AN: THERE ARE NOT WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT DESCIBE THE AMOUNT OF SORRY I AM FOR DROPPING OFF THE FACE OF THE PLANET.

Now for my excuses, while there are none for the amount of time this took to update, are numerous. For the whole month of October, I had no electricity, and for the whole month of November no internet. I have been staying afterschool until around 6:00pm or later lately working on the fundraisers that will help raise the money to send the highest four grades in my school on a trip to Costa Rica as a part of our STEM. Then I was also attempting to try NaNoWriMo, and write 20,000 words in one month. Easier said than done. Needless to say, my life has been busy, and doesn't show any signs of letting up, but I promise I'll try my hardest to keep this story going!

Now on with this long awaited chapter!

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The New Addition to the Family

Chapter Four: The Revelation

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Ichigo felt his instincts bubble up, demanding he go on the offensive while being corner by them.

He bared his teeth and snarled, dropping into a tense fighting stance.

"Ichigo, calm down! You don't want to feed on humans, remember?" Bella said frantically.

Ichigo stared at her as he tried to make sense of her words. They just weren't clicking in his head; his thoughts were too clouded by instinct and emotion to translate the English.

"Jasper, do something!" Bella hissed when she realized Ichigo could no longer be reached.

"I'm trying Bella, but there's some kind of wall I have to get through first that's surrounding his mind. Just try not to make him even angrier." Jasper's voice was filled with concentration, and Ichigo briefly felt a strange sensation.

Then calm flooded his system, clearing his head enough to understand what was going on again. There was a wave of reiatsu that came with it though, strong enough to make him wince, but not enough to floor him.

The feeling of the reiatsu surged through Ichigo, sparking something deep inside him back to life. It wrapped around that something, being absorbed into it, and like a flame being fed kindle, flared.

Everyone standing close to Ichigo, excluding Bella, gasped as there was a sudden pressure on all of them, forcing them to struggle to continue standing.

Ichigo grinned as he felt that familiar feeling, that feeling of reassurance that came with his power. It filled all the emptiness inside him that he hadn't been aware existed, and he finally felt whole after so many long, painful years.

He had his power once again.

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"Captain! You might want to come take a look at this!" A lab attendant yelled, catching the 12th Division Captain's attention. Kurotsuchi hurried over, glancing over the girls shoulder.

It was a giant digital map of the world, labeled at the top with numbers and codes names. "What is it? I don't have time for you to be wasting it on something stupid. You know I have been tasked with the finding and retrieval of Kurosaki Ichigo in the Soul Society."

"I know sir, that's why I called you over here. There was a large and sudden spike of reiatsu from this location here," The girl zoomed into a spot on the map, where a dot of red was blinking, and she tapped on it. A label appeared with some statistics on it, a string of numbers, and a name. "And according to our data, it matches to him – Kurosaki Ichigo." The girl said, pulling up another screen with data and information, and a picture of a familiar orange head.

Kurotsuchi glared at the machine. "Impossible! Kurosaki was attacked by the Onmitsukido's best, and they reported that he was on the brink of death when they left him."

"Perhaps he was eaten by a hollow and hollowified?" The girl questioned aloud, and then shook her head at herself. "No, this data has no indications of a hollow…" She read over it again, pulling up another screen with more numbers. "But it does have something foreign that we have been seeing often around this area, as well as a hint of something similar to a Quincy's signature."

"Print out this data immediately and send it to every captain. I need to ask the Captain Commander to call a meeting immediately."

"Yes Captain."

Kurotsuchi left the girl quickly, muttering fiercely under his breath.

"What have you gotten yourself into now, Kurosaki Ichigo?" The girl asked the picture onscreen, sighing before hitting print.

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Ichigo felt incredible, like nothing could touch him. He relished the sweet air filled with power – his power. It had been so long since he had felt anything, since he became weak, blind. This power, along with the natural abilities of a vampire, sent him on a high, far away from the groans of pain around him.

It was a high pitched screaming that brought him back down, and made him suddenly aware of his surroundings. Bella was holding the human girl from earlier, a look of extreme concentration on her face.

The girl was screaming, trying to pry herself out Bella's grip to go to the teen guy from earlier, who was on the ground.

His chest was heaving with the effort to breath, and Ichigo would have laughed at his fish face if not for the circumstances. The other vampires around him where on their hands and knees, arms shaking with the effort of holding themselves up.

Ichigo brow furrowed, and he began trying to reel in his power. It felt similar to trying to absorb water into an already full sponge, but he somehow managed it.

Alice was the first to recover, springing to her feet wearily. "Ichigo, what was that?" She asked, taking a cautious step towards him. Ichigo scowled, shrugging.

"I don't really know myself…but I do know my reiryoku returned full force just now." Ichigo hung his head, glaring at the ground. "And I just…lost control of it." There was an uncomfortable silence following his words, but it was broken shortly.

"Note to self: Don't screw with Ichigo." Emmett said loudly, a grin on his face.

Edward gave him a look that screamed the word "No", and Alice started laughing.

Carlisle cleared his throat before gesturing towards the living room everyone was in previously. "We should sit down before we start talking too much…" Everyone nodded in agreement, and began shuffling to the living room's inviting couches and armchairs.

Ichigo eyed the human girl wearily, not moving, catching Alice's attention. "Are you going to be ok Ichigo?" She asked softly, taking careful steps back towards him. She raised a comforting hand to rest on his shoulder, giving him a small smile.

Her name is…Alice? Yeah, that sounds about right. "Yeah…her smell has lost its edge, but I still feel that…burning sensation. I can handle it though. I won't lose control again." Ichigo looked down determinedly at Alice, who smiled wider.

"Okay, but if you want to go outside, just let me know! I'd be happy to go with you." Slice said cheerfully, moving her hand down to grip Ichigo's wrist. She tugged him into the living room towards the blonde male from earlier, the one that the reiatsu had come from. "Jasper, scoot over so Ichigo can sit with us!" Alice chirped, sitting in the space Jasper vacated.

Ichigo followed suit, hesitating for only a few seconds.

"So Ichigo, why don't you tell a little about yourself, then why you were dying in an alley." Carlisle leaned forward on the couch, resting his elbows on his knees and clasping his hands together in front of him.

Ichigo frowned, but nodded slowly anyways.

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AN: OK so this is super short but it's plot so take it and love it and let me live.

Yeaaah. So. Update. I'll probably add to this AN later, just a heads up.

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~ Luci-chan