well i can not keep up with the pace i had. school is slowing my down. I will try to though.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Into the World of Nothing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ichigo stood in front of a large black rip in the very fabric of space time. "This must be the portal then hu?" He looked behind him seeing nothing but jungle.

"I can not go back either... Karin... Yuzu... Dad... Rukia... Renji... all of Karakura... I'll never see any of them again. I'm so sorry, I couldn't protect any of you. I don't even know if any of you are still alive. If you are I won't be able to see any of the stuff you are all going to do. Karin becoming a great warrior. Yuzu a beautiful bride, bearing mean children from the man she loves. Dad acting like a goofball to make his grandkids laugh. Rukia getting better at drawing... okay that one was never going to happen. Then Renji... my best friend... confessing his love for Byakuya at long last. Who knows where that would of lead?" Ichigo did not realize his eyes were getting watery. "Damn it, so much excitement I'm going to miss."

"Are you done yet? You are already running late. Now you got to waste time morning the loss of your life and you are not even dead?"

Ichigo looked around to see a man with blond hair that covered half his face. "What do you mean I'm late? Ranjiku said I had nothing more to do. She even asked me to stay with her a little longer."

"Good thing you didn't then. She would of gotten you drunk as hell. Then your head would be in a lot of pain on day one of training. Who knows what else she might of done to you to." The man scratched the back of his head. "Ranjiku really is something else. By the way my name is Izuru Kira."

"Ichigo Kurosaki. Nice to meet you."

"You don't really mean that."

"So what? I was just being polite. And why do you sound so gloomy?" Ichigo was getting kind of annoyed by this guy.

Kira sighed as he stepped to the very edge of the black rip. "Because I have to take note of how you get thru to the other side. I don't like going through the void. Worst experiences I have ever had was going in the very first time. That is really saying something considering that right before the followers captured me I saw my parents slain."

Ichigo crossed his arms. "If it is that bad then I just won't go in then."

"Forgot to mention it is also my job to make sure you keep going."

"I'd like to seeaa, HEY!" Ichigo could not finish before he was picked up by one hand so very easily.

"Do not underestimate me or any one else that is here. We all went thru the training and survived. Our abilities are far superior then any normal human such as yourself. If you live boot camp then maybe you can act all tough, but not yet. First you got to get to the other dimension." With that Kira tossed the teen into the rip in the space time with little effort.

~~~~~~~~ to be continued tomorrow or the next day... maybe later... soon ~~~~~~~~~

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