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Changing
"Um, okay so run that by me again?" After TWO DAYS of searching I finally found Ichigo and surprisingly he remembered who I was but was a little reluctant to tell me the information I needed to know but after explaining to him what happened to me he was happy to tell me everything.
"Well that 'Pale freak that looks like you' is your inner hollow. Er, I'm not sure why you have one but from what you said it's not as crazy as mine."
"Well he saved my ass a couple of times and taught me how to shoot some crazy ass beam from my fingers so I'm not complaining!" I smirked.
"WHAT! How come I cant do that?" He wailed while seemingly having a mental argument but I snapped him out of it.
"So um is he just gonna be there forever?"
"I dunno, mine's a pain in the ass so I had to make him submit."
"Thank god he isnt as crazy as yours then. But their's one other thing, I tried using my Zanpakuto's shikai form but it didn't work, he told me some bull about combining my hollows reiatsu and his together but every time I try it doesn't work..."
"Um, I don't know maybe you just need to train more?"
"Ya, I guess. I wonder if Renji's available?"
Later at the hidden training grounds
"YOU'LL HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT!" I taunted as Renji tried to catch me unsuccessfully for the tenth time. During our training I noticed some things about my abilities, Speed and Kidou were definitly my strong points. But in terms of brute strength and experience Renji obviously had me beat.
"Oh ya? Hoero, Zabimaru!" I expected him to pull out some sort of badass shikai form but instead he got a fist in the face by a very hairy pink haired woman and some kid on a chain.
"Oi! I was sleeping asshole! Why the fuck do you call me at the worst times?"
"Ya, fatass is right let us know next time!"
"Who are you callin' a fatass?" At this point I was getting irritated.
"Um, hi there. We were kinda in the middle of something..." That got they're attention long enough for Renji to get up and scold his fucking Zanpakuto like a father would his son.
"If your not gonna attack me first then how about I make the first move?" With a burst of Shunpo I went past his dazed Zanpakuto and kicked Renji square in the face sending him flying straight into a rock.
"That was dirty!"He screamed as he drew his sword and advances toward me in an extremely slow attempt to cut me so I saved him the trouble and went straight toward him not even trying to dodge and our swords clashed. He tried to overpower me since he knew he was bigger but I milked my advantage for all it was worth and flashed backwards as his sword cut air.
"Hoero!" He called out again before I could gain proper footing his sword extended toward me forcing me to take to the sky. He was right on my tail though and soon I was face to face with him again as our blades clashed. The distinct clang of metal could be heard through out the training area as we both tried to gain the upper hand.
"Hado No. 31 Shakkahō!" As I called out the spells name crimson fire formed in my hands and I shot it at Renji in an attempt to daze him and it worked perfectly...or so I thought. I ran toward him preparing to slash him through the smoke when his sword appeared out of nowhere, heading straight toward my chest at a fast pace I didn't see it coming, so I acted on pure reflex and used my sword to block the hit but I miscalculated and the teeth of his blade embedded themselves in my shoulder. I didn't dare scream even though I wanted to as he yanked it away leaving a nasty gash in it's wake.
"Fuck! Renji your gonna pay for that!" I threatened.
"HA, ya right! I'd like to see you try." He taunted.
"Grrr! Hado No 33 Sōkatsui!" The blue flames erupted from my palm and exploded on contact with his sword as he tried to block. So I took that to my advantage, and flash stepped behind him in blinding speed, slashing clean down his torso leaving a nasty wound. He retaliated by punching me in the gut knocking the air out of me but not completely dazing me, I still had enough common sense to block his incoming attack.
"So I haven't seen your shikai yet and it doesn't seem like you want to use it so how about I make this a little harder on you!" 'Oh shit he wouldn't!' I thought to my self but of course he did.
"BANKAI, HIHIO ZABIMARU!" He called. And when the smoke cleared the Baboon King Zanpakuto was coiling around Renji and baring its fanfs at me ominously.
"Block this! hikōtsu taihō!" The joints of the giant snake all glowed red until the head did the same and the giant red beam advanced toward me destroying everything in its path on its way toward me. I knew I had to defend myself but I couldn't reveal the fact I could use cero, and I also for some reason couldn't use my shikai-
"Yes you can!" My Zanpakuto's voice rang through my head.
"You can use shikai your just afraid, afraid of change. You think you can hide behind the fact that you supposedly couldn't combine all three of the powers that reside in your soul to avoid responsibility but you can't.
"Ugh, why are you always right."
"Because you and I-"
"AND ME!" My hollow childishly interrupted.
"Yes, and him are all apart of your soul."
"Ya, I guess your right, leading my own squad and being a captain sounds like a shit load of work and responsibility but it would be foolish to let all those people down just because of my own fear."
"Yes, and now that you know this call upon all of the power within you and release our power!"
"Right."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" As my reiatsu got higher the pressure in the training grounds was almost unbearable all the rocks in my range were crushed. I could feel my purple reiatsu mixing with my hollow and Zanpakuto's and it made me feel absolutely badass, but Renji's attack could no longer be ignored.
"Set fire to all those who appose us! Tsumetai Hono!" As my Zanpakuto's name was revealed its appearance changed as well. The hilt was now pitch black, and a carving of a blue dragon seemingly mad of sapphire graced the blade which seemed to have a pale glow much like moonlight. My purple reiatsu was now blue which surrounded my whole body. By this time the beam had already made contact with my blade but I sliced through it like a warm knife to butter, and shunpo'd toward Renji in blinding speed.
"Your done!" I yelled. His Bankai tried to block the attack but it wasn't enough and I cut clean through it multiple times using my shunpo to slice through each joint before cutting a non-fatal wound upon it's master incapacitating him but not killing him.
"Arigato, Renji. If it wasn't for you pushing me like that I don't think I ever would have awakened to my true power." Even though he was unconscious and couldn't hear me I still felt like I needed to thank him so I did.
Author's note: Woot Woot! Okay so another chapter done, I've already determined for the few people reading lol that this fanfic will be exactly 61 chapters long... I'm going to go back and edit all the other chapters to correct any mistakes and I've already written chapter 5 it just needs revising so um ya thanks for reading I'd love it you'd review!
Btw: The oc's zanpakuto its name means Cold Flames in Japanese all its abilities and crap will be revealed either in the next chapter or chapter 6.