I'm going to try out a bleach story that I've had in my mind for a while now but haven't had the time or motivation to type it out.

"Zanpakutō talking"

'Inner thoughts'

"Normal speaking"

Disclaimer: I do not own bleach or any of it's characters, Tite Kubo does.

"Come on Ichigo, you only have one more hour left before you turn into a hollow. Try harder to get out, it'd be a shame to have to kill you and let Rukia get executed." Spoke a bored Kisuke.

'How the hell am I supposed to get out of here with my arms restrained? I can't run up the wall like this. Is this all that I'm going to do with my life? Die in a pit and then become the things that I've been hunting for the past month?' Thought a brooding Ichigo.

Out of nowhere, a white substance started pouring out of Ichigo's mouth and eyes. The substance started to cover his body while he stood there and shouted in pain.

"Alright Tessai, start the kidō and imprison him. We can't do anything else for him now. Maybe once we purify him he'll live a peaceful life in Rukongai." Spoke a sad Kisuke.

Kisuke started walking away, already starting to think of something to tell Isshin on why his son became a hollow. When out of nowhere an explosion happened in the hole where Ichigo was. He turned around and saw nothing but dust and a figure barely visible in it.

"Ichigo, is that you? I pray it is you so I won't have to put you down myself." Spoke Kisuke who started to pull his sword out.

The figure then put his hand up and took the mask off and threw it to the side, the mask breaking as soon as it hit the ground. Ichigo then spoke out enraged.

"You won't have to worry about killing me, because once I'm done with you, you'll have to worry about being able to walk by yourself!"

"Oh you don't mean that. Don't be so angry, after all, you just finished the second phase of the training, and now onto the final part. All you have to do now is get my hat off my head." Spoke a jovial Kisuke who now had his blade out fully.

"That's all? Well, this will be the easiest part of the training yet then. After all, I'm a soul reaper and conventional weapons like that blade you pulled out of your cane can't hurt me." Spoke Ichigo, who was proud that he remembered that detail.

"Oh, you mean Benihime? I assure you she's no regular weapon like a simple sword. But why don't I show you that so you'll believe me."

"Awaken, Benihime"

Kisuke's sword changed from a regular katana to a detailed sword with a black hilt and a red string. Ichigo had a surprised look on his face and then felt a small cut appear on his face.

"Come now Ichigo, did you really think that I would have a regular old katana? How foolish of you. Now you better be ready Ichigo, because I'm not going to hold back now and neither will Benihime, you really offended her by calling her a conventional weapon, and she's out for blood."

Ichigo then had a fearful look on his face then turned and ran with his sword in his hand. He then turned and ran not looking back, afraid for his life. He could feel Benihime missing him by inches and cutting off a few strands of hair.

"Is this what you escaped becoming a hollow for Ichigo? You escape that fate only to run for your life. Where is the confidence that you had when you fought Byakuya? Did you throw it away with the hollow mask? Or have you always been like this, a scared little kid who is afraid to fight." Spoke an unknown voice.

'Who's there why are you in my head! Are you trying to mock me! I'm afraid now because he's trying to kill me! This is different now then it was with Byakuya. I had to fight him to try and save Rukia!'

"If you don't stop and fight now then this will all be for naught. If you die now then Rukia will be executed. All because you were too scared to turn around and fight now." Said the still unknown voice

'I-' Begun Ichigo before being cutoff by the voice again.

"Do not feel fear Ichigo, when I am with you we are unstoppable. So please, turn around and show him your power, OUR power. Call out my name, my name is Muramasa." said the now revealed Muramasa.

"Whisper, Muramasa." exclaimed the now confident Ichigo.

There was a flash of bright light, Kisuke covered his eyes for a moment then looked and saw Ichigo with his Zanpakutō in his Shikai form. Tessai and Jinta peak over the rock seeing Kisuke with his hat still on and Ichigo with his blade in it's Shikai.

"Alright Ichigo-san, now that you know your Zanpakutō's name, lets see what you can do with it." said the bored yet attentive Kisuke Urahara.

"I realize that I can't beat you at the level that I'm at right now, but that doesn't mean I won't be able to take your hat off your head. Get ready, because I'm coming at you with everything I have." proclaimed the confident Ichigo.

'He seems to have his confidence back now, that's good if he wants to even be able to cut me, he'll need to not only give it his all, but also have confidence in himself and his partner.' Thought Kisuke, getting into a defensive stance.

Ichigo then pushed Reiatsu into his legs and leaped forward with a high speed trying to catch Kisuke by surprise. Kisuke lifted his Zanpaktō up and blocked the sloppy strike from Ichigo, causing a few small shockwaves on the ground.

Ichigo took one hand off of his Zanpaktō and tried punching Kisuke and make the hat fall off. Kisuke used then used his hand to block hit and kicked Ichigo away.

"Come on Ichigo, is that the best you can do? So far I'm disappointed with what you're showing me. You'll never be able to save Rukia if you can't get my hat off my head."

Ichigo growled in anger and rushed forward again but with a different plan in mind. Kisuke expecting another wild strike held Benihime up to block what he thought was going to be a simple strike. Ichigo kept running forward until he was 10 feet way and with all his strength threw Muramasa forward.

Kisuke looked surprised for a split second then batted the sword away and looked up expecting Ichigo to be running up to try and land a haymaker but was confused when Ichigo was not running up for a punch, but instead Ichigo dove forward and tackled Kisuke, knocking them both to the floor.

Ichigo then rolled over looked at Kisuke without his hat on and shouted happily.

"HAHA I did it! I knocked your hat off! Now you have to train me for real instead of that bullshit you called "Training" earlier."

"Well Ichigo, even though you used an unconventional method of doing it, you still got my hat off. Alright, I'll train you like I said I would. Now go get some rest, training starts early tomorrow."

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While Kisuke took a break from training Ichigo, he asked Muramasa to train Ichigo in bringing his Reiatsu in and to try and sense Reiatsu.

"Again Ichigo, a blind man can still see your Reiatsu flowing around you." Said Muramasa.

"Alright I'll try again, but I still feel like I'm making no improvements on reining in my Reiatsu." Spoke the irritated Ichigo.

Ichigo then got back into a meditating position and tried bringing his Reiatsu back into his body and keeping it in there. There was a few beads of sweat coming down his face while trying to keep his Reiatsu inside but was only able to do it for a minute before it came rushing back out.

"That was better Ichigo but if you want to be able to sneak around Seireitei and save Rukia then you'll have to be able to keep your Reiatsu suppressed unconsciously." explained Muramasa

"Unconsciously! How am I supposed to be able to do that in the small amount of time we have! You still haven't even told me how to sense other's Reiatsu's!" Shouted the agitated Ichigo.

"Oh my, I forgot to tell you how didn't I. Thank you for reminding me. Reiatsu sensing is easier than keeping your Reiatsu suppressed but it is still hard. All you have to do is send small pulses of your Reiatsu out to try and detect what is around you, but not so much that other's will be able to sense you sending out the pulses. Now put this blindfold on and send out some small pulses and try and tell me where everything is."

Ichigo then put the blindfold out and tried sending out a small pulse of Reiatsu first to try and test the amount to send out. He then sent out constant pulses before being interrupted by Muramasa.

"No, no Ichigo. That's too much Reiatsu. It looks like I have to work on keeping your Reiatsu under control first before we can work on Reiatsu sensing. But that will have to be later because Kisuke is coming back for his part of the training. Have fun!" said Muramasa

§§§§§§

While Ichigo was being trained by Kisuke and Muramasa, his two friends, Orihime and Sado were sparring against each other while being supervised by Yoruichi.

"Yoruichi-sensei, I'm tired can we take a break, we've been doing this for hours now, I don't think I can train anymore." Whined Orihime.

"No Orihime, you'll just have to keep going and deal with it. You don't see Sado complaining do you?"

"But Yoruichi-sensei, I can barely-"

Yoruichi then tired of the back talk jumped up and clawed Orihime, leaving three red claw marks on Orihime's face with tears in her eyes she said.

"Ow! Yoruichi-sensei! Why did you do that!" Whined Orihime.

"I did that to remind you that I am the teacher here and I decide whether or not you can take a break, now Orihime, bring back your Shun Shun Rikka and try to keep your defense up longer. Sado, bring back your Brazo Derecha de Gigante and attack Orihime's shield, I want both of you to be able to hold your own in Seireitei." Explained the now irritated Yoruichi.

§§§§§§

Uryū is in a secluded area with his Sanrei glove on, firing arrows from his bow rapidly while blood is coming from his fingers. He keeps firing until he can shoot no more arrows.

He falls to his knees and mutters angrily "Grandfather, tomorrow I'm going to Seireitei and I will get revenge for you. I'll show those Shinigami their mistake when they allowed me to live that day they killed you"

§§§§§§

'I've spent the whole month training with Kisuke and Muramasa, that

should be enough time. Rukia... I'm coming to save you, you won't die there. No matter what...' Thought Ichigo with a steadfast resolve while sitting on his bed in his room, waiting for Kisuke to tell him to go to the shop.

End~

A.N. Well, that was my first story, I apologize if it's short but I'll try and make future chapters longer. I'll be tweaking the abilities of Muramasa, he'll still have the abilities from the movies but in order for him to manifest other Zanpakutō he'll have to have his Bankai out, he'll still be able to control other's Zanpakutō's in Shikai form though, he can still manifest himself in Shikai form, I might add more to the Bankai or I might just have him only manifest other Zanpakutō, I haven't decided yet. I'm not sure when I'll have the next chapter because of my final month of school approaching, but I'll try and have an update as soon as possible. Any criticism is appreciated, but no flames please.