A/N: Hey guys! I'm finally going to update, sorry it took so long. I wanted to make it good.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
"Ichigo, I have great news for you!" yelled out Masaki, smiling.
A now seven years old, Ichigo looked at his mother curiously. "What is it, mama?"
She smiled even wider at his curiosity. "We can finally start your training! I know how much you have wanted to start after you started seeing spirits for the first time, so I decided that you should get started now."
Ichigo's eyes widened. After he had seen his first spirit at the age of six, he had wanted for his mother to train him in the ways of the Quincy. It seemed like forever since she first said no, but he never let up on it. Constantly pestering her about, Ichigo had never thought about the event in which his mother would say yes.
"Really?! I thought you'd never say yes!" said Ichigo, excitedly.
Masaki tilted her head to the side, "Well... It has been awhile and I don't want to completely deprive you of your birth right. But, remember Ichigo," said Masaki, suddenly serious. "Your Quincy powers will be used to protect, not to destroy. Your little sisters will be depending on you."
Ichigo nodded, eyes determined. Even at the young age of seven years, he had already pledged to himself that he would do anything to protect his sisters. He would devote 110% to his training. Yuzu and Karin hadn't shown any signs of being able to see spirits yet. Therefore, it was his job to safeguard them from the nastier lot of ghosts.
Ichigo's train of thought was interrupted when he heard a loud thunk on the table that he and his mom were sitting at. He looked own to see a large, ancient book sitting on the tabletop. He looked at his mother questioningly.
Seeing the look, Masaki quickly explained. "This here is the Ancient Book of all Quincy techniques and the history of plus souls and hollows. From here on out, this book would serve as your Bible. First we will go over the weak spots on a hollow but before we do that... You must fully understand the difference between hollows and plus souls."
Ichigo nodded his understanding of her words, watching Masaki's actions intently as she opened the book with the utmost care. When she got to the page that she was looking for, Masaki pointed at the intricate drawing of a hollow.
"This here is a regular hollow that you would see the most commonly. They were formerly plus souls before they either lost themselves to despair, or stayed in the human world for too long. There are other kinds as well, of course. There is the Demi-Hollow, an earth bound spirit who is evolvng into a hollow. It's a slow process, but eventually they will turn into one."
Ichigo nodded. "Okay, then. There is also the Menos, right? Aren't they the hollows that eat other hollows to become stronger?"
Masaki nodded. "You are correct. There is the Gillian, also called the Menos Grande. They all look alike and by human terms, are considered to be foot soldiers. They are slow and have a beast-like intellect, but if you know how to defeat them, they shouldn't be a problem. But there is another kind of Menos, that are above the Gillian. They are called... The what, Ichigo?"
"The Adjuchas, right? They are more powerful than the Gillian, fewer in number, and they are the ones to order the Gillian around. They do not fight in groups, though."
She smiled. "Correct again! None of them look the same, but if they aren't eaten then they risk regressing back into Gillians. After the Adjuchas is the only type of hollows that I haven't told you about. The Vasto Lordes."
She turned the page of the book, to the last and most powerful classification of Menos there was. "They are roughly the same size as humans. Other than their need to cannibalize more hollows than the other Menos, any other requirements to be a Vasto Lorde are unknown. There aren't many, extremely few in number."
Ichigo nodded, "Okay, so if I see one, I have to run away?"
Masaki nodded, "Yes. In retrospect, you won't get very far, but miracles have happened."
He nodded again, "Okay, sounds fair enough. What about plus souls. What do I do with them if I see them?"
She shook her head. "You don't do anything. Just leave them there and a Shinigami will eventually send them to Soul Society."
Ichigo tilted his head to the side. "Shinigami? Soul Society? What are those?"
Masaki opened her mouth to tell him, but she closed it when she saw Isshin standing behind Ichigo. He shook his head at her, silently saying not to give anything away. She nodded in understanding, before looking back at Ichigo.
"You'll find out when you're older, let's just focus on the Quincy, okay?"
He nodded, a little bit confused at why she stopped herself before telling him about it, but it was soon replaced by the excitement of learning more about the the Way of the Quincy.
Isshin slowly walked out of the kitchen, comforted by the fact that his secret wouldn't be revealed that day. If Ichigo learned that the Shinigami were the ones to exterminate all of the Quincy and knew that his own father was a Shinigami as well... He didn't know what his son would think.
There was also the other reason too. But... Ichigo never needed to know about that. No one did.
A/N: Well that's it! I hope you all liked it!
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