>>45411485
he ded.

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>>45411485
“You would be Kurosaki Ichigo's mother,” Byakuya concludes in dawning comprehension.

“Precisely.”

>Don't interfere with Masaki, let her say her piece.
>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.
>Suggest that Masaki go to see her son now.
>Other?

>>45411552
>>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.

>>45411552
>>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.

>>45411552
>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.

>>45411552
>>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.

>>45411552
>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.
>And that the captain who owns it even scares US.

>>45411552
>"Masaki, PLEASE don't kill him, Yoruichi would complain for weeks if she lost her favorite toy."

>>45411552
>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.

>>45411552
>Masaki, meet Captain Bakuya. Captain Bakuya, Meet Sternritter Masaki Kurosaki, the most powerful quincy since... well me.

>inb4 "Oi, cunt, shut ya gob 'fore I 'ome ova an' bash ya!"

Masaki is going to be so loud Coyote is going to cringe in America.

>>45411552
>>Remind Masaki that she's in a hospital, but otherwise don't interrupt.
>>45411729
>Masaki is going to be so loud every God will cringe in their home realms well removed from the mortal world.
FTFY

>>45411719
This is funny. Also, he can probably tell she's a quincy. If he can't he probably needs remedial training anyway.

>>45411790
Riku will recall the blast in the Great War that temporarily deafened her.

And wish it was as quiet as that.

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>>45411552
“Masaki,” you observe with all the calm you can muster, “this is a hospital. And it happens to be run by one of the few people who even scares ME.”

The young quincy looks down at Byakuya. “Do you have children, Captain?”

“I do not,” he replies, watching Masaki cautiously. “Why do you ask?”

In response Masaki produces a small reishi bow and puts a single arrow into Byakuya's bed, right between his legs. The bow then disappears.

“You threatened my child's life,” Masaki tells the Captain in a dangerously calm voice. “Two can play that game, Captain. Do you understand?”

Instead of looking as fearful as you'd expect of most men, Byakuya actually seems a little impressed at Masaki's brazen declaration.

“I can respect that sort of dedication to one's family,” he admits, setting the magazine aside. “Please give Kurosaki Ichigo my regards when next you see him.”

Masaki responds with a curt nod. “Glad we could settle things.”

“Did you have any issues to bring to my attention, Captain Kusajishi?”

You shake your head. “Just making sure Yoruichi's favorite scratching post is still here for her when she gets back.”

“What did she leave for, precisely?” Byakuya wonders half to himself.

In truth you know precisely where Yoruichi is and what she's doing: she's left for the Royal Palace with Shutara, to produce a second zanpakuto.

>Go ahead and explain the situation to him, no harm in it.
>Leave it vague. It's a little dicey.
>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.
>Other?

>>45412006
>>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.

>>45412006
>Leave it vague. It's a little dicey.

>>45411995
and be very glad her sister in law is not a screamer

>>45412006
>>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.
Asking a woman to reveal another woman's secrets Byakua, shame on you!

>>45412006
"She probably went to some fancy place with a bunch of important dangerous people, God only knows where."

>>45412006
>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.

>>45412006
>>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.

>>45412006
>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.

>Writan

>>45412006
>>Tell him he can ask her when she gets back and move on.

>>45412365
I'm too drunk to participate, but wanted to say that you're awesome. Look forward to these threads much more than the manga releases.

>>45412453
Ditto. The writing's so much better.

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>>45412365
“Asking a woman to reveal another woman's secrets?” you asks cannily. “Shame on you, little Byakuya!”

“It's an idle concern,” Byakuya dismisses your taunt.

“She's left to train on her own,” you tell your fellow Captain, giving him something resembling a detail without mentioning anything about the Royal Palace or Resurrección. “You can ask her about it when she gets back.”

“Then you can give her my regards as well,” Byakuya adds. “It seems like all of our Captains were humbled by the events of Aizen's defection.”

“Possibly,” you acknowledge. “I'll tell her you said hello.”

With that you and Masaki excuse yourselves, heading for Ichigo's room. Your in-law seems to be less satisfied with Yoruichi's absence, and asks you about it along the way.

“So what kind of training are we talking about here?”

You shrug. “It's complicated.”

“How complicated?” she persists.

“Soul King complicated.” Your response causes her to fall immediately silent: clearly she knows something about the order of the afterlife, at least well enough to realize what you're saying.

When you finally reach Ichigo's room, Masaki stops you outside the door. She has a concerned expression on her face that you didn't quite expect.

“How bad was it?” she asks. “I mean usually our family deals with these things in a kind of peculiar way, but even if he came here on his own against my wishes, it can't have been easy.”

>If you're asking if you should show him mercy, you probably know the answer already.
>Deal with things the Shiba and/or Kurosaki way.
>Not my place.
>Other?

>>45412453
>The manga
Kubo has no fucking clue what hes doing at this point. Its painfully clear hes rushing this out where it would have been leagues better if he just took it slow and didnt force bullshit to keep things moving along.

>>45412533
>>Deal with things the Shiba and/or Kurosaki way.

>>45412533
>>If you're asking if you should show him mercy, you probably know the answer already.
>>Deal with things the Shiba and/or Kurosaki way.

>>45412533
>Deal with things the Shiba and/or Kurosaki way.
TANAKA
THAI KICKU

>>45412533

>If you're asking if you should show him mercy, you probably know the answer already.
>Deal with things the Shiba and/or Kurosaki way.

>>45412533
>>Deal with things the Shiba and/or Kurosaki way.

>>45412533
>If you're asking if you should show him mercy, you probably know the answer already.

>>45412533
>If you're asking if you should show him mercy, you probably know the answer already.

>>45412533
>Other?
"He did something incredibly dumb, but he did it for good reasons, and he did it for the benefit of others. Just give him a whack he won't forget and then love the stupid out of him."

>>45412700
>then love the stupid out of him."
Not possible anon.

>>45412700
>loving the dumb out of Ichigo

Well I'd say it's impossible, but if anyone could pull it off...

>>45412700
>then love the stupid out of him."
I have bad news anon...

>>45412765
>>45412735
>>45412733
Maybe I can ammend that to "then try to love the stupid out of him." ?

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>>45412533
“If you need to ask you probably know already,” you observe quietly. “He did something mind-bogglingly stupid, but he did it to save someone he cares about. Just give him a whack he'll never forget and then try your damnedest to love the stupid out of him.”

“Now that's a tall order,” Masaki grins. “But you've got a point. You really have been at this for a long time, haven't you?”

“Longer than I care to admit,” you reply with a grim chuckle.

Masaki slaps gently at her cheeks to psyche herself up, then pushes through the doorway.

“I see you got cut up pretty badly, Ichigo,” she greets her astonished son. “Explain.”

“Mom? Why're you even...”

Masaki cracks Ichigo across the head once before resting her hands on her hips. “Nevermind that. You've got a lot of explaining to do.”

“Rukia put her life on the line for me,” Ichigo explains, looking away from his mother. “So when her life was put in danger because of it I had to help her.”

“I see,” Masaki nods, “so it really was the girl. You're more like your father than you seem to realize, Ichigo.”

Your sister-in-law sits at the side of the bed, and puts an arm around your nephew's shoulders.

“I'm not happy that you ignored me, but I'm definitely happy you're okay, Ichigo.”

The softer side of his mother seems to put Ichigo at ease, in turn bringing out a side you definitely haven't seen in the boy. When he's with his mother he loses that hard edge he tries so hard to maintain around everyone else. It seems she just has that effect on people. Isshin was the same way.

>Don't intrude on the moment.
>There's something you need to talk with Ichigo about.
>Other?

>>45413013
>>There's something you need to talk with Ichigo about.
So how much DO you like Rukia? I mean technically you are both nobles.

>>45413013
Ah. I see why I've never used that picture before.

>>45412453
>too drunk to participate
Anon, you clearly haven't seen me sometimes when I'm running.

>>45413043
Seconding this, but also try to get Masaki to get in on the teasing.

>>45413013
>“If you need to ask you probably know already,” you observe quietly. “He did something mind-bogglingly stupid, but he did it to save someone he cares about. Just give him a whack he'll never forget and then try your damnedest to love the stupid out of him.”
We didn't vote for that King, What the fuck?
>Don't intrude on the moment.

>>45413013
>>There's something you need to talk with Ichigo about.

>>45413079
Meant to only copy
>. “He did something mind-bogglingly stupid, but he did it to save someone he cares about. Just give him a whack he'll never forget and then try your damnedest to love the stupid out of him.”

>>45413013
>>There's something you need to talk with Ichigo about.

>>45413079
it came in late, and was fitting. Dont bitch.

>>45413079
Most QM's tend to weigh write-in's they like more heavily than copy-pasting greentext responses.

>>45413079
>We didn't vote for that King, What the fuck?
Did it lessen anything? No? Then stop complaining

>>45413013
>Don't intrude on the moment.
Guys, we're a mother too.

>>45413013
>Don't intrude on the moment.

>>45413013
>>Other?
Take photos for future blackmail

>>45413013
>>Other?
If the topic is about Ichigo's Hollow condition, just give a vague heads up that it's a topic that needs to be brought up in the presence of the entire Kurosaki family.

So, until the two is back with Isshin, just let them have the moment here.

>>45413183
Yes this, It's completely something Riku would do.

>>45413013
>Don't intrude on the moment.

also supporting the taking of embarrassing photos

>writing

>also, 3d10

Rolled 5, 1, 1 = 7 (3d10)

>>45413286

Rolled 10, 10, 1 = 21 (3d10)

>>45413286

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>>45413297
FUCKING PASSED! HAHAHAH PICTURES BLACKMAIL GET!

>>45413297
WOOHOO THE DICE ARE WITH ME TODAY!

Rolled 4, 9, 7 = 20 (3d10)

>>45413276

Rolled 8, 1, 6 = 15 (3d10)

>>45413286

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>>45413286
You decide to remain silent... in his own way, Ichigo reminds you a little of Gin when he was young and irresponsible. Sure he's rougher around the edges than your own adopted son ever was, but it's clear that despite any bluster that may arise mother and son love each other dearly.

Perhaps it's because of your silence that you're the first to hear it.

“... does anyone else hear that?” you ask, turning your head and looking for the source of a gradually building noise.

“What noise?” Ichigo asks, staring at you as if noticing your presence for the first time. “I don't hear any...”

With a massive crash, Yoruichi comes falling through the ceiling and lands next to you, cracking the vinyl tiles in a massive cloud of dust and debris. She's not wearing her white Captain's haori, probably because she didn't anticipate a need for it, and when she rises to her feet you can see her hakama are in tatters from the midthigh down. She coughs a few times as you help her brush the dist and bits of ceiling off herself.

Before you can say anything she pulls you into a tender embrace, which you find yourself reluctant to eventually break. Ichigo turns his head and coughs.

“You look terrible,” you observe, feeling no need for any further greetings between you.

Yoruichi nods, but there's a confident smirk on her face. “My new Resurrección did a number on my uniform... I need to get cleaned up a bit.”

“Why did you just crash through my ceiling?” Ichigo asks, taken aback at your wife's abrupt appearance.

“I just finished training in the Royal Realm,” Yoruichi explains with a dismissive wave, “and instead of being a decent guy about it the monk just passed me some tights, called them a “modified Keisen uniform”, and booted me out of the Palace.”

“And now I'm here.”

Ichigo shakes his head. “Yeah, I don't care about that. What I wanna know is why does it have to be my room?”
>1/?

>>45413435
because it's so easy to fuck with you?

>>45413435
Can I just say that the Royal Guards were the best thing that Kubo ever thought of? Everything to do with them is either hilarious and awesome or just plain awesome.

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>>45413435
“I was aiming for Riku,” Yoruichi replies, already taking off her eviscerated hakama.

“Hey!” Ichigo shouts, covering his eyes. “You can't just start stripping in here!”

“Get out, Ichigo,” you demand.

“But it's my room!”

Yoruichi pauses with tights in hand, turning towards your nephew with an impish grin and a sway of her hips. “What, it's not like we're covering new territory here. We've already bathed together, remember? It's fine.”

“You did what now?” Masaki glowers down at Ichigo. “Not only did you disobey your parents' wishes in coming here unsupervised but you've been bathing with two older women? Naked!?”

“Who are you calling old, Ichigo?” you growl, thumb flicking Tenkotsuki free from her sheath. “That's not very nice. I'll have you know two hundred and fifty isn't even “old” for a shinigami!”

“I didn't call you anything!” Ichigo insists, balling up his fists in frustration before realizing that Yoruichi still isn't wearing any pants and immediately covering his eyes again.

“I didn't raise my only son to be a punk and a pervert, Ichigo!” Masaki continues loudly.

“Fine! I'll step out, jeez!” Ichogo shouts, throwing his hands in the air in frustration. “I'll go talk to Tatsuki, she's nextdoor.”

After she watches her son stomp out of the room, Masaki flashes you a thumbs-up.

“He really is too easy,” Rosa sighs.

“Totally predictable,” Tenkotsuki agrees.

Masaki takes a seat while Yoruichi finishes dressing with a smile on her face. “Teenagers... if I couldn't tease them so easily I'd never be able to tolerate them.”
>2/?

>>45413496
..err, Masaki? Riku? Yoruichi? He's now in a room alone, with a girl his age.

>>45413543
A girl that he used to date, even.

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>>45413496
A few moments later Yoruichi stands in a new outfit, with dark skintight pants replacing her normal hakama and her sleeveless Ōken haori tucked under an orange sash. She also wears something entirely new that you didn't get a good look at when she fell through the ceiling: a pair of short blades, in opposite ends of a single sheath that's positioned behind her back at the same level as her sash. These are baat jaam do, or “butterfly knives”, the one on her right having been designed to be spun and the one on the left appearing to have an extended quillon for blade trapping.

“You reforged Shōsōtō while you were at it?” you ask, guessing at the second blade's identity.

Yoruichi nods thoughtfully. “I figured why not take the time to rework their sealed forms?”

“And you went full Chinese. Yamamoto's gonna throw a fit.”

“But you clearly approve,” Yoruichi smiles. “Of all people, I'd expect you and Suì Fēng to get it.”

“In shaolin they're considered an extension of the empty hand,” you nod, “so using these blades suits your favored style.”

Masaki seems completely lost at all the martial-arts talk, but listens politely nonetheless.

>So what does it do? You're among friends here.
>Wave Masaki off, this is a sensitive topic.
>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.
>Just deal with Ichigo's hollow issue for now.
>Other?

>>45413561
That image is corrupted or something, my browser crashes whenever I try to open it.

>>45413561
>>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

>>45413561
>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

>>45413543
>implying that's not all according to Masaki's keikaku
He's showing interest in girls his own age. As far as she and Isshin are concerned this is what "progress" would look like if you looked it up in the encyclopedia.

>>45413561
>>Just deal with Ichigo's hollow issue for now.

>>45413574
It's fine for me.

>>45413561
>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

>>45413561
>>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

>>45413561
>>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

>>45413574
The image is too big for you

>>45413574
>4320x3240

You on a phone? I may have found your problem

>>45413574
Weird. I've got no troubles with it.

Anyone else having issues?

>>45413561
>So what does it do? You're among friends here.
>>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

>>45413603
Hmm, comes up fine in IE and Firefox, it only crashes when I open it in Chrome. Weird.

>>45413603
No, Loser is probably using a phone.

>>45413619
I'm opening it fine in chrome, did you miss an update?

>>45413619
Sad, they're pretty knives. Modern style though, so not quite accurate to Yoruichi's new set, but nice anyway.

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>>45413585
...Masaki's goddess-tier, carry on.

>>45413650
Nope, didn't miss an update or anything. It's not like I'm running a toaster either. Win7, i7 4 core processor, R9 290x graphics card, 16gb RAM. No idea what's causing it.

>>45413675
Great weapons, they even got some great choreography for Kano's in MKX

>>45413603
Nope, no problem here..

>>45413561
>Head after Ichigo. This leads straight into another critical topic.

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>>45413561
“Let's go find Ichigo,” you suggest. “I can ask about your new partner, and that'll lead us into... well, that other thing.”

Yoruichi gives you a knowing glance, waving to the door. Masaki takes the lead, and you follow. A Fourth Division male nurse stares at you and the devastation behind you, struggling to figure out what he should do. The presence of two Captains leaves him at a total loss.

“I... ma'am,” he offers lamely.

“Sorry about that,” Yoruichi waves as she passes. “Couldn't be helped. You can bill First Division for the damages.”

“First Division?” you ask, surprised to hear Yoruichi pawning off responsibility.

She nods. “That sort of thing falls under their jurisdiction, it's fine!”

Next door you find Ichigo sitting on the side of Tatsuki's bed, the latter seemingly alarmed at the commotion. She seems relieved somewhat to see what caused it.

"So, you asked about my Resurrección," she begins. "Well, it's the reason my clothes were in such a sad state."

"So it's a little like shunkō?" you ask curiously.

"You could say that," she nods thoughtfully. "It's called Raijūsenkō, and it amplifies and solidifies the electricity produced by my body's nervous system."

"It solidifies it?" Tatsuki asks, confused at how such a thing could be possible. Yoruichi shrugs.

"Solid as any other part of my body," she explains. "Almost like armor or boxing equipment. The amplified electric signals mean an increase in speed and a decrease in response times too, and of course my reiatsu goes through the roof too."

Ichigo, however, is the first to ask the important question: "Wait, what's a Resurrección?"
>1/2

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>>45413950
IT BEGINS

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>>45413950
>A skill for those who have combined hollow and shinigami abilities.
>Something you may eventually learn about, given your history.
>Go over the WHOLE story.
>Other?

>>45413997
>Go over the WHOLE story.
NO ESCAPE

>>45413997
>>Go over the WHOLE story.

Story time Berryboy

>>45413997
>Go over the WHOLE story.
>You have no idea how GOOD it feels to be able to OPENLY tell people about these things

>>45413997
>>Go over the WHOLE story.
Sit in a chair and pat your lap for him to sit in it, this is a long story

>>45413997
>>Something you may eventually learn about, given your history.

>>45413997
>Something you may eventually learn about, given your history.
>Other?
If he needs any further context to connect the dots, he's got Masaki here already and Isshin to clarify further to once he gets back to Karakura.

Still in the fence on how Tatsuki would reat to this news, so I'm keeping it within the "famili" for now.

>>45414130
>reat
*react
>famili
*family

Man, I'm out of my game today.

>>45413997
>>Go over the WHOLE story.

>>45413997
>Something you may eventually learn about, given your history.

>>45413997
>>Go over the WHOLE story.

>writing
>STORY TIME
>SIT RIGHT DOWN AND AUNT RIKU'S GONNA TELL YOU A STORY

>>45413997
>Something you may eventually learn about, given your history.

>>45414246
>About how her afterlife got flipped-turned upside down?

>>45414299
In west Kusajishi, born and raised
In the alleys were where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
'Cept when I had to steal to get myself food
I found some muggers who were up to no good
Started making trouble in their neighborhood

>>45414345
Beat up one little punk, caught a kitty-cat peeper
she said, "You're movin' in with me to become a soul reaper!'

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>>45413997
“You asked me once why I had two swords,” you muse quietly, taking a seat yourself. “First, I have to answer that question. And to do that, I have to go back two hundred years.”

“So settle in.”

You begin with your past life as a Sternritter, through which Masaki sits in rapt attention. This arc of your tale ends in Rosa's death at Yoruichi's hands but begins a new arc, which sees you rise to the rank of Lieutenant in the Onmitsukidō under your former killer and the adoption of Gin and Rangiku.

“You mean you married the woman who killed you?” Ichigo asks, brow furrowed. “What the hell's that all about? I don't understand it at all!”

“I married the person with whom I shared the strongest mutual bonds,” you explain carefully. “Those bonds we created transcended any other concerns we may have had.”

“Now would you shut up please?” Yoruichi asks hotly, though she seems to blush ever so slightly at your frank explanation.

The story continues with Aizen's experiments in the Rukongai, and covers his attack on the Captains and Lieutenants that would become Vizards. You describe how you became involved, and briefly explain the hundred years of shadow war up until Aizen's eventual defection.

“So that's what brings us to the Resurrección,” you explain carefully. “Arrancar use them as a rule. When released they return an arrancar to what they were like as hollows, enhancing their strength and abilities.”

“Wait, so you modified your own hollow abilities?” Tatsuki concludes. “The ones Aizen stuck you with?”

“That's right.”
>1/2

>>45414345
Got in one little fight and then shot got weird.

... I'm trying to figure out how to get talking cat to rhyme..

>>45414388
“But then what happens when you release that zanpakuto?” Tatsuki asks, confused. “You're not hollows, and never were.”

“I regain some abilities from when I was a Sternritter,” you explain calmly.

Yoruichi nods in agreement. “My Raijūsenkō is a better reflection of that part of my soul. It's complicated, but trust me. It makes sense.”

>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.
>Ichigo, what happened when you fought Byakuya?
>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or it'll kill you.
>Other?

>>45414417
>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.

>>45414417
>>Ichigo, what happened when you fought Byakuya?
>>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or it'll kill you.

>>45414417
>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or I'LL kill you myself

>>45414417
>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.
>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or it'll kill you.

>>45414417
>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.
>Ichigo, what happened when you fought Byakuya?
>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or it'll kill you.

Por que no los tres?

>>45414417
>>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or it'll kill you.

>>45414417
>>>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.
I don't like to spoonfeed desu

>>45414417
>>Ichigo, you need to control that inner hollow of yours or it'll kill you.
>Or Masaki'll kill you
>Or Rukia
>Or me
>Or Tatsuki
>...huh, that's a lot of scary women you hang out with, Ichigo. Poor you

>>45414489
>scary woman

If you say that three times they say Unohana will show up.

>>45414417
>>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.
Can Ichigo reach an understanding or compromise with his inner hollow? After all his hollow is his fragment of soul

yay caught it live!
>>45414417
>Masaki, the next part of the story concerns you and your son.

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>>45414417
“Masaki, the next part of what I say concerns you and your son.”

You can see the moment when Masaki first realizes what you're talking about. She remembers the part of the story you haven't told Ichigo, the night his parents first met. Everything he is revolves around those events, and you never felt that it was your place to describe them.

“I know you have one of those 'inner hollows' too, Ichigo,” Masaki explains quietly. “I know because for several years I had it myself, and it ended up passed to you.”

“Wait, how?” Ichigo demands. “That makes no sense!”

“One of Aizen's experiments,” you explain. “The hollowfied soul of a shinigami that Isshin and I believe was the former head of the Shiba clan. It infected your mother.”

“Hollow and quincy can't coexist,” Masaki continues. “Urahara Kisuke offered to help save my life at teh expense of your father's shinigami abilities, using his reiryoku to counterbalance the hollow's. When you were born you inherited my potential and Isshins, along with the hollow that infected me.”

“That's why you tried so hard to keep me from coming here,” Ichigo reasons. “You suspected this would happen?”

“I'm still trying to figure out why Urahara took the risk,” Masaki sighs, clearly frustrated with the former Captain.

You shake your head. “It's not strictly speaking his fault, as much as I hate to admit it.”

“What do you mean?”

“Ichigo was sent back in time by mistake, remember?” you explain. “Yoruichi and I went into the human world to try and work an explanation out of Kisuke, but we realized what had happened. Kisuke figured out at the same time... once we all knew what had happened, we were basically committed to that action.”

“Less of a causal loop,” Yoruichi mutters to herself, “more like a trap.”
>1/2

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“So,” Ichigo sighs, rising to his feet and scratching at his hair. “What you're saying is that you've recruited a bunch of hollows that turned into shinigami to fight Aizen's hollows that turned into shinigami, and you yourselves turned into hollows but not really, and if you can't figure out a way to stop it a hollow that was inside my mom for years is going to eat me.”

“That sound about right?”

>Pretty much, yeah.
>Not quite (add a detail?)
>Sort of. Yoruichi and I are exceptional cases, we can't teach you how to manage your hollow.
>Other?

>>45414715
>>Pretty much, yeah.

>>45414715
>Sort of. Yoruichi and I are exceptional cases, we can't teach you how to manage your hollow.

You're gonna have to beat it down yourself berry boy.

>>45414715
well it'll probably just kill your soul and then use your body like a puppet to kill your loved ones, but yeah

>>45414715
Not as much eat you as become you, and then probably eat everyone you care about unless we kill it along with what's left of you.

>>45414715
>Sort of. Yoruichi and I are exceptional cases, we can't teach you how to manage your hollow.
>Managing your hollow would be like Bankai Training, but with more violence and screaming. Are you willing to take the risk?

>>45414715
>Pretty much, yeah.
See? He can learn.

>>45414715
>Sort of. Yoruichi and I are exceptional cases, we can't teach you how to manage your hollow.

>>45414715
>Not as much eat you as become you, and then probably eat everyone you care about unless we kill it along with what's left of you.
What chapter is that from?

>>45414750
The most recent one. Not kidding, it basically revolves around Yoruichi's ass.

Sad part is I can think of so many worse chapters recently.

>>45414715
>>Sort of. Yoruichi and I are exceptional cases, we can't teach you how to manage your hollow.

>>45414750
>he hasnt read the latest chapter.
Oh boy,are YOU missing out.
whole lot of yoruichi ass in that one.

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>>45414781
>it basically revolves around Yoruichi's ass.
....You don't say?

>>45414781
>>Not kidding, it basically revolves around Yoruichi's ass.
Just like a planet, because DAYUM.
Sorry, couldnt resist.

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You fags make me ashamed to be participating in this quest.

>>45414822
Que?

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>>45414822
You don't like Yoruich's great ass? FOR SHAME!

>>45414822
gonna need some context m8.

>>45414715
“Sort of,” you shrug. “Really it's worse than eating you, it would take over your mind and use your body to brutally kill everyone you know and love. Learning to control that force will be like Bankai training, but with generally more violence and screaming involved.”

“So you can help me?” he asks hopefully.

Yoruichi shakes her head. “Not this time, Ichigo. Riku and I are unusual cases, so any advice we could give you wouldn't be very useful.”

“I'll browbeat Urahara into solving the problem,” you reassure your nephew. “But Isshin's powers should be returning soon, and between your parents things should be okay in the short term.”

“He probably shouldn't be fighting,” Rosa tells you. “That'll help his hollow take over faster”

“And you should avoid fighting,” you repeat what your own inner hollow has told you, “the physical strain and emotional stress will only make things worse.”

“I JUST learned Bankai,” Ichigo complains loudly. “Jeez, what a friggin' pain.”

“Beats the alternative,” you point out. “Now let's get you a new room for the night. You should be free to leave tomorrow, so it'd pay to rest up.”

>Take your leave of them.
>Offer to guide them back to the living world?
>You need to speak with Yamamoto, it's time to start making preparations for war.
>Other?

>>45414908
>Ah speaking of hollows! How would you like to meet my friends? If your friends are alright they can meet them to!

>>45414908
>>Offer to guide them back to the living world?

>>45414935
second

>>45414908
>not realizing that Ichigo is even more of a special case than them

>>45414935
>>45414908
I'll support.

>>45414935
Second.

>>45414908
>>You need to speak with Yamamoto, it's time to start making preparations for war.

I presume reinstating Urahara would be part of this agenda. Still need to make sense of whatever Mayuri left behind, and he's the most qualified for it.

>>45414935
This
>>45414908

>>45414935
This
Also:
>Make sure he can see Rukia (and tease the shit out of him when he does) before he leaves Souls Society.

We can't let him leave without doing this to him in front of his mother!

>>45414908
“Speaking of hollows,” you continue, your chipper tone signalling a massive departure from the topic of Ichigo dismembering his entire family, “I have some friends for you all to meet tomorrow, if you're up to it. I get the feeling you'll be seeing a lot of each other in the near future.”

With that, you excuse yourself.

It takes only a few minutes to set Ichigo and Masaki up with a place to sleep the night, and you manage to evade any lecturing from Unohana over the damage to her Division's grounds, so you'd consider the evening rather successful. By the time you and Yoruichi return to the Ninth Division barracks it's already dark, and you sit up for a while discussing recent concerns.

From a pouch tucked into her sash, Yoruichi presents you with something unusual.

“They're contact lenses,” she explains as you roll the little discs between your fingers, “found in a locker in the Research Division labs. The locker had your name on it.”

“My name?” you ask, completely confused at why there would be a storage space there for you.

Yoruichi shrugs. “Nemu told our investigators they were meant for you. No idea what they are or why they were made.”

“They spark when you run rieatsu into them,” you observe playfully as the lenses take on an unusually flashy appearance. “They're useless aside from that.”

“Well, apparently someone thought they were important,” Yoruichi sighs, rising to get ready to sleep. “Hell if I know why. Maybe he knew something we don't.”

>dice+3d10

Rolled 9, 10, 7 = 26 (3d10)

>>45415090

>>45415090

Rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13 (3d10)

>>45415090

Rolled 9, 1, 5 = 15 (3d10)

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>>45415102
Well, shit.
>writing, this will be the last update of the night

>>45415102
Ahahaha, this is literally the first roll I've ever made on 4chan, let alone /tg/!

>>45415102
Welp

>>45415102
ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. WHAT A STRESS RELIEF.

>>45415120
sorry man

>>45415131
Don't be, like many people, 4chan can't make me any more of a degenerate than I already am!

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>>45415090
Your sleep that night is troubled, despite the comfort of your own bed and the presence of your loved ones nearby.

In your mind all is not well. High upon a sea cliff, where there should only be you and your closest partners, Tenkotsuki has walled herself off. The cherry tree she usually sits nearby is at the center of a shining green cube, with her sitting as if focusing solely on its maintenence.

Rosa is nowhere to be found, and no matter how hard you try Tenkotsuki won't answer you. It's such a jarring experience you can't be sure whether this is really your inner world, or some bizarre nightmare where a lucidly-imagined scene has tricked you into thinking this is familiar territory. Ultimately, you end up waking with a lingering unease, a doubt that all is well, and a feeling of odd loneliness.

And worst, it seems you're not the only one who feels it.

>>45415201
Oh boy, here we go.

>>45415201
>rolled well

>so we got to see some fucked up shit

Sometimes I hate how "success" doesn't mean "good shit happens".

>>45415201
Did someone say Muramasa time?

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>>45415201
Muramasa is going to feel the unending fury of Riku.

>>45415201
Time for Muramasa?

>>45415201
And on that note I've officially run out of steam for the night. I want to continue tomorrow night though, so look for confirmation of it on Twitter. After this weekend there will be about a month long hiatus where I absolutely won't be able to write unless something REALLY weird happens.

Archive's up, and thanks for playing!

>>45415232
Why the hell would Muramasa work on Rosa? She's not a Zanpakuto.

>>45415232
thanks for the run

>>45415232
Thanks for running.

>>45415222
>>45415227
>>45415228
But King said no Muramasa arc.

Or was that another filler arc?

I'm pretty sure he said no Fullbringer and no Muramasa.

Or was it that one space-time faggot?

Fuck.

>>45415246
She is now fool.

>>45415246
She is though. Riku's made that very clear to anyone who's asked.

Don't assume you know anything about how Rosa and Tenkotsuki will respond to the coming situation (since it's fairly clear it's Muramasa). They may both be zanpakuto, but they're very unusual zanpakuto. There's absolutely no way to reasonably predict what they're going to do.

>>45415260
>But King said no Muramasa arc.
No he only said no fullbringer or bount arc.

>>45415260
Only one I shot down was the Bount arc, and it was a hard shoot-down too. No Bount material will show up at all. The others, my stance has always been to pick and choose.

>>45415273
Did I shoot down fullbrings entirely? I recall a special ruling on Facebook at least, and never REALLY intended to use them.

>>45415284
Uh you said no fullbringer arc either actually King, Reeeeaaally hope you arne't going back on your word on that one, It was complete bullshit.

>>45415297
>Did I shoot down fullbrings entirely?
Yes as I said here>>45415298

>>45415272
what was that roll for? detection on whether or not we notice Muramasa dicking about with our other soul swords?

>>45415201
Thanks for running, it's a damn good thing we have Shunko and high level Kido, some captains are going to be useless

>>45415312
>>45415298
Like I said, I didn't intend to use the arc, but could only remember Facebook as being a hard "nope". And without him, the entire psychological horror aspect disappears, so there really would be no "Fullbring arc" anyway.

Unagiya is there though.

>>45415335
>whether or not we notice Muramasa dicking about with our other soul swords
Precisely. Unlike the canon Captains, the most perceptive of whom only had a vague sense that something might be off, Riku's experience has put her on full alert. She knows that something is seriously wrong with her swords, and that others are suffering from similar issues even if they don't realize it.

Unless anyone has immediate questions, I'll be checking out. ask.fm is always open.

But man, the Muramasa arc was such a drag. How are you supposed to be able to control something that is literally a part of someone else?

It's not even brute forcing it, it's just "Well your zanpakto is going to kill you now, kthnx". Come on.

And then the whole convincing zanpakto spirits their wielders were bad thing, the fuck is that shit? How the fuck does that work on anyone who can actually communicate with their zanpakto?

Aizen's zanpakto was really pushing the boundaries of asshole shit, but Muramasa is the pinnacle of being a dick.

And why doesn't Oetsu deal with it? That seems like the sort of thing he would actually care about.

>>45415462
It's fine anon, Kubo may be shit at real plotlines, but I expect King to do it well

>>45415492
That's not the issue, really, it compounds it, but a zanpakto that controls other zanpakto?

Why would Oetsu let that shit exist? I could buy him having it as it easily fits his theme but instead some fuccboi gets it?

Naw.

>>45415535
I think the idea is muramasa was mutated somehow and his ability changed because of it. Also it's been firmly established that unless some TRULY MAJOR shit is going down, zero squad is staying right the fuck where they are. Muramasa just wasn't important enough. He probably WOULD have if he got far enough, but he got shot down before he became high enough priority for the zeroes. I mean they didnt interfere when eldritch butterflaizen was dicking around, muramasa wasn't that big.

>>45415615
>eldritch butterflaizen was dicking around

But he was in the world of the living when that happened, I don't think they know what happens there from that shitty palace.

But Muramasa is a massive threat, say he gets his grubby bullshit on one of the squad zero zanpakto, right?

I dunno, mang, unspecified bullshit irks me.

>>45415670
Wouldn't that be a HUGE reason for zero squad to not get involved at all costs then?

>>45415686
But you can brute force your way into the palace, and someone like Yamamoto would know that, so his zanpakto would know it, so if he got Ryujin Jakka he would know "hey, let's go fuck up those REALLY swole niggas".

All Oetsu would need to do is pop out without his zanpakto and punch Muramasa to death. Or Koga. Or both. Both is best.

>>45415732
He would fucking eviscerate Koga.

>>45415959
>tfw Koga being a petty faggot is what caused him to not reach his potential of "bretty gud"

Hey, he might have been the one to replace Yamamoto instead of Shunsui apparently.

Not really, Koga's a bitch.