-AUTHOR NOTE-
Hey everyone. I've returned from the educational battlefield with bruises and relief and by the way, to those who think that law is easy because of the way it's done in Suits, screw you! Now then, to resume what I love doing: doing something that's not related to law after exams. Also, I really wanna see the The Last: Naruto Movie real bad. Oh yeah, before I begin:-
Mexican ninja1996: I purposely delayed her appearance in the story for story purposes. Yoruichi will definitely be in the story!
icecreamguy: I'm really happy about your review, I really am. Also, your concern about her mask will be enlightened in this chapter.
Now then, onto the story! P.S.- All rights belong to Tite Kubo.
CHAPTER 4: HOME SWEET HOME
-Random Alley, en route to Kurosaki Clinic-
The mood was different among the guests as the arrancar group discussed their futures. It was tranquil, peaceful and full of life; after all, Tia was reunited with her fraccion once again and it was thanks to the man of valour, the saviour of worlds, the boy of wonder who has surpassed the laws of physics, logic and every other theory but is named after a freaking plant: Kurosaki Ichigo.
As the girls pulled their new belongings in suitcases provided by Urahara, they kept on jeering chants about what room they'll sleep in or what kind of food the human world has and the like. One thing was for sure though, they were NOT willing to discover those new experiences in a perverted man's cheap third-hand candy shop.
-Flashback-
"You want to be pounced on by a pervy shopkeeper while you sleep?" Ichigo asked with a crooked eyebrow.
"Onward to Ichigo's house!" they immediately answered. They answered faster than any answer has been answered in the history of ever! Getting pounced on by a scruffy, old pervert…major turn off…
Just as the girls were eagerly rising onto their feet and towards the door, the pervert himself appeared before their 'Great Escape' (heh…Gwen Stefani). Speak of the devil…
"You can't leave yet girls" he said with a smirk on his scrawny face. "There is an issue that must first be dealt with first."
The girls almost immediately took on a defensive stance, braced for any attempt of sexual harassment the former captain was ready to lunge onto them. Ichigo and Tia couldn't help but giggle at Urahara's untrustworthy position. He raised his hands in defence as he tried to calm them down but what when he saw Apache maniacally produced a cero and aimed it at his closest friends 'Richard & the twins' (his nickname for his balls), his playful expression sank to the bottom and rose with a fearful one.
"Wait! Wait a minute! I mean I need a bit more time to finish your gigais! So please don't kill 'Richard & the twins'! he begged. His voice practically began to screech towards the end and that earned him a mocking laugh from Ichigo but he didn't care because, like any righteous man, he wanted to protect his important 'people'.
Shortly after his hilarious defence, the trio stood down and sat down as they waited for their gigais. As silence sang in the room, its still tone was broken when Sun-sun asked her new host a rather…biased question.
"Ichigo, since the shopkeeper is a male, perverted chauvinist pig", she paused waiting to get the teen's attention, "does that mean there is no one like that at your home?"
Ichigo's face suddenly turned pale. He turned to Tia to see a curious look on her face; after all, she also hasn't been to his house before. Bullets of sweat formed on his head as he forgot the only thing in this entire universe that can turn a sunny day into a daunting evening: his equally chauvinist father whose stupidity levels rival that of Akihisa in the anime 'Baka to Test' (hilarious b.t.w).
After thinking of the most rational solution as he assumed the position of 'The Thinker' to further broaden his reply, he finally relayed their desired answer in a way Einstein would never do it. "Not exactly" he simply said, "But he is kinda annoying and nutty."
The arrancar girls had a look on their faces, a fusion of worry and confusion, but decided to brush it aside since Ichigo spent years with him and turned out relatively normal. (Miracle I tell you!)
A few minutes later, Urahara crept out of his room with Tessai carrying the three bodies with utmost consideration to avoid being accused of perverseness like his friend/shopkeeper. Apache's gigai was clothed in a black t-shirt with a red deer logo on the front with blue jean shorts and sandals. She looked quite sexy actually. Next was Mila-Rose's. Hers was clothed in a yellow blouse with a brown outlined face of a lion with a brown outlined crown above its head with jungle green cargo pants with white/grey sneakers. She looked like a hot pro twerker. Lastly, Sun-sun's was also a jungle green t-shirt with a scaly pattern printed diagonally across the chest with a white miniskirt and white lace sandals. She looked foxy. If the author was an enabled artist, he'd draw these gorgeous girls in a way you have to wish they were real but in this case, visualise.
"Yoshit!" blurted Apache. "Look Halibel-sama! They're here at last! Our gigas!"
(A/N: Gigas is a giant in Greek mythology)
"You moron, it's gigai and they're right in front of everyone. Of course she can see them." Said Sun-sun with mocking depression. She turned to Ichigo with a 'damsel-in-distress' figure. "You see how I suffer with her stupidity Ichigo-sun, so depressing that it makes my afterlife even more gruesome." She said a sparkling tear in a right eye.
Ichigo sweatdropped at the supposedly 'grieving' damsel but his attention switched to Mila-Rose and Tia as they began to enter their new bodies.
"How do they feel girls?" asked Urahara with a pervy smirk. The girls just decided to ignore him and deal with him later if something 'awkward' should occur as a result.
"It feels so freaking tight…" Mila-Rose complained while stretching herself. "How does it feel Halibel-sama?"
"It's somewhat stuffy but manageable" replied the mistress in a noble manner. Her fraccion were swooned like love-sick pups by her grace. It was rather…Soifon-ish.
The next to enter their gigais were Apache and Sun-sun. Apache grimaced at the discomfort she experienced upon entering whereas Sun-sun breathed no complaint at all.
"How does it feel Sun-sun?" asked her orange haired host. She smiled at his hospitality.
"It's fine. No problem whatsoever." She raised her chest in triumph only to see piercing glares from her two raging accomplices.
"No shit! You're a freaking snake after all!" hissed Apache. "You shitty creatures can slither into anything!"
"Yeah!" agreed Mila-Rose. If there was anything in this universe that made these two actually get along was downsizing the slender arrancar. How redundant…yet awkwardly humorous.
"Nonsense. You two are just jealous because the only reason you find your gigais to be tight is because you're both just flabby." She calmly said behind her veil.
Veins popped on the girl's heads as that last comment struck them hard (like every other girl). They were about to viciously respond to Sun-sun's insult until they felt a lethal sense emit from their mistress; a sense that if spoken in words would be: Behave yourselves or I'll show you how to breathe without your lungs.
With their self-preservation instincts kicking in, they decided to brush off the issue but the tense atmosphere was still lingering. Mila-Rose thought for a distraction to try and simmer it down. Finally she found what she was looking for.
"Well, how do we look Ichigo?" she asked with a nervous blush, awaiting his response.
Ichigo took a good look at them one by one and thought for a brief moment so he wouldn't say something pervy like Urahara would.
"You girls look pretty." He said which earned him blushes from all three of them (even Apache.) just as he was about to say another word, he saw Tia in her gigai. A black blouse that stretched to her midriff with blue jeans short shorts and black leggings with grey sandals. In other words, hot damn!
"Tia, you look heavenly…" he gasped at the comment. He just realised that he did it on reflex. No mental co-ordination present but could you blame him, after all, her face was hidden behind her high collar and underneath it was her hollow mask but now, her whole face glimmered with beauty and he loved every bit of it.
"Thank you Ichigo" she said with a blush. For a brief moment, those two couldn't take each other's eyes off of the other until Ichigo broke free from the alluring trance first. Tia grimaced at it ending so soon.
"Um, so are you guys ready to go?" Ichigo asked to which they all nodded.
"Wait a minute!" yelled Tessai as he emerged from the storehouse with four suitcases. "These are full of clothes and the like for them." He said giving each one to their respective owner.
"Thanks Tessai-san. You too Urahara" Ichigo said. As the girls got their cases and moved to the door, Ichigo paused and turned back to Urahara.
"One more thing Urahara." He got the shopkeeper's attention.
"What is it Kurosaki-san?" he asked with a concerned expression.
"How were you able to hide Tia when Yoruichi-san was around all this time?" he asked with a pint of worry in his voice. Indeed, even though Kisuke is a wiz at hiding things, Yoruichi would have probably figured something by now. They were childhood friends, not to mention she was the former Captain of the Stealth Forces to boot.
The shopkeeper simply grinned and waved his fan across his face before giving his answer.
"I used an Omni Seal", he said. He silently witnessed the teen gawk at him with confusion. You could even see question marks linger around his head tilting his head sideways as he waited for the former captain to explain further.
"An Omni Seal is a special seal I created when I was still the Captain of Squad 12. It acts as a mask rather than a lock like most seals. You see, seals usually are intended to lock away it's host's compatibilities but this seal completely masks them thus rendering it 'non-existent' if you will." He concluded with his signature closing of his fan. Has that answered your question Kurosaki-san?"
A brief moment of silence was flustered throughout the room. The girls were still outside chatting but the room's occupants were too focused on the silent hero. His eyes, wide open with shock and his mouth practically dropped onto the floor. It was totally unlike the bashful and loud boy.
"What's wrong Kurosaki-san?" Urahara finally asked breaking the silence.
"You explained something…comprehensively!" he finally declared. "Everytime you explained something, it was either too complex or something shitty you dead guys only understood! By chance, have you become… normal again?" he hopefully asked.
Unfortunately, the shopkeeper was seated nicely at the corner of the room, shrouded in a dark aura of disappointment, tracing the floor with his index finger muttering how everyone he knows doubt the normality of his personality. (Well duh!…)
As Tessai tried to console his boss, a concerned arrancar namely the former Espada came to see what held up her secret love interest.
"Ichigo, what's the hold up? We're ready to go now and-" she cut herself short when she saw a depressed man sitting in the corner in a now foetus position. "Do I have to ask?" she doubtfully asked pointing at the latter.
"Nope. Don't strain yourself." He said scratching his head
"Good." She simply replied. She then took hold of his right arm and vigorously dragged him away to the exit. Judging by the way she was pulling, it would be safe to assume she wanted to get the hell out if there. Why? Because she didn't want the shopkeeper to express his depression anywhere near her… or beside her. (Pervert…)
-Flashback, end-
The group of warrior divas were curious as to what Ichigo's family was like and hoped that complications wouldn't arise because of their arrival. After all, they've clearly had their share of disappointment when Yamamoto almost grilled them into fried arrancar as well as indirectly being betrayed by Aizen and the one who brought back a glimmer into their afterlives was Ichigo. Apache grabbed the teen's shoulder and turned him to face the group.
"Oi, Ichigo, what's your family like?" she asked somewhat sceptical of their lack of knowledge.
Ichigo raised his head in thought as he traversed his mind to find the most appropriate words for a proper description and took a breath before giving an answer.
"I have two little sisters, Yuzu and Karin. Yuzu is a sweet girly-girl who can bring a pint of happiness into your life. Karin is… practically the girl-version of me, but naturally, she lets out some girly characteristics once in a while.
"What about your parents?" asked Tia, now intrigued by the topic at hand.
"My old man is…a softer version of Urahara. And he's a looney. Yeah, that's the only earthly way to describe him…"
That comment alone made the air feel dense already. At that moment, nothing else would surprise them anymore. As they expected a response regarding his mother, they noticed their host sink into silence. His expression, daunting and his walk bore slight traces of sorrow. He was falling into emotional limbo. Tia sensed his mood and quietly motioned with her hand to her fraccion to lay off for now.
"My mum died when I was nine years old. She was killed by a hollow called Grand Fisher." He finally answered with sorrow ripe in his voice.
The girls felt his despair, almost as if it was their fault. Even Apache understood the essence of death. The mood sank gradually until Ichigo noticed the tension he was emitting.
"Don't worry about it. It had nothing to do with you guys. Besides, you four are my friends and my guests so I'll take care of you regardless. You can count on me." He softly said raising their hopes once again. Indeed, they made the right choice in putting their faith in him.
Alas, the group reached their destination and the girls were more than ready to settle down and meet the family. However, before they could enter the house, Ichigo stopped them.
"Oi, what's the hold up?!" shot Apache. "You wanna hide your porn mags and toys huh?!"
Ichigo mentally cursed the perverted arrancar but quickly brushed her comment aside.
"Firstly, like hell! And secondly, just take five paces back for a moment, trust me on this." He said. They didn't know why but they did as instructed wondering why they had to do this.
The arrancar girls got their answer. Just as Ichigo was about to open the front door, a man wearing black pants, a blue shirt with a doctor's coat jumped from the top of the building preparing a diving hurricanrana. Ichigo lifted his leg mid-way and stepped to the side leaving concrete pavement for the descending man to interacted with the ground with an audible, bone-cracking thud.
"As always, you pull stupid shit old man!" yelled Ichigo who sent a right hook to the man's face sending him into the clinic wall head first.
"Yosh, you've improved my son. My training is benefitting you after all" said the now identified lunatic of a father. "Now then, why are you late?!" Isshin yelled as he aimed his foot for Ichigo's tenders only to have his punctured first by his son.
As he tried to regain his posture despite the fact that his tenders were now, flaccid, he noticed the eyes of the beautiful spectators glaring at him with worrisome fear. A big smirk spread across his face when he realised that Ichigo brought four gorgeous women with him. In less than 0.183 seconds, he rushed back into his home to the large poster of his late wife.
"Masaki! It's finally happened! Our Ichigo…has finally…brought home…his wives!" he cried making the girls blush with embarrassment.
"W-W-Wives?!" they stammered in unison.
Ichigo hissed and sent his father into the room wall with a glorious sucker punch to the face which embedded him in its rubble which drew the rest of the female crew into the house. Ichigo knew that no matter how many times a female would enter his home (namely Tatsuki), his father would pull out his biggest and most passive antic ever: The S.O.U.R Tactic (Stupid Overeactions for Unnecessary Reasons). For the young shounen to even maintain his sanity with a father like is one of anime's greatest wonders only Tite Kubo knows.
"Whatever old man" he said giving up on reasoning. "They'll be staying with us for a while since they're house had an infestation of wood lice" he lied nervously.
"Is that right Ichi-nii?" questioned a sceptical, feminine voice. The voice came from the staircase in which two pre-teens were spectating the show.
"Yes Karin, that's what happened." Replied the teen. "Let me introduce them: This Tia Halibel, Emilou Apache, Franceska Mila-Rose and Cyan Sun-sun" he said respectively.
The arrancar girls confirmed themselves by re-introducing themselves, but this time, Isshin was already revived from his knock out nap. He greeted the girls with his usual foolish, playful smirk on his face and shook their hands with unusual vigour. The girls were put on edge by this man and that didn't go unnoticed by his children, especially Karin who sent a good kick into his balls. (Respect…)
"Hey Dad, you're making them feel uncomfortable with your weirdness!" she scolded her father with a throbbing vein on her raised fist. "Apologise now!" she demanded but remembered he wasn't in a position to apologise let alone talk…
"I'm Yuzu. Nice to meet you all" said the young girl trying to change the subject.
At the moment the arrancar group were at least relieved to know that Ichigo's sisters were relatively normal but his father on the other hand, was…anything but normal. They made a mental note to remind Ichigo to make defence protocols for them later.
Now that introductions were done and dealt with, Ichigo led the divas into his room to settle down. They were impressed at how big the room was compared to Urahara's meeting room. He went towards his closet and pulled out spare futons and pillows.
"Okay, in terms of sleeping arrangements, you decide whose sleeping where and such and you'll be like that for sometime, alright?" he stated.
"I call dibs on the bed!" declared Apache
"No you don't bitch! I call dibs!" intervened the amazon.
"Huh?! Since when you stupid gorilla?!" retorted Apache
"Since I saw it first dumbass!" she shot back
"I was in FRONT of you! I saw it first you fucking retard!" she roared
"You wanna fight you whore?!" shot Mila-Rose.
Just as the two beautiful morons were about to clash it out again, a reluctant Ichigo came in between the two who now looked at him like they were crazy psychos.
"Um, girls, wouldn't it be better for Tia to sleep on the bed?" he suggested
"I agree" replied Sun-sun. "It's only logical since she's our leader after all. Thank you for suggesting that idea Ichigo-san."
"It's fine. You're my guests so you're accommodation comes first" he said
Tia couldn't help but smile at her secret crush. He put others before himself even in when strangers like herself arrive in his house. She was right in trusting him.
Meanwhile, Apache and Mila-Rose were completely dumbfounded at themselves. Thinking about themselves before their more gorgeous leader. Regardless, they finally agreed on giving the bed to Tia whilst they would make do with the makeshift beds.
"Hang on" said Tia. "Where will you sleep Ichigo?" she asked with sad concern in her voice. He had done so much for them in such little time and couldn't even pay him back.
"I'll sleep on the sofa downstairs. It's pretty comfy actually." He answered.
Unfortunately, the girls didn't agree to that considerate course of action. Before he even left the room, Apache, Mila-Rose and Sun-sun yanked him by his collar back towards them, falling down as a result, but since when did the floor in his room have soft deposit?
He looked at what area broke his fall only to bear witness to two huge dark skinned breasts that could swallow his head. So warm, so soft, so…enchanting… Ichigo's face turned crimson and it didn't go unnoticed by the amazon who let out a devious, pervy grin on her face. She was going to drive his head deeper but was interrupted by Sun-sun's intervention.
"I think it would be wise if you sleep with us Ichigo-san." She said. The snake arrancar was blushing at her own remark.
"Eh?! Why?!" asked a confused teenager
"Because we don't want your freaky pervert of a dad to 'check on us' at night!" shot Apache. "If you're here, then you can take care of him for us!"
That did make sense on one hand but on the other hand, that would be another reason to let Isshin check on them. Ichigo would rather let his dad whine about having daughters then spy on the girls so he had no choice but to go with that plan.
"Alright. I'll sleep with you tonight…Well, you know what I mean." He said relieving his guests.
However, no sooner had he given his answer than a thud came from his bedroom door. Given his experience, he knew what the cause was. Ichigo walked to the door and slammed it open, hitting his father in the kisser which sent the glass he used as a hearing amplifier into his trachea, chocking him and knocking him out. His soul was oozing out of his body chanting how his mother should wait for his arrival before Ichigo grabbed it and stuffed it inside his body once again.
"I told you Ichi-nii would be pissed off" Karin scolded her idiot father. She grabbed his leg and
Brushing off the stupidity, Ichigo decided to call it a night along with the arrancar group. In the makeshift, Apache slept at the right end of the futon, closer to Tia while Mila-Rose tried to sleep beside Ichigo on the right end leaving Sun-sun in the middle.
"Good night y'all" he sleepily said.
"Good night Ichigo" the girls said in unison.
Before they knew it, they drifted into slumber. Forgetting their troubles of past and dreaming of the future to come. The Wheel of Fate had begun spinning for them as their lives now intertwined by the boy with orange hair, had finally begun to add meaning to their new lives now and forever…
However, unknown to those dream dwellers, just outside, on the street light, stood a body gazing at them but in particular, gazing at the young teen. Four legs, short, black fur, golden eyes and a distinct expression of seriousness on its face. Not moving, not investigating. Just watching…
-AUTHOR NOTE-
Hi everyone. Firstly, let me apologise for the wait. The computer had a problem with its UEFI settings so it took some time to fix the problem. Fortunately, I had finished 90% of the story so it wasn't too bad. So I hope you liked this chapter and please feel free to point out any interests you'd like to see in the next chapter.
See ya next time! Supremacy118 over and out.