77 Ichinose Maki 2 (1/2)

Isshin was currently smoking a cigarette while Itsuki was eating an apple.

”Your powers should have returned.”

Isshin nodded,

”When Ichigo's inner hollow was released.”

Itsuki just looked at the stars,

”A mix of Quincy, Shinigami and Hollow, the perfect makings of a potential Soul King candidate.”

Isshin trembled but didn't deny Itsuki's claim. Puffing out second-hand smoke, Isshin also looked towards the stars,

”If I had a choice, I would prefer he live a normal life rather than the one where his life is always endangered. The more he fights, the more his powers awaken.”

Itsuki didn't say anything and slowly finished his apple. Throwing the finished apple in the bin, Itsuki got up and left,

”I'll do what I can.”

Isshin didn't look at Itsuki leave as he finished his cigarette and also made his leave, towards the clinic in the opposite description.

- Kurosaki Clinic -

Rukia was smashing Ichigo's door, demanding herself be let in.

”Oi, Ichigo, open the damn door!”

Tired of all the noise, a grumpy Ichigo opened the door,

”What do you want?!”

Rukia failed to hide her smile as she tried covering her mouth,

”Your mommy's calling you…pfff…hahahaha!”

Breaking down in laughter after barely finishing her sentence, Rukia fell onto the floor clutching her stomach. She just couldn't believe it, the youth that threw soul society in chaos, the youth that fought on equal grounds with her brother was such a mama's boy.

Ichigo's expression worsened and just when he went to slam the door, Masaki's voice rang out.

”Ichigo!”

”Yes momm- Mom!”

An embarrassed look returned to his face before he hurriedly corrected himself. Rukia burst into another wave of laughter as she started rolling on the floor.

The lion plushie toy popped his out while thinking to himself,

'Why is nee-san laughing so much? This great Kon-Sama will need to investigate.'

Imagining himself with a sherlock hat, cloak and smoke pipe he went to Rukia.

”Nee-san, I- oof!”

Before Kon got any closer, Rukia got up and kicked him back to the room. She thought that he was back to his perverted antics as she went into the room she was currently staying at. Kon had tears of misery upon being planted on the wall. After giving a short monologue of how he would love to escape to Orihime's and Rangiku's embrace he turned to the bird plushie.

She was currently resting on her stomach with her arms propping up her head, legs swinging and dreamingly looking at something, humming a little tune. Looking at her slowly move her head side to side, he thought she was reading a story or a magazine of some sort and moved behind her.

”Hey, what are you reading, Ririn?”

Ririn felt a shock through her body as she hurriedly tried to cover the thing she was looking at. Kon realised that it wasn't a magazine or a book but a picture of some sort. Pushing Ririn away, Kon got a better look at the picture.

”Isn't that the…”

Before he could continue, Ririn punched him and tried to take back the picture.

”Let go!”

”No, such pictures should be burned, they shouldn't exist!”

”You dare say such things!”

The two were in a tug of war when Rukia returned.

”You two, shut up! You're making too much noise!”

Dragging the two away from each other, she got a glimpse at the photograph,

”This is…how did you get this photo?”

Turning to Ririn, she had the eyes of an interrogator,

Looking down and drawing circles with her feet, Ririn found it difficult to look at Rukia as she slowly muttered with a meek voice,

”I found it…”

”SO, you found it huh?”

Ririn flinched at Rukia's voice before she decided to take the heat off herself. Pointing her wings at Kon, she mustered some courage and shouted,

”He said we should burn it!”

A jolt went through Rukia as she slowly turned her head at Kon with a dangerous glint in her eyes,

”What did you say?”

A calm yet dangerous voice came out of Rukia's mouth as she slowly walked to Kon. Kon was currently sweating bullets as a panicked expression slowly crept onto his face,

”nee…san…”

Ririn saw this and rushed to close the door. Slamming the door, the muffled screams of a toy animal were heard.

While Rukia had left with Ririn, Ichigo had just entered the room only to see the scene of a massacre.

”What the hell?!”

The head of Kon was on top of the table while his body and limbs were separated in different parts of the room. They weren't even cleanly cut off, the seemed to have forcefully ripped apart. Kon was missing one beady eye and there were numerous needles pierced into his body.

”Oi Kon, what happened here?”

Kon was listless as Ichigo tried to get some answers. In the other room though, the perpetrators seemed to have forgotten what they had just done as Rukia took out an album.

”Ririn, here are more pictures of Captain Minamoto.”

- Unknown alleyway -

Itsuki was on his way towards the Urahara when he sensed something and halted his steps,