9
Everyone is now staining in the underground training room of Urahara's shop. They were waiting to depart for the Soul Society.
While they were waiting, Orihime brings up a question, "Um... is anyone else wandering why there are two Hollows with us? I thought they were evil."
Brielle and Shiro look to the only human girl in the room. "Didn't Hat n' Clogs tell you?" She shook her head, then the hollows turned to Ichigo. "You explain," They said in union. "I already explained to Uryu," Brielle finished.
Ichigo looked at Brielle with a face that says 'you did?' He sighed, and then looked to his friends.
"Well, that is true, Hollows are beings that eat other souls, but Brielle and Shiro are different." Ichigo pointed to Shiro. "Shiro's true name is Zangetsu; he is my Hollow Zanpakuto. My Zanpakutos are the two swords that I'm carrying on my back and hip… Well, I did have one on my back, but since Shiro is out and about, it's no longer there, unless he returns to me."
"But didn't you have them both when Zangetsu was not here and was in Hueco Mundo?" Uryu asked.
"Um…" Ichigo looked to Shiro; that was a good question.
The white Hollow sighed, "The only reason it was there was because I 'gave' my powers to King, so he can protect himself, but the down side to that is that I can't fight if he has it," Shiro explained. "King, before you ask, I had Kitty with me. It turns out that he has some friends with him." Shiro answered Ichigo's unspoken question.
"Oh." Ichigo realized who Shiro was talking about and how he survived that dark world without his powers. It was a good thing Shiro is a vasto lorde, because Hollows try to stay away from them. "Anyway, let's get back to what we were talking about." Ichigo points to Brielle. "Brielle is my soul sibling. She's kind of like Shiro, but isn't a Zanpakuto, and she can come and go as she pleases from my inner world," He explained.
"Yes, that is true, but there is something else to it." Everyone turned to see Kisuke standing there. "You see, since Brielle is Ichigo's soul sibling, she can use his powers if she wanted to, that includes the Hollow powers. While she was still in her egg, the Hollow powers was more dominant than the Shinigami and Quincy powers. So when she hatched, she was a Vasto Lorde that kept her dragon form. Now the reason why she's a Vasto Lorde when she hatched is simple. It's because of the power that she possesses, which is the five elements Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, and Darkness, as well as the Hollow, Shinigami, and Quincy powers," He explained.
"I can't use Brielle's powers, because everyone has a form of elemental power that they can control; mine are Fire and Darkness; this is shown through my Zanpakuto. I also have Water, but that is more like a manifestation for my emotions," Ichigo said. (AN: The black Getsuga Tensho; it looks like dark fire, and it rains in the real world as well when Ichigo cries.)
Kisuke clapped his hands to get Ichigo and his friends' attention. "Alright, can I have your eyes over here please?" Kisuke snapped his fingers, which summoned a rectangular shape thing that looked to be made out of paper. "This is the Senkaimon. It's the gateway to the Soul Society. Shinigamis use this to travel to this world from their own and back." This went on for a while till Shiro fired a Bala at Kisuke to shut him up.
"Just tell us how to use the darn thing," Shiro hissed.
"Uh, right." Kisuke and Tessai moved to each side of the Senkaimon. "Alright, the moment that this is open, run as fast as you can within four minutes. If you don't make it to the other side within that time, you will be forever trapped inside the Dangai, also known as the Precipice World." Hat n' Clogs said.
"Is that enough time?" Ichigo asked.
"Usually no, but that's all the time I can give you," Kisuke answered.
"Then how are we going to make it?" Orihime asked with a bit of fear in her voice.
"Move forward." Everyone looked down to see Yoruichi. "If you move forward and follow me, then you should make it through the gate," Yoruichi continued.
What the cat said made Shiro, Brielle, and Ichigo think of something, and they couldn't stop themselves. "Abandon your fear. Look forward. Move forward and never stop. You'll age if you pull back. You'll die if you hesitate." They said in unison.
Uryu and Yoruichi were really the only ones shocked by how wise that sounded coming from Ichigo and two Vasto Lordes.
"That had to be the most wises advice anyone can give in like, anything." Yoruichi said.
Ichigo looked at the black cat. "That was something Old Man Zangetsu taught me. He's my Quincy Zanpakuto," Ichigo said.
"Well, at least you have a voice of wisdom in that head of yours," Uryu said with a smug smirk, because the smart part of Ichigo is a Quincy.
Ichigo and Shiro glared at the Quincy, and then at their sister, when they heard her trying to stop herself from laughing and failing horribly.
"The gate's about to open!" Kisuke called out. Ichigo and his friends stood in front of the gate and readied themselves to jump right in. There was a blinding light when the gate opened, and when it dimmed, they were no longer there.
TBC
Well, I just put the whole soul sibling thing in a nutshell. I was NOT going to explain that again. I'll put up the whole thing under Dark Dragon on my profile after 'It can get Worse' is done.
Sorry that this was short. Why do I keep making short chapters in this fanfic?
Ichi: Hey, last one was longer.
enj/bri: Yeah, I know, but I need to keep it up.
Shiro: Hahaha, the next one is going to be funny! XD
Ichi: -_- She's picking on me.
enj/bri: I'm picking on both of you. ;)
Aizen: I thought I was the evil one here? :/
enj/bri: You are, but I'm worse than you.
Ichi&Shiro: She's right. You've never seen her at her worst. Pray you don't. *shiver*
enj/bri: Please review! ^^