Mirrored Worlds

by Joshiro.ukitake

When you consider that there might be other worlds out there, you think of the human world and Hueco Mundo, possibly even Hell, but would you consider another Seritei? (Note: some references to ships, but very few)

10. Chapter 10

Mirrored worlds 10

~the human seritei~

snapping his soul communicator shut, shunsui sighs and looks at jushiro, he was sitting beside jushiro once more while he slept, he'd been noticeablysleepijng worse as the day went on, at first shunsui had assumed it was because of his illness, but sogyo was in fact absent from his usual home, their blade sat empty and jushiro was in fact growing more upset in sleep. Shunsui rests his palm over jushiro's forehead and murmured a bakudo that would keep jushiro asleep until he broke the bakudo, any stress in his condition would ultimately make everything worse and he was already on his death bed. Shunsui stands with a sigh and leaves the room giving jushiro one last worried glance before flash stepping to twelfth division, it took a good hour before he finally got something helpful out of mayuri, a hand held device which could detect if there were spiritual anomalies anywhere near him, he also had a device which if he put his reiatsu into could open a tear, using these two devices, it took him another short while but he finally entered the right world, after discovering another world of course, but he ignored it for now.

~the animal seritei~

Using what he'd been told about the other world, he immediately recognises the overgrown seritei that was the main difference between the worlds, after jumping onto a rooftop he determined he was around sixth division which allowed him to find himself some directions and flash step towards the thirteenth division. He had hidden his presence so he was spiritually invisible, and if anyone saw him, he was flash stepping so fast that he immediately broke eyeline, he'd been told none could flash step in this world, nor had they learned to be spiritually aware, it was obvious to shunsui that this was the case, he recognised many spiritual pressures yet they were not nearly as high as he was used to, he could probably crush everyone in this world by simply flaring his reiatsu, of course he wouldn't but the possibility was there. Shunsui came to a stop outside of jushiro's office which remarkably looked very similar in this world, the gardens were controlled here, not that he expected any less, but it was still different to the rest of seritei. Unfortunately rukia was sitting on the roof thinking the moment shunsui arrived, she instantly recognised who it was by the blamboyant pick haori "t-taicho..." It didn't take her more then a moment to realise that this captain was not her captain though, shunsui looked up and smiles, a little surprised seeing the majestic looking eagle instead of rukia, but he immediately recognised her "I'm afraid I'm not the captain in your mind..." Rukia looks instantly nervous "who are you..." Shunsui tips his hat politely "shunsui kyouraku... From the world of the humans..." Rukia looks shocked "what... How did you get here... What are you doing here..." With shock she realised he also wore the captains haori, shunsui frowns "well it seems someone important from our world followed your taicho back here..." He smiles "don't worry, I'm not here to cause trouble... Though.. I did want to say... You look rather majestic up there Kuchiki-San..." Rukia turns her head away shyly "t-thank you... Sir..." He chuckles "ah, I'm not so important, don't be so stiff Kuchiki San." She continues to looks shy "so where do you need to go..." Shunsui looks thoughtful "I need to visit your taicho, he is looking after my guest for me.." She looks unsure "I wasn't aware he had a guest... he is in his quarters... I will show you the way.." He nods "after you my lady" he muses, rukia was a lot weirded out by the random appearance, but jushiro had mentioned that he had met the other worlds shunsui, so she figured it would be ok to show him the way, and so she did, shunsui kept up with her easily even with her flying, it took another ten minutes to get to the captains quarters which of course shunsui recognised, he seen the same building for more then a thousand years. Rukia lands gracefully on the roof and shunsui tips his hat "much appreciated my lady... Though I must apologise... I'm going to have to wake your captain..." Rukia wasn't even aware jushiro was sleeping and looked shocked "h-hai..." Shunsui nods before knocking quietly and entering the room, rukia was anxious, she could tell this other shunsui was dangerous but she also knew she had no hope of scratching him if it came down to a fight so she hoped her captain didn't mind.

It was a familiar sight when shunsui walked into the room, jushiro was indeed asleep, shunsui could tell by the peaceful reiatsu even before seeing it. Jushiro was in his human form, his cat ears and tail would flick occasionally as he dreamed and he had an adorable little smile as he cuddled the two twins in his sleep, sogyo was relatively peaceful but it was obvious that they were not where they belonged. Sogyo's reaitsu was higher then jushiro's, not so high that it would affect him but still high enough it hinted where they truly belonged. Shunsui sighs before kneeling beside the sleeping jushiro and gently disturbs jushiro, he stirs with a yawn and shunsui content sits and waits until jushiro notices him, it doesn't take long and jushiro mistakes him for the bird "shun... You know it's creepy you sitting there like that?" Shunsui lifted his hat "really... My juu doesn't mind it.." Jushiro looks shocked realising it wasn't the bird "k-kyouraku..." Shunsui nods taking of his hat and sets it on the ground beside him before waving a hand cheerfully "hai, that's me..." Jushiro gently tries to free hiself from the twins once more to be met by the same result as before, they wouldn't let go and jushiro sighs, shunsui smiles "it's pointless trying when they are like this... Don't worry" jushiro looks at shunsui ".. Is that why your here..." Shunsui nods "yeah... See juu is in a bad shape right now... And normally it wouldn't be such a rush... But if he wakes up now to find his children gone... He will shatter..." Jushiro looks a little shocked "... These two are that important..." Shunsui nods "important as breathing..." Jushiro frowns not understanding "why... " shunsui looks thoughtful "imagine it this way... A long time ago you made a friend, that friend followed you everywhere and grew with you, after so many years.. What do you think if that someone who'd always been there were to simply vanish..." Jushiro looks unsure "I guess I'd be pretty upset..." Shunsui nods "for juu... Those two are that one person... Normally he would worry but he could probably handle it but now... It would be disastrous... Do you understand.." Jushiro nods "I guess I do..." Shunsui smiles "but that is why I'm here... To save the day..." He looks at the twins "I can free you... But you seem to have gotten used to having them beside you.." Jushiro blushes a little "h-hai..." Shunsui nods "did you realise you have the potential to find your own zanpaktou..." Jushiro looks surprised then unsure "what do you mean..." Shunsui sighs "I'm saying that inside you.. You have a lot of untouched potential... In particular... Your zanpaktou spirit is waiting for you... But that's none of my business" shunsui yawns and stretches "I suppose I'll free you now..".

Jushiro looked confused and didn't understand but nods, shunsui stands and goes to the twins dropping down to his knees and puts his hands gently on their foreheads for a moment, it's only a moment later before they stir reluctantly letting jushiro go, shunsui then easily picks them up gently smiling playfully "now you two... You really are a worry.." The twins look confused for a second before cuddling gratefully to shunsui instantly getting upset "shun..." Shunsui sighs playfully "not the the water works.. I'm not that scary... Or will I have to force it out of you" he threatens with a chuckle, the twins blush a little and rub their eyes smiling a little "like we would.. Baka... You drink too much.." Shunsui fakes hurt "ah.. So cold.. So mean.." He smiles and starts to tickle them anyway "I'll make you regret that.." The twins instantly tried to escape but fails laughing, jushiro sat up watching with shock, after all that he'd been through with them, they were just playing around like that... Shunsui finally freed the twins and the scrambled away to catch their breath "you the mean one.." They then tackle shunsui which of ou ours shunsui can avoid but he lets them "gah.. You got me..." He dramaticly pretends to die "good bye cruel world.." The twin look a little confused and shunsui actaully does hold his breath until the twins start getting worried "hey... Hello... Shun..." This was when he scared them "zoo!" And the gullible twins screamed a little "ahhh... Your horrible shun!" Shunsui chuckles "I already knew that.. Now. Want to tell me why your so far from home?" The twins smile and then look unsure "we.. We don't know... But we woke up here... And we couldn't go home... Or talk to dad..." Shunsui looks thoughtful "that sounds scary..." The twins nod starting to get upset, shunsui pokes them playfully "aww come one, don't start that... I'm taking you home now, promise.." He smiles, the twins look surprised and then smile "hai!" Shunsui nods "good boys.. Now I think you should thank captain ukitake for looking after you... I'll bet you two caused him quite a bit of grief...". Jushiro internally groans.. More then a little bit... The twins look a little guilty "we attacked him... But we were scared... We are sorry.." Shunsui raises an eyebrow "why would you two be scared..." They look a little unsure "one of us was caught and we couldn't escape..." Shunsui frowns "did you hurt him?" The twins look thoughtful "we cut him and blew him up..." Shunsui sighs "mattaku... Where are you manners?" The twins look guilty "we did heal him..." Jushiro looks surprised "you did?" Shunsui looks over "you didn't realise?" Jushiro looks thoughtful "well... I did notice but I didn't know why..." Sogyo looks at jushiro "we are sorry ukitake taicho..." Jushiro sighs and nods "it's fine... But next time you can just talk to me ok... I really don't mind just talking... Talking is good.." Shunsui smiles "right.. Now you two little fish need to get off me so we can go home..." The twins nod and stand up beside him and pull him up before going to pick up shuns hat, putting it in his hands, shunsui chuckles "thank you" he then looks at jushiro "sorry about all this... These two can be a handful so thanks for looking after them" jushiro nods smiling "no problem... Warning might be useful next time though" he chuckles, shunsui laughs "warning... Even their dad doesn't get that" jushiro sighs surprised "oh dear..." Shunsui stands up and the twins takes his hands happily, the twins then seemingly decide they've forgotten something and go over and hug jushiro "thank you ukitake taicho..." Jushiro blushes a little and hugs them back "like I said... No problem..." They smile and return to shunsui's side and shunsui nods before letting himself out "take care ukitake taicho".

The twins look up at shunsui "is dad ok..." Shunsui nods "yeah... Though he doesn't know your gone yet... But it can be out secret ok" he smiles, sogyo nods "hai..." They look towards the serieitei "with the right hand leading them... This gotei could be equals to us... Ukitake taicho had somewhat decent skills even with lack of knowledge..." Shunsui nods "right now they are weak, but yes.. I do agree, it's obvious that they have huge potential" the twins frown "we are not sure if we would be mirrored as well... But it does seem like a possibility..." Shunsui looks thoughtful "your right... I wonder if it would be dangerous teaching them though.." He muses. The twins let go of shunsui's hand before jumping up on his shoulder and then onto the roof, shunsui looks surprised and follows "where are you two going". Sogyo sensed the bird on the roof and jumped up landing a few steps away, shunsui looks surprised "ah, I wondered if I was going to meet you.." The bird not expecting the children jumps and then looks at his counterpart "kyouraku...", the bird looks at the phone "did I miss something?" Shunsui smiles "nah, I didn't warn you I was coming..." The bird sighs "I see...". Shunsui looks playful "I'm all about surprises..." The bird sits up and adjusts his hat "it's not just you it seems... Those two kids there are rather scary too.." Shunsui looks at the twins before looking thoughtful "that's true... They are best friends with my katen so it's to be expected.." Sogyo smiles "katen is fun... We were visiting her before we came here..." Shunsui obviously didn't know about this "huh?" Sogyo nods "we were bored and hurting a little..." Shunsui nods understanding "fair enough.." The bird looks at the three, they seemed like good friends.. Almost father and son, it made him curious "what are those two to you? They belong to ukitake don't they.." Shunsui looks at the bird "your right... But could you honestly get away with not liking these two?" He muses, the twins smiles innocently and the bird frowns "I guess you have a point... But they tend to say some scary things.." Shunsui looks amused "they do?" The twins look at shun "we told the truth... We said we could crush them without trying..." Shunsui looks at them and smiles "well I can't fault you there.. It is true... But you should be nice..." The bird sighs "you three are equally scary then.." Shunsui chuckles "something like that... Well thank you for your help in the matter" the bird nods "it wasn't me really... It was jushiro... But thanks..." The twins yawn before looking up,at shun "we are tired.." Shunsui frowns. "Really? Or are you just trying to get me to carry you?" The twins nod and then shunsui sighs "alright... Jump up then.." The twins nod before doing exactly that, jumping into shunsui's arms, he caught them easily and then walks to the edge of the roof "until next time kyouraku taicho.." The bird nods and then shunsui stepped off the roof vanishing, flash stepping to where he first came out.

Shunsui thought it would be interesting exploring this new seritei, but with the situation, he obviously couldn't, he didn't expect to run into anybody though, when he stopped to take out the device to find his way home, an unexpected voice distracts him "kyouraku taicho? What are you doing here.." Shunsui looks around before realising the voice came from below him, he walked to the edge of the roof to see what looked like a little white fluff ball, though in truth he looked very similar to jushiro, only he was smaller and white, however he was recognisable instantly. Shunsui steps off the roof and falls landing gently "little shiro... Or where are my manners.. It's hitsuguya taicho isn't it.." The little captain looked shocked realising it wasn't the captain he knew "h-hai... Who are you..." Shunsui smiles, the twins had fallen asleep in his arms "shunsui kyouraku, a pleasure to meet you"the little Toshiro looked a little surprised "oh... " shunsui looks thoughtful "in regards to what I'm doing, I am going home, was there something you needed of me?" He smiles playfully, Toshiro bites his tongue for a moment "no.. I mistook you for someone else.. My apologies..." Shunsui nods "no apologies needed" up close the little snow cat shared the same grumpy expression as the human Toshiro and was just as cute, the cat looks up at shunsui "you looked like you were looking for something..." Shunsui nods looking at he device in his hands "a signature from my own world, so I can open a tear" Toshiro looks thoughtful "you should try up on sogyoku hill... A lot of tears open up there..." Shunsui looks surprised "really?" Toshiro nods "yeah.. Every few weeks or so one opens there for a short period.." Shunsui smiles "thanks, I'll take a look" Toshiro nods before his curiousity gets the better of him "why are you here?" Shunsui chuckles "rescuing these two little ones" he looks at the children, Toshiro looks unsure "how did they get here? You can only come through a tear" shunsui nods "that's probably true, your ukitake taicho participated in an experiment a day or so ago and these two accidentally followed him home" Toshiro looks thoughtful "I didn't know we were experimenting with tears..." Shunsui shrugs "I don't really care enough to listen to mayuri, I heard it through my ukitake..." Toshiro doesn't seem very surprised by this "ukitake usually does know what's going on..." Shunsui smiles "that he does, but I'll leave you alone now, take care shiro-chan" he smiles playfully before jumping back onto the roof and flash stepping. Toshiro looks surprised then grumbles "it's hitsuguya taicho... What is it with you only men...".

Shunsui with that new peice of information immediately headed up to sogyoku, everything seemed to happen on that hill, maybe the old execution grounds attracted this sort of thing. It turned out that Toshiro was right and he easily picked up a signature from his world, he focused his reiatsu easily to create a tear and instantly recognised his own seritei, even from sogyoku, he recognised jushiro's reaitsu, the twins instantly woke up and as soon as they had stepped into the tear were overcome with relief "home..." Shunsui nods "can go you go home from here?" The twins look a little thoughtful "no..." Shunsui looks thoughtful "alright, I'll take you home then" he closed the tear and with ease and another five minutes he landed quietly on jushiro's roof before dropping down to the ground and then letting the twins go, they straightened up and let's themselves into the room quietly to touch their blade self, realigning their spirit, they instantly felt better and faded, returning home gratefully, shunsui followed them in and noticed that jushiro was now noticeably calming in his sleep, he drops the bakudo then and sits before laying down on the floor sighing and covering his face with his hat, he settled into a peaceful daze, daydreaming.