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A Shifting of Life	By : Strailo Category: Bleach > General Views: 20784 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Title: A Shifting of Life

Fandom: Bleach

Part: 10

Series: A Shifting World

Characters/Pairings: Ikkaku/Keigo, Orihime, Mizuiro, Tatsuki, Unohana, Sado, Ishida, Ulquiorra, Isshin, Urahara, Jushrio, Shunsui, Hitsugaya

Warnings: some snarling

Word count: 1,506

AN: Well yeah, a newly rewritten chapter. I'm on chapter 22 as of this reposting, so I'm hoping that you'll enjoy.
Reviews are lovely!
And for those who are just joining us, this is an old story but it being seriously overhauled due to the fact that I'm working on the sequel “A Shifting of Perspective”. Enjoy.
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An hour later and the people who needed to know what was going on and what had gone on while Ichigo had been with Aizen had been gathered together, sitting around in the small, private meeting room. Ichigo was shooting Orihime looks of worry before she turned back to her quiet conversation with Ulquiorra, who was watching everyone closely. He was worried about someone upsetting his already confused charge. He had a feeling that it wasn’t just Ichigo’s balance that was the only thing that was off at the moment.
“Are ya goin’ ta tell us what everythin’? Mostly about what happened while ya were with the traitor?” Kenpachi asked her, raising an eyebrow as he relaxed back against one wall.
“Yes, I will be, Kenpachi-kun,” Ichigo huffed at him, glaring over at him.
“I do hope that ya know you’re one of the few that can get away with addin’ that -kun ta my name,” Kenpachi growled, getting a smug smirk from the lean female.
“I know,” she said happily, smirking at him. “Now, if you can keep your questions until I’m done telling you what I know, I can tell you guys about my time in Los Noches and what happened while I was pretty much just hanging out,” she said. She swept her eyes over everyone before she looked to her teacup to help her keep her focus on the story.
“How about you start from the beginning, when you were kidnapped,” Keigo suggested, smiling at his friend. The small, grateful smile that he got from her did things to his libido that only Ikkaku had ever made him feel. He was really happy that he had actually listened to his lover about how things worked in Seireitei. Especially more so about sex and sexual partners.
“Alright, I can do that. As you guys know, I was caught while I was out on my own while on a hollow patrol. Wait...guys...Shinji? The Vizards?” Ichigo asked as she noticed that her friends weren’t there. She blushed at the fact that she hadn’t even noticed.
“They’ve taken over the hollow hunting duties for the moment while you’re here for the time being. Your dad said that he was going to record this though,” Ikkaku said as he looked to Isshin. The man nodded and waved a hand to a small camera that sat on a short tripod, facing Ichigo.
“Okay, that’s good then. Anyways, I was knocked out after I had handled a hollow by something. When I woke up, I was at Los Noches, Ulquiorra-san watching over me and I had a private room. Once I was up, I didn’t feel any side effects to whatever had knocked me out, so I was fed and allowed to change into a new outfit. Which wasn’t half bad if a little short in the length department. In general, I was treated like an honored guest with a personal bodyguard,” Ichigo said as she swirled her tea in her cup.
“During the first week that she was there, I was the only one to watch over her. While I watched over her though, I found out some things that we did not know about her. Including her love of a good tea,” Ulquiorra said, teasing in his own way and getting a huff of amusement.
“He worked to keep me calm-ish and for the most part he was able to do so. He got me books from the library whenever I wanted to do something other than sit around and think. Mostly because I didn’t have Zangetsu to train with and I didn’t want to deal with any of the other Arrancars who either wanted to kill me, question me to death, or fuck me. It wasn’t until Aizen started to hold near daily meetings with me that I learned what he wanted,” Ichigo said. She sipped her tea. “The first few days he just let me rant and complain about being kidnapped. He really didn’t have to considering I was not nice when I insulted him. After that, we talked about things in generalized ways. School, family, friends. Mostly without names of anyone who wasn’t a part of the war when it was actively going, or those who knew about it.
“It wasn’t long after that though that we actually started to speak of things that had happened in our pasts and how we came to be the people that we are now. And no, I’m not going to share what it was that he told me during those conversations. Suffice to say that it showed a part of Yamamoto that he tried to keep from everyone but hadn’t quite been able to when he was the sou-taicho,” she stated. She gave Hitsugaya a narrow-eyed glare when he snapped his mouth shut at the words.
“Why won’t you, Kurosaki-kun?” Orihime asked, her voice soft and curious. But still something was off with the way she spoke, Shiro shifting in her soul at the sound of her voice.
“Because I had made a promise to him not to without his permission and all of you know that I don’t break those. Not when it comes to such a personal issue,” Ichigo finally said. “Anyways, I found out just why he had started the war. And really? I can tell you it’s not because he’s a traitorous bastard that just wants to kill all of you and take over the Seireitei. Rather, he’s looking to restore the balance that the three worlds one had, and clean up the Soul Society. And I do mean the entirety of Soul Society,” she stated, her eyes flashing a bit.
“The balance?” Kiego muttered to himself as he looked to his lover who just shrugged.
“The balance is the ebb and flow of the ties between the three Worlds. It’s what gives us our powers, gives a soul its chance at a living life, and helps the Living world to grow,” Hitsugaya said, getting a nod from Ichigo.
“Ichigo-chan, does Aizen truly believe that the balance if off?” Shunsui asked as he leant forward to gaze at her.
“He truly does. And if you really looked, you can see it all around us to. The outer districts are desolate where they had once been ripe with life. The evidence is the trees that still stand, dead as they are, and the lake beds, dry as they are. New souls and old souls once happily flowed back and forth between life and death, but now it’s taking them longer and longer to move onto the next step of their lives.” She smirked at Shunsui, Byakuya, and Jushiro. “And sorry to those who are a part of the clans, but they weren’t ever meant to have so much power over the Shinigami. We are here to help keep the balance on an even keel,” she stated quietly. She allowed her words to sink in as she sipped her tea.
“So he did all of this so that he could fix things for the souls that are suffering because of this imbalance?” Shunsui asked, getting a nod from Ichigo. Everyone was looking at her in varying degrees of surprise, shock, and anger. Shunsui and Jushiro could well remember how the Gotei 13 had started and agreed that things needed to be fixed and soon.
“And all of the pain that he has caused is going to be just forgotten?” Hitsugaya hissed, lips pulled back from his teeth.
“It was to get people to stop and think about how things worked for once. If you look, Yamamoto took Kira’s guilt at face value while he took Momo’s side, even though she was and still is seriously mentally unstable. I’ve done my own watching over the last year, and have done my own research. She’s seriously obsessed with Aizen and only rarely does she care about anyone who isn’t her ‘Aizen-sama’,” Ichigo stated, her voice cool as she and Hitsugaya stared each other down. “I will tell you again, I’ve done my own research. It helps that Aizen has been able to get his hands on copies of every single scroll, paper, and book in the daireishokairo, hidden away or not. He let me have at them so that I could research. So I know what the hell I’m talking about. So back down!”
Hitsugaya stared at her with wide eyes, never having seen such iciness from her before. “I suppose you’re right,” he grumbled. “When did you get so damn smart?” he growled, Ichigo snorting at him.
“I had a lot of time when I could just think about things, about the truth behind his words and the research that backed it up,” Ichigo said as she picked up her tea cup with a smirk. “Amazing what you can get done when you have nothing to do all day.”
“This is all so wrong!”
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