Demonic Infection
By: Amethyst Ichigo
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach.
Warning: n/a
Summary: More training, Unohana thinks, and Orihime worries about Ichigo. Ichigo has a conversation with Rukia and Renji, Vaizards freak, and Mayuri discovers something.
Yo. Hichigo's talking
/Hello./ Rei and Zangetsu's speech
Chapter 6-The Players Start Falling Into Place
Ichigo yawned and opened his eyes as a ray of sunshine hit his eyes though the curtain-less window.
/Raise and shine Ichigo-sama!/Rei chirped.
"Morning." Ichigo whispered quietly. He really didn't need anyone to hear him and think he was insane or start asking awkward questions.
/Ichigo./Zangetsu greeted from Ichigo's inner world.
/Howdy King!/ The hollow said in a very poor attempt to sound cheery.
"It be an even better morning if you didn't do that Hichigo."
/Ah, did I scare you?/
"You creepied me out. I wasn't afraid ."
/HICHIGO-KUN ENOUGH!/Rei yelled.
Ichigo fliched from his loud tone, talk about strong lungs…
/Fine./
"I've got to know how you do that."
/Blackmail, lots and lots of it./
"Sigh. Knew it'd be something impossible."
/Not impossible…just improbable you'll get anything on him. Don't forget to get some training in when you have a chance./
"I won't."
/I'll hush now I can sense some familiar reiatsu coming./
"Thanks." Ichigo said before going silent.
(0o0)
(Unohana POV)
I led the two close friends of Kurosaki's to his room once more (I had decided to keep his location a secret so Kenpachi-taichou wouldn't try and kill him while he was wounded.)
Ichigo Kurosaki…the ryoka who opened all our eyes to the truth not once, or twice but three times.
Is this how we replay someone whose done so much for Soul Society?
No, it was an insult to everything he stood for and I was ashamed to be a part of it and I knew I wasn't the only one. My very own fukutaichou and nearly my whole division felt the same way, as was many others who knew Kurosaki-kun, or even heard of his deeds dislike the recent decision made by Sou-taichou (barring Kuchiki-taichou as I couldn't really be sure).
The worst part of this act was the very fact that Sou-taichou asked me, meto place a locating brace on Kurosaki-kun under the pretext of medical assistance to full health.
It made me want to hurt something.
I understood the reasons for the sou-taichou decision but he could of handed the circumstances better then what he had. He could of made Mayuri do it, heck he could of made anyone do it but a healer. It was an insult to everything I stood for.
Honestly, capture by any means necessary, what was he thinking.
I felted my mask of calmness slide slightly but quickly remedied it.
I let no notion of what I was truly thinking appear on my face.
Very well, I will carry out my job, but I will support Kurosaki-kun as much as I can I silently vowed, thinking of the lie Kuchiki-chan told Kurosaki-kun.
Perhaps we can give him some training, that no one else seems to be willing to be giving him.
We arrived at Kurosaki-kun's room, and I knocked lightly.
"We've coming in Kurosaki-kun." I said in a light way I would be heard but wouldn't disturb him if he was still asleep.
If he accurately was asleep I'd let him rest, he did nearly die, and he body would be very tired.
"Come in." His voice said though the door and I opened it leading everyone into the hospital room.
"Hello Unohana-san, Rukia, Renji." He said greeting us casually without insulting anyone.
I smiled warmly at the person who saved the lives of many in Soul Society.
"How do you feel today?" I asked.
"Okay."
"Any pain?" He shook his head in the negative.
"Do you feel tried?"
"Slightly." I took note of that and started to check his wounds and giving him several potions to take.
"You're nearly healed but I recommend another three days of bed rest." I told him.
"All right."
I raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Is there any reason why you seem so comfortable being in a hospital?" I asked off handedly.
I was somewhat curious as to why he seemed so at home being in a medical structure.
"My family owns a clinic in the living world." He answered as an explanation.
It made sense now, especially his notion of obeying doctor's orders. Many people (like the eleventh division) didn't like to follow doctor's orders and were often resented because of it.
"I see…well I've leave you three to talk." I responded, and left them.
I would put the locating brace on him after Kuchiki-chan and Abarai-kun left.
Though my thoughts on the matter resurfaced.
This may very well prove to be a bad decision with good intentions… I thought looking back at them only once.
Hopefully I was wrong…
(End of Unohana POV)
Ichigo let Rukia and Renji make up useless chatter while his mind wondered about the family he left home.
Fortunately, neither Rukia or Renji noticed Ichigo's lack of interest in the conversation as time passed them by.
(0o0)
Orihime daydreamed as she sat in class.
Where was Ichigo? An why did he spirit energy vanish? He didn't die…did he?
"Psst Orihime." Tatsuki whispered from behind her.
"Yes, Tatsuki?" Orihime asked not turning. She didn't want to draw the teacher's attention.
"Have you seen Ichigo lately?"
"No I haven't. Do you think something's happened?"
"I'm not sure. I'm going to his house after school to find out. You coming?"
"Yes, I'm very worried about Kurosaki-kun."
"When aren't you?"
Orihime had no answer for her best friend.
She did worry about Kurosaki-kun a lot, but not that much…did she?
She was thrown for a loop.
"Inoue-san read next." The teacher's stern voice said.
"Hai." Orihime stood up and read on the page.
After school they would find out what happened to Ichigo.
(0o0)
Hiyori cursed again, as they came up empty handed again.
"Where the hell is that dickhead?" She yelled more then a little pissed at not finding the ginger haired teen.
"If we knew that we wouldn't be trying to find him." Love said being the new target for Hiyori's glares.
"This shouldn't be possible," Hachi said thinking out loud, the others listen anyway. "Unless…he's…"
"Like that idiot would die." Hiyori defend hotly.
They might not say it out loud but Ichigo was already a part of their family, and they cared about him.
"No I meant he's in Soul Society." Hachi clarified.
The seven Vaizards shared a worried look.
This was not good, not good at all, and unfortunately what Hachi said made sense.
"Damn." Hiyori cursed.
"We don't know that for sure, at least not yet." Lisa said.
Shinji nodded.
"Not now but we will. Back to the house." He ordered.
No one argued, and obeyed while thinking of all the reasons Ichigo would be in that horrible place.
Maybe its just a meeting or something…it had to be…right?
They didn't even want to think of what twelfth division would do if they found out a Vaizard was so close at hand…
(0o0)
"After you're healed, we'll decide where you'll stay." Rukia told Ichigo. "Mostly likely Eleventh division will try to house you."
Ichigo had no doubts that they wouldn't try.
For some reason Ichigo was their favorite sparring partner.
"We'd let you stay at our places, but-." Renji started.
He didn't need to finish.
"Byakuya and me don't get along."
They nodded.
"Its not your fault, I'll figure something out."
Renji and Rukia could believe that.
"What about training?" Ichigo asked.
Both visitors tensed ever so slightly, it was obvious they forgot about that detail.
"Still being decided, though you'll be learning Kido." Rukia told him.
Ichigo nodded, it wasn't like that was so surprising.
The only kido he new and could use was when he had a Bankai out.
"Probably a sparring partner, it hasn't been decided who." Renji added. "Though maybe strawberry will finally learn how to control his reiatsu ," He teased.
"At least I can admit I suck at reiatsu detection unlike a certain graduate who can't do Kido with out it blowing up in his face." Ichigo said burning Renji.
Renji glared at Ichigo.
"Shut up, Strawberry."
"Right back at you red pineapple."
"Strawberry."
"Red pineapple."
Rukia rolled her eyes.
Those two were idiots.
But it was a welcome change from all the lies that were surrounding them, so Rukia let continue without stopping them.
This could very well be one of their last mock fights if Ichigo ever found out what they done...
(0o0)
/What the hell is taking Aibo so long?/ Hichigo growled continuing to search for any sign of the orange hair Shinagami.
/He's talking to his friends, and trying to keep the façade of being himself, or would you rather they found out what he is and experiment on him./ Rei told him watching over Ichigo.
Hichigo surprising stayed quiet, but glared anyway.
/There's more to this training then you understand. Yes, its has do with defeating Aizen but that's not the whole problem. The problem Ichigo has to face is where does he belong./ Rei said trying to explain.
/Why should that matter? A fight can take place anywhere./
/Again you miss the point. This isn't about fighting, its about where Ichigo-sama finding a place where he's accept for what he is and not hunted down for it. Or did you not notice that he's anything but normal?/ Rei hissed.
/Rei's assessment of the current situation is correct. Ichigo knows this and walks carefully around the other shinagami, and even the vaizards./ Zangetsu said from his place on his usual pole.
Hichigo gave Zangetsu a disbelieving look.
/Whatever, I still say Aibo's weak./
/You would./Zangetsu and Rei said together, Hichigo was so predictable.
(0o0)
In the squad ten division headquarters one person stayed awake and read over files deep into the night.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi captain of the twelfth division looked over some old data he collected during Rukia's execution and was pleased with what he found out.
It became very clear that besides Inoue Orihime there was one other ryoka who Mayuri wanted to experiment on, and that ryoka was none other then Kurosaki Ichigo…
(0o0)
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