My god, I'm so sorry everyone. So very sorry, I can't believe its taken me this long to finally update this. I'd like to give a good excuse for why this is so late but...I can't. I just had a hard time writing this and time just got away from me. Still I hope this chapter may make up for some of the long wait you've all had to endure.
Also, I need a beta, but I'll get more into that later. Now on with the story!
"Well it could be worse."-Speaking
'Don't say that you fool...'-Thinking
"Pathetic" -Hollow
"Fight!" -Zanpakuto/Yelling
Have you ever had one of those days when you'd rather just lay down on the ground and go to sleep? When you're walking toward your school and you'd rather just fall asleep on the sidewalk for an hour or two before going to that asylum of learning? If you have, then you've basically felt the same way Ichigo is now currently acting like.
Now there is a reason for this, for last night was the first peaceful night of sleep Ichigo has had in the last good part of the week. Hey, you stay up for about four days straight because of a massive worm-like monster, return home to find one of your only friends get sliced in half, nearly have a mental breakdown, and spending the next two hours apologizing for not being able to protect said person really tires you out.
But for whatever reason it was, Ichigo was nearly considering just skipping school and going back to bed. But unfortunately for him, he had a headmaster who could easily check on him and basically nag him into coming in. So for Ichigo it was a lose-lose situation.
So here that's who we came to the situation at hand, a tired as hell Ichigo slowly making his way toward the academy. But unknown to the orange haired shinigami, he wasn't alone on this currently deserted street.
On the clear other side of the road, two curious yellow eyes were watching him. Oh today was going to be interesting.
A few hours later, Ichigo's Apartment.
Right now, there only one thing Ichigo wanted to do and that is sleep. The insanity of the school day had done nothing to bring Ichigo back to normal. At this very moment, all he wanted to do was to sleep and no hollow, no evil human, no ninja would stop him from getting as much sleep as he wanted.
"Hi Ichi!"
Ok…maybe there was something.
The moment Ichigo unlocked his door and entered his apartment he noticed the small black kitty sitting on the counter with a frying pan next to her. On the table there was also a plate with a load of nasty, burnt fish piled up on it. Then out of the blue, another freshly burnt fish flew through the air and landed on the plate, adding to steady amount of burnt aquatic life. Looking back to his roommate, Ichigo grimaced when he was the small kitty wave her par in the air, making another fish poof into existence and land in the pan.
"Are you hungry? I made fish!" Blair asked, offering some of the fish to the tired orange haired teen.
"No thanks…" Ichigo replied, yawning to himself and briefly scratching the small kitten behind her ears.
"…I'm just going to have a little rest for a few hours." Then Ichigo calmly patted his little friend on her furry head and made his way to his room, only getting a small reply from the small kitten.
"Ok Ichi, I'll save you some for later!" Blair cheerfully replied before magically poofing another fish into existence and plopping it onto the frying pan in front of her. The orange haired shinigami never understood why or how she even liked that stuff…and most likely never wanted too.
Effortlessly pushing his door open, Ichigo at any other time would have just seen a normal comfy bed, but right now? It seemed like a the best thing in the world right now…hey a few hours ago he was willing to fall on his face and sleep on a slab on concert.
After discarding his backpack, placing Zangetsu against its normal resting spot, and tossing his coat onto his desk, Ichigo just flopped onto his comfy mattress as if it was a gift from god. It would take only a few mere moments but soon enough Ichigo was out cold and nothing short of a cero to his face would wake the sleeping warrior.
It was only a few hours later did Ichigo awake from his slumber. It may not have been that long of a nap considering how tired he was but it was a start. Shifting in his bed, Ichigo couldn't help but notice a strange pressure on his stomach. Slowly pulling his arm out from under the covers, the young teen felt around on the bed until his hand came in contact with a small patch of fur. Cracking one of his eyes open, Ichigo barley noticed a blurry form of black cat snuggled up into his chest. Thinking it was Blair was the obvious choice that entered Ichigo's mind, so thinking that Ichigo just closed his eyes and tried to go back to sleep.
Or at least he tired…
"Oh Ichigo….I'm so disappointed…" Those were the words that came out of the furry creature's mouth, but they were not in the same cheerful goofy voice Blair had always had.
"…just a little more than a week has past and already you've gone and replaced me…" No, this voice was a strong, prideful one that was not without a sense of wit. It was a voice that Ichigo had become very familiar with…
"…I'm hurt; if you missed me so bad then I'm sure I could have visited sooner…" The cat continued, slowly but surely walking closer to Ichigo's face. While all the while Ichigo was stunned at the creature before him. Why was she here? Of all the times for her to visit why did have to be now?
"…You must have been so bored staying in this little apartment; you could use some company…"
There were only a few inches between the two of them now and things were not getting any better on Ichigo's end. Then out of complete nowhere the black cat that was currently sitting on Ichigo's upper body suddenly burst into a blast of white smoke. Once that smoke had clear gone was the black cat and now in its place was a gorgeous woman of fantastic appearance. She had a very slender yet gorgeous figure that some fit well with her dark skin. Her long hair that was kept in a stylish pony tail was also a very interesting shade of purple. And finally her yellow piercing eyes just radiated the playful attitude she was displaying with that smirk on her face.
Oh there was also the small detail that was left out; while she was laying playfully on Ichigo's chest…she was completely naked. Apparently this happened every time Yoruichi turned into a cat and it annoyed/embarrassed the young visard to no end.
"Yoruichi…" Ichigo said as calmly as he could in this situation, which for his past experience in these types of situations was actually a surprise. Every other time she had done this Ichigo had freaked out and nearly fainted from a blush, to see him that calm was unexpected.
"Hm?..." Yoruichi replied, clearing enjoying the teasing. It had been far too long since she had done this, it was nice.
"Could you please put some clothes on?" Ichigo asked as calmly as possible, and seeing how all the other times Yoruichi had appeared in front of him naked had turned out …it was a slight improvement.
That nearly caused the former stealth force commander to burst out laughing. Sure it may not have been as dramatic reaction she used to get out of the boy but it was still entertaining to see him still be as innocent (at least in that regard) as he was all those months ago.
"You never change."
And with that Yoruichi gave her former student a hug, no teasing, no goofing around, it was an honest to goodness hug. And surprisingly despite the fact that she was still naked, Ichigo returned the gesture, honestly happy to see his goofy cat transforming teacher again. Hey, it may have been a week since the last time the two had seen each other but considering Ichigo basically had to abandon his entire life…it seemed like a lot longer.
It took a few moments to pass by but soon enough the two separated, with Yoruichi smirking as she pulled herself off the bed and for Ichigo to sit himself up (with a fairly large blush on his face).
"So what brings you here…" Ichigo trailed off, his blushed gaze wandering away from the still naked women (who was still smirking at him, fully aware at why he wasn't looking at her).
Yoruichi chuckled to herself before looking at her friend in pout made of mock disappointment and sadness, "Oh Ichigo, do you really think I need a reason to visit my favorite strawberry?"
"Yes." Ichigo deadpanned.
"Aw, that wounds me, do you really think so lowly of me?" Yoruichi pouted, but seeing the serious look on her former student's face she started to explain.
"It's just been so boring back home…I wanted some excitement and thought 'why not visit the orange haired goofball'?" Yoruichi explained with a smile, getting a goofy confused look from Ichigo who surprisingly ignored the goofball comment.
"Boring? Katakura town was never boring; sure some days were bland but never boring." Ichigo wondered out loud. He knew his home very well and boring was never a word he would use to describe it.
Hearing Ichigo's statement Yoruichi sighed and shook her head, "True but things have gotten kind of dull while you've been gone."
Seeing the confused look was still on Ichigo's face she continued.
"Less hollows, no arrancar, barley any shinigami show up anymore. Hell even Kisuke has lessened the amount of crazy experiments he does. Everything's gotten downright boring." Yoruichi finished with the best pout the proud women could make.
After hearing all of this Ichigo finally understood why his former teacher had come to visit him. Ichigo was a massive beacon of spiritual pressure that attached both hollows and his friendships keep bring the shinigami back to the town itself. But once he left his hometown, that beacon vanished. Nowhere near as many hollows would appear in the town without his power attracting them and other than the single one needed to hunt the remaining hollows what reason would his friends have to go there (besides Rangiku's friendship with Orihime and her shopping)?
Ichigo was the spiritual center of the town and without him; things would go back to the way things were before he ever met Rukia, downright normal…and that had to drive Yoruichi crazy.
No one besides Kisuke and the cat women herself knew what Yoruichi did in her spare time before the insanity in Katakura had started. But one thing is for sure, the boring lifestyle that was offered in a normal Katakura town was not Yoruichi's style. She is a strong woman who enjoys a challenge along with a hint of mischief. And while Ichigo was not proud to admit it, wherever he was challenges and humor was sure to follow.
Turning back to his guest, Ichigo noticed Yoruichi had taken a seat in the chair next to his desk. "So…how's this place been to you? Anything interesting going on recently?" she asked him.
Ichigo shrugged and leaned back on his bed "It's been okay so far, a little weird at times but overall this place has been okay."
"The sun and moon freaked you out didn't they?" the amusement was evident in her voice when she asked this.
"Of course they did!" Ichigo all but shouted. How would anyone sane react to those things hovering above their heads? Heck, even now he could hear that thing above (the sun) laughing at him.
"I knew Kisuke forgot to tell you something…" Yoruichi giggled to herself. She figured something like that was going to happen to Ichigo. He had to have some of the worst luck in the history of the visards, but seeing that there weren't that many of them; it wasn't that big a deal.
Ichigo had the urge to slap himself on the head, "Damn…I'm going to beat the shit out of him the next time I see him."
That got a small chuckle from Yoruichi. She knew that Ichigo often had a punch first-ask questions later type of relationship with Kisuke, this little piece of information probably wouldn't help their relationship that much. The two of them continued their little conversation for a few more moments until someone opened Ichigo's door.
"HI Ichi! I brought some fish for you incase you were…" Blair said as she entered the room, carrying a plate of burnt fish with her as she entered the room. But when she noticed the other women (who was naked) sitting across from Ichigo her mind went blank.
"Ichigo…who is this?"
Ichigo, in his shortsightedness did not even consider Blair coming into his room while Yoruichi was here and so…had no idea of how to react to this situation. In the few seconds went by while he tried to figure out a response (his hollow was also sending pretty adult images to his head at the same time so that didn't help) Yoruichi decided to answer Blair's question herself.
"I'm Yoruichi Shihōin, an old friend of this knuckle head." The flash goddess said, gesturing her thumb at Ichigo while Blair stood there.
"But why are you naked?" Blair asked again, her voice having a little more anger in it this time. Ichigo on the other hand was mentally bashing his head against a wall. During his short time with Blair, Ichigo had learned that she was not a normal woman (or at least as normal as a magic using cat that could change into a woman could get). So why on earth did this have to be the one time she had to have a semi-normal reaction to this situation?
Hearing the emotion in her voice, Yoruichi smirked to herself as a idea popped into her head. Turning towards Ichigo, Yoruichi grabbed him by the shoulders and lead him towards the door.
"Could you take a step outside for a few minutes? I'd like to have a word with her." Yoruichi asked Ichigo who looked utterly confused with this turn of action.
"What! Hell no! I'm not lea-"Ichigo started to object, but was cut off by a stern look from his former teacher. A look that basically said 'Leave or I'll throw your ass out'.
"Ichigo." That got his attention, "This will only take a minute." And with that she pushed him out the door and closed it behind him.
-Five minutes later-
For the last few minutes there had been nothing but silence from his room, and that was nearly driving Ichigo insane. There was no yelling, no screaming, and thankfully no Blair being thrown though a wall by an enraged Yoruichi (and Ichigo was grateful for that). But this silence was really unnerving him. It even caused him to pace back and forth through the hallway, something that was very annoying to a certain hollow residing in his inner world.
"King! It's getting foggy in here! What the hell are so nervous about?"
But despite his hollow's words echoing throughout Ichigo's head, the young visard continued on with his pacing. Ichigo was fully aware of what effects his mood normally had on his inner world; it's just that he really didn't give a damn right now. There was the chance that a friend of his was getting the crap beaten out of her by an even older friend of his and there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it. Ichigo just didn't know how to deal with that.
"Ichigo…" A calm yet booming voice came from inside Ichigo's inner world, causing the boy's feet to stop in their tracks.
'Zangetsu…what is it? I really don't have the time to…'
"…It's kind of hard to read a book when you can't see three feet in front of you." Zangetsu said again cutting off Ichigo and nearly causing the boy to fall on his ass in surprise. Grunting at the sword's sense of humor, Ichigo turned his sight on the closed door in front of him. Sighing to himself, Ichigo decided the time was waiting was over.
Grasping the doorknob, Ichigo very gently opened the door. Stepping inside, Ichigo was met with a very 'interesting' sight.
" ~Hi Ichigo~ "
This 'interesting' sight was both Blair and Yoruichi, both of them standing next to each other in a very sexy and luring way. Even their eyes were practically daring him to try something. A small part of Ichigo had nearly expected this was going to happen… if it wasn't for one small detail.
They were both completely naked. Now Ichigo wasn't surprised to find Yoruichi in such a position, but Blair? That was a completely different issue. Blair had always been a little naughty when she wanted to be. May it be a very small two piece bikini, a pair of 'very' short shorts, or even a very tiny towel, Blair was always able to get a hilarious reaction (in her mind at least) out of her shinigami friend. But this? This was far over the edge in Ichigo's case.
"King...Please for all that is good in this world...Switch with me!" His hollow quickly begged, but it fell on deaf ears.
So with a blush as bright as the sun itself, Ichigo did the only thing he could do…he fainted.
Collapsing onto the ground in unconsciousness, Ichigo missed the giggling that erupted between the two bombshells the moment his back smacked into the ground. A few seconds after their giggling had turned into a sea of laughter, Blair and Yoruichi released each other and calmly approached the fallen form lying before them.
"Aw." Blair whined as she kneeled down next to Ichigo's form, crossing her arms in a frustrated fashion.
"I was hoping to at least get a nose bleed out of him." She pouted, lightly poking Ichigo's unconscious form with her finger. Although disappointed, Blair had to admit it was hilarious to see the normally stoic Ichigo react in such a way.
"Classic Ichi." Yoruichi smirked, lightly poking Ichigo in the head with her foot. She really missed this side of Ichigo. It had been far too long since she had the chance to see Ichigo truly overreact to one of her pranks. And when that terrible tragedy struck Ichigo at the end of the war, she actually thought she'd never see him be the same again.
Oh there was never a time she was so happy that she was wrong.
Sometime later, the streets of Death city.
'I swear someone hates me up there…'
Those were Ichigo's thoughts as he strolled through the busy streets with two very gorgeous women following fairly close behind him. These two were known by most as Blair and Yoruichi, but to Ichigo they were his tormenters.
It had taken about fifteen minutes or so before Ichigo finally awoke from his embarrassment induced knock out. And upon awaking, Ichigo nearly had a relapse when he was embraced by a still naked Blair while a smug looking Yoruichi watched from afar.
The next few minutes was filled with Blair giving a very goofy and less than sincere apology while Yoruichi made comments about Ichigo's relationship with the magical kitty cat. But as Ichigo started to come back to his normal stubborn senses, Yoruichi thought up a hilarious idea.
With the help from the resident magical kitty cat, Yoruichi somehow convinced the visard to give her a grand tour around the city, with her being new and all.
At first Ichigo blatantly refused, claiming that the flash goddess would easily be able to find her way around the city. But with a little help from Blair, the two of them overpowered him with their cutest expressions they had (Yoruichi's was surprisingly much cuter then Blair's, she must have had years of practice).
So after the two of them got dressed, the trio left Ichigo's apartment and ventured out into the busy streets of Death City with a certain orange haired boy frowning all the way.
"Eh don't complain so much, everyone has something that makes their life a living hell, even me."
For the next hour or two, Ichigo remained nearly silent as the two women made through the city's many streets and shops. Clothing stores, shoe shops, and even a few restaurants were some of the examples of the places they had made their presence known with Blair being the main tour guide, Yoruichi being the humble visitor and with Ichigo of course being the respectful (yet annoyed) gentlemen that accompanied the two gorgeous women.
'Oh really? And what pisses you off so much? Smart ass.'
Luckily for Ichigo, this trip didn't come with the added luggage of countless shopping bags that his one with Blair days ago. This was mostly because of two things, the first being the fact that Yoruichi just wasn't nearly as interested in shopping as most women and the second being that fact that she had nearly no money (hey she came here as a cat, where would she put a wallet?). This of course didn't stop them from loading Ichigo up with a few shopping bags, but it wasn't nearly as bad as the last time.
"Well there is Zangetsu, my endless boredom from being stuck in here, and of course…you!"
'What else is new… ?' Ichigo mentally groaned, tired of his hollow's complaining.
"Trouble?"
The orange haired viasrd just sighed to himself before turning to Yoruichi, who was sitting exit to him. Currently the trio had decided to take a break from the tour (much to Ichigo's relief), with Blair heading home for a little bit to try on some of her new clothes while Ichigo and Yoruichi sat together in a nearby park.
Scratching his head in annoyance, Ichigo leaned back in his seat before grumbling a reply, "Nah, it's just an annoying white voice in my head."
'Ah, the hollow.'
Yoruichi had been informed about Ichigo's hollow by Kiskue sometime before Ichigo and his friends traveled off into Hueco Mundo to rescue Orihime. In short, she wasn't too surprised to learn about it…never trust any kind of experiment that involved Kiskue Urahara, it never ends too well.
Hoping to get Ichigo's mind off a certain inhabitant of his inner world, Yoruichi decided their braked was about over. "So…where to now?"
Pushing his hollow's ramblings out of his current mindset, Ichigo actually had to think about where they should head to next. Despite Death City being a giant gothic metropolis, it really didn't have that many interesting places to visit. They had already visited various shops, a few parks, and they even visited the academy already. Although that last one didn't end too well.
Flashback: DWMA, The Death Room.
"What lovely Ladies!"
Ichigo should have seen this coming a mile away .Of all the places he could have been dragged to in this city, of all the shops, of all the stores, why on earth did it have to be the place with this nut worked?
So here they were. Ichigo, Blair, and Yoruichi were standing in the center of the death room while their present host, Shinigami-sama and his personal weapon, Spirit standing before them. Yoruichi had somehow learned about Ichigo's present place of employment (Ichigo blamed Kiskue) and asked Ichigo to take her there. So after about five minutes of asking, Ichigo finally relented and agreed to take her there later. So a few hours later Ichigo kept his promise and lead his two friends to the Death Weapons Meister Academy (luckily school was over so he didn't have to deal with BlackStar for awhile).The three of them explored the various classrooms and other such areas the school offered before heading to the main honcho's office. There waiting for them was the headmaster of the academy, Shinigami-sama and his trusty death scythe, Spirit.
And of course in his completely expected and yet still annoying fashion (to at least two of the shinigami anyway), Spirit was already head over heels in love (in his mind anyway) with these lovely ladies.
"Ichigo…who is this guy?" Yoruichi asked, gesturing over to the strange suited man hugging Blair's leg.
But before Ichigo managed to reply, the lord death himself cut into the conversation.
"It's nice to see you again Yoruichi-san, it's been too long."Shinigami-sama greeted her with a slight bow before shaking his head in annoyance, "As to your question, this is Spirit. My trusty and loyal death scythe…who unfortunately has a very big 'problem' with women. ".
Just as the shinigami finished that sentence the three of them looked over at the very strange man, who was still trying to hug Blair. He had hearts in his eyes and even a bit of drool coming out of his mouth, all of which nearly caused Ichigo to blow a gasket.
Shinigami-sama sweat dropped at his weapon's inappropriate actions, "Unfortunately that's one problem I have yet to beat out of him…"
"How about I give it a shot!" Ichigo grunted, cracking his knuckles in anger.
But Yoruichi had another idea, one that would surely be hilarious in her eyes. Sending a slight glance to the two other shinigami, the flash goddess approached the slightly humorous scene.
With her hips swing slightly, Yoruichi walked up to Spirit just a few seconds before Ichigo was about to pummel the scythe for his actions. Without even saying a word, Spirit released Blair's leg and zoomed to Yoruichi's side with one of the most perverted smile that anyone in the room had ever seen.
Immediately he started his normal antics that consisted of complements on her beauty, love struck eyes, and the oh so annoying lovey-dovey attitude. In fact, every moment he even spoke during this time, Ichigo was becoming ever so closer to beating him into the ground with all the strength he had.
But before Spirit even had a chance to take a feel of the beautiful flash goddess, something very hard and painful hit him first.
With one swing of her leg, Yoruichi delivered a devastating and extremely painful kick to Spirit's face. It was so devastatingly strong that not only did it send the perverted weapon flying, but it also sent him clear through a nearby wall and out of the school completely!
"Whoa…"
That was the general thought of everyone who had just witnessed the devastating attack. Ichigo nearly burst out laughing at the scene, seeing the perverted man get the crap beaten out of him was hilarious to the young visard. Hey, if he wasn't going to get to pummel the guy himself then he was glad someone else did.
Blair just giggled to herself. She really didn't mind the guy's attitude, but it was fun to him being sent flying through a wall.
And the lord death himself? He merely walked over to Yoruichi (who was smirking), raised his right hand, and smiled (at least his kind of smiling) at her.
"High Five!"
Flashback End.
Ichigo nearly chuckled at that memory. Seeing spirit being tossed around like a rag doll was one thing, but seeing lord Death actually going over to Yoruichi and giving her a high five was just hilarious! Seeing her actually return it nearly made his hollow bust a gut! Hell, even Zangetsu smiled at it! It was just great; Spirit had to go to the nurse's office and Yoruichi revealed that she was an old friend of Shinigami-sama (hey, with Urahara being a friend of his it wasn't too surprising).
"Ichigo? What the hell are you staring at?"
Shaking himself out of his thoughts, Ichigo realized that during the little flashback of his he had been starring off at random…or more precisely at the woman next to him.
"Sorry…I was just thinking of something else." Ichigo replied, turning away from Yoruichi.
"About me?"
"What!" Ichigo shouted in surprise, nearly falling backwards off the bench he was sitting on. Looking back to his friend, Ichigo scowled at the sight of the grinning shinigami, she really found that amusing.
"Very funny…"
"Only with you Ichi, only with you…" Yoruichi trailed off, grinning at herself.
Shaking his head in annoyance, Ichigo leaned his back against the bench he was sitting on and attempted to let his mind wonder. But when you have someone like Yoruichi was currently sitting next to you, it was quite hard to do so. So a few moments past by with utter silence being the only thing going on before something loud and annoying shattered any type of peace that was currently in the air. But foe once, this was not Ichigo's fault…mostly.
Turning toward the source that annoying noise, Ichigo dug his hand into one of his pockets and pulled out the source. It was that over the top copy of shinigami-sama's mask…and its eyes were glowing.
"The hell…?" Ichigo muttered, inspecting the badge closer.
"Wow…and I thought your badge was lame." Yoruichi snickered, getting a glare in response.
But before anyone could make any more noise, the mask's eyes suddenly stopped glowing and a even more annoying voice started to emerge from the device. It was loud, squeakily, and slightly familiar voice that Ichigo recognized all too soon.
"Ah Kurosaki-kun! Yoruichi-chan! How's it going? Has Death City been good to you?"
It was shinigami-sama in all his goofy and humorous glory.
"Old man…why are calling me on this…'thing'?" Ichigo asked before an even more obvious question hit him, "And how in the hell are you calling me?"
Back at the academy, Shinigami-sama actually rubbed his chin at that question.
"Did not tell you about the communicator I installed into the device? I'm pretty sure I did…" The shinigami answered, swearing that he had informed the boy about the device's little feature.
Oh if only he could see the tick mark developing on Ichigo's forehead, "No one ever tells me anything!"
"Don't worry Ichi," Yoruichi patted his shoulder with sympathy, "I'm here for you."
Not knowing if he should take Yoruichi's statement seriously, Ichigo returned to the matter at hand. Sighing to himself, Ichigo looked back to the strange mask-like device in his hand, "Ok old man, what is it now? And it better not be another wild goose chase!"
That got Yoruichi's interest, "Wild goose chase? What wild goose chase?"
Ichigo glanced back at her, "Don't ask."
"Well, I've gotten some complaints about someone screaming bloody murder…and you're nearby. So I was hoping you could check it out." Shinigami-sama explained the best he could, at that's not saying much.
There was awkward silence for a few seconds before Ichigo spoke up, "…Seriously? That's it?"
"Yep." The shinigami cheerfully replied, getting a sweat drop from both of them.
Ichigo didn't even bother replying to that. With a face palm, Ichigo just crammed the mask back into his jacket and rain his hands through his hair in annoyance. Looking over to Yoruichi, he noticed she was staring at him with one of her 'looks'.
Sighing to himself (He noticed he had been doing that a lot lately), Ichigo got up from the bench and grabbed Zangetsu (he's not going to sit on a bench with a giant sword attached to his back! That would hurt like hell). Reattaching the sword to his back, Ichigo pulled the mask-like device shinigami-sama gave him and waited for it to point the way.
Seeing that the mask was glowing brighter as he pointed it towards the exit of the park, Ichigo figured that was the way to all of this madness. Cramming the mask back once again into his jacket, Ichigo was about to tell Yoruichi what the hell was going on…until he noticed that she wasn't there anymore. Spending a few seconds looking for his dark skinned friend, Ichigo finally noticed her as she…she was already half way there!
"Hey!" Ichigo attempted to call out to her, but all he got in return was a sly smirk from the flash goddess as she moved even faster in that direction.
"I don't believe it…"
Reaching into his pocket, Ichigo grabbed his combat badge and slammed it into his chest.
"…How the hell did I not see that coming!"
And with that, Ichigo donned his shinigami garb and vanished in a burst of shunpo in an attempt to catch up to the dark skinned beauty. Unfortunately for him, Yoruichi wasn't known as the flash goddess of the Soul Society for nothing and thus insured that the visoredwas up for one hell of a chase.
A few minutes…and a hell of a lot of running later.
A loud sickening scream echoed through the air before being followed by the disturbing sound of something hitting the ground with a hard thud. That was all the reason Ichigo need to investigate whatever was happening on the other side of this wall.
Taking a quick glance at Yoruichi, who was looking very serious, Ichigo did a quick jump and landed on the wall's top, allowing him to view the entire situation easily. But what he saw was as much a surprise to him as it was for most people.
The entire area was covered by warning tape. Yes, the same tape you would see at a crime scene or something like that. It was nearly everywhere, rapping itself around the strange pillars of stone that were everywhere…which begs the question, where the hell where they?
Its turns out that while he was blindly chasing after Yoruichi, Ichigo and her had somehow left death city without even realizing it.
Turns out they were at a seemingly abandoned castle, it was quite obvious due to the structure's massive size and damaged outer condition. It was very strange though, the entrance was not normal! It was a giant chameleon head for crying out loud! Its tongue was even sticking out! Like it was mocking him!
"Damn you!"
Ichigo's thoughts about their current location were shattered as his attention was returned to the courtyard in front of him.
There standing in the middle of the courtyard was a large humanoid-like figure, which by the look of it was going to drop dead at any time now. Covering his large hulking body were numerous cuts and slashes, like as if the man had been attacked by a really pissed off cat with claws the size of machetes. Even the man's massive and grotesque face was sliced up. But it didn't really seem to bother the man that much, he just continued to sneer and bleed from his wounds.
"Why do protect that bitch! It's just a bloody witch!"The evil human bellowed, his eyes glaring at someone.
Ichigo followed the creature's gaze and came upon a man. It was a tall, lean man with long, shaggy sand colored hair. He was wearing a pair of dark-colored dress pants with a pair of sandals along with a long brown coat draped over his shoulders. In his hand was a long katana with a red colored hilt. His face was deadly serious, his eyes a blue shade to them as they drilled into the evil human's skull.
He spoke nothing as the monster continued to question his actions, his grip on his sword growing ever tighter.
But soon enough the monster had enough and charged at the man with all its force, "That's it! You're dead!"
The beast of a man rushed at the silent swordsman with an impressive speed, but all the time the swordsman didn't move a muscle. As the creature of a man finally came upon the man, a swift strike was struck and the two men became still. Blood dripped from the swordsman's blade for a few seconds..
Until it happened, the evil human's head slid off the creature's body, creating a bloody splash as the limb fell to the ground with a disturbing squish. With that done, the evil human's body suddenly glowed pitch black before unraveling itself until it was nothing but a small red glowing ball, a kishin egg.
Yoruichi and Ichigo could help but be impressed by the display. But while doing this, Ichigo could help but notice the countless other kishin eggs that were floating throughout the courtyard. So this was where the bloody screams of death were coming from, it was from this man's killing of countless other evil humans? Eh, who knew?
"What are you two doing up there?" The swordsman called to them.
Mifune was annoyed. Besides the normal crap he had to deal with (like protecting the castle the young witch resided in by the evil humans that tried to break in), he was annoyed. After finishing off the latest of the fools, he noticed two presences that were watching him. Looking over to the wall of the castle, the samurai noticed an orange haired youth and a dark skinned woman sitting there, watching him.
Ichigo on the other hand was… neutral. He was trading glances with a man who, with one simple swing, decapitated a very large and gruesome looking monster. Now he wasn't that impressed with the idea of killing something that big, he had seen much larger hollows be taken out just as easily. But the fact that it was a normal (or as normal as it gets around here) human that did that was why it was surprising.
"Hey." Ichigo bluntly said no other idea of what to say.
"What are you doing here?" Mifune asked again, not willing to be chatty with this orange haired punk.
Ichigo pointed at the kishin eggs before he replied, "The screaming, you can hear them all the way in death city."
Mifune just shrugged before walking back to the castle's entrance.
"Why did that monster attack you?" Yoruichi asked, somehow appearing near the castle's door without anyone noticing. This of course led to two things. One being Ichigo, who just did a face palm at the antics of the flash goddess (truthfully he hadn't even noticed her vanish from his side). And the second was Mifune, who was actually surprised by this woman's sudden appearance.
But despite her sudden appearance in the courtyard, Mifune just raised an eyebrow before crouching down and leaning against the castle's wall. Resting his katana against his shoulder, Mifune sighed to himself before explaining.
"They are after the power of the witch who resides in this castle," Mifune grunted before gesturing toward the castle behind him.
"A witch? Why are you protecting a witch?" Ichigo asked the samurai.
Mifune sent a cold glare at the young boy before replying, sitting up while he did so.
"That is my business boy, besides it seems we have much more important things to deal with right now."
Confused, Ichigo looked into the man's dark eyes and realized that they were no longer directed at him. Following the man's gaze, Ichigo came across a shocking sight at the main entrance to the courtyard. Standing there was a horde of evil humans; all were of various sizes and shapes. But there was one thing certain, they were all enraged. The one in the center front stepped forward, he was large behemoth figure with muscles bulging and very gruesome bald head (He was even uglier then the last one!).
"You killed Kenny! You Bastards!" The monster roared, but only got a giggle from Yoruichi in return.
"Let's tear them apart!" Another one screamed, getting a few cheers from a few others in the horde.
"I call dibs on the bitch, she looks tasty!" Ichigo gripped Zangetsu for that comment, how dare he say that!
"Enough!" The center one called out again, clearly this was the leader of the group. "We came for that witch didn't we? Stop ageing about these shrimps and let's go kill the bitch!"
Those words got the rest of the horde to shout in glee but it also caused something else. Mifune, who had been just standing there for the most part, suddenly took a very angry expression on his face. Glancing around the area, he spotted a large piece of stone that had broken off from one of the many pillars that were scattered around the courtyard. Picking it up, Mifune tossed it up in the air a few times before he threw it straight toward the group of evil human (or more accurately at their leader).
The stone sailed though the air in a split second, smashing itself against the face of the leading evil human. With a sickening crunch, the rock shattered into a million pieces along with the creature's nose.
"AGH! My nose! Why you son of a..AGH!" The creature screamed in rage before being cut off by another stone smashing into his face.
Mifune turned his head and noticed Ichigo had also tossed a significantly larger rock at the ugly creature. Sending a questionable look at the visord, Ichigo just shrugged his shoulders before pulling Zangetsu off his back.
"Hey, these guys piss me off." Ichigo grunted, hey it was the truth.
Mifune nodded at that answer before turning back to the group of evil humans. Their leader just finished cluching his nose before turning his even more enraged eyes on the two.
"You Bastards! How dare you 'CRUNCH' ...Mother Fuckers!."
Both men looked in surprise as yet another rock (even bigger this time!) smashed into the man's face with a sickening crunch. Turning their heads around, they noticed a very innocent Yoruichi standing beside them, her hands behind her back.
She smiled an eerie grin at them, "What? It seems like fun."
The two of them sweat dropped at her simple reason but none the less they nodded. But their little interaction was cut short when an ear splitting screech of rage and pain filled the air.
"God Damn it! My nose…KILL THESE IDIOTS!"
The roar of pain's origin came from the leader of the horde of evil humans. Apparently, that last stone shattered not only the man's nose, but his pride as well!
In response to seeing their leader getting his massive nose crushed by the countless stones, the remaining members of the horde roared in anger and charged to trio. Their main focus being Mifune himself, but as a large focus of the monsters ran straight for the samurai himself, a few of them broke off from the pack and charged to two shinigami as well.
Oh, such fools these creatures were.
The first group of them met up with Ichigo first and met a hasty end with the help of his Zangetsu. Swinging the massive sword forward, Ichigo sliced the massive creature though the neck, taking the monster's head clean off. Another soon dove for Ichigo's legs, hoping to take the boy down to the ground before swarming over him. But before he even got close to him, Ichigo swung his large blade downward and impaled the large creature in the center of its face. With a evil human now stuck to his sword, Ichigo merely swung his weapon off to the side loosening the massive creature and sending it flying into another group of monsters that were standing off to the side.
Grasping Zangetsu's hilt with both hands, Ichigo prepared to launch a nameless Getsuga Tenshou at a large sum of evil humans that were preparing to attack him. But before he could launch said attack, he was surprised to see another evil human crash into them with an insane amount of force. Looking toward the origin of the creature, Ichigo wasn't surprised one bit with what he saw.
Yoruichi was just standing there completely surrounded by a large sum of evil humans of various sizes and shapes. But despite all of that Yoruichi was perfectly calm and content with all of this, hell it was the evil humans that looked scared shitless! After seeing their buddy get the unholy crap beaten out of him, none of these creatures even dared approach her. But of course, there was always at least one or two fools hat went against the majority.
One of the larger ones (if Yoruichi had to describe him she would say this goof looked like a disgruntled cave man) finally had enough of this and charged the shinigami in a fury. Oh what a fool he was.
As he got within a inch closer to her, Yoruichi was on him in a instant. With a simple straight kick to the creatures chin Yoruichi easily took the monster down in a matter of seconds. But it was not just a simple kick. No, this kick had so much force behind it that not only did it stop the evil human in its tracks but it also took its entire head off its shoulders!
You could nearly hear the evil humans simultaneously think about how screwed they were as they watched their allies' body collapse to the ground and unravel into a kishin egg. They were bonded.
Hell, one of the smarter ones simply walked up to the shinigami and bowed his head to her before saying, "Just make it quick."
Yoruichi happily complied.
Meanwhile, Mifune was having a little trouble with his bunch. It's not that they were too challenging for him, hell no! He could wipe the floors wit these fools in a matter of minutes. It was the fact that he was having trouble keeping his jaw in place while watching these two strangers tear these evil humans apart with about as much effort as a normal person would need to play a card game.
It was pathetic to say the least.
Lopping off the head of another creature; Mifune tired to return his focus to this own opponents. But with massive explosions of energy (Ichigo) and the sounds of bones shattering (Yoruichi), it was pretty difficult.
But while Mifune was busy, he failed to notice a very large and buff monster charging at him. Seeing the opportunity, the creature readied its massive fist and slammed it down on the samurai with insane force. Hoping to see the samurai as a muttering broken corpse, the monster gazed toward its arm in glee. But there was no broken body on the receiving end of that blow, there was only Mifune himself. He was completely unscarred and even standing on the monster's arm as if it was a wooden pillar , his legs bent and his katana at the beast's throat.
With one desivive slash, the samurai took the monster's head, leaped off its limb, and dove toward another.
The fighting continued for another few minutes with countless more of the invading kishin wanabes, the trio watched humorously as the significantly smaller horde of evil humans back off their assault.
Now if it was just Mifune defending the castle he would have easily let these fools run away with their lives. It was not in his interest to pursue a bunch of cowards that had foolishly believed they could defeat him in a fight. But unfortunately for them, he wasn't alone this day.
Slowing bringing his Zanpakuto behind his back, Ichigo brought his weapon forward in a mighty swing, shouting two defying words as spiritual energy violently burst out of the blade's tip.
"Getsuga Tenshou."
A massive ark of pure energy exploded forth, slicing anything in its path as it traveled across the courtyard. The horde of monsters could only watch in horror as their doom approached them at a breakneck speed, they couldn't even scream in terror before it engulfed him. The energy tore through them like a hurricane, rending them into ash in less than a second. Hell, if it wasn't for the fact that evil humans normally turned into Kishin eggs after they were slain, there would be nothing left but a small pile of ash.
"Damn, I never get tired of that." Yoruichi clapped as Ichigo rested his massive cleaver on his back.
Mifune merely stood in shock at the massive destruction caused by that one boy.
But before he could get even further on the subject, a loud and vey familiar voice erupted from the castle, and it was heading straight for him.
"MIFUNE!"
The two shinigami were taken by surprise as a very small but very quick object shot out from one of the castles upper towers and smashed into the samurai. Looking in closer to the scene, the two of them had to actually try to stop themselves from bursting out in laughter.
It turns out that the object that shot through the air like a cannon ball was actually a little girl. Wearing a large witch's hat (with had a chameleon's face on the front), the little girl hugged the samurai very tightly as her looked towards the shinigami in wonder (and a little annoyance).
"Mifune! I heard a big boom! Are these two picking on you!" The little girl asked, her arms swinging around frantically with concern.
Mifune lightly chuckled at the little girls concern. Picking himself up from the ground, the samurai ruffled the girl's hair as the two shinigami just looked on with interest.
"I'm fine these two were actually helping me." Mifune calmed the little girl down, but by doing so he also turned the little one's attention toward the two shinigami.
"You!" The little one pointed at Ichigo, getting the shinigami to raise his eyebrow in confusion.
"What are you doing here orange guy? Are you messing with Mifune?"
Unfortunately, that little comment nearly made Ichigo shatter is calm mood. Now during the early years of Ichigo's life, he was always the center of attention due to his odd hair color. As strange as his orange hair may be, it was completely natural and those remarks annoyed him at times. So after fighting a horde of evil humans…this is what he gets? An insult from a little girl? Are you serious! Where did this little brat even come from….what a minute…
"Angela, don't insult our guests." Mifune told the girl in a stern voice. Angela only grunted and narrowed her eyes at Ichigo before turning to her guardian.
"But Mifune! I saw his big pointy thing glow blue and went Boom!"
Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the little girl, not amused at her bland description of his Getsuga Tenshou. But behind the young visard, Yoruichi couldn't help but giggle at nearly everything the young witch had said. It was funny!
"So, who is this brat?" Ichigo asked, tired of all this crap (although Angela did glare at him because of that comment).
But before the samurai could open his mouth to explain, the young witch beat him to it.
"I'm Angela you orange headed goof! I'm the witch of this castle and this is Mifune!" Angela said, hugging Mifune closer in the process, "He protects me from all the baddies like you!"
'He protects…her…?' Ichigo mentally wondered.
"She's right." Mifune said, finally getting a say in, "Angela is far too young to use her magic so that's why I'm here."
Unfortunately, the news that this little girl was witch gave the young visard a problem, as if he didn't have too many of them already. Normally he would have to inform the headmaster of anything even related to a witch, but did he really have to?
While trying to think of something, Ichigo noticed the massive amount of kishin eggs that were flouting around the giant court yard. Now he had to give Shinigami-sama some explanation for whatever was making those ear shattering screams the goofball was hearing. So why not just tell him that there was a large number of evil humans in the area and he had taken care of them? That way the boss would be happy and he wouldn't have to tell him about the witch or Mifune.
Taking the mask-like device out of his pocket, Ichigo spied a very large red button on its underside. Pressing it, Ichigo was surprised to see the mask's eyes suddenly glow a dark red before it activated. Like an industrial vacuum cleaner, the mask started to suck up all of the kishin eggs like they were dust bunnies. But unfortunately, the moment Mifune saw the mask his hand instantly went to his katana.
"You work for Death?" Mifune asked, pulling Angela closer to himself.
"Huh?" Ichigo looked at them confused until he remembered the mask he was holding. It looked just like Shinigami-sama's mask and thus they thought he was there working for him. Knowing the academy's reaction toward witches, Ichigo was not surprised at the concern the samurai had. So after capturing the remaining kishin eggs, Ichigo placed the mask back into his pocket and shrugged.
"It's more of an arrangement."
"How so…?" Mifune questioned, he didn't trust those who worked for death, especially with his track record when concerning witches.
Ichigo sighed, he hated explaining, "Simply put, he gives me a place to live and I help him out from time to time, no big deal."
Mifune didn't seem too convinced, "If that's the case, the why are you here?"
"There was screaming, the old man heard about it and asked me to investigate…not that I wanted to or anything." Ichigo explained, sending Yoruichi a small glare as he finished. It was technically her fault that he was here, having to chase her throughout the city had ended them both up at the castle.
"Well, thank you…" Mifune was about to that the two of them for their assistance, but he then remembered on thin important…he had no idea what their names were.
"I'm Yoruichi, and this goofball here is Ichigo." Yoruichi informed the samurai and witch, wrapping her arm around Ichigo and bringing the boy close in the process.
"Strawberry?" Unfortunately, Angela couldn't help but make a comment about Ichigo's name…
"HA! Even in a country on the other side of the world, you're still a Strawberry!"
Ah, theres the obnoucious comment from the resident hollow…who didn't see that coming?
So before Ichigo could explode into a rant because of that comment, Yoruichi decided that it was about the time for them to leave.
"Sorry for the short goodbye but its about time for us to be going." The flash goddess informed the duo before turning her toward a confused (and still annoyed) Ichigo. And with a very quick snag, the purple haired beauty swiped Zangetsu off Ichigo's back and vanished in flash.
The samurai, witch, and even the shinigami looked at the spot where Yoruichi once stood for a few seconds before it hit them. She ditched them (or more precisely Ichigo)…again!
"You know…you should have seen that coming…" Zangetsu informed his wielder, not even taking his eyes off his book as he did so.
'I know…' Ichigo couldn't disagree despite the fact that he wanted too…he should have seen this coming…again.
"Good, now would you please go after her? I don't like to be man handled…" The Zanpaktuo slammed the book he was currently reading for emphasis. He knew his statement didn't make that much sense but still…Ichigo was his wielder and he didn't like anyone else holding his manifested state besides him.
'Damn…' Ichigo cursed to himself before turning to the Mifune and Angela, who looked completely confused (or at least Angela did, Mifune was a little hard to tell).
Giving the two of them a small 'See you later' nod, Ichigo vanished in a blur, leaving the two current residences of the caste to themselves.
"Well…that was strange." Mifune said, getting a nod of agreement from the young witch in his arms. Who would have guessed that two vastly powerful people would randomly show up just in time for a horde of enemies to arrive at the castle with the intent to harm Angela? Mifune didn't.
Well, at least it wasn't a little kid with an unhealthy obsession with becoming greater than god. That would have been really annoying.
[Same Time, Death City Hot Spring]
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a ticklish feeling came upon a certain blue haired child's nose. Unprepared for this, the kid let out a surprisingly loud sneeze.
"Achoo!"
Wiping his nose, Black Star couldn't help but chuckle at that. Someone must be talking about the awesomely powerful ninja that would one day surpass god! But unfortaunaly for that ninja, his sudden sneeze had caused the black haired beauty that was currently washing herself off in the spring below to become aware of his presence.
"Black Star you PERVERT!"
A Couple hours Later, Ichigo's Apartment.
After a few more hours of chasing the Soul Society's quickest resident, Ichigo finally managed to convince the flash goddess to give him back his Zanpakuto. But of course this came with a price, which was letting Yoruichi sped the night with him (Oh big surprise). She explained that she had to leave in the morning and really needed to find a nice place to stay for the night.
It was a wonder why Ichigo never asked why she had stay until the next day… he just forgets things like that…
So returning a few hours later, Ichigo was greeted with something fairly expected…Blair nearly hugged him to death.
"Oh Ichi! I was so worried! After you vanished I thought something happened to you!"
Apparently Blair had gone searching for the duo not that long after they got the call from Lord Death. After spending nearly the entire day trying to find the duo, the kitty had become quite worried about them. So imagine her surprise and relief when the two of them walked through the door a few hours later…saying she was ecstatic would be an understatement.
"Blair…a little too tight…" Ichigo whizzed out, his face drowned in a massive blush as she pulled him even deeper into her chest. God, if only Kon could see him now.
Yoruichi watched this humorous scene with a smile, but there was something else. Was that a little jealousy in her eyes? Nah, that was impossible…wasn't it?
So after nearly suffocating Ichigo with a hug, Blair was given the basic explanation of what had happened. Nearly everything from getting the call and meeting Mifune to Ichigo chasing Yoruichi all over the city was explained, which of course lead to Yoruichi mentioning the 'Strawberry' comment Angela made. That lead to what anyone would have expected…
"Aw, how did I never think of that? My Strawberry!" Blair shouted in glee, embracing Ichigo in yet another hug as she jumped off the couch she was previously sitting on.
The glare Ichigo sent to the shinigami sitting next to him could have split a Menos Grande in half. Why did she have to mention that?
Yoruichi just grinned at the glare, was that really suppose to frighten her? Please, Yachiru could look at glare and laugh at it (and then Kenpachi would demand a rematch, but let's not get into that). So instead of just grinning back at him, the flash goddess decided to do something a little bit better. Scooting closer to the glaring shinigami, Yoruichi gave him a small smirk before giving him something she was sure he would enjoy weather he wanted to or not. Inching closer to the orange mop of hair, Yoruichi gave him a small kiss on the cheek. Sure it was nothing big or fancy, but it got the job done.
And the job was to get Ichigo out of his crappy mood, and it did that and more. The glare had vanished completely and in its place was not only a look of complete and utter surprise, but a blush as well. With his annoyance gone as fast as the wind, Ichigo tried to think of a way out of this.
"King…could I possibly…" Ichigo's hollow tried to ask, but was cut off by a shockingly pissed off Ichigo.
'If you ask to switch with me one more time…I'll toss you back into that pit for an entire WEEK!'
"NO! Not the pit! Anything but that!" The hollow quickly responded, clearly having no intension to returning to that place any time soon.
Sitting between two gorgeous women was not how Ichigo had imagined spending his night…although things never really worked out the way he planned…ever.
But after around a half an hour later, the trio heard a fairly loud chiming of a clock. Looking for the source, the trio noticed a clock hanging on one of the walls. Noticing how late it was, Ichigo decided it was about time for bed (and no, this was not an excuse to get out of the situation he was currently in...maybe).
After preparing the guest room for Yoruichi (the vacant room in Ichigo's apartment, Blair never used it so it has been empty this entire time), Ichigo went off to the bathroom to change. But when he turned his back on the two ladies, he missed the smirk the two of them traded with each other before vanishing in a two puffs of smoke.
Unknown to Ichigo, while he was changing into his bedtime swag, two furry kitties slowly snuck into his bedroom. With a silent jump, the two cats jumped onto and hid under the covers of the shinigami's bed with him completely unaware. So after a few minutes, Ichigo exited his bathroom wearing a simple t-shirt and a pair of boxers. He tiredly climbed into his bed and pulled the confiders over his head, but while he drifted off into a deep sleep, he didn't notice the two resident kitties slowly crawl up the bed's frame until they reached the orange mop that was Ichigo's head.
Yoruichi watched in interest as the other kitty slowly purred with affection, snuggling up to the sleeping teen. Her eyes even widened slightly when she noticed something very rare appear on Ichigo's face. He smiled! No, this was not a smirk or anything like that. But it was a real smile! The flash goddess had rarely ever seen Ichigo smile like this!
So being the curious kitten that she was, Yoruichi tried her hand in this. Slowly inching herself over to the boy, she nearly screamed in surprise as a strong arm suddenly wrapped itself around her tiny body. The warm energy that was Ichigo's nearly unlimited reiatsu poured over her, its vast energy seemingly trying to protect her just like its master would have. If she didn't have fur, then she would most likely be blushing right now.
As Yoruichi noticed Ichigo's smile get a little larger during this exchange, she grinned to herself as a sudden thought came to her.
'Man, I wish I had a camera…'
Now, as I stated above….I am so sorry for how long it took me to get this chapter out. I would like to say that there was some traumatic event that caused me not to update for a long time…but I can't, I just can't. With how long this chapter was, the characters in it, and my own laziness…that's all I can say. I'm sorry everyone…I truly am. But now for some important information.
I need a Beta.
Now there is multiple reasons for this, my grammar and spelling mistakes being one of the bigger reasons. But a major reason for his is this delay itself; I don't want it to happen again. So if I get a Beta, I'll have some around to remind me to update far more frequently then I currently do. So if you feel up to it, feel free to PM me if you want to become my Beta (I also plan to let my beta have some say in the story, nothing like pairings or major battles but you will have a say in the story).
Notes about the Chapter:
1.)-Now, next Chapter Yoruichi will be leaving. But do not worry, she will return and have a far larger role in the story.
2.)-Now a reason why this chapter took so long was because of Mifune and Toruichi appearing in the chapter. They are two of my favorite characters in their series and I really wanted to due them justice. I really hope I did, but you people are the judge of that.
3.)-That little crack between Ichigo and his hollow at the end of the chapter about throwing him in a hole will be explained later...trust me.
4.)-I'm sorry if people were hoping to see Mifune fight Ichigo in this chapter, but I really couldn't think of a good way to do it. Most people who do these kinds of Fics just go with the whole "He's protecting a witch! Lets fight!", I really didn't want to do that (I'm not bashing people who do that, I just didn't want to). At this point in the Manga, Mifune is just protecting Angela and that's something Ichigo can respect. Now they will fight later in the story (aka: when Mifune joins a certain something) just don't expect it soon.
Next Chapter: School, Zombies, and What the Hell is with the Screw in his Head?