Chapter 2
"Good morning, Ichigo!" someone yelled. Ichigo opened his eyes just in time to see his fathers feet descending toward his head. Fortunately his reflexes were fast enough that he was able to deflect it and land Isshin flat on his face. "Teme How dare you attack your own son while he's sleeping!" Ichigo yelled. "Well done Ichigo, but you're guards low!" Isshin yelled and knocked Ichigo on his but. However before the fight could continue Karin walked in haven been woken up by all the noise. "Hey, do either of you have any idea what time it is?" Karin asked. Ichigo looked at the clock "Its five o'clock in the morning! Are you insane!" Ichigo yelled at his dad. "Your weapon partner Naruto is at the door. He wanted to wait for you but I said I'd wake you up". 'Well I guess I'm not goin' back to sleep now am I' Ichigo thought. "I'll be ready in a few minutes" he told his dad.
Ichigo walked out of the house and saw Naruto leaning on the wall. He also noticed that there a Naruto sized hole in the fence. Obviously his dad had attacked thinking that Naruto was a suspicious person. To his surprise Naruto wasn't to badly hurt. So either they settled it quickly or Naruto was just that good. He decided that it was probably the first one. "So Naruto why are you here at FIVE AM!" Ichigo asked. "Well I thought that we had better get there early. I think thats what Soul-sensie said.
All of them arrived within about ten to fifteen minutes of each other. But it wasn't until sunrise that the sensies showed up. "You're late!" Naruto and Sakura said in unison. "No we're right on time. Well I think you all took my bright and early thing a little to seriously." Soul said.
"Well lets get right down to business" Maka said lifting up two bells. "Your task is to take these bells away from one of us by noon. You can use any tool or spell you see fit. You get one bell per Weapon Miester pair. You have to come at us with intent to kill or you'll never get these bells" Maka finished. "But isn't that dangerous Sensei?" Sakura asked. "No. With weaklings like you this will be easy" Soul said. "Lets see what we're got here. We have a class loser, two cowards who did nothing on that night, a street girl pretending to be a noble, a hopeless fighter and a crybaby" Soul said in an attempt to riel them up.
It worked a little to well. Enraged by being called a loser Naruto charged at Soul his forearm morphing into a cleaver blade as he did so. Springing into the air he took a swipe at Soul. There was a brief puff of dust and Naruto found his arm pointed at the ground. Soul was holding it there and had his knife at Naruto's throat. "Don't be so hasty. I haven't even said start yet have I" Soul said. "But at least you came with intent to kill. That means you get it at least a little" Maka remarked.
Soul released Naruto. "Ready, Start!" he yelled. In unison the Weapons sprang into the air and transformed into their sealed forms. Uryu and Sakura were both normal Katana's but Naruto was almost four times their size. Ichigo didn't hesitate. Catching Naruto he sprang at Soul and Maka wielding the massive blade as though it weighed no more than a regular Zanpakuto. "Shinigami battle skill 1: Yokijutsu" Soul declared reaching into his pocket. Ichigo stopped his charge short and sprang backwards. 'He said Yokijutsu so why is he reaching for a weapon' Ichigo wondered. Soul pulled out a game boy and started playing it with one hand.
"Eeeh? What's with the game boy sensei?" Naruto asked. "With you two as my opponents I have plenty of time to catch up on my hobbies. Me on my video games and Maka on her reading" Soul said pointing to Maka who was reading the book that she had used to pummel Naruto the day before. "Don't worry with you two there's no way I'll be hurt. Now what are you waiting for? Come at me" Soul said.
"Teme, don't you dare take us lightly" Ichigo yelled charging at his foe. He swung Naruto at Soul's head but Soul easily doged the blow. Ichigo launched a series of swipes all of which were avoided with ease. Ichigo finished with a thrust at which point Soul seemed to vanish. "Where-" Ichigo began but Soul (who was crouching behind him) interrupted. "A shinigami shouldn't let their opponent get behind them over and over again baka" he said. "Hidden Leaf Taijutsu: One Thousand Years Of Death" he yelled driving-well you all know what happens and if you don't just look it up on Naruto Wiki-.
Ichigo was sent flying into the creek. Sasuke was disconcerted at that sight. In taijutsu class Ichigo had been the only person he couldn't consistently beat. And while they both agreed that Sasuke was better Sasuke knew that he distance between them wasn't very big. Soul walked over to the creek. Just as he stopped three shuriken came flying out of the creek and at his head. He caught them on his fingers. Ichigo climbed out of the creek panting. "What's this, giving up already" Soul asked stepping forward slightly. Just then Ichigo swung Naruto at him, using Soul's blind spot with the console to his advantage. Because of this slight delay in reaction time Soul received a shallow cut on the cheek, much to his amazement. "I warned you not to take us lightly. NOW!" Ichigo yelled and a number of Shadow Clones leaped out of the river lunging at Soul and swinging their kunia driving him back. 'OK, with his level of ability those clones should have a one-minute time limit. This is good I can-' Just then a clone lunged in from behind Soul pining him in place. 'What the- behind' Soul thought surprised. Ichigo lunged from above. "Last Blow!" he yelled swinging at Souls head.
Just then Soul morphed his arm into a scythe blade destroying the shadow clone that was holding him down in the process. He formed the Snake sign just before Ichigo would have swung. "Earth Style: Stone Spires" Soul declared. Most of the spikes burst the Shadow Clones but one of them disarmed Ichigo of Naruto sending him flying. Using that spike as an anchor of sorts he kicked Ichigo, sending him sprawling across the ground.
Naruto morphed out of weapon form and saw a bell lying a few feet away. 'He must have dropped it when he was dogging the clones' Naruto thought running towards it. "Lucky" Naruto said reaching for it. Ichigo noticed what his partner was doing and he could easily see that the bell was a trap. "Naruto stop!" he yelled but was to slow. Naruto was caught in the trap and swung upside down. Soul pulled out his video game and started to walk towards Naruto. Ichigo charged at Naruto yelling for him to trasform and hoping to get there before Soul did. "I can't transform for some reason" Naruto said. Ichigo drew a kunia as he approached but he jumped back at he last second. "What are you waiting for? Cut me loose!" Naruto yelled. "Baka, I'm worried that there might be more traps." Ichigo said. "Behind you!" Naruto yelled. Ichigo turned just in time to see Naruto. Before Ichigo could do anything Soul nudged him back a little and into a trap.
"A shinigami shouldn't fall for such an obvious trap you twit" Soul said to Naruto. As Soul gave Naruto a talking to Ichigo began to whisper a double spirit chant. Soul then turned to him having heard him say something under his breath. "What was that" he asked Ichigo who was still whispering. "I said what was that" he repeated leaning closer to Ichigo. "Hado #31: Red Flame Cannon" Ichigo yelled a red orb forming in his hand. Soul sprang back quickly. Partly because of the danger but mostly because of the pain in his ear. Ichigo fired the spell through the ropes, breaking the binding spell on Naruto in the process.
Naruto morphed into his weapon form, which Ichigo caught in one hand. He lunged at Soul swinging Naruto high. Soul ducked and Ichigo used the second spell. "Hado #1: Thrust" he yelled. The bells were were knocked off Souls belt and Soul was knocked a few feet back. Landing Ichigo swung at Soul with one hand while he went for the bells with the other. "Earth Style: Stone Spires" Soul declared. One of the spikes stopped the swipe while another carried the bells away. The rest criss crossed across Ichigo's legs and arms holding him in place. Several more were just beneath Naruto meaning that if he released his transformation he would be skewered.
Soul walked over and picked up the bells. He then went over to Maka and handed them to her. "Your turn" he said.
Authors Note:
Yokijutsu: Basically it means using partial transformation techniques in tandem with ninjutsu and taijutsu. It is the fighting style used by Autonomous Weapons.
Ichigo using Kido: He went through the acadamy so of course he learned Kido. Not that he's all that good at it. He needed a full Spirit Chant for both spells after all. And that is his entire arsenal of Kido so please leave it alone
