*DISCLAIMER*
I do not own Bleach. I only own the plot line and any OCs if there are any.
*BE WARNED*
I plan on having a WHOLE BUNCH of dark themes in this story. Warnings will be at the beginning of each chapter if and when needed.
The biggest warnings are currently: child abuse, psychological abuse, and child neglect.
This will be your first and only warning: IF you do NOT like it, do NOT read it!
Please and thank you for reading the disclaimer and the warning!
It goes unsaid, but definitely not unnoticed, that the Kurosaki Family likes their privacy. Some say too much. The rest say it was understandable after what had happened.
An Alpha father loses his Omega mate and is left to care for their three pups alone. Many were surprised by how close-knit the pack was even after the unfortunate passing so clearly affected them all. It was admirable. At least, it would be if it was true.
But like with many packs, any problems that come about are kept behind closed doors and outsiders are none the wiser. Ichigo makes sure to keep it that way.
He'll be on his best behavior until he turns 18 years old, then he's taking the twins and leaving forever. No one will know what happens inside their not-pack pack and they'll pretend that their father never even existed.
"What the?! A pup like you suddenly appears and kicks down Yama-bro, plus you want us to get out of here?! What are you thinking? You wanna die? Huh?" An ugly looking Alpha shouts angrily. Kurosaki Ichigo scratches his head, staring at the older man in complete boredom.
Kurosaki Ichigo. Age: 15. Presentation: N/A. Hair color: orange. Eye color: brown. Occupation: high school student. Special skill:
The Alpha runs forward with a snarl. "Say something you–"
Ichigo easily raises his foot and slams it into the man's face. The other gangsters around stare in shock and quickly growing fear.
"Toshi-bro's down!" A Beta exclaims, taking a step forward.
"D-don't know what's going on, but this is dangerous..." Another Alpha gulps loudly, already sweating bullets. "I've never seen such irrational violence..."
"That pup's definitely one of those. If we fight with him, we'll be killed for sure!" The last Alpha states as he shakily points at Ichigo.
"Shut up already! All of you guys, look over there!" Ichigo shouts in a rage, pointing at a fallen vase behind him as he kicks the gangster's face into the cement.
"Question 1!" The other gangsters take a step back as Ichigo points at one of them. "What the heck can that be?! Okay, you over there, the stinky-looking Beta!"
"Huh? M-me...? U-um–an offering to the pup who died here recently..." The Beta flies back as his face is kicked in by Ichigo.
"Great answer!"
"Mit-bro!" The other Beta turns to look down at the fallen gangster.
"QUESTION 2!"
Ichigo glares at the two gangsters left, suffocating them with his almost visible anger. "Then why is the vase knocked over?"
"Th-that's–that's 'cause we knocked it over... skateboarding?" The other Alpha says nervously, swallowing back his spit.
"I see." The gangsters back up in terror at the thing they see behind Ichigo. "Then shouldn't you apologize to her?!"
Special skill: Ability to see ghosts.
"KYAAAAA!" The gangsters left standing abandon their friends and break out in sprints.
"I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!"
"I'M SORRY. I WON'T DO IT ANYMORE. I'M SORRY!" The gangsters leave a trail of dust at how fast they ran away.
Ichigo clicks his tongue. "If we scare them this much, they probably won't come around here anymore."
He starts walking along the bridge, the spirit girl that helped scare away the gangsters walking beside him on the railing. He turns, his face still set in a scowl.
"Sorry 'bout that, using you this way..." Ichigo says as he averts his gaze. The little girl giggles and shakes her head.
"Nah. I'm the one who asked you to chase them away, nīsan. I have to cooperate at least this much," The spirit says brightly, giving the 15 year old a smile through the blood dripping from her face.
Ichigo smiles and places a hand on top of the dead pup's head, a small purr escaping his throat. "I'll be going then. I'll bring you new flowers soon."
"Okay then. Thanks, nīsan. Now I can spend my time quietly." The little girl stops at the end of the bridge.
"You're welcome. Hurry up and go to heaven, okay pup?" Ichigo says as he raises a hand in farewell.
"...I wonder why he hides it..." The spirit asks herself, her voice being carried by the wind while she watches the disguised Omega walk away.
Privacy was always a big deal when it came to the Kurosaki Family, even before the unfortunate passing of Kurosaki Masaki. It was a bit odd with a pack so open to lend a hand to everyone around them, but it wasn't questioned.
It wasn't questioned by those who knew Masaki when she had suddenly gotten mated by an Alpha no one had even knew she was being courted by. It wasn't questioned when the Alpha took the Kurosaki name instead of keeping his own that was kept expertly hidden. Nothing was questioned.
It just didn't seem right to question it when the mated couple were just so perfect for each other and brought a certain light to the world that always warmed people's hearts.
Part of the reason why they were so private is because of what Isshin and Masaki were. That reason grew when their pups were born. It didn't surprise them at all that their son and daughters were so spiritually aware. Not that it would be surprising to anyone else. No one else knew about secret abilities of their children. No one needed to know.
Ichigo easily climbs into his room through his second story bedroom. He drops his bag onto his barely touched bed. He quickly glances around, eyes narrowed and alert for any disturbances or ambushes.
When he's sure no one was hiding in his room, he takes out his phone and unlocks it.
Karin:
Ichi-nī: made it home. In my room.
Karin: Goat-face just came out of the clinic. Doesn't know if you came home early or not.
Ichi-nī: tell Yuzu I'm not hungry. Tell Goat-face I've been studying if he asks.
~•~
Ichigo places his phone on his desk and rubs his hand over his face. His shoulders stay tense as he hears his father's faint laughter. His shoulders are always tense.
"I'm tired... I don't want to deal with him tonight..." Ichigo sighs tiredly, keeping his face in his hands. He never wants to deal with his father.
The almost silent flutter of butterfly wings makes Ichigo look up. A black swallowtail butterfly lands on his hand in front of him.
"Where'd you come from...?" Ichigo asks out loud as the butterfly takes flight and flutters to the left. He turns his head and freezes at what he sees.
Alarm bells scream in his head as the scent of an unknown Alpha fills his room. He stands up with a snarl on his lips, glaring up at the young female who stood on top of his bed.
"...it is near." The young female jumps off the bed and lands silently on the ground. Ichigo barely keeps the dark growl from escaping his chest as he lifts his foot up and kicks the girl in the backside.
"'It is near', my ass!" Ichigo shouts angrily. "If you're gonna rob a house, rob a house that's empty, dumbass Alpha!"
The girl looks up at him in complete shock. "Y-you can see me? I mean to say, did you just kick–"
"Huh? What the heck are you talking about? Of course I can see–"
Ichigo's face morphs into a snarl as he expertly dodges a harsh kick to his back. He whirls and quickly wipes the snarl from his face when he sees his father.
"Be quiet Ichigo! Don't make a ruckus on the 2nd floor!" Ichigo grunts from the forceful pain, taking the harsh punch to his stomach. He sneers and lands an uppercut on his father.
"You be quiet! How can I not make a ruckus?! Look at this guy! What the heck is going on with the security system in this house?!" Ichigo shouts as he points towards the girl.
"What do you mean look? Look at what?" Ichigo internal snarls at the immediate change to a normal father. He glares at the man and waves a hand towards the girl.
"Eh? I'm talking about the Alpha in the samurai costumed–"
"It is useless. It is not possible for ordinary men to see me. I am... a Shinigami."
Being on your best behavior was the only safe way to be able to get through the absolute hellhole called the Kurosaki household. There was an unspoken rule among the Kurosaki Siblings when they're forced to be inside the house at the same time as their father.
Isshin would lead any and all conversations. The siblings will give as little input as casually possible.
Yuzu would be the one to always cook and clean when he's home. She would be the only one to call Isshin, "Otōsan" for the sake of keeping up the pretending.
Karin would be the mediator and the one to always be on the sidelines. She would be the only one to call out Isshin.
Ichigo would be Isshin's main focus, no matter what. He will always be the one to fight Isshin, especially when he goes too far.
Fortunately, the siblings are only forced to stay in the same room when Isshin actually remembers he has children and steps out of his clinic for dinner. Even then, none of them take any chances on a normal day and luckily, after school clubs don't end until 5:30 PM.
And outsiders are none the wiser. It's just the siblings' trying to make friends, trying to grow outside of their pack. Nothing weird.
Yuzu has cooking club on Tuesdays and Thursdays, western archery lessons on Mondays and Fridays, and ikebana club on Wednesdays and every other Saturday.
Karin has soccer on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, kyūdō lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and calligraphy club every other Saturday.
Ichigo has tea ceremony lessons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, karate club on Mondays and Fridays, and painting every Saturday.
To stay away from that place they're forced to call home is all that they desire. Until they can leave, and never come back.
"...so you're a Shinigami from a place called Soul Society, and you're here to exterminate an evil spirit," Ichigo summarizes with an indifferent expression. The so-called Shinigami smiles and nods her head, glad that her explanation got through.
Ichigo gets up without a word and starts walking towards his bedroom door. The Shinigami watches in shock before she quickly reaches out.
"W-wait, do–do you not believe me?" The girl stumbles over her feet in her rush to stand up. "You can see ghosts, but you don't believe in the existence of a Shinigami?"
Ichigo turns and gives her an incredulous stare, carefully backing up before she could touch him. "I don't believe what I can't see. You claim to be a Shinigami, but I've never seen one before you."
"Eh? B-but..." Ichigo makes the girl trail off by placing a hand on her head.
"I'll give it to ya that you're not human. Goat-face can't see spirits like me and the pups can." Ichigo ruffles her hair before he turns back around. "But until you get solid evidence that you're this Shinigami or whatever, I'm just gonna think your some little Alpha pup."
He places his hand on the doorknob and starts to turn it. The Shinigami scowls at being called a pup and raises her hands.
"Bakudō 1: Sai!"
ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ.
Ichigo feels the air in his lungs leave his mouth as he falls to the ground, his arms painfully pulled back behind him. He releases a snarl and turns his head to glare at the smug female spirit.
"Let me go. Now," The orange haired teenager hisses, instinctively trying to break free from the restraints. He turns his head even more, seeing the nude-colored patch over his scent gland. From the harsh pull, it was stretching past its limits. It'll peel off soon.
"What did you do? Let me go!" Ichigo exclaims with a harsh scowl. The spirit girl chuckles smugly and lightly steps on Ichigo's arm. Ichigo snarls in warning at the Alpha.
"You cannot move! This is called Demon Form and it is an advanced incantation only Shinigami can use!" The Shinigami scowls as she glares down at the orange haired teenager. "Even though I look like this, I have been alive almost 10 times longer than you have. And you dare call me a pup?"
"Well, sorry that I couldn't really tell, when I haven't seen Shinigami before," Ichigo retorts, already tired of this interaction. He just wants to sleep.
Ichigo doesn't feel guilty in the slightest at the embarrassed flush that crawls over the spirit's face. The Shinigami sneers at Ichigo's smug smirk of his own and wraps a hand around the hilt of her sword.
ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ.
"Spiritual law states that one cannot kill humans they have not been ordered to kill," She states as she stands up. Ichigo growls loudly, lips pulled back into a fierce snarl. His shoulders tense even more when he hears the gentle laughter of one of his sisters from below.
"I will have to be content with just dealing your movements. Give thanks, little pup." Ichigo couldn't help, but flinch heavily as the Shinigami starts to unsheathe her sword.
ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ.
The Omega pulls back his leg and slams it against the Shinigami's knee. The girl gasps in pain and stumbles back, gripping her knee. Ichigo uses the distraction to sit up in front of his door.
He growls, low and dark. The Shinigami's head snaps up with wide eyes. She tenses at the heated glare Ichigo was giving her and freezes in place.
Her face pales when she hears a faint echo of child-like laughter from the first floor. The Shinigami slowly lifts her hands up and away from her sword.
"I mean no harm to your pack. I sense a Hollow–an evil spirit near. I need to be prepared to fight it. I also sense a normal spirit around. It's one of my duties to send them to Soul Society," The Shinigami speaks in a slow tone. Ichigo snarls, eyes starting to flicker silver and brown.
The Shinigami keeps her hands up and away from her weapon, palms facing out. "Can I explain? I truly mean no harm to your pack."
The consequences of death were fickle things. Many times, it caused harm and ruin everywhere. Occasionally, it would bring good things.
Most of the time, it brought horrible consequences to those affected by death. The Kurosaki Family were never really lucky to begin with, and this included not being lucky enough to escape this fact.
An emotionally distant father, who soon turned into a neglectful and ignorant father.
An emotionally and instinctually stunted, paranoid Omega who shouldered the burden of being a parent at way too young of an age.
Two paranoid pups who matured too quickly and built nearly impenetrable walls around their secrets and their souls.
It could barely be called a pack now, if it even existed as a pack.
Ichigo keeps his eyes trained on the Shinigami's sword, expression completely blank. He scowls and glares at the Shinigami girl.
"...your drawing sucks," Ichigo states in a low voice. The Shinigami scowls, but wisely doesn't say anything. She wasn't out of the woods yet.
Ichigo stares at her for an unnervingly long moment. He blinks once he realizes something.
"Wait a minute, if you're here to hunt Hollows, Is the Hollow around here?!" Ichigo sits up on his knees, panic increasing even more. This Shinigami winces and stands up from the bed.
"Well, you see," The spirit frowns, "I do not know why, but I cannot feel its presence anymore."
"What the hell do you–"
ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ.
Ichigo releases a loud growl, a shiver travelling up his entire spine. His eyes flicker back to silver, staying that way for a few seconds.
"The pups. The pups. Need to protect the pups." He starts to struggle to get out of the invisible restraints.
"Wh-what are you doing?! You'll hurt yourself!" The Shinigami exclaims and takes a step forward. "You'll harm your–"
"Couldn't you fucking hear it?! The pups need to be protected!" Ichigo hisses as he starts to try and rip his arms out of whatever was keeping them behind him. His arms start to ache in pain at the force and growls again.
𝙿𝚁𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙲𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙿𝚁𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙲𝚃.
The Shinigami's head snaps up when another howl, this time much louder, echoes through both of their bones. Ichigo growls again when the restraints don't come off.
"Come off. Come off! Fucking COME OFF!" Ichigo's hands slam into the hardwood floors, making small dents, from the force. He turns around and rips his door open, right as he hears a terrified scream.
"Yuzu! Karin!" Ichigo shouts and sprints towards the first floor. He trips over the first step and tumbles down the stairs. The air in his lungs get punched out as his chest slams into the railing. A sharp pain travels from the center of his chest and across his ribs.
"NĪCHAN!" Karin screeches out in terror and panic. Ichigo ignores the pain and races into the living room.
"Human, wait! You won't be able to do anything!" Ichigo doesn't hear anything as he stares at the scene in front of him.
Isshin was laying across a broken coffee table, blood spilling from his back. Karin was struggling to sit up and Yuzu was being drawer into the claws of a monster.
When an Omega suspects danger, like the other presentations, their instincts to protect take over most of the logical part of their mind. The difference in an Omega's instinct to protect from the an Alpha's or a Beta's, is the fact that the first instinctual thought when protecting is to kill the danger.
Ichigo feels time freeze around him as ice floods his veins. Yuzu was trying in vain to kick away the claw, making even worse slashes in her legs. Karin collapses and holds her head, blood dripping from the side of her mouth.
Something already snapped inside of him splinters and cuts into his chest.
When an Omega is in a Panic State, unlike an Alpha or a Beta, they are in between control and Feral during the entire time they are in this State. Panic State takes over the logical part of the mind and instincts become the primary part of a mind.
Yuzu stares into Ichigo's eyes. This was the most terrified he had ever seen his sister be. Time resumes.
One of the few ways an Omega is forced into a Panic State is by harming or attacking those in their pack (if the Omega is still a Pup, those who they care deeply about). The easiest way to do this is to attack the Omega's pups.
Ichigo snarls loudly and runs towards the monster. "Get the FUCK AWAY from my Pups!"
In any situation, it is illegal to harm the pups of a pack, for fear of an Omega being forced into a Panic State. The punishment can be as severe as death, especially if an Omega is forced into a Panic State because of the attack or attempted attack on their pups.
He attacks.
It is a death sentence if a person forces an Omega into a Panic State for more than a month. If an Omega is forced into a Panic State for any amount of time less than a month, the minimum sentence is five years in prison.
Hey! Hope you all like the new story! A bit of a out of place chapter in my opinion, but like I've said before, first chapters are usually my Achilles' heel.
The end is a bit confusing, and I kind of meant it to be. It'll probably make more sense in the next chapter or the next couple chapters.
Like with majority of my stories, I literally just thought of this idea so this is probably an absolute trainwreck. Do I care, a little bit, but if I ever get better ways for this story, I'll fix it.
I hope you all like the chapter! Bye!
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