Ichigo was lying on his bed, looking up at the roof. Thoughts were racing through his head as he pondered what he had just done that day, he had just gotten his shinigami powers back and had to fight the very person that helped him. But not even minutes after he and his friends had defeated the enemy, a strange colossal creature appeared out of nowhere and attacked them. Ichigo killed it easily enough, it wasn't even close to the power of the gillian. It used a strange field area effect that seemed to immobilize everyone, including all the captains of soul society that were there, with the exception of him. Ichigo couldn't make sense of the situation, his face formed a scowl and he sighed,

"tomorrow's gonna be a pain in the ass."

He said, Kisuke had practically ordered him to join a new school that apparently exclusively fought these creatures. Kisuke called them Novas, but he had no idea what that meant. Ichigo decided to get some sleep, he had a feeling that tomorrow was going to be long and troublesome.

The substitute was woken up by a cane connecting with his forehead,

"good morning, ichigo!"

Said the humble shopkeeper.

"Kisuke what the hell was that for?!"

Screamed Ichigo, clutching his forehead. A red line appearing on his forehead where the cane had struck.

"Hey that's a good look for you!" Said Kisuke.

"Damn you." Ichigo deadpanned.

The shop keeper laughed at the threat, much to ichigo's annoyance.

"Come." Said Kisuke, "it's time for you to go to your new school."

He said with what seemed to be the biggest smile Ichigo had ever seen. It was also the only thing he could see under that striped hat of his. Ichigo let out a sigh and climbed out of bed, not looking forward to today at all.

Ichigo and Kisuke sat in the car as they were driven to west genetics.

"Here, Ichigo. Take this"

Kisuke handed him a necklace with a strange looking talisman on it.

"What's this? He asked with a confused look "I thought I told you I wasn't big on gifts." Ichigo grumbled at him. "It's a gift you'll definitely want my boy."

Kisuke smiled,

"that talisman will help you bring out your shinigami powers, without any restrictions. You can use your full power in your human form. Not even bankai would be pushing it. Although it might hurt if you used your hollow mask, but nothing too bad. Vasto Lorde form will definitely ring the death toll for your human body. But I doubt you'll need to use it."

Ichigo's eyes widened "so if I keep this talisman on I can fight at full power?" He asked,

"exactly right" said Kisuke with a smile.

"Impressive." Ichigo looked at the talisman

"it also comes with extra perks, you can summon zangetsu at will and also deploy the freezing field that limiters at west genetics can use, you're a pandora and a limiter together."

Ichigo looked confused. "So how exactly do I summon zangetsu and use freezing or whatever that is?" He asked with his famous scowl.

"Don't worry." Kisuke said "it's like second nature, it'll come to you."

They arrived at west genetics and Kisuke opened the door to let Ichigo out.

"Would you like me to come with?" Asked Kisuke.

Ichigo shook his head "nah, I'll be fine."

Kisuke burst out laughing and Ichigo glared at him.

"Very well, but it's your fault if you get lost."

He said, hiding his face behind his fan. And with that he got back in the car and drive off. Ichigo sighed and started walking towards the gate, completely unaware of what he was getting himself into.