Truth of So-Taicho

You chuckle a bit as your nervously scratch at the back of your head, “Eh heh, it looks like you So-Taicho is my Grandfather, Grandpa Joe as the family calls him…didn’t expect him to be ‘alive’ or here of all places.”

Every eye in attendance, even the normally unfazed and childish Yachiru, bulges out of their sockets with a wide eyed stare, “What?!”

You throw up your hands in defense rather quickly, your body taking a step back as you speak with a nervous smile, “I don’t know! All I know is that when he married my grandmother he called himself Joichi Sahashi so that’s why we call him Grandpa Joe!”

“J-Johnny-chan,” Rangiku says with a worry filled voice, “D-Do you know…how powerful and…influential your grandfather is in Soul Society?!”

You shrug, your finger tapping your chin as you give the matter a little bit of thought, “Not idea…but given how you keep talking about him like he’s your over all superior I guess he’s pretty high up there?”

This time it is the small white haired Hitsugaya who speaks up, his voice trying its best to maintain a neutrality that is quickly shattering at the sudden revelation, “J-John-san, your grandfather is one of the original Soul Reapers of our world. He is the captain-commander of our entire forces and has enough power to destroy us all if he were given the order.”

You blink a few times, the surprise evident in your eyes as you mutter, “You mean the goofy old guy who tried to give me a porno magazine for my fourteenth birthday is really that strong?”

“You have to be kidding me,” Renji mutters, her eye twitching at the thought, “y-you can’t be serious!”

You nod quickly, a small smirk on your lips as you continue, “I would have gotten it to if grandma hadn’t caught him…I haven’t seen grandpa Joe run that fast in his entire life.”

Sweat drops dot the foreheads of the women and man that surround you, Hitsugaya once more speaking up with a quiet grumble, “That must have been the seventy two year break So-Taicho had…”

“So he goes to Johnny-chan’s world and marries one of their humans?” Rangiku mutters, her forehead finding her palm quickly, “where did he even get a fake body for that?”

“Correct me if I’m wrong but…wasn’t Urahara still listed as highly wanted for his crimes before that vacation, and then only minorly sought after when So-Taicho came back?” Renji mutters sending another drop of sweat down the faces of everyone present.

“Uh…sorry to burst your illusion about my grandfather,” you apologize, a small smile on your lips as you speak, “but he’s still a really honest and good guy deep down. I might not have known him as long as any of you but he runs things around here decently enough right?”

After a short round of nods the conversation moves forward, Rangiku speaking up quickly as they try to rid themselves of the image of a perverted old man for their leader, “A-Ah! Johnny-chan, weren’t you going to call out your sword spirits?”

“Oh yeah!” You exclaim, a bright smile crossing your face as you delicately draw your blades, a different sword for each hand, “Alright then…so now, how do I-“

“John-kun,” the voice from the smaller of the spirits from your dream echoes in your head, “Listen and do exactly as we say…”

With a slow breath you hold up your blades in a peculiar cross like position, the edges of your steel glinting in the light as a pair of voices echoes inside of your head and out you open mouth, “hana kaze midarete, kashin naki, tenpū midarete, tenma warau; Katen Kyokotsu!”