Disclaimer: Tite Kubo owns Bleach.
Chapter Four:
Disciple
The days pass by and Ichigo waited impatiently for what was to come in training, although he was not quite sure whether that man was doing the right thing but now he had no other alternative. The night came and Ichigo went to sleep, his mind was too restless not knowing what to expect. In Karate he always lost against his fellow partner Tatuski and never liked fighting unless they were to defend his sisters, it also didn't help not knowing what type of training that man was was going to give him. In his soul he felt that this was something he should really do, this training would help him learn more about his mother and his past, about himself and where he came from.
Ichigo slowly plunged into a deep sleep, when he opened his eyes and was again in this place, the Quincy emperor was waiting for him.
"I want you to escape from this place, so I'll hasten your training ... a Quincy usually takes several years to learn to use his power, but we have the time. I need you ready for when the time comes. I know you have questions but they will be answer when the time is right." - Yhwach said letting out a little reiatsu out of his body.
"Accelerate my training? H-how?"-Ichigo asked a little frightened.
"This is usually used to recover the lost power of a Quincy, but ... it can also be used to force a Quincy to waken his latent powers hidden in your soul, it is forbidden to use for its risks and even more on such a young age, but I know you can achieve this... the first thing is to take your body and mind to the limit, but as I said ... we don't have enough time, so I'll skip that step ... this makes the process even more risky. "-The man dress in black hide his stare behind his glasses knowing what's to come.
Yhwach body suddenly began to sprout large amounts of Reiatsu and his cloak began sprouting up as though the wind was moving it, showing the white shirt that was underneath it.Y hwach put his hands together and as he separates them, it began to form a thin spear of blue light.
Finally the spear was ready, it was a spear about three feet, the top of the pole was attached to the hand of the Quincy King, said lance was quite quirky, the part where it began his head, had a strange object that slightly resembled the symbol on Ichigo's cross and finally the head of the spear was most peculiar of all, because it was a extremely thin tip that resembled a needle.
"W-What is that?" - Ichigo's face was marked by a clear expression of terror.
"When shooting a sufficiently thin object made of spiritual energy and nineteen millimeters to the right of heart ... that is the way to recover the lost powers of a Quincy, but I'll use to awaken the memory of your reiatsu, Ichigo forgive me, I do not deny that this is going to be extremely painful ... but you must endure to the end "-Yhwach glasses sparkled while focusing his gaze.
Ichigo's eyes wide in horror, before he could say anything, the javelin shot out of Yhwach's hand like a missile, the inexperienced Ichigo had no time to react, the spear hit his chest and quickly faded by the impact. The boy was driven a few meters by the force of the blow, falling he began to convulse as she screamed in grief.
"Ichigo ...survive... please ... is the only way all of this was all worth it." - Yhwach thought as she closed his eyes.
Empire of Light: Dungeons
The slaves who were in the same cell as Ichigo, were awakened by the cries of pain and seizures of it.
"Uncle, come quickly! Please, look what's happening to Ichigo?" -Said a very worried Bambi after seeing what was happening to his friend.
"ICHIGO!"- Shouted another cellmate also very concerned about the young man.
"Old man, what's happening!?- Asked Bazz scared, his plan would go to ruin if the boy died.
"Bazz, please, lift his head, Bambi holds his legs, Catnipp please bring me a piece of cloth to prevent him from biting his tongue, he is crying, lets put him aside so that he doesn't swallows the fabric." - Said the old man as he examined the eyes of the child.
The children did what the old man asked and tried to wait for the seizures to pass, but unfortunately the screams attracted the guards.
Ichigo's Inner World
Ichigo was still convulsing, screaming louder each time, his mind just repeated the time when his mother died, as if everything were to happen again, and again, and again. Everything it happened it was shown very slowly.
Yhwach is still with his eyes closed waiting for this events to unfold, waiting for the response of Ichigo, to either accept his lineage ... and live or reject it and die.
Ichigo's Inner Thoughts
"Mom, Mom ... please let me here and escape! I do not want you to die again!" - Ichigo shouted as he saw his mother getting attacked by the hollow know as Grand Fisher. The poor Quincy child was reliving that tragic moment, unable to do anything, unable to move or interact with her mother.
He could only see the terrible tragedy happening over and over, and over again. If there was any way to call what was happening to him, that would be psychological torture, to see his mother protect his body and be killed, his look contrasting with the malevolent smile of the Hollow, it was something that was fracturing his mind.
He was experiencing something that nobody deserved to endured.
Empire of Light: Dungeons
While Ichigo's mind ran that memory, things were very different outside, his body was convulsing uncontrollably in this way to attract the attention of guards.
Unconsciously he began to collect Reishi and then expel small bursts of Reiryoku through his mother's cross, perhaps this was caused by the sudden awakening of his powers, after all, the way Yhwach used to awaken his power was something unnatural in a Qunicy and was used only to restore the lost power of a veteran Quincy, not for awakening the power of someone who had not even received adequate training.
People who were in the cell panicked when the saw what was coming out of the young child, especially when he was wearing shackles that prohibited him from using Reishi.
"Uncle, what's happening to Ichigo? Was that coming out of his wrist?"- Asked Bambi, she was more concern you could noticed by the tone of her voice, it was obvious.
"H-His body is trying to somehow absorb Reishi even with the shackles on."- The old man answered trying to hold Ichigo, restraining him from hurting himself while convulsing, Bambi on the other hand look confuse not knowing what Reishi was yet.
His uncle was not the kind of person who would train her in the old arts of the Quincy's specially after the last order issue by the Empire to hunt every Quincy with spiritual awareness and bring them down. They were either killed or forced to join Yhwach's army.
"We must do something, if it continues like this he could die!?"-Exclaimed Bazz also deeply disturbed by the look of things.
"Hey, what is happening to that brat?"- Angrily shouted one of the guards who had gathered at the door of the cell.
"Please help him, he is having a convulsion right now."- Begged the old man to the guards.
One of the guards tried to subdue Ichigo but he was hurt by the strange Reiryoku explosions that came from his wrist.
"Damn! That's hot!"- Exclaimed the man because of the burn that was forming in his hand, he notice the shackles in Ichigo's wrist turning red hot.
"What is this Spiritual Pressure!?"-exclaim the other guard.
"I don't know, let's get him to the commander, maybe he can do something about it."- said one of the guards while two of them grab Ichigo by the shoulders and dragged him out of the cell.
"Be careful with the shackles on his wrist they are red hot."
"I know"
"Uncle, do you think that ...I could begin my training after we escape this place?"-Bambi wounder with a look full of rain as she clenched her fists.
"You need not worry about such things Bambi, as long as you have me, there is no need."- the old man responded.
"I have a plan. We are gonna get out of here in three days time."-Bazz suddenly came out with a miracle.
Ichigo's Inner World
"You must resist Ichigo. I do not know what is going through your head right now, but you must stand and resist or else..." - Yhwach thought, seeing the child's body writhing in his inner world.
"... The rain is becoming stronger ... not a good sign ..."
Ichigo's Inner Thoughts
"No, no, I don't want to keep seeing this please ... ..Yhwach, mom ... .please help me ... help ... someone." - Ichigo shouted sobbing, he tried to close his eyes but he could not do it, he could just observe the macabre scene incapable of doing something.
After a couple of minutes of the horrific torture he was suffering, he felt his chest burning. Looking down he noticed that something was glowing in his clothes and suddenly everything stopped, the scene, the burning, the sound of the wild beast claw tearing the skin of his mother, everything is just as if someone had stopped the winding film.
Empire of Light: Central Room
He opened his eyes and he could see he was not in his inner world or in the cell, now he was in the place where he had been taken when he first came to this world.
"So you woke up ..."
Ichigo did not answer, he just watched his surroundings and he was surrounded by the guards that were used to intimidate and persecute slaves, he tried to move but he could not because he was shackled to the Ice throne in the middle of the room. His shackles freeze as his wrists, he could not feel the cold or the heat of it.
"I asked you a question brat, respond!"- Quilge shouted before slapping the young Quincy.
Despite the blow Ichigo didn't said anything to the man, which only managed to inflame him further and although not replied with words, his eyes gave him an intense look of rage, anger, hatred and resentment, a fairly clear answer.
"I don't like your look, it seems that of a wild animal. By this rate you will never reach to even be a good Soldat."-He said looking at one of the Soldat in the room, standing side by Ichigo.
"We have to give him a proper punishment for causing problems, sir."-said the Soldat, that Quilge was looking at.
"Yes, maybe we will, we will."- reply Quilge with a low pinch voice.
Ichigo tries to say something but he could not even form the words. He knew what the man was about to do. A strange lightning shot out and pierced the Soldat suddenly destroying his body. Ichigo watched as drops of blood passed slowly over Quilge round glasses.
Ichigo can only release a long cry of pain before the monstrosity he just witness.
"You're a monster! A Murderer! You're no different from the hollow that killed my mother!"-Ichigo yelled from his lungs.
"That was a just punishment for someone who does not respect my authority and speaks misplaced, newbies today have this habit."-
-Ichigo ... come ...I'll bring you to your inner world.-said the Quincy King voice in Ichigo's head.
Ichigo Kurosaki slowly lost consciousness and fainted.
Ichigo's Inner World
"How do you feel?"
"That was…"
"I know it was hard but it was worth those few minutes of pain, look at your chest."
The young Kurosaki looked down and lifted his shirt, there was nothing there, no wound, no scar, nothing.
"See. You're save as long as you follow the rules."
"What is this?"-Ichigo asked touching his neck while looking at the mirror floor of the building at his own reflection.
"It's the brand that you have accepted your legacy, the Quincy legacy, the legacy of your mother..."-Yhwach explained the tattoo that appear in Ichigo's neck, it looked liked his mother's cross.
"Does that mean that i can now ...?
"No, you have the power but now you must learn how to used it"-
"Will I become like my mother? -
Yhwach strangely gave a slight smile at the child's question.
"Yes, you will be a powerful Quincy and I promise you that your enemies will tremble in terror when they see you."-
"Would I be able to save Bazz, Bambi, her uncle and everyone else in here?"- Ichigo asked somewhat impatiently for the Quincy King's response.
"Everything depends on how you develop your power, if you train hard you can do anything ... .but not cloud your judgment to keep the desires of others, Ichigo not get me wrong, it is a very noble thing to want to take care of your friends, but the way to power is a way that only you can shoulder..."-
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, that the most important thing right now is now you training."
"When do we start?"
"Soon..."
"Why don't we start now!?"
"You must rest your mind and body are at there limit, you better get some rest and the training will start in a couple of days..."
"Why not now?" - Ichigo said impatiently.
"You first lesson is patience, be patient and wait ... ..your training will soon begin..."
"But?"
"Be patient ... ..is time for you to go back..."
Ichigo nodded but felt somewhat frustrated by not being able to start the training already. Slowly he began to feel separated from his inner world and wake up in reality.
Empire of Light: Central Room
"Wake up brat"-Quilge shouted.
"I think it was too much, pathetic you could not even stand a little military training, kid."
"Sir, look he just woke up."-A Soldat proclaim.
"Looks like you missed the whole lesson kid... ..i decided in the next few days, there's a party arriving and you will be send with them, you're going to Accutrone's military training facility in the Eastern Country. Guards, put him in the cell before i change my mind, it would be a waste to lose our slave so soon."-
"Sir, will you not do anything about his ability to absorb Reishi?"-One of the Soldat that came with boy asked.
"You really think that a nine year old possess enough power to threaten us? Put him in the cell before I killed someone else."- The commander gave a mocking smile at what he had told the guard.