Next Generation

Oooookay... I started writing this when the original plot was where Yamamoto told Ichigo to stay back and no later events like Isshin showing up were used. "My" outcome of the battle with Aizen will be explained in later chapters...

If you have a problem with Yaoi (Men kissing each other, men having sex etc.) or a Hollow having sex with his shinigami then LEAVE!!!
(though you would have been warned by the codes if you had read them carefully...)
And if the interaction of Ichigo and his sisters look like incest to you then you are wrong because the only -cest here is selfcest...

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~~~ Next Generation ~~~


Karin woke up as usual with unpleasant feeling of the leftovers of an almost sleepless night. She had only gotten an hour of sleep in the early morning. Luckily the holidays had just begun so she didn’t have to worry about being fit for school. While changing she sloppily tried to figure out why she had spent the fourth night in a row without much more than an hour of sleep. It was not like she had nightmares or like was going to bed at an inappropriate time, no, everything was as before, only sleep itself was missing. She felt restless, uncomfortable in the bed that seemed suddenly so narrow. Her hearth, mind and soul were yearning for something but she didn’t what for.

She bent down to pull up her socks and stopped for a moment. With a hesitant hand she trailed over the strange little black dots on both her ankles. They had started appearing after the first sleepless night. Yuzu hadn’t been able to see them, so Karin took it as another supernatural phenomenon and acted as if she didn’t care but on the inside she was terrified. Seeing ghosts, hearing and even talking to ghosts or black-clothed people like Hitsugaya was one thing. Shooting footballs that were glowing against some ugly monsters belonged in the same category that was “strange-but-kinda-ok” but having some weird stuff growing on you, having your sleep stolen without any reason and the weird feeling of being caged whenever inside any house was another. That belonged in the category “terrifying”.

Karin shook off these emotions and went down for breakfast. Her father was already seated and calm for once while Yuzu was just serving the eggs. A faint sting struck Karins heart when she looked at the empty space where her brother used to sit. The orange-haired teen with stronger ghost-medium abilities than her had gone on a holiday with some friends. He hadn’t told them where and until when he would be gone but strangely Kurosaki Isshin wasn’t the least preoccupied. Karin let herself fall on her chair and after a sighed “itadakimasu”, she picked up the chopsticks and started eating, not really tasting what she put in her mouth.

Then the door was opened and they could hear some voices, until the door was shut again. The soft rummaging of someone taking off his shoes was soon followed by the steps of the eldest son of the Kurosaki family entering. With his voice that faintly vibrated with the loving care for his sisters and father, he greeted them with “tadaima”. He let his bag down and sat down.

Yuzu who was already standing from serving the food, hugged him from behind and he nuzzled her hair, one of his seldom relaxed smiles written all over his face. She let go of him and while she was serving him, he leaned to the side and side-hugged Karin. Although she acted like she didn’t care for the unusually touchy-feeling Ichigo, she was overjoyed. She listened more to the sound of his voices while he answered the questions of their sister evasively.

“That was good. Thanks Yuzu.”

“You’re welcome. I didn’t expect you else I’d have done more stuff you like.”

“It’s perfect. After all, it’s still your home-made cooking.”

Yuzu blushed a bit and went on to wash the dishes. Ichigo leaned back on his chair, his eyes closed, the delicate lids fluttering over the notable dark shadows of some sleepless nights. Suddenly Isshin started to talk in a normal parent-like voice:

“I’m glad you’re back, Ichigo.”

Ichigo opened his eyes and looked at his father. He nodded slightly as a sign that he was listening and let his father go on.

“You see, I got an invitation to accompany a friend of mine to a doctors congress. That would be for a whole week, starting in 3 days. I was hoping you could stay at home and look for Karin and Yuzu.”

“Sure. I might have to do some stuff during the days, but I’ll surely be here during the evenings and nights.”

Isshin nodded and stood up, leaving for the private clinic. Karin and Ichigo finished helping Yuzu clean the kitchen. He had to yawn every now and then and most of the time Karin had to imitate him. Yuzu began to giggle as she noticed her brother and sister yawing at the exact same time.

“You didn’t get much sleep, didn’t you?”

Ichigo shook his head, his mouth still wide open, and managed to mumble something like ‘not really’ while stacking the clean plates. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it again, as he had decided otherwise.

“Later.”, he mumbled while picking up his stuff and going upstairs. Karin thought of asking him what he thought of the black marks but she remembered his obvious fatigue and decided to ask later on. She decided to get some fresh air and left for the park in Karakura town. As soon as she was outside, she felt a lot better. Still tired but it wasn’t as if a roof was pressuring her all the time. She started running.

The heartbeat filling her ears, the breath becoming rough, the feeling of her feet touching and leaving the ground in a fast rhythm, the wind cooling her heated skin and sheer speed rushing to her head made Karin all excited. A immense joy filled her as she ran through the streets of Karakura. She felt as if she was free and finally released from imaginary chains that had been holding her down. Not bothering to react to the surprised calls from people she passed by or the looks she got as she dashed by she headed for the large park. Finally the green space opened up to her and she slowed down. Her breath was ragged and her legs hurt, sweat trickling down. Slowly cooling down she walked up one of the little hills and sat beneath a tree, enjoying the delicious shadow and waiting for her friends.

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When she came back in the afternoon the only one she could see in the living room was Ichigo watching TV. The changing blue lights on his stern face changed as his glassy eyes were looking far away into a world where she could not follow him. Somehow Karin felt really timid at that moment and tried to make as few noises as possible while approaching him. She sat next to, awkwardly searching for a comfortable seat. Softly tugging at his shirt for getting his attention Karin noticed the almost stone-like hardness of his muscles as if he was controlling himself with all his might and power he had. He didn’t notice her, his mind was gone.

Her hand slipped into the half opened hand of his as she leaned on him. Had it always been so big? She could feel his soft and slow and almost unnoticeable breathing, his heartbeat that ran beneath the thin protection of his skin. Karin felt the callosities on his palm and fingers, so strangely placed and new and yet so nostalgic somehow. With her free hand she turned off the TV and waited for her brother.


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Ichigo clutched his hands into the spread fabric of his torn clothes. Pain radiated from his lower back into his whole body and tears began swelling up in his eyes. Over his naked self towered his white mirror image, thrusting mercilessly into his body. Ichigos body was covered in small, yet burning scratches and bite marks showing where the hollow had cruelly marked him.

When he looked up into those golden eyes with the dark surroundings he could see the animal-like hunger and instinct in his other self. Other self? Was he really a whole other personality living like a parasite in his mind? Was this raw energy he felt with every thrust not his own? Was this madness not the same as the one he felt when the heat of the fight rushed to his head?

Ichigos head was spinning. All his senses were focused on what the other did to him. The big and hard cock in his ass, a feeling he hadn’t gotten accustomed with in any way, the feeling of heat and pleasure as a hand that was as callous as his stroke his cock in rough movements and swelling up of some kind of wave in his body. He tried to fight it, to push it back but the hollow noticed.

“Hey King… it’s not fair to run away…”

With an iron grip he lifted the lower body of the orange haired teen up even more and thrust even stronger and faster. Ichigo arched his back under the pain and pleasure as the cock of the hollow hit his prostate with every push. He couldn’t fight it anymore and gave into it with a loud and desperate moan on his lips. Coming all over his and the others body he shuddered in ecstasy, dragging his white reflection with him as his body milked him dry.

The white one let go of him and slipped out of him with a wet noise as the original one slumped back onto the ground. Ichigo was breathing hard and heavily as he only managed to roll onto his side, curling up for some imaginary protection. His other self rolled onto his back in the opposite direction and breathed as heavily as his king.

“You’re getting better at this, King.”

Ichigo didn’t answer to this provocative remark and just sat up, pulling the sorry rests of his uniform around him and watching with a slight amazement how the thorn parts mended themselves at his will. Shakily standing up he didn’t even bother to look back at his hollow self and just let himself vanish from his inner world, going back to his consciousness and leaving behind that place.


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Karin felt the sudden rise in her brothers breath and heartbeat and was not surprised to see him finally wake up from his petrifaction. With a faint sigh he slumped against the couch and ran his hand over his face. Only then he seemed to notice the small hand in his own and looked with surprise at his raven sister.

“Karin?”

His voice was somehow hoarse and the exhausted frown between his brows became even deeper. She snuggled up to him and muttered:

“Glad you’re back.”

Ichigo smiled faintly as he held her close and Karin knew that he understood that she didn’t only mean his return from his “journey”.

“Won’t you tell me where you’ve been?”

Again his gaze went into distances she couldn’t follow and he replied with a tired tone:

“One day, Karin. One day I might be able to tell you.”

Karin sighed and leaned even more onto him, so as to be almost only supported by him. She could hear him chuckle and suddenly he lifted her up. He sat her with a playful “Ho-hopp!” onto his lap. Frowning at him she wanted to protest but then she noticed the pain hidden beneath his chocolate eyes. She wanted to erase it, she wanted to see only the happy big brother she loved so much and in a spur of the moment she hugged him. His soft laughter as he closed his strong arms around her calmed her down. Karin smiled. This was more like Ichi-nii.

After a little while like this she suddenly remembered what she wanted to do in the morning and pushed back.

“Ichi-nii?”

“Yes, Karin?”

“Could you take a look at something?”

“Sure. What is it?”

Karin wriggled out of his grasp and started to take off her socks after sitting down onto the couch. Ichigo sat so as to face her, watching her with interest. When she was finally done she suddenly had some kind of awkward feeling about it.

“What do you want to show me? Is there something wrong with your feet?”

Ichigos question made her cover hastily her bare feet with her hand. She wanted to tell him but only some stuttering sounds came out of her mouth. She lowered her head and blushed strongly at her own incapacity. Suddenly she felt some weight on her head. Gently patting her Ichigo said:

“Calm down, Karin. Don’t worry, I’ll do everything I can for you.”

Karin lifted her eyes and looking at his face she finally was able to murmur something:

“… my ankles… weird…”

Ichigo let go of her head and gently touched her hands that were grasped around her feet. With a gentle tug he easily managed to pull them away and he took one of her feet into his hands, handling it as if it was a precious treasure. He avoided skillfully the ticklish parts and traced slowly over the black dots and lines. His face had suddenly a serious expression.

“Show me the other.”

His voice had a faint tone of command and Karin lifted her other foot up. He examined it like he had done with the previous. Then he closed his eyes and said:

“Tell me if it feels painful or uncomfortable in any way.”

Karin nodded, unable to speak in amazement as she looked at the tin glow enveloping his fingers. After a second of hesitation he started trailing over the black parts. It felt hot and yet cold, tingling and soothing at the same time but it wasn’t really uncomfortable so Karin said nothing, used to hold everything inside. After a minute Ichigo said:

“The other foot, please.” And let go of the foot but held his eyes closed, the fingers glowing and his hand ready for the other.

Karin did as he said and maneuvered her foot into his hands. Then he repeated what he had done before but in a smaller amount of time. After a little while he opened his eyes and stopped the glow. Gently putting the foot back onto the couch he leaned back onto the couch.

“What is it, Ichi-nii?”

Karin was anxious. Ichigo had a worried look on his face and he seemed to be thinking really hard. He looked at his hand, making the glow flare up and down, sometimes letting it vanish completely. Then he turned around to her and asked:

“When did these appear first?”

“Four nights ago.”

“Nights?”

Karin nodded. “Since then I haven’t been able to sleep more than an hour or two. And those got bigger with every night.”

“No wonder you look so tired. Any pain or disagreement?”

“Not really. I told Yuzu about these but she couldn’t see them so I thought it had to do with ghosts.”

Both were silent for a while. Ichigo stared at the ceiling, his thoughts working through the information he had got and Karin putting her socks back on. Suddenly Ichigo asked without looking at her:

“What about Yuzu? Does she have the same?”

Karin looked at him with surprise. Why did he mention Yuzu? But now as he had said it, she recalled that Yuzu had been complaining about headaches. And then something fundamental came to her mind. Yuzu and she were twins! It was not strange that if something like this happened to the one, the same would be for the other.

“She said something about headaches.”

Ichigo stood up and went for the stairs. Karin followed him as fast as she could on her shorter legs. Now she noticed that it was astonishingly easier that it had been before. Ichigo knocked softly at her and Yuzu's room.

“Yuzu? Are you there?”

After hearing a yes he opened and entered the darkened room without batting an eyelid of surprise. Karin followed him, dreading the inevitable. Yuzu was laying on her bed, eyes closed. With a lot of care Ichigo sat down next to her and gently stroked her arm.

“nnnn--- Ichi-niiiii?... Is it already time for… dinner? I’ll do it… right away.”

Her sleepy voice was not much more than a murmur and Karin felt a big guilt as she noticed that she hadn’t paid a lot of attention to her twin sister's condition.

“No no… relax, Yuzu. You concentrate on getting better, ‘kay? Just listen to me.”

Yuzu nodded softly. Karin sat down onto the floor at looked at her brother and sister as Ichigo started to talk in a soft voice.

“Yuzu, do you remember when Karin told you about some black dots on her body?”

Yuzu nodded again, the eyes still shut. Ichigo continued:

“I think that her sleeplessness and your headaches have to do with these. Did you notice some strange marks anywhere on you?”

Yuzu sat up and rubbed her eyes. She looked at her elder brother and shook her head.

“I haven’t seen any… but haven’t checked my back.”

Ichigo tool a deep breath.

“Could you take off your shirt? Or just turn around and I’ll take a look at your back.”

Usually Yuzu would have blushed like mad at such a thing but this time she only nodded and turned around. Ichigo gently pulled up her shirt until her back lay bare before him. Karin stood up and came to look too.

On both their faces a look of surprise and horror showed up. Between her shoulders, right at the end of her back, black dots had appeared and formed a strange motive. Ichigo sighed and said:

“Yuzu, I’m going to do something that might feel a little bit strange but please bare with it for a short moment and tell me if it hurts or if you can’t stand it.”

Yuzu nodded and Karin could feel the same trust as she had put into her brother coming from her sister. Again Ichigos finger started glowing and he gently trailed over the marks.

“Yuzu, you’ve never been able to see ghosts, right?”

Yuzu shook her head.

“I’ve been only able to hear and feel them.”

Ichigo nodded thoughtfully. After a short while he cut off the power to his fingers and rolled Yuzus shirt back down. She curled up again onto her bed and looked with questioning eyes to her brother. Karin sat back down onto the floor and looked at Ichigo who seemed to be deep in thoughts.

Then he looked to his sisters and said with a grave voice:

“Ok, girls. These marks on you both are probably the cause of your problems. I think they have to do with your powers awakening.”

“Powers? What kind of powers?”, Yuzu asked.

Karin too was wondering what he really meant. Ichigo scratched his head and said:

“Sheeeeeesh… how can I explain? Hmmmmm… well, I guess it would be the safest to know more about these before I tell you. I’ll ask some friends who know more about that than me and ask them for advice. If it gets too bad, tell me and I might be able to give you immediate help but nothing definite.”

Karin and Yuzu nodded, the tone in their brothers voice telling them that it was a serious matter. Ichigo nuzzled Yuzus head and said:

“You better lay down for a while and Karin, try to get some sleep, the thing I did before might have helped a bit. I’ll look for dinner.”

Yuzu looked worried and asked:

“Can you really do that?”

Ichigo laughed softly.

“Don’t worry... I might not be as good as you but I had economics at school and my stuff is edible.”

Yuzu snuggled into his hand before finally laying back and letting Ichigo go. Karin had already crawled back into her bed, noticing how sleep was taking over her and smiled faintly as she felt her brothers hand stroking her cheek before she fell into a deep slumber.

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Glossary:
Tadaima = I'm home
Itadakimasu = Thanks for the meal
Ichi-nii = Karin and Yuzu call Ichigo "Ichi-nii", a short form for Ichigo nii-chan/san which means "big brother Ichigo"

reviews are welcome ^^ ... and if anyone wants to be a beta...?