A/N: something came up...i had to write this particular story! I was on a haste to post this-no beta readers- forgive the mistakes! Thanks!
ink: yeah...sorry...
splatter: sorry!!!!
disclaimer: bleach is not mine!
On The Wings of an Angel
Chapter 2: Bankai
Hikaru can see the spirit form of their zanpakouto. Once that has been settled, meaning, Rukia could finally breath after much opening and closing of her mouth and Ichigo managed to slump in a rather ungraceful heap on the floor, the two shinigami stiffened their backs and put their "scowling" faces on. The kind of face which tells little Hikaru that she is in deep trouble. She saw that face only once-when she punched a mean kid at the playground and she broke that kid's nose. Her parents had been rather scary back then while they lectured her about her "punches" and "temper". Luckily Ichigo is a doctor, he tended the kid's wound for free to appease his hysterical mother, while Rukia proceeded with her "talk" about bullies with the kid's father. Hikaru braced herself, she doesn't know what she had done that time to acquire the "scowling" faces of her parents. Ichigo then proceeded on asking her when precisely did she start seeing Zangetsu and Shirayuki. He would've collapsed if he hadn't been on the floor already, for his daughter told him that she can see Zangetsu and Shirayuki since she can remember. She told him that sometimes, Zangetsu would scare away the mean ghosts and Shirayuki would literally freeze other malignant creatures that try to harm her. Ichigo gritted his teeth. Zangetsu will have to do some extensive explaining. Why the hell did Zangetsu keep this from him?. Rukia was sitting on the couch but her hands were still shaking. Greater shinigami powers means greater hollow enemies. She couldn't rely on her daughter's instinct to save her neck every time!
"Ichigo...what do we do now?" Rukia asked her husband in a desperate voice.
"We don't have any choice, train her some more in demon arts. I'll take her to Urahara's for some zanpakouto training." Ichigo breathed an exasperated sigh.
It seemed like Hikaru is full of surprises. When Ichigo started her zanpakouto training, her body moved as if it is a natural reflex for her. She parried blows, attacked on her own and was not in the least intimidated by Zangetsu's size. Just like Zangetsu, Tsubasa no Kami is at its constant released state. After about three weeks of watching the father and daughter hold practice matches, Urahara Kisuke asked Ichigo if he could spar with Hikaru. Ichigo, seeing nothing wrong with it, reluctantly consented. Although he was wary on Urahara's motives, after all, he was the guy who stuck his weird creation inside Rukia's gigai. How accurate Ichigo's haunch was. Urahara didn't hold back on his daughter. Urahara drove Hikaru to her limits, Ichigo could see tears of fear forming in his daughter's eyes. He was about to stop Urahara from murdering his daughter when Tessai held him back. Ichigo froze in horror. Does Urahara want to kill his daughter? He was not about to be held down as he watch Urahara go for the kill. Ichigo screamed at the top of his lungs- "BANKAI!" there was an explosion and as the cloud of smoke and dirt cleared, Ichigo dropped Zangetsu on the ground. Hikaru has achieved bankai. His daughter, Hikaru has achieved bankai. Urahara has a rather smug expression on his face while he patted Hikaru fonldly on the head. Ichigo barely heard her call for her bankai, due to the fact that he was screaming at the same time.
"Really now Ichigo, did you think I'd kill your daughter?"
"I wouldn't put it past you." He replied. Urahara purposely drove his daughter to the limits to test her if she could release her bankai. And dear God, she could! After just three weeks of constant training, his daughter had achieved bankai. Rukia would wither in shock if she learns about it. The average shinigami takes about a hundred years to release their bankai, although Ichigo and Urahara had beaten that time frame, Hikaru's case was beyond exceptional, she's just 7!. Not only that, Hikaru's bankai is a twin zanpakouto. Two slightly curving slender katanas with solid white blades, resembling Zangetsu's bankai form. Ukitake-taichou and Shunsui-taichou would probably be elated about it.
A/N: sorry! I'm getting there...soul society...just had to show she achieved bankai at 7 years of her age! Review to keep this alive! Thanks!
