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Ichigo's day was horrible yesterday. He felt guilt swarm at him. He left the Soul Society and Naruto behind. The Soul Society had been attacked, and he couldn't help. Urahara tried to take them back, but he explained that something was preventing them from going through to the Soul Society. Most likely, the shinigami had put up a barrier to prevent more attacks. Ichigo sat thinking what happened to the Soul Society. Shinji, Hiyori, and the others showed up yesterday. Urahara had explained to him what their plan was. Ichigo nearly killed Kisuke after that. He was now moping in Kisuke's shop. He didn't know what happened, and Shinji, Yoruichi, Urahara, Uryuu, and everyone else didn't tell him a thing. He growled, his chin resting on his hand. "Hey kid, moping ain't good for you." Shinji said, and Ichigo glared at the Visored leader.
"Yeah, but sitting here doing nothing isn't helping either dammit'!" Ichigo yelled clenching his hands into fists. Shinji glared at him. "What the hell are we doing? The Soul Society is in trouble and you guys aren't doing anything!" He wanted to beat the hell out of something. Shinji eyes made him shiver.
"We can't do anything. If we could, we would help." Shinji pointed his finger at Ichigo, "Don't make me tie your ass to a chair. The last thing we need to do is start blaming people, that won't get us anywhere." Shinji somehow frowned with his teeth showing. Hiyori was acting a bit like Ichigo.
"Why the hell do we have to wait?" Hiyori crossed her head growling. Shinji sighed and gave her a glare, "Oh stop your bitching! I don't need you to lecture me." She said with annoyed voice. She sat crossed legged not to far from Shinji, her regular red outfit tracksuit. Shinji rolled his eyes, why was everyone so tense?
"Yeah, sure snaggle tooth." Shinji said, and Hiyori gave him a death glare. He grinned at her, satisfied with her reaction. Ichigo drummed his fingers on the table he was sitting at. All Shinji had to do now was get Ichigo to lighten up. The brooding teen was obsessed with fighting, and saving people. He definitely needed to relax. "You know, if you keep scowling at the table you're going to burn a hole in it. That would be the second thing you burned, beside Urahara." Ichigo ignored him.
"I see everyone is in a good mood today." Yoruichi walked into the living room. She looked at Ichigo, and then Shinji. Shinji gave her a discontent look. Yoruichi sighed at decided to sit next to Ichigo, "That scowl will be on your face permanently if you aren't careful." She stated, and Ichigo glanced at her.
"I think it's too late for that." Shinji added, "I think his scowl is going to be there forever. It's been about a day, right?" Hiyori raised her eyebrow. Yoruichi nodded. "I told him that was going to be bad for him." Shinji shrugged, "Apparently he doesn't listen well." Ichigo still ignored him. Shinji wasn't going to give up.
"If he's not careful, his forehead going to be all wrinkly." Hiyori joined in, Shinji and Yoruichi looked at her. "He looks like Yamamoto." Hiyori staring at Ichigo for any type of reaction. Ichigo growled a bit. Shinji grinned, Yoruichi smiled a bit.
"Ichigo looking like the old fart at this young of an age? That would be sad." Shinji grin only increased when Ichigo glared at him. Shinji leaned over the table placing his elbow on the table, chin resting in his hand. "I wonder what he would look like when he becomes an old fart."
"I don't know, but man, he would be one hell of an ugly grandpa." Hiyori frowned, shaking her head. She smirked seeing Ichigo twitch. Ichigo sat up, and crossed his arms angry with the two for talking about him as if he wasn't there. He closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath. It was quiet for a minute, thinking the verbal attack was over.
"I think I'm starting to see the affects." Yoruichi couldn't help but smile when she spoke. Ichigo snapped open his eyes and growled at the three of them. "I guess the scowl doesn't just affect his appearance…but also his personality."
"Shut the hell up!" Ichigo said, Shinji burst out laughing. While Hiyori just smirked. Yoruichi laughed a little. Ichigo glared, but smiled. For some reason he couldn't help but laugh a little as well. Shinji smiled, "If anyone is going to be an old fart it would be you Shinji." Ichigo shot back.
"I would disagree with you." Shinji said, "I believe Hiyori would most likely become the angry, scary, old grandma." Shinji was quickly hit the head with one of Hiyori's sandals. His face had a red outline of where the sandal hit his face. Hiyori was standing, hands turned into fists.
"Shut up you dumbass!" Hiyori yelled. Shinji cowered scared at the girl. "I'll show you scary, you moron!" she growled punching him in the head. Shinji gripped his head painfully, tears at the edge of his eyes.
"How come you have to be so mean!" Shinji whined and received another blow to the head, Hiyori's foot rested on his skull. She pushed his face to the floor. "Mmph!" Shinji tried to stop her, but to no avail.
"Eat dirt you dickhead!" She growled. Her arms crossed as her foot kept Shinji's face planted on the ground. For some reason Ichigo started to laugh. Hiyori paused, lifting her foot from Shinji's head. Yoruichi and Shinji seemed surprised. Ichigo for some reason couldn't stop laughing. His arms wrapped around his gut. "Does anyone else find this weird?"
"Ichigo?" Yoruichi sounded a bit concerned. Ichigo wiped away a tear from his eye; he had a grin on his face. He turned to Hiyori and had a very charming smile; the girl couldn't help but blush. Yoruichi looked at Ichigo confused, and surprised when she looked at his eyes. They were full of some wisdom, kindness, fulfillment, and age. His reitsu was calming, and he offered her a bright smile. She couldn't help but smile back. Shinji immediately felt a change in the atmosphere. Looking up from the floor, his eyes widened. The gentleness that emitted from his reitsu.
"Thanks." Ichigo said in a soft voice to everyone. His eyes then snapped back to the normal look. He gripped his head, "Man, what the hell was that?" Ichigo looked at everyone "What?" he didn't know why they all had shocked expressions, or why Yoruichi was smiling.
"Ichigo, do you not remember what happened?" Shinji asked. Ichigo looked a little confused, and thought about it. He shook his head. "Hmm…" Shinji looked at the substitute shinigami, eyes studying him.
"What the hell was that!" Hiyori growled face still red from the smile she received. "Why did you act so damn creepy!" she asked Ichigo arms thrown in the air. Ichigo just blinked. Yoruichi didn't understand what happened either.
"Creepy? I don't know what the hell you are talking about!" Ichigo said in a harsh tone. Hiyori looked away with puffed cheeks, face still red. "What the hell happened?" Ichigo wondered and looked towards the others for answers. Before anyone could answer, Urahara walked into the room. Ichigo glanced at the shopkeeper. A silence filled the room, and Kisuke sighed.
"I'm glad everyone is so talkative." Urahara said, and Hiyori called him an idiot. He looked sadly at Ichigo. The orange-haired shinigami avoided his eyes. Sighing once again, he took out his fan. With a flick of his wrist, it opened, and he fanned himself. "Still no word on the Soul Society, sorry to say."
"So you come up with a plan yet?" Shinji asked, his eyes mocking Mr. Hat and clogs. "Maybe this time you can actually do something." Urahara closed his eyes, ignoring the Visored leader.
"I have already apologized; you act like I don't care." Kisuke said with a calm voice. "I rather keep calm in these times." He fanned himself trying to hide the overwhelming amount of dread he felt. He let this happen, and everyone blamed him for it. It was justified. He did feel guilty. Maybe he deserved it. He had bad karma, from not being able to help anyone in the beginning. It was his fault that Hiyori, Shinji, Kensei, Hachigen, Rose, Love, Lisa and Mashiro turned into hollows. If he had helped them, they would still be in the Soul Society.
"Always 'keeping calm'." Hiyori huffed, "You're just a lazy bastard." She told him. Crossing her arms again. Urahara ignored this, for something else was bothering him. "You have done nothing right; all you do is sit around and watch. You lazy ass." She added. The room started to spin around, but Urahara kept his cool. Hiyori kept talking but he couldn't hear. Yoruichi noticed something was wrong, his eyes were unfocused.
"Kisuke?" Yoruichi stood up from the tatami mat. Shinji must have noticed as well, his eyes set in an intense glare. Urahara waved her off. She didn't look too pleased with the notion.
"I'm fine, just a bit dizzy." He lied; he wouldn't want others to think he was trying to get out of this. "I just need some water." He walked past Hiyori, stumbling a bit. Making it to his cupboard, he grabbed himself a glass cup. Walking over to the sink he almost fell over, but caught himself using the counter top for support. Steadying himself, he reached to turn the faucet on. He realized that his hand was nowhere near the faucet but in the sink. He blinked, rubbing his forehead. He let out a heavy breath, he felt very ill. Shallow breathing, poor depth perception, dizziness, deafness, and confusion. He had to feel around for the handle to turn on the water. No longer relying on his eyes. Finally finding it, he filled the glass, and turned it off. He sighed, he was sweating now. He used the counter to guide him back to the room where everyone was.
"That took you forever." Shinji commented. Urahara stood at the entrance of the kitchen, "And you even forgot to fill your glass." Kisuke eyes widened, he thought he had. His vision was to poor at the moment. Yoruichi's eyes narrowed.
"Oh…how forgetful of me." He laughed at himself, taking in short breaths. He swayed, and his hands became shaky. Ichigo sat up from the table having enough of the act. "Is there something you need?" he asked as if nothing were wrong.
"Urahara, why the hell are you acting like nothing is wrong?" Ichigo walked over to the ex-captain. Kisuke was going to argue, but Ichigo stopped him. "You look like you're sick, you need to rest." Urahara didn't want to hear that. He had been resting his entire life in Karakura town. Now he wanted to help, but it seemed that no one wanted him to do so. Kisuke was angry with himself. He never did anything right, even when he was a captain. He was a failure. Kisuke felt his head explode with a sudden pain. The world slowed as he dropped the empty glass. Yoruichi yelled something, but he didn't hear anything. He felt himself hit something firm, most likely the floor. The four of them were yelling at each other. A ringing was echoing in his ears. Urahara closed his eyes, and he heard the sound of bells ringing.
"Kisuke!" Yoruichi ran over to his side, once she touched him. Her body went ridged. She grabbed her head with both her hands. Ichigo recognized this. Hiyori looked concerned. Both Hiyori and Shinji ran over to the two ex-captains sides. Hiyori dropped down next to her used to be captain. Yoruichi fell beside the captain, with a blank look in her eyes.
"Don't touch them!" Ichigo yelled. Shinji pulled his hands away and looked at Ichigo, but it was too late for Hiyori. Her body started to shake, eyes turned blank she fell over beside Urahara. "If you touch any of them, then you will turn out like them." Ichigo stated. Shinji's eyes narrowed.
"How do you know this?" Shinji asked. Shinji wondered how Ichigo knew what was going on.
"This isn't the first time I've seen this happen. While in the Soul Society, some people had acted like this. I tried to help them, but…" Ichigo looked at Hiyori and Yoruichi, "You get the idea."
"Well what are we supposed to do?" Shinji asked, "Let them lay here? This isn't the most discrete place." Ichigo didn't know what else to do. Jinta and Ururu walked in and saw the three of them lying on the floor. They gave a confused look at Ichigo and Shinji. Before Ichigo could warn them, they ran over to Urahara's side. When they touched him, nothing happened. Ichigo eyes widened. "You said that touching them would…"
"I don't understand." Ichigo said truthfully. "Whenever I touched someone with the same symptoms, I would nearly pass out…" Shinji looked at Jinta and Ururu for a moment. Then Ichigo. He rubbed his chin with his thumb.
"Anything that the shinigami had in common. Was it certain members?" Shinji asked Ichigo.
"Yeah, they all knew Naruto. Besides that, no one else really seemed affected." Ichigo stated, Shinji looked at the ground with intense eyes. "Now that I think about it, most of them had been compared to someone of Naruto's past."
"So this has to deal with Naruto's past?" Shinji mused, "Urahara was compared to Kakashi, Hiyori to Tsunade. Yoruichi didn't mention being called any other name. She must have not told us." Shinji stated.
"What happened?" Ururu asked, looking up at Shinji.
"Yeah, why is the boss, Yoruichi, and Blondie on the floor?" Jinta added to Ururu's question.
"I can explain that later, right now I need you two to move all three of them to a futon." Shinji said, and Jinta growled.
"Why should I do that? Why don't you?" He glared at the ex-captain of the 5th division.
"If I touch any of them I will pass out. Seeing how Ichigo will also pass out, it leaves you two to carry them." Shinji explained. Jinta pouted but Ururu picked up Urahara and Yoruichi all by herself. She walked off towards the bedroom. Jinta took Hiyori, and staggered after Ururu. Shinji stood in the room with Ichigo; he snapped his head at Ichigo's direction. "You are not telling what you learned at the Soul Society. What did you learn?" Ichigo's head dropped.
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Kisuke eyes opened, he was in his inner world. He was on a scorched field with burning trees, and dark clouds covering the sky. Looking around he sighed. His inner world was not a peaceful place. Urahara had not been here in a long time. He knew someone was calling to him. Looking at the blackened earth, he surveyed the place. He wondered why he had been called upon. He flinched upon hearing a cold, empty, cruel laugh from behind. "Kisuke? Is that really you?" a woman asked, she was a very beautiful woman. With a large red ball gown, with black lace. Her sleeves were poofy at the shoulder, and lacy around the wrists. Her dress had a low-neck line, showing some cleavage. Her chest was rather large. Her hair was blonde held up in a lovely bun near the top of her head. Curls wrapped around her cheeks adding to her beauty. A rose was placed in her hair, as well as some red lace. Her eyes were crimson, cold, and ere. She held a black lacy fan near her red lips, which were set into a frown. She stood before Kisuke with an unimpressed look; she drew the fan away from her lips and snapped it shut. Urahara was a little nervous. "Ah, it would be you. Coming to visit after so much time…or perhaps coming to tell me I was right?"
"Neither. Someone was calling for me." Kisuke said in a calm voice. The woman scoffed and walked in a circle around him. Her eyes moving across Kisuke, looking with her dark eyes. "Why are you here?" Urahara asked the woman. She rolled her eyes, and stopped in front of him. She pointed the fan in his face. The woman represented a Victorian woman, with her elegant look.
"Manners have not changed from the first time we have met." She raised her eyebrow, "You haven't learned anything from when you were part of the Soul Society." She told him with a scowl. She pushed his chin up with her fan. "I don't know why I have to be with you." She glared, "You have always been pathetic." Urahara paled, when she spoke.
"Benihime." Kisuke started, "I have tried." He said with a small voice. She slapped him in the face with her fan. Kisuke's head in the direction it had been slapped. She was very angry with him. He kept his eyes from view and Benihime growled.
"Kisuke Urahara." She spat, "I wish to know how I became to be your zanpakuto spirit. You are the lazy, carefree, perverted, and childish. I deserve someone who is better than you." She stepped back, and started to pace. "I, at one point, believed that you were capable. Now look at you." She looked disgusted, "You have become weak. I thought you were a wise, bright, young man. Now I see that you can't do anything right." She scolded him. Urahara stayed quiet. "You can't even speak." She stopped pacing.
"Benihime…don't think I didn't try." She let a loud angry breath. Kisuke turned his head. She walked back over to him, with a dark look in her eyes. "I tried to help, I have been trying to help." She slapped him again, this time with her hand.
"That is my point!" she hissed, "You always try!" fire burned in her eyes. "You try and never do! You never do what you want! You only try! That is why I can't respect you!" she was yelling at this point. Kisuke said nothing and this made Benihime even angrier. "You are a worthless, pathetic, useless, wretched, miserable piece of trash!"
"I know." Urahara responded, this surprised Benihime. "What you say is true. Whatever I do, I fail. As a captain I failed, and even now, with the least amount of responsibilities I still am a failure." He looked at the English woman with sad eyes. Benihime's anger subsided, but she still glared.
"It is true." Benihime agreed, "I know that with every fiber of my being." She lifted her chin prideful. "I would know that, because I have been with you every step away." She looked away. "Now, my reputation will fall, I will be only a joke. All because of you."
"Yes." Kisuke nodded. "I understand. I am thankful for you being here." Urahara completely ruined by Benihime's words. She now had no expression on her face, looking at the field with a bored look. Kisuke kept quiet. Benihime had always been disappointed with Urahara, he never did anything right.
"Urahara, I don't know why I just don't leave you." Benihime commented. Kisuke looked up at the crimson princess. "You are nothing to me." She added with uncaring eyes. Looking into his eyes, she stifled a small, but forced laugh. "If I left, I wouldn't have to deal with you. If I left I could find a different master, one who deserves my power."
"I understand." Urahara looked defeated. Benihime glanced at him for a minute with a crude frown, she snapped open her fan. Fanning her self with grace, she closed her eyes. There was silence, but thunder rung out. Benihime noticed this, and took the umbrella that was hooked around her wrist. She took it and opened it.
"That would be the easy way out." Benihime commented and opened the umbrella. "I don't take easy pathways, that is the difference between you and I." she twirled the lace umbrella around and the rain began to fall. "It would be unfair to the people around you as well. I don't wish to bring others down in your demise." She glanced at the broken man. "I find you a sad man, Kisuke Urahara." She started to walk away from the shinigami. "Hopefully you can prove him to be a better man. Kakashi." She whispered on a finally part. Urahara stood alone in the rain.
"The rain is refreshing." Kisuke heard looking to his left he saw a man with silver hair, looking up into the sky, "Isn't it?" he asked in a calm voice. Urahara had never seen this person before, the two stood silently. "I guess I have always found the rain nice…even with all the things that happened when it did rain." He sighed getting nothing out of the blonde shinigami. "And I thought I was quiet." He said with a hint of sarcasm.
"You are that man from my dreams?" Urahara asked, he felt calm. He knew that this person meant no harm. The silver haired man looked at him.
"Well, technically, I am you." The man said. Kisuke Urahara blinked at the information, "You are a reincarnation of me, actually." He smiled. Urahara never thought of reincarnations. Sure, he heard of it, but never believed it to be true. Hiyori was right, reincarnations had been real. "You can space out as long as you want, but you will miss a lot of information." The man said getting Urahara's attention again. "I am now you, but I was once known as Kakashi Hatake." He paused, "One of Naruto's sensei."
"I was Naruto's sensei?" Urahara sounded a little dumbfounded. Kakashi nodded. "Maybe that's why he so messed up." Kisuke stated. Kakashi chuckled a little, but Kisuke was dead serious. He could already tell Kakashi had a laid-back personality.
"Sometimes I ask that myself." Kakashi joked, but Kisuke sighed. Kakashi could tell he blamed himself. "You know, I never thought I could be so close to death…." He made the lame joke. Urahara raised his eyebrow.
"Shinigami are death gods, but I guess they can be signified as death." Kisuke said. Kakashi nodded. "Being Naruto's sensei?" he brought up the subject again. "I can't believe I once was a teacher."
"Well it was a pain." Kakashi recalled all the time he fought with his students. "Especially Naruto, Konoha's number one hyperactive knuckle headed ninja." He smiled thinking of the kid, "But, it was worth the pain. Seeing my sensei's son grow up to be great." Urahara wondered what Kakashi's life was like. "But now, I wonder how he could have come to this?" Kakashi's head lowered a bit.
"Naruto…what was he like? I met him once but I never really got to know him…" Urahara remembered how the hollow called him Kakashi. He was surprised, and tried to explain his name was Kisuke, but Naruto just laughed. Kakashi looked at the curious shinigami with a tired look.
"It was like trying to train a monkey." Kakashi explained, "Never ending energy always wanting to do something. He was a bottomless pit. Naruto would run head first into a fight." Kakashi sighed exhausted from thinking about it. He smirked, "I had to keep trying to teach him about being ninja, sometimes restraining him. He would get so mad, and then run off."
"Sounds like a lot of work." Urahara said, but then he thought about what he said. Kakashi must have had his hands full. "Did you ever feel like giving up?" Kisuke asked.
"Did you have to ask?" Kakashi gave him a questioning look. "Of course, at times I would feel like locking him in a room, or just leaving him and the team." He told Kisuke. "I knew my sensei would never forgive me, if I did, but things changed."
"How so?"
"I found Naruto training by himself one day. He was very ill. I told him to go home, but Naruto didn't listen. He told me he wanted to keep training because he wanted to be able to protect everyone." Kakashi chuckled smiling beneath the mask he wore. "The entire village hated him, beating him when he was a child. He still wanted to shield them from danger." Urahara's eyes lowered hearing this. "I was assigned to watch over him when he was younger, and I found him bleeding, crying, broken."
"Why would they do that to a child?"
"Naruto held and still holds a great demon as a prisoner in his body. That demon destroyed more than half of Konoha. Killing many people." Kakashi hated going back to that day. "His father sealed a demon in Naruto. In exchange his father was swallowed by the shinigami saving the village."
"Swallowed by the shinigami?" Urahara eyes narrowed, "Shinigami do not swallow people." Kisuke stated.
"Well, whatever it was, it consumed him." Kakashi said shrugging. "So anyways, Naruto was training to protect the village." Kakashi continued with the story. "I couldn't understand why he would want to do that. I asked why he wanted to protect the village even when they didn't like him." He explained to Kisuke. "Then he told me, nothing good comes from those who give up just because someone doesn't like him. Naruto said he rather be known for protecting the ones who scorned him, than the demon."
"I see…" Urahara wondered how a boy could be so caring about people. Kisuke then frowned. He was thinking of giving up a moment ago. Kakashi looked at Urahara with knowing eyes.
"The point is, "Kakashi snapped Urahara out of his thoughts, "You can't give up yet. Even if certain people won't listen, you need to keep striving. Prove yourself. Do not try, do." Kakashi said. Kisuke couldn't help smile, "Besides, if you represent me, you need to do it right. Or I will have to take over."
"I get it." Urahara said. A light showed through the clouds landing on Urahara. "I guess I'm going to wake up soon." He mumbled and gave a nod to Kakashi, "Thank you Kakashi." The ex ANBU member waved once before Urahara disappeared.
"I guess you did get to him." Benihime said behind Kakashi. "How strange. I thought I would have to leave in order for him to do anything."
"I think you are a bit too cruel." Kakashi stated.
"You wouldn't be the only one." She smiled darkly.
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Urahara woke up to see everyone huddled around him. At first, he wondered if they were going to kill him, until he saw Yoruichi smile. "You finally woke up." He smiled back at his friend. Hiyori was glaring at him, and growled.
"Ever do that again, and I will kick your ass so har-" Hiyori was stopped by Shinji.
"She was worried about you." Shinji smiled, and Hiyori punched his head. Ichigo was glad that Urahara was ok. Hiyori and Yoruichi woke up about fifteen minutes before Kisuke did. Hiyori grumbled, pink in the face. Urahara smiled to himself.
"It's good to see you are ok." Ururu said with a quiet voice.
"Who else is going to pay me?" Jinta added.
"It's nice to see you guys too." Kisuke said with a little sarcasm. The group heard the sliding door open and they looked to see Tessai with the other Visoreds. Uryuu and Sado were with them as well. "Have any news?"
"The barrier around the Soul Society has closed." Tessai announced.
"Let's go." Ichigo walked to the door. Urahara sighed, flicked the covers off, and stood up from the futon.
"Guess we get to see what the damage is." Hiyori smirked.
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Karin was sitting at home, bored as hell. She got back from school, finished her homework, and trying to find something to be entertained. She felt rather lazy today, so soccer was out. "Nothing to do around here…" he said to herself. She sighed when she thought of her brother. Ichigo hadn't been around for days; Karin was just as concerned over her brother as Yuzu. Sometimes she would space out in class, wondering if Ichigo was ok. It got her in trouble multiple times. Not that she really cared. Karin knew of her brother being a shinigami. At times, she saw him fighting off hollows. Though this worried her, Ichigo came back with many injuries her brother was badly injured. Then he just disappeared, again, just after he recovered. Karin was frustrated by her brother's actions. She was incredibly worried. "Why does he have to be so stupid." She said to herself, "Brother…" Yuzu walked into the kitchen with a sad look. Karin looked at her sister, "Yuzu, is something wrong?"
"I got in trouble at school today." Yuzu announced. Karin was surprised. Her sister was not one for getting into trouble, especially at school. Yuzu plopped down onto the chair next to Karin. "I couldn't help it!" Yuzu said staring at the kitchen table. "I was thinking about Ichigo and I couldn't think straight!" Yuzu placed her elbows on the table and rested her chin on her hands. Her sister thinking about Ichigo didn't surprise Karin. Both of them wanted to know if their brother was ok. From the spiritual energy from the day, those strange looking hollows arrived. She was a bit scared. Her brother ran off to fight, but she didn't want him to. "Karin." Yuzu looked at her sister, "Do you think Ichigo is ok? I really worried…"
"Ichigo is fine." Karin told her sister, but she was really trying to convince herself. Karin was always telling herself her brother was fine, but what if he never came back. "Ichigo is stubborn, he will come back. There is no way he wouldn't…" Yuzu looked at her sister concerned. A few days ago, Karin felt a mass of spiritual energy, worst than anything she had felt before. Then it disappeared, and then Ichigo disappeared. Karin didn't tell her sister, because Karin didn't understand what was going on herself. Yuzu knew Karin was hiding something from her.
"Karin…why don't you tell me everything?" Yuzu asked. Karin wished her sister hadn't asked. "Why do you keep things from me? Can't you just tell me?" Yuzu wanted to know what was going on. She didn't like it, not knowing what was happening. Especially dealing with her brother Ichigo. Karin kept quiet. Yuzu hated it when she was treated like the baby. Just because she was nice, innocent, and kind. People thought she was stupid because of her sweet nature. Yuzu noticed things. Yuzu wanted to know what was going on. She didn't like being kept in the dark. "Please tell me."
"I can't Yuzu." Karin said to her sister. Yuzu looked at Karin wide-eyed. "Because…I don't even know what is going on myself…" Karin felt her sister hug her. "Yuzu…" Karin wished her sister wasn't so emotional. It made Karin want to cry with her sister, seeing her tears. Karin hated crying.
"I'm scared…for Ichigo." Yuzu stated with a few tears falling from her eyes. Karin sighed again, and closed her eyes. She let her sister hug her. Karin felt her eyes burn. Karin wanted to help her sister, but she couldn't. She would only get in the way. Why was she such a burden? Karin wished she could help her brother. Suddenly a headache started. Karin slowly raised her hands to her head. Was it some strong spiritual energy? No, this was different. Karin forced her eyes closed tightly. Yuzu noticed her sister acting different, and looked up. "Karin? What's wrong?" Yuzu voice was muffled. Karin opened her eyes to see everything was blurry. "..Rin?"
"I can…help you…"
"W-who?" Karin felt like she was falling. She felt her head hit something, and blacked out. Yuzu screamed a little as her sister fell from the chair hitting her head against the counter, which wasn't to far from the table in the kitchen. There was a little blood coming from her head. Yuzu didn't know what to do. Isshin came running down from the second floor of the house. Yuzu jumped out of her chair.
"Dad!" Yuzu yelled, "K-Karin, she-!" Yuzu saw her father run over to his daughter lying on the floor. Isshin looked at Karin for a moment, and gently picked her up of the ground. "She hit her head on the counter!" Isshin took Karin to one of patient rooms. Yuzu followed her father. He placed Karin on the bed before taking a look at the wound on Karin's head.
"Yuzu would you get me some rags?" Isshin asked, Yuzu nodded and ran out of the room. Isshin could sense a strange spiritual energy from Karin. "What is going on?" he mumbled to himself. He could tell the injury was not serious; she would suffer a minor concussion, a few headaches, and a bit of fatigue. What worried Isshin was the fact that his daughter was emitting two different energies. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate on the other energy. It was of a girl. Concentrating more, he could tell he was being repelled by the other energy. He could tell the energy was not causing harm, so he opened his eyes. Yuzu ran back in and handed the two rags to her father. "Thank you."
"Is she going to be ok?" Yuzu asked.
"She will be fine." Isshin smiled at the girl.
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Karin found herself in an old field. It was a baseball field. The sky was blue, no clouds to be seen. She blinked, and saw a girl standing in front of her. She had a sweet smile. Her eye twinkled with a little bit of mischief. Her hair was tied into two buns. Karin had no idea who this person was. Karin then rubbed her head, it still hurt from what she hit. The girl standing before her sighed. "I didn't mean to hurt you…er, sorry about that." Karin didn't understand what was up with this girl. "You must be confused, which makes sense. It must be painful to be forcefully brought to your inner world…" she laughed a bit nervous. "Man, I haven't changed much…"
"Can you get to the point? I don't want to be rude, but I kind of want to know what is going on." Karin said. The girl crossed her arms and smirked, "You said this is my inner world…but what do you mean you haven't changed?" Karin didn't like how indirect this person was. The girl's eyebrow rose.
"Straight to the point. I like it." The girl nod once, "So, what I am about to tell you won't make any sense, but…it's the truth." Karin crossed her own arms and looked at the girl skeptically. "I was once known as Tenten. Now I am Karin Kurosaki." Karin eyes widened. "I am you. You are a reincarnation of me. Make sense?" Karin couldn't believe she was a reincarnation of this girl. "Pretty strange, isn't it?"
"Is that all you have to tell me?" Karin asked, sensing there was more to it. "There is more to this, than I am just a reincarnation of you." Tenten nodded.
"Well, I am willing to help you." Tenten told her, "Though, you have to help me as well." Karin knew there was a catch to this. "You see, I have a friend that is treading on dangerous ground. You haven't met him, but you will. He will be coming to Karakura town in a few days…so will our brother."
"Who is this friend?" Karin asked.
"My friend…do you remember that mass amount of spiritual energy?" Karin nodded, "That would be him. His name is Naruto Uzumaki. A hollow, but once great person…" Tenten frowned. Karin could sense something happened to her friend. "Naruto isn't the most stable person anymore…" she sighed.
"What are you trying to say?" Karin asked Tenten, "I have to stop him?"
"Oh, no. You couldn't even if you tried!" Tenten said waving her arms. "Your brother is going to have to stop him." Karin shoulders slumped. "It's going to have to be like that. I know what it is like to have all the people close to you in danger…but you won't lose them. Like I did."
"So what is it you need me to do?"
"I have no body of my own." Tenten said, "I will need to use yours. I will help you protect our brother, and get through to my friend. Though I need you to find me a weapon…" she said sheepishly. "I know it doesn't sound like the most reasonable thing, but I have always fought with weapons." Tenten explained, "Trust me the battle to come will be very…destructive."
"How do you know this?" Karin asked with a little suspicion.
"I may not know Naruto the best, or Ichigo's enemies, but I have a rather large hunch." Tenten grabbed her arm idly. "The war is going to break out here. It won't be pretty."
"I see…" Karin frowned.
"So please. Let me help you."
"You didn't have to ask twice." Karin told the older girl, "I want to protect to my brother." Tenten nodded and smiled, "So I have to find a weapon? Anything else?"
"Be ready." Tenten told her, "This war will take a toll on your body."
"Ok. It's a deal then. You help me protect my brother; I lend you a physical body."
"Thank you." Tenten said, "You won't regret this."
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One more reincarnation revealed. I bet none of you expected Karin to be a reincarnation of Tenten.
Besides that, I was putting more of a family/friendship theme in this chapter. Most of the Bleach manga, you never really get to see what Ichigo's sisters are thinking about when he is gone. Some family drama at the end.
Wanted to go a bit more in depth with Kisuke. Urahara at some point has to feel a little down. He is one of my favorite bleach characters as well.
Yeah, I always thought Benihime would be a bit mean, but more of she wants to see Urahara become strong. (More of criticism than constructive criticism). Her way of telling someone they are doing something wrong, is to tear them apart.
The Kakashi giving a pep talk. Making some lame jokes.
NOTE:
Yes out of the friends of who were mentioned in chapter 4, Hinata, and Chouji are the only ones left, BUT there are others who will be reincarnations.
Thank you, SaCcHaRiNeD ChIld for the review! I'm glad you connect with the characters as well as the story. I guess writing tragedies comes natural. Not that I really have that bad of a life either, I guess I like to write sad things…
R&R! I love to read people's thoughts on my writing.
P.S. There might be a chance of a sequel to this story…I'm not sure at the moment. This story isn't close to finishing, but we'll see how everything turns out.