Chapter 5: Doubt

After what happened in the park yesterday, Toshiro went over to Orihime's home to relay what happened back to the soul society. The report was long enough to last all the way til sundown. It had been very surreal for the certain burnt orange haired teenager to see her old friend absolutely dominate everyone that faced her. If she was that powerful now, then how powerful would she be later on in her life? And to even make her worry even more, Toshiro had sent a report stating that Ichigo was far more powerful than the last time they saw her. a result of Aizen doing something to her to make her more hollow than human now. Orihime was tending to Rangiku and Renji when she heard from the other room Toshiro was in and heard the head captain say something she was very uncomfortable with.

"It seems that Ichigo Kurosaki is too far gone in whatever scheme that Aizen has her in." The head captain said from the communicator in the room. "It seems that leaves us truly no choice but to see Ichigo Kurosaki as our enemy, and to defeat her as well as the three traitors. Lethal force is permitted."

Orihime gasped at this and decided to leave shortly after she finished healing everyone. She left and decided to go to the park to process this whole thing.

"The soul society were going to kill Ichigo?" She thought to herself as she sat on a bench. "They wouldn't do that. Would they?"

"Orihime?" A familiar voice said from afar. Orihime turned to see Uryu walking over to her while holding a bag of groceries. "What are you doing out here so late Orihime?" He asked with some concern in his voice.

Orihime lowered her head and looked at her feet as the wind blew leaves around them. She sighed out. "I overheard the head captain order for Ichigo to be considered their enemy, and lethal force was permitted." She looked up to Uryu with a saddened expression. "They're going to kill Ichigo, Uryu."

Uryu jaw dropped at this news. He knew the soul reapers were ruthless, but there had to be some sort of fine line between defeating your enemy and seeking their death. Almost like the Quincy.

"What do we do?" Orihime asked him.

Uryu was caught off guard with that question. He didn't know what Ichigo's intentions were, but he did know one thing, whatever this 'truth' was and whatever she was lied to about must've been something truly serious to her. Ichigo isn't the type of girl to just turn on her friends for no reason. If it was something this serious, then all Uryu could assume was that it involved the soul society in some way.

Uryu sighed to her. "I don't know Orihime, but one things for sure, whatever the soul society did to her must've been something unforgivable."

Orihime sighed and then did something that surprised Uryu. She looked up at him with a look of pure determination and nodded to him. "Then if that's the case, we have to help her."

"You do know what will happen if we do that Orihime?" Uryu asked her. He may not have been on good terms with Ichigo, but even he could tell that what she's doing is to right whatever wrong they did to her.

"I'm sure." She said to him while standing up. "I know that she'll come back soon, and when she does, we're going to help her."

"Then we might as well count Chad in as well." Uryu started with a smirk. "Him and Ichigo go way back from what I could tell. He'll follow her to hell and back if need be."

Orihime smiled to him as the two had made up their minds. As they walked off, they failed to notice a silver haired man who was missing his left arm sitting on top of a tree. He was wearing a dark blue captains coat with the kanji for fire on the back of it. He also had a scar across his left eye, practically blinding it. He was rubbing said arm as he watched the two walking away and had a very calm smile on his face.

"Well then." He started as he stood from the tree, the moon light reflecting off his white eyes. "I think Isshin would want to tell his daughter this news." He smiled and then disappeared in a flash.

The mysterious man flashed out of the city and into the outskirts in the mountains. He stopped when he reached the side of one of the mountains and placed his hand on the side. He muttered some kind of incantation and the mountain side warped into a side door. He went inside of the door and it changed back into a mountain side. The opening went down a flight of stairs with bright blue lights on the sides so none of the steps were hidden. He walked down until he reached two doors on opposite sides of each other. He went to the one on the right and opened it to reveal the Kurosaki family in a large room. The room almost looked exactly like their old living room with the kitchen connected to it. There were two other doors in the room. One lead to a single master bedroom for Isshin while the other was a twin bedroom for the girls. Each room had its own bathroom and looked relatively the same as their old rooms back at the old house.

They were all sitting down in front of the TV when the man walked in. He was greeted by the two happy girls as they ran up and hugged him.

"Mr. Shun!" They both said as they hugged him tightly. He returned the hug in kind with his arm and smiled down at the two.

"And how are my two favorite two little people doing tonight?" He said to them.

He immediately regretted it when Karin punched his right arm hard. "You don't have to keeping calling us little people every time!" She yelled at him. "We literally meet you at your chest!"

After he rubbed his arm and did a fake cry to her, he was greeted by the childish reaction of his oldest friend.

"Ao Shun." Isshin said in his overly happy voice. "What's up? Anything I can do for you today?"

Ao smiled at the man and started talking. "You know about Ichigo coming here earlier today and facing the soul reapers right?" Isshin dropped his goofy look and put on his normal grin. He nodded and Ao continued. "Well, it looks like her friends are on her side with all of this and would wish to join her when the war starts."

The news made Isshin beam and run back to his room. After a few minutes of him turning his room upside down for whatever he was looking for, he finally came out with a hand sized black ball in his hands.

"What's that supposed to be dad?" Yuzu asked as he held it out to them all.

"This is a way for me to contact another old friend." Isshin started as he poured a little of his returning energy into it. The ball started to glow a purple color and Isshin was very excited to talk to a certain man watching over his oldest daughter.

Las Noches, Aizen And Ichigo's Room

Ichigo was snuggled in the bed with Aizen. Ever since Ichigo moved here she and Aizen would spend time with each other in private just talking to each other. It was always something new between them and Ichigo loved every second being near him. His warmth was so intoxicating to her and so was the way he would hold her when they were in bed together. Aizen knew that she wasn't fully ready for the next level of this relationship, as was he. True, they loved each other, but they weren't ready for that next level.

Today was actually a rare day that they could be together without any interruptions to their day/night, but that was short lived when they could see a faint green glow coming from the dresser. Aizen smiled at the glow while Ichigo was confused by it.

"Looks like Isshin is finally regaining some of his spirit energy again." Aizen said as he left the bed and went to the dresser. He pulled out his own ball sized ball and put some of his own energy into it. When he did, a visual of Isshin could be seen in perfect picture.

"Dad?" Ichigo said as she scooted to the edge of the bed to get a better look. Aizen sat down next to her.

"Ichigo. So good to see my oldest daughter doing so well." Isshin started in his usual goofy tone. Ichigo smiled at him, and was actually happy to see him safe. She beamed with joy when she saw her little sisters.

"Big sister Ichigo!" Yuzu and Karin both said when they saw her for the first time in nearly a month.

"How are you?" Karin asked followed by Yuzu.

"Have you been eating well?"

When will we see you again?"

We miss you sooo much."

"And who exactly is the guy with no shirt on and those killer abs?"

Karin's last question made Aizen chuckle while Ichigo looked really closely at his six pack. For a man of science and research, he sure was ripped. Ichigo stopped staring to give her sisters a proper response.

"Firstly, I'm doing fine. Secondly, yes I have been eating really well lately. Thirdly, I really hope to see ya'll soon. Fourthly, I miss you guys too. And lastly, this Sosuke, my boyfriend." Ichigo finished and gave the man a tender kiss on his cheek. This caused him to smile at her and Isshin to nearly drop the ball. (AN:LOL)

"He's your what?!" Isshin yelled out as he made his face known to the two.

"Calm down Isshin." Ao said from the couch. Isshin moved the ball in his direction so the two could get a good look at the man. "Why hello there Ms. Kurosaki. And you too Sosuke Aizen."

Aizen jaw dropped while Ichigo waved to him. She noticed Aizen's shocked expression and nudged him for a response. "You're Ao Shun." He started while still in surprise. "I heard that you were exiled for harboring a hollow and then later killed by that hollow."

Ao chuckled at that. "Nope." He started as he motioned to himself. "Still very much alive and keeping an almost dead man low profile. I have some news for young Kurosaki actually and would like to relay it."

Ichigo shrugged and looked over Aizen's shoulder to get a better look at the man. "Okay. What is it?"

"You're friends wish to help you Ichigo." Ao started. He saw that Ichigo went wide eyed and smiled at the man.

"Really?" She asked him.

Ao nodded at her with a smile. Ichigo looked over to her dad and saw his regular smile, then she looked at Aizen. He was smiling at her as well. "We could always use more help." He started. "Your friend Orihime has a very useful ability we'll need for later, so why not."

Ichigo was overjoyed. So much so that she hugged him tightly while he in turn returned one of his own. He made sure he didn't drop the ball but in doing that, he also ensured that the four on the other end saw everything.

"Aw that's so sweet." Yuzu said with a cute voice.

Ichigo let go of Aizen and asked the obvious. "So when are we gonna go and get them?"

"You'll have to wait a few days." Isshin started. "The soul society is probably already trying to figure out some sort of way to get to Hueco Mundo along with moving a small force here in case ya'll decide to show up again."

"If that's the case." Aizen started, getting everyone's attention. "Then we'll have to strike to provide a distraction so Ichigo can get them. We'll send some of the espada to distract them, along with a new addition to our cause."

Isshin nodded to him then looked back to Ichigo. "Just want you know Ichigo, when I get my powers back in full, I'm also gonna join in on this fight when it happens. And you better have gotten stronger than earlier when I do."

Ichigo grinned at him and nodded. "I'll see you when that happens Goat-Face."

That got a small chuckle from Isshin and before he ended the conversation, Yuzu and Karin said their goodbyes. Ichigo did the same and then the whole conversation ended. She looked over to Aizen and smiled.

"What?" He asked as she snuggled against him. She traced her fingers along his abs and snickered.

"You really do have killer abs you know." She said with a smirk.

Aizen chuckled as well and kissed her passionately before leaning them back on the bed for some much needed rest for tomorrow.

I Know, I'm Supper Duper Late Updating, But You Guys Try Prying Yourself Away From Other People's Great And Long Bleach Fics To Write. I Get Easily Distracted Okay. LOL.

Anyway, Big Shout Out To draconesthewalker For His OC Ao Shun. I Hope I Did Him Justice So Far For You My Friend.

The Next Chapter Will Have A Time Skip To Pretty Much When They Snatched Orihime, But This Time They're Snatching her, Uryu And Chad. I'll Try To Change It Up As Much As I Can And Try To Post This Up Next Week.

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