[A/N: Howdy ya'll. Trying my hand at the light smut yet again. Please offer some feed back as I appreciate that kind of thing! And another shout out xXJrHazardXx for his help in really developing this chapter because I could not have done it without him.]

Chapter Ten: Now Lower Down, Where the Sins Lie

My parents left to go back to Capsule Corp., and Ichigo returned to Karakura Town.

"So, that Ichigo guy is actually pretty cool," Kuwabara said. I was in the kitchen with my friends, washing dishes. They'd all been there for dinner that night, except Keiko who was helping her parents that night.

"I think so too," I said.

"Yeah, I guess he's not as much of a tool as Trunks," Yusuke said. "I guess he's all right, not that you've got the greatest taste in guys, right Hiei?"

Hiei rolled his eyes as I put the last dish in the dish rack to dry.

"What exactly do you not like about Ichigo?" I asked.

"Well, for starters what's with the stupid necklace?" Yusuke asked, pointing.

"He gave it to me," I said, wrapping my fingers around it.

"I think it's nice," Yukina said.

"Yeah, it really brings out your paleness," Hiei said.

"You always give such wonderful compliments, Hiei," I said, rolling my eyes.

"And the only reason she's pale is because she's spent so much time in the city instead of back home," Kurama said.

"Yeah. Usually Kairi's sporting a farmer's tan," Yusuke said.

"What's a farmer's tan?" Yukina asked.

"It's when you spend all day outside in the sun in a tank top working the radish fields on your tractor and only your arms, neck, and face get tan," Yusuke said.

"Fuck off, Yusuke," I said.

"Kairi's whole life is one big country song," Yusuke said.

I stuck my tongue out at him as my phone buzzed on the counter.

"Can you check that text for me," I said as I dried my hands. Yusuke picked up my phone and looked at the screen.

"Booty call," he said.

"Booty call?" Yukina asked.

"It says 'curfew's not for three hours. Come watch a movie' and then there's a little winky face," Yusuke said. "As everyone knows, 'watch a movie' is code for 'let's bone.'"

"It is not," I said.

"I'm still not sure what you guys are talking about," Yukina said.

"Can you tell him I'll be there, and stop corrupting Yukina," I said starting to put the dishes away.

"Well, can you really blame me?" Yusuke asked. "Given past events."

"And what do you mean by that?" Kurama asked

"I'm just saying, from what Keiko's told me, given Kairi's past interactions with Hiei, it's not so crazy for me to think that she puts out," Yusuke said.

"Yusuke!" I scolded him.

"What past interactions?" Kurama asked.

"Nothing," I said glaring at Yusuke said. I walked over and snatched my phone away. "Right, Hiei?"

"Sure," he replied.

"I'm leaving," I said. "Please tell your mom that I will be home at 11."

888

Twenty minutes later I knocked on Ichigo's door. He opened it and reached into his pocket, pulling out his phone.

"'On my way, bom-chicka-wow-wow'?" Ichigo read from his phone. He turned the phone around and showed me the text. I sighed. It was sent from me.

"Last time I leave Yusuke within range of my phone," I said walking inside. "So what are we watching?" I started toward the living room, but Ichigo took my hand.

"Karin, Yuzu, and my dad are all watching Don Kanonji," Ichigo said. "So I set it up on my computer in my room."

"Oh, cool," I said as we walked upstairs. "I can't believe I actually know people who watch that show."

"Well, he's not completely delusional as it turns out. I met him once and he ended up setting off this demi-Hollow. He's an idiot, but a Spiritually Aware one," Ichigo said. I walked into his room and sat down Indian Style on his bed while he closed the door and set up the movie.

"So, where are your roommates?" I asked the movie started to play.

"Rukia's out keeping watch for any Hollows for a few hours," Ichigo said. "And Yuzu is holding Kon hostage which she does every once in a while. I'm not saying I suggested it, but I definitely did."

I chuckled.

He shut the bedroom light off and came to sit on the bed next to me. We reclined back against the wall and he put his arm around me.

Watching movies on a date was pretty much the most ingenious thing ever. Something about sitting in a dark room with only the flickering light from the screen made for the perfect atmosphere for cuddling and making out. It usually didn't matter what was on as long as it wasn't something you were going to get engrossed in. I'd missed whole chunks of movies since I'd started dating Ichigo.

So perhaps Yusuke was a bit right. "Watch a movie" just meant "come over and let's make out in my room" and not "let's bone" as Yusuke had put it.

It didn't take very long. He already had his arm around me, and I almost immediately rested my head on his shoulder. Soon he was running his fingers through my hair and I slowly moved to swing my legs over his so that I was nearly sitting on his lap. The first twenty minutes of the movie were pretty good from what I could tell, but after that I was too distracted by Ichigo's mouth to pay attention to what happened next.

We were laying back on his bed, his fingers dancing at the hem of my shirt as his tongue moved against mine. I raked my finger nails against his back and a groan rumbled in his throat.

His hand snuck quietly beneath my shirt and I hummed slightly at the familiar feeling of his hand on my bare skin. I pulled him closer as his hand moved from beneath my shirt and up into my hair. I had barely registered his other hand on my thigh as he thumbed at the hem of my shorts. I could feel my desire building up again and kissed him feverishly, urging him to continue.

Ichigo's hand slid down between my thighs, beneath my skirt, instantly causing my body to react as a chill rolled down my spine. He rubbed me through my panties, and I restrained myself from letting out a moan. His room may have been deserted for once, but his family was sitting right downstairs.

I could feel him growing hard against my leg, fueling my own arousal even more. I ran my hand up to his shoulder and rolled him onto his back, not pulling my lips from his as I did. I straddled him as I pressed my lips against his. I trailed my hand down his chest to his belt buckle and pulled it open as quickly as I could. I made short work of button and zipper as well. I slid a finger beneath his waist band and his body shuttered at my touch. I then slowly slid my hand into his boxers and grabbed hold of his throbbing member.

Ichigo cursed into my lips as I released his cock from his pants. I stroked it slowly, feeling Ichigo's chest ride and fall as his breathing became ragged. Soon, his shaft was coated in a sheen of pre-cum and my hand slid easily on it, but then a wicked little idea crossed my mind.

I abandoned Ichigo's lips and maneuvered myself down between his legs. I pushed my hair back from my face and then locked my eyes on Ichigo's cock. I'd never done this before, but I was equally sure that this would be a first for Ichigo as well.

I moved my head forward and then slowly licked the length of his shaft. Ichigo restrained a moan as I completed the motion. His reaction was enough to give me confidence. A moment later, I took as much of him into my mouth as I could. I sucked slightly and I could feel him move beneath me. I grabbed hold of his cock at the base and then slowly started to work him up and down. Soon, as I could tell Ichigo was enjoying whatever it was I was doing, I developed a steady rhythm. His fingers curled around the bed sheets at his waist and I could hear his breathing becoming more and more uneven.

His fingers soon slipped into my hair, gripping it tightly, urging me on. I made my movements faster and faster. And then, my name tumbled from his lips and his hips bucked slightly and before I knew what was happening, Ichigo found his release. I could feel his cock throbbing between my lips as his warm, sweet liquid filled my mouth. I swallowed it down and pulled my lips away from his cock, pausing only to flick its head with my tongue.

I moved to sit on my knees as Ichigo adjusted himself and returned his now softening member to his boxers. He didn't bother to fix his jeans as he sat up and moved to me quickly to claim my lips in an impassioned kiss. He pushed me back against the wall and moved his hands to my thighs. He quickly slid his hand beneath my legs and he slid my panties down my legs before tossing them away.

He slowly inched his hands back between my legs and up to my wetness. His fingers moved against my slit tentatively. My body shuttered at his touch as he continued to explore me. Soon his fingers moved against my clit and I couldn't help but moan quietly into his mouth. Having found my pleasure button, Ichigo started to slowly rub his finger in circles on it. My fingers gripped his shoulders tightly and I bit at his lip to myself from making too much noise.

Ichigo pulled his lips away and moved to leave a trail of hot open mouthed kisses down my neck. His fingers abandoned clit and slid down until he found my entrance. Slowly, he slipped one finger inside of me. I arched my back into him and his name tumbled from my lips. He worked his finger in and out of me slowly, pushing me closer and closer to my peak. Then without warning he slipped a second finger into me. It took all my restraint to not cry out as I tossed my head back against the wall.

His movements became faster, and I could feel the pressure building up inside of me, pushing me closer and closer. I buried my face into his shoulder and allowed myself to let a moan that had been fighting its way up my throat. I was so close now, I urged him not to stop, gripped his shoulders tightly as his lips continued to dance on my neck.

And then it hit me. I buried his name into his shoulder as a wave of warmth and release washed over me. A few restrained moans followed as I started come down from my high. I clung to him tightly as he pulled his fingers out of me and he gently kissed his way up my neck back to my lips.

He pulled away from me and finally went to fix his jeans as I shuffled through the blankets on the bed.

As he finished buckling his belt he looked over to me. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to find my underwear," I said. "What did you do with them?"

"I just kind of threw them," he said. I crawled up to sit next to him, adjusting my skirt so it would lay flat.

"I kind of need them," I said looking around the floor, but it was dark and I could barely see anything.

"You can find them before you leave," he said. "Unless you were planning on going somewhere."

"Not at the moment," I said. He leaned down to kiss me, snaking his through my hair as he did. I took a small handful of his shirt to hold him close and used my other hand to steady myself on the bed.

But then his lights came on. I felt the bed sink around is as the weight of other people came down on it, and then I heard a sigh. Startled, Ichigo and I broke away from each other.

"Again?" Renji said with an irritated sigh.

I found Renji standing by Ichigo's desk amongst the room that was completely filled with Soul Reapers. There was even one sitting on the floor, holding his sheathed sword casually, like he was supposed to be here, like he just popped by to have a chat with Ichigo and observe us. And here was Renji, for the second time, in two days and he had the audacity to sound annoyed.

"Please tell me you're not standing there acting all irritated like we've victimized you somehow, Renji, because you know what, I don't think I pop up in your room unannounced while you're making out with your girlfriend and last time I checked you've done it to us twice now," I scolded him.

"It's not like I did it on purpose," Renji said. "How was I supposed to know you were here?"

"It doesn't matter if I'm here or not. You don't just burst into people's rooms unannounced," I said. "I mean, what happened to manners? Do you not have manners in the Soul Society?"

"Hey, I've got plenty of manners for your information!" Renji protested.

"Just let it go," Rukia urged Renji.

"He can't let it go, Rukia. Because he doesn't have manners," I said. "I bet you talk with your mouth full too and you cough into your hands instead of your sleeve."

"Listen you little pipsqueak, don't think I won't kick your ass just because you're Ichigo's girlfriend," Renji said.

"Feel free to try if you're that stupid," I said.

"So now you think I'm ill-mannered and stupid?" Renji started to protest. "Ichigo you'd better learn to control that girlfriend of yours—."

"Don't tell him to control me like he's in charge of me or something, or like he can save you if I decide to kick your ass," I said.

The bald soul reaper sitting on the floor holding his sword chuckled. "I like this girl already."

"I don't need anyone to save me! I'll have you know-!"

"Renji, how long are you going to continue this?" The captain standing next to Renji spoke quietly, but firmly. He had long black hair with strange white hair pieces at the very top of his head and on the right side of his head.

Renji frowned. "Sorry, Captain."

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I totally see the attraction now," Rangiku said from the other side of Ichigo sitting on the bed.

"Hey, no comments from the peanut gallery over there, Tits McGee. I am in no mood," I said.

"Tits McGee!" Rangiku said, seeming completely scandalized. "You're not so flat chested yourself."

"Everyone is flat chested compared to you," Toshiro said from his spot in Ichigo's window.

"Captain!" Rangiku complained. He looked at her knowingly and she pouted. You couldn't argue with the facts.

I took a deep breath and crossed my arms. "Who are you people anyway?"

"Well, we're Soul Reapers," said a tall man wearing captain's robes and an eye patch. His skin was tan, his hair was spiky with tiny red bells attached to the end of each spike.

"Oh, really? I had no idea. You must be Captain Obvious. What's your squad in charge of? Dumb fucking answers?" I asked.

The man chuckled to himself. It was then that I noticed that there was a little girl hanging over his shoulder. She was dressed in full soul reaper garb with pink hair. She was like a little kid.

"Actually, I'm Kenpachi Zaraki, captain of squad 11 and our division happens to specialize in sword-only combat. We're a squad filled with killing machines," he said. "But I like your attitude kid. You probably piss a lot of people off."

"I find that people with attitudes like that usually do," Renji muttered.

"You will find the back of my hand very displeasing, Lieutenant Abarai," I said.

"I swear I could almost hear her snapping her hand in a z-formation as she said that," the soul reaper sitting next to me said.

"Now, tone back the sass Kairi," Kisuke said from the other side of the room where he was standing with a slender dark skinned woman with purple hair pulled up into a pony tail. "How about I introduce you to everyone and maybe that'll help you relax a bit."

And so he did. The Captain that stood with Renji and Rukia was Byakuya Kuchiki, Rukia's older brother and Renji's captain. The girl on Kenpachi's arm was Yachiru, his lieutenant. With him he'd also brought his third seat, Ikkaku who was very, very bald, and fifth his seat, Yumichika who was sporting some kind orange neckwear and two yellow and red feathers he wore on his right eyelash and eyebrow respectively who was sitting next to me.

The dark skinned woman was Yoruichi, another former captain like Kisuke. With her was Soifon, captain of squad two and the leader of the stealth force (whatever that was). She was a small woman, with short cut dark hair in the front with two long braids going down her back. Also with us were Mayuri and Nemu.

"And what are you all doing here?" Ichigo asked.

"Well we've got some new information for you, Ichigo," Kisuke said. "And it's a good thing you're here to Kairi, but I'm certain this probably concerns you a great deal."

"Our intelligence showed before that the highest concentrations of these hybrids was here in Karakura Town, West City, and Mount Paozu, but now it seems that the largest concentration of them is solely in West City," Rukia said. "Even more curious than that is that all activity in Mount Paozu has leveled off completely."

"Well, I did move my parents here today," I said. "You think that this has something to do with my dad?"

"We're beginning to think this is a very high possibility," Byakuya said. "Especially considering his track record, but we haven't ruled out that this has something to do with you."

"How is this my fault?" I asked.

"Given that the common link between all of these events is Spirit World and the Soul Society the only person with a connection to both is you," Kisuke said.

I frowned. So this is what it was like to be my father and have everything be your fault.

"In addition to the disappearance of all activity at your home, all hollow activity everywhere has decreased, even in Karakura Town which is unheard of at the moment," Toshiro said. "By morning it's projected that there will be no activity at all."

"Hmm. . ." I paused.

"What are you thinking?" Ichigo asked.

"When I met my grandpa he said that the reason I usually meet new people is because troubles coming," I said. "I don't think I questioned him about what he meant by that as much as I should have."

"Why is that important?" Renji asked.

"Because he allegedly died over 40 years ago when Planet Vegeta was destroyed," I said. "And also he's psychic like me. So that makes me suspicious. Additionally, if all activity is about to stop then that means something really bad is about to happen. Like you've put too much air into a balloon and it's about to pop."

"Exactly, Kairi," Kisuke said.

"And you guys still don't know who's behind all this?" Ichigo asked.

"Unfortunately no. We hardly even know where to begin looking or who to even suspect," Mayuri said. "The easiest place we thought to begin looking would be with your father, but we don't have much record of him. That would all be-"

"With Spirit World and since you're working with me they've probably stopped communicating with you as well," I said.

"Do you know if any of your father's enemies capable of capturing souls?" Byakuya asked.

"Not that I know of. Most couldn't even use Spirit Energy," I said thinking very hard about opponent of note that my father had ever squared off against. "Oh!"

"Have you remembered someone?" Rukia asked.

"No, but you know who you might want to talk to? Mister Popo, Dende, and Mister Piccolo on the Lookout," I said. "Popo and Piccolo have known my father longer than anyone and Dende is the guardian of Earth right now and can probably reach King Kai in Other World who might actually know what the hell is going on, completely circumventing King Yemma who is the reason we haven't heard from Spirit World."

"You've had contact with the kai's before?" Soifon asked.

"Sure—King Kai, Grand Kai, Supreme Kai, the old Supreme Kai. But King Kai trained my dad so we're pretty tight with him. Also, Supreme Kai is kind of annoying," I said.

"No wonder they made you Spirit Detective, you're very well connected," Yumichika said.

"Actually it was mostly so they could babysit me and use me to do their dirty work, but whatevs," I said. "Well connected I am. You guys all know how to get to the Lookout Right?" They all exchanged glances. "You've heard of it at least right?" The silence continued. I sighed. "Fine. Then this is what we'll do, I'll call my brother Gohan and I'll send him to the Lookout to talk to Dende and Popo and Piccolo. By tomorrow afternoon we should have more answers than we have now."

"Well, you're a surprisingly good problem solver," Kisuke said.

"Can I ask why it took 14 of you to come tell me all this?" Ichigo asked.

"We just wanted to visit!" Yachiru proclaimed.

"And when Rangiku told us about your girlfriend I just had to judge her for myself," Yumichika said. "And you were so right. She's much too pretty to be with Ichigo."

"Why the hell do you all keep saying that?!" Ichigo protested.

"It's like I said already—seeing her attitude it's obvious why she likes you," Rangiku said.

Ichigo frowned. "Whatever. Look, you guys can't just show up in my house all unannounced like this without prior notice."

"It's okay, Ichigo. We know you're only so upset this time because if we'd come in a few minutes later we'd have gotten quite a show," Kisuke said with a chuckle.

I could feel my face start to burn with humiliation as a few of the others chuckled as well.

"Will stop saying stuff like that already?! Is it even possible for me to have a conversation with the two without you making vague sexual references?"

"To be fair Ichigo, you were the one necking with your girlfriend in your dark bedroom," Renji said. "You kind of set yourself up for it."

"I didn't set myself up for anything! You just showed up here uninvited like you always do! Am I just never going to have her over here again because you all decided you have free reign over my room?" Ichigo asked jumping to his feet.

"Well that might be helpful in avoiding these awkward situations in the future," Renji said.

I pulled my face up from my hands in time to see Ichigo glaring at Renji. "Will you just leave all-!"

"Whose are these?" Ikkaku asked.

He held his hand up, and lo, my panties that been carelessly tossed aside not 10 minutes ago had been located. I felt every head in the room turn to look at me as the room was engulfed in silence.

So this is what it felt like to be paralyzed by humiliation. I couldn't even cover my face to hide from their eyes. I just kind of stared at my feet as my face turned the color of an apple.

And then it got worse.

Yachiru left her perch on Kenpachi's shoulder and waltzed over to Ikkaku. Snatched the panties away and then began to dance whimsically around the room singing "panties" over and over again.

"I like that color. What is that? Like blue-violet?" Yumichika asked.

"Indigo," Rangiku said.

"Oh, you're right," Yumichika said.

"You know, I think I have a scarf that color," Rangiku said.

"Really? That would look great with your hair," Yumichika said.

"I know. That's why-."

"Please," Ichigo said, clearly trying to suppress his embarrassment and rage, as he snatched my underwear away from Yachiru, "get out of my room right now or so help me-."

"All right, we got it Ichigo. We'll leave you to continue courting your lady friend and see you tomorrow," Kisuke said.

"Just remember, Ichigo, always use protection," Yoruichi said.

"Will you leave already?!" Ichigo shouted as I buried my face in my hands again. A moment later Ichigo was sitting next to me again and the room was empty. "Kairi. . . You okay?"

"'You can find them before you leave' you said," I said. Ichigo sighed.

"To be fair you weren't really protesting," he said.

"If I really wanted to be humiliated in front of all of those guys I could've just taken a math test in front of them," I said lifting my head from my hands.

"I wish I could say that it wouldn't happen again, but everything with those guys goes in one ear and out the other. They don't believe in boundaries, either that or they enjoy making me miserable," Ichigo said.

"They probably do, but they only do it because they like you," I said. "They may treat you like you're just some dumb teenage boy with one thing on his mind all the time and now you've got this girlfriend, who is way too pretty for you by the way, and suddenly showing up all the time has gone from them just being annoying to them hilariously cockblocking you at every turn."

"But it's not even like that. I hated them showing up like this before," he said.

I shrugged. "Doesn't matter. The only reason they're doing it is because they're your friends and what are friends for if not to occasionally cockblock and make sexual references at your expense. I'm an expert on this. I'm best friends with Yusuke Urameshi and while he is a pain the ass, he's also one of the most reliable people in my life. And I'm guessing those guys aren't so bad themselves."

"If you say so," Ichigo said with a sigh. "You're gonna go home now aren't you?"

"Actually I'm going to try to find a deep, dark hole to hide in," I said. "But I am leaving. I think the mood has been sufficiently killed."

"I'll make it up to you," he said.

"Yeah you better," I said. "And you should know that no cute little necklace is going to make up for this. This time it's gotta be edible."

"You're so easy to please," he chuckled.

I kissed his cheek. "I will see you tomorrow." I got to my feet and headed for the door when Ichigo cleared his throat.

"Forgetting something?" he asked. I looked back, and saw that he still had my panties.