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Katakura Town, 6 years before canon

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After some small talk between Qin and the others along with quite a bit of walking, the unusual trio finally arrive at their house, and Qin looks up to see in big words "Kurosaki Clinic". He quickly notes he can also read this foreign language, and that the characters are a bit similar to his language..

"HONEYYY YOU'RE BACK!" A voice cheerfully shoute from inside the house. The door opens and Qin looks to see a tall, muscular man with spiky black hair and brown eyes. When the man notices Qin, he immediately scans Qin for a threat, the way a seasoned warrior would, and almost as if it never happened, changes back into a cheerful demeanor.

"So you brought a guest, huh! Who's this fella?" Masaki replies, "Not now honey, we will talk later." She looks down at Ichigo who was already running inside, showing intentions that what they would be speaking about would be something unfit for Ichigo, or any of their children for the matter, to hear about.

"MOMMYY!" Two girls both around 5 years old run to Masaki and hug her legs. Masaki chuckles, lifting them up, "How have my two girls been doing?" They laugh and start gushing about what they were doing, "We were playing hide and seek with daddy and he couldn't find us!" The one with the black hair sticks her tongue at the man and giggles even more, "Daddy is so bad at hide and seek"

"Guh!" The man holds a hand to his heart, as if he was pierced straight through and falls to his knees, "B-But you told me I was the best hide-and-seeker in the world?"

Masaki softly laughs as she finally lets down the two girls, "Now, now, everyone let's calm down and go settle in. Go get ready to go to bed, it's late." "Okayy" They mumble in unison. Once the two were let down, they finally notice Qin's presence and they quickly hide behind their father's legs. The man starts leading them further inside the house and the orange haired girl looks back and gives Qin a nervous wave. "B-Bye!"

Qin grins and gives her a wave, "Good night, little one!"

"Oh, where are my manners? Please come in, would you like something to eat?" Masaki ushers Qin in and asks the usual formalities. "Oh no, I am not hungry but I am quite parched." Masaki beams, "My husband makes some amazing tea, I'll bring some! Let me lead you to our living room."

Masaki leads Qin to their living room and he sits on a sofa crosslegged. "Hâo! These are quite great, I wonder how they made these!" Qin senses the man went to talk to the lady for a bit before going back up to put their children to sleep. After a little while, Masaki walks in with a few cups and a pitcher. She pours a cup and hands it to Qin. He sniffs it and nods approvingly before taking a long sip. He lets out a wide grin before saying, "What a unique taste! I've never tasted something like this before, how exquisite! I approve!"

Masaki smiles, "Yep! Even I'm surprised at how good his tea is, he could make a living off of it, although he refuses to."

The man walks in and sits down. "Alright honey, the children went to sleep, now it's time to talk" Masaki starts out, "My name is Masaki, and my husband here is Isshin." Isshin looks at Qin seriously, stands up and bows deeply. "Thank you so much sir, I've heard you saved my wife from a deadly wound from a Hollow, I don't know how much I can repay you." Qin shakes his head, "It's fine, but those being are called Hollows? Interesting!"

Isshin stares at Qin dumbfounded, "You don't know what a Hollow is?" Qin shakes his head, "Nope! To be terribly honest, I don't know where I am and this place known as Katakura Town. My name is Qin Shi Huang, the only emperor of China."

Isshin grimaces "I don't think China has emperors anymore, in fact they haven't had an emperor for hundreds of years!" Qin seriously says, "I've been speculating that I don't think I am from this world. You see, I have these...special eyes if you can say that, and I perceive the world very differently." He lets down his blindfold and Isshin sees how unique his eyes are. Red, almost molten lava gold with an almost blinding light in the middle shaped like a star. "I see the world's natural energy, and the previous world - my world, had a much different type of energy. This world's energy is very interesting, there are many types of different energies. That dark energy from that Hollow, and the two different energies I sense from you two, respectively. Somehow, that little boy of yours, with the orange hair, contains all of them. Even that Hollow energy. How intriguing!"

Masaki and Isshin look at each other, and Isshin sighs and rubs his temples "I had my suspicions, but to think he really did inherit that white Hollow...damn it. If it did, I was planning to suppress it with my Shinigami powers until Ichigo was old enough to control it on his own, or perhaps remove it altogether." Qin hums, "Hmm, it seemed to me that they were binded together in his soul, causing more damage if you were to remove it." Isshin frowns even further, "Damn, that was one of the worser outcomes I had thought of, so the first plan is out, huh."

"So, why do you two have different energies? Is it some sort of fighting style perhaps?" Isshin chuckles, "Nope, a little different. She is a quincy, and I am a soul reaper. We are different races." Qin lifts his eyebrows inquisitively. "Different races you say?" Isshin nods his head. "I might have to go back from the beginning, to teach you about this world." He clears his throat "Long ago..."

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many hours later..

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Qin stretches his body, "what an interesting world this is! Even if I can't go back, my retainers should be able to handle affairs until a new emperor is appointed." Masaki asks, "Aren't you sad you won't be able to see your family and friends?" Qin chuckles almost embarrassingly. "To be honest with you, I don't have any. I did have loyal retainers, but they were too respectful of my position to get too close. I did not wed an Empress yet either. Another reason was that most of my life was also on the forefront of the battlefield, so that was also a problem. haha!" Masaki slowly asks, "How about your parents, if you don't mind me asking?"

Qin smiled bitterly "I wasn't close with my parents as they abandoned me when I was a child, but I had a foster mother. Although she died saving my life when I was young. So in the end, I have no regrets in my previous world. Although I would have liked to continued to further bring my beloved China to greater heights, I'm not angry."

Masaki softly grabs Qin's shoulder. "You can stay with us, if you'd like? At least, until you've fully gathered yourself in this world and would like to go other places." Isshin nods, agreeing with her. "It's the least we can do, after you've done all for us."

Qin makes a fist and a palm with his hands and slightly bows his head, "If you'll allow me, I'll be very thankful"

Isshin lets out a loud bellow. "If you've got no family,you can become part of ours, HAHA!" Masaki quickly smacks the back of his head. "Stop being so loud! Look at the time, the children are asleep! But he's right Qin, you can become part of our family if you'd like! " Isshin rubs his head and laughs nervously, "Sorry honey.." in a much quieter tone. Qin laughs at this and says, "Well, only time will tell, huh? I think I quite like you guys so perhaps we will."

Masaki hears noise upstairs and gives Isshin that same ominous smile she gave Ichigo. "You woke them up, you know what to do right?" Isshin nods very fast and dashes away upstairs as quickly as he can, trying to put the children back to sleep. Masaki turns back to Qin, "We have a spare room upstairs, you can use it for as long as you want, okay? It's quite late already, so we'll continue tomorrow. Good night Qin!" She walks upstairs to go to sleep.

Qin grins and replies, "Good night, Masaki." He thinks in excitement , "I think I won't be getting tired of this new world for a long time!"

A/N: there will probably be a timeskip next chapter but yeah I'll be exploring Qins relationship with Ichigo, Karin, and Yuzu. A nice uncle relationship or perhaps an older brother figure. Although in my opinion there isn't much of a difference between those