Current Age: 8
"Cannon ball!" Ichigo shouted, jumping into the giant hot tub. She could feel the heat on her face as her head was under water. She quickly swam back up to the surface, squirting the water out of her mouth.
She had been busy training for the last two years. Since her encounter with Nnoitra, her progress in her training has nearly doubled what it was when she started training with Adjuchases (if thats even a word). She hasn't even needed Ulquiorra to help her in any situation, except a couple where she couldn't control her powers and almost ended up destroying the entire training grounds. Otherwise, her progress has increased greatly. She even learned her bankai a year after the inncident, and she's learned more proper grammer. Although, when she revered to people she cared about, she still remained calling them by their nicknames like calling Neliel 'mommy'. She also grew about half a foot as well, but was still pretty small enough for Neliel to at least carry on her back. As for Grimmjaw, he's been busy keeping his end of the deal. Whenever he sees a Vasto Lorde that doesn't respect her, and goes so much as to hit her, things usually end up with him tearing the person's arm off.
Ichigo laid her head to the side, sighing as she felt the how nice and warm the steamy hot tub felt. She suddenly lurched up though as she felt a towel being thrown on her face. When she removed it, she looked somewhat surprised as she saw her dad and Gin in the tub as well, looking at her confusingly. Aizen finally had the day off after a few captain meetings, and decided to spend the day in Los Noches to see how his daughter's training has gone.
"Hey, what are you two doing here?" Ichigo asked, a bit curious.
"We were already in here." Gin replied.
"I suggest next time you check the bath house before jumping in." Aizen teased. Ichigo just gigled as she rubbed the back of her head. "How's your trainning going with Ulquiorra?"
"Good. I've been getting a bit bored though. Six Ajuchases at the same time is getting too easy." Ichigo replied, leaning her head back against the rocks surrounding the hot tub. She set her towel across her face as she relaxed.
"It's true to be honest." Gin commented, looking at Aizen. "I've popped in a few times to watch, and she's doing remarkable progress. I noticed her hair changing a bit grey though recently since she learned her bankai though. I'm thinking her energy is getting mixed up from the Espadas energy." Ichigo lurched up at what he just said.
"Uncle Gin! You said you promised not to tell him!" Ichigo stammered.
"I don't see what you're so upset about. It's not the same age related thing like other human's have. I'm starting to think these other spiritual pressures around Los Noches is affecting you strangely."
"Or it could be a sign that your hair will start falling out." Gin joked.
"It is not!" Ichigo yelled back.
"Hey, would you three keep it down?" Grimmjaw yelled, startling Ichigo as she saw him behind her. She had no idea that he was there, seeing how he usually blended into the rocks.
"Hey, Mr. Kitty. What are you doing here?" Ichigo asked, growing an irritated look on Grimmjaw's face, while Aizen and Gin just chuckled to themselves.
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Grimmjaw yelled. "I thought you said your grammer improved?" Ichigo just giggled.
"I know, but I like Mr. Kitty better than jaguar." Ichigo replied. Grimmjaw just rolled his eyes as he laid his head back down. "So what are you doing in here?"
"I'm heat bathing, duh." Grimmjaw replied, letting out a loud yawn.
"Why would you do that when..." Ichigo's eyes widen as she began to blush. "Ahhh, I know what you're trying to do!" Ichigo shouted, sinking a tiny bit more into the water. Grimmjaw raised an eye brow at this.
"And what would that be?" He asked, curious as to what the answer would be.
"You want to see me nakey pervert!" Ichigo shouted, blushing. Grimmjaw just collapsed to the ground at the rediculous answer she came up with, feeling somewhat embarassed she would even think something like that.
"Kid, you're way off. I'm just here to relax." Grimmjaw replied, closing his eyes to rest.
"Why not hop into the tub?" Ichigo asked, tapping the tub. She couldn't see as her father and uncle held their hands to their mouths, keeping themselves from laughing.
"Because one, you're in there. Two, cat's hate water!" Grimmjaw yelled back.
"Aww c'mon! The water's fine!" Ichigo replied, grabbing hold of Grimmjaw's tail. Grimmjaw let out a roaring yelp in pain, considering how sensitive his tail was to being pulled. And with Ichigo's enormous strength, she managed to pull Grimmjaw into the hot tub, splashing water everywhere and making things even more steamy then they were before, and soaking everyone. As soon as the water settled back down, Ichigo looked curiously as she saw that Grimmjaw's fur was completely drenched. She giggled to herself as Grimmjaw just growled a bit to himself, hopping out of the water. Once he had, he shook all of his fur, causing all the water that was on his fur to spread across everywhere, and his fur ended up sticking out a bit. Ichigo just laughed a bit harder at this as she saw this.
"The sooner I get a human form the better..." Grimmjaw mumbled to himself, as he tried licking his fur down. As Ichigo looked back at her father and uncle, she put her hands to her mouth to keep her from bursting out laughing. Both of their heads' were soaked, and their hair covered down over there eyes. They didn't need to see each other to know they both got wet. As if thinking exactly what the other was, they both splashed Ichigo at the same time, completely drenching her head, and Grimmjaw who was right behind her as well, and causing her hair to move down and cover over her face. She pulled her hair to the sides of her face as she saw Gin and Aizen moving their hair back to get the it out of their way so they could see better.
"Hey!" She shouted, splashing them back. Grimmjaw ran out of the way to duck behind some rocks to avoid the oncoming splash fight that ensued shortly after. They were having quite a fun for a few minutes, simply relaxing and splashing about. They never really got time to hang out together, and they enjoyed the time they could spend. After awhile, they decided to just settle down and relax for a few minutes.
"Hey Ichigo, I got something to show if you want." Aizen mentioned, seeing how there was nothing else to do. Ichigo looked at him curiously.
"Really? What is it?" Ichigo asked, curiously. Aizen just smirked.
"I'll show you, c'mon." Aizen mentioned, as he finally stood up to walk out of the bath. Ichigo yelped a bit as she covered her eyes with her arms.
"Daddy! Cover yourself up." Ichigo complained, turning a bit red. Aizen just rolled his eyes a bit as he grabbed one of the white towels' off the rocks, covering his...lower half. As soon as he was gone, Ichigo sighed as she quickly hopped out of the tub as well, grabbing another towel.
"Ichigo, cover yourself up." Gin teased, sounding childish to repeat what Ichigo said to Aizen. Ichigo just stuck her toung out at him as she left the room. Grimmjaw just sighed to himself, apparently still awake and hearing the whole coversation.
"Remind me again how many years I have to wait until we get the Hoygoku?" Grimmjaw asked, somewhat begging for the nightmare of watching over her to end.
"Still another good seven years." Gin replied, lowering himself a bit deeper into the bath. Grimmjaw just moaned displeased, knowing that it would still take a long time before he finally got his wish of becoming an arracnar.
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Ichigo held on tightly as she hung onto her father's neck from behind. He was going at a far supierior speed than Ichigo had ever been able to accomplish. By the time she even hopped on his back, no more than three seconds later did he already come to a stop. Ichigo felt like everything was moving as his vision was dizzy. She quickly shook her head as she tried to clear her vision, and see what the big 'surprise' was about. AS she looked around, she noticed how they were suddenly outside, but as to where remained the question. It didn't take her very long before she gasped, realizing that they were on top of Los Noches itself, practically the highest point in Hucho Mundo.
"Gah! Don't let go!" Ichigo screamed a bit scared, holding onto her father's neck tigher. Aizen just chuckled as he grabbed onto her legs, helping her stay on his back.
"Relax, I got you." Aizen said, comforting her a bit. Ichigo, still a bit frightened, looked around as she noticed how high they were from the ground. But she soon began to feel somewhat better as she noticed the view from up top the castle was pretty and nice, at least comparing it to the ground's point of view.
"So pretty..." Ichigo commented.
"I guess so. Anyway, Ichigo?" Aizen said, getting her attention. "I want to show you something." At that moment, Aizen used his entire first to knock of the top portion of the tower, scattering the debris to the desert ground. Ichigo coughed a bit as she could feel the dust enter her lungs a bit. When it finally cleared, Ichigo looked curiously as she could see a strange looking box that almost looked like a treasure chest, but a lot smaller. She looked even more closely as Aizen picked it up, handing it to her.
"What is it?" Ichigo asked. Aizen just chuckled.
"Open it to find out." Aizen looked back to it curiously for a few seconds just starring at it, then decided to go ahead to open it. She opened it slowly as it creaked, looking in the opening a bit to see a part of it. She gasped happily, as Aizen simply chuckled, to see the bright shining tiara in it's place.
"A necklace!" Ichigo said excitedly, taking it out of the box. She grew even more excitedly as she placed it on her head. But to her dissopointment, the necklace was too big as it simply slipped through and went around her shoulders. "It doesn't fit!" Ichigo complained with watery eyes.
"I wasn't expecting it too." Aizen replied, growing a curious look on Ichigo's face. "It's something for you to look forward too, but it won't fit until you get a bit older." Aizen said, taking the necklace off of Ichigo. Ichigo moaned a bit dissopointingly as he put it back in the box, wanting to wear it, then looked back as Aizen patted her head. "You don't have to get upset over it. Things are going smooth, and it's only a matter of time before you do wear it." Aizen stated. Ichigo sighed as she took a look at it closely. She focused her gaze on a small segment of it that stretched across all around the gem of the bracelet.
"What's this weird thing here daddy?" Ichigo asked as she pointed to it.
"It's a riatsu sustainer. It'll cut your riatsu down by at least half, but once you get even stronger then you won't even need to worry about it. After your ready to wear it, your strength will be four times greater with it on, and in cases of emergencies, you can take it off to be at your full potential, ok?" Aizen answered. Ichigo smiled as she nodded her head.
"Hold on tight." Aizen commanded, as he jumped from the very top of the castle, with the wind blowing against them, until they ended up back to the ground.
"Hey daddy?" Ichigo asked, getting his attention.
"What is it?" He replied, looking at the dizzy Ichigo.
"Don't ever do that again..."