Understanding II: School Daze (Bleach Fanfic)

Emergency

Isshin had just finished closing down the clinic when Ichigo suddenly slammed the door open. "How many times do I have to tell you not to do that?"

"Dad... something is wrong with Toshiro. Karin and I tried giving him first aid but he just got worse." The orange haired teen spoke up.

The head of the household felt his skin suddenly go pale and he found himself hurrying to where Ichigo told him the small shinigami was. When he got to the room he found Karin sitting on the edge of his son's bed with a worried look on his face. Toshiro's face was likely paler then Isshin's. His eyes were glazed over and his breathing came out ragged while his small fingers clutched onto the bed.

"What exactly happened?" Isshin's tone was serious. "Better yet tell me where he is injured."

"His ribs and a gash on his right arm." Karin glanced at the ground.

"Why didn't you come and get me?" The man shook his head before grabbing his cell phone and dialing a number. He scooped the small boy into his arms and headed for the stairs. "Ichigo, keep an eye on your sisters."

"But..."

"I don't want to hear an argument!" The man snapped his words out and he headed out the door. He hoped the person he called would pick up soon.

"Isshin? Why are you calling? You know I'm busy at work." The man on the other side of the phone spoke up.

"If you are at work Ryuken all the better." Isshin's voice carried a serious tone.

"In other words you have a medical emergency. Which one of your kids is it this time?" The man said.

"The one you haven't met." Isshin continued to speak as he hurried in the direction of the hospital. "I know you don't like shinigami but you are also the only person I can turn to right now without drawing unneeded attention to myself or the rest of my family. Plus, you made a promise to Masaki that you would look out for all of our kids."

"I always knew you would use that promise against me. You're telling me that you've had a run in with that former fukutaicho of yours that Masaki told me about? I know full well that both of you consider him to be one of your kids so I can't refuse. Not that I would refuse if you didn't. A child is a child and my dislike for shinigami would get pushed aside."

"Thank you." Isshin stated. "I'm almost there, I'm crossing the railroad tracks right about now."

"You're running? You've always been an idiot you know."

"I've also regained some of my speed from when I was a soul reaper." The man stated. The former taicho glanced down at the current and saw that Toshiro was looking at him with a look of confusion on his face as the phone clicked off. "I guess my one-sided conversation was confusing so I'll likely owe you an explanation later on."

Isshin arrived and found some nurses there to greet him and they waved him in. "Kurosaki Sensei... the director's prepared a room and he's waiting for you in there."

The former captain of the tenth division hurried followed the woman as they hurried forward and he walked into the room that Uryu's father was standing in. He set the small child down on the bed while Ryuken went to the door and put up a sign asking for no one to enter. Isshin began to feel the child's body with his hands and he let out a deep sigh. "His reiatsu is tanked."

The other man came forward. "I'll go and get him a drip and and oxygen machine."

Isshin began to work on stitching up the boy's shoulder and the other man came back and placed an oxygen over the boy's mouth before pushing a needle from the drip into Toshiro's arm. The former taicho of the tenth division let out a deep sigh. "Thankfully the rib isn't broken, but slightly fractured . His lung is deflated though."

"Can you use healing kido on him. Wasn't that a technique you retained despite losing your other powers?" Uryu's father suddenly asked.

"Yeah, yeah. The kid normally can heal himself up quite passably but he's never done well with the physical body and his reiatsu levels are horrible." Isshin worked at replenishing the child's kido levels. "I thought he had control over his power usage before I left."

The other man didn't say anything and soon Toshiro's breathing was normal. The boy's eyes which had been glazed over suddenly focused on the man with the glasses while he removed the oxygen mask. The IV though remained in. "How are you feeling?"

"Better..." The small child sat up only to slap a hand on his forehead as he felt woozy.

"Toshiro... what happened?" Isshin frowned at the child.

"I..." Two teal eyes looked at the one man with curiosity. "Who are you? Are you a Quincy? Are you related to that other one?"

"I guess this morons stories about you having an acute sense of things is true. My name is Ishida Ryuken. Ishida Uryu is my son. And yes, I am a Quincy."

Isshin pushed the child back down so that he was lying down again. The boy spoke up. "I thought Quincy didn't like Shinigami?"

"Are you referring to the fact I treated you knowing full well that you were a shinigami? My job as a doctor comes first and we don't show prejudice to those who need our treatment." The man pushed his glasses up. "Or do you mean how I came to know this fool?"

"I'm wondering how you came to know the old fool." The words came out of the child's mouth without Toshiro really thinking about what he was saying. "I figure you know very well that he was a former shinigami, so my being one is a rather mute point."

Ryuken's eyebrow's raised up in amusement though the frown on his face stayed the same. Isshin though scratched his head. "Do both of you have to call me a fool?"

"Well... you are one." The man folded his arms across his chest. "None of our children know this, but Kurosaki Isshin's dead wife is actually my younger sister. I made a promise to her a long time ago and truth be told that promise includes you."

"Why did you have to tell him that?" The bearded male scratched his chin.

"He's already keeping you a secret from Soul Society, it is likely he'll keep that too." The man headed towards the door. "I need to get back to my normal work routine. I expect you to stay over night, particularly since your reiatsu levels are going up and down like they are."