's darkened eyes made Orihime flinch at the sight, Rukia herself could understand why she did.

"You...You didn't save me...I wanted to be with Orihime! And you didn't save me!"

Takumi's eyes lowered slightly.

"Yes, you're right about that. I'm sorry, I wish I could of saved you...but, I couldn't in the end. That's my fault, but I can make it right Sora-san."

Orihime could hear what Takumi was calling it, and she didn't get why that was.

"Kuchiki-san, why is Taku-chan calling that monster Sora-san?"

Orihime had to ask Rukia.

She seemed to be more aware of what was going on than she did.

Rukia cracked her neck and explained.

"Because that's what his name was before becoming a Hollow."

"But, Sora's the name of my big brother...i-it couldn't be the same person, right?"

Orihime was in a state of disbelief, she didn't think she'd be able to accept it at all.

Takumi stepped forward towards the Hollow, holding onto his sword.

"You've been turned into a Hollow Sora-san, but you're still in there. I know that you are. You keep going to Orihime-chan, because you want to be seen by her. She can see you now. You and her can speak to one another and-"

"Lies!"

Sora opened his Hollow mask, and bullets of acid came out towards Takumi as rain. Orihime looked worried, as Takumi used his speed to dodge all of the strikes of acid towards him, only for the Hollow to come right at him with his large fist.

"Taku-chan!"

Orihime cried out, not wanting to see him be hit…

Sora stopped.

His eyes went towards Orihime.

Desperately...lonely.

"How could you forget me Orihime? How could you forget the sound of my voice?" The Hollow cried out from his soul, and budged closer to the frightened Orihime, who shuffled back on the spot. "Why...Why do you turn away from me Orihime? Is it that boy, that Shinigami boy that you see now? Your friend there, does my pain and suffering not mean anything to you!?"

"I don't..."

Orihime was torn on what she was doing.

What she was trying to say.

She just couldn't...

"Hey Sora-san! Listen to me! You have to fight it! Fight against the Hollow and come back to speak to your sister! Just once more!"

Takumi yelled upwards, only for the Hollow to turn to Takumi, and swung its tail at him. Takumi tightened his hand on his blade, and then swung his sword upwards, at an angle to cut deeply into the Hollow, slicing a good chunk of the tail, blood raining down towards Takumi himself, as the Hollow pulled away.

Orihime watched on with unsure feelings entering her body, Rukia closed her eyes a single time.

"I don't want to fight it! I want to kill you, and then Orihime can become like me!"

"You really feel like that? You want Orihime-chan to suffer like that? The kind Sora-san would never wish ill will on anyone. Especially the girl he raised for many years! The girl he thought of as a daughter rather than a sister! So you're telling me that you want to make that kind innocent girl suffer!? Hasn't she suffered enough already!?"

Takumi's words paused Sora for a few moments.

The words were beautiful, and it touched Sora's soul.

The way that he said it, the way that the words were so naked with the truth...

But the Hollow that he had become, let out a deadly raw.

"She will become like me! She wont ever forget me again!"

Orihime continued to watch and felt pain etching into her heart.

Rukia carefully watched on, wondering what was going to happen next.

"She never forgot you Sora-san."

"My name is Acidwire!"

The Hollow called Acidwire, came at Takumi with a series of punches.

Takumi went to defend with his sword, when a portal opened up beside Takumi once more, with hair coming out of it to try and bind Takumi, but Takumi smirked, and yelled "Not this time! Hiyori-chan!" and who came shooting down with her sword in hand, slicing through the hair, was Hiyori herself, and stuck her blade into the hole, causing a good amount of blood to erupt outwards.

"Die you bastard!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"

While the voice in the hole cried out, Takumi parried the punches of Acidwire, and then leaped upwards. Using the air as a platform, he spun around in the air, and kicked Acidwire in the face, sending him down to Hiyori who smirked and took off her shoe, slapping the Hollow in the face so hard that the mask cracked, and sent it smashing into the ground nearby, Rukia was surprised.

"Who in the heck is that?"

Rukia wondered aloud, while Hiyori withdrew her Zanpakuto from the hole in the sky.

"Yo Baldy in the hole! Trying to attack Takumi like that!? As if you asshat! Try it again and I slice you down bastard!"

"You small bitch!"

The voice cried from the hole, Hiyori's eyebrows twitched with her anger being shown on full force.

"Oh no..."

Takumi murmured, seeing the rage within Hiyori bubbling to the surface.

"You what?! You want some you little bastard!? I'll teach you about pain and suffering! I'll kill you! Call me small bitch again, and we'll see how far you get!"

The thing that was in the hole let a sweat drop from its forehead, and sent off many attacks of fur that could suffocate most people, but Hiyori swung her sword left and right, cutting cleanly through the fur, and then sent her foot into the hole, smashing into the face of the creature, forcing it back away from the others, leaving Takumi to deal with Sora.

The Hollow rose its pained body up from the floor, looking directly towards Takumi.

"Why are you stopping me?! I want Orihime!"

"I wont let you hurt her Sora-san. I want you both to have the goodbye you didn't get in life! So fight it Sora-san! Fight the Hollow, and pull yourself together! You were turned into a Hollow against your will! The real you wouldn't ever do this! The kind Sora-san wouldn't-"

"Shut up you bastard! You did this! And she did this! She forgot about me, day by day, she forgot about me, and she turned me into this! If she even has a shred of love left for me, then she should commit suicide and join me! I hate her, and I hate you for taking her love away from me! You both should just dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Acidwire continued coming towards Takumi again and again with a series of fist strikes, but Takumi was speedy enough to avoid it, as he did Hiyori sliced through the hole once more, and caused it to back off.

"You really are pissing me off..."

The voice called to Hiyori who snickered.

"Exactly. That's the point. Targeting Takumi. What is it you're after anyway?"

"We both know what I'm after."

Hiyori's face twinged, and she saw the hole closing once more.

"Running away are we!? Scared to fight me are you!?"

"It seems that I've lost, but I wont next time..."

And then it disappeared, Hiyori furrowed her eyebrows, and casually watched Takumi fighting the Hollow. She didn't see the need to get involved, since she was sure he'd be able to take it on his own quite well.

After dodging for a few moments, Takumi placed his finger out.

"Come on, come on...channel the power..." Takumi murmured, and briefly closed his eyes. "Hado 1: Sho!"

From his finger, a small burst of energy came out, and landed against the chest of the Hollow, forcing it backwards slightly, allowing Takumi to leap upwards, and swing his leg towards it in a strong manner, kicking it hard and it flipped onto its back.

Takumi jumped up towards the Hollow, landing on its chest, and withdrew his blade, holding it to the Hollow's throat, pinning it down to the floor. Takumi then pulled out some strange green liquid, to the confusion of the girls, and dripped some of them on Sora's Hollow mask, which began soaking into the mask itself.

"That's enough now." He spoke softly. "Your pain...you can let it go now. Orihime-chan can see you...she's watching you. You've wanted it for so long, for her to see you, to acknowledge your existence...to see your love. That's what she wants as well. So calm down, and fight your Hollow to say goodbye to her. To finally say goodbye her and to pass on. I know the real you wouldn't ever want Orihime-chan to commit suicide, the real you would want her to be happy."

The Hollow watched on towards Takumi, and listened to his kind words.

Takumi smiled down towards him, hoping that he was getting through.

But that didn't seem to be the case when Acidwire spat out towards Takumi, his acid spit, forcing Takumi to jump backwards, and the remanent of the tail came outwards, swiping at Takumi who used his blade to block the attack, forcing Takumi to skid in the air, then Acidwire charged for Orihime.

Rukia let out "Damn!" and got between them, holding out her gun, ready to fire at the Hollow.

Hiyori went to move, when she saw Takumi holding out his fingers, channeling his power around him with the Hollow coming closer and closer.

"How could you abandon me Orihime?! How could you forget about me?!"

The Hollow within Sora cried out from the bottom of his soul.

Rukia went to fire, when Hiyori got before her, and pulled her hand downwards.

"What are you doing?"

"Just watch."

Rukia listened to the gruff tone of Hiyori, and saw the Hollow raise its hands, ready to smash downwards.

But then the Hollow suddenly felt a little dizzy. His eyes swayed side to side, and its hands began to shake a little bit, Rukia gave it a strange look.

"What did Takumi do?"

Rukia's question was met with a smirk from Hiyori.

"This seems about right. Him, and his damn Father always plan for things like this. If I had to guess, then it probably was a Hollow Suppression drug."

"Hollow Suppression drug?"

Rukia hadn't heard of things like that before.

"Haven't you realized? He could of killed the Hollow several times already, but he didn't so he could give that drug to the Hollow for that girl to have a final goodbye."

Rukia furrowed her eyebrows.

"I guess that you're right..."

Hiyori snickered slightly, as Takumi swung his hand outwards.

"Bakudo 1: Sai!"

Rukia watched with surprise as the Hollow's hands flipped around, and went behind the Hollow's back, binding the Hollow.

"Heh, about time Baldy."

Hiyori pulled out her blade, and went to strike, when Takumi jumped up towards them, and lightly pushed the Hollow away, which fell down to the floor. Takumi cracked his neck while Rukia spoke up.

"Takumi, what did you do?"

"Oh, the drug I just administered is like an anesthetic, but tailor made to Hollow's rather than the entire being itself, suppressing the rages of the Hollow's you could say. With those that have lower spiritual pressure like Acidwire, it's suppressing the Hollow, and Sora's personality is able to shine through a little bit more."

"So, that's what you were doing for those few days...I suspected you were up to something."

Takumi winked adorably at Rukia, who let out a bemused laugh.

"I said that I wanted Orihime-chan and Sora-san to have a final goodbye. I didn't know if this was going to happen, but what you said that night got me to thinking that if the Hollow knew my name, then it would change someone I'd be hesitant to strike, so it would've converted Sora-san, someone that I've got to know over the three years, into a Hollow. But, rather than it be a curse, I chose to take to my scientific research into Hollows, and their moods, among their biology which I've been studying for years, to create this to quell the rage of the beasts. Quite cool, no?"

"Indeed, quite cool."

Rukia was impressed, and more intrigued than ever before by Takumi and his inventive ways.

"As I said, he's like his Father, so intelligent, and can, with enough time, think of many different scenarios, and how to counteract them. Together, those two would probably be able to take on the world, it's kinda scary, huh~?"

Hiyori swayed side to side, seemingly impressed with what was going on, which impressed Rukia even more.

Orihime looked down at Takumi who smiled, and flashed up towards her.

"Orihime-chan, I know that this sounds insane, but that Hollow is-"

"Sora...he's my big brother, isn't he?"

Orihime didn't question it, after seeing everything she saw.

Takumi gave a small nod.

"Yes, that's your brother Orihime-chan. I'm sorry that I couldn't save him in time."

"Taku-chan...is he always going to be like that now?"

Takumi chuckled, shaking his head.

"No, I'll purify him and he can go to Heaven. But, how about coming to say goodbye to him, with me? I promise to make sure you're safe."

Orihime wasn't sure at first.

She did feel fear…

But this was her brother. The brother that she loved more than anything, the brother she wanted to be with. She couldn't allow those feelings to go.

She took Takumi's hand, and flashed down towards the Hollow, while Rukia and Hiyori joined him, though Hiyori was mildly annoyed by how Rukia latched onto her, and allowed her body to be dragged down to the ground.

Takumi held onto Orihime's hand as they walked to the Hollow.

The Hollow's eyes went upwards towards Orihime and let out a roar which scared Orihime…

But then she looked at Takumi who offered her reassurance, so she pulled closer.

"Big brother...that's you, isn't it big brother…?"

The Hollow's eyes briefly turned back to being the normal Sora's, Orihime gained confirmation that she was seeing her elder brother now, holding her hands to her mouth, and let out sob after sob, tears of joy and sadness rolling down her face.

"Orihime...I became lonely...after you stopped praying...you made friends, and forgot about me...you forgot all about me, and moved on with your life...and I turned into this...because you didn't pray to me anymore…"

It was a mixture of the Hollow and Sora.

Orihime walked closer to the downed Hollow, her hand extending outwards to the Hollow. She was scared, but she needed to do this, to be able to connect to her brother once more, for the final time in her life.

"Sora..this is my fault...I made you turn out like this...I-I refused to allow you to go to Heaven...I asked you to stay with me, and you did...I always felt you, watching over me. I was selfish, and couldn't let you go...I wanted to see you again one last time..."

Takumi looked between the pair, and then pushed a bang behind Orihime's ear, to reveal her hair clip to Sora, Sora's face within the mask turned upwards at the sight.

"You see...she wore these for you, Sora-san. She told me, that she wore them because she fought with you over them, but they were the last thing you ever gave her, so she cherishes them more than anything in the world. She never forgot you."

"I...I didn't want to make you suffer anymore...so, I stopped praying, showing you that I was okay now. I wanted you to go to Heaven...so you didn't have to worry about me anymore...I have Taku-chan and Tatsuki-chan with me now. They help me all of the time, we're friends. I wanted to show that to you...I stopped worrying you, so big brother can finally rest in peace."

Upon hearing that, the mask around the Hollows face turned to Sora's face, revealing his shock and finally able to free himself of the control.

Orihime's face and Sora's own lit up at the sight of one another.

Rukia was astonished by what was happening, while Hiyori noticed a small glowing coming from Takumi, narrowing her eyes at the sight.

"Orihime...you truly never forgot me…?"

"No...I never forgot you big brother...I never did."

Both of the siblings shed tears.

"Orihime..."

"Sora..."

They both whispered the others name, which brought comfort to them. Their hearts were resonating with one another's.

Takumi then held out his sword, and pointed it at Sora.

"Sora-san...it's time, you wont be able to hold on for much longer. I'm sorry, I wish you had more time."

Sora shook his head.

"No, don't worry. I understand. I'm sorry Takumi-kun, I said awful things...it wasn't your fault, it was my own. I should of left sooner, then I wouldn't of endangered you."

Takumi allowed a small laugh to escape.

"Don't worry about that, Sora-san. Seeing this, seeing you both back together, even for a brief time, is enough for me."

Sora nodded, and allowed his hand to overlap Takumi's, taking his Zanpakuto off his hands.

Then the sword slowly went to his neck.

"W-Wait, big brother! W-What are you doing? Please don't do this-"

"It's alright Orihime-chan." Takumi soothed. "He's doing the right thing."

"But Taku-chan..."

Orihime naturally was worried for her brother.

But, Takumi assured her with his kind smile.

"You see, my sword is called a Zanpakuto, and it allows Hollows like Sora-san to be cleansed of sin, and go towards the Soul Society...erm, Heaven basically, with a fresh clean slate. The acts of sin committed by a Hollow, wont go with them when they go to the Soul Society. He's doing the right thing Orihime-chan, he'll go onto a better place."

"R-Really Taku-chan…?"

Orihime cried out, Takumi chuckled softly, brushing under her eyes, getting rid of the tears.

"Of course. He'll be alright now. I wouldn't lie to you Orihime-chan, this has to happen for your brother to get a happy ever after."

Orihime nodded as if she accepted it, and looked upon her elder brother, and smiled softly, knowing that this would be the last time she would get to speak to him.

"Sora...on the day that you left the house...we had a stupid fight about my hair pins. I thought they were childish, and refused to wear them. That day, I never got to say what I wanted to say all along..." Orihime smiled, as she moved closer, and held a hand out. Sora held out his hand, and touched his palm with hers. "...Have a good day, big brother, and I love you. Don't worry about me, I'll be with everyone now."

Sora's eyes welled up with tears as did Orihime's, and then his eyes went to Takumi.

"You'll stay with her now?"

"Of course, I'll always stay with her Sora-san, you have my word."

Sora accepted that.

He trusted Takumi.

He allowed them to speak one last time.

It was beautiful for the pair of them.

They finally got their happy ever after.

Then the sword of Takumi's went through his throat.

Lights danced within the area of Sora, as his body began to disappear.

Orihime watched with saddened eyes, shedding a few tears at the sight, but then she felt Takumi's hand on her shoulder, allowing her arms to wrap around him, and shed tears into his chest.

"It's alright now, he's going to be happy Orihime-chan, and free from the Hollow now, he's been purified."

Orihime continued to shed tears, but because Takumi was there, Sora's passing was easier on her.

Rukia and Hiyori watched and had to admit that was quite the scene they watched, and how beautiful it was for it to even happen.

Right now, it didn't matter about anything else, other than this moment between them, knowing Sora had gone to a better place, having been cleansed.

Unknown to them however, someone was watching from afar, their keen eyes on Takumi, Rukia, Orihime, and Hiyori. Their eyes dangled between the four of them, and placed a finger to their chin, licking their lips sensually.

"So, a few Shinigami have come to town have they? Ooh my, they all look so adorably cute. Maybe I should make them into my Zombie's~" Their eyes went to Takumi, and a blush adorned their cheeks. "So cute~ He's really adorable~"

A giggling came from the figure, stepping out of the shadows to reveal a teenage girl with long black hair extending down to her lower back, with two strands on top of her head sticking out like antenna, and her blue eyes went across all four of them down on the ground, but her eyes continued staying on Takumi, blushing more and more, twitching her body around sensually.

Her name...Giselle Gewelle.

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The next day, Orihime sat with the other girls on the roof, eating some food together, and was laughing happily together. Fortunately, they managed to avoid damage to the nearby area, and Orihime's apartment wasn't affected as much as it could have been.

"So, did you have fun last night Orihime?"

Tatsuki asked Orihime slyly, Orihime cocked her head.

"Yes, why do you ask…?"

"No reason. It's just, Takumi contacted me last night saying that he'd be going to your apartment, and he wanted to be alone with you~"

Orihime blushed lightly…

But then her mind worked, and she thought about the reason.

It was probably so Tatsuki didn't become involved, and get hurt or anything like that.

"Kuchiki-chan and Taku-chan came together~"

Tatsuki's face fell into a frown.

"Oh God...they are together, aren't they?"

Orihime wagged her fingers.

"Actually, Kuchiki-chan and I had a nice conversation. It seems that I was worrying for nothing~ Even then, if she did like Taku-chan and Taku-chan liked her, and me...then Taku-chan and I could...eeep! W-What am I thinking!?" Orihime waved her arms up and down with a flustered expression on her face. "Anyway! Taku-chan, Kuchiki-chan and I all had a large dance off with one another!"

"A dance off, huh."

Karin mused.

"That's right, Taku-chan and I did the mambo, and then Kuchiki-chan and I did the fox trot, and then Taku-chan and Rukia-chan did three sixty spins on their heads! It was absolutely amazing! I'm sorry you missed it everyone!"

Rukia and Takumi stood at a small distance while Karin and Yuzu listened to Orihime speaking about random things. Chizuru who was sat near Orihime, waved to Rukia while frowning at Takumi. Takumi thought it was quite funny, while Rukia instinctively pulled closer to Takumi himself, fearful of Chizuru.

"You know Rukia-chan, I'm surprised you didn't try and remove Orihime-chan's memory of the event."

Rukia adopted a small smile.

"Truthfully, I would of done it before meeting you. It wouldn't of even been considered to just allow her to have her memories...but, after witnessing what I did last night...yeah, she can keep her memories. That was a wonderful night, the emotion around his passing, what you did for her, the lengths you went to make her happy, and to keep her safe. A big brother proud of their little sister..."

Takumi sensed that there was something more to it than what she was revealing.

"Rukia-chan, do you have a big brother by chance?"

Rukia paused, and thought about a certain someone from the Soul Society.

Takumi could see the uneasiness on her face, so he changed the subject.

"Anyway, we managed to help Sora-san cross over to the Soul Society, huh."

"Indeed. But, we still have to be wary about who it was that knew your name. We'll have to be ready for whatever challenge is going to come up next."

Takumi inclined his neck.

"You're right, we'll have to make sure we're ready next time. Which means, you'll teach me more Kido, right~?"

He playfully pushed against her cheek with his own, making her smile lightly.

"I suppose that I could."

Takumi pulled away, and clicked his fingers.

"I'm going to get a drink, want one? My treat~"

"Hmmm...alright then. I'll have a cola, thank you."

"One cola, coming up~"

Takumi waved his hand, and ran towards the roof access.

Orihime watched as Takumi ran towards the roof access, and then stood up.

"Erm, I'm going to go to the bathroom."

Chizuru's face lifted up.

"Then I'll-"

""Don't even think about it pervert!""

Karin and Tatsuki punched her in the head, forcing her down to the ground.

Orihime took off from the roof, going down the stairs, and saw Takumi walking through the corridor towards the vending machine.

She walked fast towards him, and got behind him, running her fingers up his back like spider legs.

"Ahahaha!" He let out a laugh uncontrollably, turning around to meet the smiling Orihime. "O-Orihime-chan, what are you doing here? Do you want a drink as well?"

Orihime shook her head, pulling closer.

"Taku-chan, last night was really beautiful. Thank you for helping me say goodbye to my brother."

"It was his will power Orihime-chan. My drug helped sure, but it was his own determination to break through. He loved you that much."

Orihime thought that was beautiful that her brother broke through just for her, and Takumi helped him out.

"You've seen him for so long, haven't you? Ever since he died. You said he was watching me, and now knowing you can see spirits...you saw him watching me, right?"

Takumi inclined his neck in agreement.

"Yes, that's right. I thought that it would bring you comfort. I've worked on those glasses, and earrings you had for a while so you could speak to him once more."

Orihime allowed a smile to appear on her face, it looked so beautiful in Takumi's eyes.

"Taku-chan, ever since we met, you've been looking out for me. You saved me from the bullies, and you kept bad people away from me. You even made sure that Chizuru-chan didn't get too excited with me~"

"Yeah well, that last one is for both you and her really, so she's not sent to prison for sexual harassment."

The pair let out small laughs.

Orihime though stopped before Takumi, her eyes going up and down his form.

"Taku-chan, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, anything."

"You're a super hero, right?"

Takumi scratched his cheek in thought.

"Super hero...erm, I'm a Shinigami now, which is I guess like a super hero."

"And...that's why you've been with Kuchiki-chan, right?"

"She gave me her power to save her, Karin-chan, Yuzu-chan and myself. I need to repay back that kindness, because...she did something that could land her in a lot of trouble, I want to make sure that she's not blamed for this, because she did it to keep us safe. So, while her powers recover, I'll do my best to make sure that this town is safe."

Orihime felt her cheeks reddening.

"It's so like Taku-chan to be like that. He's really doing this because he wants to make sure Kuchiki-chan is safe from what problem she's in. He's got a really beautiful heart, and that heart, is clouded in sadness, I'll bring happiness to Taku-chan's heart."

Orihime pulled closer while thinking that, hugging onto Takumi who's face turned slightly red.

"O-Orihime-chan?"

"Taku-chan, since you're fighting these Hollows, and helping them pass on...can I help you too? I don't have any powers, but I could lend assistance to you Taku-chan. I love the mission you've got. To help the world, and to protect Kuchiki-chan."

Takumi lightly smiled, lifting with Orihime, and span her around in his arms.

"Sure~ We could form a team of super hero's!"

"Yes Taku-chan! We'll be the defenders of Karakura town!"

"Right, Karakura Superhero's!"

Takumi and Orihime let out small laughs while continuing to spin around childlike, free, happily.

Then after a minute or so, Takumi and Orihime stopped, and Orihime surprised Takumi by holding onto his hand.

Her delicate fingers on his hand, sent his mind into happiness.

"If you hold my hand, people will assume we're dating~"

"Then...they can assume that, Taku-chan. I wouldn't mind. Would you mind?"

She asked looking innocent, and yet, with a smile on her face.

"N-No, of course not."

Orihime then pulled Takumi along.

"It's a beautiful day Taku-chan, lets spend it together!"

"Yeah! Lets!"

Giggling to one another, they ran down the corridor together, glad that they could be more open with one another now.

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End chapter!

So, that's the end of the chapter, and with it, sees some more of Takumi's prowess at making items, creating weapons for Rukia, Karin and Yuzu, making watches that can do all sorts of things, and even showing his skills in chemistry and biology by creating a drug to suppress a Hollow's anger. Hiyori and most of the other Vizards also were introduced this chapter, and have some fun back and forth's with Takumi, Takumi convincing Hiyori to help with some methods, and Sora's now gone to the Soul Society, maybe we'll see him again in the future~ But Giselle has now appeared on the scene! What she's up to, we'll see in the future!

Next time, we'll be going more into developing of Karin and Yuzu with the bird, and I should bring up now that with Ichigo not in the story, Chad isn't going to be in the story either, nothing against Chad, but he doesn't do much in the story, and without Ichigo, he doesn't really have a connection to the others.

Also, wow! A good number of people voted, so thank you for the votes everyone! It seems that lightning came out on top in a staggering, so Takumi's gonna be a lightning user! I've got some good plans for that, and mixing together with Takumi's intelligence, to use it in some unique ways!

People talked about a duel element type sword, the only few ways it could happen is if, Takumi gained the power from another Zanpakuto by someone fusing it to Takumi's, he finds a deceased Shinigami and uses his intelligence to modify his own sword with their power. The one I'd say it could happen is if Rose (who I left out this chapter to explain this part) had died, and passed on the power to Takumi's blade to create a lightning sword with sound based powers, like creating a sonic boom with lightning and sound. If that was to happen, I'd just have Love take over Squad Three since he was a Captain 100 plus years ago and would have Bankai.

Now, onto the Squad he's gonna take over. Again, thank you everyone for voting for the squad, and a lot voted for either squad 12, or squad 5, and gave good, and valid reasons for which one Takumi should be Captain of and why, so thanks for that. It was quite tied for the most part, and some suggested cool ideas as well, but in the end, Captain of Squad 12 edged it out, so sorry for those who voted for the others, but this one won. People have validly questioned about, why would Mayuri join Aizen in this when he didn't in canon, and I do have a few reasons why he would do that but it would be major spoilers on Takumi's past so I can't reveal them yet, and some people have suggested some cool reasons, so thanks for those!

Now that he is the Captain of Squad 12, in the future, he's gonna have Nemu as his Lieutenant! Nemu and Takumi together, are going to shake things up quite a bit, he might even make some items for her to use her power easier.

I might even make Hiyori one of his Lieutenant's as she was Lieutenant of Squad 12 over 100 years ago, and under Takumi's Father, so her being under Takumi, who can keep her aggressive nature in check would be cool. Some people suggested for Momo to go to Takumi's squad no matter what, so that could still happen, I wouldn't be against that. In that case, maybe Hachi could become Shinji's Lieutenant or something. Just some ideas I thought I'd share.

Well, until next time, thanks for reading!

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