Chapter 5

"Huh!"

"I asked if something was wrong"

"Oh! it's nothing"

"You're lying"

"Yeah!" I said sighing

"Kuro's daycare got shut down"

"Oh! I'm so sorry"

"it's not that he causes trouble, (except for when he's stealing cookies from the top shelf) quiet the opposite actually. To the point that it's scary, but he's still not old enough to stay by himself and I'm not sure if I can make it to work on Monday" she said holding her head in her arms.

"That's not good, hmmm. How 'bout this, why don't I take care of him for now, until you can find a new daycare"

"Is that all right? Don't you already have a little boy, I couldn't ask that of you"

"You don't need to, it'll be all right. Besides, what are friends for" she said holding her hands and flashing a smile.

"Arigato, Masaki"

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"Damn it, how did this happen. All my plans, ruined" I thought looking at the orange haired woman carrying a baby in her arms as she talked with my mother.

As I listened to their conversation and heard the Masaki and then Ichigo as my mother made embarrassing sounds trying to make the baby in her arms laugh my fears were confirmed. Suddenly, images of being in a dojo and fighting a four year old Ichigo before proclaiming him as my rival for eternity were deleted from my mind.

"Damn it. Well, in the face of new circumstances I shall adapt"

It's been a few months and I think this situation is permanent but Masaki doesn't seem to mind though. Over the course of these past few months I realized that she's nice, annoyingly nice to the point you can't get angry at her even if you try. It's no wonder Ichigo took it so bad when she died, enough about disturbing thoughts though.

I've also discovered that my new mom is in fact a nurse at Isshin's clinic and that's how they met so I think meeting Ichigo was bound to happen. I'm working towards ensuring a childhood friends/ best friend relationship with Ichigo but I think I should stop taking it as serious as my Psychic training since he's already friendly enough. Honestly, I'm just realizing how Naruto like he could've been under different circumstances.

Besides that I've recently made a breakthrough in my abilities, up until now I've been trying to move objects using my mind with tremendous effort but I've recently realized it's more than that. By moving the Reishi around me and wrapping it around an object when I move the Reishi the object would move as well, unfortunately the Reishi has to be very dense and I have to use my hands. Also, my time limit is about 2 minutes depending on the weight of the object not to mention I had difficulty lifting objects above 2grams and moving objects above 5grams but every night when my mother is asleep I climb out of bed and practice till the sun comes up. I'm pretty sure this much sleep deprivation is bad especially for a baby but I just can't help it; getting better at using my abilities is so addictive. So I'll keep training.

I'm beginning to think that Psychics and Quincy are related, maybe Yhwach realized Quincy wouldn't be enough to win against the Shinigami and created them. Honestly it's disturbing not knowing but every time I ask in-yō they tell me that they have limited knowledge on variants due to the fact that they are divergent on the regular flow of reality and that their the ones that have to give information on the changes I experience to Cosmos. I found that out when I tried to determine the identity of my father.

'Honestly, this is way too much foreshadowing'