Chapter 12: Getting Back Home

After what happened with both Yoruichi and Kukaku, it was already morning time. Ichigo was in the middle of both women and they were sleeping peacefully next to him. He was wide awake at the moment and was ready to get out of their grasps, so he had to gently and carefully remove them from his person to ensure they wouldn't wake up. As fun as last night was, and to him it was very fun, he didn't want to make this part of his daily routine. Ichigo got off of the damp futon, carefully got to his clothes to put them on, then quietly got out of the room. When he did leave, Ichigo let out a sigh of relief that they didn't wake up. After he did that, Ichigo decided to head outside through the back door so he wouldn't draw too much attention to himself like before. He headed out the door and used flash step to leave the compound. As he left, he failed to notice a spying pair of light blue eyes watching him form a distance.

"Mmm." The woman started as she licked her lips. "I could just eat you up." She said before she noticed that he was headed back to the Seireitei.

As Ichigo headed for the gate, he made sure that he moved fast enough to avoid all the women this time. Last night may have been amazing, but damn those two are a massive handful for one guy to handle. Ichigo was a little sore from last night and decided that avoiding others was better than possibly being forced into bed with one of them. Especially Kenpachi.

Ichigo went through an opened gate using flash step and made his way to squad four to see how Byakuren was doing after their battle yesterday. He at least wanted to make sure she was alright. As he approached the barracks of squad four, he felt for Byakuren's energy and found it on the third floor near a window. Ichigo also felt Renka's energy as well and decided to surprise the two just for fun. With a slightly devious smirk grin on his face, Ichigo decided to sneak up on the open window.

"Captain." Renka started to her captain. Despite what had happened yesterday, and what Ichigo said to her before, Byakuren still felt terrible. Not only was she fully prepared to kill her own sister for her crime, but she even questioned why she even hated Ichigo to start off with. After he told her of his resolve, she had started to see him in a different way. She didn't hate him anymore, but she wasn't like Kenpachi who was still looking for him to have sex with. She felt something when she was told of his resolve. Was she starting to harbor feelings for him?

"Captain? Captain?" Renka said again, this time nudging her captain to get her attention. Byakuren was brought out of her thoughts by this and looked to her concerned lieutenant. "Are you okay captain? You were spaced out while I was telling you about the squad."

"Right. Right." Byakuren started, trying to hide her slightly growing blush. "Sorry Renka. Please continue."

Renka nodded and was about to continue talking, until...

"Hey ladies!" Ichigo said as he stuck his upper body through the window. Renka jumped out of her seat while Byakuren merely looked up at the boy and started to blush madly at him. Ichigo noticed that and she quickly looked down to avoid his eyes.

"Dammit Ichigo!" Renka said as she started to get up. "You scared the hell out of me! Just what are even doing here in the first place?!"

"Easy." He tilted Byakuren's head up, which surprised the woman heavily, and he smiled to her. "I came to see if Byakuren was doing any better since yesterday." Hearing those words and the closeness made her blush madly and lose her composure completely.

"Y-you just wanted to see me?" She stammered out.

"Well yeah. I even checked on Kenpachi, Ikuko and even Renka when you were here recovering." Ichigo said to her, still with a smile. "I like checking on anyone I fought and defeated you know. Just to make sure they're gonna be okay."

Renka grinned at his words while Byakuren actually gave him a small smile. The first he had ever seen of her not scowling at him. "Thank you. I'm okay." Byakuren started. "Captain Unohana says I should be back to my duties in a week or so. Your attack dealt a lot more damage to me than she thought."

Ichigo let her chin go and scratched the back of his head while giving a nervous laugh. "Heh, yeah. I told you Jigoku was a tricky girl. Sorry for hurting you that badly Byakuren."

"It's fine Ichigo." She said to him while looking away from him. Maybe now was as good a chance as any to ask him just how his resolve was so unbreakable. Unfortunately for her, Kenpachi had other plans. She appeared out of literally nowhere and as quickly as she could, grabbed Ichigo and flung him over her shoulder. Both Byakuren and Renka were surprised by how fast the savage captain could get when she really wanted something or someone.

Ichigo was caught off guard by Kenpachi when she snatched him up. He was so out of it that he didn't respond until Yachiru actually poked his face and said hi to him.

"Hiya Ichi!" The pink haired girl said to him with so much enthusiasm in her voice.

"Hey Yachiru." Ichigo started before getting to the person whose shoulder he was on at the moment. "Kenpachi! What are you doing?! Put me down!"

"Hell no!" She yelled out to him. She turned her head so he could see her lust filled eyes and knew exactly what she wanted. "Now that I got ya, I'm gonna enjoy ya all to myself!"

Ichigo could tell where this was going and really couldn't do much about it aside from hoping she wasn't gonna be as crazy as Yoruichi and Kukaku. They approached the squad eleven barracks and Kenpachi told Yachiru to go somewhere else to play around while she spent her time with Ichigo. She also told the pink haired girl to warn everyone else not to disturb her or else she would kill them. Yachiru obliged and decided to say one last thing before she left.

"Bye Ichi! Have fun with Kenny!" She smiled and ran off.

Ichigo slightly cringed but probably should have seen this coming nonetheless. Kenpachi had the biggest grin on her face as she carried Ichigo through the squad courtyard. Almost immediately, everyone in the courtyard grew envious of their captain and how she had claimed Ichigo to herself for now. Ichigo didn't really mind the stares at this point, but he did just wish that he was on his own two feet so he could at least walk on his own.

Unfortunately for Kenpachi though, a hell butterfly came up to her with a message she was not going to like whatsoever. She listened to the message and gritted her teeth after it finished. Ichigo could tell that it must be something that's stopping from getting him in bed, especially after she dropped him on the ground.

"Ow." He said as he stood up and dusted himself off. "So what was that all about?"

Kenpachi didn't bother to answer right away. She turned to where her room was and left before saying, "The head captain wants to talk to ya, and he ordered me not to fuck ya." After saying those words, her reiatsu flared for a second as she shouted out, "BULLSHIT!" Kenpachi left for her for some alone time while Ichigo decided to take his leave for the squad one meeting room.

"Huh?" Ichigo started as he looked around to find no one there yet. "Guess I'm early or something." Suddenly and without any warning, he felt the spirit energy of the head captain enter the room from an adjacent door to him. She hadn't turned it up like she was prepared to take on the boy, just enough to show that she was entering the room and was not to be trifled with.

"Ichigo Kurosaki." She started. She motioned for him to follow through the door as she reigned in her energy. "Please, come."

Ichigo followed her in and saw a desk next to a far off wall. The room had only three walls as one forth was gone to show the Seireitei in all its glory. Ichigo was actually a little impressed by the size of the room, albeit he thought the size was a tad bit excessive. He turned to the old woman and she motioned to the desk as she walked towards it. Ichigo followed her and stopped in front of the desk as she took her seat in the chair.

"So what's this all about head captain?" Ichigo asked her while crossing his arms.

"Simple." She started. "I wanted to personally welcome you to the thirteen court guard squad as a substitute in the real world."

Ichigo raised an eyebrow as he could feel a red flag being raised right there. Genmei noticed his doubt and elaborated.

"You truly don't fully understand the severity of your situation Kurosaki, so I shall explain it to you. A male soul has never been seen within any spiritual world for all of time." She continued as Ichigo went a little wide eyed. "You truly are an enigma among any place that you would go to. Whether that be here, Hueco Mundo, or even Hell itself, you would continue to be an enigma."

"What are you getting at?" Ichigo finally asked her after hearing such information.

"Simple." She started as she leaned back in her chair. "Many different parties will seek you out for who, or more precisely, what you are." Ichigo went completely wide eyed there. "Words travel fast all throughout the realms Kurosaki, and no doubt certain interested individuals will come for you."

"So what?" Ichigo started. "You're warning me not to fall prey to any of these parties?"

"Yes." She said to him. "And I would also would like to inform you first out of the other ryoka that the central forty six was killed right around the time you and your friends broke into the Seireitei."

Ichigo gasped at hearing that, but the way that the head captain was looking at him now threw up another red flag. "Wait a sec. You think me or one of my friends did that?"

"No." She said without any hesitation. "I already figured that none of you did this. Whoever did had the ability to make it seem that the central forty six was still operational and wanted Rukia Kuchiki's execution moved forward for some unknown goal."

"Who exactly has the ability to do that?" Ichigo asked her.

"I don't know, but I'm telling you specifically to be careful." She said to him. Ichigo nodded to her and continued to listen. "It is probably best that you not reveal this information to your friends. I respect your resolve and your conviction Kurosaki, I really do, but I'm placing much trust on you. Do not make me regret this." She said that last sentence with a bit of seriousness behind her voice.

Ichigo, at first, was more than a little shocked at hearing those words. He also knew that since she was placing this much trust in him that he could not let her down. He looked her in the eyes with conviction and said to her in a strong voice. "I understand."

This time the head captain went wide eyed at his understanding of the situation. She nodded to him and continued. "You and your friends will be leaving tomorrow morning through the Senkaimon. I do hope that we see more of you Ichigo Kurosaki."

Ichigo smirked to her and bowed before leaving. If some of these women were that attracted to him, then he would probably get plenty of visits from the soul society quite often.

The Next Day, The Senkaimon Gate

Ichigo and his friends stood in front of the gate, ready to leave for home after a successful rescue attempt. Ichigo stood with a new zanpakuto now. It was a short sword that was now attached to his back while the black blade from before was still attached to his hip. He had asked Zangetsu just how this was possible for him to have the both of them like this now, and he was simply met with a shrug by her.

As they waited, it was no surprise that Ichigo was once again the center of attention for every soul reaper seeing them off. Some familiar faces stood among the crowd such as Rukia, Ikuko, Yumichika, Kenpachi, Renka, and even Byakuren. Some not so familiar faces at least to Ichigo was a woman with orange hair that stared him down with the most lust, and a few of the other lieutenants that he knocked to the ground before. They were standing next to Rukia, who was in a kimono instead of her usual outfit, discussing something or another that Ichigo could only assume was about him. He didn't mind the stares or the gawking, but it was the touching and groping that was a little much even for his now non-prudish state.

Standing with Ichigo were his friends, Uryu, Chad, Orihime, Kon and Yoruichi in her cat form this time around. They all stood waiting for the gate to open. When it did, they waved goodbye to everyone and proceeded to head through the gate. Ichigo was the last to head through, but before he could go, he was stopped by captain Ukitake.

"Wait, Ichigo!" She shouted out to get his attention. He stopped and looked to her as she hunched over to catch her breath. When she did, she rose up and handed him an object wrapped in a white cloth. "This is the official combat badge of the substitute soul reaper Ichigo. I want you to have it. With this, you'll be able to carry out your duties no matter where you are."

"Thanks captain Ukitake." Ichigo thanked her as he took the pass. He looked to everyone else and waved. "See ya'll later." He turned around and went through the gate and joined his friends in the precipice world as they waved back to him.

It didn't take long for them to realize that they should probably start running. Especially when the cleaner showed and started to chase them down. They all ran as fast as they could to get way from the gaining monster when they saw the end of the tunnel. They leapt through it and were falling from high above the sky in Karakura Town. As they all frantically panicked, a loud bang was heard and suddenly, they were all caught by some floating white cloth big enough for at least ten people. As soon as they got their bearings a small laugh could be heard from the front of the cloth.

"Well well, it's nice of all of you to drop in." The jovial voice of Kisuke Urahara said to them.

"Dammit Kisuke!" Yoruichi shouted out to her old friend. "A little bit of warning next time would be nice!"

"Aw." Kisuke started as she pulled up her fan. "My cute Yoruichi is angry with me. Oh well. So, seeing as though you're all back and unharmed, I take it the mission was a success?"

"Yeah, about that." Ichigo started before going over to the shopkeeper and bopping her on top of the head, hard.

"Ow!" She said as she held the now sore spot on top of her head in a comical way. "What was that for Ichigo?"

"One, for not telling me all too much about Bankai in the first place. And two for not telling me you were captain beforehand." Ichigo said to her and saw her perk up at the last statement.

"I assume you were told by some of the ones there?" She asked as Ichigo sat back down.

"No I wasn't." This caught everyones attention as Ichigo explained himself. "I figured it out when I decided to piece it all together. You have a zanpakuto, know far more about the soul society than you were letting on, your reiatsu is at a captains level despite how well you hide it, and I won't lie the department of research and development there looked and sounded like sounded like something you would either be a part of or made yourself. Also you gave yourself away just now." Ichigo smirked at her as he finished.

Kisuke blushed slightly at his gesture and brought up her fan in time so none of them could see her face now. "Well, I guess the cats out of the bag I suppose." She started after a few silent seconds. "Yes, I used to be captain of squad twelve and yes I started the department of research and development. I'm surprised you figured it out all on your own Ichigo. very impressive."

"Impressive among other things." Yoruichi started in her own voice as she had changed back and snuggled next to Ichigo in her nude glory. To everyones else's surprise, Ichigo wasn't being too much of a prude now as let Yoruichi start to press her ample breast on his arm. "He was amazing for both me and Kukaku by the way, Kisuke."

That was the straw that broke the horses back as Chad, Kon, Uryu, and Kisuke blushed uncontrollably, while Orihime simply passed out from the shock of what she heard. Ichigo simply smiled and shook his head at their disheveled faces and shrugged.

"Before you ask, Zangetsu removed something she once set in me called a 'prudish barrier'. Now I'm not much of a prude anymore, so yeah." Ichigo said to his friends and mentor. He was chuckling under his breath for a bit before he saw his home below. He stood up, pulling Yoruichi off of him in the process, and went to Kon. She was still reeling from what she had heard and didn't notice till it was too late that he had picked her up.

"Wahh!" Kon screamed out. "W-W-What are you doing, I-I-I-Ichigo?"

"Time to go home. Obviously." He turned to his friends once more and smiled to them. "See ya'll at school."

Before they could say anything, Ichigo had flashed away from the group, leaving them with Yoruichi. She had the biggest Cheshire grin of her life as she remembered that wild night she and Kukaku had with Ichigo. "Man he was such an amazing stud." She started with her mouth open and licking her lips. "Definitely have to get laid by him again."

Kisuke decided not to comment as did the other two. Orihime on the other hand woke up just at that moment, and started having words with her teacher.

Down below, Ichigo and Kon landed right in front of entrance to the house and Ichigo told her to stay here while he gets his body. After he had defeated Byakuren and Kon introduced her new body to him, she told him not to worry about his body back home. Saying that Kisuke put another mod soul to replace her in Ichigo's body.

He went to the window of his room and opened it to see himself sleeping on his bed. Not wanting to be rude but not wanting to be all that patient either, Ichigo decided to nudge the mod soul until she woke up. When she did, she lazily looked over to him and immediately jumped up in surprise off the bed. She landed with a thud and rose to her feet quickly despite hurting her head - err his head.

"I-I-Ichigo Kurosaki." She started with his voice and bowed to him out of respect. She rose up and continued. "My name is Kurodo. I've been given to you as a new mod soul while Kon stays in her own body."

Ichigo was more than a little surprised to see how fidgety she was and reassured her when he placed a hand on her - err his - head. She looked at him with slight confusion before he talked to her. "Nice to meet you then Kurodo. Hope you don't mind, but I need to get back in my body and get Kon in here real quick."

Kurodo smiled and nodded to him. He took out his new combat pass and bopped her on the head. A green soul candy similar to Kon's popped out of the mouth and Ichigo caught both it and his body. He looked around for Kon's plushy to put her in but couldn't really find it, so he placed her down gently on his desk and said that he would be right back. He went back into his body, stretched for a bit, then went for the front door. Luckily for him it was the dead of night and his family was sound asleep. He reached the door and let Kon inside. They quietly went back up to his room and he decided to ask her something important.

"Where's your plushy body Kon? I want to place Kurodo in it so she can move around."

Kon nodded and went to the closet. She climbed in and came out with her plushy. She tossed it to Ichigo and he placed Kurodo inside of it. She adjusted to this strange body and thanked him for his kindness.

After some small talk, it was finally time to get some sleep. Ichigo got into his bed and began to drift off before he was approached by Kon, who now just had on a long shirt Ichigo had loaned to her to sleep in.

"Um, Ichigo." She started. He looked up to her to see a look of both embarrassment and unease. "Can I- you know? Sleep with you? I don't want to sleep in the closet like Rukia did."

With a warm smile that reassured her, Ichigo moved over closer to his wall to give her some room. Kon smiled and got into the bed. It didn't take long for her to feel Ichigo wrap an arm around her and bring her closer to him. She blushed madly as he drifted to sleep with a smile on his face. She smiled as well and rested her head on his warm and chiseled chest that was covered by a thin t-shirt and started to sleep herself as well.

While the two slept though, they were being watched outside through the window. Or more specifically, Ichigo was. A woman was sitting on top of the adjacent rooftop and watching him with a feral grin on her face. She stared him down with her deep blue eyes and said to herself.

"I'm gonna eat alive, and I'm gonna enjoy every second I make you squirm. Ichigo Kurosaki."

Hey Guys. Sorry For The Hiatus And Barely Updating Like I Usually Do. All The Stress For Finals Have Really Made Me Super Tired To Really Focus On This And Too Tired To Actually Write Anything All Too Much. After Next Week, Which Is Finals Week BTW, I'll Be Able To Update Back To My Normal Ways. I Do Hope You Guys And Gals Aren't Too Upset By The Hiatus Of This And Several Other Stories.

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