Ichigo would probably have blamed Urahara Kisuke for this, but he couldn't find his voice. He decided to keep searching: it was there somewhere...
Meanwhile, the gikongan decided to run.
Fast.
Faster than Ichigo had ever thought his body capable of...
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"You call that tiny thing a zanpakuto, Tsukabishi?"
"Yes. You call that blunt piece of tin a shikai, Zaraki-taicho?"
A funny thing always happened when someone insulted his blade. Whenever someone insulted his sword, Zaraki noticed his power growing a little weaker...
Like his blade blunted under criticism...
He didn't trust the thing for a second, but this was a little over the top...
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"I'm going to go check on my friends, you thug. One way, or another." Kensei raised his reiatsu enhanced fist.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's just have fun..." the bald man raised his blade. "Nobiro, Houzukimaru!" He slammed his sword hilt and sheath together.
They turned into what appeared to be a wax-wood naginata.
"Oh, before we get started, my name's Madarame Ikkaku, and I'm the third seat of the Eleventh Division. You?"
Kensei grinned. "You have nice manners for a thug. I'm Muguruma Kensei. Former taicho of the Ninth Division. Now how about you get the fuck out of my way before I make you?"
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"Your body runs pretty fast, Kurosaki-kun." Matsumoto said. She really didn't blame Ichigo for this.
Well, okay, yeah she did.
But she knew from the look on his face that he hadn't seen this coming.
"It... never... ran that fast... for me..."
"Were you ever that scared before?" Hitsugaya did blame Ichigo for this. He should have tried that gikongan out before using it in battle.
"No..."
"Maybe it's a characteristic of the gikongan. Maybe it has special abilities that it grants to your body..."
"Those were all destroyed, you moron." Hitsugaya didn't really feel like fantasizing about illegal, lost technology. There was. No. Freaking. Way. that Kurosaki had gotten his hands on a modsoul.
"Maybe I should ask hat-and-clogs about this..."
Well? Was his reaction funny?
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