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Sorry for the wait. Here's the next chapter.

Isshin stayed sitting on the bed wondering who would come next. From what Urahara had told him, Ichimaru was a traitor and there was a new captain for the third division. What was his name again? He thought for a few minutes, but couldn't recall. He had a list somewhere, but he had to hide it so that the kids wouldn't find it. And guess what? Neither could he.

He decided to give up and took a large gulp of his beer. Standing up, he looked at the clock and was surprised at what time it was. The twins would be home soon, and they'd wonder about why the door was boarded up. Isshin was not thrilled about taking it all down, but went to do so anyway.

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By the time Karin and Yuzu got home, Isshin had successfully taken down all of the boards and repaired as much damage as possible. He'd had no idea that Soi Fon could be so destructive. Grabbing another beer, he sat down on the couch and waited for his darling daughters to come home. By the time he was done with the beer, they still weren't home. He was beginning to get worried. He stood by the door and waited for them to walk through the door. He didn't know why he was acting so responsible. Isshin Kurosaki wasn't known for being responsible, he was known for being annoying as hell.

The children walked through the door, laughing about something that he didn't care about. Instead, he lectured him.

“WHY ARE YOU TWO HOME SO LATE?” he bellowed and had to bite back a cough. He didn't like using that volume with such a question.

Karin glared at her father and stated, “This is when we always come home, you idiot.”

Isshin raised an eyebrow and said, “You're always an hour late?”

“Did you forget to set the clock back one hour?”

Isshin looked dumbfounded. Was it really daylight savings time? Already? Karin's question took him completely by surprise. “Uh...”

“That's what I thought,” Karin chuckled as she put her stuff down and walked upstairs to her's and Yuzu's room.

“You really should pay more attention, Dad,” Karin told him as she went into the kitchen.

Hm. Maybe being responsible wasn't such a good thing for him. He did well enough being an annoying father that pestered his kids constantly. Isshin shrugged off these thoughts and sat back down on the couch to wait for Ichigo to come home.

An hour went by. Another hour passed the previous. Now Isshin was mad. No son of his would be late for dinner! There was a knock at the door, which being as he was, Isshin took it as Ichigo's precaution against his father's attack. He went to open the door, but it certainly wasn't Ichigo!

The man standing outside the door was a little larger that Isshin and had short, black hair, not unlike Urahara's and for some reason, reminded him of Kyoraku.

“Isshin Kurosaki?” he asked. Isshin nodded and the man continued. “My name is Shusuke Amagai.” Isshin sensed trouble and prepared himself to fight.

“It's time to go back to the Seireitei.”

A/N: Hope you liked it. I had to end with a cliffy. Just feeling that way today. Hey! That rhymed!