I don't own Bleach, only Tite Kubo-san does.

Chapter 7

Truth

The light threw back the ape-thing, sending it crashing into a building. It got up and roared, but I was fine; I had put earplugs in. Ichigo and Rukia were covering their ears, and saw the earplugs. They began swearing loud enough for me to hear them through the earplugs. This won't end well... I thought.

The ape lunged at me, and I dodged, bringing up my sword, and taking off an arm. Roaring in pain, the Hollow reared up, but I spun my sword at the suggestion of Kyuseishu, cried out, "Sukui!" and plunged my blade into the earth. The result was a large circle of light that appeared when my sword made contact with the ground, and shot large columns of light at random points. Every time a column hit the ape-Hollow-thing, it went flying into the air.

When the attack ended, the ape-creature was severely weakened, not killed. So, I just ran up to it at full speed, jumped, and slashed downward, splitting its mask and the face underneath it in two, causing the whole thing to disolve. As I recieved the creature's energy, I noticed that I didn't recieve as much as I usually did, and nowhere near as much as I should have from a creature on this level. Then, Kyu decided to answer my unspoken question. "Every time an attack connected with that Hollow, I used my ability to disrupt its Reiatsu, knocking it loose, and thus allowing me to absorb the power and filter it into you, making it weaker. It was better than me filtering every ounce of that thing's power at once. I'm not that strong. Yet." This tidbit of info, as well as the unspoken promise of a Zanpakuto companion that only kept getting stronger, made me very exited. I couldn't wait to see what the future would hold for our connection.

I then took some time to look at my sword. It was curved slightly, like a katana, but the inside edge was serrated, and the sword was very long, and the blade itself was 3 inches across, but the edge was razor-sharp. Nice... I thought.

Sweat drops from Rukia and anime tears from Ichigo. "How..." Rukia. "Awesome..." Ichigo. "Hehehehehe... I-TAIIIIIII!" (1) All of a sudden, I was doubled over, reducing the damage from Rukia's attacks. Rukia got my... family jewels, but I managed to minimize the damage, and recovered fast. But still, my voice cracked. "What was that for?!"

"When were you able to do that?"

"What, use a Zanpakuto?"

"You became a Shinigami."

"Yeah, I know. I was one."

"I ASKED YOU WHEN, BAKAMONO!"

Thunk

"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIII-TTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIII! ANATA WA ITTAI NANI NO TAME NI SON'NA KOTO SHITA NO (2), RUKIA-IMOTO (3)?!"

Rukia had a very evil face on then. "You wanna repeat el informacion, mis amigo?" (4)

The way she said it sent chills up mine and Ichigo's spines, but I still smiled. I call her "Imōto" just to infuriate her; though she was smaller than me physically, she was "Ten lifetimes" older than me, but I kind of doubted it. However, wanting to save what was left of my body part, I quickly changed the subject. She had one hell of a kick. I stood up, then said "I think my... 'Shinigami Form' was awakened when Ichigo was released from his body back in my room."

"What was that energy that came out of that Hollow?"

"It's Reiatsu, I think that Ky... I mean, my ZANPAKUTO can absorb an opponent's Spiritual Energy and power rather quickly."

"What about -" "Well then, what about a fight? I need a strong opponent." Ichigo interrupted Rukia rather rudely.

I said, "Ichigo! It's not nice to interrupt someone!", while Rukia said, "Ichigo, are you insane!? What are you thinking?!"

Then a light bulb turned on. "Yes!"

Two sweatdrops and face palms, followed by "Eh?" I grew an unnaturaly large sweatdrop that had me leaning from the weight. "I said yes. Basically, it is a good way to gauge our fighting skill with swords, and I have a couple more moves to torture Ichi... I mean, experiment with."

Sweatdrops, then Icigo's "YES! I can't wait!" Then a face - palm. "Ano... when and where." Another sweatdrop from me. "Now, I guess..."

"Alright! Let's get started!" Ichigo pulled out his zanpakuto, raring to go. "Rukia, make sure we don't kill each other, ok?"

"Umm, o - ok."

"Perfect." I unsheathed Kyusheishu. "Let's go, Ichigo!"

(1) Itai: Ouch

(2) Anata wa ittai nani no tame ni son'na koto shita no: What the hell did you do that for.

(3) Imōto: little sister. Yes, I am aware that Rukia is a couple hundred years old, but she is rather small.

(4) Repite el informacion, mis amigo: repeat the information, friend. Tite Kubo was a fan of Spanish, so... yeah. I know 'informacion' needs an accent mark, but WordPad doesn't do it. (Yeah, it sucks.)

A/N: Originally, this was part of Chapter 6, but I decided to break it up. For the heck of it, ya'know? Anyway, I need to find some funny stuff... like really, roll-on-the-floor, my-side-is-hurting funny. If anyone has any suggestions (No restrictions!), please PM me, I am looking for to it! Make me laugh, and I might use it to make others laugh! See ya'll soon!