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[Kurosaki Isshin]

Isshin smiled ever so slighty he would have to contact Ukei and as him how the whole event had gone down he could imagine him saying how Ichigo and Ana were backchatty and gave as good as they get. He too had expressed his concern for his sons exsistance and queried Ukei about it but it seemed the zero division were already well aware.

Isshin watced Ana'a reaction and she didnt hesitate to confirm that on discovering the truth about Ichigo it would not change her mind. He smiled gently, that was comfortng to know. Oh how he feared this day would come an even she was now enquirng just how bad this news could be if it came to light. ''He's not who you think he is....and alot of it is Aizen's doing...thats why im greatful that guy is locked up where he cant plot anything more...'' he began. But then again this was Aizen the guy had been planning stuff way back since Isshin was a captain in Soul Society. Isshin frowned to himself as he clentched his fist on the table in front of him, how he hated Aizen a grudge was putting it lightly this had messed up his peaceful life with Masaki it had all been changed for Aizen's personal interests and fun in experimeting.

His fist unclentched and he looked toward Ana as she spoke of the kind of frendship she had with Ichigo, he had never imagined Ichigo's life would turn out as it was for the start he had Isshin hadnt done a bad job and guidence was given hopefully. ''Your one in a million you know'' he smiled to her it was hard to come by decent people and Ana wa one of them. He knew how members of her family were shinigami and probaly why she had been gifted with her power her heritage could go way back into shinigami exsistance centuries back but he tried to remember if he knew any shinigami with the name Shoshi.

Isshin shook his head a little when she said they wouldnt go off to Hueco Mundo again 'No no...its fine i know you both know it was silly but you did what you had to..you get some valuble info right?'' he asked before he had stood and asked her to take a walk with him leaving the library. Once outside he walked to the left and down he street. ''Cloning is very difficult...infact i didnt think it was possible at one point...but anythings possible now...it is my curiosity but...also research...im not planning to clone anyone though...'' he nearly smirked. ''It was to educate me a little more on the subject'' he said. ''Only...i could of sworn i saw an Espada in this very town who is reported dead'' he sad suddenly.

[Shoshi Ana]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style,width: 360px; padding: 15px; background-color: fbfbfb;] It did not matter who Ana thought Ichigo was so long as Ichigo was ok with whatever he was then Ana could accept him for it and if he could she would help him with it in whatever way she could, she’d be a pathetic friend if she could not do that for him. Upon hearing Isshin speak about Aizen though Ana glared, what did that prick have to do with anything! Wait had he done something to Ichigo! Her eyes suddenly widened “What did he do to Ichigo!” she said almost shouting it as her hands slammed on the desk and she stood up a little before hearing someone shh her, she looked over apologising silently and sighed sitting down again. “Bloody Aizen I ought to go kick his sorry ass” she mumbled to herself shaking her head. Mind you if he ever hurt any of her friend she would not hesitate in attempting to make him pay for it… somehow. She noticed Isshin’s clenched hand and made a small face before smiling a little at him. Aizen was locked away so it was not like he was coming for anyone or was going to be causing any more problems in any of their lifetimes and the many lifetimes to come; he was not going anywhere anytime soon. Ana laughed a little “Yea I know… not to brag or anything” she added raising a hand and winked smiling. Ana quickly nodded her head at his question, as stupid as her and Ichigo had been they had gotten some information which might not make much sense at the moment and lead to many more questions but it was a start and it was helpful to get things underway. “Yea we got some information that should help in the long run” she added before she hurried after Isshin. The very fact he was researching cloning had her puzzled, as she understood it it was all but impossible but one day it would very much be possible but she did not see it happening in her life time, cloning she always thought would lead to one big mess and sticky situation. Ana nearly tripped over her own feet when he mentioned an Espada. She had not been here for that major battle as she’d been in France for school at the time but she had met many before the battle went on. She still felt guilty about not being here to help her friends and help protect her family but they had all been ok which was always a good thing. “An Espada… are you sure… because that would really make no sense… why would an Espada be here anyway and why are they not dead when they should be?” she said thinking the last bit out loud, but why would an Espada be here if it was an Espada Isshin had in fact seen, could he be mistaken though?

[Kurosaki Isshin]

Isshin had done nothing but beat himself up mentally for allowing thigs to get to this stage, he had found the whole thing abnormal. But he was a shinigami, whe bad times are dealt to you, you had to turn it around to your advantage and he had seeing as Aizen had caused all this cofusion for Ichigo was strangly beaten down by Ichigo himself. If he ever saw him again he'd be sure to mention that how he thought his meddling would come back to bit hm on the ass.

Isshin's walking pace slowed as Ana asked what Aizen had to do with Ichigo's exsistance he stopped completely. ''Its all his fault..' he began. ''It's what he did to my wife thats messed everything up...Masaki wasnt a human she was gifted. all Aizen's plans from the begining were to monitor Ichigo he'd been setting it all up the moment he saw that thing...'' he said before he stopped thinking of that night. He could still remember the face of that beast he fought agasint and the young Masaki's screams never did leave him. He still remembered Ryyukken who was Ishida's dad being there too all three of them much younger and all living seperate lives until one event rought them together so muh was untold and Isshin's story woul have to come out. ''I was sneak attacked by Aizen..the bastard i knew he'd turn on Soul Society but no one eve suspected him'' he said.

He nodded there seemed to be a reoccuring nigtmare of Aizen's plots still haunting the hman world now despite him being behind bars. He heard Ana mention how they should be dead ''The enemy took out all th arrancar and Espada...or so you discovered in Hueco Mundo...so why have i spotted Ulquiorra in the shadows of the real world there's no mistaking i was him...his reatsu surounded the area...i think Aizen may have something to do with all of this...still'' he sighed.

[Shoshi Ana]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style,width: 360px; padding: 15px; background-color: fbfbfb;] Ana stopped when Isshin did, was something wrong? Of course she was unsure what Aizen had done, even as Isshin went to explain she still did not fully get it. She however frowned a little, Ichigo’s mother had been gifted? She did not know that, well she knew very little about Ichigo’s mother he never spoke of her and Ana did not ask, if Ichigo wanted to tell her about his mother he would and if he didn’t then she’d live with that. Masaki… that was her name, she could never remember that despite that large photo in the house, she would have to drill that name into her memory. “Thing?” she asked not sure what he meant, he had not meant Ichigo had he, that was harsh if he had, no Isshin would never refer to his son as ‘thing’. Wait, Ana suddenly realised she knew Ichigo’s mother was gifted and Aizen did something, something bad, big shock when it came to Aizen but Ichigo didn’t know this right… ah man that was another secret she had to keep, maybe she could get it out of her memory somehow, bash her head against the wall until the memory was gone… or she passed out whichever came first. Ana took in a deep breath through her nose trying to understand what Isshin was saying. “Wait if you knew about him then… oh wait never mind, it’s Soul Society we are talking about, they trust easily but turn on one another just as easily…” she added shaking her head, the Shinigami there surely did confuse her, she’d just like to knock some common sense into them but oh well. Then there was the fact Aizen sneak attacked Isshin for some reason, why she did not know, she was still confused with the details she’d been given as she pondered and started walking again only to slow hearing about an Espada. “Well not all the Arrancar and Espada” Ana pointed out, there was still Nel, she was alive and she was dangerous when she wanted to be, thankfully she was on their side, how Ana hoped Nel was doing ok. Of course hearing about Ulquiorra Ana’s blood came to a standstill as her body went pale and her eyes widened, it was like she’d just seen her first ever Hollow or something “Ul… Ul… wait… no… I do remember… no… no you must be mistaken” Ana said shaking her head as she continued to walk again and frowned, had she seen Ulquiorra, was she suppressing some memory, no she did not think so, but who knew it would not be the first time she suppressed something.

[Kurosaki Isshin]

Isshin looked a little uneasy all of a sudden, he looked down before he looked back up ''Masaki wasnt just gifted, she was a quincy...'' he said. ''I have to tell Ichigo about who she really was but im more concerned of telling him about what happened the night i met her it will answer and clear things up for him..'' he eventally admitted but after Ichigo turns 18 he would hear it all and from Isshin's mouth or so he hoped. He shook his head a bit when she just repeated his 'thing' comment ''Its a formidable creature i met that resembled Ichigo's inner self'' he confirmed. He wa sure Ana wuold understand what he meant by that she had battled it herself.

''Im sorry to bear you with secrets but there secrets no more he'll know soon enough and you knowng is inevitable he same with hi other friends'' he sighed. ''I know m not making much sense Ana apologise....all will become clear''He agreed with her when she said of Soul Society being easily trusting and true they did turn the moment a traitor was brought to light. ''I knew Aizen was devious..but he was such a cleve and cunning man who could pull the wool over anyone's eyes'' he said.

Isshin continued to walk onwards hearing Ana knew not all the espada were killed off ''Ulquiorra was but yet walking through these streets...here'' he said ashe pointed over to another street. He coud see how effected she was by Ulquiorra and who could blame her the man had caused so much pain and misery to so many and just his name spoken aloud put the fear in people. His death had brought others releif but he was so sure he had seen Ulquiorra he was very distinctive looking an if he was back how and why and more to the point why was he here in Karakura, had Aizen made his espada indestructable?

[Shoshi Ana]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style,width: 360px; padding: 15px; background-color: fbfbfb;] Ana had to blink a few times, wait, Masaki was a Quincy… so Ichigo was like, part Quincy or something then right. Well she certainly never saw that one coming. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out as she closed it and frowned a little before she blinked again. Well it would certainly be interesting to see Ichigo’s reaction to that, let alone Ishida’s. She licked her lips and nodded her head “That does explain why he could always see spirits and such really clearly. And here I was thinking Quincy and Soul Reapers were mortal enemies” she added shaking her head a little, the world was truly full of surprises. When he explained his definition of the ‘thing’ she simply nodded her head “Ah… got ya” she said and despite her curiosity to learn about what Aizen did it was not her place to even ask let alone know. When Ichigo knew and if he wanted to tell her she’d listen, until then she’d play numb… unless Isshin mentioned how Ana already knew about his Quincy mother, ah man she could just see Ichigo going off his nut, here she was having promised no more secrets and she was now having to keep one, at least his birthday was not too far away. Ana simply glanced to Isshin and smiled a little “I’m use to secrets, we all keep them… don’t worry I won’t say anything” she added crossing her fingers over her heart but Isshin better tell Ichigo after his birthday because this did sound like really big news and it would help Ichigo understand himself and his family better, keeping it a secret any longer would only cause future problems. “Yea well look at his Zanpukto’s ability… I wonder if as a human he had some sanity to him or if he was just as scheming as ever” she said in reference to Aizen, the man though was very patient, Ana had to give the guy that much. She glanced to where Isshin was pointing and frowned, no she was certain he was mistaken, he had to be. Ulquiorra was dead, end of story, Ichigo had killed him so how could he possibly be alive. She simply frowned and walked on quietly. IF Isshin was right then how was it even possible, had they underestimated the enemy… or was it something else. “What if it is a new species? You know can like shapeshift into someone else?” she asked looking over to Isshin, in many ways she hoped that was true if it had indeed been Ulquiorra, it would be much more simpler if it was something new and not something old.

[Kurosaki Isshin]

Isshin immediatly felt guilty revealing such a thing but only he and Urahara knew of it from the the human world. Whatever Aizen did to his wife it had effected Ichigo and Isshin was left to break all this news when Ichigo got old enough. ''She was one of a few Quincy left before they died out...she used to live with Ishida's father infact, they had took her in but Quincy and Shinigami are rivals even now...you can see why i gave up my captains position...'' he said. Isshin was prepared to give it all up to live normally in Karakura. ''She actually saved my butt big time after i became injured she didnt care if i was shinigami or not she just cared about people...'' he said.

That did of course explain many things about his son, his ghost experiances and high reitsu was all down to them. It also meant Ichigo probably had unawakened Quincy abilities locked away within him, of course Isshin couldnt help with that, but Masaki definatly could of perhaps Ishida could help Ichigo out there? but it wasnt long before Aizen had interfered with their life and Ichigo and he watched every move of theirs. He had effected Masaki in a way that would change Ichigo to that of someone who was not at all human he had done so because it meant nothing more than he could see what would happen if a hybrid of reaitsu may effect someone as if Ichigo was just an experimental being having no race or belonging to any group of power the first of his kind and just for Aizen's pure entertaiment. He couldnt bring hmself to tell it to Ichigo but he had to know. He wouldnt explain that to Ana quite yet he would rather Ichigo choose who knew that bit of news, was up to him on that.

With Aizen in mind and wanting to stop any plot he may be still doing despie being sealed they had to check out this whole Ulquiorra being sighted only by Isshin currently but he could see the denial someone could have. He was hoping hmself hat he had just been imagining it that would be good news if he was but the reaitsu he felt along with seeing him felt very real. ''I hope it is jst a shape shifting type...but it had a high reaitsu one that just felt lik ulquiorra's presence ijust recongised it..but lts just hope i got it wrong'' he said. ''Have you sensed or picked up on any big reaitsu's lately?'' he askedher.

[Shoshi Ana]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style,width: 360px; padding: 15px; background-color: fbfbfb;] As if learning that Ichigo’s mother was a Quincy was not enough information but then to learn she use to live with Ishida’s father, that was a whole new level as she gaped at Isshin “No way!” she said blinking and shook her head, so Ishida’s dad had kept that a secret too then… interesting. She made a small face and sighed “I never really understood the whole war between the Quincy and Shinigami, then again it was never really explained to me… maybe I’ll have to pin Ishida down and make him tell me one day or destroy all his school books, I’m sure he’d tell me if I threatened him with that” she added smirking to herself a little, sounded like a plan indeed. “The best kind of people out there are those who don’t care what you are or what you look they, they look deeper and at the soul. Sounds like Ichigo’s mum was one of those few people” she added smiling a little. She was glad Isshin was still alive to date, without him his family surely would fall apart, no offence to Ichigo that was. Ana looked over to Isshin and thought for a moment. “Well there has been something… I felt it last night in my sleep, woke me. It was faint but enough to get me up. When I tried to locate it though I was unsuccessful, like it was just out of my reach no matter how far I wandered, in the end I decided to go home and go back to sleep… it didn’t feel like Ulquiorra’s from what I recall though, it was… new” she added with a small shrug she was unsure how to explain it. “Mind you when I was in Hueco Mundo there was something similar to it” she added thinking about it after she spoke it, the pressure had been slightly different but again, present simply out of reach. “Have you felt anything like that?” she enquired wondering if she was going nuts.

[Kurosaki Isshin]

Isshin smiled gently ''Sorry, it's alot of information to take in know....' he said to her it wold be even more of a shock of Ichigo but it made him able to use quincy power it explained why he was a hybrid, his son was certainly not human neither was he some kind of monstrosity to be feared he wasnt dangerous but after hearing how his hollow took over an changed Ichigo into something he wasnt it got him worried and thinking. ''Yeah she lived with Ryukken Ishidas dad seeing as the quincy were dying ot back then....you can imagine the complications of her being with someone like me...'' he said. Infact it was prefered if Masaki went along with Ryukken but he remembered his wife being someone who never let anyone tell her what to do. That battle where he met her she had shocked him with how reckless she was, reminded him of someone else even, he smiled at the thought.

He let his brows furrow slihly upon hearing her not understanding how Quincy and Shinigami could be at lugerheads. 'Its been going on for thousads of years....the whole grudge between the two...a Quincy's way of getting rid of hollows is different to a Shingami...'' he began. ''When a Quincy kills a hollow they destroy it completely its soul no longr remains they dot exsist anymore...when a Shinigami dstroys a hollow we purify it...its soul still remains and is infact sent back to the Soul Society where it becomes a shinigami....if Quincy's keep on just removing all the souls the balance of the world is disturbed we dont agree with how they kill hollows and they think we shouldnt purify them...'' he explained. Hence all the fighting, all the blood shed and the Quincy wanting revenge, which was why he and Masaki lived in the human world to live peacefully.

He smiled as Ana spoke of Masaki being that of someone who saw beyond what was o the outside of a person. ''Oh...she was really something....completely reckless and brave but her heart was in the right place..'' he nodded. ''You would of got on very well with her....she didnt take crap from no one'' he said.

He had look that of conern when Ana had seemed to pick up on energies herself some that had distruped her considerably. ''Its them...thet are lurking around the town trying stir up some trouble'' he said. He nodded '''Yeah i have sense many arrancar esque reaitsu all of which are here only for a while....as if they are just causing us worry and no making any attack yet...there building up fear most likly before a war is likly to break out'' he said.

[Shoshi Ana]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style,width: 360px; padding: 15px; background-color: fbfbfb;] “No its ok, don’t worry about it… I’ll not tell a soul” she added, it was a lot of information to take in though but she would deal with it, she’d try her very best not to tell Ichigo any of it. “So…” she said out of curiosity a slight confused frown on her face “Does that mean your daughters are part Quincy then too? Or is it a rare genetic thing?” she asked and blinked as she watched Isshin. “Oh you don’t have to answer that, my apologies that was very nosey of me” she added shaking her head. Ana could very well see the problems that would have been risen when people learnt the truth about Ichigo let alone the issues around his parents at the time, it would have been hard for them, but they had managed, they’d stuck together and made it work she was able to admire that. Though Isshin explained the whole Quincy and Shinigami situation to her. It indeed sounded very complicated she could see the point of both sides “Both have supporting sides… though still… thousands of years and no peace yet… talk about holding a grudge against one another” she added shaking her head. She was certainly glad she didn’t have to take part in that whole thing right there. Ana looked to Isshin and smiled a little “She certainly sounds like Ichigo” she added. It was clear enough for Ana to see it all, Ichigo was reckless but at the same time brave even when the situation was extremely dangerous, he didn’t back down which could be seen as stupidity at times and then there was the fact that no matter what Ichigo did his heart always seemed to be in the right place, although even Ana when she’d first met Ichigo wondered if he had one, it was rather amusing when she looked back on it. “Maybe one day I’ll meet her in the afterlife” she added with a small shrug. Masaki would be waiting for her family on the other side right; she’d always liked to think that families waited to be joined by their relatives. Them who was them. She’d probably zoned out at some point and blinked a few times to try recall what he meant before she recalled and nodded her head slowly. “Wait more Arrancar’s!” Ana said shocked her eyes nearly popping put of her head but that was not the worst bit, the worst bit was they were not doing anything which was bad news. “Why would they not attack anyone… it’s so unlike them… should we investigate it?” she asked him, she was up for a bit of a challenge.