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Black and White vs. Dad Part 1

Eventually, I had gotten bored of blowing stuff up, and lay down against one of the sideways buildings that occupied this world.

I was a little tired from using up so much reiatsu, and was drifting in and out of consciousness. Sometimes, I would hear bits and pieces of Ichigo's conversations in the outside world, but I ignored them. It was actually kinda peaceful at the moment.

I hated it.

I knew that as soon as Ichigo found the Visard, I was done for. The calm before a storm. As if on cue, one of his thoughts drifted to me, "Oh well, in another day or so, I won't have to worry about that stupid Hollow anymore."

That little asshole. He really was gonna get rid of me.

I decided to leave him alone for right now and rest. There was no telling when those pesky Visard were gonna show up, and something told me I would need all of my energy for when they did. Closing my eyes, I fell asleep.

…

"…Visard…join…gonna…"

I immediately jumped up when I heard those words, on guard and ready for anything those Visard were gonna throw at me.

Curious as to where we actually were, I took a peak outside. I was surprised when I saw Ichigo and his father both dressed as Shinigami, and not the Visard. I quickly tuned into what they were saying.

"…Hollow take over whenever the hell it feels like it? Not gonna happen." Psh, Ichigo you're so stupid.

I saw his father-was his name Isshin?-stand up, "No Ichigo, I'm going to help you deal with it. Stand up." Strangely, he sounded serious, and not like a goofy little kid.

"You're gonna help? How, you're not a Visard, you don't know how to suppress it." I was also wondering how that was gonna work. And I was wondering how he looked like a Shinigami-I could even sense quite a bit of reiatsu too.

I saw him smile, and reach into his robes, "Simple, you're going to use this."

I laughed. Who the hell makes white strawberries! It's like they were trying to piss Ichigo off by purposely making them white! I needed to congratulate the person who made them.

I could tell that Ichigo was irritated by them. But he didn't flip out like I wanted him to. Instead, all I got was, "White strawberries? I didn't know they came in that color. But how are they going to help?" Idiot, they don't come in that color.

I heard Isshin sigh, "Ichigo, strawberries aren't usually white. These are special strawberries, that will help you control your hollow."

I was suppressing laughter at this point, what the hell were a couple of colorless strawberries gonna do to me?

Ichigo was quiet, wondering if this was some sort of joke. "Why do they have to be strawberries? It couldn't be any other fruit? Do I really have to eat them?" Che, so he was actually gonna eat them then? I guess he was kinda desperate to get me under control.

"Yep, you're gonna eat them, they'll help you with your hollow." He tossed the strawberries to Ichigo, "Eat up!"

I sat back, slightly worried. What exactly did those strawberries do?

Ichigo slowly raised one to his mouth. My heartbeat sped up, and my hands tightened into fists. What was going to happen?

He bit it, and I closed my eyes.

There was a faint tingly feeling in my stomach, but that passed quickly. Slowly, I opened my eyes.

What. The. Hell. I was outside. What the fudge did those strawberries do? "Oi, asshole, what the hell did ya do!" I yelled at Isshin.

I was standing behind Ichigo, so he hadn't noticed I was there until I had spoken. He whipped around and grabbed Zangetsu off of his back, "How the hell are you here." He sounded like he didn't want to see me, how rude.

I also grabbed my Zangetsu off of my back, "How the hell should I know?" I paused to smile evilly, "But it looks to me like ya want a fight."

We both got into our fighting stances, waiting for the other to make the first move…

"Ichigo! I forbid you to fight your new brother!"

I glanced around. Nope, we were the only ones here, "Excuse me sir, but if you are addressing me, then you are clearly insane."

Ichigo's response sounded more like something I would say, "M-my what? No, a better question would be HOW he is even here." He pointed his finger at me.

I smiled ever so slightly, deciding to tease him a bit, "It's rude to point, ya know."

"Shut up!" Desired effect.

"Make me!"

"I will!"

We would have started fighting right then and there, but Isshin had decided to speak up, "Hey, you two, shut up and listen."

He sounded real serious. I listened though; maybe he could explain what the hell was going on. Ichigo had been smart and did the same.

"I am going to explain what happened, and I expect that neither of you will interrupt." Good, some answers. I nodded my head along with Ichigo, and Isshin continued.

"Those are no ordinary strawberries. I assume you know Urahara Kisuke, right?" Oh, so it was him who made the strawberries… Hm, Sandals sure like to mess with us. Come to think of it, it was thanks to him that I was even alive.

We nodded.

"Good." He sighed, "It was Urahara who created these strawberries. I asked him to make them specifically for you two. What they do exactly, is very similar to what a Soul Candy does. Instead of having a soul inside of them though, they separate two souls if they are already together. But it only works on a soul that is both Shinigami and hollow. There are also some faults. Once the hollow is released from where it was, it can only touch other hollow, or the Visard. It cannot touch or harm-in any way- a regular soul, or another Shinigami."

We were both quiet. That … was actually pretty useful. For more reasons than just separating a hollow from a Visard. There were a few hollows out there that could actually merge with a Shinigami; either against the Shinigami's will or not. These could be used to separate them, thus saving the Shinigami.

But, all this thinking led to another question, "So, I'm free? Like, forever?" I didn't know how to feel about that. I was part of Ichigo's soul. A part of him, just like Zangetsu.

"No, there is a time limit. Once the fruit is eaten, you are released for exactly 24 hours. But you can return to Ichigo's Inner World whenever you please." Isshin stated. "Oh, while I'm thinking about it, nevereat more than one in a day." I felt some sort of relief at that. I could return to torment Ichigo whenever I pleased.

Ichigo chose this moment to speak up, "Why?" Gosh, I could practically feel the stupid radiating from him. Of course there would be some sort of horrible consequence, it was Urahara after all.

"Because you will, without a doubt, die."

Oh, wasn't expecting that one. I was thinking more along the lines of 'I would be able to escape forever' and all. Oh well.

"Oh, I see…" was Ichigo's intelligent reply.

Anyway, this was getting boring. "So why am I here? If I can't blow stuff up, then I have no reason to be here. Wait, I take that back." I turned towards Ichigo, "I can still touch you! Let's fight!"

He smirked, and was about to attack. Notice that I said 'about.' His father immediately hit him on the head, "Idiot, is that all you two can think about? I thought I forbid you two to fight each other. He is your new brother, after all."

I nearly barfed, "Once again, I dearly hope you are not addressing me."

Looked like Ichigo was having the same reaction as me, "That Hollow is defiantly not my brother."

I was actually surprised when Isshin got mad at Ichigo for not naming me. He was defiantly different from other Shinigami. I actually started to respect the guy a little; that is until he joyously declared that my new name was Hichigo.

"I got it! You're name will be Hichigo! You just combine 'hollow' and 'Ichigo' and you get Hichigo! Bow down to my awesome naming skills!"

That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard. "What a stupid name. I don't want to be called that." I paused, "You couldn't think of anything better at least?" I didn't want to hurt his feelings to bad… Na, crushing them would be so much more fun.

"H-hey, that's mean!" I just tuned them out from here.

At this point, I was getting board. Isshin would clearly not allow me and Ichigo to fight- at least not while he was present- and I couldn't touch anyone else. I was about to try and figure out how to get back into Ichigo's Inner World, when I heard the sentence that I thought I would never come out of a Shinigami's mouth.

"Oh, that's an easy one, you guys are gonna form an alliance."

It was dead silent in the clearing. Two of the three occupants had shock clearly written on their faces. The third looked serious, awaiting the others' responses.

Laughter. It was the last thing Isshin had expected. He narrowed his eyes, "What's so funny." It wasn't a question.

Through his laughing fit, nobody could understand what Hichigo was saying. Ichigo, being the emotionally detached one, hadn't burst out laughing. Instead, he had a look of disbelief on his face. "What he's trying to say is, are you fucking serious?" his voice rose a little towards the end.

"I'm being dead serious."

By this point, Hichigo had calmed down a bit. Only to burst into another laughter-spasm when he heard Isshin speak. He even fell on the ground.

Isshin sighed, and before either of them could blink, Hichigo had a Zanpakuto stuck in his forehead. Good thing the sword just went through him, or that would had been the end of the white strawberry.

"I find nothing funny about this. I thought that you might actually be a little more open minded to this since your choices are limited. I could always let Ichigo run on over to my good friends the Visard. No skin off my back." Isshin was completely different from the light-hearted person he was a second ago.

Inside his head, Isshin's thoughts contradicted his words, 'Psh, like I would let Ichigo go to the Visard. But it's not like my newest son knows that.'

Off to the side, Ichigo was staring. He hadn't even sensed his father's movements. Just how fast was he?

Hichigo was staring up at Isshin, a scowl on his face. "How do you plan on making us work together, you can't even touch me."

"Your right. I can't touch you." He pulled his Zanpakuto out of Hichigo's head and walked over to Ichigo, "But, I can touch him." With that, he slammed his fist into his son's unsuspecting stomach. Faster and stronger than he normally would be.

Hichigo had stood up by this time, and winced. That looked like it hurt.

Isshin removed his fist from his son's stomach, "Did I forget to mention? You'll feel all of the pain Ichigo feels once you go back into his Inner World."

Hichigo was silent, yet another reason why they should work together. All these reason were starting to pile up, it was starting to annoy Hichigo.

"Oi, what the hell? You punched me!"

Isshin turned to his son, "It's necessary."

"What do you mean." Ichigo narrowed his eyes as he said this.

Isshin sighed and got into a fighting stance, "It's necessary, because we're gonna fight. It'll be two vs. one. You two vs. me. For as long as it takes for you two to start working as a team, and not trying to kill each other every chance you get."

With no further warning, Isshin lunged at Ichigo, Zanpakuto unsheathed.

Hm, what do you think? I thought I should put a scene about how Hichigo is feeling about all this, but that seemed to take up most of the chapter...

Anyway, there's gonna be action in the next chapter. Yay action!

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