AN: Time skip in this chapter, to June from September, marked by "... ... ... ... ..." Also, there is some changes coming to Ichigo's squad, some will be useful, others...not so much.
Ichigo was training his squad until he got called in by Shunsui for something important.
"You needed something, Shunsui?" Ichigo asked as he noticed only him and Unohana were there.
"It's about Orihime's pregnancy…" Shunsui said with a rare serious tone. Ichigo's face immediately went from calm to dead worried. "Retsu, can you explain it again."
"Ichigo, she's going to have twins, I've detected two separate souls developing."
"That…That's great! Why did you have to call me here to tell me that though? Is something wrong with them?" Ichigo was happy then he noticed neither of them had a smile.
"One of the twins…Is…I believe…"
"Well…What is it!?" Ichigo seemed ready to burst at the seams. Unohana looked really troubled with the news herself, she couldn't finish her sentence or look Ichigo in the eye.
"One of them is either full or half hollow." Shunsui said for her, which Ichigo's eyes shot wide and he collapsed to his knees.
"…No…No…No…No..."
"There is only a small chance that it will be a full hollow. Or it will be like you, how you were…before."
"Does…O-Orihime…Does she know…" Ichigo managed to say from the ground, this news broke his spirit.
"No. I didn't tell her, because she would have been so stressed she might have had a misca-" Unohana was about to explain to Ichigo that the stress would cause a miscarriage of both children, Ichigo would not let her say that word.
"Don't you dare say it…" Ichigo's voice was empty, as if he was missing something from inside him.
"This is happening whether you like it or not Ichigo…we called you here for you to make a choice." Shunsui said as he got up to help Ichigo stand up off his knees.
"…Choice…?" Ichigo's voice, and eyes were blank and empty.
"Let the pregnancy carry through, and run the risk of your child being a full hollow, also this could kill Orihime during the birth even if it isn't a hollow…Your children have massive spiritual pressures, considering they are unborn babies, or…" Unohana had started giving him the choice, but she couldn't say the other option.
"Or!?" Ichigo demanded of the woman, she seemed very troubled with this, she refused to say anything, and she had a look in her eyes that Ichigo had never seen from her, but reminded him of someone who changed him. Her eyes were filled with sadness and despair.
'Why does she look so sad!? It's not her child that has to…what if she had a…' Ichigo thought as he saw her eyes.
"Abort the pregnancy, killing both children, she will survive, you can try again, and maybe the children will be normal." Shunsui spoke up for her; even he had trouble saying it.
"What the hell kind of choice is that!?" Ichigo demanded from the man in front of him, no longer pressing towards Unohana, who seemed to be living a horrible memory.
"The only reason you have the option to choose is because it is you." Shunsui said in a very serious voice without any hesitation.
"What the hell does that mean!?" Ichigo had to physically restrain himself to not attack him.
"You are the most influential person to exist in all of Soul Society besides those of Central 46 and the Spirit King himself." Shunsui turned away from him to return to his chair. "Almost anything you suggest we go along with, as if you were in my position. Not everyone likes it but they acknowledge it. We are giving you a choice in this since you are incredibly important in this place; we want to give you as much free reign over your affairs as we can. Normally we wouldn't even give someone a choice in this situation…we would have just terminated the pregnancy without telling either of the parents. Go. Make your choice and then return when you have. This news might decide the choice for you." Ichigo was speechless, he knew he was important to the Soul Society, he just never imagined he had this much influence, so many people disrespect him, so many people fear him, so many people. He stood up and looked Shunsui in the eye, Ichigo's eyes were back to being full of soul like they always have been, only this time his eyes could burn a hole in someone with a weak resolve.
"I've made my choice."
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"Renji, did hear what Ichigo did to Izuru?" Rukia was clinging to Renji's arm as they walked somewhere in a forest.
"Huh, no what? Did he accidentally kill him?" Renji's tone was a bit sarcastic, he was distracted with trying to not get lost and guide the two of them to where he was going.
"From what I heard that's what it looked like. I heard from Isane that the two of them fought for the first time, and of course, Ichigo knew nothing about Izuru's Shikai and got his sword weight doubled like twenty times, from what Yumai said. This is what makes the fight interesting…Ichigo activated his Bankai and vanished."
"Vanished…What do you mean vanished? Like with Kyokko?"
"No. gone, like undetectable, Unohana was there and she couldn't even feel him until he appeared. Well, according to Unohana he cloned himself with flash step, but they weren't jumping around or fading. They looked solid to her, and then he used a Kaizo Kido that immediately ended the fight. He was impaled with six giant spears. He survived because apparently it was perfected to not be fatal." Rukia had a smile on her face, not because of the fight or Ichigo being so proficient at Kido, in fact it had nothing to do with anyone, except Renji, he told her that he was taking her somewhere nice, and that she will love it.
"Since when did he have a Kaizo, let alone have one perfected?"
"I don't know, and he has more, according to Unohana. So will you tell me where we're going now?"
"Nope, but we're almost there!" Renji stopped for a second and gave her a kiss which made her giggle a little.
"Fine, but…wow…This place, it's…So pretty…" Renji led her into a clearing with a single tall tree in the middle, surrounded by various flowers of red, yellow, white and purple. Renji pulled her to the tree and gave her a little kiss. "Is this the place you were so secretive ab-" She was silenced by his finger over her lips.
"Don't speak. Do you hear it?"
"Hear what, Renji? I don't hear anything." She listened for a second, only to hear a small wind rustling the leaves.
"Exactly." Renji gave her a kiss that was longer than the last two. He pulled away and stared into her violet eyes. He slowly got down on one knee. "Rukia Kuchiki…" He was breathing heavily and Rukia had a smile that turned to a look of surprise her eyes started to water a little. "Rukia Kuchiki, will you give me the honor, the pleasure, the privilege…Will you marry me?" Renji pulled out a small dark red box, with a ring, it was white gold with and a large amethyst surrounded by small diamonds.
"Renji…That has to be the dumbest question you have ever asked me." She had tears of joy streaming down her face, but Renji obviously didn't pick up on the fact that what she said meant yes, he put the ring away and stood up.
"I'm sorry, too soon…right? I…should go." He turned and started to leave. Rukia grabbed his arm and yanked him back, wrapping her arms around him and giving him a huge kiss.
"You're almost as dense as Ichigo sometimes…Of course I will marry you!" Her tears were still flowing and Renji kept wiping them away. After a little her tears stopped and they made their way to find Ichigo and Orihime. After a while they came to fifth squad barracks. They went into his office to find him alone sitting at his desk, staring at a wall with an empty look.
"Oh…hey. Need something?" Ichigo said blandly not looking away from the wall.
"Ichigo…What happened…You look like you just had your heart ripped out…Is Orihime okay?" Rukia asked as she forced him to look at her.
"Yeah…She's fine, I…our…Nothing…what's up with you two, you seem happy."
"Ichigo, I won't talk to you if you act like this. Goodbye." Rukia turned and started pulling Renji with her.
"Congratulations." Ichigo's voice was back to normal and he had a small smile on his face. Rukia froze where she stood and turned to him. "He proposed, right?"
"How did you…?" Rukia asked as she pulled Renji back in and sat on the couch.
"Orihime had the same look in her eyes that you had when you walked in." Ichigo was smiling, but his eyes were still glazed over with emptiness.
"You were staring at a wall when I walked in…how did you see my eyes?"
"Rukia…Do I really have to explain everything to you? I see more than you think." He had added a forced chuckle to his words. "When…is the wedding?"
"We think it should be sometime in June." When Rukia said June, Ichigo's smile disappeared, that was when Unohana said the twins were expected. "What's wrong…Is there something wrong with June…" The second she said her words she regretted them. "Oh no! I'm so sorry! I have no idea how I forgot…I'm so sorry…"
"No…It isn't my mother's death that bothers me about that month right now… It's…Never mind." Ichigo forced a smile and his eyes were still empty and trapped.
"Would you please stop keeping secrets from me…How do you think it feels, for your best friend, someone you trust your life to, having them keep secrets that are hurting them. I can't stand it! Do you not trust me? Is that it?" Rukia was on the verge of tears and Ichigo stood up and walked up to her. He put his hand on her head and messed up her hair, and then he walked past her to grab a book. Rukia stood up and walked up to him. "Ichigo…" He ignored her and started to go back to his desk. She grabbed his arm, pulled him back, spun him around, and gave him a massive slap. He touched his face slowly as the pain pulled him out of his mind.
"I'm sorry…" Ichigo dropped his book and fell to his knees. "I shouldn't tell anyone…I shouldn't tell anyone…" Eventually he stood up and looked at Rukia, his eyes were back to normal.
"Ichigo…please tell me…I'll help you with whatever it is."
"There…right there, what's bothering me…nobody can help." At his words Rukia let tears fall; Renji got up and put his hand on Ichigo's shoulder.
"Hey…Even if we can't help you with whatever it is that's bothering you…tell us, at least let us know. Not knowing is what is hurting her…" Renji spoke as Ichigo turned slowly back and forth between the two.
"Nine months…In nine months…in June, Orihime might die." Ichigo let a tear fall and bit the inside of his cheek to prevent them. "Orihime might die giving birth to my children…one of which might be a hollow…even if it isn't…she still has risk of death because the spiritual pressure exerted by the twins during birth might be too much for her weakened body…" by now Ichigo couldn't stop his tears. The one he loved was going to be torn from him. In June of all times…He can cope with his mother's death barely. Orihime dying would send him over the edge. Rukia and Renji were silent. They really couldn't help him. "You two have to swear to me…swear on your lives…that you will not let Orihime know about this, the stress would probably make her have a m…m-miscarriage…"
"We won't tell her…Ichigo please…no more secrets…" Rukia had dragged him into a hug and was crying into his chest. He just stood there and fought back his tears.
"There are some things that I can't share…not even with you, not even with Orihime, not even with my own family. And those…Those are tearing me up having to know something that nobody else can know…" Rukia let him go and he picked up his book and went to his desk. "I'll tell you one more thing; this also…nobody can know of…"
"What is it?" Rukia spoke from the couch next to Renji who had his arm around her.
"I was offered the position of the next Captain Commander. Shunsui told me that Central 46 wanted me to be the next one. Even if Shunsui was still alive, he was going to resign and allow me to take over…"
"What? Why can't anyone know about this?" Renji asked, still slightly concerned.
"I refused the position; I refused to ever take that position. Shunsui said that I somehow have more influence on Central 46 than they do on me. I really am starting to hate all this crap about being the strongest…being the greatest ever…most feared…Most respected. I can understand the part about being feared or even the most respected. But I do not want to be the strongest; I do not want to be the greatest. I want to be just Ichigo Kurosaki…Captain of Squad Five."
"I don't have anything I can say to that." Renji spoke for both of them because Rukia was speechless.
"You don't need to." Ichigo had a normal look on his face again.
"But as Renji said, we will stand by you…Where is Orihime now?" Rukia asked to him with a small smile, she was happy that she was able to get him to open up.
"With Unohana." Ichigo responded after thinking for a second.
"Oh, I…Hmm…Oh yeah! Can you show us your Kaizo Kidos?" Rukia asked with wide eyes hoping to bring him out of this depression and change the subject.
"I'll show you two of them…I can't exactly do the third one unless I'm in Bankai, the speed I need to set it up, I only have in my Bankai." He held up his hand and arcs of lightning started shooting around in his fingers, eventually it turned from blue to black and burned his hand a little. He didn't seem to care about it.
"What was that?" Renji and Rukia asked at the same time.
"The beginning of a modified Byakurai, which I can only manifest it on my hand when not in Bankai, Rukia, would you prefer to be at Shino academy or that pond from a while back?"
"Why?"
"Just answer…"
"The pond I guess…what does that have to do with anything?" Rukia and Renji raised an eyebrow.
"Shiromi Hanten." Ichigo held up his hand and Rukia fell unconscious, Renji, not knowing what just happened, blamed Ichigo.
"What the hell did you do!?" he demanded making a fist in his direction.
"Wait thirty seconds, then kiss her passionately, that stimulus should wake her, if not I will release it." And Renji did just that, he waited, and he kissed her very passionately even though she was unconscious. She awoke the same way everyone else under it had done, confused. "So, did you like being able to skate perfectly?"
"How…what? That felt so real…" Rukia was wide eyed staring at him.
"That's another Kaizo…It blocks the brains signals to the rest of the body, except the organs necessary for life, and it puts you in somewhat of a dream state that tricks your brain into thinking it's real, making you feel, smell, taste whatever, I have full control over your senses when under control of it. Although, it only worked since you are so distracted by what I told you earlier. Someone with a clear mind can reject it easily. But once you acknowledge the idea unconsciously, you are trapped, until something from the outside pulls you out, or I release it."
"What about the one you used against Izuru?" Rukia asked as if she was expecting a demonstration.
"I don't want to do it to you…and plus, I can only do it in Bankai."
"Well than, lets go!" she jumped up and grabbed his arm.
"I'm not going to fight you."
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"Dance, Sode No Shirayuki!" Rukia released her Shikai at the beginning of the fight, somehow Ichigo ended up fighting her after all.
"I still have no idea how you got me out here…Could we at least wait for Retsu?" The answer to that was no, Rukia charged him down, he hasn't fought her in about a year, he completely forgot her fighting style and she got multiple hits in on him, causing him to transition his eyes to hollow. The wounds spilling his blood closed up.
"She's already here…" Rukia pointed off to her standing on the side, with Yumai, Izuru and Orihime.
"Alright than…Moon be Black, Heavens Cry, Zangetsu!" Ichigo charged at her and just started slashing at her and slamming his sword down on her, cutting her arm a few times. She managed to cut his arm at one point but it healed instantly, Ichigo realized that the ability to not take a hit for more than a second was not fair, so he returned his eyes to normal. Suddenly he got hit in the face by a blue light and fell to the ground, Rukia caught him off guard with Sokatsui, he got up and half his face was burned and he kept his left eye slightly shut. He lifted his hand and returned the favor, but she saw it coming and dodged it, she didn't want to get hit by his kido, she knew that even though he doesn't speak the name, his are still near full power.
"Damn, still moving! You missed!" Rukia taunted him as she prepared to use Hakuren. The giant wall of snow hit him and slammed him into a wall. He flared his pressure and the snow flew away. He flash stepped behind her and hit her with a wordless Soren Sokutsui, which threw her into the ground with a huge force, her back was completely burned and her shihakusho was backless now.
"Sorry about your clothes!"
"Could you be a little more conservative with your kido…I would like to not end up naked in a fight with you."
"Maybe…" Ichigo spoke quietly before shooting a Byakurai at her which she promptly dodged.
"Honestly…Bankai!" The sphere of snow formed and covered her, she was revealed as the angelic figure from the wedding and the wings covered her back. "Fuyu No Tenshi, Sode No Shirayuki!"
"Going to throw some more snowballs at me?" Ichigo taunted as he charged her down covering his blade with a Getsuga, not releasing it. He was blocked by the scythe and she took her left hand off of it and thrust it towards Ichigo's face, she grabbed him and from her hand ice started to form, she let go and punched him, shattering the ice and sending him flying.
"Nope! Yugana Yuki, Hakuu!" the battlefield started to be covered in snow, the blood dripping from Ichigo's face stained it red.
"Well damn…" Ichigo stood up and took his stance. "Bankai!" The release melted the snow around him, and his lightning melted the snow as he moved. "Tensa Zangetsu!" Ichigo jumped up to her and only attacked with his left sword, completely ignoring the right one, after a minute of constant slashing with it, he stabbed at her with the right one, going completely though her left shoulder. She let out a massive scream before managing to kick Ichigo in the face making him fall back to the ground.
"Yugana Yuki, Kotte Sento!" She spun the scythe and five massive spike pillars of ice formed around Ichigo. She turned it and pointed the bottom of the scythe at Ichigo and rotated it. The five pillars slammed into Ichigo as he recovered from the kick and jumped into the air, but he wasn't quick enough in his recovery. The spikes had impaled him as they closed around him. They spread apart revealing them to be covered in blood, he was stuck on one of the spikes, and it was through his chest. Rukia was frozen in despair at the sight, nobody was moving. Not even Orihime, she was frozen in shock.
"Why did you stop attacking?" Ichigo asked as he coughed up some blood and laughed.
"Ichigo…you…" Rukia couldn't form a sentence as she watched him pull himself from the spike, she could see completely through him where his heart should have been. He was bleeding heavily, he manifested his hollow features and the hole slowly healed, despite how every other wound he received closed instantly.
"You should know by now…That isn't even close to enough to kill me!" Ichigo shouted at her with a joking tone as his skull faded and he coughed up a lot of blood.
"What are…What are you…Ichigo!?" Rukia still hadn't moved from where she was floating, still in shock.
"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, Captain of Squad Five. Hybrid." He responded seriously as though she didn't know who he was. "I had hoped that the heart was the one place you didn't blow a hole in me. I'll explain this later…Let's finish our fight. Okay?" He kept his arms and hands, and the black markings on his body, but kept the skull away, he had a sad smile on his face, and Rukia could see the pain in his eyes.
"Right…" She charged at him swinging the scythe he dodged most of the attacks but occasionally got stabbed in the ribs, which healed almost as fast as it happened. Suddenly, Ichigo flashed above her and kicked her to the ground. And he disappeared. "Shit!" Rukia tried to run but was bound by Rikujokoro as the ten Ichigos appeared in a circle around her.
"By my will, strike them down, all the while, sustaining the heart. Bring before, the one to end. Six spears, five chains, four birds, three dragons, two wolves, one to end the song." Rukia was struggling to break the kido but with no success. She let out a scream as she felt something else. Another Ichigo had appeared behind her and cut one of the wings before disappearing, the other clones started glowing white.
"Shit, why can't I break this Kido!?"
Each clone slammed their swords into the ground, only one remained, and another crack formed in the ground to her, she finally broke the kido and tried to run, but she couldn't. Hainawa was around her feet, she tried to get away, but it climbed her body and fully bound her.
"Sameru." The six spears formed and impaled her leaving her impaled as she screamed from what some would have thought was the worst pain she had ever felt. The snowy ground around her was stained completely red with her blood from the initial piercing. Once they retracted and cauterized her she fell over in tears of horror and pain, in the pool of her own blood. The scythe turned back into its sealed form. Ichigo ran over to her, coughing up an unhealthy amount of blood, and stumbling a little.
"Ichigo…Ichigo… Ichigo…Ichigo…Ichigo…"It was all she could say through what she had going on in her mind.
"Rukia…I'm sorry I had to keep so much from you…I will never hide anything from you, Orihime, or Renji…ever again…I'm sorry."
"Ichigo…"
"Rukia…stop. It's okay now." The group of people who were watching ran over to find them both in tears. "I hate my tears. I always have, but today, I can't hide them." He spoke into Orihime's shoulder as she pulled him close, tears in her eyes aswell. Renji had been summoned by Byakuya and couldn't watch the fight. She let go of Ichigo and started to heal him, Yumai, Unohana, and Isane healed Rukia. Isane was called once Ichigo was caught by the pillars.
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Several hours later, Ichigo had stopped coughing up blood, and was still sitting there as the rest of them healed Rukia, Renji still had not come back. Ichigo's eyes returned to the empty state they were in hours ago.
"Ichigo…Thank you." Rukia said something after saying nothing for a few hours.
"For what, I hid things from you, and I did this to you, and I made you cry." His voice, blank.
"I know…I don't care, I just want to thank you, Ichigo, you were, and always will be one of my closest friends. Even if you don't have a physical heart…I know you have heart. You just need someone like Orihime to let your heart thrive; it hurts to see you look empty. During those seventeen months that you never saw me, I watched you. You seemed so empty knowing that you couldn't help anyone. It hurt me, but when you were near Orihime, you were so happy. Just a little earlier you were happy, during our fight. Now please…No more. No more sadness. Be happy with her, we will support you." Through her pain she wore a smile. Ichigo was looking at her dumbfounded, he couldn't respond at all to this...but had managed a few words.
"No…Rukia, thank you." Ichigo said as the others finished healing her. "I…You pulled me out of the depression I was in, thank you…and I never properly congratulated you either. Congratulations, Rukia, for your engagement to Renji!" Ichigo was smiling again, Orihime wrapped her arms around him and cried.
"Ichigo…"
"We need to talk…Orihime…" Ichigo was going to tell her about the babies, and see if she wanted to carry them full term and risk death for them, like he was going to accept. Ichigo told her the situation and Unohana had confirmed it, when she heard the news she was terrified, but she felt better when Ichigo held her hand tighter. When she was presented with the choice, she immediately chose what Ichigo did, to chance the birth. Rukia had chosen to stay at fourth squad, since she couldn't even move her arms, let alone walk.
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The next eight or nine months were very calm, Koko was offered to become a full time Zanjutsu instructor at Shino Academy, which she accepted, Ichigo was offered the same position but for much more advanced students, which he turned down but said that he might rethink it after his children get older. It was halfway through June, Rukia's and Renji's wedding was on the 28th, Ichigo was the best man, and Orihime, would have been the Maid of Honor if she wasn't wrapped up taking care of the twins, which she had yet to deliver. Ichigo made her stay at fourth squad barracks just in case.
"Captain!" Ichigo heard a voice call to him from behind him as he walk down the halls of his barracks, waiting for the message to go to Orihime.
"Yes, kiri?" He replied to his eighth seat, Kiri Mozake, she was a somewhat normal height girl, with shoulder length white hair with dark green eyes. She had a girl in a standard uniform behind her who was wearing a big smile, she large amber eyes and purple hair tied back with a red ribbon, Ichigo didn't know her, but he felt that she was familiar.
"This is Yuze Senori, she graduated and wants to join the squad, and with the Lieutenant gone, I was looking for you, why couldn't I detect you at all?" She had pulled Yuze in front of her and sighed a little.
"Don't know…but Yuze…have we met before?" Ichigo was looking her over with a puzzled look. And when she spoke Ichigo felt that he actually knew her.
"I don't think so…But it does seem like I recognize you from somewhere, from something other than you being a captain…"
"I guess we might have ran into each other somewhere…not sure…But, you want to join my squad right?" Ichigo asked as Kiri left and Yuze followed him down the hall.
"Yes I do! I've wanted to join your squad since you became a captain." She was walking with her hands behind her back and ran out in front of Ichigo and walked backwards.
"Oh? Why is that?" Ichigo pulled her around a corner so she wouldn't hit a wall.
"I admire the way you do things…the way you want to protect everyone who you hold close…I admire you in general, and I wish to serve under you, I also like how you show no mercy to those who threaten the safety of your friends and family."
"How do you know so much about me?" Ichigo asked as he pulled her around another corner.
"There is a library at Shino Academy with details on just about everything that involves the captains. And you seem to be the target of almost all gossip at the academy." She stopped when Ichigo stopped, and went into the office with him; he motioned for her to sit on the couch as he sat behind his desk.
"And you're willing to serve with someone in my 'situation,' some of my squad even have a problem with me." Ichigo held out his claw for her to see, it didn't faze her at all, she just nodded.
"I don't care what form you take, you are still Ichigo Kurosaki. And I want to serve with him." She smiled and looked around the room
'Well she is certainly energetic…' Ichigo thought as she stood up and walked around looking at his things.
"I like it in here…It feels like a nice room…"
"Yuze, have you achieved Shikai?" She shook her head for no and went back to looking over his stuff.
"Doesn't matter, you eventually will. Welcome to my squad!" Ichigo stood up and held out his hand to her, she ran up to him and instead of taking his hand she threw her arms around him. "I don't mind you being attached but there are some people who live here who might get jealous…" As he said this she realized that she had hugged him and backed off scratching the back of her head laughing.
"Like who?"
"For one…My wife, the lieutenant…and an old friend who…come in!" Ichigo felt Yumai standing on the other side of the door. She was listening in on his conversation, she opened the door and walked up to him and gave him a hug. "And her, this is Yumai, she lives here while attending the academy."
"Hi, what's your name?" Yumai asked with a smile.
"Yuze Senori! I just joined the squad!" Ichigo was shocked by the similarities between how they talked.
'Please let her be normal…' Ichigo said to himself as he sat down.
"Although, captain, there are things that the books at the academy don't have, they haven't been updated in some time…"
"Well, I guess you will just have to find out those things on your own." He was going to say something else when a garganta opened up behind the couch and Sung-Sun fell out. She looked injured.
"Ichigo…prob…lem…" She fell unconscious on the floor. Ichigo jumped up and grabbed her off the floor as the garganta shut.
"Yumai, heal her!" Ichigo yelled at the girl on his desk and she jumped up and started looking for what was wrong, and where the blood was coming from. After Yumai healed her, Ichigo sent a hell butterfly to Shunsui to come see this. Yuze was standing behind him looking confused.
"Why are you helping an arrancar?"
"You do know…that there is an espada in one of the squads now…your books must be very outdated, if you don't know my association with Hueco Mundo at this point." Yumai, take her to one of the rooms and put her there, Yuze, wait for Shunsui and tell him one of Tiers fraccion came through injured and I went to go see what happened." Ichigo stood up and opened his own garganta and ran through.
…
"Ichigo…They're…they're dead…" Tier had limped over to him as he came out in the destroyed and bloody throne room.
"What the hell happened to you? Where are the other two?" Ichigo ran over to her as she fell to the ground and her resurreccion sealed.
"Eletera…they attacked, working together…my fraccion…all dead." She had an angry look on her face as blood dripped down over her eyes from the top of her head, they somewhat looked like tears of blood.
"Sung-Sun came through a garganta and collapsed in my office earlier, you're saying the other two are dead!? And the Eletera worked together? Are they both dead aswell?" She just nodded, she looked a little relieved that Sung-Sun escaped. She tried wiping away the blood on her face but she couldn't raise her arm that high, so Ichigo did it, careful not to hurt her further. He stood up and helped her stand, he opened a garganta and took her through.
…
"Why are you bringing me here?" She spoke as more blood dripped over her eyes.
"We are helping you, you do want Sung-Sun to live, right?" Ichigo whispered to her as he took her to where Sung-Sun was, with Yumai at her side, also Shunsui.
"Ichigo, what happened to them? This one has a massive concussion and a fractured skull, I'm not sure I want to know what did that to her." he pointed from the unconscious one to Tier.
"The Eletera attacked us, Mila-Rose and Apacci are dead…I thought they killed her too when I couldn't find her after I killed the Eletera, I told them to run and I guess the only one who got away was Sung-Sun." Tier said as Ichigo wiped more blood off her face instead of it dripping all over the floor.
"Yumai-chan is she okay to move the squad four, or can she not be moved?" Shunsui asked and Yumai nodded. Shunsui picked her up carefully, not wanting Tier to get angry at him. "Ichigo, let's take them to squad four now."
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"Ichigo…why is it that you enjoy knocking out these pretty girls?" Shunsui left Ichigo at the front of the barracks with them both, on the way, Tier passed out due to blood loss, Ichigo had Sung-Sun over his shoulder and Tier, in his arms.
"I didn't do this! Can you take one of them? The one on my shoulder has a fractured skull, and I have no idea what's wrong with this one, but she lost a lot of blood." Ichigo was still struggling until Unohana took Tier, and Ichigo took Sung-sun off his shoulder and held her in his arms as he followed Unohana down the hall into a room, and he tried to put her down, but noticed she was gripping onto his coat.
"Seems you have a fan, Ichigo…" Unohana chuckled a bit as she started looking over Tier.
"You've got to be kidding me. Let go…" Ichigo pried one of her hands off and then the other one, and dropped her into the bed, she had a slight smile on her face, barely noticeable to Ichigo, but Unohana could see it.
"You're very popular with the hollow girls…"Unohana shot a joking glance from tier to him and he shook his head.
"I've noticed…Anyway, is Orihime okay?"
"Yes, but she is asleep right now, don't bother her."
"Captain! They're coming!" A voice called from down the hall and she immediately stood up, so did Ichigo.
"No, you stay here! I'll come get you when it's done!" Unohana didn't give him a choice, the look on her face said 'defy me, I kill you' Ichigo reluctantly agreed, He wanted nothing more than to be there for Orihime, and see his children. He sat down next to Sung-Sun since he was already standing there. Twenty minutes go by and nothing, no Unohana, no Tier and no Sung-sun. Ichigo thought that Sung-Sun wasn't conscious but she was awake and watching him. She was watching him fidget and worry, his eyes looked empty as he thought that Orihime was going to die.
"Your eyes are prettier when you're happy." Sung-Sun said softly from behind her sleeve which startled Ichigo.
"How long have you been conscious?" Ichigo asked as he turned to her, forcing a small smile to hide his expression.
"Not long, but you shouldn't worry yourself to the point of despair, I don't know the reason, but despair is always bad." She said slowly as she tried to sit up but Ichigo wouldn't let her. "Oh, you're so aggressive…" she mumbled at him.
"You have a fractured skull and a concussion, how are you even conscious? You need to rest. Tier will be fine, but your friends didn't make it."
"Is that so…" She exhaled slowly, and Ichigo saw her eyes water, and she tried to blink them away, and let one tear roll down her cheek. Ichigo couldn't help but feel bad. They were her family.
"Damn…If you came when they first attacked, I could have helped…I'm sorry."
"It's…not your fault for what happened. We had just got back from killing a few Vasto Lorde, and they were waiting for us. Doesn't matter now..." She closed her eyes and turned away from him.
"Ichigo! Come now!" Unohana had shouted from down the hall so he could hear her. He jumped up and ran out the door.
"What hap-" His eyes fell on the baby twin girls. One of them had somewhat of a hollow mask formed. Ichigo fell to his knees and punched the floor, breaking his hand, which Unohana quickly healed.
"She isn't a full hollow, but still shares the traits. The mask has been coming and going randomly." As she explained this the mask faded and a few seconds later it returned.
"Does that mean she gets to live?" Ichigo asked as he looked up at Unohana. She smiled and nodded. Then her expression turned serious as she turned to Orihime.
"Yes, your daughters both get to live. However if Orihime were to get pregnant again she would die during birth, the pressure each of these girls put on her body was massive, she can't give birth again. So I'm going to ask for your consent to remove her womb."
"Do it." Ichigo didn't hesitate to answer. Unohana handed the girls to one of the nurses she had in the room to take them out to another room they had prepared. The one in the mask had fine bright orange hair, which Ichigo thought had to be a sick joke. The other one had jet black hair.
"I will, we had to sedate her because she was in a huge pain, I'll wait for her to wake up and tell her then sedate her again, how are the hollow girls?"
"The blonde one is still unconscious from what I could tell, and the other was awake and talking to me, she's surprisingly non-hollow-like when I told her that her friends didn't make it, she started to cry…" Ichigo turned and left the room. "I'll stay with them until they both wake up."
He returned to the room to find Sung-Sun sitting up with a happy look, her bloody sleeve covering her mouth like she usually did.
"Hi…" She said as she turned to him. And motioned for him to come over with her other hand.
"I told you to rest…" Ichigo put his hand on her shoulder to try to push her back down, she turned her head to his hand and moved her sleeve, she opened her mouth and a very long thin purple tongue came out and licked his hand which he pulled away from her. "What the hell!?" Ichigo wiped his hand off on the bed and she giggled a little.
"your hand tastes good…" she reeled her tongue back into her mouth and put her sleeve in front of it.
"That's not weird at all…why did you lick me?" He kept his hands away from her.
"To get you to stop trying to push me back down…and my tongue is much longer…" She looked at him and winked which caused him to take the chair and move it a few inches away.
"That's wonderful…Why do you need such a long to…never mind…Are you feeling better? Any pain?"
"A slight pounding in my head, but other than that…I'm fine, are you worried about me?"
"I consider you as a friend, so of course I'm worried, also I'm worried about Tier." He looked across the room and she was still unconscious breathing heavily.
"Ah, but you're sitting next to me…I like that." She giggled slightly at his reaction.
"You do realize that I'm married…right? You seem to be flirting with me?"
"I do know…I'm just having some fun, you don't mind, do you, it's harmless…" She giggled into her arm again, and Ichigo noticed her tongue sticking out of her mouth, it was a little longer than a foot.
"I…don't care, that's fine…but, could you put your tongue away please?" Ichigo couldn't help but look at it with an awkward look, but backed away slightly when she flicked it at him, nearly hitting him in the face. She giggled a little and pulled it back in.
"I didn't expect the Soul Society to be so lenient with us, being hollows, and such…"
"They owe me… so they have to put up with it." Ichigo laughed a little letting his guard down and nearly got him in his mouth by her tongue. "Could you not shove your tongue into my mouth!"
"Damn…so close…"
'Why are the weird ones attracted to me!?' Ichigo leaned back and shut his eyes after moving out of her tongues reach.
"Sung-Sun. Put your tongue away…let him rest." Nel walked in when she heard Ichigo brought injured arrancar back. Ichigo had somehow fell asleep in his chair and Sung-Sun was leaning closer to him but still he was just out of her reach.
"But his hand tasted so good, I want to know what his face tastes like…" She complained to Nel who sat on her bed.
"That's gross…I can't imagine he would taste good to you…doesn't it bother him that you're so flirtatious?"
"Apparently not, he said he isn't interested, and let me have my fun, I'm starting to see why you stayed here…" They both shared a laugh that woke Ichigo.
"Oh, hey Nel, what's up?"
"Nothing I came to see what was going on, Unohana told me everything…congratulations! I also see that you've been acquainted with her tongue already…here's a warning; it took me a year to get her to stop licking me." Nel's words shocked Ichigo then he felt something wet on his face and Nel let out a giggle.
"Delicious…" Sung-Sun had said awkwardly because of her tongue, she continued to run it over his face, he was frozen by the shock, and slowly turned to her.
"How long is your tongue!? Damn!" Ichigo tried pulling it off his face but it just wrapped around his hand a few times.
"Are you sure you want that answer, Ichigo?" Nel had managed to say behind a laugh.
"Not really, but I need to know the distance to stay away!"
"Around seven feet if she wants…It really is a disturbing ability she has…" Nel spoke as if she was an expert on the matter, Sung-Sun just laughed and unwrapped Ichigo's hand and her tongue shot to the other bed and licked Tier's leg a few times. "See…"
"I'm not sure if I should be amazed or disgusted…or both." Ichigo said slowly as she pulled her tongue back.
"I would prefer if you were amazed…" Sung-Sun had giggled a little behind her sleeve.
"Ichigo, the operation is c-" Unohana had walked in and started telling Ichigo about Orihime's operation, but was interrupted by Sung-Sun shoving her tongue in Unohana's face which probably made her lose thought of what she was doing, she just froze and sat there with her eyes wide looking at the tongue. Ichigo forced himself not to laugh as he grabbed her tongue, which he did reluctantly and it left Unohana and wrapped around his arm, he didn't enjoy it, but Unohana seemed to have found a weakness. "What…" was all she could say as she felt where her tongue was.
"Sorry, I don't know why she keeps doing that! She never did that when I went there before…" Ichigo was struggling to remove the tongue, but it was like trying to catch air with a net. He couldn't get a grip on it.
"I'm not going to ask. Orihime's operation was successful, you can see her and the twins tomorrow, and they all need rest. And it does seem that you're popular with hollow girls…you obviously have your hands full, so I'll come back later to check on Tier." She turned and left after making a joke. Ichigo really couldn't argue with her in this matter.
"Why do I put up with this?" He asked aloud but to himself.
"Well, because she has a solid grip on you, and probably won't let you go unless there's a good reason." Nel spoke as she looked at Tier lying unconscious breathing unevenly and heavily.
"Sung-Sun, you obviously like me right?" Ichigo asked as he kept trying to pry her off.
"…Maybe…" She tightened her grip as she answered.
"If you let me go, I'll ask if you can stay in my squad with me, how about that?" At his request she let go and nodded happily giving him a creepy smile before covering it with her sleeve.
'What have I done…'
"Hey, Ichigo, and various hollow women…" Shunsui had come into the room to see if the two were conscious now.
"Shunsui I have a favor to ask…Sung-sun wants to be in my squad…so…"
"Yeah, we decided that they are going to stay here and join a squad. If she wants to be in your squad that's fine, I'm going to put Tier in my squad. If Sung-Sun can walk, and Unohana will let her go, take her to your barracks and show her around, get her something to wear that isn't covered in what is probably not all her blood." Shunsui turned and left.
"So…are you going to escort me to the barracks…Captain…?" Sung-Sun was obviously going to have fun with this at Ichigo's expense.
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"It's really nice of you to let me join your squad…" Sung-Sun told him as he let her into his barracks.
"Not like I had a choice, you evil snake woman."
"Oh, now you're sweet talking me…" She giggled into her sleeve as she followed him around. He rounded a corner and was about to explain where she would be sleeping when Yuze ran into him throwing her arms around him for a second.
"Hi Captain! Is this the arrancar from earlier?" Yuze still had that smile that made Ichigo think he knew her from the past.
"He's mine…" Sung-Sun decided to put her head on his shoulder and lick his face like a normal person, which freaked out both him and Yuze.
"Stop licking me!" Ichigo demanded and she slowly retracted her tongue and glared at Yuze.
"Alright than…I'll see you later!" Yuze continued running down the hall. And Sung-Sun laughed behind her sleeve and then poked at Ichigo with the other.
"What is it?"
"Do you have a shower and some clothes I can change into?"
"I doubt that I would have clothes that fit you…but give me your clothes when you get into the shower, and I'll go find something that will fit you."
"Oh…That will be nice."
Ichigo took her to his quarters and led her inside, he turned his back for her to get undressed, he knew that he was going to have problems with this one. Eventually she gave him the clothes and he stood up not facing her and started speaking.
"I'll be back in a little bit, lock the door when I leave." Ichigo was surprised that she didn't assault him with her tongue. And he left to go find something in the same size as the weird dress type thing she was wearing.
"He does tastes good…maybe I'll eat him…" Sung-Sun said as she entered the shower.
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"Retsu, I need a robe in this size." He handed her the dress and she looked it over.
"I'm not sure if I can guess her size from looking at a bloody sheet…I mean dress…I'll need to have her measurements."
"Please don't make me bring her out again…" Ichigo paled at the thought of her licking the back of his head, he knows she will do it too.
"Is she that bad…?" Unohana didn't know that she had licked her earlier; she didn't know that was her tongue.
"She licked you too! Of course she is!" Ichigo pointed at the side of her face in question.
"That was her tongue!?" Unohana touched her face where she was licked and shivered a little.
"Exactly. Just give me a robe that's bigger than that." Ichigo sat down as she walked out and returned with a white robe a few minutes later.
"Please do your best to not bring her back to me, Okay?" Ichigo knew better than to disagree with her.
"I'll try, and who knows…maybe she's just acting like that from her concussion…No modesty, and grabby…I can ignore that…I can't ignore a seven foot tongue…How is that even possible…" Ichigo was mumbling to himself as he left to his barracks.
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"He's too slow…I finished ten minutes ago…" Sung-sun was sitting on the floor on a towel, with another one wrapped around her. She heard someone fiddle with the lock and start to open the door. She was shocked when Yumai opened the door.
"Do I know you?" Yumai said from the door. Sung-Sun twisted around so she was not facing the door.
"Can you close the door…I'm not dressed…" She was slightly annoyed that it wasn't Ichigo with her clothes, she looked in the closet and there was nothing that fit her.
"Umm, yeah…But why are you undressed in here?" She came in and shut the door, she started taking her own clothes off and walked to the shower.
"I'm waiting for the captain to bring me my clothes."
"The captain…are you new in his squad? What's your name?" Yumai turned on the water and it was ice cold, Sung-Sun had it as cold as it would go.
"You can call me Sung-Sun…I joined his squad today…" She shot a glance at Yumai who was now in the warmer shower.
"Alright…Sung-Sun…my name is Yumai. Are you okay? You had the water set completely cold."
"I prefer the cold water…It feels nicer…" Sung-Sun had yawned a little then heard someone open the door again, she turned and it was Ichigo.
"Yumai...Do you have to strip down in front of everyone?" Ichigo felt a familiar wetness on his hand. "And you! Devil snake! Stop licking me!" She had her tongue wrapped around his hand again.
"Devil snake? Licking? What are yo…What the hell!?" Yumai turned around to see her unwrap his hand and retract the tongue. "How long is her tongue…?"
"Seven feet…" Ichigo and Sung-Sun responded at the same time and Yumai paled a little.
"So, you didn't lick her when you saw her?" Ichigo asked as Sung-Sun took the robe and made him turn around.
"She's in the shower…It's rude to bother a woman in the shower…" She put the robe on and much to her joy the sleeves were a bit too long.
"Don't act innocent all of a sudden!" Ichigo started yelling at her and Yumai decided to turn back around and continue her shower.
"I don't know what you're talking about…" she placed her tongue on his cheek pointing at his mouth, Ichigo would have yelled at her again, but he knew the second he opened his mouth, she was going to shove her tongue in. Ichigo could go without the feeling of a snake's tongue in his mouth.
'Why does everyone want to make me uncomfortable as possible!?' He thought to himself as he managed to get a grip on her tongue and pulled it from his face, and instead it wrapped his wrist, and she pulled him to the door.
"Now, will you show me to my room?" She asked as she unwrapped him. He led her out and to the room next to his.
"As much as I don't want to admit it…This is the only empty room left…" he opened the door for her and she wrapped her tongue around his arm and dragging him in against his will.
"Do you see something missing in here?" Ichigo looked around and it had what she needed, bed, chair, shelves, closet…bunch of other room things. He then noticed there was no shower.
"You have got to be kidding me Sung-Sun…You're going to make a big deal out of there not being a shower?" She nodded and tightened her grip on him.
"I don't suppose I can use yours…can I? She moved her tongue from his arm to near his mouth, her tongue was oddly slimy, it felt like a snake covered in oil, which made it hard to get a grip on and remove it. Ichigo just nodded. "Good, thank you." She pulled her tongue back in and stood there staring at him.
"What?" Ichigo was annoyed at her behavior.
"You never finished showing me around…" She shot her tongue to the door and opened it.
"That is disgusting."
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Ichigo finished sowing her around and went back to his office with her, she wouldn't leave him alone. He started to read his book since he had nothing else to do.
"I see you have a lot of sake on that shelf…" She said as she stared it them intently.
"Have some if you want…I don't drink it as much anymore." He looked up to see her grab a bottle with her tongue. "Do you ever use your hands for something!?" He yelled as she held the bottle in front of her swinging it back and forth with her tongue, seeming to do it to bother him. She dropped it between her hands and held it through the sleeves. She used her tongue to remove the cork in the bottle, and threw it at Ichigo hitting him between the eyes. Ichigo felt that he was going to kill her if he didn't cool down. He opened the drawer and pulled out the glove he was supposed to wear at all times, which he hadn't done since his fight with Rukia, he also pulled out that sleeve thing that Kurotsuchi gave him he put them both on his right arm. Sung-Sun noticed his drop in power and quickly downed the bottle of sake, sticking her tongue in the empty bottle, she reached over and hit Ichigo with it.
"Why do you lower yourself?" Ichigo was rubbing the side of his head where she hit him as she asked this.
"I felt like it…It's been bothering me for a while…you said I taste good…what did you mean by that…?" Ichigo really didn't want the answer but he had to know.
"It means that you have a pleasant taste to me...I can taste spiritual pressure, everyone has a unique taste…I can't quite say what you taste like…" As she was saying this Yumai came in and sat on his desk.
"I'm not sure he would taste good at all…probably just tastes like sex…although he has been on lockdown for the last nine months…" At this, Sung-Sun raised an eyebrow.
"Ichigo…Is that what I taste?" Sung-sun slowly extended her tongue at him but he grabbed Yumai and pulled her in front of him.
"What the he-" she was cut short by Sung-Sun's tongue in her mouth, exploring and going slightly down her throat Yumai managed to pull away and cough a little. "Holy shit…That must be the reason for that tongue of hers…I'm straight and I have to admit that was good…" Ichigo shot a disgusted face at Yumai, but stopped when the tongue slapped him in the face. Yumai, with her mission to make Ichigo uncomfortable, bit her tongue and it came back and shot into her mouth.
"Please let this be a nightmare!" he shouted as Yumai was getting her mouth explored by this snake woman's tongue. Suddenly the tongue shot down her throat a few inches causing her to gag and pull away.
"Oh, come on Ichigo…its harmless fun! Right, Sung-Sun?" Yumai had coughed a little bit more before Sung-Sun nodded and retracted her tongue.
"What the hell did I do to be tormented so?" He spoke into his desk after her slammed his head into it.
"I think I'm starting to like this girl Ichigo…she doesn't resist me." Yumai and Sung-Sun started laughing and Ichigo let out an annoyed groan.
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A few hours later, Izuru came to get Yumai for a date, and saw this strange woman licking her face.
"Am I interrupting? Should I come back?" Yumai pulled away and ran up to him.
"Run. That is my advice." Ichigo said, his head still down on the desk.
"Why? Who's she?" Izuru asked as Ichigo seemed to have enough on his plate.
"You can call me Sung-Sun…Pleased to meet you…" She pulled her tongue back after flicking it at him a little.
"She…slithered…her way into my squad. Before she decides to lick you, you should probably run." He picked up his head and got hit by another bottle, this time it was full.
"Yumai doesn't resist me…I have no business bothering her friend." Sung-Sun started to drink the sake and Ichigo was wondering what the consequence would be if he cut off her tongue, or nailed it to the wall. He took his glove and sleeve off and put it back in the drawer.
"Well…Ichigo, I'll bring her back before too late, see you later."
"Ichigo, you do realize that I'm not trying to sexually attack you, don't you, I just like how your spiritual pressure tastes…"
"That makes me less uncomfortable, but I still won't let you shove your tongue in my mouth!" Ichigo sat up in his chair and looked at her.
"I understand…I'll stick to your hand…"
"No…no licking at all!"
"Too bad…I'll just keep trying your mouth then…since you are being stubborn." This really bothered Ichigo, there was no way he could get out of this.
"Fine…hands…whatever." Ichigo stood up and cautiously walked by her and grabbed a bottle of sake, sat back down at his desk and uncorked it. He put the bottle to his mouth and it was pulled away and downed by Sung-Sun. "Oh…you…bitch…"
"I don't see the problem, you have many bottles there…"
"How come you never licked me or even shown your tongue in Las Noches?"
"Apacci said she would cut it off if she ever saw me trying to do that…I might have pushed it too far down her throat without her consent…"
"I can understand why she would threaten you for that." Ichigo started laughing and heard a knock at the door.
"Captain! Can I come in? It's Yuze!" The voice called from the other side of the door.
"Yes, you can come in." Ichigo shot a glare at Sung-Sun and she just giggled.
"Hi Captain!" Yuze came in and shut the door, and sat down next to Sung-Sun. Ichigo saw Sung-Sun open her mouth a little from behind her sleeve.
"Do it, you die." Ichigo scolded her and she giggled a little and shot her tongue around his hand that was pointing at her?
"Hmm?" She said over her tongue and giggled.
"I'm not sure I know what is going on." Yuze said as she noticed what happened.
"I don't know either…apparently the hollow snake girl has taken a liking to me." Ichigo explained as he tried to free his hand from the evil woman. Yuze was examining the tongue as if it was an exhibit in a museum.
"Her tongue!? That's her tongue!?" Yuze asked as she poked it and saw where it was coming from.
"Yes, and I just got her to agree to stop trying to shove it in my mouth. Instead she won't release my hand."
"Could you let him go?" Yuze asked and she immediately let him go.
'Bullshit.' Ichigo thought as just a simple request made her let him go.
"Thank you!" Ichigo was just staring at Yuze. He knew her from somewhere, he knew her face. He knew her voice. He just couldn't remember from where.
"Sung-Sun, tomorrow, I'll get someone to get you your uniform." Ichigo stood up walked to the door. "I'll be right back. Play nice…" And he left, not noticing Sung-Sun let her tongue out slowly.
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"Still not awake…" Ichigo went to squad four to see if Tier was awake. He sat in the chair next to her and waited for a little before he noticed that she had made a noise and moved a little. Ichigo went to get Retsu when she moved again.
"She moved? Are you sure?" Retsu asked as she tried to get a response from her.
"Yeah, and she also made a noise." Ichigo was standing behind her watching.
"She isn't responding, if you see her move or hear something, try to get a response by talking to her." She turned and left the room again. After a few minutes of nothing she started mumbling something. Ichigo couldn't hear so he got closer, still couldn't hear, he put his ear next to her mouth and heard
"Sung-Sun…Apacci…Mila-Rose…Run please…"
"Hey, hey, Tier." Ichigo tried to move her shoulders a little no response. He tried harder, no response. He slapped her face lightly no response.
"Run…please…" she said as Ichigo decided to smack her a little harder, he brought his hand to her and a sharp noise was heard and her face shot to the right. Her eyes shot open and she stared at the wall for a second before turning to face Ichigo.
"You finally woke up." Ichigo said as he sat back down.
"Did you…just slap me?" She accused him in an 'I'll kill you' tone.
"Yes, you were mumbling something and you wouldn't respond to anything else."
"Where is Sung-Sun?" Tier remembered that they came together.
"At my barracks. Safe." Ichigo explained as she tried to sit up, but couldn't.
"Why is she there?" She was breathing heavily.
"You two are being put into squads here, it's much safer for you and her here. She was put in my squad, and you are going to be in squad one, with Shunsui." She reluctantly nodded, not wanting to leave Las Noches, but he was right, it was much safer there, she didn't wasn't to lose Sung-Sun.
"Fine…Did Sung-Sun lick you…She has a bad habit of doing that, her tongue is freakishly long…She stopped for a while because of Apacci, but…" Tier managed to sit up and looked around.
"She said I tasted good…and I managed to get her to agree to not try and shove her tongue in my mouth." Ichigo sat back in his chair and ran his hand through his hair.
"How did you manage that, she practically raped Mila-Rose and Apacci's mouths all the time, Apacci despised it, but Mila-Rose seemed to love it."
"Why does all the weird shit happen to me!?" Tier just chuckled before laying back down.
"Well, in her defense, she probably just likes how your spiritual pressure tastes to her, and if she is trying so much it must be addictive. If she tries to do anything sexual to you, don't be afraid to smack her, she stops after that." She spoke as if that was a regular occurrence.
"I don't want to hit her, but is she seriously like that? She seemed so calm and put together, and nice, innocent even."
"It was a front she put on to fool Apacci…" she closed her eyes and sighed. "If you don't mind I'm going to rest a little, can you bring Sung-Sun tomorrow morning?
"I will, see you tomorrow." He got up and left, telling Unohana that she woke up and talked but went to sleep, he told her about the two Eletera that have transitioned and she said she'll tell Shunsui in the morning.
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Ichigo was back in his barracks and it was quiet, most of his squad was either gone, or in their quarters. He came up to his office and the door was locked, reluctantly he unlocked it and opened the door. He walked in and his jaw dropped. Rangiku was locking lips with Sung-Sun. Ichigo cleared his throat and Sung-Sun pulled away, and pulled her tongue out of Rangiku's mouth, who was drunk, her tongue took a few seconds to completely come back, Ichigo gagged at the sight.
"Did you have to do this in my office?" Ichigo had his face in his hand staring at the ground.
"Well…She came in drunk…looking for you…I said you would be back soon and she sat next to me…after a little she just grabbed my chin and kissed me…So I returned the favor, she liked it…didn't even gag so she must have trained her throat…"
"I don't even…Tier was right…your innocence was a front. Your tongue is disturbing…" Ichigo sat on his desk and leaned his head on his hand.
"She's awake now? Can I go see her right now?"
"I'll take you in the morning…she went to sleep."
"Hey! Ichigo! I like-I like this snake girl…" Rangiku sputtered out her words. "Keep her around…kay?"
"I swear…Why am I the one who has to deal with her…" Ichigo rubbed the back of his head. "Sung-Sun, you remember where your room is right?" She nodded. "Good, well I'm going to mine, you can continue your…adventure…of Rangiku, when your finished go to your quarters." Ichigo hadn't even stood up before Sung-Sun drilled her tongue into Rangiku's mouth. "Holy crap, I will never get used to this one…" Ichigo stormed out of the room, not wanting to see what was going to happen next.
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Ichigo woke up to hear Yumai in the shower, looking really tired. He looked at her bed and it looked like it hadn't been slept in.
"Hey, Yumai! Are you just getting back?" Ichigo shouted at the shower, he couldn't see it from where the bed was.
"No…Not Yumai…It's me…" The voice was Sung-Sun, he heard the shower door open and saw her tongue flick out the door.
"Why are you here so early? How long have you been in there? What time is it?" Ichigo sat up rubbing his eyes. Her robe was just lying on the floor in the middle of the room.
"I'm in the shower…isn't that obvious…about two hours…I want to get the feel of alcohol off my skin…and its eight."
"Please tell me that you went to sleep last night…" Ichigo was really too tired to put up with her.
"No…I was with Rangiku in your office…she passed out about two and a half hours ago…I got a bored and wasn't tired so I came in here to see if you were awake, you weren't so I just got in the shower…is that a problem?" Ichigo didn't care; it was too early to snap at her.
"I don't care, just hurry up and get out. I want to shower."
"You could always joi-"
"Nope, if that's how you are, I'll wait however long you need." Ichigo lay back on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
"You don't need to be so blunt…" She said slowly and turned the water off. She came out wrapped in a towel, and sat on Yumai's bed after picking up her robe. "Well…are you going to get in the shower…?"
"You're still here…"
"I want to dry off before getting dressed…Go ahead, I have no interest in you that way…"
'Oh this must be a gift! She doesn't want me that way!' Ichigo cheered in his mind as he stripped and threw his clothes into the box at the door. Sung-Sun, raised an eyebrow at what he was hiding from her.
"…I like this place…It is much, much better than Las Noches…"
"I can only imagine…" Ichigo responded vaguely.
"Are you bothered by me…" She asked as she put her robe back on.
"…Slightly, but not enough to not like you." Ichigo finished his shower and came out with a towel wrapped around him. Sung-Sun had passed out on Yumai's bed even though she was talking not a minute ago "Huh…"
Ichigo got dressed and put Sung-Sun completely on the bed and left, to go see the damage in his office. He was hoping that Sung-Sun would behave herself a little, in hopes that he wouldn't have to train her behavior like a dog. He came to his office door and waited a few seconds, he opened it, expecting Rangiku to be fully stripped and with bite marks, but no, she was fully clothed but had one bite mark on her chin. It looked like a snake bite, Ichigo was concerned seeing as he never saw Sung-Sun's teeth, Rangiku was passed out on the couch with her head back and mouth hanging open, she had some saliva dripping down her cheek onto her shoulder. Ichigo decided to leave her be, and just close her mouth for her.
"Damn…your tongue…so long and thin…" Rangiku was mumbling in her sleep as Ichigo started picking up all the bottles the two of them had emptied.
"Nope." Ichigo dropped the bottles and left.
Yes, Yuze is Senna, no she has nothing big to do with the story, neither her or Ichigo know about their past together, so blah. Sung-Sun is weird. deal with it. Hitsugaya will probably have a cow when he learns about Tier joining.