Urahara: Primary Dénouement

"Shit, Byakuya get back!" Ichigo swung Zangetsu at the enemy, creating a large wave of energy but it dissipated millimetres before it reached its target.

Byakuya sustained slight wounds from his short skirmish with the Influx and it only irked him more
when Ichigo's attack never managed to hit it.

"I suggest that you leave attacking to Aizen and if you ever use such a weak move again." Byakuya gibed as he dodged the shrieking beast form the Influx took.

That was it, Ichigo growled and swung his sword once again with more intensity and it grazed the influx. It turned to him, claws raised up ready to swipe at him. Unfortunately, it forgot to take Aizen's disappearance and was surprised when its back was slashed open.

"Watch all your opponents or you may end up losing." Aizen grinned, his blade cutting clean at the influx's skin.

Orihime and the rest finally made to where Ichigo, Byakuya and Aizen were and from what they could see, the trio were winning.

"Looks like I didn't even need to pull out my sword." Starrk sighed; he aimed a cero at the unaware influx when its spiritual energy suddenly shot up.

"You are all underestimating me!" It roared and grabbed Ichigo.

"Kurosaki-kun get away!"

It was too late; he was already being absorbed by the Influx and it transformed.
Its body swelled and familiar faces sprouted from its sides and great burst of spiritual energy
shot out of their mouths.

"Annette we're going to save you!" Orihime shouted, it reared its main head at her and wailed.

"You, I remember now, you were the one who sealed me long ago." Shots of spiritual energy shot out of each face and locked onto her.

"You have to fucking go through me first." Kenpachi deflected most of them with his blade but was still struck by one of them.

Kenpachi grinned and removed his eye patch; his spiritual pressure rapidly increased.
This time he was the one to hit first and the Influx's many faces screamed in pain.
It seems that whatever damage the Influx took was dealt on the ones it had absorbed.

"Kenpachi-kun you can't hurt it, everyone in there could die!" Orihime was confused, how were they ever going to rescue them?

"Che, then what am I supposed to fucking do?"

Slash.

Because he let his guard down, the Influx stabbed its arm through him and tried to absorb him yet nothing happened.

Lance just stood there in deep thought, trying to analyse a way to rescue the trapped Fullbringers…
Maybe that was why Kenpachi wasn't absorbed and why Ichigo was. He stared at the remaining cube in his hand and gripped it tightly. With much resentment, he fused it with him and attracted the Influx's attention.

"Over here you unwanted creation!"

It drew close to him and he ran away, hoping that while he was able to distract, Orihime could finally complete her mission. The enchantment he placed all on her four husbands disappeared and they were finally able to see each other once again.

"I'll leave the rest to you Orihime!" Lance knew that it would catch him sooner or later but for now he just had to concentrate on creating some distance between it and them.

"Lance!"

The time stream grew darker as the light from the influx faded away in the distance. Aizen, Starrk and Byakuya stood over their wife, she was busy healing Kenpachi's wound and the tears wouldn't stop.

"Guys please help me I don't know what to do anymore." All her thoughts were placed on the two men that disappeared in the blink of an eye and now without Lance, how will they be able to gather more of her husbands?

"Don't cry Orihime, I'm sure we'll be able to think of something." Aizen rubbed his hand reassuringly on her back.

"He's right; after all you do have us." Byakuya consoled her.

"We're not going anywhere." Starrk stated.

"And you best fucking believe we'll kill that piece of shit." Kenpachi coughed, his body was nearly damaged beyond repair.

"Thanks guys, I just wish Urahara-san was here, he would know what to do," She rubbed her eyes and jumped up when she realised what she just said.

"That's right we could see if I was ever with Urahara!" Orihime beamed.

"Sure but how will we be able to do that? Lance isn't here."

"Don't be so fucking pessimistic Aizen, didn't you guys see what he left behind?" He looked at the small object that glinted on the stream. Kenpachi got up after Orihime healed him and looked out in the distance

"That's his watch, so where did those gems on them go?"Starrk picked up the watch and studied it carefully; it was no longer embedded with the gems.
He tossed it to Orihime when suddenly it started beeping and a voice came out from it.

"Orihime listen, I've come to give this to you if something ever happens to me." Lance's voice came out from the watch.

"Lance you're alive!"

He didn't respond, the message looked to be pre-recorded.

"If you just say the name of the one you wish to find this will lead you to them but be careful, it can only be used once." The message ended there and she stood there unable to respond.

"Orihime come on, we need to find Urahara." Starrk pulled her up; he didn't want to stand here any longer.

"But what if I don't want to?"

"Hime, that thing will come back after getting that unruly man."

"But Byakuya-kun I want to find Lance."

"No we need to find Urahara."

"I told you-"

He took the watch from her and whispered.

"Urahara."

Nothing happened for a few seconds until the watch lit up and an arrow pointed west.

"Byakuya-kun w why did you do that?"

He stood over her and his eyes became cold.

"I'm only doing this for you and if there's a chance you get hurt then I won't take it."

He shunpo'ed ahead of the others and Aizen and Kenpachi followed suit.
Starrk carried her in his arms and sonido'ed in their direction.

"Orihime, you know that we're doing this for you and that's why we can't risk losing you."

She seemed too shocked for words, the idea of all these men cared for her that much finally struck her. All those times she'd been selfish, they were there to follow yet when it was her turn to grant them this selfish wish of theirs, where was she?

It got her to realise, maybe just maybe the reason she loved Kurosaki was because he was so selfless.
However that's all changed, her journey in here got her to her final epiphany.

Life is what you make of it and if she just stood there wanting things to be linear, the joy she would feel would not be as great as she felt now. All the possible decisions she could make meant that there was an infinite amount of thing she could do. And now the only way for her to ever move forward to try and make things right. Even if it meant she would have to go through some tough decisions.

"Thank you Starrk."

They stopped at a lone portal when the watch stopped beeping.

"Thank you guys, after this we've just got one more thing to do." She strapped the watch on and smiled at them before jumping in.

All four of them stood around the portal, their eyes flicked about in preparation for another possible fight. A shadow from the corner of their eyes caught their attention, something was here.

Orihime's eyes looked at Urahara, there he was asleep on the futon, not a care in the world.
She took a deep breath and woke him up.

"Good morning Urahara-kun"

He got up, scratched his head and looked at his wife.

"You look different."

Urahara was right, she didn't change to match the future, she still looked like younger Orihime, it was probably just because Annette or Lance wasn't there to moderate the portal.

"I'm from the past."

His eyes widened before going back to his normal state, he seemed to accept her reasoning.

"I see… is there any reason why you are here?"

And so she told him, everything that has happened up until now and his facial expressions changed with each new piece of information he learnt.

"… So you need my help?"

"Yes, please help Urahara." She changed honorifics after he said that it wasn't needed.

"I guess but one thing still confuses me. How are we going to get out?"

The watch flashed and the arrow appeared once again pointing north this time.

"I think we have to follow this."

A loud rumble came over their house and the air cracked. The space crumbled away like glass shards and was sucked into this flaming vortex.

"Urahara we need to go, I think this world is collapsing!"

They ran in the direction of the arrow for what seemed like hours until the watched stopped beeping. The two of them were in front of a dark, black door when a voice boomed.

"Fulfill the contract."

"Orihime what is it talking about?"

"I don't know."

The void was coming closer and Lance's voice echoed in her mind.

"Oi Orihime, to pull him out of the future you need his consent and a kiss."

"Urahara do you consent to being taken out of here?"

She clung onto one side of the door and he the other. Time was running out.

"Of course!"

With the last of her physical strength, she pulled herself towards him, her lips touching his.

"Contract fulfilled."

The door opened and a bright light shot out its creases.

The portal crumbled away as the quartet battled the mysterious assailant.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

Kenpachi lost it. He assumed the mysterious being destroyed the portal and he slashed its arm.
It hissed and stepped next to the portal before a bright light came from the portal itself.

"I'm back guys!"

All the guys were stunned; there stood Orihime along with Urahara and… Another Orihime.