Aizen's Kingdom (Bleach Fanfic)

Substitute Existance

"I am also interested in that young man next to you, and I think you know why." Kukaku's mouth twisted up into a wide smile, watching as Ichigo suddenly began to squirm.

The orange haired teen scooted backwards. "Well, I certainly don't know the reason why..."

Ichimaru spoke up, his tone rather dry. "Has your older brother ever mentioned my ramblings about a another world?"

At that, the woman suddenly let out a laugh. "Oh, my brother has talked to me about that world. However, I think I want to hear what you have to say about this other world. Because you aren't from this one, are you."

At that, Ichigo took a deep breath. "I don't know how you know that, but yeah... I don't exist in this world."

"Why is that?" The woman leaned forward onto her arm, her smile continuing to show her mirth about the situation. "I think we have time, until we need to worry about the child."

At that, Gin stood up. "Still, I would like to stay with him, if you don't mind."

The other two waited until he was gone, and then Kukaku turned back to the teenager. "So, tell me your story."

At that, a hand reached up to scratch an orange head of hair. "Well... I grew up with my mother and father, and two little sisters. My mother has passed away in the other world. However, in this world she is actually alive. I think it has to do with the fact that my father and mother never met in this world. That also means though, my sister's and I can't exist either. Sounds far fetched, doesn't it?"

"You sound like an anomaly, don't you?" The woman smirked. "So, what was your father's name?"

"Kurosaki Isshin..." The young man frowned at her, not sure where this was going.

"What else do you know about your father?" Again, the dark haired female pushed for information.

"I found out right before I got drawn into this world, that my father used to be a shinigami. He had the ability to control the inside of the precipice world by himself." Ichigo stated, still scratching his head.

"Can I ask you something?" When the substitute shinigami nodded his ehad, Kukaku spoke up again. "Why is it that you never went looking for your father?"

"I don't really know where to begin looking for him. I just know for a fact that he kept a lot of information from me." The young man glanced at the ground.

"Sounds like him." The woman let out a deep laugh, then pointed at herself. "Do you know who I am?"

"You are... Ganju's older sister?" Ichigo found himself blinking a couple of times. "You're also a friend with Yourichi."

At that, the female Shiba let out a sigh. "So, did you meet any of our other brothers?"

At that, Ichigo glanced at the ceiling. "Ganju said something about how his older brother was pretty amazing. He died though, and so Ganju hated shinigami, because he said a shinigami did it."

"So, my little brother only mentioned having one brother that was a shinigami?" Kukaku folded her arms, her pipe in one hand, tapping it again.

Kurosaki blinked his brown eyes a couple of times. "There was only one mentioned."

"Well, in this world, three of my brother's are actually shinigami. Ganju followed in the steps of the two older ones. The one who died in the other world, that would be our middle brother, Kaien." The woman then let out a laugh. "The reason I believe your story is because you look a lot like our middle brother, except with orange hair."

"Excuse me..." Again, two chocolate eyes blinked again. "I am honestly not following."

"Here is the thing. Your father's last name is actually not Kurosaki. I assume that you found out your mother was alive by looking up the name Kurosaki?" The woman watched him carefully.

"Yeah..." Ichigo folded his arms across his chest.

"Isn't there something strange about that?" The woman watched as confusion spread on the teenagers face. "Isn't it normal for the female to change her family name, not the male?"

"So, you're saying that me father changed his last name when he got to the living world." The orange haired youth held his chin for a bit, then his eyes suddenly went wide. "Wait a second, my father's name wouldn't have been at one time Shiba Isshin?"

"Got a problem with the fact that in this world it still is?" There came a rather robust laugh from the female Shiba.

At that, Ichigo's face turned pale. "I'm... part of... the Shiba family?"

At that, Kukaku's eyes narrowed suddenly. "Do you have a problem being related to me or something of that sort?"

"Uh... no, not at all." The substitute shinigami glanced to the side, and then spoke quietly. "I have a problem with being related to Ganju."

"I heard that." The woman took a puff on her pipe. "That said, Ganju is the problem child, simply because he is the baby in our family." There was a period of silence, and then she spoke again. "Chances are, you'll have the Shiba clan on your side in what you do, but you may not."