NarutoBleachMon 4
There was an old shack in a city. The city was huge. There's an obvious difference. In the front, a little girl was sweeping the pathway that led to the shack. She looked at the shack, huffing a sigh as a larger, darker skinned tower of pain stepped out...with a redhead boy looking ridiculously worn. The towering man tossed the kid onto the dirt, right next to a bamboo broom. "Ururu, take ten minutes," he spoke. "I'll have Jinta do the rest. I'll keep my best eyes on him." The big man wanted to allow the raven-haired girl to rest.
"Thank you, Tessai," she praised before something else came into thought. "By the way, have Ichigo and Rukia return?" Tessai looked back at the shack, thinking that the two names were still busy in the Soul Society.
"It's been a couple hours since they entered to investigate the Ryoka. I'm pretty sure they conducted their business by now." He had taken Ururu's broom from her. "If you're that worried about those two, go and see Urahara." Ururu was relieved. Jinta was not so fortunate. "Who knew installing cameras were pretty useful in more than diffusing criminals after pricy antiques in their opinion?" Jinta whined in defeat. Suddenly, there was a crash. Tessai wondered if anyone inside was okay. Jinta was still rather upset about him doing the chores instead of Ururu. Inside, a rather dusty blond in a faded green robe and a green/white striped bucket hat looked on at the cluster of bodies. Rukia squeezed out of the pile before aiding Ash onto his feet. Naruto and Hinata got up...and revealed something unreal. Ichigo was on Angie...and their lips met. First, Ash got a little lovin' from Hinata and now the young green-haired got some strawberry on her lettuce. Sorry, fruit/vegetable joke. Realizing that he was kissing the Shinx trainer, Ichigo sprang off of Angie. Ash, Naruto, Hinata and Rukia were stunned and amused at the brazen act.
"T-T-That was an accident!" he snapped out. "I-I had no intention!" Sure, no intention whatsoever.
"Wow, Ichigo," the new blond snickered. "I had no curiosity that you were into the younger set." Ichigo growled at the dusty blond for that remark.
"Come on! You think I had any control whatsoever in coming and going?"
"I thought by now that you had the hang of it." The growls got more fierce but he managed to restrain himself. He did storm off. Now the blond had a chance to observe the Ryoka for himself. "So, you must be the Ryoka who wound up in the Seiretei, right? Kisuke Urahara's the name and welcome to my store." Oh, it's a store. Well, there's been to talk of inventory. Recovered, Ash chose to make the introductions.
"Hi, I'm Ash," he greeted the blond in the bucket hat with a handshake.
"Ah, a proper gentleman. I guess Yamamoto overreacted in knowing you." Unfortunately, that remained unanswered since Yamamoto never met them.
"Anyway, there's Naruto, Hinata and the one who got Ichigo's lips, even by accident, is Angie." Angie was surprised that Ash wasn't too upset by the fact that Ichigo kissed her.
"You're not...mad by it?" Angie gulped. Ash scratched the back of his head like he wondered if he should have been bothered in the least.
"Was I suppose to be?" Angie sighed, flustered at how clueless Ash was. Urahara chuckled and patted Ash on the shoulder.
"I have a feeling this boy hasn't hit puberty or really acknowledged the opposite sex in the matter of romance." Now it was Ash's turn in the sighing department. He didn't act the romantic type and all he was focused on was Pokémon. "I mean, he's got such a young face that a lot of girls would just like to plaster with anything." That remark had Naruto objecting to the statement.
"If that's true, why hasn't Rukia shown any interest in him?" he addressed. Rukia shot a look that stated "are you joking?" at the so-called ninja.
"On what state of mind would I have to desire for a boy a hundred times younger than me?" she snapped back. How old was she? The Ryoka could question but felt that it would lead to serious confusion. That's when Ururu came in, spotting the ninjas and trainers getting free from their confines.
"Miss Kuchiki, welcome back," she praised. "Where did Mr. Kurosaki-"
"Right here," Ichigo answered. All turned to see him in a white t-shirt and khaki pants, no longer in that suit. Ichigo remembered something and turned to Ururu. "Weren't you working on the walkway when I arrived?" Ururu was quick to answer.
"Tessai gave me a break and is forcing Jinta to finish up. He's being punished for trying to sneak out and make an attempt at Yuzu." Ichigo grinned, thinking that Tessai was making sure that Jinta was getting his just deserts.
"I told you getting security cameras would keep this place in order." Modern technology at it's best. Rukia excused herself to change. Ash and Ururu got to get the greetings done as Rukia came out in a white button-down t-shirt and ivory skirt. One look at Ash reminded him of the missing Pokémon who were still trapped in the Seiretei. "That reminds me. Can you make sure Yoruichi gets over to the tech department and retrieve the creatures the Soul Reapers confiscated?" Urahara acted as if Ichigo was being a slave driver.
"What do I look like, a messenger?" he reacted in outrage.
"At least you won't get killed, right?"
"That's not the point! You tell her yourself! I'm in no mood to be that cat-post." The two kept their noses to each other that the rest slicked away. When they exited the shack, they began to observe the world where Ichigo resided in the big city. Needless to say how awed the kids were.
"I'd say if we're not careful," Ash spoke up. "We could get lost." Hate to have that happen. There was something else that came onto attention: food, courtesy of Naruto.
"Hey, find me a ramen shop and we'll be fine," he exclaimed. While food may be a good idea, Angie was wondering about something else.
"We can go find something to eat after Ichigo and Rukia find a place to hang for the period we're here," she proclaimed. Before long, a few extra characters came around.
"Excuse me," sounded an old man. The four heard and turned to the sound, eying three people. One was a large black man with scruffy brunette hair, a good portion covering his eyes. This miracle of muscles was wearing a Hawaiian button-down t-shirt and cord pants. The second male was more dark blue-haired with glasses, a good foot shorter than the first. He wore something like a school uniform. A more formal wear. The last- Whoa! Check out those mountains! The redhead female was a few inches shorter than the blue-haired. She wore a blouse that somehow kept her uniquely large breasts from falling out and a pink skirt.
"We heard that Ichigo and Rukia were here," the redhead opened. Naruto, Angie and Hinata were astounded with how huge her development established. Ash? Not deterred one bit.
"Yeah, they're inside," he replied. Naruto was appalled with how blank Ash was with her and her enlarging hills and wrangled him for a chat-to-chat.
"Don't you see it?" he whispered with a slight growl in his tone. "Her boobs are big! You've had to have noticed how big those milkshakes are, right?" Did Ash notice? Did he even care?
"What are you trying to get me into thinking?" That's the sound of someone not caring. That made Naruto livid.
"Before this is over, that aura will be converted and you will show and love a girl! You got me?" Man, Naruto wanted Ash to respect what women have a see about making some sort of connection. Ichigo, done setting Urahara straight, stepped out and saw the three newbies.
"Chad," he named the tall one. "Uryū, Orihime, what's up?" These had to be friends of Ichigo.
"We were wondering where you and Rukia had dashed off to," Uryū explained. "Did the Soul Society have captain issues that needed your resolve?"
"Nah, just these kids who somehow bypassed the guards by the entrances. Though, I could use some aid." Chad was on Ichigo's case, thinking he knew what the strawberry-blond wanted.
"These kids need shelters to sleep while plans are being discussed," he softly gestured. Man, talk about on the mark. Orihime was astonished with how quick Chad was in a guess.
"You already knew?" she gasped a little. Chad simply pointed at the wardrobe the kids were wearing.
"Those clothes tell me that they belong elsewhere." Really? Uryū would agree to the majority but studied Angie's wear, believing differently.
"Those three I get," he established. "But I'm not sure about her. She looks pretty ordinary." The ordingary statement mulled Angie.
"Excuse me for being ordinary," she murmured. "If Shinx was with me, you'd know that I was from somewhere else too." Ash chose to be the explanation of the issue.
"Me and Angie are Pokémon trainers," he spoke. "We got caught up in a vortex that brought us to the Soul Society with Shinx, Pikachu and the rest of my stuff." It didn't really stir too much for Uryū to understand but it was helpful. Orihime got to Ash's side, gleeful about the Pokémon Ash slipped out.
"That sounds like a real fun place where you're from," she cheered. "I'd love to hear more about it." Ash sweated out a nervous laugh, almost as if he was actually being asked out on a date. He may not appreciate women for their looks but Orihime squealed for information on the Pokémon world from him. Naruto leaned over to the stone-faced Ichigo, wondering why he wasn't going "gaga" over Orihime's breasts as well.
"Don't tell me you have about the same sympathy for female figures as that non-observer," he hushed. Ichigo had a more useful reason.
"I see her everyday," he countered. "I once got one on the cheek for it." Naruto stopped and evaluated his words. Got it. To Naruto, Ichigo knew about the growing hills and was slapped for the mentioning of it. That simmered Naruto down on the clarification and simply backed off.
"Sorry I questioned you." The talks continued when Uryū fixed his glasses and began to walk off.
"Uryū, what's wrong?" questioned Orihime when she caught Uryū's departure. Uryū stopped and turned with a reason.
"I don't have any extra space in my apartment for any of them to stay over," he responded. "I'm sure Ichigo could use the clinic beds to good use." Ichigo had clinic-based beds?
"You know those beds are reserved for my father's patients," Ichigo reacted. "I can't simply ask him for borrowing!" Ignoring Ichigo, Uryū walked off. Now what? "Well, that didn't work too well." Rukia came up with an idea.
"Ichigo, if I'm not mistaken, Karin and Yuzu have separated bedrooms, correct?" she pointed out. Ichigo thought back to his home and remembered that the two did have different rooms. "We can have Karin sleep in Yuzu's room and have our guests snooze in Karin's." Not a bad idea.
"Good point. But which two?" One had chosen his roommate for the night.
"I can take Angie," Chad voiced. The rest gasped at the offer by Chad.
"You sure you want to look after Angie, Chad?" Rukia doubted. He looked at the two Soul Reapers as a way of saying that it's no problem.
"I do sense an uneasy emotion inside and would need my comfort to ease her tension." An uneasy feeling? That could have been when Ichigo kissed Angie.
"Th- Thanks," Angie stuttered. Orihime would want Ash to stay with her for the while. Rukia believed that Ichigo already had enough ladies in his home for more.
"Ichigo, I doubt Hinata would get along with Karin," she advised. Well, that could also be a factor too. "Orihime, why not take Hinata? The Kurosaki Clinic can watch over Ash and Naruto." The boys were surprised. Rukia offered Hinata to Orihime for the night. Naruto was furious. This would have been the perfect opportunity for Ash to be with a girl and Rukia killed the moment.
"How could you!" he scowled. This was the moment for Ash to be with a perfect enough girl to hang out with and you had to-" WHAM! Rukia floored Naruto, literally, with a powerful overhand right hook to the back of the head. That shut him up.
"Verbally, he's about as bad as my dad," Ichigo compared. As soon as Naruto woke back up, every group split for the setting sun. Angie was with Chad, Hinata was hanging out with Orihime and the boys traveled with the reapers. Along the way, Ash saw a small glass vase with a few flowers inside. Why would there be a vase with flowers on the side of a street. "That's right, I gotta water it." Ichigo removed a vial with water inside and poured the vase full. "Before you ask, there was a girl who was killed about a month prior to my bringing as a Soul Reaper. Up the street a bit was a store that closed down in a mass robbery attempt. Three punks stole cash, smokes and beer while the girl was on her way back from the beach, finding rare flowers in a patch just outside the shoreline. As the punks left, one warned the clerk not to call authorities and shot to the side. That supposed warning shot nailed the girl in the eye and skewered her brain...an instant kill. Despite not calling the authorities, there was forensic evidence which linked the fatal wound to the men and they were arrested and charged early with 1st degree murder. Despite their claim that the shot was wild, the intent of using the firearm overruled the concept of reckless manslaughter. Even if those guys get parole, I won't forgive them."
Ichigo had quite a grudge against a few wanna-be robbers who accidentally killed a young girl. Even Naruto and Ash had to figure that there was something far more that he was explaining. "You sound like the girl meant more to you than say Sasuke was to me or Pikachu to Ash," Naruto theorized. Ichigo huffed a sigh, knowing that Naruto was onto an issue that even Rukia was unaware of.
"It's not as farfetched as you think. Days after my mother died, and other than Tatsuke, she was there to comfort me. On that day, we vowed to stay with each other, even when one of us finished before the other. In short, she was my first girlfriend." No wonder it was so hard on Ichigo. It almost felt as though he was a widow if not for the fact that they were in school and not old enough to marry in the first place. The murder of this girl was so close that it had to have felt the repercussion of the death.
"Ichigo..." Rukia hushed. Done with his prayer, Ichigo rose to his feet.
"Let's go." The group continued until they arrived at a rather nice duplex-looking building. Ichigo opened the door, entering the structure. "I'm home." That's when his instincts kicked in. A leg was swinging down at an angle, making Ichigo juke to the left, evasive versus the kicker. He then got behind the attacker who was a taller raven-haired man and pulled him over for a reverse power-bomb. CRASH! Ichigo got up but the older one was not going to rise back to his feet anytime soon.
"You're getting rather sloppy, Isshin." Rukia sounded like maybe she could've been able to restrain him just as well. Hearing the slam, two young girls came over to the entrance to see what Ichigo did.
"Well, knowing that he may have some common head trauma, I guess welcome home, Ichigo," the raven-haired girl exaggerated. She wore a black basketball jersey over a white t-shirt and shorts. The other girl, a faded blond, was in a yellow t-shirt and yellow skirt. No doubt both of the girls were younger than Ichigo.
"Karin did warn father that the attack from last week wasn't going to be successful," the blond informed. To Ichigo, it didn't matter too much. That's when she saw the new boys. "More company?"
"Yeah, this is Naruto Uzumaki and Ash Ketchum," Ichigo introduced. "They got misplaced so I thought we'd take them in until we find their way home." The girls caught on, respecting the idea. "Ash, Naruto, my sisters, Karin and Yuzu."
"It's nice to meet you," Ash greeted with a hand out for a shake. Karin heard the tone and believed Ash wasn't going to be any bigger of a problem unlike Isshin.
"Yeah, sorry for the improper welcoming," she apologized as she shook his hand. "Wow, you've got a nice grip." Ash huffed a small chuckle, amused by Karin's good word.
"You know, I think there's enough dinner to feed all of us," Yuzu offered. To Ash, food was a welcoming sight. Naruto would agree.
"Hey, after a long stay in a few places without food, I'm in need of something to fill my stomach," Naruto cheered.
"I second that," Ash obliged. They welcomed themselves to food on the table and ate as Isshin remained grounded. At night, Rukia and Karin planned something. They changed arrangements on the locations of sleep: Ichigo and Rukia were in Ichigo's room, Ash would bunk in Yuzu's room and Naruto would sleep in Karin's room. It was a pairing of each blond/raven-haired in a room. Before going to bed, Naruto came up to Ash with a plan as Rukia entered the living room and spotting both on the couch. What were they plotting? "Look, how do I know whether or not my aura can be converted into chakra?" Naruto had quite a task for Ash to overcome.
"I have two possible ways of doing so: my teachings or Hinata using her Byakugan to strike your chakra points. I know you can use that aura but we first need to expose it, emit it to feel the power that stems from inside." A basic start.
"Not to question your basis of attack with my aura but why do you think I need to use my aura in one fashion or another?" Ash asked. "Say that even if I can use chakra or kidō, what purpose do I need it with when we do go back to our worlds?" That seemed to be a rather interesting question that had been brought to the table. But Naruto wasn't actually a dimwit with that problem.
"Man, aren't you a troublesome walnut to crack. Maybe I should put it in easier terms. My goal in the future is to be Hokage, the leader in my own village and dominating enemy armies far and wide. I keep getting stronger every time I complete a training session or defeat a powerful opponent like Neji and Zabuza. Knowing you, you're vying to be top trainer in your world and one of your prized possessions is Pikachu. Heaven forbid if anything bad occurred to him, right?" Ash nodded. "Well, by any means of functioning your aura, you can protect Pikachu and the rest of your Pokémon from any bad guy that wanted to harm them." Not a bad idea. Ash contemplated on how he could expose the aura to protect his friends.
"I see your point. Well like you said, I would start by invoking the energy inside." Plans sounded set.
"Maybe there's a reason Ash has held this aura in his soul, all this time," Rukia speculated. The boys spun to the lone female with them. "Probably he holds a power far greater than chakra and kidō combined. A power that may ravage the human race and other known species." That's a scary thought. Naruto didn't act too deterred by the concept of a superpower within Ash.
"The more reason that he can use it to help all of us back home and protect our friends," he grinned. "Say, do you have friends who measure powers from inside like your kidō?" Rukia went to deep thinking. She had an answer eventually.
"I think Urahara has a device which categorizes the magnitude of inner energies in anyone who shows an energy beyond human standards. I'll call him up after classes." The boys acknowledged the offer and agreed. They headed to the rooms for sleep. Tomorrow, Pikachu and Shinx come back to watch Ash train. Would Angie and/or Hinata be impressed?
TO BE CONTINUED...