Mirrored worlds 9
Jushiro had left his tea and sweets in his room, in his mood he care for neither and curled up on his bed irritated, rukia looked a little worried "taicho... Would you please let me take care of your wound.." Jushiro has forgotten about it and remembering it he flinches a little but nods and rolls over so she can "as you wish.." Rukia nods and settles beside him after taking out a first aid kit, jushiro growls a little when she disinfects it but mostly behaves letting her bandage his side up, rukia then looks at him gently "you should get some rest... You haven't taken your medicine for a day now.. Stress is bad for you.." Admittedly he knew she was right, but he was moody and would probably stay that way, rukia sighs "taicho... I'm gonna give you your needle ok?" He nods with a sigh and rukia with permission gives him his medicine before gently pulling the captain into her lap and cuddles him "cheer up.. Your scary like this taicho..." She starts scratching his ears and he relaxes a little before apologising quietly "sorry... I think perhaps I do need some rest..." Rukia smiles gently "I'm sure you will feel better in the morning" jushiro shifts to sit more comfortably in rukia's lap and sighs "yeah... Perhaps...". Unlike in the other world, jushiro was closer to different people in this world due to his form, being a cat allowed him to open up a little more to those willing to put time into their friendship with him, namely give him cuddles..., rukia respected him greatly but also built a strong friendship with the captain offering him all the cuddles he could want in between work, jushiro in turn offered her the same support with her own personal matters, particularly with the death of of her human friends, he had protected her fiercely in the past, just like he did with all of his division. Shunsui was still his best friend, and by far the most annoying as well.. But in this world, it was easy to make friends, more so then you would in the otherworld. Jushiro's medicine soon made him sleepy and he fell asleep peacefully in rukia's lap, once she had made sure he was resting properly she cleaned up quietly and left the captain for the night, she hoped his lack of medicine wouldn't make him sick over the next few days.
Despite rukia's belief that the twins had left, they didn't, in fact they found they had gotten stuck in the world, for some reason he couldn't contact jushiro, though truthfully they didn't come here by choice, they didn't even really know how they got here, but they found themselves in the otherworld anyway, they assumed it was because of the other jushiro's reiatsu, they could only guess at some point in time they had mistaken their dad's reiatsu, or an even wilder thought, this worlds jushiro had somehow called them, they didn't remember anything. The jushiro here wasn't the same as their dad, he was younger, more rash and less experienced, he wasn't as strong and hadn't even reached his full capabilities, yet his reiatsu made the two twins feel that slight bit more comfortable away from home. They couldn't help but feel hurt by jushiro's reaction but they could understand it too, eventually though as it got dark, they got more lonely and they wanted to be home.. Even if it did hurt... At some point in the night, the twins actually healed jushiro's wounds before they decided to curl up together in jushiro's garden, they had already realised that in this world, they weren't real great at sensing spiritual pressure, so they were at least safe. Jushiro found them there the next morning, he woke feeling unexplainably good, he didn't hurt anymore and his wound wasn't there, he wasn't sure how to explain this phenomenon, it was when he had settled in front of his garden pond when he smelled their scent again, he wasn't sure what to think of this, whether to prepare to be bothered or go looking for them.. He had wondered why the two kids were here after all, but if they were going to attack him again.. After arguing with himself for a few minutes he sighs and gets up to track them, he was a little surprised to find them sleeping out in the open in his garden.. Though even if they were asleep... Their faces betrayed them, they'd been upset, jushiro sits and frowns unsure what to do, though he finally decided to wake them seeing as it was dangerous to sleep in a place like this. He nudges the twins with his paw and they stirred reluctantly before seemingly remembering where they were and immediately drawing their fan, jushiro barely dodged the strike with a little bit of heart attack on the side as well, the twins froze then staring at the cat with shock, jushiro resisted the feelings of annoyance wondering if they were this dangerous in the other world "do you attack everyone that wakes you.. Or do you just dislike me in particular..." The twins reluctantly withdraw their fan "we tend to attack everyone..." Jushiro sighs "you two are zanpaktou right... Why are you here.." The twins look a little depressed before playing it off "we are allowed to go wherever we want.." Jushiro looks at them tiredly "and what about your dad? It's the other jushiro right? Won't he be worried... Isn't he sick?" The twins can't help but look worried and don't manage to hide those feelings completely "dad will be fine..." Jushiro looks unconvinced but decides not to argue the point "I guess you two would know.." They nod, jushiro looks toward the barracks "if you need sleep you should sleep inside... There are dangerous people out here.." The twins look a little surprised by the change of attitude, though by rights, their dad can be just as moody as this jushiro "we can't sleep anymore.. It's fine.." Jushiro frowns, the two twins resembled the sick human he seen for a short period of time, stubborn but strong. Jushiro wasn't really sure what to do with situation, but he knew he had to do something "fine... You two hungry?" Normally their souls were nourished by simply being with their dad but he wasn't here nor could they reach him, they would at some point need food.. Sogyo shook their heads though "we are ok..." Jushiro stands "well I assume you will find me at some point... You seem inhumanly good at that... Find me when you need anything.." He nods and turns to walk back to the division, the twins didn't follow.
Jushiro was bothered by the twins for most of the day, they obviously weren't alright but he didn't know how to help them, he barely knew what a zanpaktou was, he couldn't focus on work at all really promoting rukia to send him for a break so he could rest, he decided to try and relax by lying on his side in the sun on the roof, it didn't really work but it did feel good and that was where shunsui found him "ne... Strange place for juu to be sleeping..." Jushiro looks up at the bird with a frown "as if I'd stoop to your level..." Shunsui dramatically puts a wing on his heart "so cold... I think I'll bleed out with that wound.." Jushiro rolls his eyes "drama queen.." Shunsui chuckles "what's got you thinking so hard.." Jushiro sighs and rolls onto his back to look up to the bird "someone from the otherworld seemed to follow me through..." Shunsui sits looking confused "what? How?" Jushiro's frowns "I don't know... But I believe they belong to captain ukitake... They are his zanpaktou spirits.." Jushiro looks irritated "I don't even understand completely what a zanpaktou is let alone how to help one for even deal with one..." Shunsui looks surprised at jushiro's attitude "you know your usually pretty calm..." Jushiro grumbled "they attacked me last night..." Shunsui frowns "why? And why didn't you attack back?" Jushiro pouts grumpily "I couldn't..." Shunsui looks confused "why?" Jushiro's was quiet for a moment... "They were kids... I couldn't.. And if I did i wouldn't be able to sleep..." Shunsui looks thoughtful "kid zanpaktou... I thought zanpaktou were supposed to be powerful spirits..." Jushiro sighs "they could have killed me last night.. They actually drew blood..." Shunsui looks surprised "oh... How? How could they sneak up on you? You have some of the best senses around..." Jushiro honestly hadn't thought about that bit "I don't know... But they are rather quick... I didn't even know there were two of them till I'd captured one of them and the other was on my back stabbing me..." Shunsui looks thoughtful "shinigami seems like scary beings..." Jushiro nods. "Shinigami aren't scary..." Shunsui looks at jushiro and jushiro looks back before realising the twins had appeared a bit in front of the two, shunsui jumps and jushiro sits up fur ruffled, the twins appearances rather shocked the captains, jushiro sighs "are you always this surprising?" The twins look thoughtful "yeah... But dad usually knows we are here by our reiatsu..." Shunsui frowns "he must have some amazing senses then..." The twins without hesitation go on "jushiro ukitake is one of the strongest people in our world... He could kill you without drawing his sword..." Shunsui gulps "you two are scary little kids..." Jushiro clears his throat "that aside... Is there anything I can do for you.." The twins look shy before fainting in sync, jushiro looks shocked and walks over cautiously considering the mornings wake up resulted in his near death. The twins were still holding hands even though they were uncooked, jushiro gently nudged them first just in case before sighing and wondering why this was happening around him, shunsui walks over looking unsure "I can see your problem.." Jushiro just frowns "I should put them to bed..." Shunsui nods "are you changing?" Jushiro nods "I have no choice... I could carry them like this if they were awake.. But they are not..." He walks over to the edge of the building "I'll be back.. I can't change up here.. " shunsui nods "hai.. I'm not moving..". Jushiro returned within minutes and climbed back onto the roof after he'd changed and put some pants on, jushiro kneels by the children with a sigh "this is an inconvenient place to collapse..." Shunsui nods "but I guess it can't be helped" jushiro wasn't as strong as his counterpart but he was surprised at how little the twins weighed, he didn't expect to be able to carry them both, but he found that he was in fact able to, it would save leaving one alone at least and with a little less effort then expected he had carried them to to his room, as soon as jushiro had held them in human form, they held him tightly, even in sleep, jushiro in fact was not able to put them down as they would not let him go.. "What was the word they used.. Reiatsu.. Maybe you have a similar reiatsu to their dad.." Shunsui looks thoughtful "you might have to stay with them.." Jushiro had set them in his lap and nods maybe.. Maybe they can't get home..." Shunsui nods "perhaps.. The tear is closed, maybe that's the cause.." Jushiro sighs "I guess I'll just stay with them... Take my communicator and try messaging the other side.. Mayuri doesn't need to know about this just yet.." Shunsui nods and takes the offered phone "alright, call me if you need anything then..." Jushiro nods before laying down with the two children, he didn't hate the children, he just didn't understand them, and that what irritated him most.
Jushiro ended falling asleep as well, the children themselves offered a strange sense of peace while they were so close, the ukitake from the otherworld had said something about it " I would be very lonely without my blade beside me..." Jushiro had wondered if this was what he meant by it back then, because he felt he could understand a little, it was the peace lulled him into sleep. Shunsui meanwhile had tried to contact the other world, it took a little but finally he was successful in sending a message to the other side, despite sending it to ukitake taicho, when shunsui started the call, he was answered by kyouraku taicho "kyouraku taicho speaking.. What may I help you with" you could hear the smile in his voice, shunsui chuckles "as excited as ever I see..." The human sounds a little surprised to be hearing himself "ah, what a pleasant surprise.. Long time no see... Or not" he muses, shunsui smiles "maybe it's not as pleasant as you hope... I have some news..." The human sounds curious "hmm... That sounds scary.. " shunsui nods "we've actually got an unexpected guest here.. And we don't know for sure.. But they don't seem to be able to leave..." The human sounds thoughtful "this is starting to sound problematic... Who are your guests.." Shunsui sighs "sogyo no kotowari they are calling themselves, two little kids dressed in blue..." The phone was quiet for a moment and then the human returned somewhat shocked "oh dear... That explains a lot... You say they can't get back... Why.." Shunsui frowns "we don't know... They are stubborn and aren't saying much but right now juu is with the,.. In fact they weren't letting go.." The human sighs "I would expect as much... I will see what I can arrange.. If juu realises they are gone... It will be bad... I'll leave it at that..." Shunsui nods "give me a call if you arrange something, I'll do what I can at this end.." The human nods "hai... I'll talk soon I guess". Shunsui flicks the phone shut and looks at the sky "I wonder if this is common over there..."