AN: i'm baaack!

a few infos, that'll make things clearer, maybe.

I choose Kisuke to meet Ichigo, because i need someone to befriend with ichigo again. He's important for this story!

I thought it would be boring, if it'll turn out like most stories of these: Ichigo appearing at that time, Rukia visits Shino Academy... that's what everyone does, so boring, wouldn't it be? :D

Let's see where my imagination will take me in future chapters.. :

Chapter 6 Old friend

"K-Kisuke?"…

Ichigo was a bit taken aback. He didn't expect to meet someone from his previous time line so soon. Much less he expected it to be his old best friend. Unsure how to react, Ichigo rose from the ground, and turned towards the man to take a good look at him.

He looked younger overall, and the trademark hat was missing. He even wore the usual Shinigami attire, instead of his green Haori, and the wooden Getas.

"Who are you?" the young Kisuke asked with a stern voice, while he glared daggers at Ichigo. His lips turning into a cocky smirk, Ichigo took a few steps towards the man, just to notice, he even was taller that his former mentor, before he answered "My name is Ichigo, Kisuke…"

His voice seemed warm, and welcoming, and in his head, Ichigo already knew that he had to tell the man at least bits and pieces of the truth, because he would figure out anyway. Secondly, Ichigo was just too glad that he had found someone to talk to, other than his spirits.

"How do you know my Name? And how were you able to slay that Hollow, I can tell that you are no Shinigami… You don't even have any spiritual pressure, yet you can see me.." Kisuke said, his mind already racing, since he just couldn't get his mind on the fact, that there was a human, that knew his name, slayed a Hollow without any spiritual pressure was standing right in front of him, relaxed and even mocking him.

"Okay, a formal introduction then… My name is Kurosaki Ichigo, and I am a Human. I am 25 Human years old, and spiritually aware, and more than able to handle Hollows at any class. Ah, well… I used to be a Shinigami Substitute." Ichigo finished, knowing that this would give Kisuke a lot to think about. This thought proved to be right, since the eyes of the man before him widened.

"K-Kurosaki? As in Isshin Kurosaki?" He managed to spit out.

"Yeah, that's my old man."

The shock couldn't be any harder, and Kisuke thought he would fall over any second. This guy just was ridiculous! He claimed to be the son of one of his best friends? A Substitute Shinigami at that, and he didn't even got word of things like this? Impossible. That really couldn't be.

"Kisuke, I know… that doesn't make any sense to you, but I think I can explain it to you. Why are you in Karakura? Where do you stay? … We should talk in private" Ichigo suggested.

Out of pure shock, Kisuke just walked off to the direction of his Soon-to-be-owned-shop, without giving Ichigo a proper answer. He wasn't sure why he trusted this stranger so much. He could have easily killed him, but why hasn't he? Maybe it was a trap? It could be possible… Perhaps…?

No…

Somehow he felt a connection towards this person.. somehow…

They reached the shop in complete silence, and Ichigo got a few things right in his head. He figured that Kisuke currently was the local Shinigami in town, otherwise he wouldn't have shown up to slay a Hollow, and secondly, he seemed to be staying at the "shop", that used to be his home in the future, in this time line already. Explained the thick reiatsu in there.

As they sat down at a low table, Kisuke started to glare at Ichigo with a look of distrust on his face, while Ichigo just sighed.

"Listen carefully, Kisuke. I'm not going to tell this story twice. You can believe me, or don't… but this is the truth…"

At that point Ichigo told him everything he remembered, every event that occurred in the past, until the point where he reached the past. The only thing he didn't tell him, was the fact, that he was now master of the Hogyoku, and had the power to control it.

Kisuke listened carefully, and at first he didn't understand a thing. Soon he got the hang of it and noticed that everything seemed plausible, and it really could have happened. The next thing that came to his mind was shock. Utter shock. He couldn't get into his mind that he was going to experience so much war and pain, and couldn't even imagine how much the man in front of him had went through… He felt bad at that point.

Ichigo noticed that Kisuke seemed to be concerned with his own thoughts very much, as he noticed a sad look on his face. He knew that it was hard to believe such a story without filling it with actual memories and emotions, but there wasn't much he could do about it.

'That's not right, Ichi!' Shikari said inside his head.

'What do you mean, Shikari?'

'I could make him remember everything, if that is your wish… I'm here to fulfill you desired after all' she added with a hint of guilt in her voice.

That seemed just unreal for Ichigo. It seemed so easy, but he had doubts. Should he really give him all these memories back? Sure, it would make everything easier for Ichigo himself, but would he be so selfish? Selfish enough to give him, yet innocent, all these terrible pictures of war, destruction and pain…

"I could make you remember…" Ichigo more or less muttered to himself, but Kisuke caught him, and his eyes lit up, immediately and he seemed to lighten up.

Ichigos eyes widened at the reaction. Was that really what he wanted?

"You could do that? I feel like I owe it to you…"

"You don't have to do it… It would change you. Now you have the chance to escape all of that, but yet you choose war?" Ichigo was desperate to leave him out of it, to grant him a better future, that it had been originally planned.

"Ichigo, from everything you told me, you should know me better. It would be my chance to be ahead of everything, and prevent anything like that to happen again… secondly, how could I reject you, after everything we went through? I want to remember…" Kisuke said truthfully.

Ichigo seemed to hesitate. He basically was a stranger to him, yet he trusted him like that?

"Do you really want it?" Ichigo asked with concern in his voice.

"Yes." Kisuke said with the most serious voice he could manage.

'Shikari, how do I do it?' The question reached the spirit of the Hogyoku quietly, as everything started to happen, without any warning.

Ichigo briefly closed his eyes, expecting to be sucked inside his mind scape, but instead of that he felt a pulse of reiatsu coming from Shikari, rippling through his body. Ichigos eyes snapped open, and glowed like there was a light inside his head.

Kisuke stared in awe at the situation happening before him. He was excited about what was going to happen. What would he be capable of? And what was Ichigo really capable of? It surely wasn't normal for a spiritual being to time travel, and being able to give others memories from an other time line.

Suddenly a spike of Reiatsu clashed through the room, and Kisuke found himself paralyzed, unable to take his gaze away from the glowing eyes. A warm sensation filled his body, and he felt light all of sudden, as everything came back to him with a click, and he had his memories. At that exact moment Ichigos eyes stopped glowing, and he just passed out.

Kisuke sat at the table for a few minutes without even moving an inch. It seemed impossible. He had memories of a time, that yet had to happen, but now it'll never do.

Until now he hadn't noticed that a single tear rolled down his cheek as he looked at his best friend. He sure had been through a lot, and he had the chance to give up and just disappear, but he didn't.

Kiskuke laid Ichigo on the ground and sat against a bare wall, and he just thought. Thought how to go on, how not to blow his cover, what to do with Ichigo, since he had to go back to the Soul Society in a few weeks… His mind was racing, and after a while he just stopped his thoughts and looked at the unconscious person in front of him.

"What would I do without you, Ichigo?..." he quietly said to himself.

"It seems to be our destiny, to end this war. Once for all… once for all…."

It was a peaceful night.

Did you like it? :) I hope.. there'll be some action soon! ;D i just need everything to be set right before i can go into the actual plotline..

I'm sorry that everything happened a little fast in this chapter, but it would have turned out waay to long, and waay to boring if i made the progress of Kiskue remembering slower...

Please review, and tell me your opinion. :)

Love you all, mspauly.