So friends, I got overwhelming replies for Yoruichi to get some lovin, so that's what's gonna happen. Those of you who voted against her, I hope you don't feel this detracts too much from the story. Only time will tell I guess.
"Ichigo, I think I love you."
For a moment, everything stood still as Ichigo processed Yoruichi's words.
Then it went zero to one hundred real quick.
"You bitch!" Nel shouted and leapt at Yoruichi. Even with Ichigo's incredible spiritual pressure, he could still feel the pressure from Nel's anger-fueled power. A small tear rolled down his face when he thought about how he would explain the mess that he could only assume was being made from all the crashing he could hear.
After the initial shock of Yoruichi's announcement passed, he realized he couldn't just let his house be destroyed... again. Stupid arrancar. Ichigo made his way downstairs to break up the fight to see Nel pinning Yoruichi down, Zanpakuto to her throat.
"That's enough, Nel," Ichigo said. "I don't want anyone in this house to die. Even if all of you weren't my friends, you all have far too much power to let you die."
After a moment's hesitation, Nel stood and stepped away from Yoruichi. Then she turned as walked over to Ichigo, pulled him into a deep kiss for a few seconds, and looked him straight in the eyes. Then she leaned in and whispered in his ear. "I love you. Don't ever forget that." Then she giggled and walked down into the training grounds to fetch Kenpachi.
"Sorry about that Yoruichi," Ichigo said. "She's a little overprotective. And very possessive. But she's my possessive maniac of a girlfriend, and I love her."
"It's okay Ichigo, you might not love me now, but you will. And I'm sure Nel and I can come to an agreement."
Ichigo was a little worried about them 'coming to an agreement.' He didn't want them shanking each other when he wasn't looking, but there was nothing he could do right now. Before he could say anything else she flash-stepped away at a speed he could achieve only when using the full powers of his mask. She maintained her reputation as a goddess even a century after she left the Soul Society.
For the first time in... he didn't even know how long, he didn't have anything to do. He still had a couple days before he had to go meet this 'True Guard' that the head captain had hyped up so much, and until then, he figured he should go to school. A good dose of normal is necessary every once in awhile.
After a few minutes, Ichigo went to get Nel so they could leave, but found a crater in the training ground. Lying around were unconscious arrancar and sitting in the middle were Nel and Yoruichi, both looking exhausted. For some reason they were trembling and had smiles on their faces... he wasn't sure he wanted to know what happened. That feeling was intensified when he looked around and saw Halibel, Grimmjow, and even Kenpachi a few yards away from the crater with horrified looks on their faces. Ichigo shivered. He walked up to Nel in the crater and tapped her on the shoulder. She spasmed for a second before opening her eyes. What the fuck were they doing?! Ichigo thought in alarm.
"Wha... what is it love?" Nel asked slowly.
"… we're going to school today. I want to at least feel normal every once in a while," Ichigo said after a pause.
Nel yawned. "Okay, but you know you don't look human right now right?"
Oh yeah. That. Ichigo thought for a moment before concentrating. At some point he had learned to convert his physical body into his spiritual one and vice versa without any help. Hopefully, he would look mostly normal when he returned to human form. A moment later, he felt himself become flesh and bone once more. Suddenly he felt a burning sensation in his chest. A moment later he realized what it was. He had been in soul form so long he had forgotten about breathing. He gasped for air until the burning stopped, then went to look in a mirror. He sighed in relief when he saw that both his eyes were normal. Unfortunately, his hair was still dangai length and had small white highlights, but he could probably explain that away.
After he was satisfied with his appearance, he took Nel's hand and started walking to school. How he hadn't flunked out was unknown to everyone in the class, what with him missing so many classes, but they thought it might have something to do with his crazy father. The actual truth was that despite Ichigo's 'bad boy' reputation, he actually studied furiously any time he missed school just to keep a C.
Uryu was sitting outside the school when they arrived. "What the hell? Uryu are you ditching class?"
"No, of course not. I'm just... 'going to the bathroom,'" He replied.
At a second glance, Uryu was sweating heavily as if he had just been... running from someone? Judging by the time, it wasn't gym class yet, so that was the only explanation. But what was he running from? That question was soon answered.
"Oh, Ishi~," a voice rang through the schoolyard.
"Shit, she's still after me?" He groaned.
"The mistress has been looking for you! It's RUDE to keep her WAITING!" The voice sounded like it was getting impatient, even angry.
"Uryu, who the hell is chasing you?" Ichigo asked as he heard a door slam shut. They could hear the sound of shoes crunching on gravel; and it was getting louder.
"No time to explain, gotta book it," Uryu said, eyes wide in fear. He started dashing down the street, away from the school. Uryu's shoe scuffed the pavement as he began running and the crunch of gravel stopped for a second. Then—
"Found you!"
The one crunching the gravel rounded the corner to reveal Apachi with a manic glint in her eye.
"Which way did he go?" She asked when she saw the pair standing before her. Nel giggled and pointed in the direction he had bolted off in.
"Oh, you're mean, Nel," Ichigo muttered as Apachi thanked her and dashed off.
Deciding to get to class, they moved on. Luckily, they arrived during passing period and didn't make too much of a commotion, but that didn't mean they escaped Ms. Ochi's all-seeing gaze.
"Kurosaki! Mind telling me why you and Neliel have been absent so long, and now that you are back, are late?" She asked, clearly irritated.
"We've been... on vacation? And we got back this morning," he said. Then mumbling, he added, "I think that works."
Ms. Ochi narrowed her eyes but dropped the topic. Today was a day that, despite Ichigo's boredom, he listened intently. He needed to pass all of his classes; even with just a C. Nel, on the other hand, was simply gazing at him the whole day with a light smile on her face, clearly oblivious to her surroundings.
At lunch, he went to the roof as he always did to find an odd sight. Orihime, Chad and Uryu – who had returned to class just before lunch without saying a word – were all sitting and eating together. That wasn't the weird part. The weird part was that Halibel was with them, arm linked with Uryu's.
"Hey guys... why is Halibel with you?" Ichigo asked as Halibel acknowledged him with a nod.
Uryu responded. "Well hardly anybody ever gives me love, and the writer decided you shouldn't be the only one getting some."
Lucky bastard, Ichigo thought, unaware that he could have literally any – or all – of the arrancar crawling all over him if he said the word. Power was sexy, and he was bathing in it. In fact, even the human girls of the school were attracted to him; even if they didn't know why.
Uryu was very different from this morning. Appachi may have scared him, but he was brimming with confidence now. Ichigo decided it might be time to take him down a notch. They may be friends, but their fierce rivalry lives on even now. Aiming his Spiritual pressure specifically at Uryu, he even added a little hollow energy. He could see Uryu immediately begin to sweat, but he wasn't crushed as he was expecting. In fact, Ichigo almost immediately felt an immense power radiating from Uryu and his blue Reiatsu became visible.
"I've been doing training as well, Ichigo."
"Well—" Ichigo started then stopped as he realized his mask had started to materialize. Quiet down in there Nashi! I'm busy.
Sorry partner, but I just can't resist a good fight! It always gets our blood pumping.
"Idiot," He muttered under his breath.
"What did you just say?" Uryu snarled back at him.
"Oh, I wasn't talking to you you dumbass."
After this comment the pressure radiating from Uryu got even more intense. After a second, Ichigo noticed that their friends had really started feeling the pressure. They were on the ground sweating, but it looked like nobody else was affected. No one else was on the roof, but the kids in the courtyard seemed to feel nothing more than a little extra weight.
"Don't look away from your opponent!" Uryu said as he formed his bow and fired a single but powerful arrow—
—and Ichigo caught it with his bare hand. He squeezed and snapped it in half.
"Lower your spiritual pressure before our friends start getting hurt," Ichigo said, glaring at him.
Uryu's eyes widened and the pressure he was releasing vanished. He looked around apologetically and was met with nervous smiles. "Sorry guys... I got carried away."
Everyone except for Halibel murmured words of forgiveness. Halibel was looking upon the two men that had just been fighting in lust and squirming, legs rubbing together. Uryu and Ichigo were both idiots; Uryu asked what was wrong, and Ichigo didn't even notice her odd look.
Halibel ignored Uryu's question. The two Alphas that had just been... fighting wasn't the right word. Maybe bickering? Whatever. The two Alphas in front of her made her incredibly horny, but she felt waves of jealousy wash over her as she saw that Nel had totally monopolized Ichigo – she wasn't aware of Yoruichi's role in his life yet. Instead, she simply resigned herself to the only one of the two that wasn't taken yet – although nothing would make her happier than having both of them at once... no, she couldn't have that. So she looked to Uryu and decided she would do a great many things to him when he got home. Locked doors were just suggestions anyway... or that's what she told herself.
Ichigo and Uryu, completely unaware of her thoughts, simply carried on eating their lunches. Nel, however, was acutely aware of what Halibel was feeling. She wasn't sure whether to pity Uryu or be jealous of him. She wished she could feel those feelings coming off Ichigo every once in awhile. Sure she felt his occasional bursts of lust, but never anything this strong. No, it was always, 'we can't right now, I have to go save a dimension,' or, 'not now, my dad told me we needed milk.' Of course Nel had suggested some alternative ways he could get milk, but he simply blushed, went mute, and quickly walked away before she could see the tent she already knew was in his pants. Silly Ichi, he thought she didn't know he would react to what he said.
Those thoughts and many more bounced around in Nel's mind as they ate lunch, but the most common one was 'It wasn't like the dimension needed saving right away, was it? It could have waited a damn hour or two.'
Well friends I hope you liked it. This chapter was a little bit longer, mostly because I decided to fluff in some love for Uryu. It seems like none of the stories I read give him a lover, and Halibel was just lying around, so why not? Who needs characters that are rarely seen to stay in character, am I right? No? I think I am. It's not like she gets all that many frames in the manga either. Again I really hope I can continue to entertain you. For those of you who have stuck with me this long, truly, thank you. I started writing this on a whim without any real planning, so I'm sure there are a great many plot holes and inconsistencies, but for whatever reason I have been overwhelmed with positive feedback. I actually already have an idea for a Tokyo Ghoul story (fantastic anime btw, a must watch/read), but I promise I won't start that until I finish this story, which will be coming to a close somewhat soon. Once again, thank you so much for sticking with me this long and for all the great feedback. It's been a blast. But anyway, I agree with Nel, that dimension probably could have waited an hour!