-AUTHOR NOTE-
Thank you for the wait my precious readers and now onto the story!
LooseTie: Yes. Yes she does. And that's what makes her interesting.
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CHAPTER FIVE: WELCOME TO THE NEW LIFE
It was a golden morning the next day. The rays of sunshine peeping through the open strips of the windows, the aspiring chirping of the feathery sparrows soaring the sky, the warm, softness of the six pillows that cuddled the teen's body… Hold up! The author doesn't remember this beautiful situation being typed last time.
As Ichigo steadily lingered back into consciousness, he was about to be knocked back into slumber when he realised what the first event of the day had set up for him. If memory serves right, Apache slept at the right end of the futon, close to Tia while Sun-sun slept in the middle of it, leaving Mila-Rose beside Ichigo. So why was Apache resting her head opposite his crotch with her, Sun-sun lying at his leg with both her hands stretched in his pants quarter-way from his 'tenders' and Mila-Rose had entombed his face in her bombastic meat mountains.
Ichigo was mentally telling his hormones to resist the temptation but he should know better than to think that any male can remain calm in this situation. If there was one, he's either gay or retarded or castrated. (Hey, it's possible)
Ichigo tried to liberate himself but it was to no avail. The sensation of comfort was too great for resistance. It felt like nothing could ruin this moment until it was disrupted by none other than Kurosaki Isshin bursting into his bedroom like a dumb maniac.
"Goood mooorning Ichigooo!" Isshin sang aiming at his son with a flying drop kick, however, he saw the three tres bestias lying on him and with mysterious willpower, held his weight in the air for a good five to six seconds before flying through the window and landing with a bone-cracking thud.
Thanks to that stupid commotion, Ichigo was able to break free from his cushiony palace and closed the window. He also turned and locked the door just to be safe. It was then that he turned around to see Tia awaken from her slumber. Teal eyes met brown ones and a smile stretched across their faces.
"Good morning Tia. You sleep well?" he asked
"Indeed, although I had an awkward dream." She replied with trouble
"A weird dream? About what?" he asked fully concerned
"I was swimming in the ocean like usual when suddenly a bulky, square-jawed sperm whale shot out of the water and screamed 'Good morning!' before disappearing. Sounds rather awry, doesn't it?" she replied.
As she turned to Ichigo, she saw that his face became pale before facepalming himself.
'Dad, you moron!' he thought to himself. 'Now your stupidity has haunted her in her sleep!'
"What's wrong Ichigo?" Tia asked concerned about him.
"Oh nothing. Absolutely nothing" he nervously replied with emphasis.
Tia knew that something was bothering her saviour, after all, she was the Tres Espada but if he didn't want to talk about it then she won't dwell on it. In the meantime, the other guests began to wake up.
"Good morning you three" greeted Tia with authority in her voice
"Good morning to you too Halibel-sama" the three replied in unison. "Good morning to you too Ichigo"
"Ya. You guys slept well?" he asked nicely.
"It was quite enjoyable actually" replied Sun-sun with a small smile.
"It was fucking awesome!" replied Mila-Rose eagerly. She sneaked a wink at Ichigo. Something tells him that she knows the reason as well. And lastly;
"It was okay I guess" she lied. She enjoyed that rest just as much as everyone else did.
Ichigo didn't let in on anyone but inwardly, he was surprised. These three have been in the real world for less than a week and they are already used to life on earth. Tia arrived sooner and it took a while for her to settle down but these three settled in rather easily. He couldn't help but smile whole-heartedly.
"Huh?! Why are you smiling you pervert?!" shouted Apache noticing his smile
"To be honest," he said getting everyone's attention, "I'm glad that you've settled down peacefully. I can tell that when you were still affiliated with Aizen, you all had stiff hearts but now, you all look more…alive" he replied.
The girls' eyes widened with shock at the comment. Not because of its randomness but because of its accuracy. It was relayed as if he was there with them all. Tia was the first to snap out of the shock and gave a smile to the orange haired teen.
"It's thanks to you Ichigo that we were all able to find more to our afterlives. You saved us and we can now experience this world… your world… with you" she said whole-heartedly.
Ichigo couldn't help but blush at such a heartfelt comment. His face turned several shades of red before reverting to its usual colour. As he turned his head, he saw the clock and instantly began to strip despite reddening the faces of his bedroom audience. Mila-Rose didn't mind though. (Pervert…)
He hurriedly put on his school uniform and rushed down the staircase, grabbing a slice of Yuzu's toast and bolted through the door.
"I'll be at school you guys. I'll see you later!" she shouted, notifying the arrancar group.
"School? What the heck is that?" Apache asked brashly.
"It's a facility that teaches the humans about the world and its principles." Answered the Shark Queen. "He'll be back later in the day."
The faces of the tres bestias suddenly drooped with slight sorrow. One; because they wanted to learn more about the real world and two (this is the most vital); who would protect them from his lecherous father. They decided it was best to stay close to each other.
-Meanwhile at Karakura High School, later that day-
It was midday at last and that meant one thing: Lunch Break. Ichigo sat on the rooftop with his meal alone at the rooftop. He wondered why everyone else was unavailable at that period of time. They were present in class but not at lunch? Sounds too suspicious but he brushed it aside, thinking they had their awkward reasons for doing so. And he was right indeed, for unknown to the youth, the eyes of his friends were watching him from the shadows (by which, I mean around the corner).
Chad, Ishida, Inoue and Rukia were spying on the lonesome youth, wondering why all the times he had come to class, he was less himself and more happy. Something didn't seem right to them but then again, it's Ichigo after all (according to them anyway).
"Exactly why are we stalking Kurosaki?" asked a certain four-eyed Quincy adjusting his specks.
"Aren't you curious as us Ishida?" asked Rukia nonchantly.
"Not in the microscopic bit" he deadpanned. "This has nothing to do with me nor anyone of us for that matter."
"But Ishida-kun, Kurosaki-kun has been showing up late and all giddy for some reason and I'm worried" said Orihime worriedly.
To be honest, she was more than worried. In all the time of her life she had known Ichigo, she knew three things (Only? What a weirdo…) about him: One; his mother died, two; his always came on time for school and three; he rarely smiles let alone show any emotion and the fact that two of the three things have surfaced, only begs her to worry her mind out.
"It's too weird." began Rukia. "He's much more jolly nowadays, he hasn't been in any fights with other delinquents and he hasn't even clotheslined Keigo ever since last week. Something is definitely going on." By the time she concluded, she mysteriously was donning Sherlock Holmes' attire with a bubble pipe in her hand as she let her chin rest on the other.
"Rukia-san, why are you wearing a detective cloak?" asked Sado with a bead of sweat on his head.
The raven-haired Shinigami instantly wiped away the look upon discovering her wardrobe change. The young Quincy just stared profusely at his friends as they played their parts in the awkward moment. Regardless, Ishida looked at the orange-haired youth as he sat easting his meal. Along the way, his eyes widened with shock as he bore witness to the sight of Ichigo giving a whole-hearted smile, white teeth and stretched lips filled with pure joy. He's never seen this side of Ichigo; heck, no one has.
"Actually why are you here Kuchiki? What about your duties as a vice-captain?" Ishida asked blankly
She stammered as she tried to reply to his question. Sweat began forming, her hands became shaky; she was a nervous wreck basically.
"You sneaked out when no one was looking right?" Ishida finally said as she received a shy, nonchalant nod from the noble house dweller.
The Quincy sighed with disappointment at Rukia but quickly brushed the matter aside as the group refocused on their primary target.
'Since last week huh?' Ishida thought to himself.
-Flashback, a week ago-
"You're late Kurosaki!" yelled Ochi-sensei as she expectedly banged her book against his head.
"Sorry sensei. I was helping someone settle down in the town." He kindly answered. (No rhyme intended :/)
"Oh, okay. You're late because you were helping accommodating someone." She said but was immediately thrown back along with the rest of his classmates. "H-Helping accommodating someone?! Not hospitalising them!?" they said in unison angering Ichigo.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?! I'm a human being too, y'know!" he roared.
"Well, the whole school is used to you being the guy who beats any and every delinquent that comes our way; as such, you're infamously known as the 'Guyfucker', she said portraying dramatics towards the end.
Ichigo was silent as his hair darkened his face. He suddenly became eerie as did the class, then suddenly, a red, raging aura enshrouded his body as veins popped all over his back. The student's instantly backed away to the corner of the room with Ochi-sensei right in the back (so much for protecting the students). They acted accordingly as if the ancient survival instincts of Proconsul Africanus awakened in their souls. However, to their surprise, Ichigo calmed himself down and simply smiled, scaring the shit out of everyone (except his spiritually friends of course. They were just nervous.
"Whatever. It doesn't really matter" he simply answered.
As Ichigo hurriedly walked out the classroom after the school bell sounded, his classmates couldn't help but stare at the guy who always reacts to insults with bad results right behind him. But this time, for the first time in student history, Kurosaki Ichigo…ignored the insult. His friends were shocked at the turn of events but suspicion began to slowly accumulate when they noticed Ichigo rush off with a whole-hearted smile on his face.
-3 days ago, same location-
The school bell had just rang and Ichigo rushed off again with a wider smile on his face. His stalking friends, now including Tatsuki, Keigo and Mizuno, were spying him behind a pillar at the main entrance. Just as Ichigo passed the main gate, he was greeted by a gang of scruffy, fat-lipped delinquents from Ishiyama High School, led by none other than Miwa.
"Oi, Kurosaki! Prepare to be crushed by the amazing, sexy might that is I, Miwa, the Queen of Ishiyama!" he grotesquely introduced himself. "And with are the notorious MK5!"
As the group assumed their ridiculous trademark poses (keyword being ridiculous), Ichigo was too high on cloud nine to give a care or even a look as he simply passed the delinquents.
"Oi! I'm talking to you dickwad! Don't ignore me! I'm the Queen dammit! The Queen! The Queen! Oh, Mother Nature, love me-he-he-he! I'm the goddamn Queen!" he yelled losing his, no, losing more of his sanity which made his underlings watch with discontent.
Meanwhile, the gang in hiding had their jaws drop wide open at seeing yet another historic moment in their lives: Kurosaki Ichigo did not engage in battle with delinquents! It was official…Something BIG was on that boy's mind and Operation S.T.A.L.K (Stalk The Abnormally Loving Kid) was to resume. (Wait, that's their plan name? WTF)
-Yesterday, same location-
Ichigo arrived in the morning with a smile, yes a smile and a wider one at that, and made yet again, another historic moment in academic history: He did not clothesline Keigo! Moreover, he greeted the class with a happy tone in his voice. Some students thought Armageddon was about to come upon them and this was his way of penance. (His classmates are dicks!) Shortly afterwards, Ochi-sensei walked in.
"Yosh! Is everyone present? Let's see here…Oh, something-kun is absent yet again. Oh well, let's begin." She plainly said. However, before she began, she noticed Ichigo with a whole-hearted grin as he opened his notebook. Her face became blue with fear, sweat began to form a waterfall from her head, and her body shook like maracas. One single thought popped into her mind and she had no problem saying it.
"OH NO! Kurosaki is being nice first thing in the morning! TODAY IS DOOMSDAY!" she yelled with absolute terror enticing the whole class.
Just not hitting Keigo in the morning was the last straw of respect for his privacy. Tatsuki, Mizuno, Keigo, Sado, Inoue, Ishida (still unwilling) and Rukia were more determined to find out the cause of the mysterious happiness, as such operation S.T- You know what? I'm not even gonna type it…
-Flashback, end; Present time-
The final bell rang and Ichigo rushed off with his now considered trademark smile. His friends (the spiritually involved) lowered their reishii levels as low as possible to hide their presence for a successful stalking trip. (Weirdos…)
As Ichigo walked down the usual street to his house, he couldn't help but feel worried about his new gorgeous lady friends, after all, his dad was a shameless pervert who even peeked at his daughter's panties. (True stuff, wiki it…) But, he decided to brush it aside after remembering that they are capable of handling him since they managed Urahara. He chuckled at thought of his dad being stomped on the nuts in a painful, retentive order.
"Ah, today will also have a good ending…" he said aloud.
"Oh? And why is that Ichigo?" asked a familiar voice. The voice let out a teasing purr in its speech. And that only meant one thing, or rather, one person. Ichigo's face lost its joyful expression and instantly replaced it with its original worrisome one as he turned to face the person he least expected.
"Y-Y-Yoruichi-san?! What are you doing here?!" asked the shocked youth.
"I was bored and just wanted to check on you. Why are you so nervous anyway?" she closed in on him. "Could it be that you were going to see someone special?" she teased
"N-No way!" he yelled in defence. "It's just that, um, today is, um, the day I receive my new Shinigami badge!" he finally lied. He felt like he was on that American TV show Lie To Me.
"Is that right?" she cheekily asked. If there was anything this catgirl was a pro at, it was working up people, namely Ichigo and Soifon, but being female, she enjoyed Ichigo more obviously. She uses her body to make him lose sight of his inner gentleman but Ichigo is a tough egg to crack…sometimes.
"So Ichigo, has anything interesting happened recently?" she asked putting her arm around his shoulder.
"N-Not really." He lied, "Why do you ask?"
Yoruichi's eyes suddenly became serious as did the tone in her voice. Ichigo mentally braced himself so as to prevent anything about Tia and her fraccion get revealed.
"For some reason, I've been sensing reiatsu that belongs to an arrancar. Moreover, I sense the reiatsu adds up to four arrancar, one of them being in league with the Espada. Moreover, when I mentioned it to Kisuke, he said that he wasn't aware as well. I know that he is a slacker but even something like this shouldn't go past his perception. Did you sense anything whilst on patrol Ichigo?"
Ichigo's eyes were widened white, not because Yoruichi sensed their reiatsu, but because she sensed the exact number it belonged to as well as its levels. He had to be more careful than ever when dealing with her.
"I-I didn't notice anything of the sort. I thought all the arrancar were dealt with during the fight over the fake town." He answered falsely.
Yoruichi briefly glared at Ichigo like a hawk watching its prey, examining it to see if it will take any course of action but realised that no word would budge.
"Very well." She said dismissing the tension. "If you notice anything, contact me immediately even if the matter is not lucid." She said.
Ichigo mentally sighed with relief. He knew that the catgirl was extremely perceptive at times so he had to play it safe.
"Will do Yoruichi-san" he replied
"Alrighty then. See ya round Ichigo" she said as she turned around but not before notifying him something shocking. "By the way, since I'm bored, I'll stop by your house tomorrow morning. See ya!" she said as she shunpoed into thin air.
Ichigo was still jerked about her arrival and he hoped that she wouldn't find out about his guests from Hueco Mundo. Unfortunately for him, he his oblivious to the fact that the cat lady was already aware of them, after all, she was the former leader of the Onmitsukido plus Tite Kubo made her find out these things regardless. (Limits man, limits! Sheesh!)
As he brushed aside his troubled thoughts, he decided to hurry back home not realising that Yoruichi was still in the vicinity, watching him closely with untainted seriousness in her eyes as she silently followed him like a shadow in the afternoon.
-Kurosaki Clinic, afternoon-
Alas, our hero arrived at his home after a long, tiring day. His only thought was to go to his room and lie on his bed and take a good nap but fate had something in store for him. He entered his home only to be greeted by Isshin's self-proclaimed 'Flying Kick to see if you can still yourself a Man!' attack which replied with a side-step, leaving a dumbfounded Isshin to fly through the door. Ichigo locked the door and made his way to his room.
Meanwhile, outside his home were his friends who were still disrespecting his privacy as they gazed from a distance.
"So who was that chocolate model of a babe Ichigo was talking to?" asked Keigo slightly pissed off.
"Someone you shouldn't even try to associate with let alone attempt to flirt. She will frighten you" Ishida answered coldly scaring the shit out of Keigo.
The gang couldn't go closer as Ichigo would detect them from his window so they hid behind a corner of an alley, all equipped with an advanced set of binoculars
Back to our protagonist, as he walked into his room, he figured that the girls would be watching some movies on his laptop but instead, he was pinned down by a surprise attack from Tia's fraccion.
"Gotcha you peeping bastard!" declared Apache triumphantly.
"Now you're gonna get what's coming to ya!" yelled Mila-Rose.
"Taking advantage of your guests is quite disgusting. You're a disgrace to your kind." Sun-sun coldly said behind her hand.
As Tia watched the commotion, she recognised the painful cries given out and realised that they got the wrong target.
"Girls, that's enough! That's not our target! It's Ichigo!" she shouted with authority.
The girls quickly released their host and each grabbed an arm as they pulled him up to his feet.
"Sorry Ichigo-san. We thought you were that peeping disgrace." Explained Sun-sun.
'Jeez! What the hell did you do to them you stupid old man!' Ichigo thought angrily.
"You guys had it rough. Sorry bout' that" he apologised.
"No need for apologies. It's not your fault." Mila-Rose said gently. "It's that bastard's fault! We should flog him next time he comes here!" she said angrily.
'It was nice knowing you old man. I pray your reincarnation is a gentle one…Yeah rite'…' he thought with an evil grin towards the end.
"How was school today Ichigo? Was it fun?" asked Tia changing the topic.
After remembering the event that just occurred, one verb suited the answer perfectly:
"It was surprisingly…unusual" he answered. "I think it's safe to say that your day was unusual as well, right?"
They all nodded in unison lacking any form of positivity as they remembered Isshin and his pervy attempts at them.
"I'd do anything to get the fuck away from that lecher!" shot Apache.
"Indeed. His presence alone is even more vulgar than Aizen's" said Sun-sun.
Ichigo chuckled at the verbal insult directed at his father. Everyone in Soul Society immediately acknowledges him as the worst man to tread the present and yet these ladies prefer the former Shinigami. Too bad Kurosaki Isshin. Too bad.
As they pouted in misery, they each let out peeks at the transcendent. Ichigo understood what they were expected but figured it be easier if they just said instead of all the mystery. (Females…so complicated)
"*Sigh* Alright. I'll take care of it so that you guys don't have to suffer any more scandals from my dad." He said reassuring them.
No sooner had he said that, then all four of the arrancar divas embraced him in a passionate ring of hugs from each angle. The sweet aroma and softness of their body somewhat enticed him. His gentleman instincts slowly fading into limbo.
-Outside the Kurosaki Clinic-
"Oi! I see something!" shot Keigo
"What is it?" asked Tatsuki curiously
"It looks like something lunged themselves onto a pole of some sort" he said confusingly
"Keigo, are you sure you're not daydreaming again?" asked the powerful karate practitioner slowly being pissed off.
"Don't blame me! It's hard to see even with these so-called advance binoculars! How much did they cost anyway?!" he yammered.
Everyone took a look at their binoculars for a sec and spotted the price tag. It was hard to see with the darkening sky but Ishida was able to make it out.
"How much Ishida-kun?" asked Mizuno curiously.
Ishida just stood silently for a good period of time, his face mixed with various emotions such as disappointment, disbelief, anger and sceptical awkwardness before taking a deep breathe.
"One yen. One single, lonely yen." He said daunted as everyone else was for a good period.
"That's it. I'm done. I'll see you tomorrow." Said Ishida as he walked towards his home.
"Me too" said Keigo and Mizuno together as they also walked away.
"It's getting dark so I'll see you later." Said Tatsuki as she joined the home-goers.
"Kuchiki-san, you can stay at my house for the night" Orihime proposed.
"Thank you Inoue." She said as the girls left for Orihime's house.
As the sky became dark, street lights began to light up as moths arrived to flutter at their bright brilliance. The only thing that was off was the fact that Sado stood in the same corner all that time. (That guy is just weird, ya know?)
-Meanwhile, Ichigo's Room-
'Oh man. This is too tempting. It makes me wanna- No! Old man hormones! Behave yourselves!' he thought regaining his prude (slightly loosened) self again.
"By the way Ichigo, if I may ask, how are you going to take care of our problem?" asked a curious Tia as she received nods from her fraccion.
"I'll pay Urahara a visit just now. He has something that could help with these matters." He said surprising the girls. "It's true. He may be a perverted old grease bag but he has his moments every now and then."
With that, he left his home to pay the shopkeeper in question a visit, leaving his lady friends to bear with his absence one more.
-Random alley, en route to Urahara Shop-
As Ichigo drew closer to his destination, he was welcomed by the young girl Ururu, sweeping the front.
"Hey Ururu. Is the geezer in?" he asked nicely
"Yes he is. Please, come in" she said as she invited him in. "Owner, Kurosaki-san is here to see you" she called
From out of a room, came a scruffy hag with a striped hat waving his fan as though nothing in the world has changed.
"Ah, Kurosaki-kun. What brings you here at this youthful time?" he asked
"I'll be brief. The girls are abused by my dad's stupid perverted scandals and they want relief A.S.A.P." he replied
Urahara brushed his chin with his hand for a moment. Then he pulled some papers from a nearby drawer.
"These should help them out." He said handing them over to Ichigo
"What are they exactly?" Ichigo asked
"School Transfer scripts. I'd figure they needed these sooner or later" he said in his laidback manner.
'You'd figure? What are you up to now?' thought Ichigo
"Anyway thanks for the papers. I'll be on my way now." He said. "Oh, wait. One more thing Urahara-san."
"What is it?" asked Urahara
"Yoruichi-san came by earlier today. And to make it worse, she is aware that arrancar are in the vicinity but I doubt she knows its Tia and her fraccion." He explained alerting the shopkeeper.
"Oh dear. Well, I suppose it had to happen sooner or later." He replied concerned.
"Urahara-san. Can you do me a favour?" asked Ichigo with a pint of desperation in his tone.
"Hm? What is it?" he asked
"Try to stall Yoruichi-san as much as you can. I don't want her to find out about Tia and her friends." He asked with seriousness in his eyes.
"It won't be easy but it can be done." Urahara said reassuredly.
"For real?!" he yelled
"You can be sure of that Kurosaki-kun. You can be sure of that." He said.
Ichigo felt relieved as his visit to Urahara provided not only relief but insurance as well. He almost felt bad for hitting him all those times in the past. Keyword: Almost. Regardless, as the two shared their brief moment of relief, they were oblivious to the fact that a certain black cat was perched on the roof of the shop, listening to every word spoken.
It said nothing. It didn't even move. It just stood still, with a small bowl of milk beside on its left and a devious grin on its face. The only thing that it did was sound a small but clear cry:
*Meow*
-AUTHOR NOTES-
Hey everyone. Thank you for the positive reviews you've been posting. Thanks to them, I feel motivated to resume my tale even more. Furthermore, I would like to announce that I had previously accepted a challenge from Lawrence Helmbain. Basically, it's another Ichigo x Halibel with a new plot and such. It make take while, that it will, but I have no intention on dawdling this story at all. So please, keep on reading and type out your thoughts.
Happy New Year to you and your families and all the best in your lives.
Supremacy118 over and out.