Disclaimer: The only kind of Bleach I own is for the laundry.
Story: When Rukia comes to Karakura, Gin tags along for supervision (and because he made some nobles angry). How will Ichigo deal with both of them, while they adjust to a surprising human that could do things she shouldn't? Especially given the odd things that keep happening around her. Fem!Ichigo AU.
Set as a genderbent AU.
Spoilers: Yes, most definitely.
Pairings: Ryuuken Ishida/Ichigo, Gin/Ichigo, Urahara/Ichigo, Aizen/Ichigo, Ukitake/Ichigo, Kyouraku/Ichigo, Byakuya/Ichigo, and maybe one-sided Others/Ichigo, Grimmjow/Ichigo, Ulquirrora/Ichigo…
Warnings: My usual crap…crazy writing, some perverseness every now and then, drama, angst, wild humor, drama, romance, drama, and that kind of thing…

Bleach It Orange!
Chapter Four: Three's Crowding

Rukia had meant to only give her half. Instead, somehow this human girl managed to take almost all of Rukia's power, which left Rukia nearly as powerless as Gin.

"Now aren't you two a pair," an amused voice greeted the two Shinigami walking around after Ichigo had passed out and had been transferred back into her bed and they had then fixed everyone else's memories of the event.

Rukia turned to look at who it was, eyes widening as she gasped out at the same time as Gin said in surprise, "Kisuke Urahara!"

Urahara snapped his paper fan closed, grinning slightly as he walked towards them with his wooden sandals making quiet clacks against the ground. His green and white striped hat shadowed his face.

"Do you two need some help?"

Ichigo rubbed her face tiredly, still a little out of it. It had already been a strange start to her day and she was finding it hard to believe as to how it was going. Her family woke up and seemed normal and unhurt, and didn't even remember what happened last night. As far as they were concerned, they'd been asleep and were amazed to know a "truck had driven into the side of their home."

"Weird," she muttered, guessing it had been the work of the Soul Reapers. She'd probably end up asking her dad about it later on after school, and also check to see his side of the story and hope he remembered things differently than that.

"Ichigo-hime?"

Ichigo kept in her sigh and turned to who it was, smiling gently at her kohai.

"Yes, Michiru-san?"

The girl held out a photo and pen, blushing lightly. Ichigo blinked. It was the photo taken by that other girl from yesterday. They'd developed it already?

Then she realized it was a photo of herself she was looking at, and she became even more embarrassed.

"Please sign this for me, senpai?"

Ichigo's embarrassment worsened and she quickly grabbed the photo and pen and signed it. She gave it back and Michiru giggled and left happily. Beside her, Chad patted her shoulder silently, while behind her she heard her friends laugh. With a quiet huff, she rolled her eyes as she turned to them. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Ichigo-hime, Lookie here! We got a new student," Keigo told her excitedly.

And there was Rukia Kuchiki, in all her glory, and wearing the school uniform.

She curtseyed old-fashioned towards Ichigo.

"Pleased to meet you. I'm Rukia Kuchiki."

Ichigo faintly wondered where fox-face was.

"Pleased to meet you," Ichigo gritted out, quickly moving out of shock.

Rukia smiled sweetly, too sweetly. Ichigo almost glowered at the other.

"I hope we can be great friends!"

Ichigo almost wanted to say over her dead body.

Ryuken was pleased to see Ichigo again so soon, and didn't mind the surprise visit at the hospital from her. She looked agitated though, but when she saw him, her agitation morphed into anxiety.

"Is something the matter?" he asked.

"How'd you know?" she frowned.

"Your face is an open book," Rykuen said wryly. "It's not hard to tell with you."

Ichigo's face flushed slightly, which made him grin briefly. It was gone as soon as it had appeared though.

"There was an…incident?" At his raised eyebrow, she looked embarrassed. "Last night. A Hollow attacked my home."

At that, Ryuken grew serious. He may have officially grown out of his protector role for her, but that didn't mean he wasn't still protective of her or still hadn't relinquished his protector role personally.

"What happened?"

So she told him. She told him how two Soul Reapers had appeared in her room and what had happened after. Eventually even how Ichigo had stabbed herself with the Soul Reaper's zanpakuto and became a Substitute Soul Reaper. Afterwards, she returned to watching him anxiously. His blank face smoothed over at that and he reached over to grab one of her hands.

"You are still my fiancée," he said softly. "And that is the only fact that matters."

He observed the tension seeping out of her and hadn't realized how important his opinion was to her. It made him feel oddly very pleased about it, though he pushed the feeling aside.

"Besides, just as my son firmly believes, I deny my Quincy heritage," he couldn't help sarcastically quip. "So all that really doesn't matter to me in the end."

"Right," she rolled her eyes. "What is it you try to ingrain in your son? 'There is no profit in being a Quincy'?"

Ryuken gave her an amused smile. "Well, it's true."

She lightly hit his hand, giving him an exasperated look. "Don't tell your son that. Being a Quincy is important to him!"

"He should give it up and do something more productive," Ryuken grumbled, rubbing his hand.

"Not all of us can be smart doctors like you," Ichigo snorted. "Anyway, just wanted to give you a heads up and let you know what's happened and going to happen. I have to head home and finish homework before I get to bed."

He nodded. "Alright. But before you go. I would…like to try something new with us." A brief feeling of hesitation entered him before he pushed it away and grasped her face as he leaned forward. Missing her widening eyes as his own closed, he let one hand down and kissed her cheek gently. For a moment he was there and then he was gone, moving a step away from her.

Ichigo's face was fully red as shock colored her expression, and she stared at him. He looked back quietly, still waiting.

"Um, y-yeah. Bye," she stuttered, definitely embarrassed, and then she was gone from his office almost as if she'd transported herself out of there.

Ryuken couldn't help the pleased smile.

"Are your homework all done?" Ichigo asked, grunting as she blocked a kick.

Karin panted as she tried to surprise Ichigo by a jab next, but miscalculated and nearly fell over. "Yes!"

"Me too, Ichi-nee!" Yuzu breathlessly, but cheerfully, exclaimed while she also tried to attacki.

Ichgo halted. "Good. But you two are fighting like girls," she teased.

"I am a girl," Karin glared.

"Really? I hadn't noticed."

"Ichigo!" both of her younger sisters yelled.

Both girls then ran towards her and she let them tackle her, landing roughly on the ground and where they laughed carelessly in a tangle of limbs.

"It's dinnertime," Ichigo's lips twitched up. She got up and held out her hands, giving a soft, tender look towards her sisters. "Get cleaned up while I get it started."

"Yes, Ichigo," the girls chorused as they grabbed her hands and then they both tiredly went inside.

Ichigo patted herself down before she went in as well. Washing her hands at the kitchen sink, Ichigo then began to prepare dinner. She tried to keep her mind off of earlier with Ryuken, and more so off of Rukia having enrolled in her school.

The Shinigami hadn't exactly bothered or talked to her too much, though she was always around and had somehow integrated herself within Ichigo's circle of friends. Ichigo was also worried about that other Soul Reaper. She had not seen hide or hair of Gin Ichimaru and it bothered her. Where had he gone and what was he up to? Had he returned to Soul Society? And if that was so, why was Rukia still here?

The fact he could've gone back to Soul Society worried her too. She didn't want Soul Society involved with her family, especially with her father being who he was. Speaking of…

"Dinner ready?" her father asked, appearing suddenly, though Ichigo had caught his presence already before he'd spoken.

"Almost," she hmmed. She glanced at the stairs, seeing her sisters still gone. "Do you still remember what really happened last night?" She gave him a side glance.

Isshin's silly grin became serious. "Of course. I saw the Hollow. However, I was knocked out when it came for Karin. What happened?"

So Ichigo told him what happened. By the look on his face, he was thinking deeply. Having a Soul Reaper (potentially two of them) hanging around was a risk, what with Isshin's identity and all. There was also Ichigo's newfound powers and role to think of.

To her surprise, Isshin admitted, "I don't know Rukia. I recognize her last name, but we've never met and she's too young to know my face. My clan name, yes. But not me. Gin Ichimaru, however…He'll be a problem."

"I don't have to be~"

They whirled around to face none other than Gin, grinning creepily at them.

"Hiya, Shiba-taicho! Long time no see. What a surprise running into you!" He delightedly clapped his hands. "This is exciting! Just call me Gin and please let me stay here a while!"

They gave him a strange look, though their wariness hadn't let up at all. This seemed like a great twist for them, but they didn't know the catch and were wary to just be optimistic.

"Gin," Isshin gave a strained smile. "Good seeing you after all this time."

"What's your deal?" Ichigo interrupted rudely, inwardly wincing at doing so. She still narrowed her eyes though. "Why are you here and why do you need to stay here?"

Gin gave a bemused, pouty look. "Eh? Can't I just want to stick around?" At Ichigo's scowl, he held up his hands. "Rukia-san lost most of her powers helping you. It's actually quite illegal what she did, transferring her Soul Reaper powers into you. So she's going to recover here in the living world with a gigai. A false body, ya know?'

"But why are you sticking around then?" Ichigo was still suspicious.

Gin gave an actual pout this time. "Ichi! I was there too, ya know. So I'm an accomplice. Plus I'm her current partner because I have to supervise her."

Ichigo noted his accent changed from formal to a little more informal over time.

"Why must you supervise her?" Isshin asked.

"Eh, Rukia-san is upset over someone dying for a long time now, so I gotta watch her."

Makes…sense.

"Also, I pissed off some nobles so they punished me."

Father and daughter sweatdropped.

"Alright, you may stay here," Isshin said pityingly, understanding the problem of stuck-up nobles. Ichigo wanted to screw up her face.

"Haha, we're like a family of convicts! This place is a haven for us criminals!" Gin laughed. Isshin joined in.

Ichigo's eye twitched. Idiots. The both of them were idiots.

Goat-face and Fox-face deserved each other.

After Ichigo's shower, she went into her room and hurriedly dressed. She yawned as she slipped into bed. It wasn't long until she fell asleep.

A few minutes later and…

The closet slid open as the bed dipped.

"Rukia-san~ You're like a stalker, hiding in Ichigo's closet like that," Gin snickered.

Rukia threw him an irritated look. "I'm not the one lying on her bed right now."

Gin scoffed. "Her bed's comfy."

"I heard you get your own room and bed!"

"Like I said, her bed's comfy! And warm~"

Rukia eyed him from her spot in the closet.

"Are you cuddling her?"

"Shh! Don't wake her. I'm comfy, I told ya."

Rukia rolled her eyes and slid the closet door closed.

Gin sighed contentedly and continued to hold onto the oblivious human girl.

"If she finds out, she's going to kill you," Rukia muttered.

Started – Completed (Same)
Edited/Typed 10/2/15 – 10/2/16

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