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Karin's Ultimatum


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Karin Kurosaki's eyes fluttered open as she realized two things. Firstly, she was not in her own bed, as she promptly became aware of her twin sisters arms wrapped around her. Secondly, of the ghostly apparition of a man hovering only a few inches from her face.

"Hey, can you see me?" The ghost asked as it waved a hand in front of her face. Ugh, this is so not what I wanted to deal with first thing in the morning Karin thought. Or ever for that matter. Instead of answering, Karin tried to pretend he wasn't there and closed her eyes as she tried to fall back asleep. "Hey, don't ignore me! I know you can see me!" the ghost man answered growing frustrated.

"Leave me alone." Karin mumbled in response, but the ghost wouldn't listen as it stayed by her side the rest of the morning. Karin was growing more and more irritated, whether it being her feelings or the ghosts, she wasn't sure. All she knew was that something needed to be done. After an entire morning full of "Don't ignore me's" and "Please help me's" Karin couldn't take anymore.

"Are you okay, honey?" Ishhin Kurosaki asked his daughter as he took notice of the dark circles under her eyes that had been steadily growing more and more pronounced over the last couple months. "Karin? Karin?" He said as he shook her gently after getting no response.

"What?" She snapped after jumping a bit at the sudden touch.

"I asked you if you were feeling okay. You don't look so good."

"I'm fine." Karin answered curtly. Why couldn't everyone just leave her alone? All she wanted was some damn peace and quiet.

"Look, don't get angry, but Yuzu told me what happened last night." He said, gently placing a hand on her shoulder.

"What? Yuzu!" Karin nearly shouted as she began to feel her blood boil.

"Don't be angry." Ishin said. "We're just worried about you. You haven't been your usual self lately."

"I'm fine! Just leave me alone!" Karin shouted behind her as she grabbed her school bag and stormed out the door. Instead of heading towards the school, Karin made a beeline for Urahara's shop picking up two more spirits along the way. "Mr. Urahara!" Karin yelled while knocking on the door, ignoring the closed sign. Karin's knocking turned into banging as the spirits frustration at being ignored flowed into her.

"What do you want, Kurosaki? Can't you see we're closed." Jinta sneered.

"Open the God damn door, Jinta, or I swear I'll kick you in the nuts so hard you'll have dick breath for a week!" Karin yelled, unaware of the spirits hold on her.

"Jeez, what's with the attitude? Did somebody start their period today?" the red headed boy said enjoying the effect his words had on her.

"That's it, I'm breaking the fucking door down!"

"Children, please, can we not do this so early?" Urahara asked as he came out from the back room while rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "Karin, what brings you by so early? And who are all your friends?" he asked pointing the end of his cane towards the three spirits."

"I'll tell you what brings me by, your fucking ghost repellant isn't working!" Karin yelled as the temple in her forehead began throbbing. "Everywhere I go these sons of bitches follow me! To bed, to school, even the damn bathroom! Weren't you some kind of science genius back in the soul society?"

"Of course it's not going to work, it's just water." he said with an amused smile, paying Karin's attitude no mind as he opened the door to let her in.

"What?! Why the hell did you give me water?" Karin said as she started swinging.

"Because, I wanted to see if you were truly drawing pluses or if it was just your imagination." he said with a smile as he easily blocked Karin's punches with a single finger. "Haven't you ever heard of the placebo effect?"

"So you used me as a science experiment?!" she yelled back as Urahara quickly stepped behind her and held her arms behind her back.

"Don't feel bad, Karin." an older black haired girl said "He kinda uses everyone as a science experiment, remember what he did to Rukia."

"Uruyu, I thought we agreed we wouldn't talk about that anymore." Kisuke Uruhara said as he waved it off as if putting Rukia's life in danger in order to hide the hogyoku inside her was no big deal. "Don't worry, Karin. You're safe inside the property, there's a barrier over the place that spirits can't cross. See?" he said pointing to the spirits that were awkwardly wondering around out front.

"Whose nuts do I have to kick in to get one of those over my house?" Karin asked.

"There will be no nut kicking, at least not mine anyway." Uruhara said. "Shielding you in a barrier isn't going to solve your problems. You have a strong spiritual presence that's attracting every plus and hollow to you in a ten mile radius."

"Well then how do I turn it off? It's having other unwanted side effects." Karin mumbled as she remembered the events of the previous night.

"Like your emotions?" Urahara said as it wasn't hard to notice Karin's unusual behavior. Instead of fully explaining, Karin simply nodded. "Are you opposed to missing school for the day?" he asked and then beamed when Karin shook her head. "Excellent, come down stairs, I'm sure you'll feel better once you get out all that pent up anger." he said as he guided her down to his secret training room while continuing to keep her arms behind her back.

"Like it?" Uruyu giggled as she watched Karin's facial expression change from rage to amazement once Uruhara turned on the light.

"Has this been down here the entire time?" Karin asked in wonder as her eyes took in the cavern.

"Yep, this is where we turned Ichigo into a hall-I mean- into a shinigami." Urahara said with a laugh. "How are you at Ken-do?" he asked as he picked up two bamboo swords and handed them to each girl.

"I'm okay." Karin said with a shrug as she accepted the wooden sword. "Sometimes the ken-do club has me fill in if someone's sick on a tournament day.

"Great! Defend yourself." He said as he nodded towards Uruyu who charged after Karin, nearly snapping both swords in half from the force of her blows.

"Hey, Uruyu, watch it, are you trying to kill me?" Karin asked as she barley moved aside in time to see Uruyus sword connect with the wall sending large chunks of rock flying. "We haven't even put on protective armor."

"None of that silly stuff here!" Urahara said with a laugh as he watched Uruyu chase Karin around the underground room with a stick. "C'mon, Karin, fight back!"

"Call her off! Call her off!" Karin yelled in response as she dove away from another strike that left a hole in the ground where she was standing just a second before. "What if she hits me?"

"Good point. I'll give Oriheme a call just in case!" He said as he pulled a cell phone out from his robes and called Ichigo's red headed classmate with healing powers. "Karin! Try to tap into your spiritual powers. Try to feel Uruyu's next move."

"What spiritual powers?" Karin shouted as she parred blows with Uruyu that sent a jolt through Karin that nearly dislocated her shoulder.

"This might help." Urahara said as he struck Karin in the back of her head with the bottom of his cane. Karin's spiritual body came tumbling out as her lifeless physical body collapsed to the ground. "Pay attention!" He yelled as the young girl watched as her body fall to the ground that momentarily took her attention away from the bamboo wielding Uruyu.

"What did you do to me?" Karin yelled as she ducked and grabbed the makeshift sword from her physical body's hand and noticed it now felt ten times as heavy. "It's just a bamboo stick! Why did it become so heavy?"

"Your spiritual body isn't used to picking up objects like your physical body can. Don't focus on the weight, focus on your senses!" Uraharha said as she picked up Karin's physical body and moved it out of harms way. Karin suddenly noticed she could feel the others presence in the room quite strongly without seeing them. She somehow knew Urahara was moving behind her to the right while Uruyu was making a beeline towards her to her left. It was as if Uruyu had slowed down considerably and Karin could tell exactly where she would strike. If she could somehow pick up her sword and move it in time and swing 90 degrees to her left she could land a hit. Karin struggled to lift her sword, but she couldn't do it.

"Don't try to rely on physical strength, you need to rely on your spiritual pressure to move objects." Uruhara called out. "It's like using sheer willpower. Channel all your pent up emotions into your body!" Karin took a deep breath and instead of focusing on moving her arms she thought about these last few months and the toll it had taken on her. She could feel the frustration and anger welling up inside her again. Karin felt a sort inner strength collecting inside her as she focused on it and swung with all her might as Uruyu charged. All was silent as a loud Thrwack sound filled the air as Karin's sword connected to Uruyu's ribcage.

"There you go!" Urahara praised. Karin smiled until she felt herself suddenly growing weak. The scenery before her eyes began fading in and out as Karin kneeled down until everything was completely dark. "Karin!" she faintly heard before she lost consciousness.

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Karin slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She was lying on a futon covered in a blanket in a room she didn't recognize. She looked down at herself and no longer saw the Chain of Fate protruding from her chest which meant she was back into her physical body.

"Karin! I'm so glad you're awake!" A familiar voice called to her. She turned her head and saw the smiling redhead leaning against the wall a few feet away.

"Oriheme. What happened?" Karin asked as she tried to sit up but found herself to weak.

"Mr. Urahara said you used a bit too much spiritual pressure and passed out." Oriheme explained.

"Just from swinging a sword? I didn't realize I was so weak."

"That's not all you did." Oriheme explained. "You sent Uruyu flying a good 20 feet and broke half her ribcage."

"What? Is she okay?"

"I'm fine, Oriheme fixed me up good as new." A new voice answered as the black haired girl entered the room. "That was some hit. I didn't know you had that much spiritual pressure in you. Mr. Urhahara would like to speak to you when you're feeling better." She said before exiting and sliding the door closed behind her.

"So?" Karin mumbled to Oriheme. "It's not that impressive. I saw my brother take down a hallow with one swing of his sword like it was nothing."

"That's because Ichigo was a shinigami and was using a Zanpakutō, not a bamboo stick." Mr. Urahara replied as he opened the door and closed it behind him. "He also had absorbed all of Rukia's spiritual energy as well if you're referring to that one night. Normal humans can't do what you did which brings me to what we need to talk about."

"Talk about what?" Karin asked as she sat up and leaned against the wall for support.

"How we are going to deal with all the spirits following you. Oriheme talked to Yuzu while you were out and said you've been out of it for a while. She said you're not sleeping, doing poorly in school, and even Jinta has been complaining about your performance on the soccer team. The anger and the frustration you've been feeling is not your own. It's the spirits anger at you ignoring them."

"What else am I supposed to do? It's not like I can help them." Karin complained and swore under her breath.

"What if I told you you can help them pass on? Would you be interested in learning how?" Uruhara asked while grinning.

"What do I have to do?" Karin asked eager to make this go away.

"You're going to perform consoles." Urahara said.

"I thought only shinigami could do that." Karin said as she noticed Urahara with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I think you're ready to take over the family business. What do you say to becoming a shinigami, Karin?" Urahara asked grinning from ear to ear at his new test subject/ student.

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