Ch. 3 Part Time Job Gone Wrong

When Jotaro gets back home he shuts the door and is taking his sneakers off. He sits down facing the door.

"Are you ok?!" He hears his mother shout from behind him. He feels her move her hand underneath his tracksuit and feels his back.

She doesn't feel a wound and calms down. "Why do you have blood on you?"

"Orihimes brother got hit by a car. It was a hit and run. I found her carrying him on her back. I took him to the hospital then left" He finishes untying his shoes and stands up. He's already as tall if not a little taller than her.

"That's horrible! That poor child, first her parent and then her brother. I couldn't imagine it. Who's with her?" She covers her mouth with her hands and her eyes are wide and have tears in them. She knows Jotaro wouldn't leave her alone.

"Ichigo and Isshin are there" He walks past her and takes his jacket off. He looks at it and puts it on the back of his chair at the kitchen table.

His mother walks next to him and kisses his cheek. "Good job" Then she goes into the kitchen and brings dinner out. It was only two plates and she set one down in front of him and took hers to the opposite side of the small square table.

"Yeah, whatever" Jotaro looks out a window away from his mom.

"Eat up before it gets cold. You were late but at least you gave me a reason this time. It's better than chasing cats around…." She started eating.

Jotaro sighs. He's well known around the town as a delinquent who beats other delinquents up and chases cats around. Actual cats, not women. He's still only 12 and won't do that. If he wants a woman he will get her. He doesn't want to chase every girl he sees.

"I think I may have found a part time job" He says after eating and takes his plate to the sink to clean.

"Oh? Will you start attending school more regularly~?" She teases him.

Jotaro hasn't gone to school consistently since Masaki, Ichigos's mom, died. She thought it was a phase, but that phase is lasting longer than she anticipated.

"No" He walks back to his chair and grabs his jacket.

"Darn" She snaps her finger. "You're lucky your grades are good. I don't know how your English is better than your Japanese. I haven't even taught you English" She sighs and shakes her head. She prefers Japanese to English so she didn't teach him English. But it turns out her handsome young man is a genius. Just like she and her husband are.

"Guess it's in my blood" he bluntly says. He starts walking towards the laundry room.

"Very funny mister. But hold on. You're only 12. You don't need to work. We aren't hurting on money. And how did they agree for you to work there. And where is there" She turns to face him as he stands with his back to her.

Jotaro looks over his shoulder at his mom. "It's a small shop. I found it today and there's this black cat with special golden eyes. The owner is a unique guy who says he can teach me how to do various jobs around the store. His names Urahara, before you ask" Jotaro then walks to the laundry room to get the blood off.

His mother turns back to her plate with a smile. Her baby just keeps becoming more independent. Other mothers have the opposite problem. She wishes that her husband can see their son. He's already becoming such a good person. She hears her phone ringing and it's Isshin Kurosaki. He tell her that Orihimes brother died. But he was able to stay alive long enough to talk with Orihime for a few minutes. It was thanks to Jotaro getting him to the hospital as fast as he did.

They talk about Orihime and how she's not doing very good. But she at least has Ichigo there for her. She's in shock and denial and it's not good. Isshin calls her Holly but she corrects him that it's Saiko. And she tells him she will be there soon.

She tells Jotaro she's going to the hospital to bring Orihime back. Jotaro just sighs, he knew his mother would do this. She's very kind and won't let Orihime live alone.

He cleans his jacket but the blood stain won't fully go away. So he just decides to leave it. It's not like he cares if there's a blood stain or not. But then he remembers that it's Orihimes Brother's blood. So he decides to trash the jacket. His black tshirt didn't get a blood stain so it's good for now.

Jotaro takes a shower and goes to sleep for the night. He ran a lot more than he planned to.

The next day he woke up. He slept in his shorts like usual and went to the kitchen for breakfast. There he saw his mom and Orihime already eating breakfast. He looked at Orihimes plate and was confused. Orihime has had weird tastebuds since forever. She had pancakes with something he didn't know drowning them. He decided not to think about it.

He got himself some water and went to grab a shirt for his morning run.

He saw Orihime blushing and looking away from him.

"Go put a shirt on. Not everyone wants to see your muscles at 5am" His mom actually reprimanded him, interesting.

He put on his shirt and then went to leave. He put his shoes on and grabbed the cat food. Then he began his morning routine. He ran around the neighborhood before going through parts of town.

When he got close to Uraharas shop he changed his route. He had already fed the cats that he usually feeds. Now it's time for the new one.

As he runs he sees Yoruichi. She runs with him back to the shop. They face and it's a tie. He had to sprint this time to keep up with her.

"Damn cat, holding out on me yesterday huh?" He's breathing a bit heavily. He knocks on the door to the shop.

"It's open!" A shout from inside says.

Jotaro opens the door and Yoruichi walks inside. He enters the shop and sees it's like a regular shop. There's candy and various other things that a person could need. He closes the door behind him.

As he walks towards the counter he sees Kisuke sitting down with the folding fan open covering his face except his eyes.

"I must say~. I expected a call maybe next week~. Not and in-person meeting the next day~" His eyes squint like he has a smug smile on his face.

"Yeah, well something happened yesterday that made my decision easier" He sat opposite of Kisuke. "I also told my mom that you offered me a part-time job. It was just an excuse so we could actually train longer and so she doesn't worry about me"

"Ah, white lies. How about this. Why don't you actually work here? There aren't any customers anyway and Tessai can take care of them on his own anyway" Kisuke rocked side to side while he was talking.

"Who's Tessai" Jotaro coldly asked.

"Tessai Tsukabishi, my right hand man when it comes to this shop. He's the muscle while I'm the face" Kisuke closes the folding fan and smiles at Jotaro to prove his point.

"Whatever. So I've got school in a bit and then I'll be able to come back. I've got tests today so I can't skip. Normally I'd skip so I'll tell you when I have to go to school. If I don't tell you, assume I don't have school" He crosses his arms and Yoruichi sits next to him. He lets her head a few times and then stops.

"Skipping school huh~? I remember doing that. I used to get in so much trouble. But I graduated the academy top of the class! And I even beat my instructor when he tested me~" Kisuke got lost reminiscing.

"Beat your instructor? You a delinquent? Not even I have done that"

"Wha, oh. No. I'll explain it to you and more when you come back after school. Just come back here once you're ready"

Jotaro doesn't say anything and goes to leave.

"If you're trying to feed Yoruichi then just make the food yourself. She doesn't like the mush the other cats eat. She's picky~ Oww! No scratches! OWW!" Yoruichi scratched his hand but when he scolded her she jumped to his face and got his cheek.

Jotaro just shook his head and ran back home. He went inside and went to the bathroom. He was about to open it when he remembered that Orihime would be with them from now on. He knocked and there wasn't a response so he went in. Thankfully it was empty. He took a quick shower and wrapped the towel around his waist and opened the door to see Orihime holding up her fist like she was about to knock.

He looked down at her. "It's free now" and walks to his room leaving a blushing Orihime frozen in the hallway.

Jotaro went to his room and threw on his purple tshirt and black school uniform pants and jacket. It was similar to how the original Jotaro looked but not quite right. But it was close.

He got his schoolbag and threw it over his shoulder. He walked out and to the door. He put his shoes on and was about to leave.

"Jotaro honey! Orihime isn't going to school the rest of the week! But she will go back next week! You'll walk with her won't you?!"

"Yare yare daze….." He leaves. He didn't expect her to go to school anyway. And if anything Ichigo can come and walk her. Such a pain...he really needs his hat. Maybe Kisuke can get him one. It should be easy for him.

He goes to school and takes his test. Ichigo tries to stop him from leaving the classroom by blocking the door. It he didn't expect what Jotaro did next.

Jotaro grabbed his school bag and turned to the window. They were on the second floor of the building. He opened the window and put his foot on the windowsill.

Then he jumped. There were shouts and gasps. They though he just jumped to kill himself.

But to their surprise he landed on his feet and bent his knees. He's fallen farther distances before. Granted he got hurt, but he was fine for now. He didn't look back as he walked off school grounds. Classes weren't over but he finished the tests he needed to.

Jotaro figured that Ichigo would visit Orihime at his house. So that's why he packed extra clothes into his bag.

He went to the Urahara shop and went inside and saw Kisuke in the same spot. Not even a mark on his face.

"Is your school out already? That's early" Kisuke looks at the clock, it's not even noon yet.

"Finished my tests and dipped. You gonna complain?" He walks to Kisuke who stands up.

"Nope! Now follow me. I'll start teaching you while you workout" he leads him to the back. There he leads Jotaro into the secret training ground beneath his shop.

"What the hell?" He says with a bit of confusion.

"That's it?! Cmon, this room deserves more than that!" Kisuke doesn't appreciate the lackluster response to his secret training grounds.

The training grounds is a large room with a ceiling and walls painted to resemble a cloudy sky over a floor of desolate, brown, craggy land dotted with dead trees.

"How about this! I built this in one day and night! What do you say to that?!" Kisuke stands and holds his arms out to express ownership of the room or something.

"I'd call you a liar. Now where can I change? I want you to start teaching me, let's not waste time" he puts his bag down and takes the extra clothes out. It's sweatpants and a compression tshirt. He also brought a sweatshirt in case he needs it.

Kisuke points out the room at the side. He changes and comes back out. Kisuke has a white board and markers. Is he about to get the crappy drawings that Ichigo got to explain everything?

He was right. Kisuke had him do various exercises. There even was a treadmill for him to run on while Kisuke explained soul society to him. He got a basic rundown of what a shinigami is and does.

"….And that's about it for now. I'll teach you more when you need to. But for now we will train you, hold still" He pushes his cane against Jotaros chest gently. Then all of a sudden it felt like he was hit by another two garbage trucks. He falls backwards but catches himself. He looks forward and sees his body slump to the floor in front of Kisuke.

"What the fuck" Jotaro says slowly. He did not expect to be thrown in the deep end this soon. He looks at his chest and sees a chain connecting to his body. So now he's in his souls form now. Neat, it feels different than he expected.

He stands up straight since he had stumbled a bit previously.

"Is it not hard to breath?" Kisuke walks up to him and inspects him.

Jotaro folds his arms across his chest and holds his head high. "Should it be?"

Kisuke smirks. "Technically yes. Since you shouldn't be used to being in your soul form. You should have to adjust to your current form. Normal people currently cannot see you in this form proving that it isn't natural for you. But it doesn't seem to phase you. In fact, I think my cane is the only thing that affected you. Quite interesting. We would normally have to let your soul adjust to your spirit energy. But apparently not. But I'd still rather you get used to your current form. So go run around a bit" Kisuke motions for him to get a move on with his folding fan.

Jotaro sighs. "Yare Yare daze" and turns around and takes off in his full sprint. He wants to see what he can do in this form. At first it felt weird. Like he was running with restraints holding his body back. He was running fast, but considerably slower than he should have been. So he ran through the area. There's tons of rocks and various paths to take. He runs here and there for 30 minutes. His speed never decreased and only increased. Once he reached his max speed he started running through the narrow rocks.

Once he was satisfied he went back.

"45 minutes of running. 30 minutes to reach what I presume to be your max speed. Then 15 minutes of dicking around at top speed. That's pretty decent for your first time in your soul form Jotaro. I wasn't planning on doing this so soon but...something has forced my hand" Kisuke slams his van into Jotaros chain and cuts it.

"The fuck are you doing Kisuke!" Jotaro shouts.

"Now you have 2 options Jotaro. 1, you can die. Or 2, you can become a shinigami. I would prefer you to do the second option. Considering you seem to be a natural, this should be a piece of cake! Tessai will come down here and oversee the process. You'll want to become a shinigami before your chain eats itself" Kisuke points towards the chain dangling from his chest. The broken link forms a mouth and ears the next link and then disappears.

"Oh, that's so fucked" He didn't appreciate the way the link formed a mouth.

"Well I would get to it. If you fail to become a shinigami then you will become a hollow. Then I would be forced to kill you. And I'd rather not kill you on the first day of your employment" He then calls Tessai down on a phone.

"What are you doing just standing there? Get to it. You have 72 hours until you become a hollow. Here, let me help you" Kisuke slams his cane into the ground and ribbons come out of the ground on either side of Jotaro. They wrap around his arms and bind his arms behind his back and tie together securing his arms into place.

"I'm not into bondage old man" Jotaro narrows his eyes.

"Really? It's not my favorite but I picked a few things up over my lifetime. And don't worry. I like women with big racks. Now for a final….push" Urahar walked to Jotaro and used his cane to push him backwards. All of a sudden Jotaro was falling down a hole that wasn't previously there.

Jotaro landed with a heavy thud on his back. It didn't hurt all that much considering the fall. He sat up and looked around. At the bottom of the hole with him was Tessai who was sitting in a little indent in the wall.

"And can I assume you are Tessai?" Jotaro rolled his shoulders as he sat cross crossed on the ground. Another link ate itself.

"Correct, young Jotaro" Tessai readjusted his glasses.

"Let's get this over with already. My mom expects me back for dinner. And I don't need Orihime worrying about me either. Now I have 1 woman and one girl expecting me home. Yare Yare daze..." He closed his eyes and tried to clear his mind.

"Don't forget! 72 hours or death!" Kisuke shouted.

Jotaro ignored him and concentrated for 15 minutes and nothing. He heard the chain chew again. It's starting to hurt now. He figures that the closer the chain gets to his chest the more painful it will get. He stands up and walks around a bit.

After 15 more minutes he falls to his knees. "Something….doesn't feel…right" He slumps back onto his heels. He looks down and sees that the chain links all of a sudden start eating eachother. He should have a lot more time.

He feels a liquid escape his mouth, ears, nose, and eyes. He doesn't shout but it hurts like hell. Even when he died he at least didn't feel anything. It was like having needles stabbed into his nerves repeatedly.

And then everything went black.