~A Change in Life~
***Where there is a will, there is a way***
-Ichigo POV-
"Rukia… What is your main point? I... don't get it…" I asked her. I hope what I am thinking was wrong. I'm worried. I don't want to know the answer.
"Don't play dumb, Ichigo! You know what I'm saying!" Rukia frowned. She knows that I know the answer. It just that I don't want to know.
"But... it's impossible! Karin would never do something to Toshiro! I mean… Karin is not as strong as Toshiro is!" I said to her. Never once I imagine Toshiro would be lost to someone like Karin. Toshiro is a captain, a strong captain. There is no chance for Karin to win against him. And also, I know Karin would never do anything bad to Toshiro. Karin isn't that type of girl.
"So, you mean Karin-Chan is weaker than Hitsugaya-taicho?" She asked seriously. Her eyes never once left me. She is looking straight at me.
"Of course!" I said with confident. Karin never studies at the Academy. Even if she trained a lot, it will still impossible for her to win.
"But we never know Karin-Chan's power! How can you be so sure?" She again asked. I felt like she urging me to believe that Karin is the one that did something to Toshiro.
"Karin is my own sister! How can I think she is doing something to him? What kind of brother am I if I think something like that!" I yelled. I don't want to believe it. I didn't see it with my own eyes. And I can't believe anything that I didn't see.
"What if this Karin is a fake one? What if it is Aizen's plan?" She finally said something that I had not thought before. My eyes widened. I don't know what to say.
"What…" I stopped in middle of my question. In fact, I don't even know what to ask. Not even a word flashed through my mind.
"Think carefully, Ichigo! We never found Karin-Chan's soul before, neither at the Living world or Soul Society! No one do soul burial for her! But she suddenly appeared in front of us after 10 years! Isn't it too weird?" What she said does have a point.
"…" I just keep silent. All the information that comes together into my brain made my head spun.
"She appeared two days after Aizen's invitation! She wears shinigami uniform! Isn't that weird?" Then she gave me another proof. Maybe she wants to say that Karin is Aizen's subordinate.
"Maybe Urahara-san changed her into shinigami!" I tried to give her some reasonable statements. Urahara of course could change her into shinigami. And he also could open the portal for her to come to Soul Society.
"No. I have asked him this after I met her, but he said since she died 10 years ago, he never met her. You know that Urahara wouldn't lie to us, don't you?" She narrowed her eyes. Now, this is really complicated. If it wasn't Urahara, then who else?
"And the weirdest is that she still remembers us! She still has the memories of us! It's strange!" Rukia said. I heard her tone is worried. I was worried too. This is too complicated. It seems like Karin appeared in front of us is on purpose.
"Maybe she-" my word was cut by a sound. I was startled to hear the sound. I quickly turn back to see who is it, but my gaze just met the twin. So they are the one that made that sound. They look at us with worried eyes.
"Mom, Dad…" Mika called. She is the eldest and she is in front of Miki.
"Mommy… Daddy…" Then Miki follow blindly. She does everything that Mika does, goes everywhere that Mika goes, eats everything that Mika eats, and will agrees with all of Mika's word. Never once I saw Miki left Mika's side.
"Mika… Miki…" I'm surprised to see them standing there. I'm worried if they heard me and Rukia talking. They are sometimes too smart for seven-year-old girls. Then I see Rukia walk forward and bend down.
"What is it, girls?" She asked with her usual mother tone. She is a good actress.
"We are hungry, Mommy." Miki said while touching her stomach. She always does that if she is hungry. It's her habit.
"Yeah…" Mika said with unemotional face. She rarely smiles or laughs or cries. She shows no emotion towards other people. She said what is true and logical; she is calm in every moment. She is more like a mature person than a seven-year-old child. She is intelligent and wise, and she is really careful when doing something. No one can say that she is a child. She is too mature to be a child. Sometimes I'm worried when I see her like that.
"Heh? What time is it now?" Rukia looked surprised. She immediately looked at her watch.
"It's already 7.30 pm" Mika said. Miki then nodded to say that she agrees with Mika
"Oh my god… I don't know it's already 7.30" Rukia said while standing up. Then she looked at me.
"Now we should go to the dining room to eat dinner. Have you cooked, Rukia?" I walked to Mika and caressed her hair. I see her smiling a little, and I'm really happy to see it. I love to see her smile.
"Of course I have. Come on girls" She then pick Miki up, and walk to the dining room. I and Mika trailed behind her. Suddenly I feel Mika's finger touches my hand. I look at her with confused face. I see her look at me with her serious face.
"Dad..." she whispered.
"Hmm? What is it, Mika?" I whispered back. If she whispers, I must whisper too. She won't tell me if I asked her with normal voice. It's her rule.
"Are you fighting with Mom?" She whispered while still walking.
"Of course not… why are you thinking like that?" I smiled hearing her question.
"You two seem like arguing something, but I'm glad to know that you two are not fighting." Her eye softened. And I'm glad too to know that she didn't hear what are me and Rukia talked about.
"We are just…talking about something…" I said. I just hope that she won't ask me talk about what.
"Is it about Auntie Rin? I heard you said her name before…" I shocked hearing her question. I look at her and see her look at me with bored face. So she heard about it! But she is acting like she didn't hear anything. She definitely is Rukia's daughter, a good actress like her mother.
"Yeah…" I know I couldn't lie to her. She has a strange power, she can sees and feels people's aura. I wonder from where she got this power.
"Is she really Auntie Rin?" She asked innocently.
"Why do you ask?" I asked her back. I don't want to answer her question. Because I still don't know if Karin is really Karin or not. I
"Because I felt evil power surrounds her when I saw her this afternoon." She answered. I don't know if she is serious or not.
"Maybe…it's just your feeling." I don't want to believe it. Karin isn't someone like that.
"I don't know about it, but you must be careful, Dad. She must be planning something to hurt you. Not just you, maybe everyone in Soul Society." Now she looked really serious. From her tone, I know she is warning me.
"You are thinking too much, Mika." I gave her a fake smile. I don't want her to think too much. She just a child.
"I'm not thinking too much, Dad. You know I have a weird power to see and feel people's aura. And I can know if someone is evil or not. I felt she was evil. You don't believe me?" she looked shocked. Maybe because this is the first time that I said she is thinking too much.
"It's just doesn't make any sense, Mika. Auntie is not like that. She is a good person. She won't have an evil desire. " I tried to explain to her. I believe Karin would never do something bad.
"It makes sense if she is not Auntie Rin. Maybe she is someone else that similar to Auntie." She finally said the main point. I shook my head and looked back at her.
"Mika… it's just your hallucination…" I caressed her hair again.
"No, Dad… I felt it." She insisted me to believe her.
"And Dad, Don't you realize that Auntie Rin has a dark blue hair? It's weird. In your photos, Auntie has a black hair, but the one that we met this afternoon has a dark blue hair." She told me a proof when we reach the dining room. I stopped when I heard what she said. I didn't realize about it until she said it.
"Mika, come here. This is your dinner. Ichigo, come on. We still have something to discuss after dinner." I heard Rukia called my name. Mika is already sitting next to Miki. I looked at Rukia before I walked to my chair.
"Ah…"
-Mika POV-
"Good night, girls. Have a sweet dream." Mom said while kissing me and Miki's forehead.
"Good night, Mommy." Miki said while smiling.
"Good night." I said. Then I see Mom go out from the room and closed the door. After I have sure that Mom has walk to her bedroom, I go down from my bed and walk to Miki's bed.
"Hey, Miki. Did you see something?" I asked her when I see her closing her eyes. She then opens her eyes and she looks really sad.
"Yeah… really bad." She said. She closes her eyes again and I see her frowned
"What is it?" I asked her. I'm curious.
"I see a bad guy, brown hair, his eyes are evil. And also I see two Auntie Rin, but there is a difference between them. One has a dark blue hair, she is standing beside that bad guy. One has a black hair, she is standing beside Uncle Shiro." She said while open her eyes. She is extremely scared.
"Then the one that we met this afternoon is our enemy! We must tell Mom and Dad!" I said when I realize that this is really important. They should know about this. I hurriedly walk to the door but Miki stop me. She grabs my hand and drags me to her bed.
"Wait, Mika! We should not tell them. I see that after we tell them, we will face destruction! Soul Society is… is…" I saw her tears are falling down. I tried to calm her down. I don't like see her crying like this.
"Even if we don't tell them, we will still face it!" I hug her, begging her to give me permission.
"Don't tell them! You had told Daddy what you felt. It is enough." She said while sobbing in my embrace.
"It will be better if we tell them sooner about this!" I tried again.
"The real Auntie Rin will die from protecting Uncle Shiro! I see it!" she said in her cry. I'm shocked to hear her. What does this mean?
"What?"
-Ichigo POV-
"You heard our talk." I said when I heard the door closed.
"Then all of the information fit in!" she said with loud voice. I turned back to look at her.
"But…" I stare at the floor. I don't want to believe it.
"Mika said it herself. You know her feeling accuracy is 100 percent!" She said with serious face.
"I know…" I said while lean against the wall.
"And she gave you a small proof. Her hair!" Rukia moved forward. She is frowning.
"But Karin could dye her hair before she came! We can't judge people just because a seven-year-old child's feeling!" I shouted, disagree with her.
"That child is your own daughter, Ichigo! Can't you trust your own daughter?" She shouted too. She is furious when she heard my statement.
"Gomen…" I apologize. I know I was wrong to not trust my own daughter. I then walked to the window, staring at the sky.
"I know how you feel right now. I know you missed her, but if she is not Karin, we can't do anything." She whispered to me. I felt Rukia embrace me from behind. Her hand is touching my chest. I hold her hand tightly.
"We will ask Miki then." I said in whisper. Miki has the ability to see the future. If I ask her, maybe I will get the answer.
"You know, she won't tell us if she don't want to." What she said is true. Miki just tell what she see when she feel it will be better if we know about it. But if she thinks that we better don't know, she won't tell anything.
"I know." I said while turning back to her. She looked at me with worried eyes. She then walks to the nearest chair.
"Then how 'bout discussing-" She didn't have time to finished her question when I picked her up.
"Woa! Ichigo! What are you doing?" She shouted while blushing. I smirked when I saw her face. Her face is cute. I bring her to our bed and put her down on the bed. Then I also lie down on bed beside her.
"Tonight, we will play until we can't play anymore." I said while looking at her, touching her cheek.
"But we should discuss about Aizen!" she looked at me.
"I want to lighten my feelings." Sweetly and gently I brought my lips to hers and gently sucked on her bottom lip, tasting and savoring her. While indulging my mouth of her innocent mouth, I embraced her tightly. Then we are apart to breathe.
"I warn you. I don't want a child anymore. Two is more than enough." She said while gasping.
"I know. I just want to play." I whispered in to her ears as I pleasured myself to biting her ears. This earned me a moan from my beautiful wife.
"Ah- then… we will play…" She said while smiling.
"I have missed you… one week in New York alone is a hell for me... I want to feel you…" I then slowly opened her kimono while she opened mine and throw it down. It left us naked on the bed. I embrace her, kiss her roughly.
"Just… don't be… too rough…" she said between her breath.
Inside Karin's inner world
-Suzaku POV-
"Who is she actually?" A voice that I hate so much is keep asking me questions.
"I told you before! She is Kurosaki Karin, my master!" I shouted. He is so annoying.
"How can there is two Kurosaki Karin?" He shouted back. He also looked angry.
"Then the one that you saw is fake Kurosaki Karin!" I said. I'm furious. If he doesn't stop sooner, I will seal him in my frozen palace.
"How can I trust you?" He asked seriously.
"I am her zanpakuto! Why should I lie to you, My Lady's prince zanpakuto? It wastes my time. I don't force you to trust me. After all, I don't know if you are my ally or enemy." I looked at the pond in front of my castle, walked to there and sit on the side of the pond.
"Which side are you? Soul Society or Aizen?" He suddenly asked.
"So… you know about Aizen's party…" I said. If he had known, then Aizen must had told all the shinigamis about it.
"You know about it too?" He sounds surprised. Maybe he thought that we don't know about it.
"Of course! We were the first one that knew about his party!" I shouted again. I see his face shocked when he heard it.
"How…?" he began to asked but I cut him.
"He told us himself. That bastard!" I'm really angry. I hate that bastard. I really hate him!
"You are with him?" He asked carefully.
"What? Me? He doesn't even know about me!" I laughed. There is no way that Aizen knows about me.
"What do you mean?" He asked. He gave me a puzzled look.
"My Lady once fought him. But she didn't call me. She didn't even use shikai. So, Aizen never know about me." I explained to him. There are no advantages to keeps something like that.
"Then, may I ask you something?" He walked forward.
"What?" I don't like the way he look at me.
"Why Karin is here? Why didn't she go to Soul Society if she is a shinigami? Why she is here for 10 years?" He asked seriously.
"You want to know?" I stood up, and walked forward. Then I closed my eyes.
"Yes." He said. I opened my eyes and looked at him. I smirked and looked at him seriously.
"Then fight me. If you win, I will tell you. But if you lose, you must obey what My Lady says."
~To Be Continued~
I wonder if the IchiRuki part is too much for rated T. Please tell me if I need to change the rating.
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