Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Forgotten ❯ Prelude to Captura (Part 1) ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7 - Prelude to Captura (Part 1)

 

“I'm home!!” he yelled as he opened the door.

 

Before he could even take his shoes off a foot came out of nowhere aiming for his face. He effortlessly dodged it and launched a counterattack punching the man in the abdomen.

 

“Tch, dad I told you to stop doing that every time I walk in the door!!” Ichigo yelled at the man.

 

“My son, my son your punches have gotten more powerful” he said doubling over in pain. He paused what he was about to say and rain over to the large poster in the living room and shouted, “Misaki do you hear that our little boy Ichigo has gotten stronger so much stronger darling!!” he said hugging the poster and crying.

 

Ichigo's shoulders slumped as he saw this. His father was always overly dramatic and always talked to the large poster of his deceased mother.

 

“Huh, still crazy as usual” he mumbled to himself.

 

He heard someone running from the stairs and perked his head up to see his lovely sister Yuzu. She had grown so much; her caramel hair was much longer, she was quite a bit taller, and she looked like a young woman. She ran up and hugged Ichigo while he just smiled at her enthusiasm to see him.

 

“Ichi-nii it's been so long since you last visited, why don't you come by more often!!” she spoke looking up at her brother. Ichigo had moved out of the house almost a year ago and had his own little apartment nearby.

 

“Because of that nut over there” Ichigo said to his sister. Their father was still hugging the poster and crying about Ichigo's growth in strength.

 

A dish was abruptly thrown at Isshin's head and broke upon impact with his cranium. He had blood trickling down his face and revolving circles for eyes. He slid down the wall still mumbling nonsense in his unconsciousness.

 

“Serves the bastard right!” a tomboyish voice said.

 

Ichigo and Yuzu quickly looked toward the kitchen and saw Karin standing in the doorway. Her hair was about shoulder length; she was approximately the same height as her sister and has the body of an athlete.

 

She took one look at Yuzu hugging Ichigo and started to head up the stairs.

 

“Hey Karin aren't you gonna say hey to Ichi-nii?!?!” Yuzu shouted to Karin.

 

She stopped for a second, waved her hand, and said, “Ne, Ichigo” with that she was gone out of sight as she bounded up the stairs.

 

Ichigo's brow furrowed more than what it already was as he watched his sister act so cold towards him. `What's bothering her??' he asked himself. He was about to inquire but caught a glimpse of what time it was. 2:30!! He was going to be late!!!

 

“Ah I'm sorry Yuzu I'm going to be late!! I'll be back later so make something good!! Tell Karin bye for me!” Ichigo said rushing out of the door.

 

“Ok Ichi-nii, make sure you come back or I'm gonna have to kick your butt!!” she said while waving him off.

 

Karin looked out her window and saw Ichigo running from their house.

 

“Tch, bastard” she mumbled to herself, lying back down on her bed. It was four years today that Orihime had been gone, four years that Ichigo acted as if nothing happened; as if she hadn't been here in the first place.

 

When Karin asked about Orihime to Ichigo he would just reply that she was probably on a family vacation and she would be back soon.

 

She stopped asking once she realized that he wasn't going to give her the answer she really wanted.

 

She didn't understand why Ichigo kept secrets like that from her. She knew, she knew it all and knew for a while. Her brother was a Shinigami he fought hollows, he protected everyone from harm. She knew everything; about soul society, the Vizard, the Arrancar, and Aizen Sousuke. She even found out recently what happened to Orihime.

 

Why?? Why did he feel that he couldn't confide in anyone about what was happening? Why did he always feel that he had to carry the world's problem on his shoulder's and not try to share the burden??

 

All she wanted was for him to talk to her, because she was concerned and wanted to help him. He was her elder brother after all, and she loved him dearly.

 

“Ahh, I'm going to be late!!” he said, running down the sidewalk. He vaguely saw a familiar structure in the distance and picked up the pace. As the structure became clearer he saw a sign in the front that read: “Urahara Shouten”

 

As he stood in front of the shop to catch his breath he started to feel strange and looked up to see a bucket of water being tipped over right onto his being.

 

 

Chad, Uryu, Yoruichi, and Urahara sat around the table in the living area of the store. They were all sitting there silent sipping on tea until a certain orange headed man slid the door open with a bit too much force.

 

“Urahara!!!” he shouted, going over and lifting the man up by his shirt. “What the hell kind of joke is that!! You leave a cold bucket of water outside and wait until I come to tip it over!! I should kill you for that!!!”

 

“Kurosaki, Kurosaki, calm down it was to teach you to be on time! You're awfully late and we just thought it would be an educational prank to advise you!” he said in his polite tone waving his hands around in the air.

 

Veins started popping out of Ichigo's head as he dropped Urahara back onto the floor. He sat down and saw something that made more veins protrude out of his skull.

 

A towel was already on the table waiting for use that said, “Use me Kurosaki!!” Ichigo just clenched his teeth and started using the towel to dry himself off.

 

Urahara took a sip of his tea, clapped his hands together and said in an all too enthusiastic tone, “Let's start this very important meeting!!”

 

“As you all know this is the fourth anniversary that our dear friend Orihime has been taken away by Aizen.” He said in a serious tenor. “We have reason to believe that Aizen will soon make his attack on this world within the next two months.”

 

Everyone looked at him with a bit of surprise on their faces. Ichigo just looked down at his tea.

 

“Soul Society has been fervently training their forces within the last four years to prepare for an encounter with Aizen's army, yet no encounter has taken place thus far. Aizen must have had a reason to wait this long to attack because his army was ready the second time the Espada appeared in this world.”

 

“So why are you telling us this Urahara?” Ichigo inquired.

 

“Because Soul Society wants to send in a special ops team to capture a very important part of Aizen's plan.” He said coolly.

 

Everyone's eyes got wide with realization as he said this.

 

“They want to send a powerful group, a group that is familiar with the place and this person's reiatsu.” He said tipping his hat down over his face.

 

“They want to send a certain group of ryoka in to capture Inoue Orihime.”