Unfinished Gems

Changes - 2

Haru awoke to the sense that something had changed. He thought back to the events of last night...and felt something was wrong.

The memories didn't add up. He had the sense that he had found the monster who killed their mother, but he couldn't remember what.

He sat in a meditative position, reaching for his core. Yoruichi had been a good teacher in meditation.

He found something covering his memories, and shattered it. Whatever had been used wasn't up to his power.

He shook Ichigo up. He had started to wake up before the sun rose to keep Isshin from crashing into them. Ichigo batted his hand away, preferring to sleep in.

Then again, he wasn't used to his new powers.

Haru grinned evilly as he whispered into Ichigo's ear. Ichigo shot up with a scowl.

"You wouldn't!"

"Not my fault your hiding spot is so crappy," he sang out.

"Brat."

"Someone tried to modify my memories."

"You sure?"

"I broke a block on them before I woke you up."

"What time is it?"

"Nearly six forty-five."

"...Wake me in ten minutes," Ichigo said.

Neither of them were morning people, but Haru hated being woken up by their father even more.

Fortunately, Isshin's inner alarm was set to Ichigo's wake up call, not Haru's.

Haru shrugged. If Ichigo wanted to deal with Isshin, then that was his problem. He grinned as he heard the crash of Isshin onto Ichigo.

He sipped his coffee spiked with pepper up potion. He kept a stock of it for when he needed that extra kick. Ichigo walked down grumbling while Haru and Yuzu cooked breakfast.

Haru didn't mind cooking, but he and Yuzu usually switched places when it came to cleaning.

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Haru stared when he saw the soul reaper from before. Though he swore revenge when she knocked both of them out cold.

Haru was the first to recover, and his scowl was eerily reminiscent of his brother.

"What was that for?"

"You two are soul reapers, which mean you both need training!"

"Hold up. Who the hell said I was a soul reaper?"

"You can use Kido, which only soul reapers can use," she answered.

"That wasn't Kido! It was wandless magic you baka! Yoruichi-sensei and Tessai-sensei said I had a real knack for it!"

"That spell you used on the hollow, Pale Fire Crash, is a high class Kido spell. Face it, you're a soul reaper."

"No, my soul is just half out for some reason. Yoruichi has never been able to successfully get it back inside fully. Since my soul wasn't in my body properly, she taught me how to use wandless spells. She had me working with Tessai-sensei for the past two years."

Rukia went to knock the soul out of his body, but he was used to dealing with the quirky Yoruichi every night. He dodged with ease.

Ichigo came to when he sensed that, and he glared at her.

"Trian me if you want, but leave my brother alone," he growled.

"You don't understand, if he can use Kido, then hollows will target him specifically!"