A/N: This chapter became very short. Sorry about that. And also thanks for all the reviews. :)

Like I said Yachiru is very difficult character. She's so hyperactive... I try to make next chapter longer. I have an aim in this story, I just don't know how to get there with Yachiru and her... personality. :)

Chapter four - Christmas Presents And Painkillers

Yachiru was running. Running and laughing. She held Kon's hand - who was crying - and run. They were outside now. Yachiru had wanted to see Tokyo but that was not the only reason why she was now running. Ichigo was running after her.

"Yachiru!" Ichigo roared. "What did you do to my room?"

"It looks so cute now, Ichi!" Yachiru giggled.

"No, it doesn't!" Ichigo almost screamed. "You were alone just 6 hours! I told you to play with my sisters!"

"But it was so boring! I wanted to do something creative! Ken-chan always tells me that drawing makes good to my brains!"

"So you decided to draw my whole room pink?" Ichigo was now really screaming.

Ichigo could not believe how fast Yachiru actually was. She looked like she was just jogging or something and Ichigo still could not catch her up. He was running as fast as he just could... He had a feeling that Kenpachi had trained Yachiru because she could run so fast.

"You're slower than Ken-chan!" Yachiru giggled. "It's fun when he's trying to catch me even he's so slow!"

"What? You mean even Kenpachi can't keep up with you?"

"Of course not, silly!"

"Good grief..."

Rukia and Orihime were running far behind them. Rukia was fast, but she knew she would not catch Yachiru by merely running after her. So she decided to let Ichigo do all the dirty and hard jobs and waited Orihime.

"Poor Yachiru", Orihime said aloud. "Ichigo is very angry at her."

"Well, I would be angry too, if my whole room would be decorated with pink paint while I was gone", Rukia smiled. "Not just the walls, windows too..."

"That pink flower at the ceiling was quite cute", Orihime giggled.

"Yes, but don't say that to Ichigo", Rukia laughed.

Ichigo realized he could no catch up with Yachiru's horrible speed. So he decided he had to be smarter than the little girl.

"Yachiru, look!" Ichigo pointed to the left. "A candy shop!"

"Oh, really? Where?" Yachiru stopped and looked to the right. Ichigo had not time to even think about how horrible sense of direction she must have - he just grabbed her in his arms.

"Finally..."

"Unfair! You cheated, Ichi!"

"You destroyed my room!"

"And stole your mod soul!"

"Yes, you - ", Ichigo realized what the little girl had just said. "W - what...?"

"It's moving and talking", Yachiru smiled and held Kon up in her hand. "He said he's a mod soul. I don't really know what that is, even I'm sure I've heard it before somewhere. Maybe Ken-chan know, I have to tell him when I - !"

"No!" Ichigo paled.

What he should do now? He knew shingamis wanted to destroy every mod soul. There were not much left of them anymore. Kon was one of the few ones who still lived. And Ichigo did not want to think about what would happen if someone in Seireitei would find out that one of them was actually living with Ichigo.

Yachiru looked at Ichigo.

"Why not?"

"Um...uh..."

"Why I can't tell Ken-chan about Kon?"

"W-w-well, you see, it's a... it's..." Ichigo gritted his teeth: why in the world he had wanted to bring Yachiru to the world of the living? It was like a nightmare without ending! A catastrophe after another and -

Wait. Ichigo could feel how smile appeared suddenly on his face. He had had a great idea. It was perfect. It would keep Yachiru quiet about Kon and it would also keep Kon in a state of fear for a good while... Both were good things.

"You see, Yachiru, you shouldn't tell him because I was about to give it to him", Ichigo said, smiling.

Yachiru blinked, Kon stared.

"What?"

"Yeah. Mod soul is a new training device. It's so small it's hard to hit it and it runs so fast it's hard to catch it. Also it looks cute which makes it ever harder to notice it", Ichigo wanted to laugh maliciously when he saw Kon's big eyes full of fear: this was right to him. "So I decided that I will give it to Kenpachi at Christmas."

"Really?" Yachiru's eyes glittered. "Oh, that's so cute! I knew you were friends with Ken-chan even you call him fucking asshole."

"D - don't use that kind of - !"

"But is February now... Why you have that stuffy-animal-fighting-cute-device now?"

"Uh, um... they came to stores after Christmas and they were so popular I decided to buy one now when it's not too late to find them anymore."

"Really? Oh, you're so cute, Ichi! You really like Ken-chan! I have to tell him he has to give you very good birthday present!"

"Uh..."

Ichigo had suddenly strange feeling. He felt like he was in a deep shit...

Kenpachi yawned while cleaning that same lamp which Yumichika had been cleaning yesterday. There were some gum on the top of it and Kenpachi did not even want to know how it had ended up there...

He had tied his hair behind his head. Yumichika had told that he looked so beautiful with ponytail. He had said it to him. To Kenpachi. That was the reason why Yumichika now laid unconscious on the kitchen floor. He had one very large and bloody bump between his eyes.

Ikkaku in other hand laid on sofa, moaning and keeping ice back against his forehead. He had hangover. That was something what Kenpachi could not understand. He had drunk more than Ikkaku but he had had only a little hangover. The bald man was still, at 1 pm, in a terrible shape.

"Shut up!" Kenpachi throw wet rag on Ikkaku's head. "You can't be that sick! Help me with this cleaning, now!"

"I... can't... move..."

"Sure you can, fucking idiot. Up!"

"O...okay, captain... I... uh", Ikkaku slapped hand on his mouth. He had an interesting shade of green on his cheeks. Kenpachi stared at him for a moment, before he just grabbed his collar - almost strangling him - and threw him in the bathroom. He closed the door just in time when he heard that disgusting noise. Kenpachi shivered.

"Idiots", he murmured and looked at the still unconscious Yumichika. He sighed, went to the living room, took the ice bag, walked back to kitchen and dropped the bag on Yumichika's head. "You are both idiots."

It was almost ready inside the house. Kenpachi looked around. Almost ready, almost... He had been cleaning almost 6 hours. Alone. Yes, Yumichika and Ikkaku were there too but... Yeah...

Saturday. Kenpachi sighed and decided he had been standing too long. He knew where kitchen table and the chairs around it were so he did not even looked at when he sat down.

He heard weird sound and stood up. He had sat on something.

He looked behind him. Oh, yes. Yachiru's bunny - no, gerbil. That creeping fluffy toy. Kenpachi took it in his hand and sat down again. He squeezed it and heard faint sound. Stupid toy.

Very stupid. And dirty. Sticky... It smelled and was so ugly indeed... Pink fluffy gerbil-rabbit-thing... Kenpachi smiled and placed the bunny on the kitchen table. Yachiru had made a good decision when she had left that toy at home for Kenpachi.

"Stupid kid..." Kenpachi sighed. "Maybe my life really would be empty without her."

"Oh, my captain, my sweet captain, you must be in - "

"Yumichika, shut the hell up, or I will shove that dirty pink rabbit in your fucking throat so deep I can pull it out from your ass."

Yumichika blinked once before closing his mouth. Kenpachi grinned.

"Good boy."

Ichigo had wanted to go home now when he had finally caught Yachiru. Sadly he had been out with three girls. They had seen one "super-cool" store and had decided it was a perfect time for shopping.

Ichigo was walking sulkily after them, fingers around Kon's throat.

"I... Ichigo..." Kon tired to get away. "I... can...t... breath..."

"That's the point, fucking asshole", Ichigo murmured, but loosened his grip. "Why in the hell you told her you are a mod soul? What I'm supposed to do now?"

"Y... you mean you're not going to give me to that crazy captain?" there was suddenly tears in Kon's eyes. "Oh, I knew I could trust you Ichigo, you dear friend of mine!"

"I still haven't decided that."

"You cruel monkey! You heartless orange person!"

"Shut up! I have to think..."

"Why? You have time. Christmas is far away."

"Yes, but I don't really believe that Yachiru can keep secrets that long. And don't want a battalion of shinigamis crawling inside from my window during one night... "

"You mean... We're in a trouble?"

"You're in a trouble. I will abandon you right away if something happens."

"You cruel -!"

Ichigo sighed. He looked at the girls while they wear looking at some new skirts. Yachiru was so much smaller that Orihime and Rukia but she was acting exactly like them.

Ichigo sighed again, heavily this time. Maybe it was not such a good decision to bring her here.

Yumichika was now up. Ikkaku was now unconscious. Kenpachi sighed, staring at the bald man, who was on his sofa. He had told he had a terrible headache so Kenpachi - as a caring act - had given him some painkillers. He could not understand: he had given only ten pills to Ikkaku and now he had strange bluish shade on his skin.

"I think you poisoned him", Yumichika said quietly. "Captain."

"Can't be", Kenpachi looked at the vial. "I eat these myself, I know they are okay..."

Yumichika sighed. He looked at the vial too. He tried to decide a good way to tell his captain that the pills had gone bad almost 50 years ago. He coughed but could not say anything. He was too shocked.

Kenpachi looked at Ikkaku again. He was breathing, that was always a good sign. He really was quite blue now...

"You think we should take him to the 4th Division barrack, captain?"

"How about if we just force him to hurl again?"

"Captain, seriously..."

"Just put your fingers in his throat, that should work."

"Captain..."

"Unohana will kill me. She said she will punish me if I cause some damage to anyone within a month. Only because I healed Ichigo's back!"

Yumichika sighed. He was not sure if his captain was actually just stupid or if he really just tried to help. Apparently it was safer to fight with Kenpachi than let him help...