If I owned Bleach I wouldn't be so poor.

It had been grueling, mind numbing work. Stuffing as much Reiryoku he could manage into a seal, repeat one or three more times, then taken them all of and try again. Experimenting with how many seals he could endure taking off. Then desperately trying to shove as much Reiryoku as possible in to one seal. Then there had been a few unexpected problems but it all eventually worked out. It had been six days of painful trial and error.

It had taken far more seals than Ichigo liked or Kueske would approve of. Taking them off was going to hurt like hell, but Ichigo had done it, with a day to spare at that. He was now down to a Capstans level of Reiryoku... It may be upper capstan but it was still in that range.

Ichigo was currently lounging in the garden watching the night sky and grappling with his thoughts. He was struggling with whether or not to believe that Urahara's device was entirely accurate or not. It had be helpful yes, having a general idea of the kind of progress he had made and how far he had to go was invaluable. But if it was correct there were a few... disturbing truths, he would have to come to grips with.

His reishi ribbons didn't disappear until he was at about 80ish % power. He had never manifested Reishi ribbons until he trained for a few days in the soul Kings dimension, specifically the high reishi environment. On some level he knew his ability to dramatically increase his power in such a short amount of time had always been his most impressive ability. It was what Urahara, Aizen, and Yahwwich had all been interested in. But knowing he had increased his Reiryoku levels by a quarter in 2 days was unnerving.

Selling any more than 20% of his power made it feel like he was unbelievably congested. All of his senses were dulled and it was a little hard to function.

There is a point between His manifestation of ribbon Reishi and where he was during his Mungetsu battle with Aizen when his mere existence started to disintegrate inanimate objects around him. That had been embarrassing and terrifying. Explaining what had happened to his clothes had not been fun.

Sealing more than 50% of his power make it feel like he was covered in bubble wrap. After experimenting with that a bit, Ichigo discovered that he eventually got use to the sensation and didn't notice it any more. A.k.a it got easier to function and he forgot what it was like to feel clear.

He had a sweet spot between about 75 and 25% power where Ichigo had enough Reiryoku to work with but it was manageable enough that handling it suddenly became really easy. Any more than 75 and it was so unruly he had a hard time getting a grip on it and any less than 25 it felt like pulling water out of an empty lake.

Capstans and his friends could sense him (be crushed by him) at about 50% everyone else started closer to 30.

If he sealed more than 20% of his power, he would get a nasty case of vertigo until he got use to it. It was so bad the first time he had done it that he had laid in the garden for a full three hours before he was capable of moving or releasing the seal.

And finally, the real kicker, he was currently at 8% and according to Renji, he felt like Kenpachi... without his eye patch. Fucking Kenpachi. That was absurd.

How the hell had this happened to him? Not to long ago he was just a Highschool student who happened to be able to see ghost. Now, Ichigo had to seal way more than 90% of his potential power in order to function in the soul society. Not the mention the human world... In his own still living body!

"My my Ichi-kun, it seems like you have done it." Kueske interrupted his thoughts. Ichigo just shrugged in response. "I see two." Kueske stated gesturing to his hands. On the right there was a black crescent moon and a white one on the left. "How many did you end up using?"

Ichigo eyed the shop keeper. "Are you sure you want to know? I am fairy certain I won't ever have to take of more that two, three and the most."

Urahara tugged on the brim of his hat. "Ichigo..." He traild off.

The silence made Ichigo uncomfortable so he ended up rambling. "I am going to keep practicing. Shunshiui and Goat-face have already agreed that it would be best for me to spend the weekends here training, as long as I can keep my grades up. I will practice. You know, my control can't be that bad. If I focus really hard I can bring it down to a lieutenant level, I just can't hold it for very long without getting a bloody nose... Kenpachi can do it at all." Urahara was still watching him, eyes shrouded in shadow, not saying a word. Ichigo sighed. "I am tired Kueske. I just want to go home."

Kueske sighed. "I am not going to stop you from going home Ichigo. Now, how many?"

Ichigo shifted uncomfortably Urahara was using that tone where you didn't want to disobey him, so he caved. "Nine."

Ichigo was studying his feet so even if Kueske hadn't had that damn hat and now fan, he wouldn't have seen a reaction. There was a very long silence.

"Well" Urahara sighed "These should help get you the rest of the way." He pulled out three black bands. "They work kind of like Kinpachi's eye patch. They will eat your Reiryoku before it has a chance to leave your body." Ichigo grabbed the bands. "There isn't anything special you have to do or say, you just have to put them on." Ichigo nodded turning them over in his hands. "Make sure to take them off before you remove a seal or you will fry the systems." Ichigo nodded again slipping the choker on. He felt his power drop to about Rangikus level, mid lieutenant if he had to venture a guess. The device flashed from where it was lying 5%

"They will show up on your human body. Without them you are at a level now where you shouldn't burn out your body. If you take all three off, or fry the system by relasnig a seal before you take them off, I will get an alert and will assume you are in trouble, human or soul form." Ichigo nodded again. It was a good bit harder the get the right wrist band on but when he did he felt his power drop again. He was starting to feel woozy again. He couldn't remember the last time It had been this low. There was more flashing from the abandon device... 3% He glanced at Urahara

The shopkeeper nodded "That is about an unseated officers level. You haven't been there since Rukia transfers her powers to you." Good God how had this happened to him. He was no one.

The left bracelet was easier to get on. More flashing. 0.7%. Ichigo had to blink a few times. It felt like he had suddenly been submerged in water if not jello. World had gone gray scale and he was having a hard time breathing yet alone moving. His hearing was muffled and Ichigo was having a hard time remembering which way was up. It took him a while to realize Urahara was talking to him.

"Ichigo! Hey, Ichigo. Are you okay?" He shook his head to clear it it didn't work but he managed to answer any ways.

"Yah" He muttered "I am just going to have to get use to this. What do I have the Reiryoku of a dormouse?"

"Actually" Urahara said with a smirk "You are about at the level of some of your school friends and maybe Karin." Ichigo tried and failed to stand up. Kueske caught him by the arm before He hit the ground.

"How do people function like this?" He gasped and the world began to spin faster.

"They are not you." Urahara stated in a surprisingly melancholy tone "Come now. Sleep should help" Ichigo nodded and let Urahara lead him to his room. He was very glad that he could now touch people without the fear of accidentally disintegrating them. He was also happy to find that his Kido was still active that meant Tensa, Shiro, and Miko had been right. He couldn't help but grin.

If Urahara noticed either of these things he didn't mention it. "You have tomorrow to get acclimated Ichi-kun then, you can go home."

Poll Time!

Since I am an indicative person I have decided to make you (My lovely readers) decide for me.

I am having trouble coming up with a name for Ichigo's fullbring. Yes, what it is named will affect its abilities. No, I am not going to tell you about the abilities ahead of time. So Vote!

A. The Death of God

B. Midnight Skies

C. Skeletons of stars

If you have any other suggestion let me know.

Question, Comments, Concerns, Corrections? Let me know how I can improve! :3

Have a wonderful weekend!