a/n - Sup, me again i know i said not until after half yearlies, but good (at least in my mind) fanfiction waits for no stinking maths test, which i prolly failed XD
After retrieving their bodies, Layne and Ichigo rushed to class, lunch having ended 15 minutes into their foray against that battalion of hollows, they returned just in time to receive a book to the face from the teacher, though Layne got the impression she didn't really care.
"Now if there was only some way to leave our bodies in class without them slumping over our desks like they were dead" Layne muttered to Ichigo as they made their way to their seats
A virtual light bulb went off over Ichigo's head "We'll go see Hat n Clogs later" he replied
Layne nodded and they returned to their seats, settling back in for the rest of the school day
Seeing as heading to Urahara's store was the same as heading home for Layne, they decided to drop by Ichigo's house to set up some back-story for Layne randomly appearing there in the future. As well as to pick up "Some Perverted Plushy" as Ichigo described it
Layne decided not to comment on that, as part of his new "Not question any weird shit" stance
They reached the front door and went through, Layne's keen eyes noting the Huge-ass Poster on the wall, the door to the clinic's beds, Ichigo's two sisters and a blur that Ichigo kicked in the face
"My son" Isshin sobbed as he lay on the ground, blood streaming from his face "You countered Daddy's Super Speed Double Foot technique, I have nothing left to teach you"
"Bastard, Is this how you treat your son who's gone out of his way to introduce the new guy from school to you" Ichigo growled, veins bulging dangerously on his forehead
Ichigo's sisters came over, and Ichigo made introductions for both sides
"Bloody hell dad," Karin complained "Didn't you see that Ichi-nii had a friend with him when he walked in the door? Can't you act like a normal human being for once?"
"Ohh Masaki" Isshin cried overdramatically, pretty much leaping on the poster of the woman on the wall "Our daughter is so cruel to her father"
Layne instantly classed Isshin as weird shit that he shouldn't question…but yet…his eyes they didn't move like the eyes of an idiot usually did, and Layne got the strangest feeling that Isshin had just sheathed a sword
Ichigo paid no further attention to his family and stalked upstairs, Layne trailing behind him
They entered the room that had "15" on the door
A lion doll was reading a porno mag on Ichigo's bed
That blew Layne's weird shit meter off the charts
"That's Kon" Ichigo explained "I did warn you that we were getting a perverted plushy doll"
Layne's brain just exploded and Kon turned around
"Bastard, you left me in spirit ball form all last night! And I didn't get to complain about you not bringing Nee-san back after you rescued her!" he shouted, pointing at Ichigo accusingly
"Nee-san?" questioned Layne "You're a stuffed Lion… we didn't go to save any stuffed Lionesses"
"Rukia-nee-san!" Kon shouted back attempting to leap up and kick Layne in the face
Ichigo caught him by the head
"I tried to warn you" he said
Layne shook his head "Let's just get to Urahara's, I need to wait for my brain to recover from this"
They arrived at the store in good time, but no one was out the front and the doors were closed and locked
"Strange" muttered Layne, reaching inside his pocket and extracting an oddly shaped key that Urahara had given him
The key unlocked the door and Layne and Ichigo stepped through
"Jinta Home Run!"
Layne luckily caught the bat before it could collide with Ichigo
"What the hell are you doing Jinta?" Layne asked, raising his eyebrow at the small red-headed brat hanging in the air holding onto the handle of the bat,
"Oh, it's just you guys"
"That doesn't answer my question" Layne replied dropping the bat "Why is the store locked? And why are you ambushing people as they come through the door"
"There was some weird Shinigami in a red uniform eyeing the store before" Jinta replied defensively
"So you acted more suspicious and locked up the store… I bet you were just trying to skive off work" Layne grinned
"No! There was actually someone watching the store!" Jinta insisted
Layne chuckled "Whatever, Urahara around?"
"Underground" Jinta answered sulkily
Layne and Ichigo headed for the trapdoor and Layne called back "Next time, get Ururu to watch the door, if I can stop your bat with one hand in my body, then the average Shinigami should have no trouble, But Ururu should give them second thoughts, cause that cannon of hers is scary shit
Ichigo was already down the ladder, so Layne just climbed down most of the ladder and jumped the last 7 rungs and landed next to where Ichigo was looking around
"See him?"
Ichigo shook his head
Layne sighed and extended his reiatsu sense, feeling around
Ichigo's usual monstrous pillar standing right next to him
And Urahara and Yoruichi in Layne's house for some weird reason
"What the hell could they be doing there?" Layne muttered under his breath
They headed over to Layne's house
"Sonuvabitch" Layne growled, getting a more accurate reading and placing them both in his room
They reached the front door which Layne quietly opened, tiptoeing over to the entrance of his bedroom and motioning Ichigo over
Urahara's and Yoruichi's voiced could be heard
"No Kisuke, you can't put that there, it's just not big enough to fill the entire space" Yoruichi giggled
"You wound my pride, Yoruichi-san" Urahara replied snickering
Various images of debauchery flitted through Layne's head
"They'd better not be doing that… in the room I sleep in" Layne somehow pulled a growl from the very base of his throat, and burst through the door
Urahara and Yoruichi blinked at him as he entered
They were holding Layne's bedside table , and the rest of the furniture in his room was in a totally different spot to where he'd left it that morning
"Oh, Trell-san, tell us where you think this table should go" Urahara asked
"......Why are you moving my furniture?" Layne asked, completely deadpan
"Boredom mostly" Yoruichi replied with a grin
"Mind…Blown" Layne sat down on his bed with his face in his hands, the absolute stupidity of the situation too much for his recently blown brain
Ichigo was used to it, so he got down to business "Urahara-san, have you got anymore of these?"
He pulled Kon from somewhere and tossed him to Urahara
"Bastard, treat my sexy body with some respect" Kon screeched as he flew through the air
Urahara pulled his hat down and looked at it
"I assume you're asking for the common gikon?"
"Layne needs one to keep his body out of danger" Ichigo replied, "Can't really pass Kon around between the two of us"
"I do happen to have a few ordinary gikon hanging around, but they all have some serious personality defects… I could get another shipment from the Soul Society seeing as Yoruichi and I aren't excommunicated anymore…but that could take a few days and I have a quicker solution than either of those"
"We need it as soon as possible" Layne spoke up "I don't really want to leave my body slumped over a table in class"
"Then… I have another Mod Soul"
"Mod Soul?" Layne asked quizzically
"The difference between Gikon and Mod Souls is the addition of special enhanced powers" Urahara explained "Kon over there is a mod soul with super leg strength, though I haven't the faintest clue what this other mod soul I have"
"Why didn't they use these against us in Soul Society? They could have done us some serious damage, leaving aside the seriously screwed up morality behind that"
Ichigo and Urahara glanced at each other
"Rukia told me, that most of the mod souls created were destroyed because someone in the Soul Society was concerned about the morality behind creating Souls, inserting them in dead bodies and forcing them to fight"
"I snuck a few out" Urahara admitted "Kon is a prime example of one of those I managed to save"
"Hold on, so the Soul Society ordered these Mod Souls created… as a race of expendable soldiers… and if that wasn't messed up enough… They then ordered all these Mod Souls destroyed because they correctly judged the immorality of their first decision" Layne buried his face in his hands "For fucks sake, I like the government of the Soul Society less and less every freaking time I hear about it"
"No point in debating it now" Urahara said "I do happen to have one mod soul easily accessible, would you like it?"
Layne glanced at Kon, "He's not going to sit there and just read porn all day right?"
"What's wrong with that!" Kon shouted
"Screw it, if I can make up for some mistakes in this guys life then I will" Layne said "I'll take the mod soul"
Urahara led everyone back to the main part of the store
Once back, he disappeared for a few minutes and come back with a green pill in a plastic bag, which he handed to Layne, who pulled the pill out and eyed it curiously
"So what do I do with this?"
"Eat it"
Layne stood up and ingested the pill
Instantly he was knocked out of his body, and he watched in amazement as his body didn't just flop over on his face
Yoruichi, Ichigo and Urahara moved to surround it as a precaution
Layne watched as his body twitched, his eyes rolled around experimentally and his arms flexed, without him doing anything
"That's really creepy" Layne commented "I'm not doing anything"
"You get used to it" Ichigo replied
"Hello," The mod soul greeted cheerfully "My name is Layne Trell, My personal motto is total attention, and diligence paid in all things"
"No one is going to believe that's me" Layne muttered
"We are fully aware that you are a mod soul, there is no need to act like a gikon" Urahara told the Mod Soul
The Mod Soul instantly became defensive "What the hell do you shitty Shinigami want with me then, finally realized that I missed your trash compactor of mod souls and you want to destroy me now?"
Layne exhaled, Oh great, he's paranoid
"Calm the freakin' farm mate," Layne said placatingly, "If we wanted to destroy you, why would we put you in a body first, giving you access to your powers when we could just stomp on your spirit candy form?"
"I dunno, so I give you the satisfaction of fighting for my life?"
Layne sighed, this might take a while
"Oi! Who's this jackass? He's too loud" Kon jumped up onto Ichigo's shoulder, and glared at Layne's body
"He's another mod soul" Ichigo explained
"Yosh!" Kon jumped down to the ground and looked up at Layne' s body "Since I'm the senior mod soul around here, you're going to have to listen to me, Kon-sama!"
Layne's body bent down and scrutinized Kon
"Traitor," he growled, his voice full of contempt
Flicking Kon with such strength into Ichigo, he used the opening to knock the four of them, Ichigo, Yoruichi, Urahara and Layne into a pile of tangled limbs on the ground
"I'm not having anything to do with you bastard Shinigami, so just leave me alone" he cried as he bailed out the door
"Fuck!" Layne shouted his frustration, being unable to move due to be caught under Yoruichi's chest and Ichigo's legs "That dickhead has my body!"
"Perhaps that wasn't such a good idea after all" Urahara commented, pushing his hat down over his eyes as he untangled himself and stood up "We'll have to go retrieve it and put him back away"
"No way" Layne replied, his eyes glittering "That bastard will do fine, but I'm going to go kick the shit out of him for stealing something of mine first"
The Mod Soul just ran, not really caring where he ended up, though he did have the idea that he was going to need something to do, and a place to hide because those bastards Shinigami would in no way just leave him alone.
Spotting a crowded park nearby he rushed towards it, hoping to lose himself in the crowd
In his haste he didn't notice the woman in a red shihakusho standing 20 metres above him, keeping pace with him perfectly however well he weaved through the crowds
Layne and Ichigo ran down the street, following the Mod Soul's spirit thread
Ichigo had shown Layne how to do it, and Layne had been surprised to see that among the White Cloths, there had been a light blue one which represented Uryuu, Two Grey ones which Layne assumed were Chad and Orihime, Layne's, Urahara's , Yoruichi's and Ichigo's Shinigami red ones, and Kon's brown one which was for mod souls. So they found a second brown one, and chased after it.
"Are you seriously thinking about keeping that jerk as your Gikon?" Ichigo asked
Ichigo had switched Kon into his body, and turned to Shinigami form, and the three of them, Layne, Ichigo and Kon ran down a side street following Layne's sense
"Yeah, As soon as I knock some sense into him" Layne replied with a grin
They tracked him to a park, but there the trail went cold
"I can't find him among all the spirit threads" Layne muttered "There's just too many"
"Don't worry, he hasn't done anything as near as bad as when Kon first got in my body"
"I don't want to know"
Breathing heavily, the mod soul sat down on a park bench, glancing around warily every few seconds
"Wish I had, super leg strength" he breathed to himself "Rather than this arm shit"
He was confident that he had eluded anyone from the store, but he had no clue that he was still being watched by the only pursuer than actually wished him serious harm
"Now how in hell am I supposed to get him to leave his gigai" Kira muttered from her perch a few meters above in a tree "I'm shit with faces, so I'm not sure if that's him or just someone who looks like him, and I don't want to start a slaughter unless I'ma get some results"
The park had a lot of people, some just walking their pets, taking a shortcut home, admiring the scenery, or heading to the shops, like Karin and Yuzu, who were off to Urahara's to get Yuzu's 500 yen super deal
Yuzu caught sight of the Mod Soul and called out a greeting, recalling that he was Layne that Ichigo had introduced at the clinic earlier
The mod Soul ignored her, he didn't care who Trell-san was, only that he was a Shinigami and therefore deserved nothing from him
"Perfect" Kira grinned
"Shut your trap" Layne snapped at Kon
Layne and Kon were at one end up the park looking around
Ichigo had threated grievous bodily harm to Kon if he didn't shut up about Rukia, and so Layne had seen it necessary to suggest a split up to cover the park more efficiently
But being saddled with Kon was no picnic, and Layne was on the verge of reenacting the stereotypical sushi chef image, utilizing his twin Zanpakuto, speed, and Kon as the sushi
"Look you sexually overcharged lion plush, do you really think it was that easy for Ichigo to just leave Rukia behind like he did?"
Kon stuttered something but Layne paid it no heed
"He spilled.. no we all did, Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, Uryuu, Moll, Yoruichi and I, spilled so much of our own, and Shinigami blood, put so much effort into fighting and training to become stronger and what happened?"
Kon said nothing, and Layne thanked every deity he knew that he was invisible to normal humans during this rant
"Turned out Rukia's execution was ordained by some psycho traitor captain and his lackeys, one of whom being my own ex-brother, Ichigo got sliced in half, and nearly died quite a few times , I nearly lost an arm, a hand, my life on more occasions that I care to count and both of my best friends, I left them behind too, they joined the Gotei 13"
Layne pulled up the sleeve of his Shihakusho and exposed the scar, Orihime having been unable to heal it due to exhaustion
"While you stayed here, reading porn and jerking off with Ichigo's body, so just shut it about Rukia ok?
Layne took a deep breath out and grinned "There, now that's out of the way…"
Whatever he was about to say was cut off by an earsplitting scream in the direction of the entrance
Layne glanced that way, "I think I've heard that voice before"
"That's Yuzu" Ichigo whispered to himself in horror, the blood draining from his face
The Mod soul also heard the scream
"It's no business of mine, but I could use the commotion to escape" he contemplated, rubbing Layne's chin in thought
The mod soul shook its head "No way, I can start my new life by helping out anyone I can, running away is what cowardly Shinigami do"
People were falling, bleeding, limbs severed, and Yuzu couldn't even see why it was happening, unlike Karin who had rushed over to one of the people who's arm simply fell off and looked like she had gotten whacked over the head with something, all Yuzu could do was scream, scream and watch as people got torn apart
Invisible to Yuzu, Kira pranced around, her Zanpakuto flashing and dripping with the mixed blood of everyone the blade had touched
She hadn't had this much fun in a long time, though she hadn't been expecting that one brat to actually see her and rush to stop her, Kira had been so impressed with Karin's bravery/stupidity that she let her off easy, and just conked her with the hilt of her Zanpakuto
But now there was just one person left, the little girl that Kira had noticed as the one that seemed to know her target
"Sorry Girl, but you've served your purpose" Kira whispered to herself, rushing towards Yuzu, but before her Zanpakuto could touch her, The Mod Soul came out of nowhere and tackled Kira away
"Just my fucking luck" he spat, rolling over and standing up "Shinigami turn up when I decide to do the right thing"
Kira picked herself off the ground and a maniacal grin grew on her face "Pretty Ballsy Kid, to attack me in your gigai"
"What the hell are you talking about" The mod soul replied "If I'm not in this thing I'm a little green ball, what the hell is that going to do?"
"What are you talking about?" Kira shot back "I know you're a Shinigami, so hop out of your gigai and show me what you got"
"Don't mistake me for that jackass, I'm no Shinigami, I'm a mod soul"
Kira realized she may of made a mistake "Well, if you're not who I'm looking for, you can just die"
She flashstepped behind him, and the Mod Soul had no chance to get out of the way so he just closed his eyes and waited for death
At least I'm not going to die in some machine
Metal clanged on metal and the Mod Soul opened his eyes slowly, realizing that he was still alive
He took in his savior, and blinked twice
"Close one, pretty dangerous" Layne remarked idly, holding one of his zanpakuto out, blocking Kira's Zanpakuto "If you'd gotten yourself killed in my body I would have had to go to Soul Society to kick your sorry ass"
Kira jumped back, and held her Zanpakuto in a ready position
"Well whatever, at least he saved your sisters, right Ichigo?"
Ichigo had flashstepped directly to Yuzu's side, who had fainted from screaming too much
Layne's smile tightened, and faded away and he turned to look at Kira
"I dunno who the hell you are, but I don't like what you've done, so I'll just have to take you out for it"
"You're welcome to try" Kira replied let's see if he can provide a diverting challenge
"Alright, Here I come!" Layne shouted, leaping forwards
Kira said nothing, just moved to intercept him, the very beginning of excitement beginning to show on her face
a/n - and so concludes chapter 16, its a little rushed i know, but i honestly couldn't think of any reason for Layne to get super super angry at her other than a mass slaughter...
more is coming, i'm still going strong
apologies to those who are waiting to see their villians, They will be there!, but Kira was just so good she deserves extra writing time XD
ummm ummm (desperately trying to think of things to say)
anyone do year 12 chemistry? thats my last exam next tuesday and even with the weekend to study for it i'm totally screwed XD
i got into Hunter x Hunter recently, badass manga and i definately recommend it =D
and if anyone caught the bleach episode today, Senbonzakura reminded me of my little brother, and i kept having the urge to punch my computer screen out XD
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