"So that was interesting." Kazuma says as he stands in the living room, but he doesn't bother to think too deeply about what just happened, after all, Ryūken told him that Hollows would be attracted to him because of his high spiritual pressure.
Because the apartment isn't his and he doesn't want to pay for anything that gets ruined, he quickly makes his way to the kitchen and starts to put the groceries into the refrigerator.
He makes sure to leave a few things out because it's what he's going to eat tonight and while he's in school.
Masaki tries to grab some things to help him put everything away but because she is just spirit she isn't able to touch anything, so she's forced to watch him do everything alone.
"Hey, Masaki." Kazuma says to Masaki as he puts a plastic bag into another plastic bag that he's using as a trash bag.
'Yeah." Masaki answers him.
'The guy with the orange hair, he was your kid right?" Kazuma asks Masaki, but before she can answer him Kazuma starts to talk again.
'I know that I said that you didn't have to meet him and even if he isn't your son, you must have had someone that you cared about." He says to her as he finishes putting everything away and picks the vegetables and meat pack off the floor.
"What I'm trying to say is that you have a chance of saying everything that you couldn't, I don't know what will happen in the future so you should take this chance." Kazuma says to Masaki who hugs him and nearly makes him drop everything.
'I know." she says to him but the tone of her voice is a mixture of several emotions.
The calm yet playful woman that tried to get a reaction out of him the day before, now sounded weaker than a child but at the same time, she sounded as if she was sure of the decision she had made.
"But it will be even more painful for them if I'm forced to leave them again." Masaki says to him as she tightens her hug.
Kazuma looks up when he feels a hand on his head and e sees Kanae standing in front of him, the woman has a warm smile the kind that only a mother can have.
"One thing at a time." Kanae says to him.
"Like you said, we don't know what will happen in the future, and things in our world aren't so kind." Kanae says to him as Kazuma briefly sees the younger versions of Kanae and Masaki aiming their weapons at each other.
"Now since we can't touch anything, it's up to you to follow our instructions, so what will we make?" Masaki says to him as both she and Kanae let him go.
'Hold on, let me do something first." Kazuma says to the two women as he walks towards the window and opens it, it didn't take more than a second for the same black cat from earlier to jump inside the apartment.
'Who are you?" he asks the black cat.
'Meow." was the only thing that the cat says to him.
"Kazuma stares at the cat before he lets out a breath and says. "Okay, one meow for yes two meows for no."
"Are you something else trapped in a cat's body?"
"Meow, meow."
"Okya so that's a no, so are you a spy or were you just curious?' he asks the cat who just looks at him with its golden yellow eyes.
"Meow-meow -meow."
"So you were just curious.' Kazuma says to himself.
"Hold on Kazuma that cat made three meows, that means it said yes to being a spy and no to being curious," Masaki says to him, with a serious yet amused tone in her voice.
'No, it's obvious that the cat said no to being a spy and that she was just curious about Kazuma." Kanae says to Masaki and Kazuma can see that the woman has a playful smile as she says this.
"either way it can't hurt me because normal people can see can see it and it's getting late so we should start making lunch, breakfast, and my school lunch." Kazuma says to his two spirits who look at him with worried expressions.
"Then we have to make two different meals." Masaki says to him.
"Two?" Kazuma asks her.
'Yes, one for tonight, one for tomorrow morning, and a mixture of the two so you can at it in school tomorrow." Kanae answers him.
The two women begin to tell Kazuma how to cut the vegetables and tell him when the pans are hot enough for him to start cooking, as they were doing this, they completely forgot about the black cat that watched them the entire time.
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"So what did you see?' Isshin says to Yoruichi as she walks into Urahara's store.
"He's just a kid with high spiritual energy, at least that's what I want to say." Yoruichi says to Isshin as she hops onto the counter and sits down.
"He didn't know what hollows were because he just called them monsters with white masks." Ryūken says to her.
"Yet when a hollow attacked him, he was able to sense it and avoid it before it could hurt him, so he's experienced in fighting low-level threats." Yoruichi says to him.
"And at the same time, he wasn't shocked to see a cat that had a spiritual presence, and instead he asked me if I was someone trapped in a cat's body."
'Which would mean that he's encountered other beings that either have the form of animals or were trapped in the bodies of animals." Urahara says as he tries to understand everything that he's heard so far.
"It's obvious that he's just someone that fell into all of this by accident, even if he's had experience with spiritual beings. So what are the two of you going to do?" Urahara asks Ishin and Ryūken.
"Nothing, I have already provided him with more than enough, he has a home, money, and he now goes to school." Ryūken says to Urahara.
"Oh, but for the first time in years, you find that you and your son aren't the only Quincy alive, so why not train him?" Urahara asks Ryūken.
'You know why"
"If I don't train my own son, why would I train this stray." Ryūken answers Urahara.
"As much as it pains me to say this, I can't do anything for now. With my powers the way they are, and I don't know what will happen if I separate Masaki from him for too long."
'Not to mention how Ichigo and the girls will handle seeing their mother again, and knowing that she's trapped inside that disk." Isshin answers Urahara.
"Well how about I train him?" Urahara says to the two men, but stops talking when he sees the glares that both men are giving him.
"So that's a no, I guess we will just have to keep an eye on him for now." Urahara says to everyone and doesn't say anything as both Isshin and Ryūken leave.
'Well, what didn't you say in front of them?" Urahara asks Yoruichi.
"NothingI told you everything, he's just a kid that fell into this by accident, either that or he's hiding a lot of secrets." Yoruichi answers Urahara as she closes her eyes and falls asleep.