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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: 29
Series: A Shifting World
Characters/Pairings: Ichigo, Mizuiro, Isshin, Yuzu, Karin, Mizuiro, Keigo, Urahara, Jinta, Ururu, Tessai, Orihimi, Sado, Uryu
Warnings: Not a whole lot. Some talk about therapy, ect
Word count: 1,498
AN: I had to do some math. As of this chapter, chapter 29, I have added a grand total of 8,561 words to this story and made it so much smoother.

I'm rather happy with myself despite the fact that it's taking forever and a day to get it all done. I'm sorry about the length of time it's taking but I am trying to write other things for you guys! I can't exactly stop writing and rewriting the other stories after all. :P Which sucks but it has to happen.

So I hope you enjoy this new round of rewrites!

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Smiling up at Ulquiorra, Ichigo picked up her bags of clothes and waited for the gate to the human world to open to let her through. She had gotten permission to physically go visit her family and friends while Urahara moved his research to the shoten. Apparently he had better equipment there.

“I’ll be back in a few days. A week at the most, promise,” she said, getting a quirk of his lips in return.

“But what am I to do while you are gone?” Ulquiorra asked, getting a low laugh from his companion.

“You could do your paperwork and indulge in screwing around with a cute guy?” Ichigo suggested, getting a snort as the Espada shook his head in amusement. “Behave while I’m gone?”

“I shall strive to do so,” Ulquiorra said as the gate opened behind her.

Grabbing the other bag, Zangetsu already perched on her back, Ichigo winked at him before walking into the gate, feeling the oddness of traveling between the two worlds slide over her. For the last week, she had been alternating her time between Renji, Byakuya, Ulquiorra, and Yoruichi; she had learned, thought, and spoke about things that had been bothering her. Byakuya and Renji both had been a great help in getting her thoughts out while training with Ulquiorra and Yoruichi had helped her get over everything else while regaining her balance.

It had been quite refreshing and she felt settled.

Landing lightly on her feet in the underground training room of Urahara’s shoten, she hummed and allowed her bags to drop to the ground as her father greeted her with a bright smile on his face. He held her body up. As he had told her, it had indeed changed with her rather unwanted sex change and it looked as if Yuzu had dressed her since the outfit was girlish despite the fact that it was with pants.

“Hey there, dad,” Ichigo greeted, getting a strong one armed hug from the large man before she slipped into her body. She stretched out the kinks and oddness of being in her physical body before she fixed her clothes so that they sat on her body correctly. “It feels good, really, to be back in the human world,” she finally said, getting a smile from Isshin.

“It is so good to see you, kid,” Isshin replied, finally getting a proper hug from his daughter, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close to him with a sigh.

“I missed you being around to, seriously,” Ichigo sighed, burying her nose into his neck with a sigh. His scent was spicy, adding something to his natural attractiveness to anyone not his children. To them, it was pure comfort and reminders of good days.

“We’ve missed you to. I missed you.” Isshin squeezed her gently, getting a squeak from his child before he pulled away and smiled down at her. “Come on. There’s a few people who want to talk with you, sweetheart.”

“What’s up with the nicknames now?” Ichigo asked him teasingly, grabbing her bags, Isshin taking them with a smug smirk as she huffed.

“I can now get away with it,” he said, leading the way up the ladder, helping her up it before he helped her out of the entrance, putting her bags down. Ichigo just rolled her eyes as she tugged her pants back up, heading to where she could feel everyone waiting for her.

“Hey there,” she greeted, pausing in the doorway as she smiled at everyone who was sitting at the table. Tatsuki waved from her spot, her leg still wrapped tight from an earlier accident, Sado smiling next to her. Uryu was on his other side, his glasses flashing as he shifted to hide the blush that was spreading over his cheeks. Yuzu and Karin were standing nearby and looking very happy indeed to have Ichigo back, both bouncing on the balls of their feet. Urahara was smiling as he stood next to Jinta, Ururu, and Tessai, all of whom were looking to be in varying states of shock. Mizuiro and Keigo both smiled at him, sitting across from Sado, Tatsuki, and Uryu.

There was one person who did surprise Ichigo by being there at all. Orihime. She was standing there, looking rather unsure about being there at all. Ichigo raised an eyebrow at her, trying to figure just why she was there. Especially after their last meeting.

“Uh, hey, Ichigo. I...just wanted to say that I’m very sorry about everything that I did and said that hurt you the last time we talked,” Orihime started softly. Ichigo still stared at her. “Tatsuki and the others talked to me about what I did and why it was so wrong, and hurtful to you, and all of your possible relationships.”

“Tell me then, why did you do it at all?” Ichigo asked, crossing her arms and staring at Orihime. Everyone there could see just how much Ichigo had grown in the last few weeks since she had been turned into a female. She was a lot more confident with herself and everything around her.

“I actually don’t know why I did it. I just know that I haven’t really been thinking very straight since my brother died,” Orihime admitted.

“It’s going to take a lot of time for you to make it all up to me, if I’m ever able to forgive you for what you did. I do suggest that you seek some therapy,” Ichigo finally said, shaking her head. “For now, I want to say hello to everyone who came to greet me.”

“I understand. And I think I will,” she said, leaving the shoten with a shallow bow.

Yuzu and Karin finally rushed forward, wrapping their arms around their now sister’s waist with happy smiles. Ichigo hummed and returned their embrace, burying her nose into Karin’s hair, feeling all of her past stress just melt off of her. Taking in the dark chocolate scent of her sister as Yuzu sniffed and squeezed her waist harder, Ichigo sighed softly.

“I have missed you two so much,” she said into Karin’s hair.

“We missed you too, Ichi-chan. Don’t go and disappear on us for so long next time,” Yuzu said, squeezing Ichigo again.

“I promise I won’t.” Pulling away from the two young girls, she stroked her thumbs over their cheeks with a smile. “Come on, let me say hi to the others.”

“All right,” the twins chirped together, making Ichigo shake her head. Stepping back, they watched as Mizuiro and Tatsuki came up to greet him. The three exchanged hugs and words, their eyes glowing with their happiness at finally getting back together. When they sat down, Keigo happily bounded up to her, hauling into a tight hug, getting a quiet giggle.

“Hey there, Keigo,” Ichigo drawled as she was once more put down onto her feet. “Ikkaku-kun said that he’s gonna be slammed this weekend with a bunch of new recruits. But is he planning on coming to see ya as soon as he can,” she told him, getting a bright smile.

“He’s using you as a messenger huh?” Keigo teased, getting a huff and a roll of her eyes.

“Yeah, but his poor hell butterfly is being worked so hard that he couldn’t send it,” she teased, Keigo moving to sit down again. Ruffling Jinta’s hair before she kissed Ururu on her cheek, Ichigo knelt down and hugged Ishida, pressing a kiss to his cheek, leaving a light pink lip gloss lip mark behind. “Hey there, Ishida,” she said, flopping into Sado’s lap, the large man automatically wrapping his arms around her waist.

“Hello, Ichigo-san,” Uryu said, fixing his glasses as he blushed slightly, Sado smiling down at his still somewhat new lover. Ichigo watched with curious eyes as Sado reached out and brushed a bang back behind Uryu’s ear, smirking.

“So when did you two finally get together? And what finally got you into bed?” she asked, everyone turning to stare at her, Ichigo staring back. “What? It’s not all that often that Sado actually touches someone, so it’s a rather obvious question to ask.”

“Sometimes I forget that you are much more observant than what you show,” Ishida drawled, getting a smirk.

“Early evening yesterday,” Sado replied, Ichigo smiling up at him.

“I’m really glad that you two got together finally. You two deserve some happiness,” she stated, settling in to catch up with everyone. Urahara updated them all on where he was with turning Ichigo back into a male, while everyone else talked about what she was going to do once that happened.

She ended up tucked between Sado and Uryu, blushing most of the time as Sado chuckled into one ear, Uryu watching with a smug smirk and dark eyes.
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