Karin sat on the couch, on the opposite side of Atsuo then her sister. She watched the television, with a dull look on her face. Many a month passed since she had last seen the man. Now she noticed the auras of the people around her, and easily she could tell who had spiritual energy. She happened to notice, that Uncle Atsuo happened to have that red aura to him.

"Something the matter Karin?" he suddenly asked.

"Well, I finished my homework, and my stomachs full," Karin stated, her tone rather dry. "However, dad and Ichi-nii aren't here. I've gotten used to Ichi-nii not being here, but dad being gone is just weird."

"I know," Yuzu stated, then paused. "But... I saw Ichi-nii come through the window last night."

"How many times do I have to tell you, that is not our brother. That is Kon. He probably got tired of being stuck in a stuffed animal body. Again..." Karin muttered.

"It's Ichi-nii!" Yuzu stated firmly, heading up the stairs. "Ichi-nii!"

"Ack!" Suddenly, there was a thumping on the stairs, as Yuzu drug someone down the stairs.

"Here's Ichi-nii!" The small girl smiled, tugging on the arm of someone who looked like Ichigo.

"Ahh! Hi! I'm most definitely Kurosaki Ichigo!" the person stated, as Tomo Atsuo suddenly narrowed his eyes at the person. The next thing the two girls knew, the man was dragging Kon away, into the clinic.

"Yuzu... stay here," Karin stated, her tone filled with worry. As soon as she entered the clinic, she felt the air suddenly become heavy, and she felt her head begin to hurt. She saw the man who was supposed to be taking care of her and her sister, glaring at Kon, who was in Ichigo's body, knocked to the ground.

"I know for a fact, that you aren't Kurosaki Ichigo. I would know that boy's spiritual pressure anywhere, and your spiritual pressure isn't his," Tomo snapped out. There was a slight shake in the walls.

"Holy crap," Kon muttered, trembling as he looked at the man. "What is your problem? And who are you?"

"I was left in charge by Isshin, to watch the girls while he was gone," the man stated firmly. "Of all the things, I hadn't expected one of those things to show up. Those monsters, and disguised as Isshin's own son! It's my job to protect them."

"Uncle Atsuo! Stop!" Karin pushed forward, grabbing onto the man's arm. "That might not be Ichigo, but that is still his body. Kon enters his body, when Ichigo has to leave, and beat up hollows. Kon's supposed to keep Yuzu and me safe too, when Ichigo's not here."

"Uhh... yeah... that's my job," the mod sol stated, still shaking from the fright. "How the hell do you have a captain level reiatsu!"

"Captain level... reiatsu.." Tomo pulled back his spiritual pressure, then placed a hand on Karin's shoulder. "That's like Karin telling me that my aura has a strange red tone to it, so I must be a shingami."

Karin felt her body shaking, and felt like she was going to collapse. "I don't feel so good..."

Suddenly, she fell, Uncle Atsuo catching her. Kon glared at the man, and stood up, pointing a finger at the man. "You talk about keeping the girls safe, and yet you happen to let out your reiatsu like that!"

"I let out my spiritual pressure after I dragged your sorry butt in here," the man stated, opening the door, and headed towards the stairs. "Yuzu... your sister isn't feeling good, I am going to put her to bed."

At that, Kon pushed forward, "Exactly who are you man!"

"Ichi-nii..." Yuzu stated, giving her supposed brother a weak smile. "That's Uncle Atsuo, remember?"

"Oh.. yeah... I think..." Kon stated. "Yuzu-chan! I'm going to help Uncle Atsuo put Karin to bed!"

"Ohh... kay..." the small girl stated, going back to whatever she had been doing.

Kon had a rather determined look on his face though. After the man tucked Karin into her bed, he bumbled out. "Again, I will ask, exactly who are you."

"Tomo Atsuo. Police Officer. Then again, if you were really Ichigo, you would know that. I can't go calling you Kon around Yuzu though. She would think it too strange if I did that, even though there is a lot of things that happen to go over her head." The man stated.

"Well, Isshin calls me son. Nothing else..." The mod soul folded Ichigo's arms. "Seriously, he doesn't like me."

"Ahh... doesn't surprise me that Isshin knows," the man stated firmly.

"Hah! That means that you know about Kurosaki Isshin being a shingami," came the retort, and yet another pointed finger.

"Shingami... actually, I don't know what a shingami is," Tomo headed out of the room.

"Oh, come on! Karin said that your aura comes off as being shingami!" Kon protested.

"And I wish I knew what she was talking about." The man turned towards the mod soul. "Now, these girls are like my nieces, and Ichigo is like my nephew. That stands to reason, I had better not catch you doing anything with Ichigo's body that you shouldn't, whatever you are."

"You sound like that Hitsugaya brat," Kon protested. "always quoting proper etiquette."

There was a glint in the man's eyes. "Hitsugaya... as in Hitsugaya Toshiro?"

"Ehh... you say you don't know what a shingami is, yet you know that name," Kon stated, rather irritated.

"It's just some far off memory I can't place," the man stated, a far away look in his eyes.

"But... you have a captain's level reiatsu.." Kon protested, however shut up, as the man refused to comment.