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New Toy, Old Tricks: Slash Shingetsu!
Locking blades the pair lock eyes to engage in a battle of wills. Nether giving an inch in the struggle Ichigo jumps back to get a batter angle on Kodai. Instinct pushing his body to new heights as power floods his system as he leaps forward with a powerful downward slash.
The blade is deflected with the flat of Kodai's O.S. as he spins and releases a powerful horizontal slash. The blow is barely blocked by the larger sword. Moving apart they look at each other. "Good, you're already learning the basics. But lets kick it up a notch." In a small flash he vanishes from his spot only to reappear behind Ichigo.
Ichigo flies forward after the hit on his back connects. It leaves a long slash on his back as he gets hit. Getting up he looks to Kodai only to see him flash away again. Trying to remember the feeling of shunpo he doesn't notice the green light at his feet. One moment Ichigo is standing still about to be hit by an unnoticed Kodai and the next he is farther away at a safe distance.
Trading blows like this latest for a small time till Ichigo started to pick up on the similar skills to what he had as a shinigami. Getting confidence he go on the offensive. Slashing downward with all his strength he feels it smash against something as dust is kicked up everywhere.
As the dust settles what can be seen is a shock to Ichigo. Kodai holds his unprotected hand and has caught the blade in between his fingers. With a look of disappointment Kodai speaks. "Pathetic. It seems this is all I can teach you using this level of power. Watch out Ichigo, I don't know how to hold back this technique to well. So don't die. Shinku Budda Giri!"
The glow of the blade intensifies as Kodai slashes his sword. From the slash a shock wave of energy is released. Moving as fast as he could Ichigo was not prepared for the damage dealt by the attack. A deep gash is left in the wake of the attack, as Ichigo pulls himself up he feels a fear he hasn't felt since trying to get his shinigami powers back with Kisuke so long ago.
Using this fear and his instincts Ichigo pushes his body to meet Kodai blow for blow. Pulling his sword back Kodai swing forward unleashing another " Shinku Budda Giri!" in this moment Ichigo hears something in his head 'remember it well, Ichigo. The name of that attack is...' holding his blade to the side blue energy charges to the tip of Shingetsu as Ichigo slashes forward " Getsuga,Tenshou!" the familiar wave crashes with the other, green and blue light fighting for dominance until they both die down.
This continued on well into the night, or at least what Ichigo could call night with no windows down there. But soon he was told that his training was only going to last one more week. In that week he had been attacked, broken, repaired, and even made stronger. Then at the end of the time that Ichigo was starting to call 'The week in Hell' he had found out something.
"I know who hurt your friend Ichigo." as the words flew from his mouth Ichigo was on him in a burst of light. Tightly grasping Kodai's shirt he glares at him.
"What do you know." he said this in a deep serious voice only used for emergencies.
All that comes from Kodai is one name. "Tsukushima."
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'I'm starting to get worried now. He's been gone a whole week.' Isshin's thoughts trailed bake to the point that Ichigo had disappeared and a shikigami was left in his place. Thinking back this wasn't the only worrying thing that's happened in the past week. The shikigami has been deteriorating and becoming paranoid. Thinking that his friends are up to something, not that it's wrong. And that has him worried most of all. It seems that an 'old friend' of Orihime and Chad has come into contact with them.
The next day, the eighth that Ichigo has been gone something changes. The Ichigo that comes home isn't the fake. 'what?' are Isshin's thoughts. Shaking his head he goes into his routine. "HELLO! ICHIGO!" he sails into his son foot first. Or at least he tried as Ichigo casually side steps his attack.
"Knock it off you crazy old goat!" as his son is yelling at him he notices something different about Ichigo. He sees a small charm hanging off a necklace. It is a small cyan crystal that has a small bell on each side. Another thing that is off about him is the strong presence of spiritual energy. Almost as much as when he fought Aizen.
Pointing at the necklace Isshin speaks dramatically. "And what's that! A necklace, it must be a gift from a lover." at this he moves quickly to a picture of Ichigo's mother and caresses the frame. "Oh Masaki, what kind of man has our child become!" his ranting about Ichigo is cut off by being hit in the back of the head by Ichigo kicking him.
"I'll be in my room, if I catch you doing anything weird while I'm in there I'll kick you out of the window again!" walking up to his room he finds no sign of Kon as he locks the door he sends a tiny pulse to look for any foreign powers. This is a new technique taught to him by Kodai, he said the principle was the same for echolocation. Finding nothing but what was suppose to be there he moves to his bed. Reaching under his pillow he pulls out a small spell tag. Charging his power through the tag it burns up in fire. At that moment he sees what his clone had seen.
Taking in the memories from the copy he is alarmed at the change in his friends, they now talk about meeting there friend that they knew from along time ago. Ichigo knows this to be false. From the small talks that Ichigo had with Kodai about Tsukushima, he knew that he had manipulated his friends. This meant that his friends had been hurt and he must pay.
Kodai said that one of the only ways that the manipulation can be undone is with the death of Tsukushima. The first stop on this quest was to see the extent that he had infiltrated his circle of friends and family. The one who would know is a master manipulator himself. Kisuke Urahara.
AN: well, this is the newest chapter of the story. i hope you enjoyed this one. i need reviews for this. it's one of the only things that make this worth while. sorry for the delay and i hope to see more reviews soon.
