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"Speech"
'Thought or internal dialog'
The Orange haired teen walked toward Rukia's prison while holding Gambol Shroud in his left hand. Ichigo tapped the cleaver sword on his thigh to a beat as he whistled and hummed a tune.
Gambol Shroud's Spirit manifested herself next to Ichigo and 'walked' with him. "Um, what exactly are you humming to?" She asked.
"Oh that, a song called '(When) your middle name is danger' I thought it would be pretty bad-ass for me to hum." Ichigo casually stated before he started humming again.
"It sound's creepy and ominous actually, especially since its dark and all out here." Gambol stated getting a smirk from the orange haired teen.
"Exactly." Ichigo commented. "Anyway, it's perfect that you're here, I wanted to get to know you better since you, you know." Ichigo said awkwardly.
"Love you." Gambol stated getting a nod from Ichigo.
"Yeah, that." Ichigo said. "So…tell me about yourself." Ichigo questioned.
"There's not much to tell really. I love to read, especially the books you enjoy, mostly because after you read them I'm able to. I like the Moon more than the Sun, and I like being alone." Gambol stated lost in thought. "But I like being with you, but I'm sure you could guess that." She stated.
"Yeah, I was wondering, what made you confess to me?" Ichigo asked, receiving a deadpanned look from the black haired girl.
"You may be incredibly smart in something's, but love isn't one of them. Your probably one of the most oblivious people I know. If I gave you hints to my affection, you would brush it off assuming something else entirely. So I decided to tell you quickly removing that whole process. Now, all I have to do is wait for you." Gambol Shroud stated.
"I guess that makes sense. Now I guess I have to give you a nick name as well." Ichigo muttered.
"Oh, you don't have to do that." The black haired girl waved off though secretly she kind of did. She knew that the others had some affection towards Ichigo that went passed the usual partnership and she didn't want to be left out.
"I insist, it really wouldn't be fair of me." Ichigo voiced before he looked down in thought. 'I named Crescent Rose, Ruby because of her red theme, I named Myrtenaster, Weiss because of her white theme, so I guess It will be something based off the color Black.' Ichigo mused as he stared at Gambol Shroud's spirit intently causing the girl to blush slightly.
"Um…How about, Blake." Ichigo suggested as he glanced at the Black haired girl and noticed her bow twitch slightly after he said that. 'Huh, weird.' Ichigo thought.
"I like it." She stated after she mulled it over for a few seconds.
"Thanks." Ichigo said.
"For what?" Blake questioned.
"For trusting me, and helping me beat Sui-Feng." Ichigo said truthfully.
"There's no need for that." Blake stated.
"I was wondering latter after this is over, could you help me train, I already need Ruby's help with Crescent Rose and Weiss's help mastering Myrtenaster. Could you help me master…you?" Ichigo asked awkwardly, 'It still feels weird referring to someone as a weapon and a person at the same time.' Ichigo thought.
"Of course Ichigo, did you really need to ask?" Blake teased lightly.
"No not really, I just wanted to be sure. Weiss doesn't want me to assume everything and I can understand that." Ichigo said. "By the way, when you pulled me into my Inner World, who was the man who looked at me in fear?" Ichigo asked.
"That was your final Zanpaktuo he's the merger of your Hollow and Quincy powers." Blake informed.
"Why was he scared of me?" Ichigo questioned.
"Because he was the one who wanted to hide your heritage, he was afraid that when you discovered what he was, you'd suppress him and he'd never be able to be there for you." Blake informed.
"Where would he get that Idea?" Ichigo questioned as he scratched his head, but Blake gave him a look.
"You completely freaked out when you learned the truth." Blake stated getting. Ichigo had the decency to look sheepish. "And it was because of Ruby that you chose to embrace your heritages'. She has a way to make people see her way." Blake finished getting a nod from Ichigo he knew Ruby could be persuasive.
"I guess I understand that. So he was silent while I was there hoping I wouldn't notice him. If he was, then why would he be there?" Ichigo asked.
"The first part is true, and he was there just in case I didn't offer to help you, he would take my place." Blake informed.
"Wait, so he'd risk getting suppressed just to help me?" Ichigo questioned getting a nod from the black themed girl. "Now I really feel like an ass." Ichigo voiced.
"Don't be, you now better and when you confront him, he will help you." Blake voiced. "I know he will." She finished.
Ichigo froze when he felt an enormous Spiritual Pressure near their location and recognized it as Byakuya's and Momo's, and then he disappeared in a blur of speed.
Ichigo appeared on a building to see Momo nervously standing up against Byakuya with Rukia and Ganju not to far behind her. Byakuya held up his Zanpaktuo. "Scatter, Senbonzakura(A Thousand Cherry Blossoms)" Byakuya muttered as his blade disintegrated into a thousand pink petals. The petals zoomed towards Momo, but before they hit her she disappeared surprising all the on lookers.
"You know you're a real cock-bite!" Ichigo yelled getting everyone's attention focused on him. They saw him standing on top of the prison building holding Momo bridal style. "Always gotta do shit the asshole's way." Ichigo announced before he put Momo down.
"So your alive, you should have lived with the chance you had. Now you're giving it up." Byakuya voiced as he glanced at Ichigo's form.
"There you go again assuming you're going to win this little game Byakuya, but the truth is…" Ichigo trailed off before everyone noticed 'Ichigo' started to flicker like a hologram. And then Byakuya felt a blade across his neck and a blade poking at his back. "That this game was rigged from the start." Ichigo finished before he stabbed Byakuya through his back. But the Shinigami Captain Shunpo'd to escape.
Ichigo jumped to the location in front of Rukia and Ganju and held Gambol Shroud in his hands, the Katana/pistol in his right hand and the large cleaver sheath in his left. Ichigo saw that Byakuya appeared on the other side of the prison bridge.
"It seems you have gained some amount of skill. It would be prudent to go at you with a portion of my strength." Byakuya voiced as he released a large portion of his Spiritual Pressure causing Rukia and Ganju to sweat immensely. "It's impressive that you can still stand, from what I sense you have a slightly higher Reiatsu than you did when I disabled your powers." Byakuya stated, causing Ichigo to smirk slightly. It would seem that masking his Spiritual Pressure when he first entered serenity fooled this ass-hole. All he really did was manipulate the surrounding Reiatsu to create a shell-like bubble around him to contain his Spiritual Pressure, well most of it.
'Heh, well I can't contain all my power all the time and if I go all out I might as well go all out.' Ichigo mused. Everyone noticed Ichigo's skin glow a Black and Crimson energy, and it started to crack like glass. When pieces of the glass-like energy fell the onlookers felt a steady increase in Spiritual Pressure and an aura of Black and Purple outlined Ichigo.
"If we're done having the 'who has the bigger dick contest' can we fight!" Ichigo announced.
Byakuya was slightly surprised by Kurosaki's power but dismissed it. "You want me to take you seriously, fine then." Byakuya said as he pulled out his Zanpaktuo and disappeared.
Byakuya appeared behind Ichigo and stabbed through the back getting mortified reactions form Rukia, Momo and Ganju, but Ichigo just smirked. "You know, you're getting slow Byakuya, I was able to…" 'Ichigo' stated before he started to flicker. "See every step you made." Ichigo commented from under the clone, as he thrust Gambol Shroud through Byakuya's chest only for him to disappear.
"Hmm, I see…I'll take care of you now, Scatter. " Byakuya started only for his sword to be bound but some sort of ribbon that was held by some hot chick with purple hair.
"Um…I'm I the only one who wants to know how the hell that tiny ass ribbon stopped Byakuya's Zanpaktuo." Ichigo commented and Ganju raised his hand. His outburst was ignored by Byakuya and Yoruichi. "Look girl, I now I may look incompetent with the hair and all, but I really don't need help. So can you please move?" Ichigo voiced politely.
"I'm surprised you don't recognize me, Ichigo." The purple haired woman commented.
"I'm pretty sure if I met you, I'd never forget." Ichigo muttered.
"Hm, Yoruichi Shihōin, the ex-captain of second division, I haven't seen your face in a few hundred years, I thought you died." Byakuya stated and Ichigo suppressed the reaction of learning this new bit of information.
"Yoruichi, did you come here to save me? Thanks, but please move aside. I really have to fight him" Ichigo voiced, only to feel something hit his neck. He glanced in the direction to see Yoruichi at his side holding a syringe.
"Aw Fuck…" Ichigo sounded before he fell unconscious only for Yoruichi to catch him. "…ing Bitch!" The orange haired teen yelled as he appeared in his Inner World.
"Hey Ichigo!" an ecstatic voice announced getting the teen's attention.
"Oh, hey Ruby, What's up?" Ichigo asked as he glanced up at the clear skies of his inner world.
"Nothing really, it's just the first time you've actually slept in the past few days. Now that everyone's revealed themselves to you, we all can train together. This will be so exciting!" Ruby ranted.
"Yeah, sure." Ichigo unenthusiastically replied.
"Aw isn't this cute, Ruby finally has her own boyfriend!" a teasing voice announced between Ichigo and Ruby as the blonde Zanpaktuo spirit appeared between the two and gave them both a one armed hug. Ruby blushed deeply and tried to hide herself in her own red cloak.
"You really shouldn't tease you're sister like that Ember Celica." A calm voice reprehended.
"But it's fun, look at her adorable blush. She's just as innocent as Ichigo is." The blonde teased.
"I am not innocent!" Ichigo yelled defiantly.
"Is that so?" The blonde asked curiously before she smirked devilishly, as she grabbed Ichigo's head and held it on her chest. Ichigo started to try and force himself off of the blonde, who was suffocating him in her breast, only for an irritated Blake to grab the blonde by the back of her clothing and pull her away from Ichigo.
The blonde escaped Blake's grip and appeared behind Ichigo, and then she rested her chin on Ichigo's shoulder. "You know Ichigo, if you want me to get rid of your little innocence problem all you have to do is ask me." The blonde teased causing Ichigo to blush heavily. Before the blonde could tease Ichigo more, she was hit in the back of the head by the dull side of the Gambol Shroud, making her face plant into the ground.
"If anyone's going to take Ichigo's innocence, it's going to be me." Blake stated as she possessively held Ichigo away from the Blonde. Ruby watched the whole interaction with a blush as large as Ichigo's, while trying to make herself look as small as possible, by hiding in her red cloak.
"What is going on here?!" Weiss yelled getting Ichigo's attention. The orange haired teen pulled himself out of Blake's grip and made his way over to Weiss location.
"Hey, Weiss." Ichigo voiced to the Myrtenaster's Zanpaktuo spirit, only to get a slight glare from her.
"I asked you, what is going on here?" Weiss demanded as she pointed to Blake and the blonde arguing and Ruby hiding in her cloak. Ichigo just looked at the commotion before he looked back to an expectant Weiss. "Well?" she prompted while tapping her foot.
"I don't know." Ichigo voiced as he shrugged.
"Ugh…you're so useless sometimes." Weiss insulted before she stomped off towards the group.
"Yeah, yeah, see you later 'Princess'." Ichigo replied before he glanced around and noticed two figures on a nearby building. The orange haired teen disappeared then re-appeared on the building with the figures.
When he got there he saw two males. One looked just like Ichigo only everything was white, except his eyes, the figure's sclera was black and his iris where yellow.
The other figure was a teenager who was around Ichigo's height, the figure had shoulder length flowing black hair, and a black robe-like cloak similar to Ruby's.
"Ichigo." The black robed teen voiced evenly.
"Hehehe…Hello, Partner." The White Ichigo voiced with a psychotic grin.
"I can already tell who are…you're my hollow and Quincy powers, am I right?" Ichigo stated causing his white look-a-like's grin to falter slightly.
"We suspected as much." Ichigo's Quincy powers said.
"Then why are you here?" Ichigo questioned.
"Too confront you." The Quincy powers replied.
"Yes…Ichigo…We're here to confront you, and inform you about your heritage." The White look alike stated.
"But, Ruby already informed me on what my heritage's where." Ichigo stated.
"Yes she did, but not all of it…Do you think it's normal for someone to have more than one Zanpaktuo Spirit, how six being's in one happened…Eh Ichigo?" The White look-a-Like questioned.
"That thought has occurred to me, but I just thought I was an anomaly." Ichigo said.
"HeHehe…you're an idiot as always Ichigo." The White Ichigo voiced. "Let me tell you, how it really happened." The White Ichigo said.
"How what happened?" Ichigo questioned.
"How you go your hollow powers, Ichigo." The Quincy powers stated.
"But I thought I got them when I was in the Hole of Despair." Ichigo said.
"Eh! Wrong." The Hollow interrupted. "You got them from dear old mom." The hollow informed.
"What that, that doesn't make any since at all!" Ichigo yelled before he held his white look-a-like by the helm of his white Shinigami garb. "Explain." Ichigo demanded.
"Hehehe, there's our anger…But no, you did get them from your mother. You see, long ago a Shinigami's quest for power caused him to try and create a Hollow/Shinigami Hybrid. This Hybrid attacked your mother and injected her with its own Reiatsu, transferring a portion of itself into her, Ichigo." The White Ichigo informed. "The Hollowfication started to convert your mother to a Hollow, but the process was stopped or sealed. Even though the Hollow Reiatsu was stopped from converting your mother into a Hollow, it was still able to move throughout her body. When you were conceived, the Hollow Reiatsu was able to infect your infant body. It latched onto you, fused with you." The White Ichigo finished with a psychotic grin.
"You attacked my mother!" Ichigo yelled before he tried to attack his White Hollow. Only to be held back his Quincy powers.
"Calm yourself Ichigo, The beast that attacked your mother and the being in front of you are two completely different people." The Quincy manifestation insisted.
"What he says is true, Ichigo. The beast that attacked your mother was a mindless puppet without any form of conscious thought." The White Ichigo insisted, causing Ichigo to calm down.
"So you were with me from the very beginning?" Ichigo asked.
"Of course I was idiot, did you not just here my fuckin story!" The Hollow yelled.
"Geez, sorry I asked." Ichigo muttered. "But, how does that affect how many Zanpaktuo I have?" Ichigo questioned.
"Hehehe, oh that one is a bit my fault." The White Ichigo voiced sheepishly. "When we were both developing I tried to latch onto your Shinigami powers to merge with. But the thing was, you powers even at that age where larger than normal, and I wasn't able to assimilate it. So I broke it to smaller portions, so I could easily adapt to it, but they evolved too quickly, and I wasn't able to synchronize effectively. The pieces resisted my merger, but I was able to get small a small portion of your Shinigami power and eventually found your Quincy powers and latched onto it, and the rest they say is history!" The Hollow announced.
"And what about you?" Ichigo asked as he faced his Quincy manifestation.
"There's nothing much to say, I am a manifestation of your Quincy powers." The teen stated.
"Oh, okay." Ichigo voiced.
"Now that, that's out of the way…It's our turn to give you our name." The White Ichigo stated.
"Wait, before that. I want to know what will happen to the others, if I use you as well, will it affect the others?" Ichigo questioned.
"No Ichigo, it won't." the teen stated. "While the hollow and I are more powerful than the others, wielding us won't harm them." The Quincy manifestation informed.
"Wait, you guys are stronger than them?" Ichigo questioned.
"Yes, Crescent Rose, Myrtenaster, Gambol Shroud and Ember Celica are all fragments of your Shinigami powers." The teen informed. 'Wait, who's Ember Celica? Maybe she was the blonde.' Ichigo thought. "The portion of the Shinigami powers that was assimilated into your Hollow was the core of your Shinigami powers, making him the most complete Zanpaktuo you have." The Quincy manifestation continued.
"What, what do you mean by most complete?" Ichigo asked.
"I'll tell you later, but I will tell you it doesn't hurt them…And the reason 'We' are the most powerful Zanpaktuo you have, it's because of our natures. I, being the Quincy allows me to manipulate the Reiatsu and Reishi that surrounds us and pull it toward us constantly, and with the Hollow Passively absorbing the Spiritual Energy I pull in, our powers are constantly linear, growing, evolving." The teen informed, causing Ichigo to nod in understanding.
"I…see." Ichigo muttered.
"That's not all, Ichigo." The White Ichigo voiced getting the orange haired teen's attention. "With me here, you'll get access to Hollow-like powers." The Hollow stated.
"How does the work." Ichigo asked confused.
"Oh, it's fuckin Easy. Just focus 'My' Reiatsu onto your face and you'll create a Hollow Mask. With that Mask you'll be kicking-fucking ass!" The hollow cackled out.
"If you're a Hollow, how come you're being so help full?" Ichigo asked.
"While I am, Crazy, Insane and Blood thirst. I am you, deep down. I am you, your desires, your dreams, your fears, your hate, your love, your instinct, everything you are, I am…I'm just a more badass version of you!" White Ichigo ranted.
"Yeah, sure." Ichigo waved off before he readied himself. "Okay, I'm ready…for your name or names, whatever." Ichigo muttered.
"You already know our name. Ichigo…all you have to do is say it." The Quincy manifestation said causing Ichigo to focus.
"Engulf myself In the Darkness…to Protect the Light, Zangetsu (Slaying Moon)!" Ichigo announced as he was engulfed in pillar of light-blue Reiatsu, the Spiritual Pressure intensified shifting from light-blue to Black with a crimson outline, then shifted to a pure pitch black before fading revealing Ichigo. Who held a large black sword with a blade shaped like a Khyber knife, the handle of the sword was about as long and wide as Ichigo's forearm, there was a thin, hollowed-out portion running along the back edge of the blade from the base to the middle of the blade, in his left hand.
And in his right hand was a relatively small blade compared to the larger one, but the blade was about as large as Ichigo's arm and had a more Trench knife look to it, with a hand guard around the handle.
Ichigo felt his Hollow's Reiatsu coming from the larger blade and his Quincy Reiatsu coming from the smaller blade. The Orange haired teen glanced at the impressive blades, before looking at the sprits that inhabit the blade. "Thank you for putting your trust in me…Zangetsu." Ichigo voiced.
"You should know, Ichigo. If you get your ass handed to you, I will kick your ass." The hollow voiced. "I don't want to be used by a weakling!" The Hollow yelled before cackling.
"Of course, Zangetsu." Ichigo stated. "Do you want me to give you guys a name like I did with the others?" Ichigo asked.
"Fuck no. Zangetsu is a badass fuckin name!" The hollow yelled and Ichigo agreed it was a pretty cool name.
"Fine, how about I call you Shiro-Zangetsu (White-Slaying Moon), and you Kuro-Zangetsu (Black-Slaying Moon) because it will confuse the hell out of me to refer to you both as Zangetsu." Ichigo said to the Zangetsu Spirit.
"It is acceptable." The teen voiced evenly.
"Acceptable my ass, all you did was added colors to our name!" Shiro-Zangetsu yelled.
"What the hell is so bad about it?!" Ichigo yelled back.
"It fuckin sucks!" Shiro yelled as he butt his head against Ichigo's.
"I don't see you coming up with anything better!" Ichigo yelled back.
"Because you asshole, Zangetsu was a fuckin badass name!" Shiro argued, the arguing would have continued but the two Ichigos were hit in the head by a large silver and red blade. The two Ichigos turned to face to who hit them to see Ruby standing there holding her large Scythe.
"Guy's please don't fight." Ruby said in a cute voice, causing both of the Ichigos' eyes to twitch slightly.
"But this Cockbite started it/But this Asshat started it!" The two yelled at the same time.
"Oh you sorry ass motherfucker, you want some!?" Ichigo yelled as he readied his two Zangetsu blades.
"Now you're speaking my Fuckin language!" Shiro announced as he summoned his own sword, which was mirror perfect to Ichigo's large blade only it was white.
The two were about to fight before they were bound by a black ribbons, with Blake appearing by Ichigo's side.
Ruby walked up to Ichigo and looked him in the eyes. "Pwease, don't fight anymore." Ruby said cutely. "You're making my sad." She finished as her eyes started to water.
Ichigo sighed, but he relented at the look she was making. "Fine, I'll stop." He groaned out.
"Great." Ruby voiced cheerfully, like she wasn't sad a few seconds ago. Ichigo glanced at Shiro to see him smirking smugly at him, making Ichigo scowl his usual scowl.
"How long have I been here? After I was knocked out by Yoruichi, I just ended up here." Ichigo questioned as Blake released him from the ribbons the bound him.
"You've been here for about a few minutes." Ruby informed.
"But it feels like I've been here for a few hours." Ichigo informed, causing the red and black themed girl to shrug.
"Hey, Blake." Ichigo said, getting the Gambol Shroud's spirit's attention.
"I was wondering if I can use some of your ribbons to wrap this up." Ichigo said motioning to the large Khyber blade in his left hand. The black themed girl nodded as she solidified her Reiatsu to form more of her black ribbons. After she handed Ichigo the Black cloth, he wrapped the large blade around the blade, and tightly wrapped the black cloth in the handle creating a better grip on the handle.
"Thanks, Blake." Ichigo voiced to the black haired girl and noticed her bow twitch slightly after he said that. But she nodded and smiled at the orange haired teen.
"No problem, Ichigo." Blake evenly said.
"Aw, are the love birds getting together." The blonde Zanpaktuo voiced as she appeared in-between the two, causing Blake to sigh in irritation.
"Hey, I've been wondering. How come you didn't tell me your name?" Ichigo questioned.
"Oh, that. I would have told as soon as you asked me…but now I'm not so sure." The blonde voiced.
"What, how come?" Ichigo asked.
"Hmm, I'll tell you my name." The blonde stated. "If…you give me a kiss." The blonde teased causing Ichigo to blush immensely.
"W-what?" Ichigo nervously questioned.
"I'm kidding." The blonde causing Ichigo to relax, the blonde smirked before she pounced and captured Ichigo's lips with hers, casing his eyes to widen. The blonde forced her tongue into his mouth. After a few seconds the blonde pulled away revealing the large smile on her face.
"You're a good kisser Ichigo-kun. I can see why Blake enjoyed it." The blonde teased.
"Alright, you've had your kiss. Now can you tell me your name?" Ichigo asked, getting a pout from the blonde.
"Fine, My name is Enbāserika(Ember Celica) and I already came up with my own nick name." The blonde stated.
"Well, making your own nick name defeats the purpose of a nick name, but sure let's hear it." Ichigo said. He already came up with a ton of names for everyone else. he really didn't want to do it anymore.
"I want to be called, Yang." The Blonde Zanpaktuo spirit voiced.
"Why, Yang?" Ichigo asked.
"Because I want it to be, do you have a problem with that?" Yang asked darkly as her eyes turned red.
"Nope, not at all, nothing wrong with your name…Nope, not one bit." Ichigo said quickly getting a grin from the blonde.
"Good." Yang said as she leaned her face close to Ichigo's, and gave him a light kiss on his lips before backing away. The blonde joined up with the other Zanpaktuo leaving Ichigo to his own thoughts.
'The only Zanpaktuo I'm experienced in wielding is Crescent Rose. I only used Myrtenaster and Gambol Shroud a few times. And I never used Zangetsu or Ember Celica. So I need help so I can effectively wield all of them.' Ichigo thought as he felt Zangetsu on his back and the smaller knife Zangetsu sheathed on his right hip.
'Burn to ash with holy flames, Enbāserika(Ember Celica)' Ichigo thought as he materialized two golden bracelets on his wrist, causing the orange haired teen to look at them curiously.
'I Bury in Shadow from the Shadow, Hane mawaru shuraudo(Gambol Shroud)'Ichigo internally thought, as the Gambol Shroud materialized on his back running perpendicular with Zangetsu.
'Freeze Upon Contact, Mātoruasutā(Myrtenaster)' Ichigo thought as the Myrtenaster materialized on Ichigo's left hip.
'And finally Flicker upon the blood stained petals… Gengetsu Bara (Crescent Rose)' Ichigo thought as he materialized the large scythe in his hands and grinned madly.
"Hey Guys!" Ichigo yelled getting his Zanpaktuos' attention. "You know how I have little to no experience in wielding most of you guys, I have a little Idea." Ichigo voiced as he readied himself for a fight.
"I know I learn when most I'm on the fly, so how about a little, 6-on-1 battle." Ichigo suggested. Shiro-Zangetsu had a psychotic smirk as he readied his own blade. Ruby and Blake looked somewhat worried, while Weiss and Yang looked excited, and Kuro-Zangetsu slowly drew his own blade and nodded to Ichigo.
"Good." Ichigo muttered as all seven of them charged at each other.
Yoruichi nervously placed near Ichigo's unconscious body while holding a white mask that had five thick red strips on the left side of it.
'I know Ichigo confided to me that he had Shinigami, Quincy and Hollow powers, but I hoped it wouldn't end up like this.' Yoruichi thought as she inspected the mask only for it to disintegrate in her hands causing her to narrow her eyes. Out of the corner of her eye Yoruichi noticed another Hollow Mask form on Ichigo's face, only for it to disintegrate a few seconds later.
"What the hell is he doing?" Yoruichi asked as she turned to look at Ichigo, and for a few minutes a Hollow Mask would spontaneously form on his face only for it to break apart a few seconds later. After about half an hour, a gasp sound grabbed Yoruichi's attention.
Yoruichi turned to see Ichigo sitting up staring at the Hollow Mask, before he turned it around and put it on causing Yoruichi to tense ay the spike in Spiritual Pressure, but after a few seconds the mask crumbled.
"Eh, Fuck." Ichigo voiced as he inspected the broken mask.
"Ichigo?" Yoruichi asked unsurely getting the hybrid's attention.
"What, oh it's you, Yoruichi." Ichigo voiced nonchalantly before appeared in front of the purple haired Shinigami and grabbed her, and then threw her into a wall. "That's for drugging me and from what I sense, leaving Momo at the Shinigami's mercy." Ichigo said.
In a split second Ichigo felt something hit him in the face making him turn his head slightly. Yoruichi held her fist in pain. "What the hell is your head made out of?" Yoruichi muttered, which Ichigo ignored.
"Now, why the hell did you take me, if you had the time to save me you could have easily taken Rukia from her cell?!" Ichigo demanded. "I could have held my own against Byakuya, long enough for you to escape with here!" Ichigo yelled.
"Shut up, you know nothing. You may have powers of a Shinigami, You may have powers of a Hollow, and you may have powers of a Quincy, but if you have no idea how to wield any of them, especially while fighting an enemy you know absolutely nothing about, then you're as good as dead." Yoruichi ranted.
"Fine, what's so magical, that you had to drug me, leave everyone to their fate, and stare at me in my sleep?" Ichigo asked.
"I wanted to help you achieve, Bankai (Final Release)" Yoruichi stated, and Ichigo looked away with a slight blush.
"I-is that some sort of…sex move or something?" Ichigo questioned nervously.
"No you idiot! Every Zanpaktuo has two releases. Shikai (Initial Release) and Bankai (Final Release), to achieve Shikai you must learn your Zanpaktuo's name. To achieve Bankai you must manifest your Zanpaktuo and fight them into submission." Yoruichi informed as she lead Ichigo to an underground room that looked similar to Urahara's.
"It takes about 10 years to be able to manifest your Zanpaktuo spirit…" Yoruichi stated only to get interrupted by Ichigo.
"Really, I've done it a few times actually, it seems pretty easy to me." Ichigo said, and Yoruichi had to hide her surprise.
"Are you sure?" Yoruichi asked only to feel someone tap her shoulder. She turned to see a short girl with red highlighted messy black hair and silver eyes behind her. Yoruichi noticed she had a weird style of clothing along with a large crimson cloak.
"HI." Ruby said happily.
"Um…hello, who are you?" Yoruichi asked, having a sneaking suspicion on which Zanpaktuo she was by her cloak.
"I'm Crescent Rose, but Ichigo-kun calls me Ruby, I'm not sure if I should allow you to call my Ruby though. You did Kinda drug him. But if you say you're sorry, I might think about it." Ruby said quickly.
"Ah, What?" Yoruichi lost Ruby after started ranting.
"She's saying she doesn't trust you, especially after drugging our wielder." A calm female voice said in a different direction. Yoruichi turned to see a girl with long flowing black hair with a black bow on top her head with amber eyes that were enhanced be light-purple eye-shadow flaring backwards. Yoruichi also noticed the girl had a unique style of clothing.
Yoruichi also noticed that the black themed girl stood in front of Ichigo while reading a book. But Yoruichi could tell that the girl was prepared to protect her master. Which was weird to Yoruichi, most Zanpaktuo are barely on a talking relationship with their Shinigami partner but this girl seemed to genuinely want to protect her Shinigami wielder.
"Who are you?" Yoruichi questioned.
"Gambol Shroud, Ichigo calls my Blake…but you can't call me that." Blake replied coldly not even talking her eyes off her book.
"Hey, Yoruichi isn't that bad." Ichigo tried to defend, but Blake's bow twitched slightly as she sighed in irritation. The black themed girl lowered her book and turned to face Ichigo.
"Ichigo-kun, you may be as forgiving, to forgive someone who drugged you, kidnapping you, and abandoning your friends, but I'm not." Blake said before she shot a glare at Yoruichi.
Yoruichi narrowed her eyes at Blake, she wasn't scared by the Zanpaktuo's threat, but she only knew a small portion of the beings abilities. What Yoruichi deduced was that the Crescent Rose enhanced Ichigo's speed incredibly, The Myrtenaster allowed him to create those wired symbols, and the Gambol Shroud allowed Ichigo to create clones, and it would make sense that the Zanpaktuo themselves could these things as well. 'But the way this Zanpaktuo spirit acts around Ichigo it seems like, she's possessive of him…oh…OH, Ichigo you sly dog.' Yoruichi thought with a wide smirk.
Ichigo and Blake saw her smirk and they sighed, it was almost identical to Yang's. So that means she's one of those types of people.
"Oh, Ichigo you're growing up." Yoruichi teased.
"Yes, yes, he's growing at a fine rate…Now what do you need." Blake interjected, she only tolerated of Yang's teasing no one else's.
"Aw, fine. Ruin my fun. I want to help Ichigo achieve Bankai." Yoruichi informed.
"Why does he need a Bankai, he's perfectly fine with us." A somewhat arrogant voice announced.
Yoruichi turned to face the voice to see a girl with long white hair that was pulled back into an off center ponytail, ice blue eyes, and a slight scar on her left eye. What ticked off Yoruichi was the fact the girl wasn't even glancing in her direction regarding as nothing.
"No not fine actually, if you're going to save Rukia you're going to need all the help you can get, and that means achieving your Bankai." Yoruichi stated.
"If it's so useful how come every Shinigami I've fought never used it?" Ichigo questioned.
"Like I said it takes years for even the most experienced Shinigami to learn and even harder to master." Yoruichi stated. "And it's one of the requirements to learn Bankai to become a Captain." She finished.
"Then how come Kenpachi didn't use it?" Ichigo asked.
"Kenpachi is the exception, he hasn't achieved Bankai or Shikai, but he's strong enough to meet the criteria to become Captain." Yoruichi explained. "And Sui-Feng's Bankai is…destructive, that's why she didn't use it in your fight.
"Who's Sui-Feng?" Ichigo asked with a straight face.
"She's the Captain that you fought after Kenpachi, Ichigo." Yoruichi informed.
"I never fought a Captain after Kenpachi." Ichigo stated, taking what Sui-Feng said very seriously.
"Ichigo, don't lie to me, I saw your fight." Yoruichi sighed out.
"I understand what you're saying, but I have no idea what you're talking about." Ichigo replied.
"Fine, have it your way. I don't care." Yoruichi said tiredly. Ruby was laughing at their interaction. Weiss had some amusement in their argument she wouldn't like a wielder who couldn't hold a secret. And Blake found the most amusement in the interaction, she didn't hate Yoruichi she just didn't trust her, well she didn't trust anyone other than Ichigo and his other Zanpaktuo but that was beside the point, plus drugging Ichigo and kidnapping him kind of ruined Blake's image of Yoruichi.
"After you manifest your Zanpaktuo spirit, you need to fight them into submission to gain their Bankai, so all you have to do is fight you Zanpaktuo to gain their Bankai form." Yoruichi explained.
"So all I have to do is beat these girls to gain Bankai?" Ichigo questioned, Yoruichi hesitantly nodded mostly because of the way Ichigo worded the question.
"Yeeeah, I'm gonna have to pass that one." Ichigo voiced.
"But you have too, to achieve Bankai." Yoruichi insisted.
"One, how can you say you'd want to hurt someone as adorable as her." Ichigo said as he pointed to Ruby, who was making a cute face. "Two, I don't fight my friends." Ichigo said as he started counting his fingers. "Three, I promised them I'd never break their trust in me, I think hurting them sorta does that." Ichigo said. "And four, the only Zanpaktuo I would fight isn't here now, and that's because he's a bit of an ass." Ichigo finished, but Yoruichi stared at him with piercing golden eyes.
"Fine, whatever, I'll just have Zangetsu get his pale ass out here." Ichigo signed.
"Finally." Yoruichi muttered.
"What the hell do you want now, Ichigo?" A watery voiced asked getting Yoruichi's attention. She turned to face who said that to see a mirror copy of Ichigo, only that everything was white except his eyes, which where black sclera with sickly yellow irises.
"Apparently I have to get Bankai." Ichigo stated. "And I have to beat the shit out of my Zanpaktuo spirit, so I thought, why not you?" Ichigo taunted.
"Hehe, like you could kick my ass." Shiro-Zangetsu replied.
"I kicked it a few hours ago." Ichigo taunted.
"Eh, I let you win." Shiro stated.
"Bull-Fucking-Shit, I kicked your ass! Fair and square!" Ichigo yelled as he butted his head against Shiro's.
"You wana go, you orange haired fuck!" Shiro threatened.
"That's the reason I summoned you, you idiot!" Ichigo yelled, the fight would have escalated but the two were hit in the head by a large red and black scythe.
"Ow, that hurt!" Ichigo yelled as he rubbed his head.
"Then you two gotta stop fighting like that." Ruby insisted.
"Fine Ruby, I'll stop." Ichigo muttered, getting a beaming smile from the short girl.
"Hehe, someone's whipped." Shiro taunted only to face-plant when Ruby hit Shiro in the back on his head.
"This, this weird." Yoruichi muttered to herself as she watched the interaction.
"Anyway Shiro, I want to achieve your Bankai because I don't want to fight one of the girls to get theirs." Ichigo stated, causing the White Zangetsu to look serious.
"That's good…because if you fought them, it would have been for no reason." Shiro informed.
"Why?" Ichigo asked.
"Because, they don't have a Bankai to achieve…When Kuro-Zangetsu said they were fragments of your power, he meant they were incomplete. The can archive Shikai but never Bankai." Shiro informed seriously, causing Ruby, Weiss and Blake to look visibly upset. "But, to their special ability compensates for it." Shiro stated.
"You mean the abilities I get right, Ruby's enhanced speed, Weiss' Glyphs, Blake's Shadow clones and Yang's Pyrokinesis?" Ichigo clarified.
"No you idiot, they would have those abilities even if they could achieve Bankai…Think about it this way…do you think your special enough to do something that takes Shinigami years to master in a few days. Tell me, when you're other Zanpaktuo Materialize, do you not feel a thing? No dip I power?" Shiro asked.
"No, not at all. What does that mean?" Ichigo questioned.
"You are such an idiot. That is there Special Ability. Since Bankai double's if not quadruples your power, and since the others can't achieve that state, your body, your power, found a way around that and adapted. If you could not have quality, it gave you quantity in its place. Their 'Bankai' is essentially a Summoning. The only reason I'm materialized is because I allowed you to materialize me, I want you to learn Bankai, I want you to get stronger, to place fear into your enemies, your strength mirrors mine and I will not be portrayed by a weak wielder!" Shiro yelled.
Ichigo listened intently to what his counterpart was saying, while Yoruichi was surprised by this information.
"I understand Shiro. How are we doing this?" Ichigo asked seriously.
"We're going to fight one-on-one. But you can't use Zangetsu. You can use Crescent Rose, Myrtenaster, Gambol Shroud, and Ember Celica. You can use your Hollow and Quincy powers too. But don't think I'm giving you a win, I can't use any other Zanpaktuo but I can still use both Hollow and Quincy powers as well. If you can beat me…then I give you, Bankai." Shiro voiced darkly, causing Ichigo to nod before he faced Ruby, Weiss and Blake but they still looked sad.
"Hey, why are you guys upset?" Ichigo questioned.
"Because, we're inadequate, did you not here what Shiro said, we can't achieve Bankai. We're useless." Weiss stated, causing Ichigo to glare slightly.
"You are not useless, you are not inadequate, you are not powerless, and you are not defective…You're all powerful, useful and I'm proud to be your wielder. You changed me, well slightly, but you have changed me. Having a Bankai doesn't matter to me. I'll just kick ass with you in your Shikai states, and if I need help, I can summon you, materialize you into the real world. I find that far more helpful than any possible Bankai." Ichigo declared, getting a blush Ruby, a grateful look from Weiss, and Blake looked happy.
"Hey, um…why isn't Yang here?" Ichigo questioned as he glanced around.
"I think she's sleeping." Blake informed.
"Huh, weird." Ichigo commented.
"I wana wish you luck, Ichigo-kun." Ruby said before she gave the orange haired teen a hug, the girl let go of Ichigo with a large blush on her face.
"Don't lose, Ichigo. It would be an embarrassment if you did." Weiss stated. "And good luck." She finished quietly.
Blake waked up to Ichigo and planted her lips onto his, surprising Ichigo slightly but he kind of expected it. The black haired girl parted form Ichigo. "Good luck, Ichigo." Blake whispered before she joined with Ruby and Weiss, who were standing near Yoruichi.
"Hehe…So you and Ichigo, huh?" Yoruichi asked to the Black themed girl.
"Shut up." Blake muttered as she opened her book and started reading.
"So, you're not going to watch your boyfriend fight?" Yoruichi teased and noticed her bow twitch slightly as Blake glanced at her.
"I don't need to watch him fight to know he's going to win." Blake coldly replied.
"What's going on here?" a female voice asked getting the groups attention.
"Ichigo's fighting Zangetsu to achieve a Bankai, and Zangetsu told Ichigo about our problem, but Ichigo didn't care." Blake informed.
"Awww, I bet you felt all mushy inside." Yang teased only to get elbowed in the side by Blake.
"Shhh, guys Ichigo's about to fight." Ruby said.
"Aww, you want to cheer your boyfriend on, that's' so cute." Yang teased, earning a blush from the black and red themed girl.
"Shut up." Ruby muttered.
"I don't hear you denying it." Yang said in a sing-song voice.
Ichigo Harem:
Ruby Rose
Weiss Schnee
Blake Belladonna
Yang Xiao Long
Sui-Feng
(Fem)Ulquiorra
Bambietta Basterbine