Good god the Prego-beams returned... I only hope this is the end.
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Ichigo had been looking rather... dazed lately. Orihime, Chad, Keigo, and even Tatsuki had all tried to snap him out of it. And judging from the glares directed at him, it was now Ishida's turn.
"Ano, Kurosaki-kun?"
"Uh?"
"What's wrong with you?"
Ichigo just shrugs.
"... Everybody's worried about you. What caused this?"
"...Yoruichi."
"Yoruichi-san? How could she have done this? You don't get near this bad even when she flashes you."
"She explained... stuff."
"Stuff?"
After much coercion, and extreme patience on Ishida's part, Ichigo spoke of what had happened.
"That's it?"
"... WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'THAT'S IT'?!"
"Urahara having a 'pregnant gaze'? Yoruichi taking preventive measures? What's so bad about it?"
"It's not like Urahara's the first and only being to have the gaze."
"...WHAT?!"
"You've never wondered why all Ishida Quincys wear glasses?"
Ichigo is scared. Very.
"Yes, we also have a version of the 'pregnant look'. Our glasses are specially made to cancel out the beam."
"... So your look makes women pregnant too?"
"Of course not!"
Ichigo lets out a sigh of relief.
"The Ishida Gaze only works on men. Do you need me to demonstrate?"