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By the Stars Light

Chapter 12 What's In A Name

Hoshi stared at the pint-sized white haired taicho in front of him.

"Hitsugaya-taicho, oh you must be the Shiro-chan Nimora-chan was talking about."

"That's Hitsugaya-taicho to you ryoka."

"My name is Juuni Hoshi not ryoka, if you call me Juuni-san I will call you Hitsugaya-taicho, I only disrespect those who disrespect me."

"Juuni Hoshi so the rumors are true you are the disciple of Juuni Aizu which must make you a prodigy. I will not underestimate you."

"Good." Hoshi smirked before disappearing in a flash and reappearing behind Hitsugaya and slashed but the taicho blocked with his own zanpakuto. "At least you live up to your title Taicho." Hitsugaya swung pushing Hoshi back.

"Yoo-hoo Hoshi-kun." Called a female voice and Hoshi looked to see a rather large busted woman with long blonde hair. "If you stop fighting and come quietly I'll give you a kiss."

"Wha…what?" he said flustered before remembering he was in a battle and just managed to block Hitsugaya's sword. Hisuitaiso's blade flared with green energy as he pushed the taicho back. "Hey don't distract me, I don't like it when people play dirty." He ran at the woman. "If you wanted to fight me you should have confronted me directly." He raised his sword. "Instead of using dirty tricks." He swung his sword but his blade was stopped as a long chain with a crescent blade wrapped around.

"Your opponent is me Juuni-san." Hoshi looked back to see that the chain had come from Hitsugaya. "Matsumoto don't interfere he beat Sakuya-san we can't take him lightly."

"Hai, taicho." She said before backing off.

"Now Juuni-san shall we continue?"

"Sure." Hoshi wrenched his blade free from the chain and ran at Hitsugaya and their swords clashed. Hoshi then pushed him away with a kick to his chest. He slashed his sword sending a wave of jade fire at Hitsugaya who deflected with his zanpakuto. "Looks like a small blast wasn't enough." The blade glowed brightly. "Amatsu Rasen!" the drilling force raced forward and with great power Hitsugaya resisted it but was pushed back, when the energy faded Hitsugaya stood there panting.

"I'd have never thought I'd have to get this serious." His reiatsu flared. "Matsumoto!"

"Yes taicho." And suddenly she jumped a considerable distance away. Hitsugaya's reiatsu continued to flare Hoshi felt a chill in the air.

"This is bad." Muttered Hoshi.

"Set upon the frosted heavens!" the clouds in the sky darkened and the wind picked up, from the blade a flow of ice formed and took the shape of a great dragon. "Hyourinmaru!" (Ice Ring)

"Shit!" Hoshi swore as the ice dragon raced at him he just barely dodged but was surprised when his right arm was encased in ice. Just being near it is freezing me solid, if I get hit I'm dead. Hoshi just barely dodged the dragon again but this time his left leg was frozen, he would not be dodging the next attack.

"I am sorry Juuni-san but this fight is over." Hitsugaya slashed his sword and ice dragon raced at him.

Well it was good while it lasted. Hoshi looked as dragon bore down on him.

Is your resolve so easily broken? Then perhaps Rukia is not worth saving, your friend's efforts not worth upholding. Time seemed to slow and stop as the world became black and Hoshi found himself in the castle of Hisuitaiso. He stood before the regal figure that sat on his throne.

"Hisuitaiso?"

"You are weak Hoshi, you would give up the moment it gets hard." Said Hisuitaiso

"What can I do, Amatsu Rasen is my best attack, and it only winded him." Hisuitaiso stood.

"Have you forgotten what I have taught you?" He glowed brightly and when it faded his full dragon form now staring Hoshi in the face. Hoshi backed away but bumped into the body of the dragon which now encircled him. "So you still shy away from my true form you are pathetic. How could I ever be your subordinate if you fear me? Stop being afraid the jade fire is yours to control and wield the limit to its attacks is your own creativity and reiatsu; have you forgotten your fight with Hajime this soon, you created Ryuusei on the fly so do that here, choose the form you want it to take."

"So you're saying that I can attack with anything I want?"

"Yes just choose the form of the attack, and I will lend you the power, have you made your choice."

"I have." Said Hoshi staring into the eyes of the dragon. The dragon laughed.

"I see this should be grand." Hoshi was snapped back into the fight just as before the entire exchange was less than a second in real time, the ice dragon was still barreling down on him.

"Let's go Hisuitaiso." Hoshi was surrounded by an intense jade aura and raised his sword as the dragon hit in a great explosion of power. Hitsugaya sighed.

"I am sorry that it ended this way Juuni-san, but I had no other choice." Said Hitsugaya solemnly. Suddenly from the blast sight a large pillar of jade energy rose into the sky and took on the form of the dragon Hisuitaiso, at the base of the pillar was Hoshi glowing with power.

"Who says it's over Taicho-san. I'm just getting started." Hoshi said with a smirk. "You're not the only one with a dragon, I guess that makes us birds of a feather or dragons of a scale."

"What is this? This reiatsu?" said Hitsugaya aghast.

"This is my resolve." Hoshi slashed his sword and the great dragon raced forward at the taicho. Hitsugaya responded in turn and swung and his ice dragon flew forward. The two dragons clashed with unbelievable power when it cleared Hitsugaya saw that Hoshi was nowhere in sight He sighed.

"It's over." Suddenly Hoshi appeared only a foot in front of him.

"Not quite!"

"What?"

"Amatsu Rasen!" and Hitsugaya was hit by Hoshi's attack at point blank range sending him back and into a stone wall. Hitsugaya slumped on the ground breathing hard. "Looks like I win, look just let me pass." Hitsugaya stood panting hard staring icily at Hoshi.

"I do not believe I have been pushed this far, but I have no choice." Hitsugaya's reiatsu began to flare.

"Impossible his reiatsu it's actually increasing."

"Bankai!" Ice shot from Hitsugaya's hilt and encased him in ice that took on the shape of a dragon's wings three four petal flowers floated behind him. "Daiguren Hyourinmaru!" (Great Crimson Ice Ring)

"Bankai? Aizu-sensei never told me about a second release, I didn't know zanpakuto's could do that."

"Which is why you will lose." Hitsugaya flew forward and clashed swords with Hoshi and Hisuitaiso was frozen solid.

"No way."

"We're finished." Hitsugaya slashed his blade ready to freeze Hoshi solid it was too late to block or dodge. Hoshi braced for the impact ready to be frozen solid but the blow never came as it was blocked by the wooden cane of an old man.

"Jijii-sensei?"

"Hello Hoshi." The old man said jovially. "And sorry." With the precision of a master Jijii struck Hoshi in the chest and with a gasp he was knocked out and fell to the ground. Jijii walked over and slung Hoshi over his shoulder. "I am sorry Toshiro-kun, but I must cut this short I can't have you killing him."

"Who are you?" asked Hitsugaya forcefully.

"That is none of your concern Toshiro-kun, and besides…" Jijii vanished and reappeared right in front of him slamming his cane into Hitsugaya's stomach. "I think you might already know." He said before flash stepping away leaving Hitsugaya to fall unconscious his bankai to shatter.

Secret Lair

Hoshi's eyes opened he sat up and saw Jijii sitting on a rock, he looked around to see he was in a large underground training area similar to the one under Urahara's shop.

"Where am I?" Hoshi asked.

"You are in an underground training facility, I built this place a long time ago."

"You've been here before?"

"I've been to Soul Society many times I used to live here I've trained many an apprentice here."

"But why did you bring me here."

"It's simple your fight with a taicho should have taught you something, you lack bankai and I'll tell you right now every taicho has one, once released a bankai can increase your power 5 to 10 times."

"What can I do to get one?"

"Normally it would take 100's of years of training to achieve, and a further 10 to master it. But that's only if you're not friends with Urahara." Jijii said laughing.

"Okay, but can you show me your bankai."

"What makes you think I even have a zanpakuto?"

"You blocked a bankai with nothing but a cane you are at least a high taicho level. What's with the secrecy you said you lived here so you are a Shinigami, I never met you while training with Aizu-sensei yet you said you knew him. Who are you really?" Jijii sighed

"The Snake is the master of deception wouldn't you say, able to shed his skin and be reborn anew."

"What the hell does that mean, the Snake's Deception it doesn't…" Hoshi stopped. "Deception of the Snake? You can't be." A strong glow enveloped Jijii when it cleared Hoshi's eyes widened and tears began to flow. "Aizu-sensei!"

"Hello Hoshi." Said Hoshi's long thought dead mentor sat there in his normal Shinigami attire but he still had on the bowler hat for some reason.

"Why? Why did you pretend to die?"

"Aizen would have kept hunting me as long as I was alive, and so you would have been in danger."

"Then why did you wait so long to reveal yourself I might have understood."

"I was yet to fully recover, until recently your Shinigami powers were my own, until your own were released I was without power."

"But where were you?"

"When I first left I had no choice but to leave you in foster care, but I was trying to find your family to give you a suitable home."

"My family, my blood family did you find them?" Hoshi asked hopefully. Aizu sighed.

"Yes and no."

"What?"

"You once told me that Hisuitaiso was a strange mix of east and west." Hoshi nodded. "That is because you Hoshi are a mix of east and west, your father was Japanese while your mother was from England."

"But I don't look mixed."

"You took after your father heavily the only feature from your mother is your eyes." Aizu looked down. "But your parents both came from traditional families, they were not happy that their children had married… How to put this delicately."

"That they had married outside of their race."

"Yes, your parents were estranged from their families. Five years after they were married you were born, Ryuzaki William."

"Ryuzaki William? That's my name."

"It doesn't change who you are you're still Juuni Hoshi if you want to be."

"I know it's just part of me wishes I could have met my family."

"You have."

"Wha…"

"Your father had a sister and she got married and had several kids of her own, your cousins."

"I've already met them who? Who is my family."

"Inoue Orihime."


Well that ends it this time, I bet you thought it would be Ichigo, but that's too obvious. Well I might not be updating for awhile I have finals coming up but then summer. As always read and review.