Where are we now?

Title: Where are we now?
Spoilers: Too many too count....O.o
Crossover: Tsubasax Bleach
Setting: Ten years after the Winter War.
Relationships: HitsuIchig, KuroFai, RenBya, And a few others as the story goes on.
Disclaimer:Don't own this, this was merely a whim and curiousty to see how it all flowed together.


It was hot but not so hot that it was unbareable. He stood there in a muscle shirt and jean shorts, a golden chained necklace around his neck with a small crystaline snow flake. A gift from his lover. He in truth was on vacation in the living world. Now a captain, a 'Taicho' he held a division of his own but that didn't mean Yamamoto was cruel enough to not allow him time off once and a while to visit family and friends on earth. He had changed though still tall and slender, but built like a brik wall, long vibrant orange hair that fell down to his shoulder blades tied back in a low slung pony tail. He had grown it out because he had grown tired of hearing people call him 'Shiba' or Kiaen.

His hands were shoved in his pockets as he stood there next to them. Uryu Ishida was wearing all white as usual, markings that proudly displayed him as being a Quincy on the shirt's shoulders. His hair was pretty much the same as well as his glasses although he looked older wiser or was that just because he knew his friend was a promising Doctor now taking care of others besides being a Quincy. After all being a Quincy didn't pay the bills. Then there was Orihime Inoue who was sitting on the sand knees drawn up and watching the birds fly with a contented smile on her face. The snowflakes still ever present in her hair. Sado Yasutora sat a little ways off enjoying the sunshine as well.

"So how are you handling being Dead Ichigo?" Uryu asked him and Ichigo gave him a cross look.

"I'm not dead Uryu." Ichigo said warily looking at him and shaking his head. "Kon keeps my body from locking up while I'm not here remember?" he said and it was an almost truth.

At the end of the winter war, he had simply become too powerful to remain in the material world without wards in place to keep his powers in check. On top of that with so many deaths among the Shinigami in order to keep protecting the living world and all he cared about he had had to make the most difficult choice of his life. Stay in the living world with his friends and family or go to Soul Society and attempt to do what he could from there. The choice had been made when he realized that he could no longer be selfish and have it both ways. He could not continue to be a Shinigami Daikon, and stay on earth because his reiatsu was only going to continue to draw countless hollows and the like to Karakura Town....not to mention withtout the limiter on him right now he would be harming them, his friends right now and more over every living soul that came near him. Aizen was defeated Urahara and Yoruichi had delieved a devistating blow to him but in the end, it had been Ichigo who defeated him.

Aizen had commented on it then, that a scrap of a boy, a 'Viazard' no less who barely understood his powers should defeat him. Ichigo only answer then was. He did it because he had to win,there really was no other reason besides that. To protect everyone he had to win, it wasn't a matter of proving who was right or wrong, or who was more powerful. He knew Aizen was stronger then him. That hadn't mattered, all that had was winning no matter what it cost him to do it. The price....had been his life here in the living World.

But he had learned, the truth about who he was. Byakuya was his third cousin, once removed, and Yoruichi was his Aunt...although how that worked out he still wasn't sure. But the most ironic twist was that his grandfather was Yamamoto Genryuusai himself. His father was born Isshin Genryuusai and his actual last name would be Genryuusai if not for his mortal mother Masaki Kurosaki, which was the name his father took upon marrying her. And so Ichigo kept it. Kept that part of his mother the last name.

Currently captain over the third division, Izuru Kira was a strong and true Fukutaicho and Ichigo could not have asked for a better second in command. The blonde was a true testiment to the squad and had helped Ichigo greatly during the transition phase. Like all of the captains he was required to wear the 'Taicho's' haori but unlike them he didn't care for all of the extra material and found that he much perfered his fathers version and like him it sat over his left shoulder flowing out and back.

Ichigo had been enjoying the quiet when the sky.....seemed to bow before them. Orihime stood up and held her hand before mouth as if to stifle a startled cry, Uryu let the Quincy cross fall down and got ready to summon his bow even as Sado stood and the power glove formed over his arm and his fist closed.

Ichigo narrowed his eyes and shook his head as he took a deep breath and pulled Kon from his pocket. Poping the Mod-soul into his mouth after cleaning it off he swallowed and looked out at the disturbance even as Kon wearing his body knelt before him.

"What's the big Idea Ichigo? Keeping me trapped in your pocket like that!" Kon protested.

"Not now Kon, get behind me." Ichigo said in a tone of command one he had gotten used to over the last ten years. The necklace still ever present around his neck.

Kon didn't say anything further and darted behind Ichigo kneeling there and looking past him. Not at all liking what any of them were seeing.

The sky looked as if it had become water before them bending and bowing towards the ocean that they were looking at....Uryu said something about never sensing anything like it before and Ichigo reached back for the hilt of Zangetsu having a feeling that whatever may come thru it may or may not be a good thing. And then it broke....and three people and something white went splashing down into the water. All of them dressed funny. Ichigo moved leaving the others behind on the beach for the moment and reappeared before the three bobbing people and the odd white creature who was sitting....on the raven haired males head. None of them seemed aware that he was even there. Which at the moment was fine.

"You stupid cream puff!" the raven haired male shouted his ruby red eyes burning as if on fire, his anger an irritation obvious. "You call this a landing? We're soaked!"

"Wah! Kuro-puu is angry!" the white creature shouted and jumped shoving the raven haired male under the water and landing on the burenette's head.

"Now now Mokona." the blonde what was with them said in a playful tone. "Kurg's is just grouchy because he didn't want a bath yet." he said smiling his mismatched blue and gold eyes looking on with obvious mirth. "Are you alright Syaoran?"

"Hmm yes Fai-san." the boy who had to be Syaoran said as he looked at the blonde his deep choclate brown eyes taking the other in. "We should head towards shore though. Kurogane-san are you alright?"

"Yeah fine Kid...but the cream puff soon won't be." the one who Ichigo now knew to be Kurogane, which sounded tres better then Kuro-puu or Kurg's growled out as the three made there way towards shore.

Ichigo followed behind them walking on the air and shaking his head.

"Oh my are you all alright?" Orihime asked as she rushed over before her fiance could stop her. Ichigo noted the look of annoyance on Uryu's face at her rushing right in to what could possibly be a very dangerous situation.

"Yes, thank you." The one called Fai answered and smiled as he stood up. "I hope we aren't causing you any trouble miss..."

"Oh! Orihime Inoue." She said brightly and without missing a beat proceeded to introduce everyone. "This is Uryu Ishida, my fiance, our friends Sado Yasutora." She said pointing to him and Sado politely nodded hello. "That is Kon." She said without thinking about it then pointed to Ichigo as he stepped down. "And that's Ichigo Kurosaki." She said forgetting that normal people couldn't see him when he was like this.

"Thank you. I am Syaoran." The burenette said although he looked troubled by what Orihime had said but a mere moment ago. "This is Mokona." he said as the samll white creature fell from the top of his head to his hands. "That is Fai D. Flourite, and Kurogane."

"Hello!" Mokona chirpped and jumped from Syaoran to Orihime and nuzzled her cheek affectionately. "Um Orihime who is Ichigo? There wasn't anyone there where you were pointing."

Orihime seemed to pause and blink. "Oh so you can't see him?" She said blinking and shaking her head. "I'm sorry Ichigo is there but I keep forgetting not everyone can see him."

Ichigo sighed as he walked over and Kon stood up. "Oh no, I just got the freedom to move Ichigo you can't take it back from me yet."

"Knock it off Kon or so help me I'm shoving you in a babydoll instead of the lion." Ichigo said irritable. Kon listened despite the looks he was getting.

It was always different to once again take his body back. He reached up and grabbed the bead out of his mouth and looked over as they all stared at him.

"Kon-san." Syaoran said as he looked at him. "You can see Ichigo-san as well is he a spirit?"

"Tsk." Ichigo responded the usual scowl falling back into place. "I'm Ichigo." he said looking at Syaoran and narrowing his eyes. Then held up his hand with the mod-soul in it. "This is Kon."

AS they all looked confused Ichigo sighed and walked over to the tote that they had brought and pulled out the stuffed lion, shoving the small pill into the mouth and then dropped it. Doing a mental count to three before the small stuffed animal seemed to spring to life.

"Damn't Ichigo! You jerk first you come back here without Nee-san and then you think you can keep flopping me around to different bodies as you feel like it? Just you watch the next time you want to do this I won't be there and you can't!"

"Ungrateful..." Ichigo gripped and reached down grabbing ahold of the stuffed lion. "Damn't Kon I don't have time for this nonesense now I have to file a damn report and try to explain this to Ji-san."

Kon blinked. "Yeah hate to be you Ichigo."

Fai smiled. "Oh I see." he said feeling a bit better about what was going on. "at least I think I do."

Ichigo sighed and shook his head. "Well I can't let the three of you wander around Karakura Town like this, looks like I've got not choice but to drag you all to the Souten and try to figure out what's going on."