They walked to the river then opened the senkiamon. Toshiro and ichigo walked through the senkiamon with Karin.
They got to the soul society a few minutes later.
"Hey Toshiro can she sleep at yours as I only have one bedroom?" Ichigo asked Toshiro. He gave a nod then they both flashed stepped to his house. They were careful not to wake her up.
When they got to his house, it was small. The house was like a condo from the west instead of the traditional houses like the Kuchki's household. Inside everything was tidy, everything was neat, not surprising for a captain. Toshiro lead Ichigo to the guest room. The room had an actual, double sized bed, instead of a futon. Toshiro pulled back the covers while Ichigo placed Karin in the bed. Ichigo pulled up the covers the sat on the bed.
"Hey Toshiro, is it okay if I stayed with her until she wakes up?" Ichigo asked
"Yeah, just don't make any noise" Ichigo smiled then turned his attention onto his sister. She was sound asleep. He stroked her hair as we watched Karin sleep. Ichigo lied down on his side so that he was facing her. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Karin slowly opened her eyes, she was in another bed. She saw that Ichigo was sleeping beside her. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She tried to get out of the bed but she had no strength to do so. She heard Ichigo groaning, she saw that he was waking up.
"Hey Ichigo" Karin smiled. She looked a lot better than yesterday. She was still skinny but she looked much happier.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked.
"Hungry," Ichigo laughed. She had not eaten in a long while, no wonder she was hungry.
"No wonder, it looks like you haven't eaten in days," Karin looked down, she was ashamed of what she did to herself.
"Hey, Karin, you know I'm proud of you. We saw a video with you fighting against Aizen. You shocked all the soul reapers." Karin couldn't help but smile at her brothers words. Ichigo got out of bed then turned to look at Karin.
"Coming?" Karin shook her head.
"I have no strength in my legs" Ichigo went over to her then picked her up. He put her on her feet then helped her through to the kitchen.
"I'm sure Toshiro wouldn't mind. If you ate some of his food." Karin's eyes widened.
"T-this is Toshiro's house," she stuttered. Ichigo nodded.
Soon Toshiro came through the door. He still looked smart, even though his hair looked damp. 'He must of had a shower' Karin thought to herself.
"Hey Toshiro" she smiled at him
"Hey Karin" he smiled back at her. Ichigo couldn't help but notice how close his sister and Toshiro were.
"Toshiro I'm making breakfast what would you like?" Ichigo asked him. Toshiro frowned.
"I didn't know you could cook." Toshiro joked. Ichigo just frowned, he was not amused by the joke.
"Toast will just be just fine" Toshiro stood up and boiled some water, pouring three cups of tea. He then sat back down beside Karin.
"Here you go. This should help you" Karin took the hot drink and sipped it. She could feel her legs again. Ichigo sat down beside Karin handing Toshiro a plate of toast, Karin a plate of eggs, bacon and sausage, he wanted to get her eating a lot more. He sat down with some toast. Karin took a bite of the sausage then pushed the plate away. Toshiro and Ichigo looked worried at her.
"Karin you can't be finished, you said you were hungry. Please eat." Ichigo said as he placed a hand on her knee. Karin shook her head.
"Please Karin. At least eat the sausages and the bacon. Leave the eggs" Toshiro said. Karin pulled the plate towards her and started eating. She managed to eat everything that was given to her. Toshiro and Ichigo smiled at her.
"Where's Kazen?" she panicked after she finished her tea. Toshiro took her plate and cup, placing them in the sink.
"Don't worry, he is in the corner of your room. " Toshiro said as he pointed to the door.
"Hey is it okay if I go back to sleep. I'm still quiet sleepy" Karin said as she rubbed her eyes. Ichigo nodded then Karin went back to the bed she had originally slept in.
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when Toshiro and the other captains got a black butterfly. Toshiro had been told to collect Karin. When he got back to his house, it looked empty -just like normal- but when he went to the bedroom where Karin had slept last night, he saw that she was soundly asleep with her sword under her arm. He let of his spiritual pressure to let Karin know that it was only him there. He then slowly walked toward the bed and sat at the edge.
"Karin wake up. Don't worry, it is only me" Karin slowly woke up. She sat up and wiped the sleep out of her eyes. She then began to stretch her muscles. She noticed that her legs were normal. They weren't stiff from before. Karin climbed out of the bed. Toshiro tossed her a hair brush. She quickly brushed her hair, fixed her uniform then grabbed her sword and headed out the door followed by Toshiro.
