A.N: Hello, I thank everyone who read this, left a review, and flowed/favorited!
I do not own bleach Tite Kubo does.
Hiro opened his eyes to see Seigi Mikata looking over him his black hair draped over is shoulders like curtains. "Hey Seigi, what's up?"
"You used your Shikai before passing out." Seigi leaned back giving Hiro room to sit up.
"Is Denryoku okay?" Hiro rubbed his eyes tiredly.
"You didn't hurt anyone, but you got hurt pretty bad Hiro." Seigi helped his friend to his feet.
"That's good."
"Kuro!" Moreu walked into the room beaming at her brother. "I'm glad your okay." She laughed. "Ichigo, and Renji started a sparring match with Denryoku and his goons, and put them in their place." She smirked. "And now you're right back on your feet, I wonder why I was even worried?"
"Sencho Tenshi. Mikata Seigi, if you excuse us I would like to speak to Tsubasa privately."
Hiro struggled to turn his body without hissing quietly in pain. Seigi told him not to push himself.
"Of course Tachio Kuchiki." Moreu helped set Hiro back down who groaned in protest, and the two left.
"It has come to my understanding that you can use Shikai." Byakyua Kuchiki started.
"Yes Sencho."
"How did you come to gain it?"
"I don't really know I just talked to Reddoburusureiya a lot." Hiro hesitated. "Reddoburusureiya specialty is Hangingu Muchi."
"I see. Why are you in the Academy?"
"I'm a terrible test taker." Hiro shrugged. He was going to graduate with Seigi, but they wanted to stay in the Academy a while longer.
"I see." Byakyua stood up and left. Rukia smiled at me from the doorway.
"Hiro I am glad to see your okay." She sat down in front of me.
"Miss Rukia you really didn't have to check on me." Hiro replied flustered that a noble would address him informally by his first name after a day of meeting.
"It's no trouble. Ichigo, and Renji will join us soon, and they'll get Seigi too." Rukia reassured.
"Miss Rukia what's the world of the living like?" Hiro looked at her curiously.
She laughed. "You'd be better off asking Ichigo that."
"Ask me what?" The two looked back to see Ichigo, Renji, and Seigi in the doorway.
"What is the world of the living like?" Hiro asked even more curious.
"Oh." Ichigo rubbed the back of his head. "Well there's not much I can say about it, but people visit the Shimogamo Shrine this time of year for the Aoi Matsuri festival."
"A festival?" Hiro and Seigi repeated in awe.
"Yeah, not as big as the cherry blossom festival." Ichigo added.
"Wow what's it like. Seigi asked his eyes wide with wonder.
"Umm there's a lot of food, lanterns, music, dancing. It varies." Ichigo tired to answer the best he could.
"Dancing?" Hiro asked for more details.
"Sometime we do a traditional dance...other times modern." He shrugged his shoulders. "I guess you guys don't get to do that kind of stuff."
"Well there's a party every once in a while for the shinigami who graduate in early." Hiro informed him.
"Ah yes, I remember that." Rukia smiled.
"When was that." Renji looked at her questioningly.
"After I was adopted into the Kuchiki family."
"And why wasn't I invited?" Renji started to pout slightly.
Hiro was surprised when Captain Shinji Hirako had visited Hiro seeking them both. "Tachio Hirako! What brings you here captain?" Seigi bowed and Hiro lowered his head.
"This is your lucky day, graduates." Shinji smiled widely. "The Gotei 13 welcomes you." The boys looked at him in disbelief.
"T-Tachio, thank you!" Hiro cried out.
"No need. You have a few weeks to choose which squad you want to join." The captain turned around. "And If you two are prodigies like Histugaya then you will have no trouble becoming Tachio's yourselves." And with that he left.
"Senchos?" Seigi looked at Hiro in disbelief. Hiro sighed.
"I guess we could, but-" Hiro started, but jumped at the outburst that interrupted his sentence.
"HOLLOWS!"
Hiro tried to get up, but Seigi pushed him back down. "I'll take care of this." He ran out of the room to join the soul reapers. There was a menos grande nearby and more further away.
"It's another squad training session." He heard from some passing soul reapers running. "Any idea where Tachio Zaraki is?"
"Must be squad eleven." Seigi said to himself. He watched as a distant hollow turned towards the group and open it's mouth. "Watch out!" He screamed as the hollow fired the cero from behind. "
"Swing! Kaminari datsu, Ieroigurusupia!" He called on his Shikai stepping in from behind. His Zanpakuto had a chain connecting to the hilt and it started spinning at incomprehensible speeds.
"Lash out! Hangingu Muchi, Reddoburusureiya!" Seigi heard Hiro's voice right when the cero hit his sword. When the cero died out he and Hiro were burned, and panting.
"Who the hell are you two?" A bald shinigami walked up to the two.
"Third seat Madarame Ikkaku!" Both Hiro and Seigi bowed. "Our deepest apologies we saw the-" Hiro started.
"Who cares about that!" A voice bellowed. Kenpachi Zaraki grinned like a mad hyena at the two. "I saw what you two did there, and those are some decent Zanpakuto." He thought for a moment. "Why don't you two join in on this little training exercise."
Yachiru Kusajishi laughed from Kenpachi's shoulder. "Yay! Kenny's making friends!"
"Of course!" The two exclaimed in agreement.
"Good." Kenpachi's grin grew wider. The hollows were easier to take care of that the two originally thought. "How disappointing. That was barely a warm up." Zaraki grumbled.
Seigi rubbed his shoulder. He wore the black hakama, but he was tending the burns left over from the cero. "Dude that cero hurt."
Hiro groaned. "You're telling me?" He poured water over his own injuries. "Though we've been in the squad four barracks for a while, haven't we?" Hiro wonder aloud.
"Come to think of it we have spent some time here." Seigi agreed.
"Excuse me boys."
They two turned around to see captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi. "Tachio Kurotsuchi." The two bowed to the squad twelve captain.
"I was wondering if you two would be interested in having your Zanpakuto roam around freely?" The captain grinned the black of his face stretching so much that it was almost disturbing for the boys. "I'm sure you heard of the Zanpakuto rebellion?"
"Yes Sencho, and I would be interested." Seigi put his hand on his Zanpakuto.
"Very good, and you?"
"Absolutely not." Hiro shook his head, but when he looked back at the captain Seigi and He was rushing out the door.
"See you later Hiro!"
Hiro looked down at the spot where he had put his sword which was now vacant of anything ever been put there. "Seigi!" Hiro growled.
After Hiro finished dressing he went to look for his sword in the squad twelve barracks. He rounded a corner but his vision became black and he fell back on the ground. Hiro looked up at a man with long brown hair and sunglasses in a long black shredded coat.
"Sorry." The man held out his hand to help Hiro up.
"Uh... no it was my fault. Ummm I haven't seen you around here before." Hiro rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey Hiro!" Ichigo joined the strange man and smiled at him. "I see you met Zangetsu."
"Zangetsu?" Hiro looked the Zanpakuto over. "Is that what the Sencho of squad twelve meant by roam around freely?" Hiro was truly puzzled because if Seigi took his Zanpakuto in manifested form, and since he had no idea what that would look like he wasn't sure if he wanted Reddoburusureiya roaming around freely.
"It was nice to meet you Zangetsu, but I have to go find my Zanpakuto." Hiro turned to leave but Ichigo walked with him.
"What happened to it?" Zangetsu question.
"Seigi took it to the Squad twelve barracks." Hiro explained what happened. They hear a loud crash and they turned to see a giant snake skull connected by wood cylinders, and had a red tuff of fur around its neck come falling their way. The three used shunpo to avoid what looked like a thousand cherry blossom trees coming their way. They all stood on a roof watching a samurai in purple and red armor with long black hair battling a tan skinned woman in a green outfit that almost looked like fur who was connected by a chair to a pink haired boy in white puffy shirt and long-sleeved coat that had a white scaly tail.
"Looks like Zabimaru, and Senbozakura are sparring again." Zangetsu noticed. Ichigo kept the frown present on his face.
"It doesn't look like they're not holding back." Ichigo added. Zabimaru's bonkai started to form a red beam in its mouth. "Look out!" Ichigo, and barely had time to shunpo away and same for Zangetsu. Hiro barely had time to react.
"Lash out!"
"Swing"
Hiro opened his eyes to see a dark-skinned man with brown fur on his shoulders and yellow feathers styled strangely on his head, and had a chain blade attached to the hilt. The second looked more familiar. It was a red furred bull that had two sharp canines protruding from it lower jaw, resting on the upper snout. It had large res wings and clawed fingers. And the hilt to the blade had three whips.
"Reddoburusureiya!" Hiro gasped n a mixture of horror and shock. "What?! How!?"
"Hey Hiro, pretty cool right?" Seigi shunpoed to Hiro's side. Reddoburusureiya got down on one knee and put lowered his head.
"Forgive me master. After I manifested they said the only way I could return to sword form was if I exhausted all my reitsu."
"It's alright, though I'd enjoy it more if you would chase Seigi around for a while." Hiro bargained.
"As you wish, master." Reddoburusureiya turned to Seigi who panicked and instantly started running.
"So that was your Zanpakuto?" Ichigo looked in the direction the two swords, and Seigi ran off.
"Yes." Hiro glanced at the four other Zanpakuto.
"Sorry about that kid, you alright." The tan skinned woman asked. When Hiro nodded she smiled widely. "I'm Zabimaru Monkey, and this is Snake." She gestured to the small boy.
"Sorry that Monkey's fat butt got in the way of my aim." Snake smirked. Then whined when Monkey hit him in the head.
"I am Senbozakura, pleased to meet you." The samurai greeted. I thought his mask was slightly odd, but I did not question it.
"I am Tenshi Hiro please to meet you." Hiro introduced himself giving a small bow.
"Kuro Tenshi, I have heard of you." Senbozakura told him. Hiro stiffened at the use of his birth name. "My master was the one who suggested the Tachio's overlook your bad test scores and have you graduate early."
"Really, who are your shinigami, anyways?" Hiro queried.
"Senbozakura is my Zanpakuto." Byakyua divulged from behind Hiro. Hiro jumped unaware of how long the captain had listened to their conversation. "And Zabimaru belongs to Abari."
Hiro looked up as his own Zanpakuto flew over their heads holding Seigi upside down by the ankle. "You can put him down Reddoburusureiya." Hiro called out. The Zanpakuto lowered himself to the ground releasing Seigi.
"Hey Ata, how's it hanging?" Ichigo asked only a slight hint of amusement in the upward twitch of his lips.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Seigi replied with heavy sarcasm. The man with the feathered headband laughed. The gold lines on his cheeks moving slightly up.
"I thought it was pretty cleaver."
"Shut up Ieroigurusupia."
Yay! another chapter done!
