8 Chapter 8
Ichigo was the first to wake up, the sun barely shining through the curtains, it had become a habit to start training early in the morning.
He looked down to see Yoruichi sleeping on his chest. Apparently she was a clinger. He had somehow moved to the very edge of the bed during the night and she followed.
He looked over to the other side of the bed and saw it, a red stain on the otherwise white sheets, a reminder of the precious thing she gave him last night.
"I know you're awake" Ichigo said tenderly to his new lover.
"I woke up to something hard poking me in the stomach" She said with a smirk.
"Yeah yeah, so do you want to get up now or later?" He said awhile gently caressing her head.
"Why, what are you planning on doing?" She asked.
"Thought I would make breakfast for everyone" He replied with a smile.
"My, aren't you the sweet one, I guess ill get up then" She said, giving Ichigo a kiss on the cheek before he escaped her grasp.
Ichigo could only say it was odd, getting dressed with someone. He never really thought about the little things that would change when he had someone in his life like this.
He looked through the dresser and realized, it was stock full of women's cloths. It didn't click until he found a rather risqué piece of lingerie.
He turned around, holding it towards Yoruichi, " I think gramps took the liberty of buying everyone clothes"
Yoruichi could only chuckle at her new grandfather's antics.
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Ajuka Beelzebub was not a happy devil right now.
It's said that every devil has an affinity for a sin. Whether it's a small inclination towards it or a full on addiction no one knows.
If this was indeed so, then Ajuka Beelzebub would embody that of sloth.
He was lazy, he loved to sleep and took a nap whenever possible.
Most devils would be amazed at this information, the greatest inventor in the underworld is lazy.
So, it made it even worse when he hadn't been able to get much sleep these past few days, and the cause of all of it was one Kurosaki Ichigo.
Ever since the mutation in all of Kurosaki's pieces, Ajuka has had someone keeping watch on the monitor for any changes, and most of the time it was him.
He had been watching when several pieces of Ichigo's changed, they became "in use" as the terminology went.
The self-proclaimed Shinigami found his first peerage members days after all his pieces mutated, Coincidence?
He may have considered the idea if the other incident didn't correspond with his gaining peerage members.
There were reports of multiple, massive energy signatures that resembled the power of Kurosaki Ichigo in Kuoh town.
What Ajuka Beelzebub didn't know, the pieces only updated in the system when they re-entered the world, which was also when their powers went out of control for a few moments.
This whole situation was giving him a headache, he could only sigh in resignation "Kurosaki is in Kuoh town"
The information came directly from the respected Ajuka Beelzebub, and it was substantiated by the reports various factions received. Suddenly the eyes of the world were on the small town in Japan that was the territory of a certain red-head devil, one that would be joining a long list of cursing Kurosaki Ichigo's name for adding more work on their plate.
A large search took place, various factions besides the devils and Shinto, people were searching for Kurosaki, the territory owner made it clear, you can search, but no fighting in her town.
Honestly, some people may have thought it a beautiful thing, so many different races and factions coming together for a single goal and .......failing miserably.
Zelretch was watching the spectacle through a TV screen, he hadn't laughed this much in ages.
Devils, Angels, gods, all running around like chickens with their heads cut off. The Laughter erupted the loudest when various faction members passed right by the mansion Ichigo was staying at.
Zelretch may have downplayed his bounded field a bit, it was able to redirect even a god's interest in the location elsewhere. As soon as one looked at the mansion, the thought of "that's place is nothing special" or something similar would be brought to the forefront of their mind.
The clocktower was empty, news had spread of Zelretch laughing uncontrollably at the TV in the common room.
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The smell of breakfast permeated the house, it was potent enough to get the girls out of bed and at the kitchen table.
"Morning girls" Ichigo said while carrying various plates to the table.
"I'd say, you're practically glowing Ichigo, did you have a nice night?" Rukia said in a teasing manner.
"Bite me shrimp" he replied, still setting the table.
"Oh my, is that an invitation ichigo?" Rukia said with a wink.
She missed this, just a normal day teasing her favorite orange haired idiot. No worrying about imminent death, it reminded her of the first few months they spent together.
"No skipping in line" Tier quickly interjected
"Oh, theres a line now? Can I jump back into que?" Yoruichi added in right as she sat down at the table.
This caused the other girls to blush at the thought of what happened last night.
Yoruichi noticed Orihime being awfully quiet, "Want some tips for when its your turn little hime?' Yoruichi winked towards the little tomato faced girl.
Yoruichi looked over in surprise at Ichigo, he pointed towards the salt shaker in the middle of the table and said something she would have never thought she would hear out of his mouth.
"Shō" He declared.
An invisible forced shot the salt shaker right at Yoruichi's forehead. She had been too shocked to dodge out of the way.
"Table time is family time" Ichigo said, leaving no room for discussion as he finally sat down to join them.
He began eating while they stared at him in shock.
"Did you just use kido!?" Rukia said dumbfounded
"Yeah the old man insisted on it while I was regaining my powers, he said it would be easier if I started before my powers fully developed again."
"That's not the only thing I learned though, and I'm surprised you haven't noticed it yet." He said with a smug expression.
Rukia's eyes widened in realization.
"I no longer believe you are the Ichigo I knew." She said with all seriousness.
"Theres no way my Ichigo could actually learn control"
She could not sense even a tiny bit of reiatsu coming off him, unlike his previous state that felt like a typhoon wherever he walked.
"I'm also able to put Zangetsu into his sealed state" He added in.
"Please don't tell me its that overgrown abomination that you had when I gave you my powers" Rukia responded.
"Actually its pretty much my first Bankai" He said.
"Well look who decided to become a real Shinigami" Yoruichi said after recovering from the mini concussion she had received.
Ichigo ignored Yoruichi's sarcasm while looking towards Orihime, he noticed here absent look as she ate her food.
"Something wrong Hime?" He said with concern in his voice.
"Oh sorry kurosaki-kun, I was just thinking…its been awhile since I've had a meal with….my family" Orihime said with a big smile.
The others at the table couldn't help but smile back at her sincerity.
The five of them had a nice quiet meal for the rest of the morning.
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Rukia and Tier had decided to go shopping, the idea that some old man picked out clothes that fit them perfectly made them feel uneasy.
They had no idea what was going on in the town at the moment.
It was almost a miracle they didn't get spotted until they were in the shopping area. They had barely gotten started shopping when they started to feel too many eyes on them.
Though they were not too familiar to this world yet, they could feel all the eyes that locked onto them were not human.
It only took an exchange of looks between Rukia and Tier before they decided to head down a secluded back street. They continued to walk until the could feel no humans nearby before abruptly stopping in a small park area.
"You can come out" Rukia declared to her surroundings.
"Oh, you noticed us huh?" a voice said as several black winged figures descended around them.
"What can we do for a bunch of fallen angels in devil territory?" Rukia directed to what appeared to be their leader.
What little information Ichigo found out during his stay in this world, he relayed to them all, including the state of their factions and where they currently resided.
"Our boss asked us to find a certain person, perhaps you've seen him? A certain orange hair lad named Kurosaki Ichigo?" He gave an "innocent" smile as he said that.
Rukia frowned at what the fallen angel had said, they knew Ichigo was in the town and they were waiting for him. At least they didn't know about the house yet, that means it still safe.
"I guess you won't believe me if I say I have no idea who you're talking about huh?" She said with a sigh.
"Give them to me Tier, I'll handle it" Rukia said towards her companion.
Tier gave a nod as Rukia pulled forth her Shinigami powers from her soul, causing her Shihakushō and Zanpakutō to appear.
"OH" the head fallen angel said.
"Are you also one of these, Shinigami?" he asked with amusement.
"You know what I am?" Rukia said in surprise.
"Everyone would recognize that garb at this point, Ichigo's little stunt when he was younger was recorded and everyone's seen it, he even called himself a Shinigami. It caused quite a big commotion, everyone's been searching for him since."
"That idiot" She said, slamming her palm against her face.
"I guess I can introduce myself then, Kuchiki Rukia Shinigami Captain of the 13th Division of the Gotei 13." As she finished speaking, a white haori indicating a captain of the Gotei 13 materialized around her normal garb. The numbering on the back read as 13.
"I've never heard of this Gotei 13 before, but I'm sure my boss would love to know all about it while he's dissecting that little orange hair brat" The angel said with a laugh.
As soon as he finished speaking, the temperature dropped.
Rukia was angry. She knew that these pitiful creatures could never hope to touch Ichigo, but how dare they even speak about hurting him. Her man.
All the angels present heard about the incident with the supposed Shinigami. Words spoken that could cause your soul to shudder. They laughed at the thought, until they heard the petite Shinigami draw her sword and speak with clear anger in her voice
"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki"
It was cold.
The cold penetrated their souls.
The ground and nearby foliage began to freeze.
The angels started to show signs of fear, they thought the rumors were exaggerated. Whatever this power is, it started to seep into them, they felt like their souls would freeze at any moment.
They watched as the petite Shinigami's sword changed form, it was beautiful.
They were distracted for a moment as the Shinigami made her move.
"Some no mai, Tsukishiro"
A large white circle appeared on the ground, large enough to encompass all the fallen angels.
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All the factions were staying out of each other's way. No one wanted to start a large scale conflict and they had the same goal. So when the fallen angels were searching the shopping district, no other faction wanted to stay around, those fallen angels were pretty volatile.
All the supernatural creatures in the city felt it. It was a power that was described similarly to Ichigo's, though it was a bit different. Instead of being a large weight that pressed down one everyone, it was cold. Even at this distance, everyone could feel the temperature drop.
They all started to converge on that spot. The source of the power they all sought for various reasons. It was only when they got closer that the words echo outward.
From the earlier reports regarding Kurosaki Ichigo, they knew something was going to happen.
They didn't know why their souls wanted to escape from their bodies as these words were uttered. It stopped them dead in their tracks. Their bodies refused to move forward
It was only moments later that they felt the chill of death pass by. Only the beings in the park were the target of its anger, its freezing wrath.
"Some no mai, Tsukishiro" the words spoken by a female this time.
The scene they saw, they would never forget.
A pillar of ice shot up into the sky.
They could only stare on in shock. They heard about the abilities of the Satan Leviathan. Her control of ice was almost unparalleled. But this...they doubted the girl could mimic even half of it.
This pillar of ice stood there arrogantly, it was goading them, it was telling everyone present that even if the sky fell, it could support the heavens. They could only stare on in awe, that was until the unexpected happened…..it shattered.
They no longer felt the presence of any fallen angels.
It was moments later that two figures walked out of the park.
A tanned blonde woman wearing normal clothing, and walking along side her was a shorter blacked haired girl.
Their eyes widened when they saw what she was wearing. It was the same garb that boy wore, along with a white coat over top and a blade on her side.
The two women seemed to notice all the eyes on them.
The one in what has been dubbed the "Shinigami" garb only gave a snort before both of them disappeared from the spot.
It wasn't teleportation, that was pure speed. They moved faster than any of the eyes watching could track. It sent a cold chill, not unlike the one they felt earlier, down their back.
Death had left them alone this day.
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"I see…" The Substitute shinigami responded.
The girls had returned and explained the series of events that caused them to get into a fight.
"Did you really have to use your shikai though?" Ichiog questioned the petite Shinigami hiding her embarrassment.
"I don't want to hear that from the person who told the whole world he was a Shinigami" Rukia replied with a snort.
"Shouldn't Yoruichi be here to hear this?' Tier interjected into the squabble.
"She's outside trying out her new wings…..she figured out she could use them in her cat form…." Orihime replied to the hollow queen.
Just as Orihime finished speaking, something kicked in the front door. They were about to get ready for a fight until they heard shouting.
"WHERE ARE MY NEW GRANDDAUGHTERS?"
The intruder, Zelretch, looked towards the horrified girls that sat at the table with Ichigo.
"COME GIVE GRANDPA A HUG" He shouted with his arms wide open.
Ichigo was about to say something to the vampire until something flashed right by him
"Grandpa!" Yoruichi yelled before she embraced the old man in a huge.
Even Zelretch was a little taken back, he hadn't expected one of Ichigo's girls to have a similar personality to him.
As Yoruichi pulled, away she smirked towards Ichigo.
"Thanks for the gift grandpa, I put it to good use." Yoruichi declared to everyone present.
Zelretch raised his hand towards Ichigo and gave him a big thumbs-up, "MY GRANDSON IS NOW A MAN, I'M SO HAPPY"
Ichigo could only slam his head on the table at the two's laughs.
"Alright enough playing around, I have some things to talk about" Zelretch said.
"First let me explain the current effects you've had on the world so far."
He proceeded to tell him, since the time he escaped the underworld, all the issues that arose because of his existence.
The family were surprised, all the coincidences and random situations piled on top of each other to create a big mess.
But one thing for sure, the old vampire found the entire situation amusing, he cold barely contain himself as he recounted the events that have transpired in the wake of Ichigo's existence.
"Now onto new business" Zelretch said with a serious face.
"I have two potential members for your peerage if you're interested" The vampire said with a smirk.
The group got silent at the old vampire's words. Zelretch should have known ichigo's personality at this point, so if he was suggesting new peerage members, more than likely Ichigo would want them as well.
"Tell me about them gramps" Ichigo said with a serious expression.
"Have you heard of the story of King Arthur?" Zelretch asked in amusement.
"Of course, pretty much everyone has" Ichigo responded.
"I've heard the story as well, and I've been a hollow for a very long time" Tier added in.
"Let me tell you a story, a story about an idiot who wants to be a hero and a king that wants to change her past" Zelretch said dramatically.
