(A/N: Sorry I sort of left you guys with a cliffhanger, but I had classes so I had to stop. Now here's the continuation of For Want of a Brother).

Disclaimer: Kubo-senpai owns Bleach

3rd Person pov

"Karin-san would you mind calling out your Zanpakuto?" Urahara requested. If my hunch is correct then I have a pretty good idea as to what's about to happen.

Karin unsheathed her Zanpakuto and swung it with both hands, "Protect!" she shouted and swung again, "Zangetsu!"

Ichigo's eyes slinked back into their sockets as he saw the person who was exactly like his sister call out her Zanpakuto, his Zanpakuto.

"What the hell? Zangetsu's my Zanpakuto!" Ichigo raged unsheathing said blade.

"So I noticed," Karin sneered, letting the large unwieldy blade rest on her shoulders.

"I had a feeling," Urahara stated, "If Karin-chan here did go through the same experiences as Ichigo-san then it would only make sense that in her world that Zangetsu is her Zanpakuto."

"So then that giant vortex I fell into," Karin gasped.

"Was a dimensional wormhole, precisely," Urahara stated.

"What do you think is the cause Urahara-san?" Rukia asked.

"To be honest I currently have no idea, but I'll look into it. Unfortunately having two Karin's in the same dimension as well as two Zangetsu's will pose a huge problem. It would be impossible to have Karin-chan go to Soul Society because she has Ichigo's Zanpakuto and it would be impossible for her to stay here in Karakura town because Jinta and Ururu would recognize her and no doubt the information could get back to her alternate self."

"Then what am I supposed to do?" Karin demanded.

"Tell me something Ichigo does your sister know about your secret double life?" Urahara asked.

Kurosaki Clinic 5am

Ichigo knocked on his the door to his sister's bedroom. Yuzu was in a deep sleep, Karin who was just coming out of REM, woke up to the knocking on the door. She opened the door to her brother in his Shinigami robes.

"I need your help," he told her.

Urahara shop 5:45am

"What are we doing here?" Karin groaned.

"I said I needed your help with something." Ichigo stated.

"Can't you get one of your friends to help you?" She asked the sun's not even up.

"This is something that only you can do." Ichigo said. He opened the door. Urahara was waiting for them.

"Ah Karin-chan please come in." The three went into the living room where Rukia and Karin's alternate self were waiting.

"Ah you're me," Karin shouted pointing at her double.

"And you're me," the other Karin shouted.

"What's going on?" the Karin of this world demanded.

"Relax, and let me explain," Ichigo said walking in closing the door. He explained to his sister about her alternate self and the world she came from.

"Is that true?" Karin asked in a troubled tone to her double.

"Of course it's true," her double answered, "Look," she shoved her sheathed, sealed sword at Karin.

A sword, my double is a Shinigami. Karin said in her mind.

"Allow me to explain why we need you here Karin-chan. Your alternate self can't go to the world where the Soul Reapers dwell because she has the same weapon as your brother, name and all, which would cause a lot of political problems. She can't stay here because having two of you in the same place isn't normal for the human mind to comprehend, so since you can't exist independent of each other, for the time being you'll have to exist with each other."

"I get it," Karin's Shinigami double stated placing her fist in her upturned palm, "she'll be like my Gigai and I can hide in her body."

"Exactly, I'm sure I can arrange for you two to coexist like that, it shouldn't be hard."

"How long will it take?" Ichigo wanted to know.

"Can you make an excuse for Karin's absence from school for about three days?" Urahara asked.

"Three days?" Ichigo groaned, "My dad will never accept Karin being gone for three days."

Rukia put a hand on his shoulder, "Relax, we'll think of something."

"Fine, but what should we do in the meantime to help?" Ichigo wanted to know rubbing the back of his head.

"I'm afraid that, for the moment there's nothing you can do." Urahara stated, "Just go about and pretend that everything's normal like tonight hadn't happened. Can you do that?" Urahara asked.

"I guess so," Ichigo agreed.

"Then it's settled the Kairn-chans will stay here with me and you and Rukia will go about your business like everything's normal." Urahara said in a comical fashion.

"Just don't do anything weird to her I still want to have sister when this is over." Ichigo barked.

"Come on Ichigo you can trust me, do I look like the sort of person to do something that deranged?" Urahara asked reassuringly.

"I guess not," he sighed.

"Ichigo we should get going your dad and Yuzu will worry about where everyone is."

Ichigo looked at his watch, "Crap it's almost 7:30," he fumed. We have to hurry. "Just stay safe Karin," Ichigo shouted as he and Rukia ran off.

"So you what's he like twin?" Karin's alternate self asked in indication of Ichigo.

"Huh Ichi-nii, he's okay I guess, he's very protective, and somewhat grouchy, but it's nice having someone around to look out for you." Karin stated arms folded behind her head.

"Does Rukia sleep in his closet?" the Shinigami Karin asked.

"Huh?" Karin was taken aback by the question.

"Well y'see," Karin's Shinigami self was almost blushing, "I probably have your brother's bedroom in your world and well Rukia-chan, well she sleeps in it." she said tracing a circle with her right foot.

"That's absurd, why would Rukia sleep in Ichi-nii's closet you baka?" Karin asked putting her hand on her double's head.

"How close are they?" her Shinigami double replied, her emotion unwavering

"Heck I don't know they're just friends I think." Karin said removing her hand and shrugging.

"Y'know I always wanted an older sibling," her double started to say, "My, I guess our, dad always used to talk about how our Mom had a miscarriage five years before Yuzu and I were born. Maybe that miscarriage was your brother." There was an awkward silence before Urahara broke the silence putting a hand on each of their shoulders.

"Well come on now Karin-chans we need to get to work, if we're gonna fly this whole incident under the radar I need to find out how to get the both of you in the same body, so follow me."

"Hai Urahara Kisuke-san," Karin's Shinigami self turned around and bowed.

"Yeah yeah," Karin sighed walking into the prescribed room.

So identical and yet so different, It makes me wonder what kind of world this other Karin-chan is from, Urahara thought to himself.

(A/N: Two Substitute Soul Reapers, Two Zangetsu's and now Two Karin's what will I think of next. I think I'm going to put a pause on this story for a little bit. I have a proposal to you fans out there. I need a nickname or different name of sorts to call Karin's Shinigami alternate. You know kind of how a lot of people call Hollow Ichigo Hichigo for short. Hopefully you get the idea because later it'll become hard to differentiate between who is who so I'm going to need some sort of alias to call her especially if I need to do the story from one of their point of views. Well let me know what you think and don't hesitate to read my other fanfiction. See you all later ^_^)