AN: Sixteen year timeskip, This is the final Chapter, The sequel is focused on Masaki and is going to be called 'The Noble Hollow'
"Ichigo you heard me...Speak my name."
"Kyoka Suigetsu." As Ichigo spoke the name of the Zanpakuto, the man was shrouded by a light, the light started to form a glowing blade in Ichigo's hand. It looked like a normal katana with a hexagonal guard and was solid black. With no other decorations or markings.
"This took you much too long Ichigo. You spent sixteen years trying to get Kyoka the acknowledge you." Zangetsu scolded Ichigo.
"He was being difficult…I have two more…and four years…I already have Houou-Kyu's Bankai. I think I can manage, also, I still need to make the Hogyoku obey me."
"Yes, but can you do such a feat?" Houou-Kyu spoke from Zangetsu's shoulder.
"He can already use my Shikai. But it is up to him for the Bankai." Kyoka's voice rang out, him being a sword at the moment.
"I'm going to try to at least control the Hogyoku in case I cannot master the last two. So I could seal Ulquiorra again."
"Do as you must." All three zanpakuto spoke at the same time and Ichigo came to in his garden. The new zanpakuto in his right hand. He quickly willed it away, not wanting to walk around with Aizen's zanpakuto.
"I take it you finally got number three, captain?" Ichigo heard the familiar voice of his former student. Chizuza, after she graduated she was accepted into squad five and was given the ninth seat position.
"Yeah…took much, much too long…" Ichigo stood up and looked at the sky. It was around four or five.
"What is that one's name?" Yuze called, from her tree. She had been promoted to fourth seat under Koko.
"Kyoka Suigetsu…" Ichigo spoke slowly and he heard the two of them gasp and then he heard a third voice.
"So…Aizen's chose you, huh?" Shunsui called from the other island and then jumped over.
"It seems so…" Ichigo really did not want to use that zanpakuto, it caused so much pain in the past.
"Stop moping, your daughters are waiting in your office."
"Right. I don't have time to mope, I have only four years to master three zanpakuto and the Hogyoku!" Ichigo gave a smile to the three and ran into his office.
"Dad!" Both girls shouted in unison, doing that twin mind sharing thing that bothered Ichigo.
"What's up Masaki, Tatsuki?" Tatsuki had long straight hair that went to her upper back and curled at the end, hey eyes were ash grey like Masaki's. She on the other hand, had short messy hair slightly longer than Ichigo's after the Dangai. Her mask fragment now only covered her right eye and upper cheek. It spiked off in the direction her eye pointed.
"We heard stories about you today, some interesting stories…" They were giggling in their uniforms; they didn't go home and change before coming to the barracks to see him.
"Do they have to do with Espada or Captain Unohana?" Ichigo asked after a sigh. He moved to his desk and sat down.
"That's what they both are about!" Tatsuki shouted with a smile.
"They were that you,"
"Had sexual relations,"
"With Captain Unohana,"
"And Tier. And you got them,"
"Both pregnant!"
"Is that,"
"True?" They were finishing each other's thoughts and words.
"How do you do that, that is really creepy!" Ichigo chuckled as an attempt to avoid the subject of them.
"We've been told that we share a brain, now are they true?" The twins spoke in unison again, Ichigo was stumped at how they did that perfectly.
"You're not going to drop this are you?"
"Not even remotely!" They shouted.
"Yes, I got Tier pregnant; no I did nothing of the sort with Captain Unohana."
"And mom is okay with her living with us!?"
"You two need to speak separately, it gets creepy. And why don't you go ask her if you're so concerned about it."
"She's at a meeting with the SWA." Masaki said as she leaned against her sister and shut her eyes.
"Why are you so tired lately?" Ichigo asked as he got up to sit with them.
"I've been practicing my Hado late at night in the training grounds."
"That's my girl!" Ichigo said as he messed with her hair, she didn't care, she liked it messy.
"Dad, I heard that you are a fun teacher, I wish I had your class…" Tatsuki sighed as she leaned against her sister as well.
"Which class? I know you're top of your class for Zanjutsu. And Masaki is the only one in her class who can flash step already."
"The advanced Zanjutsu of course!"
"Well, it's only your first year, somehow you failed the entrance exam twice…"
"That wasn't our fault! The proctor was mean!"
"I was your proctor…"
"The proctor was amazing, but stupid!"
"That's the Tatsuki I know."
"Hello everyone!" Orihime came in to the room, she cut her hair slightly shorter than lower back but longer than middle back.
"Mom!" the twins shouted, not opening their eyes.
"I take it they're tired?" Orihime said as she sat on Ichigo's desk. Pushing a pile of paperwork to the side.
"Yeah, seems so…" Ichigo gave Orihime a kiss and sat at his desk.
"Did you learn the name of that zanpakuto? It's been sixteen years, almost."
"Kyoka Suigetsu. Aizen's Zanpakuto."
"That's the one you got now!?" Masaki shouted jumping up, causing Tatsuki to fall over, and yell at her.
"Yeah, hold on…It seems to change appearance when they transition owners." Ichigo held out his hand like he was holding a sword sideways, and the blade formed in his hand.
"So…now you need this one's Bankai…and two more of them and the Hogyoku, right?" Orihime asked slowly. She picked up the sword and examined it.
"If she drops me I'll kill you." Kyoka's voice rang in his head.
"Don't drop him, he doesn't like to be dropped apparently. And yes, that's correct." Ichigo took the sword back and flaked it out of existence.
"Can you use the Bankai simultaneously?" Masaki asked as she sat on his desk.
"I tried once, but it didn't last very long, maybe ten minutes…"
"Well, you can work on that when that despair filled espada is gone." Tatsuki spoke up as she fixed her hair.
"Yeah, so I take it that you two aren't going to fight today?"
"No! We are!" they both shouted in unison.
…
"Are you ever going to fix the ground!?" Tatsuki shouted at Ichigo as she got her foot stuck on one of the cracks that Ichigo made against Izuru and Rukia.
"Oh stop complaining Tatsuki! Hurry up and get ready!" Masaki called from the other side.
"Are you ready? Begin!" Ichigo shouted and the two girls charged each other, they didn't hold back on each other at all, the fight consisted of many punched to the stomach and kicks to the head, stabs to the arms, slashes to the chest. After ten minutes of this shared beating they gave each other, the fight was decided when Masaki drove her sword through Tatsuki's shoulder.
"Well done Masaki!" Ichigo cheered and then held out his finger for a hell butterfly. After a few minutes Yumai appeared in her shihakusho, her visor was gone, Ichigo convinced Mayuri to make contact lenses out of the visors. Her hair was now down to her lower back and she had a zanpakuto on her left hip.
"Ichi-dono, are you making your daughters fight to the death again?" she ran over to Tatsuki and started to heal her, she had been accepted into the fourth squad upon graduation as was given a seated rank, third seat.
"They both survived, as usual, and Masaki has finally overpowered Tatsuki in a close range fight!"
"Did you get that zanpakuto?"
"Kyoka Suigetsu."
"Oh…I read about that one, it was Aizen's right?" Yumai asked as she finished healing Tatsuki, wrapping her arm in bandages. Ichigo nodded and saw Orihime healing Tatsuki.
"It's going to be close…" Ichigo sighed and sat down next to Tatsuki.
"You will pull through." Orihime shouted from where Masaki was.
…
"Masaki, have you figured out how to fire a cero yet?"
"Yes, but I'm not allowed to use them at the academy, and I don't use them against Tatsuki since it isn't fair."
"That's great! Hit me with it!" Ichigo took a few steps back and opened his arms.
"Are you serious!? You'll be hurt!"
"Obviously you haven't learned that I just won't die. Hit me with it!"
"She sighed and held her hands out making a circle with her fingers. A grey ball of energy formed and shot at Ichigo with the signature noise of a cero.
"Not bad!" Ichigo shouted as he stumbled a bit, his coat burning, he noticed and threw it to the ground.
"Are you going to show me your rapid black Cero now, you promised me you would show me!"
"Fine, but get behind me…" Ichigo held out his claw and five black balls of energy began forming at each fingertip and suddenly he clenched his fist and five rapid cero shot out of his claw, each creating a massive explosion.
"THAT WAS SO COOL!" Masaki jumped on his back and wrapped her arms around him.
"Thank you, Sweet Hollow." She smiled at the nickname he gave her a couple years back.
"Does, Koko have something like that?"
"She doesn't like using her hollow powers, once I helped her control it, she ignores it now. So I doubt it." Ichigo sat down on the ground and Masaki sat next to him.
"Can you show me the Bankai for Houou-Kyu, please?" She looked at his with a face he couldn't say no to. He manifested the dagger and gripped the blade in his right hand.
"I would suggest getting a good distance away…" Ichigo's warning made her flash step to the other side of a large rock and hide behind it.
"BANKAI!" he shouted as he pulled the blade from his right hand. The dagger shot into the air and exploded into a massive black flame, it lowered itself around Ichigo and disappeared, Ichigo's right arm was in black flames and he raised it over his head. "Houou-Kyu Ryu o Nensho!" At the name of its Bankai being called a giant black phoenix arose from his hand and grew to a very large size, it had black flame dripping from its wings and beak, the eyes were bright purple. He started pointing his arm in different directions, the phoenix followed, he closed his fist and the bird spit fire at what he was pointing at. After a minute of this demonstration he dropped his arm and held it in front of him with his palm up. "Kesu, Houou-Kyu." And the phoenix exploded and the flames on his arm retracted to his hand and reformed the dagger.
"That. Was. AWESOME!" Masaki screamed as she ran over to him.
"Indeed that was." The two of them turned to see Urahara waving his fan at them.
"How long have you been there?" Ichigo asked as Masaki ran over to greet him.
"Hello, Masaki, and since she hit you with her cero." He explained as he pried free from Masaki and walked to Ichigo.
"So, what brings you here to my completely not modeled after yours training ground?"
"A little birdy told me that your mystery zanpakuto was Kyoka Suigetsu." He spoke from behind his fan. "And, Sung-Sun asked me to come."
"Why did she ask you to come?"
"That is a private matter, Ichigo." He waved his fan with a goofy grin.
"Please tell me that you're removing her tongue…" Masaki spoke with annoyance.
"Is there something wrong with my tongue…?" Sung-Sun said slowly into her ear and licked the side of her face.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Masaki shrieked as she started attacking Sung-Sun, the two did not get along well at all, probably because Sung-Sun keeps licking her face. The scene of hate made the other two laugh hysterically.
"They'll eventually be friendly…well Ichigo I must say, you've pulled Kyoka Suigetsu out, I don't think the others will be as difficult as he was."
"Urahara, do I really need to learn the Bankai for each of them, can't I make do with Shikai?"
"Yes, I don't know why you thought you needed the Bankai for each of them; you have twenty years, not two hundred. The only reason you need to have them acknowledge you as their master as so they cannot be swayed by Ulquiorra when his seal breaks, just be able to use the Shikai, and gain control of the Hogyoku, when he is unsealed, make it your desire for him to exist outside your soul. The Hogyoku makes the desires real. You should know this by now." Urahara had perched himself on a rock and sat watching the fight between the two hollow girls.
"Alright." Ichigo turned to the fight to see Masaki charge her cero. When she shot it Ichigo flashed in front of her and caught it with his hand, and stopped the fight.
"Thank you for saving me…Captain…" Sung-Sun said slowly as she licked the back of his neck, causing him to shiver.
"You damn snake woman!" Ichigo turned to Sung-Sun and hit her in the face with a Bala. It was very weak, but strong enough to make her calm down.
"I'm sorry Masaki…" Sung-Sun apologized to her, and Ichigo put his hand on Masaki's head.
"Leave each other alone, I don't want all of my hollows fighting each other." Ichigo let out a chuckle then pulled Masaki to him.
"Fine…I'm going to go see Tier." Masaki pulled away from Ichigo after giving him a tight hug and flashed her way out of the training grounds.
…
"Tier, are you in there?" Masaki knocked on Tier's door and waited for a response.
"Come in Masaki!" Tier called from inside, sounding oddly happy.
"Oh, you're in the shower, should I come back?" Masaki opened the door and heard the shower.
"No, it's fine as long as Ichigo isn't with you."
"No, he's talking with Urahara." Masaki sat on her bed and laughed.
"Is there something you wanted to talk about?"
"Do you like my dad?"
"I'm sorry what?"
"Do. You. Like. My. Dad?"
"He's a good friend."
"If he was just a good friend I wouldn't hear you in the shower screaming his name when you're alone." Masaki said in an accusing tone.
"You hear me say what!?"
"Calm down, I was kidding!"
"Oh…You're evil, you know that?" Tier turned off the water and came out without a towel, she went to a drawer and put on just sweatpants.
"I try… and you don't wear underwear? I understand not wearing a bra, or shirt, because of the fragment…but, why no underwear?"
"It feels better. Plus, it's not like you haven't seen me naked before, you just did actually." Tier sat on the bed next to her.
"You're like that cool older sister that I don't have!" Masaki smiled and fell back on the bed.
"Thank you Masaki."
"Oh right! I heard something today, did my dad actually get you pregnant!?" Masaki shouted and sat up on the bed, Tier jumped at her question.
"Yes, why?"
"I can't believe mom is okay with him having sex with you…"
"Well, in our defense, we were black out drunk, and we had to share a room at his house in the World of the Living."
"Oh…wonderful." She paled at the thought of Ichigo and Tier together.
"And from what Yoruichi told me, he gave me a wonderful-" she was interrupted by Masaki pushing her shoulders down to the bed.
"If you say anything involving body fluids or penetration I'm leaving."
"…body shot…"
"Oh, that's not so bad!" She laughed and fell onto her chest, since she was holding her down under her.
"Masaki, do you want to get up? I want to get on my bed better than this." Tier asked, and Masaki sat up and they both sat further back on the bed. Masaki laid her head on Tier's lap.
"Can I take a quick nap here?" she yawned and shut her eyes.
"You still want to sleep with me? Really?" Tier whined, hoping she would leave.
"Is that a problem? You never complained when I slept in here like this before."
"Fine…" Tier put her hand on Masaki's head and strokes it slowly like she used to when she was smaller. Masaki looks up to Tier as an older sister.
…
"Tier, is Masaki in there?" Orihime called as she knocked on the door.
"Yeah. She's asleep though…"Tier spoke just loud enough for Orihime to hear.
"Alright, well, I have to go the officers meeting, tell her if she asks." Orihime didn't wait for a response before leaving for the squad one barracks. When she got there, Ichigo was already there with two of the other captains and three lieutenants.
"Hi Orihime!" Isane called from behind her captain, Orihime waved as she took her spot behind Ichigo. Over the next couple of minutes the rest of the captains and lieutenants arrived, then Shunsui started speaking.
"Okay, Ichigo…what is the progress of the Ulquiorra situation?"
"I have mastered two of the extra zanpakuto. Houou-Kyu, which as you know is the Sokyoku." Ichigo held his right hand out and the dagger burned into it. "And recently Kyoka Suigetsu." He held out his left hand and the sword started to form. When he said the name and manifested it, some of the captains were uneasy, especially Hitsugaya.
"So…You have Aizen's zanpakuto…Why is it black?" Sui-Feng asked from the other side of the room.
"I have no idea, it's the same with how Houou-Kyu is a black dagger, I guess they change with my spiritual pressure?"
"Now…when you say mastered…do you mean you have Bankai for Kyoka Suigetsu aswell? It took you three days for Zangetsu, and nine years for Houou-Kyu, I don't know what you average for this is." Ukitake asked from next to him.
"No. I only need to have the zanpakuto acknowledge me as its master and be able to use their Shikai. Urahara said that I do not need Bankai. Although I do need the Hogyoku."
"It's still confusing as ever. Has your daughter, Masaki, had any…hollow…urges?" Shunsui asked from his chair, looking bored.
"She only has the abilities of an arrancar. She has her zanpakuto already, but does not know its name, so I do not know if she will have Shikai and Bankai, or Resurreccion. She uses flash step instead of Sonido."
"Alright, now, if you will…show us this new Bankai form you have for Zangetsu. I heard that it is spectacular." Shunsui was looking to Orihime at the end.
"I refuse to use it in here. Most if not all of you would die." Ichigo shook his head back and forth.
"I see…"
…
The entire meeting has moved to Sokyoku Hill and the captains were at a distance Ichigo said should be safe.
"Go for it!" Shunsui called from the group.
"BANKAI" The black pillar erupted around Ichigo, cracking the ground. When it subsided, he pointed both of the swords straight up.
"Gokei Shometsu. Tsuki o Moyasu, Zangetsu!" A huge explosion of black-red spiritual pressure erupted and formed a dome around him. When is subsided a massive black mass of energy spouted from his swords and created two lance like spears that replaced his swords and covered his arms, he was covered in black energy that looked like heatless flames, he had two giant bat wings made of this energy he flew straight up in the air in a blink. The captains were amazed by this, they were pointing to show the captains and lieutenants who lost sight of him where he was. He pointed one of them at the ground and a thin beam of the same black energy shot out of the tip. When it made contact with the rock, it made a huge explosion in the shape of a mushroom cloud . The captains were watching this like children in a candy shop. Suddenly Ichigo pointed them both at the massive crater under him, he started diving rapidly, and then he disappeared and there was a massive explosion in the crater. The captains didn't see any movement so they flashed over to the crater. They were shocked with what they saw. Ichigo went straight through and was standing on the ground, the trees around him lie on the ground burning with a black fire.
"Holy shit." Sui-Feng, Kenpachi, and Shunsui said simultaneously as Ichigo flew up and sealed it, he started to stumble a little.
"Thanks…" Ichigo was trying to catch his breath and Orihime grabbed him to support him.
"I would hate to see what makes you do that in battle." Unohana commented as she regained her posture.
"Yeah…Shunsui, is there something you need me to know, if not I'm just going to go lay unconscious for a week…" Ichigo gave a little chuckle.
"Nope, this meeting was to inform us of your situation and to see that."
"I want to fight you Ichigo, fight me with that power!" Kenpachi roared.
"You idiot, if he touched you like that, you would be gone." Sui-Feng scolded him; this earned a grunt from the battle-happy man. Ichigo was already unconscious.
"I'll take him back now!" Orihime shouted as she flashed away with him.
…
Ichigo had been unconscious for six days from his newest ability; his Zanjutsu classes were covered by Renji, who had been named to new captain of squad eight, about two years ago. And another kido teacher covered his Bakudo. Rukia and Renji's son Iruzai, shared classes with Tatsuki at the academy.
Ichigo slowly opened his eyes and closed them over and over; he was starting to wake up. He tried moving and noticed a weight pressing down on his chest; Masaki was asleep on top of him. He looked around and noticed they were in her room.
"Masaki…hey. Masaki…" Ichigo pat her back to wake her.
"Dad!" Masaki opened her eyes and threw her arms around his neck.
"Hey…mind telling me why it's your room that I'm in?"
"I wanted to watch you while you recovered from that massive explosion that shattered Sokyoku hill."
"I was that explosion…" Ichigo chuckled and messed with her hair.
"Mom said something about that…"
"Either way, can you get up now? I want to sit up…" Masaki nodded and rolled off to the side. Ichigo sat up and noticed that his four zanpakuto were on the desk she had in the corner.
"Rukia and Iruzai came by to see you a few times."
"Oh, that's nice…why are the other two manifested?" he was pointing to the black blades next to his, suddenly the door opened and Tatsuki ran in and tackled him.
"Dad! You're awake!"
"Yeah, I'm up now." He noticed Tatsuki had a burn running from her chin to her collarbone. "What happened to you…you have a burn on your neck…?"
"Oh, Masaki decided to start using Cero like a cheater…"
"You stole my zanpakuto and used it like dad does with his! I used my cero because I was unarmed and you can already dodge my kido."
"My daughters are insane. I like it." Ichigo pulled them into a hug and stood up grabbing his zanpakuto, he dismissed the other two and held his since he was still in the ripped Hakama.
"Insane as their father!" they both called in unison.
"That is still creepy…did my sisters or dad come by?"
"Your sister Karin did, she was with Toshiro the entire time, but she came once."
"Alone? That's weird…"
…
"Iruzai! Where are you?" Rukia was walking down the halls of the fifth squad barracks looking for her son.
"Lieutenant Abarai!" Chizuza called as she ran up to Rukia.
"Hi Chizu-chan. You can call me Rukia for the thousandth time. Have you seen my son?"
"Iruzai…nope! Maybe ask Captain!" Rukia nodded and walked to Ichigo's office, Chizuza following closely. Rukia came to the door and slammed it open.
"Hey Rukia." Ichigo called from out of sight.
"How did you know it was me, Captain Strawberry?" Rukia and Chizuza walked in and sat on the couch.
"You're the only one who opens my door violently." Ichigo came around the wall and sat at his desk. "What can I help you two with?"
"Where's my son? This isn't the first time he disappeared and you knew about it."
"In a tree with Tatsuki." He pointed it the window and Rukia looked out to see the two of them sitting on a tree branch. Iruzai was a short boy, with messy black hair that looked like Renji's but let down. He had purple eyes like Rukia. They two were still in their academy uniforms holding hands not really talking.
"Seems they have a thing for each other…"
"Yeah, I'm sure this will turn out interesting. Don't worry." Ichigo assured her, she seemed worried.
"I think so too, I had a feeling he liked her, since every time she's around he's either quiet or awkward. How long have they been sitting there like that?"
"About an hour, but he took her hand about five minutes before you came in, she didn't seem to mind…I can't help myself…hold on." Ichigo had a little smirk on his face as he summoned Kyoka Suigetsu.
"Don't do it…" Rukia was about to scold him but he released the Shikai anyway.
"Shatter, Kyoka Suigetsu." In Rukia's eyes as she looked out of the window, Tatsuki was holding hands with Grimmjow in his resurreccion, but she wasn't looking at him.
"Oh, you're such an ass…"Rukia whispered to Ichigo who was chuckling from behind her.
"Hey, Iru…HOLY FUCK!" She fell out of the tree and landed on her back. She looked up to see a confused Iruzai.
"Tatsuki-chan, are you okay!? What happened?" he jumped down and she rubbed her eyes to see if she was crazy, she then heard Ichigo's laughter.
"Dad! You are so annoying! Could you not use that on me!?" Ichigo came out of the barracks to the garden and apologized.
"Sorry…I couldn't help myself. Iruzai, I see that you like my daughter…"
"Y-Yes, sir!" He was afraid that Ichigo was going to deny him seeing Tatsuki.
"Make her happy. I saw her smile." Ichigo helped Tatsuki up and hugged her.
"How come he didn't notice the illusion?" Tatsuki asked as she stood next to Iruzai.
"He never saw me use my Shikai for Kyoka Suigetsu...Well I'm going home, you two can continue your little date, unless Rukia decides to bother you." He glanced over to his office and saw Rukia peeking through the window. "Iruzai, watch my daughter for me."
"Yes, Sir!" Iruzai yelled as Ichigo flashed away.
"You like me also…?" Tatsuki asked quietly.
"Also? Do you mean…" He didn't finish his question but she nodded.
…
"Masaki, why are you in here again?" Tier whispered as she opened her door and saw Masaki in sweatpants and a tank top, her hair wet and a towel on the floor. She was asleep in Tiers bed horizontally so she couldn't lie down if she wanted.
'After I shower, I'll wake her…' Tier thought as she began to strip down.
"Tier, could you at least shut your door before you strip?" Ichigo said as he walked by.
"Oh…you're back…and naked." Masaki said as she woke up from Tier slamming the door.
"Hey, you're awake. Why are you in my bed again?" Tier went to the shower and jumped from what she saw.
"What is it?" Masaki asked as she got up to look. "…Oh. I must have been asleep when she came in."
Sung-Sun was unconscious naked in her shower with half a bottle of Ichigo's Rum.
"Damn it. Here." Tier picked up Sung-Sun and threw her over Masaki's shoulder and took her to Tiers bed and threw her down, and took a seat next to her.
"What about the rum, want me to take it back to the bar?"
"No, I'm going to finish it. It might have taken sixteen years, but I have built a tolerance to human liquor somewhat. Enough for half a bottle of this." Tier gave her a little nod and went back into the shower.
"If you're going to have drunk sex, tell me and I'll go!" Masaki laughed and started brushing Sung-Sun's long hair.
"She's my fraccion! Something like a daughter to me. It wouldn't be her who it's with."
"Oh right it would be someone by the name of Captain Kurosaki, correct?"
"You made me spill the rum!"
"Did it hurt when Kenpachi broke most of your mask?" Masaki asked. Tier got in a fight with Kenpachi a little after she had the 'miscarriage' and he shattered the upper half of her mask, now only a little piece on her neck remains over the rest covering her breasts.
"Well, considering I took a hit to the neck from him, yes."
"No…I mean does the mask itself hurt?"
"It did for a while. But like any wound the pain goes away, but this never heals." Tier came out of the shower and grabbed a pair of pants.
"What are you going to do with her?" She asked as Tier picked up Sung-Sun
"Give Ichigo a nice little surprise." She opened the door and dropped her outside, and shut the door.
"Oh why not?" Masaki started laughing.
"I don't understand you, one day you two are trying to kill each other, and the next, you are best friends." Tier lay back and started to read a book that Ichigo gave her.
"I don't really know either." Masaki lay down next to her and started staring.
"What? Why are you staring at me?" Tier spoke up, getting annoyed.
"Do you think that I would have a resurreccion or Shikai and Bankai?"
"Considering you were never a normal hollow, you shouldn't have a resurreccion like me, Nel or Sung-Sun."
"That makes sense…Hey come with me!" Masaki jumped up and drug her out of her room and onto the roof.
"Why do you want me to come up here? It's rather cold for what I have on don't you think?"
"Oh stop complaining your majesty." Masaki taunted her, she was told how she was the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Hueco Mundo.'
"Oh shut up."
"I like it up here…oh, hey dad!" Masaki turned to see Ichigo climb up onto the roof. Tier turned slightly blushed, she still was uncomfortable around him.
"It's rare to see you up here, Tier. Hi Masaki." Ichigo sat between the two, much to Tiers dislike.
"She dragged me here." Tier responded turning away.
"Are you still hung up on that night sixteen years ago!? Really? Let it go!" Ichigo shouted as he noticed how uncomfortable Tier was.
"She has a crush on you dad." Masaki mentioned which made Tier blush.
"Oh…is that the case?" Ichigo chuckled and put his hand on Tiers back, which made her tense up.
"Really Masaki, did you really have to tell him?"
"Actually yes, it's fun to embarrass my big sister, Dad, Tier is my big sister now." Masaki stared giggling.
"That makes that night even worse now." Ichigo chuckled as he moved his hand off her.
…
"Ichigo…name…A…zo…re…" the voice of a woman called to Ichigo.
"Say it again!" Ichigo demanded. He was standing in his inner world between the bird, the man in the faceless mask, and zangetsu and a woman with black hair tied in a bun on the top of her head, black dress that didn't go past her knees in the front but drag on the ground in the back, she had a frown on her face, her eyes were a dark green.
"A…zo…re…" The voice was still fading.
"Damn it! I promised that I would take control of the zanpakuto in my soul! Tell me your fucking name!" Ichigo grabbed her by the dress and was staring in her eyes.
"Well done. My name is Arazome Shigure. I am yours to command." She bowed her head and began to glow. She turned to a mass of light and shot to Ichigo's right hand. The blade formed and was a simple black katana with a rectangle guard with a cross etched into it. The hilt is a dark red.
"I have no memory of that name…who's was she?"
"Nozomi Kujo." Zangetsu spoke as he jumped down to Ichigo.
"I…don't know who that is?"
"She was a mod soul, you deliver the killing blow on her when she was fused wi-" he was cut off by Ichigo.
"No! Now I remember, she had a thing for Kon…why did her zanpakuto latch onto me!?" Ichigo was still confused about it.
"You ended her suffering, her soul latched onto you, and in turn, so did I…but sadly…she gradually faded away from you, either of something forcing her out, or of her own loss of will." Arazome's voice rung in his head and he was in his garden.
"Another one? It hasn't been a week!" Yuze called out to him as she hung upside down from her favorite tree.
"Why are you hanging like that?"
"I lost my balance, and didn't feel like pulling myself back up." She gave Ichigo a smile and then pointed to a different tree.
"Why are they here? What time is it?" Ichigo asked as he looked to the tree to see Chizuza, Masaki and Tatsuki were sleeping.
"It's about one. They were watching you, but they fell asleep, your daughters are so cute."
"They are, yeah…they look comfortable, if they fall, it will be into the water, so they'll just be cold and wet. I'll let them stay there. Well goodnight, Yuze."
"Night!"
Ichigo decided to go for a walk in the Rukon district where he found the man who raped Yumai. As he was walking a couple people ran up and thanked him for stopping that man. It turns out he was there at least three days a week, and usually beat anyone who tried to stop him. Ichigo decided to leave, the conditions were depressing. He made his way back and just started walking around and somehow end up in front of squad thirteen, he turned around and continued walking and he heard Rukia's voice.
"Bakudo no. 63 Sajo Sabaku!" the chain bound him but he didn't stop and kept walking, shattering the Bakudo.
"Hey Rukia." Ichigo said as she caught up to him with a fake pout.
"Can't you just once, at least pretend that I stopped you?" She asked as she gave him a light punch to the arm.
"Not on your life. I've been bound by you enough, thank you." Ichigo reached around her back and pulled her hair a little. She let it grow slightly longer, now it extends down in the back to just past her shoulders.
"Hey! You ass!" Rukia grabbed a handful of his hair and pulled it hard, dropping him to the ground.
"I didn't do it that hard…" Ichigo got back up and continued his walk.
"Fool. So what are you doing out wandering near my barracks?"
"Two reasons."
"Are you going to tell me them." Rukia asked, annoyed at his vague response.
"I don't feel like sleeping…and this." He held out his right hand and the new zanpakuto appeared.
"Already!? It hasn't been a week since you got Kyoka, what is this one?"
"Arazome Shigure. It belonged to Nozomi Kujo, that mod soul girl, during the kageroza incident. Remember?" Ichigo returned the sword and Rukia made a confused face for a minute.
"I got nothing…" Rukia put her arms behind her head.
"Green hair…hated me."
"Now I remember!"
"I figured." Ichigo gave a chuckle before flash stepping behind her.
"You ass, leaving me alone…" she stopped and then turned and slammed into him.
"I didn't go anywhere? What are you talking about, are you okay?"
"You really like messing with me, don't you?" She asked as they continued their walk.
"My duty as the annoying best friend requires me to never not bother you, unless, you are mentally unstable, crying, or trying to kill me."
"You've practiced that sentence a thousand times haven't you?" She accused.
"Sounds about right!"
"Iruzai…"
"Hmm…?" Ichigo turned to her and she pointed ahead of them.
"Iruzai is standing there…why is he out so late?"
"That's not Iruzai, am I right, seventh seat Kujokuza?" Mina Kujokuza graduated with Chizuza but instead of the fifth squad she joined squad two. As Ichigo said her name her appearance morphed back to her, red hair now much, much shorter, a short bowl cut.
"I can fool the mother but not you. I still need to work on that…"
"Do you not remember the first day of class? I told you I won't repeat it."
…
"Ichigo, how did you know that wasn't my son…The spiritual pressure was exactly his."
"I see everything."
"Captain Vague strikes again!" Rukia shouted as she spun around.
"I'm not going to repeat it again; there are things that you don't know. Now, I'm going back home. Good thing there is no class tomorrow, its maybe two or three. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
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"No. You have not proved yourself to me, you cannot know my Shikai." Arazome responded to Ichigo about his want for Shikai.
"I've had enough of your ignorant attitude! If you do not help me all of us die! Bankai!" Ichigo had enough asking and rushed her down with his Bankai, she didn't expect him to be so fast and was impaled through the throat. She was covered in a bright pink light and Ichigo sealed his Bankai and held out his hand. The Shikai of Arazome Shigure fell into his hand.
"Very well, I'm convinced you can wield my power, you are worthy of me."
"I knew I was worthy or whatever, you were just being stubborn!"
"No! Kyoka Suigetsu was stubborn; he took sixteen years for him to reveal his name to you." Houou-Kyu said as she perched herself on Ichigo's shoulder.
"True… Arazome, Sorry for insulting you." Ichigo apologized but before he could get a response, he was back on his roof. Masaki, Tatsuki, Nel and Orihime were sitting next to him.
"Finally decide to return from the depths of your mind?" Nel asked as she noticed his eyes were open.
"Arazome Shigure was being difficult. How long have you all been up here?"
"Me, Nel and Mom came up about an hour ago, Masaki was already up here." Tatsuki said from the other side of Nel.
"Oh, well, thanks for sitting with me I guess, I didn't know!"
Over the next few months, Ichigo withdrew from his teaching position until he sorts out the Ulquiorra problem. He has not heard the last zanpakuto try to reach out at all, he still has no control over the Hogyoku either. Masaki and Tatsuki were turning 17 today.
"Happy Birthday Masaki!" Ichigo was standing in her room waking her up.
"Five more minutes…" She said as she pulled her blanket over her face. Ichigo ripped it off of her.
"Nope, here, let's go!" Ichigo threw the white ball at her that Urahara gave him.
"What is it…?" She asked from behind a yawn.
"I said the exact same thing, bring it, Tatsuki is already awake." Ichigo took her hand and drag her out of bed and out the door.
"Okay! I'm awake, just let me put pants on!" she yelled as she noticed she didn't have pants. Ichigo agreed and waited outside. She came back out in just her bra and sweatpants, since it was Saturday morning.
"Okay, your guests are waiting!"
"Guests? I'm in my bra! Let me go change!" She broke free from his grip and came out in a large blue shirt that she bought on the last trip to the World of the Living
"Okay, does the princess need to do anything else!?" Ichigo asked as the two went down the stairs and into a different room. All the people who lived there were in the room, Rukia, Renji, Iruzai, Isshin and Urahara were also there.
"You're slow, you know that?" Tatsuki teased.
"Is that why I can flash step and you can't?" this shot back effectively silenced her twin.
"Girls, girls stop your bickering! Kisuke, you said that you were going to do something for her?" Yoruichi spoke up turning to Urahara.
"Yes, Masaki, hold out that ball for me!"
"What is it?" she asked curious as to what it is.
"It's not what it is, but what's in it!" he poked it with his cane and mumbled something and it split open to be revealed as hollow and inside were around fifteen small flat wrappers that Ichigo immediately recognized from his store.
"Urahara…may I have a word with you…" Ichigo said with a fame smile.
"Certainly!" Urahara made his way over to Ichigo.
"You pervert!" Ichigo made a fist with his claw and made an attempt to punch him in the face, but was caught by his hand and he made a goofy grin.
"I've learned you spe-" he was interrupted by Ichigo starting to fire a Bala, he let go of his hand and ran for the door, but was hit in the back.
"Shall w…" Ichigo turned around to see Tatsuki open one of the condoms and unroll it.
"It smells like chocolate." Tatsuki mentioned, the others who were there were speechless.
"And this just got weird." Ichigo took them from the twins and shut the ball again.
…
"Can we go now, are you two ready?" Ichigo called to the twins as he and Orihime wait in front of the Senkaimon.
"Yes!" they shouted at the same time. The four of them stepped through and came out a minute later in front of Urahara's shop, Ichigo noticed that he left their gigai outside under a tarp like he asked. Tier's Royce was parked around the side, under a similar tarp. The Tesla was at his house in the garage.
"Dad, are you sure Tier is okay with us taking her car?" Tatsuki asked from behind him.
"I bought it, so I would think so…"
After a few minutes of a conversation involving Iruzai and Tatsuki they arrived at the cemetery where Ichigo's mom and Tatsuki's graves were. After they visited both graves they sat outside the cemetery for a couple minutes of silence.
"Ichigo. Get as far from them as possible. Now" Zangetsu's voice called to him. Ichigo sensed the urgency in his voice and didn't question him; he got out of the gigai and opened a garganta to his barracks.
"Go I'll explain later!" he pushed the three in and shut it. Ichigo put his gigai in the car.
'What's wrong Zangetsu!?' Ichigo shouted in his thoughts.
"Ulquiorra has broken the seal." Zangetsu said sternly. "He just absorbed the fourth. Just the Hogyoku remains."
Ichigo closed his eyes and opened them in his inner world. He saw Ulquiorra locked in a fight with Zangetsu, Kyoka Suigetsu, Houou-Kyu and Arazome Shigure. He closed his eyes and desired the Hogyoku to appear before him, which it did. Ichigo could barely control it, he could summon it and maybe make it disappear, it has yet to do anything he has asked it.
"Put him outside." Ichigo spoke with a stern voice, the Hogyoku did not respond.
"Put him outside." Ichigo refused to give up.
"Put him outside." He was thinking how if Ulquiorra defeats the zanpakuto spirits, everyone will die, and how he swore that he would not let that happen.
"Put him outside." Ichigo demanded again. This time the Hogyoku did as he wished. Ulquiorra was subdued by a large purple light, suddenly he was gone and Ichigo left his inner world.
"Why do you resist me?" Ulquiorra spoke with his melancholic voice. He spread his resurreccion's wings, he was only in its first stage. Ichigo took out his communicator device and opened it.
"This is Ichigo Kurosaki, captain of squad five. I am requesting urgent Gentei Kaijo."
"Gentei Kaijo approved." The voice spoke after a few seconds and Ichigo released the seal.
"This ends now. You will not get such mercy as the first time." Ichigo spoke coldly to the despaired espada.
"This will be over quick. Resurreccion Segunda Etapa." The entire area turned a dark green-black.
"Bankai. Tensa Zangetsu." Ichigo charged at him causing the resulting slash to shatter a few buildings as the espada flew back through them. Ichigo wanted him as far from the graves as possible. Ichigo flew over to see where he had landed, Ulquiorra was standing in a pile of rubble as if nothing happened.
"Pitiful as ever."
"Getsuga Tenshou!" the black wave of energy slammed into him and he was thrust further into the building, when the smoke cleared one of his wings and left arm were gone, but they quickly regenerated. Ichigo dropped his right sword, it hanging by the chain, he summoned Houou-Kyu.
"You can't handle two of them. I should know, it's my soul."
"SHUT UP! Bankai. Houou-Kyu Ryu o Nensho." The black flame covered his arm and then the giant phoenix erupted from his hand. Ichigo reach down and grab the sword, the flames expanded over the blade. Another twenty minutes go by, Ichigo is feeling the effects of having the two Bankai active at the same time.
"You're reaching your limits…" Ulquiorra breathed out slowly as his arm regenerated again, his white skin now burnt to a brown shade.
"I'm not stopping until you die. Gokei Shometsu. Tsuki o Moyasu. Zangetsu." Ichigo's body was covered in the black flame and energy, and grew the wings and lances. Ichigo pointed both lances at Ulquiorra and shot at him as fast as he could manage. Houou-Kyu's phoenix flying beside him, suddenly the two fused, Ichigo's lance at the tip of her beak. Before Ulquiorra could move, he was struck by the combined attack. After an explosion of nuclear proportions subsided, Ichigo saw that he blew Ulquiorra in half, his legs dissolved to dust, and they started to regenerate, but at an incredibly decreased speed. Ichigo's weapons fell to his sides as they sealed. He held up both of his arms for one final blow, the last of his strength.
"Black but white, Light but dark, wide but short, thin but tall, despair, fear, cowardice, doubts, cast them away, all needed is all given, all taken, is all not. growl at the sky, roar at the sea, Rip the earth, shatter the rivers. hate, love, life, death. All grounds are mine, I am the law, heed my call, and spread my words. All who doubt, no savior, all who suffer, know love. One must live, one must die, all must burn. Wind. Sky. Hell. Heaven. Claw. Fist. Nail. Tooth. Bone. Crumble. Despair. Melt. cringe. shudder. Writhe. Agony. Arrogance. Release. Embrace. Flower. Bloom. Carve. Moon. Sun. Final end of days long." His hands started to bleed from his fingertips and a massive Byakurai shot into the sky, forming a black cloud, and black rain started to fall. Ichigo shut his fists and started to slowly make his way over to Ulquiorra, he stopped about two feet from him. He bent down and delivered a huge punch to his chest just above where the hollow hole was with his claw, it went through. Ulquiorra's eyes went wide and he coughed up some blood before speaking.
"Impossible…" He barely managed to say as he coughed up more blood. Ichigo raised his right arm and pointed one finger to the rain cloud. He slowly moved it so it was pointing at his face.
"Saigo No Ame." A massive pillar of blue energy enclosed them both from the sky, it was burning Ichigo's skin until it focused on the spot of Ulquiorra's face that Ichigo was pointing, right between his eyes. Suddenly it dissipated and around two hundred Byakurai from the cloud struck Ichigo in the back. He started to glow with a blue light.
"Impossible."
"It's over, you evil bastard." Ichigo stabbed his finger at his head, where the light was shining, when he made contact there was a high pitched noise, and a flash of light. The only thing that remained of Ulquiorra was one of his hands. Which quickly dissolved into the wind. Ichigo used too much power for his Kaizo, he couldn't even summon a Senkaimon. He opened a garganta and picked up his zanpakuto and stepped through, he fell unconscious as he came out in front of squad four barracks.
…
"Please…come back…please wake up… please… please… please…" Orihime was crying at his bed in the squad four barracks, he had already been in a coma for three months.
"I…" Ichigo started speaking but didn't move, Orihime ran out of the room and came back with Unohana and Isane, and they started checking him.
"Save…" Ichigo spoke again.
"His brain activity is still at the same high level as it was when he arrived. It's like he is locked in a dream and cannot wake up…" Isane spoke as she removed her hand form his head. She was right, for the past three months he was reliving his fight with him. It ended the same every time, just for it to start over again with him pushing his family through a garganta.
"Protect…"
"Captain, why is he talking?"
"I don't know Isane, maybe he is close to waking. There is nothing we can do for him but wait."
"My family…I will save them. I will protect my Family." Ichigo opened his eyes and they both started bleeding, he looked around to see Orihime, with bags under her eyes and tears streaming down her face.
"I-I-Ichigo…"
"Don't…Don't…cry. Orihime."
"Captain, his mental activity has returned to a normal level. Don't know why I checked for heart activity..."
"Welcome back Ichigo. You've caused quite a panic."
"How…long?"
"Th-three months…" Orihime spoke up as she moved to him and slowly wrapped her arms around him. "Masaki has refused to leave her room for anything except going to the academy. Tatsuki hasn't spoken a word since you came back in a coma, I've been here every day, losing sleep…" she would have continued but Ichigo pressed his lips to hers.
"It's over. The biggest piece of him that remained. His hand. There is no more hostile espada, there are no more Eletera. There is no more, of this evil me in the future. I'm still here, so let's go home…" Ichigo tried standing up and his legs were weak from lack of use.
…
"Masaki, will you come out please?" Orihime called as she knocked on her door.
"No…" she sounded incredibly depressed and empty.
"Can they come in, if you won't come out?"
"…Fine." She responded.
Ichigo opened the door and limped in, she wasn't facing the door, but staring at the wall. He didn't say anything but he sat on her bed and wrapped his arms around her.
"D-dad…" she couldn't speak out of her shock. She started crying as she turned around and gripped him tightly.
"Now, what is this news about you being antisocial? You're such a sweet girl, don't hide from the world."
"I couldn't bring myself to be happy or social knowing that you were in a coma and mom was suffering so much. But at least I spoke to people; Tatsuki has not said one word, here or at the academy. I'm really worried about her."
"Well lets go see her. I can make her talk." The three of them made their way to Tatsuki's room, Ichigo opened the door and walked in she was reading a book, not looking up from her desk. Ichigo walked over and messed up her neat hair, she immediately swung her arm around to swat who was doing it, but Ichigo caught her and pulled her into a hug.
"Dad…"
"Hey, so you're speaking now?"
"DAD!" Tatsuki shrieked in his ear and tears started pouring down her face.
"Wow…for not having said one word in three months, you're still loud as ever."
…
"I…Still can't flash step…so, can you take me to Iru-kun?"
"Iru-kun, huh? Sure… I think I can manage that." They went outside and literally two minutes later he was at the Kuchiki mansion, the guards started approaching but when they saw who it was that had opened the gate without authorization they quickly scattered out of the instinct for self-preservation, they all knew that a group of fifty of them couldn't stop him from a slow walk.
"I see that the guard story was true." Tatsuki giggled as she clung to Ichigo's arm, she was happy as ever that her dad was back.
"I'm pretty sure every story you hear about me is in some degree true." Ichigo said as they roamed the hall looking for Rukia's room. After a few minutes of searching they found it, her door was open and she was singing along to a song on the iPod Ichigo bought her on one of his trips between worlds. She was dancing around not facing the door, so Ichigo grabbed one of her Chappy dolls and threw it at her.
"Who the he-Ichigo!" She took out the ear buds and turned around, picking up the stuffed rabbit. She dropped it when she saw who threw it. she rushed at him and tackled him, wrapping her arms around him.
"You seem to be in a good mood, despite your best friend being in a coma until this moment for all you knew."
"You fool, I wasn't worried about you, I've learned by now that you. Just. Wont. Die." She poked his chest with her last four words.
"Damn right…now get Iruzai, Tatsuki has something she would like to say to him."
"She's speaking now?" Rukia said as she sent someone a hell butterfly. And a minute later one of Byakuya's servants brought him.
"Hey mom. You nee…Captain Strawberry's up now?" Iruzai came in and his comment made Ichigo give Rukia a mad glare, she just stood there giggling. He couldn't see Tatsuki because she was behind Ichigo.
"You're as annoying as your mother…but I believe my daughter has something she would like to say." H turned around and pulled her from behind him.
"Tatsuki-chan…"
"H-hi…Iru-kun! I'm really sorry for not saying anything to you for three months…I hope you're not mad at-" She was cut off by him throwing his arms around her. "Iru-kun…"
"Tatsuki-chan…I'm not mad at you, I still like you, and I'm waiting for your response."
"Response to what?" Ichigo whispered to Rukia.
"I-I do too…I-I like you a lot! Yes, I will be your girlfriend!" Ichigo was shocked by this, just three months ago they were awkwardly holding hands.
"Is your dad okay with this?" He turned to Ichigo who was still standing there with his eyes wide.
"You make her happy, so I have no problem with it, how about you, Rukia?" Ichigo had a warm smile on his face as he turned to Rukia, she was speechless at this, but she nodded her head.
"Well, now that you have approval, where are you taking her for your date?"
"I know a nice place…" Iruzai smiled and Tatsuki gave small giggle.
"Well, Tatsuki, let me know how it goes when you get home. See you later, Iruzai, Rukia." And he left.
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"Captain! You're awake!" Yuze shouted as she saw him entering his office.
"Yeah, I'm back!" Ichigo shouted and entered the room, leaving the door open for her. He put his zanpakuto in the corner and sat at his desk, there was no paperwork, Orihime had taken care of it all.
"So, I assume since you came back in a coma, you dealt with Ulquiorra?" Yuze sat on his couch, now her hair was in a much longer ponytail, and tied back with her red ribbon. Ichigo just nodded. "That's great…Oh, no! The ribbon I gave you is gone…" She mad a small pouting face, Ichigo just chuckled.
"I guess it must have burned from my Kaizo…I'm actually surprised that it last there all these years."
"You can have this one if you want!" She turned her head and pointed to her red ribbon.
"No. I don't want your ribbon, it means too much to you." He said as she started pulling it from her hair.
"Fine…did you ever figure out why you felt like you knew me?" She tied it back again, and smiled.
"Hell no…I gave up fifteen years ago." Ichigo lift his finger for a hell butterfly, a few minutes later Yumai and Izuru came in.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't see you when you woke up! I had to tend to half of squad eleven, Kenpachi was bored." Yumai said as she ran over and gave him a huge hug.
"Ichigo, how are your daughters doing?" Izuru asked as he took a seat next to Yuze.
"Tatsuki is Iruzai's girlfriend now."
"Is Rukia alright with your kids dating?" Yumai asked as she let go of him and sat on Izuru's lap, they've been married for six years now, but don't want any children.
…
"Yuzu, what's for dinner?" Karin called as she came in the front door. She and Yuzu moved out and live in Ichigo's house, Karin works at a diner about ten minutes from there, Yuzu was a kindergarten teacher.
"You'll just have to wait and see!" Yuzu called from the kitchen. Karin went upstairs to her room and changed, she came down in jeans and a t-shirt.
"Do you think Ichigo is out of his coma yet…?" Karin asked as she fell onto a couch and turned the T.V on.
"I don't know, it's been three months already, maybe we could go again tomorrow?" There was a knock at the door.
"I'm not working tomorrow so that sounds fine." Karin said as she got up to answer the door, when she opened the door, she couldn't speak.
"Who was it? Karin? Who was it?" Yuzu asked form the kitchen.
"Why are you in my house?" Ichigo spoke jokingly, loud enough for Yuzu to hear, there was a crashing sound from the plate she dropped and ran out of the kitchen to him. Both girls wrapped their arms around him. After a few minutes he pushed past them and Orihime and his daughters came in. After another few minutes of greetings Ichigo's dad slammed the door open and ran in.
"Ichigo, I saw that fight three months ago. You never cease to amaze me, two Bankai simultaneously; you are the first to ever do anything even remotely like that."
"You mean you were just standing there watching me…for how long?"
"The first thing I saw was you pushing them through a garganta. And you nearly killed me with that nuclear sized blast, I was nearly hit by a building! And that Kido…was something, what was that?" He gave a chuckle and Ichigo sighed.
"Saigo no Ame…at least that's what I call it, it's a massively modified Byakurai, about two hundred times the strength of one of them, focused to a point on my finger. Well, was the fight as spectacular as my long list of titles claims me to be?"
"That and more…but what bothered me was that he hardly fought back. I never saw how he fought before, but he just took what you threw at him."
"I don't think he was as powerful as he was inside when he got outside, he was probably waiting for me to reach my limit and collapse…speaking of which, I have not the slightest clue how I was able to keep two Bankai active for that length of time, then go and use my strongest attack mixed with another Bankai, then manage to do that kido."
"Maybe the Hogyoku helped you out…but enough about malevolent bats! Yuzu! Tell him the good news!" Isshin shouted as he turned to Yuzu.
"Gee, dad, I was going to later. Ichi-nii, I…am…a"
"She's an out lesbian." Karin blurted out for her sister who seemed to not know how to tell her brother.
"Well…I…congratulations, I…Really?" Ichigo could hardly speak, Isshin was shouting something to Ichigo's mother, Karin looked indifferent, Orihime was smiling, and the twins were nodding.
"For a few years now, but only Karin knew, I met someone and told dad. Of course he took it way out of proportion and started screaming about a huge wedding." Yuzu sighed as she went into the kitchen to finish making dinner.
"MASAKI OUR DAUGHTER IS COMFORTABLE WITH HER SEXUALITY! I CAN'T WAIT FOR HER WONDERFUL WEDDING! SHE WONT BEAR ME ANY GRANDCHILDREN BUT OUR SON ALREADY DID! I'M SO HAPPY FOR TH-" He was silenced by Tatsuki's foot.
"YOU'RE LOUDER THAN ME!" She barked at him as she removed her foot from his face.
"My son…you have taught her well…nothing left to teach you…"
"You old goat…you had nothing left to teach me twenty years ago. Yuzu, I'm happy that you're happy. We're going to spend the night here, you can't say no since it's my house, tomorrow is Sunday and I'm taking all of you somewhere fun."
…
"Oh, yeah…this is fun right? Staring through a fence of a murder scene." Karin said as they were looking at the sing on a chain-link fence that read 'Park closed due to unsolved mutilations.'
"How long has the park been closed?" Ichigo asked, having not been there in around twenty something years.
"These mutilations started about seven years ago. They closed down five years ago. I've heard rumors that there are horrible screams there from people being tortured." Karin spoke and Ichigo and Orihime looked at each other and nodded. They were going to come back later and look for a bound soul or hollows.
"Well that puts a hole in my plans…hmm…I got an idea, get back in the car." Ichigo led them to Tier's car and they piled in. After about an hour drive, they came to Denny's, the one that they ate at during his vacation. "We're going to eat lunch and then go find something else to do."
"I work here you know…" Karin mentioned as she got out of the car.
"Yeah, and…?" Ichigo shot back at her.
"My new manager is a bit…loud."
"I can handle loud." Ichigo and the rest of them went inside and waited to be seated.
"Hello Welco-YOU'RE LATE!" The manager came out and greeted them and delivered a punch to the back of Ichigo's head.
"You have got to be kidding…" Ichigo mumbled as he turned around to see his old boss, and Karin's new manager.
"Dad, what does she mean by late?" Masaki asked from behind Orihime.
"I used to work for her… TWENTY FOUR YEARS AGO!" he shouted at Ikumi and she hit him with a menu.
"I don't think it's been that long…well anyway, come, I'll seat you, the waitress will be with you shortly, Ichigo-chan."
After they were seated the waitress took a few minutes to get to them.
"Hi! Welcome to Denny's my name is Tami! I'll be your…Welcome back Mr. Kurosaki!" It was the same waitress who was there all those years ago.
"I remember you…why are you still a waitress? And how do you recognize me, I haven't been in here since then." Ichigo asked as she handed him the menus.
"Ichigo, that's Ikumi-san's little sister." Ichigo slammed his head on the table.
…
"Come again!" Ikumi shouted from the door as they left.
"Maybe once she realizes that I'm legally dead." Ichigo mumbled earning a chuckle from Isshin and Karin.
"Dad, what are we going to do now? You said that we're going to have some fun. A shouting match with your old boss wasn't that fun…" Masaki said as they got in the car.
"First…we are getting you some things."
Ichigo drove them to a small store near his house and bought them all new swimsuits. Tatsuki and Masaki had the same bikini on, dark blue with red stripes. Orihime had a pink bikini with red hearts on it. Karin had a black one piece with a red stripe over the left breast down her body. Yuzu had a similar one but light blue. Isshin had a red and yellow pair of swim trunks and Ichigo had the same but red and black. After they got changed at his house they all walked down to the beach.
"So this was your idea!" Masaki shouted as Tatsuki grabbed her and pulled her into the water with his sisters and father, Orihime soon joined but Ichigo didn't, he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"My, Captain Kurosaki…is this the important business you had to attend to?" Unohana was behind him, with Rangiku, Isane, Nanao, Sui-Feng, and Nel. All in swimsuits crossing their arms at him.
"Why…?" Ichigo complained with his hands in the air.
"Don't think that the SWA doesn't track you." Nanao said from behind Unohana.
"I'm not surprised in the slightest." Ichigo turned and went into the water followed by the stalkers from soul society.
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"Why are you all following us back?" Ichigo asked, slightly annoyed
"Our clothes are in your house." Sui-Feng spoke up. Rangiku was talking with his daughters, much to Orihime's worry.
"And when you say that, I can only assume that you intend on staying there…There are only four rooms…"
"We're going to share the rooms with you all, if that is okay with your sisters." Unohana said as they all went inside.
"That's fine…but how long do you intend to stay…?" Yuzu asked shyly.
"Only for a day or two…"
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"Thank god that there was no liquor this time."
"True…Well Yuzu-chan, Karin-chan. We're leaving now, we'll just leave our gigai in the laundry room, have Urahara come by and get them." Orihime gave them hugs and went back to Ichigo, who opened a Senkaimon back to his house.
"Bye! Come back soon!"
The four of them stepped through and came back in the courtyard of his mansion to see Shunsui standing against a wall waiting for them.
"Yo…Ichigo. How would you like a chance to annoy Byakuya?"
"What is it!?" Ichigo asked enthusiastically.
"There is talk around Rukongai that the Kurosaki's should be one of the noble houses. What do you think?"
"As long as I get to bug Byakuya." Ichigo laughed, he didn't like nobility, but he took every chance he could get to annoy Rukia's brother.
"I already drew a concept for your crest!" Shunsui pulled out about ten rolls of paper, each of them were a conjunction of squares and circles, one of them caught Ichigo's eye. It was a large square with a twelve sided star inside of it, with crescent moons at each corner of the square. Inside the star, there was a cracked full moon, with a sword impaled through it. Ichigo chose that one and Shunsui took it to Central 46 to get it approved and official.
"Strawberry, what's this about you being a noble like me?" Yoruichi was waiting inside as a cat.
"I guess so, I'm only agreeing so I can bother Byakuya even more." Ichigo booted the cat away from him and it jumped back at him clawing his legs.
"You have a guest waiting in your room. She was complaining that you never came to visit her."
"Her? Who would it be?" Ichigo asked as he freed his leg from Yoruichi's claws.
"Well…Ichigo…come with me!" Yoruichi turned human and drag him to his room by his hair and threw him in.
"You little shit! Why didn't you visit!?" an angry female voice caught his ear.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" Ichigo pointed to the woman on his bed, with an angry stare. It was Kukaku Shiba in a revealing red dress with bandages covering most of her body, making the revealing nature of the dress pointless.
"Yoruichi invited me over after she visited me, now…Captain Shitberry, are you going to introduce me to your daughters?"
"HELL NO!" at his refusal she stood up and delivered a bone crushing kick between his legs.
"You bitch…their rooms are down the hall…last two on the left…" Ichigo spoke, writhing in pain on the ground.
"Kukaku, Don't ruin his dick!" Yoruichi shouted from down the hall, she heard the kick make contact.
"Okay!" she yelled as she made her way into Masaki's room.
"Why does this only happen to me…"
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"Hey, Ta. Thanks for covering my kido class." Ichigo was walking through the halls of Shino Academy with Masaki.
"No problem. Anything for the noble Kurosaki clan!" she bowed her head mockingly.
"Already people know about this…?"
"Of course! You've been the main topic of discussion in the SWA for about a year now." When she graduated she tried to join Ichigo's squad but her mental condition and admiration towards him prevented Ichigo from accepting her in, so in turn she joined squad nine.
"Again, this does not surprise me."
"Anything that you do, or happens to you we know about!"
"Wonderful…I have to get to my class, I've been out for too long."
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"I heard Captain Kurosaki woke up a few days ago, but he wanted to spend time with his daughters because on their birthday he went into a coma, I wonder if today he will be back, or we still have to deal with his friend, you know…The double sided one." A small girl was talking to her brother about Ichigo.
"I'm here today." Ichigo spoke into her ear, revealing himself from his Kyokko, she screamed and fell out of her seat. He was in his Kido class today.
"Kurosaki-sensei! Stop doing that!" She screamed, he did that to her on many occasions.
"Oh calm down Reika. Class! I'm back, and I have something interesting to show you!" Ichigo jumped down to the floor of the auditorium class room and got everyone's attention.
"And what is it?" Reika's brother, Mototsu called out.
"Just hold on…look at my finger." He lifted his index finger on his left hand and raised it above his head, behind his back he snapped his fingers, and everyone in the class fell asleep. Ichigo sat at his desk and waited for everyone to wake up.
"What was that!?" a male student called from the group of drowsy students.
"Nothing. Just something you all get for not greeting me when I reappeared."
"I figured it was another trick!" One student shouted as he fired a Raikoho at him.
"Now, that's not a Bakudo is it, Kita?" Ichigo said from behind his Danku.
"It's my strongest Hado though. I was hoping you let your guard down this time." Ichigo told his students that it was alright for them to try and seal him with Bakudo, he said not to use Hado for it could hurt other students.
"I can hear you thoughts." Ichigo liked messing with his students. "It's a thousand years too soon for me to drop my guard easily." Ichigo gave a small smirk and then continued his lesson.
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"Hey! Masaki! When are you going to learn and be my girlfriend!" A tall boy with long black hair and a burn on the right side of his face around his eye, his eyes were a dark blue was approaching Masaki. He was in his male uniform from the academy, he cornered Masaki in the hallway after the final class.
"Get away from me Jogare! You're a horrible person, and I despise people like you!" She was looking for a way to escape, but he was a fifth year and could easily hold her in a corner.
"Despise me? How can you be so blind? Is that mask fragment clouding your brain?" he tapped her fragment with his finger and ran his hand through her hair.
"Why won't you leave me alone? You do realize if I even mention this to my father, it will take a miracle for him not to kill you."
"He can't do a thing about it…I'm not in any of his classes, and you wouldn't do anything to the man who wants to give you his heart…would you?" Jogare pressed his hand to the side of her face. She raised her hands like she was going to do a kido.
"If you attack me, what will it do for your family's reputation? The noble Kurosaki girl attacked a defenseless student…"
"I'm not a noble…I'm a hollow." She narrowed her eyes and hit him in the face with her grey cero. The walls were stained with his blood from his arm that was blown off in his attempt to stop her; his face was now fully burnt.
"Masaki! What happened!?" Ichigo appeared as he found her crouched next to the arm-less boy, crying in a pool of his blood.
"He tried to…he…wanted me." She said between sobs, Ichigo reached over to him and his hand started glowing green he cauterized the wound to stop the bleeding. Ichigo had enough knowledge of healing kido now to be able to stop massive bleeding quickly.
"Go home, I'll take him to the nurse, squad four if needed, and I'll have a talk with him."
"Th-thank you…" She stood up and started running tears streaming down her face, not even stopping when Tatsuki called her wanting to know why she was covered in blood, she flashed away once she got outside.
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"THAT FUCKING BITCH!" Jogare woke up in squad four and remembered what happened. At his outburst Ichigo drew his zanpakuto and put it at his throat.
"What did you just say about my daughter." Ichigo spoke slowly.
"Ichigo, could you not kill the students?" Isane walked in to see what the screaming was.
"Lieutenant Kotetsu…please escort Captain Kurosaki out of my room." Jogare spoke coldly making eye contact with Ichigo. Who after his request looked at Isane and narrowed his eyes.
"I don't think that is such a good idea." Isane replied, not wanting to get in Ichigo's way.
"But if there is a guest that the patient does not want you are required to escort them out."
"You're only alive because I stopped the bleeding." Ichigo said as he sheathed his zanpakuto.
"If that is supposed to make me thank you…go and shove that claw up your ass…"
"Oh I was hoping you would say that…Isane, I'm taking him now." Isane nodded, knowing she couldn't stop him if she tried.
"Hell no!" He shouted as Ichigo grabbed him by his remaining arm and took him outside.
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"Tell me, why you won't leave my daughter alone. If you keep refusing me, the level of Bakudo I'm binding you with will keep rising until I get to 99. And then I will start using Hado." Ichigo increased the binding from Hainawa to Horin.
"I want her to be mine!"
"Why?"
"I get the things I want." At this Ichigo jumped from Horin to Rikujokoro.
"Oops. I skipped a few. Why do you keep trying if she shot you down?"
"I just told you."
"I will have Unohana restore your arm if you agree to leave her alone."
"I agree." He nodded but in his mind he was thinking something else.
'If she won't be with me, I'll make it so she can't be with anyone.'
"I'm going to tell her not to use such a weak cero if you try anything again."
"Weak!? My arm is gone!" He screamed, Ichigo just sighed and opened a garganta, and took him through to Hueco Mundo, Las Noches off in the distance.
"Remember who her father is." He lifted his claw towards the dome of Las Noches and pointed one finger at it. A black cero started charging and a thin beam shot out. After about two minutes, there was a massive explosion and the dome collapsed in on itself. Jogare was shaking, wide eyed.
"I won't touch her."
'He must be pretty dumb if such an empty threat is going to work, he would never hurt a child.'
"You're thinking I would never hurt a child…or that my threat is empty, right?"
'How did he…!?'
"Trust me. I will cast you into the Menos forest if I need to." Ichigo opened a garganta and kicked him through, landing him back in squad four. Ichigo slowly walked out and Unohana came to see this.
"Ichigo...please tell me you didn't throw him into the Menos forest like that one student?" Unohana was lying but she enjoyed helping Ichigo with his mind games.
"YOU WERE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT!?"
"Shiromi Hanten. Retsu restore his arm…" Ichigo opened a garganta to Masaki's room, she was crying on her bed and he stepped through.
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"Is she the one?" A man in a white hooded cloak asked.
"Yes, shall we go retrieve her?" Another one in a similar white cloak responded.
"Be patient. She will come to us." A man with a black hooded cloak spoke up to his two acquaintances.
"Yes, my Lord." Both men in white spoke as they knelt down.