"Bankai." I said calmly.
How did it get to this? Here i was, challenging the whole gotei 13 captains, like if it was somethig i did regularly. The captains were all stunned to see my release. How did my bankai change form? It hadn't. It had always been like this. The one that was most stunned was my very own captain. Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Shade? How... But... What?"
I had to go all the way back to understand. To see the reason behind this.
I was admitted to seretei just as any other shinigami, but just being a shinigami wasn't enough for me. I started my training after one week of service. I had no friends to train with, so I went to the dojo every evening so I could practice my sword art skill. I was sent to the human world to fight hollows many times, but I often got injuries that would last because of my recklessness. I spoke to my captain once, after nights patrol when he was going to bed, and he said that I should be more safe, stay behind the lines and strike when the enemy was open. I didn't take these words lightly, and I started working even harder to reach my goal, becoming a vice captain. I kept foghting hollows and training, and training finslly payed off. One night, when I was lying in my bed, I heard a voice. A voice, that called to me from the shadows, as if it lusted for my blood. It started shouting, screaming "Say my name!". I didn't know it, so I asked. The answer was a simple word that was unforgettable. Kage.
My sword started shining, so bright that I couldn't see it. When the light stopped I noticed that the sword had gotten longer. Tired and very nervous I picked it up and went to the training barracks of the 3rd division. I said the name of my Zanpakutou and watched as the sword grew, and got crooked on the tip, while the rest of the sword was wavy. It clearly got lighter too, weighing almost nothing in my hand. After much training, I started to master the sword, knowing all its strenght and weaknesses. The sword was flexible, like if it was rubber, and could create a small black ball inside the half circle that was the tip. I would then have to release it by throwing it away as if my sword was a slingshot.
When the vice captain of the third division was passed away, I got a promotion, filling his place.
"I do miss him, he died in a great battle against many adjhucas, and I will never forget him. But I am happy that you are here to fill his place." Captain Kurosaki said to me the night I got promoted.
I was proud over my spot in the Gotei 13, and becomig a captain is not something I would like to do. many said that my reiatsu was on par with most of the captains, but I always disagreed, saying I was not even worthy of being a vice captain. I mostly said that because I didn't want to seem to be thinking highly of myself, and sometimes I even felt like this was true.
I was almost never out on missions anymore, since I had become a vice captain.
On the day the next group of newcomers that had been accepted into the Gotei 13 I was training to get my bankai. When the evening came, the captain and I would introduce us and welcome the newcomers. I was very tired, but managed to introduce myself well befoee going off to bed. When I was on my wsy to my room I met a girl. She was the mpst beautiful girl I had ever seen, and I fell for her.
"Hello!"
She looked at me with her white eyes and said:
"Wow, your reiatsu is really strong!"
I blushed, and got a little nervous.
"Are you new here? I'm the vice captain of the 3rd division and I haven't seen you around here before." I asked her.
"I actually joined the 3rd division just today, and I'm confused. I can't really see, I will need some help getting around here until I get used to it."
When she said that, I felt dumb. Of course she was blind, and of course I was to stupid to realise.
"Of course, I'd love to help! Are you going to the party?"
And it was from there, it all started. By meeting that girl, on that night.