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Flower
On The Precipice

Time really did fly by, and
thanks to an unfortunate event that had happened two weeks ago, Kin
Urahara-Shihouin knew that though her love interest may still be fighting off
her advances, she knew when he thought the time was right he would stop
restraining himself.

Still, Asuka
and her stories of her phenomenal archer lover whose abilities were practically
made for the bedroom weren�t helping her any.

They went on regular dates like
any other couple, though sometimes those dates included hunting down inhuman
beasts while running around as a soul, which made them anything but regular.
Where she lacked in her schoolwork, she more than made up for in her fighting
techniques, and she saw Kaien�s looks of amazement
and even fear more often than not when she had finished their opponent off. Her
fighting talent was just plain unnatural. He had yet to see her call out
her sword, but he knew it just as well, if not better than she did.

Absorbing all the memories of a
zanpakutou when it cuts will do that kind of thing.

She was just as good with her
sword as she was with her hands and feet, and her skill in Shunpo
was on par to a captain class Soul Reaper easily. The fact that she could use Shunkou, not to mention had complete mastery of it, put her
on that strength level as well. He knew for a fact that she couldn�t use Bankai, but he knew she had spent most of her time
perfecting Shunkou, and not as much time perfecting
her zanjutsu. She was scary enough as it was, if she managed Bankai he
didn�t know what she�d do to him next time she got mad at him.

Then again, he hadn�t released so
much as a speck of reiatsu since he came back, so she had no way of judging his
strength either other than the few fights she had seen him in. She really
wanted to see Cerokou, but so far he hadn�t had the
occasion to bring it out. It was pretty hard to even imagine what kinds of
strength and speed would be attainable having the full destructive capabilities
of the Hollow Flash behind them.

Shaking herself away from those
thoughts, she quickly redirected them to her plan. She knew Kaien was waiting
for the right time, so she decided she would give him a right time.
After all, Christmas was only a week away now, and she had picked out the perfect
gift for him. She knew he would like it. Her face still flushed even when she thought
about it. She was bold, but she didn�t know if she�d be able to go through with
it. There was always Plan B though.

She had spent the past two weeks
learning everything that had to with Hueco Mundo from Asuka, when she was
away from Kaien of course. It had been over a month already, and yet seeing him
everyday still seemed like a dream. She had never guessed a place she had
thought so primitive would have its own culture, completely different from that
of Soul Society. Then again, she had to take into consideration the fact that
the Hollows had only been able to attain the human-like Vastro-Lorde
level in the past twenty years, and that they had a reasonable King
ruling them.

Her boyfriend�s father was a
frightening person to say the least, even though she had never thought him
capable of it before.

Asuka�s
stories constantly awed her in that respect.

Because of this knowledge
however, she looked on her friend in a different light. Now every time she saw Souken caress the bone-fragment of her friend�s jaw she
knew that he was wordlessly expressing that he loved her,
and that something as seemingly simple as accepting someone could have
matrimonial implications. Arrancar�s tolerated each
other, and many had friends inside their race, but completely accepting another
had totally different applications than the concept of tolerance in the Living
World. The power levels was another thing that had been brought up, and though
Ichigo had tried to abolish the Numeros system, many
still judged each other by their strength and how it compared to others. There
were exceptions though.

She had a whole new respect for
Kaien now, knowing he had been granted the title of �Prince� by trial, not
lineage.

That only went to show how strong
his sisters were, having attained �Princess� status at only fourteen.

She wanted to understand the
world he came from, and she realized it was much different from the world he
had been born into. There had been no trips to Soul Society over that five
years, but they had been visited by a few captains and their lieutenants every
once in a while, not taking into account the Soul Reapers that were just their
friends. From what she had heard anyway. Judging just
from the ones that were close friends of Ichigo, she knew that was quite a lot
of authority flying around, not to mention�
trust if they hadn�t reported his status to the Society, let alone the
nature of his children�s powers.

It was an execution waiting to
happen, but instead nothing had been done.

Ichigo Kurosaki had truly changed
the worlds in the core of their very definitions.

When it came to schoolwork, Kin
had decided she really didn�t care. She was going to be Valedictorian for sure,
but since she would have an almost unlimited lifespan in which to learn and
grow, she had decided trying any harder would be a waste of effort. She had two
other worlds to learn about anyways, focusing on just one seemed pretty
trivial.

It was the last day before
Christmas Break started, and she couldn�t wait for the day to be over. Like
always, the most that happened was a light snowfall, and that was only rarely.
Where they were, it was mostly Spring-like during the winter months, and that
was if it was really bad.

She could feel Kaien�s presence at the back of the class, sitting where he
always did. It was like she could sense his eyes on her, and were he anyone else, she would have been a bit freaked out. That was the
beauty of having a boyfriend that was willing to wait longer than she was,
because she knew he would never try anything intentionally.

Most of the
time she thought of that as a bad thing though.

She still remembered waking up in
his arms, and it was one of the most comforting feelings she had ever felt in
her life. She felt�safe. It had been the first time she had seen him without a
shirt too since he had been back, and she got an eyeful of toned muscle and
near-flawless skin, only offset when her eyes finally registered the fact that
this was also the first time she had ever seen his left arm fully exposed.
Since he had still been sleeping, she had taken great care in looking at it
quietly, even though every other part of her wanted to cry.

The linear, admittedly stylish
tattoos that reminded her a lot of Renji
Abarai were the first things her eyes traced, and she
noted that like she had thought, they went all the way up his arm and even to
some places on his shoulder. When she looked closer however, she found what she
was looking for. She had nearly screamed. The tattoos didn�t simply cover one
scar per tattoo, they covered multiple scars. None of them were jagged,
or even bubbled over his skin; instead they were indented like certain layers
of flesh hadn�t been repaired properly, though it made hiding them with black
ink much easier. She had lost count of how many scars crisscrossed over each
other, and there was a twisted kind of congruity to them that showed either
Kaien had been very lucky, or he had planned exactly how the blade was going to
cut him. To be able to do something like that in the heat of battle was
mind-boggling.

Now every time she looked back at
him and saw the skintight covering on his torso and arm, though she could see
the ending spikes of the tattoos themselves that darted out over his wrists, the
only thing she saw was the scars underneath, as if reliving a memory in
real-time. She may have had her fair share of battles, but she knew most of his
training had been in life-or-death situations battling Hollows whose level was
enough to make most lieutenants shake in their sandals. That wasn�t to say that
her own training hadn�t been dangerous, having parents like Kisuke
Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin as trainers meant no grounds were off-limits, but
in real-time, real-life battle experience she was sure he easily outdid her.
Her father was able to emulate something similar, but some small part of her
mind doubted he would really be able to kill her, so that didn�t count.

That was another thing they
hadn�t done since he had been back, and she resolved that they were going to
have a sparring match again very soon.

She absentmindedly rubbed the
scarf around her neck as Mrs. Kojima�formerly Miss Ochi�droned on about
something or other, she couldn�t care less. She just wanted school to be done
with, but Christmas Break was good enough for now.

�Hey Kurosaki!� she heard her
teacher�s voice exclaim, and that made her perk her head up curiously.

�Hmm?�
Kaien answered in typical male fashion, and she saw Mrs. Kojima�s eyebrow start
twitching in annoyance.

�There�s only a few minutes left
in the day, would you care to come up here and tell us what you�ve learned
about us? I hear you won�t be coming back after break.�

Even Kin didn�t know that
particular tidbit of information, and she instantly looked back at
aforementioned person, to which he just shrugged.

�That�s right. I think I�ve
gained all that I can from this class, but it was helpful. I had almost
forgotten how to blend in with this culture after being away for so long,� he
responded simply.

Mrs. Kojima adjusted her classes
as she cocked her head to the side. �Wha�?�

�The best thing I can say is that
the culture these young people have developed is surprisingly nonviolent
compared to the one I was in, but discrepancies fuel grudges that burn for
longer than they should if the matter was simply explained and acted upon. For
example, I�ve noticed the guys in this class all seem to have a preoccupation
with a certain female member�� His voice was calm, and he was clearly acting
the part of the highly educated medical school student he had portrayed himself
to be, but the class noted the way the tendons in his neck tensed slightly at
the last part before he continued. ��while in the culture I�ve come from the
people recognize a lost cause right away and continue on.

�It�s a shame really; if I had to
be completely honest I�d say this class is definitely not lacking its fair
share of attrac�� He caught himself before Kin�s
glare reached him, and he swallowed nervously. �Ahem, that is to say there are
plenty of other deserving candidates, and to focus on the one so obviously
taken is sheer stupidity. Where I�ve come from, to try and oppose an initial cla�relationship, is encouraged, but only if the challenger
is strong enough. If not, then the challenger simply doesn�t survive the
encounter, simple as that. There�s that aspect of it, but there�s also the
woman�s feelings to take into account, and if she�s powerful enough, she may
decide to fight for her relationship regardless of the strength of the one
she�s with, because strength has nothing on emotions. I�ve seen that kind of
caste system broken many times, be it for a weaker man or weaker woman.� There
was a threat written between the lines of those remarks, and the men of the
class shivered for no apparent reason.

Kaien continued yet again. �Pride
is a very prominent aspect in both of these cultures, but I�ve noticed that the
action taken is mostly behind the scenes in this culture and very open and
brusque where I�ve come from. Gossip and rumors spread unease and discord among
the people here, and where I�ve come to a certain extent, but mostly physical
confrontations are preferred over verbal warfare, however it has its place in
gathering others to their cause first. To tell the truth, I�ve noticed that
here it�s mostly bark and no bite, while where I�ve come from it�s only barking
while they�re biting.�

Mrs. Kojima gulped silently and
readjusted her glasses again. �Just where did your dad get into
politics??�

Kaien merely smiled. �Let�s just
say it�s far, far away.�

One of the men of the class
snorted. �You forgot the part about �a long time ago in a galaxy far,
far away.� You�re full of bull, and if you want bite, I�ll show you bite.�

The eldest Kurosaki�s eyes
narrowed at what was undoubtedly a challenge. Before anyone could do so much as
blink he had vanished, and the entire class looked
around in confusion. Kin, she was looking around in fear, because what he had
just done could easily jeopardize the spiritual realms.

�Oh really?�
A smooth, murderously low voice asked with silken amusement out of the blue.

The entire class nearly jumped
out of their seats, but the man that had called him out more so, because the
voice had breathed down his neck like the hiss of a snake to a cornered mouse.
He�and everyone else for that matter�looked behind him quickly and who should
he see but the person that had just been standing at the other end of the
class, looking down on him with freakishly yellow eyes that promised pain.

�You wouldn�t even be able to see
me, let alone touch me enough to actually do any damage. Since the
bell�s going to ring in two seconds I�ll tell you this now that I�m no longer a
member of your class. You try to go after Kin again and I�ll rearrange your outsides
to match your insides, got it?� Kaien smiled mockingly and gave him a
�friendly� pat on the shoulder, just in time for the bell to ring.

Mrs. Kojima gulped again and
tried to disregard the disappearing act that seemed to be beyond explanation
and launched into her usual pre-vacation rant. �A-All right
everyone, remember to flake off your homework, except for today�s
Japanese lesson! When you�re partying, you have to be a little immoral for it
to become a good memory! Okay everyone!? Try to stay alive �till January and have
a good vacation!! Class over!!�

It was almost like she had just announced
summer vacation, because all the students tore out of the room like the devil
himself was on their tail. Then again, that may have also been because they had
just gotten an up close and personal look at Kaien Kurosaki when he wanted to
look menacing.

All but the young man Kaien had
just threatened, who stood defiantly in front of Kaien with his teeth barred.
�You sound so high and mighty, but even a dog can only take so much bark before
he bites!� With that he struck out, regardless of the former display of speed,
but was shocked when Kaien didn�t move, and yet his fist had been blocked like
it had been standing still by a thin feminine hand.

Asuka
walked in front of the young man with fire burning inside her baby blue eyes.
She had been coming to do something with Kaien and Kin, as this was the first
opportunity they had to do something together in the Living World without any
worries about school. The gigai was uncomfortable,
but she had gotten used to it after a while. Not having the mask-fragment on
her jaw-line still disconcerted her to no end.

�You so much as touch him and I
swear your afterlife will be very uncomfortable. Got that, loser?� she
growled lowly and pushed away the offending fist she had been forced to catch.
Well, she hadn�t been forced, but it wasn�t like she was going to allow some
nameless punk to punch the Prince of Hueco Mundo. It was a useless gesture because there was no doubt to
the fact Kaien could have beat him over the moon in
less than a second, but it�s the thought that counts. The man didn�t move, in
fact he seemed petrified, so Asuka gave one last
snarl at him and within the second he was out the door, the door which Souken was currently entering through.

Souken
grimaced when the teen pushed him out of the way, not so much from any
discomfort at the action, but like he didn�t even like the fact that he had
been touched by someone as simple as him.

�Sheesh
Kurosaki, it�s the day of Christmas Break so you just have to go and pick a
fight before you leave. You really need to grow up� the Quincy stated nonchalantly as he smiled,
showing that the remarks had been exactly what they had been intended as: a
joke.

Kaien made a face at the
approaching archer. �I�d tell you where you can stick those words, but I think
you know what I mean by now.�

They heard a gasp and they all
turned towards the teacher, who looked like she was almost in tears. �There�s
no mistaking it�� Misato muttered happily. �If that�s not little Souken Ishida then I�m losing my mind.

Souken
smiled like a kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar and waved sheepishly.
�It has been a while Mrs. Kojima. I�m happy to see you well,� he stated,
as formally as ever.

They saw her look over, and then
she stared as if seeing a ghost before she took off her glasses and rubbed her
eyes repeatedly before she put them back on, just like she was making sure. �Wha-What�s wrong?� Asuka asked,
acutely aware that the stare had been directed solely at her.

She was almost crying again, and
they had no idea why. �It�s just�I could have sworn you looked like one of my
old students for a second. But that�s impossible, I know! She�s been dead for
almost nineteen years! Maybe I really am losing my mind!� she mumbled to no one
unparticular aloud.

Asuka
caught on rather quickly. �Oh! You must have been my mo�ah hehehe,
I mean Chizuru�s teacher, weren�t you?�

Misato nodded sadly. �I�m
surprised you�ve heard of her. She was so healthy, I
never would have thought she could just die like that so suddenly. Not even a
year after graduation��

Asuka
walked over to her and put a comforting hand on one of her shaking shoulders.
�I�m sure she�s fine wherever she is, right?�

Misato Kojima gave a chortle and
nodded. �Yeah. Even in the afterlife she�s probably too
busy chasing girls or gallivanting around with that blue-haired�� her words
trailed off gracelessly as she looked back at Asuka
and finally inputted the blue hair and eye markings, those almost identical to
the blue haired man that had entered her classroom so unexpectedly all those
years ago when she was still teaching Ichigo and the others. �In fact�you look
almost exactly like what they would have had if they had had kids.�

Asuka
felt the sweat drip down the back of her neck. Maybe coming here wasn�t the
smartest plan I ever had� She thought with an inaudible gulp.

It didn�t even take a second
later and both Souken and Kaien had grabbed an
individual arm and pulled her out the door, where Kin quickly followed. �S-Sorry, gotta go! See you after
break!� she explained lamely and rushed off after the other three that had run
away only seconds before being absolutely busted.

The person formerly known as
Misato Ochi sighed loudly.

�They�re just as crazy as their
parents.�

~~~~~~~~

�Dodged a
bullet there!� Asuka said in relief as she
wiped her forehead. She shrunk back a bit at her husband�s and best friend�s
sarcastic glares at her. �Well hey, I needed to go in
there anyway, who�d have thought she�d have such a good memory?�

Souken
sighed and resisted the urge to compulsively readjust his glasses. �I�ve been
around your mother for a long time, and from what my dad�s told me about her
high school years, she�s not a very easy person to forget.� He gulped at her
glare and this time the urge was too large to overcome. �I-I meant that in a good
way.�

Asuka
crossed her arms underneath her ample bosom and turned her head away snottily.
�Suuure you did.�

Kin snickered beside them. �Trouble in paradise already?�

This time it was Souken who did the glaring, and Kin almost shrunk
back. Almost. He cleared his throat softly. �Asuka, I apologize for my earlier comment. Are we okay?�

Asuka
stopped with a ridged back and turned to look back at him, and though she still
had a frown on her face, it was obviously forced. She cracked sooner than Kaien
would have thought, but then again staying mad at someone you love is a pretty
hard thing to do, especially when it�s someone like a Quincy archer, who can say anything in the
deadliest of seriousness while still sounding remorseful. �Gah!�
she acquiesced with a huff. �Of course we are!� She did sound pretty miffed
that she hadn�t gotten to stay mad though.

Kaien saw Souken
grin and before anything else could be said the archer had taken her in his
arms and pulled her startled face to his, where the shocked eyes quickly closed
as the skilled lips of her lover and husband reminded her in physical form what
she meant to him. When he pulled away, her cheeks were flushed in a healthy red
glow and she had no problem leaning against him as they all continued their
walk to Kaien�s house. He wasn�t about to go out
wearing the school uniform.

�You know I don�t think I�ve ever
seen anything make her so compliant so quickly. You should have done that a
long time ago,� Kaien teased with a contemplative look.

Asuka
growled a small warning and snuggled back up into the slender shoulder she had
been leaning on. Souken�well, he simply turned red,
but the smirk on his face got wider. Male egos are a very quickly inflated
after all, and with a woman like Asuka at his side,
he had every reason to be proud.

Kin was already feeling left out,
seeing her friends so blatantly flaunting their togetherness. She was walking
right beside her boyfriend, so logic quickly declared that since he was right
there and it was a win-win situation, she should just take what she wanted.
Without warning she too stepped closer to her love-interest and put her arm in
his as she leant on his arm. She wished she was taller, because unlike Asuka, who only had a few centimeters worth of difference
between her and her lover, she was nearly an entire head smaller, and putting
her head on his shoulder was quite the feat when he was standing. Kaien, though
thoroughly enjoying the display of affection, quickly noticed her discomfort.

The Shihouin heir was surprised
and disappointed when Kaien took his arm away from her and she started to look
up at him in confusion, but before she could even meet his eyes his arm had
been wrapped around her shoulders and she was pulled gently into his side. This
she hadn�t thought of, but she was certainly glad he had. Her body tingled
instantly when pulled into contact with his warm, hard body and she practically
melted into him. She fit like she had been made for this spot, and leaning her
head against him was no problem now.

Asuka
looked over, curious as to why the mocha-skinned annoyance had been quiet for
so long, and smiled ruefully when she saw the other pair, and Kin�s face was
just as aglow as hers had been previously. She suppressed a snicker. She wasn�t
the only one nearly drunk with love after all.

They were so close to his home
too, but right before they opened the gate, a different kind of gate
opened right beside them. The familiar circular gate that was the door to Soul
Society opened and one figured stumbled out, holding another to his chest
frantically and he fell to his knees panting as he tried to keep the person in
his arms safe.

He had grown, but that was to be
expected. Nineteen years going by tended to change people, and as was the case
with Toshirou Hitsugaya, it
was only a matter of time before his reiatsu reacted to his relationship and
spurned on a growth spurt.

Indeed, it was Hanatarou Yamada who came stumbling through that gate, but
it was under anything but normal circumstances. The four that had unwittingly
bore witness to his arrival noted instantly the person in his arms was wearing
a shihakushou cut and torn in many places, though there were no cuts on the
person herself. That was quickly explained when they saw the other thing he was
holding as carefully as he could, and Hisagomaru�s
gauge was almost full again even though it was already released. Considering
the fact that the man himself still had a variety of wounds on him, it was
common sense that the wounds that had been absorbed were all from the woman in his
arms. For it to be enough that the healing zanpakutou�s
gauge was almost filled again�and who knows how many other times�suggested
either a terrible lover�s quarrel, a horrible beating, or one heck of a battle.
Since he had come here though, Kaien made the pretty safe assumption
that it hadn�t been a battle because then his division would be able to handle
him easily. Then there was also the fact that if Hanatarou
even raised his voice against another living thing he would apologize, so a lover�s
spat was out of the question. That left one last possibility, and that could
only be explained and confirmed by the person himself.

Kaien�s eyes widened in shock.

�Uncle Hanatarou,
Miss Nemu!� He cried and rushed to help the young man
that seemed to be struggling to keep consciousness.

The healer looked over and smiled
weakly through his swollen eye and bloody lip. �Thank God, I made it.� With
that weak smile still on his face, his visible eye rolled back and he fainted

Nemu
was still out cold, so Kaien disentangled her from her lover�s arms and quickly
passed her to Souken while he picked up the
surprisingly heavy body of Hanatarou. �Let�s get them
inside quick! Dad and I can heal him in there!�

With a serious nod, the other
three followed the yellow-eyed man as he ran like a man possessed into his
family�s home.

He had a bad feeling about this.

~~~~~~~~~

Author�s Notes: Me again, just want to remind all you people that
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really need the feedback because I�ve been writing without any for a good month
and some now. I�m sorry for the long wait by the way).
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