Chapter 35: That's rough buddy

Ichigo had felt the various energies in his home before they made it to the front door and to say he was a bit confused by their presence was an understatement. Ichigo handed Yuzuki to Quorro and told them to take a few steps back. They complied, even though they had no clue why he would ask them to do this, and watched as Ichigo took a deep breath before opening the door. To their surprise, and his irritation, Ichigo's father came rushing towards him and was about to dropkick his son in the face. Ichigo dodged it and quickly grabbed his father by the legs before tossing him outside to the other side of the road.

"Whoa." Yuzuki started with a laugh. "Daddy is strong."

"Yes, he is." Quorro answered her with a smile.

Ichigo turned towards them and smirked. "Let's head inside before he wakes up and annoys me some more."

Quorro wasted no time latching herself to Ichigo and Yuzuki did the same as she hugged her father tightly. Yamma was once again jealous of this as she wanted to latch onto him as well. They entered the house and Ichigo quickly closed and locked the door behind them before his father could wake back up and rush through. When they went in, Ichigo was greeted by his sister Yuzu who could actually make out the others around her brother. She couldn't fully see them, but knew they were there and two of them were latched onto him. She could also feel that one of them had a strong connection to her brother and it caused her to smile.

"Welcome home, big brother."

Ichigo smiled down to her. "Thanks, Yuz-" he stopped himself as he began to realize something that was completely off. Something he had completely forgotten about and now that he realized it might've put him in a tough position. The problem being that he was still in his soul reaper form. "Yuzu, can you actually see me?"

Yuzu for her part smiled and nodded to him. "I can see you clearly, but not your friends all too well." She shrugged her shoulders. "Though, I'm sure Karin could see them easier than I could."

Ichigo was stunned for a moment before Yuzuki leapt out of his grip and landed in front of Ichigo's sister. Yuzu could vaguely see the smaller figure landing in front of her and knelt down to meet her. The smile she gave to Yuzuki caused said girl to smile as well before she just blurted out. "Are you daddy's sister?"

That caught Yuzu off guard as she didn't expect to hear something like that. She looked at the little girl who was mainly a blurry figure and could feel the utter joy coming from her. Smiling down at her, Yuzu patted the girls head, much to her delight, and answered her. "I am. My name is Yuzu Kurosaki. What's yours?"

"Yuzuki." She answered as she enjoyed being petted by her.

Yuzu looked up to her brother and saw him scratching the back of his head sheepishly and giving a nervous chuckle. All she could do was give him an almost stern look before feeling Yuzuki hug her. It was that moment where, to Yuzu, the little girl became clear as well as the two near Ichigo. She could see Yuzuki clearly nuzzling up to her and couldn't help but smile at how cute she was. Picking the little girl up and twirling her around a few times, much to her delight, Yuzu quickly went into the main room to show Karin their little niece. Ichigo sighed as he knew this was gonna be a strange conversation.

The three went inside to see quite the sight. In the living room were Yuzu, Karin, Kon, Kuroda in Ichigo's body, Orihime, Chad, Uryu and Kisuke as they were all adoring Yuzuki and her cheery personality. Ichigo and Quorro watched on as they were happily enjoying seeing their daughter playing with Kon on the ground.

"Well, this is nice." Ichigo spoke up, getting everyone's attention. He waved at them as, aside from Yuzu and Karin, everyone was now on edge at seeing two arrancar standing next to Ichigo. He felt the tension and decided to ease everyone down. "It's cool, they're here with me, so it's fine."

This did help as they relaxed a bit, but Kisuke was looking to Ichigo for an explanation. He gave her a smirk and lead Quorro and Yamma to one of the couches as the others sat down as well. Only Yuzu, Karin and Kon were still seated on the floor playing with Yuzuki.

"So, Ichigo," Kisuke started as she watched how one of the arrancar stood behind the couch as she was too big and the other held onto Ichigo's arm. Now that she got a good look at them, Kisuke was sure they were espada's, and what was even stranger was the fact that the child looked eerily similar to both Ichigo and the one next to him. "Mind explaining what you've been up to recently?"

"Well," Ichigo started as he looked around the room to his friends and family. "Yuzuki here is mine and Quorro's daughter."

Kuroda, Kon, Orihime, Chad and Uryu were taken aback by this as they were unsure how this could even work. Ichigo was a human while Quorro was and arrancar. There shouldn't be anyway that they could produce a child, right? If that was the case, then this whole situation just got more complicated. They all looked towards Kisuke as the woman could only nod at this information.

"And I take you three had a very passionate time together." She emphasized that word and got the other girls to blush heavily at this, though it was weird seeing Kuroda in Ichigo's body doing that as well.

Both Quorro and Yamma had different reactions to hearing that statement. Yamma was a bit embarrassed and turned away with a blush marring her face. True, it was no secret that most women are going to want a taste of this boy-no, man, but that didn't mean she wanted her dirty laundry aired out in the open like that. Quorro, on the other hand, nuzzled into Ichigo's arm some more and gave the others in the room that was looking at him a cold stare that caused most to cower away. When she directed her gaze towards Kisuke, the former captain narrowed her eyes towards her almost as if she were challenging the espada for the only male soul reaper in existence.

Ichigo, sensing the tension, once again had to defuse the situation. "That's right. We just finished not too long ago, and don't you worry Kisuke. I'll get to you soon enough. Still owe you one for getting us to the soul society."

Now it was Kisuke's turn to blush madly as she has yet to get her 'reward' for helping Ichigo save Rukia. She was very much looking forward to it and was eager to get a taste of this stud of a man just like the others had. Oh wait. She shook her head as she remembered the exact reason why she was here. "Speaking of the soul society Ichigo, there's a bit of a problem now that involves the various woman you've been with."

"Gonna go out on a limb and guess that they're pregnant, right?" Ichigo stopped her as he saw her widen her eyes in surprise for a bit as the other girls in the room could only look away in embarrassment. He looked around at the girls and could only sigh as he leaned back on the couch. "Man, I hate being right sometimes."

"Well, you have been sleeping with them without any protection Kurosaki." Uryu started as she tried and failed to sound logical only to lose so much oomph when she's blushing so heavily.

"She does have a point, Ichigo." Chad spoke up, also blushing and not daring to look her friend in the eye.

"I get it." Ichigo said as he looked to Kisuke. "Are they okay?"

Kisuke could hear the genuine concern in his voice as he looked to her with the eyes of a man willing and able to accept any repercussion and any responsibility he had to. She was taken aback by his conviction and sense of responsibility to a simple question, and she had a feeling that the others thought the same thing about him, just growing what they already knew and felt for him even further.

She smiled as she brought out her fan in her usual way. "They're all doing well." She could see Ichigo relax at hearing that and continued. "From what captain Kurotsuchi could find out in her research when examining her daughter Nemu, it seems that your energy dominates the entire process of childbirth."

"Dominates?" He asked her.

"Usually during copulation, both women agree who carries the child and the other places their energy within them to get a perfect mixture of the two." Kisuke explained. "During a standard nine-month process, that energy mixture begins to form and take shape within the womb and forms a child that is birthed the same way as any other birth, but your energy is drastically different Ichigo."

"How so?"

"Yours is too strong."

"Meaning?"

"Well, even if the one impregnating the other is stronger than her, the energy is able to synchronize together and eventually find a perfect balance as not to cause harm to the other." Kisuke continued. "But your energy is too strong and overwhelming that it is the soul energy that will be reproduced."

"That's not how Yuzuki was born." Quorro spoke up as she saw her daughter now in the kitchen with Yuzu, Karin and Kuroda. "When I gave birth to her, she had both mine and Ichigo's energy."

Kisuke raised a brow as she would need to research this further by getting a sample from Yuzuki. Closing her fan and placing her hand on her chin, Kisuke thought about it for a moment before continuing. "Then that must mean it's different for arrancar's than soul reapers. When did you two first copulate and how long was it when you gave birth to her?"

This time it was Quorro's turn to blush as she recalled that night in vivid detail, making the other girls practically drool at the notion of Ichigo taking them like that. "Afterwards, it was about a week later that I gave birth to Yuzuki."

Kisuke shook her head again to refocus. "Strange. From what Kurotsuchi gathered, all those women will give birth in about three and half weeks."

"Three and half weeks?" Ichigo asked her. "I thought that soul reapers gave birth in nine months."

"Like I said Ichigo, your power is too strong and overwhelming." Kisuke answered. "It sped up the process and most of them are already showing signs of pregnancy last I saw."

"Then," Ichigo stood up as Quorro let his arm go. "Could you take me to them Kisuke. I want to see them all myself."

Kisuke once again was surprised by Ichigo's conviction for a fifteen-year-old. He was much older than he should have been in terms of maturity. She smirked at him and stood up. "Then, I only have one last surprise to let you know Ichigo."

Ichigo raised a brow to this and wondered just what she was talking about. That was when he heard the front door open and forgot his father always carried a spare key with him. He turned towards the door expecting to see his goofball dad round the corner only to stop halfway when he saw woman he had never seen before. She looked almost like a gender swapped version of Ichigo sans the orange hair being midnight black. She was wearing a soul reapers uniform and had a tattered captains haori draped over her shoulder. Her zanpakuto was hanging off of her side loosely by some strings. She looked to Ichigo with a big, toothed grin that Ichigo knew all too well and he saw that she was holding a male body under her arm. That body was Isshin's. Ichigo's mind was reeling for a sec before he put two and two together.

"Dad?"

The woman chuckled as the ones unaware of the truth, mainly everyone but Kisuke and Kuroda, were shocked and surprised by what they just heard. The woman walked over towards her son and laid the faux male body down on a chair. She stood in front of Ichigo, eye to eye, and could only grin at him.

"Damn it's good to see my own son with my real eyes for a change." She said before forcefully hugging him, much to Ichigo's surprise.

Ichigo may have been confused at first, he could feel how much she cared and could do nothing but wrap his arms around her as well in a gentle embrace.

Writing this chapter was interesting. The lack of action will be rectified in the next chapter. What I mean by that is simple.

Ichigo vs. Isshin

Very excited to write that chapter next. Also, will be seeing more of Sorako and her reaction in the next chapter as well.

Stay awesome, and as always...

PEACE!