Alright long story short; schools just started; things are hectic; lots of work to be done and chapters may be a little later than usual but please enjoy this chapter and eleven may be up soon if I can finish it.
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Ichigo lied on his bed; looking up at the ceiling enjoying the rare silence and peace that he got when it came to being in this house. He wondered how everyone was doing; Chad and Orihime were still recovering from their injuries and were at home poor Orihime was hosting Rangiku; Renji was mooching off at Kisuke place and the others he wasn't even sure; he just hoped Sakura and Rukia were getting along alright. Ichigo closed his eyes thinking about the recent event's here he was enjoying the first real moment of peace his had in a long time
"Ichigo!" he heard two voices snapping him out of his thoughts and making him fall out of bed; he jumped up and looked at the window where he saw Sakura and Rukia in their soul reaper forms.
"What's wrong?" he asked rubbing the back of his head
Grimmjow stood above Karakura town with the five other menos; the reason he was here….he was sick of Ulquiorra not handling the situation properly now that he was in this town he felt the presence of a lot of spiritual pressures; there were about twelve at the least; the soul society he supposed while the others were going to take out all of them he had chosen two spiritual pressures in particular; he told them to stay away from the strongest ones since he wanted them for himself.
"There's no need to hold back" Grimmjow said "If they show any spiritual pressure at all I want them dead! No rest until everyone is caught. If they show even a glimmer of spiritual pressure; kill them don't let a single one escape!" he ordered
"Yes"
Ichigo looked at the two girls that were now standing in his room instead of over his window sill; he noted for future reference to actually close and lock his window. Sakura and Rukia had finished informing him about the arancars that had been sensed.
"You mean to tell me that you know there's going to be another arancars attack on us?"
Sakura nodded "At least I think it's arancars that I felt; it was a lot like the last time"
"Wait if that was true then wouldn't we feel it as well?" Ichigo asked "That there was arancars here?"
Sakura sighed impatiently "Ichigo I explained it to you already; I told you I can sense when a hollow is going to appear and it seems that arancars count as well"
"Well can you tell how many there are and how strong?"
"Yes and no" she replied "I can tell how many but power is a different story it seems with these guys"
"I'm going to contact others" Rukia said taking out her soul pager
Sakura; Rukia and Ichigo tensed as they felt the spiritual pressure suddenly burst through the house; the ground shook beneath them at the overwhelming power. Rukia looked at her phone.
"Six just like she said" Rukia whispered "They're on the move but it doesn't look like they're heading towards us"
Rukia glared at her screen and tightened her grip on it; by now everyone must have felt it already.
"What does that mean?" Ichigo asked his voice firm
"It means humans with the slightest amount of spiritual pressure will be killed" Rukia said
Ichigo frowned and grabbed his badge "Uryuu should have no spiritual pressure right now but what about Chad and Orihime?"
"Captain Hitsugaya and lieutenant Matsumoto are pretty close to her she should be safe with them nearby but Chads alone and there's one heading right for him!" Rukia said
Sakura tensed up again "They're already there….by them; Orihime"
"What?" Ichigo said his eyes wide
"We have to go" Rukia stated jumping out of the window with the two substitute soul reapers following from behind him.
Chad opened his eyes at the sudden burst of spiritual pressure he was feeling; he sat up from bed and looked around seeing two of Orihime's flowers. She had been sending them over to his house to heal him; it turned out he was hurt a lot worse that he thought at first almost losing his arm.
"You mustn't move around too much Chad we haven't finished healing you yet"
"I'm alright now" he said feeling his wrist "Go back to Orihime and heal her"
The two flower petals looked at each other unsurely but listened.
Chad rushed out of his house and around the corner; his armoured arm ready; then he felt it.
"What's this?" a voice asked
Chad looked to the side "You're not a soul reaper"
An arancar appeared around the corner coming at Chad ready to attack and kill.
He was about to aim for Chad's chest "No good" he said aiming his hand at Chad but then it was grabbed quickly by another hand. Chad saw Ichigo standing there with a serious look on his face.
"You shouldn't evaluate your attack" Ichigo said "Until after you've won the fight" he was standing in front of Chad now "You get what I'm saying?"
The arancars smiled "I suppose that's fair enough after I kill you there won't be any confusion" he said pulling his hand away from Ichigo "I'll tell the others that none of you soul reapers knew how to fight!"
Ichigo got out his sword and stepped forward "Chad step back ok?"
"Ichigo; if you're worried about my injuries-
"Chad please let me handle this" Ichigo said cutting him off
Thinking back to that time he was knocked out by that arancars he understood; his eyes softened almost sadly; he turned around facing away from Ichigo "I see fine; I'll leave him to you Ichigo"
He started running in the other direction wondering what would have changed Ichigo so much that it was like he didn't trust him to have his back for him anymore; Rukia came out with Sakura from the back
"Hold up Chad are you alright?" Rukia asked but he just ran past her; Sakura glanced from Chad back to Ichigo.
'What's he doing?' she thought to herself as Rukia and Ichigo came over to him
Ichigo and the arancars faced off "So how should I go about killing you?" he asked Ichigo
Ichigo started to un-wrap the bandages around his head "Rukia" Ichigo started
"Yeah I saw Chad on the way here he looked upset what did you say?"
"I don't know; I just told him to step back and let me handle this"
Sakura shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest and Rukia sighed "Step back Ichigo" making Ichigo look at her in surprise
"What?" Ichigo asked
"Right" Rukia said placing a hand on her hip "I'm telling you to step back and leave this guy to me; trust me you're way too eager for this battle"
"You're to tense you could get yourself killed" she said walking up to him; Sakura took a few steps back away from Rukia
"Oh Rukia I almost forgot your powers came back" Ichigo said snapping out of it
Sakura looked at him with a raise eyebrow "Ichigo you saw her in her soul reaper form nearly ten minutes ago"
"That doesn't matter" Ichigo said suddenly "I'm not gonna just stand by and-
"Sakura" Rukia said glancing over to pink haired girl "Restrain him please"
"Understood" Sakura leapt over towards Ichigo and grabbed him by his kimono without showing any signs of hesitation towards Rukia's sudden order
"W-What are you doing?" Ichigo asked her grabbing the wrist that was holding him
"Please step back Ichigo" Sakura said calmly as she continued to grip onto him
"Hey come on let go" Ichigo said trying to pry Sakura off of him but it wasn't any use; she was holding on tight; suddenly the arancars attacked Rukia and their sword and hand clashed as Rukia and the arancar flew across the street leaving a trail of dust.
"Rukia" Ichigo yelled as he struggled
Sakura watched the fight calmly while trying to maintain a hold on Ichigo; he might after all still be physically stronger than herself; Sakura had obeyed Rukia's orders because she knew that she was right when she said Ichigo was too eager for a fight like this one. Thinking of Ichigo being Ichigo he might have done something risky without even realising it.
Rukia leapt back; she launched herself from near a lamp post and came flying back towards the arancar; it blocked her it his hand "Nice to meet you; I'm arancar sixteen I'm called Dero" he said
"I'm in the thirteen-
"Never mind; you don't have to bother telling me; if I had to listen to the names and titles of everyone I was about to kill; I'd never get anything done" he said cutting Rukia's introduction short
Rukia narrowed her eyes looking calmly at him "I see" Rukia backed off away from him "Well then listen to this; at the very least you should learn the name of my zampakuto" Rukia raised her sword
"Dance; Sode no Shirayuki" Rakia's sword started to transform in to a snow white katana with a white ribbon at the end of it
"Sode no mai; Tsukishiro" Rukia appeared behind Deroy and ice started to form beneath him and encase him but he jumped up.
Laughing Deroy looked down at Rukia "Tough luck for your soul reaper the sky is my domain; it's where my true strength lies a sword that can freeze the ground isn't worth much up here"
"Well actually" Rukia started; the ice circle started to glow and shine brightly into the sky encasing the arancar once again freezing him solid "I never said my zampakuto could only freeze the ground; everyone in side this circle both earth and sky is within Sode no Shirayuki's domain" she finished as the ice cracked and broke
"Ouch Sakura come on stop it!" Ichigo yelled; he was currently lying on the ground trying to wrestle off Sakura but although he was physically stronger she was very persistent in holding on.
"Ichigo; stop it" she said
"I have to go save Rukia" Ichigo said struggling against her "Let go of me"
"No" Sakura said
Deciding she had no choice she started turning him around and sat on his waist so he wouldn't be able to move; her legs locked tightly around him and held his wrist but this position was a little bit more than what you would call a simple restrain. That made him stop but for different reasons. It was like a rerun of their encounter in her apartment.
"Ah" Ichigo blushed and started panicking "Hey; hey; hey; hey; hey!"
Sakura stared at him with a stoic expression meanwhile her heart was jumping a little in her chest "Promise that you're going to stay out of Rukia's fight?"
"Alright" Ichigo yelled
"Excuse me are the both of you done?" Ichigo and Sakura looked up and saw Rukia standing before them without a scratch on her. Sakura stared at her rather passively but she was actually very impressed.
"Rukia; so is everything ok?" Ichigo asked "What happened to the arancar? Did you defeat him?"
Rukia felt a red mark appear on her head "Of course; that's a stupid question otherwise I wouldn't be back here"
"Yeah true" Ichigo said and then he noticed her sword still in its manifestation form; he seemed to have forgotten about Sakura sitting on him.
"Rukia you're zampakuto is amazing" Sakura admired despite her tone
Rukia smiled at her and Sakura couldn't help the small smile that graced her face; she got up off of Ichigo and dusted off her skirt before offering a hand to him.
"Here" she said
Sakura suddenly froze in place all she could do was feel this strong spiritual pressure; it was mind boggling and terrifying for her; she couldn't comprehend what was happening right now and she didn't think she wanted to but this felt incredible it was a spiritual pressure that was stronger than anything she's ever felt before she shivered but it was darker; more dangerous and if they stayed here someone was going to get hurt really bad.
"We have to go" Sakura said quickly looking up at the sky "One's coming here and they're gonna-
Before she could continue saying anything the entire area began to shake; the spiritual pressure was incredible alright just like Sakura thought. She wasn't the only one feeling it now both Rukia and Ichigo were able to sense it as well.
"Oh no" Sakura gasped looking up
"What the hell happened here?" a voice asked "Deroys been killed; oh well"
Ichigo and Rukia followed Sakura's line of sight and looked up at the sky to see another arancar but this one was much stronger and looked much fierce.
"In that case it looks like I'll just have to kill the three of you; let me introduce myself" he smiled with an evil glint in his teal eyes "I'm arancar six you can call me Grimmjow"
Sakura stared at him with wide eyes her expression holding slight shock in them the other menos around them were able to sense this spiritual pressure as well Sakura just hoped that no one was going to be stupid enough to come here but it seems like they were all busy dealing with their own enemies.
Grimmjow started to lower himself onto the ground never taking his eyes off of them; as he landed closer to them they could all feel his power. Sakura feared the worst; this one was the strongest out of all of them.
Sakura stood there with Rukia and Ichigo and watched him
"Which one?" he suddenly asked looking between the three of them "Which one of you is the strongest; which one of you is gonna take me on?"
'Retreat' Rukia thought she looked over at Sakura and Ichigo "Get out of here; run!" she shouted
Suddenly Grimmjow flash stepped over to them and plunged his hand into Rukia's stomach; Sakura and Ichigo watched grimly as this happened not even having enough time to react as the air around them was almost suffocating. He flung Rukia to the side and she didn't get up.
"Rukia!" Sakura shouted in pure shock and worry
Ichigo was snapped out of his state and charged at Grimmjow with his sword but Grimmjow knocked him back with ease.
Sakura ran over to Rukia to heal her as fast as possible. Grimmjow started to release more of his spiritual pressure making the ground shake. Ichigo charged at him again but when he didn't however it wasn't any help at all because he was blocked by Grimmjow hand and then he used his spiritual pressure to send him flying back.
"Hey are you even trying soul reaper?" Grimmjow asked slightly annoyed "I don't want to waste the effort of killing you when you're not at maximum strength; I'm giving you a break kid I'm willing to wait until you summon your bankai"
Ichigo looked back to Rukia and Sakura; she had begun to heal Rukia with her Taiyo no kisu; she looked at Ichigo with a passive expression but eyes filled with emotions and one of them was worry. Knowing that he wasn't going to be able to turn back now; Ichigo held out his sword and released his bankai.
"That's more like it" Grimmjow smiled as he felt Ichigo's powers grow
Meanwhile Ichigo; Rukia and Sakura weren't the only one's having trouble with the arancars everyone else fighting were in a bunch as well. They were barely fending them off and were resorted to using their bankai as well. Sakura felt it; their powers were increasing as well it looks like whatever was restraining them before wasn't now they were starting to come to terms in power levels with their opponents. She felt the spiritual pressure of the arancars vanish one after the other. So that was the power of a soul reaper; she thought to herself. Ichigo and Grimmjow were now battling in mid-air avoiding each other's attacks but how long could they keep it up?
"Come on hurry" Sakura said to herself as she healed Rukia; this wound was taking longer to heal that she expected. Sakura put more force into her power and held it there; it was hard and although she didn't show it; Sakura's body always went into a state of pain and strain whenever she used it however that all depended on what it was she wanted to erase in her space and how large she made the space; how long and how large a scale she used it. She could see that it was at least working.
"Please hang in there" Sakura whispered looking at Rukia's unconscious form
There was a huge crash; Ichigo was coming at Grimmjow again but even in Bankai form he caught Ichigo's sword with such ease it was almost unnatural even for supernatural. He threw Ichigo across the area.
"Dammit" Ichigo cursed jumping into the air
Grimmjow suddenly appeared in front of him and was about to punch him but at the last minute Ichigo flash stepped again and swung his sword but Grimmjow caught it again.
"What is this guy?" Ichigo asked himself
Grimmjow then kicked him in his guy with so much force he spat out blood and went flying back down hard into the streets creating a crater. Grimmjow started flying towards him as Ichigo struggled to get up and stay on his feet; he was in so much pain and was convinced he might have broken a few ribs never the less he attack Grimmjow as he came towards him but he blocked it with such ease he made it look like child's play. He kicked Ichigo back again leaving a trail of dust.
He started walking towards where Ichigo crashed again with a big smirk on his face watching as Ichigo struggled to even move an inch; once he got there he picked Ichigo up by his collar and started landing a few punches in his face extremely fast and extremely hard. After a while he punched Ichigo up into the air and then kicked him back down.
"Is that all there is to your bankai?" Grimmjow asked "I gotta say it's a real disappointment you use your bankai and all it gives you is average speed?"
"Getsuga Tenshou!" Ichigo shouted aiming his bankai at Grimmjow; he managed to mare Grimmjow's arms which he used to block the attack and scar his chest
"Damn what was that? Ulquiorra never mentioned that in his report" Grimmjow said with a smile
Ichigo gave a cocky looking smile of his own "So maybe I won't be disappointing after all arancar"
Grimmjow started laughing evilly "Guess I was wrong about you; it may turn out that you're worth killing after all"
"Enough" Sakura's voice said as she appeared before Ichigo; she looked at him and saw his eyes. She looked up at Grimmjow with a stoic face; she wasn't in much of a great shape to fight either.
'There's no way we can beat this guy at our levels' she thought carefully
"Well about time you showed up; you're another interesting one I want to fight. Ulquiorra seemed to have taken a particular interest in you; I want to see for myself what's so great about you"
Grimmjow started taking out his sword but before he could another person appeared behind him but Sakura felt that this one wasn't an arancar.
"Put your sword down Grimmjow" he said
"Tosin?" Grimmjow looked "You wanna explain to me why you're here?"
"Why you ask; you chose to invade the world of the living on your own and you took five arancars without permission and then you lost them in battle. You have disobeyed orders you understand that much don't you?"
"Who is that guy?" Sakura asked keeping her hand on her sword; the sky had just split and a man in a white suit with purple hair and dark skin just appeared from the dark hole.
"It's one of the captains that betrayed the soul society" Ichigo said
Sakura and Ichigo watched as a hole was ripped in the sky "Hey wait" Ichigo shouted "Where do you think you're going?"
"Shut up soul reaper" Grimmjow said looking at them "I'm going home; home to Hueco Mundo"
"No you're not" Ichigo shouted attempting to stand up "You come here and then attack us and then you just leave!"
"Ichigo" Sakura said trying to get him to stop
"Get over it!" Grimmjow shouted back "The only reason you're still alive is because I'm leaving consider yourself lucky that attack you used obviously took its toll as well; I can see it in your face; I say you have about two or three attacks left in you but still even if you had hundred more attacks you wouldn't have a chance of defeating me in my release mode"
Ichigo visibly tensed at this; it looked like he hit the mark "What's that?"
"Remember my name soul reapers and you better pray that you never hear it again Grimmjow Jagerjaquez because the next time you hear my name you'll be a dead man I promise"
With that he vanished and the hole closed up; Ichigo coughed out blood again. Sakura looked at him sceptically; she wrapped her arm around his waist and put his arm around her shoulder to help support him.
"Sakura where's Rukia?" he asked
"She's safe; Rangiku took her after I healed her" Sakura said "Now come on let's get you healed"
Renji appeared before them looking at them as they got out of the giant crater
"Where did the arancar go?" he asked looking at Ichigo "Did you win?"
There was silence for a while "I lost" Ichigo said
"You stupid idiot that fact that you're alive means that you won" Renji sighed
"You're wrong" Ichigo said "If you were me; you'd feel the same way" Sakura looked at Ichigo "Truth is I haven't been able to protect anyone; I couldn't defeat our enemies; I was useless I lost"
Sakura could hear the despair in his voice as he said this.
Toshiro; Orihime; Renji; Rukia; Rukia's gigai with Chappy in it; Rangiku; Ichigo and Sakura were all gathered together at the top of a building where Orihime was checking to see if Rukia needed anymore healing but it looked like she hadn't even gotten hurt.
"Sakura; did you heal Rukia?" Orihime asked
Sakura grunted in response "Wouldn't say healed really but that's one way to put it" she stated before turning her head
"Ichigo" Sakura said looking at him; she held out her hand and she started to murmur something "Taiyo no kisu"
A blue light started to glow around Ichigo's entire body and his wounds started to heal fast; he felt the strength coming back to him and his lost spiritual pressure as well; it wasn't like when Orihime healed that was for sure; it was similar yes but different at the same time.
Sakura finished healing Ichigo and he was as good as new with improvements; Ichigo moved his body and there was no pain at all.
"Wow" he said "Sakura thank-
Ichigo watched as Sakura's eyes grew empty as she began swaying; he grabbed her quickly without a second though "Sakura!" he said panicked wrapping his arms around her shoulders
She looked at him panting lightly "I'm fine" she said
"What happened?" Renji asked
"My Taiyo no Kisu just used up whatever spirit energy I had left; I was still recovering from the last time I used it"
"I see" Toshiro said "So that's what happened"
Rukia started to wake up; she sat up and gasped feeling for her wound "Rukia's finally up" Sakura stated
"What?" Rukia looked at her wound "There's nothing there"
"Sakura healed you" Ichigo said glancing down at her for a brief moment
Chappy started crying and hugged Rukia as she looked at herself; there really wasn't any wound.
Sakura sighed almost tiredly; she hadn't even fought 'How pathetic' she thought to herself
"You should rest" Ichigo told her
"I'm fine….." she replied but in all truth she was having trouble seeing straight
A week after everyone's fight with the arancars things have died down and everyone was well enough to get back to school again; they were probably not looking forward to being questioned on where they were but at least they wouldn't arrive wrapped in bandagers. Rukia woke up in the guest room in Sakura's house; she got ready for the day and then went go see Sakura. Rukia wondered if she would be going to school today but when she went to Sakura's room she found it empty.
Rukia went to the kitchen and found a plate of food in the microwave and a message on the fridge from Sakura saying that she left early. Rukia wondered where she went since her school uniform was still hanging on her bed from what Rukia can remember. She was getting worried so she decided to head over to Ichigo's.
"It's time for breakfast let's eat" Yuzu said coming into Ichigo's room to wake him up "Hey Ichigo Rukia's here and she says she wants to tell you something" but when she entered she found he wasn't here; she looked under the covers and in the closet but he wasn't anywhere to be seen.
"He's not here dad; I don't know where he's gone" Yuzu shouted running out of the room in a panic
"What?" his dad shouted
"He's missing?" Rukia asked
Rukia ran out of the house and down the streets wondering where the two of them had gone and what they were doing by vanishing like this.
Ichigo stood in the grass field by the forest where they had their first encounter with the arancars; he thought back to that time he was fighting and the time his hollow nearly took over him. Ichigo's eyes started to glow yellow and black filled them but then someone placed a hand on his shoulder and it stopped half way. Ichigo looked down at Sakura; she wasn't looking at him; she was staring out into the field where the crater still lied. They both stared at it calmly for a while.
"Ichigo" Sakura said in her usual tone
"I know" he said "It can't go on like this"
Meanwhile at school the teacher was giving role call and noticed something "For goodness sake there seems to be a lot of people absent today again" she observed "Ishida; Kurosaki; Kuchiki; Sado and Haruno; this isn't the first time for those guys I wonder what they're up to? Well since they're all Ichigo's friends I'm sure they're not doing anything terrible" the teacher said "I think I'll just let it slide"
Keigo stood up as the rest of the class started talking in disbelief at all of this "Well I'm a friend of Ichigo's can I cut class?"
"No Mr Asano; I'm afraid not" she said
Orihime and Tatsuki sat in class silently looking at the empty desks; just when they thought things were returning back to normal something like this had to happen.
Ichigo and Sakura walked through the run down part of Karakura town; it was deserted not a single person in sight; it wasn't somewhere anyone lived; there was very little chances of having run in's with anyone. The two high schooler's walked through the area for a while sensing where they needed to go in order to find what they were looking for.
"Are you sure about this?" Sakura asked Ichigo suddenly
"Yeah" he said "I'm sure"
Sakura nodded and walked beside him as they found their way to an abandoned warehouse. They glanced at each other before entering. As they went in the door closed behind them; there wasn't a moment they glanced back.
"Good job finding this place guys" Shinji's voice filled the room
Sakura and Ichigo looked in front of them and on broken floors of the buildings were eight people; Sakura recognised Hiyori who attacked her but she remained silent. It wasn't really unexpected after all.
"My so serious" Shinji started to laugh "I wonder what that means? Wait have you both finally decided to join us? I'm sort of impressed you found our hideout. I don't mean to put you down Ichigo but it is a surprise considering how much you usually suck at detecting spiritual pressure but then again with Sakura being able to detect a spiritual beings location before they even arrive at it I guess it's not that much of a surprise" he said "The bottom line is I figured you come here eventually to make it easier for you we got together and pumped out as much spiritual pressure as we could to help you find this place I guess it must have worked"
Sakura looked up at Shinji her expression unreadable now "The fact that you're here convinces me that you've finally decided to come over to our side" he stated "Am I right?"
Ichigo scoffed lightly and looked up at Shinji for the first time "Bite me!"
Shinji made a noise in surprise "I have no intention of joining up with you people; I'm not that desperate" Sakura wanted to tell Ichigo about their spiritual pressures but at this point she decided it was better for her to just keep her mouth shut for now
"I'm here to use you Shinji" he said bluntly
'Oh god; this is not starting off well' Sakura thought crossing her arms it would most likely draw out a fight
"Oh is that so?" Shinji asked in a mono tone
"I came here for one purpose in mind and I'm not leaving here until I get it; I want you to teach us how to control the hollow inside of us after that we're both out of here" Ichigo said
Shinji smirked "You must think we're just a bunch of push overs"
"I'll make you teach us" Ichigo said; Sakura remained silent no need to interrupt Ichigo's constant ranting for now
"Oh yeah how so" Shinji asked looking down at Ichigo and Sakura
Ichigo smirked "I guess I'll beat it out of you"
'Why doesn't that surprise me?' Sakura thought
"You're welcome to try" Shinji said
Ichigo got out his pass and turned into a soul reaper and then went for Shinji who had his sword at his foot and lifted it up; Shinji and Ichigo's swords clashed with each other again and Sakura watched as Ichigo was knocked down to the ground. The other five of the visored's were all just watching as they fought. Their heads followed as the two of them fought.
Sakura watched them from the other side "You're not worried about her attacking him?" one of the visored's asked but Sakura wasn't sure who it was.
"No" Hiyori said watching as their swords clashed once again
"Is she also really one of us?" another guy asked
"Yes Kensei" Hiyori replied
Sakura could tell that Ichigo was holding back; she could feel that his hollow was getting to him again. He was trying his best to hold back and at the same time not lose.
Sakura then looked at the visored's carefully; there was one guy with a star shaped hair cut (Love Aikawa) and a girl with dark hair in a ponytail with glasses and greenish eyes (Lisa Yadomaru) then another guy with a pink hair and beard and he was huge (Hachigen Ushoda) and a guy with light blonde hair (Rojuro Otoribashi) then there was also another guy who looked like a real rough guy; he had silver hair and brown eyes; he looked like he frowned more than Ichigo (Kensei Muguruma); there was also a girl with short green hair and brown eyes (Mashiro Kuna).
"Well this is surprising the boy turns out to be a good fighter" Rojuro observed smiling slightly "He seems to be holding off Shinji"
"Idiot" Lisa said "You better get your eyes checked can't you see Shinji is only playing with him?"
"To be honest it doesn't look like Ichigo's brining everything he's got to the fight either; he seems to be holding back" Hachigen said
"Yeah" Love replied "I figured that the guy gotta be pretty freaked out"
"Really?" Mashiro asked "Over what?"
"It must be his hollow" Kensei said "Little punks scared that every time he fights he's gonna release that inner hollow and he won't be able to control it that's why he wants it supressed that makes him damaged goods in my book; I don't know why we're trying to recruit this guy"
"Another thing is that girl over there" Love said looking at Sakura who was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest as she stared intently at the fight; her eyes looking very sharp. "From what Shinji reports she's been able to keep her hollow supressed somehow but she can't use it"
Kensei scoffed at her "She looks like a pixy" he stated
Hiyori started walking over towards the fight "Hachi add on another five more force fields"
Sakura looked at them and saw that Hiiro was talking to the large visored with the light pink hair and beard "Yes as you wish"
Ichigo and Shinji were facing off again "Ichigo you're finished"
"Shinji tag out!" Hiyori smacked Shinji with her flip flop and sent him flying back; she then looked over at the other visored's "Get moving I told you to beef up the barrier"
"I know but you didn't give me enough time to do it" Hachi said
"Fine never mind" Hiyori smiled "Ichigo let me tell you something; you've got the wrong idea about this"
"Oh is that right?" Ichigo asked
"It's true we've been playing around with the idea of you two becoming one of our comrades problem is it's not your choice you're not the one who makes the decision"
"What do you mean not my decision?" Ichigo asked
Hiyori smirked "It means the power to choose is entirely our choice" she told him "The bottom line is whether you join us or not is completely up to us. We look at your power and after we determine your strength we decide whether we want you or not it's just that simple end of discussion" she pointed at him "So stop coming in here and making empty threats; you and that girl don't have any choice in the matter do you understand if you're powerful we'll let you join us and show you what it means to be a visored we'll even show you how to control your hollow but if it turns out you're weak then you can forget it! We'll leave you to become a hollow and eventually you'll die a pathetic death"
Sakura could see a flicker of something pass through Ichigo's expression; he wanted to learn to control and use his hollow powers just like she had but only problem was again that neither of them wanted to get involved with the other visored's. Even though Sakura was aware that she had a hollow inside of her as well she still couldn't overcome the fact that she would be able to use its powers as she pleased. Because of the explanations she got she knew that the person in her inner world that looked like her was actually her inner hollow but she never wouldn't guessed that she was able to use its power. She had never had much conflict with it after the day she named it.
"Now if you get the picture let your inner hollow out let's see how powerful you really are" Hiyori said
"I won't do it" Ichigo told her stubbornly
Hiyori stopped walking "You still don't get it do you as I've told you before it's not your choice!" her spiritual pressure started too grown and a mask began forming; it was a diamond shaped mask with a horn in the middle of it.
"If you're just too much of a wimp to hollowfy then it appears I'm just gonna have to go to plan B one way or another I'll get it" she smiled "I'll drag your hollow out even if I have to end up beating it out of you"
Sakura narrowed her eyes as she watched while everyone else watched them from below in slight disbelief
"Don't be impulsive" Love warned
"Think about what you're doing" Rojuro added
Sakura watched dangerously close to them but she didn't want to get anywhere near the other visored's
"Tell me what you're so afraid of?" Hiyori asked Ichigo "A mask doesn't make you a visored; you still have to control your hollow don't be afraid Ichigo although it's true I'm not as nice as Shinji; if you don't get over your fear and hollowfy" she put the mask over her face "You'll be dead"
Hiyori was now an arm's length away from Ichigo; Sakura watched them as Hiyori's spiritual pressure increased.
"Because I'm going to kill you" Hiyori's voice had changed now
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