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I sat on the floor panting. Kagami sat next to me. "You can maintain your bankai quite well. Now let me do a little briefing though you probably know this already. Your blade is hot, really hot so this assists your blade in cutting through things on will and can also help you with those little attacks you came up with like Heavenly Flames, though you should try to think of a couple new attacks. When you wish for you to increase the power of your bankai- you can mirror this sword which temporarily doubles your reiatsu due to the addition of my reiatsu. The ribbon sends your opponents into illusions and the only way out of it is if they die, faint, or you cut them with the shard at the end. You already found this out during our sparing but it wouldn't hurt to remind you."

"Yeah, I got it." I smiled slightly.

"You're welcome, Ayumi. I'm tired. I'm going to return now. Practice your bankai, trust me you'll need to." Kagami faded and disappeared.

I groaned and decided to go take a bath in the hot springs. I stripped off my clothes and dipped in. I heard Yoruichi say something like day 1 over and heard Ichigo trudging along in my direction. I sunk into the water to hide more of my body.

"AAh! Ayumi!" Ichigo quickly turned around.

"Man, you're such a kid. I'm kind of under steamy water. I'll close my eyes. You can come in." I closed my eyes and turned around so my back faced him. After awhile I heard the sound of faint splashes. "Now was that so hard?" I turned around to face him.

His face was just about as red as a cherries and he couldn't quite look me in the eye. "Whatever."

This was a perfect time to tease him. I swam over to him and sat on his lap. Don't worry, I kept my distance. Ichigo tried to back up but he was against the wall so that didn't work. "Ayumi! What are you doing?!" He started to panic.

"Calm down Ichigo. How will you ever get a girlfriend if you get frightened over such a little thing?" I leaned toward him brushing my lips on his ear.

Ichigo started to panic and so he started to move to the left, trying to escape my grasp. "Ayumi! Stop it!"

I got off him and laughed dramatically. He was such a kid. I leaned against the edge of the hot springs and closed my eyes trying to relax. My relaxation was short lived when Ichigo pushed me against the wall.

He whispered in my ear, "Pay back time."

I almost jumped out of my skin. I didn't think Ichigo would suddenly become a man. I moved to the side trying to escape his wrath but he pinned me down. He lowered his lips to mine but our lips didn't touch. A hand suddenly pulled on the back of my head and my lips crashed right into his. I was absolutely stunned and didn't even have time to register what was going on and then Ichigo let go. I closed my eyes. He quickly got out of the water and threw on his clothes. I saw him run behind a rock. What the heck was that? I blinked a couple times and also got out of the water. I put on my kimono and walked towards him. "Are you okay? Because if you're going to kiss a girl then run away, then why the heck did you do it in the first place?"

"Sorry. I didn't mean for it to happen." Ichigo got up and tried to walk away.

"Hold it." I grabbed his arm. He turned to look at me.

He held me by the shoulders and shook me. "Do you still not get it?!"

"This isn't a good time." I tippy toed and hugged him. I smiled weakly then walked away.

.-.

"Ayumi, go to the execution site first. Ichigo still needs a little more time." Yoruichi instructed me a little more of how to stay out of sight. I nodded in understanding and left.

I flash stepped through Seireitei, trying to get there in time. If Ichigo couldn't make it- I would. The thought of Ichigo brought a question mark to my head. I didn't know what he actually meant that day but I had a feeling. I shook that thought from my head. Rukia is the top priority for now.

"Stay where you are, ryoka!" A thundering voice startled me.

I kept running, I had to get to the execution. I didn't get quite far since a shinigami landed in front of me. "Hitsugaya-taicho."

"Ayumi…I can't allow you to pass." Hitsugaya looked me dead in the eye.

I nodded, "I understand why Hitsugaya but I know you know that this stupid execution is fraud. This is only a cover for something really bad that's going to happen. The only reason the ryoka are here is because we want to save Rukia, who we befriended with during her stay in the living world. Please, Hitsugaya." I tried to reason with the guy; he seemed to be a sensible and kind-well sometimes.

"I don't care what the execution is. Orders are orders. You best go reason with someone else because I won't allow your pass." He unsheathed his sword.

I unsheathed Kagami. "I don't want to use unnecessary force, captain. I just want to go bid Rukia a farewell. I beg of you Hitsugaya. I want to say a last goodbye." I sheathed Kagami and bowed my head down. "Please, captain."

He faltered a little, not expecting my gesture. "Forget this; I don't have time to deal with you. I have bigger matters at hand." He left the scene.

I sighed, that was easier than I thought. It seems the captains are all uneasy lately, though I don't blame them. With all that has been happening-it's hard not to stay on your toes. I sped up and neared the execution site. There were never ending stairs that I would have to climb-this sucks. I ran up the stairs as fast as I could. There were only a couple of captains and lieutenants at the scene. Where was everyone? I hid my reiatsu the best I could and hid in the trees.

.-.

Ichigo had just tossed Rukia to Renji…literally. A few vice captains started to go stop them but I stopped them with Kagami in shikai. Ichigo ran over to assist me but was stopped by Kuchiki Byakuya-this was bad. No this was really bad. I ran over to assist them but before I could Ichigo screamed out to me.

"Ayumi, don't come here! It's too dangerous! I want you to make sure Inoue, Chad, and Ishida are okay. I'll be fine." Before I could reply to him, Byakuya and he engaged in battle.

I ran away from the messy scene and tried my best to sense Chad's and Inoue's reiatsu. I could no longer feel Ishida's. Suddenly I felt a frightening reiatsu and it messed up my senses. Me, being curious, decided to go check it out. Compared to these captains's reiatsu-mine was nothing. They probably would notice me but not do anything about it since I had such a low reiatsu. I hid behind some bushes that happened to be there and watched. The 1st division captain seemed to be very angry and released his shikai which made it extremely hard for me to breathe. I collapsed onto the ground. Sweat poured down my face but I still stayed. The other two captains of the 8th and 13th division also activated their shikai and what I saw made me instantly excited. Their shikai was two blades and I heard the 1st division captain say that it was the only two in the soul society…then what was Kagami.

"Sensei, you are mistaken. One of the ryoka also has a two bladed zanpato." The 13th division captain commented. He probably was talking about me. I planned to watch how this fight would go especially since the two captains used two swords and that could help me learn a lot about Kagami. Though, it's not much to just observe-it would still help. I never met someone that uses two blades so it's a refreshing new observation. There was barely any clashing of swords before the two captains decided to make a run for it. The elderly one with white hair…Yukitake-I believe ran over to my direction for some reason. Before I could quirk an eyebrow I was lifted off my feet by the waist and the captain started to run.

"Kid, you shouldn't be at dangerous places like this!" The 13th captain told me. "I'm going to drop you off near the stairs of the execution site; you make a run from there."

"Alright, thanks Yukitake…right?" I tried to thank him.

"Yes, Ayumi-that is I."

We arrived at the stairs and he tossed me quite a way. I ran up the stairs at the best my body could go. I flash stepped as well but it exhausted my energy. Once I got up the stairs I was faced with a forest and a couple of people. They were probably Chad, Ishida, Orihime, and etc. I didn't care. I ran even faster and got to the scene just in time to be blown back. I grabbed onto a tree and waited for the reiatsu to settle. Once I could get a move on I got onto my feet and ran to the execution site. I slowed down a little once I got a clear view of what was going on. Ichigo beat Kuchiki Byakuya.

"I WON!" Ichigo shouted in remarkable joy. The celebration was ended quickly when he began to collapse. This scene, played one too many times, will once again unfold.. I flash stepped immediately to his side and caught him right before he hit the floor. That is when the whole gang came running.

"I can take Ichigo from here." Orihime told me.

I hesitated but nodded and let Ichigo go. Ichigo looked at everyone and screamed, "Ayumi! Inoue! Ishida! Chad! Ganju!"

"Hm, for someone covered in blood, you're surprisingly energetic, Kurosaki." Ishida commented.

"Everyone is unhurt, that is good." Ichigo smiled in our direction.

"We are not unhurt per se, but compared to you, our injuries are not worth mentioning." Ishida corrected.

I stood up and walked away. I still felt as if I didn't quite belong in that group. Kagami would scold me but I really couldn't stand it. Maybe it was just jealousy. I watched as Orihime freaked out and started crying. I made out what she said and it was something about I was really worried about you and I'm sorry I couldn't help. The babbled something that she was glad he was okay. Honestly? She didn't even have that much confidence in him? She shouldn't have doubted him from the start. Suddenly a wave of nausea came over me but I ignored it and continued to fume by myself. Suddenly everything went black. But before I fell over I heard someone shout my name.

When I woke up I was lying right next to Ichigo, his arm was under my head like a pillow. I looked up just to see Aizen stick his hand through Rukia. I grit my teeth and headed to do something about it but Ichigo's arm held me back. Some gem like item was taken out of rukia's body. Once he took his hand out of Rukia's chest, she slammed right onto the floor. Aizen took a look at the gem and said something utterly disgusting, "What a surprise, it is awfully small. So this is Hougyoku."

The wound on Rukia's chest began to disappear. How amazing-of course Kisuke would invent something like this. Aizen decided to open his preposterous mouth again, "Oh…the recipient is unharmed? What an incredible technique this is. Unfortunately-you are no longer of any use to me. Kill her Gin."

I looked up to see Gin walk towards Rukia. "It can't be helped. Shoot her, Shinsou."

It was all a blur to me but all of a sudden Kuchiki Byakuya picked up Rukia and he was shot through the left side of his chest. I widened my eyes. Shinsou was retracted from Byakuya's body.

"Nii-sama…why…Why did you save me?! Why? Nii-sama! Nii-sama? Nii-sama!" Rukia's cries rang through my ears. I felt the pain in her cries and it attacked my heart. Aizen, the bastard, turned around and started to walk toward Rukia and her fallen brother. I knew he was going to attack them, and even though I still couldn't get my body to move. Before Aizen could do anything rash Yoruichi and the 2nd division captain stepped in and stopped him. Silent threats were passed to Aizen but all my thoughts were halted when three huge giants stepped into the scene.

I bit my lip, when would things ever be easy? I got up to go assist but my body wouldn't let me. It felt as if a huge rock was pressing on me. I felt as if I was going to black out…again. This is not good. I tried to stay awake but eventually I went down-unconscious.

I opened my eyes to face a bunch of mirrors. "Kagami?"

"Ayumi, your world is changing." Kagami stepped down in front of me.

I looked around and saw what seemed like to be a forest. The mirrors shattered instantly. I covered myself with my hands to shield myself. The mirrors pierced me like needles all ripping open my skin instantly. Blood drenched my body. I cringed and looked at Kagami. Her crimson eyes showed no kindness as it has before. "You are no longer trying to control your own reiatsu. You're letting it control you. You still have yet to fight these illusions that you are weak. Ayumi, the truth about your strength has not been uncovered yet. Yet, you have already decided what your strength is and give into it. You're inner world can't be a forest, yet it is. A fire burns a forest down just like your burning yourself out. Ayumi, stay strong and fight-no more weakness will I allow to be shown through you!"

I woke up with a start to slam my face into Hisagi's. I would've immediately fallen over if not for him. He grabbed me quickly by the shoulders so I wouldn't have hurt myself. I blinked a couple of times and then reacted quickly screaming, "Where's Aizen?!"

"He escaped, that bastard. It doesn't matter right now. What matters now is the question: are you okay? Have you been recently hurt or something? I didn't have the 4th squad deal with you because you had no present injuries." Hisagi seemed quite worried.

"I'm fine! I've been getting exhausted since my reiatsu is quite low. I can't hold out really well so that's probably why I let myself go. Sorry to worry you." I tried to get up but failed to and fell.

"You're not well yet. I'll ask some people to bring you tea. Once you can walk properly I'll lead you back to your friends." Hisagi helped me sit down properly.

"Thank you, Hisagi. You're really a nice guy." I looked up at him and smiled.

He blushed lightly then recovered with a small smirk. "So I have been told." He stood up and walked out the door only to return a little later with a cup of tea with him. "Here you go green tea. It's pretty good."

I laughed and thanked him as I took it from his hands. I took a sip and smiled. "It really is good!"

He tried his best to hide his smile and gave me directions to find Ichigo and them. "Something came up so I don't have time to take you there. I'm sure you'll be able to find the right place."

I nodded and thanked him once again. He waved to me as he walked out of the room. Nice guy.

.-.

I walked around Seireitei since I could not use my body to its full extent yet. Ichigo's reiatsu was easy to trace and the map Hisagi gave me was not needed. I spotted Ichigo in the 11th division barracks. It wasn't long before Ichigo went running probably from Zaraki Kenpachi. I sighed. The captain was still just as scary to me as he was before. I walked silently behind him just trying to gain all my strength back. It didn't quite make sense that I was so tired. Kisuke said the 'evolution' should complete when summer finished. If there was such an evolution-then why was I still so weak-maybe even weaker? I continued to follow Ichigo till I reached the 6th division barracks. As I moved to follow, I felt Orihime's reiatsu close and decided to leave.

.-.

I walked around and felt a too familiar presence. "Ichigo?"

"Hey Ayumi-What are you doing out here all by yourself?" He walked over to me and placed a hand on my head.

"Just thinking that's all." I walked out of his hand and looked up at him. He looked quite serene and not as annoyed as he used to seem. "Was there something you needed?"

"No, I just wanted to know why you're never with our friends anymore. You don't belong by yourself." He ruffles my hair swiftly.

I sighed, "It doesn't matter. It's nice when things are quiet."

"That's bull, I know you like crowded scenes and people's laughter. I just…" Ichigo struggled to keep his cool.

I cut him off. "I know, Ichigo, I know. I'm sorry-but it's really complicated." I sat down on the grass under me. "It's best for me not to get close to anybody because I won't be able to let them go."

"You won't have to let us go. We'll always be here." He sat next to me.

"That's what you say now. You never know what kind of mistakes I could do that can ruin

friendship. It's like a gamble and Kisuke always said I was a bad gambler." I brought my knees up to my face and buried my head in them. "It's not easy is it? To carry the burden of battle? Sometimes it's as if you win but underneath it all you still lose right?"

He looked at me with a quirked brow. He sighed. "Where is all of this coming from?"

"I don't know. Sometimes I wonder how you do it. I had only battled a shinigami for real…once. When I fought him-I struggled to even fatally wound him. I held myself back in fear that I would hurt the man." I strategically changed the subject…well so I thought.

"I get it. You're trying to change the topic, Ayumi." Ichigo put an arm around my shoulder. "It's okay, I'll let you get away with it this time."

I laughed, "You got me there." I looked at him only to catch him looking at me. We both didn't look away. I didn't feel nervous but his gaze was slightly intimidating. His face neared mine in almost an instant but before I could pull away-Ichigo reached his arm behind my neck and pulled my face to his. His lips landed softly on mine and he kept it there. I lifted an eyebrow at his gesture. His lips were slightly chapped but comfortable nonetheless. I never really kissed anyone before so I gently pressed my lips on his as well. I felt a mountain of emotions come rushing down on me. That didn't stop me…or him. His lips massaged mine in a very agreeable way. I grabbed his robes and pulled him closer to me. It was kind of hard, mind you that we are sitting on the floor. Sadly, I felt the need to breathe come at me and let go. I breathed hard-that was intoxicating; Ichigo's blush was not hard to miss as he too breathed hard and struggled to keep his face straight.

A stare down was issued between the two of us. But words did not need to spoken in such an event. We both have pretty much lost control over our emotions. He pushed me down onto the ground-gently. He hovered above me in an intimate manner. Before he could continue with his game, a familiar reiatsu became present. I pushed him off gently and flash jumped away from him. He would understand later because if Orihime were to see that, that would've been extremely messy. My cheeks still burned crimson from the activity earlier. I sighed, how did this happen?

.-.

I woke up and smiled a little. I could finally go home. Soul Society was a tiring place to be. I couldn't wait to get back. I looked around to see that Orihime, Ishida, Sado, and Ichigo were asleep. I wasn't exactly sure where Yoruichi was but she wasn't here. I decided to say goodbye to Hisagi and then get on with my life.

.-.

"Hello Ayumi." Hisagi mumbled as he put down his pen.

I rolled my eyes from his bored attitude. "Hey."

"You're leaving today right?" He asked while walking over to me and I was sitting on a chair near the window.

"Yep, just came to say goodbye." I got up and decided to leap out the window; it was almost time for our departure.

"Goodbye Ayumi. It's been nice having you around. I'm sure we'll meet again."

"Yeah, I'm sure too."

.-.

"This is the official dimension gate. We have also installed spiritron convertor especially for you." A huge gate like thing opened up and made my hair fly. Everyone said their goodbyes to Rukia and I gave her a tiny hug just for good measures. Orihime, Ishida, and Sado all went into the dimension gate first. Ichigo was about to go in but didn't since I still haven't gone in. I gave a hug to Hisagi, just because he was a nice guy. Ichigo fumed a little but I laughed it off and ran into the gate. This wasn't going to be an actual goodbye.

Again we had to run through the creepy dimension gate but this time, it was a much better experience. Ichigo's complaining rang through my ears. It didn't take long for us to arrive at the exit. Once we exited the dimension gate a new challenge was bestowed upon us. We found ourselves falling to the ground. I tried my best to handle a landing position but found it quite hard. We all landed into some type of cloth and crashed into something. I was too out of it to understand what was going on. But the impact for me was okay since I was pressed up against something soft. All of a sudden I found myself on someone's back while flying through the sky. "Welcome back everyone!" Kisuke Uruhara, I should've known.

"Oi, Ayumi could you kind of get off of me?"

I looked down to see I was crushing poor Ichigo. I laughed and rolled off. Ichigo looked up and took a good look at Kisuke. "Uruhara-san."

Kisuke looked back and said, "You heard didn't you…about me?"

Ichigo looked to his side and mumbled, "Yeah."

Kisuke did something I never thought he would do. He took off his hat and bowed down.

"I'm really…really sorry!"

Ichigo stood up, "Don't do that. It's okay. I never said I was pissed or anything. It's not like you did something bad…and regardless of what you're thinking you helped us gets stronger and get us to Soul Society. We're grateful for your help. So…don't be sorry. Actually…can I ask you one question? The reason you didn't tell me the truth, is it because you thought I would run away after learning the truth?!"

Kisuke put his hat back on and stood up. "Ah. You're correct!"

Suddenly Ichigo landed an elbow thrust to Kisuke's chin. Ichigo sat next to me with an irritated look. "I thought so."

Kisuke knelt down in pain. "A surprise elbow thrust …that was unexpected."

"By the way, you should apologize to Rukia. Even though, she'll probably say the same things as me." Ichigo told Kisuke and then turned to look at me.

Kisuke mumbled something like alright. Then Ishida decided to open his mouth. "Come to think of it…Kurosaki, when we left Soul Society, didn't Ukitake-san give you something?"

Ichigo reached into his shirt while saying, "Huh? Yeah."

Now this caught my attention. Ichigo started his tiny speech. "He gave me this."

Ishida, Orihime, and Sado crowded around him to see it. "What's that?"

"Seal of approval." I answered for Ichigo. Questions were bombarded but I didn't bother to listen. It's amazing at how well I blend in with the crowd. Ishida left the scene since he reached home. Soon Orihime and Sado left as well. Ichigo was next. "Urahara, this is my stop."

Kisuke nodded and slowed the carpet looking thing. Ichigo gave me a pat on the head. "I'll see you later."

"Yeah, later." I responded. He leapt off the carpet and into his room. I smirked and wondered when later would be.

"Ayumi, how's your bankai?" Kisuke asked in a serious tone.

"It's a compressed version of everything my zanpato is capable of. I haven't been able to control everything yet but I'm almost there. The only bad side effect of my bankai is that my reiatsu isn't enough to support it. I can only hold out my bankai at 50% for a day. At the strongest I can only use it for around 3 hours." I balled my hands into a fist. I was still as weak as ever.

"I see, well I told you that your evolution should be done. Tomorrow I'll test you-after school that is. School starts tomorrow so I want you up when Ururu calls you. I already had Tessai prepare your uniform and backpack." Kisuke directed the carpet down to the ground since we have already reached the Urahara shop. "Ayumi, how was Ichigo."

I looked up from my hands. "He did really well. He was able to defeat two captains and quite some lieutenants. I believe you have done well reviving his shinigami powers but from I have confirmed, his hollow is strong and tends to sometimes take over him. It's hard for him to control it and I believe he also fears the hollow. His reiatsu is remarkable though, I really envy him."

Kisuke let out a heartfelt laugh. "Envy or admire? You know it's not hard to catch the looks you give each other. It's quite funny how you think there is nothing. Ayumi, do you like the boy?"

"Do I like the boy? What kind of question is that?" I cocked an eyebrow.

"Alright, alright I won't bug you with these matters but only because I have better things to do." Kisuke smiled and entered the little shop. I too entered the shop.

I returned to my body and decided to take a long, hot shower. I grabbed a tank top, a pajama bottom, and some undergarments. I took extra time in shampooing my hair and massaging my scalp with some conditioner. I made sure to scrub extra long when I reached an aching part of my body. I took my time to rinse away all the soapy bubbles. When I was finished I still stood in the shower just relaxing.

Ichigo…he was now a vizard and that meant I would be able to see Shinji soon. That was a good thing but being a vizard was no fun. I shook my head; this was none of my business. I got out of the shower and threw on my clothes and brushed my teeth and hair. I felt dizzy. I walked out of the bathroom to come face to chest with Kisuke. I looked up and felt the nausea become stronger. I gulped and then fainted.

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