Hey look a chapter you guys are getting spoiled…even though I got zero reviews the last chapter made me sad…*cries in a corner* I think this is my longest chap yet, for this story at least, I hope you enjoy it.

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Chapter 9: Sleep over at Urahara's

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Normal dreams played in Ichigo's mind that night nothing interesting or confusing. At class he got his extra credit from the reports he did on the animals at the zoo. "Boring..." he complained on his way home, "Heh maybe Rukia is right in one aspect, I do want something to happen to keep me moving, after everything that's happened sitting still is no fun. Not that I want things of some kind destroying everything..." he sighed entering his house. He was going to do some of his homework before packing a bit of stuff so he could stay the week at Urahara's. "Doubt he'll find anything out that I can't just tell them..." he sighed before opening the door and moving out of the way of his fathers jump kick. "Give it a rest already will ya? Jeez." he closed the door leaving Isshin face down in the grass.

He did some of his work and began packing a few sets of clothes and his school supplies. "Are you going somewhere Ichi-nii?" Yuzu asked coming in.

"Huh? Yeah I'm going to stay at Urahara's for the week. Don't worry about it ok." he smiled.

"Ok have fun and don't let Yoruichi tease you too much. And be nice to Jinta and Ururu."

"I'll try not to. And I make no promises about being nice to Jinta and I'm always nice to Ururu." he laughed. He finished putting his stuff in the bag and slung it over his shoulder then headed out once more dodging his father. "Later Karin, Yuzu!" he called.

"Ichigo you didn't say good bye to daddy!" Isshin whined.

"Hm? Odd I thought I heard something must have been the wind." Ichigo teased shrugging as he walked off "Later." he waved over his shoulder. He got to Urahara's and Tessai took his bag back to the room he'd be staying in as he sat at the table where the other four occupants of the house were sitting getting ready to eat. "You already have a plate here for me?"

"We figured you'd get here sometime around dinner so yes." Urahara answered, Tessai came back and sat down then they all began to eat. "Any dreams last night?"

"Only normal ones that every other person gets. Nothing interesting though I think I saw Jinta in a ballerina outfit prancing around." he goaded the young red head.

"What did you just say you over grown carrot!?"

"Jinta please-"

"Shut it Ururu!"

"Owowowow!" the poor girl cried as Jinta gave her double nuggies.

"Knock it off! When will you grow up?" Tessai hit the boy in the head. As Ichigo sipped his tea hiding his smirk.

"Doesn't he get hit!? He started it!" Jinta complained pointing at Ichigo.

"Me? I merely said what I saw in my creepy dream." Ichigo waved off. "Just as I was asked to tell so I started nothing. You were the one calling names and giving nuggies."

"Why you..." Jinta growled as he tried to think of a way to get back at him.

"Yes why me? Why would I be chosen to witness such a scary sight as you in a tutu?" he smirked as the boy growled again, "Oh god I'm turning into you..." he groaned looking over at Urahara but still had a small smile. His comment made the hatted man laugh and Yoruichi grin. "That's a scary thought."

"Very scary." Yoruichi agreed still laughing.

"Staying here a whole week could be bad for my personality...hm..." Ichigo said thoughtfully "I'd hate to completely turn into the weirdo hat and clogs is." Yoruichi laughed harder at how serious Ichigo had made himself sound.

"Oi!" Urahara protested. "I'm not that bad!"

"You don't see yourself from our perspective though so how do you know?" Ichigo grinned making the blond huff. "Still..."

"Yes?"

"I had forgot to mention it the other day but on Monday when Clair brought Captain and Kit into class, I had made a comment to Captain offhandedly and heard Silane/Grimmjow give one back but I didn't think much of it at the time...random point to remember that now though." he scratched his head "That's the only time it happened though."

"How interesting." Urahara tapped his fan on his chin. "I wonder what would happen if you fell asleep next to one of them."

"Who knows...and unless I spend the night at the zoo we won't know."

"Well~ we could ask Clair-san to bring one here."

"Right~ that's going to happen. Coming to class is one thing bringing them to a candy shop is another." Ichigo shook his head "besides...oh shit I forgot I told her I'd bring the picture by the zoo for her!" he ran back to where Tessai had put his stuff before finding the picture he had done on Monday. "I'll be back in a bit!"

"Ask her about bringing one of them here!" Urahara called after him as he ran out. Ichigo threw a hand up to show he heard him as he kept going.

"Hi! Ha...out of breath...phew hold on..." he panted out to the lady at the entrance of the zoo. "Ok I can breath again, Clair asked me for a picture I drew, is she here can you give it to her?"

"Yes she's here I'll call her up for you." the lady chuckled at him picking up a phone that was on the desk.

"Thanks." he sat on one of the benches by the gate to wait.

"Hey the lady said a very nice looking young man who was out of breath was here to see me, yet all I find is a carrot." Clair teased as she came out.

"Ouch that actually hurt a little." he held a hand over his chest "Maybe I won't give this to you." he held up the picture as he stood.

"Ooooo gimme, gimme, gimme!" he held it up out of her reach.

"Actually I need a very strange favor in return."

"Huh? What and does it have to do with Captain, he seems stressed out."

"Yes actually it does. Why's he stressed?"

"...Don't know he's been pacing all day near his rock. What's the favor?"

"Um...well...you remember those ghost friends?"

"Yeah."

"And you remember all the people that were with me on Friday?"

"Ye~s..." she rose an eyebrow.

"They are the same people."

"Did they all get in an accident or something?" she asked her eyes wide.

"No, remember the guy with the stupid green and white striped bucket hat?" she nodded, "He's a scientist and he made these fake bodies for them all to use so they can interact with the living."

"Ok I ...can buy that... sorta... what's this have to with your strange favor?"

"I need you to let me take Captain to his candy shop."

"His...candy shop?" she gave him a blank look and he sighed.

"Yeah the shop is just the front of the building, there's a lot of other weird ass shit in there. He can come up with some crazy stuff. But that's besides the point, look the dreams I told you about, yeah they have to do with things outside the world of normality and Captain has something to do with it and is somehow connected to those dreams and Urahara wants to see what having him near me while I sleep will do."

"That sounds so...bizarre...and yet you seem completely serious and not at all insane..." she hummed as she thought about it. "So I let you take the fussy cat for a night or two and I get a picture?" she crossed her arms and huffed.

"A picture of a dude you think is really hot~." Ichigo pressed playfully.

"him...alright, but I also get to hear more detail for these dreams simply because I'm curious and love Si fy stuff. And a good ghost story is always fun."

"Deal." he held the picture out for her. "But you really took that whole ghosts in fake bodies really well I have to say, when I told my little sister the truth she nearly fainted on me. The other one just hit me upside the head and said I should have told them at the very start of everything...course that was six years ago, well I told the about four ago but yeah."

"So that was really true?" her eyes were wide.

"You thought I was lying?" he winced slightly.

"Kinda, or that you were crazy. Though I still think you may be crazy but you don't seem to have many holes in your story even if you haven't told me much. But I expect a full retelling when I bring Captain over! ... Where am I bringing him anyway?"

"Yes, yes I'll tell you all about my being a shinigami hybrid and ghosts and all that other fun stuff. Here's the address." he wrote it on a slip of paper.

"Shini-gami? Death god? You?"

"I'll explain when you come. But you have to promise not to tell anyone else ok."

"Promise!" she saluted playfully.

"Later."

"Bye carrot!"

"Don't call me that!" he growled over his shoulder as he left.

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Ichigo was laying on his futon doing some more of his homework in between drawing random things. Clair had stopped by but only to tell that she had to talk with the owner of the zoo the next day to get permission to bring Captain over, even though she had found him she had still technically donated him to the zoo and therefore didn't have as much free reign to do what she wanted with him. But she assured them that she would work her charm and get Captain 'loaned' to them for at least a day. Ichigo sighed as he closed his workbook. "Why's everything in my life so complicated?"

"Because you're lucky of course." Yoruichi said coming in with Urahara who was dragging a machine in with him. "I mean think about it there are people all over the world who wish they could go on adventures and do awesome stuff and you get to!"

"Doesn't make it any less complicated and sometimes irritating..." he groaned "What's that for?"

"This should let me see what you see in your dreams." Urahara said as he started turning it on. "That way you aren't trying to retell everything every time."

"Uh huh," Ichigo let him do his thing as he put his stuff away "and all I got to do is go to sleep right?"

"Yep I shouldn't even have to hook you up to any wires!"

"Goodie." he yawned "that makes sleeping easier." Ichigo got under his blanket, "Does that mean you'll be in here all night?"

"Yes."

"Joy..."

"Oh come now don't be like that." Urahara whined, but Ichigo just shrugged and rolled over closing his eyes letting sleep take him.

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"You have really weird dreams Ichigo..." Urahara said when Ichigo woke up to his alarm the next morning.

"Yeah..." he hadn't had one about Rouzin and the others just normal dreams like he had the night before. "But doesn't everyone have wacky dreams though?"

"I guess that's true, well while you are at school I'll be sleeping have fun." the blond stood and stretched leaving the room. Ichigo yawned and headed for a shower to start getting ready for class.

Class was boring again and Ichigo doodled in between taking notes. Atsuko gave another pop quiz making Ichigo have to actually rake his brain a bit which he was thankful for as it kept him from falling asleep. He decided to try and draw some of the scenes he had been seeing in his dreams during lunch even though he didn't particularly like doing landscapes.

The meadow Silane had found him in, in the first dream wasn't too hard, the hallway...he skipped that one not wanting to even think about that scene. The clearing where the sealing stone had been was harder as he had trouble remembering the symbols on the stone. He kept getting asked about them too which kept breaking his focus and he'd just say 'saw it in a dreams' and leave it at that, it was the truth after all. He gave up on trying to draw anymore after like the thirtieth person asked him what he was doing.

'I wonder why Captain was pacing so much...wonder I'd he's still doing it...' he thought as he packed his things up to head back to Urahara's. 'Maybe I should just go see him if Clair can't get him here today.' he sighed when he realized Rukia was at the shop as he came in.

"Ah Kurosaki-san how was class?" Urahara asked as he entered the area with the round table.

"Good I guess, he gave another pop quiz...also," he pulled the two pictures out and slid them to him ignoring Rukia for the moment "did those at lunch. The meadow is from the first clear dream I had and the other is the stone that is sealing the ...well whatever they are."

"Ichigo..." Rukia mumbled.

"These symbols are strange..."

"I wasn't very close to them in the dream so I'm not sure if I even got half of them right but yeah."

"Ichigo." Rukia repeated annoyed.

"Rukia?" he asked in return with a playful tune in his voice.

"Grr..."

"Well?" he rose an eyebrow.

"I um..." she looked down at her hands.

"Uh huh?"

"Had...a uh...odd dream..."

"Really?!" he asked sounding falsely surprised just to annoy her though in truth he was actually very surprised, more so the fact that she came of her own accord to tell him then she actually had one. "And~?"

"I was in some kind of training area...and a guy that looked an awful lot like Renji was there with me barking out orders at what I'm guessing were recruits. I ...also saw..."

"Yes~? Go on." he said in his most annoying 'I told you so' voice.

She huffed and crossed her arms looking off to the side, "I saw...a guy with long blue hair and cat ears and tail..."

"That would be Silane. Was anyone with him?" he leaned in curious.

"Yeah he was training with a completely white person that had these black marks around his eyes. Like this," She brought her fingers down from her temples across her eyelids and along the sides of her nose, "and a strip going straight down from under his eyes."

"Si'ine."

"And that's it I woke up."

"Well do you believe me now or are you going to continue to doubt me?" Ichigo asked propping his chin on his hand.

"My mind could have just come up with it from what you've told me..." she grumbled making the orange head sigh.

"Rukia I never told you what anyone looks like in the past I just told you they look different. Yet you told me there was a man with long blue hair cat ears and cat tail. Tell more, how long what color and no don't draw a picture." she growled at him for the last bit.

"Sky blue hair that came almost to his knees and almost black ears and tail." she ground out.

"And the completely white one?"

"Snow white skin and frosty white hair that came to the just above his waist."

"Urahara do you have those pictures I did the other day? Thank you, so you saw this guy and this guy?" he laid the two pictures out.

Her eyes got a bit wider before, "...yes..." she sighed.

"Are you still going to believe that I have no basis for what I've been saying?" he asked earnestly. She hesitated but shook her head. "So you'll actually listen when I say something about it now instead of immediately cutting in and saying it can't be so?"

"Yeah..." she nodded still not looking at him. He was about to pat her head and say he wasn't really mad when the door opened.

"I come baring a giant furball." Clair came in Captain following and curling up around Ichigo and whining. "He's been acting so weird since you came on Tuesday. I've never heard him make a noise like that before." she said worriedly coming over to the cat and petting his shoulders as Ichigo petted his head trying to clam him down from whatever was bothering him. "I got permission to leave him here with you for the night at least but I'll have to come get him in the morning unless you magical can produce something that says you are capable of caring for exotic animals long term." she hinted looking at the hatted man across the table who brought his fan out.

"Now why look over here surely you don't think I'd-"

"Ichigo told me you can pull off crazy shit and honestly I'd really rather he be here with Ichigo at the moment..." Clair said looking troubled.

"What happened?" Ichigo asked worried.

"It may actually have something to do with why he's so worried... I didn't tell you yesterday because I didn't actually know till this morning about it, Why I wasn't told sooner pisses me off but I digress. The morning after you were there a rather famous animal collected came and has been trying to convince the head of the zoo to let him take Captain...and the others that I found..."

"That could be problematic..." Urahara said seriously. Ichigo held the feline tighter at the thought of him being taken by some person to be some kind of showcase pet. Rukia stayed quiet not being able to be heard by the girl but she was worried about ichigo, and surprisingly the cat as well.

"The head can't give him away yet as I still have partial ownership of him but in less then a week's time he officially becomes owned by the zoo...and I won't be able to stop it, I don't actually have the license I spoke of earlier so I can't buy him or any of the others back..."

"How long exactly do we have?"

"Four days...max. Mind you I'm not asking for you to do something illegal like forge a license or anything just...something that can maybe stall this." Clair clarified.

"Of course." Urahara nodded. "Thank you for bringing him and telling us this."

"Yep, I mean I get a cool story out of it so it's fine. Speaking of story, spill." she said sitting down and making herself comfy on one of the cushions.

"Fine, fine, ok so I told you it had been a few years right? Its six actually it started four months before my sixteenth birthday..." he went on to tell her about everything just as he had promised, Rukia had gone and gotten her gigia so she could 'correct' Ichigo and be heard. Clair had been startled by her appearance especially when Ichigo explained who she was.

"Wow~ you had a lot of shit happen to you...you died like five times...are you sure you aren't secretly a zombie?"

"You are handling this well." Rukia said as Ichigo chuckled at the zombie comment.

"Well like I said at the zoo I can feel ghosts just can't see them. I just didn't think there was that much going on in the afterlife...although I guess for you it's not exactly the correct term huh Ichigo...well then again you have died several times so it might be." she smirked.

"I'm still alive thank you. Anyway that's all of it the past four years since the fullbringer's have been kinda dull and boring though so there isn't much to say on that." he shrugged.

"Well I need to get going. See ya in the morning." Clair said standing and giving Captain one more scratch behind the ear before leaving.

"Are you better now that you're here?" Ichigo asked the cat who replied by rubbing his head under Ichigo's chin. "That's a yes I take it." he chuckled. "Oh and that weird girl over there started having the memory dream things too." he pointed at Rukia, she huffed at being called 'that weird girl'. The cat looked over at her and went and sat in front of her tilting his head.

"What's he want?"

"Ask him not me I don't know."

"But he's a-"

"Rukia he's Silane."

"Fine what do you want cat?" he grunted and pushed his head against her tipping her backwards "Hey watch it you fuzz ball!"

"Haha that what you get for not believing me!" Ichigo laughed as the feline gave a catlike grin and moved back to sit with Ichigo. "Good boy." he scratched behind his ear as the panther leaned into him.

"Jerks..."

"So that means two others have started to remember...how many others will I wonder." Urahara said thoughtfully. Captain looked over at him and gave a low mewl. "Um...translate?" he looked at Ichigo.

He rolled his eyes "I don't actually understand him you know, I just guess most of the time. But I'd say he means you should be remembering." the cat nodded. "Makes sense since you were my uncle back then you had a big role to play in sealing those...um whatever they ares." the blond nodded agreeing.

"Do you think any of the other shinigami will?" Rukia asked hesitantly still getting used to the idea it was possible.

"Don't know the only ones I've seen are you and Renji. Hold on Silane if I show you a picture of the lot of them would you be able to point people out?" the cat tilted his head and gave a slow shake of his head. "You can't because they won't look the same or because you can't like how you can only bring up certain memories?" he mewled twice, "The second?" a nod.

"I wonder why he can only do some things, I mean you'd think if they want us to remember then they'd do whatever they could to make us do so." a low grumbling growl was heard, "Ah is something perhaps preventing you from showing certain things?" a nod and an annoyed huff. "I see...so the reason we asked the young lady to bring you is we thought maybe if you were closer to Ichigo that he'd be able to get more from the dreams, yes?" he tilted his head thinking then nodded. "Oh good! I can't wait to see!"

"You're probably hoping for something perverted you bastard." Ichigo growled.

"Why I never!"

"Uh huh sure." Ichigo gave him a completely blank look making the older man flinch and Rukia chuckle. "I'm going to go get some work done call me when dinner is ready, come Silane you can come back with me." the two went back to Ichigo's room. He laid down on his futon on his stomach and got his work out "Oof, no you cannot lay on top of me, off to the side but not on."

"He switches between the names he uses for that cat a lot, I wonder if he even realizes it." Urahara mussed watching the boy and cat leave.

"Urahara what are we going to do?" Rukia asked.

"About what?"

"About all this…weirdness?"

"Hmm...not sure we'll have to see how it plays out for now. At the moment though I need to see what I can do about finding a way to keep Mr. Kitty near us." he stood and headed down the hall leaving Rukia by herself.

She sighed and after twiddling her thumbs for awhile went to peek in Ichigo's room, he was focused on his work with a giant furball next to him using his back as a pillow. "Ichigo?"

"Yeah?"

"I...am sorry about how...annoying I must have been...it's just..." she muttered.

"No I get it, with how much I had been talking about them being alive over the past, what two years, it probably just sounded like an excuse to keep looking."

"Pretty much." she admitted with a small chuckle as she came in and sat down a foot or so away from the sleeping feline. "But what now?"

"Now...we wait, we dream, we learn, and we hope others begin to remember as well."

"So you believe what he told you then?" she said still not able to believe that Aizen would help in anyway.

"...Somehow...yes I do completely." he said looking her in the eye showing her that there was no doubt in his mind about trusting the words Aizen had told him the other day. "I do have a question though...not sure if you'll be able to answer."

"I'll try."

"Why did all of you always get more pissed off whenever I mentioned Grimmjow. I mean you'd get annoyed when I'd talk about the others, but him, it was always a more...violent reaction. Like you threatening to hit me so hard I wouldn't wake up for a week."

"I...um...you just always seemed hung up on him the most I guess and it just got hard hearing it...for me at least you know with the fact he nearly killed me twice, I just didn't understand why you would want him to be alive."

"Yeah...but...still it doesn't make sense why it would be him everyone would get annoyed about..." Ichigo said thoughtfully.

"Well that was my answer you'd have to ask the others about it." they sat in silence for awhile only the scratch of Ichigo's pen on his paper making noise till Rukia sighed, "I..."

"Yes?"

"Haven't a very good listener lately have I?"

"We've established that fact already I think, but no you haven't been." he smirked at her, "But that's just you, you can listen to some things but not to others, this was one of the things you weren't the right person to have listen to and that's ok." he gave her a warm understanding smile that reminded her of back when he was still a teenager always willing to accept those around him no matter what they had done.

"Ok...so...a prince..." she giggled changing the subject.

"What's so funny about that?" he growled half heartedly.

"I don't know you just...don't have a very princely feel to you that's all."

"Yeah whatever, you and Renji wouldn't exactly be my first choice to have as secondary body guards either so there." he huffed with a smirk.

"Oi we would be great body guards!"

"You couldn't even find me when I was in a tree right above your heads that's just sad. In this life and the last which is even more sad." she huffed and turned her head to hide the light blush. "Though if Renji was a phoenix person I wonder what you were."

"Who knows...well I should let you focus." she stood as he nodded and left.

"Guess we are making some kind of progress..." Ichigo sighed and petted the lump of fur next to him. "I wonder though, in that first dream Silane told Rouzin he knew him his whole life, was he just always there or did they meet when they were young?" Captain rolled over his head falling to the ground waking him up and making him grunt because of it. "Klutz." Ichigo smiled and yawned a bit.

Urahara came in to get him for dinner about an hour later and found him passed out on one of his work books and Captain stretched out along side him. He smiled at the sight it somehow feeling nostalgic though he had a good guess why with what was going on and went to turn the screen on for the machine, it will have already started recording the moment Ichigo fell asleep. As it turned up he took Ichigo's books out from under him careful not to wake the boy and pulled the blanket over him and the cat. He sat down in front of the screen and rewound what had already been recorded, it would continue recording the rest as he watched so there was no worry of missing anything, and started from the beginning of the dreams.

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'This is different...I'm not looking through Rouzin's eyes this time...I'm like floating in the background...where am I anyway I don't see...that's!'

"Rouzin where in the world have you got to now..." Iizian sighed as he walked down the halls, looking to the left Ichigo saw a little head of orange with and under tone of black poke out from a crevice in the wall. The small boy came running out silently he looked about three or four years old.

"Behind you papa!" The boy jumped up and grabbed Iizian around the waist making the man stumble slightly and the boy giggle. "I snucked up on you!"

'That must be Rouzin.'

"Snuck, not snucked. And yes you did." Iizian picked him up and held him on his hip turning down a hallway to the right. "You must be hanging around your aunt too much."

"Papa where we goin?"

"To meet someone, he's going to be your captain when you're king."

"But you'll live like forevah! I'll nevah get ta be king! Tha's ok though tha means I can play more!"

Iizian chuckled, "No I won't live forever, everyone lives and dies Rouz. It's the way life works. Now he's older then you by a few years so try not to pester him to much."

"Pesser?"

"Pester, don't bother him."

"Ok!" Ichigo had to laugh at the interaction between the two that continued till they reached another door. Iizian put Rouzin down before opening it letting the little boy poke his head in "BLUE!" he squealed in delight running into the room and tackling the unsuspecting boy.

"Ah get off me you little brat!" the boy growled he had been knocked onto his front and couldn't tell anything other then it was a little person that knocked him down.

"Silane that little brat is my son and your future king please so try to get along with him." Iizian said with an amused chuckled as Silane tried to get the smaller boy off. "Rouzin let him up."

"Kay!" Rouzin let go and crawled around in front of the other boy who huffed and turned away without even looking at him. "Hey!" he crawled around to get in front again only for him to turn once more. "Meanie! Why won' you look at me!?"

"Who would want to look at a little brat like you?"

"Are you a...um nal...nalik...naliko?" Rouzin sounded out with some difficulty. "My auntie is her ears are black and so is her tail!"

"Fascinating and yes I am don't see why it matters though." the older boy said still refusing to look at the smaller one. Iizian sighed and shook his head at them.

"Silane?"

"What?"

"What's your favorite color?" Rouzin asked with childish curiosity.

"...I like a few why?" The cat eared boy groaned.

"What are they?"

He sighed but humored the smaller boy, "I like blues and darker purples and blacks and oran..." he said dropping off a he looked at the younger boy. 'You have orange and black hair... H-how?" his large blue eyes were wide in surprise.

"Huh? I don't know Papa and uncle think it's cause I'm half elf and half dragon kin. Both are known to have odd hair colors so I got two colors! Though Papa's hair is boring and brown." he smiled brightly happy to have the cat boy's attention. Iizian shook his head at his son's comment and Ichigo laughed.

"O-ok so um...what's your favorite color?" Silane mumbled.

"I like blue! And white! And red! And gold! And black! And blue!" Silane's eyes got wider and he turned away again but Ichigo being a floating nobody in the memory saw he had a slight blush on his cheeks. "Wa's wrong?"

"Nothing! You, um, you said blue twice..."

"That's cause I really like blue!" Rouzin smiled again. Silane nodded and looked back at him a small smile on his face.

"Rouzin how about you show Silane the yard past the training area just don't go to far and make sure you can always see someone from the castle yes?" Iizian suggested smiling happy the two seemed to be getting along, "You two can play out there till its time for dinner."

"Ok." Rouzin jumped up and pulled on Silane's arm "Come on! Come on this way!"

The scene faded to near black but color came back again the two boys were outside but in different clothes. 'A different day maybe?'

"Seriously Rouzin stop following me everywhere!" Silane growled trying to speed walk away from the smaller boy who was somehow keeping up even with his shorter legs.

"I just want to play! Why won't you play with me anymore you did the first few weeks!" Rouzin whined.

"Because you're clingy and its annoying and I want time to myself damn it!" he stopped and turned to yell at the younger boy. "Just leave me alone!"

"Bu-but I just...you're the only one in the castle near my age except Kinarai...but he's always training with papa and Ziblan... So I just..." Rouzin said trying to hold back tears that were brimming in his eyes from being yelled at, "I thought we were friends..."

"Who would want to be friends with a clingy crybaby?" Silane scoffed.

"I'm not a crybaby!" Rouzin stomped tiny hands fisting at his sides.

"Oh yeah then what's with the excess water in your eyes then huh? You're a weak little crybaby! And I don't want to be friends with someone like you so leave me alone!"

"I'm not weak and I'm not a crybaby! Take it back Silane!"

"Make me. Oh wait you can't cause you're so weak and helpless with out your mommy or daddy to help you. I bet you still need help to eat even though you're five-ahg!" Rouzin had tackled him to the ground with a yell and the two began rolling fists flying at each other.

"Take it back you big meanie!"

"Not on your life you weakling!"

'...This isn't going to end well is it...' Ichigo thought but also chuckled at how it made him think of his last fight with Grimmjow it was like the little kid version of what they had done.

They kept rolling even with his smaller body Rouzin managed never to stay on the bottom to long. He kicked Silane in the stomach making the older boy grunt and fall to the side. Then he moved so he was on top of Silane's back and did the best choke hold he could from only having watched the soldiers do it in training and never having really learned himself. "Take it back!"

"Get off you brat I ain't takin' anything back!" he rolled to try and get him off and it worked momentarily but as soon as he could Rouzin found his way back into place "damn it! Get off! Ow!" the younger boy had kicked back at his leg making his knee slide out from under him. At the same time he had hit Silane's elbow making it buckle so the older boy ended up on his stomach.

"I'm not weak! I watch I learn! Yes I cry sometimes but only when I'm hurt everyone does it so take back what you said!" Rouzin voice growled a bit, Ichigo guessed it had to do with him being part dragon as he also saw the boys eyes slit in a reptilian manner.

"Not happening!" Silane said still struggling to get the little prince off him.

"You're a kitty right? Auntie told me about kitties, she said when they're being bad there's a place on their necks you grab to make them stop."

"I'm a naliko not a damned house cat! I highly doubt what you're talking about will work."

"Guess we'll find out." keeping his one arm around Silane's neck holding on to the other side of the boys top to keep it there he used the other to grab at the area just at his hair line in his neck getting some Silane's long hair in the process.

"Ow let go of my hair damn it I told you it wouldn't work!" he tried to get up on all fours again but froze completely when he heard the growl of the young half dragon along with the semi sharp teeth on the back of his neck.

'Clever but weird at the same time.'

"Take it back!" Rouzin growled again his teeth scrapping skin again.

"I-I take it back...you...you're not weak! Now g-get off!" Silane pleaded trying his best not to move anymore.

"The other one too!" he bit again lightly.

"Ee! You aren't a crybaby either now please let go!" Rouzin let himself roll off and Silane scrambled away holding the back of his neck eyes wide in shock at what had just happened. Not that he was entirely sure either but he had a good idea. He watched the younger warily, he was just sitting there his head hanging his shoulder length hair hiding his face his small hands limply in his lap. Silane crept closer and heard a small sob before one of the small hand came up to wipe his face. "Ro-Rouzin? Are...are you ok? Why are you crying? You won."

"B-but I, I don't know why I did that... I j-just got real mad an-and I jus... And I bit you and you sounded scared and I didn't like it but I didn't care and that made me scared but...but I...and my teeth are sharp and I don't know why…" he was sobbing tears coming down his childishly chubby cheeks.

"Hey... Hey it's...it's ok you were just mad that's all." Silane reached out slowly and patted his head, jumped into his chest crying harder. "The teeth are probably your dragon half if I had to guess…" Silane mumbled but it was drowned by Rouzin's words.

"You were right! I'm a weak crybaby..." the smaller boy sobbed.

"No...you said so yourself, everyone cries no matter who they are. It's ok, you attacked me cause you were mad, and you had the right to be...I, shouldn't have said those things... I'm sorry Rouzin, my little prince."

"R-really?" Rouzin looked up at him hope in his eyes.

"Y-yeah." Silane said a dusting of pink in his cheeks.

"So are we friends?"

"Yes..." he looked away from the cuteness that was now beaming up at him in pure happiness.

"Yay!" Rouzin hugged him, then looked up at him again, "Hey your face is all red are you alright? You aren't sick are you?"

"No I'm fine... Come on we, um should head back inside." he stood making Rouzin stand as well.

"Are you sure you're ok cause if you aren't the cook will make you eat this really nasty stuff tastes like shit!"

"Do you even know what shit is?" Silane looked back at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Yep it's poop." Silane held back a chuckle. Ichigo wanted to face palm.

"And you know what that tastes like?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Well I never have but I bet it's super nasty!" this time Silane laughed out loud making Rouzin smile "I like it better when you laugh then when you growl and yell." he said walking past the older boy who was now blushing again.

'Wow~' Ichigo wasn't sure what to think of how Silane was reacting but found it funny endearing and somewhat creepy at the same time, 'odd mix of feelings.'

"Let's race back!" Rouzin called once he was out ahead of Silane by a good few yards.

"Sure but-hey no fair you were already in front of me!" he called after the prince who had started running as soon as he had said sure.

"Chase me, chase me!"

"Always little prince." Silane whispered with a smile as the scene faded again and was replaced by another.

"Why can't I go to mama?" a slightly older Rouzin asked Silane. They were in what Ichigo guessed was Rouzin's bedroom. Rouzin was on the edge of the bed kicking his feet back and fourth while Silane sat sideways in a chair near the door his feet over one arm and his head hanging off the other his waist length hair brushing the floor.

"Because your dad said to stay here."

"But I want to be there when my little sister is born too!"

'Sister?'

"Yeah but seeing someone give birth really isn't the most fun in the world..." Silane grimaced. "I saw my mom give birth to my little brother Tazin," he shivered, "I can handle blood and other stuff like that but that was just...yuck..." Rouzin giggled but it was cut short when they heard another cry from down the hall.

"Why...why does she keep crying like that?"

"Because it hurts...a lot to give birth..."

"Oh..." they sat in silence for awhile till the door opened and Iizian stuck his head in "Papa! ...what's wrong Papa?"

"Silane I need to talk to you." Silane followed him out and Ichigo was left with Rouzin in the room wondering what had happened to make the king look so...distraught but Ichigo had a good guess he just hoped it wasn't true. Silane came back in and sat on the bed and pulled Rouzin into his lap.

"What's wrong did something happen did...did my sister not make it? Is Mama ok? Can I see her!?" Rouzin asked frantically. Silane shook his head and held the boy closer. Seeing them close together like this Ichigo guessed that Rouzin was maybe seven now and that Silane was in his early teens 13 or 14 maybe.

"You...can't go see them Rouzin...they...they went to sleep." 'No.' "they won't...won't be waking up again..." 'Please no!' "I'm so sorry Rouzin..."

"They...they won't...but, but why? What happened? What went wrong?! Why didn't the doctors do something!?"

"They couldn't Rouz...they tried but couldn't...your uncle and father tried too but they...I'm sorry... Your Mama was already sick with something and the birth came early...they couldn't handle the strain..."

'No! Why does this always happen to me damn it!?' Ichigo cried out, even though he knew no one could answer.

"Still...I just...I wanna see Mama even if she won't see me..." Rouzin whispered. Silane nodded and took him out to the hallway, a few doors down Iizian could be seen on the floor crying into his brothers shoulder at the loss of his wife and second child. Silane put Rouzin down a few feet away letting him go to his father. "Papa...can I see Mama one last time..." the small boy asked hugging his fathers arm. The two grown men looked at each other and his uncle nodded.

"I'll take you in Rouzin." he picked the boy up leaving the king to curl up in a ball hands gripping his hair ready to pull it out. Silane went over to him and rubbed his back trying to be some kind of comfort.

"She really does look like she's just sleeping...can I hug her one last time?"

"No..."

"What why?" Rouzin's eyes got big in confusion.

"The...sickness...that she had...if you touch her it'll go into you...I'm sorry Rouzin."

"But...can a sickness really do that?"

"It's not a normal sickness, it's...a very old magic that caused it...your father and I tried everything, looked through every book in every tower for the past two months...but we couldn't find anyway to stop it..."

"It was a magical sickness..." Eaitais nodded. "Oh...can I see my sister?" he walked them over to a smaller bed on it was who would have been his baby sister. "Was she sick too?"

"No, she wasn't fully formed her lungs weren't strong enough for her to live otherwise she would at least be here with us."

"It's not fair...why did mama have to leave..." Rouzin asked the tears falling down his face in streams.

"I know it's not fair and it hurts but that's life...we live, meet people, love them, and then one day we must leave them. That day for you Mama was today as sad as it is."

"It's still not...what's happening to Mama?!" Eaitais turned quickly to see the queen's body slowly turning to a black dust that floated in the air.

"No..." he tried to make it to the door but it flew at them "Iizian! It's after Rouzin!" he yelled backing up and throwing a hand up muttering words that Ichigo didn't understand a shield of sorts surrounded the two as the door burst open. Fire engulfed the room destroying the black partials. Eaitais slid to the floor back on the wall panting from the amount of magic it took to keep him and Rouzin safe from the black stuff and the fire magic Iizian had cast into the room.

"Are you both alright it didn't touch either of you did it?"

"No Papa." Rouzin reached for him and Iizian took him into his arms. "I was scared..."

"So was I..."

"Can I stay with you tonight papa?"

"Yes...I think we could both use the comfort." the scene once more faded and stayed black making Ichigo think he was about to wake up only for it to come to light again.

"Come on Rouzin your dad is waiting outside near the stables for you, he has a surprise." Silane coaxed the younger boy that was curled up on the bed. "You've barely left your room for the last three months since your mom...it's your birthday...please..."

"I don't wanna..."

Silane sighed standing up tail twitching in slight annoyance, "Say how about I let you ride on my back and we stop by the kitchen steal some chocolate then go find your dad? How's that sound?" he grinned.

"Can I ride on your cat forms back?"

"Ah no...My cat for is still too small for that I was thinking piggy back ride." He scratched his head embarrassed.

"You're still a kitten?" Rouzin asked and giggled.

"Sh-Shut up, I'm still in my early teens brat it ain't that weird!"

"A big bar of chocolate?" Rouzin asked going back to what Silane had suggested.

"Yep."

'So I could be bribed with chocolate back then too.' Ichigo chuckled.

"...Do I have to put shoes on?"

"...Not unless you want to."

"...Hm...ok." he crawled over to the cat boy and got on his back. "Your fur is soft." Rouzin said rubbing his cheek against Silane's fuzzy cat ear.

"S-stop that! It tickles!"

"Your face is red again."

"Shut up no it isn't damn it!"

"You know Papa wasn't happy when he heard you were the one who taught me that." Rouzin giggled.

"Taught you what?" Silane's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Damn it."

"Oh seriously I was the first you heard it from?"

"Yep."

"Wow~" they got to the kitchen and found a three inch by one inch block of chocolate for Rouzin to nibble on as Silane carried him outside towards the stables taking his time to allow Rouzin to finish most of his sweet treat. "I'm going to put you down but you have to stay behind me as we walk and close your eyes."

"ok." he slid down Silane's back and held his hands so that he could be led "My eyes are closed." The smaller boy lied wanting to peek at what his gift was, "Hey get your tail out of my face!"

"Just want to make sure you don't peek." the older boy chucked as Rouzin huffed at being caught and started walking slowly pulling the younger behind him. "Alright let go. Keep your eyes closed face this way...and...open." he moved his tail and Rouzin blinked at the light before his eyes went wide at what stood in front of him next to his father.

"He...he's..."

"He's your birthday present." Iizian said kneeling down next to said present. It was in fact a white worm dragon, it's small size showing that it was still young, it's horns seemed to only just have begun to grow in. The scales on it's belly were a pale icy blue and his legs were covered in dark gray scales from the elbows and knees down. The rest was a shiny snow white and starting at the top of his head between the tiny gray horns down the length of it back the whole way to it's tail was short frost fur that looked like it was made out of strands of ice. On it's wolfish head starting up at the base of the horns was a black stripe that followed down along the snout and a stripe the came down from the eyes that meet under it's chin. It's eyes a pale gold on a dark, dark green sclera "He was found by a hunter a few years ago only a few days out of his egg. He's only a year or two younger then you and was actually found around this time of this month." Iizian said smiling at how transfixed his son was with the creature in front of him and wondered if he was even listening, Silane on the other hand seemed irritated by the prince's fascination with the dragon. "He doesn't have a name yet, the hunter didn't want to give him one and get attached he's been getting trained the past few years, we were hoping he would make a good mount for you since you won't be able to take on a dragon form yourself." Rouzin just nodded still wide eyed at the young dragon. "Do you like him?"

"Uh huh...he's...he's amazing!" Rouzin jumped forward and hugged the small worm dragon around its neck, what happened next however surprised everyone. Frost surrounded the dragon as Rouzin made contact and both fell back onto the ground. When Rouzin got up on his hands and knees after the frost cleared he was staring into the face of a completely white boy with the same black markings around his eyes as the dragon. "Ah!" he jumped backwards startled. "Wha? What just- why is he a boy now?" he asked confused as the snow white boy looked at himself just as confused as the other three.

"hmm...well the only thing I can think of is that somewhere in his family there must have been a dragon kin the fell for a straight up dragon and when you touched him that bit of him got unlocked." Iizian said rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Your uncle and I would have to run a few tests to make sure thou-"

"Don't care! This means you'll be able to play with me and Silane easier!" Rouzin said hugging the dragon turned boy who was startled by the action as he was still extremely confused "Oh you still need a name don't you...how about...Si'ine Lvanteir." the dragon boy blushed at the name and Silane started laughing.

"You are seriously going to call him frosted beauty?" the cat boy had to sit or risk falling over in his laughter.

"I don't see what's so funny I just thought it fit..." the prince pouted "Fine I'll think of a better o-" the dragon boy hugged him and planted a kiss on his cheek which made Silane sit up immediately and growl at the boy. "You...like it?" the white head nodded up and down blushing "Ok! Then that's your name!" he hugged him again and Ichigo couldn't help but laugh at the smug look the newly named Si'ine gave Silane who practically snarled. Iizian sighed seeing the exchange but his eyes also seemed amused.

"Well we should get him some clothes to start with then some speaking lessons. He can understand but so far it doesn't look as though he can speak." Iizian said gaining all their attention Rouzin looked back at Si'ine and giggled before taking his shirt off and giving it to the slightly smaller boy.

'Maybe that's why he can't speak properly... Though that entire thing was weird...frosted beauty... wonder what Silane and Rouzin mean.' Ichigo thought as the scene faded.

'Silane Veristan, ocean ever-changing.'

'Grimm!?' he turned to look for him and found him sitting on some invisible ledge watching him. 'And Rouzin?'

'Night.'

'Did I have a secondary name like the two of you?' he asked coming over and sitting next to him.

'Yes but...well you know can't tell ya yet...such a pain in the ass.' Grimmjow sighed running a hand through his hair.

'Why can't you? ...And where has Shiro been he hasn't shown up in this black area in awhile.' Ichigo asked looking at the nothingness around them.

'He's round somewhere I'm sure. Though as for why we can't it's your capability that stops it. It like...trying to learn how to run before you can even crawl. You have to do it in steps or you'll get messed up.'

'That makes sense...so~' Ichigo grinned, 'why were you blushing so much huh?'

'I-shut up! You're about to wake up anyway.' Grimmjow grumbled, Ichigo just shrugged dropping it.

'It was nice though seeing how I met the two of you back then...but that one...'

'I know but it was important… it must have hit home pretty hard though huh? Losing your mother in this life too and all...'

'Yeah, your fading again...till the next dream then?' Grimmjow smiled and nodded just as he heard his alarm go off pulling him fully from the dream realm.

Ichigo woke up to find he was laying on Captain using him as a pillow, his arms were wrapped around the cats neck his head on the back of the cat's and the rest of his body right up along the his. He carefully pealed himself away and sat up leaving the cat to sort of grumble and curl up tighter at the lack of warmth. He looked up and saw Urahara staring at him. "What..." the man crawled around the cat and hugged him "I'm ok really...it was hard to see that but I'm fine..." Ichigo said but hugged the blond shopkeeper back anyway.

"You really do have some crappy luck sometimes don't you? Though all the others I have to say we're entertaining." Urahara smirked pulling back.

"Yeah...did you see the last bit? Me talking with Grimmjow?"

"No. What did you guys say?" Ichigo told about their short conversation, giving the explanation of why they could only know certain things at certain times, "I see that does make sense...well you should get ready for school yes I'm going to sleep."

"Alright. Morning fuzzy." Ichigo chuckled as Captain gave a large yawn followed by a stretch. "Stay in here for now ok." the cat laid back down and curled up again watching as Ichigo grabbed his clean clothes and headed for the shower. By the time he came out Clair was there to take Captain back to the zoo. She was taking with Urahara about different things they could do to stop or stall the animal collector. "Yo, any progress?"

"Slight but not much, can you get our furry friend and bring him out here?" Urahara asked, Ichigo nodded and left coming back with a still sleepy feline in tow.

"Hey Cap. Sleep well?" Clair asked and was answered with a yawn. "I'd say yes then." she chuckled. "Well I'd love to stay longer but I have to get him back. I'll see what I can do about getting him over here again till then." she left Captain grumpily following her.

"I'm off to school."

"You haven't eaten." Urahara said.

"I raided the kitchen before I came out the first time. Later."

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(There is an important message at the bottom of the authors note concerning the beginning chapters of the story please read it)

So I will admit I almost made myself cry once or twice while writing the bit about Rouzin's mother. I felt so bad for doing that to Ichigo but it is for the plot so it had to be done please do not hate me. And yay for Rukia not being annoying anymore! …well less then she has been in this story. It'll take a bit for the next chapter to come out as I had this one in my head while writing the last so be patient with me.

!Importaint!

I'm going to go back and do edits on the earlier chapters, in some it may be small things like simply spelling and grammar, others it may be like an entire section gets changed. I am doing this because I went back and was rereading what I wrote and was having an attack at how….bad the writing was, it just seemed so…bad to me. I'm not going to be changing storyline or anything, just fixing things up getting rid of some contradictions I made by accident and other such things. You can go back and read them once I have them posted or not, it shouldn't be such a big change that it will affect what is going to happen but you know if you're bored and stuff.

On another note I did a picture of Rouzin and Silane in a scene from the first dream Ichigo had back in chapter five, you can find it here wishsayer. deviantart art/ Look-at-me- 432808718 Just get rid of the spaces.

Please review tell me what you think of the story so far, tell me what you think might happen, and tell me what you'd like to see happen. Pretty please I'm not asking much am I?