~chapter 4~
"Come again?" asked Ichigo not understanding what she was saying. The women frowned, she again shook her head. "You really don't remeber me do you?" she asked gently. "My name, once again, is Nejibana, I am your Zanpakuto, your name is Kaien Shiba brother of Kukakku Shiba and Ganju Shiba. Lieutenant of Squad Thirteen under the esteemed Captain Ukitake." she then pouted. "or at least you use to be. A long time ago a hollow by the name of Metastacia attacked you and you became a part of it. The hollow took over your body and you soon after attacked your subordinate Rukia Kuchiki. You were eventually killed by her. Your spiritual body now being part of Metastacia regenreated in Heuco Mundo as it was intended to by Sosuke Aizen." at this piece of news Ichigo narrowed his eyes. " But before you could come to you were devoured by the hollow known as Arroniero Arrurerie. when that happened your body was reincarnated into what stands here now. normally a zanpakuto of a reincarnated soul is never contacted by the soul again. It seems with all the commotion in side your mind you seem to have broken the barrier between us. For this I am glad for now I can be with you by your side in battle once more as we use to be." she then hugged him, that is before she again smacked him upside his head. "Now tell me what is taking you so long to defeat and conquer these two?" she shook her head again. " The old you would have easily beat these two if he had your current level of Spiritual pressure" Ichigo scowled at the taunt from his "new" zanpakuto. "Go ahead and release me already and beat them so we can catch up already!" she whined shild like. Then as if the knowledge had always been there, he released his Zanpakuto.
"Rage through the Seas and the Heavens..." he started, holding the the blade that was once tensa Zangetsu upside down as he started to spin it, soon the sword, hilt and all, began to glow golden. " Nejibana." the now solid weapon resembled a long trident with a blue tuft of fur like material. the end of the shaft was shaped like a twisted sea shell that had water gushing from it. "Now come, my so called true power." he challenged. Tensa Hichigo didn't hesitate using flash step to appear behind Ichigo not expecting the trident like weapon to be darting for the centre of his head, as if it had been there originally. At the last minute Tensa Hichigo used to sonido to Ichigo's left, to only be forced to dodge the long weapon as water and steel again as it flew towards him once more. Having enough of being denied blood, he sonidoed away to rethink his strategy, he wasn't expecting the sudden rush of water and metal to slip through the air next to his head. He dodged the follow up swing of the trident as Ichigo spun Nejibana on his fingers as if he'd fought with the Zanpakuto for years. "I thought your were the sum of my power seems it was just a bluff." He started spinning Nejibana with both hands, "Jiku Sakeme"(means temporal rift) with that Ichigo slammed the top part of Nejibana into a black whirlpool of water that appeared in front of him. Soon black whirlpools began appearing around Tensa Hichigo as he tried to evade the pools of black water. It was in vein. the Whirl pools started shooting out nejibana's tip trying to pierce through the foe. (image the battle with Xigbar in KH2)
"Saigo no danmaku" he whispered as a large whirlpool began around Tensa Hichigo, obsuring Ichigo's view of the target.
~Tensa Hichigo's point of view~
He looked around to only see the gushing torrent of water that surrounded him. He extended his senses to encompasse the whirlpool. But he soon realized it didn't matter. multiple copies of Nejibana started appearing throught the water all intent on punching holes in his body. "He really has outclassed me." he frowned. He let his sword arm hang back at his side. 'SCREW YOU ZANGETSU!' thought Hichigo. 'I'm outta here.' with that Hichigo seperated from Tensa Zangetsu. He used Cero Gigante on a part of the the whirlpool he then sonidoed through the hole. the action was followed by the sound of wet crunches and gushing water dying down. He looked up to see Nejibana's tri tipped point mere inches from his face. "wow! wow! kingy! I surrender. My instincts is telling me im fucked! so ease up already." The inner hollow soon frowned as he noticed Ichigo simply sealed his sword, rather then removing it from his face. Nejibana then re-materialized next to Ichigo, placing her soft hand on Ichigo's hand," He is no threat anymore Kaien." He simply nodded, too which Nejibana then hugged him. He sheathed the blade. Returning the hug as if it was second nature to him. He soon realized what he was doing. "Oooh so you have a queen already kingy?" added the now standing hollow snidely, merely to be back handed by Ichigo. " watch it." he ordered.
"thank you Nejibana, I will return soon so that you may answer several questions I have." he said gently. She nodded as she parted from him. " Kick that arrancar's ass now, ok Kaien." she said. He nodded as his mind seperated from his mindscape.
Ichigo's mind started to spin in confusion when her last words reached his ears. "I'm cheering for you, Arrancar or not." He didn't have time to dwell on it as he saw that he was standing in front of Ulquiorra. He narrowed his eyes as he stared the powerful arrancar. "Shall we end this Ulquiorra?"
~AND CUT! That's a wrap for chapter four Hope you like my truth and spin for my story, read and review please! next time Ichigo faces off against his toughest opponent yet. peace.