Konichiwa! Sorry for the Hiatus, but I'm back! Thank you for all the favorites and subscriptions, and all my avid readers. I've been working on this for a while but been too busy to publish it here, this is a longer chapter, so I hope it's a nice treat for you all after the hiatus. enjoy and please R&R
Chapter 9
20 Years ago
The bell rang for the beginning of class, and the chattering and gossiping fell to a silence as Mrs. Furosaki walked in to the Classroom. Ryuuken, the class president, rose and instructed everyone to stand in attention.
"Kuritsu!" and everyone in class stood, everyone except Isshin who was leaning back in his seat, hands crossed, pillowing the back of his head, eyes closed, and a big grin on his face. Ryuuken caught this out of the corner of his eyes and elbowed Isshin on the ribs, making the latter fall over out of his chair and sprung up at attention. Ryuuken bit back his giggle, admittedly, he did used unnecessary force, but it serves Isshin right.
"Rei" Ryuuken further instructed and everyone bowed and greeted the Professor, "Sensei, Ohayo-Gozaimasu!"
"Ne, Minna Ohayo Gozaimasu." Dr. Furosaki responded. "Class, we have a new student today, please welcome Urahara Kisuke-san."
At that moment the classroom door slid open and a tall blonde cautiously walked into the room and stood beside the professor "Minna, Gohayo Ozaimasu, I mean—" he blundered and blushed deeply, dipping his head, causing an eruption of laughs and giggles from the class
"Now, Now class, settle down," Dr. Furosaki hushed the class, she gave Urahara a sympathetic smile, "go ahead, Urahara-san."
"Eh-Arigatou Furosaki-sensei" Urahara smiled nervously, and bowed to the class, "Minna, Ohayo Gozaimasu, I'm Urahara-Kisuke, Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!'
"Ohayo Gozaimasu!" the class responded.
"Chakuseki!" the professor instructed everyone to be seated, "Urahara-san, you can sit…."
"There's an empty seat besides Ishida-kun , Sensei" Isshin offered. Ryuuken was surprised that Isshin offered the guy a seat, he seemed taken aback when Urahara had walked in, and has been glowering at him the whole time. Isshin eyes followed Urahara to his seat, Urahara gave them both a shy smile as he approached, and Ryuuken smiled back and pulled out the chair for him. They shook hands and smiled politely as Urahara sat down. Isshin caught this exchange out of the corner of his eyes and without looking at either of them, wrapped his arms around Ryuuken's waist and pulled him closer, giving Urahara a dangerous glare which just made him blush. Ryuuken looked at both of them in surprise and bit back a giggle, is Isshin Jealous? When he realized that Isshin's arm were still around his waist, he elbowed him in the ribs to get him off, trying hard to fight back a blush. No way is he making it that easy for Isshin.
The remainder of class went by quietly. Out of curiosity, Ryuuken take occasional glances over at Urahara, who was intently looking at his notes and busy scribbling down what Ryuuken suspected was not class notes. Ryuuken also noticed that Isshin was glaring at Urahara the whole time, instead of flirting with Masaki and trying to distract Ryuuken as he usually does. Ryuuken leaned over to meet Isshin's eyes with a smirk,
"The new guy is cute, but it doesn't mean you have to unclothe him with your eyes."
Ryuuken rolled his eyes and gave Ryuuken a crooked smirk, "What? You jealous?"
Ryuuken felt his cheeks burned and cleared his throat and fidgeted with his glasses, it's really annoying how the rugged pervert could get him so flustered with just a smirk. He scoffed nervously, "You wish." But his curiosity still wasn't sastisfied, he leaned in closer and whispered so that Urahara wouldn't overhear,
"Seriously though, why have you been glaring at him this whole time? It's rude to glare you know?"
"He's just someone in my pass…that shouldn't be here…" Isshin grunted.
What was that supposed to mean? Ryuuken thought, he shook it off, he isn't a busy body, and he doesn't need to know much about his roommate that Isshin isn't willing to tell…..they're just roommates anyway. Yes, Just roommates, that's Ryuuken's story and he's sticking to it.
After class, instead of walking back home with Ryuuken and Masaki as usual, Isshin followed Urahara out. Naturally, Ryuuken's instincts…or curiosity tells him to follow. They were fast, Ryuuken had seen them left the building and by the time he left himself, they were gone. Ryuuken found them in an alleyway , Isshin having Urahara up against a wall, glowering and barking at him. Ryuuken hesitated, not knowing whether he should confront them or walk away, if Isshin is harassing Urahara, he should step in, but Isshin had said that they were "old friend" – maybe they were ex-boyfriends? For some reason he couldn't understand, Ryuuken didn't like that explanation, and he didn't like the fact that it bothered him. He shook his head and decided to walk away. Meanwhile, Isshin was interrogating Urahara,
"Out with it, they sent you after me, didn't they?"
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, Kurosaki-san" Urahara replied calmly with a gentle smile
"Don't play dumb with me, You're Omitsukido Corp's Detention Unit's Captain, they wouldn't send you here just to play schoolboy!"
" I was the Corps' Detention unit's captain just as I was promoted to be the Juu-nii-ban bantai Taichou after Hikifune Taichou got promoted to take your place as the Captain of the Royal Guards." Urahara continued in the same gentle tone as he pulled Isshin's hands off his collar.
"Eh? Hikifune? That pushover? And that still doesn't answer me why you're here." Isshin barked
"A lot had changed since you left, Kurosaki-san; but this isn't the place to talk about it, is it?"
"Fine, let's go back to your place then." Isshin huffed.
"Why not yours?" Uraha asked innocently
"One, I live in a studio with a roommate; two, it's Ishida Ryuuken, a Quincy; you know how they feel about our kind."
"Ah, I see." Uraha chuckled.
"What?" Isshin snapped.
"You like Ishida-san, don't you Kurosaki-san? You seem very protective of him."
Isshin rolled his eyes in annoyance, "Shut up!"
Urahara chuckled, "tsk tsk tsk, you're always getting yourself into trouble, Kurosaki-san."
"I thought I told you to shut up," Isshin snapped, he spotted a coffee shop up ahead and gestured toward it, "Let's go talk in there."
They fell silent as they walked to the coffee shop. Isshin suddenly turned to look at Urahara, "Ryuuken is a nice guy, stay away from him." He commanded in rough tone.
"oooh, possessive aren't we?" Urahara teased, chuckling
"I mean it, he's an honest guy, and he doesn't care about being a Quincy, nor the feud between Shinigami and Quincy, so whatever you're doing here, don't get him involved."
"If you must know, Kurosaki-kun, I'm not here on duty….I'm banished from Seireitei myself….well….I'm supposed to be dead….but here I am. So you see, we're in the same shoe."
"So what's your story?" Isshin asked, relieved that Urahara wasn't sent to the living world for duty, but a little disturbed as to the reason why he is here, granted it's for the same reason that Isshin himself is here.
"I'll tell you once we get a little more privacy, ne?"
Urahara caught sight of Ryuuken sitting at a table sipping a mug of coffee and reading when they entered the shop, he smiled and turned to Isshin,
"Dark, with one sugar, no cream, please?"
"Wuh?" Isshin raised his brow, confused.
"That's how I like my coffee." Urahara replied
"Cool, then go order."
"I was hoping you would do that for us " Urahara smiled innocently
"Fine!" Isshin rolled his eyes and went up to the Ballista to order their coffee.
Ryuuken didn't even notice Urahara coming up and sitting on the next table over to him, Urahara sat directly back to back with him, shielding him from Isshin's view when he came back with the coffee and slid into the seat across from Urahara.
"So, Kurosaki-san, you really fancy Ishida-san from our Anatomy class don't you?" Urahara asked suddenly in a louder-than-necessary voice, making sure to catch Ryuuken's attention.
"Eh? And what's it to ya?" Isshin barked
"Well, it's just that you seem very attentive and possessive of him." Urahara replied
Oh really? His attention seems to be all on you today, Ryuuken thought when he heard this
"And you always talk about him." Urahara continued
He does? Ryuuken thought, the color coming to his cheeks.
"What the hell are you talking about? Isshin snapped, "And why the hell are you talking in that weird tone?"
"Oh, no reason." Urahara shrugged and gave an innocent smile
Isshin rolled his eyes and huffed, "If you must know, yeah….I do like him. I'm not gay, but I am attracted to that guy. He's the assertive and attentive one….I don't know how many times he has had to take care of me when I come home drunk….."
Okay, you can shut up now, Kurosaki Ryuuken muttered under his breath, feeling his face burning up.
"…and I just love to make him blush….it's so cute….he's easier than Masaki…" Isshin chuckled
Damn you, Kurosaki it frustrates Ryuuken that the mention of it makes him blush.
"…and his Ice Princess demeanor….I dunno…it's just hot." Isshin finished.
"Ice Princess?" Ryuuken didn't notice that he had thought out loud that time; he snapped his book shut and stood up to leave.
"Ryuuken!" Isshin exclaimed, and shot up to chase after Ryuuken. He turned back to Urahara and mouthed, "I'm not done with you yet!" before chasing after Ryuuken again.
Back to the Present
"And that's the beginning of the story behind this picture" Isshin told his son and Uryuu.
Instead of chasing after Urahara and asking him about the picture, the boys had decided to go home and ask their dads instead. They decided to stop by Ichigo's first, and fortunately – or rather, unfortunately, they saw both dads there. As they approached the front door, Ichigo opened the mailbox and fished out the key, waving it in front of his face and winking at Uryuu, who rolled his eyes and chuckled. Ichigo opened the door and hollered out,
"Oy! I'm home Oyajii!"
Two heads immediately popped up in surprise behind the sofa, "Ichigo! Uryuu!"
The two boys froze and went wide-eyed
"Oh C'mon! it should be a crime for getting caught canoodling by your son!" Ichigo cried
"Please tell me you two are at least clothed!" Uryuu pleaded
"—And out on the sofa this time! Really?" Ichigo was still freaking out
"Boys, Boys, Calm down!" Isshin raised his hands to quiet the boys, "we were just cuddling" he added quietly.
"And we are fully clothed." Ryuuken assured, though he was blushing violently.
"Seriously, You're adults, not teenagers—" Ichigo exclaimed
"Doesn't mean we can't be affectionate, does it?" Isshin snapped, wrapping his arms around Ryuuken's shoulder and pulling him into his arms protectively, causing Ryuuken to look away to hide his blush from the boys.
"Doesn't mean you can do it out in the living room….or in MY room!" Ichigo argued
"It's my house, the girls ain't home from school yet, and you weren't home, I could cuddle on the couch with my boyfriend if I want to….I don't forbid you to cuddle with yours in your room." Isshin argued.
"Or at his place." Ryuuken muttered, giving them a Death glare, making both boys gulp. "And again, we were just cuddling, " he added, "fully clothed, aren't we?"
"I suspect you wouldn't have been if we were a bit later." Ichigo mumbled, averting his eyes from the dads and earning himself an elbow to the rib by Uryuu.
"We're not like you kids, we wouldn't get caught canoodling in the park." Ryuuken smirked
Both boys went wide-eyed and paled, "You mean-How did you-?"
Isshin smirked and showed the boys the Call History on his cell phone, Urahara's number was the most recent incoming call, "we heard it through the grapevine…..or rather, behind a bush."
"about that….uhm…we were….uhm…." the boys stuttered
"Please spare us the details…..we're your dads, we don't need to know how you do it." Ryuuken raised a hand to stop the boys, making them both blush immensely.
After a moment of awkward silent, Uryuu cleared his throat and produced the polio that Urahara dropped, to change the subject
"So, Urahara dropped this when he left, care to elaborate on how this happened?"
Isshin took the picture from Uryuu and smiled sadly when he saw it, he turned to Ryuuken and gave him a peck on the temple, at which both boys squirmed uncomfortably.
"Well boys, as you can probably tell, we went to medical school and got our doctorate together."
"But-you and Urahara-san are Shinigami…..how did….?" Ichigo stuttered
"We're banished Shinigami," Isshin reminded him, "And well, we adapted as human in the real world…..you do know that's how I met your mother and made you, yes?"
"Don't remind me…" Ryuuken muttered and pulled back from Isshin a little.
"That does remind me…..Why a Doctor?" Ichigo asked " It wasn't because of…" he pointed at Ryuuken and gave them an awkward look
"Eh? Naah" Isshin laughed, "As cute as that would be, I didn't decide on Medical School because of your mom or Ryuuken, it just turned out that way, it seemed an easier disguise for me then a shopkeeper, since I did start out as a Healer under Unohana Youbo."
"Ehhh? You call her that too? Just how old is she?" Ichigo cried
"Old enough." Isshin shrugged, "but anyway, yeah…..Me, your mom, your dad (look at Uryuu and give Ryuuken's shoulder a squeeze) and Urahara were all in the same anatomy class…..and the fun we had…" he grinned, winking at Ryuuken who averted his eyes.
"Yeeeaaah…." Ichigo blurted in embarrassment.
"Urahara made a comment of 'just like those two' when he uh….saw us…." Uryuu queried, trying to change the subject
"Well….let me tell you of how I met your father then." Isshin smirked and gesture all of them to sit down. "It started when I rescued your mom *points to Ichigo* from a hollow…."
A/N : So what do you guys think? please give me your honest critique, I uld've spent a little more time editing this, but I was eager to get it up since you guys have been waiting long enough. and to all my readers, I Love you All!