The Big Screen and Hat N' Clogs Fault

Ch. 4 The Older Brother's Wish, The Younger Sister's Wish

Ichigo woke to the incessant prodding in his mind by Shiro, saying he was bored and thought Ichigo slept enough. 'Annoying, whiteout bastard...'Shiro blew a raspberry in response, making him roll his eyes before sitting up and stretching. He looked over to see Uryu still asleep. Seeing how he wasn't able to go back to sleep, he got out of bed and grabbed some clothes to take a shower. Ichigo wondered what time it was as he got out of the room and looked to the clock above the bookcase to see that it was about 6:30, a little earlier than his family was meant to wake up (which was odd since he was never up earlier than his family, especially Yuzu and his dad). 'Guess yesterday really wore everyone out. Can't blame them though, especially Orihime...'

Once he was finished, he got out of the bathroom just in time to see his father sneaking towards his and Uryu's room. Isshin froze, seeing how he was caught by his son and a little surprised to see him awake at this hour. Ichigo raised a brow and his father grinned mischievously putting a finger in front of his mouth in a shushing manner. Ichigo snorts before walking away towards the door to make some coffee, Shiro cackling away in his head. Luckily, he grabbed his sword and moved Uryu's glasses farther away on the desk, predicting something like this would happen.

'Four Eyes is about to get a rude awakening.'Said Shiro, Ichigo practically feeling him grinning. Ichigo snorted as he headed out into the halls but paused when he heard it happen.

"GOOOOD MOOOORRRNIIIIIIIIINNNNGGG, URYUUUUUU!"

"YAAAAHHH!" A crash was heard, putting the orange head into hysterics. It just got worse when doors slid open and everyone looked towards the end of the hall in confusion. He waved to some of his friends when they looked to him questioningly before walking away. Renji saw him and decided to go with him, seeing as he was the first one assigned to the teen as his security detail.

"Morning!" he greeted. Ichigo nodded.

"Morning. Did you need something?" the redhead shook his head.

"Nah, security detail remember?"

"Ah right, forgot about that. Are my friends and family involved in the detail as well?"

"Yep. The Head Captain assigned us all to be yours, your friends and your family to be guarded 24/7 until we're finished here. We circle and exchange guards every day. The captains and lieutenants get one of you guys, but the lower ranking officers that are here don't really get assigned unless they have to since a couple of them are not strong enough to fight against a captain or lieutenant. Captain Ukitake organized the list himself, and I got you as my first watch."

"Great. Lucky me..." he muttered as he looked at the screen on the wall to make sure that he was going in the right direction before moving on.

"The only ones that aren't assigned are obviously Captain Kurotsuchi and his lieutenant, Nemu Kurotsuchi."

"Obviously. Any relation between those two?" the teen inquired as they made it into the dining area and walked towards the coffee maker. Renji looked uncomfortable, looking like he didn't want to say anything.

"She's, eh, sort of his daughter." Ichigo raised a brow at him for that before making his coffee.

"'Sort of'? What is she adopted?"

Renji rubbed his neck awkwardly at that. "N-no...Basically, Captain Kurotsuchi used his DNA and...cloned himself a daughter." Ichigo nearly dropped his coffee mug at the statement and turned to the redhead incredulously.

"What?! He clonedhimself a daughter?!"

"Yeah...But from what I heard in the rumor mills, he doesn't treat her as a daughter though. He practically (or literally) programmed her to be the perfect servant for him, one that doesn't disobey him and follows his every order no matter what. He even abuses her and mistreats when she doesn't get an order right! I even heard an officer almost caught him kicking her to the ground in broad daylight while she was injuredwhen she didn't exterminate a Hollow fast enough. In his words, 'I made you strong enough to kill a Hollow instantly, and you can't even do that! It's your fault for getting that injury in the first place!'" he quoted angrily. Ichigo stared in shock.