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Chapter: 5

"So… You are saying that you have been waiting for it to happen again?" Urahara took another sip from his fourth tea mug. Ichigo nodded: "Yeah, last time this happened over thousand years ago."

"Why there aren't any records about it in the Soul Society?"

"That's because nobody didn't mark events up like you did with Mayuri. Last time the reiatsu release happened, this was small village where didn't live much people. So they thought that it wasn't so important. But now here lives about 100 000 humans, and it seems that the release will be bigger than it was then." Ichigo sighed. He had just told Urahara about Karakura's situation.

The city was known as abnormal reiatsu production. It was because ground somehow… Sucked reiatsu to itself from big area. And when it couldn't take it anymore, it would release it off. Now it sucked even more reiatsu than before and it might be 'cause the growing human population. But that's not a good thing.

"When those massive spiritual pressures are released, it would most probably collapse whole city and kill a lot people. And it would be terrible to have that much reiatsu in the same place. It would lure thousands… No, millions of hollows here."

"Ah, that's true." Urahara put his tea away: "And if I got that previous part right, you are actually older than me?"

"Well, I don't know your real age, but I suppose so." orange head licked his lips in thought. "But now you know about what is going on."

"Yes. But wouldn't you tell a bit more about yourself? It's interesting how you suddenly have so much more… sides in the yourself. And I want to know that where you got that scar?" Kisuke pointed at it.

Ichigo told him how he was reincarnated as human when he died few decades ago. It was great that old forbidden kido worked and he came back alive. It wasn't that he robbed Ichigo's mind, but it was more like… Planned birth. Of course Masaki and Isshin didn't know that it was their kid who inherited, or was born as him.

But kido worked better than they thought. Even his old name was given to him.

"I will do that later. You see that it's almost night already, and I need to call Ryuzaki. He wanted to hear news every day." Ichigo stood up and smiled. Urahara couldn't think other but that he seemed to be much calmer. "Well, he isn't teenager anymore." he thought.

"Okay, so this Ryuzaki-san was your mentor long time ago?" Ichigo had told him that when he was training, there was always some older people who trained couple shinigamis at time.

"Yes, we actually don't have that much age difference that you could imagine, but he's a bit older than me. And he's one of people who I have known almost my whole life." he nodded: "When my training ended, I moved to be his chief, but in my core I have always felt that he is my boss." Ichigo snickered.

"Hey." thought crossed Urahara's mind: "Did you tell anyone else about this?" Ichigo shook his head: "You know, it's much harder to tell anyone else. How would they take it? I think that you was the best person I can speak with. I trust that you won't tell anyone else without my permission. I don't want to get humans involved."

Kisuke noticed the word: Humans. So he couldn't think himself as one anymore? Urahara opened his mouth to say something, but they both felt familiar reiatsu come closer.

"Karin!" Ichigo gasped and Urahara's eyes widened. "I'm going now. Let's talk again in some other time. And remember: No even one word to others." then he nodded to him and disappeared with shunpo.

Kisuke left to stare at spot where Ichigo had sat. "Well, this will take while to adjust."

Karin stepped inside the shop. She was sure that she heard Ichi-nii's voice. But when door opened, there sat only Kisuke drinking tea.

"Oi! Mr. Hat an' clogs!" Karin cried and rushed in. Urahara lifted his gaze and took gleeful smile: "Oh! Karin-chan! So nice to see you again!" he said happily.

Karin rolled her eyes: "Really? But I heard Ichi-nii's voice? Was he here?" she couldn't see Kisuke's eyes but there was second too long pause before answering: "Of course not! Ichigo-san hasn't visited me for a long time! I suppose that he still can't forgive me for my training methods!"

Karin lifted her eyebrow: "Okay… Well would like to use your training place again." Urahara led her to basement.

Ichigo sat on the roof. He watched how Karin burst in: "Really? But I heard Ichi-nii's voice? Was he here?"

She had amazingly good hearing. Ichigo needed to remember that. She went to training with Urahara and Ichigo felt somewhat melancholic: It wasn't really but just two years ago when he was in that position. They grow up so fast. Karin was already 13 herself. Ichigo chuckled: "Now I'm starting to act like an old man." he thought and leaped off.

"Yin, do you have Ryuzaki's number?" Ichigo asked from the thin air. Then in a second same blond woman appeared next to him: "Yes, Ichigo-sama. Here." and she gave him a cellphone which was ready to be used.

"Thank you Yin, you are indispensable." he smiled at her. When Yin left, Ichigo could swear that he saw a smile on her face.

Ryuzaki flexed is legs and put his old gigai on the sofa. He hasn't been out of it for years. It was amazing how much easier it was to move as spirit. Well, he wasn't really physically as old as his gigai so that might be the answer.

He still had his old Zanpakutou hanging his waist: "It's been awhile, hasn't it, Zen?" he felt how his zanpakutou hummed next to him. Then their moment was ruined when his phone started to ring.

It was Ichigo and he picked up the phone:

"Hello?" Ichigo said.

"Ah Ichigo! So, is there anything new happened?"

"Not really, but I think that this time it will occur quicker. I noticed that humans are stressed even if they don't know that why."

Ryuzaki rubbed his forehead:

"That's not good. I think that I will tarry in the Karakura sooner than I expected." Ichigo didn't answer anything for a while.

"You remember Urahara Kisuke, right?" he asked finally. Ryuzaki nodded even if Ichigo couldn't see it:

"Yeah, he was taicho of 12th division before he got exiled."

"That's right. I went to him today and told him that what is going on. He's trustful and I think that he might be able to help us."

"I'm sure that you made right decision. What I have heard, he's weird but not bad person." he still could remember how that guy always was experimenting with his weird machines.

Ichigo chuckled: "True. But I'm off now. Inform me when you are coming this way."

"Yes I will. Bye then."

"Cya."

Ichigo hummed with himself and started walking towards his body. It somehow revealed his stress when he could be honest with someone. Even if it was just that mad inventor.

Next day at school everyone was normal again. They seemed to start get dull about anxious feeling little by little. Ichigo leaned to his hand and watched out of the window while history lesson. "I couldn't ever guess that history lessons would get even more boring after I remembered everything."

When he got to his first history lesson after war, teacher was talking about some town's history for anniversary of Karakura town or something like that. But how she had gone wrong with some details! Ichigo was annoyed that how the history had twisted, but couldn't say anything. How could be prove that historybooks were actually load of bullshit?

He couldn't.

So he needed just endure the boredom and frustration what these classes did.

"Kurosaki-san. Could you tell us when it happened?" he heard teachers voice and felt how all eyes turned to him. He had looked like half-sleeping and Ochi-sensei decided to test him.

"Tell us the specific time."

Ichigo didn't even bother to look at her and mumbled at his hand: "14. Of May in 1567, day was rainy, but they can know that only because legacy papers were gotten wet and ink had spreaded a bit." Then there was a small silence.

"T-that's right... Well let's keep going on." she turned back to the other class. This happened every time. When she thought that Ichigo was really sleeping and not listening, she demanded about some details from him. And every time he answered perfectly right, and sometimes more than he should know. Like she didn't tell about rain.

She just shook her head: "Where does he read all these facts?"

Well of course it was easy to Ichigo, he had actually lived all those events, but it was hard to be without slipping something he shouldn't know about. Ishida seemed very frustrated with the fact that Kurosaki was much better with this subject than him. And it didn't help that he tried to study more. Kurosaki always told something new he hadn't ever heard before.

Finally came lunch break. They all went to eat to the roof like always. Ishida, Chad, Inoue of course, but there had now been Tatsuki, Keigo and Mizuiro because they didn't need to hide any conversations from them.

Ichigo bited his bread which Yuzu made to him. It was delicious even if he wasn't hungry.

"But Ichi-nii! How can you make whole day with one bread! Let me make you some good lunch!" Yuzu's eyes widened when Ichigo told her to make only sandwich for him.

"I'm feeling a bit nauseous so please, just that sandwich."

He didn't know why, but his appetite had been vanishing little by little after the war. He really didn't need to eat as much as before. "Well, I'm not growing teenager anymore." He chuckled with himself. It brought some old memories with Ruyzaki and when they were both younger and stupid.

"What's so funny, Kurosaki?" Ishida asked at him and he noticed that others were staring at him. "Nothing, just thinking." his lips curled up. Then it spread to wide smile. Humans lifted their eyebrows. They hadn't seen Kurosaki smile for a long time. It was so rare to see him do that and he looked like different person. Ichigo just was chuckled with himself: "Excuse me..." and he stood up and walked away.

"What the hell is wrong with him?" Tatsuki asked with eyes wide.

"Excuse me? When has he used words like that?" Ishida lifted his glasses.

"What the fuck Kurosaki?" They all thought at the same time.

Ichigo couldn't believe how he acted like that. It was so not like him. Or him which they knew. Of course he's same serious person, who have lost his mother, and it still hurt him deeply. But he wasn't so young anymore and his 'mother' wasn't only person he have lost. You just need to live with it and remember good things.

He leaned to wall in the empty school hall. "Seems that lessons started already, huh?"

Ichigo didn't want to go back to the class. But it would be even more suspicious if he disappeared now. Oh what dilemma! Orange head brushed his nose at the same place where scar is. He have done it always subconsciously, even if the mark weren't visible in his body.

With that Ichigo left the school building: "Aww fuck it. I won't learn anything new anyway and it's so good weather. Should I go to visit Urahara?" he was humming some slow melody again.

"Oi! Look!" Keigo elbowed Mizuiro: "Ichigo is there!"

They all had noticed that Ichigo didn't come to class and now he was walking tough schoolyard.

"Where is he going?" Chad, Ishida, Inoue, Tatsuki, Mizuiro and Keigo leaned to look out of the windows. Ochi-sensei didn't care since there was so big mayhem in the class anyway.

Ichigo walked gaily and disappeared between buildings. "Is he just cutting the class?"

Ichigo snorted. Oh what a nice weather it was! It was good decision to leave. First teen thought going to Urahara's, but some why he didn't have will to explain him anything right now. Wandering around the streets he remembered old place, where he used to spend time long time ago. It could still be there, even if the city has grown larger.

Ichigo turned around and headed to Westside of the city.

He noticed that the builings had came closer than they were before, but that same hill was still there. He had walked past it many times before he got his memories back, and didn't give it second glance then. Ichigo smiled and climbed up. It was huge crag pointing towards the city, and it seemed to be too difficult to bulldoze open so the humans had left it be.

From the top you could see pretty far away. He saw some old canes and rubbish which people had left there, but after all place was emptier than he first thought.

Orange head slumped to ground and watched how the Sun slowly disappeared behind his back. It brightened only top of the buildings anymore and colored them orange. It was beautiful sight.

When others got out of the school, they were quieter than normally. All of them was thinking about Ichigo, who didn't show up anymore today.

"There is nothing to do..." Keigo whined at Mizuiro who texted to someone. "I thought that it would be much more fun when we got these powers with Mizuiro!"

They both had realized after the war that they could see ghosts, but just couple months ago boys noticed that it wasn't all.

Hollow had attacked them. It was big and looked like a worm with some disgusting legs. It wasn't first which they had seen since their reiatsu lured those to them all the time. But this time there wasn't anyone to kill it. Ishida, Chad, Inoue and Tatsuki had left to home already.

They almost died at that night. Both were beat up and bloody. Hollow had chased them to the corner when Mizuiro remembered one thing what Urahara had showed to him: "It seems that you could have talents to use these! Remember the chant and it would be all right..." he still heard his voice in the his head.

It was called Kido, magic what soul reapers used. Urahara had told him only one line then, but it was enough: "Bakudō number four! Hainawa!" he had pointed at hollow and it paralyzed it totally. Keigo had just looked at him with wide eyes: "What? You too?" he sounded resentful.

"Don't just stand there! It's just paralyzed!" Mizuiro cried out. But Keigo seemed decide something, and he ran straight to that hollow. "What the hell are you doing?" Mizuiro yelled after him.

Afterwards Keigo had unlocked his own skill with pure frustration (why others still laughed at him). It was a sword. Not Zanpakutou, but similar. Ishida and Chad was amused the fact that it was Keigo who's skill resembled mostly shinigami's, and was almost the most effective.

"That is right; I would gladly destroy some hollows right now." Ishida murmured while lifting his glasses. "Where the heck did Kurosaki go?" Others just shook their heads: No idea. "And why we haven't felt any hollows nearby? Where have they all disappeared?" Chad asked quietly.

That was true. They hadn't seen any hollows in a week. It was like they had stopped coming here at all.

"I recommend that we go to spar to Urahara's?" Tatsuki grinned: "We can ask him at the same that what is going on." they all liked the idea and left to the shop.

Ichigo got up: "It seems that I fell asleep. It's almost dark already."

He rubbed his head. He should go to Urahara's. Ryuzaki had called today that he is coming tomorrow. They decided to put up some bunking place at that infamous warehouse and it would be good to talk with Kisuke too.

Ichigo thought about dumping his body but then that it would be in vain. It was same to go like this. He wouldn't be there too long anyway.

"Oww! Tatsuki-chaaaan!" Keigo whined: "Why did you hit me so hard!"

"Snap out of it! You are like a chick!" Tatsuki frowned: "Do you think that hollows are any nicer?" Keigo just muttered something while rubbing his chin.

Chad came between them: "We should go already. It is evening and tomorrow there's school." he said with calm voice and others shrugged. Yeah, that would be a good idea. They climbed up those long stairs which led back to the shop.

When Ishida reached entrance first, he stopped when he heard familiar voice: "...Yeah, we get some stuff over there." it was Ichigo! What was he doing here? Ishida climbed out and noticed that they spoke in the room next to this. Others followed him in the total silence. They had heard it too.

"So, when should I come to see you?" They heard Urahara's infamous joyful voice, but it wasn't as joyful as always. There was some seriousness in it, which was rare.

"As soon as possible. Ryuzaki and I will be there probably whole day. There is so much organizing." Ichigo thought.

"Okay... So now we can't do anything but wait? Or do you have a plan already?"

Ichigo was quiet for a while: "...Well, we just need to be ready. When the reiatsu starts leaking, there won't be much time before it devours whole city."

"Right... But I try to get that ready before it happens", Urahara said: "It's hard but I think that it's possible. But why would you need something like that? It kills if someone uses it? Do you realize that?"

They heard that Ichigo stood up: "Yeah, I know. And I really hope that there wont be any use for it, trust me. But never can be so sure." he sighed.

"I am going now. You said that others were training downstairs?"

"Yeah, they will be probably quitting already."

"Okay, I totally forgot that you have covered whole place with Sekki Sekki stone." Ichigo chuckled: "But we will see later! I go to home before they come up and start asking some questions. It would be tiresome."

Then humans heard how door was closed.

"How I was so stupid?" Ichigo thought: "They were standing right there and I didn't notice them at all! How much they heard?"

He walked quickly towards clinic. Not good.

Reeeviiieeeews. If you want some more.

And now you FINALLY know what he had been hiding. Mostly. Not all anyway.

Oh well.

Ichigo: Should I dye my hair with black?

Me: ...I don't know?

Ichigo: Those bangs would be cool!

Me: Yeah, it would. Right. But you can't do it alone. I can imagine your face with black dye after that.

Ichigo: You are no fun! ..And what do you mean that my face would be black?

Me: Nothing. Nevermind.

Dying hair is difficult sometimes.