Hello dear readers! I'm sorry for the delay. I hope I can churn out the next chapter soon. I know, I know, you're waiting for the Soul Society arc. I didn't write it in this chapter but it will surely turn out in the next! Until then, Bye!!

Present time… Urahara Shoten…

'You aren't gonna tell me why you're here, are you?' Ichigo leant over his foster sister's shoulder and examined her work. 'What's this? Some sort of fashion accessory?' Ichigo moved to pick one up.

SLAP! 'You're getting the metal dirty with your filthy hands. Back off before I severe your arm,' Kazane growled. Apparently, she did not like being interrupted in her work. Ichigo backed away nervously. She turned around and looked at him. 'Aren't you gonna train? You seemed quite hyped up about getting it done quickly yesterday.'

'Eh… I'm kinda nervous about it. Could you… um… come down with me?' Ichigo fiddled with his thumbs.

'No.' Straight and without hesitation, she gave him the disappointing answer. 'You shouldn't be afraid of such training, even though they're dangerous.'

'Dangerous? What do you mean dangerous? No one told me about that!' Ichigo shouted.

'Shut up, you're loud. Don't you know? No pain, no gain. I have a fair idea on how Urahara-san's gonna help you get your powers back. There's a good chance that you'll die in the process…' Kazane opened a drawer at her work table and sifted through the tools. 'Found it!'

'What-' Kazane punched him in the head with her glove. Ichigo's soul separated from his body and stumbled a few steps back. 'What do you think you're doing? Urgh…' Ichigo bent down, suddenly very nauseous and weak.

'It's your first time, no? Being out of your body while not in the form of a shinigami is hardly a pleasant experience,' Kazane towered over him. 'Now get your butts moving! There isn't time to waste! Every second spent moping around is a second wasted!' Kazane lifted him by the collar and tossed him down the secret door in the shop. She jumped after him, landing gracefully on the floor. She looked around and saw Ichigo sprawled on the ground.

'What did you think you were doing? I could have died! Wait, how did you get down here without getting hurt? You're insane!' Ichigo pointed at her and ranted on.

'Shut up, you're noisy,' Kazane placed a finger in her ear. 'You sure have a lot of energy for a soul.'

'Urgh, now that you've mentioned it…' Ichigo bent down again. 'What wrong with me? I didn't have this problem when I was a shinigami.'

'That's your answer!' Kazane grinned. 'That's one of the differences between shinigami and living souls. By right, souls that are still living in the human world shouldn't be separated from the body, whereas for shinigami… well, they're already dead. They live in a fake body called a gigai which they can discard anytime. Your chain of fate is still there, right?'

Ichigo looked down and saw the thick chain protruding out of his chest and linking him to his body. 'Oh yeah, I never noticed it until you mentioned it.'

Kazane sighed, 'You need to be more observant. Ah, it seems like your 'teacher' finally decides to show up!' Kazane looked at the group that showed up. She waved and prepared to climb the ridiculously long ladder. 'Enjoy your class, Ichi-nii. It's not every day Urahara-san decides to train others.' Kazane looked at the Geta Boshi and sighed. She added in an undertone, 'Though it's not exactly for free… Naïve teenagers.'

'Aren't you a teenager too?' Haruka chuckled.

'Nope. By right, I'm 153 years old.' Kazane thought back. 'I'm much older than your average teenager.'

'You still look like a teenager.'

'Looks can be deceiving, Haruka,' Kazane thought. 'Isn't that the case with Ukitake-taicho and Kyoraku-taicho?'

'True…'

'Fuyusuisei,' Kazane said seriously.

'Oh? It's been a long time since you called me by my true name. Consciously, at least,' Haruka laughed. 'What is it?'

'Let's go training when I'm done with the communicator. It's been a long time since we did hardcore training.'

'Wow, I'm actually gonna train? That's so trilling!' Haruka said, her words laced with sarcasm.

'Enough with the sarcasm, Haruka,' Kazane's eyebrows twitched.

'Aww, you're back to calling me Haruka,' Haruka moped.

'…' Kazane got back to her work table and sat down. She looked at the three communicators and sighed.

'On the outside, you look like you couldn't care less. But in reality, you actually care a lot about others, right? Wow, how complex,' Haruka said. 'You miss being in the 12th division, right?'

'I miss being an inventor and the system manager. I have no regrets about leaving the 12th division if I was only to be a lab rat. Or a guinea pig…' Kazane sighed.

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Flash Back…

'Alright, the camouflage cape works right?' Urahara looked around. He saw no one in the vicinity. 'Wow, it works really well, huh?'

Kazane pulled off the cape angrily. 'Just how many of your inventions am I gonna test out! We've been at this for 10 hours!'

'Hmm, we still got another 50 or so to go. Hang in there until then, Hiroshi,' Urahara picked up another weird invention. 'This is a headgear designed to prevent attacks laced with reiatsu. Try it on.'

'Wait, did you say prevent attacks laced with reiatsu. But there's no way to prevent attacks if they are headed directly towards you unless you do something physically,' Kazane wondered out loud.

Urahara grinned. 'I never said to dodge attacks, Hiroshi. I just said to prevent attacks laced with reiatsu.'

Kazane's faced dawned with realization and anger. 'When you say that, do you mean that you will only get rid of the reiatsu but not the attack? I'm supposed to let you hit me?' Kazane's face twitched angrily.

'Correct! I'm glad you caught on so fast! The headgear eliminates reiatsu at a 5 feet radius,' Urahara said cheerily. 'Now put it on so that we can finish this soon!'

Kazane sighed. 'I know I'm supposed to listen to those who ranked higher than me, but this is insane…'

'Hiroshi, come on, we don't have all day,' Urahara walked to the end of the room.

'Okay,' Kazane fastened the headgear. She suddenly realized that he was in front of her, his fist nearly a foot away from her head.

BOOM! The wall behind her shattered. A cloud of dust floated up and obscured their view.

'Hiroshi? Hiroshi Kazane?' Urahara called. The dust settled and he saw Kazane lying on top of the rubble. Her head was bleeding from the attack. Urahara pulled her up and examined her wound.

'Oww… that headgear did no shit!' Kazane cursed softly. 'Thank god I used my reiatsu to shield most of the attack…'

'Hmm…. That didn't work at all. That makes it the 20th failed invention in this lot. Let me see… ah, it was done by Hiyori, that's why…' Urahara tossed the headgear aside and picked up another headgear. 'Try this one too. It's made by Hiyori too. It's supposed to repel attacks made of reiatsu alone…'

Kazane sighed again and put it on. The attack came quickly and as expected, the headgear was a dud.

'Oww… Why is it that all the inventions by Sarugaki-fukutaicho are either duds or substandard? And I always ended up getting hurt in the process,' Kazane tossed the headgear aside, prodded the wound and hissed in pain. The wound was bleeding badly and her left eye was swollen.

Urahara tutted. 'Hiyori needs to work on her invention skills. That's the 21st invention that is a dud.' Urahara looked up and saw the huge wound on her head. 'Can you still go on? Head wounds are not serious. They just bleed more than other wounds.'

'Yeah, but this one is making a mess out of everywhere. Don't forget that you still have cleaning duty today. Blood is very hard to clean,' Haruka reminded Kazane.

'Oh yeah… I'm not sleeping again tonight, I guess…' Kazane groaned inwardly.

'Wait, you're still going on?'

'Yeah. If I put this off any longer, there'll be more tomorrow. Knowing our fukutaicho, she'll probably cook up more of her useless inventions,' Kazane wiped the wound clean with her handkerchief. 'I'm okay. I think I'll survive a few more of Sarugaki-fukutaicho's useless inventions.'

Urahara laughed. 'Alright. Try this one; it's another of Hiyori's possible failed inventions.'

Somewhere in the 12th division dorms, Sarugaki Hiyori sneezed twice. 'Someone must be talking about me…'

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Present time… somewhere in a forest…

'I still hate being a guinea pig for Sarugaki-san's lousy attempts at inventing. I still have some scars courtesy of Sarugaki Hiyori,' Kazane examined a few scars on her arm.

'But you had fun, no?' Haruka said.

'To an extent, yes. But I still prefer being the system manager. My operating system, Aries, was the best OS that time,' Kazane smiled with pride. 'I wonder if they're still using it, which gives me an idea…'

'Oh? The little worm you made when you found out that Aries had a small flaw?' Haruka grinned maliciously. 'Or the patch you made to cover up that hole without leaving any traces?'

'Both actually. I have no intention of leaving a flaw in my OS. My worm, though, will have to go into the main system too. That's for blackmail purpose, only,' Kazane thought about her plan.

'I wonder how Mayuri will react when he finds the ultimate worm, AriesDIE, in the main system. You don't have any plans to really use it, do you?' Haruka said suspiciously.

'You know that as well as I do. If the need arises, I will push the button to activate AriesDIE without hesitation, especially if Aizen has been sifting through the information in Central 46.'

'Your laptop is connected to Aries as well. If you use the worm, your laptop will be affected as well. Well, that is unless you have a special device to prevent that from happening?'

'Haruka, my worm won't be considered the ultimate worm if there is a way to stop it. That's why I installed a backup system, Capricorn, in case I ever activate AriesDIE,' Kazane stopped in her tracks. She stood still and listened carefully. 'Ishida-san… could it be that he is training here too?'

'He's really hardworking. Because he lost to a shinigami, he wants to train so that he can win them,' Haruka sighed. 'But his naiveté will cost him. A mere Quincy without his full powers cannot hope to win a captain of the Gotei 13.'

'I wonder…' Kazane turned and headed back.

'Where're we going?'

'Somewhere else to train. I know of another waterfall in the area.'

'Why though?'

'He's probably doing some sort of secret training. We should not disturb him. We need to respect others privacy,' Kazane flash-stepped to another place.

'Wow, you can flash-step while in a gigai!' Haruka said, surprised.

'I've been practicing; though being in shinigami form is much more comfortable. Let's get to work!' Kazane took out a candy dispenser and pooped a pill into her mouth. Her soul separated from the gigai and she was in her usual shinigami attire. She took off the blue silk scarf and dropped it on a rock beside the waterfall.

'You're not wearing your favourite scarf?'

'I want to get rid of distractions. Besides, the scarf may get in the way,' Kazane tied her hair in a bun.

Haruka understood. After all, that scarf had been given to Kazane by her former fiancée. It would naturally remind her of the noble. 'Let's get to work!'

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'Concentrate more… you haven't been practicing much so you're a bit out of shape…' Haruka guided Kazane patiently.

Kazane concentrated withal her might and her scythe became a long water dragon. It slashed through the trees and tore them into pieces.

'Good. Now try turning it into ice…'

Kazane breathed heavily and poured her reiatsu into the dragon. It froze and became an even longer ice dragon. Kazane opened her eyes and used her hand to guide it around. It left an icy trail around as it flew in the air.

'Very good. Can you still keep going? We'll move on to your Bankai now.'

'Haruka… if possible, I'd like to refrain from using Bankai in Soul Society. My Bankai… I wish to keep it a secret for now,' Kazane said.

'That's not the case, isn't it?'

'Huh?'

'The reason why you don't want to use your Bankai is because you killed your instructor with it, right? Unohana Reiyuu… the younger sister of Unohana Retsu… the victim of your unstable Bankai. You still blame yourself for it, even though it has happened over 100 years ago.'

'How can I not? I killed the sister of the kind and gentle Unohana-taicho. I killed my teacher who was the one of the few people I could relate to. How can I not blame myself?' Kazane shouted. Her tears clouded her eyes.

'It was not your fault Reiyuu died. Your Bankai was destructive when unstable. There was nothing you could do about it. Your reiatsu was too strong for you to control then. Reiyuu understood the dangerous situation she placed herself in; she was prepared to die!' Haruka said.

'The more you say that, the worse I feel. Unohana Reiyuu understood the situation, yet why did she agree to help me? Didn't she know that I'll be in terrible pain if I killed someone I loved dearly?' Kazane argued through her tears. 'She anticipated that I would kill her… in the process…'

'Reiyuu just wanted to fulfill your utmost dream at that point of time,' Haruka said softly. Kazane froze.

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Flash back… around 140 years ago… (That makes Kazane 13)

'Unohana-dono, please meet my daughter, Kazane. She's very intelligent,' Kazane's mother showed the woman in front of her Kazane. Kazane looked up at the woman and looked at her from head to toe. The lady was obviously of a high-classed family as she was wearing high-end clothes. Somehow, though, she seemed uncomfortable with the formality. Her short black hair pulled back with a piece of rope was slightly messy, as if she had done it without much care. Her hands were calloused, like they've been handling rough work for centuries. She was totally unlike a typical aristocrat.

'Hello, my name is Hirako Kazane. It's nice to meet you,' Kazane bowed respectfully. 'I hope I can become of your disciples.'

'Hm? Is that so? Hirako-dono, may I borrow her for a few days to give her a test?' Unohana Reiyuu twirled a stray lock of hair around her finger. 'I want to make sure I have a good apprentice, not a lousy incompetent piece of junk.'

Kazane and her mother winced at the crude use of language. Her mother recovered from her temporary shock and said, 'Sure, you can have her as long as you wish. I hope she will attain good results.'

'Oy, get up. We're going,' Reiyuu got up like an elephant and made toward the door. Kazane followed suit, except that she got up in a much elegant manner for a noble. Reiyuu's pace was long and quick, so Kazane had to jog to keep up.

'Kazane! Walk properly!' her mother said in a disgusted tone. Kazane cringed and did as she was told.

Once they were out of the Hirako mansion, Reiyuu turned to face her. 'You are expected to be a noble in every way, from walking to sleeping. However, when you're with me, you can cease formalities. Call me Reiyuu, Kazane.'

'Um…' Kazane paused for a while.

'Yes?' Reiyuu asked sharply.

'Should I call you Reiyuu-sensei, Reiyuu-shinsou or Reiyuu-dono?' Kazane lifted a finger to her lips.

Reiyuu looked at her for a moment before chuckling, 'Just Reiyuu will do, Kazane. But if you must, you can call me Reiyuu-shinsou.'

'Reiyuu-shinsou,' Kazane smiled brightly. Reiyuu blushed and started hyperventilating. Kazane looked at her in amazement. 'Is something wrong, Reiyuu-shinsou?'

Reiyuu struggled to regain her composure. 'I'm… I'm alright, Kazane. Let's go.' Reiyuu walked forward in her usual quick and long steps. Kazane jogged to keep up.

'Reiyuu-shinsou, where are we going?' Kazane asked.

'To a place where no one will bother us. I must warn you, that my training is quite hard. You may not be able to live through the first 5 days,' Reiyuu said. She looked back and examined her young charge's face. 'Are you ready for it?'

'I'll do what I can. Okaa-sama really wants me to have you as my teacher so I can't let her down. I…too… wish to become your student,' Kazane said with determined eyes that unwavered.

'Yosh, let's do this!' Reiyuu punched the air. Kazane giggled but followed suit.

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For the next few days, Kazane trained with Reiyuu, doing many forms of training. She would wake up at 5 in the morning and run around the field surrounding Reiyuu's house with numerous weights until sunrise. Then she would proceed to memorise literature until Reiyuu decided it was time to get up and train her student. From then until sundown, Kazane would learn to fight –Reiyuu's style- with weights tied around her body. Reiyuu would then question her about what she memorised in the morning, everything from important facts to the messy stains located inside the book. For every mistake she made, an extra weight would be added to her body as well as a hard swipe on the hand. When Reiyuu finally went to bed and was sound asleep, Kazane would sneak out and practice flash-steps on her own.

By the 7th day, Kazane was able to last 10 minutes against her own teacher when sparring. On the 10th day, Kazane had mastered the flash-steps. On the 11th day, Kazane could recited three thick books of literature without a single mistake, and could quickly point out each and every stain in the book but Reiyuu continued adding weights to her anyways. Finally, on the 14th day, Kazane finally fainted from exhaustion. A total of 1000 pounds (roughly 450kg) had been added to her body. Kazane was strong enough, physically, to take on a few dozens of bandits without much of a problem. That was tested on the 13th night, when Reiyuu brought Kazane to town to test her strength.

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Reiyuu entered the room where Kazane was resting peacefully. The next day, she and Kazane would return to the Hirako mansion where Reiyuu would finally move in as an in-house teacher. She had contacted her mother yesterday and informed her of Kazane's performance.

Reiyuu stroked Kazane's forehead. Purplish bags were clear on her pale skin. She had obviously been practicing flash-steps so much in the night that she neglected her sleep. Reiyuu sighed and leaned back on her chair. She spoke to Kazane, despite her unawareness, in a quiet and gentle manner, 'You did well the past 14 days. Actually, you passed the test when you reached the 5-day mark. I only kept you at it to see how long you could last. Honestly, I never knew you would practice flash-steps on your own in the night. I'm not such a heavy sleeper, though I appear to be one. You need to sharpen up on your observational skills. Just memorizing books isn't enough. Alright! I've got your next training manual ready and planned!' Reiyuu punched the air. She held the pose for a while before dropping her hand beside her. 'You'll make a good shinigami, Kazane, just like my sister. Knowing your mother, she'll probably enroll you into the Shinigami Academy without a second thought. It's a pity you have a mother that only focuses on fame and fortune. You'll be another of her 'tools' to gain fame, I know it. That's why, to delay your suffering just for a while longer, I'll keep your powers a secret.' Reiyuu sighed.

'Shinigamis are such ill-fated people…'

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Fast forward… 1 month before the death of Kazane's parents…

'Reiyuu-shinsou, I have a request to make,' Kazane said. She looked up from her assignment and looked at her teacher who was sitting on the porch, smoking.

'Hm? What do you want to learn this time?' Reiyuu pulled the pipe out from her mouth and turned around.

'I want to… learn Bankai,' Kazane said. Her eyes were as determined as when Reiyuu first met her.

Reiyuu paused, her pipe halfway into her mouth. 'What did you say?'

'I want to learn Bankai.'

Reiyuu's eyes held an unmistakable look of anger. 'Why do you want to learn Bankai for? You are strong, Kazane, stronger than most of the other students in the Academy! There's no need for you to learn Bankai! Have you gotten so caught up in your quest to get stronger that you want to learn Bankai?'

'It's not that, Reiyuu-shinsou. I have… finally found people I want to protect with all my life. You, Byakuya, Youruichi-dono, and my parents, you all mean so much to me. Before I met you guys, I was… I had nothing. I had nothing precious to me, nothing I want to protect. That's why, I want to learn Bankai. It's my greatest and foremost desire right now. I want to learn Bankai so that I can protect the ones I love truly,' Kazane put down her brush and folded her hands around her heart. 'Strength is not power. Power is merely something that helps you attain true strength. Power can sometimes, too, bring disaster upon the ones you love and yourself. Using all that you have to protect the ones you love despite the consequences, doing your best to make sure whatever you do does not hurt the people around you… there are so many things that I consider as strength. I do not consider power as strength though.'

Reiyuu looked at the young girl in amazement. She sighed in defeat and placed her pipe down. 'Alright. I'll prepare something to help you achieve Bankai in a short period of time. Then we can proceed to polish your skills in that area.'

Kazane looked relieved. She latched onto Reiyuu's arm and squealed. 'Thank you so much, Reiyuu-shinsou! I'll never forget this!'

Reiyuu ruffled Kazane's hair and laughed. 'Anything for my little apprentice's greatest desire!'

'Oh no, it looks like I'm intruding on something private,' someone said from a small distance away.

'Onee-sama!' Reiyuu cried. She stood up and flash-stepped to her older sister.

'Retsu-sensei!' Kazane hugged the lady. 'It's been a while!'

'Yes, it has been, Kazane-san. Reiyuu-san, how have you been?' Unohana Retsu said. 'Have your tuberculosis got better?'

'Nah, it didn't change one bit,' Reiyuu said off-handedly.

'It would help if you stopped smoking!' Retsu scolded once she saw the pipe Reiyuu tried to hide desperately. 'Honestly! If you don't pay more attention to your health, I'm affair you won't last much longer!'

'Kazane, could you give us some privacy-?' Reiyuu looked around for the girl. 'Hm? She's gone?'

'Very discreetly giving us some privacy, I see. She's good at this sort of stuff,' Retsu said. 'Now, will you tell me why you are neglecting your health?'

'I won't live much longer anyways, so I might as well enjoy what I have in my remaining time,' Reiyuu took out her pipe and lighted it again.

'Don't!' Retsu pushed the pipe away. 'And stop saying things like that! You can surely live longer if you tried. Please, try, for everyone's sake!'

'I have to interest in living a life where I have to be restricted to things. I want to do what I want. I want to be free, like I've always been. I know my decision has cost you, causing our family to put all their expectations on you, but that's how I want to live my life,' Reiyuu lifted the pipe to her mouth and took a long breathe. 'I know I'm not gonna live much longer anyways. My fate has already been settled.'

'What do you mean?' Retsu's voice suddenly became very sharp.

'I'm dedicating the rest of my remaining time to Kazane. I'm gonna help her achieve Bankai using my method. I've already decided, so don't try to stop me,' Reiyuu puffed out a cloud of smoke.

'Why? That can well cost you your life!' Retsu tugged at Reiyuu's pipe, trying to pull the pipe away.

Reiyuu recited Kazane's words to Retsu. 'I don't want her to become like me, powerful but without strength, nor a goal. That's the reason why I want to give my life to her. She has such a bright future, I know. She'll become great and most importantly, she'll be able to protect the ones she loves. I want to help her gain that kind of life,' Reiyuu easily overpowered Retsu and stuck the pipe back into her mouth. 'Don't worry. Once she has done Bankai once, the rest will be easy to do. Even if I die in the process, she'll be able to fulfill her greatest desire.'

'Reiyuu…' Retsu said hopelessly.

Not far off, Kazane listened to the conversation while hiding behind the dense trees. Tears leaked out of her eyes and she rubbed them off angrily.

'What will you do? Your decision will cost your teacher her life,' Haruka said in the back of Kazane's head.

'I will achieve Bankai. No matter how long it would take, I will achieve it for sure. I will not let Reiyuu-shinsou's death be in vain –that is, if I kill her in the process.'

'Now that you've made your resolution, don't back off.'

'I understand.'

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'Reiyuu-shinsou…' Kazane dropped to her knees and covered her eyes. 'I'm so sorry…. I… I'm so sorry, I've let you down.'

'Now that you've made your resolution, don't back down. Do you hear me, Kazane? You will master your Bankai in these 10 days. Do not let Reiyuu down.'

'I understand.' Kazane got up and said firmly, for Haruka as well as for herself.

I won't let you down, Reiyuu-shinsou.

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