so I may have forgot about continuing to post these chapters... I still have some written and waiting to be shown... But with my attendance... but anyway... Gomenasai gozaimasu... I hope you like this ch...
the story is a little odd but it's mine :3 bleach doesn't belong to me though... :(
Shunsui knew himself very well, he hated being not allowed to go anywhere, despite Being as lazy as he was, as long as the option was there he was content, he hated being caged, jushiro also hated not keeping busy, it was easy to assume that the guests would soon start getting bored so he decided to take them for a walk, not to anywhere in particular but just so they could explore a little. First thing first, shunsui let the two change and shunsui advised that they should wear their Haoris while shunsui himself decided to sacrifice his comfort and left his own Haoris safely at thirteenth division, the cat didn't understand the reasoning behind this so shunsui explained "you two are very recognisable, but not so different to us.. We will have a much more peaceful walk if you look like us, simple as that" he muses, the bird chuckles "that's clever... But are you comfortable with it?" Shunsui nods "it doesn't bother me at all" the cat looks reluctant but nods, when the two guests were dressed appropriately it was easy to overlook their inhuman features. Jushiro and shunsui were not feared at all, but they were usually left alone when they were walking unless it was important, people seemed to just feel that was the proper way of showing them respect, it was an ingenious idea as not to throw the two visitors into the deep end persay. Shunsui looked relatively normal without his haoris and it was easy to overlook him when his counterpart instead wore the famously colourful pink haori instead of him. Finally the three left thirteenth and the cat looked at shunsui "where are we going?" Shunsui smiles and shrugs "wherever you want to go, I'm not fussed, you can check out the library if you like... I assume you share juus interest in knowledge..." The cat looks surprised "really? And you are correct..." Shunsui nods "I thought I would be" he muses, the bird look curious "how long have you known ukitake taicho.." Shunsui looks thoughtful "this year will be his 2032 birthday... I've known him since he was only twenty-thirty odd years..." The cat looks shocked "my apologies.. But how old are you then?" Shunsui chuckles "2040 years this year..." The bird looks thoughtful "it's easy to see you have many years of experience... But it's crazy to think you have lived that long... Why is that?" Shunsui looks thoughtful "well souls don't really age so much... Unless you have soul power.. But even then.. It takes years to age too significantly after a certain age... I don't know why though.." The cat and bird look thoughtful and walked quietly for a few moments, the cat then looks curious "about yachiru-San... Is she the lt under zaraki taicho here?" Shunsui looks surprised at the random topic change "yeah, whys that? Did she drop in for a visit did she?" The cat chuckles "something like that... But her captain wasn't with her..." The bird looks curious "is she the same there?" The cat smiles a little wary "yeah... She mistook me for ukitake taicho... And then gave me the name kitty uki..." The bird looks surprised and laughs "I'd believe that" shunsui looks thoughtful "what's she like on your side, she often comes to steal jushiro's sweets here..." The cat smiles "well she is pretty well identical... Though she is a lion cub... She is rather sweet mind you... Just she has always been a bit tiring... But cute" shunsui nods "sounds like her... She is a scary little girl...".
The three of them found it easy to talk to each other and happily occupied themselves that way while the two guests explored seritei, eventually they did make it to the library and the cat was instantly curious, the bird was quite content to watch chatting to shunsui quietly, the three spent most of the afternoon at the library before heading back to wait for the researchers again. Jushiro had woken again by then and sat outside in his garden meditating, wrapped up warm of course, he'd gotten tired of bed despite how weak coughing blood made him. Upon arrival and discovery of jushiro, shunsui dropped down beside him "good afternoon juu... Shouldn't you be elsewhere?" The cat and bird sat down nearby watching, they were a little concerned. Jushiro usually was hard to call out of meditation when he was feeling healthy, though when he was ill it was different, it was easy to bring him back since he couldn't concentrate as well. When shunsui spoke to jushiro, he stirred tiredly and looked at him "afternoon... And I can be where I'd like to to be..." Shunsui nods "I guess you have a point... How are you feeling?" Jushiro looks at the water in front of him thoughtful "fine... Tired... But fine.." Shunsui smiles "well that's good to hear... Did you hear about what was happening this afternoon here?" Jushiro looks at shunsui unsure "no... Explain?" Shunsui nods "I talked to twelfth and they were coming around to send your guests home this afternoon sometime..." Jushiro sighs "I hadn't been told..." Shunsui nudges him gently "because you should be sleeping and resting... Your exhausted..." Jushiro frowns "that gets boring..." Shunsui smiles "I know... You tell me a lot... But I still don't think that myself..." Jushiro just shakes his head "because you sleep too much... You never work.." Shunsui shrugs "and you work too much, we would make a good team" jushiro gives him a look before breaking into a heavy coughing his covering his mouth, he quickly falls dizzy and shunsui without missing a beat supports jushiro, holding him up straight. The two guests watch with quiet worry but don't interfere. Shunsui smiles "you know I really think you should go back to bed.. But I'm guessing telling you that isn't going to change anything is it..." Jushiro looks at him catching his breath "no.. I've had enough of my room for now..." Shunsui nods "fair enough" jushiro sighs looking at the pond in front of him "what have you been up too today... I hope you haven't been tainting my guests..." Shunsui chuckles "ah, how dare you, I would never... I just took them for a walk... Your counterpart found the library quite facinating" jushiro looks thoughtful and smiles a little "that doesn't surprise me very much..." Shunsui nods "I didn't think you would be... But your guests are worried about you" he muses, jushiro blushes a little "I'm fine... I'll be better in a day or so..." Shunsui chuckles "I know..." The peace was inturupted then by rukia who was surprised to see jushiro up "taicho.. Are you ok?" Jushiro nods smiling gently "of course, I am fine.. What's wrong Kuchiki-San.." She looks unsure if she should continue but does so anyway "the twelfth division members are here sir.." Jushiro nods "thank you, send them out here then" rukia nods looking worried before flash stepping back to the office, in ten minutes, the researchers had swiftly started setting up once more.
The actions of the researchers already started to stress jushiro simply by being there so shunsui decided then to put jushiro in bed, he would never hear the end of it when he woke but it was better then his conditioning worsening "juu..." Jushiro looks at shun before immediately falling unconscious under the affects of kido, shunsui caught him before he landed on the ground, the cat and bird looked shocked "what happened?" Shunsui gently held jushiro against him before picking him up lightly "it's called kido... I knocked him unconcious.." Jushiro was rather light and flinched even in his kido induced state despite shunsui being careful, it betrayed how unwell he actually was, the cat looked nervous "how? You did nothing?" Shunsui looks at the cat "it's called hakufaku... It's an ability to knock someone unconcious by locking eyesight... Juu hates it..." The cat bites his lip "that's.. Scary..." Shunsui nods and excuse himself to put jushiro back into bed gently before returning and sitting across from the two guests "kido if used correctly can be..." The bird looks unsure "does this... Hakufaku... Hurt?" Shunsui shakes his head, it's painless but it gives you a bit of a headache when you wake up.." The cat looks at shunsui "he flinched though... I saw it.." Shunsui nods "jushiro is in a fair bit of pain right now... He just doesn't show it unless he is sleeping... He is strong that way.." The cat looks a little down "what is wrong with ukitake taicho..." Shunsui sighs depressed then "the cause is unknown... He has been victims to his illness since I met him... But the illness itself causes him internal bleeding... His lungs in particular suffer and he can't breathe right... We can soothe the pain... And in a sense delay the illness... But we can't cure it..." The cat looks shocked and then looks at the ground "I feel bad for him..." The bird looks at shunsui thoughtfully "have you always looked after him?" Shunsui nods "ever since I met him..." The cat looks at shunsui "your a good friend..." Shunsui smiles "I try to be.. Though he is going to hate me when he wakes up..." The bird chuckles "he has fair reason...". A whurr shoulda in the background once more and the mirror opens up once more, shunsui looks up "ah... Seems you two can go home now.." The cat looks over "so it seems..." The bird smiles at shunsui "well then I should thank you for the interesting trip, it was quite curious to see your world" the cat nods in agreement "indeed, thank you for your hospitality" shunsui nods "no problem, I didn't really do anything, juu was the one who looked after you" the cat smiles "then pass on our thanks, perhaps you might come see us next time.." The bird and cat stand nodding respectfully before after getting the green light, walks through the mirror successfully getting home, much to both of the twos relief. Shunsui oversaw the rest of the experiment and then reported it's success instead of jushiro, after he saw the researchers off he decided to go and sit in jushiro's room and lay on the floor until he woke, jushiro would want to know what happened so he intended on telling him.