"Good morning! Ichigo!" The substitute Shinigami simply leaned down and let his father fly out of the window, followed by the sound of the old man falling down. He just didn't have the energy to deal with his father's 'training' after a whole night of Kon whining about them leaving Rukia in Soul Society and not bringing her back to the luxurious life of living in his closet.
It was hard to believe that their trip to save Rukia had been less than a month, and most of the time was spent healing after saving her. And now he was back home, ready to live a semi-normal life.
"Onii-chan, there is someone asking for you!"
"Come down Strawberry, you have slacked enough!"
...or not.
The sheer speed Ichigo went down the stairs would make one wonder if he was truly human, he on the other hand was wondering how exactly he was going to make sure that Cain would not be around his sisters any longer than necessary. Which was about less than a second so the guy needed to go now, the only question was how to make him.
"You are such a little cutie Yuzu-chan, it's a wonder how you can be related to that delinquent brother of your's."
Violence, the answer was definitely violence.
"Hey there carrot top!" Cain said with a smile, one hand raised and another petting Yuzu's hair. "I was afraid that you were still sleeping like a bum, nice to see that you are already awake and ready for violence like the delinquent you are."
"Stop. Calling. Me. A. Delinquent!" Ichigo gritted out. The only reason he was not trying to kick the bastard was the fact that he was too close to Yuzu and Karin, who had just walked in and sat down for breakfast like nothing was out of ordinary.
"Denial is such an ugly thing." Cain said with a shake of his head before suddenly appearing beside Ichigo and putting him in a chokehold. "Sorry girls, I kinda need your good for nothing brother to come with me. I promise to bring him back by dinner and I'll do my best to make sure he doesn't assault any innocent bystanders!" And then he dragged him out of the house and then Ichigo felt his stomach rise as they moved far faster than normal humans could.
"We're here." Cain declared before looking down at Ichigo, who was trying to keep the contents of his stomach down. "Wow, you're kind of a wimp while in a human body aren't you?" And then he moved to dodge a kick from Ichigo.
"The fuck do you want with me now?!"
"First, language." Cain said with a roll of his eyes. "And do be patient will you, we are still waiting for one more." He said as he turned around and walked into the building.
"You brought me to Urahara's?" Ichigo asked, still pissed but also curious. "And who are we waiting for?"
"Me." A familiar voice came from behind and Ichigo turned around to see Tatsuki, who had an aura of murder around her. "Where is he?"
"Oh, Tatsuki. I see you've got my message." Cain said with a smile and then held a hand out to catch Tatsuki's fist.
"You mean the huge message painted on my wall with blood red paint? Yes, I did find the message of yours that was impersonating a murder scene!" She yelled and Ichigo could feel the air grow hotter.
"It did bring you here so it did its job." Cain said with a shrug before turning around. "Come, both of you. We have wasted enough time already." He then went in, followed by Tatsuki and Ichigo.
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"Hello again my friends!" Urahara greeted them with a smile and a open fan. "What might be the urgent need that brought you all here? I am always ready to- gah!" His words were cut short as Yoruichi chopped him on the neck.
"Thank you." Cain said with a nod before turning to Tatsuki and Ichigo. "I am sure you're both wondering why I brought you here."
"Because you're an asshole?" Ichigo asked with a growl.
"It's because you both need some serious extra training." Cain said, for once without any humor in his voice.
"What are you talking about? I'm strong enough already." He had a goddamn Bankai, that was enough for any hollows that might crept out in Karakura and more.
"Then how did that Aizen fella catch your swing with his bare hand?" Cain asked with a raised eyebrow and Ichigo scowled at the memory. "If you actually think that we won't have to deal with that guy or his minions then I got some bad news for you carrot top. I give at most a month before he sends someone to Karakura, someone probably strong enough to kick your ass as you are now."
"And you know how to make us stronger?" Tatsuki asked, hyper-focused and seemingly completely forgotten about her earlier anger.
"Yes, and you need it even more than Ichigo." Cain said with a frown. "The method I used to give you powers allowed you to make up for the pure power department to the point you wouldn't simply be blown off by anyone but you are at best a lieutenant level fighter. Anything below captain level is unacceptable." He said with a glare before turning to Ichigo.
"You on the other are a freak of nature when it comes to power as you have been a Shinigami less than a year and already have as much pure power as a captain. I won't let you just slack off now, we are going into hardcore training mode."
"Which is?" Ichigo asked as he pulled his new badge out and got out of his body, far more interested than he would like to admit, while Tatsuki beside him turned into her draconic form.
"Souls get more powerful the more danger they face. So that's what we are going to do." Cain said with a vicious smile as his shadow began to bubble and dozens of hollows just started to climb out of it. "From now on, I am going to be bringing you two to a state close to death and then let Urahara heal you back up. Rinse and repeat." He laughed, materializing his sword and Tatsuki finally started to think that they might be in trouble.
"What about Ishida, Orihime and Chad?"
"Ishida is already training and I already made proper preparations for those two" Cain said. "But I don't think either of you are in a state to be worried about others!" And then a tsunami of hollows rose up and fell down on them.
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*RING*
Sado Yasutora looked up from his breakfast as his doorbell was rung. He got up with a grunt and got to the door, opening it and then blinking at the bizarre sight.
It was the Aura lady that Cain had brought from Soul Society and told them to pretend she had been with them since the beginning, but that wasn't the bizarre part.
The bizarre part was Orihime, who was being held under Aura's arm like a sack of potatoes as she ate a slice of bread that appeared to have sardines and strawberry jam on it.
"Get ready, we are going training."
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